Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-02-15
ABILgNg's CHANCES.
The Dwellers in the City Today
Hold Them,

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There are men in this city today
wasting their time and enfeebling their
energies looking back with sad regret
to the opportunity they once had to
place themselves and their families
beN ond all fear of want, but which
they failed to embrace at the time
presented. They can see 1t all now.
They wish they had sold their lots and
their lands when the wave Of specula-
ton was rolling most high and dollars
we're like sands upon the seashore.
The experience Of the past should
teach men wisdom. IL does some;
Others 1t does not. The lives Of men
20 In circles; or, in other words,
"history repeats itself"
There is a tide In the affairs OF cities
and nations rs well as of men. abb
lene was once borne upon the loftiest
crest OF one Of the largest tides Of
'peculatlve prosperity that ever swept
over any city. 1t was purely sppcula.
tive; but all were prosp-rous while 1t
lasted. The ebb followed; but the
fixed and unvsrying laws of rotation
In human events will surely bring an
other tide which will lead on to pros
perity. The rising waters are even
now at our gates. The next tide will
not be caused by the rantiDgs of wild
speculators-but by the calm and
deliberate determinations of wise and
sensible business men. With a rich
farming country surrounding this city
aud constantly increasing in prosperity,
growing and prosperous city must
result.
Men today look back six years aud
say what a fool was that did not
sell every foot of land | had In Abb.
lene." Six years hence. and even less
than that, men will look back to 1894
and say "What u fool was that | did
not invest my money in Abilene
property, or what fool was that |
did not start some kind Of business OF
manufactures in Abilene In 1894"
This Is no boon" talk, IL 10 the
logic Of events, that are casting their
shadows before" The future OF this
c'ty Is IN the hands of men who are
here today. Ii is not enough to say,
II have DONE" aud Il have given"
Those are words of the past, and the
past holds dlsagreeable memories that
some minds are disposed to dwell upon.
Let tile dead past bury its de ad, )" and
and let the living men Of the present
with full comprehension OF what is
before them, blend their energies TO
the work of building this city to the
full measure of the grand destiny
before IL.
Tue disintegratiug forces of gloom
aud despondency, the growing voice Of
h cr1aker, the earnings of the censor.
ions critic, have no place In young
and glowing city like Abilene. Let us
NJ longer look after the setting sun,
t lat has gone down behiud the dark
and gloomy cloud, but turn our eyes to
the rising sun, that with its glory aud
beauty her'lds the dawn OF new day
OF prosperity and grand development.
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of had USED Chamberlgin's Cough
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