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Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1904-09-16

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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04


When we are successful in our
undertakings, we attribute it to
our ability. When we are unsuc-
cessful, we say that ill-luck and
misfortune have pursued us.
A colored preacher is credited
with having said: eff everybody
was born blind, what a sad sight
it would be-" Many a person with
eyes seem to be partially blind.
They belittle everything. For
them nature has neither charm
nor message, the wild waves sing
no song" the clouds and the
kaleidoscope heavens are mean.
ingless; for them no sermons are
in stones nor tongues in trees. II
is sad sight.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

Don't hit a man when he is
down. That's what we all say;
but since the time of poor old Job,
who was no sooner down than all
his friends pecked at him like
jackdaws, until today, every man
has been more or less guilty of the
act. A year ago all nations bowed
before Russia. They all stood in
awe of her. Had she not con-
quered the mighty Napoleon, and
what could she not do if she
tried? She was deemed invinci-
BILE, and consequently the world
toadled to her. But now that she
has met with few reverses, the very
nations that were loudest in their
praise and most fu]some in their
f1attery heap upon her scorn, de-
rision and contempt. Yet she has
not met with more severe reverses
than England did in the first six
months of the Boer War, or than
the Union did during the first six
months of the Civil War. Both
nations seem to forget this fact
Perhaps they don't care to remem-
Der it. One would think, however,
that fellow feeling would make
them little less censorious!;
| This adverse criticism is ex-
cused on the ground that Russia
is another name for duplicity,
chicanery. machiavelism. Well,
perhaps it is; but an old saw says
something about living in glass
house and throwing stones. I
don't think England can safely
throw any. Neither can this great
and glorious land of the free.
She's got a few sore spots. The
truth is that all Europe and Uncle
Sam have become bric-a- brac COL
lectors, and as there is an antique
set of china to be sold. they are
rather afraid that Russia will out.
, bid them and cabbage it.
Russia is beginning to feel like
our friend Job when he said, "Mis.
cradle comforters are yeall!' What
is neutrality? Is it to cheer and
inspire one party, to help them by
words and deeds, to magnify their
) successes, to overestimate theil
t good qualities; and at the same
time to scott at the other party, to
, discourage and dishearten them as
, much as possible? If this is neu.
i, trality, certainly the people Of
England and America have re.
} NAMED neutral. "Out upon itv
Let us either come boldly out and
: declare ourselves, or else have
t some regard for the pledges the
: government has made.
Russia may lose this war. But
, the day is not far distant wher
Russia will rule from the Baltic te
s the Pacific. Nothing can STOP
: her. And when that day comes
j. she will probably remember the
. Anglo-Saxon neutrality" in the
t Japanese War.
!. Many a we'll educated man o1
8 good address and ability fails t.
Q gain his merited position in life
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

EDWARD E. BARRY, the locomotive engineer who
saved so many lives at the time of the Hinckey fire,
died in ST. Paul last week of heart disease That his
heroism is not forgotten by the people of Duluth is
evident The Meas Tribune pays fine tribute to his
memory which reads in part, as follows: ''The
heroism of Engineer Barry thrilled the reading world
when the story Of the Hinckley fire and his logged
determination to rescue from the devouring flames
the terror-stricken people in that city 1t has been
told and retold, and the gallant man, who only did
his duty has carried since a gold medal to
remind him of his faithful discharge of that duty
"The people at the head of the lakes are proud
of him and of his story story that eagerly repeated
to this day. and will be repeated for many years tc
come upon strangers inevitable asking for the
reason of the charred remains of pine forests that
be seen from the windows of railroad trains, they
rush to and from Duluth. It is story of heroisn
and thrilling human interest The engineer only
his duty and knew only that the sole hope for lfe il
thousands of hearts, was centered in him and in his
engine. He rose to the OCCASION and he lived to wiz
the plaudts of his neghbors and countrymen fo
only doing his duty"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

SOME one is again mutilating the magazines
furnished by the state. It seems impossible that
any full grown person, however childish his mind,
could descend to such paltry pastme; but of late
number of the magazines have been returned to
the Deputys Office not frayed by legitimate wear,
but wantonly torn and destroyed. On the cover of
each state magazine is notice requesting those who
receive it to handle it carefully The last time it
was necessary to speak of the mutiation of the peri
odicas, warning given that the state would not
supply them, if such vandalism did not TAX
ing these things into consideration, it is plain that
whoever is destroying the magazines now, does SO
because he wishes them taken out of the dollhouse
In other words to crafty his petty spleen, perhaps
to save himself little trouble, he is willing to de-
prive all his fellow prisoners of valuable privilege.
There is not another prison in the country where
the inmates are freely furnished with the current
periodicals. 1t is a privilege that most men here
prize highly and the selfish zap that will deliberate
ly set about to have it revoked is beneath contempt
notice directing those who receive state magazines
to place them in new exchange box appears on the
local page of this issue. Do not overlook it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

rates the foregoing story. and says the best troops
are those which are fed on American -four and other
nourshing food. The truth is that about SO much
food per day required to keep man in condition.
whether he be in Japan or Germany. The stories OF
the famous diet of the japanese people will not bear
investigation.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

The Japanese chief of staff evidently thought he
was serving his country to the best advantage when
he refused to permit newspaper correspondents to
accompany the army Had he granted them leave
to 20 to the front, they could not have written
entertanngly of the everyday life Of the people of
Nippon. Write they had to, for their papers clam
ored for copy and since have been
turned loose in Japan there has been steady output
of the most astonishing tales since the days of the
gifted Marco Polo. Last week correspondent
happened to be at Nagasak1 where he the coal
ing of steamer by Japanese coal passers The
remarkable endurance of the workers suggested the
thought that their food must possess unusual qualities
so at dinner time the correspondent went among the
japanese and examined their diet He tells us that
rice CAKE about the size of soda cracker, and a
raw tomato what some had; others ate bit Of
dried fish and two raw tomatoes while some women
employed at the same work displayed few handful
of rice their entire bill of fare The Wesener has
good reason to doubt this tale. Most of know
what kind of food hard work demands No one can
labor in the hot all day rice cakes, toma-
toes and dried fish, even when they are consumed in
large quantities Rice is nutritious but alone will
not sustain life and strength. Dried fish cannot be
eaten in large quantities, and for tomatoes,
they are refreshing but not particularly nourishng
If that correspondent had followed Of the coal
passers home and surprised them at their evening
meal the chances are that he would have seen them
partaking heartily of substantial food. Another
American that steamers coallng at Nagasaki says
that the coal passers eat frequently during the day.
and that the diet of the japanese people whole
is not as trivial as the correspondents would have
believe.
An Englishman has exploded the stock yarn OF
the Toxic war CORRESPONDENTS He was in Korea al
the outbreak of hostiities remaining there until
few weeks ago. and has had excellent opportunities
to observe the japanese army. He says the much
Wanted endurance of the common soldier is exag,
gerated He says that he repeatedly the japanese
troops lie down exhausted, too utterly worn out to
eat after fifteen mile march, condition which the
Enghshman attributes to the miserable rations fur
nished the mikados troops. Jack London corrobo.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

SELDoMd does the world see clearer manifestation
of poetic Justice than presented by the assassl
nation of NJ Plehve Of all the persons familiar
with the events of his life he probably the only
that did not anticipate his death; for while men
do not always reap what they SOW as general rule
they do; and history teaches that those who live
by violence usually die by violence. After devotng
years to teaching the Russian people that the best
to deal with enemy is to kill him. after giving them
such an object lesson as Kishineff, M. Won Plehve
must surely have thought them dull scholars if he did
not foresee his own end Brutality and destruction
was his creed and he forced it on those whom he
governed. The courted the bomb that liberated
his warped soul from his bedecorated body and hurled
it naked and shiverng to the Of creator
He courted it in Poland, in Finland in Russia in
Siberia,-and now that he is gone his suit will be
prosecuted zealously by others equally blind and
besotted.
The cause of freedom in Russia will not be ad-
vanced by the murder of Won Plehve. On the con-
trary it Will be retarded Before his remains were
laid in the grave scores of officials quarreling
amongst themselves for his Office and begging the
ministry to be permitted to take up his work where
it was dropped. Neither the Russians, the Poes the
Firms nor the Jews will be benefited by the death
Of this man, who while his work was not distasteful
to him. nevertheless the tool of others Because
Russia holds tyrant the less, there need be no
rejoicing among the downtrodden peoples. He was
but as another man. To murder him a useless
sacrifice, wanton, barbarous and as indefensbe
as the massacres he himself nstigated. But it is an
omen. The seeds Of the French revolution germi-
mated for years before they finally developed into the
blossom called the Terror and unless Russia abandons
her present policy and treats men, not taxpayng
beasts, but as human beings, the time will surely
come-perhaps soon-when the car and his govern
ment will be snuffed out with little humanity as
was shown NJ. Won Plehve people trained in
violence WILL when their education is complete, resort
to violence.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

weekly published in the Minnesota State
Prison. and edited and
encourage
acquaDt
pathological
prejudice which has been
the The entirely
financial II at time there
would be expended
library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

The coroner's jury that investigated the Glen
wood Ill., wreck has found that the freight crew was
largely responsible for the disaster When the wreck
occurred the fireman and conductor had been duty
for seventeen hours while the engineer had been at
work for more than twenty hours. All hands were
groggy for want of sleep. They acting contrary
to the rules of the road and were working overtime,
not because it necessary, but for purely selfish
reasons. Ordinarily when a train is wrecked, the
crew is blameess and is deserving of sympathy, but
there will not be many regrets expressed if these
irresponsible men are made suffer for their cupidity
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
FL0TSAM AND JETSAM.
BY S. D.

cause the thought of pushing him
self forward is repugnant to him.
And 80 in the struggle for the
good things in life, he is beaten
by the hustliDg, vigorous men
about him, who do not possess a
fraction of his abilities.
Many persons have a miscon-
ception of what a healthy aggres-
slveness consists of. They con-
found it with egotistic boastful-
ness, deserving in it a lack Of
modesty, and considering it the
sign of a petty and vulgar soul.
Thinking it unbecoming to try to
make a good impression, they
shrink from the public gaze, VAIN
ly deluding themselves with the
belief that if they work hard even
in retirement they will be success
full in the end. AS a matter of
fact, however, in this competitive
age it is indispensable not only to
have the mental storehouse we'll
stocked with valuable goods, but
to advertise them. For even an
inferior article, if we'll advertised,
will often outsell superior one
that is pushed back on the shelf.
No one sympathizes with the
blatant, conceited, over-con6dent
man who has the list of his vir-
tues and accomplishments at his
tongues end. He is the antithesis
of the unassuming man who, tho
conscious of his power, makes no
parade of it. When questioned
as to what he can do, a modest,
self-assertive person does not give
hesitating answers, such as, II
think l can do this or that" Great
ing doubt not only in his own
mind, but also in that of his ques-
toner. Knowing that he can do
certain things, he says so with
confidence that carries conviction.
This is the sort of self assertion
that each man must cultivate, if he
would be accepted by the world
at his true value. 1t is a quality
as far removed from vulgar, shall
low self conceit as the calm exer-
else of power is removed from
charlatanism.
Thousands of men and women
are today occupying inferior posi-
tions because of their over-humil-
ity, their fear of seeming to put
themselves forward. And as many
of them know they are more COM
petent than their superintendent
or managers, they are consequent
ly dissatisfied. Having been
passed over in favor of less able
but more aggressive workers, they
feel that they have been dealt with
unjustly. They have only them
selves to blame, these modest,
shrinking men and women. Hav-
ing failed to assert themselves and
to assume responsibility when &C.
casion has warranted, they have,
of course, been overlooked by
their employers; for only men
with vim attract the attention of
their superiors. 1t is useless to
say that merit ought always to
win. We know it doesn't. We
know there is little chance for the
most able man who lacks just
appreciation of himself, and is
destitute of that consciousness of
power and willingness to assume
responsibility which impresses his
personality on others, and at the
same time opens the door to the
recognition of merit.
1t is pity that modest worth,
retiring from the public gaze,
working in secret. waiting to be
discovered and to have prizes
thrust upon it, waits in vain. But
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
n 0 7 | G E.

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regular lists will please consider such as
If, after reading conclude that THE
MIRROR worthy of patronage send your name to this
subscription at rates published above
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

G.. S. SAYS Don't take it for granted that every
sad-eyed man has loved and lost. He may have
loved and won.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04

Many a we'll educated man of
good address and ability fails to
gain his merited position in life
because he lacks self-assertion, be-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-07-04
MAKING RUsBER in COLORADO.


Newly IfSCoNeTcu III
Supposedly Useless Weed.
The announcement that rubber has
been found in Il supposedly useless
weed, growing on the arid plairaus
and high mesa lands of the Colorado
mountains. sets at rest all fears Of Il
rubber shortage. says writer in the
World To-day. The rubber tree is Il
product peculiar TO the tropics. The
newly discovered rubber plant of Col
orAdo. however. grows ut an altitude
Of from 1WIO to 10000 feet, where the
climate holds all the rigors of wintr:
less summer. The discovery of the
plant relieves the worlds rubber mar
ket from its dependence on the tropics
and makes it possible for rubber 10 be-
come Il stable crop, even in countries
where extreme cold prevails.
TO +. f.. Marsh, of Denver, Is due
the credit Of the discovery He went
to Colorado two years ago. an invalid
and to regain his health went out on 10
the range with the cowboys He
struck the range near Buena NlSta
cot, whore he found the cowboys
chewing the root of Il weed they call
ed rabbit bush" After being thor
oughly mastiCated the root left gum
my substance. When Mr. Marsh fist
noticed it he considered it Of more than
usual interest and at his first oppor-
tunity sent samples of the weed to
Prof T. -. A. Cockrell. botanlst at
Colorado College. for examination.
The professors tests showed the
gummy substance to be gum elastic
Or India rubber. When compared with
other rubhers ii was found to be equal
TO the best medium grade of the trop-
ical products.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-07-04
A LEAF FROM THE PAST.
When IA New Straw Hat Was Novel
and Treasured Possession,

In the early part OF the last century
there were fewer factories in this
country than now. and many things
were made by hand which to-day are
the work of machinery. This was es
pecially true of the braid for straw
hats. Rye straw was commonly used,
although wheat was also In demand.
But the rye straw had longer stems
and was more easily handled.
In driving along country roads, in
Massachusetts particularly. late in the
summer one would see great bundles
Of the straw hanging OH the fences to
dry. When the sun and wind had
done their share of the work, 1t was
placed in casks where sulphur was
burning until 1t was bleached to a
pale yellow. Then 1t was split into
narrow widths suitable for braiding.
The daughters of farmers did not
have many pennies Of their own In
those days, and all were eager to earn
money by bralding straw. Every little
While men would pass through the
and buying the straw braid. They
paid two cents a yard for 1t.
"District school was in session only
six months Of the year-the rest Of
the time the children helped their
mothers with the homework. When
that was done they took up their
brads for amusement and occupation.
SO much Il day every girl expected
to do rs her daily stint" She would
carry 1t down by the brook or up in
the apple tree when the summer days
We're long; or during the stormy hours
Of winter she would go with 1t to the
old attic. where the swing hung from
the cobwebbed rafters. But all the
time her fingers must work busily, lest
the men should call for the bralds and
find them unfinished.
The factories where the straw was
sewed were In the large towns. The
simplest hats were Of the braids
alone More elaborate ones had a
fancy cord. also Of plated straw,
sewed on the edge of the braid. This
cora WAS Ildue "! Tie oii iduleS
Grandmothers and great-aunts whose
eyes were too dim to sew would take
| Their balls of straw with them on
neighborhood calls. While they chat
ted together. their hands would be
weaving the yellow strands in and out,
fashioning the dainty cord.
The price paid for the cord was
only half a cent II yard, but this> was
better than nothing to those DANES Of
a bygone generation.
|. A poor country girl would begin to
think of her hat from the time of
seed-sowing. All summer she would
| watch the bllowy grain. When 1t was
gathered and only the empty stalks
were left, she would tie them into bun
dies and hang them in some sheltered
nook to dry. Bleaching. splitting and
braiding these she did herself
When the brads were finished and
sent to the factory. how impatiently
she waited Perhaps grandma con-
tributed some of the cord she had
made last winter that the new hat
might be more beautiful. At last the
hat came home, and then what tryings
on there We're before the old gilt
framed mirror in the parlor. How low
ingly it's owner handled II as she
placed II this way or that on her curly
| head OH a new straw hat was III
deed thing well worth having IN
those days of the long ago.-St Mich
OlaS
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-07-04
Fruit Cream.

Peel five bananas. slice and rub them
through a sieve, then add to them the
juice ana pulp of two oranges. two
tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice, three
quarters of cupful of powdered
sugar one tablespoonful OF gelatine,
'hat mas been soaking in onefourth
cupful Of cold water for one hour and
dissolved over boiling water; mix this
well with the fruit: when 1t is be.
ginning to stiffen. add one cupful Of
cream whipped stiff; turn in mould
ana put on Ice until ready to serve;
serve on platter and garnish with
whipped cream.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1904-07-04
Short Suggestions.

When buying new lamp glasses +,
put IN water and allowed to boil frs,
they Will last longer.
Sugar or cream will not drip from
pitcher on the tablecoth If the nose
OF the pitcher is rubbed with butter
The toughest beef or chicken can ho
made tender and palatable by putting
a good spoonful of cider vinegar in
the pot in which 1t is boiling or in
the juice with which it is bastcd If
roasting in pan.
10 keep fiatirOns clean and smooth.
rub them first with Il piece of WAX
tied In a cloth. and afterward scour
them on paper or cloth strewn with
coarse salt.
Potato Feelings. il dried in the oven.
are very useful for fire kindlug. If
sufficiently abundant they may be us
ell instead Of wood. but in any case
they Will economic it.
wooden spoons should he used al
ways when making sauces and beating
cakes. If metal spoons are used they
get ground down at the point and also
wear out the saucepan.