The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-03-11
FORCES OF NATURE
Some Philosophy and Some Prac-
tical Suggestions of
Interest.
FROM JUDGE CARROLL.
Ant Illustrations in his Characteristic
~StyIa-HOw Can We Succeed
ON the Farm.
MILLER, :. d. March 8, 1897


EDITOR PREss.-No trains No
news. Good time to think. Our
Solons have closed their labOrs ut
Pierre and gone home, some mad
and some glad. As the smoke clears
away we look around TO find what
next TO engage our attention.
There is one subject that we are all
Interested in, and that is the ques-
ton OF making Il living. That is the
GREAT business OF mankind. Itseems
to be in accordance with the como
my OF nature that man must have II
struggle in providing himself with
food and clothing and n shelter from
the cold blasts OF winter. How to
battle with and overcome these
forces is the problem. Where shall
we look for help? Political parties
have nothing to give away except Il
Jew Offices, and they will not go
around. Governments live of the
people. Even Ommpotence, after
giving man Il mind to think with,
has left him to figure great prob
lem out for himself. With allrespeCt
to IN O~ver-ruling Providence, we
must not forget that it is part of the
plan OF nature that man must de-
pend upon his own head and hands
to get through this world. This
thought is we'll illustrated in the
case OF the preacher in northern New
York who was travelling on foot one
Sunday morning 10 his appointment
when he met a bear in the road. \
vast precipicc ON the right hand and
an abrupt mountain on the left pre-
yentedthc good man from leaving the
highway. Puzzled to know what to
do for the best, he prayed to the
Lord for help, keeping one eye on the
bear. The bear approached nearer
and nearer until the preacher, realiz-
ing that he must change his tactics,
sprang to his feet and exclaimed:
IAN | ask, Lord, is, ii you cannot
help me do not help the bear, but
stand by and see the biggest fight
YOU even saw between nan and
BEAR
This story illustrates the situation.
We all stand in the shoes OF the
preacher. The bear very tittingly
represents the great forces of nature,
such as food and clothing, shelter
and fuel, and feed for the animals OF
the barn. Now we have to meet
these forces, and it is no Joke to do
it,. ii we ask government to aid lis
the answer comes Il have no mines,
no forests, no fields OF grain, no
Hooks and herds. and in fact | have
to look to YOU to help ME in the way
OF taxes every year. At the most
can only give to one by taking from
another We ask OmnipOtence and
the answer comes, Il have done
more for man than for any other
cIeated thing. You must now look
to yourself" Like d hare pursued
by hounds man comes back to the
place where he started only to find
that he must depend on his own Of
forts-hcIp himself.
It seems to me that it is very i'm,
pOrtant that a young man should
get the right idea about this matter,
fnot he will suffer the consequences
later in life. Any man who spends
his time in looking for help outside
OF himself will always remain poor,
II when he comes to have II family
his good wife will more than likely
ind the iarder in the same condition
that old Mother Hubbard did when
She went to the cupboard to get hel
poor dog II bone.
There is nothing d~iscoura@ing at
TINS survey Of the situation. 1t is
SIMPLY natures w way. 1t always
has been SO. The fact is the chances
'or 1t young man, honest and ener,