Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1894-07-13
The Strike sympsthstie.

" OaN toss " eao .o
man body will often producs
pain in an entirely different and
widely separated part OF the body
This is sympathetic pain" We
know Of no pathological explanation
OF the phenomenon. While We are
not learned enough to explain the
cause We know the effect 10 often pro.
duced. az revealed by our personal
experience. Scientists have discov.
cred or pretended to discover act.
ual snslogies between the natural
and the intellectual or spiritual
world. HUXLEY and Darwin and
other eminent scientists having &C
countsd for the existenes of the
natural man by the law OF "natur-
al selection" or evolution. Prof.
Drummond discovered by Q similar
process Of reasoning chat the spirit
nal mon 10 governed by the came
laws that govern animal develop
ment, and which was, We presume,
evolved In the same manner. II the
analogy 10 carried out. II this 10 all
plain to our readers, and II It Il not
plain We have not the time to make
Il plain at present. We can now pro-
ceed.
Having established (f) the premise
that every like cause produces sx-
actiy similar results, and that .
pain in the tip OF the little iinger
may producs q "sympathetic" pain
In the extremity OF the right, or left,
great toe, We may proceed. The
body polite has bssn Iikensd to the
body eorporeal, and the analogy
hsrs 10 more striking than In soms ol
the analogiss We have given. For
tho body polite 10 but N segrega-
tion Of corporsal existence. Then .
pain in any part 0i<hs body poIitic
10 likely TO b fsit n other sxtrsms
and unlikely parts a he same body.
Now our great body pa11eic had for
sous days prior To ~ oeeursooe We
|startsd o1t % ss,ats. bssu 9mictsd
win . mighty pain. called . labor
strike. II q small pain b any part
OF our human body may produce
another pain in remote part Of the
body. surely q great big pain, like
onr present railroad strike could
produce q small pain. somewhat
similar, in email place like Ksytes.
vile.
Our great strike was on &C full
swing last Friday evening about
seven O'Clock. At that hour our
worthy. genial and sfflcsnt Sheriff
James e. Dempsey Was citing near
the corner of the new Chapman
block discussing. in all probability,
In company with congenial compsn.
ions, the all-absorbing tepic-the
strike. His mind must then have
been On rzppart II the mind can ever
be en- rappart with other mind, with
the strike at Moberly or probably
some further distant and more vio-
leotly affected part Of the body poll
tic. Just at the time when his mind
was most en- rappart along came an
ebony hued daughter OF Ham, who
had previously by her impudence in.
CURED his wrath. It may have been
just at the moment of some supreme
effort on the part OF the strikers
elsewhere. At any rate Sheriff Demp.
sey rose from his seat and ran
against the aforesaid dark hned
daughter of Africa, called by her
parents Emma Goode, but known in
the common parlauce as Dee, with
hh nst. The collision produced q
triple extract of effect. It nearly
Knocked down the aforesaid Dee. IL
acted upon the lungs OF Emiline. her
sister, who set mp piercing succes-
sion of screams, and these screams
started citizens north and south,
east and west to 6nd what was the
matter with Emma. When "ye"
reporter reached the spot "ths
strike" was over and Sheriff Demp-
sey was returning to his seat to re-
sumo the broken thread of discus-
sion. No arrests were made and no
damage done other than as will be
shown In the sequel our readers will
lind elsewhere.
BOYS HATS.