The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1886-07-17

OF Its own IN relation to the other pa
ticles of that thing: that every piece {
wood or metal or stone that seems s
still and dead is within itself full of INC
tons almost too wonderful to be compre
hended. The mote floating in the sun
beam, and that great world of light, tn
sun itself, and the immense machine w
call the universe, Of which that sun, witt
all its planetary worlds, is but an atom
and which like an immense clock, Will
myraid wheels, and wheels within wheels
and circles beyond circles, has beer
whirling onward through space, keepin,
perfect time cor more than q hundrei
million years-all obey the same greai
law of motion and OF change. The fac,
of the earth, the boundaries of the SCI,
and land, change from age to age. Moth
ing is the same to-day as yesterda,
Rocks form, harden, decompose and wea
away. Plants, flourish, grow and decay
child is born goes through counties
changes TO youth, to adolescence. and o.
to prime of manhood. So swift and SUI,
the changes are that the prime reall,
exiets for but moment, and that mt
ment hardly recognized so blended ar,
the changes of growth and decline
Thence the changes of decay go on unit
what we call the end Of life, when til
whole material being is transferred int
different forms, thence to 20 on changin,
eternally. And go with this great Pc.
ple-this young Giant among the nations
1t has pass ed from childhood into youth.
Though it grow ever so swiftly its prim.
is still far distant. We are the atom
If the bone and muscle, the blood and
brain of this young Giant. 1t is ou
business to go on building up toward per.
lection. 1t is our business to-day an,
all the time, to 60 on working Away,
with all our strength to make this natio,
better and greater until all the peopl,
Ut the Earth shall have turned to thu
great light in the West, broken loos
from ignorance and kings, and Joined il
equal pace with us in the march onwar,
and upward.
But fine words in holiday speeches will
never bring this about. "What can
do?' is the cry that comes from some; -
am poor and weak, and even il wer,
strong, how could be hero in thes,
piping times OF peace!"
We can do everything. However poor
and weak we may be, we can, If we viii
10 our duty; and that is the creates
aeroisrn of all. And our duty take,
many forms. One is to develop the goo,
Qualities within US, that our work ma
oe etfectual whether in the ground
upon it or above 1t, whether it be to pro
luce those things needed by the body u.
'thers full OF beauty and truth to noui
sh the mind. But to day we shouh
.hink of our political duty. 1t is in thl
hat every American can practically sho,
lis love of his fellows. Let us bring til, |
natter home to ourselves, each, appl,in. |
{ to himself-not to his neighbors. lie
Is question ourselves: do | vut,
light. DO not sometimes vote for men
or other reasons than the only one tru
eason, which know is because they al.
he best men to do the service which tn. |
Ieopie, of whom am one, require to b
lone? Iknow that should never vot,
or man as favor to him; but shout,
imply, having public work to do, select
he best servant to be had to do it. Fl. |
must have well known character fv
integrity, and also ability in the particu
ar line in which employ him. | by al
means want the very best that is TO b,
lad. Next November there will be man
'ublic servants to employ. There VIII
Ne law-maker-, and for those / shoul
hoose those who are wiscst in counse
nd truest in character, for it will b,
heir work to preserve our laws and eraa
cate defects from them il possible; 10
through our laws we maintain libert,
10 on with the entire list | should selec
very name with care, in nomnatin,
nd electing. However, as a matter q
act | know that unless this is differen
rom every other part OF tho Unite.
tates there will DO men who will b.
nut forward for public office, on tn
round of charity of good fellow
hip, of sharpness, and ON variou
ther grounds any one of which know
o be vile and unworthy, and utterly III
rue in the sense, that it would be tru,
harity, or true anything, but basenes,
'ut what am going TO do about it,
hall | do like the foolish mine-owne
pho selected his foreman ON the groun
hat he had been poor amalgamator n
1b"A'N OihChotLIbu. WIZ |
ouldnt strike twenty-pound blow, be
ause he was a first class book keeper
nd man who couldn't write to keel
is books"
Perhaps you think no such mine owne
yer existed. But you will not den,
hat tho.e very things are done, in a,
Their form, all over this broad land, b,
thousands Of intelligent American Cit
ems every two years as times OF nom.
alton aud election come round. N,
ice words will describe QUE act whel
ge do those things. We commit treas
n. We strike the only blow we can, a,
he Liberty which we profess to love 9,
veil. There are in every large commu
ity, and in every small one, schemer
Who, for their own selfish ends, are al
Ways at work to have themselves o
theirs elected to public office without re
ard to their fitness or integrity, or tn.
ervice Of the people. But if we tn.
'eop1e only vote on the true basis t.
which we have referred, the ends o,