The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-08-30
Public RenefacsOrs.

to grow recOncilcd To the tendency OF man
kind to greet conspicuous triumphs in war by
lavish aduiations of the victor, while men
who peacefully strive, through enterprises
suited to their faculties or means, to improve
the happiness of their fellow-men, are suffer-
ed to labor, and often TO expire, with none
but nted-honOrs. \ tranquil citizen often
carries on his unpretending benefactions in
the very shadow of some laurel-crowned he
TO of a battlefield. and, while the caprice OF
the populace may reward the winner OF an
| hours combat with a lifetime of royalty, the
modest citizen, who chooses to engage in Ia
bors far more conducive to the public good, is
| reverenced only by those who expe-
rience his goodness, and ID cssed alone
for the recipients of his bounty. Occa-
sionally an unassuming c,ntrivcr of pace
| fol works Iedonnding 10 tie public good Is
treated TO q wide celebrity, and saluted with
expressions of este IN in erei! public gather
ing. A portion of his couutrymen may in
reality respect him more Iii .hiy than the
proudest cOnqneror, but the iii's>>Of the peo-
pie are inclined TO Very transient acknowl-
edgments, and fasien their memories more
firmly on a successful soldier than on u lover
of their race This Is not natural, for Personal
fear has undoubtedly s.'me share In the ma
ter and fears is IA motive Of colossal power.
The supposed superior strength or skill OF q
victorious genei al touches the self-interest or
safety OF thuss who near the sceue of his
exploits and eNcitrs in his fri, nds and enc
mics diversity Of feelings calculated
to array him in an immediate and
extreme importance. In other words, there
| is an exigency in the concern that Others
take in him which gives him great present
figure, and the continuing difference of fol-
lowing generations, long after he has died. is
materially prompted by tbs, unconscious and
very easy realization by pOsterity Of the
emotions with which the people OF his time
regarded him.
The operations Of a phiIanthroplst, howev-
er, seldom inspire any urgent considerations,
for they do not endangrr the personal or
financial security OF citizens at large, and
they eNcit., but little interest To those whom
they are to benefit. Nevertheless, the habit of
multitud,s in III. pat need not restrict the
preference OF an individual in the present,
and in modern times the hunorS bestowed on
heroes of py ace and ON heroes of war are less
disproporIion.d than formerly. In fact, il is
not impossible that those who benefit th.ir
species mag YET b. as much esteemed as those
who marx their lives by legitimate blood
shed.
There are many ways of substantially bene-
fitting the world, ard il is not necessary that
a man must be Il phIanthropIst by protest.
i'll order 10 eutitle him to tine distinction of
having acceptably benefited the human
family. Some persons found libraries or hos
pita.s, while o.hers expend their funds in ex-
tended chsriti-s; and there are still others
who do hot prove their impulses in ways so
direct, but employ all their accomplishments
and powers in enterprises which are intended
to add TO the happiness of mankind, to allie
viate The suffering of the sick inflrm, or to
bestOw good health and physical freedom.
Bodily health is of such vast importance to a
mortal, whether he be rich or poor, that no
honest efforts To extend the means for Its pres
ervatiOn or recovery should go unnOticed or
unrewarded. There are In the land gentle
men of great learning and ability who have
made efforts of this kind the sole pursuit Of |
busy lives, and to whom a wel-wishcr of the
species cannot be otherwise than profoundly
grateful.
Ifit were intended to form group OF living
benefactors of the world, it would not be |
hard to find appropriate figures among gen.
tlempn a IA
suggests itself which nj once proves the Sc
curity OF this claim, aud fitly illustrates the
previous allusicn TO indirect philanthropy.
Indeed, what place i'm such group would |
be too prominent or dignfed for the menu
beers Of such a firm rs Railway and Company! |
The mere mention OF their names Is re- |
minder that they are fully worthy OF fore.
most place in such group, and that there |
widelyknown enterprise is as humane as 1t |
is colossal. Indeed, their establishment is |
more useful than hundred hospitals, for i
the fruits OF il are not only more extended /
dred hospitals, but they tend to render any /
resort To such institutions quit unnecessary.
The wonderfully effective medicines which i
this eminent firm supplies to the world, are /
used by so many myriads ofpeople, and their i
use is so effectual in diSsipating physical dis
tress everywhere, that a casual consideration /
and gives rise To n feeling in which gratitude
is mixed with wonder. There tens of j
thousands OF human beings all over the globe /
who will never mention the name Of Rad
way Company without thankfulness, and
never be- induced TO think OF them except as |
dispensers OF good. 1t is hardly necessary to
allude to he various preparations, whose viz
tues have resulted In such a fiattering state of
public feeling, because the names OF all of
them have not only become a part of the Ian
guages of Europe, but n part oftongues, heard
only in lands, Ia whose people, among whom
there exists no medical talent, these medi-
cines of Railway 4 Co. have come like the
sunlight on a summer morn. " Railways |
Ready Relief" has undoubtedly conferred
freedom from pain on millions of mortals,
ff1out
cOngestions, and pains of every kind, need no
longer be endured. 1t Is not in this depart |
have alone conferred a boon. for in Railways
''Sarsaparillian RcsOlvent 1.-THE estimable and
respected head of the firm has furnished an
article which is unequalled for purifying the
blood and improving the phi ysical condition.
In this preparation those persons who are |
troubled by skin diseases or blemishes, bu. |
tions, can readily find relief; for the Resol-
vent, by proceeding to the foundation Of the |
trouble removes it more surely than any cos
metic. In the cure Of Kidney diseases,
and in bladder complaints, even OF the |
very worst types, this medicine Is a certain |
Ran tumors, in every stage of their develop
menf. For those afflicted by troubles Of tie /
digestive organs, DR.. Railways Regulating |
and their results are not less admirable ard
astonishing than the effects Of the prepara-
tons already mentioned.
1t would be difficult to speak too highly They
have been before the public for q quarter OF
century, and the sale, though long enor- l
nous, Is steadily increasing. No other medi-
cines have gained q similar sale or favor, and
they have been constantly used and endorsed I
by the medical faculty, while every day wit
nesses a new acknowledgment of their worth.
OF course medicines Of such pronounced
virtues and of such extraordinary popularity
will be, and from time to time are, counter.
feited and initiated. Some Of these are ex- |
ceedingly dangerous to all but careful pur- |
chasers, because the style OF bottle, its size
and shape. likewise the labels in color and
style OF printing-even q similarity Of name
all are adopted to deceive the unwary.
Such limitations are, OF course, absolutely |
worthless in themselves-tot the patient worse
than worthless, because they strike for death
when the patient Is struggling for life.
The business operations OF Railway 4 Co. /
are conducted on an immense scale, which l
their great wealth enables them TO maintain
even in seasons Of financial depression.
There Is probably no firm in America more
honest, conscientious and generous in all
business and private transactions. Their ad-
vertising enterprises are perhaps, unparallel- ,
ed, and they may justly congratulate them:
selves upon having founded Q commercial
from which there issues moth /
ing which does not benefit mankind, and up
Oh conducting its enormous business with
skill, integrity, and a degree OF success
n to HkxuSp