The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-04-04

himself of the following views of the
general misfit of men under prevailing
conditions: "Heaven-born orators are
carrying the bod, athletes are preaching
the gospel, and brilliant writer's are |
shoeing horses. There are lawyers who
ought to be COW punchers, and cow
punchers who ought to be lawyers;
surgeons who ought to be saving wood,
and wood cutters who ought to be saw
ing bones. There are men in the pen
itentiary who ought to be holding
positions of trust, and men holding
positions of trust who ought to be in
the penitentlary." -En
A horse tells how to treat man
in the following language: when
a man drops from sheer exhaustion
or illness, promptly seize an endboard
or cart stake and pound him on the
head and on the ribs. If this does not
recuperate him, kick him violently in
the belly. This treatment will restore
him if persistently administered. If
man finds his load too heavy and feels
that it will strain him, kick off fence
board and knock him down-and ham,
mer him thoroughly with the board.
This will give renewed energy and he
will make no more fuss. But do not
on any account reduce the load; that
would look too much like common
sense. If man refuses to drink when
you offer him water, don't give him
any for two days. That will teach
him. to be thirsty at any time you find
it convenient to tend to him. 1t is a
good plan to ply the whip frequently
on man who is at work No matter
if he is doing his level best. hit him
now and then on general principles y
If no whip is handy use club.-Er.
Prof. Thomas Wilson, of the Smith
sonian Institution, says that he has
been ''for long time doubtful of the
benefit to arise to the body polite by a
high classic or collegiate education to
individuals who belong in the lower
sphere of society,"" All! but that is
just the difficulty. If Professor Will
son would tell us who it is that be-
longs in the lower spheres of society
Is it Lincoln, the rail-splitter, Garfield
the canal mule driver? Or is it the
millionaire's son-there have been such
who squeeZes through college with
the help of crammer and perhaps lit
tie cheating for the sake of those so
cial pleasures which outside the cole
giate world be called rowdyism 1t is
all very we'll to speak of that state tt
which providence has called us, but
there are many who are called to be
rail-splitters who never heard the call
The talk about not educating those
who "belong to the lower spheres il
un- American, and if carried out would
separate society into castles as sharpl.
defined as those of India.-Springfel(
Republican.
, Among the many things that sur
T prise our understanding of life in it
many aspects, the most surprising, ant
perhaps the last learned, is the &c
) centricities of "ourself'. This come
| home to every one of us at times. One
in awhile it stuns us. We do SOM
: things and then we wonder why we di'
them or how we did them. Study a
we may it is impossible to write. at tn
close. the old familiar line that adorne
so many pages of our algebra in tn
days Of knee pants aud short dresses
QuOd Frat DemOnstr0ndatm. 1t seem
to me at times (you have felt the sam
way as though | was being pulle
along by some unseen and irresistibl
q force to do something, somehow. some
S where. After it was accomplished
: have looked back and wondered how
e all happened, and the wonder simpl
grew until it became dream and yet
+ know that it was not all a dream
y How are we to account for this? Al
there currents of hypnotic fluid in tt
l. great ocean of human thought tn;
d carry us Oh until we are cast. with otht
8 rubbish, into the stagnant whirlpOOls {
n ahumdrum existence? Or do we posse:
It a certain force, electrical or otherwis
: that seeks and overcomes it's opposite
J. There is no superstition about it excel
r. in the minds of the grossly ignoran
h 1t is something which we may and
J., direct, in a measure, and yet it is b.
r. yond our comprehension, our contr'
and even our most vivid imagination
What is it? Du Maurier. in Trilb
= says that it is hypnotism. Perhaps tn;
:, may be true, but it is particular
- strange to find that Trilby hypnOtist
y more thoroughly than Svngali, who s
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