HYDER WEEKLY HERALD
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1879.
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AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
THE “NEW” YEAR.
The New Year will be a repe
tition of old experiences, a re
enforcement of old laws, a re
affirmation of another common
saying which is that human
nature changes little and hum
an relationships are much the
same today as they were when
the first philosophical writer
first set his chisel to work on
the stone tablets whereon were
written the observations and
records of that far-off time
when the human race first be
gan to discover the antiquity
of the planet and the unswer
ing laws that govern it.
We have entered upon the
New Year, to be sure, but we
shall be responsive to the same
forces as heretofore. We will
be rewarded as we put our
selves into harmony with di
vine statutes and punished as
we disregard them. There are
but two lamps by which our
feet may be guided, those oi
experience and conscience. It
we profit by one and hearken
to the other, we shall avoid
many of the pitfalls that lie
ahead; the same old pitfalls,
in the same old places and hid
den in the same old manner.
If we play the game in accord
with the rules laid down by
that “still, small voice within”
we ^hall escape the old retri
butions for the same old errors
that men and women have j
been making for thousands of
years.
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WHICH APPEALS TO YOU? j
Every time you speak a good
word for your town you speak
two for yourself, for the home
town booster is. always respect
ed by home lovers.
It’s an easy thing to make a
nasty remark about your home
towh, but it is difficult to stop
that remark from*traveling af
ter it has once been uttered.
The pessimist, however, does
not think of this, and,besides,
he members of that breed
are usually not considerate.
Looking at some of the spec
mens hereabouts, it seems to
as that the chronic pessimist it
lever more happy than when
le is clamming his home town;
:he town that feeds and usual
y clothes him well and gives
lirn as many opportunities
’or advancement as would oth
;owns of the same class. But it
ippears that to him nothing
s right. None of the town’s cit
zens possess the ability to per
form civic duties in the proper j
nanner, altho other persons
ire unable to see the glaring
ng defects and shortcomings
hat are so apparent to him.
The businessmen of the town i
ire no business men at all and
ire crooks and swindlers in the
largain. The town has no fu
ure and the mines are all shal-!
ow and the ore don’t go down.
\nd so on, ad infinitum.
Pessimism is worse than rheu
natism. The one puts a few
oints out of working order, but
be other is a drag to the mind,
;he body and the soul
Station yourself on a street
corner in a large city and
watch the people go by for an
lour. Ninety-five out of a hun
dred will be cheerful and eon
ented. They are optimists un
iwares. The rays of the noon
lay sun are not warmer or
brighter than the smiles upon
dieir lips. The other five may
ie different. And some of those
with the dour looks are pretty
sure to be pessimists. The very
aspect of them suggests a soul
shrouded in gloom and bitter
with the acrimony of a warped
view point. The pessimist ^is
never happy, never cheerful.
The optimist is seldom any
other way than happy and
cheerful. It is a pleasure to
meet the optimist, but the
pessimist is a bore to everyone,
=;ave, perhaps, one of his own
kind.
It is possible to be either, but
never both.
Which appeals to you?
UNITED STATES GREATEST
MINERAL CONSUMER
Not only is the United States
the greatest producer of min
eral products of any country In
the world, but it is also the
greatest consumer, says the
Wallace (Idaho) Press- Times
Mining Review in commenting
on a recent statement of L. S.
Cates, vice president of the
Utah Copper company, where
in he said that the per capita
consumption of.metals in this
country averaged 38 pounds
in 1926. The actual consumpt
ion was 15 pounds of copper,
13 pounds of lead, and 10
pounds of zinc for each per
son in the country.
We used more than double
the amount of copp’er con
sumed by other leading nat
ions, the journal continues,
with relative proportions of
zinc and lead. Further devel
opment of home markets, ex
portation of surplus minerals,
necessity for an equitable bas
is of taxation, both state and
national, are matters of deep
importance to the mining in
dustry.
Just for Fun
If women swear by you, you
are a social success.
If men swear at you, you’re a
business success.
Napoleon said there was no
?uch word as can’t. But we’ll
oet he never tried to scratch a
match on a cake of soap.
Song Hit
“The Coat and Pants Do
Most of the Work, But the
Vest Gets All the Gravy.”
“And so, you see, children,
t’s night in Australia now.”
:oncluded the teacher.
Then little Bobbie enquired:
“Please mam, is it last night or
tomorrow night?”
Many a man and woman have
put their foot into it because of
inability to keep their nose out
of it.
“Lizzie,” said the Sunday
school teacher, “where do good
little girls go when they die?”
“ To heaven, ma’am.”
“’That is right. Now tell the
class where bad girls go?”
“I know, ma’am,” said Lizzie
eagerly, “They go to the depot
to see the traveling men come
in.”
The Bluebbery Kid showed
up the other day and informed
us that the old-fashioned girl
is one who takes the cigarette
out of her mouth before pull
ing her nightgown over her
head.
“When is the next train out
of this burg?” asked the irri
table looking man of the stat
ion master.
“Twelve o’clock, sir,” was the
reply. j
“What? isn’t there one before ■
that?’’
“No, sir; we never run one be-;
fore the next.”
Junior: “Papa, what is a
prophet?”
Senior: “A prophet, my son, is
a man who tells you what is go
ing to happen, but doesn’t bet
any money on it.”
We figure that the meanest
man in the world is that Chi
cago chap who pinned a sign
on the statue of the Veuns de
Milo reading thusly: “Come
nestle in my arms.”
The real danger to an editor
on acount of high blood pres
sure, comes when he is thank
ed for something, instead of
'darned for something.
Telephone operator: “It costs
fifty cents to talk to Stewart.”
Hyderite: “But can’t you make
a special rate for just listen
ing? I want to call up my
wife.
Women are sensible, except
at times. Some get married be
cause they are tired of work
ing.
“The party of the first part,”
dictated the lawyer, “agrees
| with the party of the second
part.”
j “I’m gonna like this job,”
said the new stenog. “It’s all
about parties.”
Sales Manager: “My stenog- j
rapher works in spells.”
j Buyer: “Gosh, I wish mine
! could even spell.”
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Chamber
Commerce
Hyder, Alaska
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Relative To
PORTLAND CANAL
MINING DISTRICT
He:“What business is your
father in?”
She: ‘‘He is an exporter.’
He: “Oh, I see; used to work
on a Pullman, eh?”
tf you paid cash your Christ
mas bills did not give you New
Year chills.
Judge Arnold says a man is
like a match in the degree that
he cannot get lit without losing
his head.
Ed. Schneider told us the
other day that there are some
people who should have been
given a brick house for Christ
mas—one brick at a time.
Tears are another flood pre
vention problem many a hus
band would like to see solved.
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