The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-25

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 4 a:=.s=ssa.AeA a.aAeEs Mr. Ra9laa says, ~ ~Ao ks~d some ysazs at Ns~pnss has expressed she opiniua thas the wen uho ocrUpy the sillns of tAaa smaeald isls e1ess very hstle powsr compared uiek shai of n orssor ox writer. To hasr h1 adAs, ss shs head of . normal seAeol ~ tc he . protessos in a college is so have swsy over the dexsinies of America vAi<A -. duces so no<hineness tho power cf snc- cessfui men of bnsines4s Mr. past6a oh- jsctx, witA justice, to this swsspiax aassr- tion. heing myssh . memheT of tho tssaesnisy of wTiteTs. suppose ought tc yield joyful ascent to such remArkA .lt is .hastesing 10 the self-lcve ct Aose who drivc along Beievue avenue iu . shabby, h,sed vehicle to be told that they are pes- sonases of much more consequence than the heavy capitalist who swings by in . rcspiendent curricle, drawn by two matched and maachless sseeds in a six hundsed-dollar harness Perhaps they are. But advise young men who aspire to serve their generation effectively not 10 undervaiue the importance of the gentle man ,u the cnricle" That is very prac. tical counsel, and Mr. Parton will have = trouble in convincing the energetic young American that 1t b soundiy philosophical tt is pleasant, without doubt. to direct . normal college and to discuss social ethics with mai6s in theiy teens. yet a house al Newport and a safe capital to fall back on have their advantages
 IL must be confessed that the men whose careers are bue.iy and brightly ske,chcd by Mir. Parton are salient and interesting oharacter characters marked by patient courage and the highest probity modest, self confident and wise
 There was lehabod Washburn. for ex- ample, who evolved from a half. srezen apprentice ihto a millionaire manufae- turer ot wireS. and who, we are assured, was "h.ter of tobacco and all other poiluung things and lowering infiu- enees." Ehhu Bauit was so bashiul when he was introduced unwillingiy to the public by Ed~ard Everett thai he wanted to fly from his own fame. David Maydole made the best hammers and Peer Cooper the best glue that could be made, and they were properly rewarded fer their viitue. Michael Reynolds. an T-U in the worth and dignity of his avoe alton. George Graham, one ot the early watch makers, took back watch that he had sold seven years previously because he had promised to do so fl the watch varied i've minutes !Tom sAasi tune. Peter Faneuil built marke, and ;o~n hail for his wrangling fellow -e.,lxens in Boston after having carried on an extensive husi- aess- Chauneey jerome, the Yankee clock maker, did not mind walking thirty miles for a job and thus walked his way into fortune, yet after having established a masnihee ent business he was indssrreet enough at the aye of seventy 10 place 1t in the hands of mea who destroyed Il. Israel Putnam, the Connecticut farmer, brought to this eoun,y's service an un- daun,ed courage and a devoted heart. Peter II Burnett, the first governor of California, IS an honest bank president. The enormous wealth of Gcrri, Smith made one who might have been bentv- olent farmer remarkable. John From fcld wore shoes with holes bored in the Ssles, device of his mothers 10 make him less liable 10 catch cold and so John became a successful merchant, and let Sio GOO 10 the city of Newbuypost for planting and preserving the trees in the streets. Frederick Tudor stuck to ice fifty years, and his perseverance brought wealth and A comfortable old age to h.m. Myron Hollcy began his career by selling vegetables in Rochester. and grew ,o the stature of great public orator. Richard Golden came 10 the sagacious conclusion a, the age of twenty four to sell aliooe and rnuslins on his own account Iohn Brigh, is proud of his ancestry, that of workingmen. Horace Greeley knew how to practice economy when he was boy and had good appetite in two-doIIaIs- and-a-hali boarding house. He kne~ how 10 wait, too, and to make the be.t oi bargain when Il came 10 him. James i.ackinton was the kind ot boy iha, knows how to buy and sell. James Cor don Bennett abominatrd sociai glasses, public dinners and gorrnanoiz. and drank only when he was thirsty. A clear head made the New York Herald
 John Walter, the elder, was brave and homes. Englishman, ins,ino,ively op- posed to Jobbery and ,o all the methods by which corrupt government plundets the people. ohm Waiter. the younger believes that writers should .ece,ye the largest possible salaries and should no, be driven to death he is remarkable man.
 One of the most cus.ous character sketched by Mir. Parton Is that of Mare Antoine Caseme. prince Of the culin-
 ary art" He =as born in gAIrss in
 I78a. one oi . family of fifteen children. His father was poor iaboses. As soon as he was old enough to make himself useful he was placed as garcon in a cheap restaurant But his genius manifested itself even there At the age Of twenty he entered the kitchen of Talleyran and. and Talleyrsnd's dinners were soon reno~ned throughou, Europe and America. New er:heless, with becoming modesty and ambitions, Careme studied cookery .iih Cuipiere, Napoleon \ chef, who followed
 MuTa into the wiIds of Russia Caseme