Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1875-11-26

case may he. if you have any aspirations
for the stage, crush them out at once The
life is one in which there are ten thousand
blanks to one prize, and of the priz's there
j. not one 10 thousand that is worth hay-
ing. 1t is an ug.y. unsatisfactory, miser
able life at the best, and a horrible life sor
ary one who cannot get above decent
mediocrity. BE a shoemaker. a tailor,
'armer. blacksmith. or The wife of one,
ut never be an actress Take the advice
Of one who knows, and don't.
And while am about 1t I may as we'll
say something about another class who are
popularity supposed To roll in purple and
iue linen, but who don't. namely.
THE LITERARY PEOPLE
AS is the case with the theatrical prpfes-
| SION. 1t is generally supp 'sed that the
writer's get enormous pay. and the mistake
is just as great. Lngtellow. Lowell,
tIolmes, Bret Harte aud few Other> get
arge sums for what they prnduce, but they
make but little money for they produce but
utle Take dozen or two out of the
hnusands who live by their pens in the
.ities of New York 'stpn and Ph.aGei
phia. and it is worse than Il dogs lfe.
The usual pay for common writers for
tories. newspaper articles ani matter OF
this class is from 81 t" SIS column for
| sncIi papers as the Times. The writer,
! work as he or she may, cannot exceed four
,iunns week, for a large part oF the
time is consumed in getting up the material
sent in, it is an even chance that it will be
| Ircined, or il accepted, that It will be cut
| iuwn tn /. cnu M by the managing editor
| ~ that the two columns which the writer
| rrot.. aud for which Sl6 was expected.
vii nr, the scribe only SS. \ good st"ry
| II it is good enough. of say six columns i'll
myth. is worth, to the publisher SO.
The writer will spend on the production of
| such story, week or two, or even more.
| Of course, when they get up in the world,
| md get so we'll known that their names
| will bring additional subscribers to a pub
ication. they get higher prices, but this is
What the few who get employment at all
ire compelled to su bmlt t.. And lei it BE-
| remembered that of every thousand who
submit manuscripts, not ten get line ac-
| cepted. There are to-day in New York
| ,lone. two thousa nd men and women be
,egiug editors with productions in prose
and verse, who never had a line published
| and never will. And the few who gel
| work to do starve at il, for the reason that
there are thousand, all equally good, Try
| my for the place of ten. | advise your
Young readers to avoid the stage, and
| ,dvise them with equal fervency to avoid
| literature, that is, as means of living.
\ Write all you choose-it is delightful and
| improving recreation, but don't try to live
| by it. Ifyou get your matter published
md get 80 check for it, thank Heaven,
| md spend it on new bat, but don't de-
| rend on it as means OflivelihOOd. That
way starvation lies. II is taking ten
chances in a hundred of sleeping in a
| .arret. eating at cheap restaurants, and
| dndring tailOrs and dress makers during
Ihe term Of your natural life.
MOODY AND sANKEY
Are working away in Brooklyn, with in
| iifferent success. 1t was mistake to ~
there, for, to take preaching To Brooklyn is
nnalo fn NawenStla rTharn
hundred or more of the best preachers in
| The world there, aud religion is so much an
very day business. that special efforts are
| liable To be futile. They come to New
York this winter, and here they vii! do
pctter. They will have in addition to tb,
cLormous resident population, the fifty
thousand strangers who are in the hotels.
who would naturally b. attracted. Be.
s'ues tneru ~-o a heavier per cent. of people
here TO be converted, than In Brooklyn. |
predict for them great success in New
York. They are Jealous hard workers.
hey believe in their mission, and they
know how to work.
WHAT TAMMANY AND EyTRAyAGANCE
HAS DONE.
In addition to the enormous cost of liy.
ing in the city, the people are paying
Sl6S, 900. 900 annually in interest and taxes.
rhe real estate of the city is mortgaged for
81 600. 600, 200. the interest on which, at
per cent, foots up S152, 100000. Add TO
This the EN- ormous taxes that have to be
paid, and the sum aggregates enormously.
Tammany has done this for New York
Ii is the most common hing in the world
Tor an Improvement to be ordered that
',osts SD much as to compel the owner To
put a mortgage on the property to pay ii.
Nine-tenths of these improvements are un
necessary. and nine tenths of the cost goes
INTO the pockets of the rings who run the
politics of the city. have one friend who
has a lot fifteen feet wide, on an up town
street, who was compelled to pay $50 for
re paving the street. The Opposite fifteen
feet was taxed the same, making nearly
81. 500 tor paving fifteen feet of IA street.
The actual cost OF the work. was probably
$3.50. leaving the handsome balance of
Sl.25O, to be divided among the thieves.
Aud as these parties had the whole street,
you can see that they made very nice
thing of it. Aud the worst part of it, is
that the street did not need re-paving, and
that the old one was better than the new
one. This is only one way 10 which taxes
are piled Ip-there are as many ways of
,windlIng, as there are hairs on the swiBd-
ler's heads. Probably it will be some bet
ter hereafter, for the last election disturbed
the rings somewhat. but at the best there
will be enough Of it, The ignorant and
vicious vote of the city Is SO large, thot
scoundrelly politicians have but little diff
Guilty in getting the power To put their
hands in the pockets of the people.
ANOTHER SUICIDE,
growing out of illicit connections. happen
ed in this city last week. 1t was the old
story. A wealthy merchant was living
with a h.aut iful pjrl unmarried of cOursp