The Danbury Reporter.
VOLUME XXXlri*
LETTER I- ROM DOG-KILLER.
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Happiness, What It Is and How to
Obtair It—What Great Men and
Woiften Have Said On the
' Subject.
Mr. Editor:
As I .liavy been requested to
write a number of nrtieles for the,
Reporter during t|»e year, to be
gin with, I s asnd you a few
thonghts on happiness. As hap
piness is or should be the chief
concern of life, both here and in
the life to come and everyb >dy
wants to be happy, I want to say
that I wish you and the many read
ers of your paper a "Happy New
Year." But this wish conveys
nothing of value to any of yoo,
save a knowledge of the fact that
you all have my ifood will. So I ac
company my wish with some sug
gestions which I trust may help
yon all to attain to ami enj >y the
thing I wish, namely, "Happi.
ness."
It is supposed that there are
abont 250,000 or less real thinkers
in the country. And for nearly
twelve months I have been gather
ing np and keeping as precious
jewels what some of these people
have said about Happiness. I
subjoin a few of their sayings.
In the Chicago Examiner, Rev,'
fhm- Qmory, in #p»wer to the
qqa«M OD: f, 59 w happiness to
" be found?" say*: "There is but
one answer —it'is to be found in
peace with one'* self * * * Peace
wijii one'* self | That is the only
real happiness.
'•'Some h®Ve tried to find the
snmmnin bonuta along the way of
ambition and glory. But Caesar
ran op against an assassin's dagger.
Hannibal wound up by committing
•nicide, and the great Napoleon
died broken-hearted and miserable
upon a lone rook in the sea.
"Others have »ongbt happiness
along the way of beauty, but his
tory tells us that miserable was
the death of Cleopatra, and Nell
Gwynne, Aloibiqdes and Abelard.
In bitter disappointment died
they, one and all. Where, then,
•hall happiness be found? There
is but onw answer —in the eternal
saorifice of self.
"He is happy who does not care
to be happy; who is so busy think
' ing of others that he has no time
to think of himself—who finds the
only happiness he cares about in
being tha means of happiness to
others.
. "To know that you have done
| your duty—that you have not for.
- gotten father or mother, or wife,
or children or friend—that you
have always acted out of your bet
ter part wheu conscience has
sounded her bugle-call—that is
happiness, the only kind of hap
piness that is worth taking account
of.
"Throw self, like a rook, into the
sea, fbrget all about your little
pet personal interests, make
your joy the joy of the great
humanity to which you belong, and
~i your cup there will be no bitter
ness, in your life no disappoint
ment or regret.
"I know this—and what I know
I tell to the world, without money
and without price."
Dr. E.D.Eddy, Salinas, Cal.,
•ays: "Happiness is living in'
exact acoord with the Creator's
design Perfect understanding
and mastery of self."
J. E. Walters, Enid, Okla.,says:
"To be happy we must first do
some good act."
W. D. Miller, Sarco, Mont., says:
"Happiness is a smiling rose,
A queen in nature's fair domain;
Yes, it's there, and all those
Who search, search not in vaiu."
Lena E. Fuller, Rogers, Ark.,
says: "Happiuess is living in
harmony with your environments."
Mrs. E. Heiner, Lincoln, Neb.,
says: "True happiness is found
not in indulgence of pride and lux
ury, not in momentary pleasure,
not in gratifying our physical
desires, nor can it' be gained in
any exterior enjoyment. True
happiness comes from within.
Ol>edience perfeot and perpetual 'o
the voice within."
F. E. Burrow, Lorio, Ark., says:
' Happiness chief purpose
of life, and one's own happiness is
frequently the result of the happi
ness of others." _ »
S. S. Hugheß,
says: ' "Happyiess W 1 «ihe daily
consciousness of \/ork vfcelj done."
D. Alexander'Kellfey, Waco. Tux ,
says: "Our happiness here and
hereafter consists 'in improving
the now." ' .
Beatrice F. Phillips, San Fran
cisco, Cal., saysi 1 "There is no
greater happiness to be found on
earth than that born of the
thought that you have imparted
happiness to a fellow being either
by a word of good cheer, a kind
deed or by an act of self-sacrifice."
William E. Towne, Editor
"Points," a magazine of advanced
thought, Holyoke,, Mass. says:
"Real happiness is that content of
mind which comes from a oon
scious union with the Supreme
Principle of Being—a willingness
to let this principle find expression
through us."
Here, I pause to say that both
ifayTow-na u,-..' hit v.- ',.* Eliz.itx/.n,
are two of tfitTleading thinkers of
.the land. Many times have I
feasted on rich gems of thought
from their fertile brains. Mr.
Towne says that the chief pur
pose or aim of life is to express
as fully as possible the Divine
Principle in which we live and
move and have our being."
Some one said: ''Be good and
you will be happy."
A. P. Barton, Editor of "Life,"
a magazine of advanced thought,
Kansas City, Mo., says: "Happi
ness is a state of felicity and satis
faction with one's lot, environment
and progress through effort. Full
gratification of every desire would
not result in happiness, but in
stagnation and misery."
Allen Haddock, Editor "Human
Nature," a phrenological magazine
of advanced thought, San Francis
oo, Cal., in speaking of happiness
says:
"Tis not to any rank confined,
But dwells in every honest mind."
Then Mr. Haddock adds: "The
greatest amount of happiness
arises from the exercise of the
superior organs of the brain,
namely, the moral and religious
faculties; and the chief aim in life
for persons so well endowed, is to
do good and lead men into those
higher latitudes in which they
themselves have found such un
told pleasure."
Dr. Edward H. Cowles, Editor
of "Thoughts New and Old," a
magazine of progressive thought,
Santa Cruz, Cal., says: "Happi
ness is the realization, apprecia
tion, and enjoyment of what we
have every hour and day."
Dr. Geo. F. Butler, Editor of
"How to Live," a magazine of
right living, Chicago, 111., says:
"Happiness consists in properly
treating what we have, and . does
not depend on the treatment of
what we have not. I mean by
this a gladness of heart and soul
regardless of possession or the
vicissitudes of life. It is a con
dition of being—something that
comes from within and not with
out."
DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1900.
GOV. GLENN MAKES
HIT AT WASHINGTON
I SEBbEm ■ ' :
' Hi '
"I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR THE SUNNY SOUTH, BUT
I SAY THAT THERE IS NO DANGER OF THE ARMS OF
THE SOUTH EVER BEING RAISED IN ANY CAUSE EX
CEPT FOR THE HONOR AND GLORY OF THE UNION."
The above words were spoken by Governor Glenn, of North Caro
liana, at Washington, in an address to the National Guard Association,
last Wednesday. The eloquent words took the members of the Asso
ciation by storm.
The guardsmen oheered again and again. It was probably the most
marked demonstration of spontaneous enthusiam seen during the
whole session of the convention, The declaration came at the close
of a forceful refutation of the argument that great stores of arms,
ammunition and other military equipment should be placed in State
armories for fear that they might be used in rebellion against the
general government.' Governor Glenn referred to the civil war and to
the evidence afforded in the Spanish-American war of the healing of
the wounds of interneoine strife and of the demonstration of the ex
istence of the brighest patriotism in every section of a united
country.
Speaking of legislation in behalf of the national guard, he said he
had personally been assured that it would receive the heartiest sup
port from the Senators and Representatives from North Carolina. The
Governor said he was heart and soul in favor of everything tending
to further the interests of the national guard. "I revere every man
who belongs to it" he said, whether he came from north or south of
the Mason and Dixon line."
Some of the visiting North Carolinians attribute the selection of a
Southern city as the next place of meeting to Governor Glenn's speech.
Three cheers were given the Governor at the close of 1 his address.
Harry Gillington Brook, Editor
"Care of the Body," says that the
chief aim of life is to "think to do
a little good everyday, first to
one's own and then to one's neigh
bors."
Prof. Edward B. Warman, Los
Angeles, Cal., says: "Happiness is
the consciousness of doing our
duty. Our greatest happiness is
reflex: It is that which comes
baok to us from the joy we have
given others."
S. L. Roberts says: "Happi
ness consists in loving God su
premely and our fellow men as
ourselves: this is to do good."
Mary J. Scott, Butfalo, N. Y.,
says: "Happiness is the soul of
well doing."
Frank B Odell, Waterson, N.
Y., says: "Happiness is another
name for a continuous approval of
the conscience."
Henry Pittock, Holand, Mich.,
in spealring of happiness says: "I
am now enjoying muoh of it and
have been for years. I will give
a receipt that I find never fails,
and may it find lodgment in many
minds: "Christ for me, Christ
in me, complete in Him."
R. J. Raymond, Raymond Inst.,
Minneapolis, Minn., in speaking
of rest and happiness:
"Rest is not quitting
The busy career;
Rest is the fitting
Of self to one's sphere."
Count Tolstoi says: "Human
happiness is only attainable when
STOKES AND CAROLINA.
eaoh individual will do his utmost
—one in the workshop, another in '
the field and another to compose
sonatas. It only matters that
each fulfils his duty, creates some
good positive, and rest will come
of itself."
While Ido not pretend to put
myself alongside of, or in the test
with all these thinkers, I wish to
say that my idea of true happiness
is: that holy and peaceful calm
that comes to us from a knowledge
or consiciousness that we have
been and ty;e discharging all our
duties to our fellow man, to our
God and to ourselves. This is to
meet the end of our being, or fill
our mission on earth and be free
from an accusing conscience, and
know and feel the value of the
human soul.
DOG-KILLER.
A HEALING GOSPEL.
The Rev. J. C, Warren, pastor
of Sharon Baptist Church, Belair,
Ga., says of Electric Bitters: "It's
a Godsend to mankind. It oured
me of lame back, stiff joints, and
complete physical collapse. I was
so weak it took me half an hour to
walk a mile. Two bottles of Elec
tric Bitters have made me so
strong I have just walked three
miles in 50 minutes and feel like
walking three more. It's made a
new man of me." Greatest reme
dy for weakness and all Stomach,
Liver and Kidney oomplains. Sold
I under gurantee at at all Drug
I -*r. Price 50c.
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BIG LEAF SALE.
Mr. J. Spot Taylor Sold 4,837 Pounds
at Brown's Warehouse For Which
He Received $837.21
Mr. J. Spot Taylor, of Danbury,
Stokes county, sold at Brown's
Warehouse yesterday 4,837 pounds
of leaf tobacco from which he re
alized $837.21. The poorest lot
, brought 8f cents per pound and
the best 50 cents per pound. The
, entire lot was strung out in piles
in one long row clear across the
, warehouse floors and the bidding
for it was quite lively.
, It is well known that Mr. Tay
lor is the largest grower of leaf to
, bacco in this region and the most
scientific and successful.—Wins
, ton Journal.
»
The spring term of Stokes
, court will convene this year on
May 7th. Judge R. B. Peobles,
, of Northampton county, will pre.
aide over the term.