Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-08-21
D. eSrrY AND LABOR.


CITY = young graduate Of HsrvSr
CoIIeg- and 1t the, Harvard Medica
School, WIN, owing tn the hard lines
has peen unable o. supp"rt his fsmi
" by his protest. N. II Esss-rn pa
per.
II will not hurt the young grsdu
ate At oil. On the l600-t'ot level ~
the Relchc, miae there is gentle
man 1T work for four dollArs per ds!
who Was formerly ths Mayor Of 4
furnishing city in one 1T the Essteir
States, and he 10 doing hr>, rate un.
der the discipline. He d d the sen
sible thing. He went e. work, which
is an indication that he will again
have money aud again be Mayor
Home exchange.
1t will surely hurt the young grid
uate. He will lose the recognition
Of his fellows Of the medical pro
fession and his brethren Of the Har'
ward Alumni. Losing that, hs is
degraded; and, being degraded, he
will, supposing him to have ordinary
sensibilitiss and self respect, lose con-
fideuce in himself and hope for the
future.
If it were human n1ture even
among educated and professional
men to recognize ,ntrns,c worth re-
yardlcss of its station and surround
incs, the case would b different, and
the young graduate might eventually
work up into his proper sphere. In
the drum and fife of life men do not
pause to bestow sympathy upon one
who 10 down or to extend him help
Ing hand. A spurious but all-psr-
vading pride Of station does NOS
allow them to take coguizsnce o! .
fellow who 10 their peer in intelh'
gence, education, xnd oil the higher
attributes Of character, but who, BY
force OF unavoidable circumstances,
is Hopping around on a lower STRAIT
UNI. The strata of society are as
clearly marked rs those of any earthly
and . man who would
step down from . higher to . lower
one to take q brother by the hand
and whisper encouragement into his
ear, must have more moral courage
than the majority. And if he have
the courage and perform the noble
act, his associates of the upper STRAIT
UNI will declare with unanimous
voice that he lacks dignity and is
loose in his associations. This is
human nature, and every graduate
Who joins the police and every ex-
Mayor who goes into . mine must
abide by ito consequences. These
are social o.trscism, a RELOCATION to
the back ranks among men, 3 gen.
eral verdict of infrriorty and con-
sequent indisposision to bestov upon
the degraded one those opportunities
to which his qualifications entitle
him.
In this position it is difficult for .
man 10 rise. Some do rise, but the
majority do not. They might all do
so If people would disrebe them
selves Of certain superhuous Dig
nifty which society says must attach
70 their rank and bend to . worthy
one who 10 down. But do people
ever do it'll The very editors VIII.
advise men OF cultivation to take
hold Of anything in an emergency Of
bad luck will shun the lettered man
who is digging q drain to talk to an
empty headed but we'll dressed saloon
keeper. How then 10 the man in the
drain to come up, when his merits
are obscured by the darkness Of his
present situationi He realizes his
degradation, aud often resolves that
in future he will wear good clothes
and keep soft hands, even though he
have TO compromiss his honesty in
doing so. The dignity Of labor 10
nice in print, but it does not exist 10
practice. The cause 10 chArgeable to
society, upon whoAe head % many