Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1890 — New Way of Doing It. [ARTICLE]

New Way of Doing It.

The two men who had been sitting together in the seat near the door of the car became engaged in an animated conversation, and their loud voices attracted the attention of all the other passengers. Suddenly one of them rose up and said: “Ladies and gentlemen, I appeal to yon to decide a disputed point. My friend here insists that not more than three per sons out of five believe that they have souls. I take a more cheerful view of humanity than that. Will all of you who believe you have souls raise your right hands?” Every hand in the car went up. “Thank you,” he said with a smile. “Keep them up just a moment. Now, will all of you who believe in a hereafter please raise your left hands also.” Every left hand in the car went up. “Thank you, again,” he said. “Now while all of you have your hands raised,” he continued, drawing a pair of revolvers and leveling them, “my friend here will go down the aisle and relieve you of whatever valuables you may happen to have. Lively, now, Jim.” The test of a man is not whether he can govern a kingdom single-handed, but whether he can govern himself, and thus have his private life tender and considerate so as to make his wife and children happy.