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I’KTKKSHI UC KI'ITOK I KARS
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Woi m’ than the evils of stromr
drink are the evils of gossip. Stioitjf
drink causes the downfall ot men
and women who are to » weak
withstand its ravages. hut gossip
causes the downfall of innoeent men
and women . men and women wl*»
are the heads of families and who are
living upright. honoiahl* ve>.
(lossip has blasted the name of mot *
honest, up ijrht and virtnou worn* n
than all th** drink m the world. l.ik-*
unto tlu* erp< nt*s tooth *.> the sneer
ing won! spoken behind the hack.
Theie i" an old sayinjj that "Truth
crushed to earth shall ri »e again."
I*ut Turth can never overtake toe
evils which have caused its dovvnfal .
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Hie evil word or thought spoken in
gossip travels as the lightning while
the true facts as the snail.
tio.vdp has caused more hard feel
ing in Petersburg than all the sa
\»ons that ever existed here. (Io>sip
l»a driven honorable men and wom
en f om the community. Men and >
worn* n who would have made good 1
, itixrns hut who have left rather than
emiire the misers of being the target
of 'Malicious tongues.
tiosHp is the offspring of idleness.
If ail the women and men were k p
hiss ittending to their own alt; rs
'\u \ 0111«I l»o too busy to spread talk
al*> it other- i*r mind the affairs of
others. Many a fair name and repu
tation i- forever blasted by some utj
•in iking woman who has nothing bet
ter to occupy her time than to talk
about the affairs of her neighbors.
Pete slung is gaining :»n uner»i
d>’» reputation for this evil; vnle*.
t is -topped soou great evils will i**
.-1111. Three women meet:
■*\i»•;. So and So left for the sou'h
on 1 certain boat.*’ says one.
••Yes. and such and such a man
went on the same boat,” says another
"Why. the> went togethei and a»e
not coming back.” says the third,
and the gossip has started. Within
a day the reputation of the absent
woman is blasted, although she tna,’
have been a good wife and her trip
mas have been from entirely inno
cent causes.
And here is another instance: -
two women meet on the street:
“Mrs. So and so has pone on a trio
to the states, hasn’t she .’
** Y«*>. ami I wu: at tin* dance la."t
M'L'tit. and hei husband just hav
np J I i * pa vest ot tine s. lie was Hi!
• 1m -«•<( up. too, ami. I really did not
kn<* ’ the.! he was such a nice man. for
iii < ana .* m! a'ked me for a dance.
hut >-s-s-s-sli- do >ou know
»;:::• he has abo called at homes, oh
. <•>. the niotlier and father were p»e*
i»’ . *.• sevetal younp ladies in I’eteis
.. tip, : nd he had ;« jolly eveninp’.”’
“Yo. you don’t say?”
“Yes, hon* a t * heaven he has. An !
do you know that I don’t believe that
h > wife i.> comittp hack.’*
“Mercy. God.”
Ami the aforesaid younp man. o
nerliaos I •* mipht he ail elderly man.
pos>ihl\ old enouph to be the father of
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tho young ladies lu* called upon, i> •*.
who the liailos will dony him a littl"
diversion. And his wile is coming
hack, lie is as true to his wito as any
wife is to her husband, hut just be
cause she has gone away, the gossip •.
who perhaps have never boon caught
in their damnably scum duggory, ta:k.
and talk and chow tho fat. Cus- them
for it, for they are too old porhap to
enjoy really congenial company.
And again, a single girl, is seen up
on the st»eots with a man. porhaps
is married. Hoi^ honors, sho is, doom
ed and ho v damned, by the go-si* •
And take it straight, the single ;• ■■
and tho married man a**' “straight
than those d scussier it. tho g*' -li
the holy terriers soon end he.i. i m
every town.
('ll* aga i .* ngle g»‘ a** 1 a 1
man are .%»*en togethe'**. ’1 hen fcbrt g •
sips believe that they a' * eng p«
Hell’s fire'- possible both ore ergpg* d
to some' one' on the “outs»<lo." lU’.t ha-*
she* or he got to seal th<mselv*'s lip
from all social intercourse* ? The* gos
sips say yes - who the* - - are the*
gossips? Men anel women in a »i‘*e] or
single*, are only human.
Or, t'**o gossips meet *»n the* *«;*•*:
and here is the* eonversatioii:
“Oh, ele» you know that I saw Mj *.
So anel Se> going te> the* Movie* shov
last night with two mere, anel neither
wpw* her husband?"
“You elon’t say?*’
Yes, anil l elen’t he*lie*ve that he**1
husband knows that she die!, lor he* •
in hi place* of business until afte*?’ the*
show, and she* ge*ts home before* he
elnos."
“You elon’t say so?"
“Yes. anel the* other night 1 sa *
Mr. So anel So, a married man leave
tin* dance ami go to the* home of i
married woman anel escort he*r te> th>*
dance.’’
“Great hivins."
“Yes. and I could say move*’ -- b: ’
thank “hivin” the* gossip ha«l to grasp
for breath.
Anel the* gossips, really baeln’t .*<
thing to spill, except between them
se*!ve*s, for the* above* mentioned me*i •
chant knew all about it, why his wif*
went to tin* movie, and the* huslmn !
had the* consent of his wife, e>r rathe •
consent of both the* wife and the* nfor *
mentioned husband, absent from th>*
city perhaps, to see that no socini
pleasurers were denied.
THE KEY j
IT YOU ARK LOVKn
Drop in the
K KY.
IK YOU ARK (JAY
Come in and Cheer
us up.
And ain’t it the Truth, you Peters
burg folks?
You know it. tin- same as anv mar.
or woman, in any Alaskan town know
it?
Gossip newr investigates, nevo«
looks for facts, never recognizes th«
truth, hut i'1 like a vampire, surkir:.
its life blood from the filthy thoughts
it.
ot its authors and those who listen t •
Filth is tin* life of gossip and ii
thoughts an* clean, gossip ran not live.
Petersburg Report.
(The editor of the Petersburg Re
port, a weekly newspaper is M. S.
Perkins, who is also l’. S. Commission
or :it that city, on Wrangell Narrows.
H*» is a clever and thorough new spa >
er man. a married man. but a man
after Hobby Hum’s definition.)
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SEATTLE AGITATOR
MIST SERVE SENTENCE
SAN FRANCISCO. May 22— The
United States circuit court of appeal -
lias upheld tin* conviction of Hulet M.
Well-. of Seattle Cor conspiring to ov
erthrow the vonscription act durim?
the war.
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THOUSANDS DIE OF FLU
COLONGK, May 22— According to
estimates made in an article publish
ed in the German Medical Journal of
recent date 400 000 deaths were cause 1
by Spanish influenza in Germany in
the last eighteen months.
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