The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-11-27
HABITS OF THOUGHT.

!, because | want to start a brick
3 yard. Splendid clay-makes splen.
s did brick"
2 2 "Why does it make such nice
brick?"
"Cause it's so red."
"What makes it so red?"
; "Mskes such splendid brick"
And the wife went on with hel
work, and weary look swept ovel
her face that told volumes Of fruit
less struggles with that profound
8 reasoning wheel Of her husband.
. A mechanic OF an inventive turn
, of mind got perpetual motion on
8 the brain and invented a clock that
8 was to run until it wore out. The
: : weights were SO arranged that as
3 one side ran down it wound the
& other side up, when the automatic
! touching of lever reversed the
. process, and so on. 1t was very
4 fine scheme, but he ought to have
8 found out that action and reaction
8 are equal before he called all his
. friends in to witness the failure OF
= the clock to run at all.
8 eff the nations of the earth were
! to cease coming gold, and the vast
. quantity that is being coined yearly
q had to seek another market, would
not the value Of gold fall?" | asked
] gold bug recently.
! ] no." he replied. "The value
q of gold is intrinsic and stable. You
5 can melt it up, and it's all there
2 worth just as much as bullion, as
8 it is coined"
, What can you do with a man
3 like that?
3 mckinley says there isn't work
> enough in the country. l think
q there is work enough inthe country
4 think there is work enough, bu
Q men have no right to do it," sale
" to another.
3 Nonsense. Every man has 1
% right to work." he replied.
Y "Where?" asked.
= = Anywhere he can get chance.
= 'But suppose no one will hir'
2 him? / say he has no right to worl
except he can find master to hir'
. him, and that is not a right, but
q permission"
9 ooh, you're an anarchist"
5 Speaking in the abstract, doe
. the earth belong to the human race
or to the landlords?" / asked an
8 other.
l "To the human race"
3 "Then where is the wrong in
q humanity's taking its own?"
4 "Why, you'd rob these men oI
5 their property that they've worked
8 hard and paid for"
: : "But they paid for stolen goods. .
2 ooh, well, we can't go so fal
] back as that. They own it now all
. right"
2 Brown" said the pilot to the
3 landlubber who knew nothing ol
the compass, "steer directly toward
that star dead ahead while l 90 to
) supper"
1 "Aye, aye, SIR"
On his return the pilot noticed
! that the ship was off her course.
"Where is that star | told you to
! steer for?" he demanded.
"Jocks! | passed that ten min
utes ago. Give me another one."
) And the pity Of it is that men
) who reason in these ways call them
selves reasonable beings. Most
men seem able to comprehend a
D straight, clear-cut principle until
they attempt to reason or "steer"
J by it, when they Immediately lose
their bearings and pass the star.
81 doubt if their is man in the
! United States so dull as not TO
know he has as good a right to life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness
as any other man, yet how few are
able to take the next step in reason
and see that a necessary corollary
Of this is an equal right to the means
whereby life is sustained, liberty
|enjoyed and happiness pursued
the land which the Creator has Civ
en- us? And how few OF those who
have seen this right can see the way
for its resumption, though it be
shown them again and again? And
still others their are who, having
seen the way and even recognized
its justice, contend that it must not
be carried out until the present
"owners" Of the earth have been
compensated for the loss of their
mortgage on humanity.
| The single-tax will wipe out the
speculative or selling value Of land.
Is not that as it should be? Is
there any reason in nature why man
that is born on the earth should
have no rights in the earth except