The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-19

pie here in Denver how long it took
him to emerge from the anonymous
milky way and join the company of
stars that have individual names; how
long it took him to extricate himself
from the common mass, the and
others"
You have seen the posters on the
walls before an election, Senator So
and-SO, General , Judge - and
others will address the people at the
Coliseum on such a day" It took sew
eraI years for Daniel Dougherty to
graduate from the land others But
by persistence and circumstance finally
he rejoicing and trembling, saw his
name in capitals on bill Senator
So-and-so, General --, Judge -, the
young and rising orator, Daniel Dough-
erty and others will address the cfti-
zens of the Sixth ward on this, the
evening of December 3. 1856"
In some portions of the world it is
impossible for one to rise out of the
and others There are about 80 0OO,-
600 of Russians who seem to be walled
in. The man does as his father did
and as his grandfather did. He can
not escape from his class. He is a pre-
destined newer of wood and drawer of
water The only other service he can
render is as food for powder" There
is no such impossible wall in France
or England, although there is a wall.
In America there cannot be said to be
wel1-defined classes absolutely walled
in. 1t is claimed that there are, it is
charged mat there are. uedlu the
neWsbOys crying: Daniel Manning is
dead" He was an errand boy in
newspaper office. He began there and
ended at the right hand of the presi-
dent. His case is not exceptional in this
country. Where have we found our
great men? Generally they We're born
in some kind of Bethlehem and raised
in some kind of Nazareth.
The great pilot of the nation in the
rapids of the war had worked the steer
ing oar of a flatbOat. The editors of
metropolitan journals are most of them
country born. They graduated from
the and others" OF Sc professional
men belonging to a literary club of a
city the question was asked, How
many of you know how to milk " They
all rose but two. OF the successful men
in business or professions, ~ out OF IOO
have been acquainted with the grief of
manual labor.
Now as long as a man can remember
that he walked a furrOW, held a ham
ner, stood at a bench or sat in the
seat of some kind of work 1t IS not pos
sible for him to be much of a class man.
He must retain sympathy for the and
others" from whom he came.
1 am well acquainted with the and
others" 1 have been as a country
raised boy alone in a great city. felt
as lonesome as a borrowed dog; every
body was in a hurry to get to some
place except me. 1 seemed to be the
only one who had no business on hand.
1 stopped at European hotel on
Broadway. kept on the Ethiopian plan
an called the Smithsonian, for no
other reason except that it seriously
crippled the alphabet. l had paid for
a room for a week. I came into the
hotel office one night and told the clerk
that the room was his and the street
was mine. Being night clerk and for
some reason having good VIII TO me,
ne told me to go into his room ana
make myself comfortable, which l did.
The next morning L bought a seal
Hoped cake of maple sugar, so-ca4ed'
for my last cent, and adjourned 10 IN
ion Square to have room and leisure LOT
breakfast.
That was all had. The Washington
statue was being uncovered, and
looked at the ceremony and listened to
the Grafton of Rev. DR.. Bethune- Since
then I have known that DR.. Bethune
was a good fisherman and great
preacher. At the time I was too hun
CRY to take him in or the statue
wanted bread, and he gave me stone:
I walked down to Water street and
went into a shipping office A benevo-
lent old man sat at desk. DID
want to go as sailor"
Yes"
Common or able seaman?''
NO, you don't" he said. Where do
you want to go?"
Anywhere"
Sign these papers"
I signed them.
ship"
He went out Five minutes later I
went out. Some good angel or bad an
gel had come to me and told me that
the life of a common sailor would not
do.
Next I went TO Fulton market. Many
fishing smacks were at the dock. l
picked out the largest and cleaHest and
went aboard. 1 found the skipper
could I go with him?" No" he re-
piled, "the last health eater had, got
sick and I had to go out of my way 200
miles to put him ashore"
1 turned to go, when ne said: Mate,
is there any room for him?" Yes" he
answered.
The result was that 1 put in a pleas
ant and profitable summer "On the
banks" catching halibut and Goldfish
on shares. Both of those fish, when 1
see them, suggest much to me.
NJ IL