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MEN AND HOGS.
EDITOR CONSERVATIVE :
In your issue of the 25th of July , 15)01 ) ,
your thoughts expressed under the title
"Men mid Hogs" and the question you
present "When will men be bred as
wisely as swine are "bred ? " awakens in
mo a desire to make a few remarks , and
then to answer your question , which I
believe I can do to your satisfaction.
When a small boy in attendance at a
circus , the clown said "Man is an ani
mal ; "then , after a pause , he quickly
said , "So is a hog. " The crowd
laughed ; I laughed too. Then I got to
thinking the thing over and tried to see
where the joke was. At first I thought
the joke was on the man , but being on
the man , and I , hoping then to become
a man , could not see anything to laugh
at. As I became older the clown's joke
bothered me more than ever , and as I
often meet men meaner than hogs , in the
street cars and various places ; when I
see a whole nation of people who call
themselves civilized and Christianswith
a greedy desire for wealth and power ,
cany on a relentless war against a
smaller and weaker nation , in order to
wrest from them sovereignty , and for
commercial gain ; then I think that the
joke was on the hog.
Speaking of hogs , can THE CONSER
VATIVE tell why it is that a pig is born
with a full set of teeth and a man is
born with none , and has a lot of trouble
cutting them ? I have worried over the
matter when raising children and hogs
on the farm , but am rather inclined now
to think that he who created both , had
some reason for doing so and did not
deem it of sufficient importance that
men should know. I remember the
philosopher who got the notion in his
head , that the Creator made a mistake
in putting small acorns on large oaks ,
and large pumpkins on small vines ;
until by chance a falling aco.ru struck
him on the crown , he changed his mind
and thought of other things.
to In answer to the question "When wi'l '
men be bred as wisely as swine are
bred , " I shall call your attention to suc
cessful , scientific experiments in a
change in the manner of breeding ani
mals which you seem to have over
looked. I quote from the Holstein
Friesian Register :
"A very important discovery in
biology is credited to Prof. Jaques
Loeb , of Chicago. Through a series of
experiments the professor lias found a
process of producing young from the
ovum of female animals by making a
combination of chemicals to take the
place of the fertilization received from
the male parent. Professor Loeb is the
head of the department of physiology
and biology at the Chicago University.
The theory of parthenogenesis , or the
production of young by a single parent ,
has engaged the attention of scientists
for years , but Professor Loeb has offered
; he first proof of its truth. Professor
Loeb'B successful experiments have been
conducted with the lower forms of
marine life , such as sea-urchins and star
fish , but he believes the law is capable
of general application. "
Long after we are dead , things may bo
different and the whole human race
may be amazons.
ENOCH HARPOLE.
Chicago , Ills. , August 1 , 1901.
ABOUT PRODUCING GREAT MEN.
The most interesting aspect of the
subject of producing supremely great
men is what may be called the super
stitious aspect of it. There is no other
subject that we know as little about ,
few others about which so much has
been written. The weariest weight of
dull nonsense on the book-shelves of the
world are the endless volumes whose
authors pretend to give a logical account
of supremely great men. Why Shake
speare was Shakespeare , why he came
when he did , why he did what he did the
"influences" that shaped his mind and
the whole multitudinous folderol have
wasted much time of industrious men
and simple readers.
And in one sense it is perfectly true
that a democracy cannot afford to be
straining after the production of great
men , even if it knew how to produce
them ; for the business of a democracy
is to give every man a chance to develop
what small or great ; measure of power
is in him. The great men will take care
of themselves when they come. How
to entice nature to bring them forth-
that is so far beyond us that Mr.
ychurinan's reproach seems academic
and fantastical ; and , if "all our higher
institutions of learning must bear the
reproach , " as he said , what a task he
lays on our institutions of learning !
They may produce scholars , but
scholars are mere hewers of wood
and horny-handed sons of toil be
side great men. August World's Work.
To THE EDITOR :
Permit mo to make the statement ,
that in my judgment , THE CONSERVA
TIVE contains the highest class of adver
tising patronage I have yet seen in an
American newspaper.
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THE YOUNG MAN'S CHANCES.
Next week , Attgust 16th , THE CON-
yll jiiblish several contri
butions froin guccessftil ; western men in
various occupations ; so'ttingJforth , each
in his own pecun ir way , . the exact
chances or more correctly- speaking , opt -
t tf \ ' >
portunities of the average , bright young
man of today , in his particular liu'e-of *
business. * " /
In publishing this symposium ,
CONSERVATIVE has undertaken to select
only those gentlemen , who have attained
success and prominence through their
own individual energy and industry.
It has been no small task to select
from the great mass of American busi
ness men , just the ones , who could in a
terse way , point out the avenue of ulti
mate success to the younger genera
tion.
tion.The
The publishers are pleased , however ,
to announce that the men chosen , have
responded with great willingness to
this request , and they take this means '
of publicly expressing their appreciation
of this great assistance in making this
special issue of THE CONSERVATIVE a
success.
The attempt has developed into
such a success that it has been
found necessary to enlarge the
ordinary edition of THE CON
SERVATIVE to twenty-four pages. Al
most every article will be accompanied
by a half-tone likeness of its author.
After haviuer succeeded in this at
tempt to compile these letters , the
work is but half done. It is a com
paratively easy matter to print that
which has already been written , but the
publishers , and especially the editor of
THE CONSERVATIVE , are extremely de
sirous that this edition of THE CON
SERVATIVE be placed in the hands of
every young man in the country , and
for this reason , an extra large number
of copies will be run off , and they will
be kept in the office , with the intention
of supplying any orders , which may
come by mail.
The plan of this collection of contri
butions was couceived'iii order to offset
to as large a degree as possible , the un
manly discouragement which has been ,
probably unconsciously , thrown in the
pathway of aspiring , young manhood.
It seems to be the conviction of self-
made men today , that the number of
opportunities for attaining success is on
the increase. On the other hand , these
same opportunities may slip quietly by ,
unless the young man bo fully alive to
the situation and grasp and appropriate
them to his own individual use.
The assistance of all subscribers to
THE CONSERVATIVE , is requested in or
der that this particular issue of THE
CONSERVATIVE may be distributed as
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