The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24

the BlsmarCks, and the Glndstones, and
the Washingtons, and the George White
fields OF the year 1888, and who will make
the twentieth century so bright that this
much-lauded nineteenth, in comparison,
will seem part OF the dark ages The
longer | live the more | like common
folks, They do the worlds work, bearing
the worlds burdens, weeping the worlds
sympathics, carrying the worlds consola-
ton. Among lawyers We see rise up u
Rufus Choate, or William Writ, or n
Samuel l.. Southland, but society would
90 TO pieces tomorrow II there were not
thousands OF common lawyers TO see that
men and women get their rights. A Val
cntine Mott or u Willard Parker rises
up eminent in the medical profession,
but what IN unlimited sweep would
pneumonia, and diphthoria, and scarlet
fever have in the world II II were not for
10000 common doctors. The old physi-
clan in his gig rolling up the lane OF the
farmhouse, or riding on horseback, his
medicines in the saddlc-bag, arriving on
the ninth day Of the fever, and coming in
To take hold OF the pulse oi the patient,
while the family, pale with anxiety, are
looking ON and waiting for his decision In
regard TO the patient, and hearing him say.
THANK God, | have mastered the case,
he is getting we'll, cxclcs in me an nd.
mirution quite equal to the mention OF the
names Of the great metropolitan doctors,
Pancoast or Gross, or Joseph &. llutchin-
son Of the past, or the illustrious living
men OF the present
Yet what do we see in all departments
People not satisfied with ordinary spheres
of work and ordinary duties. Instead Of
trying 10 see what they can do with hand
of five fingers, they want six. Instead Of
usual endowment Of twenty manual and
pedal addcnda, they want twonty.lour. A
certain amount of money for livelihood
and for the supply Of those whom We leave
behind us after We have departed this life,
is important, for We have the best author
ity FOR saying "lle that providcth
not Tor his, and especially those of his
own household, Is worse than an inndol,"
but the large and fabulous sums for which
many struggle, II obtained, would be- n
hindmnce rather than an advantage. The
anNieties and annoyanccs that those have
whose estates have become plcthoric can
only be told by those who possess them.
IL will bo u good thing when through your
industry and public properties yOu can
own the house in which Won live. but sup.
pose you own fifty houses, aud YOU
have all those rents 10 collect
and all those tenants 10 please. Suppose
YOU have hranched out In business sue.
ccsscs until in almost cycy direction you
have investments The tire bell rings ut
night, YOU rush upstairs Ia look out OF the
window 10 see " Il Is any oi your mills.
Epidemic Of crime comes and there anc
embellishments aud abscondings la all Ill.
rcctions, and you wonder whether any Of
your bookkeopcrs will provo rccrcant. A
panic strikes the financial world, and YOU
arr like u hen under sky full ol hawks
and trying, with anxious cluck, togrt your
oycrgrUwn chickens safely under wing.
After u certain stage Of success has bccn
reached YOU have 10 tIust 80 many i'm.
portant things W others That You arc ap,
10 become the prey Of others, and You are
swindlcd aud dofmuded, and the anxiety
Won had on your brow when You wcr,'
earning your iirst n 900 is not equal Ia the
anxiety ON your brow nov that you won
your 5000. The trouble with such one
l. he spread out like the unfortunate one
in my text. You have morc iingvp and
toes than YOU know what to do with.
Twenty worr useful; twcnty.iOur Is q hin
dcring superiority. nismcli Gays that q
king III Poland abdicuied his throne and
Joined the people and became "a porter "a
carry burdens. Aud some one asked him
why he did ~ and lac replied. Upon NV
honor, gentlemen, the load which | quit
IN by far heavier than the one you see mc
carry. The wcighilCst Is but q straw when
compared 10 that world under which
laborcd. have slept more IN four nights
than have during my rrign. ] begin 10
live aud to b. king myself. Fleet whom
YOU choose, for mo who am NJ well II
would bc madness Ia return to court
"Wcll," says somebody, such over
loaded persons ought 10 be- piiicd, ipr their
wofrimcnts nrr real and their insomnia
and their nervous prustmtiun are gvnu.
Inc" reply that they could get rid Of
the boihcmomc surplus 10y giving i away.
ii man has moro houses than lac can
carry without vocation, let him drop a
few II them. II bis estate " ~ great be-
cannot manage u without getting nervous
dyspepsia from having too much, lUi him
divide up with thusc Who have nervous
dyspcpsia because thoy cannot get enough.
mol They guard their sixth finger with
more care than they did the original i've.
They go limping with what ihoy call guul
and know not that, like the giant oi Iuy
text, they are lamcd hy u supcfiluuus Toe.
A few ui them, by largo charities, bleed
themselves Of this financial obesity and
monetary plethora, but many Of ihom
hang ON 10 the hinlchng supouIuity tilI
death, aud then, ~ they are compelled Ia
give the money up anyhow, Ia thoir lnsi
will aud testament they generously give
some Of II to the Lord, expecting, no
doubt that ho will iUcl very much obliged
b. them. Thank God that once IN awhile
We have Peter Cooper, who, owning IN
interest In the iron works ~ Trenton, said
20 Mr. LESTER 81 DO not feel quito easy
about the amount W. are making. Work
ing under ono Of our patents, We have %
monopoly 8hich seems to mo something
wrong Everybody has to come to ug Tor
il and w are making money ioI last '
So thoy reduced the price, and this while
the phiianthfopst was building Cooper
institute, which mothers hundred insil.
tulcs Oi kindness anl mercy ull over ihr
land. l,ut the world had 10 wit p, $40
years iur rclor Cooper nm glad iur the
benevolent institutions that yet legacy
from men who. during their life. were ns
-tiugy ns death, but who, In their
last will aud testament, bestowed
money on hospitals and mission.
aFy rJciciics. bat Tor such Tesla.
tons | have no respect They would
have taken every cent ui 10 With them u
they could, and bought up halt vi heaven
aud let Il out al fuinouS rent, o. loaned
the money ~ celestial citiDns nt 2 Per
cent a month aud got q corner on hafps
aud trumpcis. They lived 10 this world
fifty Or sixty years in the presence u up.
palling suffering aud want and made no
effort Tor their relief The charities NJ such
people are for the most part IN 'plul-o-
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