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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-24
TRUE FRIENDSHIP.

There are many, presume, who do
not understand the meaning OF these
words. If so, then it would be we'll for
such persons to find out as quickly as
possible, who are their true friends.
Isuppose 1 someone Will say: | have
lots of friends; need not bother my
self about true friends. am getting
along very we'll and my friends treat
me as we'll as l treat them. have
nothing to complain of. But stop
moment Have you ever been in
trouble? Did all these friends of whom
you boast, come and help you? No! l
thought not. They don't care for you.
They want all you've got, and when
they get it they are quits with you un-
til you get something else which they
will want also. Is this not true? Are
these your boasted friends?
But what are "True Friends ?" True
friends are they who, in times of ad-
versity or misfortune are as much
your friends as they were when fort
une smiled upon you. These friends
do not care for your pocket-book or
your bank account; they care for you.
They are willing to sacrifice time, labor,
money. everything that will tend to
promote your individual well-being
Now which class Of friends will you
choose? The friends of your gayel
bn
cast down; or the friends of your darker
hours, who with their kindly love ano
sympathy steal away the sharpness
of your misfortune? For my part give
me the latter, for, when we are gay anC
prosperous we do not need friends al
badly as when we are in trouble.
But we all at some time or othe
need a friend. Sometimes when Ou
lot is hard, and 'our lines are cast il
unpleasant places" we long for tn
presence of dear true friend, to whom
we may unburden our heart of it's woe
and receive their sympathy and helI
What more distressing than to i'm
agine one bowed down with grief an
woe, utterly forsaken? No kind frien
to ease his burden. No one to whor
he can go for sympathy, he bears hi
sorrows alone, and with breaking hear
continues his daily routine; compelle
to keep cheerful exterior while hi
inner being is racked and torn by col
tending emotions, which the hand of
friend could alleviate. Can you nc
pity such man? His lot is one of til
bitterest and most cruel that ever fal
to man. How much we should pris
our true friends. How we shoul
cherish the memory of their devote
loyalty to us, when we know the gre;
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-24
WAR.

Some time since a member of the
circle made the assertion, that we needed
another war, in order to have prosper
Gus times. This statement has been
made frequently, and the belief is cher
ished no doubt by many, and among the
reasons advanced by them may be men
toned: First, 1t would stimulate trade.
Second, 1t would cause great demand
for labor, at increased pay, and would
furnish positions for many, who are
now struggling for an existence. Third,
Theenormous expenditure would great
ly increase the amount of money in
circulation. 1t is, no doubt true that
our last war was followed by unprece-
dented good times, and that history re-
peats itself; nevertheless, bad indeed
must be the state of the body-politic,
of any country where war is the only
means of revival of trade and indus
try. War, with its destruction of life
and property; it's deluge of blood; its
trampled fields and burned homes.
leaving in it's wake widows, orphans,
and wrecks of humanity, most certain,
ly is relic of barbarism, and anything
but blessing. All the benefits that
follow war can be produced by
peaceful but not necessarily vacillat
ing policy, and may even involve some
radical changes in the policy OF th'
government. Instead of q call to arm'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-24

majority of people would shrink away
and shun us. But our true friends
stand by us because they love us; be-
cause they wish to see us take courage
and start in again; because they want
to see us prosper and make success
of life.
We should prize our true friends for
the manner in which they correct our
faults, in order to lead us to act in an
unassuming and modest manner. Our
true friends haveavas store of patience.
They overlook all our shortcomings.
and fully believe that we will win in the
end. They trust that their kindness
and love may at last find way into
these sin-scourged hearts of ours, and
encourage us, and spur us on to great
er efforts toward doing what is right,
and noble, and manly. Should the
pleadings of such friends 60 unheeded?
We all of us have some one who is or
or was greatly interested in us. 1t
may be mother or it may be some one
else who pleads with us to mend our
ways, and who is always saying-"Be
somebody for my sake" hall we close
our ears to the entreaties of these
friends? Let us rather cOnfide in them !;
open our hearts to them; tell them all
our troubles; have them point out our
failings, and SO requite them for all
their kindness by our everlasting graft
tude-a gratitude not expressed in
words, but in deeds. Let our future
life be full of manly actions; let us al
ways show them that their trust has
not been misplaced: and as we progress
in the right path they will love us more.
. But, sad to relate, there are many
who, at one time, had many staunch
friends; but by continued wrongdoing
, caused these friends to lose all interest
in them. But if we will now resolve
= to abandon our evil courses and follow
t the marrow way that leadeth to life
3 these old friends will soon see Oul
A transformation and become our friends
4 again, ready with outstretched hand t(
4 help us over the rough places and give
| us cheering word.
|. Who can estimate the value of sucl
n friend? Neither gold nor jewels cal
+ purchase such loyalty. And in view O.
y this fact, should we spurn such friend
e No! let us all have many true friends
let their sorrows be our sorrows; thei
o Joy our joy: let our hearts ever beat a
l. one. May none of our actions ever in
h innate that we have forgotten their de
t. votion to u.s. May we ever hold then
Is dear May we so live as to keep oul
,r selves "unspotted from the world,'' an
Il. thus repay them for their faithfulnes
r. to us. May we all SO live that whe
% the years roll by and our heads ar
g. bowed with age, we may be able to tax
III a cheerful view of the past, and sa
ar with love and earnestness-All that
re now am | owe to the devotion Of m
er loyal and faithful "True Friends"
i'd No. 1854, in Huntingdon, pa Reform
SIS atory Record.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-24

of million men to be made targets of,
let the government employ the Same
number of men in building and inn
proving our public highways; i'll the
construction of Notifications at the sea
ports, in making waterways for our
inland traffic; in short. public works of
allkinds. Both plans would necessarily
enlarge the national debt and cause an
increase of taxation, but consider the
results. War, untold misery, a country
drained of resources, increased debt.
The other, prosperity, permanent bene-
fits, greater security, peace and happi-
ness, CREOLE.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-24

cergymen preach, Sunday after Sun
day, dreary plattudes, which drive
men out of their Jews and leave only
women, whose devotion is ardent enough
to infuse the dead words with life to
their souls. This is why SO many edi-
tors content themselves with perfume
tory disquisitions on commonplace
topics. They merely write against
space. 1t is not that his profession, or
art, or religion is not dear to each of
these men, but he is no longer in love
with it. The oil of life has burned low,
without replenishing. Monotonous
drudgery has killed enthusiasm. The
mans brain is tired, his soul is sick
with looking at his work too closely.
1t has grown commonplace and dull
to him. The life has gone out of it.
This is why the artist, the clergyman,
the writer's, the professional man.
though they may work as hard as ever,
achieve nothing high and worthy
There is something lacking in the pict-
ure, the book. the sermon, the edl-
torial; it is without leaven.
Can such man put life and power
into his work again? No doubt the
most sensible thing he can do when his
work grows to be a load that he can only
haul in rut, is to step aside from it
long enough to look at it with a
strangers eye. 1t is the man past mid
die age, instead of the youth just enter.
ing life, who needs the visit to the
country, the trip to the mountains, the
sojourn to Europe or the pyramids
anywhere among new habits and
strange people. The professional man
, the brain worker, no matter what his
rut, who turns his back on his everyday
life long enough to scramble to some
other level than that Of his own trade
will better see the possibilities of his
own work. All men and women who
allow themselves to drop into ruts, wht
plod on year after year in the tiresom'
treadmill of their occupation or pro
fessiOn, find themselves, sooner or later
! smitten with the paralysis we hav'
E described. The other day it strucl
! down one of the greatest railroad man
q ayers of the country; still later
o brilliant journalist was found starl
n dead at his desk, with an unfinished
article before him. Distinguished ant
useful men in all vOcatiOns have beel
. smitten by this same hand, in the prim
f of life; and today it impends owe
" many others-men who ought to liv
!. and enjoy life many years, and do thei
, best, because their most matured an
~ finished work. We pay too much fo
+ material success when we pay for
> with ourselves. Minneapolis Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-24
Vol. IX.-NO. II.
Mother.

In all the world-gO where you will
You'll never find another
Who'll stick to you through good or i'll,
And love you like-a mother.
In all the wOrld-where e'er you roam
With sister. wife or brother.
You'll never know so sweet home
AS that one made by-mOther.
In all the wOrld-thOugh wealth commands
For you the work of others
You'll never find a pair of hands
To toll for you lke-mOther'S.
In all the w0rld-although you should
In riches nearly smother
You'll taste no cooking half so good
AS that prepared by-mOther.
In all the wOrld-thOugh friends sincere.
And more to you than brothers.
YOu'll never for moment hear
A voice so kind aS-mOther'S.
In all the although you break
The tender heart of others.
There is no heart can ever ache
For you as much aS-mOtherS.
In all the wOrd-thOugh you create
A pleasure for another,
You can give none joy so great
AS you can give tO-mOther.
Selected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
MARRIED EIGHTY YEARS,
Perhaps the Oldest Married Pair in
the United States.

Perhaps the Oldest Married Pair in
the United States.
From the st. Paul Pioneer Press
There is living in this vicinity. within
three miles of the city. probably the oldest
married couple in the state. if not In the
United States. Their names are Darwin
and they were born in Montreal, Canada,
and are French. Louis Darwin was born On
September "a. 1888. and is therefore over
1O7 years old. His wife was born on March
II, 1894, and was 101 on her last BIRTHDAY,
This aged couple We're married in 1915, and
have passed their eightieth anniversary
They have lived near here for the aast
fOrty-two years. and he has been extensive
~ engaged In the lumber and logging bus
mess. also in farming. They have reared a
family Of seven sons and five daughters
only five of them being alive now The
Oldest daughter lives here and has a large
family, she being married when che was
eleven years of age. They have the fourth
generation from the parent tree: The old
gentleman was one Of the iiveliest among
the boys on the river forty years ago,
and could dance all around the young fell
lows at that time He was noted for his
politeness, which at times was somewhat
ridiculous, was the case when his wife
was very sick. The attending physician
going to see her met the husband coming to
the city. Good morning. Mr.. Darwin"
said he. How is your wife this morning ."
Politely raising his hat he said: "She is very
much worse, thank you, DOCTOR"
The old couple have been very rugged and
hearty, and have lived in cottage by them
selves for several years, and all last sum-
mer were able to be about the farm, but
they are both very sick at present and
there seems little hope of their recovery
After four-score years Of married life, they
are disposed to say that SO far as they are
concerned they think that marriage is not
failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16

Miss Willard in Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
'One of the most impressive sights
ever witnessed occurred during the recent
campaign in England The son Of a dis
tirguished lady was a candidate for par
Lament. At a larg'. meeting, where pos
sibly five thousand people were assembled,
the young mans vgray-haired mother
mounted the rostrum and made a speech
for him She told Of how she lad watched
over him in infancy, and how she had
done all that a mother could do to keep
his feet in the straight and narrow path.
She told of sending him to Oxford, and
how he had graduated from that great
college with distinguished honor. She said
he had always been good to his mother.
and she believed that such boy as that
would be good to his fellow countrymen:
Such cheer as went UP when the old
mother said this never heard before or
since The men went wild. They gave
three cheers for the boy and three times
three for the mother, and they gave them
with that vim known only to Enelishmen.
If the men of the United States would only
think so. the women could be of great as
Sistance to them In their campaigns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
NEW BICYCLE CHAIN.
An English Invention and What
Claimed for 1t.

From the New York World.
Fifty miles an hour on a wheel.
This is the astonishing claim put forth
for a new lever chain now undergoing the
experimental tests in England. 1t aims
to give greater driving power without In
creased effort. II is assumed that the
reader, whether he is a cycllSt or not I'M
derstands what sprockets are and what
is their function. In wheels equipped with
this chain there will. of course, be two
sprocketS. The forward sprocket. or driv-
ing wheel,wil be the same as is now used.
The rear Sprocket Will be greatly differ
ent.
This sDrocket will consist of two oppo-
site halves. Each half or side will have
eight teeth. as now, but the teeth VIII be
cut on new plan. There is little mol
! low between each pair of teeth, which will
engage the links of the chain as it rolls
along over the sprocket. The angle at
which these little hollows or grooves are
cut has been criticised. Bicycle scientists
who claim to know say that the result
will be an uneven, bumpety-bump motion
the part of the chain together with a
rafting that will shock all ears attuned,
as i: We're to the noiSeleSS rhythm OF the
perfect machine.
The little grooves supposed to be so
| many leverage points, at each of which the
links of the chain will brace itself for the
| next leap over the Sprocket teeth.
But the most important feature of tins
new sprocket is its size. 1t is nearly twice
me size OIL the ordinary SpTOchet but IL
has no more teeth. The latter fact is
highly important. If there were more
teeth than on the ordinary sprocket the
gear of the wheel would be affected. If
there We're ten teeth, for instance, the
gear CT the wheel would be 50.4, assum-
ing that the forward sprocket had the
usual number of eighteen. The average
wheel is geared to 6S. A gear of 5o.4
would be an anomaly.
The increased size of this new sprocket,
therefore, is the keynote of the invention
larger radius, thereby increasing the driv-
ing power of the chain. 1t does this with
the exercise of no more power on the ped
ais; in fact with the same power on the
pedals as Is now eXerted by the average
rider, he can, with the device, it Is
claimed, drive his machine harder and
faster, the chain and sprocket revolving
the wheels with a greatly increased force.
which may be multiplied in direct proper
ton to the strength and skill of the rider.
since power and speed are interchange
able.
This large sprocket will really give the
bicycle higher gear. but without calling
for more driving power 1t is claimed
that 1t Will give the equivalent of a gear
of eighty-four on the ordinary bicycle. A
gentleman who has seen the chain on an
English machine in England says that
some wheels with this chain have had the
equivalent of gear OF ninetysix.
Then the chain itself is different from
the chains that now give such wonderful
service.
! The links are triangular in shape, and
they joined. it is claimed. that they
will afford a greater leverage the
sprocket. and this leverage is constant and
regular through every revolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
THE MIGRATORY INSTINCT.
a Minnesota Farmer Sees His FIock
of Geese Fly Away.

Minnesota F1rmer Sees His FIOck
of Geese Fly Away.
From the Minneapolis (iinn, journal
A farmer named Bidwell, living eleven
miles from Minneapolis beyond the Mime
sofa bottoms. tells a remarkable story about
some domesticaeed Canadian geese that are
his property. Mr.. Bidwell is in Minneapo-
lis with a load of poultry, and when the
subject Of goose shooting was preached he
had few interesting remarks to make
about wild geese.
Two years ago." he said my wife's
brother, Fred Roach. came up from Florida
to visit me. Among the things he brought
along was a setting of ten Canadian goose
eggs. He wanted to find out how the birds
would do in captivity. and was a little in
terested in the problem. too. 1 set the eggs
under big old tame goose and she Matched
out eight of them. Two got killed one way
and another before they were very old, hut
the other six reached maturity. Last spring
when the flight of geese was going north L
noticed that my gray fellows seemed good
deal interested in them. One day saw the
lot rise up and circle several times when a
flock of wild birds was going over SO l
clipped all their wings and made sure of
them for the tine being. / meant to clip
them again this autumn. but somehow in
the hurry of the fall work L overlooked it.
Besides, the geese seemed to have got over
all idea of flying away. and 1 felt pretty
Just about week ago 1 was fixing up
a haystack that had been blown over when
l noticed big flock OF wild geese coming
from the north They were away up in the
air and going at terrific rate. A flock OF
about sixty Of my geese We're feeding a
short distance from where / was at work.
l did not notice the big flock going south
after giving one glance a them UNTIL hear
Ing their cries close at hand. i saw that
they had decoyed to my tame flock and
were circlng about over them. They had
made about two big sweeps filling the air
with sharp calls. when my domesticated
Canadians let &c an answering cry and rose
straight up in the air. Two of the tame
geese went with them, and the Others after
numbering attempt at flight, settled down
to earth again. The birds that had been
Matched from wild eggs. with their two
tame companions, after making a couple
of little circles went straight for the flock.
and the entire lot headed south together.
/ ought to have clipped them again this
fall, but didn't and the birds have gone"
1t will be interesting to see whether Mr..
Bidwelrs birds return to the farm next
spring. Bogardus. In his book on shooting.
refers to the easy demonstrating OF wild
geese, and cites instances OF their having
gone south in the autumn only to return
with the spring flight to the home OF their
youth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
SkILLFUL EGG HANDLERS.
Experiences Required to Determine
the Quality of This Food Article.

From the New York Morning Journal
A unique labor organization in New York
is the egg handlers or egg testers union,
composed principally OF East Side Hebrews
1t Is little talked Of because it is a closed
corporation, and none but people who have
proved themselves experts at the business
can be admitted to membership. It is one
of the oldest labor bodies in New York and
was originally known as the Egg Gamblers
Union, because 1t was organized before the
days of gas or electric lights and in those
days eggs were tested by holding them be-
fore lighted candles. 1t required a keen
sight and practiced eye to detect the first
symptom of the advent of chicken In an
egg that had been partly Matched and then
fcrsaken by some giddy hen, who could not
be induced to sit on a nest, or to detect the
first traces of overripeness
Only about one man out Of a dozen can
make an egg GAMBLER and the egg Gamblers
themselves say that egg Gamblers like all
other geniuses, are born, not made. A
steady hand Is required, and for this reason
a man addicted to excessive use of stimu-
lants could not be an egg GAMBLER plank
in the constitution of the union provides
of intoxcants can be admitted to mernber-
ship. The members of the egg testers or
egg gamblers union are greatly In demand
among the dealers in Washington and Full
ton markets. and they command good
wages. A dealer can easily know q good
egg GAMBLER from the deft way he handles
the egg. He can detect symptoms of
adding where ordinary people would pro-
nounce the egg as pure as the virgin snow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-16
OLD But EVER NEW.
The Many DOdGes for RObbinG Men
Still Successfully Executed.

The Many DOdges for RObbinG Men
Still Successfully Executed.
From the Detroit Free Press
There couldn't be anything wrong about
it, could there" he asked of the special
officer at the Sd street depot the other after
noon.
What do you mean?' replied the officer.
Il came in on the train from the east
half an hour ago."
Yes"
Are the passengers all gomez"
Yes"
Il was in hopes not wanted to find a
me-"
Anything wrong?"
"Oh, no. Something little singular.
have unintentionally done him an injustice"
Il see."
"He asked me to give him two fives for a
ten, and come to look closer at the bill see
it is twenty. He has robbed himself of
So"
Exactly. Let me see the BILL"
Certainly
Yes. it is singular said the officer as he
returned it. 1T is singular you did not
know the bill was bad
Mercy: but is it?"
"Of course. That bill wouldn't fool news
boy"
Dear. dear me! And he talked so plaus-
ible, and he was so interested in me. and he
so hated to bother me for change. Is it pos
sible he knew 1t was bad?'
"Of course he did,
Dear. dear me! And he was on his way
to California. in hopes to stay his consump-
this twenty?"
Probably thought he had hit your pile at
ten"
You don't say! Well. now remember
And he go young, and one lung already
gone!'