The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-11-23
Facts About Nom dc 2 lumzs
f(ontilss..ei1

fConttnuen
men Of Wits or to simply alnuse and
instruct the overworked min d &.
Those using this nom de pluale''
are generally persons who like
amusement, and they delight in max
ing 9th er's forget b q worries
of life by witty sayings and thus get
the morbid in thought, to be of
more cheerful nature.
5. Under this head / find:
Nil Desperandum: Isa Latin word
and stands for never despair and
deep down in the inmost heart and
mind it contains much to one
who selects this nom de plume''
understandingly. In fact it means
would to God |. could recall GER
tain acts of my life, things would be
different. " How many times in af-
ter years do you suppose did Bene-
dict Arnold, whose name is known
to every school boy and girl in every
land, as the man who committed the
awful crime of treason against his
native land, the American Colonies?
1t is said that he changed his nom
de plume" or pen name, from nom
sibi, sed patria," which means: Not
for himself, but for his country to
Nil Desperandum." He always
retained the Military Uniform that
he had worn as an American
General, and when he fled to the
British Army, on learning of Major
Andres capture as spy with pass
through the American lines signed
by him. he wore this suit from West
Point, also the Epaulet's, special
token of his bravery, which were
presented to him by Washington,
and showed his military rank. Be
fore he died in England, he often
called to his wife, who was true to
him through it all, to bring him his
American Military suit and Epaulet's
ana take his American sword, and
he would put them on. He would
march through the house and say:
Americans charge the enemy! See
the British they lun. Send word to
Gen. Geo. Washington, my friend,
that the British they run!'' He
would then point at'his pen name"
and weep. One can see what Nil
desperandumn meant to him who
paid the price for his acts of treason.
There is lesson in this for all of us.
+. Under this head / find:
General Stonewall: nom
de plume," was selected or designa-
| ted to the writer. of this article, and
accepted it because it gives wider
latitude and scope than any other
for General means: Common to the
whole in which many share, any
thing often met, plain, simple, child I
can understand. Stonewall: An
obstruction, hindrance, something
standing in the way. Some stone
walls are built by labor, some are
natural, but they are all difficult to
surmount. General Stonewall: To
| get over them one must be well
equipped and use great care and
faith-in fact one must live up to
the demands of duty and to obey the
orders of the General in command.
Must be like the Isrealites when
General Joshua commanded them
to compass the walls of Jericho sew
/ EN- times and to blow the Rams
Horns and the seventh, the walls
fell and great was the fall thereof.
To overcome a stoneWall is TO be
faithful, truthful, just, forgiving,
honest. upright with oneself, with
ones associates, with God and with
all mankind and by and by, the
stonewalls you will see no more, they
will disappear -or more properly
speaking You will disappear. You
see in this little story plain simplic-
ity. What people like to see in a
newspaper is something that all can
understand.