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Try “Doing Unto Others as You Would They Should Do Unto You'o« Whole Day By Beetrlo* Fairfax. T .9 a linage fed Chet ao matter how downtrodden and abend we consider ourselves. we. in our ten an quite ready to do oer share oT Che treading and abuetag when the opportunity comae Take. Her Inelenoe, the girl who works Is e factory. As a nils she In down am. the foreman. She thinks he treeU her •etklrty. demands too much work o< bar and does not spook as «MDy ee ha should. When that gM goes shopping, is she always polite end patient with th* gtrf who watts oa her? e patron at the shop, eh* a tends, for th* time being. In a position ‘ attention tram the saleswoman, and eery otto*. I am sorry to say, - (he privilege by being disagreeable and Impatient la other words, ah* le behaving exactly la the way in which she complain* the foreman treats her. Most at poo know the Golden Rale at th* Scriptures. If act. hoe* It la: "Do onto others as re would they should do unto fos. Jest try that rale tor one day and see If at th* end of the day you wont have n happy feeling ot satisfaction. A tree lady never treat* those over whom she la placed In authority as thoogh ibijr vtra htr inferiors. As Mag as you era doing the work appointed you in a satisfactory issuer gee era ao one's inferior. Tha girt who is In domestic service must realise thet h'r mistress in th* rain—Ised band ot th* bouse, and as tong as she la treated fairly she in her tan ahoald do her work to the beet of her ability. Yea ahoald never take mosey unto** you can give cn adequate return tar tL Don't grumble and think that yon are not being treated fairly unless In votf tnmodt hurt mv know it to bo untrue. ** honestly feel that yds are being put upon, try and better Don't always feel that the person In authority over yen Is down on you; K you week tn that spirit you will never get oa. And even supposing that such should be the enso. Is th V. any reason why yon bhould treat others In th* earn* way when you have the ehnnee? The Stenographer who Is most Indignant nt the manntr la which her em ployer treats her treats th* office boy In exactly the earn* way. and th* office boy in his term M equally harsh with th* little street a rub. It la Ike traveling ha a circle, isn’t It? end don't you think If you ere one mt thq Hake la that circle it would be a good thng to break away from It? whoa you pet up tomorrow morning any to yourself. "For this whole day Its going ho net as though I Ilk* every aae end every on* like* mo and the world le ll bright end beautiful. I’m gong to treat every on* in exactly the seme way as I would like them to treat me." It*e aa eager!moat worth trying, you know, and I wish all my girl friends ; try tt.and then write end tell mi bow It succeeded. remember to try It when yon go Into on* cf tha big crowded behind th* counter have to be patient end polite all day long i of women who half th* Use don’t know whet they want and In atat ea hawing doaens of drawers and boxes opened, luces unrolled or dresses tried aa. oaty to take a *amph». or murmur vaguely that they "don't quits know—theyll coma back again," and then walk out wlthoot having bought am neat’* worth. So, when the shop girl seems uninterested or cross when you ask her for •oanddaffi don’t think the fueling is directed toward you personally; It la dftested against the women In general who have brought her to this state of trrttattoa by being disagreeable to hsr and not raallslng that while they have eae to deal with the had hundreds A sympathetic remark or emit* will brighten her ap wonderfully. Try It. —MOW York Journal. Japan in Victory and Defeat. A. Maurice I~ow. A PAN shown that aha possesses ail the qaaUtlos that to forns the asm of national greatness; she has exhibited tn sock marked degree that aha has won the world’s ad miration. the admiration even of her political opponents. She has displayed the qualities of ooerage, patriotism, far-seeing •ntaDlgence; the Japanese are a military as weti as a commar Sal people: on aaa as well as on land they have shown the ro of their craft. Mow, a nation so richly endowed as this Is no ke destroyed by (Meat (If defeat comes) by preponderating force eaa ha rendered sterile beans# a growing crop hes been laid low am tils si attack of hall, rain aad scorching nan. It is within the pees!buttles that Japan may meet with reverses, that In the coarse Inmpheat progress then may cook a tiara when she can make no end way. aad (he result may be a stalemate. Sven so. tf the worst td she mast star for pence, her defeat will no more mean her political egaoenent than the entry of Oermna troops into Parte la 1*71 stilled the votes of name la tha Hosanna of There Is only nos phase of the character of the Jepaaese of which we know nothing. We should Hk# to know If they can be ae resolute In defeat aa they have shown themselves restrained la victory. Bo far. the reports of the Japanese naval aad military tern menders have been models of modest brevity- Phots have been stated la the movt concise terms, aad deeds ef rare heroism have been recorded in langsagn so tans (hit It almost seemed ns H Japan elans la all the world were aalmpreesvd by the-devotion and aonrage of her defenders. We know, however that the Jepaaeee are wanting la neither Imagine tier or feeling: bat their emotions do not anally rise la fha surface, and they glory la their self-control. The history of the world has shown that the Asiatic has never been able to stand ap aader severeIWICfMt Defeat destroys Ms morale, sad with the fatalism In separable from his character ha hows his head to the laevltable aad walta la stolid hopelessness antll Kismet shall one# more revolve the wheel la Ms direction. Bet the JMeases are the parados of Asia; of all Asiatics they are the least Asiatic, f have always been Impressed by the fact that the aetident of geography has had n tremendous tnflaeaca epos the Jepaaeee dturaatar. and that It Is beeseae (hey are aa Island people that they era today dtoarowlag an the ararid*s preecnestvsd theories. For the Japan sen are la an ton tha ana Island nation, aad the profound mystery of the sea Is never morn proton ndTy revealed than la the unconscious effect It baa on (he share Otar and moral gbre of a people whoso very blood reas more quickly geesase fha salt of the eaa la la their veins aad their faces have bean washed hg the spams ef the oeaan—Th Forum. NEWS TIJMMJGIOUT HE COUNTRY Paragraph* of Minor Importance Gathered From Many Bourses. Through the South. Maine arena*, Knoxville, threaten! to cave In. Two prisoners got Into a stabbing affray In Roanoke Jail. Mrs. Edna Oladstun, a pensioner ot the war of IfU, died at Onassville Va. A negro preacher who advocated aortal equality la warmed to leave West Point. Mias. In the race of tha warship# from Block Island to the Chesapeake the Colombia outran tha Minneapolis. Great Interest la manifested In the Democratic nomination for the House In the Fifth Maryland district. Thera Is e vigorous contest In the Fourth Virginia district for the Dem ocratic nomination for the House of Representatives. There was great excitement among the crabbers of Tangier Island about a proposed leas* of crabbing ground for an oyster farm. Tha court of investigation that has been looking Into tha lynching caves at Btatasboro, Ge., has decided that (ha identity of the lynchers cannot bo found oat. Washington Happenings. An interesting question has been raised as to tha status ot Mrs. May brick. Tha opinion prevails among government official* in Washington that she is entitled to American citi zenship. The exports of manufactures for May. Jane and July exceeded the ex ports of farm products by nearly |i<. 004,000. The bouse in Washington once oc cupied by Daniel Webster Is to be torn down and the site used for u police court building. Army officers tn Washington ure now deeply absorbed Is the forthcom ing army manoeuvres in Virginia. Foreign powers object to the free dom accorded American sailors abroad, because they tear it will cause discontent in their own navies Ex-Consul O'Reilly, who years ago shot a queen of Zanxibar for bathing In front of him consulate, is ill in Washington. RapreseatsUrs Babcock called an Representative Cowherd to exchange Congressional campaign documents In the North. Bdwln W. Hagai-, a Springfield manufacturer, was killed by bla au tomobile. A mob charged a Chicago aalooo In which a number of strlke-breaken had taken refuge. The Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineer* supported the demand of New York motormen for $3.60 per day In the subway. Miss Josephine Williams has bceu taken to jail at Franklin. Ind, from which her sweetheart had just es caped. Hon. D. B. Hill announced that he would retire from politics after Jen uary 1 next, no matter how the elec tion results. Th* pssssager steamers Cygnus and Ross dels, both of which run to Coney Island, were in collision Monday night at tbs West Twenty-second street pier. New York. None of the 300 passengers was Injured, hot th* Cygnus was so badly damaged that Us had to bt takes to Brie Basin for repairs. Senator C. W. Fairbanks made his first speech of this campaign at White River Junction, Vt, defending the Roosevelt administration and claim ing the He pa Mica ns have brought about an the good times. Rev. T. 8. L/olaad, a Methodist min ister at Victor, Col, was arrested with two WoeUm Federation men, who are alleged to have shot at depu ty shertBs. A request hr the Chicago pacblag oouae strikers tor a conference with Uw packers was refused by the pack ers. ParalflA Alfa Ira. Tha AnhMabop of Cutafbarr prcacbod Bandar to Qoobao. ' •Itaor latata Moadi. tha acolptor, haa mom hla Bght tor raoagaltloo by tha truataoa of tha Matropontaa Urn aa«M of Art and la to bar# hla Batura all* group placad oa axklbttloa to tha MEAT FAMINE SURE TUs Aftwd To Be Tke Only Metis of SettHif Strike BOYCOTT IS MADE ALL-INCLUSIVE ■ - An extreme Step Taken by toe Strike t-Mdera at Chlcage, Indicating Their Intention to Fight to a Finish—All Packing letabllshmenta Whatsoever brought Under toe ban. Chicago. Special.—"A meat famine will be forced at *U coats. It la th* beat weapon with which to light tha trust packers, although it may not b* welcomed by the independents.” In these words President Donnelly, of the batchers' national organisation, de clared a boycott against all meat and announced that union men will quit In nil packing establishments this af ternoon regard lean of where live stock is secured. Donnelly's announcement was and* at th* conclusion of n meeting of th* silled trade* conference board. The executive board of th* Retail Mat Dealers' Association of Chicago had Just been In conference with l(r. Donnelly end his associates, having come to ask certain concessions for th* In depan dant packers and to eeek au thority to attempt to bring about a masting between the packers and representative* of the striker*. By ignoring tha** Is teat attempts at paaca and adopting such an aggres sive step, th* strike leaders demon strated the intention to make It a fight to a finish. Indications are that the five Independent peckers within th* stockyards enclosure will >oin tha big packars in their fight, while those out side will endeavor to continue opera tion with anion crews. Within th* yards th* Independents are obviously preparing for war, a wagon load of cota having been taken to one plant. The pollc* record of the strike at tha iitoekyards station to data reads: ''As sault*. 46; morders, 4; accidents. >7; removed to hospitals, «S.” Fairbanks In Missouri. Kansas City. Mo., Special.—San*tor Charles W. Fairbanks, formally visaed the Republican campaign la Missouri Friday night The day was devoted largely by Senator Fairbanks In a visit to Kansas city. Kansas, where he made a brief address At a meeting in Kan sas City, reference was again mads to Senator Fairbanks’ availability as a Presidential candidate. It came from State Senator Cubblson, who presided over the meeting. He said that all that bad to be done now was to elect him to the vice presidency and then nominate and elect him President four years hence. Senator Fairbanks spoke in Ugh terms of Roosevelt, saying that -among all the splendid men who had occupied tha White House, nooe had manifested a higher purpose than President Roosevelt to secure the wel fare of tha entire people of the coun try.” Two Killed In Elevator Car. Chicago, Special.—Two people were killed ijid six seriously Injured by the falling of an slevator In the store of Sean, Roebuck A Company Friday af ternoon. The passenger elevator ordi narily usad In tbs building was out of repair and the freight elevator was used daring the gay by the customers sad employes. While n load of passen gers was being carried up. tha cable parted, allowing the elevator, with Its load of tan people, to fall three stories. Tha conductor of the elevator Philip Caldwell, was Instantly killed, and Mrs Kata Hayes, M years old, was so badly hurt that she died this evening In the hospital. Blx others of tha people who were In the elevator at the time of tha accident were injured, but not totally. An Evangelist e Forger. Roanoke, Special.—Rev. L. P. Mar tin, aa evangelist, arrested here last Sunday, la badly wanted by the gov ernment for raising money orders. PoetoStoe Inspector M. W. Malone ar rived her* from Washington and swore out s warrant before United States Commissioner White against Martin. Malone says be has every rseeon to believe that Martin Is guil ty of having raised a Urge number of money orders In Virginia daring the lest few months Recently, la Phila delphia. Martin. It Is alleged, made more than fi.oOO by this scheme. Melons.has a his poeeeaaton a num ber of the raised orders. Martin this evening admitted hie gallt Aa UMmnting. Aa altiasatam was leaned by tha mtoe operators to their map fas 00® frrmns at KanvtUe Thareday after aoea. It wee to accept n 7 per oast redaction or oett. With that tha op erators left the conference and the miners went Into a secret see si on to discuss the propoaltkm. They did sot reaeh aa agreement, hat met again Friday. _ Near* Teeratsrs Strike. New Orleeah, SlsclnJ.—A etrlks of the aegre taeamtefe who heal oottoa Friday. Not • owed la the city the effort* to hrtal 4 PROF. J. F. BIVINS KILLED Prominent Young educator Meeti Tragic Death. Durham, Bpeclal.—Prof. J. F. Birina, h Ad matter of Trinity Park School, waa killed Monday morning by falling from a train on the Seaboard road about six miles from Durham. He waa returning with hit bride of lire day* from a trip to Virginia Beach. The ao cident that caused the sudden, taking off of Prof. Birins haa cast a shadow or gloqm over the collage community | and In fact over the entire town. No Occident In years has caused such gen eral outburst of sympathy and sadnesa The wife did not ktfow that her hue band was killed until the train pulled In here. He was taken to the baggage car and she remained In the passenger end of the car. She waa kept in Ignor ance ot the fact* until reaching hart, this being done In order to have medi cal attention as soon as possible. Prof. Birin* had retired to the rear platform of the train to smoke, and whea the train gave a sudden lurch h* was thrown to the track, bis head striking a tit and death resulting almost In stantly. Labor Day at Asheville. Asheville, Special—Labor Day In Asheville was generally observed. Nearly all the business houses of the city ware closed at noon. The city market doted at 10 o'clock, the poet office observed Sunday hour* and the the employee of the Internal Revenue Department are off on a holiday. The large majority of the laboring people have bean given a day off and these with their families are at Riverside Park to witness and participate In the events arranged by the Labor Day committee. The day dawned cool and cloudy and during the early hours of the morning It looked as though rain would mar the pleasures of the day. Later, however, there was a break In the clouds, the sun shone feebly and the day has passed without rain. Salisbury, Special—Labor Day here extended Into the night. Jupiter Plu ▼las did the honors In the morning, but a grand pyrotechnic display is on at night. Tbs celebration is far more largely attended than it promised to be in the morning. The town was full of visitors, though, of course, the gen eral celebration throughout the State kept people along the railroads from coming hers. First Vlce-Preddent Canton at the International Associa tion of Machinists, made a fine address in the tabernacle at 1:30. Shortly af terwards the parade began. Notwith standing the steady downpour of rain during the night and morning, the floats ware in good condition and mads s pretty spectacle. The blacksmiths were awarded the prise tor the pret tiest float and the carpenters had the beat equipped men. The clerks re ceived a complimentary vote for tffelr personal pulchritude, having the beet looking float of an. Representing no particular business, they did not com pete for a prise. Charlotte, Special—Monday was ob served here as a holiday by practically the entire city. A very large parade of the labor unions In uniform was a feature of the occasion. Good speak ing, appropriate to the day at Latta Park followed the parade. Amuse ments followed the speaking and a grand ball at night dosed a pleasant day's programme. Lyncher* Surrender. Bute* boro. On., Special.— Perry Bara**, Henry Barnes and Wesley Waters, charged with the beating and killing of the negro Sebastlne Mc Bride last Saturday night week, came la Monday and surrendered to Sheriff J. Z. Kendrick. They will be given a preliminary hearing tomorrow be fore Judge B. D. Holland. Tar Heel Topics. Ornnd Beretary Drewry, of the Grand Lodge of Masons, says that on ly I1S.OOO yet remained uncollected of the bounding fund for the Masonic Temple. It la not the purpose to be gin work until spring, as the somber of minor details are being arranged. The corporation commission Is ad rtsed of the completion of the North State Hallway. See and one-half miles In length, from Cardenas, which la on the Raleigh * Cape rear Railway, to Aagller. K. B. Johnson owns the road, tha capital stock of which Is 91S.000. It la a standard gangs road. Arrested far Murder end Assault. Clarktoa, Speeial.-Netll Sellers and Dave Brown, colored, directed for crim inally assaulting and IdlNng Mrs. Oeo. Packer here Saturday, were lodged la Nil at Bliss beta tows Sunday, after s uarrow escape from a crowd of ea raged dtlaeaa The evidence against the mea N apparently conclusive. The crime wee erne of the meet etrociooa i I > 0 NORTH STATE ITEMS Occurrence,! of Interest In Various Parts of the State. A. A N. C. Road Leased. Newborn, Special.—The stockholder* of the Atlantic tt North Carolina Rall reed. In aoaelon at Borohead City, Thursday afternoon, voted—891 to 97— to lease the road to R. 8. Howland, of Asheville. The State vote was cast for the lease. It was a distinguished gathering which met to decide on the question of tha lease of the road. Last night It waa said the desfl had really been con summeted, needing only official en doroemenL Tha local Into rest waa sat isfied tha lease would be made and there waa no crowd attending the meeting here, but outsiders were In evidence. Bx-Oovenior Jarvis, J. H. Pou, Governor Aycock and Msaara. Beckwith and Ballard, members of the board of Internal Improvement; Judge Womack, Colonel Davidson and Attar - caw General Gilmer, were among those present Shortly after 11 o'clock the meeting of stockholders was called to order by President J. a. Bryan, who nominated J. B. Robinson, for temporary chair man. Oeorgw Green secretary and C. U Btevao* a so latent secretary. On call tt was shown that s quorum waa present. The chairman declared the meeting or ganised. President Bryan said It waa tha desire of Governor Aycock that the meeting adjourned to meet at Bore bead City, and on motion adjournment waa taken to meat at t p. m.. at the Atlantlo Hotel at More bead. Special oars were provided and the crowd at once board ed these, which were attached to a Shoofly train, which was held. The stockholders took dinner at the Atlan tic Hotel at (heir own expense, and It was 4 o’clock before the meeting waa called he order. The proxies’ report waa read by the secretary and adopted, it Showed 17.J6S shares, represented with I. 410 rotas. Tha temporary organisa tion waa mads permanent Btata Proxy J. W. Grainger, said tha Governor haul rreMvsd two propositions for a lease cf tha Atlantlo A North Carolina, upon which he and Mr. Ballard agreed aa favorable. By mistake the secretary read a proposition from a Philadelphia syndicate, this being withdrawn before the meeting The proposed corporation to be known aa the Goldsboro, Newbern * Morebead City Railroad Company, signed by W. L. Kennedy, E. B. Bor den, William Dunn, W. 8. Chadwick, name a lease proposition tor 93, to pay nama A laaaa nmnnalHnn fftr M year*, to pay > . per cent. Bret M years, 3 Vi tbe third tan years and then 4, ’ 4H and 6 per cent each successive tan yeart, and 6 par cent, the balance of the time. Vi rions provisions ware Included to pro vide for interest on bonded debt, pay ment of taxes daring lease, meeting all expenses, keeping property np and sub ject to expart examination by State; also to protect the road from damagee. accept supplies on hand at market val ue. secure nil rentals, deposit 11,000, 000 ss security. The Howland proposi tion covered ansae Interest rates for • term of years and was for 91 years and four months. It also agreed upon the various provisions as the first propo sition snfl In addition agreed upon an expenditure of $960,000 for betterment on the road during the first three years, the lease to he in the name of R. 8. Howland, or the Howland Improve ment Company, of North Carolina. When the proposition* were read EJ. C. Duncan offered a resolution that the Howland proposition he accepted. Col. Theo. F. Davidson was given permis sion to make a few remarke. He gave a sketch of Howland, of his $300,000 in vestment in Western North Caroline, bis character and his reputation among the people of Asheville, among whom be was bald In high esteem. He also told of his property holdings In Rhode Island, California and Cuba, C. E. Foy said ba was against the lease and en tered a protect, giving warning that If a laasa was given Its validity would ba tasted In court. C. A. Flowers, hold ing stock proxy for Pamlico county, ■aid he agreed with Mr. Foy. His peo ple would favor leans for 98 years at 5 per cant, with 1 per cent added each additional tan years, with a security deposit by lsseas of $1,600,000. Govern or Jarvis favored tbe lease and spoke eloquently, to which Mr. For again re plied. opposing the lease by private stockholders of the road to Hqwland. On a vote on the Duncan resolution 1*3 tavorsd It and *7 were against, the State vote being east for laaaa. Watson Addraaaai Pspulist*. Atlanta, da.. Special.—Thor E. Watson, candidate for Prsaldcnt of Us Psopls’s party, addrsaosd aa Immense andlsacs la tbs hall of tho House of Representatives of the Georgia Legis lature. The address wee dvMvered at the dosing session of the Stair con vention of the Oeorgta Populists, -which met this afternoon, selected electors nod endorsed the nomination of Mr. Watson for the presidency. Death of Hen. Kerr Craig. Washington, Special.—Hon. Kerr Craig, of Worth Carolina, died at the Columbia University Hospital Thurs day night of vahrolar dissent of the heart. Three cone and two daughters were at hie bedside end they accompa nied the reanalaa to his lata home la Salisbury, N. C.. tonight. He was a well-known lawyer and wee prominent In North Carolina politics. Daring the civil wmr he was an officer la the Con federate army. He wee Third Assistant Post7eater General daring Cleveland's second administration. In Mr. Cleve land's first term Mr. Craig wee In ternal ravenoe collector for North Carolina. Well-Known Virginian Dead In Wash higten, Washington, Special—Judge Oeorge - Reilly, a well-known character, died here at the Waehlegtoa Anytnm Hos pital from the effects of a heat stroke suffered some time ago. Halting from Virata la. ho at various times held public offices there and was a Judge of the Southern Claims Commission for that State Twice be was United States consul to places la Veoeuoeta and Deo at mu time was eousal to Caaelhur, to srhleh oMees he woe ap pointed hr Republican Presidents.
Richmond Headlight (Rockingham, N.C.)
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