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Arizona republican., 1896-12-31
THE CONSTITUTION

The constitution of the United States is often brought before the public mind as the ark of national safety. MT. Gladstone did not pay it too high a in his remarkable praise of that document. It steadies the con- ficting interests of the forty-five states of the Union wonderfully, and the rev. erence that prevails for it in all of them is an essential aid in establishing the foreign rela tions of the land on a dig nified and safe basis. MT. Lecky, in his recent work on Democracy and Liberty" which is written from an English Tory standpoint, finds it easy to account for the progress and the strength of this nation in the conser- vatism of that instrument. He admits that our government is superior to that of Great Britain in several re- spects, and traces it all to the wisdom of the fathers in framing the consti- tutiOn
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31
A SENSIBLE TEST.

England is to have another public trial of motor carriages next May, and the conditions imposed by the London Engineer, which has control of the tests, are exceptionally sensible. High speed is not one of the objects sought. Credit will not be given for speed in excess.of ten miles an hour. The points on which awards will be made include distances run without renewing sup plies, freedom from stops for repairs, absence of vibration and odors of ben zine, ease of starting, speed up to ten miles an hour and hill climbing, steer ing gear and brakes, weight, work manship, first cost of working, and general efficiency. The probability is that the liberal prizes for vehicles carrying passengers and six hundred pounds to a ton of freight will bring better results than the premiums for the winners of races. People are be- ginning to realize that there is no de- mand for machines capable of running twenty miles an hour on ordinary highways. What is wanted is a ve- hicle that will run week after week under varying road conditions without breaking down. The results of 200 mile run under the conditions referred to undoubtedly will be both interest ing and valuable.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31

For the first time in centuries, if not in the whole history of the English Establishment, a new Archbishop of Canterbury has been publicly chal lenged on the very threshold of his great office as heretic. The unpleas- ant incident occurred in the old church of St. Mary-le-Bow, Cheap side. The intrepid challenger was the Rev. Edward Brownjohn, sometime chaplain to the lord bishop of Bath and Wells. His specification was that the new archbishop, pr. Temple, is an avowed believer in the doctrine of evo- lution. The royal commissioners turned deaf ears to Mir BroWnjohn, and the Most Rev. Dr. Maclagan, metropoli- tan of the northern province and sec ond-magnitude primate, went on with the religious ceremonies. One account says that portion of the congrega- tion hissed, groaned and hooted MT. Brownjohn. If this be so, no doubt that orthodox man tasted, for a few tleeting moments, the joys of martyr dom.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31
LIBEL SUITS.

A libel suit has been brought against the Topeka Capital, which, it seems, has about as much excuse for being brought as the average libel suit that is, none at all The Capital pub lished the details of the damage suit against two members of the Topeka legal fraternity as they were matters of court record and as it had a perfect right to publish. The beginning of libel suits is mostly done by aggrieved persons who want to apply balm to their wounded feelings rather than re- cover any damages, real or imaginary Newspaper publications rarely do any harm to people who do not deserve it. If through transformation a mistake is made, every reputable newspaper makes haste to correct it; not through fear, but through a desire to be just. The humblest citizen can obtain the correction of mistake as readily as the most influential one. It is through lHe puullClty SlFeH lo HHdItolo ol pup- 1 lie interest that vice and crime are re- strained more than by any other agen- 1 cy. The publication of the details of
 wickedness and crooked transactions
 is more feared than the law. The greatest safety to the public from the doings of those who would work evil, lies in the greatest publicity. If there is danger, let every one know it. One
 or two innocent persons who have the
 misfortune to be related to the evil
 doer may suffer in feelings, but thou
 sands of others profit by the knoWl- edge or the wholesome fear of expos
 ure if they go wrong.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31

figuratively rather than literally, once said: ''If you have two bushels of po- tatoes to sell, spend the price of one bushel in advertising the price of the other.' We commend this sage ut terance to the business men of Phoe- nix. Mr. Stewart knew the secret of business success.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31
SAVE TIME AND MONEY

By taking the cheapest and quickest route from Solomonville to Sheldon station and Clifton, or from Clifton to SolomOnville. Only nine hours making the trip either way. Greens regular mail hack leaves SolomonvilIe for Shel- don station every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at o'clock a. m., arriving at Sheldon Dy 330 p. m, making close connections witha the train from Lordsburg to Clifton. ReturnsN ing from Sheldon to Solomonville on arrival of 5 train from Clifton every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, arriving at Solomonville by 4 o'clock p. m. We shall spare no time or ex- pense to make it to the interest of all who will favor with their patronage. Commercial men and others who have to travel on odd days can always be accommodated by timely notice. Fare, s5; round trip s7.50. We have corral at SolomOnville, where we give animals good care and plenty to eat and drink. Saddle horses, teams and buggies to let. Thanking the public for their liberal patronage hereto] fore bestowed and asking continuance of u same, we remain yours respectfully,
 N. GREEN & SON. SoLoMoNvILLE. .Ariz.. March IA 1894.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31

Denver bragged about it's natural pavements until the progressive ele- ment of the town grew tired of the de- ception and forced the construction of real pavements which have proved of inestimable benefit to the town. Phoe- nix seems likely to have the same ex- neripnce
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31

Prof. Huxley says that an oyster is a far more complicated piece of ma chinery than the finest Swiss watch. This is especially true of the bivalves served west of the Missouri river.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31

The condition of East Adams street, between Center and Third, is deplor- able. The city should either remedy it or provide wading boots to those who are obliged to use the street.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31

Probably as graphic an account of a Christmas dinner as can be found in our language is that described by Washington Irving in "Bracebridge Hall" Not even Dickens caught the Christmas spirit better than it is caught there.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31

An example of splendid heroism was furnished by the New Orleans negro who calmly ate restaurant sandwich while receiving the bullets of gang of lynchers. And now it will never be known whether it was the sand wich or the bullets that killed him.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31

The sultan of Turkey gets an ulti- matum in his stocking from the pow CTS. He must have quite collection of them on hand by this time, but they all seem to amuse him.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31

Topeka is preparing for it's first pure food exposition, to be held the week beginning January 23. The exposi- tion should be interesting and in every detail a success.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31
PHOENIX. DECEMBER sI. 1896.

M. Noble, who bequeathed ten mil lion dollars to the University at Stock holm, seems to have been inspired with an ambition to live up to his
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31
PhGniiy 1 and Buckeye Staee
J. $. BAssETT. Prom.

J, $. BAsSETT, Prop,
 Leaves Phoenix Mondays and Fridays at 7:S0 Im.: arrives at Buckeye in twelve hours; leaves Buckeye Tuesdays and Saturdays at 7:S0 !. m., and arrives st Fheenix in twelve hours. Office at Mesa Fruit Store. This line meets the IarQua Hsla stage every Monday evening.
Arizona republican., 1896-12-31
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN.
The Treasure TerritoryS Chief Newspaper.

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

PLEASANT and courteous man.
ners have material value at all
times and in all places. They rec
ommend to preference, win friends
and are everywhere recognized as
indicative of the real inner nature.
At no other period is history was
good breeding held in higher es-
TEEN than the present. Boorish-
ness and irritability are at dis
count everywhere, even among the
lowest: they have no value, no in
fluence, no power to advance in
terest or secure position, but act as
a dead weight on their possessor,
down while the pleasant
hammered rise.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

THERE is no middle ground on a
moral question possible for man
to take. Neutrality can not be
maintained when right and wrong
is arrayed one against the other.
Self-interest lies in the success of
one or the other, and where SYM
pathy is, there is self-interest re-
fecting the character Of the man.
The highest expression of moral
worth is to stand for right when
wrong would serve self-interest,
and when this position is refused
sympathy with wrong is a part of
character.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
THE USE OF TIME.

OLD FATHER TINE again ushers
in another year, with it's fears, it's
promises, it's anticipations and it's
possibilities. That part of life,
never seen or heard, yet always felt,
known as time exercises over us
power as strange as it is Hateful.
Its all-decaying hand is everywhere,
warning, yet destroying, revealing
the errors of the past, insisting on
their atonement, and dragging us
into the future, prepared or I'M
prepared, to face it's unknown re-
alities. The consciousness that
the past has many regrets forces
itself into the thoughts at the birth
of the new year. The years that
have been misspent, the opportu-
mites that have been neglected and
the condolences that have been
violated are imaged on the mind
with all their sad memories and
heartaches of regret.
The end of the year, to each and
all of us, will be fraught with the
results of our resolves or indiffer
ence. We begin it hopeful,
buoyed up by sincere resolutions
and a determination to make them
of real value, and we close it with
the conscious satisfaction of hav-
ing used the period of time to adj
vantage and profited by the OPP
portunities it has presented. En-
tering the year without the lessons
taught by retrospection and lack
ing the inspiration of a wish for
self-improvement, and viewing it
mere y as a milepost in the jour
ney to the grave, and it's last day
will be separated from the first by
dark, dreary blank in which
everything has been wasted and
nothing gained save the experience
that never teaches.
Good use of time is the essential
of improvement. Employing spare
moments in adding to our stock
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

of knowledge, in widening our
mental outlook and studying the
problems most likely to confront
us in the future, insures against
idle and morbid thoughts, safe
guards against fretfulness and re-
duces trouble, with it's attendant
worry, to the minimum. Study is
ever opening up new avenues OF
human knowledge, reckoning the
student into mysteries that are re-
vealed only when the mind is pre-
pared to grasp the truths laid bare
by intelligent research. The way
is hedged in by disappointment,
discouragements and defeats, but
the light of success ever burns to
guide to the goal that welcomes
the one who values time and uses
it for advancement.
The first step in approaching the
value of time is in the resolution, and
when formed the mind is equipped
for action-the action that fresh
ems intelligence by reflection and
creates the purpose for charging
it's scope. The moments and min
utes Of time are small in them
selves, but they accumulate Won
derfully fast, and if thoughtlessly
squandered in Incidence leave
aught but regrets in their train.
When the year closes and the I'M
welcome revelation dawns that the
lost days and hours can never be
recalled, the lesson impresses itself
that in the proper use of time re-
sides the essential Of self-improve-
ment.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

CUPIDITY and vanity are the best
allies Of the designing. By their
aid all kinds Of rascality prosper.
The desire to get something for
nothing is ingrained in human
nature, and where it is intense,
there is the richest field for those
who know how to take advantage
of it's weakness. Cupidity is the
friend Of the green goods man.
He preys on those who seek prey,
cheats them at the game with
which they wish to defraud others
and conceals his own rascality be-
meath that of the victims. The
fakir fatters the conceit of the
vain, and they become dupes to his
humbuggery. Vanity loves fiat
terry, and when it gets it must
pay the price, and the price is
every drop that can be squeezed
out of the lemon. To cupidity
and vanity all rascals should rever-
emily bow.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

gold of principle outshining the
base imitation of policy.
To do the best one can. free
from selfish desires and evil pas
sions, and with a regard for exact
justice and good example, and the
aim to foster good intentions is
the essence of principle-the prin-
ciple that is opposed to policy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
"Once Upon a TilAe.,,

The Saturday Evening Post
would not have thought of giving
a splendid picture in connection
with a three months trial subscrip-
ton, but we are so much pleased
with the beautiful II X "a inch
telegraph in II colors- "Once Up
on a Time we are so sure
that new subscribers who take the
Post for three months will continue
with us, that we have concluded to
offer the above picture and the
Saturday Evening Post for that
time for only so cents-not one
half the value of the picture itself.
"Once Upon Time" is II X "a
inches in size, finely executed in
colors, and shows a lovely boy and
girl in antique dress, at a window
in an old-fashioned room, telling
fairy tales. It is beautiful work
of art, and will be an ornament to
any parlor or sitting room.
The Saturday Evening Post, of
Philadelphia, is the Oldest family
and literary paper in America, if
not in the world. Originally estab-
lished by Benjamin FRANKLIN in
1928, and appearing in it's present
character in 1921. it has had an
uninterrupted career of 1877 years!
Besides being the Oldest family
paper, it claims the even more
honorable title of also being the
best. 1t has always kept in sight
the best in literature. Its pages
are perfectly free from the degrad-
ing and polluting trash which
characterizes many so-called liter
airy and family papers. 1t gives
more for the money, and a better
class, than any other publication
in the world. To the people every
where it will prove the best, most
instructive, reliable, and moral
paper that ever entered their
homes.
Terms $500 year in advance.
SPECIAL III NEW 81 oSCNAoG00'
We want $4,000 new subscribers
the coming year, and in order to
introduce the Post into families
where it is not now taken, we will
send the paper every week for
three months for so cents, and IN
addition we will send copy of the
beautiful picture. ''Once Upon a
Time" Address, Saturday Evening
Post, Philadelphia, Pa.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

NOTHING is more indicative of a
vulgar nature than maliciously
wounding the feelings of a sensi-
tive person. Coarse illusions to
what jars the feelings are as cow
ardly as a stab in the back and as
mean as the one who gives utter
anceS to them is vile.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
n 0 TIC E..

THOSE receiving copies of THE MIR
ROR who are not subscribers will
please consider them as sample cop
les. If, after reading them, you should
conclude that The MIRROR is
worthy of your patronage, send one
dollar to this office and we will enter
your name on our books for a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

R1D1CuLE is the weapon of the
ignorant and the last refuge of the
defeated. 1t has no power to in
fiuence judgment or educate wrong
views to higher standard Of
thinking. To resort to it is to con-
TESS defeat in argument, for if
argument is sustained with facts,
ridicule is always kept in the back
ground.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

PRINCIPLE is the virtue upon
which hinges all the elements that
characterize the daily routine of
duties to self and others. It
underlies and is the directing force
of moral integrity, and is the full
expression of it's strength. The
intrinsic value of any action is
regulated by either policy or prin-
ciple, with view of advancing
interest or obeying what is felt to
be natural and moral duty.
A man, whose means are limited
and upon whom others have a
legitimate claim, is met with an
appeal for charity. His natural
impulse is to relieve apparent dis
tress-an impulse pure and self
sacrificing in itself because it is
the overlooking of a heart alive to
the needs of necessity and eager to
supply them. The manner in
which he responds to the call will
indicate the manner of man he is.
If guided by policy he will con-
slider any tender Of assistance he
may make in the light of good
investment-as something done for
effect and from which compound
interest is expected. His aid is
bestowed ostentatiously, with the
object of attracting attention and
laying the foundation for a false
philanthropic spirit, and not from
any motives of sympathy with suf-
fering OF sincere desire to be of
service to others. This is policy.
1t looks we'll and sounds we'll. but
beneath it is selishness. It be-
speaks nature out of tune with
humanity, having no interest in it's
welfare or regard for anything that
does not conserve selfish interest.
Policy acts only when benefit may
be derived, speaks only for effect,
and promises only when a
greater return is expected. Prin-
ciple finds it's expression in hon
esty. The man whose motives are
prompted by it, fears nothing but
deception. He investigates what
he is asked to relieve, determines
the measure Of it's necessity and
responds accordingly. He has
generous impulses, but they are
held in check by a sober judg-
ment that tells him that all distress
is not real, and that charity, to be
of value, must be guided by reason
and its sympathy free from gush-
ing sentimentality. Such a man
seeks truth, and truth only; but is
ready to give the helping hand
without emblazoning the act to
the world or expecting return for
what is a natural duty. 1t is the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man.
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
In dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemptOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue a surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

The happy faculty of being able
to look upon the bright side of
things is the secret of cheerful
nature. Brooding over trouble
and dark prospects, magnifies their
importance and power to harm.
Life is too short to be harassed
with fretfulness and useless re-
pining. Everything in nature, in
philosophy and in human expert
ence teaches that the bright view
is the right view. and that in cheer
fulness is found that contentment
which alone can give happiness.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

THE vilest of all liars is the one
who strives to veil his own nasty
reputation by lying away the good
name of another. Such liars are
as much out of place in any COM
munity as a hog would be in a
drawing-roOm.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
ground.

BY FAR the handsomest calendar
that has reached this office is the
one issued by the Dubuque Malt
ing Co., of Dubuque. la. 1t rep
resents a young woman of exquisite
figure and beautiful face in an at
titude of salutation. The coloring
on the face and dress is splendidly
arranged, the effect being greatly
heightened by silver filter work
on the cloak worn. The calendar
is a credit to the designer and the
enterprising firm issuing it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

The man who sits down and
waits for a soft snap to come along
will find himself among the I'M
claimed baggage when the train of
opportunity is loading for it's jour
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

Mrs. Rorer's magazine, House
hold News, has been absorbed by
the Ladies' Home journal in Or
der to make it possible for Mrs.
Rorer to form an exclusive edito-
rial connection with the latter
magazine. All of Mrs. Rorer's lit
erary work will hereafter appear
exclusively in the Journal, of
whose domestic department she
will have entire charge. Several
pages of the magazine will be Civ
EN- her each month, and in these
she will begin by giving new
series of simple cooking lessons.
to be followed by domestic lessons
treating separately the care and
arrangement of each room in a
house.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

WHEN you seek to reform in
others that which is not reformed
in yourself, you use your best en-
deavors to make two wrongs right.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

The Review of Reviews has tax
Ell pains to obtain the opinions of
ten representative students of pub
lie finance in the leading Ameri-
can universities on the duty of
Congress regarding the national
revenues, the currency, and the
banking system of the country.
Professors Hadled of Yale, Taus-
sig of Harvard, jerks of Cornell,
Laughlin of Chicago, Sherwood Of
Johns Hopkins, Ross of Leland
Stanford, Folwell Of Minnesota,
Daniels Of Princeton, and Presi-
dents Adams of the University Of
Wisconsin and Slocum Of Colorado
College, take part in the Reviews
SYMPOSIUM.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
HAPPY New YEAR.
" LITERARY NOTES. y

Among the notable features of
the San Francisco Argonaut for
December 28th, 1896, are: "Andrea
Of the Song-Like Laugh: An
American Don Juan's Experience
in a Mexican Mining Camp" by
Edith Wagner; 'Divine and Diva -
a letter from New York on the
controversy between Dwight L.
Moody and Yvette Guilbert: and
''The Bronte Scandals" long re-
view of Clement K. Shorter's new
book, "Charlotte Bronte and her
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
This life that we're alvin still
Is of curious sort;
Under this stone lies Colonel Gill,
Who always drank quart.
Atlanta Constitution.

The man who has the happiest
New Year is the man who didn't
have too merry a Christmas Min
neapolis Journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week. notice should be sent to this office.
and the matter will be attended to at once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

Entered at the Post-Office at saltwater, MIMI,
as SecOnd-claSs mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31

The man who RECEIVERS from an
attack Of malaria by the use of
quinine can boast Of one bitter ex-
ence.-Up-To-Date.