DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARKANSAS AND UNION COUNTY.
VOL. VIII. NO. 34
HUTTIG. ARKANSAS. 6ATURDAY. DECEMBER 26. 1914.
PRICE. $1 PER YEAR
Character.
Someone has said: “Character
is what a man is in the dark."
What he is without an audience.
His reputation may be grandstand
play; a safe, senseless slide to sec
ond with the ball a .quarter of a
mile away—a cloud of dust and
thunders of cheers from people
who don't know the game. His
character may be the sacrifice hit
that brings hisses from the same
class of people and advances the
team.
What you wish you were, that’s
your ideal What people think you
are, that's your reputation. What
you know you are. that’s your
character. To paraphrase Abra
ham Lincoln, you may fool some
of the people all the time, but you
can't fool yourself one little bit of
the time.
Reputation is a variable estimate
depending not upon what people
think about you, but upon their
gueses made from what they see of
you. "We have lived together for
fifty years,’’ said the Left Hand,
“and I never saw him do one char
itable action." That's reputation.
But aU that time the generous
Right Hand was the almoner or
God, working in loving and secret
fellowship with Him. That's char
J arter.
You will not drink wine, not even
for politeness’s sake, and at the ta
ble of an esteemed friend, and "our
Best Society" says you are a fa
natical, bigoted prohibitionist. You
refuse to encourage a vile story
with a smile. Some people say
you are a coldblooded hypocrite.
You will not permit yourself to
laugh at a funny story, well told, in
which all the "laugh" is in its
profanity. And folks say you are
self-righteous. And you carry
your Bible in your hand when you
walk to church. And they say you
are a "canting Pharisee." Yet, all
the while, your character is that of
a sober, pure-minded, reverent,
God-fearing man—a Christian.
Four reputations—all bad, and one
character which out-weighs and
out-lasts the going into eternity
with you.— Ex.
The Magic Washing Stick.
‘‘The Magic Washing Stick is the
finest thing in the world. Cleans
the clothes without rubbing -
makes the whitest clothes 1 ever
saw. 1 cannot do without it any
more. All you say is true, it does
all you say it will. 1 would give it
for nothing 1 have ever used. Hope
every lady will try it," Mrs. W. F.
Gammill, Ashdown, Ark. This pe
culiar article is sold by druggists,
three 1 Oc sticks for 25c. or by mail
from A. B. Richards Medicine Co ,
Sherman, Texas.
Let us print you a box of fine sta
tionery for your girl fer a Christ
mas present.
What Is Your Hobby?
Everyone has a hobby of some
kind. Some collect foreign stamps
others may go in for botany. What
is your hobby? Why not let it be
your teej;h and carry your hobby
with you. Below are a few rules
which will help you with your hob
by:
Clean your teeth at least once a
day.
Always clean them after the last
meal at night.
Use a small toothbrush with stiff
brist'es.
Brush up. down and across, out
side. inside and between the teeth.
Use a little soap and precipitated
chalk on the brush if the teeth^re
stained.
Rinse your mouth out after ev
ery meal.
Do not ill-treat your teeth by
cracking nuts or biting threads or
substances likely to injure them.
Chew plenty of hard food.
Keep a sharp lookout for black
specks in your teeth. Immediate
ly you discover one go and show it
to your dentist. Don’t wait until
it is a big one.
If you follow these rubs, there
is no reason why anyone should
not have and keep a perfect set of
teeth. __ _
The Magic Washing Stick.
”1 cannot speak highly enough in
praise of the Magic Washing Stick
It saves half the labor in washing
Makes the clothes sweet, clean and
white as snow without the use of
rubboard." writes Mrs. R. M. Card
well. Forney, Texas. Sold by
druggists three 10c sticks for 25c,
or by mail from A. B. Richards
Medicine Co., Sherman. Texas.
The Incongmsities of life.
The man who pays a trifling tax
is always out with battle ax, con
demning. denouncing that, and
talking wildly through his hat.
The man who doesn't pay his debts
whose creditor in sorrow sweats, is
always finding signs of graft in pub
lic men. and guile and craft. The
man who lets his weary wife do
washing to sustain his life is always
active with his jaws discussing
needed helpful laws. The man
who has no traps to guard has fif- j
teen watchdogs in his yard which
howl all night till neighbors weep
or call for poison in their sleep.
The man who fails in all he tries on
some high office he has his eyes,
oh, he could guide the ship of
state, although he cannot pay the
freight. The man who has a pri
vate jug too often roasts the thirs
ty plug who boldly seeks the shi
ning bar where for' y-roa and bitters
are. The man who plays a quiet
game in some resort unknown to
fame is angry when he hears of
j chaps who waste their substance
playing craps. And some who
1 preach the love of man. the helping
hand, the kindly plan, expounding
divors. creeds and gods, and stuck
like beeswax to their wads. Walt
! Mason.
Notice.
The Union Saw Mill Company
will pay $50.00 as a reward to any
one. not in its employ, who will fur
nish information from which any
oerson shall be convicted of depre
uating or trespassing upon the tim
ber of said Company.
This 1st, day of February, 1906.
Union Saw Mill Co.
By F. W. Scott.
Secy, and Treas
$100 Reward, $100
The readers of this paper wilt he
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dread'd disease that science has been
able to euro In all its stages, and that is
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positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Cat.rrh being a constitutional
disease, requiri s a constitutional treat
ment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system, there
by destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up tiie constitution and assisting
nature In doing Its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they oiTer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials. ,
Address F. J. CHENDY ft CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by r.ll Druerrlsts, 7"c.
Take Hall’s Family mils for constipation.
Adv
Notice o Mrmcrs.
Commencing Dec. 1, our gin will
run only on Tuesdays and Satur
days. The grist mil! will run Sat
urday afternoons.
Neel & Brasher.
Huttig. Ark.
The Magic Washing Stick.
"All glory to the Magic Washing
Stick my clothes were as white
as snow." v/rites Mrs. Sallie Cum
mings, Marquez. Texas. Not a
soap nor a washing powder, but a
peculiar article which makes dirty
| clothes clean and oeautiful without
j a bit of rubbing. Sold by druggists
! three 1 Oc sticks for 25c or by mail
! from A. B. Richards Medicine Co.,
Sherman, Texas.
Methodist Church Services
The following services will be
| held at Union church Sunday: Sun
day school at 10:00 a. m. Preach
| ing at 1 1 a. m. and 730 p. m. by
* the pastor. A cordial invitation is
extended to all to attend these
services.
Rev. S. K. Burnett Pastor.
litre h Mod Days Are Gone.
“What a difference there is in
the bringing up of children in these
days to what it was when I was
young," remarked^an elderly man
in an uptown eating house. "In
my own, as well as in other homes,
a birch rod or a good sized leather
•;trap was kept in a convenient
place, the sight of which had a
trong impression upon my mind.
It was the general practice then
to chasttise children for disobe
dience or any other wrong behavior
“Boys of 12 to 14 years in our
town never knew what it was to be
out of the home o^ home yard after
8 o’clock and most of us were in
bed by that time, and the streets
were quiet and deserted by 10. I
remember how the people talked
when a new family moved in the
place and allowed th^ir boys to run
on the streets long after dark, and
the constable was appealed to in
order to prevent the habit from
growing.
"Then, agiin, we had to be par
ticular how we spoke to persons
older than ourselves, and, if any
thing out of the way was said or
done in the presence of women, a
severe application of the birch rod
or strap was sure to follow. The
schools are better than they used
to be. The children are now
taught to realize the worth of
knowledge, and the school is more
of a home than the prison it used
to be. One seldom or ever hears
the cries of a boy being punished
by his father or mother, and. no
matter how late one happens to be,
out at night, he will find boys and
girls on the streets.
"We had no such entertainments
as they now haye. A magic lant
i ern exhibition used to be thought
i a grand thi g and was talked about
for weeks af;er it had been shown
in the village chur h. Now. every
little town has its moving picture
theatre. Yes. sir. there is a great
difference in the bribing up of
children, and 1 often wonder wheth
er it will prove to the moral good
of the rising generation."- Phila
delphia Record.
Things We Think
Things Others Think, and Vk hat We I hit k
of the Things Others Think.
7 h ■ little fo'ks are about the
biggest problems there is in the
world today.
A case where a dozen added td a
dozen leaves nothing kissing.
Work it out for vour. But maybe
kissing is in example in substruc
tion.
Many hot-headed people are also
swell-head d. We suppose the
heat causes the expansion.
Often a complim nt is much
more .diplomatic than the truth.
Speech is a great gift and often
as great a nuisance.
The man whi builds a landing
place an 1 warehouse for the ships
he ex ects to come in may be
classed as a real optimist.
It's not strange that wives ad
mire the advancement and progress
of their hubbies—it is natural for
any one to admire his own handi
work.
Some folks don’t care how much
they are out getting even with
someone.
Woman is almost as much a r \ s
tery as life it. e f. Bi t no wonder
doesn't wo nan give u ; life?
We shoul i think there would be
as much pleasure in reading the
love in the eyas of the woman v. ho
has been your cvr panion for forty
years or more as in gazing into the
.impid depths of the optics of the
maiden of 16 years reposing hei
head upon you: manly chest. Bui
of course, we cannot be certain,
nev'er having tried the former..
A Vancouver housewife finds
that she walks thirteen miles a day
doing her housework. Then hubby
wa ks twenty feet ac oss ‘.he clean
floor with muddy boots and cpoils
the whole business.
IN QUEST OF HUSBAND
By C. CLARKE.
“I wonder if it’s really true?” from
the couch.
“What ?” said
Billy lazily.
Billy and 1 have
just the nicest
kind of time in the
den on rainy days
when she is home
for (lie holidays, i
And as she was
curled up on the
couch among the
pink pillows, and
I was in the big
wicker chair.
"Why?” about
the world being
full of two kinds ;
of men. the ones
y^u love and the
ones who love you.”
“Why?” said Billy again. Billy was
reading a story and I knew- she didn’t
want to be bothered, but 1 kept on nev
ertheless. I know that I’ve stopped in
the interesting parts of things lots of
times when she has wanted to talk.
“Oh, because it’s like that with me,”
I said gloomily.
"How ?" said Billy, reaching for a
chocolate, and then I threw7 a pillow
at her, and she actually threw- down
her book.
“I’m.blue," I said looking for sym
pathy, “and what’s the use of going
on playing that kind of a game if it’s
always going to be that way? I’ll nev
er get on with the men 1 like, and the
men 1 like will never get on with
me.”
Have a chocolate,” said Billy stick
ing a box under my nose, and then we
both dipped in, and sat "with the boa
between us.
j "It’s just the same with you. too,” 1
reflected sorrowfully. “Just look at
j the way Ross Wilson adores you,
sends you candy and hangs around all
time, and then you laugh at him be
hind his back. And 1 know very well
you'd be thrilled to death if Howard
King should even mention such a
thing as calling.”
"I would not,” said Billy with flam
ing cheeks. And then 1 hugged her
and she whispered, "Well, I suppose
I would, Peg.”
"Why, if Mr. Allen should ever call
me up and say he was coming over, I
can tell you I’d be thrilled.” 1 admit
ted with my chin in the air. And
then the telephone rang and both
jumped. But it wasn't for either of
us; it w-as the plumber to see if the
leak he had just fixed in the pipes was
holding all right.
“Speaking of being thrilled." said
Billy disdainfully. “Thank heaven,
Peggy, you don’t get into these moods
very often. I guess I'll go baek to that
story. List to the part where you in
terrupted—‘Tears blinded her eyes and
she lerped to her feet and seized him
by the shoulder, all her anger ablaze.’ ”
“What on earth are you reading?"
“Oh, just a magazine story, but it's
pretty good. I’ll tell you. Peg, I don't
think it will be that way about things
when the right man comes along.
Anyw’ay, what's the use of worrying?"
And then Billy went baek to her story
and I stopped bothering her.
I guess It is a good thing that I
don't get these moods often. Today
I ju t hate myself. 1 don’t wonder
that people think I’m frivolous. I just
make them think so by the way T act
when I intend to he perfectly sensible
all the while.
Even Kate went back on mo the oth
er day when she ran in to ask me for
a book I had promised to lend her.
“Why, you lovely, frivolous thing,”
she said, looking at me in such a fun
ny wrav. Just, because I had on m>
new pink negligee and the Dutch cap
Beatrice gave me for Christmas. “Do
you always look so dressy, or did you
have an inkling that some one was
coming?”
Kate is irritating sometimes and I
remember that 1 was perfectly furious
at the time. But 1 don’t think it
proves that I’m frivolous just because
I like to look pretty. I remember that!
I told Dr. Hammond that same thing
once long ago. Oh. I must think of
something more cheerful; It would
never do to meditate on Dr. Hammond
just now.
“Oh, Billy,” I said breathlessly, j
“how would you like gray velvet chin
strings with that gray mallne hat?"
“Where?" said Billy, looking up va
cantly.
And thin l laughed and actually felt |
better.
Sub cr.be for the News.
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