The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-06
Tho DAILY INTELLICE\CER.
Saturday, January 6.

DIsTEEssfsG FAcTs.-A plilo>ophe,
once sud, show me man who j. con
tented, and will show you fool.
This Is true Of hum IN nature the world
over. There Is feeling OF restless lis
content inherent In the human breast
which is never fully satisfied Place a
man or peop'e in .ny possible favored
position, and like the child with the rat
tie. they will desire something more
We are ever ready TO believe other
cl.mes are more desirable than our own;
tn st ether people are more happy than
ourselves. II is we'll, perhaps. ths, this
feeling is born III Us. for it is akin u
ambition, and ambition begets success.
Bat some times it works much harm
it causes men often 20 become rolling
stones" which the proverb says gather
no moss." We are disposed TO under
rata the advantages we enjoy, and 10
brood over our imaginary or real mis-.
fortunes individually and collectivel
There is no better cure for the disco .
tent ingendered by .nch morbid refe
ion than "a comparison between our
Standing and that Of those less fortu-
nate than ourselves For this reason
let all local faul.-hnders ponder for a
moment over the following facts Here
we are, enjoying all the blessings of
healthful prosperity. Wages are good.
and there are but few idlers among Us,
excepting those who are always idle
like the marmot. The logging camps,
mills, and coal mines are all running
ut their full capacity. Money is per-
h1ps not quite as plenty as i. has been;
but business generally. Is ia flourish
ing condition Now let those who
think they have reason TO be dl>con-
tented look at the following facts: H.
q report from the Comm ssioners of
Charities Of New York City We find
the following "Not siace the panic of
81 has there been such distress and
so much poverty among the people Of
this city rs there Is To day. There
are 40. - industrious mechanics anu
laboring men out Of work and depend
ent on charity The funds will
soon get run Out ut this rate. The
trouble is we have no funds The most
We can do when some poor hungry man
or woman comes here is to give
him or her an order for u meal
80 They come in sheer desperation for
some money or food for their families,
who evidently must lie suffering terri
BILE privations" A correspondent from
Pennsylvania writes: Thousands Of
the laboring men are without money
food or substantial clothing, with no
work and no credit nothing but star
walton staring them in the face. Many
Of the mines have closed for the win
ter. and others are working only half
time. The men have been reduced in
wages to So cents per day. and put on
half time. which yields them less than
t2 80 per week. on which many of them
have to support large families. And
there are thousands Of others Who are
anxious to work for this pittance and can
not get even this Most p,,tiable sights
are presented to me almost daily. Men
young. strong aud willing to earn their
bread, are abandoning all hope of work !
while men with wives and children To /
support are IN the most wretchcd exis- |
tcnce from day 10 day" A CORES /
pendent from Colorado writes to IA San |
Francisco paper: Prices of labor have |
decreased and as there is surplus AT
any price. many poor families must snf /
fer this winter When the wind whis !
ties without and the frost gathers on
the window panes.we think of tue poor |
who ire suffering In silence