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?T"" IBSEN'S PARADOX.
Anil tlio Ititimntc iirinilmi of Science
t<i Society.
Ibsen, my grout compntrlot, lins in
one of his works formulated tlio para?
dox Hint tlio man is strongest who
Stands most alone. There is certainly
some truth In this?-tiny, there Is much
truth In It so far as science Is con-1
rei ned. The-man who In the search
for truth goes his way Independently
t>f other men and of other considera?
tions Is certainly the man who Is apt
to ilud the greatest and most valuable
truth. Du the other hand, It Is also
into that science more than most other
things In life depends on co-operation,
on the help of one's fellow beings, and
this becomes more and more true every
day. Many people are apt to forget
what science ncllially Is and what they
owe to science, for It Is through sci?
ence that modern society actually ex?
ists, und the development of society as
It Is today would be impossible If sci?
ence were eliminated, lluinaulty l.t
growing; hut, if science and the means
created by science are not growing, hu?
manity will have to look- forward to a
very miserable future. Therefore the
nation that wishes to be cared for
must support science and those who
carry on sei en title work. Science will
live her own life and has done so ever
since Hie days when I'roinctheus made
his fatal expedition to the gods and
stole the lire which Is more ur less
burning In every one of us ami cannot
be extinguished. 'There Is something
sublime In this everlasting lire of sci?
ence. Generation after generation dis?
appears. The Individual Is nothing, but
always "watchful In tho tower man
shall remain In sleepless coutcmplu
tlon."--I>r. Nansen.
THE HUMAN THROAT.
It Hub n Sort of I.Idle Itrttln That
Control*, iih Actions.
Did you know (hat the throat has a
brain of its own'/ Pew people are
aware of It. but It's a fact. There Is a
small ganglia which exercises direct
control of iIk- muscles of the throat
und nets as its brain. Of course It Is
subservient to the genuine brain, but
at the same time does a good deal of In?
dependent thinking for Itself. It Is
very timid and suspicious of any
strange objects' that como near the
throat.
For this reason It Is very dlfllcult for
ti physician to operate on the throat.
ItCfOt'e mix tiling can be done In this di?
rection it is necessary for the operator
to gain (he confidence of the little brain
that dominates it. It frequently takes
weeks before this conQdouco can bo
secured, and until It Is secured It Is
'Impossible to perform an operation.
Woe to the man who attempts rough
treatment to the throat before gaining
the Utile brain's conUddllCC. Ills oper?
ations will bo resented with violent
paroxysms, llrat of the thront, then of
the diaphragm, und, if the operator still
persists, the patient will be thrown
Into convulsions. Still more curious Is
the fact that this little brain lias a
nomory, and if once frightened In this
way It Is almost Impossible to ever
;nln Its conlldonco, no matter how
jeutle the operator mav be,
llintoi-lt'itl Accuracy.
Perish the thought that the novelist
or playwright should be tied down to
historical accuracy! I.ady Dorothy
Neville quotes nil amusing correspond?
ence between Bulwcr l.ytton and her
brother:
My Pimr Walpolo? Hero I am nt Rath
?tiered to death. I ant thinking of writ?
ing n piny about your great uni-cHlor, Sir
Robert. Had ho not a sinter Lucy, and
did shu not marry n Jacobite?
My brother promptly replied:
?My Dear l.ytton?I earo Httlo for my
family and still loa? for Sir Robert, but
i know that ho never had it sister Lucy,
no she could not havo married a Jacobite.
However, this mattered little to Lord
l.ytton, for his answer ran:
My Dear Walpolc?You nro too late! Sir
Robert had a sister Lucy, and she did
marry it Jacobite,
So, in defiance of history, the play
"Wttlpole" came to be written.
Artlxtx iik SIki> I'nlntem.
It Is surprising how many noted Eng?
lish artists began life by painting iun
signs. Anlong them were Morland, Da?
vid Cox, Herring and Sir William
Beecbey. Millals painted n George and
Dragon sign for the tleorge Inn, Hayes
common. Another George and Dragon,
at Wargrave on Thames, has a double
sided sign painted by two It. A.'s. Gor?
ing on Thames has a sign from tho
brush of Marcus Stone, II. A. There
are signs by Walter Crane and Caton
Woodville at (Jrayshott and Fit tie
worth. Hogarth painted a number of
signs for friendly publicans.
In CrltuMon On Ich.
"What became of that man you ar?
rested as n horse thief?"
"Lynched," nnswered Pluto Pete.
"I suppose that ends the matter."
"No. Some o' tho boys had their
doubts, so we're goin' to call some wit?
nesses an' git evidence that he really
were the guilty party."?Washington
Star.
Presence ot Mind.
. It is n mistake to think that It is
only the l-Jugllshman who keeps his
head In n crisis. When n passenger
steamboat suddenly struck o rock off
Hongkong the other day, a number of
Chinese on board promptly started
looUng the passengers' trunks.?Punch.
Tho Attraction.
Nell?Isn't she a peculiar girl? She
wouldn't look at him when he was
rieh, but now, after he's lost all his
inouey, she accepts him. Belle?Well,
you know how crazy every woman Is
to get anything Hint's reduced!
It takes two to make a marriage, but
only one to mar one.?Smart Sot.
mm sna m
Now is Your Opportunity. During the Month of January,
I Will Give 25
to all Cash buyers on my entire stock of House Furnish
ings. This is no fake sale, but a straight proposition.
Below I give a few prices, showing the reductions made in different departments as follows;
Our Crockery Department is stocked
with a complete assortment of Jlaviland,
Austrian and English China.
$35 Austrian Sets at - $22 50
$25 Sets at - - - $18.75
$20 English Sets at - $15.00
$16 Sets at - - - $12.00
$12 Sets at - - - $ 9.00
$10 Sets at - - - $ 7.50
Call and you will be convinced that the
month of January is the time to spend
your-eash money and Lash's is the place
to spend in.
Oriental Rugs
A large and varied assortment of Oriental Rugs
constantly on hand.
Now is the mothers' opportunity as we
have received a large assortment of
Children's Go-Carts direct from Toledo,
Ohio, and are selling
$30 Go-Caris at
$25 Go-Carts at
$20 Go Carts at
$16 Go-Carts at
$12 Go-Carts at
$10 Go-Carts at
= $22.50
- $18.75
= $15.00
= $1.2.(10
- $
- $
9.00
7.50
In fact, the 25 per cent, applies to my
entire stock of goods. All goods are
marked in plain figures. You can wait
on yourself. Get the discount and go
home happy.
UPHOLSTERED COUCHES
$10 Couches at
$15 Couches at
$20 Couches at
$25 Couches at
$30 Couches at
$7 50
$11.25
$15.00
$18.75
$22.59
In the Carpet Department
as Follows:
$2.00 Savonnerie Carpet.$1.50 per yard
Carpets, formerly sold for $1.50, at.$1.124
Carpets, formerly sold for $1.25, at.83}c
Carpets, formerly sold for $1.00, at .75c
Carpets, formerly sold for 75c. at.56-Jc
A Large and varied line of
3-PIECE PARLOR SUITES
$30
$40
$50
$60
$75
Sui'ts at
Suites at
Suites at
Suites at
Suites at
= $22.50
- $30,00
- $37.50
= $45.00
= $56.75
NO GOODS CHARGED AT ABOVE PRICES
2803-5 and 7
Washington Avenue.
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Newport News,
Virginia.
A PHILOSOPHER ON TIPPING.
Mr. f. Hopkinaon Smith's Views On
a Vexed Problem. '?
Mr. P, Hopklnson Smith, novelist,
painter, contractor, engineer and ra?
conteur of vast experience, has new?
ly turned sociologist and contrived to
divide all mankind Into two unequal
pii'ts?namely, those who give tips
and those who take them. Mr. Smith
himself Is of the more blessed num?
ber, and a more earnest, stronuous.
persistent, prodigal and apparently
incorrigible giver of tips never lived.
"Lot us talk about tipping," said a
Baltimore News "interviewer" who
called on him, and Mr. Smith talked
willingly, and talked till he had seem?
ingly talked himself far away from
Ills subject. But only seemingly, for
through all his conversation there
ran a narrow train of thought tending
inevitably to the conclusion of tip
J pers and recelvors. "Do you know
'what is the national crime?" asked
Mr. Smith. "Why." he went oh.
hastily, without waiting for an an?
swer, "the surplus of money: It is the
cause of all our miseries." And he
proceeded to show how absolutely ne
cessarv It wan for every man to have
a hobby. "1 painted a bit," he ob
nerved modestIv, "all during my bus?
iness life," and considering his vast
output of lagoons and gondolas it
cannot be said that he overstated the
fact. A later hobby of his was writ?
ing books, and whether that or tip?
ping Is at present his chief hobby it
is ? difficult to deolde. Perhaps it
? would ho fair to say that thev arc
Interdependent, like tipping and po?
liteness. For In Mr. Smith's scheme
there Is an indissoluble bond between
: good manners and the giving of
gratuities.
Mark this, for It is dnrk and dif?
ficult to follow, as the giving of
j tips Ib practised by' one group of
! men, so it is the business of the oth- i
!.or group to practice good manners;
I for tho rest of the world. The civ-;
i era of tips have no time to consider ;
j manners. They are concerned In'.
i making money, writing books, paint-1
i Ing Venetian scenes, and so on. At
i least that Is what we gather, for
when Mr. Hopklnson Smith was nsk
I ed about manners he waved his cigar
I excitedly. "My dear lady." he said.
I _I
"there are no manners. We have no
time to be polite, just as we have no
time for any literature except that
suited to a street car or a railroad
journey." So, while those who are
producing your railway literature nre
busy, the rest of the world is culti?
vating good manners for the enter?
tainment of the producers. . It is a
fair division of labor and it accounts
for the interesting fnct that Mr.
Smith "has had no experience with
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. Insolent servants." "Why," says he, I
I "one of the greatest pleasures I have
J Is giving the porter in a sleeping car!
a quarter."
It may seem a little unfair that
, for mere politeness the porter should j
I bo entitled to the quarters which the
.other man has to work for. But this.!
* it seems, is the will of a Divine Frov
Idence. "The good Cod," Mr. Smith
[explains piously, "intended the color
ed man to ho a serving man, and to
show that He did He painted his face
i hlnck. He wrote his Inferiority on
his features. You can't get away
from that."
Bttt what would happen to Mr.
Smith and his social scheme If the
world were suddenly to acquire a
tast? for some other literature be?
sides the railway type?
?From the New York Evening Sun.
We Are the Wealthiest.
"The United States is the wealthi?
est nation in the world," snld a close
friend of Present Roosevelt recent?
ly, who had jus: gone over a remark?
able official report, which is soon to
be made mtbilc. He added:
"In a brief span of young life this
Infant natlo. hue broken all records
relating t.) the accumulation of
riches. Wo uro beginning to think
in billions Instead of millions. Take
it any way you like, our affluenc.9
outstrips anything oveY known be?
fore.
"Our country has more actual
money, grcator banking facilities
richer farms, more productive mine-?,
more railroads, more internal com?
merce, more millionaires, more well
to-do tradesmen, .more Independent
farmers, more hlghl>r paid laborers
and a greater distribution of luxuries
than any other has enjoyet ?ince
time began." *?
?From a Washington Dispatch.
Tor Ladies
and Gentlemen
OyGters Served In All Styles.
Merchants' Lunch
from 12 to 2 o'clock,
20c
Special attention given to
theater parties. Special induce?
ments to regular boarders.
First Class Lunch Counter.
MRS. D. R. DAVIDSON,
Manager.
2304 Washington Ave.
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