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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28

it's theoretically superb. That
little smile Of yours about the
sdove with the broken wing
sounds we'll, but wait till you've
been swiped over the head with a
golf stick for accidentally tearing
a yard Of valenciennes out of her
polonaise at the hotel hop the
night before. Your vision of
"broken wings will metamorphose
itself in very realistic impression
of seeing all the consultations
with few invisible satellites
thrown in. Any man is safe if
he'll only leave Browning alone
and quit trying to analyze
the peculiar osculatory madness
that is supposed to environ the
Nethersole kiss. know all these
cold blooded, materialistic facts
about worshipped femininity must
jar you. Your ideal is grand; it's
sublime. | appreciate your posi-
ton; I've been there. I've been
Jared myself a few. Once, too, I
was young and guileless; I mag
med myself young Bayard, going
around seeking whom I might
devour; philandering around for
the wool that Helen wove; impal-
ing imaginary dragons on the barn
door; hustling out searching for
holy grails and golden feeces-
there's nothing in it. Cervantes
might have had all kinds of luck
finding curiosities, but it would
never have come our way. The
kind of women you speak of, the
shy, delicate, palpitating kind,
who ate romance till their livers
rebelled in sheer plethor, all went
out with our great grand parents;
they disappeared along with knick-
erbockers, the white stocking, the
rufled shirt, the hoop and the
Marie Antoinette waist of our
grandams.
I feel for you, A. A. r. My
vase motor system refuses to act;
the capillaries' become congested
and I blush. [ blush for mascu-
Unity. I blush for you; and I
hate to think of what might hap
pen were you to run up against
genuinely modern twentieth
century girl. Why, A. A. r., it
wouldn't be any Daniel in the
lions den affair; she'd just hum a
bar or two Of "Mary had little
lamb" interspersed with a few
careless cadences, and then met
aphorically speaking she'd simply
eat you up. You'd be wax-a
little red and yellow tin soldier in
her hands. She'd play with your
manly confding heart like she'd
manipulate ping-pong ball. I
know en- little bit, and that's
as far as they can be known, I'm
giving you all this for what it's
worth. It's not an easy thing to
get a man to discuss these things
with you, especially when he has
suffered from cupidic carditis as
often as [ have, and I would fain
have you profit by it. Unlike
myself | want you to become one
of the immortals and at the end of
life's journey recline on the edge of
an iridescent, filmy cloud, looking
down at the whole of femininity
below and as you toss your Byronic
locks in scornful derisive triumph
be able to ring out through your
pearl studded megaphone: "Wow!
WOW! wow! agh! agh? a-g-h! never
touched mel" I've met my Wat
erloo dozen times. I'm not fit.
You are as yet undefeated, your
faith has kept you whole and that
means self-reliance and confidence
You are still intact, while 1 am all
shot to pieces. You've main
tanned your equilibrium. I know
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28

ment win be given in the chapel
in the morning, after which the
men viii be given the freedom Of
the yard for an hour or two.
Everyone is prepared to enjoy the
recreation.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28

ON AN, lovely woman,
had her innings in the
columns of The MIRROR
two weeks ago, under the
heading of "a Woman's
Heart 1t wasn't any
tie game either in the
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19
CITY TAX SALES.
GEORGIA, IRWIN COUNTY. !
CITY Of FITZGERALD. {

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday
the 9Th day of January, 1908, at the front OF
the City Hall of the City of Fitzgerald. Geor.
gta. within the legal hours of sale on said day
the undersigned will expose and offer for sale
the hereinafter described property at public
sale, to the highest bidder for cash. all Of said
mentioned property being City lots situated
within and part of the original townsite
plat of the City Of Fitzgerald in said county
as per the plat Of the said City made by The
American Tribune Soldier Colony Company
and filed with the Clerk of Irwin Superior
by me and will be sold to satisfy the unpaid
City Taxes against said lots due the City OF
Fitzgerald for the year 1902. The said sale
will If not finished, be adjourned from day to
day until completed.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19

Also at the same time and place, and for the
same purpose, thu subdivisions of FIVE acre
tract No. liza of the survey Of the American
Tribune Soldier Colony Company, located on
the east side of the original TOWNSHIP plat Of
TIE city of Fitzgerald, Ca, and known as
Williams addition to the city of Fitzgerald
to-wit:
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19

Also at the same time and place and for the
SAM purpose, five acre tract No. lli0 accord
ing to the American Tribune Soldier Colony
company, same being situated within and II
part Of the city of Fitzgerald, Ga, and levied
upon as the property OF J. n. Williams. and TO
be sold to satisfy the unpaid taxes due said
city and assessed against said tract.
HERMAN SMITH,
Chief OF Police.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19
A SERMON.

(The following sermon or
Dogs" was preached by Elder
Littleknown of Irontown, Sar-
casm county, and reported for
the Enterprise by Peter Pecu-
1iar.)
TEXT: Phil. 3:2: Beware OF
dogs, beware of evil doers," etc.
The speaker said, AS a pre-.
Jude to my sermon I will quote
you a little verse. It fits my sub
ject nicely:
If this is your cap,
Old fellow, chap.
Then do not censure me
Avaunt! begone!
And try to better be.
Mr.. Sturgeon, in his "John
Ploughman's Talks" breaches a
sermon on this same subject.
But I shall preach as though I
had never read ''John Plough
mans" sermon, still. John P
breaches better sermon than
can preach. But to the text
Without eyer having consulted
the commentaries as to the
the meaning of our text, will
say that when the Bible warns us
to beware of dogs" I take il
that the two-legged kind are re-
ferred to. Or in other words,
evil doers."
Now brethren, we are going to
call up these dogs, with the dis
tinct understanding that no dog
is to come unless he is called. 1
would also advise those called
not to bark, because if you do
somebody else will identify you
by your bark. AS it is the Sc
cret is between you and me and
if you will keep quiet I will not
gre you away. But if you bark
you are goner.
First we call the bow-wowdog.
This dog is the noisy, self-impor-
tant, pompous, big I and little
you brother with enough pre-
sumption to make a world if it
could be made out of such stuff.
And if brass" were gold his
wealth could not be told. He is
a terror to the preacher.
Second the cur. This is the
good-for-nothing, no-account
brother. He is weak and mean,
yet he does a world of harm be-
cause he is the tool or cat'spaw"
for every devil in the community.
They will do things through him
that they would not dare to do
otherwise. To blunt the whole
truth he is the sewer for all the
moral filth in his neighborhood,
not to take it off, but broadcast
it among the people.
Third the GROWER. Here
the Directing, fault-fnd-
ing, complaining, critical cross
grained brother. He is so busy
grumb1ing and criticising those
who do work that he has no time
to work himself. And he is new
er so we'll pleased as when his
cold water criticism stops or re-
tards the church's progress. He
is gravel in his pastors shoe,
and a thorn in the flesh of the
church's activity, and sand in
the eyes Of her progress. The
day of his death is the only one
to which the church welcomes
him but this welcome is extend
ed with the bitter thought of to-
morrow-the day after he dies.
Automatically brother if you
will not work let those alone who
will.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19

Also at the sane time and place and for the
same purpose, the subdivisions Of what is
economy known as Williams Monitor drive
addition to the city Of Fitzgerald Ga. said
subdivision lying on the east Side of said city
OF Fitzg raid. and being situated between the
original townsite plat of said city and the
five acre lots on the east side of Monitor
drive. OF said city to.wit:
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19
Fourth the fee. II

For this seems to be fh
pose for which he was
This is the obtruding, iii
some, little busy-body, VII
lights in stirring up a tigh
then running off to stir 1
somewhere else,.45
Fifth the snapper. ~
the sensitive, irritable, ia
back-up-like-a-mad-cat brs
He is suspicious of his
shadow. He is always do
missiles thrown at other
cause he knows he ought
hit. By his efforts to cone
reveals his own wicket
Brother repent,
Sixth the snarling dog.
brother turns up his nose /
erybody but those like hiz
He wears a sneer which
him to his own sins and ii
him to appropriate the Ell
others as his own. an
same time charge his
ness to them. Or
words, what he sees ii
himself and what he sd
self belongs to other
fore his Judgment
his own condemnaf
like a buzzard, alw
for something rotten
no bet ter than what
a bit.
Seventh the snea
the flattering, simp
ming, thank Go
other-men-are" brot
in sleeps clothing
Judas Iscariot. Foz
tray (back-slide)
out money or remof
like Judas, he wi
himself" but ough
Eighth the pood
the species that cod
to be nursed ii
They are sometim
sometimes feminine
times neuter, becan
this species belong
edge of the dude
at the point wliAr
frazzles out and gel
Admiration is TIN
specie, but they wors
vain. The poodle'is d
than dog in quantity
dog than clothes in quali
Ninth the mad dog.
close with this fellow
the spiritual hydrophobia /
sermon on Baptism" i
him take a fit. To tell him
Christ was baptised and tina
commanded baptism, make
impression upon him. It is
worth while for me to 60 on
mention the bulldog or VIII
selling devil, and the Office
or the politician. Both of
dogs are close akin. The OF
mad for gain and blood; the
err is mad for Office and he f,
uses whiskey to obtain it. 7
dogs crave Office and gair
they both slaughter the PEG,
satisfy aving. Thes
seases are contagious and t
who have them have a mani
give them to others. I'll
seased are taken with a run
(slobbering) at the mouth W
gradually grows worse
worse and they seek to bite
erybody, usually from BEL
hence they are called bach
ers." 1t is said that dog (,
eat dog, but the last two .r,s
will eat their fellows. Cam
ism is not confined to Afric;
to the eating of human flesh
he who takes money (ws
giving me thatwhich benefsr
and rohs me of my good
would devour and damn &,
and is, therefore, 4 e8s,'
the moral world
Lord deliver
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19

A Iso at the same time and place and for the
same purpose, the following subdivisions Of
Ave acre tract No. 1851 of the survey of the
American Tribune Soldier Colony Company,
situated on the cast side Of the original town
site plat Of said city, and known as part of
Williams addition to the said city of Fitzger-
aid, Ga. to-wit:
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19

Also at the same time and place and Tor the
same purpose, subdivisions of a VIC acre tract
No. 1lh3 of the survey of the American Tri-
bune Soldier Colony Company located on the
east side OF the original tow nsite plat Of said
City of Fitzgerald, and known as Nelson's ad.
dition to the City Of Fitzgerald. Ga. to-wit:
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19

Also at the same time and place, and for the
same purpose, subdivisions of FIVE acre tract
No. li52 OF the survey of the merlcan Tri-
bune Soldier Colony Company, same being To-
Gated on the east side of the original townsite
plat of the City of Fitzgerald, Ga to-wit:
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1902-12-19

Also al the same time and place. and for the
same purpose the subdivisions of five acre
tract No 1893 of the survey of the American
Tribune Soldier COLONY Company and known
as JoseS' 3 addition TO the City of Fitzgerald,
Ga, and 10 ated on the eastern side of eaid
Guys original townsite. w:
Evening star., 1902-02-22
The Pronunciation Fad.
From the Great Round World.

Where polite usage gets it's authority no.
body knows Now 1t Is saying that valet"
the final syllable Of which we have learned
to give off-hand with a high-bred "a"
shall be Anglicized Just as '.parquet' was a
few years ago. and shall appear in polite
society. in it's plain English stubbiness 1t
is likely that we shall all stumble and stut-
ter and make mistakes at first, but event.
ually fall In line of "ets" There are those
who claim that a polite suburb" should
have long ''u;" that tapestry should be
"a" long. and that the sun never "shone"
politely with long "o." The same au-
thorities are busy with the new automobile
importation-'c chauffeur" (sho-feur)-which
has been called everything that Is polite
It might be called something more, for 1t
is not truthful term. 1t means, when in
terpreted, fireman." "stoker" and is tnno-
Gently good joke on our millionaires who
speed their own AUTOS
Evening star., 1902-02-22
MAKING NEW ORLEANS CLEAN.
Twelve Millions Being Spent on a
Wonderful System of Drainage.

From the New York Sun.
In the face OF remarkable engineering diff
ficulties plan has at last been devised for
draining New Orleans, now dependent on
a series Of cutters and old shioned pad
dle-wheel pumps, which with every rain
storm leave the city a foot or two under
water. No such elaborate system Of sew
ers will exist anywhere in the United
States when the plan is carried into effect
It involves an outlay of $12, 100000.
New Orleans is built on a plain which
Is eighteen feet below the level Of the Mis-
sissippi river at high water. The amount
Of drainage Is greater than that Of any
other city. To deal with 1t lateral canals
parallel with the Mississippi will have to
be dug In the lowest part Of the city.
These canals and the main canal will be In
reality tunnels under the city streets. The
streets will be supported on steel arches
and brick and steel concrete walls. A CEN
trail power house with the enormous capac-
ity Of 1O,5O0 horse power will operate the
system, pumping the drainage into the
Bayou Brenvenue, arm Of the gulf be-
low the city. Besides this central power
house there will be three subsidiary sta
tions which will lift the water from one
to another canal, and so on to the end.
When the operation Is completed, as it is
expected to be in three years time one
Of the most insanitary cities in the United
States will be model of sanitation, but
at tremendous cost.
Evening star., 1902-02-22

How Warrenton in "The Virginians'
Praised the American Leader.

From ''The yirginians,' by William Makepeace
Thackeray.
l pray my children may live to see or
engage in no great revoutiOn-such as that,
for instance, raging In the country Of our
miserable French neighbors. Save very,
very few indeed, the actors in those great
tragedies do not bear to be scanned too
closely; the chiefs are often no better than
ranting quacks: the heroes ignoble puppets;
the heroines anything but pure. The prize
is not always to the brave. In our revolu-
ton it certainly did fall, for once and for
wonder, to the most deserving, but who
knows his enemies now? His great and
surprising triumphs were not In those rare
engagements with the enemy where he OBJ
tanned trifing mastery, but over Con-
gress; over hunger and disease; over luke
warm friends, or smiling foes in his own
camp, whom his great spirit had to meet
and master. When the struggle was over,
and our impotent chiefs who had con-
Quoted 1t began to squabble and accuse
each other in their own defense before the
nation-what charges and countercharges
were brought; what preteXtS Of delay were
urged; what piteous excuses were brought
forward that this fleet arrived too late. that
that regiment mistook its orders; that these
cannon balls would not fit that gun, and so
to the end Of the chapter. Here was gen.
eral who beat us with no shot at times, and
no powder, and no money, and he never
thought Of convention; his courage never
capttulated Through all the doubt and
darkness, the danger and iGnS tempest
Of the war, think it was only the Ameri-
can leaders tndomitable soul that remain
ed entirely steady
But 1t was ordained by heaven, and for
the good, as we can now have no doubt, of
both empires, that the great western re-
public should separate from us, and the
gallant soldiers who fought on her side,
their indomitable chief above all, had the
glory of facing and overcoming not only
veterans amply provided and Injured to war,
but wretchedness, cold, hunger, dissensions,
treason within their own camp, where all
must have gone to rack but for the pure,
unouenchable flame Of patriotism that was
forever burning in the bosom Of the heroic
leader, What a Iconstancy, what a mag
nanimity, what a surprising persistency
against fortune! Washington before the
enemy was no better nor braver than hun
dreds that fought with him or against him
(who has not heard the repeated sneers
against "Fabus,' In which his factious
captains were accustomed to indulgeO but
Washington the chief Of a nation in arms,
doing battle with distracted parties; calm
in the midst Of conspiracy; serene against
the omen foe before him and the darker
enemies at his back: Washington inspiring
order and spirit into troops hungry and in
rags. stung by ingratitude but betraying
no anger, and ever ready to forgive; in de-
feat inyincibie magnanimous in conquest,
and never so sublime as on that day when
he laid down his victorious sword and
sought his noble retirement--here indeed Is
a character to admire and revere: a life
without a stain, fame without flaw,
Evening star., 1902-02-22
ONLY A TALLY CARD.
But the Innkeeper Thought It Was a
Meal Ticket.

An official of,the Post Office Department
was called to a little town in West Vir-
ginta las, week to be best man at we'd
ding. His going was sudden and unex-
pected, like the ceremony. and no prepara-
tions had been made for his entertainment.
Accordingly he put up at the local hotel.
After the ceremony the Washingtonian
went back to the inn, intending to take an
early morning train back home. But he
found no one in evidence with whom he
could leave his call For while he hes
itated what to do. Then, searching his
pockets through, he took out euchre tally
which had been left in the pocket of his
dress coat. smiled at the Table 2; Couple
2, printed on its face, and wrote the call
directions on the back. Then he climbed to
his room, groped around In the mile or two
of open space between the door and his
bed, and finally went to sleep.
Next morning he was called early and
started to his train in good time. At the
station the tnnkseper ran up to him,
breathlessly. holding the tally card before
him at arms length. "Yew forgawt some
thin" he cried. Why, that's nothing
want" replied the young man. The inn
keeper looked at 1t obviously a moment,
then dropped 1t on the platform and turned
away like a man who had been sold, re-
marking, "Ain't nawthin'? I thawt it was
a meal ticket"
Evening star., 1902-02-22
The Rowan Pictures.

There is in the exhibition hall Of Pratt
Institute Library a collection of flower
paintings by Mrs. c. Rowan illustrating
some of the remarkable flora Of the east, OF
Africa, New Zealand. the West Indies and
the United States 1t is part OF series OF
800 pictures, in which the artist has at
tempted strict faithfulness to nature. and
to reach her fields OF study Mrs. Rowan has
,een obliged to endure hardships that might
easily have deferred men. The German
government made an offer for this collec-
fion, but imposed conditions that were not
acceptable, and 1t Is said that an effort will
be made to acquire 1t for the Brooklyn In
stitute. Such collection would certainly
add to the scientific Importance Of our mu-
scum and would enjoy popularity as well.
Evening star., 1902-02-22
It Didn't Worry Him.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
It was evident that the obedient little
maid was troubled.
Mamma insists that must not see you
any more" she said. regretfully.
The resourceful young man only smiled.
'sWell," he replied, carelessly, ''if she is
satisfied to have US meet In the dark, ]
am.''
Evening star., 1902-02-22
Relic Cure for Smallpox.

From the Constantnoupolis
The girdle of the blessed Virgin, which is
preserved in the convent at Vatopedi, is
now being carried about the province OF
Salonika by two monks in order to combat
the diseases which are prevalent, more es-
peciallN SmallpoX
Evening star., 1902-02-22

Some notion of the commercial value of
great works of art may be gathered from
the report Of the Miliken SALE held last
week in New York. when Durand Ruel paid
$4,000 for Titian's portrait OF Giorgio CO.
marc. Cortier & Co. $4,000 for Corot's "St.
Sebastian and canvases by Manet, Cha
vannes, Homer Martin and other modern
men brought $4,000 and upwards
Evening star., 1902-02-22

gun ready for discharge this band. unlike the
practice In other guns, is not In contact
with the rifling. The riling, which is en-
tered gradually, does not begin until some
distance ahead; but the copper band at the
base is wide enough to All the bore and pre-
vent the passage Of gases ahead OF the
shell. The reasons are these: In the ordi-
nary service the shell is at once in contact
with the rifiing, and before the projectile
can be pushed forward 1t must partake Of a
rotary motion. This momentary check Is
enough to permit of the generation Of high
preSsures In the explosion chamber of sufn-
cient power to force the gases past the OBJ
structing shell, with the consequent result
of damaging erosion of the bore of the gun,
plosion Of the shell by getting into the fuse
With the Gathmann gun the shell has con-
siderable headway before 1t enters the
rifiing, and the first impulse of the explo-
Sive charge is to move the projectfle for
ward unobstructedly. AS result the
chamber pressures are lower much lower
in fact than they otherwise would be. In
the recent frings at Sandy Hook the Gath
mann shell attained muZzle velocity of
2a15 foot seconds, with a chamber pressure
of only IS Compounds. while the reduced We
locity of the army gun-the equivalent OF
range of $500 yards with the target at a
distance of only lis feet-WaS secured with
a chamber pressure of quite fourteen tons
OF course. these low pressures in the Gath
mann gun have resulted in lighter struc-
ture. the Gathmann gun weighing but two
tons more than the army Pinch rifle. while
being % per cent more effective. and, with
the substantial elimination of damaging
erosion, of correspondngly longer life.
The cost of single discharge of the
Gathmann gun inclusive of shell. is, 1t is
stated, considerably bslow that of the army