The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1905-07-20
MO FIBRE.


The young man Of today who starts
out in life with the idea of making a
success will If he be wise, consider
the essentials Of success carefully. and
his course will be decided by his idea
Of what constitutes success and his
persistcncy in keeping TO his way
when once chosen.
II his ambition be the making Of a
fortune, II Rockefeller be his ideal,
II the getting together of stocks and
bonds he considered the supreme end
Of existence, then the old truth that
honesty is the best policy will not be
the rule Of living. In its place will
read the rule, Get all you can, any
way you can"
If en- the other hand the young man
realizes the tremendous importance
of character, If To. be a manly-self.re-
specting citizen, possessing that in
herent nobleness that commands such
respect as dollars cannot buy, means
more to him than the aggregation of
dollars, if his ideal success is a well
rounded, splendid manhood, carrying
with It that degree of prosperity that
does not wrek a dozen or a hundred
others. if this be his idea, his method
will DO vastly different from what the
FIRST ideal will make Il.
In The first case the young mans
stock IN trade will be the master cum
ming # the fox with a degree of the
cruelty Of the wolf, for no n man
can possess a dozen fortunes without
a dozen men paying the price of pow
erty.
In che second place the young mans
stock in trade must be moral fibre,
courtesy and common sense. OF these
three the first is IN It important and
perhaps most rare.
In the feverish eagerness of the
times to gain money, prestige or favor,
convictions are being sacrificed con
%tinually, and that man in high or OBJ
scure life who stands firm and true TO
his convictions Is more worthy to be
accounted a hero than the man who
bears n gun In the face of an enemy
on the battlefield. for the first man
must cOolly choose TO be true to an
ideal end stand alone. while the second
In the hot blood of excitement rushes
into battle inspired by the presence Of
a thousand of his kind.
Governor Folk Of Missouri may not
be adding to his popularity by trying
to enforce a law he took his oath to
| defend. He may never be elected TO
Office Tor a second time. He may be
digging his own political grave. But
he is building himself a monument
which will stand as long as the history
of Missouri is told, representing NOR
al courage and manhood.
The world is not in need Of more
schemers. moro shrewd fnanciers,
more men training themselves to get
something at anothcr's expense. What
he world needs. what the times de.
mands in social, political and financial
circles, is men possessing moral fibre.
Democrat.
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Says the Topeka Herlad: Oklaho-
ma will not have prohibition consider
cd in It's articles of statehood. And it
Is to be joint statehood, too. No
wonder Mrs. Nation and Myra McHen-
ny have moved to Oklahoma.
e + + +
General Wood made Havana as
healthy "A city as st. Paul. he made
the natives clean up and then keep
clean, Re abated the foul %nuisances of
centuries and substituted the bath
house for the pest-hole. Yellow Jack
waseyi led from Cuba and he has not
come back. Gen. Wood should be sent
to Panama, and he will make the 18th.
mus Z second Cuba as regards health
full surroundings and conditions.
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