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Water cant rise above Its level
Nor can a community rise above the
level of its citizenship
If the citizens are lukewarm limp
and lazy the town will be wishy
washy wabbly and weak
If the citizens have VERTEBRA
VIM AND VIGOR the town will bs
substantial solid and strong
Lets all brace up and make this
town of ours a place of energy ambi
tion and enterprise
Jus Keep On Keepln On
If the day looks kinder gloomy
An your chances kinder slim
If the situations puzzin
And the prospect awful grim
An perplexities keep pressin
Till all hope is nearly gone
Jus bristle up and grit your teeth
An keep on keepin on
Fumin never wins a fight
And frettin never pays
There aint no good in broodin in
These pessimistic ways
Smile just kinder cheerfully
When hope is nearly gone
An bristle up and grit your teeth
An keep on keepin on
There aint no use in growlin
And grumblin all the time
When musics ringin everywhere
An everythings a rhyme
Just keep smilin cheerfully
If hope is nearly cone
An bristle up and grit your teeth
An keep on keepin on
New Orleans Democrat
The Idol Business
How many young beings are sacrificed
to the idol business Parents send
their boys and girls unseasoned un
developed from the school room to the
desk the country the type machine to
work all day often by artificial light
their only recreation an occasional
-evening in a closed theater instead of an
afternoon under the skies and green
trees All to make money And when
the money is made too often the man
is unmade as God created him Health
is gone or else the soul is shriveled the
imagination crippled the zest of life
has vanished
Often it is necessity that goads the
young man to premature slavery but
often again it is ambition or greed on
the part of the parents or the idea that
their chief duty to the boy is to inure
him early to the yoke and keep him
under it steadily that he may become a
man of business when he falls in the
harness it is piously considered to be
the doing of a mysterious providence to
whose will one must be resigned Mary
E Bryan in Uncle Remus Magazine
If Your Tastes Are
too fine for letter press printing if they
demand engraving and steel die em
bossing come and get our figures on
such work Dont send away or give
your order to some traveling shark
that is dont do it before you have seen
our samples of such work at gotten
our figures
Colds that hang on weaken the con
stitution and develop into consumption
Foleyp Honey and Tar cures persistent
coughs that refuse to yield to other
treatment Do not experiment with
untried remedies as delay may result in
your cold settling on your lungs
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Bound duplicate receipt books thret
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Tkibune office
Your complexion as well
as your temper is rendered
miserable by a disordered
liver By taking Chamber
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Tablets you can improve
Both They cleanse and in
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forthcoming commemoration
THE the centenary of the death
of Thomas Paine revives Inter
est in the career and services
of that picturesque figure of the Rev
olutionary era It was In the city of
New York on June 8 1S09 that the
noted statesman and philosopher met
his end lie had survived by many
years the success of the movement for
political liberty which he did so much
to promote but he did not live long
enough to see the age of religious lib
erty which now reigns in this and
many other lands He offended many
of his best friends in his later years
by his unnecessarily offensive and an
tagonistic way of stating his Ideas on
religious and philosophical subjects
and created for himself a reputation In
this respect which for a time served
to efface to some extent the memory
of the deeds of valor and self sacri
fice which stand to his credit as a
patriot and a worker for the cause
of American Independence Ilis ideas
would not be considered so radical as
to subject him to ostracism in our own
day and his country Is coming to rec
ognize that his memory is entitled to
respect and veneration
This is shown in the fact that a
Btatue of him now stands in Independ
ence hall Philadelphia and that his
old home at New Rochelle has been
removed to a park by the Husuenot
Association of New Rochelle and is to
be preserved as a museum of historical
relics Near it stands a monument
with a bust of Faine and it Is at this
place that the exercises in his honor
will take place on the one hundredth
anniversary of his death Men emi
nent in various callings will address
the gathering and tell of the value of
his services to the several causes In
which he labored
Whatever differences of opinion may
exist as to the propriety of Paines
course In his later years In attacking
many of the then generally accepted
views as to religion and theology there
can be no doubt that gratitude is owed
him for the sacrifices he made in the
American cause during the Revolution
for the contributions he made to the
existing store of liberal political ideas
and for the fight he made in behalf
of political progress in such works as
his Rights of Man
It is admitted that he had a great
deal to do with the writing of the
Immortal Declaration of Independence
even if he was not deserving more
than Thomas Jefferson to be caled its
author He was Washingtons friend
and a counselor to whom the Father
of His Country often went for advice
in times when he was sorely tried and
perplexed as to the course he should
pursue He served in the patriot army
as a common soldier and by his writ
ings did much to keep the discouraged
troops from mutiny and surrender He
once headed a subscription in behalf
of the troops by a gift of his whole
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years salary as secretary of the Penn
sylvania assembly although he was
poor and could ill afford such a gift
It would require more space than is
available here to make a comprehen
sive summary of the notable things
accomplished by Paine in the course
of his long and busy life It has been
said that he was the first to suggest
the idea of Independence of the col
onies of Great Britain However this
may be he was one of the first to
courageously proclaim this idea and to
give to the public writings which in
fluenced public sentiment and educat
ed the people of the colonies up to the
idea that it was their duty to form a
separate- nation and to fight fox the
principles of liberty represented in a
republic It would be perhaps difficult
to say who did the most to promote
the success of the Revolution but in
his way probably none did more than
Paine He was one of the first f ter
freedom from Great Britain had been
won to suggest a federal rjnlon of the
states and he labored ardently In ful
fillment of the plan
He was one of the pioneers -in the
abolition movement proposing the abol
isluuent of the Institution of slavery
a great many years before the counirj
was ready to act upon the question
He was a century ahead of his time
in his ideas about international arbi
tration and his arguments in behalf
of International peace sound strangely
like those with which we are familiar
today and which come now from the
mouths of men not usually reputed to
be lacking in sanity or common sense
Such however was liable to be the
characterization of a man who in
Paines time propounded these the-
1 ories He was one of the first
cates of political equality between the
sexes and was a pioneer in the move
ment for protection to dumb animals
He was a stanch advocate of the prin
ciple of human brotherhood and be
lieved In the possibility some day of u
great republic of all the nations of the
world Educatiou of the children of
the poor at public expense was an idea
of his and it is claimed that he was
the first to suggest a sjstem of inter
national copyright ne proposed old
age pensions such as have recently
been put in practice in Great Britain
and he had faith to see that the pur
chase of the Louisiana territory under
Thomas Jefferson was a move which
In time would redound greatly to the
welfare of the young republic
Paine was not a man without faults
and that he made mistakes his greatest
admirers will admit but his services
to his country in her time of trial wore
so great that it is urged hi faults
should be forgotten and due honor paid
to his memory now that the lapse of
years has rendered it possible for the
historian to pass a more unbiased judg
meut upon his character and achieve
ments
OLDEST AMERICAN SOLDIER
General Daniel H Rucker Veteran of
Many Wars
The oldest soldier in the Fnitod
States is Major General Daniel H
Rucker U S A retired who recently
celebrated his ninety seventh birthday
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MAJOlt GENEltAIi DANIEIi H BDCKER
in the Capital City of Washington It
was seventy two years ago that he re
ceived his first commission It was an
appointment as a second lieutenant
and he obtained it from the hands of
Tresidont Andrew Jackson
He won his first promotion for brav
ery in the Mexican war ne partici
pated in Indian warfare and was forty-nine
years old when Fort Sumter
was fired on When the Spanish war
broke out he was eighty six years of
age But he had retired from active
service sixteen years before with forty-five
years of service to his credit
General Rucker has seen the profes
sion of arms undergo changes during
his own lifetime only little less revolu
tionary than the entire advance of
warfare from the days of the bow and
arrow and the primitive catapult to
the methods in vogue when he was
born
In the civil war he did valuable
work as a staff officer for which fr
experience in previous campaigns kad
especially fitted him In 1SG3 Pre
dent Lincoln made him a brgnSTer
general of volunteers and in 1SG3 he
was made brevet major genera of vol
unteers He was placed on the retired
list of the regular army as maor gen
eral in 1SS2
General Rucker was born shot tly aft
er the death of Washington and he
has survived all the hitters successors
In the presidential office except Roose
velt and Taft He is twenty live years
older than the city of Chicago and
despite the many hot fights in which
be has participated he was never
wounded or on the army sick list
Reason Enough
What makes you think he was wor
ried at the time
Well I heard him say that he was
married
Effectual
She leads him a dogs life
Howdoessbe do it
By beeping a dozen cats
THE HARDY CODFISH
It Will Live Fo Mjufs Out of Its Na
tive Element
A man who had stopped at a stand
In Fulton market to bu a fresh tisn
pointed his linger at a tlsh that
his fancy beiuy about two feet long
and weighing about five pounds
That looks like a nice fish to me
he said whereupon the dealer pi ked
the fish up to put it on the scale
The moment he picked It up the tHu
began to wriggle and the next mo
ment it had slipped out of the dealers
grasp and fallen on the sidewalk
As the tlsh went down the customer
turned to the stand and picked out
another which the dealer picked up
and this fish stayed quiet until It had
been put on the scale but the Instant
it touched it It began to Hop vigorous
and finally flopped itself out of the
scale pan to fall on the utand below
Codfish these two lively and vigor
ous fish were the cod being a fish that
will live out of rhe water three or four
hours a good deal longer than most
fish At Fulton market live cod can
almost always be found The dealers
keep their stock in fish cars in the
Cast river fust across South street
and for retail trade bring over maybe
fifty or a hundred pounds at a clip
enough fo last half an hour or an
hour and when the stock runs low
they bring over another lot fresh out
of the fish car
The cod though a salt water fish
will live for hours In fresh water An
angler who goes occasionally to the
fishing banks tells of carrying home a
codfish caught in the afternoon and
placing if in a bathtub to find it alive
the next morning New York Sun
TOOK NO CHANCES
Young Bessemer Was Cautious as Well
as Inventive
The most trivial incidents have often
originated the fortunes of our richest
men Take for example the fortune
made out of Bessemer steel This gen
ius young Bessemer had some idea of
making steel out of iron but a poor
newly married voting man has no
means of experimenting on a large
scale The story I must tell as I have
heard it from an intimate friend ot
Bessemer and is a true tale After
Ressciiier had in his small laboratory
experimented with the metals and at
last obtained the desired result by
blowing air through melted iron he
found in the bottom of the crucible a
little lump of the famous steel Now
the question was how to make the
discovery public ne put the lump of
steel into his pocket and made his way
to Nasmyth ot steam hammer fame
Placing the metal on Nasmyths desk
he told him that he had made this ex
traordinary discoverv which would
revolutionize the whole metal world
Then came a little Incident which
shows what wonderful heads these
Scotch financiers possess What do
you think Nasmyth said to his excited
Inventor
Eh mon Its varv risky to show
your wonderful invention The world
is vary dishonest
To which the aspiring Inventor re
plied
Right Mr Nasmyth I fust calcn
lated whom I was coming to spp so
with my Inst half crown I registered
the invention on my way London
Strand Magazine
The Holdup Man In Mexico
Now iis n matter of faet life and
property are a safe in Mevleo aa in
Chicago and ones life is a great deal
safer Mexico ha her pickpockets
and her sneak thieves and burglars
are not unknown hut the holdup man
is an individual with u horo the police
are not well acquainted This cannot
he said of Chicago Kansas City St
Louis or New York It may he he
cause the criminal element m Mexico
lacks the bravery necessary for fol
lowing the holdups profession or it
may be because the city is extraordi
narily well gu irded by police It cer
tainly is well guarded by the police
buu it matters not what the reason is
the tact is that the man who relieves
you ot yoiji money In ixico dues so
in the manner lali ulatid to cause vou
the least inconvenience Mexico Rec
ord
There Was a Limit In Liking
Little Victor had been naughty and
his father had seen ht to administer a
spanking A few minutes later when
his papa had left the room and the
little fellow was alone with mamma he
exclaimed between his sobs I dont
like papa His mother of course told
him that was very wrons and that he
would have to be punished asain if he
talked like that Well he added
lookins up quickly I like papa all
right but I dont like his acts De
lineator
Cause For Haste
Wot are you breatuin so hard for
Dusty
A shoenviker run me out o town
for most a mile
Wotriled him
lie runs a quick repair shop an
he got mad caue I handed him a
couple of boot heels an a shoestring
on told him Id call fer de shos in
half n hour -Cleveland Plain Dealer
He Went Early That Night
He calling Im here promptly Miss
Fannie She Yes Mr Staylate He
I never lke to keep people waiting
She significantlyi Waiting for you to
come you mean of course Wasbiug
ton Post
No Need of a Bargain
Beggar Kind sir give me a penny
for my two children Ktnd Sir That
isnt dear certainly but 1 dont think
Ill take them I have feur already at
home Stray Stories
ALKS on advertising
VI Selling
Slow Sellers
By Henry Herbert Huff
COPYRIGHT IDOO BY AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
jr Business Man you were speaking of losing money on
leftover goods
Yes I shall be glad to learn how T can avoid this loss
You cannot eliminate it entirely but it can bo very much
reduced I told you how to create a demand for new goods so
they will move more freely but the most experienced buyer will
sometimes overstep or purchase the wrong kind of goods
The best way to avoid having many remainders is to buy
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DIRECTORS
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people of the community Buy what Will sell not what you like
Learn from experience tho sizes and qualities that go best and
stock up on these Follow the trend of fashion Study goods
Know all of their merits and defects Learn all that is to bo
known about the lines you are handling Buy in small quantities
and often Pay Cash if you possibly Can The first cost may bo
less when you buy by the gross or ten gross but counting inter
est on money invested deterioration in value space occupied tho
chance of going out of demand etc this difference is wiped out
The best of buyers will get stuck occasionally When it i
occurs make the best of it Profit by the experience You may
stock up on something for which there is not the expected demand
you may buy heavily of an article that soon goes out of fashion you
may purchase more than regular selling will dispose of whatever
the cause or size get rid of it
But I hate to dispose of articles at cost or below V
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in slow sellers and then too the public gets a bad opinion of your
store if you resurrect old goods each season or keep the same mer
chandise on your shelves year in and year out Make things lively
Keep goods moving Turn over stock frequently
If an article doesnt go at cost mark it lower If you cant sell
it at any price put something with it and sell them together
How about dull seasons
There are no dull spells for the merchant who advertises
When trade begins to lag he increases his space and makes better
offers During the summer months he pushes seasonable goods by
creating a demand for them and makes things lively with frequent
bargain offers Advertising creates an artificial demand It will
sell wool blankets in July straw hats in November and fall suits in
February Likewise it will shift trade to the less busy days of tho
week Monday is the big day in cities and Saturday in the smaller
towrs By continued advertising of leaders on Friday it has been
changed from a dull day to one of the best
Good day
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