The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-01-07
,~aur GRENADA, MISS. SATURDAY, JANUARY lses

ATURDAY, JANUARY Z
THE PU0ILIsrs PLACE IN LIFE.
A Mirror 1. which Many Can sss Thsm-
Tho manager Of Pugilist Corbett
scornfully rejects the ofier by New
Orleans sporting club Of hfty-thous-
and dollar purse for q fight between his
man and Charley Mitchell. and tntt-
mates that nothing less than . purse Of
D7NOOO will induce the former to put
up his hands," And the probability Is
that the club will come to terms.
Well, what Of itY
Corbett,s skill and Drawn comprise
bio stock In trade, and are worth %
much TO him as they will bring him in
th6 market, and as much to the CLUB 90
the probable sale Of tickets will justify
II in offering. And after all, there IL
specially wrong In the trans
ACTION.
With The exception Of the Deity and
thu Father Of Lies, all good and evil Is
relative. A thing 10 just % much bet
tet or worse than something else. and
III standards are based on comparison.
Therelore, we must Judge the pugilist
and his methods by those Of other men,
and II We do but set about 1t with y
mind devoid Of prejudice We shall find
him averaging up pretty we'll:
he develops his muscle and hghting
facilities Just as tho professional man
does his Intellectual parts, and In like
manner puts them up Us his stakes In
tho game Of fame and fortune. The
reputation that he may gain is as dear
to him as renown in other fields is to
the scholar, the statesman, the soldier
or the man Of science. We may not
admire his taste, but the applause OF
the multitude is much the same In all
fcases, and dollar earned in the ring
goes Just as far IS one got elsewhere.
And % to the methods, what obiec.
tion can be urged against them that
will not lie against those Of other men
who live by public favorp
Prize fighting is brutal. Granted
But what then Is WARP Is not the slay'
ing Of men, the devastation Of smiling
fields and the woe OF the widow and
orphan worse than the backing OF al
eve or the mashing Of q nosep No mar
had . more thorough command m ,,' EYE
his feelings than the Duke OF Wellng
ton. Yet he turned shudderlng away
from the sickening sights IN conquered
IBadajos and exclaimed: by. I'd
IPtcton, no man OF Chrlstlan sensloillsle'
has any business Win tne procession .
. soldier" And DO We not lay ou
freshest laurels at the 1eet O. tnest
trained and bedlzened Dutcnerss
| We exalt lawyers to the hlghest pla
ces in our gilt. DO they not sell incl
abilities to-day to hang men ana womel !,.
wbom they 40 notaknoW 20 ne gull.y
and tomorrow move neaven ana eareI
to release on society criminals VINO! wno9
they know to be as guilty. as nell ltseil
what could oe more nrotal tnan VI. VI
torture to which honest people are sue
lected every day on the wltness s1ana
Only this, perhaps-the applause VIII
which we greet the spectacle.
The doctor, conscious OF nls lnaolllt
to fathom disease still goes on pr
tending that ne knows an aoout ~ !;,. uns
the tender blossom or the strong pllla
OF the household 1s wltherea ana powe
into the grave, and takes with unolusf
ing face, the lee tnat shoulo nave gon
to another who might have saved tn
treasure. Does he not Sit IN the anne