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The Soldier—Passe
It has been round impossible in
the last year to keep up the strength
of the enlisted force of the United
States army as fixed by Congress.
The AdJutant-Gcnerai. Major—Gen.
Robert C. Davis. says so in his an-
nual report. He mentions two real-
sons. one the purely mechanical
difficulty created by the existing
law which requires all recruits to
prove they are over 'twenty-onc
years of age; the other. the high
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industrial pursuits.
No doubt. the present high it\t'i
l" M of wages has its effect. The low
pay of the private must be a. wry
small inducement to an ambitious
~ and active young man when he com.
pares it with the wage list of any
trade_ or the salaries puid even, to
beginners in white collar occupa-
tions. The future is equally unai-
trnctive. The chance of obtaining
5 commission is remote. and. apart
from it. promotion moans no nth-—
qua‘te advancement in comfort. or
prosperity.
But. however much Gen. Du\'l.":t
reasons for slack enlistment may
hold good, we imagine there is a
broader and more powerful iii-
fluonce at work. The mind of tin-
world is looking away from “or
and naturally the young man is
looking away from soldiering as a
career. He haste. new sense of lill.‘
vanity. the futility of fighting as
a. trade. He has absorbed notions
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3! Walt M
For many years I’ve "gone my way.
a highly moral. righteous Jay. I've
garnered no dishonest pelt. I've
loved my neighbor as myself. I've
tried to make my vows all true. and
paid my bills when they were due.
And so I ‘see the village smile. when
I go forth. all free from gulls. and
damsels fair and gaffers gray salute
me as I go my way. The other morn-
ing. to my door. there came a most
offensive bore. He said. "You’re
stacking high in town; you have
stainless. white renown. The peopl'
think you're good as wheat from
your side-whiskers to your feet. But
I’ve the documents to show you
swiped twelve hens long years ago.
The crime was too low down for
wordsfthey Were a stricken widow's
birds. What will your neighbors
think of youse if I announce this
fatal news? 011. shame will gather
on your brow. and men who smile
upon you now will shun you as the
hale and well avoid the leper with
his bell. But if you pay ten t. nee.
old boy. these deadly papers 1' I de-
stroy." "Just twenty second I will
wait. to see you vault my garden
gate." I said. in accents cold stern;
"and if you 'venture to return. I'll
take a battle-ax of mine. and dr‘"ly
cleave you to the chine." And that?
the only way to treat the dastardly.
disgusting bcat Who hopes a bank
account to win by trading on your
ancient sin‘. '
Telephone Prophecy
I’rophccy is usually supposed to
bc a. solemn occupation and the
prophet a. lull haggard man with a.
distant gaze and a. long to hit: Leut‘d.
As u llzlLlit‘i' or met however the
it-ul prophet blit'll 1bush. flow oi
lucclluus :iuluor through his pen
and iiut'b' his pivdlt'liiig “llll a smile
on his taut. For instance. lit-re is
an t'dllol’llli by the famous Somucl
“U\Vit'3. pl'iutwl in his Splillgiit-ld
lit-publish“ Ull l“gi)l‘llill')‘ 15, 1877.
just after .\|".\llll(lt'l‘ Graham Bell
liad (icil\tl'l:li his lll'st lcctul'c Du tlic
'l'clcpliulic tit Suit-m, Massachusetts.
of .the evils of war which were held
btlt by few pn-rsons in past gcnvi'a-
tions.
Ms eyes as a (‘lil'll'r in which in
, ordinary timvs,hc can do no good
; ”(73 Others and gain no niravtive
l future for himself. it is likely to im—
-Come as enlightenment grows more
general a resort rather of the pur—
"peerless. if not the shiftless. than of
the. enterprising and the activr.
The tins-vi and show have every
day loss lura‘ as the comforts and t'll-
Joyment-s of peace are. more within
the reach of every one. The fiction-
al glamour is disappearing us know-
ledge of llic drudgery and Buffs-ring
of campaigning are brought mon-
cleariy into light. The romance of
progress in a productive caret-r,
blended with the htipf‘s of domesti-
city. appeals far more to well trained
Jaielligenco. who" no patriotic duty
of s‘i'vsau'rilice terms a compelling
.mo ‘9 to the contrary.
It is in the spirit of the day that
military life offers no lure conipnr-
able with the prospect of even mod-
erate success in civil life. It is equ-
- ally true that the sentiment of the
period is averse from bloodshed and
devastation. and from the waste of
the best years of manhood in unpro-
fitable preparation for them.
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Norwalk Chronicler