Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-12-15
WEALTH WITHOUT HEALTH.
Miserable Existence, According 4
PHILOSOPHICAL MEXICAN


Los Angeles Express.-My friend
Ramon Pedro Jesus Maria RAMIREZ
sat contemplative upon an upturned
picking box. Around him was actiyit,
activity, that is to say, of the
moderate and unstrenuous type which
prevails hereabouts. Nothing violent.
Out rather calm, deliberate and
Thoughtful development of energy
adapted to the climate and the sur
roundings. Captain Mexicans and a
sprinkling of Japs were picking
grapes-the Mexicans pausing now
and then to roll and light cigarettes.
the Japs keeping at their work with a
cheerful determination which taught
me now their compatriots are winning
that throat-to-throat business over in
Manchuria.
wagons passed up and down the
rows or grape vines, taking up the
boxes filled by the pickers. the
drivers cheerfully cursing their mules
ID English, Spanish or Japanese ac.
cording to the nativity of the wbip.
wielder, for no team of mules ever
was or ever will be well and truIv
driVen save to the accompaniment or
strong words and the lash. A light
maze OF yellowish dust overhung the
scene which. with the cracking of
whips like scattered musket fire and
the shouts and yells of the transfers
might we'll have given one the i'm.
preston OF d skirmish in progress.
Maria Ramirez was overseeing the
proceedings. | have noticed that a
philosopher comes out strong in the
way OF bossing other people and that
ne usually manages to have the other
fellows do the work This is nv M
manner of means reproach IN
philosophy, but rather an encoDium
thereupon, for, if philosophy enables
man TO dodge hard work, it is eyi.
IDENTITY a good thing to possess. |
wish | had the secret of it.
Philosophy. however. is many sided
and concerns itself with many things
besides the avoidance of persona,
eXertion. 1t deals with all manner Of
! human interests and activities, as Won
shall speedily discover if you come to
deal with a genuine philosopher.
nave this truth brought home to me
atresh every time that I foregatber
with my friend Ramon Pedro.
ms other day for instance, he fell
TO lamenting the low price OF cranes
and from that to dismal vaticinations
respecting the future prospects OF
grape growers and of vineyard
'aoorers; but his Philosophical TEN
permanent speedily got the upper hand
what matters after all. though
he said whether grapes are $40 OF
800 ton? Have you not noticed
amigo. that We all live somehow
Maybe there will be little less rib
bon on the woman's dress and the
muchacho goes in bare feet longer
ut nobody starves. and il is wen
'f'er all, that the woman have fewer
/ ribbons, and 1t is good for the bov ia
be with bare feet. See, now. what
difference shall II all make ten years
/ from "ow-yes. ten weeks from now
whether you have s1u or 10 cents in
! your pocket toda;? IS it not so
amigo?
you have the authority of great
man for your theory. anyway" | said.
Marcus Aurelius Artopinus Thought
as YOU do about such things"
Who was he?"
"A Roman emperor-a dago"
! "Ah. a dago. ST. There are good
men among the dagoes. Some that
: Enow have much knowledge of vine
Yards, though they first want to put
vines up on sticks. But they soon
4 lind out. However. it is true. as [
/ say, that much or little money makes
no difference in little while. A dead
J man needs no money, amigo
Marcus Aurelius again" said.
rs il so? He was truly wise
man. declared my friend with tina,
amiable self-complacency which |
( have noticed to be another char.
acteristic of philosophers.
You see" he went on. rolling a
cigarette and lighting il with one deep
inhalation, over in that house lives a
man with much money. but he can not
get out of bed All his money will not
/ bring him to walk three feet. Out
mere in the sun am | with maybe two
bits in my pocket and | can walk
from here to Pasadena and back in
three hours. | am twice as old as he
is too. Which of us is better off9 I
can work"
! t"But you take mighty good care
that you don't | mentally parenthe,
! sizedl
And | do not have to STAY Ir bed
Am | not richer than he is?"
nodded.
What is that richest of all rich
men back east--I can not saw his
name in English. In Spanish il be
gins piedra-piedra-
"Oh. you mean Rockefeller"
said. catching this translation of a
proper name.
Truly, yes. This Rockyfow has
moro money than all the rest OF the
people in the world. yet he eats
crackers because if he ate frijolss or
tamaleS or tortillas they would Kiln
him. Ho' Am | not better on this
picking box and my stomach ali right
than RoclSyflow with his moneybars
and his crackerss Even that mule