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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-08

ships? Perhaps those who are in the employ Of the
government consider their positions assinecures and
many of them, when not under the watchful eye Of
foreman, do as little work possible 1.-THE head
of department is easy-going fellow, the whole
department becomes chronic malingerers. As most
of the employees owe their position to senator
representative keep the service efficient
This is Of the principal objections against gov
eminent ownership of any commercial enterprise
If the zeal were shown by government en-
poyees as is displayed under individual ownership
then there might be hope of success; otherwise
the proposition will prove dismal failure Man
does not labor thru nclination it is necessity that
impels him to do it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-08
Japan INDIGNANT.

Japan Indignant.
A GREAT deal of international unpleasantness
was occasioned during the past week by the school
board of San Francisco ejecting Japanese children
from it's schools. The government at Tokyo while
recognizing that the measure is not national one, is
exceedingly ncensed against this expulsion and look
upon the act as an insult to Japan as nation
Mayor Schmitz, in speaking of the incident, said
that the Japanese should not be allowed to interfere
with San Francisco's educational system. This re-
ply is very unsatisfactory It will not mofy them
jured feelings Of the Japs. The mayor should be
more explicit and state that it question of col
or, and not Of hurting the school system. Per-
haps the officials at Washington will be able to aay
the present i'll feeling by getting the San Francisco
authorities to withdraw their obnoxious ukase It is
wonderful how small incident like this can keep
the wires hot between two peaceful nations.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-08
Government OzU7lerShiD.

Government O1U71erS71ip.
The government ownership proposition received
a severe setback recently when the officials at Wash
ington announced that, beginning with February 1st
the American Bank Note Company would be given
the contract for printing the postage stamps. The
contract calls for daily output of twenty seven mil
lion stamps The government has been printing
stamps for thirteen years. but has been able to
do the work economically. This state of affairs will
be rather annoying to the advocates of the govern
ment ownership plan It is likely that Congress will
take hand in the matter and ascertain the cause.
IF it is impossible for the government to engage
in this work successfully, how can it be expected to
handle the coal mining business, operate our vast
network Of railroads. and to build mammoth battle
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-08
VIEWS AND REVIEWS.
by e. w. NJ
-BY e. w. M.----
TOOTHACHE SOLILOQUY.
ct Uneasy lies the head that wears
" A golden crown" they say;
But far uneasier lies my tooth,
Whose crown has shown decay.


CREE BOOZE Dr. Wiley of the United States Agricultural
partmen about conduct experiments
the effect of alcohol the human system AS all such
volunteers would suggest the
pay heed the offer from ocaedn Washington County,
Minnesota He will find small of fighters willing defend
his experiments indefinitely for the glory" there is
UTOMOBILES AND DAMAGES. The supreme court of New
II York has held that spectator at automobile
sustained result accidents
their machines AS all state laws practically IDENTICAL
gentle hint that get the habit averng
local commissioner laundering Main
Street his touring No 1906 John does
ages in of conributory negligence.
COMMUNITY FARMING On one of our holidays was present
conversation touching the above It
by of the speakers that three four five
themselves for the farming Aho farming Of
looked work fit only for the tera aboe
this decidedly not true Farming profitable farming
ton that demands high intelligence Farming vocation that
independent Farming work that if conscienousy followed
will satisfaction and all In the
men, honestly willingly combnngn such purpose,
the would be paying the word
firm diligence honesty and virtues that
the basis such enterprise Without these
failure would resuwth hem would be reasonably assured
only this country but other country will
make satisfactory and sympathetic adjustment of their
respecting their neons It is certainly unfarin
degree the people this country be favored
China and Russia when will not peopeequa
rights and The anti American feeling China and the
feelings Of the which this
country will be compelled recognize Our trade relations
be sacrificed the of sentiment and
In the the Negro already here obligation
him make the best out Of him. He will eventually
give of himself that will fulfill present promises
nterdpendeny the countries the world demands mutual
recognition.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-08


WHEN we see something new that has been re-
Gently patented-something that instantly becomes
popular with the public-we wonder why SO simple
a thing had not been thought of before. Someone
has utilized his brain in thinking and of course the
result is some novelty. When an author coins anew
expression, it is surprising what vast numter of
people will the same phrase, the product of
others thinking machine. Such phrase may be
very simple; STILL the who thought out the idea
perhaps worried it's construction several hours
before the magnificent gem appeared in its present
striking form. He was thinker, not parodist; for
to produce great things must utilize ones brain
power to it's fullest capacity FAX
The men who achieve remarkable things, are
those who are deep thinkers Their wonderful ideas
are not all the result Of accident chance but rather
the result of painstaking and persevering thought
It was serious reflection on the meaning of words
that enabled Socrates to make the learned of his
day appear ridiculous when they were asked for a
definition of word they had used. Copernicus
spent forty years in studying the heavenly bodies;
but his treaties astronomys monumental achieve
ment-nay, pyramid-that testi6es to the use
which he put his God-given faculties. The many
discoveries which Benjamin Franklin gave to the
world, were all the result of making good of his
brains; and the same thing be said of of
the great inventors who are living today.
The philosophy which such geniuses as Darwin
and Spencer electrified the civilized world, s evil
dence of what thinkers capable of doing. How
ever the man who is afraid that much thinking will
shorten his existence does not accomplish very great
things. Nowadays, the man who startles the world
is the man who uses his brains. The problems which
today considered impossible only await the event
of thinker to make them actualities. When he has
solved the theory, everybody will acknowledge that
he is great thinker, of large brain capacity
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-08
NOTICE..

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worthy patronage send to this Office for
trial subscription at rates published above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-08
CnDitnZ Punishment.

Capital Punishment.
ACCORDING to dispatch report it is announced
that France contemplates abolishng the death PEN
atty. The French cabinet passed the measure, and
it is expected that the other legislative branch of the
government will approve the bill. Some time ago
the chief executioner's salary was taken from the
budget and this strongly indicates that capital pun
shment will be repealed.
This question is also receiving a great deal of
discussion in this country. There many who be-
eve that capital punishment has deterrent infu-
ence, and advance the claim that, in those states
which do not infict the extreme penalty, less hom
cldes committed than in those states which have
the death penalty. This is question that will be
left for future generations to SETTLE because when
ever an epidemic of crime happens to occur in any
state wherein hanging has been repealed, it is in
stantly attributed to this cause.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-08

THE MIRROR weekly published the Minnesota State
prisoners and is edited and
aged by objects home
prisoners acquan
STATUS disseminate pathological
prejudice which has been
redemption The entirely
public for its financial support at time there
would be expended the
prison library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-08
OstrNciziN6 the .Ar71U.

Ostr0clzlzg the .ATn2y.
CONSIDERING the way the wearers OF uniforms OF
the army and navy being Disseminated against
by public places of amusement it is likely that Con-
gress will be called upon to devise ways and means
to prevent such indignities Only the other day a
soldier was denied admittance to rink because he
wore an army uniform. These people are displaying
poor Judgment in ostracizing the backbone of our
national defense.
In case of riot. these same people who are now
insulting soldier boys, would be the first to cry
for projections and if their lives endangered, it
would be Tommy this, and Tommy that to fairly
make one dizzy. The public could easily put a stop
to this perncious and snobbsh practice by ceasing
to paronize those places in which soldiers elected
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-08

I BELIEVE that harm us but our
Selves that sin is misdirected energy that there is
no devil but fear; and that the Universe is planned
for good. I believe that work is blessing, that
winter is as necessary summer, that night is as
useful day, that Death is manifestation of Life,
and just as good. I believe in the Now and Here.
believe in You and I believe in power that is in
Ourselves that makes for Righteousness Elbert
Hubbard.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
The Modest Steel Trust.

The average tariff tax on
manufactured imports under
the DingIey law is about Is per
cent. The average tariff on
steel is about As per cent. The
steel trust sells Its products in
Europe for eight dollars a ton
less than in this country. That
is, it sells at discount on the
home price. 1t enables a for.
eign shipbuilder to produce an
average steel ship: for $50, 00C
less than an American builder
could produce the same ship.
And yet the steel trust is clam.
oring for a ship.subsidy large
enough to Offset that difference.
If the ship subsidy bill advo-
Gated by Roosevelt and the Re.
publican senators were to pass
the tariff on steel would practi-
cally be raised to 60 per cent on
all steel material used Gin snip
builder. And the taxpayers
would pay the freight. The
steel trust is not suffering any
Inconvenience from prosecu-
tions by the department of JUS
tice. real or imaginary. The
Carnegies, tricks, Schwabs,
Coreys and Thaws are persona
grata at Oyster Bay. Even
their mode of spelling has been
adopted. Quincy Herald.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
Singer and VentriIOquist.

Caruso, the great tenor, is a
ventriloquist as well, and in
New York, before he sailed for
home, he told at a little fare
we'll dinner a story of his ven
trloquial skill.
Il was one of a house party
1t a nillionaire's great, new
castle overlooking the Hudson,
ne said. Tea had been served
in the garden, and after tea L
sang: Then 1 consented to es-
say a little ventriloquism, and
the fifty or sixty guests grew
very still.
behind me rose a superb
tree. Looking up into the thick
foliage, ] shouted in a loud
and angry voice:
4" Hello! What are you do
ing up thereY
ITO my amazement a thin,
young voice replied:
% L amt doin' no harm, mis-
ter. I'm just a watchin' the
big bugs
1.-THE guests glanced at one
another, smiling appreciatively.
Pulling myself together, I went
on:
Did anyone give you per
mission to climb up that tree?'
Yes, sir. The second
groom, sir. He's my cousin.
4" Well, said I, so far there's
no harm done. But be careful
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
The Missouri Mule.

Those who saw the State Fair
mule exhibits of last year went
home impressed with the great
ness and granduer of the Mis-
souri, mule. Colonel John D
Snyder, of Kansas on submit
ting a report of awards on four
year old mules, wrote across
the bottom Ut the sheet: tue
Best Sixteen Aged Mules Ever
Shown in Any One Glass in
America, the Worlds Fair
Show, Not excepted" These
were all Missouri mules and
this high compliment by an
able expert was paid to Mis-,
souri, breeders, -LaPlata Re-
publican.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
SunfIOwer Pail sOphy.

No woman is tisfed until
she is able to sh Up in a car
rage.
A dog fight is Il good deal
like a man fight; both dogs
really want to quit.
Every railroad man says
every other rai!rn d man has
mighty easy time
An old rounder says women
always cry aud confess. where
as men always deny it to the
last.
Every father argues that be.
cause the baby is his is no 1ea-
son why he should enjoy caring
for it when it cries.
Men in the peuitentiary have
just enough to eat, and think
they do not have enough; free
men have too much 10 eat
There must lie at least Que
advantage in being tim: 1t
Ioesn't take a Chi ger so long
to bore all the way through.
When a girl says she is going
to her room to write letters,
she says it as if she feels that
writing letters is real lady
ike thing to do
The people who are always
outing in don't seem TO know
what a lot comfort there
is in deciding that many things
are not ones business.
When Death ca for a WON.
an these days 10 his white
horse, does he thluk the modest
way is to ride on sideways, or
does he ask her to ride strad
lle?
At a meeting of the Mothers
:luh >esterday it was decided
that the best chaperon for their
girls was a child; that widows
md d maids Wee not to be
.rusted -Atchison Globe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
Logic Was Bad.

Attorney General Moody, dis.
cussing legal point, said:
That is striking but false
l)gic. It reminds me of con-
versation 1 once heard at the
seashore.
IA man In striped bathin g
suit was running on thin, pale
legs over the hot, white beach
t >ward the cool,water when a
friend, Selling him by the arm,
said:
What! Are you going il
to battle just after a heavy
lunchp Why, you will bt
drowned
&" 'Oh, no; not atEall,' replied
the other. Inateisnothing bu
fish. ;"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
Record Breaker

Geo. II. Fisher the hustler for
the Page fence people, resi-
dent Of this city, has surely
been going some during the hot
weather, for he Las broken his
record and lead all other sd les
men Tor his house during the
month Of August for quantity
of fence placed He is good
fellow and deserves his sue.
cess.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
Bits of Philosophy.

When a fool is in love he acts
natural.
One way 10 beat a cunning
man at his own game is with Q
club
Marrying a rich widow isn't
a bad sort of get-rich-game.
A mans wife usually has
more confidence in hun than ht
has in himself
If wishes were automobile
the demand for gasoline woulc
exceed the supply.
1t doesn't satisfy a mans hun
ger when he is compelled to eat
his own words.
People never get as much en-
joyment of their wickedness al
they pretend to.
Many man has his leg pull
ed because of his anxiety to pu'
his best foot forward. -Chicagc
News.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
THURSDAY. SEPT. %, 1906
Young.

Michael L. Young departed
this life Thursday, Sept. 20,
1906, near Joanna, Mo. He was
born in Monroe County, Feb.
ID. 1871 Had he lived until
Feb 10, 1907 he would have
been &C years old. He was mar.
ried to Mary Snider. in 1858. To
this union was born five chill
dren, 3 of whom survive him.
Deceased leaves three sons, two
brothers, and two sisters to
mourn his death. He accepted
Christ as his Savior and united
with the Baptist Church in
1888. Since that time he has
been faithful follower of the
Master. ~
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27

not to fall, and don't let anyone
see you
All right, mister said the
humble voice.
Il turned to my audience,
and smiled and bowed triumph
antly. They broke into thun-
derous applause. They said
that they had never listened to
ventriloquism so superb. And
they we're quite right, too..'
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
Will Your

The man who agrees with us
politically, religiously and 9TH
erwise, is ''bully good" fellow,
and the one disagreeing with us
is a variety kind of phool.
Now will some one define for
US that terribly over-worked
term, "kuocker.
It sounds to US like, awfully
purity.
Some people have an idea
that they can dismiss any and
every thing with, oh. he's a
"knocker."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
City Dads,

The Appeal is of the opinion
that the city fathers should Sc
lect certain streets on which
permanent walks are most need
ed and order granitoid laid
from one end to the other, the
city to pay half and the proper
ty owners half. This would be
much better than the present
policy of building in isolated
patches regardless of the utili-
ty of what is built. System and
service should be the policy in
this matter. Paris Appeal.
Apply that to the system OF
laying granitoid street crossings
in this city and it would be a
hard rap at the City Dads.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
r e :::.> " ":

This Institute IN order 10 Introduce
their new Medical Discoveries and Z.
Radium System, sends at its own cx-
pcnsc these eminent specialists to give
to those VIC call OF the above date,
cousultaluI, Continuation, advice ana
all medicine re red to complete Z
cure, Absolutely free,
These specialists will diagnose youv
case and 81 : you the Benefit Of their
Clcdical ln3v..d3c. Their is no OK.
perimenting or guess work. You will
be told whether you can be cured or
not. If your case is durable, they
treat you; if incurable they will give
you such advice as may prolong your
life.
Their treatment gives quick relief
and positively cures. Being prepared
to suit each individual case the human
system is thoroughly cleansed of the
disease in a natural and direct manner
and improvement is noticed at once;
even the worst cases are treated with
out any inconvenience to the patient
or the pursuing of his daily vocation.
If you are improving under your faIni-
" musician do not come and take up
their valuable time. They wish to give
each one plenty of time, but cannot
listen to long stories not pertaining TO
your case.
They have discarded the Did RENE
dies used for ages by the medical
world and which it would be folly to
depend upon any longer for they DC
not cure, as thousands die depending
on Them -. &C.,.
1hc fact .sl l..e5c Specialists have
discove., ! c..tircly new treatments
and nat # cures, gives them control
of the M IS System, Heart, Stom.
ach, Lungs, Kidneys, Catarrh, Con-
sumption, Epilepsy, Deafness, Male
and Female Weaknesses, Cancers,
Tuners, Piles and other Chronic Dis
eases.
They treat deafness by an entirely
new method and hearing in many cases
is restored at once. Catarrh in all its
varied forms cured so it will never re-
turn. If you have weak lungs or con-
sumption do not fail to be examined.
All cases treated can and will be
cured, no difference who you have seer
or treated with heretofore. Thousand:
who have given up all hope of being
cured, now have an opportunity to con
suit specialists of reputation.
Don't fail to call as a visit costs yol
nothing and may save your life.
If you suspect kidney trouble, bring
a two ounce bottle of your urine TO
chemical and microscopica1 analysis.
REMEMBER:-The free offer i
during this visit only and will not b
given again. Persons commencing
any treatment after this trip will b
required to pay, but not one cent vii
be asked of those commencing treat
ment during this visit for any medicin
necessary to effect cure; also posi-
tive guarantee to cure will be given t
patients accepted under their syster
of treatment, Those having Ion
standing and complicated diseases
who have failed to get cured and b.
come discouraged, are especially inv
ted to call as thousands who hav
given up all hopes can testify to PEI
manent cures obtained.
NOTICE:-Married Ladies withor
their Husbands and Minors withor
their Fathers, will positively not
admitted to Ha...,-' .'.
Office Hours. = -. 49,. to 1880 p. M.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27

1t looks little tough tor
man to offer a 50 cash premium
and l years subscription of a
paper for the best ruunin' walk
and then to lose out. But that
is just what happened at the
Monroe fair
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27
The Fountain of Youth.
the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
THE fountain of youth, am
persuaded" said Mr.. Cheerily,
"springs in our own bosoms
only. The mistake we make in
searching for it as we all do is
in looking for it elsewhere.
Here it is. as one might say,
right under our noses, but that
fact we never realize; and we
all go searching for it, near and
far, as Ponce de Leon did CEN
turtles ago in Florida.
Here's the trouble, the real
trouble. The fountain within
ourselves, if we don't watch
out, is likely to get sealed up.
and it is when it ceases thus to
flow that we begin to look for
it elsewhere, always more and
more aimlessly, and always
with increasing wearinees, for
it is worry that prompts US on
this vain search and that leads
us always farther and farther
away.
That's the secret of the
whole characterization from
worry; it IS worry, worry only,
that seals the true fountain and
starts us on that fruitless quest.
Don't worry and you will
never have to search for it; you
will discover it, springing per-
petual within your own heart
the true and only Fountain
The women's pages in the
wspapers are forever describ-
ing the sort of woman man
likes best. She is always
bright, pretty, has perfect
teeth, perpetual smile, small
hands and feet. is never tired,
never has a headache, her waist
is SIN all and her ways agreea-
BILE. Still, all of us know men
who are led to the altar and
bossed forever after by women
who are tall and thin, or short
and fat, women who are always
tired, women who 60 10 bed
with headaches or some other
kinds of aches, women who do
not smile unless they feel like
it, and who if they are agreea-
BILE, are so careful not to show
it that most OF us say: What
did he ever see in her?"-Atchi-
son Globe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27

Gov. Folk has improved rap.
idly since the Bryan special,
with Senator Stone on board,
pulled out of st. Louis and is
now able to be about his official
duties. This malaria is an un-
certain disease. Mercury.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27

A young lady was going twist
ing along a street in San Fran
cisco the other day to all APP
pearance like she had a flea on
her. A newsboy with bundle
Of papers ran up and exclaimed
Examiner" The young won.
an replied; No, rot till l get
home. Perry Enterprise.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27

In card of thanks" in a
Nevada, Mo-, paper recently a
man convicted of bigamy and
sentenced to two years in the
penltentiary thanks" the ofic-
ers and Judge of the court.
But he had sense enough tC
leave out the poetry which
usually goes with such effu.
sious.-Kansas City Post.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1906-09-27

ASK the Republicans how
they explain the fact that the
president alone is eligible to the
presidential nomina ion. l say
it is because he has repuidated
the platform on which he was
elected and adopted a Demo
cratic platform. l challenge
you to find one element of the
presidents popularity based on
anything other wise than a
Democratic platform" Bryan.