The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1914-07-24

Is a very common si,n to-day. When
Bruce. the hero OF Baunochburn, died
his heart was extracted and encased In
a silver casket and entrusted to Sir
James Douglass to be carried to Jeru-
salem for burial. Douglass was killed
fighting the Moors; but before he fell.
he took the silver casket from around
his neck, and threw II at the enemy
saying, And thou brave heart OF
Bruce, go first in fight as thou vast
want, and Douglas will follow thee and
die" 1t takes struggles to produce
great masters. and the greater the diff
ficulty the more glory in surrounding
II. 1t took the French Revolution to
produce Napoleon, the crisis with Eng
land to develop the strength of the
thirteen colonies, and II takes storms
and tempests to develop a good pilot.
And that is most worthy in man he
must work out for himself Charrou
said, wounds and hardships provoke
our courage, and when our fortunes
are at the lowest, our wits and minds
are commonly at the best" II you do
not have the greatest success at once
do not become discouraged but hold
on" until you have given yourself
thorough test. A great bar OF steel
eight feet in length and weighing more
than eight hundred pounds was sus-
pended by small chain. Nearby n
common size bottle cork was suspend
ed by small thread. The object of
the two was to prove that the weight
OF the cork hitting against the bar OF
steel would finally set II in motion. IL
seemed impossible, but the test was
made The cork swung against IL
again and again for at least ten min
utes before there was any motion to
the bar but after about thirty min
utes the bar was swinging very per-
ceptibly. A young girl was once TAX
ling music lessons. Her teacher had
her sing her piece agani and again.
He finally became impatient with her
and said, You do not. sing II properly,
and you had ust as well quit for you
will never make a singer anyway" The
little girl did not become discouraged
but practiced harder and harder from
day to day, from week TO week. and
from month to month. One day she
was to sing before five thousand peo-
pie. She sang until she seemed to
carry them UP in the clouds OF en-
| chantment, over seas OF melody. into
.
wept with emotion. This little girl
was Lillian Nordica and she succeeded
by holding on"
l"You may often think that hard
Is your lot,
That with mortal wounds you're SCARED
When you're not;
But remember when you doubt
What's ahead
That you're never down and out
| Till you're dead.
When fate thumps you on the nose
With a whack,
Don't you whimper at her blows:
Hit her back!
Grit your teeth and go the route
Till she's fled,
For you're never down and out
TIL you're dead.
Pull and wealth and all the rest
Help bit;
But the man who stands the test
Has the grit.
Keep your heart and courage stout
AS you tread,
For you're never down and out
Till you're dead"
Hump" Bend your back to thu
task. 1t has been my idea from child
hood that could do anything wanted
to do II / wanted TO do II just bar
enough. ! do not mean TO say that
have succeeded in all OF my under.
! takings, but ! have accomplished some
things l would not have accomplished
IL had not kept that idea continually
J before me. So in seeking your place
, lin the world put aside all considera
} tons of ease or a soft snap. That leve
in life is crowded now, but there II
plenty OF room at the top for thos'
J who are willing to climb. II Davit
Livingstone had been seeking for I
J place OF ease he would never hav'
! gone to Africa and have given so man,
J of the good years OF his life to thos
people II the missionaries, who hav'
done so much for the nations OF tn
/ east, had been seeking a life of cas-
, they would have remained with thei
r | friends in their palatial homes in tn
: United States. Labor at something J.
} a necessity for every man to develop
Q Ibis talents, and every man ought to b
: occupied in the most skilled labor pos
I sible so that he may be conscious a
q
0 domitable energy may triumph owe
: every difficulty A few years ag
: while at work upon the designs TO
r the new French bank-notes the famou
engraver Florain was suddenly strick
: en- by paralysis. He could not speal
r and his right side was completely par
= alyzed. His right hand that had mad
u him famous was rendered useless for
ever Did he give up In despair. an
: sit down and depend upon others
y support him? No. He began at ono
Il to train his left hand to do the wor
d his right hand had formerly done. III
n struggled with that awkward, untrain
e ed member for hours, days and months
n before 1t would obey his will, but fin
: ally with his left hand he could ply tn
y tools with as much skill as he coul
s formerly with his right.
: So your life is before you, what wi
Y you do with it? May each Of yo'
n Take hold, hang on, and hump" unit
r you become broad, deep, forceful an
e full-grown men.
9 IF you cannot on the ocean
Sail among the swiftest fleet,
: Rocking on the highest pillows,
:, Laughing at the storms you meet,
. You can stand among the sailors,
!, Anchored yet within the bay;
You can lend a hand to help them,
y AS they launch their boats away.