The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-10-23
IREDuoE your DEN0MlNAToR.
Two vVays OF EquuIIzIns Attainmsnta aad
DaHIrer-

Two wzys OF EauHIlziHs AttainHasHta aad
Desires
To most earnest people life As hard
and fast, aud growing continually
harder and faster, and to many IL Is be-
coming more and more burning ques-
ton how they shall meet, like men and
women, the demands of eaGh day with
out falling under the condemnation OF
that law. It would he comparatively
easy for the society fellows, II they had
any deasire 50 to do. 20 settle their
problem by following Carlyle's plan,
and reducing their denomination He
makes It very clear to all those who
have passed beyond the stage Of child
hood, and consequently do comprehend
the nature OF a fraction--an impossible
thing for q child to do, because it lies in
the region of relativity-th our wishes
and desires stand TO our abilities, either
pecuniaEy or mental, in the same relu-
ton as the deuominator of a fraction
TO its numerator, and that the value Of
the frastiCu OF each one OF us exc
presses IN terms easily written
down the total amount Of our solid
happiness or contentment. In this view
it follows that there are always two
possible ways OF increasing the amount
of the lattsr-and this is no doubt the
main object toward which are directed
most of the efforts OF most mcu-name-
ly, to increase our numerator by in
creasing our possessions, or to diminish
our dsuominatOr by decreasing the total
amount of our desires. The first OF
these ways is the only one generally
perceived by the majority OF people,
and the one to which they bend all
their efforts, but Il is often the impos-
sible way, while the other path lies all
ways open to most people, with absO-
lutely sure result. Since that result
that alteration In the value Of the frac-
tion-is what we are many OF us after,
IL may be surprising that the always
available and sure method IS not more
generally selected But, as has been
said, to many OF US there Is no liberty
of choice left open Forced by the
demand of the working world 20 which
we belong, We have already reduced
denOminstor to a surprisingly low hg-
ure- We find a positive pleasure as we
walk in the city, in seeing shops loaded
with innumerable things that we do
net want, and would not have even If we
could. Even in the matter Of books the
number which we care TO own grows
smaller day by day instead of larger.
We have learned the great lesson that
It is easier to climb at once to the high
hills, and drink from the springs which
run there, than 70 accept the diluted
stuff which is delivered to us in con-
Quits often not OF the cleanest- Thia
L@a1Olh once atseA u4EEalH frees one
many perpleEities, and confers a not in
considerable amount Of liberty, besides
giving us a feeling OF buoyant health
which the jewellers in the Lovvlands, who
depend upon aqueducts. and are subject
to all the Inconvenience resulting
from negligent or incompetent con
tractors and engineers, never can
know. With regard to society, too. the
number Of houses Into which we do not
desire to enter is infinitely larger than
that of those 70 which we aspire. And
it confers almost a feeling Of royalty TO
see so many people around us who do
not hesitate at any sacrifice or any ef-
fort 70 obtain an introduction into Ger
tain circles Of society to which no en-
treaties of our best-meaning friends
would be able 20 drag us for a single
evening. We have had so much to do
] all our lives that we have learned the
value OF time, and we are blessedly
thankful for it. for nobody who has not
lived life of constant labor can posi-
| bly, know the exquisite delight OF "a
whole half-hour in which one has ut
I last the right to do what she pleases.
! The Atty years of Europe hold more
! conscious throbbing life than a cycle of
! Cathay, and even IL we had the liberty
| OF choosing, we would take the fifty
/ years.-By Anna c. Bracket, IN Har-
Per's Magazine.