The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-08

Carthage, friendless and alone with his
turbulent thoughts, but with his frown-
ing countenance and warlike spirit as
formidable as of yore. Neither does
encourage or cultivate the &C.
quaintance of misanthrope like Tim
on, the crusty, spiteful old Athenian
who Stunned mankind and who wrote
as his epitaph the following piece of
"Timon, the misanthrope, am below,
Go, and revile me, traveller, only CO."
Perhaps the world cannot wholly dis
pense with the services of its Caius
Marius's. Their angry frowns are
sometimes necessary to purge the body
polite of its excesses, its vanities and
its dishonesty. But for its Timon's
the world has no use. They are de-
cayed stumps; diseased brains walking
on crutches. They are as blighting as
the upas tree. They decry and belittle
the noble handiwork of centuries Of
toll and sacrifice. They deplore the
wretchedness of literature, art and the
drama; Christianity as artificial and
misleading, and humanity as being
faithless and mediocre. They can see
no beauty in the garden, the wooded
glen and the rolling prairie. To them
the city is a place where sharks and
hypocrites live; and the government
organized for graft and personal ag-
grandizement. Yes, there are too
many unpoetical Timons. The blinds
on their eyes are too closely drawn,
their jaws too firmly set and their
tongues too sharply shaped to enjoy
life.
The good fellow, however, is an in
spiration for good cheer, genuine hap
piness and good fellowship. He adds
luster to our society and enriches our
civilization by annihilating it's miseries
and by diffusing healthy, buoyant
force that makes life worth living. He
is an umbrella, so to speak, who keeps
care from ones mien, the intellect from
corroding and selfshness from creep
ing into ones soul. His friends are
legion, and they consult him as often
as the Greeks consulted their famed
oracles. The good fellow is loving
courteous and obliging. In society he
is betelguese toward whom an hun
dred admiring and appreciative eyes
are directed; and by his smiles, his
bright sallles of wit and his captivat
ing manners he scatters sunshine anC
good humor over the whole assemblage
He smiles where others frown. HI
cheers and advises where others are in
clined to be curt and imperious. HI
bestows his charity with an Oliver
Goldsmith like generosity, and delights
in observing the happiness thus i'm
parted to others.
A man can be a good fellow and b.
law-abiding citizen, an ornament tt
society, sincere patriot and a tru'
gentleman.
To be good fellow it does not nee
essarily follow that one must be
Mark Antony. Alcibiades was consid
cred one of the best fellows of his time
Altho ostracised twice from his be
loved city, he bore no hatred agains
his accusers. His large, generou
heart and sunny disposition was abov
revenge. Among the consultations o
distinguished patriots, Alcibiades'
j. wick burns with unusual brilliancy
: Plutarch tells us that during one o
s the periods of his ostracism he tough
= so gallantly for his imperiled country
/ without it's solicitation, that he was re
Q called, given a magnificent ovation an
q accorded high honors. Alcibiades wa
|, also a great patron of the Olympia
|. games. At one time he having wo
q three races in succession, thereby car
: turing first, second and third prizes,
4 feat which no man ever did before
8 No wonder the Athenians loved to pa
s him homage. Pindar, the poet, san
: his praises, and even Timon, the arc
misanthrope, had a deep attachmen
j for him.
s I think it pays to be a good fellov
b some of the time if not always. Th
0 stiff-necked, scowling chaps may be a
d right in their place, but that plac
J. should be the cornfield or cave in th
8 mountains. They would make fin
! scarecrows and Indifferent hermits.
q Napoleon has been called g tYran