The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-03
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Homer Mckee is editor az 8 little
ueslicasion issued new and then b.
the Indiana Esfeesresxpe conspany OF
Indianapolis A feature o. the pam g,,,ss-
lets are well written essays an 5 VA
rely q topics A late number son
sasns one anssr she ahoye title IN
which ne connsels increase OF a.
scieaey and points cat how this can
he bronghs Shoat He says that any
hcGy can Ne an average man All
that Il requires IS merely 10 he pas
size. Elst being aserage and passive
;;,asolvss no distinction ami dsstlnc-
sion Of sonse sors or another has been
hah5na every shrSfl ii Joy that the
world has eysr felt. Everybody
shcaid be aIstinetiye in some way or
ether nast be te hs happy. Dir Nc
Kee asserts hist st IS the simplest
thing in the w0rld. and thus reveals
ehe secret OF success
Merely ee big-that's al there is TO
Il, big IS the way that is easiest for
YOU big IN the thing that you do
easiest and best
II you are mechanic be a big man
in year line. II yea are 3 hookEeepsr,
be an expert. Heaven hates q piser.
Be o1ehundred per cent good at what
ever you aEdertase-is no trick All
yoa have TO do is to simply master
eacA scA-look it right in the eye and
rzsaFR Is say well
Yo1 realize. suppose, that the
average nan is = hrss-ciass dub. Any
man who saesat do his work better
than his laziness prompts is plain
una5ulteEated Cub. It's no distinction
TO 30 dub There's no pleasure in il.
We've all been Gt,bs AT some time in
our Hires many OF Us are now-but
what's the usss The good Lord Of
Crea ton never intended rs TO be dabS
RE made rs ii His own image and He
never intended rs TO be dubs. For us
10 fal1 IS blasphemy
Be enc hundred per cent efficient
it's within your power
Mere humans are divided into two
classes men and nsar-men. And the
funny part Of It is. that Just once in a
mere humans life does he get a
chance to know positively to which
class he belongs.
- L1Crs4 --Als-L LIS GAIL tilE IkkfESl c<4l->
of a real mantle only difference be-
iins that, running from his lumbar TO
his atlas vsrtebrae. under certain Civ
en- circuElst there viii appear q
wide luminous streak OF chrome rel
low. This peculiar area OF color, once
IL has appeared. forever damns the in
divfdRal with his species He Is doom
ed thenceforth 70 20 about in search
for his meal ticket unattended ard
alone.
Individuals whom we have thought
favored with lemon. may Suddenly get
their chance and revive spine OF
Fanadium steel, with no trace OF the
telltale yellow On the ether hand,
the chap whom we always thought
worthy OF the glad hand is likely to
turn like chameleon when he looks
destiny in the eye.
Take the case OF Tsmav Here was
q fellow who GOT credit for doing big
things, ef being a genius a big man
wired up with good nerves and lubri-
lesssd with rich red blood. When his
hour came, however, he revealed TO
/ the whole world that It had been ad-
mirfne a drive2ing coward. a gutter,
a near-nan. and Ged nifty hts shriye 4
little soul In the davs thar ara to come,
+ for the Titanic will rise in his dreams
70 mock him; and the survivors. with
f the sheer Of honest contempt. VIII tell
their posteritv abort the little she
man who lived that women and chill
ssrea raigf1- die.
Thsr there vas John Jacob Astor,
she man Down here IN RE states IRE
sseG m dislike him because he was
rich. and raise the ir1pfving. eve-hrow
wf7sn his nare was printed in the
scEfs1x columns B5t- when the shirt
q JOIN Jacob Aston arrived IN Hsav
en- I hare N f5ea that angels arose
~ rsasse ard shouted SO sEat the
SKIES carzSh+ m the acclaim All hail
To tae man rho forgot himself