Garland Globe | 1906-04-14 | Page 7 | Wonders of the Human Mine

WONDERS OF THE HUMAN MINT Traveler In His Dream Is Carrk. Far and Fast. A flnsh of light Is not sIiibeIs sound travels rapidly, a bulkt Is iv messenger boy, nnd nn mitomolil'. which shoots n mile In twunty-lg seconds Is moving nlong, certalnl When It comes to getting over the ground In a rertl hurry, however, tc devouring dtstnnce In dend cnnicst the dreamer marches proudly nt tlx head of tho procession. Ho make tho latest thing In tho Hue of 1Ti horse power rnclng enrs look llkt hay carts In a mud bnnk. A limn sit In his clmlr after dinner and dozes, ho awakes with n stnrt nnd discovers to his surprise, thnt he lost conscious ness for exactly three minutes by the clock. Yet In those three nilnutos lit Journeyed from New York to I'orl Said, transferred himself to St. Peters burg, loitered In Paris nnd Loudon nnd palled up the Nile. What Is ol greater lmportnnco In this connection he Journeyed leisurely, almost lndo lently; he otopped nt various 'polnt bf Interest" nnd examined them thor oughly; ho met with nnnoylng nnn nmuslng experiences on steamships and trains; ho talked with acquaint nnces whom ho encountered In foreign lands, and ho told some of them precisely pre-cisely whnt he thought of them there wn genuine pleasure In thnt. A ' dreamer can put thousnnds and thousands thou-sands of miles behind him In tho short space of three minutes nnd lnzlly enjoy en-joy himself In his wandering. l)y comparison, the chauffeur, with his Ufa In lib hands, Is n slow conch; nnd he must attend strictly to business; busi-ness; he enn engngo In no conversation conversa-tion or sightseeing. The human mind Is a wonderful vehicle. Somo.peoplo in spectacles havo analyzed ft nnd think thnt they know whnt It Is and 'what It can do, But they do not know and they never will know. Provldcnco Journal.