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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-02-23
Business Is Business.

Paper Read Before the Chdutduqud Circle.
Business is business" is a
good old maxim that is often mis-
used, and yet more often neglected.
When a, landlord evicts poor
widow from her squalled quarters
because her rent is few weeks in
arrears, he excuses his action by
saying, "My rents are my income,
and if one person can not pay for
the use of a building. he must
give place to one who can. Bust
ness is business, you know
I once knew tailor with a sick
ly wife and three small children.
He worked in ''sweat- shop and,
of course, he had no nest egg laid
by for rainy day. One day he
met with severe accident which
prevented his attendance at the
shop for some time. He sent his
little six-year-old daughter with a
note to the proprietor explaining
this and asking that work be sent
to him at his home. This was
done, but his injuries we're so Sc
we're that he was unable to get the
work done on time, 80 further
work was refused. for business is
business" he explained. Very
many contemplate acts are ex-
cused by that good old maxim of
Business is business" Often it
is used simply to further ones
own interests. Individuals and
corporations take undue advan-
tage of their fellow men, urging
that "Under the same circumstan-
ces they would do the same to me"
I have read of certain western
state in which nomination on the
Wing ticket was considered al
most equivalent to an election.
One fall the machine" men we're
defeated at the primary election
and reform candidate was nomi-
mated. Then the machine" men
argued this way: "lf the reformer,
our own party candidate, is elected
we will never be able to gain con-
troll of the state again, but if the
know-nothing (?) candidate is
elected we stand a good chance OF
gaining control again two years
hence. So We must elect the op-
position candidate. Business is
business, you know" And they
did.
On the other hand a great many
people are altogether too lax in
their business methods. In any
business transaction it is always
best to conform to all legal re-
quirements. Many embarrass-
ments and losses could be
prevented by always conforming
to business laws in business trans
actions. The fact that maxim
may be abused does not detract
from it's intrinsic value. The man
in selling his vote or in selling his
political influence who invokes
the maxim, business is business,
would be making a sound princi-
pie to shield corrupt transaction.
Rightly understood and applied,
few maxims are of more value
than the one just quoted, and
there is a man in Cleveland, Ohio,
Just now who has very potent
reasons to wish he had been guild
ed by it. Not long ago the wife of
one of this mans most intimate
friends came to him saying she
had some very valuable securities,
in fact securities to the amount of
$5,OOO,OO0 which she wished to
intrust to his keeping. This was
not all she wanted, however, she
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-02-23
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pear that the press OF the
present generation has a de-
preeiating influence with the peo-
pie, but we may console ourselves
in the thought that such freaks
have existed for all time. their
rantings no doubt being the re-
suit of a diseased liver. Sir Will
liam Berkley once wrote from his
Virginia home to a friend in
England: II thank God there are
no free schools or printing here.
Tor learning: brings disobedience,
heresy and. scots into the world,
while Observation-Disclosures them and
libels against the best govern
ment." The effect of such teach
ings as the above quotation are
still noticeable in many parts OF
the Sunny South" Note what a
contrast were the words of our
illustrious Washington, when he
said: "In proportion as the struc-
,ure.of government gives force
10 public opinion, it is essential
that public opinion should be en-
Iightened. Is there any doubt
in the neutrality-suspicious. but
that such teachings as those enun-
ciated by the father of our country,
furnished the material and erected
the imperishab MISUNDERSTANDING OF
tbe best and most enlightened
government on earth?
Why is it that conditions in
Russia are in such turmoil to-
day? Is it not in a great measure
because of thesfact that the masses
there have beensdenied the privil-
sge IF a free press? If the people
of that unhappy land could edit,
publish and circulate literature in
The same manner as is permissible
in this country, it would not be a
year before the car and his
advisers would be compelled
through the influence OF public
opinion-to grant reasonable con-
SESSIONS, and in case of refusal, be
forced from the throne in favor of
a republic, or he would be replaced
with ruler endowed with more
liberal and modern ideas.
A cosmopolitan journal is known
and the proper estimate placed
npon it by the reading public, not
by gaudy and sensational scare
Zines but by the amouut OF relia-
Bile news furnished, and especially
by the daily utterances of the edi-
,orial staff. You should bear in
mind that an editorial writer is
only human being, expressing
his or her Thoughts usually
! penned in the quietness OF their
sanctum or private den, and are
thus far more likely to treat the
subject in hand, in a conservative
and unbiased manner, than the
average orator, statesman or any
speaker in debate or public discus
sion. Admitting a large number
of papers are owned, in part or in
whole, by corporate interests, they
must keep within bounds, in other
words, it is necessary for them to
meet the requirements of the pub
lie. If they fail in this essential
their lives will be of short 'dura-
lion, or at most, their influence
will be felt only in a minor degree
The value of a good paper as an
educator is universally acknowl-
edged and education is admitted
bv all fair minded men to be the
very corner stone of a successful
career. Any boy or girl who will
devote half hour studiously
zach day to the perusal of one OF
more good newspapers, will hnd
that the information obtained
4Aorofrom to have been of more
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-02-23
alt monies, stocks and bonds shall

be listed by the assessors of the
county at thirty three and a third
cents on the dollar, which motion
meets with mild protest from an
unsophisticated member Git evil,
IDENTIFY being his first term) who
volunteered the information that
the law provided that all property
should be assessed at its actual
value, but the speaker WAS ruled
out of order and the resolution
accepted and adopted. Then one
of the directors of the Mud Lake
Breeders Association who has
recently acquired a stock horse at
cost of some thirty-five hundred
dollars, moves, that all horses with
registered pedigree, shall be as
sessed at one hundred and fifty
dollars each, and in like manner
the schedule is completed.
These facts are set forth in the
next issue Of the local paper and
the effect is not lost on the public.
Then when the assessors return
their books to the county auditor,
the publisher, with an eye to bus
mess, gives his readers synopsis
of their work and, in glancing
over the returns from Squashville,
(which by the way, is the home of
prominent member of the Long
horn Breeders Association) finds
among the list designated as call
other cattle" one stock animal as
the entire product of blooded
stock in that township, while in
a current issue of the worthy con-
temporary up the street, appears a
notice of the sale of fifteen head
of 'Longhorns,' with registered
pedigrees as long as your arm,
said animals being the property
of John Doe, of the aforemen-
toned town of Squashville. These
items taken collectively, furnish
food for very, interesting edito-
rial.
So persistent has the press
been in exposing the inconsistent
cies and glazing Irregularities of
the present mode of taxation, that
the lawmakers of several states
are at present working overtime
in trying to secure the passage of
more equitable tax laws or making
provisions for the enforcement of
present enactments.
The influence of the press was
fefcibly demonstrated last fall
in several gubernatorial contests.
It is not necessary to name the
states, but in the three or four [
have in mind, more than half
million votes were changed from
the dominant parties to the side
advocating cleaner politics versus
machinism. In many instances
the publishers who had the cour-
age to break away from the ma
chine rule weretermed mugwumps,
turn coats and traitors, but never
daunted. they kept their shoulders
to the wheel and persisted until
the polls closed, in advocating
what they thought was for the
best interests of the people at
large. 1t was mighty triumph
for cleaner politics and free un-
trammeled press.
In matters of just legislation
and all public improvements the
press is always to the fore. It is
Justly known as the moulder of
public opinion, to which might
appropriately he added, the adj
vance guard Of civilization.
G. T. K.
HlWays Laugh.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-02-23

Fatalism takes all force out of
life. -Ex.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15
GREAT HORSE
SHOW IS NEXT
NorfoIk's Many Attrac-
tons This Week.
BIG FOOT BALL GAME
Special Low Railroad Rates From
North Carolina Points. Great Coils
scum With 10000 Seating capa.
city Will be Scene of Greatest
Gathering Ever Held.
Norfolk. Va. Oct. IA.

Especial to News and Observer
Tuesday night. 8:15 o'clOck-For-
mai opening of the second annual
Norfolk Horse Show.
Wednesday night. S:15-Second OK
hibltiOn.
Thursday afternoon. 2:15-Thirt.
exhibition. matinee performance.
Thursday night. S:15-Fourth OK
hlbitiOn.
Friday night. S:15-Fffth and clos
ing exhibition.
Saturday afternoon. 2:15-Eoot-
ball game. Virginia VS.. BucknelI.
Saturday night, o'clock-Second
annual Horse Show german at Pine
Beach Hotel.
When the bugle blows at 8:15
o'clock Tuesday night at Norfolk's
monster Coliseum, the curtain will go
up on what, all experts agree, will
be the greatest horse show the en-
terprise of the South has ever deyel-
oped. Its success is assured by the
unsurpassed, indeed uneuualed char
acter of the entries that have been
announced. Many thousands of dol
lars are represented in the stables that
will be brought to Norfolk in the hope
of winning as many as possible of the
cash prizes that are offered by The.
Norfolk Horse Show Association.
From New York, from Pennsylvania
from Maryland, from Virginia,
from West Virginia. from North
Carolina and probably from
one or two other States which
have not been mentioned in the cases
of all the entries. costly show horses
Will come to compete in some of the
forty classes. Nearly $4,000 will be
distributed among the winners and
Ii can be stated that no horse show
in the South has ever offered prizes
as large per class as those which the
Norfolk association will pay out to
the fortunate exhibitors. There are
nearly 500 entries and the splendidiy
groomed and trained animals that will
figure make up the largest and cost
Hest aggregation of show horses that
have ever been brought together
South of the largesr cities of the north
for single exhibition. Without any
attempt at drawing comparisons il is
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15
COME TO THE FAIR
All Railroads Will Make Low Rates
and Will Run Special Trains
to the Fair.
Reduced Rates via A. * n. c. II. II.

Round trip rates on the certificate
plan are authorized from all points
on the A. e. n. G.. r. r. account
the following occasions:
Neuse River Baptist Association,
Ayden, n. c., October 1929, 1905.
Certificates to be signed by Mr.. G. G.
league. Moderator, and vised by Mr.
E. l.. Brown, special agent, Ayden, \.
c. Agent Kinston, n. c., will hon
or certificates on or before November
/. 1905.
North Carolina Christian Mission
airy Society, LAGRANGE, n. c., October
23-26th, 1905. Certificates to be
signed by Mr.. j. 3. Jones, correspond
ing secretary, and vised by Mr.. j, w.
Graham, LAGRANGE, n. G. Agent at
LaGrange, N. c., will honor certih-
Gates on or before October goth, 1905.
Bible Institute, Y. M. G. A., of North
Carolina. Chapel Hill, n. c., October
81, "a, 1905. Certificates to be sign
ed by Mr.. A. F. Jackson, secretary
and vised by Mr.. T. J. Fraley, Special
Agent, Chapel Hill, N. G. Agent
Chapel Hill will honor certificates on
or before October 27th, 1905.
For account of the Norfolk Horse
Show, Norfolk, Va. October 16-21
1905, the A. & n. c. r. r. will sell
round trip tickets to Norfolk at rate
one fare for the round trip. Tickets
to be sold October 1921, 1905, inclu-
sive. with final limit October 23rd.
1906.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15
DON'T FORGET THE DATE.

The State Fair at Raleigh embraces
the week OF October 16th-21st incIu-
sive. On Thursday, October 10th,
President Roosevelt will deliver an
address at the Fair Grounds. This
will be the greatest Fair in the history
of the State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15

many different classes as does chat
for the opening night and the rivalry
will not be as great on any other
night as it will be Tuesday. First inn
pressions are best and the exhibitors
will show the best they have to the
best advantage in the classes that will
be seen the first night OF the show.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15

These trains will consist of baggage
car and twelve coaches on Wednes-
day and Thursday, and will take on
passengers Weldon to Kittrell on
Wednesday, and Weldon to Greystone
inclusive on Thursday. One extra
coach will be provided on these trains
Monday and Tuesday, October 10th
and 18th.
On Wednesday the 18th extra
coaches will be provided on Nos. ABS
and 445 and 20 and 80, oxford to
Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15

These trains will consist of baggage
car and eight coaches on Wednesday
and baggage car and eleven coaches
on Thursday, picking UP one coach ii.
Cameron operated by special oven
Carthage Railroad from Carthage
and connect at Moncure with special
train to and from Pittsboro.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15
SPECIAL RATES

TO Raleigh, N. c., via SeaboaId on Ac-
count of the North Carolina State
Fair, October 16th-21st, 1905.
The Seaboard announces they will
sell excursion tickets from all points
within the State of North Carolina,
including Norfolk, Portsmouth, Rich
mond, Petersburg, Suffolk, Franklin
md intermediate points In the State
IF Virginia, on account of the State
Fair October 16th-21st, for one first
class limited fare for round trip, plus
so cents for one admission to the Fair
grounds minimum rate including ad-
mission coupon, $1,000.
The rates from the principal points
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15
90
GO

Hamlet, passengers between Monroe
and Hamlet should take on these
ates. No. 3S arriving at Raleigh
1885 a. m.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15

This train will consist Of baggage
car and three coaches, Lumberton to
Hamlet, coaches to be attached to No.
SO for Raleigh, returning from Raj
eigh to. Hamlet on No. 43. and special
Hamlet to Lumberton.
In addition to the above extra
coach will be provided Oh No. il,
Weldon to Raleigh. October Is. IS,
II and Is. Extra coach on No. IS.
Raleigh to Portsmouth,. October
10th extra coaches on Nos. % and
80 October 16. II. IS, 10 and 20, On
No. 428435, and Nos. 29-30, oxford
to Raleigh and return October 18th;
extra coach on No. 3S Hamlet to Raj
eigh October 10th and 18th, two
coaches on the 18TH one extra coach
on No. Al Raleigh to Hamlet October
18th and two coaches on October 10.
Train No. 10 will be held at Char
lotte until Sol a. m, Wednesday and
October 18th and 18th,
with ezra coach to run through to
Raleigh, connecting with No. sc at
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15

The rates for military companies do
not include admission to the Fair
grounds. Tickets will be sold Octo-
Der 18th to Goth, inclusive, and for
trains arriving at Raleigh forenoon of
the 21st. final limit of tickets Octo-
Der 23rd.
The Seaboard will arrange to oper-
ate special trains from Weldon, OK
ford, Louisburg, Hamlet and inter-
mediate points to Raleigh on We'd
nesday and Thursday, October 18th
and 10Th.
For further information apply to
nearest ticket agent, or address,
C. H. GATTIS,
Travelling Passenger Agent, Raleigh,
n. C..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15
SL( ciaI TPain Thursday October 9th
unbertOn. A'axton. T,adrinLuPe.
Hamlet

and intermediate points to conect
with No. 3S at Hamlet, coaches TO be
handled through 20 Raleigh returning
on No. IL to Hamlet and special be-
yCnd
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-15

1HlS tram Will consist OF baggage
car and three coaches from Benne-
han; four coaches from oxford to be
handled Oxford to Dickerson and re-
turn by Oxford Branch Engine anu
consolidated with special from Benne-
han, picking up five additional coaches
at Henderson. This train will only
handle passengers from Bennehan,
Creedmoor. Oxford, Henderson, Kit
trell and intermediate stations, and II
capacity will permit passengers be-
tween Kittre!l and Raleigh II neceS-
Sarv >.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-11

Once in while, frealkish calendar
mixes fellow in his dates. Last week
| fell a victim to this misfortune in
announcing the appearance of Every
man." Though some jugglery of fig
uring, was a week ahead in giving
the booking of this coming play.
"Everyman" is the attraction at the
Salt Lake theatre next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday with the usual Sat
urday matinee. The play will GER
tainly be dramatic innovation to Salt
Lakers, as it is, perhaps, the oldest
drama upon the boards, having been
written five hundred years ago. Ben
Greets company of London players,
VINO give the production, have receiv-
ed the united encomium of the Amer
lean press. Not long ago they ap-
peared In classical repertoire before
the students of the University of Cali
lorna. Now, students are especially
critical and show their appreciation in
negaphonic outbursts. The Berkeley
dln OF applause is said to be still ring
ing IN the ears of Ben Greets players.
IL was the greatest testimonial the Pa
enc coast could have given the Lon
uohers, Besides, the play itself being
dramatically out of the ordinary, there
are other unsupported features which
agreeably surprise. Mr.. Piper consid-
ers himself fortunate in securing the
engagement, and, unless all signs fail,
ne VIII show his patrons something
quite outside their usual experiences.
=, EVeryman" will be presented for
'nree nights, February 1918.
~ ~
Helds band was the recipient of
more APPLAUSE last Sunday evening
tndn lor some time past. The popular
Ivy OF the program was one cause,
uule spirit and dash in the band an
Ut.ner' but, the final and more press
ins reason, was the determination of
WI. Held's admirers to welcome the
aI,,appearance of the old-time snap and
singer OF their favorite conductor. Mr..
h helG certainly indicated himself and
49, us baton in the manner he worked up
oIe S" eeping climaxes of Rossinis
SPURIOUS "Semiramide," which taxes
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-11

ever gain the confidence of the man.
agement, shall surely give the thing
away-it is too good to. keep and
Salt Lakers are, by nature, curious. In
Frisco, they have an Orpheum theatre,
so have they in Denver and Omaha.
But, in all these towns, lovers of high
class vaudeville have to pay the I'D
der.
1t costs a dollar to see the show.
At Utahna theatre this week, Mr..
Gourley is giving the equal of an Or
pheum for ten and twenty cents. AS
| said before, how it is done. ! do
not know. But of one thing there is
no doubt, you can go down to the
utahna tonight with a dollar, see a
dollar show, and still have eighty cents
jingling in your blue jeans.
" ~
In last Sunday New York paper
the reconciliation between Race Whit
ney and his wife is announced under
the glamorous title, THE Romance
of Rosemary Glosz." AS this has
been previously mentioned in these
columns | shall not again intrude. But
the following. in connection with the
aforesaid article, is too good to pass
up Race, as we all know, Is the dra-
matte editor of the Portland Journal,
hence the timely comment of the Goth
am paper: I'm the far west when
question referring to Whitney's iden-
tity is asked, he is described as the
young man who wrote the following
criticism of Joseph Jefferson's sons:
Those Jefferson children, Willie and
Joe, chips off the old block-white
chips-played at the Marquam Grand
last week. They should be spanked
and put to bed"
1t is quite as good as the tenderlon
ornithologist who said that the title
of a once popular novel should be
changed to "Chippies That Fly in the
Night" instead of "Ships That Pass
in the Night"
HARRY lie GRANDE.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-11

not only the capacity but the endur-
ance of a band. And although some
Of the trombones, at times, got off
their piston-rods, still, Semiramide,"
as played last Sunday evening, was
ample value for the quarter demand
ed at the box office. 1t was the bands
one ambitious number on the program
and, perhaps, for that reason the ba-
ton and the instruments felt the i'm
portance of a mutual understanding.
Mr.. p. G. Stevens euphonium solo,
THE Palms." was rendered with all
his well-known care for reading and
temperament The string quartette,
consisting of Prof. Youngdale, Messrs.
Tanning, Shuster and Tanning, played
most daintily Rebers "Berceuse" and
Boccherinis ravishing "Minuette"
Miss Edwardina Parry was the vo-
calist of the evening and was well re-
ceived.
Taken altogether, Mr.. Held gave a
most entertaining program which his
patrons punctured with applause.
.& "
The Utahna has bill of exceptional
merit this week, but, beginning Mon
day night, still better is promised.
Among the features promised for next
week are illustrated songs by William
Bywater; the Transatlantic Trio, in
songs and dances; the Juggling
Burkes in feats of skill; Charles
Cowles and Dorothy Aldean in a
screaming face, "Jonathan's Court
Ship" the Roberts, four in sketch,
"The DollMaker's Dilemma" st.
Clair and Lawrence in refined sing
ing act and q. r. Gourleys Utahna-
scope in new moving pictures.
~ ~
Just how the Utahna theatre can
give a vaudeville show of top-liners
for ten and twenty cents, l do not
pretend to say. 1t is quite beyond my
theatrical conception. The secret lies
somewhere between Mr.. Gourleys con-
science and an over-worked boXofice.
Those who attend the Utahna theatre
frequently as well as those who go
less often, mentally ask themselves
the question, "How is it done?" If
Milford chronicle., 1905-03-24
ThrOne Of Buyers Continue.

The people Of Milford and vicinity
appreciate the great advantage B. H.
Matthews obtained for them, in getting
the DR.. Howard Co. to allow the regu-
lar5O cent size Of DR.. Howard's specific,
for the cure Of constipation and dys.
pepsia, to be sold at half price, 25 cents,
Many orders have come by mail at
this popular price, fOr it is very unusual
to be able to buy sixty doses Of stand
ard medicine for half price.
Every bottle Of the specific sold by
B. H. Matthews has had his personal
guarantee to refund the money lift was
not satisfactory, but none has come
back, showing the wonderful curative
power Of this remedy.