The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-19
uns and Down of LIfe.


There IS a pathetic tragedy in tho ups
and downs Of life A man may b. prom
inent and courted one day and obscure
and deserted another day. II Is the way
OF the world. Some men are up all the
time and some are down All tho time and
up FOR q little while. There is nothing
sad ia any OF these cases. II is tho man
that is up most Of bis life and down at
the finish that arouses ones sympathy.
There IL no comfort for these rsings
and fallings but sublime philosophy He
humble in your rise that you may not SUI
fer too harshly by your fail
4 fan at eighty Is awful
When Senator Preston p. Plumb WIS
on the highest pedestal that the pride ~
his fellow citizens could buiid. he hastily
left Washington one night 50 that he
could reach Kansas on time 20 % pail
bearer at a funeral OF an Allen county
LADY. She was the wife OF a man dis
tinguished as { citizen Of his community
and famed locally as a professional man
Of great merit.
That man died two weeks ago "a tho
poor house OF this county and none o.
the papers had even a mention Of his
death. Had he never fallen. ID other
words had he never lost his wealth. there
would have been aoTal gates aiar ard
broken harps and Yreaths a eTergrseus
upon his csskei And the Preacher
would have covered his grave with rhet-
orc and metaphor. and the papers would
coudoie with the community in the Joss
OF one OF its most highly esteemed cit
liens. But the cid man had been down
for a few years ard news 81 q death
travels slowly from a poor house.
And the time was. and not long either.
when the politicians favored This Old man.
Men who have not yet fw0 weeks after
his burial n a paupers grave. heard O.
his death. within TIE Iast sevcn years
have deemed g quite a little honor %
be appointed On q commi,fee % escort
him 70 the rosfrum 80 preri8e over a
county convention Tho ese q the roll-
tician Is seldom directed towarss the
poor house: the ear - The politician sell
DON hears from lib friend tn the pre-iacf
q the INDECENT Ard. YET politics leads
often IN that Efract1sn. u may have
lead Dr. Phillips there. TIE lass iatai-
liEsbic oppression that came from the
pillow - public charity upou wfieh tis
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