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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
.SOTA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1896.

ruin. There is but one way to obvlate
this predominating error, and that is,
we must be reasonably sure that we
fully comprehend the probable results
of our proposed undertakings, and
never undertake to prosecute propo-
sition that we can not anticipate the
right results to be obtained.
Reason teaches that. difficulties
fraught with tolls, privations and per-
plexities surround us. Nothing but
zeal, stimulated by the holy spirit of
right, guided by philosophy and reason,
can give that impetus to our energies
necessary to surmount the difficulties
that obstruct our progress. By the aid
of intelligence, all impediments to oul
advancement will be removed, and al
Ominous shadows discarded.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
egram which read as follows:

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 10, 1864.
Your son was killed in the battle to-
day while gallantiy and heroically lead
ing his regiment against the enemy.
"What crushing blow that was to
us! 1t seems but yesterday that he
was on my knee or racing through the
house and can almost hear the sound
made by his little feet, which some
people would call noise but to my ears
was music of the highest order. Well,
well, he will never come home. but we
will soon go to his home and be with
him for evermore.
"While our love has grown with our
growth and strengthened with our
strength yet in person we have
changed. l am not as erect, my step is
not so elastic, my eyes have become
dimmed, my hair white and many
wrinkles ornament my face and hands.
Your hands have lost their lily white
ness and they, too. bear wrinkles and
burrows, yet they are as dear to me
now as when you placed one of them
in mine fifty years ago, but,
ooh beyond this shadow lamp.
Where all is bright and fair.
know full we'll those dear old hands.
Will palms of victory bear.
Where crystal streams through endless years.
Flow DER golden sands.
| And where the old grow young again.
| I'll clasp those dear old hands.
"Now, my dear husband, [ have lis
tened attentively to what you have
said and enjoyed your "reminiscences
very much. Your partiality has in
duced you to give me more credit thar
l deserve, but | wish to say that YOU
words so kindly spoken on the fiftietf
anniversary of our wedding is to m.
heart what rain is to the tender herb
Through all these years [ have no
been unconscious of the fact that
too, in finding a husband found goo'
thing, the best on earth. You hav
been loving husband, a kind and de
voted father, a good citizen and abov
all the best loved husband in the Who'll
world.''
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
THE HIGHWAY OF LIFE.

Did you ever think about the road
you are travelling? You walk on and
on, but the road will end somewhere.
It will lead us by churches, cradles,
hearses, happy homes, broken hearts
tossed high on limbs of leafless trees,
old people and young people and we'd
dings and funerals. 1t will lead us up
steep paths to SUBMITS where the air
is pure and the sun shines bright, or it
will lead us down slippery places into
life's swamps from whose miry depths
it will be very hard to retrace our
steps. The minister baptizes you in
the morning, marries you at noon,
reads the funeral sermon at night. The
road here ends. There are flowers and
beauties on the road, but few of us see
them. Men run rapidly from the era
die to the grave, reaching for some
hand in the distance e-stepping to gain
foothold on some vessel far out at
sea, and yet they do not find happiness.
Yet in little while the end of this,
and the new road will open before us.
The sun will laugh, the stars will smile,
the zephyrs will play among the boughs,
and the leaves will dance over our
grave. A few tears will be shed, the
eyes which now in love answer back
will cheer another heart; the books and
things we love will be thrown aside
our hopes will fade like shadows-af
ter we reach home. Let us leave good
footprints as we journey along this
earthly highway. Every good act is
a flower that will beautify our final ex
istence; every good word is an ever
green which will mark our resting
place; every good intention an ange
which will sing the harmony of low
over our grave, and every friend w
are true to will be witnesses for u
when the hour comes when we ma!
need them.-Lexington (Mo.) News.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
A TEACHERS sOLILOQUY.

Teaching young minds is one of the
greatest sciences Of the age. In order
to obtain the best results in the pro-
duction of anything it is very neces-
sary first to procure the right kind of
materials, and unless the teacher has
the privilege Of making selections the
only thing to be done is to show his
skill in obtaining the best result from
what he has.
The teacher has no choice in select
ing such pupils as will suit him, but
he must take the small and the large,
the precocious and the dull, as we'll as
the gentle and the apt, the slow and
the fast, the dutiful and the disobedi-
ent are all to be attended to with the
same hand and at the same time. The
same sized morses and the same ingre-
dients do not suit any two. Each must
have different favor to suit his taste
and digestion, and in just sufficient
quantity to create hungering anC
thirsting for knowledge and origina
thought. Now, the teacher must sci
everything to work in such way as
all will work together, like the solar
system, without conflicting, one with
another. And, comparatively speaking
it requires the same power and skill IL
teacher to create order and harmon.
in the school room as it did in the Gre
ator to bring order out of chaos am
old night.-H Il. Gilliland in Rusl
Spring Il. T) LaAdmark.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
THE SHADOWS.

What great influence over the des-
TIMES of our lives the shadows have.
BY their brightness or darkness they
make us happy or sorrowful, hopeful or
Respondent, diligent or reckless, truth
full or dishonest. How they lift us up
or drag us down. All our lives, for
want of light, are immersed in shadows
Opaque or transparent. Some are un-
avoidabe, others imaginary; but all
have a subtle and powerful influence.
The pessimist grovels in the darkest
shades of shadowed hope. While others
live under transparent shadows; which
are the omens that stimulate their &C.
tions. We are all more or less given to
prognostic proclivities that obscure our
lives, or illuminate our paths and lead
us on to success. All hope is based
upon the image-shadows that take
shape in the mind, and become promi
nent before us as truths soon to be
realized. These are, if properly founded,
the shadows of the true success of life.
But how often, though seemingly the
brightest, they are as fitting as phos-
phorescent light from effiuvial swamps.
When young men venture on the
treacherous ways presented before them
by shadows of various and grand OBJ
jects that seem to be perfect realities
which they have gotten by following
their own speculative ideas-they have
no adequate conception of the: final re-
suits. 1t is self-abrasion of manhood
to revel in illusory hopes and shadows
that are in truth the darkest shades of
death: because we are standing in our
own light; and surely will run against
shoals and reefs of certain destruction
A man will picture in his mind the very
objects of his destruction and follow
them, believing that he is right. He
must determine the true results before
acting, and if the shadows are of sub
stantial appearance he will not be cen
sured if he fails: but in nine out of ter
cases he will not fail.
| Young men start out with the hallu
J cination, that to be able to gain from
the economical industry of others, il
an evidence of shrewdness, and her
. they are in the shades of darkness
: striving for their own final destruction
| There is not man on earth that woul'
Q purposely commit crime if he wer
e positively sure that he must suffer tn
s penalty; therefore, it is obvious that h
= does not comprehend the finality. Thi
is again seen when men are release
from bondage; as, they fall into tn
ruts of the old ways to sink deeper int
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

"This is New Years Day and the
fftieth anniversary Of our marriage"
So spoke William Horton to his dear
Old wife who sat at his side. "For fifty
years. we have walked side by side and
you have strewn my pathway with fra
grant flowers and made our home an
earthly paradise. am five years your
senior but all through life | have
leaned on you, preferring your better
Judgment to my own. Often within
the past fifty years would have been
financially ruined had l disregarded
your sage advice. Do you not remem-
Der having presentiment that the
bank in which we had our little all de-
posted, which we hoped would supply
our wants to the end, would fail? Act
ing upon your judgment checked out
the balance and deposited it in another
bank. On the following morning the
doors of our old bank were closed, and
it was placed in the hands of receivers
who proceeded recklessly to close up
its affairs by sacrificing the securities
and, after deducting the expenses incl
dental to such proceeding, including
enormous fees for their personal serv-
ices, the depositors received only twen-
ty-five per cent. of the money they had
in bank at the time of failure. Had
we sustained such loss we would
have been long ago reduced:.::to want
and beggary. That we are comforta-
bly, provided for in our old age is due
to your foresight, not to mine.
"'Whoso findeth wife findeth good
thing so says the Good Book, and ]
am a living witness to the fact that
found good thing when you consent
ed to pursue life's journey with me
We have kept step with each other fol
fifty years. During all that time thu
sun has not shone brightly upon us
for clouds and storms have come an(
beat upon us, but through all, and Owe
all, God has graciously guided us up tt
this happy hour when we can almos
hear the sweet voice of Jesus, saying
Come unto Me, all ye that labour ant
are heavy laden, and l will give yo'
rest God has been pleased to Civ
us seven children, five of whom remain
to comfort us in our old age. Two hav
gone to Glory. Our first born, at you
request was named for me. Williar
was bright boy, and when Fort Sun
ter was fired on he determined to go t
the war, though only fifteen years ole
How we'll we remember his erect mar
ly form as he marched away from GU
town! He was general favorite i
his regiment and was soon a comml'
stoned officer and gradually rose
rank until he reached the colonelcy
his regiment. We soon expected hil
home but our hearts were broken an
hopes destroyed by the receipt of te
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
BE NATURAL.
S. D..


In every pursuit and line of life,
good or bad there is an ideal,
a leader. Large business houses write
catchy advertisements which are eag-
erly adopted by less enterprising estab-
lishments. 1t newspaper uses spe-
cialty in its get-up it is quickly copied
by it's contemporaries. The inventor
must hide himself and his invention
from the gaze of prying eyes until ne
is protected by law. Many other in
stances may be quoted which help to
substantiate the Darwinian theory.
While the examples here mentioned
are Of laudable nature, still, the habit
of being entirely dependent on the
thoughts and actions of others is con-
ducive of evil effects. We should DO
considerable thinking on our own ac-
count and should not be afraid to ex-
press our opinions after careful
thought. 1t is strange, though true,
that we often refrain from expressing
our real sentiments through fear of
losing prestige with our fellows. l
know quite number of men in our
colony who can rightfully be classed
as not criminally inclined, and who
would be considered trustworthy IN
any position, yet they will listen pa
tiently to the recitals of the supposedly
''tuff" men, applaud their lies, and to
all appearances are en- rapport with the
subject and speaker. This, to use
plain expression, is hypocrisy and
double facedness of the meanest char
acter; for, being honest in our sentl-
ments, we should make them known
when occasion offers. Those to whom
| have alluded are not Intentionally
guilty of deception; yet, if they ponder
carefully over the matter, they see that
they are without excuse for their ac-
t1ons. Others may say it is easier to
listen than to argue. True indeed; but
you can convey your feelings in such
a case with very few words and ges-
lures.
/ Another fact which follows in this
respect is the absurd idea that upright
ness entails the carrying about OF a
sombre, starved looking countenance
This fallacy should be Immediately
eradicated; for the man that purposely
carries his religion in an unnatural and
mechanical countenance is the typifi
cation of deception, and should be
avoided by all well-meaning persons
, If ministers of the gospel would en-
, deavor to make this point more clearly
understood it would do more for the
cause of religion than chain of ex
, hortations reaching from here tt
heaven.
: We are possessed of an instinctiv'
! knowledge of right and wrong b.
8 which we should be guided as it is no
g given us for ornament. The smalles
J. child gives evidence of this even befor
|. it can form a word. I do not wish yO1
to entertain the idea that you shoul
9 be governed by your own Thought
9 more so than by those of others. Blu
Q by exercising your mental powers i
is conjunction with the precepts of otf
d ers you will strike happy mediu1
10 that will be invaluable to you in man
20 respects. There are many who snee
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
7rpme. Shopper year. in advance
In"o' Six Months so cents.

at those who show their sensibleness
by judlcious use of their time while
here. AS this may be CALLING to few
it is well to bear in mind that derision
is more easily borne than reincarcera-
ton here. JASPER.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
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THE OLD YEAR AND NEW.

Oh. softer than fall of SnOw-f1akes.
Or dew upon roses shed.
Came angelic voices, chanting
The good Old Year is dead!'
Then, Silence. from stilling the echoes,
Stole softly over the earth,
And Hope flung her starry banners
To herald the New Years birth.
While heard. as it were million
Of f1Ower-buds stir in their beds.
AS a carol of wOodthrush and robin
Exultantly rang overhead:
Wake. lily bud, sleeping in grasses;
Wake ionquil and narcissus pale;
Awake from your slumber, awaken.
'Tis New Year! Awaken! All hail!
Inland Printer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
Written for The Prison Mirror.
THE GOLDEN WEDDING.

4BY GEN. r. w. JOHNSON. I. S. AL
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28
How to Prevent Group.


Som ereadiag that will prove Interesting
to young mothers. Hon. 10 guard against
the disease.
Group Is terror to young mothers an
to post them concerning The cause, first
symptoms and treatment Is the objrc,
OF thia item. The origin OF Group is a
com mon cold. Children who are sub
ject to IL take cold very easily and Group
IL almost sure ~ follow The frat symp-
toms is hoArseness this IL soon followed
by peculiar rough coDgh, hich is easily
recognized aud will never he forgotten
by one who has heard II The time 10
act lie when the child first becomes
hoarse. II Chamberlain's Cough Rene.
dy is freely gwen all tendency to cronp
will soon disappear. Even after the
cronpy cough has developed IL will pre-.
vent the attack. There is no danger in
giving this remedy for IL contains moth.
ing injurious. For sale by
RI. II WATKINS,
Druggist
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

The MINER mas Tor fourteen years la.
bored INCREASINGLY for rhe upbuilding OF
Mohave county. Il is quoted ny every
paper OF prominence IN ihe country We
can point with pride 10 the fact that
every mining paper OF prominence in the
United States and the dailies OF Los An
geles, San Francisco, Salt Lake. New
York and Denver are received in ex
change, while it is a fact that MOI one
daily or mining journal OF prominence
is received in exchange by the sidew
er down the stren. From this our
readers can dr.s their osn conclusion
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28
SUM MONS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Fourth Judicial District. Of the Terri.
tory of Arizona, in and for the County
of Mohave.
CARRIE A. WALLACE,
Plaintiff.
VS.. Summons.
W. l.. WALLACE, No. PA.
Defendant
Action brought in the District Court of
the Fourth Judicial District, in and for
the County of Mohave, Territory Of Ari-
IONA:
The Territory Of Ariz ma sends greeting to
w. l.. Walace:
You are hereby summoned and required
to appear in an action brought against you
by the above named plaintiff ia .he Dis
trict Court of the Fourth judicial District.
in aud for the County of Mohave, in the
Territory of inzona, and answer the com.
plaiat filed with the clerk of this oou-t at
Kingman, in said county Ga cop, of which
complaint accompanies this summons),
within ten days (exclueive of the day of
service) after the service upon you of this
summons, II served in this county, but II
served oct of the county and within the
district, then within twenty days; where
personal service Of a copy of the summons
and complaint is made out Of the Terri.
tory. or service by publication is made as
provided by law, within twenty days after
the completion thereof; in all other cases
thirty days.
And you are hereby notified that it You
fail TO appear and answer the complaint
AS above required, the plaintiff will take
judgment by default against you.
And costs and disbursements in this be-
half expended.
Given under my hand and the seal of
said court at Kingman, this 10Th
(sxAL) day of October, 1896.
L.O. COwAN,
Clerk.
First insertion Nov. 7th. 1896.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

The ncompoop editor OF the sidewind
or sheet, down the way, insists that the
MINER tells lie when IT says that 40.
00o, O00$ have been taken from the mines
of Mohave county aad practically no i'm
preston has been made on them There
is one shaft IN Mohave count, 600 feet
deep--the blackberry. The "63" pro
duced SOC, OO0$ and the deepest shaft on
it il 100 feet; the G. o. ID. produced l,
600, 000s and its deepest shaft is 400 fee.
on the incline; the McCrackin mines pro
duced nearly 1900 COOS and the work has
all been done through tunnel on the
ledge. The Nighthawk, Cupel, Orc
Plata, Keystone, Lone Star, Rural, Buck.
eye and all the White Hills mines are
only surface diggings although they have
produced millions. Many shafts have
been SINK TO depth OF several hundred
feet, but no prospecting has been done
below superficial depth. OF course the
little grey thing that can write, II he
can't talk. is not supposed to know this
as 1t does not veAture into any mining
works, for fear. as an old miner expressed
il, she might fall down in crack and
lose himself"
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

The Kingman Dramatic Ciub, under
the supervision Of Miss Virginia Bow.
man will give two plays at Needles, Dec.
End and Sd. Il will be partial benefit
for the Kingman school fund and full
houses have been assured them.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28
H6Iidaa goods.

Gaddis & Perry will display finer
line than has ever before been
shown, including silver ware, al
buns, dressing cases, manicure
sets, and toys of every description
All new designs, no old stock here
(. tiADDrs 4 PERRY
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

We understand that the "B,x Of Mon
keys" company will give an exhibition
In Needles about the 81 Of December
The company is good one, the hest tai.
ent OF Kingman having been selected fof
the principal part. Neeiles people
should patrcnize the show and they will
receive the full yalue OF their money.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

The Temple Bar placer mines are De.
ing worked by small force Of men.
There is proposition on hand to take
out ditch from the Colorado river with
sufficient fall TO run turbine water wheel,
with sufficient power to pump water
against the uplying gravel banks.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

Another new hoist has been received
by the White Hills Company and will be
hauled out to the mines in few days
In about month there will be seven
hoists in operation 10 the White Hills.
This Is pretty cool showing Tor dull
times in the great silver camp.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

A comparison Of the vote Just cast for
delegate to congress, as officially counted.
shows that the republicans lost heavily
In this territory while the democrats and
populists made consequent gains The
vote exceeded that Of 1894 by only 823
The regis'r,,io, Of tn. vtsrs Of the tar.
ritory wa, over 1900.
The following Ia the vote for 1896 and
1894.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

ii. j. West has put in larger size
OF the Smith stamp mill, at the Moss
mine, and is doing good work. The mine
Ia looking we'll and Mr.. West expects to
make 1t = paying proposition.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

Joe Biddle has been asked to 90 "a
Rsndsburg by the A. Il p. railroad com
psny to search for water at that place
He will 20 there in few weeks. 10
claims to be world heater In locating
water, by the 'dousing" process.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

We have been consistent republican,
a consistent populist and consistent
democrat. We have been republican
for the one thing that makes life worth
the living--boodle. Ditto populist and
democrat. Our Mineral Wealth.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

Grant McKesson and John Schimmel
pfennig have reformed TO White Hills,
after disposing OF rich batch OF ore.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

The turkey shoos at the bali grounds
on Thanksgiving resulted in the slaush
ter Of many turkeys Some splendid
workmanship was displayed by several
gentlemen, bat Rule Allison carried off
the honors.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

There will be Thanksgiving services in
the NJ. f. church tomorrow evening.
The musical program Is extensive and
the lovers OF music viii miss great
treat by failing to attend.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

The Hualapai mining company, operat.
ing the mines Of Music Mountain, is re.
ported to have opened up an immense
body Of gold ore in one Of it's tunnels.
The main tunnel is being run across
country TO tap a number of lodges.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

Drawn & Coolidge had four tons Of
rich Nighthawk ore worked at the cam
pier this week.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the Hioer
mia mine, or the owners thereof, will not
be responsible for any debts contracted
by the parties having a lease thereon.
w. II. ROGERS.
Kingm an, Nov. 18th, 1896. emo.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

Judge Murphy has several men at
work on the Champion and Pay Roll
mines, near Cerbat. TIE mines are
looking we'll and producing very good
grade OF ore.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

G. z Bowerr, OF the KiDgmsn Mer.
camille Company, who has been visiting
Phenix for week past, is home again.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

MRS. !. l.. Ayres. Of Cerbat, spent
Thanksgiving with Mrs. o. ID. NJ. Gaddis
10 Kingman.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

A. NJ. McDuffee came in to-day from
the Rainbow mine with carload OF ore.
The Rainbow is splendid property and
only for the low price OF lead it would be
worked extensively.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

A. II. Smith, OF Tulare, California. and
j. W. Morgan have gone to the Cheme.
huevis mountains to do some assessment
work on gold claims claimed by 8. Back
per OF Salt Lake City.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

Parties who shipped cattle to Col Dorado
and Kansas last spring for pastursge,
made losing deal. The cattle brought
less that they could have been sold for
delivered at the railroad.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

Mrs. Joseph Pnsk returned from Los
Angeles last Wednesday morning and
has gone to her home in Mineral Park
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

Q. ID. Clack and vile aud Greedy Ciack
were in from the @. O. d. mine Thurs.
dsy TO enjoy Thanksgiving turkey and
take In the ball.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

Mine owners of Mohsvs county hold
their property at two high figure. They
should realize that silver 10 not as valu.
able as il vas twenty-years ago and that
old time prices are gone forever.
Mohave County miner., 1896-11-28

Sam Withers and Asa Harris will have
a turkey shoot at the ball grounds the
day before Christmas and Christmas day.
Everybody should be on hand with their
best guns.