West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1897-04-15
FROM rHE sunny SOUTH.
Eating MulberrieS and Strawberries,
But Yet il Does Not Seem Like
Spring Cuba and thu Civil
Service Too

spring NaDa anu thS OIfll
Service, Too.
The following interesting letter
is from Marshall ). Cornw.ll in he
Hampshire Re0iac. Mr. Corbwell
his been in Florida this winter for
his health. He formerlp edited the
Elkins Inter Mountain.
OAK HALL, FLA. March 20, '97.
While our Government is play
ing hide and seek wi the fill
busters along the Florida coast,
the Cubnns aie going right ahead
whipping the Spaniards and are
every day nearer freedom. Mean
while Spain has exhausted her re-
sources and can't meet the interest
on her national debt. Now that
Cleveland and Carlisle are both out
Of "a job, We would suggest that
hey 60 over TO Spain aud negotiate
her bond sale. The only trouble
is. they would not have the people
OF the United States to foot the
bill. This thing OF borrowing
mpncy to maintain credit is about
AS hard to understand as putting
all the offices out Of reach Of the
people to give the young man a
chance" He has a chance to oct
on the civil service list, but he'll
die with old age before his turn
comes. Well, the present system
may have one good effect. 1t will
keep young men out of politics.
Almost every day get letters from
young men IN West Virginia asking
me to help them get Government
place of some sort. Just as though
could help them when there are
ten applicants for every job, mus
tering every endorsement they can
find. The only civil appointment
L ever sought or held was under
the State Legislature. | did three
mems work for one mans pay, and
when it was over | felt like the
farmer out in Iowa. He drove his
hogs all the way to Chicago, and
found the market very dull. So
he posted off with them to st. Louis,
and finally arrived there only to
find that hogs were very low In st.
Louis but lad taken decided rise
in Chicago. "Well, said he, 81
didn't make darn sight by the
GRIP, but I've had the company OF
the hogs" And so my advice &c
every young man is to leave politics
alone. Learn "a craft or fit YOUR
self for profession and be satisfied
with an honest living. If you foo
with politics you'll only waste youI
time and money for some other fell
low to profit. You may take of
your coat and work day and night
for candidate, and when he is ell
ected he won't remember that he
ever saw you. Nine out Of ten al
the men who are in public life have
no friendship for you except as you
make yourself useful.
We'll ate some mu berries 0 day.
and have bad ripe strawberries for
some weeks pnst. saw corn to d y
knee high, and potatoes in Lloom.
The orange groves all over the
State are mass of blossoms, and
growers are beginning to look cheer
tul. They have had a hard time
of it since the big freeze, and even
"a small crop will be great help to
the State. For the past month.
we have had worm dry weather.
The usual temperature is from so
to 50, aud yet it does not seem to
me like Spring There is none Of
hat reawakeing to new life as in
The North. The aspect of the
country does not change. | shall
come back to Hampshire i'm time
to watch the unfolding Of the for
est leaves, and see The green appear
upon the hills. The robins have
already gone. and the wild geese
are coming mp from the lower is
binds on their way to- northern
sheres. Aud so ] too shall soon be
ON the wide Atlantic, homeward
bound.
Daniel Webster, one Of the great
est Of American statesmen, de
cIaTed that Chimes change and
men change with them, but princi
pies mover" Just now it is really
ridiculous to sec how generally the
Repu blcan press and leaders are
condemning tho Civil Service In
unmeasurcd terms ard demanding
It's repeal. Whereas all through
its workings under Cleveland
wherein il enabled lot Of Repub.
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