The Oklahoma Workman (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
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THE OKLAHOMA WORKMAN-
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COINCIPENTS IN HISTORY
What one man can do others can do.
This is a universal law of life which
is not suspended even in the 90th par-
allel of latitude. It is so trite that it
would not be worth while to speak of
it except that the rival claims of
Peary and Cook give it a fresh perti-
nence.
Coincidences hardly less astounding
have occurred all along the forward
march of the world. Again and again
secrets of nature long withheld from
men_ have suddenly and simultaneous-
ly revealed themselves to two or more
searchers.
Several eminent men In several
countries disputed with Morse as the
inventor of the telegraph. For many
years the true principle of communi-
cating by electricity had been de-
scribed by scientists, and two or three
wires were actually strung and in op-
eration when Prof. Morse established
the first really practical system of
electric telegraphy.
His honors were challenged from all
sides. Prof. Joseph Henry of the
Smithsonian Institution stoutly main-
tained that he was entitled to them,
while a Boston physician declared that
Morse had stolen the idea from him.
But th" n who snatched the light-
nin" ie air and harnessed it for
everyd. se received the crown and
will always wear It.
Bell and Gray.
Nothing could be more dramatic
than the race for the discovery of the
telephone. Here again an old dream
was realized.
On a February day in 1S74 two men,
strangers to each other, walked into
t • patent office in Washington, one
hem being Prof. Bell of Boston and
other Elisha Gray of Chicago, and
each filed an application for a patent
on the telephone. It has always re-
mained a question which was really
first. When their papers were laid Hi
n pile of applications, did or did not
the cl"rk follow the order in which
they were received? However that
may be. Bell's was found on top and
by that chance the patent went to him,
carrying with it fame and fortune.
Two or three electric lights glowed
in different lands almost at the same
time, and so it has happened with
most of the important mechanical in-
ventions. One of Abraham Lincoln'?
notable law cases came from a man
who developed a reaper concurrent
with MeCormiek. Half a dozen steam-
boats were invented; Fulton's merely
went farther and faster, and, there-
fore, New York commemorates the
centenary of the Clermont.
In fact, it would be difficult to name
a great invention which depended for
its development and introduction upon
one inventor. In most instances the
plan has been in other minds and tak-
ing shape under other hands.
Morton and Jackson.
The same wonderful law has mani-
fested itself time and again in the
scientific world. That Immeasurable
boon to humanity, anesthetics, which
wns ncealed from the surgeons un-
t'1 years ago, suddenly sprang
for' >m three men in New England.
Two of them, Morton and Jackson,
were so equal in their merits that the
French academy felt obliged to divide
its prize between them, while Dr.
Holmes made the happy suggestion
that the other monument in the public
garden should bear an equally impar-
tial inscription—"To Either."
The astronomical world was amazed
wlirn the planet Nepture was discov-
ered by two astronomers, a French-
man and an Englishman, each work-
ing in ent!re ignorance of the other.
Darwin and Wallace.
The classic instance, however, was
in the double discovery of the evolu-
tionary principle.
Darwin had been quietly developing
it for several years, but timidly with-
holding the announcement from th'j
public, when he was astonished to re-
ceive a letter from Alfred Russell Wal-
lace on the other side of the earth,
stating the very principle which he
himself had come upon, which he had
f THE UNFORGO'ITEN
(Kv* Wilbur I). C. Nesiiit.)
Also their love and their hatred and their envy is now
perished; neither have they any more a portion forever
in anything that is done under the sun."—Eccles. ix, 6.
It is not who you are nor what your name may be.
But it is what you do that stands in memory.
There were great men who lived uncounted years ago—
Men who were wise and strong and lived in honor's glow;
They wrote their names upon the shifting sands of time
And those who stood and looked accounted them sublime.
The surging tide of years beats ever on and on;
It ebbs and flows—and then the vaunted name is gone.
Though it be throne or song we seek remembrance with.
The ages pass away, and man becomes a myth.
Aye, be he king or slave, there comes for him a day
When heedless feet will tread upon his unknown clay.
His hatred and his love, his envy and his pride.
His laughter and his grief—all things he smiled or sighed
Go down, go down with him into tlie dreamless sleep
And over him the grass and silent myrtle creep;
The stone that rose for fame is dust upon the plain,
The rounded grave but sinks into the field again.
But there are other men who write their names so well
Upon the page of life that all the ages tell
Of all their good deeds done—and their fame shall endure,
For it is founded on a basis safe and sure.
X They are the men whose strength the better way has won
<6 We think not who they were, but what such men have done.
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written down, but had not ventured
to print.
The better part of the story remains
to be told. Wallace's paper momen-
tarily overwhelmed Darwin. He hal
been anticipated in the object of his
life's work. "If Wallace had my man
uscript," he frankly said, "he could
not have made a better short abstract
Even his terms now stand as the
h'ads of my chapters. * * * g;,,
all my originality, whatever it may
amount to, will be smashed."
But instead of destroying the paper
of his farawaj lival in the Mtilav
straits he resolved to publish it and
give him the glory of priority. Only
IHt' entreaties of mutual friends of
both men induced Darwin to submit
some notes of his own on the subject
along with Wallace's. And when he
brought out his "Origin of Species,"
the name of his co-discoverer was writ
the generously large in the preface of
that momentous work.
T ie man who makes the thing work
and thereby saves all of us, reaps the
rewards.
That is the logic of these various
incidents.—Boston Globe.
HUSTLE FOR YOUR ORDER.
O her orders have their hustlers,
and the one that has the most of such
treasures succeeds the best. In every
town in the state some one lodge of
some one order leads the rest, simply
because some of the members know
how to hustle. The real merit of the
order does not seem to cut much fig-
ure, but the members, if they are in-
terested, can make anything succeed.
Wi can stand investigation. Our
plan is all right. Our assessments are
adequate. We have the prestige of
moro than forty years' successful
work in Pennsylvania. We have paid
our losses. We have as members some
of the very best men in the state.
Now, with all this wealth of reputa-
tion and strength, we ought to grow
fast. Nevertheless, this cannot be
dene unlosf, we have hustlers- men
who will keep things moving
A few cannot do all. We want a
thousand hustlers in this state, and
if we had them we would gain two
thousand members before the end of
the year. With such workers nothing
could stop us.—.Pennsylvania Work-
man.
You may become so Indebted that
your creditors will take all your real
property and personal property that
you leave, so when you get your pencil
to figure on what your estate is worth
when you go hence there are always
these uncertanities.
Now let us suggest a part of your
estate on which there will b€ your
share In the work. Take a certificate
in the Ancient Order of United Work-
man for $2,000. But you say that is
simply a promise from the Ancient
Order of United Workmen to pay. Yes,
it's a promise to pay and it's just as
good as if the best bank in the coun-
try had promised to pay at your death
the sum of $2,000, therefore when it's
paid it is a part of your estate, and
its' a peculiar part of your estate, be-
cause it dosent' make any difference
how many creditors you have you
can't lose this part of your estate to
creditors. This part of your estate is
held as a sacred fund for the protec-
tion of your family. Therefore we say
that when 'you are figuring on what
your estate Is, how much It Is worth,
how much you expect to leave your
family, the most certain part of it is
the protection which you carry in the
Ancient Order of United Workmen.
HOW TO MANAGE A WILD HORSE.
Editor:—Mr. D. Ward King, the well
known lecturer on good roads, is an
expert horseman as well, and while
here during the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college short course, week
beginnning January 17, Stillwater, will
devote one afternoon to horses. The
title of his lecture on that occasion Is
"How to Manage a Wild Horse With-
out Touching It's Head." The lecture
will he followed by a demonstration
of til-1 new way of breaking horses,
which is another one of Mr. King's
discoveries.
An unbroken horse will be placed in
a properly prepared enclosure and Mr.
King will enter th■' enclosure without
halter or bridle and will obtain abso-
lute mastery ol the animal, harnessing
and driving it around, without putting
anything on its head or neck.
These lecures and demonstrations
have attracted crowds at fairs and
that Mr. D. Ward King will come to
the northern states.
GOOD ROADS LECTURE.
Editor;—The college management
takes great, pleasure in announcing
that Mr. D. Ward iKng will come to
the farmers short course for three ad-
dresses beginning January 17, Stillwa-
ter. Mr. King has a national reputa-
tion as a lecturer and is the inventor
of the King system of road building.
In the last eight years he has toured
the county from Maine to Texas,
speaking at good roads conventions
and Chautauqua, and addressing the
commercial clubs of some of the larg-
est cities. Ho has spoken in twenty-
three states and has also been called
over in Canada where his method has
been adopted with enthusiasm. Mem-
bers of the college faculty who have
heard him speak declare that he al-
ways makes good. An especially in-
teresting feature of his lectures Is the
opnn parliament at the close, during
which he submits himself to the most
rigid cross questioning.
NO UNCERTAINTY HERE.
Now sit down and do a little figur-
ing and tell us how much you expect
to leave your family when you go to
your long home, says the Des Moines
Loyal Workman. In other words, what
about vour estate? What will it hi-
worth? So get your pencil and figure
a little. Figure on the value of tho
real property which you own, includ-
ing your homestead, because that will
be part of your estate, providing you
don't sell it before you die. Figure
on the personal property which yon
own, including notes that are payable
to you, cash in the bank and the pros-
pective increase in your personal and
real property and sell your real prop-
erty and whatever you don't dispose of
or use before you die will go in to
make up the total of your estate, but
there is a difficulty about It. You may
sell or lose your personal property.
OAMAHA FAMILY WAS SAVED.,
Some five or six months ago there
was a member of Omaha Lodge No. 18
died. The brother had been a member
of the order for quite a number of
years. His last illness was tubercu-
losis, which causd a very long spell of
sickness. He was a laborer and work-
ed for one of the public service corpor-
ations. For the last few months of his
life he was scarcely able to provide
enough for the family to eat, let alone
any of the comforts of life. There
was a wife and three children. They
lived in two rooms in the southeast
part of the city, and it was a pitiable
sight to see how they struggled for an
existence. The husband and father
died. Tho lodge had kept him in good
standing. The members that attended
the funeral predicted that the oldest
boy would surely follow the father in
a very short time, but we are pleased
to state that the brothers were mis-
taken, for the widow and mother knew
best how to handle her little family.
As soon as she go the $2,000 from th°
A. O. U. W. she went to work and
bought a little tract of land In the outw
skirts on the northwest part of the
city, where the family could get plenty
of fresh and pure air. She bought
herself a cow and some chickens, and
planted a garden, and those that saw
the family at the funeral of the father
would hardly recognize them now. The
oldest boy of about IS years is work-
ing in town in the day time and goes
home at night and has regained his
health. The two girls are going to
school and helping the mother wit!-,
the chores, and a happier and more
healthy appearing family we do not
think you will find in Omaha. This Is
what the A. O. U. W. Is for, to pre-
serve the home. What would have be-
come of this family if the father had
not been a member of the A. O. U. W.
or if he had carried only some indus-
trial insurance? The chances are the
family would now have been charges
on the county, and maybe some of
them dying from the same disease as
the father died of, but the A. O. U. W.
stopped this, and we are sure their
blessings will always rest on this good
old ord )[■ You or your friends may
find yourselves in the same place as
this brother If you have a ir'o".| that
is not a me rube'-, show him this ar-
t cle and see if i on cannot persuade
him to join.—Omaha Home Protector.
"Wh"n we are married," she cooed, "I
sha'.l keep you In love with me always.
I know the way."
"And what Is your recipe, dear?" he
asked drawing her closer.
money on nice dresses and always look
as pretty as I can!"
Charley Loveday—'Um—ah—er—er—er!
He! he
Jeweler (to his assistant)—Bring that
tray of engagement rings here, Henry.
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Leatherman, W. J. The Oklahoma Workman (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 1, 1910, newspaper, January 1, 1910; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc273911/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.