El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-19

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Fluent Philosophy.
And after you are through you
are going 70 Heaven. Your enemies
are going to He'll Rats. you think
are just dead when they are dead
Why should God make one kind Of an
maj 70 i've after 1t Is dead and an
other TO die after it is dead2 Why
out Of the thousands Of different
Kinds OF animals you-man-are the
only one that lives after death2
You once believed the sun. moon
and stars were merely made 10 give
light and decoration to- your race.
Now you realize that these orbs are
but few among millions in q uni
versal system and that they may be
inhabited like the earth Maybe you
VIII change your mind about some
other things.
Maybe you will learn that
there II n planet for every kind
OF an animal known in this world
and that TO make things even
each kind Of an animal holds on
sonle planet the sway which you
apelike creatures hold here
The rat,shifted his position slightly
and then continued.
Humans Funny Point.
one OF the funniest things about
you humans is that you wear clothes
But in spite OF your conceit you had
TO admit other animals had you bested
for looks so you began TO slay other
animals and wear their skins to i'm
prove your looks Had your vanity
not overcome your reason you would
today be in no more need OF clothes
than we are and what you CHANGED to
need nature would provide. And had
you remained in your native state
YOU would not have found IL necessary
10 resort TO all manner OF cures for
the state Of your health
-YOu are really the sIeknest
lot OF animals I ever saw. We
rats never get sick except when
you poison u.s. And we don't run
to some other rat 20 get cured.
We either 20 20 the herb that f.
best for U.s. or like brave and
honest rats die and end II all
You have probably noticed all rats
look pretty much the same IN shape
You humans are the most comiczl
things imaginable. Some OF you are
so skinny it is a wonder how YOU
can navigate. Some Of you are so fat
you look like tubs II you could see
yourself from some rat hole you
would laugh your self sick unless
your chagrin proved greater than
your laughter
Grape Juice Theory.
You have some odd ways Some OF
YOU wear long coats and high hats.
To such as these you bow and address
terms Of Difference. You are divided
up into gangs, according to where
you live in the world. You refer to
the people who live where you do
as frien Is, neighbors and fellow citi-
zens- You speak Of others who liVs
a long ways from YOU as beasts. chea Is
and civilians. 1 can't really see any
difference between you There are
times when you get your gang and
80 out and mix IL with another gang
TO see who can kill the most Before
you DO il you refer to your opponents
as brothers While you are killing
them you call them every eXecrable
name in your voca bulary. After IL
IS over a while you are brothers
again Rats don't do that Rats
fight each other over food, but we
don't glorify IL and call il a war for
democracy We would not blame you
Tor fighting for your existence. But
we don't understand why you fight
for one thing and cali il something
else.
Let the Small Alone.
Rats do not pick on stin smaller
animals and imprison them or make
beasts of burden OF them. No other
animal but man does that We axe
at peace with an animals except dogs
and cats and if they would leave US
them. We don't 90 out AID xiii
other animals for their hides or u
see them fall.
ave XIII only when we must
have food. And we even avoid
that when grain or mufN nre avail
able. We do not drink and gamble.
We do not lock each other up
when some OF Us do things the
rest Of uH don't like. rat hus-
band Il always good 10 his wife
and we husbands do not run
nround with female rats when we
have no right to-
Col Nawer suddenly stopped I had
not heard anything, but his finer tym-
pauum had caught the reverberatfous
OF distant tap tap. II proved 70 be
the poets wife coming in from
movie 10 take him home
The rat hied him away. I assured
him IL was only my wife, but ne
shouted back See you later. Won