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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-21
mULDooN,s MERRY CHRISTMAS.

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us foor hundred invint new fad.
/ will now relate a small incy-
dlnt that transpired wan Christ
mas Ave whin little Dinny waz
foor years ould. I reminder he
waz very irritable cuttin' taythe
an bawlin' fer Sanity Clause, so I
decided to ripresint ould man Nick
an make it as IMPRESSIVE as pos
syble.
The drissin' av the tray waz lift
to the countiss, in the manetime 1
purchased siveral kinds av appro-
pirate prisints, amoong thin bein'
hoorns, drooms, an goons wild rale
bayonits. I waz tickled hugely
contimplatin' the ixprission on the
bye's face whin he shud see me
emerge from the ould fireplace.
Me disguise waz perfect in livery
detail as wur all the rist av our
preparations.
At half past eight [ ascinded to
the roof av the shatoe an eau
tiously approached the chimny.
Adjoostin' the pack more securely
on me back I inserted me face
over the idge av the orifce an
listened. The sounds which ema-
mated resimbled the dape tones av
rain barrel, only they seemed to
come from Chiny.
[ comminced a SPURIOUS refic-
ton on the advisybility av attach
in paryshoot befoor I slid
mesilf to dith.
"B'gorry," says I, "the altitood
av the lift gable is ninety-e1ght
fate above lake Michigan, an the
smokestack is tin fate higher, alto
either a soofishint dipth to shatter
mans life unrecognizable."
It waz diffycult imbarrassmint
anyway I looked at it. Sthill,
me chances av fallin' a few rods in
safety seemed PLAUSIBLE, as I CON-
pared it to the time I fill five
thousand fate in an artaysean we'll
whin I waz aslape. Mutterin' in
me beard that it waz all mather
av CONSCIOUSNESS I calmly inflicted
mesilf into the hole. Wild the same
sangfroid I istymated the attind-
ance at the wake an lit 60.
Swish! Rip! Crash! I slid,
broke me pack an abruptly
stopped wild frightful concussion.
The foorce av the shock caused
wan bayonit to pinytrate me calf
while fish horn inferred the back
av me nick LAWN me horse de
combat.
Ne pityful walls up the foo an
thoughts av ,hydryfobia are too
painful to describe. Grogan, how
liver, inded me misery be dislodg-
in few bricks at the top an
afterwards dug me remains out av
the cillar. E. E. II.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-21

cts right funny" chuckled the
Sultan.
"What is funny, o son of the
moon and papa of the sum-" asked
the vizier, lighting the royal
hookah with the grocer's bill.
"This American fnancier wants
to syndicate my debts"
"Bismillahr' exclaimed the
grand visier. 'Does the inGdel
think he can make as much money
out of them as you have?"-Judge.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-21
Plain FiuerS--W
y out VarniSh.

IN VuC VI llANus
1t you can't get what you like,
try to like what you get.
OOoO
It is easier to follow the races
than it is to get ahead of them.
There is no patent on trouble,
yet lots of men have been arrested
for making it.
It makes woman knit her
brows when she hears her husband
tell the children yarns.
Geo
Statistics can be made to show
any old thing that the man behind
the figures wants them to.
If you have anything to say to
man look him in the face when
you say it. The advice holds
good with mules also.
OOOo :
Most American girls can handle
a curling iron much more grace
fully than they can a potato peeler.
Some men are satisfied with half
a loaf, while others never work at
all.
A New York broker who "has-
tily wrote" for $4,000, is now
rejecting at leisure in jail, charged
with forgery.
I expect every week to hear
that Bernard Shaw has started a
new religious sect. It is said that
he neither shaves nor wears a
collar.
A political ''informer" is gener-
ally one who has in some way in
CURED the displeasure of the
machine.
Baseball was not unknown in
the days of Noah. You remem-
Der it said that he pitched the ark
without and within, and put the
dove out on a fly.
If you don't feel good, act good
anyway. You will be surprised to
see how good you feel while try
ing to act as if you felt good.
oooo
The per capita circulation in
the United States is $31. 1t
takes a good many of us 69-cent
fellows to bring Nh. Rockefeller
down to the average.
oooo
"Mark Twain" celebrated the
SEVENTEEN anniversary of his
birthday on the Both of November.
He is said to consider the circum-
stances as a good joke, but does
not insist on calling it a good one.
It would be interesting to know
Just how the story about Alice
Roosevelt jumping into the tank
of water on board ship started.
The story is denied, and of course,
has no foundation; but the origi-
nator was probably pretty well
'stanked up" when he started the
sto1y. D. w. z.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-21

A Chicago physician speaks Of
Rockefeller's '1ovable disposition. !"
Just how big touch was made is
not stated Elk River (Minn.
Star News.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-21

Judge-"W Were you present when
the trouble started between the
man and his wife?" Witness
"Yessir. I was at der weddin',
eff OATS whut yo' means, sab. -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-21

First Lawyer-''It seems to me
you let that last witness down
pretty easily in your cross exam
nation" Second Lawyer-"I had
to. He is my tailor, and l owe
him big bill. "-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-21
change in himself that is little
short of marvellous.

OF men situated as we are VINO
probably work every day at one
kind of steady firing employment
and when ready to retire at night
are SO weary that they have no
thought of exercise, and say to
themselves Il certainly get exer-
else enough during the day"
That is just we're they are wrong,
and that is just when they should
go through some form of exercise
to act as counter effect to the
tired muscles. Strange as it may
seem the very best way to recuper-
ate and draw the WEAKNESS out
of an exhausted body, is to in
dulge in some exercise which is
totally opposite to what caused the
WEAKNESS. For example, nothing
will rest the man who has worked
with his arms and hands all day
like a good walk, and for the same
reason man who is leg-weary
can find instant relief in vigorous
arm exercise. More than this you
never heard of man who was an
active athlete, or follower of ath-
Ietics, who was troubled with either
indigestion or constipation, the
two worst enemies of mankind.
There are numerous ways of
taking physical exercise. Horse
back riding. bicycling, walking,
automobiling, splitting wood and
shoveling snow and ashes are all
good, but some of them we can't
do, and others we won't do, 80 we
are forced to adopt system which
is inexpensive and still embodies
the salient feature, exercise. In
a gymnasium one has the use of
the pulley weights, chest expand
ers, biceps and triceps muscle
machines, horizontal and parallel
bars. and various other diverse
means of attaining the result.
But this paper is for the benefit of
the members here who have no
such opportunity. All that is
necessary is to devote five or ten
minutes every night before retir-
ing in the following manner:
Standing upright, heels togeth-
or, arms extended downward mot
hanging) at full length, palms to
the front, half clench the hands,
which sets all arm muscles rigid
ly. Then bring them up, but not
forward to the highest point you
can reach directly overhead, as
you do this draw in as full
breath as you can. Then lower
your arms to your side, exhaling
the breath as you do so, still keep
ing the arm muscles rigid. This
form should be gone through
about ten times for a beginner.
Second Stand as before and
extend the arms horizontally at
the side, half clench the hands,
bring the hands rapidly to the
front till they meet, then swing
them back to the first position.
In this movement draw a full
breath at starting and hold it as
long as you can, while you swing
the arms say five or six movements,
rapidly.
Third Stand as before, half
clench the hands and bring them
together in front, arms extended
downward knuckles to the front,
then raise the arms to full length
overhead and return to original
position, drawing full breath
and holding it as long as possible
as in exercise No. 2. In these ex-
oroisos the knees shOuld he slight.
ly bent, and the feet at right
angles, head thrown back and
held rigid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-21
Cook ut che Other Side.

els life a fret and tangle
And every day gone wrong?
Are friends a bit disloyal
And enemies too strong?
Is there no bright side showing?
Then, as a sage has said,
just polish up the dark side
And look at that instead"
Elk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-21

I'D the passin' av Thanks
givin' an the advint av
Christmas, livery human
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
Finding Age of Fowls.

A pullet will show rOse-cOlOred veins
on the surface Of the skin under the
wings; there will also be long silky
hairs growing there. After a year old
these disappear, so, too, do the veins,
and the skin shows white and vein
less. The difference can be seen at a
glance. Again, q pullet that has not
laid, or has only just commenced to
lay, will have the bones Of the pelvis
or basin almost touching. The bones
gradually widen as the fowl continues
laying, and at two years old are much
further apart than they were at one
year old. The third point Of difference
lies in the claws and shanks; in a
young bird the skin of the claw is
supple, and the scales thin and bril-
liant. The skin gets coarser and
stronger and the scales harder as the
bird grows, and the nail Of the last toe,
which does most of the work, when
the bird scratches, gets much worn.
There is also a difference in the eye
lids. These acquire wrinkles as the
bird gets older, and there is also a
slightly shrivelled look on the face.
This, with age, gets more and more
pronounced. In the case Of cocks,
above and beyond these points Of diff
ference except the bones of the pelvis
widening), there are the spurs to judge
by.-American Cultivator
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.

MILWAUKEE, May 1.-Close-Wheat-
Firmer; No. 1 northern, on track, 99c; No.
No 3 on track 471Ac. Oats-Steady; No. ?
white, on track, 31kc; No. 3 white, on
track, 29A-301ac. Barley-Steady; No.
on track, 521ac; sample on track. 40@52c.
Rye-Easy; No. 1 on track, 7sc. Provisions
Steady; pork, IL 50; lard, 7.O5
Flour quotations are: Hard spring wheat
Wood, 5.55@5.45; export patents, in sacks,
T. SOG04.9O first clear, IN sacks, 3.G503. 10;
rye, city pure, in wood. 3.9o@4oo; country
pure, IN sacks, 37003.S0
MilstuffS are quoted at 1926 for bran
1925 for standard middlings, and 1850
for Milwaukee flour middlings, in 100
lb sacks; red dog, 21.oo delivered at coun.
May, s9Zsc; July, s32sc; September, 1870
797.c. Corrn1-May, 47c; July, 1859; Sep
July, 12:o71k: September, ,,1 = 80; Lard
M 8 93 iG 93 JGlSy 5 az e S9 nf 5
September, 7.35 Rye-May, zoe; Scptem-
Der, Coo. Flax-Cash northwestern, LAO;
southwestern, 10; May 10 Timothy
May, 800; September 3.15 Cloyer-May,
1900 Barley-CaSh. 40049c.
ST. LOUIS. Mo, May 1.--Close-Wheat-
Higher; No 2 red cash elevator nominal;
track, SScG1.0O; May, S9c; July, 79A@793sc:
No hard, 90@93c Corn-Higher; No =
cash 47c; track 481ac; May, 460461ac; July,
451460453sc. Oats--Higher; No. , cash, 2Sc,
track, -JtO-S12c, May, -iQ-i 12c, July, i12c,
No white, 32c.
DULUTH, Mimi, May 1.--CIose-Wheat--
To arrive; No. 1 northern, 923sc: on track,
No 1 northern, S53s0SS7sc; May, 922sc;
July 92c; September, Size ;o FI S;.-- ar
1924; October, 1.27A; July, 1.39. Oats
TO arrive and on track, 2S3sc., Ryea,ro ar
rive and on track, 13c. Barley-391aG 041c.
Receipts-Wheat, 10,963 bus; shipments,
wheat 211,615 bus.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. May 1-Close-
Wheat-Higher; May size; July, S3s4c
September, 711sc; cash No; ? hard. S5@90c:
No. 3. 760S61ac; No. 4, 6611S3c No No. =
red, 95792c; No. 3, 75QS7c; No. A, 660S3c
Corn-Higher; May, 43Ac; July, 431sc; Sep
TENDER, 423s00421ac; cash No. , mixed 45c;
No 3, 44s&c; No white, 460461ac; No. 3,
457ac. Oats-Steady; No. > white, 30Q31c;
No. . mixed, zoe.
ST LOUIS, Mo-, May 1.-Cattle-Re
ceipts, 1000; market strong; beef steers,
40006.50 COWS and hefers, 10000 %.
Hogs-Receipfs. 5000; market steady; pigs
and lights. 4o0@5.10: butchers and best
heavy, 5.00Q052o. Sheep-Receipts, 230O;
market steady; sheep, 3.5oQ525 lambs,
5.0OQ750; Texans, 100000.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

Mix together a cup each of wheat
ana graham flour and cornmeal, adding
a teaspoonful Of salt. Dissolve q small
teaspoonful Of baking soda in cup
OF milk and add a cup of molasses.
Scald the tlours and meal with a cup
OF boiling water, then add the warmed
milk and molasses. Beat very hard and
turn into creased mold with a tightly
lifting top. Steam for three hours in
an outer vessel Of boiling water. Take
from the mold and set in the open oven
for ten minutes to dry.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
Short SUGGESTIONS,
Shake plenty Of lime about your eel
lar-its a great purifier.

Shake plenty Of lime about your eel
lar-its a great purifier
To wash anything that is greasy use
hot soda water. The alkali turns the
grease into soap, which will do it's
own cleansing.
Once week every pipe and drain
in the house should be flushed with
copperas solution to remove all odors
and sediment
Every pot and pan and bit Of china
and glass should be thoroughly washed
or secured, according to it's kind, and
brasses should be polished.
Until the plumber can come, a leak
can be temporarily stopped with a mix
ture of yellow soap, whiting and a
very little water.
Carpets and rugs should be beaten
with the side that has been next the
floor on top. In this way the dust that
has worked into the pile is loOsened
Mildew may be treated with the
chloride Of lime by means OF soaking
in buttermilk and spreading in bright
sun and by grass bleaching. There is
nothing known to remove a very bad
case Of mildeW.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
Poultry Pickin0s.

Why don't you raise turkeys? The
price is high and they are easy to
raise, though some think it is diff
cult.
Special care must be taken in han
ding the eggs the first five days Of
incubation, when life is not firmly es-
tablished
The cause Of fowls taking cold is al
lowing them to sleep where they are
exposed to drafts and feeding them
soft and sloppy foods.
1t requires capital to go into the
poultry business on anything but a
very small scale, and economizing on
some things is the wrong thing to do.
Wyandottes have for the last few
years taken a commanding position
among the fanciers Of this country, be-
ing of American origin and a great egg
producer.
A great number Of beginners who
are just becoming interested in rails
ing poultry, ETC., do not know what
breed to select Try Barred Plymouth
Rocks or Wyandottes.
The most necessary requirements in
preparing fowls for the showrooms are
the best possible shape, size and plum
age that can be obtained, including
clean and well-colored feet and legs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03

"a badly infected cases Il second dip
ping will prove advantageous, unless
the old sheep were dipped at the first
application. Ticks multiply very rapid
ly, and even if a few escape death,
their progeny will cause the whole
flock untold discomfort. The coarse
wooded sheep are more susceptible to
this pest than the fne-wooled, as the
Oil and gum of the latter do not offer
suitable home for them. Many hocks
are infested with this pest each year
by using a coarse-woOled ram, whose
fleece is inhabited by them. Use great
care in this matter, and if an eXamina-
ton shows the presence Of ticks dip
the ram twice, at intervals Of two
weeks, SO that any eggs which may
hatch will be destroyed before admit
ting him to the flock.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
Gathered from the Garden.


The best thing for the garden
brains.
Cut the black knot out of the plum
and cherry trees.
A particular titbit of the San Jose
scale is the currant.
Radishes are usually ready for use in
six weeks from sowing.
Bone meal and wood ashes in the
soil are great for sweet peas.
Probably no other small fruit will
give more weight Of crop for the space
it occupies than the currant.
Don't trim the cherry trees now.
Wait till June, and then be light
handed.
To bleed the grapevines by cutting
during March, April or May is bad
management.
Cold frames are useful for forward
ing lettuce and cabbage in spring or
early summer.
If the rhubarb is run out or more
plants are wanted, it can be propa-
gated by dividing the old roots. Each
eye or bud when broken apart with a
root attached forms a plant.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
LOCATION OF THE
RUSSIAN FLEET.
Japanese Claim That French Neutrality
Is Again Being Vio-
lated

Saigon, French Cochin China, May 1.
The Russian squadron is lying off Port
Dayet, forty miles north of Kamranh
bay, and in Riuhkang bay near KAN
ranh bay, outside of territorial waters.
Russian German and British transports
are off Cape ST. James, near Saigon, and
in the Saigon river.
The French naval division has been
modified to preserve neutrality in
French waters.
Toxic, May lit is believed that Adj
miral Rojestvensky continues to use the
ports of Indi China for the purpose Of
obtaining coal and other supplies and for
maintaining communication with st.
Petersburg and the japanese press is
again questioning the faith of the recent
assurances of France. The government
here is silent, but it is believed the min
listers are preparing to renew the neutral
ity question with France.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
No Cabbage Snake,

Recently an absurd fear has devel-
oped in the minds Of some eaters Of
cabbages relative to the so-called cab
bage snake" The superstition is that
the snake poisOns the cabbages and SO
renders them unfit to eat. The exist
ence of such a creature is denied by
our scientists, but so prevalent is the
belief that at least one experiment sta
ton has issued a circular denying the
existence Of the so-calied snake In
some parts Of the country a small
Whitish ''eeI-worm" has been found to
fnfest cabbages. The larvae of this
worm prey upon the common green
cabbage worm, and hence are doubt
less q benefit rather than q detriment
10 the cabbag e-groWing industry. Some
Of the more supersdtious people in the
South imagined that these worms poi
soned the cabbages, and tests were
made by scientific people to clear up
the matter. Extracts were made from
the worms and injected into the hui
man system. These injections failed
to produce the least effect. 1t is there
fore considered that the character Of
the little worm has been cleared Of the
accusation.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
Strawberry Preserves.

Sort out the perfect berries and
those Of the same size and lay to one
side. Mash the imperfect ones, and
squeeze through a jelly-bag. Measure
the juice, and to a pint Of this allow
a pound Of graduated sugar. Boil
the sugar and juice together until they
begin to jelly when little is poured
On a cold plate. Weigh the perfect
berries, put them into the strip with
their weight in sugar, and simmer
until a little, tried as before begins to
stiffen. Fill jelly glasses and seal.
Raspberries may be preserved in the
same way.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
TOrllat0 Pie

Line a pie plate zone of the deep
kind with a good and not too rich
crust. Tnrn the contents of 2 can of
tomatoes into stewpan and set over
the tire. When boiling hot, add a little
Hour and allow the mixture to simmer
until it begins to thicken, then remove
from the fire, stir until cool and turn
into the pie plate. Cover thickly with
coarse cracker crumbs, drop bits of
butter over it and a dash Of pepper,
salt and sugar, and bake.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
ROCK Candy.

Boil two pounds of granulated sugar
with half-pint of water and add a
half -teaspoonful of cream of tartar.
Boil ten minutes and add a half-pound
OF best butter. When the "soft-cracl1'
degree has been reached, turn into a
puttered platter and as soon as cool
enough to handle turn up the edges,
add two teaspoonfuls Of vanilla or one
OF lemon juice. Work in this flavor
ing and pull until it becomes very
white. Return it to the dish and pull
into long strips about an inch thick.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
WOUNDS AND KILLS SELF
Army Captain at Fort Douglas and Lieu
tenant of His Regiment in
Tragedy.

Salt Lake, Utah, May 1.-Capt. W. a.
Raibourn, Twenty ninth infantry, Z. S.
A, committed suicide at Fort Douglas
after making a murderous assault on
Lieut. William III. Point of his regiment
The tragedy was an outgrowth of Raj
bourn's arrest on Tuesday last on a
charge of drunkenness. On Saturday
evening Capt. Raibourn broke parole
and came to this city.
Lieut.. Point, who was sent after him
with an ambulance, found him i'll Main
street saloon, and he was returned to
Fort Douglas under arrest. Lieut.
Points quarters are only two doors from
those which Capt. Raibourn occupied
The lieutenant had just stepped out of
doors when Capt. Raibourn appeared
carrying heavy revolver. The tragedy
followed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
HAS LEPROSY TEN YEARS
BEFORE REALIZING IT.
Pflest Does Not Discover Taint for a
Decade-Disease Proves
Fatal

London, April 29.-''When I saw
rather Damien" said Edward Clifford
at st. Paul's church, Covent Garden, The
mad been a leper for six years
Rather Damien" he continued, went
TO the lepers of the island of Molokai
, WIN every expectation Of contracting the
loathsome disease. 1t was only at the
END of ten years that he realized he was
tainted.
While bathing one day he plunged
ms hand into the water. and found it
almost too hot to bear, although he had
thought it cold. Then he realized that
the unmistakable symptom of leprosy,
But he continued bravely with his
work and shortly before his death he
wrote: The disease is only friend to
me, which brings me nearer to Cod, -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
GREASON IS. GRANTED
ANOTHER TRIAL.
MRS. EDWARDS EXECUTION WILL
BE DELAYED SO THAT SHE
CAN TESTIFY.
Condemned Man Who Was Reprieved on
Day Set for Hanging Will Have a
Chance to Clear Himself

Reading, Pa, May Judge Ermen-
trout today granted a new trial for Sam
uel Greason, who together with Mrs.
Kate Edwards was condemned to hang
for the murder of John Edwards, the
woman's husband. The new trial is
granted on the strength of the confession
of Mrs. Edwards that she alone killed
her husband.
This confession was made a few days
before the day set for the hanging Of
Mrs. Edwards and Greason last Febru-
airy, and resulted in their reprieve.
Judge Ermentrout says that right and
justice demand a new trial for GreaSon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
TO REPLACE PULPWOCD.
New Paper Making Material Found in
Mexican Territory.

New York. May 1.-The Rio Tama-
poso Sugar company has discovered a
pose, which, it is claimed, permits of
the manufacture of paper Of the better
quality and cheaper to make than paper
from wood pulp. Former Gov. Scofield
w. Buchanan of the Appleton, Wis,
works, d. III. 3. Tanner of Kaukauna
f. G. Hyde and w. c. Krause of Mil
waukee recently were in Mexico, inuur-
ing into the feasibility of building a
large paper plant at Tamaposo.
Oconto, Wis, May 1.-Former Gov
Edward Scofield has just returned from
his second extended trip to Mexico. The
former governor returns enthusiastic
over Mexico and over its prospects as
place for investment
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1905-05-03
ORANGE Cream

Into pint of boiling water mix two
tablespoonfuls of arroWroot. Add a
cupful Of sugar and the juice of two
lemons; boil five minutes and remove
from the fire. Beat in thoroughly the
yolks of two eggs, turn into a mold
and when cold serve with the whites
Of the eggs beaten to froth with four
tablespoonfuls Of powdered sugar, and
spread over it.