Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-18

put in prayer and song and congratula-
tlon. The French fnancier. almost
wealthy enough to purchase kingdom
but the victim of insomnia. wrote: mo
slumber to be bought in any market
He was right. Sleep is gratuity from
him who never sleeps. Oh, the felici-
ties of slumberl Let all who have this
real benefaction celebrate It. That is
one of the sweetest strings in all the
instrument of ten strings.
Further. let us gratefully acknowl-
edge the power of physical locomotion.
To he able to go where we wish and all
unaided-what kindness! What null
titudes have to call In the aid of cane
and crutch ard invalld's chair, and
their whole life Is a hinderment! How
hard to get about with lack of strong
and healthy and supple limbs! Con-
graduated ought you all to be II you
have the usual physical endowment.
and sympathized with ought all those
to be who can neither walk nor climb
nor enter upon any great activities.
That Is one of the thousands OF rea-
sons why | hate war with a complete
hatred. 1t takes of with bullet or shell
or surgeons knife the capacity of men
to achieve their own livelihood or do
the work for which they would other
wise be fully qualified. Brave men,
self-sacriilcing mon. for the rest OF
their life are put on the limits and
strangely suffer in stormy weather
from limbs amputated.
How much of the human family in
every century has been cut up AID
shot TO pieces and passed into mutila-
ton! American manhood had hardly
recovered from the lacerations of the
war of the Revolution when 1t was
called to be carved by the swords and
stabbed with the bayonets and black
| ened with the gunpowder of 1872
| Hardly recovered was our American
manhood from that when the war with
| Mexico began its butchery. Hardly
was American manhood recovered
| from that before the civil war took
hold of it and dug its grave trench
through the north and its grave trench
through the south. Hardly was our
American manhood recovered from
that when the Spanish war came. with
its malaria and crowded hospitals.
Thank God that now four of the great
est nations are allied in good under
standing-the United States. England,
Germany and Russia--and If they will
do the right things they can forever
stop national and international strife
and put an end to wholesale amputa-
ton.
Further. on the instrument of ten
strings celebrate the possession of our
reason. A severe stroke upon the head
or a sudden calamity or any one oI
fifty kinds of accident might dethrone
our reason and leave us worse off than
the brute. for the brute has a substi-
tute for reason in what is called in
stinct, but mans brain shattered
and he has neither mind nor instinct
The asylums for the insane, though
all the time multiplying, are not
enough to shelter the demented
Through the examining system EN-
ployed in many of the schools of this
country there are tens of thousands o
children having their brain depleted
Philosophers at ten years of age, as
tronomers at eleven years of age, geol
ogists at twelve years OF age. The!
will be first on examination day, bu
last in all matters of useful and sue
cessful life. 1t would be amusing I,
see how much children are expected t,
learn and know II it were not con
nected with the tragedies of damage,
intellects which follow.
Another string Of this instrument
now touch-friendships deep and abid
ing. by which | refer to those peopl
who, when good or bad motive may b.
ascribed to you, ascribe the good; thos
concerning whom you do not wonde
which side they will take when you ar
under discussion: those who wouli
more gladly serve you than serve them
selves; those to whom you can tel
everything without reserve; those VIII
are first in your home by person or b.
telegram when you have trouble. Oh
what blessing to have plenty O
friends! Aye, II you have only on
good friend, you are blessed in tha
glad possession. With one such frien,
you can defy the world. II you hav
been through some great crisis and yol
have one friend left. thank God an
celebrate it on the sweetest harp