The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-14

il owned in the City OF Mexico. 1t IL
a land OF glorious climAte, soil and
resources, but teens with poverty
stricken millions. The wealth is
controlled by a few, and these fortu-
nate families live i'll splendOr in the
capital city.
There Is little or no manufacturing
in the country, and excessive I'M
port taxes are levied upon every
thing bought III the United States or
Europe. For instance, there are no
Urew cries III Mexico, and the inn
ported beer costs 80 cents bottle.
No vine IL poduced III the country,
and a. the rich will have wine they
lind it necessary 10 pay enormous
prices The truth is, | wouldn't take
the Mexican mission as gift. In
addition to the Necessity OF spending
all # One's tatary aud throwing in
his time as worth nothing, one must
run enormous chances OF ending his
days there. The city has no drain
age. 1t lies reekiDg IN the aCcumu-
lated filth OF centuries. Who would
want 10 leave the glorious United
states anu live in q hole like that
four years simply for the purpose OF
acquiring little fAme?
Much more sensible would 1t be for
a man to stay 81 home and devote his
energies to something for the benefit
OF his fellow man. Take, as al eX-
ample, the Gaze OF Professor Langley,
secretary Of the Smithsonian institu-
lion. For several years this man HIS
devoted his great learning and his
wonderful energy to the development
OF a flying machine. He spends his
days at tue institution earning the
salary which is paid him, and he
does earn 1t too But l don't believe
he would admit o cabinet minister to
his house in the evening. After din
ner IL the golden hour which he de-
votes, and which he has devoted for
several years, to work upon his de-
vice. All social invitations, all the
fleetipg vanities OF the world, he
eschews with the rigor of q religious
recuse. He has no time for frlvolity.
Life is too short with this man to
waste all hour that might be devoted
| TO science. is 1t not admirable?
OF course 1t Is, and the results OF
all this self denial, OF all this labor,
are likely to astonish the world and
make Professor Langley one Of the
most famous mel OF his time. The
progress which he has made with
his flying machine he guards as more
or less of secret, but L am able to
tell you that within year or 80 he
will, without much doubt, solve this
problem of problems. He is build
ing flying machine that will fly
Years of study convinced Professor
Langley that flight could not be ef'
fecttd by means Of balloon. SC
Professor Langley set out to build al
aeroplane-a flying machine which
should fly by virtue Of the impact
of itself in motion against the sur.
rounding atmosphere. Countless ex'
periments have been made in this d.
rection also, but all have failed fol
lack Of proper adjustment of weights
and absence of the necessary power
He deserves fame and is almost sure
to attain it.
There are many different ways o.
attaining fame. Some men acquire
it, aud others have it thrust upOr
them. As an example Of the latter
take the case of Judge Mcguire, o.
San Francisco, who is coming dOwr
here as a member of congress. Judge
Mcguire won fame with a single
story. 1t was not much OF q story
either, but its success lay in the sp
plicaUiOn of it. Perhaps you have
heard OF the single takers. The sin
gle takers, led by Henry George
have one of the most perfect organi
p. cations known to the art of propa
gandism. All the single takers hang
together. There are single takers al
over the earth. In bearly every
country they have their national so
ciety, controlling and cooperating
with innumerable local societies
No religious sect, no secret society
no social or political organization
that l know anything about, is one
half 80 much in earnest as the sin
gle taxer
/ hardly know what single taxinj
is myself, and yet confess TO grea
deal of admiration for these me-
who, out OF pure earnestness Of con
viction, very love OF their principles
are going forth to try to conquer. |
happens that a great many peopl
can't see through the single tax doc
trine. No matter how clearly it ma,
be explained to them, they fail to Sc
the point. And yet is claimed whel
they do see it they see it all at once
and with such vividDess that the i'm
preston is left upon their minds eve
sfterward. 1t was an illustration O
this that Judge Mcguire told tn
story which made him famous.
will try to tell this story for him:
Before a show window i'll Sa
Francisco crowd WAS gathered look
ing at n picture there displayed. /
placard by the side OF the pictur
bore these words:
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no YOU SEE THE CAT9