Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-11-21
Political l4isc-NHr. wabstey's
!. Opinion.

ROaiS2CAA EAiSC-HHr. VY4bScGy's
OpiniOn.
There appears to bo growing anxiety
I on the part OF young mcn, especially Of
those OF fair cducatioo, to enter politics ind
mako it a sort of profession. We saw it
mentioned some weeks since that Robert
Lincoln, soa of the late President Abra-
ham Lincoln, had declined to become Il
candidate for Congress when prossod to do
80, saying that it was an unfortunate thing
tor any young mau to become poltioaa.
Ii a man has high idoal, and wishes to
achieve the greatest success, ho can proba-
1, bly, best accomplish his end by dcvotiuy
his early manhood to severe study, and to
such pursuits as will fit him for The great
oct usefulness wheu, with maturcd powers
aud enlarged experience, he shall become
maker of laws aud factor in shaping the
destiny of his country.
In the past the craftsmanship of the
South dominated this country. We believe
this was mainly owing to tho fact that our
( politicians wcrc men Of wido study und
extended observation. Our best mon were
generally we'll verscd in tho history of gov
ernmcnt before they entered the political
arena ~ young man is wise If he gives
his nights and days to his calling or pro
fession, and avoids politics until he llas
at least attained his thirty-fft!l year.
But few mon in our country ever Won so
great name as Daniel Webster did Ills
speeches are models Of their kind, and
there is ROBUSTNESS, clcarncss aud sim
plicity about them that rcndcc them forever
memorable. OF oil Americans his speeches
approach nearer to the highest stan.
dard OF massive, sono-ous aud stately
eloquenoe. What did this great man thin;
of political life2 When advanced in years
and his reputation was world wide, he made
tho following extraordinary statement to
his biographcr, i'll one Of his many conycr-
sations:
81 am not awers," said he, ''and it would
be ateotation in mo to deny it, that have
public reputation to leave 10 posterty: but
it has boon earned With difficulty. III
wore to 1.-Two my life ovor again, with my
prcsont experiences, would, under no cir
cumstances and from 10 considerations,
allow myself to enter public life. The
public arc ungratcful. TIE man who serve,
tho public faithfully receives no adequate
reward. Ia my owa history those acts
which have been, before God, the most dis.
interested and the least stained by selfish
considerations, have been precisely those
tor which have been most freely abused
No, no! have nothing to do with politics.
Sell your iron, cat the bread of indoncn-
Deuce, support your family with the rewards
OF honest toll, do your duty as a private
Citizen to your country, but lot politics alone.
1t is hard life, thanklcas lifc." @
GAMBLERS LOCKED IN AN AIR T1uur
VAULT-Among the desperate devices
rosorted to by tho Chicago faro bank pco-
prictors to evado the vigorous raids OF the
police, fuyoritc QUO is to lock up tho
inmates in iircprooC vaults, which are SUP
piled with vcutintns holes for this purpose
Sunday morning. at | o'clock George iian
kinds place was raiacd, and seventeen
players ,woro bundled iuto the vault. the
door locked and the police admitted, Han.
kns and a colurad servant remaining out
side. lnstcad Of going away, as usual, on
iindiog the room deserted The officers, WHO
wore up to the dodge, sat down and waitod
Noticing the vcntlating holes, they stuffed
paper, into them aud again sat down
. and waited. In about an hour the air in the
vault had become 50 vitiotol that the plia-
oncrs became desperate, and from thc
ihoiuC Cltlo iilHt CTlCS lIcL Us OuG, we
nearly dead" Even then the proprietor
refused for time to libcrato them, aud
when he did the scvontecn inmates rushed
out in state bordering on sulFooaton.
One old man was nearly dead, and all were
terribly exhausted The conhuomont of
seventeen men in an air tight vault only
cloven feet square was dan gcrous expert
mont which faro bank patrons vii! hardly
consent to try again, and its disastrous
result will bo of,va!ue in aiding the police
in their efforts to suppress gambling in
Chicago.
The HOTTEST SPOT ON EARTH. One of
the hottest regions on tho earth is along tho
Persian Gulf, where littlo or no rain falls.
At Bahrin the arid shore has no fresh
water; yet comparatively numerous popu--
lation contriyc to live there; thanks to the
copious springs which burst forth from tho
bottom Of the sca. The fresh water is got
by diving Tho diver, sitting on his boat,
winds q great goatskin bag around his left
arm, the hand grasping its mouth. Then
he takes in his right arm a heavy stone to
which is attached strong line; and thus
equipped he plunges in and quickly reaches
1 the bottom. Instantly opening the bag
over tho strong jet Of fresh water, ho
springs up the ascending current, at tho
samo time closing the bag, and is helped
aboard. The stono is then hauled up and
tho diver plungos again. Tho source OF