Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 4, 1912, Page 2

O _A_._..?_, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1912. CALLS LIFE A FAILURE i ONE MAN THAT EVIDENTLY CHERISHES NO ILLUSIONS. Possibly the World’s Verdict Would | Be the Same as His Own, but Many There Be Who Envy Him His Record. The following “human document” is laced at our disposal for what it may :e worth, declares the Chicago Rec- rrd-Herald. We shall make no attempt 0 pass judgment upon it, preferring ?.o let our readers do that for them- selves. “I am probably a failure. Do not ly conclude that I need food or flothes or that I may become a future ward of charity. I have a little home which has been paid for out of my rnings. I have three children whom ihne managed to send through col- e, and I have been able to save emough money to provide such things #s I shall need after my earning power s gone. But I am probably a failure. “Let it be understood that I have mever willingly or knowingly wronged any one; that I have been a law-abid- Ing citizen; that I have kept myself free from debasing habits; that I have always endeavored to vote for the good of my country, of my state, and -of my city, rather than for the bene- fit of any man or party, and that I bave tried to keep my heart as clean 88 if it, like my face, were visible to the world. “I have no quarrel with people who do not believe as I believe. I ac- knowledge that there may be things which I do not understand, that a thing is not necessarily wrong because I think it wrong, and that a thing is not made right merely because I sup- | pose it to be right. It is probable, however, that the people who fix our standards of success, the people who are leaders in society, the people in authority, would, if my case were brought to their notice, consider me a failure. I have not accumulated a for- tune. I have not caused my name to become familiar to the public. Few people consider my favor worth courts ing. If I coin an epigram it is un- moticed, owing to my obscurity, and I have never been a guest of honor. “I believe I am qualified to fill .ny high position except that of champion heavyweight pugilist, but I have never been called upon to accept executive responsibilities. I have in an obscure, subordinate position done my work ekillfully and conscientiously, and I have been permitted to remain in it mundisturbed. “I have not the slightest doubt that &£ because of some upheaval of nature or through some other extrgordinary egency I had been hurled out of my little, unimportant corner into some high place, I should have been able to prove my fitness as an administra- tive genius, a master of strategy or a transcendent organizer. But no up- heaval has occurred; I have waited patiently for the reward which we are assured must come to him who does well that which he has to do, and I begin to see my superiors cast furtive glances at me and shake their heads, and in fancy I hear them say: “‘Poor old chap! He is a faithful, conscientious soul, but he has no tal- ent, and in a little while he will have outlived his usefulness.’ “So T must write myself down a fail- ure. If I did not do so the world would do so for me. I have not been tried and found wanting. -If that had happened I should have no reason to | complain because the world has decid- | ed that T am unworthy. been passed upon me. That is my ! grievance.” | Dumas and His Dogs. Fondness for dogs has been a mark- ed characteristic of many famous men. Of the great romancer Dumas it is: told that he once had a dog as hospi- | table as was his master, and that the dog once invited 12 other Monte Cristo, Dumas’ after his famous novel, Dumas’ fac.| totum-in-chief wanted to drive off the ! whole pack. “Michel,” said the great romancer, “I have a social position to fill. It entails a fixed amount of trouble and expense. You say I have 13 dogs, and that they are eating me out of house and home. Thirteen! That is an umn- lucky number.” “Monsieur, if you will permit me, there is nothing left for me to do. I must chase them all away,” said the ! pervant. “Never, Michel, never,” replied the preat writer. “Go at once and find me a fourteenth dog.” dogs to! palace, named ! _— Milk Pitcher of Six Millions. “The sight of one of his good cows ptanding under a tree down the lane at milking time would throw the mod- ern dairyman into a fever,” writes Charles White in the current issue of Harper's Weekly. “The harmless, Decessary cow of these enlighter ed times stands in her highly hygienic stall, which is floored with concrete and frequently scrubbed. The cow | herself. is curried and brushed every day. “Where is the haymow? Gone; Bone with the milkmaid, the dodo, and the auk into the obsolete past. One listens in vain around the barn for the pld slogan, ‘git over thar, gol ding ye!’ with ‘the accompanying bump of the knee against old bossy’s ribs. -All that has gone out, too. Cruelty is cost- 1y., Kindness pays. .In these days of I have not | been tried at all, vet judgment hasi ALL FOND OF FINE APPAREL Soberness of Costume Not a Marked Trait With the Men Who Helped Make Nation. John Hancock, thin in person, six feet in stature, was very fond of orna- mental dress. He wore a wig when abroad, and a cap when at home. A 'man who visited Hancock one day at noon, in June, 1782, describes him as dressed in a red velvet cap lined with fine white linen, which was turned up two or three inches over the lower edge of the velvet; a blue damask gown lined with silk; a white silk stock; a white satin embroidered Waistcoat, black satin small clothes, white silk stockings and red morocco slippers. Washington, at his reception in Phil adelphia, was dressed in black velvet; his hair was powdered and gathered behind in a large silk bag. His hands were incased in yellow gloves; he held a cocked hat with a cockade on it and its edges adorned with a black feather. He wore kmee and shoe buckles, and at his left hip appeared a long sword in a polished white leath- er scabbard, with a polished steel hilt. John Adams, on the day of his inauguration, was dressed in a full |- suit of pearl-covered broadcloth, and his hair was powdered. Chief Justice Dana of Massachusetts used to wear, in winter a white corduroy surtout, lined with fur, and held his hands in a large muff. The justices of the .su- Pbreme court of Massachusetts wore, until the year 1793, robes of scarlet, faced with black velvet in winter, and black silk gowns in summer. At the beginning of the last century powder for the hair became unfashionable, tying up the hair was abandoned, col ored garments went out of use, buckles disappeared and knee breeches gave place to trousers—New York Press. Effective Duster, For wiping oiled floors, prepare a oiled duster. Ring a cloth out o kerosene and hang it out of doors un: til perfectly dry. All odor of kero: sene disappears, and the cloth is not oily to the touch. This gathers the dust and holds it. It cleans as effec tively as a damp cloth and without in. fury to the wood finish. 0-0-0-H-HU M SPRING FEVER- ME To THE FEATHERS S00N As | GET RURRY, JOHN THERE ARE SEVEN MORE To ‘' BEAT BEFQRE DARK ARNTICIPATION REALIZATION . (Copyright.) ] T o ! Old Customs in Synagogues. | It would surprise you to know of ‘When tke annual reading of the |the great good that is being done by ook of Esther takes place in the |Chamberlain’s Tablets. Darius synagogues as a prelude to the festl- | owney of Newberg Junction, N. 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