Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1910 — RECKONING DAY AND HOUR [ARTICLE]

RECKONING DAY AND HOUR

Workman’s Thoughts Not Altogether Fixed on What Might Be Called Higher Things. Mayor William S. Jordan, at a Democratic banquet in Jacksonville, said of optimism: "Let us cultivate optimism and hopefulness. There is nothing like IL The optimistic man can see a bright side to everything—everything. * J A missionary in a slum once laid his hand on a man’s shoulder and said: " ‘Friend, do you hear the solemn ticking of that clock? Tick-tack; ticktack. . And oh, my friend, do you know what day it Inexorably and relentlessly brings nearer?’ “ ‘Yes, pay day,’ the other, an honest, optimistic workingman, replied.”