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The Irish standard., 1912-04-06
TAKE time TO ENJOY o
LITTLE SENSE IN ovERwoRKlNo
TO THE BREAKING POINT.
Virtue That 10 Excellent, In Modera,
tlon, Can be Transformed Into a
Wicklow Ono Woman Con.
serves Her Strength.

'She's making big money" said
man to me the other day, speaking
Of q mutual acquaintance, woman
who. beside editing magazine, had
recently undertaken to write series
Of articles that would require lot OF
research, "but what she needs is to
learn to spend some Of it. What's the
good OF money in the bank to a dead
person. She Is overworking herself
to the breaking point"
The savings bank habit Is mighty
good one, but you don't want to let it
got the best of you You can overdo
prudence just as you can anything. A
virtue that grows to be an obsession
cannot be distinguished from a vice.
There are times when you ought to
be extravagant. ought to give your.
self "the best there is," and think 1t
none too good. We all know what it
Is to feel stale. II We realized that
severe nervous breakdowns often
start with that same "stale" feeling
we might learn to regard 1t more seri-
ously than We do.
When you feel "all tuckered out"
cash check at the bank and run
down to Atlantic City for a couple of
days. They'll do you more good than
month after the doctor has ordered
rest. One woman know takes four
days every month to play in, going on
Wednesday night and returning Mon.
day morning.
AS she doesn't take the half holi.
day on tho other Saturdays to which
she Is entitled. you SEQ she doesn't
really lose much time. She leaves
town either alone or with chum who
won't expect her to be 'sociable," goes
to the sea or the hills or to some 9TH
Or city. puts up at a simple hotel
where the food is good, and just plays.
You would never think, If you met her
On one of these jaunts, that she knew
what work was. She always takes a
good book with her. one of the "old
fellows" as she calls them. and drops
the magazines and papers. clearing her
mind Of everything in the least like
her usual routine. Ono in a while sho
goes to visit a friend. but rs rule she
prefers the greater freedom of hotel.
And she comes back to her work a
woman refreshed and radiant, thor
'ughly convinced that her time and
money both have been we'll spent.
Many of us think We can't do things
because We haven't tried Perhaps few
Of us can arrange to pool our holidays
md have to do the best we can with
hose that come along in the regular
course. But we ought to give ourselves
} real treat once in a while, for there
Is no greater tonic In the world than
enjoyment. You don't always need to
spend money for it-a lot of enjoyment
comes us free as sunsets, q child's
laugh or a good walk. But it is better
20 spend little money foolishly, or
what seems foolishly, on oneself every
now and then, instead OF to be forever
saving up for that "rainy day" we live
In such terror OF meeting. You can't
beat health, serenity and a growing
fund of pleasant memories.-Hilde-
garde Hawthorne.
The Irish standard., 1912-04-06
German. Buy Nothing on Credit

Germans Buy Nothing on Credit.
"People. in Germany have much
more money to spend than here in
America, even though the ratio OF pop.
ulation there is much greater than in
the United States" said William H..
Steinway, just before sailing for Ger
many the other day.
"The German way is to pay cash for
what one can afford, and there is abb
solutely no such thing as living be.
yond ones means, as we do here.
Moreover, there are very clearly de-
fined class distinctions, recognized by
the people themselves. who never
dream Of trying to 60 above their Sta.
tom"
The Irish standard., 1912-04-06
Revenge.

Revenge.
"Say, alderman, wish you'd get mo
. Job az dog catcher"
Are you out Of work?"
mo: but I'll quit the work I'm doing
now II you'll get me that job"
Ever had any experience. I've got
the incentive-1'm Q letter-carrier."-
Chicago Tribune.
The Irish standard., 1912-04-06
Utilized Time.

How Is it that Bunks studied Law
In the spare time of such busy ca
reer?"
He read his books while his wife
was getting dressed to be ready In
minute"
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05
Champ clark To O/dTeLd

Some days ago you asked me
what is the custom of Representa-
tives introducing bills by request of
their Senators,
My observation Is, that 1t is a
very common thing for Members
to introduce bills in the House by
request of their Senators, and no.
body ever supposed that q bill intro
duced by request bound the Repre-
sentative in any manner whatsoev-
er, or that he was in any way re-
sponsibl, for 1t. 1t Is simply a mat
ter Of courtesy, have introduced
bills in this manner myself, and on
at least one occasion introduced one
by request that ! was opposed TO-
That was for a Missouri Senator,
Bills are also introduced by re-
quest of persons other than Semi
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05
Com Raisius In Arkansas

Prof P, G. Holden, superintendent
of the Department of Agricultural
Extension of.sthe Iowa State Uni
versity, was in Little Rock one day
last week, and made the following
statement;
1T Is ridiculous that in Arkansas,
according to the government CEN
sus, you raise but II bushels Of
corn to the acre. No good farmer
Is satisfied With less than 40 bush"
els Of corn to the acre Your yield
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05

tors. The reason the words by re-
quest" are put on them Is to show
that the Member introducing them
Is in no way responsible for them
and does not in any way by the In
PRODUCTION bind himself to support
the bill, So, 1t seems to me, that
without any reference to the merits
of the bill that you introduced by
request, that you are In no way to
blame for 1t If 1t Is a bad bill and
in no way responsible for 1t II It Is
a good one. | feel reasonably GER
tain that this Is the view universal
ly taken here Of the performance
known as introducing a bill by re-
quest
Truly your friend,
CHAMP CLARK.
IMnat.nIta, n ~
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05
Edwards
Mere. 60.
The Greatest
New Year Of All
By Herbert Kaufman Editor Woman's World, Chicago

The wings of imagination can at
tain to the very heavens, So why
discount any eoalY
Contrast today with your child
hood and realize the terrific deeds
which have been wrought even
within your own experience Think
of the crude devices of learning and
of labor with which the miracles Of
modernity have been brought to
pass,
Go back into yesterday, through
the cob-webbed past; back to the
New Years day Of your youth and
compare your outlook then with
your prospects now.
Think of the diseases for which
no cure had been found; blind ba-
bies who might have been saved
for sight II other mothers knew
what you have learned.
Twisted limbs could not be
Strengthened; the black plague was
durable only In the first stages; tu-
berculosis was fatal; spinal menin-
Otis was as deadly as the cobra
bite-pain was a tyrant, a despot,
whose will was law,
There wasn't one-tenth as much
suffering and agony In the year
1911, and there will be less next
year,
You may be held In the thrall
of disease-your body may be q
rack of torture-your youth may be
darkened by a now hopeless mala'
dy But don't despair. Fight 1t out
Take a real, able.bodied N Q "
Years wish, Help Is on the way.
Despair Of nothing God Is al
your side. BELIEVE,
What a glorious thing 1t Is to live
In this century,
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05

This is going to be the greatest
New Year since the first Grain OF
sand fell through Times hour-elass'
And why notY The world is old
er wiser, mishtier We have had
twelve more months Of experience;
three hundred and sixty-fve more
days of lessons--learnine to dare
harder, to fare farther.
We have made another voyage
down the coasts of Chance and we
have brought back our areosies
laden to the matches with new ex-
periences.
We have held the mirror up to
bieotry; reused ignorance to a full
realization Of Its shame, and made
incredulity blush with humiliation,
We have climbed nearer to the
stars than ever man stood before,
Why, we're just starting to real
lie what a number of wonderful
things can be done with brain, a
will and a pair of hands.
We have hardly recovered from
the astonishing discovery that the
horizon isn't fixed. We know at
last that It can't limit progress. We
can push II back, II retreats as we
advance,
The earth belongs to us to do
with as we dare.
Nothing Is hopeless to determin-
alton.
We can't be held in check. We
are walled In only by the boundar-
les of our dreams.
There are no shackles which per-
slstent reason and doseed labor
cant rend asunder,
The mind Is the womb Of all
achievement. Brain Is the force
creative knowledge Is invlnclble
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05

can easily be raised to 80 bushels
in one year and to 40 bushels the
next year 1t Is ridiculous that in
Arkansas you are Obliged to ship in
corn from other states, when with
proper methods you can raise more
corn than the state Of Iowa. You
have a better climate and a rich
soil"
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05

in his speech that had made a
capable and honest Representative
in Congress.
In introducing this bill at the
request of Senator Davis, | merely
extended to him the very common
courtesy practiced without excep-
ton in matters of this kind, and he
does now and has at all times as
sumed all responsibility for the bill
so introduced, and in this instance,
! did only what any other Member
Of Congress would have done.
While | am here looking after the
interests Of the people Of the dis
trict in Congress, | will appreciate
it very much indeed il the people
will kindly look after my political
interests at home in the campaign
now being waged against me, and
shall appreciate it il they will call
on me at any time ! can be Of serv-
Ice to them
With best wishes, am,
Yours very truly,
W. A. OLDFIELD.
Washington, D, G.
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05

We have been here for good many
years attempting as best we could to con-
tribute our share to the betterment OF this
section of country. We are proud tor be-
lieve that we have at least been of some as
sistance to many people, and at the same
time we gratefully acknowledge the warm
friendship shown us by the people in gener-
al. We want to be of further assistance to
our friends. We hope those who have not
already made settlement of their account
for the old year will do SO at once, because
our ability to extend favorS in necessarily
limited by our collections, This must be
apparent to all. To make it short every
thing can not 60 out while nothing is COM
ing in. :. :. :.
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05
OIdEeId To The PEOPLE

Below is a copy of a letter writ
ten me by the Hon. Champ Clark
shortly after | introduced in the
House at the request of Senator
Davis, the bill known as the Sunk
Lands" bill. This letter fully ex-
plains the custom of Members of
Congress introducing bills in the
House by request of their Senators
Mr. Clark, at the time, was the
leader of the Democratic Party in
the House and is authority in mat
ters of this kind.
Also, with regard to my introduc-
tion of this bill at the request of
Senator Davis, both Mr.. Brundidee
and Senator Davis stated in their
speeches at the opening Of their
senatorial campaign at Beebe, on
December End, last, in effect, that |
deserved no criticism whatever for
having introduced this bill at the
request of the Senator, and Senator
Davis, at that time, publicly stated
in his speech that this is his bill
and not mine and that he is entire
tirely responsible for it,
While Mr.. Brundidee also stated
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05

like John Boyce who commit crime
will be punished by the law than
that those who have influence and
funds at their command and who
commit daily depredations against
the public peace and safety will
feel the grim grip of justice John
Boyce, poor devil, perhaps never
had much show in the world; many
men haven't. Who knows his cir
cumstances? From the appearance
of the family we should judge that
the hog which was not his own and
which he appropriated to his own
use was needed by those who know
something of the lonesome howl of
the wolf at the door. Perhaps
right down at heart the man is not
the criminal his own act would
paint him. Right in the face of
many instances like that furnished
by the case of John Boyce the
whole country knows that tribute
is being laid upon the public every
day of the year and the pound of
flesh collected on the absolute nee
essities of life by greedy Shylocks
who laugh at law and the law
makers and sneer at the idea of
equal justice before the law for
every man. They are stronger than
the government, else they would
not run the government They
defy law, because their interests
seem to have become the first con-
sideration of those high up in af-
fairs who have the responsibility of
executing the law. Funny thing,
this matter of law. How powerful
sometimes! How limp and helpless
sometimes Did you know that if
less than a dozen men in the
United States were sent to prison,
like John Boyce, for their crimes Of
plunderine the public in no time
your breakfast would cost you less,
you could clothe your family on
fewer dollars and put more ma
chinery in your crops than you are
now using at a less expense?
Prison sentences and prison stripes
constitute an effective remedy for
the trust evil. When it is applied
you will see a lot of hurrying to
shelter by those who have been
having the shelter come to them in
the shape of courts and law.
Speaking Of the prisoner John
Boyce, last week while everybody
else was enjoying the Christmas
season in freedom he was spending
the time in the dirty dungeon, call
ed a comfy Jail, with his wife and
two small children, who came from
their home to be with him during
the holidays. The constancy of
woman to her mate through thick |
and thin" and good and evil is one
of the worlds wonders and a thing
to challenge the admiration Of all
thinking people.
o
On the last page of this paper Is
an account Of a Saline county
farmer who murdered his wife and
seven children, then killed himself,
This Is the most terrible tragedy we ,
have read Of in years. Of course
the man was insane. No man
in his right mind could do the
deed.
O.
During the year 1911 there were
sixty lynchines In the United
States, and Of the number lynched
fifty.eisht were negroes Arkansas
had three lynchings, while Georgia
had seventeen, the greatest number
of any state in the Union, There
was but one burning at the stake,
Pennsylvania roasted a negro alive,
and Is now in poor position to
throw mud at the South.
a
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05
A FEW THOUGHTS AS WE PASS

Vk*tf lllCtS VShS - ~
ycod rasolutions made the first day
IN the YEAR 1t is always so. If
nh1erve such things at all, you
Ifd that about three things, or
IN Mo of three things, occupy
\ o{fention Of the average man
fo Wears off" on New Years
as rerhaps first on the list will
y ,I39 Rhiskey drinking. That's a
liza resolution, and we hope those
vho said they would drink no more
y]l hape kept their vow when the
xt New Year comes. Next in
list will follow tobacco using
u du|tthe use of tobacco is a very
on1faon resolution at the dawn of
lie. 6lad New Year. We trust that
lhose Who made this resolution
ill remain more constant to the
!, ieddo Than very many OF those
VnSho Hive made similar one in
w heF Wars. A lot of fellows stop
Teadne on New Years day. That's
00d RESOLUTION, too, and we trust
, Who made it will keep it in
Jnst why a man should wait
'al lie first day of the year to
IVY. ,,.| 6n effort to throw off his bad
bIte 0r why he can do more TO-
aid keepine a good resolution
lade then than a similar one made
| any other time of the year, will
Ways Remain among the unex-
aimed mysteries. Certain it is,
3Wever, a great number of people
ryAake sood resolves on the first day
the year. A good many keep
peIleir hedges. Many others make
a \ id reeolutions on New Years
Wfroin force Of habit; they have
lie the same thing many times
We" fore.
ID Along with the stereotyped reso-
one % common at this time of
16INr {efs make some others and
0k ia Them. 1t it doesn't concern
-. IA 1912 let's keep our mouths
4 we can't say something
=" od f0r q fellow in 1912 let's say
o0' 3hins at all, Let's not carry
WD and gossip in 1912 Let's
+ l1t be b public scaveneer in the
> immunity or the means of bring
distress to Others. Let's not
a Pharisee in 1912 and utter
/ oyefs from the housetops in order
u b oeen and heard by Others,
n, o not always be found on the
Udle Of the strong against the weak
1914 Let's not be continually
wv natlne of our own strength and
riemnint the weaknesses of
J, ~ leos fortunate in 1912, Let's
u1oke q debt in 1912 If there
- r9a1ons to believe we can't
le when we say we will,
n betrue to our convictions of
t ln 1912 Let's have faith in
Td country in 1912, Let's do
nothing in 1912 to make the
ntTy better and happier.
4" "
' orDo folks are so supremely
Rented with themselves; so sat
"a With their conduct, that they
he making Of New Years
- 1ns to those whom they
- ed to make them, entirely
lotxIne the fact, which may be
pparent to others, that they
nf 1pply a practical tonic to
O. Pal constitutions with good
;N o
eo girls, this Is leap year.
We y M n your time to do about.
,oSc O.
NV he prisoner John Boyce from
vldoon township, who had been
ne county jail here for several
ION eka was hustled off to Hardy
\ V)W nddy, Where, we understand, he
enter a plea of guilty to the
,d,aI II10 Of hop stealinp and receiye
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05

Religion never works better on
Sunday for resting all the week.
Life,
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05
IA Word TO-.
Our Friends

Another New Year has come. The
year 1912 is with us for better or for worse.
Our sincere wish for our customers and
friends is that the New Year may be the
most happy and most prosperous in their
history. :. :.
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05

Washington, y. G.
Sharp County record., 1912-01-05

Ehe prisoner John Boyce from
vldoon township, who had been
the county jail here for several
oka Mas hustled off to Hardy
nddy Where, we understand, he
enter a plea of guilty to the
ol hog stealing and receive
enoe to a term in the peniten-
his man ought to be pun
course, because he has
he law Of the land, and
pen of his character are a
ferrous element to society
Peace of the public. But
not help thinking how
Evening star., 1912-11-23
INCOMBUSTIBIE SHUTTERS
A REAL FIRE PREVENTION
Flames in Lower Stories Of Tall Buildings
Often Break Through Windows
Above and Spread.

fire in a room at the 200-foot level,
breaking through the glass windows,
under favorable conditions, might
spread to adjoining rooms and rooms
above until floor or two of the build
ing was in flames; in such event it is
probable that the fire would spread
through and burn out all of the floors
above.
Assuming. for example, that in the new
Woo.worth building, tifty-tive stories and
750 feet high. a fire ocurs on the 800
foot level and gains headway, by crack
ing the plate & ass windows above and
spreading upward, it is very likely that
the contents of the upper 30 feet of the
building would burn like ch, beyond
control of the fire department best en-
deavors. This does not necessarily mean
any great loss of life. Indeed. 1t might
readily happen that not a life might be
lost. Nor does it mean the destruction
of the building, for the framework would
doubtless remain intact after the fire.
But such a torch of flame fiaring over
the city would throw shower of sparks
that might soon start a dozen fires in
many directions on the roofs of the low
buildings below, and present the danger
of large confia grafton
Remedy of Screens.
The remedy for this SityJa ton is to re-
Evening star., 1912-11-23
NEW PITTSBURGH SUBURB.
Virginia Highlands Type of Poured
Houses to Be Erected

! committee from a large Pittsburgh
lea, estate company visited Washington
the past week and inspected the poured
bungalows and houses at Virginia High
lands, and, as the result, contract is
now being arranged for a considerable
group of these attractive new-style
homes, to be built il q suburb OF Pitts
hurgi. In these new. attractive houses
coal cinders are largely employed. In
Pittsburgh slag frt.n the sineitefs Will De
used and as there are great cement
works utilizing this same material there,
concrete is largely supIlanting other
building materials.
Equipment o. steel mclds has lately
been shipped for the building of large
chicken ranch in the Southdown section
of England for MIR. Fels Of the Feis-
Naptha Soap Company.
During the coming winter large
group OF the poured houses is to be built
at MOnrovia, Cal, near Los Angeles.
Here some fifty bungalows similar to the
type of those poured at Virginia High
lands will be built. Equipment for this
undertaking has already been shipped.
Evening star., 1912-11-23

quire incombustible screens or shutters
on all windows above height Of 200
feet.
The possibility of requiring a sprinkler
system throughout tall structure such
as the new Municipal building Of New
York city is a.so evident, but moi cal ed
for Assuming fire in waste paper
basket or in stove there are two eVi-
dent ways of multiplying it. The first is
to deluge the fire and also everything
round about with water; the other alte- :
native is to shut off the supply of fuel
and cut down the draft, or smother the
fire.
1t is. therefore, highly desirable that
the windows above the 2O0-foot .evel be
arranged with automatic shutters that
will close in fire and confine it to any
one room, protecting thus the rooms
above and in buildings OF the other side
of narrow streets. The fire will then
burn itself out with small! damage.
Evening star., 1912-11-23
. Breaks Through Windows.

Above the $50 or 200 foot lavel. how
ever. the problem Of lighting a lire Is
most difficult. 1t is conceivable that a
Evening star., 1912-11-23
SHANNON G. LUCHS' SALES.
Six Houses Reported Purchased Dur
ing the Past Week.

Shannon & Luchs. real estate agents,
report the following sales during the past
week:
To George r. and Lucy T. Reeves, two
story brick dwelling, 10 l. street north
west, for a consideration of $500.
To c. d. Harris one OF the Highview
houses, of which $50 were built, namely.
151 INLAND terrace northeast, for con-
sideration of $500.
To Edward T. and Ida Diezel. two-story
brick dwelling, 1342 Spring road north
west, for a consideration of $500.
To Joseph Savia, 764 Hobart street
northwest six-room dwelling, for con-
sideration of 81, 100.
TO Elizabeth Steinert. tWo-story six
room dwelling, 7E9 Hobart street north
west, for a consideration of $3.50.
To Charles NJ. and Harry NJ. Berry.
six-room dwelling. 736 Hobart street
northwest, for a considera ton of $1,000.
Evening star., 1912-11-23

interior rooms or spaces or dim and badly
ventilated light shafts.
Besides the advantages which the new
building brings, it has resulted in adding
to the park system Of the city an extern
sion of the tier Of squares from the south
side of the present building and on the
west side of 14th street to the entrance
to Potomac Park and the Highway
bridge A similar acquisition was made
on the north side of the Mall as far as
Pennsylvania avenue when the squares
between 14th and 18th streets Were ac-
qured as sites for departmental build
ings
Another Agricultural Building.
1t is probable there will be a further
addition to the government holdings in the
vicinity of the bureau Of engraving and
printing, in order to provide room for
the Department of Agriculture. The mag
nifcent stone building designed for that
department, fronting on the Mall between
18th and 14th streets. is still lacking the
central section. The two wings come out
almost up to the sidewalk along street,
and the ends, instead of being finished
with stone, as Is the case with the rest
Of the exterior, have been bricked up in
an obviously temporary fashion.
1t Is quite evident it is the intention at
some day when the three squares between
18th and 14th streets and B and c streets
have been secured by the government to
continue the two wings OF the Agriculture
building farther to the south.
The design of the building as it appears
in it's present incomplete condition con-
templates the extension of the west wing
Evening star., 1912-11-23

The remedy for this sityation is to re-