HAVE FAILED TO UNDERSTAND
Writer in Atlantic Monthly Criticizes
the Ideas Held by Great Men
Concerning Women.
It seems that the intelligence of
man cannot solve the problem of
woman, which is a bad sign in a su
perior intelligence. The trouble lies
in this: man assumes far too readily
that woman essentially differs from
man. Hardly a man has lived who did
not so exaggerate. Nietzsche, Scho
penhauer, agreed to despise wom
en; Napoleon seemed to view them
as engines of pleasure; for Shake
speare they may well have embodied
a romantic'ideal, qualified by sport
ive wantonness. In Walter Scott
women appear as romance in a cheap
edition; Byron in their regard is a
beast of prey, Doctor Johnson a
pompous brute, and a puritanical
sensualist. Cervantes mixed in his
romantic outlook a sort of suspi
cious hatred, while Alexandre Du
mas thought them born only to lay
laurel wreaths and orange blossoms
(together with coronets) «-pon the
heads of musketeers. All, all—from
Thackeray, who never laid his hand
upon a woman save in the way of
patronage, to Goethe, to Dante, to
Montaigne, to Wellington—all har
bored this curious idea; in one wax
or another woman differs from man
And today, whether we read Bernard
Shaw, George Moore, M. Paul Bour
cet or Hall Caine, we find that there
still persists a belief in Byron’s
words: “What a strange thing h
man ! And what a stranger is wom
an !”—Atlantic Monthly.
CASH INSTEAD
“I came near marrying him once,
but it was all for the best that i
didn’t.”
“How’s that?”
“I sued him for ten thousand dol
lar^ for breach of promise and won.’*
Secret of His Success.
“He is a splendid workman. One
secret of it, outside of his skill, is the
good care he gives his tools. He
keeps every one in the best condition,
ready for instant use. Another secret
is the care he takes of his best tools—
brain, nerves and muscles. He never
dulls them with liquor or tobacco,
foolish or harmful pleasures, dissipa
tion or carelessness. He gets the best
service out of them and .the tools
which perform their bidding.”—Ex
change.
And Be More Plentiful.
This would be a better world if the
turkeys would devote less attention to
feathers and gobbles and more to
white and dark meat.—Chicago News.
DISCOVER WEALTH IN WASTE
Government Has Found Use for Trifles
That Hitherto Have Been Consid
ered of No Value.
In illustration of the truth that it
is the little things in life that count,
the department of commerce reports
experiments in waste saving that
have yielded valuable results, Thom
as F. Logan writes in Leslie's. The
bureau of standards has found a way
to conserve the scraps of paraffin
paper stock hitherto destroyed or
sold with difficulty because no com
mercial process was known for re
1 moving the wax. This problem was
solved by the bureau, and the waste
material is now being utilized for
practical purposes. Other waste in
vestigations have given material re
turns in the treatment of clay, mate
rials for making concrete, materials
for paper-making, and the saving of
unused materials in the making of
buttons. The fisheries service of
the department of commerce likewise
reports gratifying success -in culti
vating the public taste for tilefish,
grayfish (formerly known as dog
fish), and the wholesome sea mus
sel, all being practical attacks on
the high cost of living. On October
1, 1915, the tilefish was unknown to
; the consumer as a food. At the end
| of the last fiscal year 4,125,000
| pounds of it had been sold. Since
then the catch has been at the rate
of 20,000,000 pounds per annum.
COULDN’T GET AWAY WITH IT
Witnesses Had Positive Proof That
Automobilist Had for Some Time
Been Riding With a Chicken.
Neal Mcl^easter, who is employed
1 at the Bill Crest farm, three miles
west of Columbus, had an errand to
perform. He jumped into his auto
mobile and drove to Columbus, then
: went four miles east and returned.
lie stopped at a restaurant to get
| some lunch. Boese and Wood, po
I licemen, sauntered past.
“I heard a chicken,” said Boese.
“That was a man,” Wood replied.
“I don't mean that kind of a
i chicken,” Boese insisted. “I mean
; a chicken with feathers.”
They investigated, and found a
White Plymouth Bock pullet on the
i rear axle of McLeaster’s machine,
i They called him out and asked him
seriously what he knew about riding
; with chickens. McLeaster indig
| nantly denied the charge, and con
j tended that he had been out on
! legitimate business. Then the police
! men pointed to the chicken, and Mc
Leaster gave up. He said it was the
j first time he ever took a chicken rid
• ing when the chicken insisted on
; using the rear axle as a seat.—Indi
anapolis News.
THE REASON.
“Why is not grammar an exact
| science?”
“Because it is dependent on its
moods.”
GENERAL WISH.
“What's the good word about the
theaters ?”
“1 don’t know, but I wish it was
the password.”
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I v ^
Warning Order
In the Woodruff Chancery Court
for the Northern District, Sep
tember Term, 1917.
Robert M. Flatt, Plaintiff,
vs.
Flora Flatt, Defendant.
The defendant, Flora Flatt,
is warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff,
Robert M. Flatt.
L. W. Winfree, Clerk.
Filed August 10, 1917. 8-10-4t
Dog Tax Due
Under the laws of the town
every person owning a dog or
keeping same upon his premises
without having paid a license of
$1. 50 to the recorder, Mr.
Dunehew, is subject to a fine.
The marshal has been instruct
ed to look after all violators of
the above law and if he asks you
to go before the mayor, you need
not blame anyone but yourself.
Install that can now.
Mrs. W. G. Dilliard is reported
dangerously ill.
Mrs. Lou McFall is visiting
! relatives in Littleton, N. C.
Mr. J. A. Cullum is home from
a week’s visit in Wylie, Texas.
Col. John Shearer visited
friends in Augusta this week.
| Mr. W. L. Waldrep of Wynne
was here today, Friday, looking
for land to rent.
Warning Order
In the Woodruff Chancery Court
for the Northern District, Sep
tember term, 1917.
Cecil M. Stillwell, Plaintiff,
vs
Ducie Stillwell, Defendant.
The defendant, Ducie Stillwell,
is warned to appear in this court
within thirty days and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff,
Cecil M. Stillwell.
L. W. Winfree, Clerk.
I Filed August 18, 1917. 8-244t
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