The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-11-26
FACTS NOT THEORIES
By Long Boy


come discontinued with his lot in
life, II ia time to commence TO have
confidence in hun. When he gets
SO discontinued about what be Is do
ing that people begin to notice il. aud
talk about 1t, ii is safe to offer odds
that he is man who is about to lie
heard from. The manner IF bis
coming, the method that he will
adopt to make himself known is of
bus own selection, but, as ambition
IS bis mentor, it IS quite safe 10 let
him select his own path unaided
by advice. Some fine morning his
friends will wake to find that he
has actually arrived.
1t is unreasonable to suppose that
no one but college graduate can
lie educated. in the broader meaning
of that much abused word. If
young man Is wholly undecided as
to his future work, four-y year col
lege course may help to decision:
but if one is determined to follow a
special line of work. he can make a
more rapid progress outside a col
lega, sometimes, than III one. If
for examL lie. he has chosen literature
as profession, he can study under
tutor in The subjects be- desires and
progress twice az fast as in college.
1t Is possible to enter almost any
profession after course OF home
study without college diploma. |
have often heard Law yers assesl that
those members of the bar who
studied iu Offices were invariably
the most successful ones in practice.
They not only have the theory of
law, but also know il in operation.
Lohgfellow, who was born a hun.
dred years ago, was thirteen years
old when Sidney Smith. in a review
of Adam Seybert's Annals of The
United Slates.'' wrote sneerlngly,
In all the four quarters of the
globe, who reads All Ameri AN book,
or g"es to all American play, or
looks at All American picture or
statue"
An English reviewer, writing to-
day, would bave TO ask: WHO does
not read American books!" So great
has been the development of Amer
lean literature since the early youth
of Longfellow. Indeed. no Brush
poet. unless it he Shakespear. il
read s" ld+Iy 10 England today az
Longfellow himself.
The men who have massel large
fortunes are ofliimes the most labor
ious Of mortals. While some of
them have stolen their fortunes, 9th
ers have created great enterprises
and Invented useful machines and
processes winch have conferred H.
estllnable benefits upon the whole
human race. Too often their sons
aud daughters have not Inherited
any of the character of their fathers,
but have been corrupted 10y their
wealth ami life Of luxury and
illemess. The class is becoming
familiar phenomenon. 1t gambles
and riots iu frivolily; regards the
races as the his hest form of rental
exercise, aud has no More serious
concern than the betting odds on
football match. This is the worth
less class of people; but let us not
rail to- harshly at the n.ilIionaires
even the worthless. Let US rather
look to ourselves.
The greatest thing in the world,
from a material standpoint, is
diamond mine. An ounce of pur.
gold is worth about $40; an ounce
"f fine I-carat diamonds is valued at
from SIC, 200, to $50. 900.
There is a difference of scientific
opinion as to the original heat and
pressure and various processes by
which nature formed these beautiful
stones. hut most modern geologist
agree that diamonds were forced
by volcanic action from 81 eat depths
in the earth.