The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, July 30, 1915 Page: 4 of 8
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LET’S KISS AND MAKE UP
BY W. O. ALLEN __
5 a: r •< INESTIMABLE VALUE OF K0?t
the outside of the platter, but i -
'rather let’, addreaa our***. I* **
lion, .rhateft
writing is due to a deal re to of waar.W W-
The oceasion of iiy present
r. But then thte
der a very different
ler in rebuke a few paragraphs regime to that which is being
to a tendency on a part of our operated at pre.ent, and hence
citizens to take iaaue upon all our aged sires are called on to
questions of whatever character set up mid take notice
that should have for their sole) Atrial involving the rights of
object the weal of the public wel property is not recommended,
fare. since this is already decided
An issue of the most recent J favorably to the opposition, fut
origin and which is destined, if in no n ise does this affect the
not early abated, to engender a i question of removat. There is,
spirit of variance, absolutely in therefore, but od« question, »n
compatible with tlie policy of a gaging the attention of those in
refined and enlightened citizen authority, and that is, reverence
ship, is to be found in a provoca for old age. vs. civic attractive
tion unworthy the consideration
of an intelligent, progressive,
and Christian people, and I need
aot say that I refer to the re
nova! of certain benches from
our sidewalks, by a decree of
those in authority.
That our officials had the right
to have the benches removed,
aay be questioned, but that they
acted unselfishly and conscien-
tiously in the matter, ia too ap-
parent to be successfully con-
troverted If civic sttractive
ness is to be consulted then our
officials were quite right in de
daring those benches a nuisance
aad should be, therefore, popu-
larly exonerated.
That our present officials have,
daring their entire administra
tion up to date, merited the
popular approval cannot be
truthfully gainsayed, and hence
should not be censured, even if
they have in a single instance in
oarred the ill will of a respects
ble element (of our citixepsbip.
For past service*, well ad minis
ness. And now since this has
been already disposed of in no
uncertain,manner, it remains for
our venerable sires to sur
render all predilections and to
as:x>use an innovation which
claims for it* object a cleaner
and more attractive West.
And who knows after all, but
that civic advancement is the
coming factor In the perfecting
a higher and more refined citi
zenship? Our older men and wo-
men, who look more to the reali
ties, and less to the fiction of
life, are not presumed to share
| in responsibilities of a civic up
heavel which seemingly men-
aces the social status ufdjbat so-
ciety uofiar whose ausptpfb they
si>ent the poetry of theli* more
useful existence.
Whipped, and at onr very feet,
lie those passions which once
sorely vexed the current of
our aspirations, and it were,
therefore, inexcusable, indeed,
for us to say or do anything that
would serve to inflame the pas
tered, the vale of charity should sions of the more inconsiderate.
It would prove a very ineffective
way evidently, to give and main-
tain that reverence of ouryoun
ger men and women to which old
age is so deservedly entitled.
And now. summing up the gist
of the foregoing paragraphs, I
beg that we lay aside the Lndig
nity we have recently suffered
at the hands of our officials, and
that we give unstintingly our
very best efforts to that co-oper-
ation which has for its object a
cover what might be otherwise
eanaldered sn assumption.
But lei’s see. if a more thor-
ough investigation, as to the
■writs of the question, will n< t
discover even .vet a more valid
attenuation. Let's see, by the
way, if the question has not two
sides. I reinemtter to have real
somewhere au account of two
Knights, who mutilated each
other in an altercation over tho
composition of a shield: the ono
contending that it was gold, the cleaner, a more sanitary, and#
other, silver; when, if they had more attractive little city,
token the pains to'examine, j And now, 1 wish to declare in
they would have found that the conclusion, that I aui done for
shield bad two sides, the one once and all times, with all issues
cold, the other silver. >inimical to the public welfare.
And now in the light of the At my present advanced age, I
foregoing it must be seen that covet the good opinion of my fe'
hot a partial examination would ; low citizens, and yet 1 can not
reveal, it is believed, that the affurd to purchase it at the saeri
question under review ha* two flee if my honest convictions;
sides, and each is entitled to con nor * id I attempt it, however
Bideration, the views of our popular. Just in this connection
authorities to the contrary not I beg to advise that we should
not deter an adjustment of our
petty grievances, until we shall
have reached tlie sacred pre-
cincts of the cemetery. If we
have flowers, let's strew them
withstanding.
It is claimed by the opposition
that the benches were their in
dividual property, by right of
donation, and they bad, there
tore, the choice of installing them upon life's uneven passage way,
-wherever their own convenience; rather than to save them for the
aad comfort would seem to indi grtvj* of those whom we have
eats’, and this they proceeded to differed. Let’s not be so much
do in the absence of any oppose exercised snout one insignificant
MSilv;' .
start** »«
Trade With
THE CASH STORE
Ym will get the heat of merchants
aid the meti efficient service
earnestly to the removel of those
eyesores Which vitiatetbe moral.
cur#nt ofsociety.
*i — --------
Purposeless Organizations
We are of the opinion that it
would be a decided gain if there
couid be established in this coun
try a new sort of prohibition for
ten, twenty or thirty years. Tins
would forbid the formation of
any new society, association or
“congress' except for ordinary
business purposes or the group
ing of local workers into the as'
sociation for the advancement of
local interests. All associated
effort for general ends should be
tabooed. For the fact is that the
country is buried fathoms deep
undera sea of useless organisa-
tions. You can not state an
object that seems to be praise
worthy without having somebody
propose the formation of a com-
mittee or congress with salaried
officers and levying of asses*
ments. If one already exsiats
for substantially the same ends
it makes no difference. The
more the meyier. The average
ignorant mac or woman is no
more confident of the wonderful
efficacy or some fske patent medi
cine than is the average reformer
or promoter of a sovereign value
of an'organization.' The thing
has become a National nuisance.
Every business man knows it.
His daily mail is burdened
with reports, propositions, ap-
peals for help. Many of these
causes seem to have merit, The
promoters have lists of names
covering the whole country.
They drop their circulsrs
everywhere. Tlie unjust and
the iust, the meritorious and the
grafting plan, all are massed to
getber. There is littlepossibilUy
of discrimination. They defeat
and cancel one another because
no living man has time to look in
to one tenth of them or sift the
evil f rom tlie good. Organisation
has run into the ground. Titere
is a'congress'for almost evqgy
possible phase of human endea-
vor. In many cases they exist
rather to offer a lot of com forta-
ble places, on pretended, hige
motives, to a number of em-
ploeesy, who would bd indignent
if told they were living on alms
and yet are begging for it every
day. For their own salaries are
always taken care of out of the
receipts. Let us put a brake ou
the wheels of thi* form of organ!
*1 tion— MuskogeeDailyPhoenix
Card of Thanks
Through the columns of this
i«per we desire to return our
warmest thanks to the citizens
of this community for kindness
and sympathy extended to us
during the protracted sickness
of our wife and mother. While
our home now has a vacant chair,
yet we reflect upon the many
deeds of sympathy and love of
our neighbors, It gives a ailver
lining to the dark cloud left by
death W»* ' an only add, God
bless (he noble, big-hearted
friemle.
W. B. Barfield,
Jim and Mack Barfield,
Miss Ella Barfield.
Man in Adversity.
Without hope this voyaging sphere
oh which man lives vould be but a
derelict, and our lives empty and ail
but unendurable. For hope ia the
(treat rudder to alt humanity. Hope
«akens in the child even before the
sense of reason; it AH* youth with
cciden-hued visions; it lures maturity
on to indomitable endeavor, which ia
greater than mere accomplishment.
Nor does it even forsake old age. Like
the lamplight streaming through the
windowpane which brought yon
safely home when a boy. hope lights
the path. Even unattained, it burn*
unquencbably. It te more intangible
than faith, for faith la trust m what
te, but hope la confidence in what is
to be. Even to write of it without
dropping Into vague figure# ie tike try-
ing to expiesa the nature of music by
meant of algebraic symbol* Hope la
sometime* the parent of selfish ambt
tion, hut it la also the source of ail
the purest and holiest passions. It fills
the heart of the father when he look*
at the baby in his arms. And when
this child has become e man the ssme
firs' burns within as be gases down
upon bis son. From generation to gnu
-ration It paste* - Incitingulshahle II
makes all life like th* laboratory of
the alchemist. In which what I* dro»*
seems Just on the point of being trnnn
muted to gold. Hut. unlike the alcheni
let'* toll, hope In never wealed, for-
though (he phrase it hteknayed—II Is
what makes life worth living.—Col-
tier's.
SOME VERY QUEER COSTUMES
Rive is year August account
We will pieaie you
Anntul Stockholders Mtotmg
The annual meeting of the
stockholder* of tlie Farmers A
Merchant* Warehouse Co., will
be held on Monday, August fnd
at the Eagle* Hall at *2 p. m. All
stockholder* are requested to be
present, a* the election of direc-
tor* for the ensuing year will
take place, a* well a* other im-
portant matter* will be taken np.
E. W. NeiiAon. Frew.
Gorgeous Raiment Ha* a»tn Common
te Many Famous Writers—f»t-
rasH's Green Velvet Trousers.
The London Daily Chronicle, in Its
interesting miscellaneous column,
says: "A liking of gorgeous rstmeni.
such ts characterised Emile Verbs*
rea In his youth, hat bean common to
many runout writers Disraeli as a
young man startled the town by so
evening drees comprising green velvet
trousers, a canary-colored waistcoat,
and n coat with lace cuffs. Dlcksn*.
likewise, was fond of a certain bright
green waistcoat, which hs wore In
accompaniment with a vivid scarlet
tie, and he turned up at Frith's studio
on* day In a sky-blue overcoat with
red cuffs. Even more fearful and
wonderful wet Dumas' appearance at
au ambassador's reception la a shirt
on which were depicted a number of
little red demon* disporting them
reive# amid flames of yellow fire.
‘My costume was a grand success,' he
wrote; 'everyone thronged round and
mado much of me.".' ....
BLANK PERIOD IN HISTORY CONSTANT FIGHT OF
Misting Part of Earth's Record of I In Order to Rsiso Crop# H# Pita
Which Geologists Can Find Not
tRO Lfest Trace. Fprc
eta (ft #e continually Jeing j A farmer
geologists to thk knowfe hit- fight. Think
New delator #e continually Jfhlng
added by geolombts to the knowti his-
tory of tho earth, including tbo devel-
opment of plants and animals. How-
ever. that history, which la recorded
in the rocks, is still fragmentary, like
a badly mutilated hook. One of the
grant defects la the record ia the At-
lantic and Oulf coastal plain regions
of ihis country is the absence of the
later pert of the Cretaceous and the
early part or Ot* Kocenr chapter—per-
hops eight to ten million years ago. A
reupn recently Issued by the geologi-
st! Atfrvey discusses this missing part
of the record and shows that the break
must cover a long period of time. It
Is known that at that time the conti-
nent* were at least as large, as and
probably larger than they are now.
and the oceans were accordingly
smaller. Aay rocks that were then
formed in the tea seem to have been
weathered and washed away.
Hundreds of kinds of plants sad
animals that lived before and hundred*
tbs' lived after this great period are
known, but not one which lived during
the period. Strange to eay, few If any
of Hi* species which existed before
lb* unknown period lived through It
In each of the states bordering th*
Atlantic ocean, south of New York aad
th* tlulf of Mexico, are layers of lock
which were formed before and after
tbs period whose record ie missing
In these layer* are entombed s*a
•hells of maay kinds, but apparently
not on* tneciea lived through from
t'retsceoag to Eoceao time
self Agamst Weather and
i * >*• *011 te Wishes.
FAR EAST AFFECTED BY WAR
Conflict in Europe Ha* Mad* Condi-
tions Bad In Both th* Great Ori-
ental Empires.
A tanker s life it on# ine
figh;. Think wbal tie darts'. He I .
U try to control the (see oi this
p:->net. in rrder to raise hit i
pits himsell against the weather i
seasons; ne forces the
wlanes; he -arf I
world, the animal world, *. e
world the bacterial world,
thiir M. Judy, in Atlantic. Is U(R I
a fight, locked Af idtOesop
make ore stand aghast! After 1
been on the farm seven years
mendousnet* of the fight that my I
low-farmers were waging dh
itseit to me with a force no
speech cat. convey. Until one
brought to some realiulloo ot this as-
pect of the farmer's Hie, he ■« no
adequate grounds for comprehending
the discipline and development which
To th- very nature of the case that
Ilf* must receive. I often contrast th*
lot of the clerk at Ma bc-.it.s or tho
mechanic at his bench, or the profes-
sional man at his desk, with th* let
of the farmer. The dangers and un-
certainties they confront seen, to me
extrsordlnurliy mild compared wttfc
ih* risk the farmer runs. That th*
former will be paid for their work It
almost certain; it is extremely uncer-
tain whether the farmer wiU be paid
for hi* He must dare to lose at every
turn; scarcely a week passes Id "filch
he does sot lose, sometime* heavily,
sometime* considerably. Those
ments in a battle when It Moms i
every plan bad gone to smash
so test the fortitude of a general, are.'
moment* which a farmer evperleocoa
mere frequently and more etrenuoaatp
than men lu roosl occupations,
3)
NOVEL FREAKS OF LIGHTNING
Love.
Love has no doubts To itself love
Is the very substance of reality. The
phenomena of sight, round, touch and
their fellows are but the conditions
under which life has made a foothold
for itself In this boisterous world; the
senses know nothing beyond their own
functioning, they have nothing to say
regarding the end or purpose of Ufe.
B-1 to love, all the labor and effort of
all the universe, with sit Its sidersl
systems, with all Its ethereal Immens
Ity. has been for the sake of producing
love.
Of what consequence Is It, whether
insensible matter endure a myriad
years, or assume infinite bigness, an
infinity of mattor is as nothing. One
flash of conscious Ilfs illumined by
love la worth all th* patience, all the
effort, alt the labor, of unconscious
energy throughout an Infinity ot time
Consciousness I* but a minister to lovs,
to the love that 1* to bo—Atlantic
Monthly.
Th* Copper Industry.
The copper Industry aad Its meth-
ods of production are of exceptions!
Interest just now, owing to the de-
mand for this metal occasioned by the
European war. as well as Its exten-
sive us# in th* commercial world for
many purposes.
To Illustrate the modern method*
employed in mining copper, there has
ben constructed th* moot elaborate
mine model In existence at the muse-
um of natural history of Now York.
This represents quit* a wonderful
place of miniature panoramic view of
the famous Copper Queso mtse at
Blsbee, Arts., which produces the larg-
est amount of copper of any In the
world The gigantic mode', is L
shaped, 3« feet long aad 1* fast deep
representing ta area of IUH acres
of load. Three yams of critical labor
was consumed ia constructing this
modal.—World's Advance
Fattier M. C. Gleason, chaplain 17.
A. N . who has been on duly three
years with the fiegthlp Saratoga, on
th* Asiatic station, stopped at New
York on his way to Washiagtoa to re-
port (nr a new assignment
"I left the Saratoga at Oiongtpoand
caught (he Siberia at Manila.' said
Father Gleason. "Everything was
quiet In tba Philippines About tba
most excitlufi ibiu* I saw during the
three years v, ts the bombardment of
Nanking di.riu. Hie xvrund rebellion
And. do you know, the Chines* ar-
tillery surprised the foreign naval ob-
servers with the precision of their fir-
ing on that occasion. Disturbed con
ditlona In China have been responsi-
ble for uur upending so much time at i
dimnghal.
“The war tn Europe has affected
everything The various merchants I
have met In China tell me business is
ywy bad. Tbo country had two years
of bad tint, » owing to revoiuUuas, and
then just as there seemed hope ahead
the Kuropoan war started, and that
was a heavy setback.
“In lap*a 1 was told that the tour-
ist business, usually such a large
source of revenue in the winter and
spring, had by no means come up to
expeotaiions. The Americans who
were expected to go ts the far East
when the doors of Europe ware practi-
cally closed apparently remained la
their own country.'-
THE CASH STORE
j. mam. Pm.
Expensive Rerfume*.
Women who love »»**, perfumes
have iittie idea of the worth of tM
genuine floral extracts, ties! attar of
roses comes from the Orient. When
perfectly pun- It Is of almost
luus value. Tbs secret of its prepare
ion lx carefully guarded, sad the
! finest product ia usually sold la quad
j et Is one of the perfumes that have
Patrol* tran Rrlen S pi Her, one: el*"*1* tarttataff >h*t thought
! I r * , css people never slop to discriminate
1° 1 ffiosv t tt fit offlwn °r ud bay tao manufactured for the g«n
he city of Waco, was serktaalj mi# article The recent discovery of
. wounded Wedixaaday night white > * EfctailMl process i»y which a
oa duty hwtowxiwm »l______: '»'*« «■» produced which cannot,
Armchair Out sf Orange Barret.
This Is a runny sort ef life, writs*
a soldier at the front.
At present Bee of us are doing our
best to live cr.mfortabiy in a newly
built house. Ii has had all the win
(lows blown out by ehrapnel. and we
have had to us* uiu sacking to keep
the draft out.
We have punched some holes ia a
pail, and this make* a fine braxier for
burning charcoal in. We aae the hot
tom of a petrol fin with the sldee
turned up for a frying pen,, an old pall
for a teapot and kettle, and sauce
pan. and sundry other things all ta
on*.
For a labia wa have two tacoa
boxes with wood across ih# top, and
for chain wa usa any old box »# can
find.
When I get hack home i think I
shall aet up as a furnishing company,
aad advertise that I can furnish a
house on seven cents. •
There Is a chap hebldd usa
armchairs oat of orsage barrels, and
he ia making a most infernal row. Ho
has already cut himself foer times,
and threatens to chuck it If he cola
himself assta.
Deceptive Leaks
Although Lord Charles liereeford te
noted for hi* breety stylo, ho can at
times he very sarcastic, as hi* po
lit teal opponents well know
Shortly after he entered the bourn-
of common- s certain M P, who bad
ouoeed a comfit*
is hi* political opinion# on a very im-
portant mattor. said to him one day ta
a patronising tone T Utah. 1a its
you might become a statesman, though
I most admit yon don t look a hit like
Cere men Trtek l* That ef U*
Its Human Vtetlmo—Faw Queer
Instance* Cited.
The entice played by lightning are
sometimes aim .vat beyond belief A\
common trtek la that of undressing,
its victims la IMS two girls sad wa‘
elderly woman were standing by a
reaping machine during a atom. A
lightning Bash struck the woman and
hilled her on the spot, white th* two
gtrlx were stripped to tbo thwtj even
their boots brine tors from heir feet.
Other-they wore sat* and sound,
hut astonished
In !kS5 a man was rtruck bv light-
ning near V&Uerola, in Frame suit
•(ripped naked. All that -osld be
found afterward of his rloibee was a
shirt sleeve, a few (fiber shreds and
some pieces ot hi* bob nailed boots.
-
regained (fjt.rriquefiesn,
eyes, eomnlataed of the cot
qutred how he happened tc
Kucb Inataareajtavtj been
again and again. ' In’ one
sml two oxen w»r* struck
ouslt, and all three filled
was found stripped to lbs skin
hit boot# had been carried
yards away.
says
writ3 the eminent French
user, 'hahtnin* baa boon
spill t.vu tn half, almost at
huge a* Ob tune kb. l**k. this
peced tu a miller s assistant at a w!
mill near Crete Th* Hghtnipg etc
him and spilt him from ht» hand de
ward In two.”
Turkish Titles
To these who find Tarkieb
and titles puzxllng it may be g
remember that 'pasha 1*
Turkish title cceferred pc*
*b# sultan, and the nob on
which cant** *rn j.i>(ts
conferred on military
and so on. whose
sufficiently high All oilier
*• tga, bey, off*
additions to nanice,
and fast rule*. Gov
are hoys, so .stay it
rank many military
meat officials. An a _
occupying a cmMct pv,
merely a retired elite an s
Fa
names beta* *isnws • known. I
of (he men are gewa'lv
historical, tp watch f* »»-a
sn appropriate bm
thing but *(fi»p!iui»ul*iy
way yus get nock re '
Kucl.ua f“Utt!*"> AH
tut H*t».
gratitude
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