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The Washington herald., 1908-05-31
Debates OF the w. c. #. U.

The West End W. c. T. U. held its
regular monthly meeting in the parlors
Of Union NJ. E. Church on Monday night
last The following delegates were elect
ed to the quarterly convention to be
held. on June 3 at Temple Baptist Church:
Mrs. e. George. Mrs. L. Wright. Mrs. A.
Durnbaugh, Mrs. D. Eiker. and Mrs. c.
Bellinger; alternates, Mrs. Hauskins Mrs
]. NJ. Fernandez, Mrs. Katherine Case
Mrs. G. T. McGlue. and Miss Mary
Graham.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-31

EDGINGs AND INSERTINGS-On fine swiss main
sock. or cambric. and worth lsc yard. Mon 1O4c
lay choice AE~ZN
EDGINGS AND INSEETINGS-In this seasons
choicest patterns swiss ualnsOOk. Worth 10
up 10 S5c yard. Tomorrow az. yard. .AOS
SWISS DENI-FLOUNCINGs-24 and q inches wide;
In blind. snowy and conventional designs; two
pieces alike. Lengths from 4 to Ga yards. EOo
Worth S5c TO $l25 yard. Tomorrow. yard .OOC
DOURLE-EDGE BANDINGS-On swiss nRinsook
with and without beading; worth up 10 25c 10Io
yard. Tomorrow AGZC
SWISS EMBROIDERED SHIRT-wAISr FRONTING
in exquisite new patterns, and worth up 10 00c
$3.50 yard. Choice Monday at................. OOC
First Floors Kann, Sons & Co.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-31
WE OFFER 75c TO $500
Jap and Grecian bandings
pst At SeRi''d-ofp'ies Vs4i Of SOC
landings
was want esnmthn oue m a Q vi
e her
Other lace and embroidery bargains.

VENICE AND FILET BANDINGS-2 20 31E inches
wide. in white butter, and ecru- Many patterns to
choose from. and worth uD to soc a yard. To- O5c
% D.. e.
GERMAN AND FRENCH VAL. LACES, including
edgings end insertinRs: q TO y inches wide. and
worth ny TO 75c piece. Tomorrow, dozen 20c
DRESS NETS-Figured and dotted: 45 inches wide; In
regular and flet meshes; white and cOlors. E0C
Monday. yard wv
ORIENTAL DRESS NETS-In embroidered dotted,
and figured effects. choice OF white. butter. and TX
Worth $1O0 to $3.50 a yard. Choice at.....|O |OS
SWISS INSERTINGS-2Is 10 inches wide: choice
Of 65 patterns and kinds selling at 2Oc yard. l.
Tomorrow. choice III
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-23
order against all publications carrying

order against all publications carrying
this class of advertisements.
There are also newspapers that make
q speciality of boosting wildcat min
ing echemes, and fake real estate booms
under the guise of news items. In
fact, there never was a gigantic fraud
successfully launched without the aid
of the "yellow journal" But the most
pernicious and demoralizing of this
class of newspapers is the sensational
sheet. This scandal monger pays more
attention to divorce court proceedings
than it does to the marketreports. Its
"long suit" is soiled domestic linen. 1t
never finds anything too filthy to drag
before the public gaze, and the scan
dal-hungry American public is not
quite satisfied at that but still cries for
more. If such were not tae case this
CO. Ct yellow journal" would soon
cease to Exist. RS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-23
An Excellent Greed.

There is a creed which hangs in q
conspicuous place in large Birming-
ham (Als.) business house. Every new
man entering the employ of the firm is
asked to read it over and over and
make it his working formula: To re-
spect my work, my associates, and my
SELF To be honest and fair with them
as expect them to be honest and fair
with me. To be man whose word
carries weight. To be booster, not q
knocker; a pusher, not kicker; q mo-
tor, not clog. To have my expecta-
tions of reward on solid foundation
of service rendered; to be willing to
pay the price of success in honest eff
fort. To look upon my work as oppor-
tunity, to be seized with JOY and made
the most of, and not as painful
drudgery to be reluctantly endured.
To remember that success lies within
myself; in my own brain, my own am
bition, my own courage and determin-
alton. To expect difficulties and force
my way thru them; to turn hard ex-
periences into capital for future strug-
giles. To interest myself heart and
soul in my work, and aspire to the
highest efficiency in the achievement
of results. To be patiently receptive
Of just criticism and profit by its teach
ings. To treat equals and superiors
with respect, and subordinates with
kindly encouragement. To make a
study of my business duties; to know
my work from the ground up. To mix
with my brains my efforts and use sys-
tenn and method in all / undertake.
To find time to do everything needful
by never letting time find me doing
nothing. To hoard days as q mlser
does dollars; to make every hour bring
me dividends in specific results &C.
complished. To steer clear of dissips-
tion and guard my health of body and
peace of mind as my most precious
stock of trade. Finally, to take good
grip on the joy of life; to play the
game like gentleman; to fight against
nothing so hard as my own weakness,
and endeavor to grow in business ca
pacity and as man, with the passage
of every day Of time" Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-23

be said to belong to school, for what
ever aims they may have had were
plainly divergent. That much dis
cussed figure, Ibsen, probably the most
important of them, has been unfor-
tunate in his supporters, some of whom
have called him the apostle of woman's
suffrage, and there seems to be wide
divergency of opinion with regard to
his views and aims. Whether he was
first of all poet, dramatist or charlatan
remains to be seen, but at any rate he
was devoted to the modern cult.
Shaw, too, is variOusly described as q
humorist, philosopher, reformer
and degenerate and he too can only
be accurately described as original.
OF Sudermann and his followers, with
their insistence on the eternal triangle,
the same cannot be said, nor can it be
of Maeterlink who merely follows in
the footsteps of the mystics who are
by no means modern development.
OF the large and ever-increasing class
OF minor dramatists, originality is the
last claim to consideration that can be
alleged, but this very weakness in the
chain gains added Significance, when
we remember that it is their want of
originality, in particular, which makes
them minor dramatists and gives sup
port to the contention that the stage
has fallen on evil days.
That the originality which is the
salient feature of the scientific and the
practical life of this era, is even now
making it's influence felt iu art and
may, before long, dwarf older and per-
haps sounder theories, is view which
demands serious attention and may
not be lightly put aside. ANGLICUs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-23
The Cult OF Originality.

Paper Read Before tie Cha,tduQ,a Circle.
For many centuries Art has had one
of two ideals in view-the ideal of
Beauty or the ideal of Truth. Both
principles have had their adherents,
some Of whom have declared that
Truth is Beauty, while others have
maintained the more paradoxical
proposition that Beauty is Truth. Not
that it is really paradoxicsl to stand
before masterpiece of Beauty and
proclaim that here is Truth, but that
1t is easy to see that the ideal of Keats
or of Beethoven was Beauty and that
the ideal of Shakespeare or of Bach
was Truth. The world of art, to re-
peat truism, is essentially conserva-
tive. In other departments of human
activity, the work of today sets at
naught the work of yesterday, and the
schoolboy of 1908 knows more than the
philosopher or the scientist of 1858.
The scientists or the publicist's name
is certainly remembered, but there is
always certain feeling that we are
far past the point at which he had ar
rived. The great artist, on the other
hand, stands on pinnacle and it is
not possible to look down on him. So,
in other fields of endeavor, we can
confidently maintain that we are pro-
crossing; but in art it is always possi-
BILE to take the opposite view.
But however conservative art may
be, it must, in course Of time, be ln-
duenced by the surrounding facts of
life, and it follows that the revolution
which has come about thru the inven-
tions Of the last haIf-century must al
ready be producing effects, which may
be at present hard to define, on this
world within a world. 1t is with one
of these effects that this paper deals.
The principle of originality has al
ways been regarded as OF the highest
Importance in art. The Athenians, a
race of artists, were, Paul tells US, con-
tinually in pursuit Of "some new thing"
and his testimony may be extended to
apply to Athenian art, altho it was
not that which he had in mind. So
thru the ages, from time to time
sounds ga new note," as the book re-
viewers phrase runs. But in admit
ting that the principle of originality
has been universally recognized, it
must not be forgotten that it has
never been regarded as of paramount
Importance. Vergil, the greatest poet
of Rome, initiated Homer. Shake
speare, of course, took his plots wher-
ever he could find them, the Parthenon
was but Development of the ruder ar
chitecture Of Mitylene and that an Off
shoot from Egyptian art; even Bach's.
the mightiest intellect ever devoted to
music, was restricted by the cramping
rules that his predecessors had laid
down.
The development of the ideal Of
originality during the last half-cen-
tury has been marked, but it has not
yet reached thd dignity of an author
lied, conscious cult. Thus, Whitman,
most original Of poets would never
have proclaimed, himself devoted to
originality as such, however much he
might claim to represent the poetry Of
the future in Amsrica. And this hes
itancy seems 70 prove that even the
most feryept devotees OF the as yet un-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-23

Toll and trial are grim schoolmas-
ters, but flush Of hope can make
them beautiful, even as q sunbeam the
rude mountain forest Steele.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-04-23

Be wise today; 'tia madness to defer
Young.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13

days ago when the earth covered with for
few hours and the ground frozen hard there
,,.. 49, ,, for a long of bitter cold weather.
" ~ i ' ~ Years ago read the little poem in
which every stanza remember ended with IT'S
most bitter lot to the poor when snows And while medi
ain the cold and the eay prospect presented
ALL and especially for the poor who not always
provided the such the clear
of little bird the outside out ]oyousy
if it had been May y-day. And thought all might
gather the homeless sheerless little bird which
could be cheerful and gladden. the world with it's little
song while feet doubtless sung with the bit
The little bird would have been comfortable
perchel the branch of i'll of
the cheerful of his song would think
him happy in the and cold if it had been
Spring The modest and unpretentious little
with its lot and warbed out its soucheer
just as s. - Il S~ den clouds as II the whole
had be< = II line and the breezes redo
The lesson of contentment every
think only of the disadvantage and discomfort they
But if will school ourselves like
suleess and loving little bird sunshine away
beyond the clouds and accept and make the best of the
unpleasant things with hope and faith that better
things will comeha the clouds will after awhile float
the sunshine will burst upon againour lives will
be happier and shall be able be of
happiness others. Blessed little bird chors
of cheer and hope! Sing thou again window when
dark and heavy and lead again to the
temptation of higher and better things than the dependencies
e and teach pipe note of gadness and cheer both
bright clear and when the clouds
heavy and dull.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13

THE United States Department of Agr
culture sends this paper the foowng Cement and steel and
'auH uha n encourage lumber
~ TF' to predict the time when the for
will not be called to furnish the principal materials
building operations. Notwithstanding the remarkable
increase aud other materials the
reports the building operations in of the lea d.
cities of the United States for the year. collected by the
Geological Survey show that cent OF wooden
rucon if remaining fortyone per cent. of the
buildings built of brick and concrete vast quanti
consumed both in the construction and in the
fns though the latter form, metal is taking the place OF
wood very large extent The amount Of lumber given
above does consideration this item at ALL While
percentage of the building industry the
States dealers point that it does not include the
large quantities of lumber used for the construction Of dwell
ng and other buildings the thousands Of small cities
scattered the country and included the
fortv-nine which reckoning make In towns
cities wood is usually the predOmnatng building
material and say that the stas had included
the percentage of wooden
been much These figures,
rule only for the corporate limits and the suburbs OF
these each large amounts to be added The
cost aso relatively higher in these cities than IN towns
of the supply In wooden buildings New
City the bottom of the s though leads with SSo75
Of buildings Except San Francisco where
conditions have prevailed the fire Boston
the greatest of any the cities in the total cost of
building operations The cost of buildings constant
the last years The value of building given
in the report by far the greatest drain
ING called for the nearly forty billion
board feet The largest quantity ever reported tor
feet with Of 1921 1888 used Including the
the ath and shingles used with this amount the total
BIB The increasing price lumber and the rapidly increasing
use perfected systems of constructions should have
u to to Weld each but SO far these
decreased the lumber cut Of the nation
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
For Health and Beauty.
(Selected.)

(Selected)
If you wish your neck and head to
be graceful, don't sleep on a high
pillow.
Have plenty Of ventilation in your
sleeping room and rinse your stom-
ach with a cup of water, both on re-
firing at night and getting up in the
morning, if you wish a clear COM
pleXion.
Here are two good stretching exer-
cises for the short girl who wishes to
be tall. Lie on the floor with your
feet under some heavy piece of fur
niture. Now rise up without the aid
of your hands or arms. Hang from
a cross pole or the top of the door by
your hands with some heavy article
across the feet. Try to lift the OBJ.
ject with your feet without drawing
up the rest Of the body.
Another exercise which vii
strengthen the back muscles is to lie
on the floor, touching only with the
palms and toes. Raise and lower the
body as many times as possible, try
ing to make the chest touch The
floor and not allowing the the knees
to do SO.
If the children bite their nails, put
some bitter medicine on the tips OF
their fingers.
No matter if you cannot keep youl
hair dressed in the latest style, yor
can keep it clean, well-combed ant
shining. It is these qualities thar
count for good looks.
Above al! forget disagreeablt
things, learn how to say pleasan
words and be considerate of others
Then you will live long and the
wrinkles will De slow in coming.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13

thus: Good Screws" "Picture
Nails Small Keys, Somewhat
Bent" " Picture Hooks, pieces Of
Iron whose use l don't know" And
50 on through the long box. In per-
feet order it was at least, and very
little that really could be called use
full could be found within it.
But Mr.. Peters as he bent over
and read the labels, laughed glee-
fully, and murmured to the mice. IF
we are not both mistaken, | have
found a boy; and he has found a
fortune"
Sure enough the sign disappeared
from the window, and was seen no
more
All this happened years ago.
Crawford Mills is errand boy no
more, but the firm of Peters. Mills
& Company young man, rich
man.
He found his fortune in the long
box of rubbish" Mr.. Peters said
once, laughing. Never was five
dollar gold piece so successful in
business as that one Of his has been;
it is good he found it,
Then, after a moment Of silence,
he said, gravely: "No, he didn't; he
found it in his mothers Bible. He
that is faithful in that which is least,
is faithful also in much.'s 1t is true;
Mills the boy was faithful and
| Mills the man we trust"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
TG Thine Own Self BE True.

Pakenham Beauty)
By thine own souls law learn to live,
And if men thwart thee take no
heed,
And if men hate thee have no care;
Sing thou thy song and do thy
deed,
Hope thou thy hope and pray thy
prayer,
And claim no crown they will not
give,
Nor bays they grudge thee for thy
hair.
Keep thou thy soul-worn steadfast
oath,
And to Thy heart be true thy heart;
What thy soul teaches learn to kown,
And play out thine appointed part
And thou shalt reap as thou shalt
SOW,
Nor helped nor hindered in thy
growth
To thy full stature thou shalt grow.
Fix on the futures goal thy face,
And let thy feet be lured to stray
NoWhither, but be swift to run,
And nowhere tarry by the way,
Until at last the end is won
And thou mayst look back from
thy place
And see thy long day. journey done.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
EyIWnER +.
THE JUMPING OFF PLACE.

Consumption had me in its grasp and
| lad almost reached the jumping off
place when | was advised to try Dr.
King New Discovery; and want to
say right now,it saved my life. Improve
mont began with the first bottle, and
after taking one dozen bottles | was II
well and happy man again. says George
Noorc. ot Grimr,lau1. \. c. Asa RENE
dy for coughs and colds and healer OF
weak, sore lungs and for preventing
pneumonia New Discovery i supreme.
soc and $l.op Mt Z. T. Whitehead Il
Co, druegi- . Trial bottle free.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
Weighing Common Air.

The weight Of air has often been
tested by compressing it in receipt
acles by the air pump. That it real
ly has weight when so compressed is
shown by the fact that the weight of
the vessels is increased slightly by
filing them with compressed air and
that such vessels become specifically
Tighter" as soon as the air contain
ed in them is exhausted. Many elab-
crate experiments on the weight Of
air have proved that one cubic foot
weighs $50 grains, or something less
than one and quarter ounces. The
above experiment on the weight Of
air is supposed to be made at the
surface of the earth with the tenn
perature at so degrees F. Heated
air, or air at high elevations, is much
LIGHTER.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
NEIGHBORHOOD FAVORITE.

Mrs. E. D. Charles, of Harbor, Maine,
speaking of Electric Bitters, says: 1t
is a neighborhood fayorite here with
us.'' 1t deserves to be a favorite every
where. 1t gives quick relief in dyspep-
sia, liver complaint, kidney derange-
ment, malnutrition nervousness, weak
ness and general debility. It's action on
the blood as a thorough purifier makes il
especially useful as spring medicine.
This grand Alternative tonic is sold un-
der guarantee at e. I. Whitehead &
/ Co.'S drug store. SOC.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
KEEPING OPEN HOUSE.

Everybody is welcome when we feel
good; and we feel that way only when
our digestive organs are working prop
erly. DR.. Kings New Life Pills regu-
late the action OF stomach, liver and
bowels so perfectly one can't help feeling
good when he uses these pills. 2jc at
Z. T. Whitehead & Co. : drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13

4iC hiOliOyS dtS you
blood purifiers, they I'll
ter out the waste Q.
impurities in the blood
Ii they are sick or ou
OF order, they fail to dc
their work.
aims, aches andrheu
matls,n come from ex-
cess Of uric acid in tht
blood, due to neglected
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
SUFFERING & DOLLARS SAVED

T. S. Loper, of Marilla, n. y, says:
81 am a carpenter and have had many
severe cuts healed by Bucklen's Arnica
Salve. It has saved me suffering and
dollars. 1t is by far the best healing
salve have ever found" Heals burns,
sores, ulcers, fever sores, eczema and
piles. 25c at e. 7. Whitehead & Co.,
druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
Australia is 26 times larger than
the British Isles.

If you have catalTh rid yourself Of
this rcpulslre disease. Ask Dr. ShGop
OF Racine. Wis, to mail you free, Il
trial box of his DR.. Shops Catanh
Remedy. y simple, single test, will
surely tell you catarrh truth we'll
worth your knowing. Write to-day.
Don't suffer longer. A. G. Peterson.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13

Most disfguring skin eruptions, scro-
fula, pimples, rashes, ETC., are due to
impure blood. Burdock Blood Bitters
is cleansing blood tonic. Makes you
clear-eyed, clear Drained, ,clear-skinned.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS.
Observations of Passing Events.

politics. bad whiskey and bad blood make mixture that
disaster DEATH Such condition
,,, u,u. in the killing Of Judge James Hargis by
D1u "A"''''' his Jackson, Ky, days ago.
The of the killing the of bloody fueds
which have been Breahitt county for years
which have become familiar tale many people Of the nation
Judge Hargs charged with completely in several MURDERS
paid settlement of the result
such charges The Charlotte Observer ponted remarks of it
Ill The long trail of blood which has marked the political
Judge Harg Breahitt county, Kentucky,
stopped finally argis door and the whose has
for plot assassination and murder for years
been gathered his fathers Rerbute justice long
nevertheless the
the situation that the hand of his
that him. Verify this looks like the vengeance
of the Lord.'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13

It is entirely likely that no action
in regard to the hatchet would be
necessary if there just could be an
agreement to bury the hammer -
Puck.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13

Itching piles provoke profanity, but
profanity won't cure them. Doan's
Ointment cures itching, bleeding or
protruding piles after years of suffering.
At any drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
Why Eyes Get Red.
And see thy long days jo1

The eyeball contains a high per-
centage Of blood, and why, there
fore, is it white? The answer is that
the blood vessels which supply its
surface are SO exceedingly minute
that usually they Go not admit the
little red corpuscles to which the or
dinary red appearance of the blood
is due. Blood without these corpus
cles is colorless, or, at most, OF the
faintest yellow tint. But occasion
ally when the eye is irritated or when
there is any slight Or considerable
arrangement of the system certain
Of the little vessels enlarge sufficient
ly to allow the corpuscles to enter,
thereby producing the well known
red streaks or infamed appearance
OF the eyeball.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13

stops earache in two minutes, tooth
ache OF pam OF buln oI so"ld ii ave
minutes; hoarscness, one hour; mus
cleache, two hours; sore throat, twelve
hours-Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil, mon
arch over pain.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13
SIMPLE REMEDY For LA GRIPPE

La grippe coughs are dangerous. as
they frequently develop into pneumon-
ia. Foley's Honey and Tar not only
stops the cough but heals and strength
ems the lungs SO that no serious results
need be feared. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar contains no harmful
drugs and is in yellow package. Re-
fuse substitutes E. T. Whitehead &
Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-02-13

A Rings Dyspepsia Tablet after each
meal overcomes Indigestion, dyspepsia
and other stomach ills. Two dsys'
treatment free. Ask our dealer. Sold
bv e. T. Whitehead & Co.