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OMMONPLA0E HEROISM *'.ord for Great Army of People That Do Their Duty. Faithfuily Each Day. "Portland Oregonian. there is one thing more than an other that the world needs to learn in these lush and flashy days, it is the heroism of the conmnonplace. The wor 8hip of success, of wealth, of high place, of power, of fashion, of social distinction, have all operat(ed to blind our eyes to the essential nobility of th, man who goes qpiekly about his busi nes, performs tihe duties of (itizenl ship in an unobstrutive way, takes a of his wife and (h11iidrel. pays his taxes honestly, is kind to his nei.hi bors, and is nit merely o(ntent but glad to keep out of the world's taze. Lowell wrote of o suhi womal: Yet in herself I she dwelleth not. Although ni home were half so fair, No simplest tiuity it forgot. Life had no dim and lowly spot That doth not in her sunshine share She doeth little kindness Whieh most. leave undone, or dispire For naught that gets one heart at ease An'd giveth happiness or peace. Is low-esteemed inl her eyes. She ihath 11o sornl eo ofln thins. And thout-gh she svenm of other )ir-th iound us her heart entVwines antd el iII4s. Ald patienitly she folds her winig-s To tread file huibie p1ath ol earth. Blessingu.s she is. (od made her so. And doeds of week-day holiness, Fall from her 1141iseless as the snow. Nor hath she ever ehanced to knov That aught. were easier than to bless We. most. of us, look far off foi our heroes. Carlyle found them it great goenrals, grea( literary men great poets anld great. prophets. Yel the London of his own day was ful of them. He even failed to recogniz< the hero in (arles Lamb. It is s( withli mnC generally. We look for tih< uminsual, the alormal-we even glor ify tie very )md, provided their bad Iless has the propt.r. toleh of romneI We have huilded a school of literatun around suich scounlidrels as "Raffes and1 rejoic.e when tihlie r4"IgntleI escap the contqseuellets oi his 4own mavery while tie world's gnreat servants gi un1reCeo.nized and unrewarded. It. ought to be our business inl thi: couniry do dignify Ihw agiever, the so Called eoil o1n-man. IPor it is I that keeps fte wor411ld mfving, ant moving in the ri-h direefion. He i: tle ilrdei-hearer., thil dulty-doer. I is on1 him that we mn1ust depend if ever-Y erises. The idea that he shohl he set aside Ior every millionaire vul gaiinm tham' lifts his heard aove thl ire11 in Whuih he was br.(-d is iitoler able. It is to tle o m dn oldner, ih coinnom foilerm timt we muiist appea wil(en tert is de(spertilfe woriik aftO Wue read1 in theii pape'rs 4of thle ' spor'ts wh1o4 :1e hieermiinie to 4ffenseilyl proni iver is 14 iVh ir i. s i ).< ::|I ft i t I heil <! 1n1ry. Th1 . noi -i.a an p' oet41'f lhaf '' Olr i s! t ic f Viii.m e i ' I : fa tlioh (ioufs f iviftin malhf the souhd ia thve; whorisl filltran ''th la 14 fin ierne1 in f i lwri'e is anot rhiny nle is~id n I 11apafble of' r liuervc a n .a fe dt l.hee sbr : tie fandf Iire blaive;ie who ufil4 "the law an ()d th aI prohits", i an h o d4ie~ 1141'! mla in wae 14Wtefl whi f haity ir Tei dltor-where 4'4~1(5I is the lureat to l thiman is t he only0 pe 4t,as fa tos wer nowmec whi h s fittinelyCI r1ee ognizded oiy the great nefil o the arm o progreiss. bIt by tie ay t hsa they ae. tWoe tht o's that 11he 11man1 in' hiogh sple ey ftim e I s condnt he is o pledge foavrmg an.ihh tns e u heT judge neted thet franesve ather sopplyofnities-utdby thea1 whais thealy u bhoe ina life ti them,et nomTer chliw hmabit that ma nany wofship haveloftworshipingttofnt ~Trly beauee te aret bi,or rev or startling, or wicked, must be over om ~ne. We need poets and novelisti howill develop in us a sense o1 htvalues-who will glorify th< tyeman and crown him in the ~~~tof 'the world as its master anil SThe hero is the man who ivorks ab~hsge 'pays his way, injures ne e is duty a little more, tand does not wander far' from the path betweelhis home and his office. And lie is all the more a hero because he is not conscious of being one. It is not for his sake, but foi the sake of the rest of us that he hould be lionored. He asks no reward an era ves no notice. But it is necessary that the world should see in him the trite ideal, and that the romance, the beauty and the power .of life should be made clear'to all. A Case in Point. Providencve Tribune, In these days of tuleh pretended siiplicity-, when some of tho.se who I(ld tIhe so-called 'situlIe It'6e in t lie au IIost on ta l t aet a Iv ot press p1ldict dismis t Seriou-ttided folk with I le rarit exploiation oft their im:-- to hear tihe story of a t' h"ttezt 0ith itself. and real itt its wholesotue unaff'tectedness. Miehael Dariody died at the age of S1 in Kausas Citv the other day. The long round in his many years from eaIrly boyhood had been spent in toil of the coarser kind. He started as a common laborer and never "advan ed " to higher material things. Pos sibly he was open to the change of lack of ambition, for it may be that he had within him qualities which, exercised rightly, would have placed him well forward of the humble posi tion he occupied. But seemingly le was content to be one of the verv ordinary sort-in some things. Un til his death nobody considered it wt,rth while to say mnch about him A. his giet, kindly. helpful ways. He lived his life in moderate. unobstru sive fashion, hoarding in an obscure locality nitd paying $3.50 a week for his "keep''. He had no family and, far as any of his boarding house or working acquaintances knew, no vices. He amstained from intoxicants and lie never uses tobacco. The gniding principal of Mr. Dar Imodys life was economy; lie was eco nomical in ever-ything save morals. To him extravaalice wis a sinl and waste a crime. He accepted ihevr t'uIlv filie modest. wage of his faith ful labor and1l lie husbanded the ex vess of, his means over his needs so carehilly and snmcessfIl ly that when, theitae ot 6i5, his tiie to cease work came lie was not only beyond the reach ot want, but had enough money to reider possible the giviin of $7, 000 to ehartiable institutions at his death. All this would be too muiilt to re l1t1e did it not not aginl bring out into the clear light of' every day experience the great truth that, happiness is of tle hea't and has only sligt eillee tions with external circunistances, Who can donht that this himble man (1njOye(d the life he led; and, after all, is not that what every man, 1'rIon the Ine t i the pallper, is striviml.-, for ini this wurl? A W. Then you wa ~the many dif1 Bros.' Wagor and cdurabilit line of Wago makes. 'Call Ssure to sell y Greenbacks Find a Watery Gra*e. New York Evening Telegram. Somewhere at the bottom of ti Bronx river of nestling In the grass on thQ shore in the vicinity of T4* mont avenue and One Hundred and Seventy-eight street is a roll of $406, belonging to Jacob Schmidt, a real estate broker and bperator, who he a stable on the north side of Tremont tvenue near the river. Schmidt had $030t in the rolt originally, but he re OWered $8R >Ating in the stream. N'htuidt started to drive his horse ittv the stable when it. got fright ened at smthing and bolted, dash. tu into tivet-, where the water i.% ftrx,tu6,,ur to t'ifteent feet deep. The wer ttuckel in an inside pocket kl' Sehtidt's coa!, with his baik and c cheboks. Schtmidt was hurled from the ear riage anM landed sotme feet away. THE .NEWBERRI Newber Capital stock paid in Surplus . . Deposits . We do business an b We extend every c< with safe and sound b Four per cent. paid Department. I Burglar F JAS. McINTOSH, President. H. C. MOSELEY, President. M. A. CARLISLE, Vice-Pres. THE PEOPLE'S I PROSPEI No Paid up Capital, Surplus snd Profits,. Stockholders' Liabili Protection to Depos DIRECTORS: Burglai M. A. CARLISLE. Burglai GEO. JOHNSTONE. Polit - JOS. H. HUNTER. We wai R. L. LUTHER. We inv J. A. C. KIBLER We do W. A. MOSELEY . JOHN B. FELLERS. cijle W. P. PUGH. G. W. BOWERS. We rec J. P. BOWERS. $1.00 H. C. MOSELEY. semi GOIN AGO nt all the infi lerent makes is, and our li y. Remembt ns and Buggi and examin4 McCaughri) The -jolt tossed the roll of ,,hie the bank and check bobk 'fom-hi pockets. :A 'croiod of street Urebini were swim"ing nearby. As Sebmidl caine to the curface the lads saw th surface covered , with. 1kreenbaoks Schmidt grabbed all the bills he couli around him, and the small boys mad( a dash for the others. The horse and carriage were drag ged out of the river none 'the wors( for their -wetting. The Oase With Him. PI'llphia4 l Press. Mr- Ilonpeek-They can't punisl bigaiy too severely. No one slioul havei any syipatliy.for the man whc takes one wife tot) many. Mr. Hen pt-ck--hi,e idiea, Maria! Do you t)hink I should be sent to jail? A man isn't beaten as long as lie ay inl thle Closet. ,SAVINrw BANKI ry, S. C. $ 50,000.00 . . 25,000.00 .. . 235,000.00 usiness principles. )nsideration ' consistent anking. on deposits in Savings 'ire Proof Vault. 'roof Safe. J. E. NORWOOD, Cashier. W. W. WHEELER, Cashier. GEO. JOHNSTONE, Attorney. 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