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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09

The first thing wise man does after he
gets married is to practice till he can look
IS il he had been wrong when he hasn't.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09
He,d Tried Them.

Bill-"Did you ever try an, ~
Smalls 25-cent dinnersf"
Jill--"Yes: / ate three Of them ~
dsv at noon."-Yonkers Statesma0.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09

At the Strozzi palace, in Rome, there IL
. book made of marble, tho leaves being
Of marvellous thinness.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09

Scotch descent, or Englishl He-What q
question: Why do you asks | want to
know whether to call you Alex or Sandy
for pct name.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09

As soon as the baby has learned to talk
1t becomes necessary to teach it to keep
nuiat.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09

Diamond &c" Soap is made by the
Cudahy Packing Co. of South Omaha.
Sold by grocers everywhere.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09

Bachelors. don't marry brunette-she
will never be true to you.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09

On the Bowory, New York, shave
costs s cents; hair cut cents.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09
Save the wrappers around Diamond
&C. Soap. They are worth money.

Boys have been substituted for men on
Nashville, Tenn, street cars. The boys
earn Is per week, while tho mon were
paid $40
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09

A woman in Atchison rode in 50-cent
hack to eat a 2O-cent dinner.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09

The motorman on an electric car is .
non conductor.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1898-12-09

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine IN plets- All
druggists round she money II II falls to eure
s5c The genuine has l.. b Q. on each tablet
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
TERMs.( $1.OO per year. in advauc
Six Months so cents.

the size of a pea, dissolved in pint of
water, is excellent for inflamed eyes, as
it is healing and cooling. Apply it fre-
quently. A tablespoonful of borax
dissolved in pint of hot water should
be put in bottle and kept tightly
corked. This solution is good for any
skin affections, bruises, burns, cuts or
severe abrasions of the skin. 1t is
powerful antiseptic, which has the
merit of being harmless. Borax is also
one of the best disinfectants known,
destroying disease germs and purifying
and cleansing anything with which it
comes in contact
A mustard plaster placed over the
lungs, under the shoulder blade, in
fact, wherever there is dull pain, will
relieve it in short time. This should
not be allowed to remain until it blis-
ters. A flaxseed poultice or a bread
and milk poultice is excellent when
ever it is desirable to keep the flesh
soft, and if little soda is added, it
will "draW' almost as much as mus.
tard plaster.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

are bright and interesting and unob
trusive they are patted on the head
and praised. When they become in
quisitive they rapidly tire out the one
sided parent and become a bore.
When one of the children asks a hard
question it is taken that he means to
annoy his father, who is busy reading
the paper. The boy does not mean to
annoy anyone, he merely wishes to
know, and know he will-if not at
home, then somewhere else. The boy
is not at fault for asking. The parent
is grievously at fault for not knowing
or for not seeking in proper spirit of
companionship to learn the truth and
share it. There never were more sus-
ceptible children being born into the
world than at present. The world holds
out to them the fruits of centuries of
toll and improvement. They ask only
the key to the mystery of life. The
home should supply it. If it does not
it is not home. 1t is the merest folly
TO blame children for not liking home.
AS well accuse them of not liking food.
They are born in the home and their
first sentient emotions are connected
with the love of parents. 1t at a later
stage parents lose command of their
children by failing to keep up with
their mental and moral progress the
fault is with the parents exclusively.
There is not one boy in thousand
who goes wrong but who got wrong
start from father or mother who
could not or would not comprehend
and help him. There is not girl who
has failed of her mission of exempli.
flying the best womanhood who was
not helped to her failure by home sur
roundings that first froze, then blunted
and finally stunted her ethical suscep-
tibilities.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
SIMPLE REMEDIES
A Combination of Morals and Medics
Well Worth Reading.
From the Boston Budget

1t is often very inconvenient to send
for doctor, and if the housekeepers
OF today knew more of the simple
home remedies which our grand.
mothers used it would often be un.
necessary. Many serious ailments can
be prevented by giving the proper med
icines as soon as the symptoms are
manifest.
A cold can usually be broken up if
taken in time, and the principal agent
in effecting a cure is plenty of heat.
Battle the feet in mustard water that
is as warm as it can be borne, and put
the patient in bed, with a warm iron
at his feet. Put the juice of a lemon
IN cup with tablespoonful of sugar
and half teaspoonful of ginger; fill
the cup with boiling water, and after
it has stood few minutes closely Gov.
cred, let him drink it. This will pro-
duce a sweat which cOunteracts the
cold. If he has cough prepare med
icine as follows: Put one ounce each
of slippery elm, flaxseed and licorice
in pint of water to soak three or four
hours, then add one-haIf pint of mo-
lasses and one-fourth of a pound of
sugar; put them on the stove to SIM
mer an hour and half. 1t is then
ready to strain and bottle for use.
Give from one to two teaspoonfuls
depending upon the age of the child)
every two or three hours. If there is
any soreness about the lungs, and
breathing is difficult, mix equal quan.
titles of lard and turpentine together.
dip flannel cloth in it, and lay it on
the chest. Another cloth may be placed
over it, to keep it from soiling the
clothing.
If you are troubled with acidity of
the stomach, take pinch of borax
dissolved in a tablespoonful of water
every two hours until relieved. Borax
is one of the most valuable of house.
hold remedies, and should be kept in
every medicine chest. A teaspoonfuI
of borax and piece of camphor gum
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
GOOD PHILOSOPHY.
lFrom Star and Kansan.l

If men could always live up to their
highest ideals, what delightful place
the world would be; and at the same
time how weak the characters of men
would be. 1t takes storm as we'll as
sunshine to develop the strength of
the oak. 1t needs trial and temptation
and failure and encouragement to
perfect the life of the soul. 1t is from
conflict that power comes. If there
was nOt-All the time a "war in our
members" a ceaseless struggle be.
tween the higher and lower natures or
tendencies, man would be merely a
useful plaything in the economy of
creation. No man deserves credit for
doing right if he has no inclination to
do wrong-not bit more than water
should be praised for running down
hill. If there were no possibilities of
evil there could be no possibilities of
good. Without depths there could be
no heights.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

I believe it safe to state that one.
half of the young men fresh from the
collegiate or academic course feel that
there is one road to fame and fortune
always open to them, namely, Jour-
nalism. They have devoted much time
to acquiring an extensive vocabulary
and their ''style" is ultra Dickinsonian,
ByrOnlc, or otherwise. Their last class
essay upon the real and the ideal, was
voted to be 'just splendidr' by the
whole family.
1Oung man, take the advice of one
who has slowed and suffered" DON'T.
If you would know peace of heart and
mind, and enjoy a plethoric bank ac-
count, learn the plumbers trade, or.
better still-if you possess the requi-
Site avoirdupois-become a jockey, and
the world is yours. l have little doubt,
however, but what you will scorn this
wei! intended advice and rush madlv
to your fate. l will endeavor to draw
pen picture of your future lot. You
will not believe it true likeness-not
now, at least-fOr you have dreamed
brave dreams and thought brave
thoughts; but bye and bye, when hope
deferred has made the heart sick and
you have grown gray and less foolish;
when you have toiled up the hill and
found the mountain rise before: when
the dream has become a nightmare.
and the scales have fallen, you will see
and understand.
The first thing you must do, is to
throw away your vocabulary, or at
least, subject it to a most vigorous
"boiling down." Then, steal out on
darksome night and drop your "styIe"
into the first sewer-hole you find.
School yourself to take some topic of
the day and see what you can write
upon it in thirty minutes. Remember.
no walking the floor and depriving the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
EVIDENCE TOO DIRECT,
From New York SUM-

1t isn't always advisable to come to
the point too quickly. A boy was
summoned to testify in a case of
assault in which one man had struck
another across the head with stick.
A host of witnesses had been called
who ''beat about the bush" in the most
tedious and provoking manner. This
very much annoyed the counsel for the
prosecution, who broke out as follows:
'Here, my lad, we've been going
round and round this case for hours
and yet have no direct evidence.
Nov, SIR he savagely continued,
'hear what L say; | want you to
come to the point, Did you see the
blow struck ?"
Eyes. sir
"Ah, ah," chuckled the lawyer, rub.
bing his hands, 1--WE have something to
work upon. Here, my good lad, take
this cane" (handing him his walking
stick.) "If you saw the blow struck,
you must know how it was given,"
Eyes, sir, T.
Now, then, no words about it, 1 tell
you," thundered the interrogation. I'm
the complainant and you are the prls-
oner. Now, just raise the stick and
show the court" The bewildered lad
did ''raise the stick" and the next
moment it came down upon the pate
OF the astonished lawyer, and sent him
staggering to his seat.
"That's the way it was done, sir"
said the boy, amid the shrieks of
laughter of everybody present.
The discounted counsel with
ghastly attempt to smile said that he
had done with the witness s-the evi.
dence was much too direct for him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
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If We Only Understood.

Gould we but draw back the curtains
That surround each others lives,
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we should find it better
Purer than we judge we should;
We should love each other better
If we only understood.
Could we judge all deeds by motives,
See the good and bad within,
Often we should love the sinner
All the while we lOathe the sin.
Gould we know the powers working
To o'erthrOw integrity,
We should judge each others errors
With more patient charity.
If we knew the cares and trials,
Knew the efforts, all in.vain,
And the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and gain
Would the grim, external rOughness
Seem L wOnder-just the same?
Should we help where now we hinder
Should we pity where we blame?
All! we judge each other harshly,
Knowing not life's hidden force;
Knowing not the fOunt of action
Is less turbid at its source,
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grain of good;
All! we'd love each other better,
If we only understood.
-Rudyard Kipling
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

A beautiful face is like a beautifnl
flower, it feeds our enthusiasm, stim.
ulates human courage, and makes all
things possible to man. Michael An.
gelo wrote: "The might of one fair
face sublimes my love."-Goethe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
Written for The Prison Mirror
EMBRYO JOURNALISTS.

This Advice to Them Is the Same cold,
Old Story Given in the Identical
"Old, Old" Way with a Slight Change
in Figures. We Publish it for the
Memories it Recalls of an Overworked
"Stock" Subject.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-22
SUCH Things HAPPEN IN KEN
TIJCKY

Beverley Bronze Turkey Dorsey of
Hutchinson precinct sauntered into "The
Paris Kentuckian-C citizen" office a few
days ago, and while in reminiscent
mood told this startling story: mot
long ago had wire fence erected on
my place, and along in the night some
embarrassing thief or thieves came along
and stole IT, posts and all. ] had also
cut down a large tree, and cut two big
gate posts from 1t. Fearing these would
be stolen also, / set a boy with a rifle
to guard them: One night the boy sat
on one Of the legs and fell asleep The
thieves returned, drove a pin in the log,
hitched a team Of horses to 1T, and
drew It out, leaving the boy asleep on
the bark which had formerly inclosed
the log. When the lad awoke it was
to find himself perched high in the air
ond the ouside covering Of bark, and
both my gate-posts were gone. HoW's
that for progressive burglary paris
Kentuckian-Citizen.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-22

a valuable aid in his instruction, and
he enjoys II very much.
Imagination, that great brightener
Of human lives, is Toms in lavish
measure. 1t has grown apace during
the last year, completely covering the
hard granite Of daily facts with its wild
luxuriance He owns an imaginary
house in New Garden, Bedford, where
his Imaginary friends, Mr.. Gas and Mr.
Son. live. He enjoys setting for
lengthy conversations on these topics,
and talks as IL they We're the veriest
realities.
''He planned to have thanksgiving
celebration at his house and named az
invited guests a sufficient number Of
people to have necesstated what he as
sured them there would be-a long din-
ing room and a very large table. He
even RECALLED Miss Conley with the pro-
spective menu, which would have made
an epicure's mouth water
Tom has a ready sympathy for any
one III or in trouble; and, like the old
Quaker, who, when among a group Of
worthy sympa thizers, after some disas-
ter said: Il am sorry five dollars worth;
how much is thee sorry?"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-22
ENGLISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The Rev. Mr.. Cunnlngham's Address at
Trinity College
Rev. H. Cunningham delivered d lecture
at Trinity college, Hartford, this week on
Life in an English Public School" An In
telligent and appreciative audience was
present and the discourse was thoroughly
enjoyed. The lecture represented the life Of
an English schoolboy of thirty or forty years
ago
The English pu4.lc school system
changes from time to time, yet what was
true then is radically true now, 1t being
about the same as was systemized by Az
nod Whg y do the dat1Ser q
they are to-day. The English system only
exists in England itself and cannot be
grated in another soil. The American sys-
TEN is essentially different All Of Eng
famous statesmen, travellers and even brew
ers are mostly public school men
The speaker showed why Englishmen can
adapt themselves to rough life like that Of
our west, why they seem to have so little
patience, why they are so restless, and why
they have that lordly contempt for non Eng
lis slh speaking aldda 1 peopI,ie ,,,,,,.
queen queen of ' ali English Schools Was founded
by William of Wickham; Harrow grew up
IN the neigh D0rhoOd OF London; RUGBY was
primarily Instituted for local needs. Arnold
made it what it Is. Charterhouse one of
the great London schools, moved to the
country Later foundations and schools es.
were established after Arnolds fashion,
such as Mollra, having over FIVE hun dred
boys; Wellington. named after the hero OF
Waterloo, for sons Of army officers mostly
and Halleybury, where the speaker himself
spent his boyhood. Contests between
schools were limited Inter-school football
games were almost unknown. The newer
schools were not recognized by the older
Or. Cunningham devoted considerable
time to memories of HaIleybury. where he
attended. 1t was primarily governed by
the East India company and men were At
ted for India there. The surrounding coui,-
| try was open. the nearest town being Hert-
ford, three miles distant. The speakers de-
scription of a new boy S arrival, the juvenile
conversation, his feelings on being away
from home, etc, We're realistic and humor
Gus, The most disagreeabe feature OF
study was the so-called rep from repeti
tom or fnemorlzlng so many lines a day the
consequence being profusion OF quotations
being on the school-boy's tongues end The
description Of his first term, his fear and an
prehension Of the "od man. y the sobriquet
| for the head master, whose feet were So
large that the boys called them beetle
| crushers.' were very pleasing and ludicrous
| Football was compulsory TWICE d week, a
| captain for the whole school being elected
whose position was very influential Thu
same was true of cricket. Hare and
hounds, the carpenters shop and the gym
naslnm were also popular.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-22

any of these associations, the fraternity
at large Ia wrongfully held responsible
in the eyes of the profane. AS to the
jeot at the present time, you will of
necessity of legislation upon this sub
course judge for yourselves But ! be-
lieve that the time Is not far distant
when this question must be seriously
considered,
LODGE ROOMS NOT SuB-LET.
There is another evil which desire to
mention, namely, the sub-letting of
lodge rooms to individuals and organi-
cations other than those which are rec
ognized as legitimately Masonic, The
extreme to which this may be carried is
shown by the fact that | was gravely
requested by one of our lodges to give
my consent. as grand master, to the use
of it's room by an organization which Is
under the ban of clandestinism. A mo-
ments reflection will show that to al
low such use of lodge room would in
itself constitute, at least to some extent,
tacit recognition of the claims to reg
ularity of the clandestine organization
referred to-
Moreover, / have always felt that,
like church, lodge room, after hav-
ing been solemnly dedicated to the high
and noble purposes of Masonry, should
be set apart and kept sacred as such.
Although the case cited may be rare
one, yet 1t proves the desirability of
avoiding a practice which, even If 1t
does not invariably lead to this extreme,
must inevitably have the effect of
cheapening the institution.
In short time | shall transfer the
gavel to my successor Before doing so
l desire to express my appreciation of
the cordial and efficient manner in
which the subordinate officers Of the
grand lodge have assisted me when re-
quested | would also thank the past
grand officers and other eminent breth-
rem who have frequently, at my request,
given me valua BILE counsel and informa
ton. Finally. ] would express my sense
of obligation to Grand Secretary Bar
low for the prompt and complete man
ner in which he has in every INSTANCE
responded to my frequent requests for
information connected with his Office,
and also for his willing and valuable
assistance in other ways.
Finally, my brethren. I wish to ex-
press my deep appreciation Of the dis
tinguished honor conferred when, one
year ago, YOU elected me to be your
grand master, a station which is the
peer of any Masonic dignity in the
world. May the choicest blessing Of
heaven be your portion, both now and
hereafter. May brotherly love prevail
throughout the whole world, And may
| our noble and glorious fraternity eyer
continue to prosper and to become more
and more an instrument for the uplift-
| ing of the entire human race.
Fraternally submitted,
| GEORGE A. KIES,
Grand Master.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-22
IT COULD BE READ ONLY WITH A
MIRROR,

A double-action, corkscrew- shaped
signature on the Maxwell House regis
ter last night came very near causing
the loungers in the rotunda to be af-
fected with the galloping jlm-jams. It
was the most remarkable specimen Of
Egyptian hieroglyphics ever seen in a
civilized land. 1t was not until a late
hour that the identity of the party
was made known. Walter Jones, the
clerk, finally deciphered the inscription
by means Of mirrors and microscopes
A newspaper man entered the hotel,
and, CHANGING over the register, his GU
riosity was aroused by the wonderful
specimen of penmanship.
"Chulalongkorn, King Of SIAM" he
gasped, bending low over the page.
mo, it's not Chully," said the clerk,
and the visions of an interview with
royalty vanished.
well, it's not King Sim Sam of Hay
ii, is it?"
mo, sir; it's not your friend Sam,
either-but, say, don't look at the thing
so long or you'll have the snakes., -
But I'd like to interview it," persist
ed the reporter, "fer I'm dead sure it's
something unusual. Looks like royalty
to me, and you know if royalty gets
into the city there's goingst be a fur
ry."
The clerk finally placed mirror be-
hind the name and the reporter read,
reflected on the surface of the glass:
"Flournoy Rivers, Pulaski" 1t was
stated that MIR. Rivers had entered the
hotel, and, grasping the pen in his left
hand, had written his name backward
and upside down at the same time. It
could only be read by holding mirror
behind the egister.-Nashviile Ameri-
can
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-01-22
GOOD ROADS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

GOOD ROADS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
We may not be able to learn much in
the way of good roads construction
from other states for we ought to be
able to understand best what our
special conditions and necessities in
that line require, but it will not do any
harm to look at the work done in a
neighborng state that spends very
great deal more money every year than
we do In Connecticut, and which has the
reputation Of doing very thorough and
scientific work viz: Massachusetts. In
that state the highway commissioners
have given a large share of their at
tention to the reduction of hills and the
leveling of grades, believing that therein
lies one of the secrets of easy travelling
Last year only forty-f five miles Of new
roads were constructed, and these were
scattered through eighty towns, SO that
there was only an average of about half
mile to town, but the work of the
state in these cases was not to fur
nish easy travelling to the towns, but to
give to Them an example of good road
building which would serve as an object
lesson and one by which the local
authorities could guide themselves in
future, extending and improving upon
the piece laid down by the state, just
as far as they might see fit to go. The
report is that, as a result Of this good
example, twenty-five towns have APP
propriated fairly liberal sums of money
with which they have constructed roads
of the same type as the roads built by
the state. One positive proof of the
extent of the work done within the
towns, outside Of the state work, may
be found in fact that, whereas in 1892
there were twenty-seven steam rollers
in use, at the end Of the year 1897 there
were 125 of the same kind, and the
number of stone crushers has increased
in the same proportion This work, it
will be seen, is only one of stimulating
character. the state giving an example
which the towns can follow and while
the state pays heavily for the example,
the towns must pay for whatever addi-
tons are made thereto. 1t cost
Massachusetts, over a quarter of a
million dollars last year to do this work,
but what the aggregate of the expenses
incurred by the towns in addition may
be, there are as yet no returns to show.
The sum must, Of necessity, be large,
however.-Bridgepo Standard