Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-31
Incidents and Observations,

The dead beat is encountered in
every walk of life. The common
tr,mn differs from the dead-beet only
in the fact hat he does not attempt to
conceal hi. true character. The tramp
preys upon society with an av""ed
and open purpose, while his prototype
comes like robber in the night be-
hind masoue. Criminals are divided
into two great classes; those who vio-
late commercial laws, and thosa who
are guilty Of breaches of the moral
code. OF the two classes the latter is
subject to the most universal and severe
condemnation The dcad-heat who
iluposes upon society belongs to
the class of moral criminals. There is
IN over abundance of passive charity
in the world, and it excuses multi
tude of sins. Tie imposter is recog-
nized very readily but accusations are
not injunctions under social laws The
tramp and the thief may be compelled
by dire necessity to ursue their evil
ways, but the dead beat, who imposes
upon society cannot deny the motive
nor the criminal intent of their acts.
The man who does not poss s. the
ability and desire To make the world
better practices deception when he
poses as an important actor III the
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an accepted rule that the most radical
and the most hOisterOus members of
every circle are the social dead beats
As the goldbrick fraud deceives 'he
ambitious aud covetous business man
the imposters by the glitter and the
glory of their polish deceives the social
aspirant. In every social theatre there
are "property men" to do the manual
labor and the bright stars to call
the soul to the higher planes. If
there were none but these characters
there would be only pleasant scenes to
behold and useful lessons To learn; bat
the william has a place on every stage,
to destroy the peace and sadden the
scene with sorrow and tears. On the
real stage there are more Williams than
WOrking-men and intellectual stars
and there are more sorrows than joys,
Next to this social imposter is the
dead-nea in the professions. Among
the hawers of wood there can be nc
false pretertIon where you can judge a
workman by his chips literally, there
Is no deceit, therefore, the dead beat
among the common workaday people
Is the tramp of perfect type, who con
iesses his sins on every corner. Fht
dead beats in the profession of law
medicine and the ministry are til,
most prominent. The professors of tho
exact sciences are subject to some test:
OF capability which restrain them tt
ire limits of actual knowledge to SOM
degree, but the other classes shine by
reflected light and superficial luste
more often than bv true learning ant
intelligence. All men are men but n'
lhe influence Of education and relig
ION Is very great but animal natur,
dominates over every other influences
and passion rules ever reason Passio,
the demon of misery and death, an,
heaSon is Gods angel of peace ant
ne. The devil by heredity has dis
tf'outed the depravity that make
tranips and dead.beats to every class
Inc supcrstructure of society might b
compared to a tree. Th, great mass O
working peoDle are the sturdy trnnl
"''" the less important classes are til
branches and boughs. The disturuin
iorces are like the breezes and wind