Owingsville outlook., 1898-12-22
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visited relatives here last week.
Messrs. Joe Salmon and DIR
Wetzel, of Ashland; Robt. Guult
G. w. Honaker, Jr., and Horac,
Lane, Of O~ ingsvi'le, hunted will
lR. s. Estill this week. But tn,
birds "er' extremely wild and vi.
vacIous ana when they found
their wings" were long time los.
ing them again. Even the cotton
tails seemed all possessed and at
the first intimc ton OF dan ger a
few prodigious leaps carried them
out Of harms wsy.
1t may be well enough for a man
to have an exalted opinion of him
self; it may be comforting to have
heavenly and earthly aspirations
happily blended; but when a man
gets SO exaggerated in earthly
greatness that he insists on telling
Others how great he is he is Get
down at once as vulgarly preten-
tious, and instead of holding a
commanding position in the esti-
nation of men an over wise man
becomes an object of amusement
which tires you early. We know
of one or two men whose bump of
self-veneration is abnormally de-
veloped. Good fellows, too, in
their way and they have every
quality that goes to make up men
of influence, but while they are tell |
ing you what wonderful power they |
possess you are conscious of being |
privately and silently but surely |
and painfully bored. A man of |
much influence that he would hold,
never betrays any knowledge of the
fact. He that can govern himself
intelligently, without painful effort,
and without fear of revolt from his
appetites and passions, has within
him the secret of all real power
and all true greatness.
What strange ideas Of political
reform are possessed by many of
those who desire to be foremost in
the work of molding public opin-
ion. One mighty mind is framing
bitter invectives against the exist
ence of a certain trust which he
claims is robbing the people while
that same mighty mind is a men,
ber of some corporation which robs
the people in another way. A cer-
tain member of the United States
Senate is a hired attorney for GER
tain corporations; to the disgrace
and shame of this "iand of the
free and home of the brave" be 1t
said he is not alone. Members of
Congress are in the same degraded
position. The people cry out against
such an outrage, but seem power
ess to remedy the evil. In the days
If one Claudius the offices in Rome
we're put up at auction and sold ta
he highest bidder. This country
= ,degeneratipg into the same state
If corruption. Young men who are
themselves to fill respon-
'ible positions must feel thrill of
bride to know that no matter how
great their merits are or how we'll
hey may become fitted for their
service they have no claim
lpon their people when a man with
poodle is in sight. The man with
POODLE may or may not be corrupt
that is not the bone of con-
ention. The question is, SLOW
much will be given for the Officer"
citizens of this great and glorious
Commonwealth, how do you like
he prospe:t2 Fathers and mothers,
While you are toiling and worrying
way your lives for the education
f your children look what a gulf
les between talent and Doodle! Is
right? DO you as a people ac-
ually believe in that doctrine? If
o, let us all stand up and demand /,
n auction in IA public place and ,,
ell out to the highest bidder. Thus
ou will see the advantage we gain,
specially in the selection of sena- !,
ors and representatives. We will
ave the rich legislating against
and when "Greek meets
'reek then comes the tug of war"