Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27

| ,,,;t~o. Acai eHo testlmOny OF the
Witnesses and cross-examine them. snd
oner any additional testimony in the
Ease mat he mayhave. In other words.
secIet Investigations and exparfe
ne'nous In the matter Of pension claims
aLe entirely done away With, and the
c Gt Is made to understand that the
u;.oI,eernment, in endesyoring to protect
llsen, Is not attempting to crush him:
aHI further, that if he has been wrong,
Iully aaJudged through some ambiouify
u sIiiimony previously offered, or from
any otner Cause which sshe can nfske
PLAIN ne now has the opportunity pts.
sented OF setting himself right Wash
fl9toa- Gazette. '''--'
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- Inc Young Man Of the Period. IS.
ta $500 So LII y = = =
Dung man, 1 am quite aware that;
IN 3. your own estimation, you know
an Iiia9 Is worth knowing, but for, all
tnat, know that there are certain
truths which you ~either learn from
me now, or get your knowledge by sad
eNpefleAcegingthe future. In age, in stat
ure' IA appearances y0uare a boy, but
Won lss are trying BY all the arts in .;xesal
power TO make it appear that Won are q
man: To- do this YOU are apine The
MANNERS of certain kind of men. sYou
are trying to Jtbe MANLY but why on
earth don't YOU adopt higher standafl
OF manhood? Look at Yourself. n
your dress You have selected as vour
model the dandy. the gambler. the
lashlonable butterfly. three creations
! winch almost make us doubt the wis
dom OF Divine Providence when we
seek Tor reason for their existence.
l on are sucking poison into your sys-
tenn through nasty, weed rolled up in
the form OF a cigar, and you think this
Is manly So it is. 1t is manly because
IL Ism t beastly. The better instincts OF
beasts protect them from such vile hab.
lis You swing a fancy cane, not be
cause you need it for protection or sup.
port, but because some other worthless
fellow does 1t. In fact. you have taken
pains TO hunt out the worst and the
weakest attributes of~-human nature,
and you have taken them as Your stand.
ard OF manliness. Shame on Vou!+ II
you have no individuality of character
and must have a model-something II
/ copy after and imitate-why not select
! some man in the highest sense, one who
+ is rs far above the brute as the ones YOU
have selected are below? Why not Sc.
I lect as your model the man who has
won high and honored position in
life. by his own talents, with habits Of
industry, perseverance and application.
I without which no life can be made s
success? ,.as---,
Have you any plans or purposes as to
the part you are to take in this busy.
bustling world? You have. of course
in Your way. can read your desires
in that direction, You want somebody
\ to give you twenty or fifty thousand
dollars to start you in some enterprise.
What do you want of this capitalp YOU
want it for the advantages twill give
! you over others. On the same principle
if YOU were going to engage in a. pugi-
listic encounter with boy of Your own
size, you would like b. be supplied with
Il dirk, club or revolver! SlIafne-on
YOU! What contemplate coward YOU
are. You are afraid TO 90 into the bat
! tie of life single-handed, depending on
your-own strength and skill. You want
to entrench yourself behind the breast.
works of capital which some drawer one
has built up. Your.. own father, nc
doubt, acquired the competence he EN-.
! joys by lifetime of hard struggles will
| the world. He went into the conflict
with his sleeves rolled up, with toe
much courage and manliness to ask any
body's help; yet you would not disdain
to take the fruits of his toll. and con.
time through life to get your support
through his eXertions, Just as you
did when you were a helpless babe.
Shame on you Do you Scall
that fnAnliness? Do you call il
bravery? Can't you see that it is the
most contemplate cowardice? But il
/ your father as | suspect, has too much
good sense to help you in making your
flfe a nulhty'by giving you capital, you
are wishing that by some fortunate
chance some person would give you
$50, geo. Now the whole essence OF
this wish is that you Hant money with
out giving any equivalent for it. ~ You
would take $50. 900 which represents
somebody's hard labor, and not give a
stroke of your own work in exchange
for it. Shame on you! Do You call
this honestly, Perhaps you don't care
whether 1T is honest or not. Very-well;
we will put the case in another light.
Would YOU be willing to stand on the
street corner and ask 10000 people 10
give you dollar apiece? No, of course
not, for that would he begging; but
where ON earth does The difference come
in? If you get $4,000 without
giving any equivalent for it,
you are getting other persons labor,
and if there is any difference in the
methods, il is only the difference
between Begging and craft. Sup
pose by some hook or. crook
you succeeded in getting your $4,000
without any particular exertion on your
part, just tell me in what respect YOU
are better than that convict in the
penitentiary who was placed there for
embezzling that same amount? He
wanted toget something for nothing.
So do you. But this convict tried to
get the property without the consent of
the owners. You want the owner of
twenty thousand dollars to consent TO
give it to you for nothing, or to be COM
PEELED to. Shame on you! Where is
your maR1iness, your pride, your honor?
Young man you are commencing life
with a stock of wrong ideas, and the
worst one is that which leads You to
suppose that it is not the highest type
of .manliness which is clothed in the
garb of honest toll. There is no mate-
rial prosperity that is not the fruit of
well-directed labor. Take your place
among the workers and be a manor
cultivate yOllr present propensities and
be. a social leech, an excrescence which
may Heaven take pity on the rest of
mankind by quickly removing.-Eben
z. Rextord, IN, Western PlowmGn.,