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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20
EXCHANGES.

DR.. S. Weir Mitchell thinks it
would be better if girls were not
educated at all until they are
seventeen. That's right. Some
of them do know too much more
than men.-St. Paul News.
The gallant Kentucky colonies
have taken from their women the
right to vote at school elections.
They draw the line of petticoat
rule when the petticoats are tinged
with black.-St. Paul Dispatch.
WI Ting Fang is not the only
smooth and artful ta1ker who has
been shaded for brief season by
the cloud of suspicion. Mime
apolis Times.
Count Won Waldersee's wife has
read about those dinners to Prince
Henry and decided to postpone
her husbands American trip. The
countess evidently has no desire
to be brought into contact with .
man who has been living not
wisely but too vel. Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20
!: STORYETTES. /:
BIRDS Gess S,tverstiticss.
49,
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The old, wrinkled, dusky aunties
of the south tell children: DO not
eat the bluebirds' eggs. They make
you love to wander" They be-
lieve that the pale blue eggs of
that beautiful creature, chat violet
of the air., that bird with "sky
tinge on his back, earth tinge on
his breast" will make the greedy
nest robber restless as long as he
lives. No place, however enticing,
can hold the being who has once
tasted a bluebird's egg.
He who eats hooking birds
egg will be compelled to tell all
he knows" The one who robs a
killdee's nest and eats its eggs will
surely break an arm.
He who eats doves egg will be
followed by bad luck, the egg Of
any bird of yellow plumage will be
sure to cause a fever, and he who
eats an owls egg will be always
shrieking. The eater Of a crows
egg will always, as old aunties say
'sbe gwine on foolish like crow
does 60 on, 'Ha, ha, ha! But q
partridge's egg," they declare, 'dey
des make you thrive an grow fas'
Dey is de onlies' sort er birds eggs
dat you kin eat widout fndin' EN-
dangersome. Elk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20

ONE of the surest and shortest paths leading to
contentment is to think of what has, rather than
of what is lacking. In other words, to be humbly
thankful one is worse off, instead of wasting time
thinking of what might have been. To bemoan
your lot is foolsh there is nothing in it. and it only
bores or pains others. It is much more sensible to
learn to appreciate the things one has Look for
the good things in life and you will find them just
the same as you find the disagreeable things by
looking for them.
Perhaps the greatest gift mankind is endowed with
is the ability to appreciate the best things in fe to
be able to read good book and enter into the spirit
of it; to be able to hear words of knowledge and
derstand them; to be able to work for the sake of
working in short, to be able to appreciate what is
worth while in the world and to cast aside what is
worthless. And this ability is something all men
can have if they strive for it. It is not special
mark of favor from the gods, but is open to ALL But
like most things of value, it must be strven for
man cant build modern house unless he first learns
his trade. nor he business without master
ing it's details; and 3d. if he has accustomed himself
to look for and expect only the worst side of mon
and things, he must readjust his vision and choose
another point Of view before he will discover abetter
Those who have done this cay it pays
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20
Hneestors Of the Ostrich.

The ostrich is descendant of a
genus Of bird which in prehistoric
times attained an enormous size.
In the alluvial deposits of NADIA
gascar evidence has been found
to show that ostriches fourteen
and fifteen feet in height once
lived on the island.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20

A MAN bearing the alliterative cognomen of
W. Wallace Winchell has brought charges of mis-
appropriation of funds, extravaganza, peddling of
alcoholic stimulants and other things against Com
mander Booth Tucker of the Salvation Army Win
chell, who formerly officer Of that organization,
claims that he resigned because his moral sense
shocked by the goings on of his superior officers,
and has written lengthy epistle to General William
Booth in England to that effect.
Probably some people will be ready to believe
Mr. Winchell's allegations, but almost everybody
who knows anything about the Army will put him
down for sorehead and nothing else The claim
that the Salvation Army is engaged in selling
alcoholic stimulans is too ridiculous for words and
if the leaders of that body live in state of soul
destroying luxury it is certainly not apparent to
the naked eye. The very name conjures a mental
picture of the slums rainy day with half dozen
men and women clad in blue standing ankle deep in
mud and exhorting the slovenly popuace in Gods
name. The barracks of the Salvation Army is the
one place where just discharged from prison
may go and be sure of welcome.
Commander Booth Tucker alleges that Mr..
Winchell is operating blackmailing scheme and
most persons will be inclined to believe be speaks
the truth.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20

MRS. AsToR of Now York seems to have con-
jured hornets nest by declaring apparently in
good faith that only those males who are blessed
with college education entitled to be called
gentlemen. We believe the lady was ioshing (if
such expression is permissible in connection with
the eminent parsonage who married the grandson of
peddler and dealer in skins) when she made
the statement Either that or her mental faculties
have been weakened by the arduous duties of her
position. To treat it seriously is absurd Some of
the greatest Doors in existence have managed to
worry through college, and some of the nobest men
and most thorough gentlemen were born of parents
who never went to school, and who failed to reach
the high school themselves. The man who is able
to get college education is in Iuck but bis educa-
ton will never make gentleman of him if his in
stincts are those of cad. Fortunately, what Mrs.
Astor thinks or says the subject cuts ice what
She, in common with more humble individuals,
is entitled to her opnions and even if the newspa-
pers think they weighty enough to warrant quot
ing, they only reflect on the lady who utters them
In many cases money breeds paresis.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20

CORRESPONDENT of the New York ''Times"
brings up very we'll chosen point in letter to that
publication anent the naming of Emperor William 9
new yacht. He says:
"Apropos of the launching of the German En-
perors yacht Meteor, it is opportune to call special
attention to the obvious appropriateness in the use
of the term christening designating the initiation
ceremony associated with the naming of yacht
preliminary to her virgin plunge into the water.
1.-The term itself is as pure and harmless as the
ceremony in itself is simple and harmless, but to
christen yacht is if not sacrlege at least genuine
nonsense There certainly can be greater mis-
homer than to call the naming of ship christen-
ing. In its chronological and historical Specification,
christen' simply means to Christianize to make a
Christian.
when Miss Alice Roosevelt solemnly and
reverently said In the of the German EN-
peror, christen this yacht Meteor, did she really
to say what she actually did say? Did she
make Christian of the Meteor?'
The writer further says the people of the future
will entirely reject the incident being beyond the
pale of possibility as it is obviously impossible to
make good Christian out of such an inanimate
object sailing vessel, regardless of whom her
owner may be.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20

THE MIRROR weekly published the Minnesota State
Prison. was the and edited and man.
,ged by home to encourage
the acqua1nt
public disseminate psychological
dpeng prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister The paper entirely
public financial If at time there
surplus would be expended the
of the prison library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20
NO TIC E

PERSONS receiving copies OF THE M1RtSOH VINO are
regular Lists will please consider such as
sample II, after reading conclude that THE
MIRROR worthy of send your name to this
a subscription rates published above
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20
u rentta Oscillation.

The rout is DER, the carriage lamps
Shine dimly on the pave,
Two darkened shadows by the door
In silhouette are brave.
I'm trust IN give you one. I" she SAID,
His head was fondlF bent.
DENY myself. I really ought,
Ba1 this zen know u lent.''
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20

MAJOR JENKINS, formerly of the Rough Riders,
has re-considered his determination not to accept
the sword from the city of Charleston, s. c. and it
will probably be presented to him by the president
when the latter visits the southern exposition this
month. That is the sensible thing to do. The people
of Charleston and of South Carolina not re-
sponsible for the breeding of the Tillman family,
and the easiest way to rebuke that impusve clan ia
to ignore them altogether.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20
KILOGRAMS.

The fruit of happiness doesn't
grow on the tree of discomfort.
Our forefathers climbed the lad
der step by step, but the rising
generation takes the elevator.
A man who was returned the
other day for violating his parole
says he feels quite taken back.
The foundations of this govern
ment were built by the man be-
hind the gun, but society now says
that he is not fit to associate with
the man behind the title.
! A municipal clerk of an eastern
city padded the pay rolls in order
that his wife might attend the
coronation of King Edward with
q we'll padded pocketbook. He
now occupies an unpadded cell.
| James Irwin, of Nashville,
Tenn, boasts the youngest bride
in the country, she being but 10
years. He is between 45 and So.
While Tennessee is very strict re-
garding some things : burglary,
for instance, being punishable by
death-it makes no provision for
restraining or suppressing cradle
robbers.
The reason we don't play ball
down here is because we are On
the ''in'' side.
I feel like the boy who fell in
the we'll: I'm down here and can t
get out.
| Still waters run deep and claim
many victims.
| The bigot never forgets to em-
phasize the pronoun I.
The vocabulary of Solomon coz
tanned many wise and beautiful
words, but the ones most often
used by him must have been, will
you marry me?"
Lubricator Bill may never have
shot an oil we'll but he oils we'll
Before the Beers are througA
with him, the British lion will
look like gaycat.
A young professor of philoso-
ply recently proposed to a widow.
In refusing him she said that he
might be large enough to fill a
chair in college, but that she
thought her departed husbands
shoes would be too big for him.
The members of the longshore-
mems union never go on a strike.
when non union men are employed
! to unload beer from schooner.
A saloonkeeper was recently
asked to give his definition of the
word gentleman, and replied: "a
gentleman is man who enters my
place of business, throws the price
on the bar and invites all hands,
including myself, to irrigate."
Why are the girls of Delaware
SO pretty? Because Delaware is a.
peach state.
A woman of Hot Springs, Ark.
is a candidate for street commits
sioner She claims that if elected
she will have every street in the
city paved with good intentions.
A congregation in Chicago is
building church ten stories high
with a gymnasium in its loft.
Their pastor must be man whose
standards are high and his ideals
lofty.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20

The peaceful termination of the big strike Of
the Boston freight handlers and kindred trades last
week was most gratifying to all true friends Of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20
A man who was returned the
other day for violating his parole
says he feels quite taken back.

The foundations of this govern
ment were built by the man be-
hind the gun, but society now says
that he is not fit to associate with
the man behind the title.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20
The fruit Of happiness doesn' 7
grow on the tree Of discomfort.

Our forefathers climbed the lad
der step by step, but the rising
generation takes the elevator.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20

A municipal clerk of an eastern
city padded the pay rolls in order
that his wife might attend the
coronation of King Edward with
a we'll padded pocketbook. He
now occupies an unpadded cell.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20

A young professor of philose-
ply recently proposed to a widow.
In refusing him she said that he
might be large enough to fill a
chair in college, but that she
thought her departed husbands
shoes would be too big for him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-03-20

Before the Beers are througa
with him, the British lion will
look like a gaycat.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-19
PAL IPFR | APOR--waat Can te Done fer the Benefit
By L L.

of the in favor of protection used to be that WIKI
worngman the United States would have compete with
pauper of Europe Chicago pertnenty that
worngman safely with Pauper
country and that this IS practically what lie doing
veatsops starvation prices It little
exclude ether foreigners who lower prices
workngman demand higher
than capital safely pay What to be done about It?
of problems which only be indirectly touched by
legislation impraceabe the scale of by law
tempt by which of necessity depend upon
beyond control of the capitalist But there
things and If these DONE pauper
labor viii strictly speaking, exist
of building passed and enforced making
possible unserupulous human beings rikey
buildings if they cattle stock
cars breathing space secured by every
man. woman pumbn supply, fire escapes
of dwellings, be made perfect far
wrecking anybodys fortune
Second the sale of aduleaed food stale vegetables and spoiled
prohibited things the buy this
nominal price, and sickness and death the result If all
preyentabe hospital bills paid by the community could be eHi
would make the community considerably richer nothing
prevenab paups ruaney and other evils caused
by crowded and insufficient school funds
every child legally be compelled school, and
established which children without homes
The result Of legislation these three dec
living viii inevitably second that the
VIII improve and third that he viii Be
neigenly, that sail stand
only M but other problems Of the by
if all these things be done the chief menace Of pauer
labor viii certainly disappear
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-19
LORE OF THE THUMB RING

posed TO act as 4 charm against assault.
while badgers tooth brought wealth
and general good luck
The crapandine. or toadstone. was also
used in this way. as II was supposed TO
possess various mystic virtues. one Of
which being the power Of warning its
wearer Of the presence Of poison in his
food or drink by changing its color. The
mystic word "AHamys 3tus" was often
engraved upon a thumb ring as a charm
against epilepsy or cramp. This was in
accordance with an old superstition
which gives this word as a cure for the
falling sickness" Another fayorite pre-
Yentive Of epilepsy was a silver thumb
ring engraved in Gothic characters with
the names Of Jasper. MeIchior and Bal
thazzar, the three wise men from the
East IN "The Squire's Tale" Chsucer
mentions magical thumb ring worn
by Conace, the daughter Of ''Canbuscan
Bold. which gave her a complete knowI-
edge of the medicinal values OF herbs
and enabled her TO converse with birds
in their own language. Wedding rings
we're formerly worn upon the thumb. but
did not always stay there. In the an
clent ritual Of marriage the bridegroom
vas directed TO place the ring upon the
thumb with the words. with all my
worldly goods I thee endow, moving II
to the other fingers IN succession.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-19
UNNECESSARY TO SAY

A new society Is proposed to
have for its title ''The Society for
the Suppression of Obvious Re
marks" says the Chicago Chron-
icle." 4 list of speeches Is to be
prepared which the society binds
itself not to use, thus elevating
the character Of general converse
ton. Here are some CT the speei-
mems of obvious remarks: 1T IS
not the actual degree of heat reg
istered by the thermometer which
makes it so uncomfortable; 1t IS
the humidity IN the atmosphere"
q don't mind the money; it's the
principle Of the thing" ''One
never understands the name when
one Is introduced to a person.
IF the water were filtered 1t
would be just as good as the
water of any city" ''The trou-
bic about going to summer gar
dens Is it takes you so long to get
home" you can put on two
fresh colldrs a day and then never
have a clean one on"
These are statements which no
one disputes and they may be IN
creased to an almost unlimited de-
gree, The object to be gained in
refraining from them IS rather IN
definite except that they waste
time, but as everyone has immeas
urable quantities of time tie waste
and no gain can be shown IN saw
| ing it. the work of the S. S o. R.
society seems an idle expenditure
of effort. If everybody carried
on a thoughtful conversation a
state Of mental exhaustion would
soon be brought about where
all conversation would cease, and
silence IN company, as everyone
knows, Is more rasping on the
nerves than an ocean of common
place remarks. The babblIng Of
tongues is All excellent deadener
of thought, and no one should
permit his thoughts to work over
time if he desires to be happy
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-19

The Iayman in whom has been de"
veloped q high respect for the law and
It's administration sometimes asks him
self or his friends whose opinion he
values this question: Why should not
the judges who preside over the lower
courts be judged by their work the same
as men engaged in other professions, the
basis being the proportion OF reyersals
to combinations in cases submitted to
the court Of appeals?
The mere fact OF reversal or con
firInation By the higher tribunal is not
the supreme test of a judges merit To
some extent It IS criticism, but that
is all II the approval OF the court
of appeals vas always necessary efoTe
q judgment OF lower court could be
regarded as conclusive the public would
not only complain bitterly OF the laws
delay, but it would never be satisfied
with any OF its findings, which you VIII
admit. would be an undesirable state OF
affairs
Many judges. like great reformers. are
often too previous" in their decisions.
They are ahead Of their age. Had the
anti-slavery views Of William Lloyd Gar
rison. Gerrit Smith and other agitators
been submitted to tse people for in
dorsement when they were first promul-
gated they would undoubtedly have been
rejected and declared seditious-
It must be remembered that many
novel and unique questions are for the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-19

In the History Of Hertfordshire" Mr..
Doubleday gives a very full account Of
Hertfordshire sport. both ancient and
modern. says the Lon lon Standard l."
James Is hunting establishment at
Royston is well known; and. to judge
from the following, his visits must have
been somewhat burd@nsome TO the
neighborhood-
There was one of the Kings special
hounds, called fowler, missing one ia
The next day, when they were on the
field. JowIer came in among the rest OF
the hounds. The King was told o. him
and was very glad: and, looking on him,
he spied q paper about his neck and on
the paper was written. Good MT Jowler
we pray you speak to the King Gor he
hears you every day. and so doth he not
us). that 1t will please his majesty 10
go back to London. for else the country
will be undone. all our provision is spent
already. and we are not able to enter
tain him longer
IN 1917, by the Kings express COM
mand, notice was given 10 the occupants
OF arabic land that they were not TO
pillow their land in narrow ridges. OF al
low their pigs to 80 loose without being
ringed. SO that they should not make
holes in the ground which endangered
his majesty and the prince In hawking
and hunting. Also they were to lower
the fences which hinder his maIesty's
ready passage"
The first public pack of foxhounds was
established in Use, and was known as
the Herttordshire hounds When Lady
Salisbury became mistress in 1898 they
were called the Hatfield hounds Lady
SalIsbury's fame as q mistress Of fox
hounds and as daring rider and sports
women is very remarkable Sks enjoyed
the distinction OF being one Of the frs
English ladies who gained such repu-
tation- Many are the tales told Of her
daring exploits and OF her hairsreadth
escapes in the hunting field. II was
usual for Lady Salisbury to drive 10 the
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-19

OF all musical instruments the one
most like a woman is the piano.
We hear Of grand danes and grand
pianos. upright young women and up
right pianos. but no one ever heard
these complimentary adjectives applied
to violin. flute. or drum Besides,
there is no other instrument which
bears this strikingIy strong resemblance
10 the human being OF either sex that
has the wherewithal to stand upon
The expression OF weman's emotions
e bounded in by convention as the
range OF notes in the pianoforte is lin
tied bv mechanical notes. She may
not descend. the accepted laws Of pro-
priety say. to the coarseness Of rage
allowed TO man on occasion, nor rise
10 a declaration OF love-except re-
sponsively. Indeed. the wide, almost
limitIess range Of the violin's power of
expression makes It rather resemble
the man in his comparatively full free
dom Of speech and action
Often we see two play the same piano.
not seldom " find the chords Of the
female heart responsive and loyal to
two lovers at once. for it can happen,
and does happen now and then, ac-
cording to the newspapers
How happy could ! be with either,
we're t'other dear charmer away" IS .
masculine sentiment; and very common,
Heart room for only one at a time is
the cause Of the evil
y loved my husband, but loved the
convict too" said the jailer's wife re
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-19
EVERYDAY ENGLISH SUGGESTS REFORM

An enterprising farmer had a
blooded sheep which he desired to ex-
hibit at the county fair. Accordingly,
he wrote the secretary of the society
as follows: "Sir-Please put me
down on your list Of animals for a
sheep" Reader, how would you ex-
press it?
The man died with typhoid fever"
Is a current expression. did he die
with" it or "of7 it?
"Thc boy fell head over heels :"
Who wouldn't prefer to fall that
way2
Mr.. Smith carried the young lady
to the lecture" Wasa she burden
to carry}
Perhaps we ought to stop to draw a
few practical lessons:
l. Teachers of languages are not
limited to the licensed instructors
within the schoolrooms. They are on
the street, IN the market, III the news
papers, on the advertising boards; IN
fact, everywhere.
?. Parents who do not desire to
have their children perverted as to
the pronunciation q use of words or
the proper construction of sentences,
must not intrust tasm to the care and
training of ignorant nurses,
3. The slang of the street should
be avoided.
4. Good company, personal or lit
erary, viii tend to mold correct think
ing and language It does Lot pay to
read literary trash any more than It
pays to eat tainted food EVIL asso-
Citations corrupt good morals"
5. The proverb: "Train up child
in the way he should go, and when he
Is old he Il not depart from 1t, J" may
be accepted with perfect assurance as
an educational maxim.