The Forrest City times., 1905-08-11
A Miser and a Man.

ninety, of seniIity and imbecility. He has devoted all the .years of his long life 10 one object, and if success consists in attaining ones ambition, Russell Sage may be pronounced successful. He made god of the dollar, lsbored in- cesssntly 10 accumulate money, and on the eve of his enforced de. paIture can show an enormous hoard of some hundreds of mil lions. But he has gained his money at the sacrifice of every thing else, His only enjoyment for years has consisted in counting his gold, but even this was not without alloy, as It is the nature of the miser 10 live in dread of loss Though too decrepit to leave his house, his mind still dwells on hls ruling passion, and he grabs for the miserable pittance allowed him each week as director Tn various corporations. The love of money has eaten out of bis heart every human trait and made impossible all those things which are usually supposed to confer happiness. Love, capacity for friendship, every Xii indly emotion, every hu- mane desire, have long since died out. He trusts nobody, not even his confidential business agent, not one of those with whom he has acted in the past. The very wife of his bosom is an object of sus- picion. Friendless, alone in hls big mansion, he awaits hls end, that most miserable of all ends that can come to any human being. One passion alone remains. His appetites are gone, his food has ceased to nourlsh him, he car take no pleasure in anything tangible or mental, but his avarice grows stronger with the lengthening years. It is a characteristic of this trait that it becomes stronger and stronger the more il is indulged. Like the green-eyed monster, it makes the meat 1t feeds on. A veritable Frankenstein, it event. ually devours the one who has created and nursed it. It is Il pitiabie spectacle, from which we turn with disgust and loathing and, like one ,ncculated by a poisonous bite, we hasten to seek an antidote.
 Over on the Pacific coast we find man 10 contrast with this miser. His name is Burbank. Couple these two names, Sage and Bur bank. And they are well worth the coupling. The one, as we have shown, has spent long life for self alone in the most sordld of all pursuits. The other has lived for humanity. He has taught the agricultural world how to obtain great results by the application oi science to cultivation. II has pro. duced new fruits. He has dis. covered new flowers. Not an orchard, but will be enriched as the outcome of his work, not q gal.
 den that will not be more beauti. ful because of his discoveries. While Sage was hunting for new dollar, Burbank has been searching for new berries, apples, plums and plants. He has shown us how to improve old species and create new ones. He gives us an edib'e cac. tus to feed man and animals in the desert, a black berry without thorns, frost.proof fruit trees, plums without pits, a fragrant dahlia, an improved prune and many other rare and valuable forms. Burban has taught every farmer and gardener in the land the value of applied science and has enriched beyond measure the whole floral and vegetable worlds. Nor has he done all this for money or made money as the result of his magical processes. The fnan- cial benefit of his discoveries will