The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-13

INK VIII appreciate tHe OppOrtull-
tiles offered and will 'piwarrie' in
haste. knowing that he will have
full leisure in which to repent
Do you develop your strength, in
crease your reasoning power, your
will power. your power of initiative?
Do you not only elevate yourself and
hold yourself up, but also have
strength to help others? Are you
litter? Or do you. like the sense
less lobster, remain high and dry
on the sand or among the rocks,
waiting for someone to carry you to
the sea, or for the sea to come to
you, when by your own native en-
ergy you should boldly plunge in
and ride the waves triumphantly?
Do you, in considering every under
taking, look hesitatingly to the right
or left for some advice, some sup
port, some prop to lean on? 1t has
been said that for every self-made
man there are ten self-ruined ones.
1t is a safe guess that nine Of the
ten are leaners. The ranks Of me-
diocrity-of the half-successful-
are crowded with people of fine
natural abilities who never rise
above inferior stations because they
never act independently. They are
afraid to take the initiative in any
thing-to depend upon their own
judgment and resources-and so let
opportunity after opportunity pass
them by. They make fine plans,
but leave them to be carried out by
others: and then their only conso-
lation is in saying: II thought of
it first" Half a hundred claim to
have been the first to invent the
railway airbrake. Only one had the
nerve to demonstrate its practicable
| ity. Thousands talked about an At
lantic cable, until one came forward
and laid it. He lost big fortune
by falling at first, but made bigger
one by succeeding at last. In every
walk of life are earnest, conscien-
tious people who are disappointed
that they do not get on better and
who wax eloquent over the injustice
that confines them to inferior grades
while others with no more natural
ability constantly advanced over the
their heads. Analyze these people
and you find their real trouble lies
in their lack of independent action.
They dare not mike the slightest
move without help or advice from
some outside source. They lack
confidence In themselves. They do
not trust their own powers. They
have never learned to stand squarely
on their own feet, think their own
thoughts and make their own decis-
ions. The price that must be paid
for this shifting OF responsibility is
a heavy one-the loss of kingdom
We voluntarily abdicate the throne
Of personality, resign the priceless
privilege conferred upon every hui
man being in this civilized land
the right to think and speak and de-
eide and act for himself.
Women will vote in this gneral
election in three states. Colorado,
Idaho and Wyoming, a fact which
campaign managers in the various
headquarters in Chicago OF the dem
ooratic. republican. prohibition and
socialist parties have taken into con-
sideration. These states represen-
tation in the electoral college
amounts to IL votes out of 4s3. vot-
ing In all states but three will be by
the Australian system, Virginia and
the Carolinas having retained the old
system. BY no means all the men Of
n in the country are qualified voters
for the varying laws of the states
not only bar convicts in the prisons
In most cases but place other restric.
tons ON suffrage that become ex-
ceedingly important In presidential
years. M Michigan bars Indians and
s.duelists and their abettors;" Mis-
lsissippi bars, delinquent tar payers
land Also. felona and the insane. Mis-
ss0arj. Massachusetts ana few other
Estates penaliEe pauperism ~ taking
stauay voting privileges. Nsvads