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Devoted to tlxo Uptoviildin* and Frogresa ol Dallas and FRUldlng County.
VOL. XXVI.
Dallas, Paulding County, Gf.orgia, Thursday, June 4, 1908.
Number 29
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It ib uot a favorable omeu to
Bee a man smaking a cob pipe
while hiR wife milks the cow.
If you have a bitter pill to take
gulp it down.-dsu’t chew it. So
many people chew their pills,
and oh how bitter.
It has been said that to have
the children in your power w'ould
be to control the destiny of the
world, but give us the mothers
and let them realize their power,
and we will have the children.
Parents keep your boys off the
streets, especially after dark.
You know not what annoyance
these little fellows are, besides
they learn all kinds of meanness,
picking up all the slang phrases
uttered by older boys who have
forgotten the prayers taught
them at their mother’s knee when
they, too, were innocent little
tots like your own boys now. If
you have nice beautiful yards,
allow your boys to’play in them,
never scolding them for their
merry laughter, for ’tis better
far to be annoyed at home than
to have them mixed up in an ug
ly affair on the street of which
you know nothing until it has
grown cold ou every one’s tongue.
If you value their education aB
you should, you will keep your
boys off the street, where no evil
association will corrupt their
morals.
ents and uncles and au. r^’twill
have little left to lean. ^ it
grows older.
The best brought up family of
children we ever knew were edu
cated on the principle*)! always
commending them when it was
possible to do so, and letting si
lence be the reproof of any wrong
doing which was not really seri
ous. We have hoard the children
of this household, when their
mother had failed to say any
word of commendation after
some social occasion, ask as anx
iously as possible, “What was it,
mamma? I know something was
wrong. Didn’t we treat the oth
er children well, or were we too
noisy?’’ In that house reproof
was never bestowed unsought-
only commendation, of whatever
it was possible to commend, was
gratuitous.
We think this system would be
as good for those grown-up chil
dren, the husbands and wives, as
fot those still in the nursery.
“Therb is no good reason why
a man should needlessly put his
own wife to the trouble of wip>
ing up the tracks, when he takes
great pains to clean his feet be
fore crossing his neighbor’s
threshold; neither is it consistent
that we women should be too se
vere on our own husband and son
for a little carelessness, when we
assure our callers, with the most
gracious of smiles, ‘that it isn’t
of the slightest consequence
well be “No;” but while there
is another human being for whom
we can do a favor, or whose in
terests we may advance, life is
indeed “worth living.”
Friend, when you find yourself
depressed and inclined to think
that life holds nothing for you,
look around you (not very far
awav), and do the very first fa
vor for another tl at comes- to
your hand. It may be a very
small one, but do it; and keep
on, day by day, hour by hour and
minute by minute, working for
others, for truly this alone makes
life worth living.
Every honest prayer that is
breathed, every cross that is car
ried, every trial that is well en
dured, every good work for our
fellow-men lovingly done, every
little task that is conscientiously
performed for Christ’s glory,
helps to make Christian charac
ter beautiful,* and to load its
boughs with “apples of gold”
for God’s “baskets of silver.”
Courtesy at Home.
Good breeding, like charity,
should begin at home. The day
is past when children used to rise
when their parents entered the
room where they were and stand
until they had received permis
sion to sit. But the mistake is
now made usually, in the other
*t*ction i» allowing to small
boys and girls too much license
to disturb the peace of the house
hold. We think the best way to
train children in courtesy would
be to observe toward them* a
scrupulous politeness. We would
go so far as to sav that we should
make it as much a point to listen
to children without interrupting
them and to answer them sin
cerely and respectfully as if they
wfcre grown up. And, indeed,
many of their wise, quaint say
ings are far better worth listen
ing to than the stereotyped com
monplaces of the morning callers.
Of course, to allow uninterrupt
ed chatter would be to surrender
the repoke of the household, but
it is very easy, if children are
themselves scrupulously respect-
ed, to teach them in turn scrup
ulously to respect the conven
ience of others, and to know
whop to talk and wh ?n to be si
lent.
If a child is brought up in the
constant exercise of courtesy to
ward brothers and sisters and
playmates, as well as toward par-
If I Only Had Capital.
The above words were recently
uttered in our hearing by a
worthy boy and undoubtedly
they are often reiterated by manV
who are out of employment, or
have little or nothing to do. To
all such we say, you have home
capital, you have hands, feet,
bone, muscle, health and are not
these capital? What more capi
tal has God given anybody?** But
if I ouly had a few thousand in
cash capital” sajs the young
man. But these are better than
cash capital, for no one can take
them from you, and with these
you can earn cash.
Our men of wealth and influ
ence did not start with any dash
capital. They went to work with
their plow, the hoe, the jack
plane or axe, and in time
their capital brought them
a rich harvest. Ab! but
’” there’s the rub; you don’t want
to work. You want money on
credit so you can play the gentle
man, speculate and end your
oareer by playing vagabond
You want to marry a rich girl
who will support you, while you
wear fine clothes, smoke cigars,
anS be a gentleman of leisure.
Shame on you, young man I Go
to work with the capital you
have and you will soon make in
terest enough upon it to give you
as much money as you need. If
you cannot earn money|upon what
capital you have, you could not
if ySu had a larger amount
cash. If yoq waste your present
capital you would waste money
if you had it. So doiWt stand
around, a helpless fellow, wait
ing for something to turn up, but
go to work. Take the first work
you can get to do and do it well.
Always do your best, and if you
manage your capital that God
has given you well, you will soon
have plenty more to manage.
Is Life Worth Living?
When you hear this question
asked by a man or woman, with
lips curved downward and voice
attuned to discontent, you may
set that person down as supreme
ly selfish. He or she asks prae-
tioall, “Is life worth living for
me?” Worth living? Of course
it is, so long as there is one single
other soul in the world. If the
querist were the last of his race
then indeed the answer might
A Suicide's Hand.
In former times it was a com
mon notion that if a sick person
oould only touch the hand of a
suicide he or she would be cured.
This superstition was especially
common in the west of England.
In Cornwall touching a suicide’s
hand was said to have once cured
a young man who had been afflic
ted with many tumors from his
birth. A similar superstition re
garding the touch of executed
criminals has been widely preva
lent, and has often been record
ed.
Robert Hunt in his “Romances
of the west of England” says
that he onoe saw a young woman
led on to the scaffold at Newgate
in order to have a wen touched
by the hand of a man who had
just been executed.
At Northampton of old the
hangman is said to have had t
regular fee for according a simi
lar “privilege” to sufferers from
like disorders. Even the coffln
of a suicide may have curative
value. There is a Devonshire
belief to the effect that if any
one suffering from disease can
manage to throw a white hand
kerchief on such a coffln at the
time of its interment the dis
ease will vanish as the handker
chief decays. Much superstitious
value has also been attached to
the knots of the rope used either
by a suicide or in the execution
of a criminal.
• Hard to Please.
“George, dear,” said the new
ly made wift,t‘if you became a
Mormon or a sultan and were al
lowed six wives, whom would
you choose for the other five?”
George was diplomatic.
“I’d select,” he replied, “five
duplicates of your own pretty
self.”
“Oh, you nasty thing!” she
sobbed. “When we were en
gaged you often Baid there wasn’t
another girl in the world like
me!”
"But, my dear Gertrude,” he
replied, “it was you who suggest
ed the problem, and*, anyhow, I
should never become a Mormon
or a sultan.”
‘Oh, you wretch!” she shriek
ed. “You mean that if you found
any others liko me you wouldn’t
marry them 1 I’ll pack my trunk
now and go home to mother.”
It was the first tiff.—Ex.
A (lreat Family Medicine.
“It gives me pleasure to speak a
good word for Klectric Bitters,
writes Mr. Frank Conlan of No. 436
Houston, St., New York. “It's
grand family medicine for dyspepsia
and liver complications; while for
lame back and weak kidneys it can
not be too highly recommended.'
Eleotrtc Bitters regulate the dlges
tlve functions, purify the blood, and
impart renewod Vigor and vitality to
the weak and debilitated of both
sexes. Sold under guarantee at Coop,
er's drug store. 60c.
Misterious Figures.
Put down the number of your
living brothers.
Double the number.
Add three. i
Multiply results by five.
Add number of dead brothers
and sisters.
Subtract 150 from the result.
The right-hand figure will be
the number of deaths.
The middle figure will be the
number of living sisters.
The left-hand figure wilfbe the
nqmber of living brothers.
Strange freak of figures, isn’t
it?
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Wins.
Thinks It Saved His Life.
Loster M. Nelson, of Naples, Me.,
says in a recent letter: “I have used
Dr. King's New Discovery many
years, for coughs and colds, and 1
think it saved my life. I have fouhd
it a reliable remedy for throat and
lung complaints, and would no more
be without a bottle than I would be
without food." lor nearly 40 years
New Discovery has stood at the head
of throat and lung remedies. As a
preventive of pneumonia, and healer
of weak lungs it has no equal. Sold
under guarantee at Cooper's drug
store. 60c and $1. Trial bottle free.
Any man is deserving of pity
wheu his own child starts asking
him questions.in public.
Many a man talks about bis
benificence being limited by bis
means when he means that it is
circumcribed by his meanness.
Weak women should try Dr. Sboop's
Night Cure. These soothing, healing,
antiseptic suppositories go direct to the
at of these weaknesses. My “Book No
4 for Warner” contains many valuable
hints to women, and It is free. Ask Dr.
Shoop. Racine, Wls„ to mail It. Ask the
doctor in strictest confidence, any ques
tions you wish answered. Dr. bhoop's
Night Cure is sold by E. H. Robertson.
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1, Coch
ran, Ga., writes: “f had a had sore
come on the instep of my foot and
could find nothing that would heal it
until I applied Bucklen’s Arnica
Halve. Less Ilian half of a 26c box
won the day for me by affecting
perfect euro.” Hold under guaran
tee at Cooper’s drug store.
Georgia Leads.
“The First Baptist church of
Rome gave more to the cause of
foreign missions last year than
any other single church in the
Southern Baptist Convention.
The state of Georgia led the list
with her contributions to athis
cause, and Rome led Georgia.”
These were the words of Dr. R.
B. Headden, who recently return
ed from Hot Springs, while
speaking to the Tribune-Herald
of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion in session there for the past
five days.—Rome Tribune-Her
aid.
W. B. Ward, of Dycrsburg, Tenn
writes: "This is to certify that I have
used Foley’s Oriuo Laxative for chrome
constipation, and it has proven without a
doubt to lie a thorough and practical rem
edy for this trouble, and it is with pleas
ure I offer mv conacientious reference.
Cooper's drug store.
If a man hasn’t any enemies,
it’s his own fault.
Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup recom
mended by mothers for young and old is
prompt relief for coughs, colds, croup,
hoarseness, whooping cough. Gently
laxative and pleasant to take. Guaran
teed. Should be kept in every household.
Sold by Cooper's drug store. 4
Bank of Dallas
THE BANK THAT MADE PAULDING COUNTY GROW
ESTABLISHED 1899
We do not care to continue to worry our
friends, those of them who are keeping gold hid
away at their homes. We do desire to to tell them
about one feature of this habit of concealing gold
about the house, that they perhaps do not know
about, and to warn them of the consequences.
There is a probability of your house burning down.
A great many people think if the house burns down
on their bag of gold that they can sift the ashes,,
and git it again, and that the United States gov
ernment will make it good to them.
There was never a greater mistake good friend
If you have gold or silver hid abput your house
ana the house burns down you may dig around it
the ashes and finally get every piece of ypur mon*
ey, but it will be almost absolutely worthless. Il
it is not too badly melted and stuck together the
United States government will allow you 15 or 20
cents on the dollar. The reason we know this t»
be true we have recently seen it tried. A part
broyght in $12.50 in dollars, halves and quarter
that had been picked from the ashes of a building
that had burned. The house was a small two room
hobse. The coins were disfigured and some oi
theip stuck together. We sent them to Washing
ton and got back in return the sum of $4.00 anc
some odd cents. In the letter of advice from the
government at W^Wngton wc were advised that
the same rule applies to gold coin burned in a fire
Under these circumstances friends, we say it
plainly but kindly, it is foolishness, absolute
ishness to keep gold or silver about your homes,
or paper money as tothfitJttatfer, when you cai
deposit it in the Bank of Dallas and'draw s x A% o^ 1 ;
it, and get it any time you may need it.
ay it —
fool-ana
THE BANK OF DALLAS
THE BANK THAT MADE PAULDING COUNTY QROW
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It's Ulagbn Wisdom that prompts a farmer to
select a Weber Wa^on. He knows that the 61 years
experience in wagon building which stands behind
every wagon is a guarantee that when he buys a
Weber he buys the highest quality. Sixty-one years
of wagon building have resulted in the Weber wagon
of today, which, for correct design, excellence of
material and conscientious construction, stands with*
out a peer — King of all farm wagons.
By d T. L. Varner, Hiram
Mr. John Riha of Vinlng, la., Says,
“I have been selling DeWitt’s Kid
ney and Bladder Pills for about a
year aad they give better satisfaction
than any pill I ever sold. Thore are
a dozen people here who have used
them and they give perfect satisfac
tion in every case. I have used them
myself with fine results.” Sold by
Cooper's drug store
Tha Best Pills Ever Sold.
“After doctoring 16 years forchron-
ic indigestion, and spending over two
hundred dollars, nothing has done
me as much good as Dr. King's New
Life Pills. I consider them the beet
pills ever sold," writes B. F. Avscue,
of Ingleside, N. C. Sold under guar
antee at Cooper's drug Btore.