The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-01-07

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record will be written as correctly and
beautifully as you choose to have It,"
So we confront the untried future.
1t is day for optimism because of its
splendid possibilities. 1t beckons us
to fight the battle of life with renew
ed courage and to quit ourselves like
men.
Other days are to follow one by one
and each will slip away in the dark
ness and stiffness of night to be sue.
ceeded by another. There are great
changes liable to take place within a
year in national and world affairs 1t
Is true that today we scan carefully
the horizon OF the republic and look
in vain for any cause of deep solicit
tude. We are at peace with all the
world and the power and the glory of
the stars and stripes is everything re-
spected. Internally we have vexins
and grave social and political prob
! lens to meet but their solution is to
be hopefully anticipated. THE Goths
and Vandals from within" which Nc
Cauley said would sometime threaten
us have already been discovered and
/ exposed. Before the wrath of an
awakened people the cohorts of greed,
| graft and cunning have already sought
cover and the only thing to do during
1910 is to keep our eyes open and
day by day relentlessly pursue them
until they are utterly routed from the
high places of the land.
In our individual lives what will
| 1910 bring to us? We cannot answer
it in detail but it has in store un-
doubtedly for most of us some splen-
did triumps, some miserable defeats,
something of shadow and much of sun
shine. One thing is sure-each life
must bear its own burden and each
| life ought to do something to make
the weight of his neighbours pack a
little lighter. And after all, it doesn't
matter so much whether this shall be
q full or lean year-in material sue
cess-providing the heart keeps aglow
with a consuming love of humanity.
Years ago in pioneer western COM
munity there was bright, resolute,
public spirited man, who used to be
a leader in the promotion of the gen.
eral welfare. He was a potential fac
tor in its onward progress. When the
hard places came and men grew sus-
picious and discouraged, then it was
he lifted with desperate determination.
Many worthy enterprise, many a
splendid civic movement did his earn
est efforts pull out of the slough of
despond and place upon a firm foun-
dation so that prosperity resulted. His
friends and neighbors trusted in him,
loved him and honored him. He did
not reach markedly high station but
he was very useful man and when
that can be said of any man he is
indeed fortunate. His place as one
of the modest but enduring benefac-
tors of mankind is secure.
Such man is not forgotten. His
impress on his locality is too deep to
be erased. That man is now an old
man. He is totally blind and cannot
leave his bed and yet his mind is
clear. He lives in the more eastern
states, 1900 miles from the western
community he helped upbuild in his
younger years. The other day friends
read him letter telling of the build
ing of a beautiful and costly edifice
just completed to take the place of
the old and more simple structure in
which he had been wont to worship.
He had his friend sit down and write
a letter to the old time neighbors
sending them this message, 81 know
| am down and out, but | can cheer"
1t is a message for New Years Day!
The courage and the hope of a brave
soul, compelled to acknowledge that
it could no longer fight in the thick
of the battle but eager to incite 9th.
ers to endeavor, who were in lifes
prime.
This glad new day of a happy new
year is full of inspiration to humanity
to do its best. Youth and manhood
have equality of opportunity to meel
the worlds needs. Those who are Civ
+ Ell large success have a tremendous
responsibility that the contest for civ
= ic righteousness be valiantly fought
For the many who are unfortunately
environed and whose ways seemShedg
ed in or hindered by i'll health or un
, due burdens and who are obliged mere
. ly to be spectators to the worlds
+ mighty conflict the words of the feeble
blind old hero should be their slogan
, for 1910: Il can cheer"
, This is the way of victory.
AROUND TOWN.
Busted 'em yet?