The Daily Messenger. (Claremore, Indian Terr.), Vol. 2, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 19, 1901 Page: 2 of 4
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Claremore Messenger.
Daily except Sunday.
BISHOP BROS. Publlwhrra.
CLAREMORE,
IND TER
• C«nmonpUcc Officer Before Bin—
Original Failures Wen Bis Future
Halvatlon—HJa Genlua.
Professor Sioane. whose history of
Napoleon wag published last year, con-
tributes to the Youth's Companion a
very interesting article on the great
emperor's boyhood. He says, among
other things:
Passing from garrison duty in Val-
ence. he was stationed in town after
town until his state of body and mind
° " furlough upon furlough, vl.lt-
ing and revisiting his home. It is hard
od.p,ctthe dl„tracled ^
France and her recently ac-
tion P:°J,nCeo' Coralca- ^t the con-
dition of Napoleon was more distracted
fe,1,t himself to be the strongest
be Its*1™-!! ^ h,S and bound to
ter ?I**1*7- Try,n« one thing af-
ter another,—horticulture, guerrilla
effort^ °r polltlcal citation—all his
on KamC t0 nau*ht. and he entered
on manhood with every hope shattered.
Zlr career but t^t of a common-
Place officer open before him. with a
hurden ofC°nS/'tU#'011' and under "
burden of caring for a widowed mother
with a large family.
Yet, after all, the boy l8 the father
I.r*l man'u Under,yln« all his fail-
He JITv I"8""6* of hi* genius,
ft® wa* very vague in b«3 rellirious
ideas, but he felt a profound respect,
Voi.If ecc,e8,astlcism which, like
\oltaire,he considered to be a curse,but
a i6 and women of pure lives
and for the faith which he himself had
not but which he knew to be their
2?- . hia embryo oi r-«P^t devel-
oped 'nto the regard for religion and
the church as a bulwark of society
which led him in manhood to form the
alliance between state and church
known as the concordat. He was like-
wise. according to his light, a good
son and brother. In the depths of his
poverty he shared his scanty food and
poor lodging with his younger brother
Louis, while he taught the lutie fellow
to the beat of his ability; and he let
no opportunity pass to renew hie
father s suppliant pleas for state aid
In money or education for the mem-
bers of his family. To the family as
a basic institution of society he gave
his best attention when at the height
7 h'8 Power, and put the laws of the
family where they are still In France
He was thrifty, too; his debts were
few and trivial, and when fortune fa-
vored him be paid such as he recalled
to the last farthing. But the earliest,
as it was the continuous manifesta-
tion of genius in Napoleon Bonaparte
was his untiring Industry. He was not
unlike the Armament in Goethe's fa-
mous lines, "without haste, but with-
out rest, turning on the pole," except
in his restlessness. The deficiency of
his training in infancy and at school
could have been supplied by order and
guidance jn his reading and reflection,
or even Jby the unconscibus impressions
from vfell-regulated surroundings and
normal society. But of all these there
was not one; on the contrary, the
chaotic influences of a world passing
from one extreme to another distorted
his view and- exaggerated to his ap-
prehension what was novel or queer
in the books he read. As the Intes-
tine disorders of France and Corsica
grew worse and worse, he had several
trials in Just such enterprises as would
have enabled him to show the highest
qualities of a fighter and leader; but
he made poor work of each and all
being punished for his Incapacity and
overlooked in the many schemes he
formed for advancement. Neverthe-
less, bis present failures were his fu-
ture salvation. Of really high princi-
ple he had very little, and In early
manhood he was this and that by
turns, as he superficially noted the
veering of fortune's weathercock. It
was, therefore, after a severe and bit-
ter apprenticeship that at Toulon he
became almoet by chance a member of
the council of war, and gave the hint
which, when adopted and elaborated,
furnished the means of victor/ to the
French revolutionists. Thenceforward
he rose steadily, and as he rose he
made each occasion serve his purpose,
not merely -by shrewd calculation, of
which he had plenty, but mainly by
the habits of industry he had acquired
in the long humiliation of his boy-
hood.
C1EHCC ANB
Minds fiot i
> Alt'Ke |
herein lies much
or this world's
vexation. ) ) )
As there are no two face6' exactly
alike, neither are there two minds
which think alike. As a consequence,
no two people do the same thing in
the same way. Both ways may be
equally good, but they are not the
same. It is equally natural for all of
us to regard ourselves with indulgent
favor, and our way of thinking and do-
ing things almost always appears to
us better than the other person's way.
Herein lies much of the vexation and
trouble and sorrow and quarrels and
wars of this much vexed world. Ev-
eryone striving to the utmost to ac-
complish his own will, and finding
himself checked on every side by oth-
ers doing the same. It is really very
desirable that we should all use our
brains. It Is only when mind and eye
and hand all strive together in unison
that the best work Is done. Nothing
very worthy is ever accomplished by a
person who works to order; who car-
ries out mechanically the plans of an-
other brain. Even children should
be allowed to work and play in their
own way, so long as they keep out of
mischief; their own active brains will
be their beat teacher. Generally speak-
Inf. our own way la the best way for
each of us; that Is a law of nature.
But there la a moral law of greater
force, with which the natural law must
be Made to harmonise, aad that la, to
respect the rights of others rather
thaa our own. We feel very grieved
when someone intervenes to prevent us
having our own way, but does it touch
us when we ourselves Interpose to
cross others? When, by strength of
will or advantageous position, we suc-
ceed in working out our will in spite
of opposition, are we sorry that we
have been obliged to trample on the
ideas and perhaps the feelings of oth-
ers? No! We are in the best of hu-
mors with ourselves, and do not feel
that it is any hardship for somebody
else to have to give way. As Miss
Kingsley says: "The natural sweet-
ness of my disposition is most clearly
visible to the naked eye when I am
quietly having my own way." Do you
know how Emerson defined a "sensi-
tive'' person? As one who haB a con-
siderate consciousness of the feeling!
of others. We might put it as one who
remembers that other people ought
to have their own way. at least, as
often as we ouraelvea. The history of
the world shows that It is not safe to
allow any man or woman.however well
intentioned, to work his or her will
unchecked. It la not the doing one's
own way that ie an evil, It Is the inter-
fering with an equal liberty In others
that is wrong.
ErniQHT OS" TBE BOERS.
Sir Redvers Butler's statement that
the ordinary Boer could see a man
coming toward him two miles before
the man could see the Boer excites
neither surprise nor skepticism among
the eye specialists.
Really," said a high authority to a
London Mail repreeentatlve, "if you
apply your common eense to the mat-
ter you will see it must be so. The
Hoer is, comparatively speaking a bar
barian. At lout he has few indoor
occupations, and does little reading.
For generations he has been training
himself to see long distances, for his
livelihood depends on sighting his cat-
tle or on tracking down game. Mr.
Atkins will never possess such fine
vision until his conditions of life ap-
proximate to those of the Boer. Like
all civilised peoples, his vision is con-
fined to a limited range. Even at the
butts he ia not called upon for any
very special effort of long sight, and
he Is not there very often."
The fact was mentioned that sev-
eral offlcera had come home from the
war with greatly improved eyesight.
Some, who had worn glasaes, now
found their sight quite cured, and
attributed the fact to the effect of the
fine clear air of the veldt.
"A clear atmosphere," said the au-
thority, "would bo an important fac-
tor in sighting the enemy, of course;
but the real truth is that these officers
have benefited by their experience in
South Africa. It is all a question of
the ciliary muscle. Here is the ciliary
muscle on this diagram, attached to
the choroid coat of the eyeball. The
ciliary is an involuntary muscle—one
Df the few muscles we cannot control.
Its function is to adjust the vision to
different distances, and it acts some-
thing like the screw of an opera glass.
At long ranges there is practically no
call on the ciliary muscle, but when,
for example, you want to read, it
screws up till the proper focus
been obtained. I have known too
much study induce a sort of artificial
shortslght, easily cured by months of
rest. We use our ciliary muscle too
much—the Boer hardly at all."
the section of tire reaches the lowest
point of its circuit and is compressed-
by the weight of the rider, Is through
the slotted tip of the oval shell. As
soon as the pressure is removed from
the oval it again expands, drawing
fresh supply of air through the valve.
The pumping operation will continue
until the tire becomes inflated to a suf-
ficient degree to overcome the rkier'a
weight and stop the contraction and
expansion of the oval shell.
INCREASES SWIMMER'S SPEED.
1 he apparatus shown in the draw-
ing below has been designed by a Cali-
fornia Inventor, as an aid In increasing
the speed of the swimmer In the wster
or allowing him to float In a comfort-
able position when desired. The ap-
CAKADIAN TIRE PlTMP.
A number of automatic tire infiators
Aave already been patented and placed
ATTACHMENT FOR ARMS,
paratus consists or a light framework
of bamboo or aluminum, supporting an
endless web of canvass, the whole be-
ing secured to the arms of the swim-
mer by elastic bands or straps. The
braces forming the frame are pivoted
at their inner ends to a sectional base
running parallel with the arm, and
the swimmer adjusts the device so thst
this base Is at the back of the arm
in taking the stroke. As soon as the
canvas catches the water In the back-
ward stroke it expands and causes the
framework to open out into a flat web.
which affords the swimmer greatly in-
creased leverage on the water, but as
soon as the forward stroke is begun
the frame again assumes a folded posi-
tion and does not Interfere with the
action of the arms. As the frame is
wither of wood or light, sir-tight tubes,
the swimmer Is enabled to place his
hands in any comfortable position and
the apparatus will support him In the
water as long as desired.
Don't fuss and worry to find ntmiso
ment for your guest. She will feel f*r
happlsr if she knows you do not 1st
her presence interfere with your
duties.
INFLATING DEVICE.
on the market, but the majority of
them are somewhat clumsy affairs,
which are both unsightly on the bi-
cycle and hesvy enough to Increase
the weight of the wheel perceptibly.
The device which we show in the cut
hss just been patented by a Canadian.
In the first place, it Is entirely out of
sight, the exposed portion taking the
Plsoe of the ordinary valve, which lat-
ter It resembles. When the tire Is
fomsd an oval elastic shell is inserted
through the spring valve, and 'as the
valve closes sgalnst the return current
of sir Its only means of escape, when
as shown. This shell has as intake
A Blow oa the HmuI.
The sensation which you experience
from a violent blow on the head re-
sembles very much the sight of stars.
he fact is, there is a phosphorescent
power in the efe, which shows itself
when the head is struck violently, and
if often perceived even in the act of
sneezing. The Jar to the system
caused by the blow produces a pres-
sure of the blood veesels upon the ret-
Ina causing either total darkness or
a faint blue light which floats before
he eye and In which the Imagination
discovers thousands of fantastic flg-
stars. maJorltjr of whlch resemble
r u ®°",P,,'*wlT Vaceiiiatloa«.
In Holland a law making vaeeina-
tlon of school children conndsorv
went Into effect In 1871. Prior to that
time the average death rate from
smallpox was eighty-nins In ever*
100,000. For the ensuing sixteen years
th« Wis was seven In 100.000.
It Iseasier to seo through * window
f lass than It li to ass a glass eyeT^
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