The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-11-24
A PLEA FOR. MUSCLES.

The superiority Of mind over body
of BARNS over tnusclesg is oDesof the most
Convenient and popular themesgof deela,
NATION, Every school, hoy Who has left
the plow-tail for the Office, employs his
kearliest efforts at composition in iusti6ca
ton of his choice: y We lately read an ar
liclea in the organ of the ,stLeavenworth
Commereiai Sehool,'l9on this subjects
which carried US back, BY It's. style and
sentiment TO the "Sophomore Class"
IlThe article affirmed that s"muscle and bone
were the hewers of wood and the draw g
ers Of waiter to brains;'' and urged every
body and his brother to. come to, that
college" and in three monIhs learn to
live by his wits. Now we have no OBJ
lection to brains: they are very useful.
The world isiin 'noadanger Of beiDgloVsr-
stocked at lsastcif. we Judge from the
style of these eulogistic efforts. Butlhis
style Of remark is, becoming so universal
IN schools, newspapers and books, that
there is growiug up morbid sentiment
whiUh ID rsRtehs disaster. THERE'S grove
ing up a sentiment 1 hat thereylis an ans
tagonism between, brain and muscle, and
Chat be Wbo poss esses the first is a fool to
live BY the second: and he who does not
livc by his wits is supposed toAha0e none.
Those who live by muscular labor are
Supposed TO lack mental power The
harder he works with his hands the less
we esteem him. There are exceptions,
but-this isthe drift ofthings.o I'd u 'Ik I'd
The result is just what we might exa
peet.I Ehel fields of.muscular toll are. be-
ing left to the mos! degraded, and those
Of mental labor are over stocked, No
girl Of any pretensions, thinks Of doing
''house work, - or Feven plain Use wing -
Sheamust :aeach school, - or give Emusic
lessenssmfn No young, man of any q pluck
thinks Of beipg ss."'farm; laborer;"' but be
goes to the city and becomes q "clerk, !"
and sports plug hat and a cigar. It is
not becadse the work Is ligtiter;; for We
only need to- compare thep spale, rweal
ried look Of oeuFgeeheEs and. dclerks With
the rpddy heaalthipess pf,serYanta girls and
laborers to be convinced Of the contrary.
But It is thought to Be SO much more
dign fed to labor with the mind than
wiki the hands, sthatunUoone who car
do the former will think of the latter.
We, are told that since the war,
F'closed, all the cities in the country
are cfowted, while farm4abores can seal.
cely be Obtained; the professions are over
full 10 iherease the demand, the phys.
icians divide themselves into half a dozen
different schools-litlle pills and big pills
cold water and hot, herbs and pbysio.
ILsWyersE are edissoIving uiniol acclaim
agents, q 'tlsndd ageats, 'Haud asthousand
other agencies, wherever there is a.ehanee
to Create a, case or, pocket 2 fee. 70 en-
fploy this surplus of brain, manufacturers
and others are sending agents all over the
cotfhtFy. peddling books and maps and
pictures, hair dye and ligbtni0g- rods.
Every school committee is oEerrun with
applications, while q, good, ,girl, to, do
housework, lie sought for as for ':hid
treasures %" We were for three years
member of city school board, Eaud for
.eveFynyaearey occurring thers was ar
average Of six applicants A poor wo,
man called on US and desired TO get a
/ place to do house-work, and though we
merely mentioned il to !eW friends We
had Three urgent explorations. for her be-
fore he ne<z 4igAso Ayelerk left one Of
our mercantile. establishments going
away on the three O'Clock train. Before.
night there we're etgisteen appZtcanfs FOR
tie SaedIicy. A workman felr from the
-scaffold of a neWobuildinglsBdo disabled
himself, The contractors had to, search
the tom for a man to IN his place. :.
Every oDe must have noticed tie ibcreas--
ed demand for Muscular labor. TIE house
keePsrgis at the marcy offs her help,sths
contractor At the mercy Of his imeu,r : The
labqrer, can defy bis employer for, there
are more asking his services, than he can
serve. He can demand MS pFice, for the
obidding IS diveIseezsEi dis 4eAduahd Ehel
shimselE is4thsaRotioAeef.i We believe Ehe
scarcity and high price Of physical labor
are dne to the Sincreasing repugnanca to
mdscuiaf Toll. afhe world IS physical
work mast sbe dSne!o NOT d bpo1nd OF
bread era yardlof cl0ihca6 bel ps6duSsdI
without il -Hssee The seepsef isfabOnl
TO be placed in ihe, hands of ;..muscleifs
The man who has mental labor to offer
viii go begging Tor work. While those
wboiba4e pBy sles labor viii have com
pelitor8fsFl thsiEaeFgines C0untiaeus6s
tmsEp eOst Of pzspssatieq ns,msasasl