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III nota wiloS b; ,,xca inl lie
number under three core ic.ys 90, hay 4
ing been lhc wife Of one nt7
We,l reported q HE good wort& VI
The have r'ueht ~ eldldrtn. If shc
hive lvdgel ! tanspis. II she have wost
el The saInis leei, y tbe nave rei3gWdI
lbe III clcl v sac lmyc asiigcnlI, toll
Lowell ,yers good va" y
Bat he iounsr Midoas fescs,' fal
when they Ia Ds-us 10 @aN Wan o.
aganst Cads' tusy wis marry, q
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IN, raliol way w ~ plr As5
weeks Issue asked for au eXplA-
nation On the above scripture
Tnatis ii we are wFeng On our
ideas; was for tile sole purpose
Of attracting the attention of onr
readers 10 the fact that IN the
days of Paul and Thimothy there
was an allotted age for the WIDOW 70
be taken into the number. Ia to
what number yoa may ask? Dnes
tile church otey thu command
today Does the church wait UNI
Ill tie widow is three score years
old before size is taken into the
number And d es the church
refuse The widows until they are
three score years olds Ard ii
they do not, Why net? Think
well Oh these questions for they
are. worthy Of tho readers con
sheraton, tol Nc know of no
church organization that refuse
to take a widow into It's folds be-
fore she is sixty years old 1t
matters not how ycung she is IL
she asks admittance she Is re-
ceived especially ii she has q
good character does not mat
ter whether she has washed the
saints feet or not, Or whether
she has raised up children, or
whether she has entertained
strangers, or whether she has
done very many good works or
not. She will be taken IN ON APP
plicatiun or confession OF iaith
and belief Aud what q contrast
this is beside the instructions Of
Paul to Timothy. Aud Brother
Tunnel and others will say Bro.
Garrett you are very wrong in
your teachings but we say to
our readers that there must be
d reconciliation Of those things
before No can believe That IS
we must sac some reason Why
Paul said to Timothy. Let not .
widow be talcn-into TIE numbet
before she was sixty years Old
aud widow under that age
saoula be refused. For we SOY
aagain Tat We see no churcf
3 FRA .ticing Jais commend IN this
or day. 80 wc conclude VIA
there il something wrong to-day
\ taat is the Mord Is not under
stood, or else Paul did not Civ
tile light be should have done
and such an idea would stillccn
Alct with wLat Eaul' said again
whcnhe said, tbathe had not fa.l
ed to declare the whole, or al' w
council oIGoa, Tor this reaso1
we preferto say thai the worl'
II people ID general do not ~
derstand the word 81 God, az
that there must be \ disisio
made in the word OF God rs
tween the jew and GENTLE whic
will bring forth tho ' TWO w
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from him this prerogativc, trans
iforms biz maDship into childish
I pelnlchce hls reasoning powers
iintn brute instinct. Consider,
then, bow much more you often
suffer from your anger than from
those things for which you are
angry
Consider further, whether that
iier which yon give way 10 angry
outbreaks q any GI compensation
what fir The dcgradauop and loss
lyou suffer bygiving way - pas-
sion
NJ nar IN ohligcjto I'VE 50 Tree
iIaw pa1 '%n ny MOTTO SHOW some
sentiment. on Fl occasions IL wcse
ra'hcr s,oicac staridi'y than virtue
Iio duolhcrwiso There arc times
dnni occasions when tie expression
inf Indignation is not only iustiilA,
Ihla hut necessary,
4 We are bound TO be indignant al
iaIse!ood, selGshncss and cruelty.
4 man Of true feeling, fires up
naturally At bnsoness or meanncss
ct any sort. even 10 cases whore ho
my 30 under no obligation 20
speak ou'. Butthon his anger IL
as reasonable ID ia outward OK.
preston as in its origin, BE an
Egry and sin not" We must, how
ever, be careful how we indulge in
girlunus Indignation. II 10 the
handsome brother Of anger aud ha.
lred Anger may glance into the
bscast q / wise man. but res,s
otlv instho hoeon, ~ IA ,r,y;sa
i visn.n,ar hath rn ,,o,. ,ngc, n,o,
Il prccesar, Is s,,ow M, NJ cau ornre
hend 4 wrong
I, Ranger rrseecd from 4 stoa, csuse.
/, \ 7, turns 10 fairy. il from a smaIl cause
tits pccvishnets; and SO it Is always
either terrix.le or ldicrlous. Sinful
anger when il becomes strong, Ii called
! wrath, when i makes outrage y \ fury
+. when II becomes nxed Il IL termed ha-
! red' and whenil intends 10 injnro any
ono II is cilled malice ali Those Wicked
passions sprug from anger. The iatoxi
, cation Of an.pr. IKE ina, Of lhe crane.
shows rs 10 other bur conreal "a trom
nnrs,lyev ard 40 ipiu,a IN, owr canso
. Ia, lie eyes Of tl,c world. when wc too
!. pessiona,ely and eagerly defend il.
There 4 many tnuu whose tongue
might govern mnllitudes. II he could
Eoo,, govern lis ,opsuo. uois The mar,
~ power Via controls mo storms and
,emncs,s Of his mind How swcc, The
, .ereoi,, Of h.hl,oa, self oon,rol, How
,,,,.,,,,, III, r,nr,.chos !, n,,e.
\ When do,s man rsrl more /, ~,
4 MN himsolf diem when he has passet
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TO 30 con'foard

Acgcris lbe nosl lmpolent p's
sion that accompanies TO mind 81
men. i,pfieeis naqinE, i sc.e s.
Don't, ard hurls the man who IL
possessed W ituorc than tho OH.
er againsi whom itis directed.
Tho disadvantage arisios from
anger, which arc its nniaIling con-
comitauts nnjevall circumstances,
should prove panacea for the
complaint. In moments OF cool
rc1ecHonthe man vao INDUCES lis
aio~s within deep disgust the desc,
lstion wrought by passion.
Friendship, domestic happiness,
self-rsspeci, the esteem Of Others,
are swept away as by q whlri~ind,
and only brief III Of anger some
times suflicies to lay in wreck tho
nome happiness which years have
been cemcnting together,
what crimes have not bccn coz
milted in the paroAysms Of anger
Has not the friend murdered his
tricndY TIC son massacred his par
eull The creature blasphemed his
Creator, When, indeed, the nat.
ufe of this passion is considered
what crimes may it not commit!
is it not tho storm Of tho human
mind Which WRECKS every better
election wrocks reason and con.
science, aud asa ship driven with.
out helm or compass before the
cushing gale, is not tho mind
eolns away without guide or gov
trhmcnt by lho tempest of uu.
bounded ragef
10 be anger about trllles, is low
md childish; 10 rage and DO fur
llous is trutish, and % maintain
! perpetual wrath is akin 70 tho prau,
ace and temper If devils. Tho
round oil q passionate MANS lilo is
n contracting future debts in his
passionate moments which he may
nave 10 pay ~ the failure, aud
when is most nconveplcnt 70
make paymoni, llo spends he
tune ~ outrage, and acknowledge.
mont n iliiury and rePrensiuni ioi
anger begins II foxy, ard many
times past, oad 10 repeesaacc
| Anger may 10 looked Tor il III,
character Of weak-minded people
iAildreu no. yet leaTVrd 70 Cavern
themselves, and these who, toranj
easou, are not expected 10 hay,
ull command oyci their Localities
IBal % sensible man Or woman, i
i ,he full possession Of tacir powers
iiwill suffer shc degradation OF ~
., HI s
Isa3ns themselves 70 DO overcom
1 oy anger without afterwards cxpe
iiei,elns the utmost morlilicatioa,
4 passionate temper renders
lman unfit fer advice, dcpnves hi
Eof his arason. rpts lin otali 'hu
Hin geally creator noble N ms W
'Etare5it makes him uhfit tar eon
vsrsn,ior, destroys friendship
!, chaagee jas,icosiato cruelty, an
,t,arrs all srdse INTO coaiusior.
s,an WIS born 10 reason, 70 re
ilsction, aud ~ d. al, things squit.
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him not to.take awidow into the
lumber under three score years,
Tie Eistern Starts today tali-
Iiag tie place of those who we're
To BE- taken intot The number
We do not claim that Modern
Masonry are living up to those
early principals which Paul m
structod Timothy on--Bnt We
urc not talking % modern things
We talking on i'iblq pnnei-
IpIos Which belongs n the lsracl'
ites, " Wisconsin tlie daysof the
Apostles WHOM Peter yas thc
Master paildcr far them
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Mr. James McCaskill and Ka'le.
Woolfolk are the leading Merchants
Of Summersille, they are Rind court
ous and will treat YOU night give
them trial
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nesses Of God standing before
the god Of the earth as he says
And ni.l siyc poser uuia ny W.
witnesses, ana lGcy .iaii I9ppilesy y
'tlipnsAui 49," hardtc'l auI 'iscsc9ry
.dn., cloihpdin spcsrAal,
fhefcac The lMo .,llye lreer, nn6 u,
tmo mai'D icSs s.4a.ias berwe ih4
.Gpl u fle esrh tRy a , AZ
I would love for some one TO
lit Up Tic requirements % thoae
1--WE witnesses 0s course Ere.
IPelSips has attia that liiosa tive.
Witnesses we're the Cid ana NAV
Testament scripaurasi that Is III
loar memory serves us right.
Bat thiscan never fulfE The re
lquiremanis Of what JOAN the
Reselator said these Witnesses
could, and would do
4 First they were ID have power,
SECOND they were " prophecy 4
thousand two hundred and three
score days vlothed ii sact4loth.
Gar opponants say chat the
time Of their being clothed in
sacKclotb, was the lime OF their
laying ia tue dead languages.
This wc say we cannot believe,
for anything that il dead cannot
propheay- And this i not all; 1t
lsays That during tlie days af
their prop!iesy and the tima OF
them being clothed in saclicloth,
that il any man hart them fire
lproceedelh out OF their mouth
land dcvoureth their enemies
This the old and new Testament
could not do While they lay in
Their dead languages, II they
were eyer in sucha death, tIey
could not devoul anything But
this Is not all, they have power to
shut heaven that it rain not in
/ the days of their prophesy-
| Aud this The old and new lesta
|ment could not do while they
were laying confined il dead Ian
guage Wherefore we must loot
somewhere else 10 find The rive
| Witnesses, in order to satisfy
their description; aud to give ON
sreaders light on this great sub
iect. Hence We cal! The readers
Iatteniion back to the days cf tn,
Apostles and askyuu TO read this
scripture first:
J. NV c9unariwisc, wleHlh9q saw nisi
shhe gospti ~ ihs aYcicuaasSiVa ya.
0 nr.il,cd un'ome IS lhe gcsgel q III,
4 uaci'cumcls u was INTO Peter,
tFar he ahst wtyts'il III etafl,
p>eflo tlivapos,ieslip af t'e sitenp.-
fisGon tAos@u.c was nisias u n, a
!, sorl ns Gsn,ilssl
i sspa weyn lspacss cepss ARD ]cit
!, Who setmsil ~ N pliers, lsra ye \.
N y,asa sNat was eivm NO me the
1 fgavs % meSnnl iiafn,U tlis ,'sh
grhan IA IL lellnwsh p.asiM, W II shoNld 4
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Hcma Circle.

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The home circle ought 10 be, 4 DE-.
ligttful place FOR aay one 10 enter.
the center OF pyro affections and de-
srablc associations, and should be
made attractive by The love Of God
shed abroad in ibc heart.
Nothing can excel IN beauty and
snblIniily The quieludr peace, har-
mony, affection, ard happiness 81 u
@cil-oFJyrtd family where virtue III
nurtured and every good principles
fss'ered and sustained.
The home circle Is the nursery d
affection. III IS the Eden Of young
attachments, and here should be
planted and tended al he germs Of
love, every seed that Shall ever sprout
IN The hcarI;and how carefully should
Ithey defended how Blarded against
the irosis Of Jealousy, anger, envy,
tride, vanity, and ambition! hGv root.
ed il the best snll Of tie hear', and
nourishcd and cultivated by the
soul's best husbanary.
Here is the hearts garden. Where
iss sunshine and flowers are cullivat
cd. All is beautiful, all lis lovely
things are nartured here. And here
snoula be expended care, Toll, efforts,
patience, and whatever may be nee
esSdfy to make them still more lovely,
1t is around the memories o. the
home circle that cluster The happiest
! and sometimes The saddest OF the re-
collections Of youth,
4 There is tie thought Of brother
and sister, perhaps now gone forever;
Of childish sorrow and grief, Of tie
mothers prayer and the fathers
blessing. DO you wonder that these
memories, both bitter and sweet, lin.
ser in the chambers Of the mind long
after those Of the busy years Of ma
turity have faded away before the APP
proach Of agc' With what assduity
on hi all who have arrived at the
years 81 maturiiy strive to make their
homes p'easant-and especialle is
This true # parents SO that It's mem
bers whea they 80 from thence will
carry with them thoughts that though
all the weary years that are before
them will afford pleasant retrea, Tor
them when weli-nigh wearied With
the care which comes with increasing
years,
We can not honor with too deep a
reverence III. home afleclions,' we
Can not cultivate them with too great
a care; we can 40, cherish them with
70 much solicitudc. There is tho
c;n'erof our present happiness, the
springs Of our deep and strong tides
of jay. When the home affections
are duly cultivated all other follow
or grow out Of them as natural Goa
sequence.
4 u any would have feveu, and no
bic affections, such as give powel
aud glory to the hanan heart, sucl
a. ssnciity The soul and make il su
sNprelneiy beautiful such as an aage
|, might covet without shame, let hin
cultisate all the feelings thar origin
4 Ale as from a radicns point, in tn
home circle
TIE irul Hover Of home love re
tluifes torlis development The aid !
every member Of HE home circle,
Il, ii'Ae tears " sympathy A. well
Is HE sunshine u domestic aiTsciio
/, bilog i 70 " glorious maturity. OF
e times there are families tho members
4 Is ID u
which are without DOUBT dear 10 sat
! othe- II sickness or sudden trout
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26

of possible need. [ tell you, this
nation has gone to war, not this
government; it is not a political
war, or a war of class, but the war
OF people and they are brave and
loyal. [ am proud of these people
when they act so like men. L
hope and pray for victory, for I
believe they are in the right: and
1t is time the old Bear shook off
some of the old burrs of the dark
ages.
"There is more ignorance and
poverty among the Russians, real
abJect poverty, ten to one, in pro-
portion to the population than in
Japan. The higher and lower
classes are divided and there is
hatred, rebellion and intrigue all
over Russia. If Japan wins, and
we expect she will, Russia will
need to change"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26

The island of Molokai IN the Pacific, that home
of the living dead where Father Damien worked,
died and passed to everlasting glory, has been the
scene Of many noble and unrecorded life Of self
denial and herosm but page in it's awful history
is touching and inspiring than tale of wifely
devotion recently brought from there to America by
a traveller. A Mr.. and Mrs. Edmundson, natives of
Maine, resided OF the Samoan islands. The
husband developed leprosy and was removed to Mo-
lokai. Mrs. Edmundson, after exhaustilg her re-
in vain attempts to persuade the authorities
to permit her to isolate and nurse her husband in
some place other than Molokai, begged permission
to join him there. This request was also denied.
Finally she evaded the coast guards, gained the ep-
colony and reached her husbands side, where she
is, doomed to lingering, loathsome death, but
happy and fearless. No, she is not heroine She
is simply plain human being. What she did, every
worth picayune would do under
the same circumstances. And yeti is very fine,
very commonplace and very noble
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26

PROFESSOR FREDERICK STARR, anthropologist, Of
the University Of Chicago is quoted as having said
that the white is the wane that in the neal
future it will be dominated by the yellow race The
information upon which this prophecy is based was
gathered in recent trip through Japan The Rus
slams will be defeated in this war; the professor be-
eves, and regards their defeatas impending evil
He Americans for introducing modern ideas
into Japan, saying they 'do not realize that this is
of races" and that in "upholding Japan they will
record their downfall" By this he means the
downfall Of the white race the which has always
ruled the black, brown and yellow races whenever
brought In close contact with them.
By way Of evidence to prove that the white race
is degeneratng Prof Starr is quoted saying that
one child out of every hundred born OF English par
entage becomes lunatic. The other ninety mine
who govern so much of the habitable globe are not
considered worthy OF mention. Neither does he say
that the instruction impaired by white men to the
japanese is the real of their victories the
slow moving Slav.
Prot. Starr says that "every race has it's day
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26

UNDER the Michigan habltual criminal law, one
Lewis Oliver last week sentenced to the states
prison for life by Judge West Of Mason Oliver was
convicted of stealing So in money and two hats He
has been arrested many times and this is his third
conviction for felony. These facts were taken into
consideration by Judge West, who in passing sen
tence said II believe the statute referred to- the
habitual criminal law "was framed for the purpose
of ridd1ng society of Just such men as I consider
Oliver to be-
The professional crook is the biggest fool that
walks like man. He is so far wrong that he doesn't
know he is wrong. One cannot have much sympathy
for him, Any man who, having had one dose Of
prison life deliberately commits second crime mer
It's severe punishment. But common sense tells one
there is point at which punishment ceases to be
salutary and becomes cruel and barbarous. This
point certainly reached in the case under consider
alton. Oliver is doubtless desperate character, he
unquestonably is thief but he has been punished
for his former misdeeds and in the eyes of the law
has been absolved. The fact that he has been IN
prison before reason why he deserves life i'm
prisonment this time for the theft of So. On the
contrary, it is possible that something IS wrong with
the prison. When Oliver was there no effort was
made to improve him-or if effort was made it failed
to accomplish it's purpose. It might be well to look
into these matters before declaring him rretrievably
lost and locking him up for life.
Where one sees an habitual criminal law in force,
one naturally is led believe that sincere efforts are
made to reform all criminals sent to prison. And
yet the existence of such law is tacit admission
that such efforts toward reformation are sometimes
failures. This Oliver was not always hardened
criminal. Who knows what he was fifteen years ago?
Who knows what he will be fifteen years hence?
Were he given another show, perhaps he might be a
man. Were he given an indeterminate sentence, he
might III time actually become useful member of
society.
That, however, is neither here nor there. The
point is that this is case of justice gone mad-of
revenge.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26
The man who puts in his spare time to good ad-
vantage has right to larger measure of success
than he who wastes his idle moments.


The NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION met in
St. Louis last week. That its proceedings not
chronicled in the papers to be regretted So in
innate is the relationship existing between the peo-
pie and the press in this country that the should
understand fully the aims and ideals of the other
The addresses delivered before the association were
not technical, but educational Live questions were
dealt with, and had the proceedings been printed in
full the reports would have interested the average
reader as much the trivial stories that crowd
ed them out.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26

In letter received from Chofu,
Japan, city some distance inland,
an American who has resided there
tor the. past fifteen years, speak
ing of existing conditions and the
attitude of the Japanese in their
present struggle with Russia, says
in part:
"You need not worry about me-
l am perfectly safe. The Russian
Bear will have to take seven forts
in and about the Straits before he
can reach us here. In fact, he
would have nine forts to wrestle
with if he attempted it. I do not
know single European in these
parts who is in full sympathy with
Russia, and nearly all are delight
ed at every victory for Japan.
While our little brown man knows
the Bear is a powerful beast he
doesn't intend to run. The JAP
anese say they had to fight or die
as a nation and now they must
win or die as nation. They are
very serious and not little anx-
ious, but with it all they mean to
fight till they win. J. will cite one
instance to show how patriotic
they are. A peasant woman whose
only son was prevented from 60
ing to war, owing to the fact that
she was dependent upon him for
support, committed suicide so that
her son might be free to join the
army.
Teachers in the schools and
nearly all salaried people are CIV
ing a portion of their salaries for
the war. Thousands are giving
this way. The rich men, bankers,
commercial men are giving Gber-
ally. Not a word of complaint
about taxes or high prices. They
take it cheerfully and heroically.
The government issued an edict
that there were to be no demon
STATIONS, no big feasts, etc.,-that
money was to be saved for time
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26

An insurance company Of Ke-
nosha, Wis, has written $25, 900
risk on Major Kelly, an educated
baboon owned by New York ami
NAL trainer. The animal has been
the sensation of New York society
for two years and has been trained
to remarkable degree. The an
nual premium on the risk is $500.
Major Kelly is supposed to be a
second cousin to Harry Lehr.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-05-26

How shall man spend his leisure hours? asks
the Worcester SPY. We give it up. 1t depends on
the man. If he belongs to the multitude of unmar-
ried jewellers in boarding houses the question is
of some moment to him. Even if he is married to
a pleasant woman and possesses pleasant home, it
is conceivable that change and then may ben
eft him. In most Of our cities their are few places
where man may spend social evening without
spending money at the same time. Unsociability is
a national falling 1t is growing more pronounced
all the time. The farther east he goes, the
socable will the stranger find the people. You may
live twenty years in New York. Boston or Philadel-
phia without once hearing the name of your next
door ne1ghbor. The older towns in the West are
cultvating the same narrow exclusiveness. This is
one reason why there are few places in which
men may enjoy their leisure in rational and harmless
amusement
What a pity it is that the Anglo-Saxon race is
so very hidebound and selt-satsfed Engllshmen
and Americans deny themselves great deal Of pleas
by their snobbshness and distrust Of the stran
ger that is not provided with proper credentials.
They voluntarily their vision and stunt their
growth; they become bores to themselves and to
their friends. To meet the stranger on terms of
equality, showing willingness to entertain and be
entertained would cost them none of their dignity
ana WOulC duu uucu spice W GHolr lives. LIE
races have great advantage over us. They are
more socable On summer evenings the residents Of
French Spanish and italian cities meet in the boul
evards the plazas the parks, where they listen to
the music, smoke and exchange greetings. The
stranger at admitted to the outdoor social life
Of the place. He is not eyed askance nor is he sus
pected Of being pickpocket In the winter the peo
pie gather in public halls. They have reduced con-
versaton and manners TO fine arts and have learned
how to get enjoyment out Of small things. The aver
age American thinks that time passed in the streets
or in the parks is time wased-and he is usually
rect But that is because he fails to make good use
of his time. IF Americans would cultivate little of
the continental boa0mue-which is far removed from
impertnence and self assertion-the question Of how
man shall spend his leisure hours would be easy to
answer.