Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-02
4 Philosopher.

"Write social article for Sunday"
said the managing elitor TO the yonng
man who had graduated from q college
OF journalism. shake it plain aud
straightforward so that everyone can
understand it. This Is your first day
on the paper and as your father and
used TO chop wood together, have an
interest in You and hope that you will
give satisfaction. .
This is what he wrote: "The correc-
ton of Q wrong, In the opinion Of
Herbert Spencer, Is equivalent 70 the
achievement OF . good. The human
mind. divided perhaps into q thousand
diminutive compartments. for indeed
the brain is divided and subdivided, is
of ideal construction not constructed
after an idealic form as anything phys
ical might be. butideal in that its form-
and indeed its precise form is not known
lis Imaginative or, more properly speak
ing. fauciful. The mind oi man beg rs to
develop at an early age, and indeed he
is not man but only boy when Is
begins 70 develop, for. look &C the child
whom he holds cut his hands at the
sight OF something which he should not
nave, for the mind Of that child knows
that the child viz, the receptacle of
that mind which + developing rapidly
wants that something. The mind in
relation to social life has much TO do
with the en- oyment Of the occasion.
We could enumeratc hundreds of in
stances. bat the space OF newspaper is
valuable"
''Fitchley." said the managing edi.
tor, when he had read the article, ..al-
low me TO congratulate you on your
correct understanding of the Concord
idea Of philosophy. Fitchley. sou are
Philosopher"
'.Do you think SO, sirp" his counten-
aoce eeaming with the light Of great
hope.
Think So" repeated the managing
editor with an emphasis which left no
doubt Is to his sincerity, "why. sir. ]
know it. In this article you have seized
the sledgc-hammer of modern thought
and dealt the railroad spike of of
well, never mind, you strike the SD Ike
on the head. To read that article, SIM
pie in construction like plain stone
wall In comparison with which the
frailties of board fence stand out IN
fearless relief-l say. -,r. to read that
article causes me to deeply regret that
had to leave school aud wash rollers
in q printing office. Indeed, is tue
pencil mightier than the brass-mounted
horse-pis;ol: indeed, do we find that d
Joke of knowledge is more powerful
than oxen. All, my dear young philos-
opher, the mind of man needs collabo-
ration in its development. Self.taught
to grab the Texas steer Of thought by
thu horne md be
defiant tail high in the air and below
for mercy"
"You are figurative, sir"
$50 is q colt. Yes, the colt that can
not express himself in the proper Ian
guage Of the horse must be fgurative.
II were not so ignorant l."
"You are not SO very ignorant"
kindly interposed the young man.
"You write very correctly and your
language Is much better than that OF
most self-made men"
80, thank you." grasping the young
man hand. when ypa entered this
Office knew that you would be . great
help to me, and when the hours be-
came dwarfish--''
"Dwartish?'
eyes, when the wee. small hours
COt1t, VIC eau Slt Ou TIE exchange LhOIe
md study together. No, that would be
selfish in me. In my struggle for
recognition, shall hold no one back.
I'll tell you plainly that this is 10 place
for YOU, Your mind is too strong to be
confined in subordinate position.
81 could edit the paper"
"True, but even then you would ka
out of your element. The magazines
are thirsting for yOu-lowing after you
like q COW lows for q calf-vea, like 8
sheep bleats for grass. can not trust
myself q moment longer. Go, ere my
seliishness will drown NV great inn
pulses for good"
''But where is the magazine?"
20, anywhere. 60. pray thee.
Stand not upon the coat tails Of your
going. but 60 at once and, by the way,
don't come back again. You haven't
sense enough 10 know that you are
fool. Go, and If the magazines don't
want you, get situation as shirt
checker in a laundry = ArkassaU
7rareier.