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foe. The deafening huzzahs which re
ward his philippics demonstrate how
easy is his self-imposed role of cloud
compelling censor of evil. He is
merely gliding on well greased ways
into placid waters.
The general intelligence of a peo
ple is only the aggregate of the in
telligence of the average individual
who makes up the grand total. The
reputation for asthetic culture for
which Athens was renowned, was due
to the high polish of the individual
cititens who 1 ‘spent their time in
nothing else, but either to tell or to
hear some new thing,” of more or
less refining tendency. The Roman
fame for stalwart bravery sprung
from the universal hardihood of a
people, whose individual units were
nourished on the she-wolf’s milk,
and England’s greatness is bottomed
upon the mariner’s love of freedom.
All of these qualities can be possess
ed by masses in a high degree of
perfection; they are congenital and
may descend from sire to son. But
knowledge of profound truths of
stateseraft and fundamental princi
ples of government and wise
lines of policy in intricate af
fairs are not within the pur
view of the busy man. He lacks
the opportunity to learn their de
tails and general bearing and wants
the time and technical trainng neces
sary to a correct and working ac
quaintance with their causes and re
sults. The troubles work practical
harm when he fancies he knows and
insists upon having his crude and
inchoate views wrought into actual
enactments and become component
parts of public policy. He is intol
erant of opposition and brooks no
contradiction. Here, then, the cur
tain rises upon the theater for the
public man of genuine and not simu
lated bravery. He has boxed the
compass of the difficult problem and
taken true bearings. He has sunk
the plumb-line and knows the rocks
and sandbars. His is the eye to see
the danger points and his the hand
to hold the rudder wheel with firm
grasp. He is not perturbed by cross
currents or temporary driftings. He
keeps the goal in clear view and
steers straight. Such men are now
more scarce in public life, for the
field is uninviting, success too du
bious, and tenure of position alto
gether short and insecure. Hence,
the demagogue flourishes as the green
bay tree and spreads abroad bis
deadly shades. He is misnamed, for
he is not the people’s leader, as the
word etymologically means, but the
people’s led as the fact is. He is
never in the van, but rounds up lhe
procession, with his weather eye on
the line of march. Thus he glides
into Congress, the General Assem
bly, and draws his street car tickets
as a member of the City Council.
Here, as everywhere else, the peo
ple have only themselves to blame.
When they cease to thirst for gold
and hone after virtue and the civic
spirit, the crooked paths will become
straight. Men, not weather-vanes,
will be in demand. —Richmond Jour
nal.
The increased cost of living has
made our honest gold coin a 50 cent
dollar; sometimes it is not more
than forty cents. —St. Louis Post-
Dispatch.
WATSON’S WEEKLY JEFFERSONIAN.
LOSER AND FINDER.
A man while strolling in a public
park dropped a wallet containing
SI,OOO in currency. A laborer found
the wallet and restored it to its own
er, who thanked the finder and of
fered him a cigar. The incident elic
ited newspaper comment severely
critical of the ingratitude and parsi
mony of the man who was saved
from a serious loss by the honesty
of another. The Washington Post
takes a different view. Says the
Post:
But why should this man be taxed
for a misfortune? Why should the
other make a merchandise of his hon
esty? What is the argument, in its
last analysis, but that honesty should
not be practiced unless it reaps
reward in dollars and cents?
One man loses a purse; another man
happens along and picks it up. The
purse is not the property of the
finder. It has cost him nothing. Why
should he expect any reward other
than a “thank you” and the approv
al of a conscience at rest when he
restores the property to its rightful
owner ?
The Post is right. No man should
expect special pecuniary reward for
ordinary honesty. But circumstances
may make it especially incumbent
upon the beneficiary of an act of
honesty to emphasize his gratitude.
In the instance cited, if the man who
found the pocketbook and returned
it to its owner had been a friend of
the owner and a man of high stand
ing, the offer of a money reward
would have been more insulting than
considerate, but as the finder was a
stranger and apparently a poor man,
there was occasion for a more em
phatic show of appreciation. It was
not necessary that money should
have been offered as a reward for
the man’s honesty, but the natural
prompting would have been to be
stow some benefit for what was a real
service. The average man under
the circumstances, having been saved
from a loss of SI,OOO, would have
felt rather mean if he had not, as
delicately as possible, endeavored to
confer a substantial favor. He would
at least have expressed his hearty
thanks, without making the cheap
offer of a cigar as a favor. —Nash-
ville Banner.
“What has become of the old
fashioned boy who believed that
handling toads would cause warts to
grow on his hands?” asks the At
chison Globe. The last we heard
of him he was still trying to get rid
of the warts.
After having made a great record
at hay pitching, the president will
come back to Washington prepared
to show Congress that he also cuts
some ice.
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