A MIND CURE PARADISE

Helen Wilmans.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, February 12, 1895.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

A Mind Cure Paradise.

   It is to be established at Halifax, Fla., by Mrs. Helen Wilmans, apostle of mind cure. In her paper, "Freedom." she projects upon the outer consciousness, so to speak, the plan of this ideal colony. In the first place the spot itself is paradise, and ideal people will only have to establish themselves there to realize the heaven on earth which Mrs. Wilmans claims is the heritage of every human being.

   The higher civilization, according to this priestess, is to come when man, by his powerful mind, is able to will things to come to pass instead of getting down and hustling for them with his hands and wrestling with brickbats, ledgers, machines and things. She declares there is in human nature a universal aspiration for getting above that plane where it must slave amid material things to procure food to barely keep its dying body alive that it may slave some more and get more food only in order to do more work.

   Mrs. Wilmans is right. There certainly is in human nature a universal desire to live without work.

   Perhaps the colonists who cluster about Halifax, Fla., will be able to achieve that dream. If, when they do, they will show the rest of us the secret of it then will they be benefactors of the race. It is true, as the lady tells us, that at present the effort to overcome our environments of work exhaust our vital forces and leave us "nothing to do but to die." We are to get out of this sad state, Mrs. Wilmans says, by cherishing growing mental aspirations for ease and happiness that will lift us into a heaven on earth. You are to aspire in your mind and have faith in your desires.

   Consequently the paradise colony will not be a money making place. When we properly aspire in our minds and have faith in our desires, we shall not need to grovel for money. All things will come to us. But in order to enjoy the felicity of paradise at Halifax it seems to be necessary to have already a good supply of money, since at present there will only be accommodations for winter tourists. This is truly discouraging to those who would like to go to an earthly paradise and aspire in their minds without working any.

THE WOMAN'S PAPER.

AN OFFICE OPENED IN THE Y. M. C. A. ROOMS.

Work Progressing—Advertisements Coming In—Orders for Papers Received by the Wholesale.

   The woman's paper to be issued by the Ladies' Auxiliary for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A. is booming. The ladies can do nothing else than work upon it; they can think of nothing else; they dream of it by night. And as the days go by and Feb. 22 draws nearer the prospects for a great success grow brighter. Orders for the paper come in every day by the wholesale. The business men are also advertising liberally. Nearly every one has taken space and furnished copy. A few have not yet responded and the ladies hope that they will not be conspicuous by their absence. It is requested that every one who orders papers and expects them to be delivered will have the cash ready for payment when the papers are delivered, as they do not desire to enter upon an elaborate system of bookkeeping.

   An office has been opened in the Y. M. C. A. rooms [located in the Standard  block--CC editor], with office hours from 3 to 5 o'clock each day, where advertisements can be taken and orders left for papers.

   No one has yet appeared to claim the third copy of The STANDARD at $15 and the fourth copy at $20. An offer has been received of $5 for the first copy; of $10 for the second copy and of $25 for the fifth copy provided that the third and fourth copies bring $15 and $20 each respectively. Some one should come forward at once as, unless these offers do appear, the $25 will be sacrificed.

A TEACHER FROZEN.

She Was Caught in the Storm and Perished.

   LYONS, Feb. 12.—One death from freezing during the recent blizzard has been reported, the victim being Mrs. Davis, a school teacher in the Barret district three miles north of Lyons. She had been missing since Friday morning and a search was instituted. About a mile from the school her dead body was found under the snow. It is supposed she was chilled when she reached this place, and in trying to climb the fence fell and died. Little is known about Mrs. Davis except that she was about 25 years of age and had been married. It is not known who her relatives are, but it is supposed they reside in Rochester.

William McKinley.

MCKINLEY IN ALBANY.

He Will Speak at the Lincoln Dinner To-night.

   ALBANY, New York, Feb. 12.—William McKinley arrived here shortly after 7 o'clock this morning. He is to be the guest of the Unconditional Republican club on the occasion of the Lincoln dinner, to be given at the Hotel Kenmore to-night He was met at the depot by Col. Marvin, Governor Morton's military secretary, and a committee from the Unconditional club and escorted to the executive mansion. Mr. McKinley is Governor Morton's guest to-day. They arrived at the executive chamber after 10 o'clock this morning and Lieut. Gov. Saxton, Speaker Fish, the state officers and many members of the legislature called to pay their respects.

VILLAGE TRUSTEES.

Propositions for Appropriations for Fire Companies.

   At a meeting of the board of trustees held at the village clerk's office on Monday, Feb. 11, at 7:80 o'clock there were present President Tisdale and Trustees Thomas C. Scudder, W. Harry Swan and F. J. Doubleday.

   The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.

   Chief Engineer A. G. Bosworth and ex-Chief N. Jay Peck of the Cortland fire department came before the board and requested that the salary of the engineer of the steamer and the janitor at Fireman's hall be increased the coming year from $600 to $800 and requested that there be put in the budget for the coming year an appropriation for five hundred feet of new hose and $50 each for bunkers for the Water Witch Steamer and Hose Co. and for the Hook and Ladder Co.; also $75 each for Hitchcock and Emerald Hose Co.'s for coal and bunkers; and also $25 for coal for Orris Hose Co. and $25 for the Protective Police; also for repairing Hitchcock Hose carriage, $75.

   The following bill was allowed and ordered paid: Frank J. Peck, salary treasurer, $50.

   It was ordered that property owners be requested, in clearing walks of snow, to leave fire hydrants exposed and uncovered.

   On motion, the meeting adjourned to Feb. 18, 1895, at 7:30 P. M. at the office of the clerk of the village.

BREVITIES.

   —The town board is in session to-day at the office of Town Clerk Alger.

   —The Choral society meets in the Y. M. C. A. parlors this evening at 7:30. Everybody is invited.

   —In Justice Bull's court the case of The People vs. Phoebe Japhet is adjourned to Feb. 19, at 1:30 P. M.

   —The Misses Atkinson very pleasantly entertained a few of their friends at their home on Argyle Place last evening.

   —Mr. W. E. Wood is to-day moving from Madison-st. to part of the double house of Mr. E. H. Brewer on Church-st.

   —The Alpha C. L. S. C. will meet with Miss L. Hawley, 73 Railroad-st., Monday evening, Feb. 18, at 7:30 o'clock.

   —The Ladies' Aid society of the Universalist church will meet to-morrow afternoon. All members are requested to be present.

   —The funeral services of Dr. G. W. Hull will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at his late residence, 10 Monroe Heights.

   —The Pitcher stage, having been snowbound since Thursday of last week, succeeded in reaching Cortland nearly on time to-day.

   —The funeral of Mr. W. H. Norton will be held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late home, 26 Railroad-ave. Burial at Homer.

   —The Democratic town convention will be held at the Democratic club rooms in the Democrat building this evening at 7:30 o'clock.

   —Ten men are to-day taking the civil service examinations in the Democrat building under the direction of President E. J. Hopkins of the examination bureau.

   —Mr. A. H. Watkins will open his store, in the place formerly occupied by Thomas Button as a barber shop, in about a week with a full line of dry goods and carpets.

   —A sleigh containing the Cortland City band passed through Main-st. today at noon and discoursed some very fine music. The boys were preceded by other members of the minstrel troupe on foot.

   —A horse belonging to a man whose name could not be learned became frightened this morning at a trolley car and ran upon the sidewalk and came near dashing through one of the windows of the store of Ament & Brazie. No damage was done.

   —The STANDARD yesterday quoted from the Elmira Advertiser the account of the killing of a young man near Horseheads by an E., C. & N. train. The Advertiser was in error as to the railroad. The accident was caused by a train on the Erie road and not by the E., C. & N. road.

   —Mr. R. B. Lockwood of Binghamton will address the mission bands at the Presbyterian church at 7:30 o'clock Friday night at the annual jug breaking. His subject will be "China." Mr. Lockwood is a great traveler. He has been nearly all over the known world and has spent considerable time in China.

   —The North Presbyterian church of Rochester are resolved that ladies attending that church shall no longer have the excuse for remaining away from the services that they had to stay home with their children. The young ladies take turns in conducting a crèche during service hours, where young children may be left by the parents with the assurance that they will be well cared for.—Wayne Democratic Press, Lyons.

   —The case of Charles F. Wilson, convicted of murdering the late Detective James Harvey at Syracuse, will be argued in the court of appeals on Feb. 25. Advices previously received were to the effect that the argument would not be reached until March 15. But yesterday, says the Syracuse Herald, the counsel in the case were informed that the matter would be heard at the opening of the court on the date mentioned above.

TOO MUCH FOR HIM.

A Newspaper Succeeded Where all Else Failed.

   A young man who actually desired wealth, says an Exchange, was visited by his Satanic Majesty, who tempted him to dispose of his soul for eternity if he could be supplied on earth with all the money he could use. The bargain was concluded; the devil was to supply the money, and was, at last, to have the soul, unless the young man could spend more money than the devil could furnish.

   Years passed away; the man married, was extravagant in his living, built palaces, speculated wildly, lost and gave away fortunes, and yet his coffers were always full. He turned politician and bribed his way to power and fame without reducing his pile of gold. He became a fillibuster and fitted cut ships and armies, but his banker honored all his drafts. He went to New York to live, and paid the usual rate of interest for all the money he could borrow; but though the devil made faces when he came to pay the bills, yet they were all paid. One expedient after another failed.

   The devil counted the time, only two more years, that he must wait for the soul; and he mocked the efforts of the despairing man. One more trial was resolved upon—the man started a newspaper! The devil growled at the bill at the end of the first quarter, was savage in six months, melancholy in nine, and broke, dead broke, at the end of the year! So the newspaper went down, but the soul was saved.