Democratic messenger., 1888-09-29

dens, weeping the worlds sympathies,
carrying the worlds consolation. Among
lawyers we see rise up Rufus Choate. or
a William Writ, or a Samuel L Southland,
but society would 60 to pieces tomorrow
II there were not thousands OF common
lawyers to see that men and women get
their rights. A Valentine Mott or VIII
lard Parker rises up eminent In the med!.
cal profession. but what an unlimited
sweep would pneumonia, and dipthcria.
and scarlet fever have In the world II II
were not for 10000 common doctors! The
old physician in his gig, rolling up the
lane Of the farmhouse or riding on horse
back, his medicines In the saddlc.bags, ar
riving on the ninth day Of the fever, and
coming In to take hold Of the pulse Of the
patient, while the family pale with ankle.
,y, are looking on and waiting for his de-
cision In regard TO the patient, and hear.
ing him say: THANK God, have mas.
tered the case; he is getting well ;"
excites In me an admiration quite equal
to the mention the names Of the great
metropolitan doctors. Pancoast or Gross
or Joseph &. Hutchinson. Of the past, or
the Illustrious living men of the present
EXCESSIVE RICHES A BURDEN.
Yet what do we see In all departments (?
People not satisfied with ordinary spheres
of work and duties. Instead of trying TO
see what they can do with q hand Of five
fingers, they want six. Instead Of usual
endowment Of 90 manual and pedal adj
denda, they want "a. A certain amount
Of money for livelihood and tor the supply
Of those whom we leave behind US after We
have departed this life is important, for we
have the best authority for saying: "He
that provideth not for his own, and es
pecially those OF his own household, Is
worse than an infidcl;" but the large
wealth for which many struggle. II oh.
tanned, would be hinderance rather than
an advantage. The anxieties and annoy.
ances that those have large estates have
become plethoric and can only be told by
those who possess them. II will be good
thing when, through your industry and
public prosperities, you can own the
house In which you live. But suppose
you own so houses and you have all those
rents to collect and all those tenants to
please. Suppose you have branched out
In business success until In almost every
direction you have investments. The fire
bell rings at night; you rush up stairs to
look out Of the window TO see II 1t is any of
your mills Epidemic Of crime comes and
there are embczzlemcnts and abscondings
in all directions, and you wonder whether
any Of your bookkcepers will prove re-
creant. 4 panic strikes the financial world,
and you feel like hen under sky full Of
hawks and trying with anxious cluck to
get your oyergrown chickens safely under
wing. After certain stage OF success has
been reached you have to trust so many
important things TO others that you are
apt to become the prey of others, and you
are swindled and tlciraudcd, and the anxi.
ETY. you had on your brow when you were
earning yonr first $1,000 Is not equal to
the anxiety on your brow now that you
have won your 100000. The trouble
with such one Is he Is spread ont like
the unfortunate one In my text. You
have more fingers and toes than you know
what TO do with. Twenty were useful, "a
Is a hindering superiiuity. Disraeli says
that king of Poland abdicated his throne
and joined the people and became por-
ter to carry bu rdens. And some one
asked him why he did so, and he replied:
Upon my honor, gentlemen, the load
which l quit is by far heavier than the
one which you see lie carry. The weight.
lest Is but straw when compared to that
world under which labored | have
slept more in four nights than have dur
ing all my reign. begin to live and TO be
a king myself. Elect whom you choose,
for me who am SO well IL would be mad
ness to return to court
GIVE AWAY THE BoTIIERs0ME SURPLUS.
"Well," says somebody, "such overload.
cd persons ought to be piiied, for their
worrimcnts are real and their nervous
prostration are genuine" l reply that
they could get rid Of the bo,hersome sur
plus by giving 1t away. II man has more
houses than he can carry on without vexa.
tion let him drop few Of them. II his
estate is so great he cannot manage Il
without getting nervous dyspepsia from
having too much, let him divide up with
those who have nervous dyspepsia be-
cause they connot get enough. No; they
guard the sixth finger with more care
than they do the original five. They go
limping with what they call gout and
know not that, like the giant Of my text,
they are lamed by superfluos toe. A few
of them by large charities bleed them.
selves Of this financial obesity and none.
tary plethora, but many Of them hang on
to the hindering superfluity ill death.
and then rs they are compelled to give
the money up anyhow in their last will
and testament they generally give some Of
Il to the Lord, expecting, no doubt, tina,
lie will feel very much obliged to them
Thank God that once In n while we have
a Peter Cooper, who owning a share In
the iron works ut Trenton, said 10 Mr..
Lester: 81 do not feel quite easy about
the amount we are making. Working
under one Of our patents, we have = mo.
nopoly which seems TO me something
wrong. Everybody hasto come TO MS for II
and We are making money too fast" So
they reduced the price. this while our
philianthropist was building Cooper In.
stituic. which mothers hundred insii-
tutes Of kindness and mercy all over the
land. But the world had TO walt five
thousand eight hundred years for Peter,
Cooper. | am glad for the benevolent
inst itutions that yet A lepncy frOm men