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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-28
$3.50 Feet is Correct.

The correct answer to the prob
lem submitted to the readers of
The MIRROR two weeks ago is
$3.50 feet. This is the answer
given by Mr.. D. w. K. $3.50
A piece of timber of the given
dimensions, viz. 48 inches by 48
inches on one end and 24x24 on
the other, 80 feet long, would, If
extended an additional 80 feet in
length, come to point, thus FORM
ing what is known as a square
pyramid. Taken thus the timber
would be 100 feet long. In order
to find the cubic contents we APP
ply a rule in solid geometry, viz. !:
Multiply the area of the base by
the vertical height and divide by 3.
The !. figures are: 4 times 4
times 100 feet equals 1850. cubic
feet, less the added top Of so feet
2 times q times 80 feet equals $40
cubic feet; 2, 500 cubic feet minus
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-28

pinses [ twisted twinty cints in a
day book in case that the sudden
change from Grogon's blarney to
me oonkle's scientific pomposyty
might mix the dates in me hid an
I wudn't no where [ am at.
Whin the Countiss an I whit
shoppin' we bought things be the
gallons, barrels, an half toon lots,
incloodin' eyesters, ice crane, frog
ligs, an all kinds av froot. Yez
can bet [ am the rale thin in a
pinch. Shure, whin all that stuff
came we cud only git part av the
eyesters in the icebox. Me wife
tainted while I concentrated me
mind on q solution av the diffy-
Guilty. That waz aisy. Faith I
rinted an icewagon but niver
thought av the ice till the Mkt Fri
day. Bad cess to me mimory fer
fergittin'. Joost thin L remim-
bered that he might hov few
dawgs, consequently, [ bought a
barrel av dawg biscuit, an if he
didn't how amy dawgs, why we cud
plav dawp an ate it ourselves.
Me prisinse av mind averted
another catastrophe in the shape
av posies. Yis, I had a presently
mint that they might suffycate
the roober plants. That night I
drained av organ grinders an mac
caroony an woke up to find anoth-
er tillygram. It said: "Cancll
me visit, hov eloped wild an Eye
talyun Doochiss." E. E. Fl.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-28

and as long as the cistern water,
red pepper and j. T. tobacco holds
out, there will not be any immedi-
ate danger of the supply not be-
ing equal to the demand.
Not only does good labor CON-
mand better wages than formerly,
but the conditions for the work.
mans physical, moral and intel
lectual welfare is gradually
improving. @. Z. K.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-28
FRAGMENTS
>BY BILL NYE, JR.>

Butchers would make ideal golf
ers, as they are very clever when
confronted with the links.
No, Evangeline dear, the ten
ants of the Flatiron Building in
New York City are not engaged
in the laundry business.
The calendar printers are work.
ing night and day to keep up with
their large orders and they still
have many dates ahead.
"Uncle Toms Cabin" shows are
on the decline, there being only
one hundred and eighteen such
aggregations touring this country
at present.
A machine has been invented
which will turn out forty pies per
minute. Cast-iron stomachs will
now be given a test as to their re-
sisting powers.
A mean, low-down thief in st.
Louis was recently seen stealing a
cracker from a parrots cage. This
is the limit. They will be robin
redbreasts next. a pe
An item in a ladies' magazine
says that new form of kissing
has been adopted, and which is a
decided improvement over the old
method. It may all be, but we
hail from Moberly, Missouri, and
stand pat.
The deer season is near at hand
and the northern Wisconsin under.
takers are placing large orders
with eastern dealers for caskets
and other paraphernalia in antici.
patton of an unusual brisk BUSH
ness.
fsff f..f -
Since peace has been declared
between Japan and Russia, the
latter makes the statement that
the United States and Russia are
the two greatest nations on earth.
This is an amusing 'jolly," and
perhaps the forerunner n some
great favor to be- asked Of Uncle
Sam. = siii q fAt'v rssslTecq
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-28
Muldoon Expects
~ His Uncle.


If I thought me oonkle's pro-
posed visit wud be an incroach-
mint on me nervous systim, [ wud
call it an act av provydince if he
stayed home. Shure, I've had
prickly hate liver since I rid the
prologue.
Yis, he autographed cablegram
from Dooblin which rid as follies:
"Rinovate the shatoe at vance;
am on me way en- route, via the
flag ship Katie" P. S.-"Be af-
Their takin' hack fer the five
p. m. train"
Me first peroosal av that mis-
sage suggested orders, an the sic
ond wan confirmed me soopicions
that they wur compulsatoory vans.
What do yez think av that fer
impudint audaciousniss? B'gorry,
If there's annythin' alienates me
affections it's gittin' wan av thin
sarcastic Kilograms, an that's why
I say long distance tillyphone is
the chapest in the long room.
Annywan can purpytrate shanty
Irish intimydation whin space
separates the other mans chances
av retaliation. Az coorse, scien-
tific min are iccintric, an so are
polytishans fer that mather; sthill,
that isn't afther givin' an oonkle
authority to QUESTION the range
av his niphew's eyebawls. Is me
eyesight goin' blind, what? Not
on yer life, whin I how seen siven
lamp-posts on wan corner at the
same time.
The idaya av me takin' hack
fer train is a preposterus concip-
ton av a dizased intillict. Besides
that if the functions av me eyelids
whit back on the optic nerve av
the retyna, why I cud till thin
apart be the smoke anyway.
The Countiss is liss sinsytive
concernin' the missage, because
the soobleniss av it's manin' is too
dape fer her pinytration. Faith
Dinny," says she, "'tis only a trace
av silf-command that he has in
herited from Napoleon"
That sounds PLAUSIBLE all right
whin yez take in consideration
that me relative is a rich an sue
cissful scientific. Yis, he invints
soobmarine boats that how peculiar
tindincies to stay down whin they
don't come up. Shure, if wan av
thin ixplodes under wather it will
be KILN an immince boonch av
defnceless fish all right.
We all no that the tistin' av
Submarines is a dangerous pro-
ceedin' asst continds wild the main
elymints av prissure, gravity, an
a wathery grave, all av which cud
be Eliminated be ixperimentin' on
dhry land. I hov no particular
interest in soobmarine boats
whittier they fly, swim, or sink,
but personally, I am averse av his
rickliss mode av ixtravagince.
Afther a calm deliberation on
the missage I saw mesilf that a
innovation wudn't harm the shatoe
in the Taste, 80 I ordered all the
NECESSARY arrangements an q fold
in bed. 70 use q nootshill tx
prission, we waz prepared to
inteftain a regimint av kings an
dquanes. Regardless az other *
las yatr4 A.Iu1 ri 81 8lEvss hef y
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-28
Wbere CroubIes 90.

A crowd of troubles passed him by,
AS he with courage waited;
Said he, "Where do your troubles fly,
When you are thus belated?"
.We CO." said they, ITO those who NOPE.
Who look on life rejected,
Who weakly say good-by to hope
We go where we're expected"
-EX
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-28

800 cubic feet leaves 2,24O cubic
feet Divided by 8 as per rule
equals 746g cubic feet. Multiplied
by IL to get feet in board measure
equals $3.50 feet. This is the
correct answer. b. W. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-28
The Bright Side of the Industrial
4 # # rs 81 M e M
Situation.

CAPITALISTS and those rep
resenting combinations OF
capital, which include such
men as Rockefeller, Carnegie,
Morgan, James j. Hill, ct. al, are
the objects of a concentrated at
tack by numerous people and
Tor vastly different reasons. The
leaders of those who are making
extravagant charges against So
called frenzied finance, and who
are heaping abuse on those who
promote it are, Thomas W. Law
son, VIM. r. Hearst and Ida M.
Tarbell. The capitalists, through
their numerous Industries, furnish
employment for hundreds of thou
sands of all classes of labor for
which they pay fair compensa-
tion. Their mills, factories and
other enterprises are the founda-
tions and the very life of countless
thriving cities and villages all over
the land, while their leading oppo-
nents are writing interesting mat
ter for their respective journals,
at SO much per line. =
You hear a good deal about the
sexorbitant rates charged by rail-
roads and that the railroad officials
should all be prosecuted for prac-
ticing extortion, and-with an as
surance that portends to carry
conviction-they portray to you
the dire results that are sure to
follow, unless you partake of their
cure-all remedies, free to all men,
bers of the amalgamated associa-
ton of calamity howlers and all
readers of the associated confeder-
alton of canary colored journalism.
A large number of people seems
ito lose sight of the fact, that it
takes capital and combinations Of
capital to furnish employment for
labor. While there are cases here
eand there where labor is not re-
ceiving fair treatment, am of the
opinion that the average workman
receives a fair compensation for
his product One trouble is, there
are SO many who take no interest
in the welfare of their employers
business; who do just as little as
they possibly can and retain their
position, but who expect and de-
smand the same wages as their
more industrious fellow workman;
then when there is lull in the
business and the careless man is
laid off Or when the more indus
strious party is given merited
Epromotion, the man whose sole
hobby was short hours and ''long"
pay, will unfold a woeful tale of
ill luck, bewail the economic con-
ditions that exist and predict the
downfall of the republic unless
labor is unionized, railroads gov.
>ernmentized and incidently, that
splutocracy (what ever that isl be
given left upper clip, in the re-
.gion of it's solar plexus. In refer
ring to government ownership of
public utilities, he fails to mention
the fact that the postofice depart
ment is not now, and never was,
ION a paying basis, notwithstand-
ing the fact that your Uncle Sam
suel pays on an average, at least
sone-third less to his employees
than do any of the so-called
trusts or any of our railroad sys-
TENS.
Railway companies pay into the
! state treasury every year, as a
gross earnings tax, nearly enough
TO pay all the running expenses,
!. the state levy to cover the balance,
being less than twenty-five cents
J per capita, while because of the
railroads enhancing the state
lands, millions Of dollars are an
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-28

long trip you can secure rates at
half that figure. Az a rule. the
railroads and street railway sys-
TENS in the United States are su-
perior in every particular to those
of foreign countries and the wages
paid employees here is more than
double that which is paid in for
eign lands.
The men who are continually
complaining of existing condi-
tions, who would have you believe
that most of our statesmen are
grafters and that our courts are
generally corrupt; that the poor
man cannot obtain justice and
that the rich are immune from
conviction, perhaps do not mean
just what they say, but like the
department store that advertises
''some lovely things in shirt
waists" 1t is very suggestive. The
fact is, we have very little to CON-
plain of. Nine times out of ten,
the man who is making the most
noise about Standard Oil methods,
or the way the Equitable Life has
been conducted aside from those
who are paid for that purposes
either one of those who have failed
in business for what their friends
generously term poor judgment,
or the man who never had money
enough at one time to pay the
first premium on the smallest pol
ICY issued, but who year after
year, buys four gallons of beverage
similar TO that which made Mil
waukee famous to one gallon of
John DIS product.
If people who are SO prone to
find fault with our industrial af-
fairs would pay more attention to
the betterment of their own con-
ditions, there would be far less
hard luck tales. Hard luck, prop
erly interpreted, spells neglected
opportunities. The opportunities
for a successful business career
are vastly better now than they
were when a number of our pres
ent multi millionaires were COM
mon day-laborers. By strict
application to the business they
we're employed at, they not only
made themselves useful to their
employers but acquired a thorough
business knowledge for themselves,
and when an opportunity pre-
sented itself, they were on hand to
give it welcome, while the hard
luck 'Gend was on a strike, or
perchance was in a back room
down at the "White Front manip.
ulating the paste boards and sam
ping some of Hennessey's Three
Star brand.
The meat trust which for some
time has been holding sway, is fast
losing it's prestige. During the
past year millions of dollars have
been invested in independent
plants. The hotel men of Chicago
have recently organized a mutual
company for the purpose of secur-
ing meat at reasonable prices.
Within the next few years the
country will be lined with electric
railways, then the old lines will
be compelled to meet the rates of
the traction companies or go out
of business. just when the bind
ing Irvine trust thought it had
cornered the market, it found
that opposition from several plants
like the one from this place, will
compel 1t to sell it's output
at a reasonable figure, and it is
only a question OF short time
when the machine combination
will have like competition.
With the coming of the rival
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-09-28
up Hsafnst It.

My Uncle William feels right bad
Life has fer him no bliss,
Fer he can't think of when we had
A wusser year than this.
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-21
Edward Baxter Perry.

Edward Baxter Perry, the blind
pianist and lecturer. will give two
programs al Trinity University
Thursday Of this week. presenting
the first at ? 30 and the second at
s:8o y, IN. Mr.. Perry has given 4
number Of recitals in this city and
IL quite well known 10 the lovers
of good music. Mr. Perry TN the
originator and chief representative
OF the pianotorte ieeture-re recital, of
which he has given fifteen hundred
in the United States In the past
twelve years. His plan - "a preface
each composition win a brief tank
calling attention 20 is descriptive
of emotional characteristic end the
circumstance Of its origin. fhus rem
derins IL doubly interesting becs ake
fully ilteiligbie TO All
The price az admission 10 the ra-
cifai will be 50 cents
Be,Cx are a teW IT the hundreds
Of p - notices FIR Perry hos re-
ceIyeI
NJ Perry il pianist Of flae
masi1ai feeling. with q fa8 aud els -
tie tone admirable aud brilliant
techr q4s nmd interpretations f'sH ~
INTEL sa1~s -~E iade phia fnsafrer.
8T Perry comp aly wua ~ aadt-
ence and met with q aeserv, gg garm
reception. .aag grew "a 1re IN Aos.-
astle after cash number. and ended
iu numerous recalls. lie has added
another 20 the limited list If Amefi-
can successes In Berlin Beer "A
Times
HIS playing Il peculiarly syrnpa-
tEetic. and he draws wonderfully
deep. pure, vibrating tones from the
piano showing strong emotional
nature. wiih Unique capairsa Of
Interpreting all he feels Denver
News
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-21
be the best investment the state ever

be the best investment the state ever
made.
Big business concerns often en-
ploy expert accountants to audit their
books and devise better systems for
book keeping, office management,
&c. The state is transacting certain
business for the people and the peo-
pie are entitled to the very best sys-
TEN, the most economical system
that can be devised We should not
wait until some great scandal in
state affairs makes such an investi-
CATION necessary. This work done now
will tend more than any other one
thing to prevent any misconduct of
the states business in the future.
While 1t may be contended that no
necessity exists for such an examin-
alton, it cannot be denied that ii is
desirable, and that the benefit to &C
crue to the state therefrom, if proper
ly conducted, will be of inestimable
value in the future. Such an inves-
LEGATION is no reflection upon any
state official, present or past, but if
there are defects in our system of
carrying on the state business, and
admittedly there are, there should
be no hesitancy in searching it out
and remedying it. The sooner the
better.
The Light would urge upon the
Legislature the desira bility of a COM
plete and searching accounting into
every department of the state govern
ment, to the end that the people may
know that their affairs are being
properly cared for and that reforms
may be inaugurated that will reduce
the budget of expenses each year.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-21
FRISCO INTO DALLAS.
Thought It Has aade Trackags
AEr4enaeaf.

Dallas. March 20.--It was learned
here yesterday from reliable sources
that the Frisco and the Cotton Belt
have concluded negotiations whereby
the Frisco will enter this city over
the tracks of the Cotton Belt. Ae-
cording to reports the Frisco will 60
on the Cotton Belt tracks from Car
rolton and will then run to Noell's
junction, coming to Dallas from that
point.
President w C. Conner of the
Dallas Terminal Railway company
was seen last night about the matter.
Mr.. Conner states that the PROPOSE
tion has not yet been definitely set
tied, but he admitted that in the
main everything has been agreed
upon.
Should lnis rumor be true, and
there is every reason TO believe that
such an agreement has been agreed
upon, even if the question has not
been reduced to writing, signed, seal
ed and delivered, it will mean that
the Frisco will run its own trains
to Dallas, instead of sending them
here via the Santa Fe from Paris.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-21
Notice to Veterans,

To the officers and members of
Camp Winnie Davis, U. c. V, No.
los: | desire TO call the attention
of every member of this camp TO the
absolute necessity of having his de-
scriptive list recorded al once to
retain his membership in this camp.
This was an order at our meeting in
November, 1904. am informed
that our committee on membership
will report at our next meeting,
April 8, and all comrades who have
failed TO comply with said order will
be dropped from our rolls as mem
bers.
Comrades, call at the mayors Of
flee and attend TO this at once, and
if you know of a comrade who does
not belong to a camp try and get
him 10 join, as a duty he owes not
only to himself, his relatives and
friends, but also TO the cause he
served H NJ RHODUS.
Commander
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The Dallas News III March l had
the following to say about the at
traction which appears af The opera
house Saturday NIGHT. "A Trip Id
Egypt
Spicy and fecy best describes Al
TIP 20 Egypt as presented at the
Dallas Opera House last night, and
will be seen again at matinee and
tonight
The title has very indefinite con-
nection with the piece, which is styi-
ed by the author. G. Herbert Kerr,
A Two-Aet Musical Comedy" and
is as applicable as any other name
would be.
Spicy applies to the jokes, which
were of the best and more Numerous
than has been heard here in some
time. Carson and Willard, who did
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-21

Mrs. B. W. Evans, Clearwater,
Kan, writes: My husband lay sick
for three months. The doctors said
he had quick consumption. We pro-
cured a bottle of Billiards. Hore-
hound Syrup, and it cured him.
That was six years ago and since
then We have always kept a bottle
in the house. We cannot do with
out it. For coughs and colds il has
no equal" Csc, soc, and 800.
Sold by Hood & Martin. d
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For Alderman Ward ?.
LETS AUDIT THE STATES BOOKS

Recent developments at the state
capital suggest the need of com
plete accounting of the various de-
partments of the state goyernme nt.
For thirty years the business of the
state has been conducted without an
accounting by expert accountants.
While the affairs of state have
been in democratic hands, and gener-
ally accepted, honest ones, still it
is the part of wisdom to know that
everything is straight, and the Of
fetal who has conducted his depart
ment upon the same high plane he
he would conduct his private bust
ness can not object. If he should
object mOre's the reason why an
auditing should be had The state
has number Of large institutions. for
the maintenance Of which vast
sums are expended each year The
heads of these departments and in
stitutions are usually changed with
every incoming administration, and
its the meTest foolishness TO shut
our eyes and say everything is all
right and go ahead without ever an
accounting other than that made by |
the outgoing head When a railroad |
changes agents at any station. be il |
ever so small, an auditor is sent 10 |
check out the old man and check in |
the new This lis simply business eau |
ton, vet the great state OF Texas |
has gone along for thirty years. |
spending millions of dollars each |
year, and NO borough accounting /
has ever been made The treasury |
receives and pays out millions each
year. and always carries heavy
cash balance In the vaults, vet it
is doubte dit the money in the
treasury has actually been counted
in years The law requires the com
missi0ners court Of county 10 actu-
ally count fhe cash and securities Ia
IN The hands of he county treasurer
each quarter and swear 20 the count
but who ever heard of "a committee
CouutiuE 'he treasury cash Doubt
less ta' treasury books and cash will
balance to cent. mt that is no
argument against regular and fixed
accounting a few years ago au
Austin hank with Wtirh an ex-treas.
urrF aas connected. failed having am
depas5i reaFy a guafttr ~ million
state money De- was repaid. buf the
fast aas DEVELOPED chat these 3spos-
fts erf~ ma3v Sra violation al lau
20 ma5 aa Fosssafs fhat other pgar
tiess arw Ia tuEsa .taf ara Inhibited /
ay laa b fees frarF ago thu as
rumntH Hf rs HFftaia ueuHeutlaf9 Oft
Fial saHe aP saaFf sass aye HuI
sbuff rhe ufeesaf feHH 1arase owes
u to .tas.f aues H to fhn ntHesslR at
she Brad af .hr Fau1ss .anHuuons. /
mwFH t f8 the 3smnsrasEt mus hfl
wtoss EfuFe % e IH poser ta au.
fh~fsre tte apuantmvnf uf enin.
miife@ az e8nerf akfunrfarts 10 aadul
~. houka af fse state g0refuusnf
n L. HtR fMsk onW shat &ff -a
auirv mash ume and tks exaeual-
snrv - seaKsy $4,000 sgt lf unlI
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OF ONO. City of Toledo I
Lucas County.

STATE OF OHIO. City of Toledo,
Lucas County
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner OF the firm of
r. j. Cheney Il Co.. doing business In
the city of Toledo. county and state
aforesaid. and that this firm will pay
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for eash
and every case OF catarrh that can
not be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure
FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn TO before me and snbscrib-
ed in my presence. this 9Th day Of
December. A. d. 1886,
SeaIl A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ia taken in.
ternally. and acts direct ON the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the syssern
Send for testimonials free
r. ]. CHENEY Il Co. Toledo q.
Sold by all druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stiuation. I'd
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= L. Apple. rx-PtolsAte Judge. CT
sm@a 10. kara@s. sTff*a' ~rhta ts
~ ssv tar ! have haNa naIfaFtt
Hesahowna syTep Fcv Years. ana that
I o. uos aesgsase n recommend Il a.
th~ s@ms sammA ayrwp I hssw over
an@a 1ke. See and OIL "a.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-03-21

Surveyor Martin and Alderman
Lancaster. chairman of che street
wers oat toaay with sur
veying tnstfutaenlA establishing the
grade Of Wess Main street This
woEk 10 being done 50 that something
the ar accurate estimate nf the cost
IT ravfaR she street can 20 defeFmfn-
81 ~ the fnnaltte~