The record-union., 1898-01-30
ICMg RAMBLING THOUGHTS.
BY Memo,
copyrighted by Dave & Tabor,

Copyrighted by Dave & Tabor)
pimple by no means proclalms ap-
preaching death. One day it is vlsl-
bic; another day. and it is gone: Viewed
With a microscope it is terrible enough,
but looked at from a fitting distance II
Is lost to sight Often it is solely
Hgn of unhealthy skin in one sIisaii
pot; that is ALL Thus also Win lhe
Hartling murders that reach our KNOW.
edge through a microscopic PRESS
Awful are their details and enormous
Seem their tendencies as they III oue
columns of space to the exclusion oi
All those things that are progfessis
And healthy Believe me, tine po"eiia
pOiSons in our national lie are ho' ~
be found in these fierce blotches, uii-
nightly though they may seem. iheie
- more danger beneath the smootn shin
of false civilization, where seiiishles9s
rules employers, and in turn, oohllidtes
the workers as well; where men lose
night of their obligations 10 one amour
er: where purses breed pf1de ana pop-
erty breeds envy; where beneath sahctl-
monious professions lust rules rampant
both within and without the house
hold. where boys are not taught 10
reverence womanhood, and where girls
are not taught to reverence themselves.
Surface complaints show themselves
and are treated; chronic diseases TOO
often sap the strength until too late.
Against these let us be watchful, IN
stead of lifting up holy hands in nor
ror at some wretched yielder to anger
A contentious individual when asked
the time-old question. is life worth
living?" replied very aptly: That de-
pends on the liver" True enough!
whether you have in mind person or
an organ of the body. So, mark you,
before we go any further, that in fooo
there is both life and death. The very
elements that strengthen us and puma
our tissues begin to poison us unless
they are removed from the body as
soon as their work is done, and IN TINS
labor of removal the organ mentioned
above does quiet, uncomplalmhg ser
vice under great aggravatlon from some
of us. unholy eaters of complex oishes'
So far as our bodily life is concefneu'
the world is nothing but a vast leeu-
ing-crib whereat we must linger, IL we
would live and whereby we are layLils
up painful burdens to ourselves uhIees
we eat wisely and not too Wen. bue
i,,s+ oS tha child is disconnected with
creeping, after it once stands uprlSh',
so the joys of the world OF thoush'
make us sink to secondary place the
joys of the world of food, and the nv
er's'' estimate of life and its worth ls
settled by the thoughts he has. II lie
is satisfied with the thoughts OF others
and let's them pass through his praln
like water passes through an open
sl,ice-way-leaving nothing behlnd eX-
cept a high-water mark-lt Is not as
tonishing that he finds life empty
Thought. like food, must be MADE 10
surrender to us nourishment, Whlch
thereupon becomes part of ourselves
IF he takes the thoughts of times past,
holds on to them as though thoueh1
never. moved, swears by the knoWleose
he gained years ago, closes his mlnu
both against the gaining or giving OF
new. progressive, helpful ideas, htlie
wonder that life seems like the mock
erv of daylight to a blind man. Thought
like food must be constantly adoeo 70
and never retained indefinitely Win
ont reactfng upon the world we 1--we IN
or we stagnate in mind and becoIne
sluggish and ultimately useless.
or If he holds himself ready TO be
stuffed with opinions quicker than ne
can digest thern-like some unhappy
turkeys that I remember in my cnllo-
hood as being periodically forced gorge
full of barley meal-it is not surprising
that he takes a muddled and neWh-
dered view of the one life to the emu
of which he is Fastening.
Tt is thought that makes life worth
living Many of my readers will not be
ah,a IN agree with me at once, but later
we shall. Right thoughts make rght
ac+s and right acts make life worth
the struggle Of seeing it through. Very
faw of us stop to reckon the influence
Of thought on the world. Every I'M
movement of nature, every artificial
change in the surface of the earth, IS
the result of thought taking shape in
the brain of one man or generations OF
men. Every political privilege. every
fight for conquest over enemies OUTSIDE
or within ourselves, is the outcome OF
thought: every betterment of men s
conditions onward from the cave
dwellers to our modern comforts, has
first taken form in some mans mlnd'
every straining upward of the race to-
wards morals or towards 1oo Is
Thought Thought Thought!
Great is thought and happy are they
who give it full play. The JOY TO Ioi-
low others until some pinnacle IS
reached. and then fearlessly they leap
inward yet higher, finding in ihousht
and it's materializations the bringing
70 light of life in all its grandest possi-
bilities.