The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-31

From Green Fields and Pastures
IT,. ....g New.
The Good Thunder Herald tells Of a man
In Wisconsin who owned farm in Lyra
township for which he was offered $50 an
acre. This looked large to him and he sold
it. A real estate man who bought it disposed
Of it two days later to brother Of the origi
nal owner for $50 per acre, thus clearing up
$500. The Good Thunder Herald remarks
that what the man lost by not being posted
on real estate values in Blue Earth county
would have paid his subscription to the Her.
aid for 5000 years.
The Mapleton Enterprise tells how the home
of w D. Sprague was invaded one night by
a band of bowling owls The suddenness
and the extraordinary noise announcing their
arrival completely unneryed Miss Nellie, who
was at home alone. After the first stage Of
fright had passed, she succeeded in sending
for Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague, who proved to be
two members Of the same band, which con-
sists of old soldiers and their wives, who get
together now and then to talk over the war.
The noise emitted by the "howing owls is
thrown in on the side as evidence Of good
feeling. p.
Owosso, Mich, Argus-Seth Beers cornered
a rat in his store and they brought in a dog.
The rat retreated up seth's leg and the dog
bit hard where the rat might have been.
Everything escaped dull Setn.
Mankato, Kan, Monitor-"Curly" DilIman
poses as veterinary surgeon and prescribes
a pint of whisky for sick calf. The con-
fding owner got the whisky and gave it to
Curly" to administer. The calf died, but
''Curly'' is feeling better.
Lessons of the Death of Narcissus.
An old number Of the Athens, Greece, Her.
aid. dated July IS, s121 B. C., has Just been
dug from the ruins Of an old temple on the
Acropolis. The following Geographic dispatch
to the paper and the editorial comment there
on, are of wide interest, as showing how the
death of Narcissus struck contemporary
writer. The following is the special dispatch
to the Herald telling Of the melancholy event:
DEATH OF GEORGE H. NARCISSUS.
Special to The Herald.
Parnassus, July II, 1921, B. C.-George H.
Narcissus. Of this town, has fallen the victim
of a strange infatuation. The youth, one
day last week. fatigued with hunting, went
to the bank OF clear fountain In the woods
Seeing his own image in the water, 1t is
thought by some that he took it to be some
beautiful water spirit: Narcissus was fine
mration his own image, the rounded
cheeks, the ivory neck the parted lips and the
glow Of health, he fell in love with himself
and seemed to lose his mental balance. He
could not tear himself away, lost all thought
OF food and rest and remained on the brink
of the fountain gazing upon his own image
until he pinned away and died.
In its editorial comment on the sad event
the Athens Herald said:
A WASTED LIFE.
The death of George H. Narcissus, of Par
nassus, as related exclusively in the news
columns Of the Herald this morning, will be
a shock to the community in which he lived,
as well as to the rest Of Greece, where he
was formerly e1 known as hunter and an all,
around athlete. Narcissus was often called
the "hanQSOmpSt in central Greece ~ and
this fact proved his downfall. Catching sight
Of himself in fountain, he fell in love with
himself and pined away and died. Many
people will say his death was due to unre-
Quilted affection, but we can hardly take this
view Of the case, as his love for HIM
self, and it was certainly reciprocated. No,
we must believe Narcissus was the victim of
his own inOrdinate vanity and that his sad
case shows all too plainly the dangers Of self
love and of vanity
In another portion of the paper. the city
page, a reporter for the Herald had been sent
to interview Zeno, the peripatetic philosopher.
on the death of Narcissus. Professor Zeno
said:
Eyes, 1 have read of the sad death of young
Narcissus and it was great shock to ME.
I knew him we'll and have given him q three
months course in my philosophy. He was an
apt scholar and acute logician.
His death plainly teaches the lesson which
my philosophy inculcates, namely that the
external world is but a reflection of the mind.
The world acts like mirror to show you
where you are. If you in yourself bring to
the world love, joy, sympathy and apprecia-
ton you will find these qualities mirrored in
externals and this world will appear the best
possible world.
''If, on the other hand, you entertain
malace. hatred, envy or bitterness in the
mind, their reflection will be seen in ex-
! ternals, giving apparent ground for pes
simism g.. ... E
Now the sad death of our young friend
Narcissus shows that the leading beliefs of
his mind were physical beauty and vanity.
These were, of course, reflected in eNternals
and as they were not founded on truth they
became his undoing. a. r
! Incidentally you may say in your paper
that my course in philosophy opens in Sep
TENDER for run Of three months; terms 200
drachnlas and 10 oboli for the course of sixty
! lessons"
"A. j. Russell S
HIS LAST POEM
In the highlands, in the country places,
Where the old plain men have rosy faces,