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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31

at different places, running parallel
with the 81" cars. The service in
the subway is local stops; the
serpentine curves and the lack of
proper ventilation, makes the
climb to the fresh air a welcome
relief.
To thoroughly enjoy rapid tran
sit one must 60 to New York City.
Here is deep tunnel blasted from
solid rock; beginning at one end
of Manhattan Island, "The Bat
terry" and running to Harlem
One hundred and Twenty fifth
Street-are magnificent entrances
and exits in enameled tiling-four
steel tracks, two for express trains
and two for local trains. The ex-
press trains stop at about every
thirty blocks. Leaving the South
Ferry, the next stop is Brooklyn
Bridge, then Fourteenth Street,
then Forty-second Street at Grand
Central Station, etc. All local
trains stop every five blocks.
At all stations every post sup
porting the top of the subway has
printed on it the name of the
street. All the pillars are marked
"B B." At the Fourteenth Street
Station, "14." At Twenty third
Street you see "23,' SO it is easy
to know where you are. New
York City now has in operation
the 81" surface electrics, the Sub
way and Brooklyn Bridge. In
spite of these systems the crowds
during "rush hours seem just as
dense, and new schemes are being
promoted to take care of the sur
plus travel, for New York is the
Mecca of America. It is the fad
among a certain class to claim
that there are but two real eight
ieen-carat cities in the United
States-New York and Frisco.
Anv old New Yorker will tell
you, cynically: "There is no
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31

money to be made honestly in
New York City. The people from
the West and Southwest come
here to burn their money in ex-
travagant and gorgeous modes OF
life; these react on those living
on a salary with the consequent
result that all New York can be
divided into four classes: spenders,
twenty-five per cent; hotel keepers
and providers, twenty-five per
cent; thieves and grafters, twenty
five per cent, and twenty-five per
cent fast women"
This is diversion, but it relates
to those using the subway. A
tunnel is projected to pass under
the East River connecting Brook
lyn and New York. This, with
the new Williamsburg bridge soon
to be completed over the East
River, it is thought, will give
ample accommodations for about
ten years at the rate of present
growth. 1859.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31
1fluldoon Leaves the Duke. 30

ridy irrigated the naygurs, an
they TUX no pains to consail it.
Fearin' the blsckguards wud mu-
tiny we tied the ould man on a
pole, la palanquane, an at vance
procayded toward the aquator.
The sicond day out the jock
gained the confydince av Bippo,
the main cannyble, and thru him
melted the annymosity av the rist
aginst Dinny an mesilf. Their
plan, as far as I cud ascertain,
waz to stoo us full lingth, that is,
frickasay on the half-shill. | adj
mired their taste all right, as far
as gastronomy waz concerned, fer
I don't think annywan wud tickle
the palate more hugely than me-
silf if dillycately prepared.
It waz terryble predickymint,
an I wud rayther niver see the back
av me nick than do it over agin.
Under the same circumstances lots
av min wud how died from stage
fright, but nayther wan av us waz
afflicted in the Taste, nayther did
we intind to martyr ourselves be
ripresintin' tame capons. Our
move waz to wait till hostilities
comminced an thin lay thin out
wild bayobab cloobs, tho if this
failed we wud fist our wind capac-
ity in maxim fer the tall hay.
The preliminaries opened the
mkt avenin' wild a snake dance,
bein' a mongrel cross betwane
book an wing an the Frinch doc
vinture. This waz appropriately
follied be whirlin' dervish waltz
an offered ixcylint opportoonyties
to clout few av thin in transit.
Instructin' Dinny to parylize the
dawg-faced wan, I banged Bippo
swipe in the Stats that must
how Jared all the seismic instroo-
minis in crayation.
"Twinty-three fer yours" says
l. There wur only foorteen more
av thin, but 'tiz nadeliss to go
into details as we how skiddooed
noorth an are sthill goin'.
E. E. Fl.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31

utes. When one would sit down
he would come and sit in ones
lap and try to pull the buttons off
ones clothes. He didn't like
dogs, and when one would get too
close, he would open his lunch trap
as wide as he could and then he
would bring it together with q
crack like a pistol. Tho, if the
dog knew that all that noise was
caused by the hollow upper bill,
and that he couldn't break a clay
pipestem, he wouldn't get out of
the way SO quickly.
I stated that I did not believe
pelicans used their pouches to
carry fish in for two reasons;
namely, that when a wounded
pelican is pursued he always dis
gorges the contents of his stomach,
and a tame one does the same when
excited. / think that would ac-
count for fish sometimes being
found in the pouches of those
that are shot. And 1 have watched
thousands of them with a field
glass when flying overhead, and
never saw one with it's pouch dis
tended, as it would be if it had
anything in it. DICK.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31
Rapid Transit.

The problem of urban and interur-
ban transportation confronting the
largest cities in the United States
is perhaps the most vital as we'll as
she most perplexing question with
which they have to deal. Re-
xduced to it's lowest terms and
applied individually to the bread
winners of New York, Boston, or
Chicago, it means: How am [ to
go quickly from my home to my
work in the morning and return
home in season for a six o'clock
dinner with time to dress for the
Eheatre?
This question has been satisfac-
-toriIy answered for the jewellers
in New York by the operation OF
the marlborough system of rap
i'd transit in the subway, and for
those in Boston by the Metropoll-
tan Rapid Transit Go. A short
sketch Of these systems may be OF
interest to those who have never
ridden underground at forty
miles an hour.
In Boston one company con-
trolls, leases and operates uni
fed system of elevated, surface
and subway transit, embracing a
) liberal system of transfers from the
stL'' to surface cars and vice versa.
The subway is tunnel dipping
forty feet under the business and
shopping district, with a branch
running from the head of State
Street down and under the Charles
River to East Boston. The ele-
,yated road enters the subway
from the south side at Pleasant
Street, runs under the city
to Causewsy Street, where il
comes to the surface and crosses
the Charles River to Somerville
The trolley cars enter the subway
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31

lie officials; but let q public official
in this country commit wrong
full act, no matter if it is the chief
executive Of the nation, and he
instantly becomes the subject OF
criticism. Criticism creates pub
lie opinion, and no official who
values his future is going to run
roughshod over public opinion.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31

s4p ATHALEEN:-Whin this
intillygince reaches the
shatoe [ shall prezoomably
" be mixed up wild the sand
hills av SALARY, hovin' hidded
that way afther indifynately
istrangin' mesilf from the jock
invironmint. Shure, Katie, to
kape thrack av that man wild all
his idiosyncrasies has been a
stronger mintal sthrain on me
mind than in the days whin l
herded pigs on the undulatin'
swards av Kilkenny. Prior to
our close familiarity me pride in
the Muldoon ginealogy hid the
,ould mans deficits, but now as [
rayview disaster an catastrophaye
in the perspective | can see the
fragmints av me cherished drames
irretrayvably shattered.
ALPHABETICALLY spakin', | am
.astounded completely whin Think
that an antsister av mine can be
so full av irrattic iccintrissyty.
Av coorse, other payple's antsisters
may how the same faults, fer | be-
lave the idols in the Dist families
are but shaild that consail the
proverbial skillyton in it's conven-
tional closet.
This is rather swapin' sup
position. tho [ can amind it be
.sayin': if it don't consail skilly-
ton. it consails somethin' analo-
zgous to wan, which is the same
whin properly defined. Apropos
av recapitulatin' the jocks whim-
;sicalities, I will, fer the sake av
qpelloocidniss, commince where l
lift off in me last descriptive bull
lytin. Yez will remember, [ had
decided to opyrate fer appindy-
,saytus, but found his condition
too fabby to warrant it; in fact, it
waz Dist to fill him up befoor he
COLLAPSED intirely.
Siye.al days av finder nursin'
restored part av his equilibrium to
some ixtint, but sthill not suftish-
intly to withstand a days tramp.
This was a SPURIOUS drawback in
itsilf, as our long sthop had all
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31
Righteous Criticism.

l. u0 CIltlClSu WulCu 10 UcIuS
aimed at many of the large in
dustries, is producing good results.
What these men thought to be
legitimate business methods, has,
under severe criticism, turned out
to be little short of criminal.
Criticism has always proved a
good beacon light by which to
scan shady transactions. It fire.
quently happens, however, that
much of the criticism which is
given publicity is tinctured by
sectional jealousy, tempered by
material interests, and sweetened
by friendship and moral obliga-
tons. This is true in regard to
the average book reviewer.
Most of the criticisms about the
best book of the year, as: cit is
subtitle, beguiling and magical"
and that: cit has human interest
and idyllic loveliness,'' are toned
purposely to capture the elusive
dollar, no matter whether the book
merits such ornate sentiments or
not. This is one phase of criti-
cism which has run the gamut.
Today it still occupies a promi-
nent domain in it's sphere of COM
mercial interest, but it's influence
is on the decline. Formerly
book lovers consulted these paid
reviews as trustingly as the Greeks
consulted their famous oracles.
Experience has enlightened them,
and they now pursue a different
course.
Criticism, in order to carry con-
viction, generally depends upon
whom the critic is. If your critic
possesses United States Steel
stock, he would not be qualified to
criticise the steel trust, however
competent he may be in other re-
poets. Much of the criticism of
this country which is directed at
the unspeakable Turk on account
of assassinations, etc., fails because
this country Is no more qualified
to criticise the acts Of the sublime
porte. than is the gentleman who
owns stock in the steel trust, or
the book reviewer who is present
ed with first editions, qualified to
act as critic. The Turk needs
only point to Colorado, and the
disgraceful happenings in our
Southern States, to demonstrate
the absurdity of this country pos
ing as criterion of righteousness.
Laurence Sterne has said: "Of
all the cants which are canted in
this canting world, tho the cant of
the hypocrites may be the worst,
the cant Of criticism is the most
tormenting." That is true. Crit
icism is not only tormenting, but
beneficial agent. It is mightier
than the bomb. While it is re-
sponsible for many evils, the good
which it has accomplished far
outweighs them. In Russia no
one dares criticise the acts ofpub-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31
Anent the Pelican.

xXAVuG CuV VAAVUGAs
A great many people think of
the pelican as large, white bird,
with a long bill, pouch or sack
attached to it, and in which they
carry fish for future consumption.
This conception is not wholly
correct.
The pelican is, when full grown,
about the size of large goose.
The wings are black or dark brown
from the last joint to the tip; the
feet and bill yellow, with yellow
eyelids, and the rest of the body
is white. In the younger birds
the back is more or less barred
with dark brown or slate color.
The bill varies in length from
seven to eleven inches; the upper
maxilla is hollow, and in the
old males, and sometimes the fe-
males, has a fiat horn about mid
way on the upper side, varying in
width from one-half to one and
one half inches. [ don't think it
is useful, unless as an ornament.
It drops off in the fall.
The lower maxilla is jointed
at the tip, and the so-called pouch
is the loose skin attached to these
bones. Where 1t joins the neck
it hangs down about three inches.
The bones are very flexible and
may be spread SO as to form a
scoop or net to aid them in catch
ing fish. [ do not believe they
ever use this pouch to carry any,
thing, however. The writer once
lived near lake in which thousands
of pelicans could be seen every
spring and fall, and had many op-
portunitiest to observe them at close
range and with field glass. They
roost on a sandbar if it is far
enough from shore, and where
there is no such roosting place,
they remain in the water.
It is amusing to watch them in
the morning when they first wake
up. They all awake at the same
time, all cape at once, then stretch
and flap their wings. Then they
are ready for breakfast, or as soon
as they have oiled their feathers.
Their mode of fishing has been
described so often that I Will omit
it.
Some of those persons who
called themselves sportsmen used
to shoot them just for the sake of
killing something, or to mount.
And there would be few cripples
left in the lake after each hunting
season. 1 have caught several OF
them. They become remarkably
tame in few days. | caught one
in the spring and kept him until
fall, when he was able to 60
south with the rest, that would eat
nothing but minnows or small
fish, and those must not be dead.
He could catch a fish thrown from
q distance of ten feet, and then
would toss it up and catch it, so as
to swallow it head foremost.
When several dozen minnows and
small fish were put in 9 tub Of
water he would use his scoop and
catch them all in about two min
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31
Synonyms Their Use.

Synonyms Their Use.
Taken from g. F. Graham's book on
English Synonyms"
HAndS0nze-PyeHy.
Handsome qualities what is at
once striking and noble. Pretty is
said of that which combines the
qualities small, regular, graceful,
and delicate. We admire who is
handsome; we love what is pretty.
Trees are handsome. Flowers are
pretty. Neither handsome nor
pretty is of necessity combined
with expression, tho they do not
exclude it. A man may be hand
some, and woman pretty, with
out either of them having an
intelligent expression. The words
imply merely regularity, proper
ton, and symmetry.
Common Oxasna1y.
The distinction between these
words when they signify Of frequent
use is this: What is common is
done by many persons; what is
is repeated many times.
Ordinary has to do with the rep
etition of the act; common, with
the persons who perform it. Thus,
to dine is a common practice, be-
cause it is done by many persons;
and it is an ordinary practice,
since it is repeated every day.
AS nouns, the same difference ex-
lists between the two words;
is a piece of ground
which many persons have an
equal right of enjoying; an ordi-
nary is meal repeated daily or
In the sense of lo70, ordi-
nary wants distinction; common
wants attraction.
BeL0zV-Benenth.
Below and beneath both refer
to what is under us; but beneath
is farther down than 6elozV. Small
fish sport below the surface of the
water. The larger fish repose be-
meath the flood. What is be-
meath is below us; but what is
below is not always beneath.
Those who are below US in rank
are not beneath us; on the con-
trary, they deserve our respect if
they conduct themselves virtuous-
Iy. The vicious and the profigate
are beneath our consideration.
Bet5veen-Among.
Among is derived from on many;
between, from by fzOaau. The for
mer is used in speaking of larger
number; the latter, never when
more than two are concerned.
The etymologies of these two
propositions will suggest their
proper use. A man is therefore
between his friends when he has
one on each side of him; and he is
among his friends when he is sur
rounded by several.
Ludicyous- Ridiculous.
Ludicrous conveys an idea of
sport or game. Ridiculous that
Of laughter. Ridiculous includes
an idea Of contempt, which ludi-
,rous does not convey. Persons
make themselves ridiculous when
hey do or say that which excites
our laughter, mixed with contempt.
The effected are ridiculous. The
Ludicrous are found in circum-
stances which excites laughter,
but which are not disparaging to
the person laughed at. A mon
keys tricks are lludicrous. The
ridiculous make us laugh, and at
The same time lowers our estima-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-02
Hunting Season.

Now that the hunting season is approch-
ingits close, there are many anxious ir-
vuiries for the specific terms Of the Geor-
sia laws applicable not only to the hunt
lng but also to fishing, as the hunting and
Ishing seasons are in many respects, en-
.irelv distinct and seperate.
The hunting season proper closes on
March TO- The time for killing villa
duck and woodcoek expired on Feb. and
The date for hunting deer passed with
Jan. I, but ii is still lawful to hunt quail
and will be until Malcn IS The hunting
of many other game birds. such as wild
Turkey, pheasant, snipe, dove, and the
like is also permitted until that date. The
time for catching fish in any Of the waters
OF the state except with hook and line, ex-
PRED on Feb. 1, and this prohibition ex-
tends to July I, though this prohibition
Goes not apply 10 shad until after the 18TH
of April, Those who enjoy fishing with
hook and line, however, may still do so 10
their hearts content.-Ex
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-02
The Great Georgia Collard.

A Dougherty county farmer has left at
The Herald office acolard whose tender
head contains a feast fit Tor king. 1t 10
a monster Of The vegetable family, IS per
feet in development an as heavy as lead,
The Georgia collard is as firmly en-
trenched in its claims TO fame as the Mis-
souri, mule, the Florida oraAge, or the
Kansas City hog, 1t spreads wide It's
broad leaves in front of the SWEETEST gro
Gerry stores in Georgia cities, and flourish
es in the garden Of The most obscure back
woods squalter. 1t is un6ainly aid with
out promise as a youngster, and as II rs
es by slow degrees on its unsightly stem
it Is suggestive of battered specimen OF
the milliner's art mounted on an ab@n-
doned flag staff.
But after the frosts of some weeks
of winter have thawed upon it and doz-
en- freezes have curled its crinkled petals,
it begins to gain in edible virtues what II
NAV have lacked in comeliress. The
breath of frosty mornings changes its
once uncompromising green toa tint like
that Of the smoky topaz, and the swelling
head which nestles close against the gaw-
ky stem is stroog and firm within the grasp
of inqnisitive fingers.
And along in February, VIXEN the gar
den and orchard are piuing for spring an"
ONLY the dollhouse is productive, the
homely ccllard comes into its own. 1t
bids long farewell to the stalk which has
nurtured it and goes forth
But we all know the rest-a big iron
kettle, strip of fragrant bacon, handful
ofred pepper pods, an appreciative inner
man, and
All h-h-h!-Albany Herald.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-02
Road Notice.

+ Office of Commissioners of Roads and
peverues, Lee County, Cat appearing
y y us that on the End day of January, 1894
~ them public road in the 1898 Militia
d. ttrict Of said county, being known as
"Sumterville road, was discontinued as
public road, and petition having been
presented and fled in this othce, signed
by residents and landowners living upon
and near said road, asking that the. same
be re-establised as public road OF said
county, to-Wlt:
"To commence where it turns to Bryan S
place to Leesburg road running thence by
Bob MAYS, and through part OF { ok &
Tylers place, a distance OF about mile
and half.
All persons interested are hereby notified
that if no good cause be shown 10 the con
trarv. and order will be passed by the IN
dersigned Commissioners on the first
Tuesday in April 1906, re-estabIishng
and debating said above described road
as a public road in and for said county OF
Lee, as provided by law
Witness our oficial signatures, his FeD
ruary 9th 1906.
B. l. McKenney, Commissioner
l.. P. Cooke, Commissioner,
w. c. Laramore, Commissioner
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-02
Earnest and Loyal Cooperation and Effort
Needed.


Atlanta, Ca, February 27-(Special. y
President M. L. Johnson, of the Georgia
division, Southern Cotton Association gave
out a strong statement today, showing
that all the association needs to whip the
fight tor IS cents cotton Is earnest and
loyal cooperation and effort.
President Johnson, said.
ITO Spot Cotton Holders and the Bust
ness Men Of the South: Don't let your
selves be confused or misled as to the Oh
1ects of the Southern Cotton Association.
We are not organized to conduct specu-
lative bull campaign nor to fgh. bear
Spectators. The association has nothing
to do with hot air contracts. We are or
gained for the purpose OF regulating the
supply of cotton 50 as to meet the legiti
mate demands to regulate the marketing
OF cotton throughout the year to the end
that living and profitable price may come
to the grower, thereby bringing 10 the
south her just returns of profit from this
great source of wealth
Hold your srot cotton. Market ma
nipulators are selling hundreds Of thous.
ands of bales Of futures, but this cannot
and will not effect. the value of your hold
ings.
"Cut your acreage. Practice a system
Of diversified farming and you will always
be able to hold your cotton without in
convenience. Thus you will attain fnan-
cial independence. your only defense
against speculation. Don't forget that the
market always looks weakest at the bo,-
tom.
ga Fall River dispatch says: SIN Il
sales only c. account of small stocks.
Good demand keeps mills sold out.
Cloths strong.
another dispatch says: 'Owirg to the
strength Of goods and The wide margin
above the cost Of raw cotton, the operative s
during the past week were paid 7 per
cent over the wage scale. Al same prnt.
cloths were aIvanced!B'
"nn Anders IL SC wire says: Nj.
oferin IS cents on Ma, for I, 900 bale 10 :
Local hoIdels refusing.
Sell them your spot ~tton now Tor IS
cents, if they will take it, but don't sell for
future delivery. We can whip the fight il
you will hold your spot cotton until they
are ready to give you IS cents fol it.
IN. L. J~HNSON,
president ga Div. 5. Z. a.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-02
NOTICE
SHERIFF'S SALE For Mar. 1906.

SHERIFF'S SALE For Mar. 1906.
Will be sold before the court house door Of said coun
ty, at Leesburg, the fst tuesday in March, 1906.
between the legal hours OF sale thefolowing described
property, to-wit
"A certain Twenty [zol acres of land lying in the
fourteenth district of said county OF Lee and being
part fot of nd No. lI9, known part of Minis land
said twenty acres of land lying in square shape and
being located in the southeast corner Of said
lot. Levied on as the property of D. w lison, uu-
der and by virtue of certain execution issued from
the j. P Court of the 9l5th District G. NJ of said
county, in favor of NJ Block & Co. VS.. D. w. Tison,
Agt-
Also certain Twenty (eo) acres of land lying in a
square shape and lying and being in the fourteenth
district Of said county Lee and being part of lot Of
and No. 1I9 said district, and beino known in the
settlement part Of the Nuns place. Said twenty
[1o acres adIo and lines Immediately west Of a
certain other twenty acres in square shape which
lies in the extreme southeast corner OF SAID lot
Levied on as the property OF d. W. Tison under
and BY vIrtu; of a execution issued from the
+. Court oil the 18th Dist. q. NJ. OF SAID county Of
Lee, IN favor Of Win.i- Johnson Co. vs.. d. w. Tson
Ag.--
ms the 3rst day OF nllaey, 1000
WP. Gill,
Dep Sheriff OF Lee County, Ca