The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-08-14

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wh.en ~.re j 30, 500 long au5 ,ae
leatae. would copy tsr the benefit
n clumsy people auo are i'll -. h4btI
- stumbling and making -un3sg4lnel
exhibitions - thems~itss
There are Hst many people Who
| can f#Hl gracefully. much les. rl-1
tlueaI aa4 bat I.A II tAaS. An.
ar- lu the habit - t4mhl3ug down
have efficiently studied The Ar af
| ~alIEntag as 20 make falling a pasfsre
As for myself / spend most III r.s
thoughts III trying IL k.-r rror.
f4fluz hence. nav. neglected. >.
stud. the art ~ SAL E til
max falling a success
EuL / notice. ina the papers that
/ one Jim Rice Is 1 professional fall
| - ana is making big money hy It,
| ting people e4. him a. h,- f.rrng
.cte r.. 4..- rh.,. H. s .f.....- =
faIi if oa. tytu h. rar-rI Igs ~.
| alfghts
His theory is. tina. when one finds
| himself falling h- should relax a.e-N
muscle Of the body ana just tumble
| down ia q heap. like amb eggs
That's exactly tin. way ~. /
| may not b.. exactly Ifk. 1ar4ruhI-i
epga bat I'm Stire mar when hft
| ~ graund camm.,ra srrsmbFng
| Drayidad the breath j. nor Knocked
| l,tt ,r m.
In the second place he saws on
should never fan ia one place but
fan like a boon If Won find l-au
o.. g-faa - faIi On INV baa5 r,.ka
hoon Of your body and fan all
| around. thar i fan on q curve
baz-e ra+ Drac,in.9 rna clr,-a f.u
- yar ana hnnc NAV nor have IT,
| do il The truth Of the matter is
| am getting most too stiff in my Joints
| to make = hoop Of myself. in the short
| space Of time between stepping on a
| Ianana p~.elino ana I'm, s~prcal-oli
| mind works too slow 20 think about
| curves after my feet have slipped
The third requisite. i'm a scientific
| fall. says Rice. is alighting right.
which requires practice as well a.
study. ann sure shall never be
| come an expert %falIist. for tn. reason
| that | am afraid To practice. The
| very first act is to fall back ward. at
| fulI length. Although. Jim SAYS. that
ie q very easy and simple thing to do.
have am idea hat Ia just about
braak nv hack or hurst my head in
tha FIST fan NV head vould he the
e. tbing ~ bit Inc Ground. but I'm
80 II ehonld he the iast as should
~ 80, Ill 81 100, Tnasuncn as |
am afraid to trv the backward act.
IN lac ohiipad f. pive m an hope of
Iar hacominp IN eexnert fallist.
,rfsh I ia ,,nIarstand tbe buei-
If+tIa La++ar th,n do for as
Ht9S Z n.y. 80 il"+ tnn,h1a
~ go not kno,vinee
aoNh SOMETIMES III 49, liz
mo-" '' 4i'-"'. -N'7@ '"N
brulSea ana lhe loss o. d 81 mo
OIL the ma ABOUT hIsee9 anu tIoo"ar
II We're a poHtlclah' l HllSh'' r.
maps take lessons III I"iIiii3 80 -
clally ia tht ART Oh L,Gd,ili9 ~
of a political oWn1all ior' SooIIel - -
later every poll'lclah VINO Soe9 " W.
be likely to come Gown dhu -
knowing Wneh the ran IS TO 49,
one should De so Skllled III ne ISL.
ms business as TO be aple 10 ~-~ Hi]
neck, when he does umble.
In the affairs Of life, every man
who tries to climb, leaves railing
space below. and, OF course
the higher he goes, tnt
| the longer and harder will be the fall.
That being 50. it is the part of Wis
dom. as one is going up, to make So1t
places along the ascent TO break the
force Of the fall when 1T does come
In the parable of the unjust steward
we have the case of who prepared
for his fan, though. it must be con
fessed. he resortcG to rascally meas
| ures. lie knew his job WAS going to
| he taken from him. and SO he set about
making arrangements for the fall. Be
ing too lazy to dig and ashamed 10
beg. he laid in a supply OF oil, wheat
and other things. all OF when ne
stole from his lord.
That unjust steward. if he We're
| living in these days, might De SufIllS-
cd to find that the average politician
has caught on to his methods and
keeps his eye to the main chance, so
th3l Wnen ne Is tulligq fou =
poIitltdi Nile|aiu le VIZ go -
IheH aIs 'ia. 80 neieioIs
latofS' state, county thu 49, ~ IN -
as a general RUE alt pieetS - ~
~ the matter OF pfepaIlhS lol -,
and, indeed 1t Is hihttd' lldt see,lh5
ready 10 tali, eaSIE ana cpIllloitaptS
IS me l'a1n illouursIt ~ hailnorg
VINO So up III Ioi h' ! tLan2 for
con hh'N d y an .ha'id bova
does seem sad M on sf 49, b. Idne
20 Fan hdto Ino - L ~t,biicil ~
mao d S4oh I'M 81 HN
peISt; nishtl up a, 1nn pica
~ MIN n.y. tntan5s 70 oYan
= eohaai - 70 tnacb the science
" eIi1i, y - ~ raflnr+iop | am,
VI ! "iillli5' ~, upoH -a,Id ba = Good
iot Sflr oul ela' i M n,",ter o = faII-
iuea, 81 :, l So :, ~ - o,raat NAM
lns does not seem 10 give q giS"' ilahH
pe@ple any colleern NC I'm Bice