Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02
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dora; forgotten the hanging gardens
of Semiramis; the gorgeous caval-
cades Of Isabella only mist OF ro-
nance; crumbled to undecipherable
dust the records OF the Whitehall feast
where Anne Boleyn's charms meshed
the eye. II not the heart, of the many
affectioned Henry; an unsubstantial
dream the fairyland revels of Kenil.
worth; blotted from the books the
praises Of Marie Stuart's beauty,which
still fingers around Holyrood; and
withered to powder, every page that
now tells OF the floral festivities of
Versailles and the feeting gayety OF
Compiegne."
An amusing story is told Of a man
and his wife who were in a railway
accident. The wife, telling the history
of 1t all to friend, said: I'VE were
suddenly thrown out OF the train on to
an embankment. John said to me:
Are you hurt?' said: Not BIT
Then he up with his fist and gave me
a black eye and we claimed 500 dam
ages. Now, / call that real presence
of mind"
A gentleman Is one who minds his
own business; who does not willingly
hurt the feelings OF others; who IL !
gentle with children and women, Arm
and fair with men; reasonably free
from vice and conceit.
Tho Taint. \
decline your double eagles. which are
jaundiced on their face
decline your silver sinkers, which are
leprosied and base;
will not take your bank notes, which
are verdigrised and green,
But haven't you got a New York draft
that's reasonably clean?
Just a paltry hundred thousand that
you got by killing beans,
And tucked away securely in your
honest working jeans.
| Or a half-forgotten million that you
| earned by digging bitches.
And has since been segregated from
the balance of your riches?
Haven't you got fortune somewhere
| which is rather isolated,
Which could be formaldeyhyded
germicided, fumigated?
Isn't there any way to get an amnesty
or absolution.
So man might get the money with
out touching the pollution?
For will not take your money, which
is greasy in Its feel .
I will not take your millions Of ANAL
| gamated Steal;
will not take your money, which
came back to you by freight.
But haven't you got a little bit you
made in something straight?
1 Edmund Vance Cooke.
Four-Not Of Kind.
Inspiration, new monthly edited
by B. F. Williams, tells about four
kinds of men:
First. The man who knows and
who knows that he knows. Second. The
man who doesn't know and who knows
that he doesn't know. Third The man
who knows, but who doesn't know
that he. knows. Fourth. The man who
4 doesn't know and who doesn't know
that he doesn't know.
The first type is the man who has
sufficient knowledge OF himself to
measure his own ability and to estab-
4 fish proper conception OF his own
power. This man is worth something
and knows 1t. He knows what he can
do. He knows what he needs and how
to crafty his desires. He knows also
what he does not know, and therefore
is not likely to succumb to egotisnn,
for it is written "the stepping stone to
the temple Of wisdom is knowledge
of our own ignorance"
4 The second type is almost an impos-
lsible one - he who does not know
and knows that he does not know. The
very fact that he knows that he does
not know is proof that he knows. The
man that does not know and is aware
of the fact Is already on the highway
to wisdom. No one strives for what
he believes he has, no attainment Is
for him who does not see the need Of
learning. The one who does not know
! and knows that he does not know will
( be hungry for learning
. The third type of man---the man who
, knows and does not know that he
knows Is tied hand and foot, but
not with iron bands. The man who
really knows will in time come to q
realization Of the fact that he knows.
: He will sometime in some way, dis.
cover his power, and will then be in
: a position to use 1t and to use It ef-
: fectively.
But what about the last man, the
: one who does not know and does not
know that he does not know? His con-
: dition Is deplorable. He is really a
3 fool. Instead of having stock OF
: knowledge he is filed with conceit
3 which disputes at every point the en-
: trance of wisdom. The man who does
not know his own weakness Is not
3 only continually laundering, but he is
!. always giving offense. He disregards
precedent, example and advice and
I FORCES ahead on his own responsibility
only to meet disappointment and
rebuff at every start and every turn.
1t is very essential that one who
: hopes to be successful in competition
q with his fellow men be able to Judge
4 himself without bias To do this takes