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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20

This is an extra fine dinner" re-
marked one of the guests at the fare
well bachelor dinner.
"Of course" replied the host, whose
future wife was to do the cooking.
. 1T is probably the last good one l will
ever eat"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
This Is Delicious.

To serve tomato salad in French
style slice the tomatoes into a glass
dish and garnish the edges with large
rings cut from raw white onions. Fill
the center of the dish with mayonnaise
or whipped cream dressing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
Two If a Kind.

Mrs. Bond Hill-Reading is my hus-
bands greatest passion.
Mrs. Chester Park-What a queer
coincidence. My husband is affected
in the same manner every time he
reads a bill from my dressmaker.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20

DOW IN the back. The material may
be white or colored. A very pretty
combination would be of tiny pindot
lawn in ones favorite color, using
white for vest and embroidery ruffles
and insertion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20

becoming design-an ideal suit for
travel. country or seashore. The ma
terial may be of linen, pique, crash,
mohair, serge, pongee or any of the
popular suitings. A very smart cos
tune could be made Of white serge or
white mohair, embroidering the en-
blems on shield and sleeve and wear
ing a bright-colored tie Of ones favor
tie color jauntily knotted in the front.
A colored or white belt would COM
'plete a stylish costume.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
Ladies' Suit for Outing Wear.

With the advent of summer the de-
mand for frocks suitable for a days
outing or travelling becomes an all-im-
.portant subject. For the one who is
planning a suit that will be suitable
ON a variety of occasions and will stay
in style for more than one season, this
jaunty mode will be wise model to
select. The blouse is something new
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
Worse Than Some Others.

Husky Henry-"Dey say dat desc
Egyptian cigarettes will make you
sick"
Gritty George-"Sum of dem will. A
dude give me one wild his name stamp
ed in violet on It,"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20

,in the sailor style,
having a fanciful
yoke shaping, a
NEW style sleeve,
,and a very smart
'collar, which may
,have either square
sor round shaping.
] The skirt is the
popular tucked de-
sign and may be
made in any length
golf, short or
walking. 1t is cut
in five cores and
may be made with
a yoke if desired.
J.! The bination
of this blouse and
tucked skirt makes
it a most chic and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20

its color Is height
ened. A basin Is
b u t t ere d, t h e
whites of hard
boiled eggs and
GRO ons are
ranged around and
the spi n n a C b
placed in the Gen.
ter.
Crumbled vol k
of hard boiled egg
S pr n k | e d over
spinach enhances
the green.
Green t h | n g s
never present the
appearance of hav-
ing been turned
carelessly into the
platter.
The size of the
platter is proper.
toned to the guam.
tity served and the
vegetable is placed
in conformity to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
For Dinner Table.

A pretty floral arrangement for the
table of the country home is to take
small baskets, painted green, and
place in each one four-inch pot of
maidsmhair or some of the pretty va
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20

editor of the Hartford Press in the
sixties, was one day confronted by a
compositor, who said: We'll, Mr..
Warner, I've decided to enlist in the
army" The editor was pleased, and
replied that he was glad to see the
man felt the call of duty and was has
tening to serve his country in it's
troublous time. ooh, it amt that" re-
marked the printer, "but I'd rather be
shot than try to set any more Of your
id CODY"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
Trade Hurt by Auto Craze

London harness makers and car
riage builders are suffering loss of
trade by the growing popularity Of the
motor car.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
Dogs Save Many Lives.

According to the monks of the hos
pice of st. Bernard their famous dogs
save on an average twenty lives every
year in the mountain.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
Girls Erock.

One of the most popular styles of
dress. 1t is style that is easily made
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
A German Farmers Case.

Rich Fountain, Mo-, Aug. 17th.-->
Rev. Joseph Pope of this place Is
widely and favorably known as
clergyman who has done and Is doing
much for his people. He is very much
beloved by everyone for the faithful
ness of his pastoral work.
Rev. Mr.. Pope has given for publica-
tion statement made to him by
German farmer who is member OF
his congregation. The mans name is
George Hoellerer, and he has given
Rev. Mr.. Pope this letter:
Last winter | suffered very much
with Rheumatism. could neither
walk nor ride on horseback nor dc
any farm work.
II took medicine from different doc
tors but they did not do me any good.
TSen I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills pro-
cured for me by good friend. After
had taken the first box felt already
heap better; l was relieved Of the
pain and could walk and chop wood:
and the contraction Of my fingers be-
gan to resolve.
NOW SluCe nave tdheH SIX moro
boxes Of Dodd's Kidney Pills | feel
well again and am able to do all the
work On the farm"
Residents on the Newfoundland
coast are expert wreckers, not that
they wreck ships to. rob them, but
they know how to get everything from
wrecked vessel The priest at Tre-
passey, near Cape Race, was dining
one day with the late Bishop Power
of st. Johns. "How will your people
get along this winter?" said the
bishop. Very well, my lord" was
the priests cheerful answer, with the
help of God-and few wrecks"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
Elaas on Stockings.

The newest fad in the way of hosiery
in which so many fads have reigned
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
THOUGHT HE MUST BE DEAD.
Effective Rebuke That Was Admins
tered to Procrastinator.

Effective Rebuke That Was Admins.
tered to Procrastinator.
A merchant, who was very punctual
in all he did, one day gave a joiner an
order for some work. Knowing the
man was rather careless, and often
promised but did not perform, he said
to him:
When will you have my work fin.
ished?" r.a
"On Thursday next" replied the
joiner, IF l am living, you shall have
it,"
Thursday came and passed without
the promised work.
In the evening the merchant called
at the newspaper Office, and asked the
printer to insert among the deaths the
name OF the joiner. On taking up the
paper next day the man was surprised
to find an announcement OF his death,
and went to the printer to demand an
explanation.
He was referred to the merchant.
who, on seeing him, expressed some
surprise, for, said he, you solemnly
promised my work for Thursday, IL
you were living, and as 1t did not come
l thought you must be dead"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20
Shooting Is Popular.

Shooting is the most popular method
of suicide.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20

J In summer time
all dainty vegeta-
,bles are served au
naturel as far as
possible.
The more a cab
bage can be made
to look like itself
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-08-20

the better. 1t Is
placed in a cup CT
the outside green
leaves of the cab
bage, and so in a
measure presents
it's own form and
color.
The skill of the
cook is required
with spin a C h,
which loses it's
form in cooking.
1t Is nodded and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

injury, but the witess rush to the doors And when
grandstand colapses at the ball game, the danger
incident upon the fall to the ground is nominal but
the resulting panic is usually serious. It seems at
such times that the primitive man lying dormant in
all of us becomes dominant and that the wild hand
to-hand fight is caused not by fea but by the sheer
exhilaration of the thing.
The wisest plan to pursue in case of panic is
to remain quietly where you are until the rush is
over. Or better STILL if it is possible, to climb to
some place over the heads of the crowd and wait
there for the panic to subside. A modern theatre
has SO many exits that if it burning like tin
der there would still be time for everyone to get out
safely and in good order. And no ship ever went
down so rapidly that the last did not have am
pie time to save himself It does not matter how
great the danger may seem, it is always safer to face
death by fire, or flood, falling tmbers than to
make one of panic stricken mob-t is safer and
more dignifed Let the other fellow do the fighting
You stay till the rush is over.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

IMMORTALITY statistics published by life insurance
companies are trustworthy, men live considerably
longer today than they did fifty years ago. They
not only live longer, but enjoy better health This is
due to understanding of the principle Of hygiene,
improved sanitary conditions in the large Cities pure
food egislation and general knowledge of the
simpler rules of health The difference in the death
rate between the first and the last halves of the last
century is marked to attract general attention.
Commenting on this matter editorially the
Worcester SPY says: The life insurance experts have
figured ip Europe for century to make comparisons
They report that the increase in the expectation of
life has been raised from 46l per cent to 564 per
cent for and 476 per cent to SIS per cent for
women. In Great Britain in 1888 the annual death
rate for all ages % per 1000. In 1900 it was 19
for women In 1888 it was % and in 1900 it was II
Our records in the United States are too imper-
feet for the first half of the last century to be re
able. In 1900 the death rate has dropped to 1873
In 1901 it dropped to 1873 and it is probably falling
steadily
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

The essence of successful teaching is example,
You can club a into submission and compel
him to do your will, and he will very naturally hate
you as long as he lives. Or you can explain to him
where he is wrong and teach him by precept and
ample how to do better, and if he has spark of
manhood in him he will be your friend thereafter.
All the great teachers and reformers from Buddha
to Jacob Riis have eschewed the club and employed
the opposite method Of course truth is truth,
when it from the lips of an habitual liar, but
to make lasting converts requires more than words
alone
Lycurgus was one of the great teachers of the
world. Altho he would have been surprised to hear
it, he was in many ways good Christian and as far
as it was possible in those days. he practced Chris
tianity. He lived some nine hundred years before
the birth of Christ. He welded almost unlimited
power, but never abused it. He might have been
the richest man in the land, and he abolished money
He could easily have lived in ease and pleasure with
servants by the thousand to minister to him; he
preferred to be merely one of the people. He be-
lieved his people in danger Of becoming efemi-
nate and enacted laws to check the evil; he
himself was the first to obey them. In short he
was great and noble man, whose example was fol-
lowed by his people for many centuries after he had
turned to dust.
There is one story told of Lycurgus that is bet
ter than most sermons His law directing all citi-
zens of Sparta to eat at table was at first
very unpopular, and after it's enactment Lycurgus
several times severely treated by the people, On
one occasion he was driven from the public tables
and stoned, and when he fled was pursued by young
man named Alexander, who being hasty and violent
struck him with staff and knocked out one Of his
eyes, This was more than the populace intended,
so Alexander captured and delivered up to Ly-
curgus. The great lawgiver still suffering from his
wound, dismissed the people, keeping only the young
man with him. He would have been justified in the
sight of the law had he demanded eye for eye
but he showed himself to be greater than the law
He took Alexander into his house, made him a
member of his family, taught him how to live
showed him that gentleness and calmness not
incompatible with valor and craftsmanship and final
ly moulded the hot headed youth into a man like
himself From that time forward, Spartan carried
even staff with him to the public tables.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

Steps being taken by the officials of the Wabash to-
ward abosing the of Intoxicating liquors by its
poyees Recently of the oldest the system
discharged for drinking and for the excessive of tobacco
Officials state that the of stmulants makes the
unfit for work and that who in the habit of drinking
using tobacco freely unsafe and of little the
The rules give the superintendent of divisions
to discharge any employee who intoxcants
who is seen entering saloon.
Railroads have right to exact sobriety from their
poyees Any who liquor any has bust
in the employ of railroad company The lives of too
people stake to be entrusted the hands of
who indulge in liquor.-Mankato Free Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

Every little while somebody springs yarn about couple
being married in fun or in play and afterwards finding
they really married. because the performing the
mock marriage justice of the peace minister The
latest is pipe dream about minister marrying his
wife stranger in play at church social Thiss about
the limit Anyone all posted would know that the
Of both parties exist at the teand little cheap
torety is the only result-Mnneapos Telegram.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

In cities of the United States estimated
that 900 union in the parades Labor Day
Now these will act wisely and be induced make
unreasonable demands they have been often in the past
they almost anything they will ask for-Hnckley
Enterprise.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

weekly published the Minnesota State
Prison. prisoners and edited and
be home newspaper to encourage
prisoners acquant
public prisoner; disseminate pathological
peng that prejudice which has
seedempton The entirely
financial If at time there
surplus would
interests of the prison library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
NO TIC E..

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of THE MIRROR who
regular lists will please consider such as
sample copies IT, after reading, conclude that THE
MIRROR worthy of patronage send name to this
Office trial subscription at rates published above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

How little there is in an ordina-
ry education or even in college
course which teaches the art at
grasping things with the mind
with that vigo1 and force which
increases mental power, says @ s.
Marden in Success. Overloadine
the memory with facts, statistics
and theories, like overlooking the
stomach, may defeat mental diges-
ton. It is not knowing q great
many things that avails, utkaow-
ing how to use ones powers to tina
best advantage. Mental vigor is
gained, not by memorizing On
through teachers and professors,
but by that mental self help waicga
utilities knowledge as it is ACCUSED
We grow in power by investiez-
ton, deep concentration, thinking,
planning, and bringing about re-
suits without the assistance az
others. One seIf-wrought probsen
will give more vigor than thou-
sand worked out for us. It is thu
constant stretching of the aaizad
over large problems, over lazge
models-it is independent tlaougHe
that increases mental power. Mem
orizing is parrots work; it doas
not bring much mentality inf0
play; but to think along Original
lines, to investigate, to reach oak
into new fields, to reason indie
pendently for ones self, is to guow.
Power should be the goal OF an
ambition. This can never 10
gained by initiating, leaning apoa,
others, or asking advice.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
ODDS AND ENDS.

OOuO uCA SPOAA AOoV " OAOAA
time endeavoring to hate every
body and mourning the hatred Of
everybody in return.
For money, man will undertake
and risk anything and everything.
For money, man will go to the
ends of the earth, to prison, or to
hades.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowser and the
cat should be credited with having
great powers of endurance. It
seems strange indeed that they
don't dissolve partnership and
thereby end their difficulties, vexa-
tions, trials and tribulations. Yes
indeed.
It is evident there are some big
screws loose in the executive man.
agement of the affairs Of the uni
verse, when such brothers Of Satan
as the Sultan of Turkey and his
lieutenants, who foster nothing
better than ignorance, poverty and
poorly administered government,
are permitted to have control Of
Palestine or the Holy Land and
the sacred city of Jerusalem.
Rudyard Kipling can write good
verses and he may once in awhile
write interesting prose, but to read
such silly nothingness as his "Tabu
Tale" in recent number of COL
hey's, is harder work than saving
wood at seven cents a cord. There
are nine or ten contributors to
The MIRROR who could give him
seventeen cards and spades and
beat him seventeen knots in an
eighteen knot race, and not half
try.
1t seems very strange that lit
tie mouse, harmless, timid, retiring,
and one of the smallest of all an
imals, should be regarded with SO
much fear. Some people are more
frightened of mouse than of an
elephant or a cyclone. A writer
in an exchange says he once had a
mouse crawl up his trousers leg
and it was simply awful. This
man had been in railroad COLI
sion, in a cyclone and passed
through four earthquakes, but
never knew serious trouble until
he came in contact with that
mouse
| A country editor, impressed with
the idea of the metropolitan press
bulletin, says the Philadelphia
Times, adopted the idea in his
village, with this result:
10 a. m.-Deacon Jones no bet
ter.
1890 p. m.-Deacon Jones
weaker.
Pulse falling.
2:15p. m.-Deacon Jones family
has been summoned.
$40 p. m.-Deacon Jones has
died and gone to heaven.
4:1O p. m.-Great excitement in
heaven! Deacon Jones has not
,, yet arrived.
A mans life is full of crosses
: and temptations. says the Arkausaao
Thomas Cat. Man comes into this
world without his consent, and
goes out against his will, and the
trip between the two is exceedingly
t rocky. The rule of contraries is
one of the important features of
the trip. When he is little the
big girls kiss him, but when he is
grown the little girls kiss him. If
; he raises large family he is a
chump, but if he raises a small
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17
lives to an old age he has missed
his calling.
by.
81. J. B.

his calling.
"Vile language is the standard
around which rowdies and dippanf
fools make merry. It indicates q
degenerate mind which shiftsaboas
with each exertion it is called up-
on to perform. To become slave
to ones habits is eerious refec-
ton upon ones mental capacity
However, it is all matter of self
respect; and he who respects him :.
self shows the most respect for
others
The above thoughts expressed
by Mr.. S. in a recent issue of TEE
MIRROR contain 2OO,OOo;OOo bush
els of truth and philosophy and
there are 2OO,O0O,OO0 men in the
world who ought to paste them I'm
their hats, or on the ends of their
noses. Never were grander truths
uttered by great men of history
than these words by an inmate Of
the Minnesota state prison. Would
that every man and boy might read
and re-read them until every word
1
became indelibly stamped upon
their minds.
A German biologist has been
investigating the question of the
activity of animal bodies after
death, and has published soms
suggestive conclusions. It appears
that death is not instantaneous
throughout the physical organism.
for it has been observed that anany
of the different tissues con6nua
active for q considerable peEid
after the time when the animal is
assumed to be dead, particularly
in the case of the lower aniuaals-
Cells from the brain of a freq, for
example, have been kept alive for
over a week when held in certain
solutions, and the heart Of a frug
has been known to beat alauy
hours after being removed from
the dead body. The hearts Of tur-
ties and snakes will beat for days.
or even week, after death.
While these lower animals seam
to have as much fear of anything
that may cause bodily injury and
pain as has the human fanaiIy,
they have one advantage over us
in that they don't
Worry about the hereafter
And the future all their days,
| For fear that that hereafter
May take turn and blaze"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

JUDGE TRACEY of st. Louis Mo-, recently made
the astonishing statement from the bench that the
law is greater than the Transit Company and that it
be made to cover all cases in which the rights
of the public are trespassed upon by said company
This revolutionary opinion called forth through
the arrest of Harris who in order to stop car,
threw stones at it and broke some windows He
was fined ten dollars. A few weeks ago Judge
Tracey discharged another who was arrested
for fourishing revolver in order to stop car He
within his rights, but in the of Harris the
court holds that, "No matter how many cars had
passed him how aggravating it might have been
to him, he had right to destroy property and en-
danger the lives of citizens by throwing the rock
the car"
Perhaps Judge Tracey is right. It may be that
a street railway company is not above ana beyond
the pale of the law; but doubt if he or anybody
else has the emerity to assert the of motormen
They are not amenable to any law human, natural
divine, and for one to expect them to stop cars
just because mortals want to go somewhere, is
to show ones ignorance of the world and it's ways.
Aloof, naughty and powerful, the motorman is the
enigma of the age. Not even Judge Tracey dare to
attempt to define or classify him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-17

ONE of the most ludicrous and yet terrible sights
imaginable is the blind unreasoning terror-sricken,
utterly contemplate rush of stampeded herd of
CATTLE and second only to it is panicstricken mob
of men and women Both act in similar manner
The cattle, madly fleeing some imaginary danger,
gore and trample another to death by the score,
and human beings under the influence of panic rend
and trample roughshod over each other with as lit
tie conjunction as the locoed steer.
Panics are nearly as common as thunder show
ers Almost every newspaper contains an account
of one or more together with list of the dead and
injured. When curtain wing blazes up in the
theatre and the inevitable concentrated ass shouts
Fire." it is not the flames or smoke that causes the
The Holly chieftain., 1903-11-13
Not A Sick Day Since.


Il was taken severely sick with
kidney trouble. l tried all sorts
of medicines. none of which re-
lieved me. One day saw an ad
of your Electric Bitters aud deter
mined to try that, After taking a
few doses | felt relieved, and soon
thereafter was entirely cured, and
have not seen a sick day since.
Neighbors of mine have been
cured of Rheumatism. Neural LA,
Liver and Kidney troubles and
General Debility" This is what
B. +. Bass, of Fremont, N. G.
writes, Ouly soc, at Ikelman
Bros. Druggists.
The Holly chieftain., 1903-11-13
Bost Lln,ment or Earth.

/. ID. M.McHany, Greenville, Tex,
writes, Nov. End, 1900: II had
rheumatism last winter, was down
in bed six weeks; tried everything,
but got no relief, till friend gave
me Il part of bottle of Ballard's )
Snow Linimeut. l used it, aud
got two more bottles. 1t cured
me aud havn't felt any rheumat-
ism since. | can recommend
Snow Liniment t, be the best lini-
ment on earth for rheumatism :"
For rheumatic. scintic or neural
gic pains, rub in Ballard's Snow
Liniment, you will not suffer long.
but will be gratitied with speedy
and effective cure. 25c. soc and
$l.O0 at Ikelnlan Bros.