The Ward County independent., 1910-12-08
DON'T MIND THE GOssIPo.

DON'T MIND THE GOssIPo.
A noise merely annoys Even thunderclap
harmless Sound never yet produced dent Goss-
p b simply the outburst Of envy and malice-lke
3 Chinese Reconsideration a lizz and usually dan.
esrous only to him who explodes it.
Kissing snakes are seldom deadly The cobra, the
fer de lance, the coppernead and the moccasin do
not advertise. Chattering birds are always harm.
lsss. The raven and the arrant cowards-
the eagle swoops without outcry.
Menace does not wag a tongue. The cruelty Of
the caumnator lies in his words and not in his bite.
Envy and malice toothless ready to run at
the first repulse.
Only strong men can check you or wreck you, and
the strong do not stoop to meanness. They strike
with clean weapons and not with the rusty sword
4 slander.
Every falsehood that is hurled against your repu-
,ation is in your favor. 1t offers you chance to
prove the truth-to snow yourself as you are-to
demonstrate what you have done. Before the
supreme tribunal Of society only facts weighed
and counted.
II you possess right and might you will always
have the opportunity to stand forth In your true
tight. You know wnen and where you are wrong.
You the only living soul who truly comprehends
your acts. You the sole Judge of your real
character You cannot exrect to find all
we'll posted as yourself.
You cannot be sane and 80 to all persons.
There are many weadings, halt-wits, apes, sour.
brains, meddlers hot-heads and hypocrites In the
world That no course of action possibly appear
fair and sound everybody.
You cannot make without treading at
least foot. You cannot have cause which
does not conflict with the ambitions Of another.
Il you are so thin-skinned and sensitive that you
can be halted by disbelief and turned back to ridi-
sule you may as we'll relnquish your ambitions, re-
tire from the contest and acknowledge at the very
outset that you are incapable Of conquering your
egotism.
No man lived for an unusual hope, and man.
aged to escape from mudslinging It Is the newt
able accompaniment Of personal progress.
Power is hateful to those who cannot possess 1t.
Gully few are able to struggle to the heights, but
TIE that lacks the sinews to reach the goal is
VOC puny to hurl hurtful missite
Those who lack capabilty are the last to acknow-
ledge It's existence in their betters The dullard IL
the nardes to convince and least capable Of
uring the forces which he cannot comprehend.
II you determined to rtse you must first learn
ter your valuable energy worrying about the opinions
Of people who do not count. You must employ your
time and your thoughts for important and vital
things.
Julius Caesar, Oliver Cromwell, Napoleon Bona
parte, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses Grant managed
10 get along fairly we'll in spite of their doubling
contemporaries. The head chat rises highest must
expect TO become the target of fools-Ex
Whoever is selected for speaker of the house Of
the next session Of the legislature it is certain that
that candidate will not from the northwestern
part of the state. While we have good timber cur
members going to Bismarck with one objec in
view, and that is to secure appropriation for the
new Normal school. 1t years after the
bill passed providing for School Of Forestry
at Bottneau, before an appropriation secured.
We do not want to repetition Of such cir
cumstance, with Normal school. There is
demand for this school at an early date and at
best, the institution cannot be in readiness for
couple of years. The legislators from Northwest
North Dakota, will take united stand for this
appropriation and will not doubt be successful.
Gov. Burke has promised that he will sign any
reasonable appropriation bill that the legislature
may enact We trust that he will also use his
influence towards this end.
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