The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-08-09
tBy Ebert Hubbard.)

and the nited States, is was very
necessary to communicate quickly
with the leader of the Insurgents
Garcia was somewhere in the noun
tain fastness of Cuba-no one knew
where. No mail nor telegraph mes
sage could feach him. The President
must secure his cooperation, and
quickly
What to do!
Some one said to the. President,
There's a fellow by the name of
Rowan will find Garcia for, you, If
anybody can
Rowan was sent for and given a let
Ter to be delivered to Garcia. How
the fellow by the name of Rowan"
took the letter, sealed it up in an oil
skin pouch, strapped 1t over his heart,
in four days landed by night off the
coast of Cuba from an open boat, dis
appeared into the jungle, and in three
weeks came out on the other side OF
the loldlluy ndNAh5 IloNNAoCQ q ASoSAAO
country on foot, and delivered his let
ter to Garcia, are things l have no
special desire now to tell in detail.
The point / wish to make is this:
Mckinley gave Rowan a letter to be
delivered to Garcia; Rowan took the
letter and did not ask, Where is he
att" BY the Eternal! there Is a man
whose form should be cast in death
less bronze and the statue placed
in every college of the land. 1t is not
book-earning young men nee0, nor
instruction about this and that, but a
stiffening of the vertebrae which will
cause them to be loyal to trust, To
act promptly, concentrate their ener-
gies: do the thing-"Carry a message
to Garcia!'
General Garcia is dead now. but
there are other GarciaS.
Imbeeility Of the Average Man.
No man, who has endeavored to car
ny out an enterprise where many
hands were needed, but has been well
nigh appalled, at times by the I'M
becility of the average man-Lhe in
ability or the unwillingness to con-
centrate on a thing and do 1t. Slip
shod assistance, foolish inattention,
dowdy Indifference, and half-hearted
work seem the rule; and no man sue
ceeds unless by hook or crook or
threat, he forces or brides other men
TO assist him. or mayhap, God IN HIS
goodness performs miracle, and sends
him an Angel of Light for an 'ass1s-
tant. You, reader, put this matter to
a test. You are sitting now in your |
offce-six clerks are within call. |
summon any one and make this re-
quest: Please look In the encyclo-
pedia and make brief memorandum
for me concerning the life of Cor
reggie"
Will the, clerk quietly say, Yes,
sir and go do the task?
On your life he will not. He Will
look at you out of fishy eye and ask
one or more of the following
Foolish Questions. <
Who was he?
Which encyclopedia? J
Was | hired for that?
Don't you mean Bismarck?
What's the matter with Charlie do
ing it?
Is he dead?
Is there any hurry?
Shall l bring you the book and let
YOU look 1t up yoursoiff
What do you want to know for?
And l will lay you ten to one that
after YOU have answered the ques-
lions, and explained how to find the
and why you want IL, the
clerk will go of and get one or the
other clerks to help him try to hnd
then come back and tell
you there is no such man. OF course
| may lose my bet, but according to
the Law of Average, will not. Now
II you are wise you will not bother
to explain to your assistant" that
Correggio Is indexed under the Cs,
not in the KS, but you will smile
sweetly and say, Never mind" and
o. lool AZ IN Yourself !
lneapaclty For independent Thought.
And this incapacity for independent
action, this moral stupidity, this In
frmity of the will, this unwillingness
10 cheerfully catch hold and lift, are
things that put pure Socialism so far
into the future II men will not act
for themselves, what will they do
when the benefit of their effort is for
allo A first mate with knotted club
seems necessary; and the dread OF
AaN Mi