Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-01

~ iBulsy. pgnple. nexer, have
HVeSS| u time TO dwell very much
MS qqpp11 tt1P the sipas.tpgi 9f15h9 sfs!
ESM sons.
Xxi : The aays are so full of
~ tasks and Father Time is
~ -sf II. p alWaxs5 eateh&ng -,1lpyi and
4fhtiPE. ahead OF, rs in ssRgte of'this ADD
sd59fsa 4S3ge 9ss@tc liz, i1sl1,,lat-ei:.a III.
y Sj IS saal%gays the sage Old story sirIs
SIp 51rigi,c surfPEiSSS Us viii, its bios
Sons and fits bursting brooks and 7then
summer has come and gone bef6re We
know it.
e:vdfG feTJot us sop 20 Thing 5hat3
ahis sswt3tHess> OF time in. IT'S passing
Indicates that We ly-nxing
rather than IoIIing through life.
siEt is onIy,,when the H1ly han giHpon
our hands that-we know Aowl1lessed
are those -tiEaes-when we have
t9lmakeIists, Observation-Disclosures we
nave tor do snd ,get .qp early 5X9i mornings
10 begin them.
OF course we are likely To- complain
that we get SO little done, especially
at"this time, When the calendars tell
usithat a6othert365 days1have Become
a part of yest efdaY:s I. 0aOt years. tiJ~y
We look back regretfully and repine
hat we have so lltxlefte record in the
gay OF. achievements beyond the mere
act of living from day to day and from
week to Week al" 'hs"'-'-' "Ni'"i- "
4, BHt, living ,iip, the right. Spirit, striv-
ing, IL not always accomplishing and
Completing the tasks We set ourselves
as nQthihg to tegrat.cn 'sCiDc 70 sa~'
1t comes near to that simple life
that sounds sosigfhnd and inspiring
yheRiyit is liyedli in 3.thesi woods but
which is quite as fine when lived in. a
by ETY. -"h ''''''-' - 80 '''--
there Is no doubt that when we try
to set up STANDARDS OF happiness and
cfntentrI sItt- and peace at the close of
s..year thatshas had 7its rfftscof sun,
shipe and its stretches Of shade. that
at is impossible 10 put wealth, or fame,
ror success, personal popularity, beauty
or even health Itself forward as the
great, good thing that makes life worth
CivingyjIsIv '@ytE 'apEun shi 5ftla y .
uThe, thing thai counts is thei ability,
and the desire to feel an interest in.
things, in events and -nersons-in the
game Of life. itself. 2up4,}-, ~ .;ld
All the other blessings pail unless
tRit interest remains: 1t is very close
Ey;cGkfny doIhsalthIfoT4Ilt is lanpartuof
youth, Of vitality, of life,,rr s.uos ,o{ r.
II has becoms-ths-gen practice
stasReeGlthe departure OF the oldcyear
With every indieatiopp, of rej9icipg,aylel;
coming In the new with acclaim and
EXPRESSIONS satisfaction. NV 81 is'7F
t4t,is natural saad wholesome to look
forward, but those of us who wish TO
include the brick nf-gratitude in the
building of ouE reharacters Should learn
to omit our complaints of the luck the
Aa yeaf 'tas Brought {t SGds '''''u1F- IL VI
oInstEl1thp tbelnambstsaf w4Iis beiS6oa
gEeat extent,,iiksu the sYelasnkbat we
Gnake 1t and, how we take II. -, -,
Things viii happen IN aecordancce
with the same laws that{edfaG 3his' bic
earth of which we are a small parks
dSo' we can greet 1903 I'd calm and
hapaIB manner, marhap: than with OSfis
marifestations eEfrsAzied ,,j9y atoitS
coming, and let US have the good man
airs to!gReed or FLIRTING guest, 'fs01
politely. * '=9imnV All q sI$JsaiIio
urWlth all his 9anltA, welSnaM himIiol
what he was and the new. year ,ist,fa as
yet a stranger to lis
1BMeirGaa hepe .ARd9 believa that al
good thi9gS r,Yilll c9m ppYse, with, him, bur
fes us avoid' the haccfRneyed ,congratu
pasionn on fsAa sBassltg +8fIla1 twelve
TsAAth thAtDrobAhlM tIestedrnsrhethel
t tl5j5I We dteeS%srysd9 ,ss.l. nscns,mrsqu,
The dawning of another January /:
invariably the time for what dfe eaIlet
'.g9S9Rd reS9lYtifP19sSrSs which translate
themselves into rash Promises, usual!
oFelteh, BEFORE che inH% yeafs e -wefl til
d4RnEa Einisnn.- 'oIn: y ls5NV hi
THAT, was, the oldfashiqRed Yayup
expressing an Inclination to reform
obey ba6 HABITS and people Kept OF
fromIUnuthndp eldiiaae making tARs'
good resolutions EVERY 51st of Deeem
>O9r.I Knaing themselves Zach year fur
thar from Rerfeesionsth eyer9nIhr.t
4, Gopd resalutians are not 50 pFeya
lent. or at least not SO noisy as the,
ased to BE at this timeh -iiN2c' 'iiaSiir
iiIThsy hate BeEeAte p6FGfar matsfiS
for the G0gAle papers land .evarrbod
knows what joke they are,,s,.,,.h
Nevertheless. the close OF year /
Gcapttal time for Al AQsk back. "a retro
-spect in which we can see the fault
chat are Oh the mend With u.s. or Or TT
7oueslthat have spsrseseredsz hd grow
stronger.sllC ss,q xa1c ssBllarBc ri
Maybe, some. new tendency, ha
epfuhg up which does not promis
welE shi IS lcca = sfsiis sso5E NV =
-.AtusIl events ifiNa ableitn &c
. new view of our characters a
Enough searchlight bad been throw