Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1900-05-03

Mrs Dobley.
Money is not the main object" said
Dobley, "but money must inevitably
follow tbs enormous power which we
will have. Our knowledge of coming
events. for instance. will give us an in
sight into the stock market that will
be practically invaluable. But this
must only be Il side issue. Otherwise
we should stop short-we would have
limitations. Our spirits would be in
the chains. We aim to cultivate the
spirit to its highest point, and to for
get our physical selves absolutely"
Glow do you propose to accom-
plsh that?" asked Mrs. Dobley.
simplest thing in the world" said
Mr.. Doblcy. First, we give up all an
imal food to a great extent and live
upon fruits and fish"
Its good thing you are so fond of
boiled Holsters, isn't ito" asked Mrs.
Dobley.
ut gets to be = mere detail" said
Doblcy. Food is unnecessary when
you reach the Yogi stage. Then this
forgetting the body is accomplished in
the Simplest way. You begin in five
second eAyrcises-cOncentr the
mind on nothing. TO do this you at
first fix your mind on any small object,
a figure in the wall paper or in the car
pet. This is the first lesson in abstrac-
ton. The North American Indians
had this down to such fine point that
they could deaden the physical sense
of touch and so were able to sing while
they were undergoing torture
"But cannot see what the Hammer
club has to do with it," said Mrs. Dob
lev. ut seems so far removed from
the occult things you intend to accom-
plishl"
The Hammer club is preparatory
state. 1t is the Kindergarten in which
we are to dcyo:1p our spirits. 1t is all
planned out 90 philisophic lines. We
fully realize that each person has some
pet hatred or grudge for some person,
institution, custom or nation. Not one
of us is free from some animus of some
kind that rankles in our souls and pre-
vents the expansion of the spirit. HUI
man nature inherits this peculiar ten
dency. The tranquil, calm mind at
peace with the world, satisfied with
things and individuals as they are, does
not exist.
"The Hammer club offers its MEM
fc hrtrf
selves on their pet hatreds. At each
meeting q member is allowed to make
violent attack upon something
some condition or political party or
social state Of things. He can get
up and talk as long as he pleases; he
may even use violent language and
Jump on the table-nOt one word is
said to discourage him or TO cut him
short. All the corlied-up spite which
he may have cherished for his lifetime
is poured out, and we only interrupt
by such expressions as Good That's
sou You're right or other remarks
that will goad him to a frenzy in his
attack upon his bette noir!"
suppose you all don't. agree with
him?" asked Mrs. Dobley.
1--WE are brothers, and for the tilnr
being we DO agree with him. We re-
alize that when he has said all he
wants to say his spirit will be calm
ard serene and capable of accomplish
nent. He viii even feel kinder to the
subject that he has been attacking"
ut seems an odd sort of an idea"
said Mrs Dobley. 81 think the spirit
would be better if disciplined than al
lowed to run riot in that way"
"Our social lives are a constant dis
cipline in this respect" said Mr..
Dobley. eve cannot speak freely on
the subject Of our strongest dislikes
because it is no longer admissible to
thunder out ones individual opinions.
This suppression is simply deadly,
Bubbling aggre3siveness when bottled
becomes calculated. If there were
more Hammer clubs there would be
fewer revolutions and no anarchists;
the bomb industry would die and all
sorts Of small spites and petty griev-
Gnces that sometimes smOlder into
DANGEROUS flames would be absorbed
| in the air. Talk is one of the safest
methods by which to commit crime
Yet everyone has this Unborn tenden-
cy 10 grow morbid. brooding over
some particular hobby-that is per-
| haps his only This cuts him off from
all sympathy. Just fancy the battles
the pugilists fight over and over again
through mcGaphones!"
"Iut there are plenty Of people who
do not cherish resentmcnts or harbor
| G'slilley to the extent YOU describe"
said Mrs. Dobley. "Of course, the
masculine nature has this pugilistic
tendency. 1t is what causes many OF
your sex to gather at prizefghts.
co not suppose YOU would call that
developing he spirit? -
"You women have the same idea"
said Dobley, "when you criticise each
others gowns and the minister's SER
mon and the way somebody wears
her hair. 1t may be the pugilistic
tendency, but it exists. The first no.
ticeable motions of a baby are the
doubling up of its fists, the wrinkiinG
of it's forehead and a forward lunge
that would be called well-directed
lab, if IL were executed by fighter"
"Where did you learn that?" asked
Mrs. Dobley, with interest.
II saw that in the editorial column
of an evening extra" said Mr.. Dob
ley, "but it is none the less true"
"How do you arrange the choice Of
subjects to be attacked?" said Mrs.
Dobley. 81 should imagine the meet
ing would develop into disorderly
riots"
"Not at all, Mrs. DObley. Each man
has his turn. He may take up any
pet antipathy, from boiled mutton to
Boer war. Then he is allowed his
fling with asserting mods and fire.
quent applause from the other MEM
bers. lie gets warmed up to the
| eubiect and If is surprising some Of