The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-03


delay or hut III ordinary
mon lose ca airing. whom they
lose their lai lrks. and many men
get their bes(nxs turned wrong ii
spite Of alllf frks on the earth or in
the heaven1 All these are as likely
to 60 in . fong direction as in the
right one Hing I blizzard. Some
people beliA that bees, swallows,
hogs and otlf animals have the IA
cnlty Of keef ing and finding their
proper bearifks better than man. Ex-5
perlments eel TO prove that hogs
really posses1 this superior fsculty,
but that lioA like men, take the
wrong directAn oftener, there being
but one htlirection and 80 many
wrong ones However, if q hog hap.
pens to take 4 right route and find
its destinationt that fact 10 noticed.
pubhahed and emembered like tie
fulfilment ota 'ophetic dream, while
all the failuresf fre tlisregarded and
forgotten. ls explains how these
/ chance occur Fehees get into some
minds a. besdg tho established rule
instead a#being only the exception
magnifea. But the mental defect
|wl*eh dfstracts our brain and per.
verts oar course is less dangerous
than the: ply siSfl inperfsction which
turns our progfess into circle, and
mskes US ,raveHeyer the same ground.
This is dae to the unequal develope.
ment Of the right and lett sides. Civ.
ilizei custom, has developed the
right lung and sall the muscle. Of the
right sidt more3than those of the jeff
which gikes a better control ofath.
right foqt and enables* it to gam up
on the left one hairsbreadth or
more Il every STEP When our
course is directed by track or other
wise, this gain is compensated and
not noticed. but When all bearings
are lost, this gair of the right side
changes our inte hded straight course
into a cnrve to the lett and brings us
round in circle, the diameter Of
which is described by the gain which
the right foot makes at each step. If
the person thus astray be left handed
all these conditions are reversed, and
lhe curve from the intended course
will tend toward the right, the circle
he will describe will be made with
the sun instead of against the sun, as
in the common case. When both sides
of the person are equally developed,
AS they generally are in Indians,
there is little danger Of perishipg in
a blizzard, as sacl9 persons can pur-
sue straight objection, which,
though it may be VI ong, will gener-
ally bring them out p some refuge.
There ire sw .clyil LIED person.@w',o
are equally ealcA:edl and balanced
fnsssa know sh.sler tas! i555 = : E55 S3& s2&
every ous VI: mas .. casicn E l1s 49,
withou,.a III track. would add So his.
sAssy BY ascert tanning how he=is bal-
anted and how to travel straight for
his destination. Those who have
learned to dance will easily decide
how they ire balanced, and those
who have neglected this accomp plfsh-
ment will find its exercise one of tie
hest means of testing their own eqli-
librium. By carefully tryines g few
intricate steps and figures they know
at once Of which foot they have Tie
best control, and that the beat foot
will gainsupon theIother one when
ever the feet, instead Of the head, di-
rects our progress " hen ne know
our tendency to sVerve, we will lslook
for some object tetween US and the
by whicl, s. keep our line t,ts
progress; but some etimes in ablizss;
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