The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-05-28
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great fatigue.
Didn't you. sleep well?" asked the
friend, alarmed at the others appear
ance. The sea has been perfectly
calm"
"Sleep!" repeated the unhappy suf
ferer, Il didn't get a wink OF sleep'
I'm tired out | shall never travel by
water again"
What causes this excessive ia.
tigue?' asked the friend.
why, trying to sleep in that thing.
| saw a card in the stateroom telling
how to put on the life-preseryer and
thought | understood the directions
perfectly. But. suppose | didn't for
| was perfectly conscious of it, all
night.
T. V. Powderly, at the wonderful in.
formal conference of capital and labor
that Andrew Carnegie held in his
Fifth Avenue mansion last month,
told story about cOntentment.
"Contentment is a good thing" Mr..
Powderly began. but ii should never
be carried too far. II is discomfort,
we must always remember, that
brings about improvement.
Let me tell you a story about too
contented Scranton farmer.
This old man might have had a
good, modern shotgun, but he was
contented with an old musket, a relic
OF the Civil War. He was very proud
of this antique firearm. When | lived
in Scranton, he was always boasting
THAT is no defense at all" said
Senator Curtis, during a discussion OF
emotional insanity at dinner. what
you have just said, sir, is as weak a
defense as the young automobilist's.
THE young mans rich father said
to him
Look lere. | am ashamed of you.
You spend all your time choo-chooine
around the country in n motor car.
"'Not all my line. father said the
youth. gently. Only half OF t.
"'And the other half? asked the
modified old man.
THAT is passed underneath. sir,
with a monkey.wrench. San An.
tonic Express.
A brave man will never give up the
struggle-the brave never do.
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One asserts that merely to die Is
small matter-a trifling trial, an or
binary ordeal-to the person OF su-
perior soul. But to live, and TO live
worthily-to do life's sternest duties
nobly-to bear the hard burden o.
others, to carry the neavy cross OF
vicarious atonement over a rugged
road-to feel the pricking pressure OF
cruety's sovereign crown-to strug-
gle, and strive, and find at last the
tr-est triumph in terrible defeat
to know the martyTdOm OF indefinite
existence that gives the torture Of the
prison for the peace Of the tomb
and, after all suffering and all sac
rifice, to drink the bitter hemlock oil
human ingratitude-this is the SUI
preme test that proves the fiber oi
the finest nature and proclaims a he
roism OF the loftiest type.
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Bill Barlow-the sagebrush phil
osophcr and whose philosophy take
in-appeals TO our deeper sense
when he pleads that we forgive.
What does IL all amount TO, anyway
this fighting and hating OF another?
II you cannot love your enemy you
can at least leave him TO wallow in
t.4e mire of his malice-if in t.e
wrong, no one knows II so well as he.
while your conscience is clear. Don't
be an lndian-whose gross instincts
and co I-blooded brutality are charac-
teristic of his class-they who never
forget because they will never for
give. II is as important TO forget
as It is to remember. No man or
woman who deems himselfa a nemesis,
treasures up wrong, nurses an in
jury, or permits ignohle hatred TO
foster in his heart, can ever expe-
rience true happiness, or attain sue
cess. he is always pervert, a crea-
ture Of petty prejudice and jaundiced
resentment, the which a good God
never made. Let go OF the depressing
ana weakening grievance-wipe the
slate clean each day. See to II that
no hatred poisons the mind or clouds
the memory. Forgive and forget
smile on!-and let yesterday alone!
Among all the countless revela- !
ions of Mammoth cave in Kantucly /