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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. FEBRUARY 22. 1906
DON’T GOSSIP CLUB.
i be Organized by
Portland.
Girla
First Thing Girla Ought to Have
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TO THE EDITOR TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT.
No one can help girls to a life purpose ;
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more than their teachers. No persona ■
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have more reason to help them to such
distinction. Faithful teachers, equally
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with the doting parente, would secure
an accomplish»! womanhood. The very
in office. Taxes paid for nons
first condition is a noble purpose.
Residents.
Teachers must understand that, and
seek to inspire pupils with this laudable
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spirit of emulation. There is a wide
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field of illustration to draw from, aud
example will prove more powerful than
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precept to stir and engage ¡the heart.
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Here biography, faithful and true, will
come to the aid of both teachers and par.
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ents, furnishing the highest incentives to
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personal aim and strong endavor. Es­
pecially do examples of our own times ***•*?? a
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stimulate to well-directed effort. In
T illamook ,
O regon .
Mary Lyon girla can discover a purpose
that knew no defeat. Resolving, at
twelve years of age, to become a teacher
CARL HABERLACH,
that her womanhood might prove use­
ful, she bent her energies to that object,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
and triumphed over poverty and ob­
scurity to accomplish it. She scarcely
Skutachev ¿Abvokat,
expected to rise higher than the teacher
of a district school; but true merit is
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rewarded lievond its expectation ; and so
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she became the founder of Mount Holy­
oke Female Seminary. She taught
3,000 girls in her day, one thousand of
Up to date Harness Shop. The only complete shop of the
whom became teachers in their time. kind in Tillamook county. I handle no shoddy goods, but my
GOYNE,
If each of these instructed only one prices will compare with those that do.
hundred pupils, they would have taught
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100.000 citizens. Several hundred of I
them became the wives ot ministers, and
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forty of them became missionaries, their
influence thus extending to other lands
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It would be quite impossible to estimate
the influence of one such woman as
Mary Lyon—greater even than that of
most statesmen who have lived and
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died. The btudy of such an example ot
J. P. ALiLtEjM, Proprietor.
unfaltering purpose, self-reliance, in­
dustry, integrity, and victorious pro­
gress, will prove a healthful, powerful
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stimulant to thoughtful girls.
Special Attention paid to Tourists.
G. A. W alker .
A First Class Table. Comfortable Beds and Accommodation.
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Hebo. Ore.
They ought to have a life purp ,se as
f you are a voung women fond of clear-cut and well-defined as ever inspir­
cussing your neighbor's affaire and of ed the heart ol a boy. Having as much
ling out-of.school tales, good or evil, at stake, they ought to be as wise and
j are not eligible to membership in a influential, and make a mark upon the
iv organization.
world as deep and lasting. Without a
t is the Anti-Gossip Club, recently fixed, all-absorbing purpose, such a re­
ined lor the purpose of putting a stop sult is impossible. Circumstances must
idle conversations, and only those bend to girls as they must to bovs in the
io will consent to refrain from foolish pursuit of life.and difficulties must dwin­
itter will be permitted to sign the dle, and obstacles be surmounted by
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their inevitable wills, if they would ac­
.'lie movement has been started by | complish an honorable and triumphant
feral prominent young women, who mission. We do uot mean willful girls,
is wispered. are pledged to secreey re- but girls with wills to resist, endure,
rding the full scope of the club's persist, und conquer, in distinction from
>rk ; therefore,
there are only the weak and vacillating .apologies for
[lines of what they intend .to ¡do. It girls who float likeja dead stick upon the
(said, however, that when a member current of life, tossed hither and thither
■cakes therule she must forfeit a nickel; upon the troubled waters.
Lis will lie put into a bank for the gen­
“Girls are aimless,” remarked a teach­
ial charity fund, and the amount will
er of considerable celebrity.
It was
C used at Cbristmasiide "to make (he
another way of saying that girls are
iorld better.”
not stimulated and guided by an un­
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faltering purpose. As compared with
"It is true,” admitted a bright, pret-
boys, “girls are aimless," without ques­
r girl, yesterday, “that some of mv
lends have started such a society, but tion ; nor are they wholly to blame for
it, if we regard their circumstances, for
do not know how long they will hold
society lias not demanded that girls
■gether.
should possess definite aims. Its man­
"Such a club is certainly a good thing
■there is no question about that. When- ners and customes have been formed
aud maintained upon the expectation of
jer a lot ot girls meet at one place, they
aimlessness on their part. How different
re sure to discuss some absent one, and
ften the remarks are not kind, although with the boys ! An aimless boy has been
tabooed as shiftless and lacking spirit.
le girls really do not mean to be un-
Because he does not positively assert, by
leasant. Groundless rumors are often
■osslv exaggerated, and if a girl isn't well-defined and persistent effort. "I will
be a farmer ;" or, “1 will be a merchant;’’
ireful she soou becomes a confirmed
or, "I will be an artist;” or, “I will be
ittler.”
a lawyer,” or some other useful toiler,
Rev. J. Whitcomb Brougher, D. D., is
be is classed with drones and labeled "in.
strong advocate of such an organiza-
efficient.” A "boy of spirit” has ex­
It
is
his
opinion
that
au
Anti-
on.
jssip Club should lie formed in every pected to aim at something definite. He
may not bit the mark, but he inusi aim
immunity.
at it, and thereby prove that he has a
Has Praiseworthy Object.
purpose. He loses cast if he live with­
‘Every effort to train voung people to
: thoughtful and not spend their time out aim. For is his penalty severe or
undeserved ; it is just.
i idle gossip is most praiseworthy,’’ he
Tradition vs. Belief.
Girls have not been expected to quali­
lid today. “Nothing can be more in-
The world accepts the tradition that
urious to one's own character than to fy themselves for definite pursuits where­
ultivate the habit of looking at the by to earn a livelihood. Formarly good people will be saved and that the
suits of others and making them the more than now, it was scarcely suppos­ bad ones will be lost.
The popular
object of conversation. From this idle, ed thatgirls could support themselves. preacher always sides with the world in
areless, thoughtless manner of speaking The whole social structure was organ­ maintaining this distinction.
Jesus
ibout others, a person will soon tall in. ized upon the idea that, sooner or later, Christ came up against this tradition:
o <hc habit of misrepresentation. To boys would not only support themselves “ He said why callest thou me good ?
lecome a gossip is to become a most de* but support che girls also, each hopeful, There is none good but one, that is,
enterprising boy becoming responsible God.” Rom. iii., 10 12. "There is none
ested person.
"I leel that old Plautus was right for one particular aimless girl, thus com­ righteous, no, not one. There is none
vhen lie raid : ’Those who carry about pelling matrimony to bear the burden that doeth good, no, not one.” 23. " For
md those who listen to slande. and which false social customs create. We all have sinned
and come short
¡ossip should, if I could have my way, rejoice to admit that a change is going of the glory of God.’’ At the marriage
all be hanged—the tattlers by their on, and that society now sees clearly of the king’s son they " galherrd in the
¡longues and the listeners by their ears.' that an aimless girl is as near nobody as good and the bad.” The distinction be.
The gossip that deals in slander sinks so an aimless boy. Certain occupations tween the good and bad belongs to tradi­
low in the murky waters of degradation that were once effectually closed against tion. There is not one promise to the
snd infamy that could an angel apply girls are now open. Not only manual good nor a command to be good nor a
an Archimedian moral lever to him, pursuits, hut art, science and literature penalty if we are not. Belief in Jesus
with heaven for a tolcrum, he could not invited them to explore their wide do­ Christ is God’s requirement or suffer the
in a thousand years raise him to the main. Now there is enough for girls to penalty of death anil the damned. When
know and do, and they must resolve to Christ was crucified there were two
'grade of the convict felon.
do it.
thieves also, one believed on him, the
Gossip Lowest of Creatures.
Girls should determine to make their oilier railed at him. Every man in the
I “It I had to choose, I would rather
Istaud before the judgment bar of God, as mark ; resolve to fill some useful occu­ world is crucified by the side of Christ,
a thief, an idolater, a murderer or adul- pation, and fill it well. Why not ? The we either lielieve on him or put him to
terer than to stand there as a lying, girl who seldom or never stops to re­ an open shame.
flect that womanhood is near by, with
slanderous gossip.
It is said that there are 538 positive
"There is no condemnation too great its grave duties and cares, intent only promises to the believer. “ God gave
for the gossip. He is usually a person of upon gratifying her passion for dress his son that whosoever lielieves." There
small intellectual caliber. No person of and flit like a gay butterfly from one is no other question. You are either a
great intellectual ability would spend amusement to another, caring not how believer or an unbeliever, and by lliin
short schools are, nor how long holidays fact you settle your eternity. Good or
his^time in abominable tittle-tattle.
"A gossip cancarry on his or her work will never win the proud distinction of bad is a lie. There are none good enough
of criticism without any special Drains being somebody. Throw a brush at the to ,be saved, or none so bad that the
or sense. Study tor a while the gossips canvass, and expect to produce work of attuning blood, the righteousness, and
of our city and you will agree with the art! Drop a letter into the postoffice grace of Jesus Christ, is unable to save.
remark of a well-known woman, who without superscription, and expect it to If there were a distinction then the
had been listening to a company of girls reach its destination ! Commit a vessel Christian religion stands for saving the
gossiping.
'What a pity that those to the sea, without chart or compass, bad, for. Christ came to save sinners.
young ladies should have no ¡brains.’ A and expect her to make a successful Good people are merely puffed up by
gossip is always a narrow, prejudiced, vovage ! As well this, as that girl can fit tradition, It is self evident that the
contemptible, little soul, that insists up­ themselves for the responsibilities of fu­ wedding garment is belieF in Jesus
on measuring everything by his own lit­ ture life without a firm, clear-cut. un­ Christ. Belief generally stands alone,
tle cwo-foot rule. He is a lover of scan­ conquerable purpose.
but it is sometimes associated with
dal. To enjoy talking about the fnults
The mistake of putting “square men baptism. “ He that believeth and is
and weakness of the other people shows into round holes, and round men intd baptised shall be saved, but he that be-
a nature of innate depravity.
square holes,'1 is widely deplored, and lieveth not shall be damned.” There is
Like Flies About a Sore.
certainly a great misfortune. But it no such bible that reads that he that is
"Nothing is more disgusting than to is equally bad to put square girls into not baptised shall be damned. Surely
hear a company of people gossiping rourd holes, and round ones into square ifamanwillbe saved if he belives he
ubout the weakners and sins of others. holes. Might as well throw the dirt and would be .if he believes and is baptised,
It always makes me think of a lot of sods over them at once, and call them for baptism is a token of faith. This is
flies gathering around a petrifying sore. buried, leaving them “uncuffined, unhon­ what we believe on the son. 1st.—
There they are, buzzing around that sore ored, and unsung.” These square nnd ' I bat his blood attoned for our sins 2nd.
spot, irritating and poisoning it, but do­ these round holes, holding round and 1 —That we are justified by his rigliteous-
ing nothing to heal it. They have no square girls, far outnumber those that J ness , and 3rd.—That we are saved by
eye nor thought for the beautiful, but are are filled with boys, because the aimless his grace. Instead of trying to save our
perfectly content with that which is foul class of girls is much larger than the aim­ selves we look to Christ for redemption
and filthy. Whenever some one goes less class of boys. The aimless ones of Tradition leads to self-righteousness, but
wrong, or a scandal is perpetrated in the both sexes get thus misplaced, and not belief to that righteousness which is by
community, then you will see the gossips the aspiring ones who set their mark faith.
spreading their wings, and flying oyer a high and hit it. Would that we could
The whole new testament is a positive
t >i u ai d beautiful, pure and noble I excite a horror of these mischances declaration to the believer in Jesus
things, to flock together and devour the , among girls, so that they might dread Christ without the distinction of good
salacious story. Decent people hold falling into the wrong holes as they or bad.
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their noses and shut their mouths, but would dread being buried alive. It is
C ity or T olsoo , I R a
the gossip enjoys the feast.
a sort of burial before they are dead, S tats or L Omo,
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"The gossip is always a scandalmong­ though they become dead enough in
F rask J. CHrxr.v makes oath that he is the
er. He is a hypocrit, who can see a time, and are consigned to oblivion eeaior partnei of the firm of P. J. Cnxssv ft
Co.. <loinx business In the City of Toledo.
without funeral ceremomys. Think of a County and State aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOI--
bevy of bright girls passing from school LARS for each and every case of Catarrh that
be cured by the use of H all ' s C atarrh
to shop, store, laundry, counling-rooin, cannot
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FRANK J. CHENEY.
editor's
sanctum.
printing - office,
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
teacher's role, authorship, or house­ presence, this6th day ofDecember, A.D. is86.
A. W. GLEA«0H,
wifery-bookkeeper getting into the j , ‘ rbai . 1 !
Notary Public.
place of teacher, the saleswoman into
Halt'a Catarrh Cnre is lake internally, nnd
that of editor or proof-reader, the ' acta directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
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authoress into the kitchen, and vi<e 1 of the system.
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Sold by all Driiirxists. 7JC.
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Lame Back.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
This ailment is usually caused by fortunate for them and for society ?
Frightfully Burned.
rheumatism of the muscles and may he . Doomed to the wretchedness of fitting
Chas. W. Moore, a machinist, of Ford
cured by applying Chamberlain's Pain one's square person into a circle—inak-
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City,
Pa.,
had his hand frightfully hurn-
Balm two or three times a day and rule ' ing a poor teacher out of a saleswoman,
I ed in an electrical furnace. He applied
bing Hie parts vigorously at each appli­
cation If thia does not afford relief, [ or a slim sewing-girl out of an authoress I Uucklen's Arnica Salve with the usual
bind on a piece of flvnnel slightly dam­ I —it is a result to be sorely deprecated and ¿■mult: ‘‘a quick and perfect cure.”
Burna,
pened with Pain Balm, and quick relief ' avoided if possible. There is no remedy . Greatest healer on ear»'
25c.
is almost sure to follow. For sale at for the evil except to aim at somethii.g. I Wound». Sore«, Ec
at Chaa. 1. Ckr
Chas. I. Clough's Drug store.
mote in his brother's eve, but is not con­
scious nf the beam in his own. Thegos.
■ip is usually actuated by jealousy, envy
aim s ite. He is evil-minded and im­
pure hearted He is spiteful, melicious
and a child of the devil. He is always
a sneak. Forthisreasow.it is difficult
to defend vourself from the attacks of
the lying gossip.”
NEW WINTER
FABRICS, ß
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Headquarters for Ladies’ Tailoring,
Dress and W alking Suits, Dress Skirts,
SARCHETj the Tailor, Tillamook.
Over 30 Years experience in the Business
H AK N ESS, COLL A R S, SADDLES, Ac.,
Everything Needed in the Harness Line
you will find at
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The Best Hotel.
THE ALLEN HOUSE,
Headquarters for Travelling Men.
Q H. UPTON, Ph. G..M.D.,
FRED FORSLDND, the Tinner & Plumber,
P p YSICIAN AND SURGEON.
: Repairs Guns, Locks, Typewriters, Keys, Bicycles and
Sewing Machines. Makes a Specialty of Plumbing.
:
Office first door East of F. R.
Beals’ office.
Repair Shop, Opposite McIntosh $ McXair's.
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S. STEPHENS,
• Real Estate and Fire, Life,
Health, Accident, Insurance.
Fir and Spruce Lumber. J
Agent for the Northwest School Furni­
ture Co. and Oigans and Pianos,
Notary Public.
Office : Southwest from the Court House,
in the building occupied as a music store.
Spruce and Cedar Shingles.
Cheese and Butter Boxes a specialty.
R. BEALS,
Orders for Lumber promptly attended to.
REAL ESTATE,
TILLAMOOK LUMBER. C0CQP/3NY.
F inancial A gent ,
Tillamook, Oregon.
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General Machinists & Blacksmiths.
Land Titles, Laud Office Busi­
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Boiler Work, Logger’s Work and Heavy Forging.
Fine Machine Work a Specialty.
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Pacific Navigation Co.
STEAMERS-SUE H. ELMORE, W. H. IIARRISoK.
ONLY LINE—ASTOT1A TO TILLAMOOK, GARIBALDT,
BAY CITY, HOBSONVILLE.
Connecting at Astoria with the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. and
also the Astoria & Columbia River R. R. foi Han Francisco, Portland
and all points east. For freight and passenger rates apply to
SAMUEL ELMORE & CO. General Agents, ASTORIA. OR
B. C. LAMB, Agent. Tillamook Oregon.
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jO. R. & N. R. R. Co . Portland.
Agents
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Sue H. Elmore carries Wells Fargo Co.’s Express
If yon are in want of Good Trees, guaranteed true to name,
try
The EASTWOOD NURSERIES,
Gresham, Oregon,
Fruit and Ornamental Trees. Small Fruits, Vines.
Fine Assortment of Rose Bushes.
Send us list of trees wanted and prices will be quoted by return mail
This is to certify, that I have this 27th day of December, 1904, inspected and
examined the Nursery Stock of Mr. E. P. Smith, of The Eastwood Nurseries, Gres­
ham, Oregon, and so far as I am able to ascertain, have found it in good, market­
able condition and clear of anv serious insect pest or disease. Their methods ot
handling and growing stock are first class.
WILBUR K. NEWELL, Commissioner Pirst District.
Centrally Ltoeated.
Rates, $1 Per day
LARSEN HOUSE,
M. H. LiHRSEN, Proprietor.
TILLAMOOK,
The Best Hotel in the city,
OREGON
No Chinese Employed,
PORTLAND,
OREGON,
Room, 306 Commercial Building.
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R. P. J. SHARP,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
Office across the street from the
Court House.
Dr. Wise’s office.
HOS. COATES,
Agent for Fireman’s
Fund and London and Lanca­
shire Fire Insurance
Companies.
Tillamook .. Oregon.
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IHIEI HO HIIDIEHEI
SHAVING,
HAIR
CUTTING
SHAMPOOING, ETC
Electric Bath« nicely fltteù up. Goodfor
perno ns suffering with rheumatism.