RANDOM THOUGHTS 
BY D. F.. LAMSON. 
No. XLIII. 
On a bright September day, watching 
the glow and shadows on the hills, and 
breathing the invigorating autumn air full 
of the aroma of the ripened year, one 
may take his fill of outward enjoyment, 
an enjoyment enhanced by the thought 
that summer heats and discomforts are 
over, and the seasons are putting on their 
goldencrown. ‘The time is but short 
when a nipping and eager air, sharp 
frosts and changing hues of field and 
forest, will herald the approach of win- 
ter, but it is wise to enjoy the passing 
season while we may. 
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Between the glory of the hillsides and 
the city slums, one would not hesitate 
long which to choose for his home sur- 
roundings; but the place where human 
love and help are most needed is often 
the slums and not the hillsides; and so, 
the city has its drawing power for many 
even more than the country with all its 
charms. Horatius Bonar, poet as he 
was, with all a poet’s love of nature, 
found Edinburgh with its narrow wynds, 
squalid lanes and fever-laden atmosphere 
attractive, because it was a ‘city of liv- 
ing men.”’ 
j Almy, Bigelow & Washburn § 
SALEM, MASS. 
SALEM MERCHANTS’ 
and FALL OPENING 
ESTABLISHED 1858 
Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 28th, Continuing Wednesday, 
i Thursday, Friday, Saturday 
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STORE OPEN TUESDAY EVENING _ With Concert by 
SALEM CADET ORCHESTRA. 
A grand showing of New Fall Merchandise for the home and dress. 
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at this great style show. 
AN EVENT EVERY WOMAN-:IN ESSEX COUNTY SHOULD PLAN TO ATTEND. 
FREE RETURN GAR FARES to purchasers of 50c worth and more. 
See Monday’s Salem News for big announcement of Merchants’ 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE. 
Nearly all the troubles between classes 
—as governors and governed, noble and 
peasant, rich and poor, employers and 
employed—grow out of selfishness in 
one or the other or both; selfishness is 
the primal sin, let that be got rid of and 
almost all evils will disappear from our 
world, and the old vision of peace and 
harmony will be realized when the wolf 
shall dwell with the lamb, and the leop- 
ard shall lie down with the kid, and the 
calf and the young lion and the fatling 
together, and a little child shall lead 
them. 
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We have new names for old diseases 
often, and very imposing ones too; and 
no doubt some new diseases have been 
induced by modern ways of living; but a 
change of nomenclature sometimes goes 
a great way, and a new name _ persuades 
many that they have a new thing; the so- 
called higher criticism is paraded often as 
if it were a novelty, while it is centuries 
old; but what harm has it ever done to 
the truth itself? 
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Bigness is not greatness. England 
would be great with her thousand years 
of masterful history, even if she were 
restricted interritory to the ‘“‘tight little 
island.’’ She was great in the times of 
Drake and the Armada, long before her 
drum beat was heard around the world. 
The greatness of our own country will 
COME AND SEE ALL THE LATEST 
Truly magnificent displays of Suits, Garments, Furs, Waists and Millinery—shown for the first time 
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O’MAR. 
Myself when young did eagerly dispute 
About the Drink which makes the mana brute, — 
How the vile Traffic I would drive to earth. 
Now, know I Jess about it and am mute. 
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not be in her square miles and mighty 
natural power, but in her schools and 
colleges and churches and her newspaper 
press; these are the real factors of a 
nation’s greatness, the other things are 
opportunities of greatness but not great- 
ness itself. 
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Home week and similar celebrations 
have been plentiful in some parts of the 
country, and only good can come of 
them when observed in a simple and 
rational manner, in the spirit of good 
fellowship and neighborliness, and with 
grateful thought of the blessings which 
have come down to us from our fathers 
and which a kind Providence continues 
to their children. 
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Many go to church when they expect 
there will be a crowd; but commend us 
to the man who always went to meeting 
on stormy Sundays because he thought 
there would be few present, and he 
would at least count one; such a man 
may count for many more than one 
which the man in the crowd does not. 
; ERD @ 
ESTABLISHED 1858 
WEEK 
Week Bargains we will offer. 
