, 1889-06-20

natural. They give an entertainment,
good one is PROMISED, and the peopl,
are requested TO help the GOOD work
The night for the entertainment ar
FiYes. The ones who would naturalI,
be eEpssttd TO be present aro eonspicu,
ous by their absence. Now how can any
Organization expect Others to attend
when they do not attend themselves
They ask others to do what they do mn,
DO themselves. AS long as such meth.
DDS are used any organization should
not expect to prosper. Miss Griffin
rsAdeEed an exceptionally good pro-
srarn, and it is to the disc.editlor the
FOOD TempIars That {. larger attendance
Eas not accorded the lady.
Talk 10 cheap" affirms one of the
practical pioneers of the day. [ beg to
difer. Talk is not cheap; it is an ex-
penHlve commodity, and too often
commodity Of little value. The ability
to express ones thoughts in a concise,
intelllSlble and effective manner, is a
valuable accomplishment, but the
rhetorical art of making spread eagle
speech with one grain OF sense to ten of
superficial bombast, can almost be
counted as vice. Many a man has
elevated himselfto responsible position
ol'pubiTc trust with no fitness for the
proper discharge of his duties. But he
could mako nice speech, hei could
sha Re up his auditors with some side:
splitting anecdote, or melt Them to tears
ny recitiRg soms pathetic INCIDENT. No
one stopped to inquire whether in the |
management OF bis own affairs he was a |
success or failure. Nobody carefully |
conaidered whether Ethe ideas hs ad- |
vanced were sensible or practical. He
could sway an audience and that was
considered conclusive test of his abili-
y. Isn't this fair presentation of the
manner in which we select men 10 adj
minister our public affairsY A man Of
admitted executive ability who has made
q hsaccess of his own tusiness, but has
no rhetorical gifts, will stand NO show
against the mealy mouthed candidate
~hos has failed in everything he;bas
tried TO do, but can talk.
Talk iB cheap, is itf Look over the T.
records OF congress and see what it costs
the country to print and publish the
Useless talk, talk, talk that binders use
fai Regulation ald serves no better Dur.
pose than to advance the personal in .
terssts OF ambitious politicians. The
country has TO pay for all this talk. at
big rousd price, too, but the man who
has been sent to congress has to furnish L
his constituents some evidence OF his p
great value. And nothing is more con. Sc
eiuaive than long-wiuded speech. al
Great is the gift of CAB. cl
Oio you ever see woman post a let %
ter! Well, il you haven't, watch one -
some time. She will undertake to fIron az
IL into the box; then she draws it back =.
and SCANS the direction; tries the stamp e. e.
10 see that 1t is on fast; scrutinizes the
sommed side and rms her finger over
u enoa or twice; then gives one or two ye
'addeA Jerks, which sends it RAPIDLY or
sto the box. She then peeps in to see 81
L 1t went through. pa
an
IN locO a liar was legally punished by III
'sHlng hole bored through his tongue.
II THIS was the law now, and il was en-. oal
orosd, some mems tongues would look Inf
Apre like porus plnsters than anvtbino sid
ase' Gle
: - go mi
L respectfully dedicate the following Ica
description to these narrow-minded ln {
nnlTidnsis who act the "douht;n. ;co;
"omas and by their talk and actions tel,
0ek TO teta'd the growth of Port Town roo
eng II this is their one desire all ms
no' wiz have to do will be to follow Gus
ITO ne directions. Oppose improve, The
nnents Mistrust its public men rop II tho
oNa !" strangers. Go to some other the
'"H 10 trade. Lengthen your face =
uso stranger talks OF locating in if
H"p wants to buy your property ask -
y" 'Wo prices for it. II he wants 10
" u anybody else interfere ard dis ~
'a'ARe him. Refuse to see apv bar.. Nea
go. 'eoeme that does not directly -.
you II you can't hog eyery. 500
,onH IuRe everything by yourself and
s11'e 'hem OF doing so. Do NOT Iend tt
Ia support TO the newspapers, but ex- the
80 " 'he editor how much b.tier the held
on ffancisco or Chicago or N.w VII one
s;o,a are: l guarantees that this pre- pres
;a,p'ion' -, II followed. as per directions Spra
al 0'O" the tewn as high as Gilroy,, Day
fax,
had Port
especially SO if You are NJ 7