Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-01
GOOD THINGS PAST,
 BETTER ARE COMING.

BETTER ARE COMING.
 The passing of the old year and the birth of the new one can be viewed from more than one standpoint Ae- eording to the mood a man may be in. his thoughts will turn to the romantic or the practical. He will marvel at the flight of time that has brought him to the threshold of new year al most before he has had chance to adjust himself and his affairs to the cid; or he will dissect each day or month of the old year from the stand point of business, and attempt to fore cast his degree of business success during the next twelvemonth.
 The romantic and the poetical have always been associated with the pass ing of the old and the birth of the new year, and always will be. It is well that it is so, for it is an inspira- ton to many, and there really is room for both the practical and sentimental. That time is yremorseless in its flight is realized only too well as the new year faces us; that it treats us harshly or tenderly. exactly as we make use of it, is a lesson learned by mankind from the earliest ages. To those who like to view the sentimental side, nothing could better illustrate the remorseless tick of the minutes as they speed us onward than the fol lowing grand passage from George D. \Prentice's "The Dying Year" 'oThat proud bird, the Condor of the
 Andes. that can soar
 Through Heavens unfathornable
 depths, or brave
 The fury of the northern hurricane, And bathe his plumage in the thun,
 der's home,
 Furls his broad wings at nightfan,
 and sinks down
 To rest upon his mountain crag. But Time knows not the weight oi
 sleep or %eariness,
 And nights deep darkness hath nc
 chain to bind
 His rushing pinions."
 Even on the practical side it may be said that the hard-headed man whc realizes the poetical truth best is,. a: rule, the most successful in busi ness. The prosperous business man the wage earner who saves money and those who take pains to safeguart themselves against the yieissitudes o fortune. realize every minute th' practical value of time These hav' not been idle. during the past year and it is a great comfort to them t saow that they have been winners and to realize their renewed stTengtl and experience to deal with the prob iems facing them
 In Bisbee, and the whole Warrei District. the best possible use ha been made of the past year Its UT kindly spells. it's slight touches of at versity. have been met bravely; it great bounty has been welcomed an turned to the benefit of all. The ne result has been to Keep the distriC well to the front among all bushes communities in the United State and to mark 1t as one of the mos favored.
 Evidence of this is given elsewher in the Review, in the shape of inte views with some of the leading bus ness men of Bisbee. are a satisfied with what has been done, an without. exception look forward great things during 1908.
 Men arc not prophets to foreteil tn future, but it Is not exactly prophes to take a look ahead and attempt ! estimate probable results. It is rathe more 2 matter of faith in Providence and in the ability and. integrity ( those charged with responsibfitie Providence will not fail us; nor is ou faith misplaced in the men who hay often. fin the deadly press. prove their worth.