The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-06-07

head is screwed on tight. The lazy
and Indifferent man IS failure to
begin with. That which counts most
in the long run is the ability to drive
oneself continuously along the rails
of wisely chosen career.
None but men of the strenuous
life may hope for the largest sue
cess in a well rounded character.
There are stern battles to be fought
in the soul. The enemy will come
in like flood and the young sol
der must lift up a standard. Great
er is he who rules over his own soul
than he who takes a city. To devote
oneself to the good of humanity and
the glory of God that is the noblest
accomplishment of man, and de-
serves the sublimest honor. Such
are the men who make history. and
lift higher the standard of the world.
3. We are encouraged in thia art
of the monkey-wrench by the lives of
great men.
Our own poet has said:
"The lives of great men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime;
And toiling upwards leave behond us,
Footprints in the sand of time"
But If we would follow in the foot
steps of great men, we too, must
toll upwards In the night. And toll
hg upwards caiT. for many a tight
pull on the monKey-wrench. to keep
our courage up to the sticking point.
We of America are peculiarly for
tunate in our great men, men who
have arisen from the lowliest to the
highest walks Of life. Eut they had
wills of iron, and wisely held on
their way. Some noble purpose
cleaned before them, and they wise
iy stretched every nerve One OF
these great men was that mighty
giant Of the prairies. who was Grad
led in Kentucky, brought up in In
diana, became known in Illinois,
guided the ship of state at Washing
ceived the martyrs crown. While this
man was great physically ana men
tally, his greatness shines out re-
splendent as a hero of moral cour-
age. He never could let go after
that solemn vow in the slave market
of New Orleans. IF ever | get a
chance, | will hit it hard" 1t was this
lowIy rail splitter that God raised
up to lead the nation out of the bond
age of slavery.
1t is men of such moral fibre whom
Associate Justice Hughes, that sturdy
Baptist, is such man, and his ex-
altation to the supreme bench of the
nation is due to his loyalty to RICH.
|teousness as governor Of the state
of New York. Chancellor Lloyd
George that little Welsh Baptist, is
such man, and mis- farfamed
"Budg' is reyolutionizing the econo
mic and political life of England
There is loud call everywhere for
this class of men and women. There
Is always much to discourage. But
when you know your ground, screw
your head on tight. and pun out the
throttle.
In the midst of confusion and
strife, look above for the voice OF
good cheer. God will not forsake his
own. When Jehovah appointed Josh
ua to be the successor of Moses, and
to lead Israel into the promi ed land.
the task was so tremendous that
some special word was needed to
save the intrepid leader from des
pair. And this same word is for ev-
cry other leader who God appoints
to a difficult task, whether in the
community and nation. or in the
equally important arena of the soul.
BE strong and of good courage: be
not affrighted, neither be thou dis,
mayed: for Jehovah thy God is with
thee whithersoever thou goest. -
Josh. l. 8.
But even the noble art of the
monkey-wrench is not sufficient in
itself to make an approved workman.
The second requirement is equally
important.
Consume Your Own Smoke
1. This idea is suggested by the
effort of mechanics to invent a fur
mace that will completely consume
it's own smoke
A very small per cent of the fuel
in a furnace Is now converted into
heat or power So much of the coal.
or fuel Of any sort, goes up In smoke,
that very little is left to run the ma
chinery. The r. r. locomotive has
been made to consume part Of its
smoke, but even that is far from sat.
isfactory. The gerat desire is to
find some invention that will con
vert all. or most of the coal, into
heat and power The same pressing
need Is felt in all other furnaces
where fuel Is used for either heat or
power. The man who shall furnish
furnace that will consume its own
smoke will make himself rich and
haooma tho hpuafaptar of tho world