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Show Till. .MUVLl-UlhlMl isl'IIIIT. The most marked trait In the American Ameri-can charactor It tho desire to get rich and niako a grand dlsjilay, Thlt la a fait that tha most eujurriclnl obsarver i-aniiot fall Id notice. Thu desire to bo-rumowtalthy bo-rumowtalthy Is fast assuming a phaio of semi Insanity. Nu other consideration considera-tion siimt to occupy thu minds of a vaitmtjorlty of the Amerluiii people, but that of unking UDiiey, A wild, iiniuthentlcalud rejort from a mining district will ait whole communities Into on uproar alioJt goll nnd silver. We have teen what occurod In OkU-liouiaacouplo OkU-liouiaacouplo of years ago, when men went clean crary to grab tholindiof tho ludlans. It cm also bu seen Ihatthelattst dliitaco'ul excltv-uont (egarlliigtheliillaiii was caused liy uie'i yaarnlng to get rluh. When luiney-miklngastuiueiphaiei of this klml It la it iiatlinal evil, At farbauxai 1791 tho .'ranchman, Tnlloyrao I, visited this country. He u at a close observer, an I a remarkably shrewd and tagcleus thinker. In bit Memolrt ha relate many Interesting Incident! of hi American vl.lt. Ho dw ells tpecl illy on tho msuey-mak-Ingpropeuiltlotol tho peojle of this nation. In every environment tha doiulnautlmpiitsit was to get rich. Tha I low. man, tha peddler, tho school texclur, the trapper.au I In fact, every diss that ho cam In coutast with eittertaliied hopes of gettlug rich nu.l making a display. Talleyrand narrate fully a conn nation na-tion lit. 1 1 with n ctllxoii uf Machlai lu ttioKaitcrut-tatos. During n violent storm the phlloaopher)ught thellir In a house, tho beat lu thu place, anl the owner of which was u mist nspctuhla man. riillyraud naktil this man whrtlnr hu hal ever teen Uoorgu Washington, riie reply w as a negative nega-tive ono. Ho was aske. whether In tho event of Ills visiting Philadelphia he wo'll I not make It part of hit bust, nttssoriluly to tea Washington. The Aiutrlcau rcplleJ that ha should llku aery much to sou Uoorg Washington buthowould ha more pleased toeou Mr, lllugham, tho man who uai uld to bo richer than Uni'iui, TnllojranJ deducus from this Incident theories thut are bsln; raillzod In our time. Do wonotseothoiiijiiey Idol worshipped on eviry hand. Due cannot rldo a hundred miles on a rullroal without havluj au upportun- Ity of speaking to dotcnt of men who aie going li make fortunrsi itexti) ring Tin se men havu not n beautiful suitl ment and licalihy ltoiefuln9 of the fttlutp, Imt they have a degree of the Inutility of the poor Idiot who fancies lilmirlftha I'rlucuof Wales or the President of lliit Unllt-l HUtr. The New Otlians WceXtj StuSti, spiaklng on this objectloaablo national charao-tt charao-tt little says: "Thlsostenlatlotit parade of riches by Amerlctntln i:nrox has lx)mo aro-pronchto aro-pronchto the national character. Tor-elgnert Tor-elgnert lake alt the profit from American Isllors that they tain gel but they laugh atlhtm wutle they llscee them, American bmrlsl number a hundred thousand annually an-nually and spend from two hundred to two thenannd dollars each, ir nunc, making en aggregatoof a hundred millions, mil-lions, to aay nothing of fortune itlvtn In nia'rliiionlnl Inidofor titles uod "potl-llotil "potl-llotil Talltyniu I nerer dreiinetl uf tho IrsRieudotit wealth the Amerlcin liopl were lo ottoss, but If living he would Join his countrymen In their ridicule uf American extravagance and monotary oslenlatlou. Alt kinds of abuacs baa their lu tljroui aspects anl thoabotoof at eallli by the Ignorart Is lio oxcet lion ' Thrift, economy, Industry and energy atospbjuilld vlrlurr, but when thrlf. htuinie avtrlct-,e:)nomy ln-cotnes dlt-luneity, dlt-luneity, and In luilry chicanery, then It Is lime for thu moral an I relljloit rtformcr to cry out. A nation thai worshtithegoldeii calf i annul remain a natloa long A paiplu tvho rurli mtlly to too Jay lljuld, aul leave Whlttler to map- In a hotel aro a pro. plo who art ru-utllly tlavet U wealth, vanity an I display, TuI.ittcf,liyBlltic.lmntlmull'0 an luirdlnato spirit In Ih dliectlon of nilnty-inaklugwlthoutlmpalrlng their tplrltuxl growth. It It not lmpron r In seek to obtain wealth so long as It Is-madaatecondary Is-madaatecondary and not a primal object. Andthaedirtt thoiil I Invariably Invari-ably ha accompanied by a dcalro to do Rood with tho means actpilrnl by personal per-sonal cllortnnd tha bleating of Uod. At this point It It approprl tie toipjote tho words of the t'rophit Jacob, delivered de-livered to the Nephltet with legard to having too groit anility for rlihot anl In relation to pride, both of which, ar mora or lt-tt exemllfled In thlt community. (Ilk ol Mormon, kje 1111)1 "And now bshold, my bre'hren, this tt th word which 1 declare unto s,ou that many uf you baro begun to aesrrh for gold, and for silt s r, and alt manner of precious ores, lu th wtilt-h this Ian 1, w hleh Is a lati 1 of promise unto you, and to your set 1, doth abound plentiful! . "And th hand nf proilleu-0 hath amlted upon you most pleasingly, that you hav obtatuod tnanr richest and because be-cause some of you have obtained tnoro abundantly than that of your brethren, yfltro lifted up la the pride of your hearts, aud wssr stla necks and high heads, beeatls of th eo-nllnts of your apiaretand persecutoyour bietltrrn, beta be-ta is ye suppol that yoar b ter than thsy. "Anl now, my bnlhren, do aup-jots aup-jots that Odd Juslflslh Jou In this thing? Usltol 1, I say untu you, Xif, Itut he coodtmnsth yon, and If ye per-slit per-slit In these things, hit Judgment must spe-dlla com unto you. "0 that he would shew you thst ho ran pierce you, and with on glance of his eye, ho ran smlto you to the dint," |