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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
THE MODEM FRENCH GIRL.
Relaxation Of the Conventions That
Obtained Forty Years Ago.

Scribner's Magazine: How astonishea
would the modern French sirl be were
she told not to take the leading part in
conversation. not TO giggle loudly, not
To Sc, her arms akimbo. and never to
she would think such recommendations
perfectly ridiculous as preventing all
possible tlirtalions, for tho art Of ilirta-
ton is never at IT'S best unless prac-
ticed in private. But forty years ago,
when parents deemed that marriage
was not a proper subject for the
thoughts of theil daughters. Irritation
even rs . word-was unknown in
France. At that time simplicity of
dress W.4s the order Of the day for
youllg maidens. and even conferred a
certain distinction. being carried as far
as possible anong the alistocracy.
There Mere special light silks and incN-
pensive tyinkots for icunes files, set
with corals. cnaNcls and pearls, among
which tho tiniest of diamonds would
never have beer tolerated any more
than costly laces. fuls GU elaborate
trimming.
Az a glance ii was easy to ascertain
by the 81 vle OF dress whether Il young
woman was married or not. whereas
ii is not by any means 50 easy NOW
me same S1tllS, NetNeiS. Ic1ttl'lS INV
jewels being worn alike in both cases
And it is not amy easier to guess from
the hehnNio, in society. for II may nap
pen that the conversation is taken VI
and carried on by the girls in their de
sire to shine n attract a"ttentlon-tn'
married women being silcn,cd and liz
nored in the midst of the cNritemen
and amusement artfully created by fire,
~sallies. unrestrained laughter and muo
attitudinizii%.
No doubt The conventional %rcstrie
lions of forty years agoWere someWha
excessive. and kept French girls I'll
after marriage in Il state of p%rolonsc'
childhood. nevertheless IT remains T.
be seen whether tle rapid chang
which has SuperVened is a real gam
for if IL has remedied some evils OF III
old system il has ais ~cngenderod neN
ones. and on that account man
thoughtful French parents are now Sc
~riously dispuictod about the future q
their uaUguteiS.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01

An old darby had become n convert
to the Roman Catholic church and was
greatly Impressed With the confession
al. Relating his experiences one day
to an inluisitive brother who was still
outside the fold he aid
1t certainly am tarrifyin' de way
dey makes Il man u1rable de inmost
secrets OBJ his conscience. ] was
mighty nigh sett.n' caught de uddcl
day"
How WAS dat, .sambo?'
why. de old gentleman ak me eff !
eve steal any chickens"
We'll. what did you saw"
why. l tole him no: but ef he had
n said ducks he'd got me shuh."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
FATAL HOTEL FIRE.
Four Lives Are Known to Be Lost-Be
lieved Many More Will Be Found.

'SVS0 Vd''y "0'S VT" NC ! W.T.
Rochester. n. H.. Sept. 2G.-At least
four lives We're lost in il fire which de-
stroyed the Hotel Brunswick. The
bodies were taken from the third floor,
and are not identified:
About forty guests. most of them
visitors to the annual county fair held
mere, were in the building when the
fire broke out at about ] o'clock.
1t is believed the remains of other
guests not accounted tor will be found
in the ruins. The register of the ho-
tel WAS destroyed in The fire. and the
list of guests could not lie secured.
The fire originated in the explosion
of a kerosene lamp in the kitchen. by
the time the fire companies had arrived
he building was in fumes.
The monetary loss is small.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
Profits in Speculation.
TO THE SPOT

the pain was less. He began to gain
and is today u we'll boy. his life saved by
Doan's Kidney Pills.
RIDDLES Mills, Ky.-I received the
free trial Of pills. They did me great
good. had bladder trouble, compelling
me to get up often during night. Now
sleep well no pain in neck of bladder
pain in back is gone. also headache
JNo. l.. HILL.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
Ten Sermons Under an Umbrella

York, Pa, telegram to h Philadel-
phia Record: The Rev. jacob Kurtz
today introduced a new feature in his
gospel campaign. Despite the heavy
rain. he made Il our of the city, visit
ing corners where hotels are located.
and in all ten M We're preached.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
Porta Is Doubted.

Paris. Sept. French foreign office
officials doubt the sincerity of the
porte's reply to the Bulgarian note. be
lieving it is merely IL maneuvcr to inn
press the powers With the idea thai
Turkey is doing it's utmost to effect a
settlement before going TO war. A
similar impression seems to prevail
at Sofia since Bulgaria. In answering
requires Turkey to cease modifying
stop massacres and withdraw hei
troops from near the frontier before
she win consider the proposals.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
w. L>pOucLAs
$50 & 9 SHOES S Ss'SE
You can save from So to SIS yearly by
wearing w. 1. Douglas $3.50 OF Hs3 shoes.

They equal those
that have been cost
ing you from S4.0O
to $500. The inl-
mense sale OF w. l..
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
oil other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name and
price on bottom.
That Douglas uses Cor.
onaC Colt proves there IA
va1ue In Douglas shoes.
Corona In the highest
grade Pat.Leather made
E0sf (.pIor E'UsiSfs nss,f
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01

@HA4seess1A9 over the country are pteis.
Treatment Of female Ills. curing allinham.
pnation and discharges. wonderful as . cleana.
Ing vaginal douche. Tor sore throat. nasal c..
and whiten the teeth. Send to-day; . postal
card will do.
Sold BY druggists - sess psstpai1 ~ -. -
ae.te. large bes eetisfseiies Cusrsateel.
q. PAXTON co. 3to Columbus Are. oostos. ooos.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
Two Evils.

Philadelphia Ledger: Its hard to have
a lot of debts that you simply can't pay"
80! l don't know. It's worse to have a
lot that you simply have to pay.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back.
aud loin pains overcome. Swelling Of
the limbs, rheumatism, and dropsy signs
vanish.
They correct urine with brick-dust
sediment, high colorcd, excessive, pain
il passing, dribhling, frequency. Doan's
Kidney Pills dissolve and remove calculi
and gravel. Relieve heart palpita-
ton, slccplcssncss, headache. nervous
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01

Judge: Pai-Casey's a funny chap.
He saved up u hundred dollars fer flu
neral eXpinsis. in case he died. an thin
he wint an got married wild it.
Mike-Wcll. thot wuz dom'd appro-
priuta'
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
Some People Did.

Boston Journal: Skids-Did your friend.
Chesterius McRantcr, the tragedian, en-
joy his vacations?
Scads-I can't gay as to whether he en-
joyed ii or not, but the public did.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01

Mrs. AppIE ANDREWS, II. f. D No. 1.
BRoDl1EAD. WIS. writes received
the free trial of Doan's Kidney Pills with
much benefit. My little nephew was
suffering terribly with kidney trouble
from scarlet fever. Two doctors failed
to help him and lie finally went into
spasms. Ills father gave him Doan's
Kidney Pills and from the second dose
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01

IuVO first days lse OF lr. kline'a 0reat Nerve Re
stoler. send for ~ 80 90 trial bottle and t~reatise.
u X X. II. KLINE. Ltd. VSi Arch St.. PHILADELPHIA. "a
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
TRAIN HITS TROLLEY CAT
Four Killed in Accident at a Crossing
in Marion. Ind.

Marion, Ind. Sept. 26.-Four men
were killed here this afternoon when an
i~nterurban car ran into Il Cincinnati.
Cleveland and Louisville construction
train. The locomotive fireman is among
the dead.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01

find Piso's Cure for Consumption the
best MEDICINE for cronpy children.-Mrs.
i. Callahan. III Hall street. Parkers-
burg. w. Va, April IL. 1901.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
Ma Goose.

Old Mrs. Group was n terrible snoop:
The neighborhood feared her campaigns.
= She snoopcd at a crack in Il game roost-
er's coop
AID got her nose pccked for her pains.
Newark News.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01

TELL Cry, IND.-l received the free
trial of Doan's Kidney Pills. They are
splendid. | had an awful pain in my
back on taking the pills the pain left
Inc right away and | feel like a ncw
MAN. fcnLcn Srllacfcr.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01

Twenty-threa acres of ground arc
needed to bury %I.ondon's lead of one
year.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
Leoit;mateiv Expended.

MIS-. Winsiow's SOOTHING syrup foc Children
tecthinR; softens the gums, reduces innnmmaiion al
iuys pain. cures wind cello. 25 cent a bottle
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1903-10-01
FREE

10 prove the heaItng and
cleansing power Of Pex.
tine Toilet Antioeptlc
we will mail . large TRIAL
package with book Of In
structions absolutely
free. This 10 not . uny
sample. but q large package.
enough to convince anyone
Of its value. Women oil
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

EBERT HUBBARD the brilliant and versatile
editor of The Philsue, has remarked that lives
too much in the past and future and not enough in
the present The clever sage and philosopher of
East Aurora has told the world something which is
worth while listening to and remembering If the
time which we devote to worrying about the past
was utilized to solve of the present problems
we would feel great deal happier more in accord
with the principles governing everyday life and
too much worrying trivial things inseparably
and irreparably connected with the past. The man
who lives in the past at the expense of the present.
loses most of the joys of fe for his task is one of
the most joyess imagine. Such mans life
must be a rayless one, for smile or beam of hap
piness pierces his horizon. The present is nothing
to him. does his existence have any bearing on
the present, not even as much as an oilless lamp
affects the darkness about it.
Just consider the time; money and labor spent
in vain efforts to unravel the future the thousands
of books which have been written on the subject,
the thousands of great ntelecs which have tottered
while struggling with this marvellous but elusive
idea, and the other thousands who have despared
of reaching any definite conclusion and have snuffed
out hfes torch If all this enormous energy, talent
and wealth devoted toward adding to the happi-
of the present mankind would have occasion to
rejoice We may not agree with the present govern
ment, the habits of the people and the theories we
listen to- nevertheless the present worthy Of any
mans sincere admiration.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

composed of picked men. Dowie himself appeared
jubilant and self-confdent. But imam proposes and
God disposes' Altho the prophet had reckoned
everything down TO the smallest detail he seemed to
have overlooked himself His speeches were cratic,
indecent and insulting They showed a woeful lack
of preparation, tact and acumen. It appeared that
Dowe lost his reason, and hurled gross vituperatons
at everybody and everything. No wonder his audi
melted away No wonder that his mission failed!
Whether this failure marks the downfallof Dowie
and what he represents remains to be seen. At any
rate he will have something to ponder for some
time to come.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

The crusade against the deadly toy pistol in
Chicago has been partially successful the city
Gil having passed an ordinance forbdding the sale
of the weapon to children. This will probably not
have the effect of entirely dvorcing the festive youth
of Chicago and the toy pistol, ingenious boy
will have little difficulty in persuading some fool
adult to buy for him, but it should considerably
lessen the number of Fourth of July accidents The
soons who framed the bill to be congratulated,
but there is still work for them to do. They can
now egisate out of existence the that rocks the
boat, the imbecile that shoots suspicion when he
hears something moving in the woods and the merry
wight that disturbs the worlds equilibrium by in
venting problems regarding AIMS age.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

JOHN ALEXANDER DowIE has again returned to
Zion City after passing through one of the most
stormy periods in his His inglorious failure
in New York City of the most ludicrous per-
formances which have occurred for some time From
prologue to epiogue his mission was one grand
comedy, and as far as substantial results are con-
cerned it was flat failure as Coxeys march to
Washington.
Whether we believe in Dowie's abnormal dogmas
or not we must admit that he is an exceptionally
extraordinary man who possesses remarkable ca
pacity to accomplish things He may be pseudo
prophet, cheat and hypocrite, still he commands
the worlds attention and is much talked of person
age The theology which he breaches, and which
he represents as the worlds leading exponent is
nothing new. AS organizer and exploiter Of hum
buggery, he can take seat beside Mohammed and
P. T. Barnum But Dowie lacks Mohammed's re-
sourcful cunning and Barnum's wonderful nerve
Dowie is more of promoter than expounder Of
monothesm When he discourses on the building
of cities and establishing manufactures etc. wherein
the poor are aided to gain livelihood, the world
welcomes him as benefactor; but when he brazenly
shouts that he is Elijah H. it must laugh and rid
icule his pretensions.
Dowies venture to New York was brilliantly
conceived, ably managed and successfully launched
Everything appeared suspicious His followers were
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

VARIOUS writer's of international celebrity have
often reiterated the statement that posterty will
questionably pronounce the present being
the materialistic age-the age in which the quest of
the almighty dollar had superseded all other ideals
While it is true that this the age of great fortunes
great explorations and great achievements in all lines
of human endeavor it is impossible to conceive why
posterity should select these incidents criterion
by which to estimate the thought and aspirations
of the present era The accumulation of millions is
only by which certain ends are attained.
These ends differ from each other in proportion to
the emotional capacity of those possessing wealth.
Very frequently the owner of millions only affects
small coterie of individuals who otherwise contribute
nothing to enlighten the world be worth ones
while to remember.
The Augustian and Elizabethian Ages are noted
principally for the great progress made in literature
No doubt of great wealth existed in those days
as they did in other periods of the worlds history
but no mention is made of them. Outside of amass-
ing fortune they accomplished nothing worthy of
the attention of the chronicler of events, unless it
was to mention the corrupt uses to which their
wealth put. However, the pages OF history are
replete with the achievements OF those who have
contributed in many ways toward the betterment of
the human race. Pre-e eminent among them are to be
found the names of statesmen, philosophers, sci
entists generals and of learning. These are the
men who shape the destinies of nations. These are
the men whom the historian selects in compiling
history and these are the men whom the average
reader delights to read about, and not the who
devote their lives in building up private fortunes.
When posterity estimates the ideals of the pres
emit generation then, and not until then, shall we
know whether we are going to be called material
istic scientific and inventive age the age of phi
losophy literature and culture.
Perhaps an hundred five hundred years from
the people will hold in greater esteem the writ
ings of Spencer, the discoveries of Darwin, the in
ventons Of Edison Morse and Roentgen, than they
will the manipuations by which Morgan, Rockefeller
and others have accumulated colossal fortunes We
are inclined to think that socalled materiasts
are worshipping at the shrine of an ephemeral god
Five hundred years hence present aggregation
of rich will be forgotten, while the story of the
noble struggle which Booker Z. Washington is max
ing to uplift his fellow countrymen will be handed
down from generation to generation.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

The Murdoch Voice says: We receive through
the mail every Sunday morning small 4-page 5
columns to the page paper which is so full Of good
things that sometimes almost forget to attend
services at the church. We refer to The PRISON
MIRROR, printed and published in the Saltwater
prison. It is worthy of place in every home in the
state.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
AN unb1idled tongue always be relied upon
to ride roughshod over ones character.

WITH the current number The Mentor, published
at Charleston, Mass celebrated it's fourth anniver-
sary. The Mentor is one of our most valued institu-
tional journals, and each year marks steady i'm
provement in that always bright periodical.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
N 0 TIC (

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of THE MIRROR who
not regular lists will please consider such as
sample copies IT, after reading, conclude that THE
MIRROR worthy patronage send name to this
Office trial subscription published above
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

MIRROR weekly published in the Minnesota State
edited and
to home to encourage
acqaint
the pathological
Information ispeng that prejudice which has been
seredemptiOn The paper entirely
financial If time there
would be expended the
interests the library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

Inc ottener story Is told and
the farther it spreads the bigger
it grows.
There is an old saying that kings
can do no wrong; but this maxim
doubtless grew out of the fact that
most of them do so little that it
might be difficult TO discover Ell
Their wrong or right act performed
by them.
/ According to the Fouy-huck
Meas, the Pan-American railway
is more than talk. It is being sur
veyed and will run from Winnipeg
to Buenos Ayres--and the north
ern end may be extended to North
poleville, Peary County.
Skeletons of animals with heads
y feet in length and 81 feet wide
have been found in> Montana and
they are said to be ten million
years old. Discoveries of things
millions of years old occur SO fire.
quently nowadays we may soon
have a history of the world as it
was several million years ago.
It most always happens that
where doctors render services the
patients either get we'll or die. If
they recover the doctors cured
them and if they die the doctors
we're called too late, or some block
head or numbskull permitted an
accident to occur, or their time has
come, or an all-vise providence
has seen fit to remove them from
fields of usefulness.
It is interesting to know that
the science of plant grating has
reached such an advanced state
that maple trees and buckwheat
trees can be successfully grated to-
gether, and by theinjection of a fash
of few thousand hot volts of cleo
tricity, delicious hot buckwheat
cakes with maple syrup may be
produced instantaneously, not
while you wait, but without wait.
$ss
After many months of exhaust
i've debating while the editorial
pages of the newspapers of Mani
toba and the Northwest Territories
were continually filled with it's dis
cussion, the bill providing for the
new Grand Trunk Pacific railroad
has been favorably acted upon;
and Canada will in all probability,
in course of few years, have
second transcontinental railroad
paralleling the Canadian Pacific,
but, except where it is to touch at
Winnipeg and Montreal it's course
will be some hundreds Of miles to
the north Of the Canadian Pacific.
A cold winter proposition, but hot
air machines may, possibly, in the
near future annihilate frosty at
mospbere, snow and ice, producing
tropical weather in any latitude at
will Who knows?
Reverend John L. Scudder, q
former pastor of the First Congre-
gational church of Minneapolis
and now Of the First Congrega-
tional church of Jersey City, has
conceived and is about to put into
operation a new kind of practical
everyday religion. Through the
generosity Of Mr.. Joseph Milbank
of New York, he has secured $780,
600 with which to erect what he
terms temple of humanity. It
is to be palace of delight which
will be healthful and uplifting. It'll
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19

POVERTY is always pessimistic, but seldom courts
publicity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-11-19
ODDS AND ENDS.
by.
FL. j. B.

W
kindergarten, instruction in sew
ing, cooking, etc. 1t will be a
refuge from many of the moro de-
moralizing temptations, keeping
some of the people off the streets
at night and prevent many from
frequenting pernicious resorts.
To the optimist it would seem
that the politics of this country,
tho still somewhat corrupt in spots,
is, on the whole, undergoing
change for the better. The indie
pendent movement for the right
man. irrespective of party afilia-
ton, seems justly to be gaining
recognition among thinking, broad
minded men. There has always
been too much of deep-rooted
inclination among voters to vote
sort of mechanically, like ma
chine that runs in certain man
ner and can never change it's
course. Machine politics and pol
iticians are with the machine frst,
last and all the time, whether right
or wrong. But it is gratifying to
note that rapidly growing per
centage of the voters will not be
ruled by machine methods; they
are coming more and more to a
realization of the Importance of
voting for men for public office
exactly as they choose men to con-
duct their private affairs, basing
their selections on personal merit.
personal fitness, personal integrity
This independent movement In
growing steadily and is confined
to no state, to no section, to no
city.
With the natural increase in the
freight and passenger business Ct
railroads in this country as a 10
suit of the country's forward strides
industrially and commercially, tho
number of accidents and terrible
disasters is increasing with fright
full rapidity. The great volume Of
business handled by most railroads
of any Importance shows that two
tracks are needed to handle the
traffic properly. AS most OF the
serious accidents are collisions Is
would seem that the time has az
rived when all roads of importance
should be compelled to have dou-
BILE tracks. In many cases the
damages arising as the results Of
repeated collisions and the heavy
expenditures in other directions,
resulting from the numerous de-
vices for expediting the movements
of traffic, together with the inev-
liable delays, etc., railroads lose In
a few years more money than would
be the cost of a second track.
Then again. in view Of the wou-
derful progress electricity is max
ing it would seem that Mr.. Edison
or some one might produce an in
vention whereby incandesceut
lights attached to the telegraph
poles along the railroads could be
illumined for a given number OF
minutes after the passage of a
train, thereby giving signals OF
warning to following trains, la
case two trains going in the same
direction should get dangerously
close to each other. One of the
railways that converge at Chicago
is about to introduce steel passeu-
ger cars for its suburban trains
Steel freight cars have for sonna
time been rapidly superseding the
wooden kind and [ believe most of
the big roads will soon be using
rtool nassannar coaehaa Waxr