The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-07
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ANYONE who is doing The best he
can is doing well. Appreciation is |
sure to come with work that is well |
and intelligently done.
EVERYBODY is fond of mysteries
| and some would rather keep on
suspecting others of wrong tn find |
out that it was untrue.
ONE of the old time philosophers
said "Since you can't get what you
desire, desire the thing you can get"
That's pretty good recipe for content
ment.
SUCCESS is easier than failure. So |
it has been said again and again and |
numberess recipes are given as to how
to reach that glorious state But to all |
of these I would like to add another. |
That is, to profit by our own experience
and by that of others as well. By so
doing we might at least eliminate the
causes of our failures in the past.
THE Russian ENJOYS Heliogramsky
and Cassinovitch are surprised and
bitterly disappointed at the sympathetic
attitude of the American people to-
wards Japan in the present War. They
maintain that Russia has always been
a friend to the United States and
should therefore have the moral sup
port of the people. True, they did at
one time show their friendship for this
country, but they have not always done
so. 1t is an historical fact that during
the Revolution Russia went so far as
to offer Great Britain an army of
Cossacks to help whip the Americans.
This offer would have been accepted
had they been allowed to cross adjoin-
ing territory, which was prevented by
Frederick the Great. Their object was
then, as it is now and always has been,
to crush liberty wherever it showed it's
head. In sympathizing with the Japs
the American people are simply dis
playing preference that is prompted
by love of justice and freedom, so
characteristic of them as a nation.
Right about Mr.. H. and get in line
with the procession.
| MORAL courage is something to be
admired IN all men. Had we pos
sessed this requisite to right living
good many of us would not be here
now. We demonstrate our lack of it
in different ways 1t is because we are
moral towards that we have not kept
away from vice and its surrounding
evils. Our principles and aims may De
all right but they fail to materlalize
because we have not the moral courage
to back them up. We are prone to
boast of our merits when we should
acknowledge ignorance and admit our
faults. We have been afraid to face
difficulties when by taking hold of them
like men they would disappear at a
glance. In the days of our prosperity
we have passed by friend for no other
reason than that his garments bespoke
his poverty. And why? Because we
were ashamed to acknowledge his
acquaintance, when recognition would
be an act worthy of king. In time of
adversely we have lacked the courage
to own up to our condition when by so
doing we would have robbed poverty
| of cfi
is a quality not only to be admired but
acquired. 1t becomes master of our
weaknesses and brings into play the
finer attributes of our nature.
| A SHORT time ago read of a man
who had given large sum OF mon
ey for the erection of an orphan asylum.
In another column of the same paper
the business methods of this man were
likened unto those of a swindler. We
have great many of the same kind of
philanthropists. They use charity as
perfume to put down an unpleasant
odor. They have no conception of the
fact that artificial sweetness is a poor |
substitute for the genuine article. |
These men give to the church and to |
charity in the hope that it will counter
act the evil aroma of unprincipled |
methods in their daily life. But all |
their millions cannot hide the back
ground of the skunk nature that turks |
! hanoath THAR cOirituaI olotboo Euop
tho they don the garb of pure religion
and put on the mantle of philanthropic
charity, we can still see through its |