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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25

The Confederate States Of Amer
lea viii pay to bearer. twenty dol
lars The Confederate States Of
America where are the Confed-
crate States of America? They
went to - long ago-just go
there and get your money"
The upshot was, the case was
thrown out and the prisoner re-
leased from custody. Then. the
benevolent lawyer brought suit
against the storekeeper for false
arrest and imprisonment (d'ye
mind that and number Of the
jurymen remembered winters,
when twas very, very expensive
to be alive, and brought in YER
dict, allowing damages in the sum
of one thousand dollars and the
last / saw of the maverick, he was
still milling ginger snaps.
GNoME.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25
Payable on Demand

holes in everything that wore fur
or feathers; killing colts which
looked like elk; slaughtering sheep
in the name of mountain goats,
etc. When you came in from the
railway you crossed ranges and
rivers and entered a long valley
named Egeria Park, in the course
of which was small settlement
comprising store, dance hall,
and postoffice for the benefit of
ranchers in the hills and hollows.
The store was the only one in an
area of twenty miles, and altho the
people made trips to outside
points, at.certain times, for wagon
loads of provisions, the ranges
during the long winter months
were impossible, and often tedi-
GUS season made them dependent
on the store for supplies, and here
is where the storekeeper got re.
venge. Having corner on every
thing, he boosted prices some
thing scandalous; necessities and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25
VnIue-W0x7h.

Value has an active; z00yzh, a
passive meaning. The quality
worth" is what a thing has in it.
self. Its "value" is determined
by what it does for you. The
worth of a thing depends on it's
real merit; it's value is determined
by the price it would fetch in an
open market. Worth is intrinsic;
value depends upon circumstances.
Worth is an essential, value an
accidental property. That which
is really of little worth may be of
great value in consequence Of it's
scarcity. or the great demand for
it. Worth is permanent; value is
changeable. The worth of pic
ture is always the same; it's value
varies with the taste of the pur-
chasers, scarcity of the pictures by
the same master, etc.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25

nOUTT County, situated in
the northwestern corner of
Colorado, was n grand, it
somewhat primitive, domain.
It had raw material in it, and on
it, enough to make state-had it
been back New England way
and could have sported a couple
of senators and brood of trusts,
in modern style. Being too far
west, however, it was peopled
with cowpunchers, prospectors,
and settlers, mainly, by way of
humans as the fellow says, and
q glorious menagerie of wild ami
mals.
The country, being far from the
railroad, was left to it's peaceful
ways except in the fell of the year
when an army of tourists and
hunters, from Denver and the
East, would invade it. Then the
settlers would stay pretty close by
their homes, while the tender
feet" tore up the woods; shooting
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25
Synonyms Their Use.
Taken from q. F. Graham's book on
English Synonyms"
PTetence-PIe1ext.

Both pretences and pretexts de-
ceives us; the former, as to facts;
the latter, as to consequences. A
bvgtext conceals the motive, PRE-
tence conceals the purpose of an
action. When we say, "Justice
has been often used as a pretext
for murder we mean that justice
has often been put forward falsely
as motive for taking away life;
the real motive being concealed.
When we say, "The man obtained
money under false pretence, we
mean that he deceived others in
respect of the purpose for which
they gave him the money. The
pretext covers the thing done; the
pretence covers the thing to be
done. Hence the distinction is
as active and passive.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25
Rashuess- Temesaty.

7en1erzty expresses a certain pas
sive state or quality of mans
mind. RasAness is it's correspond
ing active quality. Temerity re-
fers to the disposition; rashness.
to the act. We discover temerity in
our resolutions, conclusions, etc.;
rashness, in the common actions
of life. We may possess, but we
do not exercise, temerity. Our
rashness appears in what we do;
our temerity is the principle of
our rashness. "A man of temef-
ity," not man of rashness. "a
rash act" not q generations act.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25
Muldoon on MollyCOddles.

rud lies in it's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
omy, fer it's versatility in adaptin'
itsilf to circumstances is as plastic
as a wad of Nora Kelley's gum.
interchangeable as collapsin' til
lyscope it supersedes Esperanto be
siven degrays an is considered
good grammer, whittier ye use it
as a noun, verb or projictile in
transit.
Ye can name the babby, the cat
or christian the brindle cow wild
out ixcadin' it's possibilities or
avyen lnfringin' on the moorals
av the community. Yit wild all
it's superhuman intelligence, wild
the power av the throne behind it.,
it has failed to illuminate the
minds av amy wan kept me half
crazed Pensioners av the twinty-
eighth an in passin' thru the cor
pus callosum av thin, the foor
silly bles broke half in two LAWN
an inchantmint that djsfgures fer
kapes.
Moo York brainstoorms are mild
in comparison wild the anarchlstic
tindencies av this INTELLECTUAL
wicker av intillicts whom fate,
absintmindedly, anchored in the
noble lnvirons av clane locality.
Like it's unhilthy contemporary
the "Joongle''' it failed to rivyloo-
tionize the literary wurruld an in
thryin' to hide it's shame it is SLOW
ly but shurely disintygratin' itsilf
amoong innocint tax payers.
Up to this time no fatal fenaw-
lies how been recorded but, &C.
c,ordin' to an ixpirt ale-yinist,
those inocculated wild the germ
may at amy momint commince to
aim at haloocinations an hit some
wan ilse. The Melamphy's chris.
tianed the thriplits Coddle, Molly
an Mollycoddle respectfully, an
thin had the litter photographed
in nine galleries an thirty-siven
attytoods. Av coorse, Tiddy's
choice will be optional.
On the other side av the fnce
Napoleon Grogan scandalized the
nayboorhood be namin' his goat
an bantom rooster wild the same
cognomen which, simultaneously,
raised the price an incraysed the
sale av windypanes in the surround
in droog stores. In the name
time precinct Captain O'Malley is
kipt busy wearin' out the cherry
it's av pace. Shure, if it kapes on
I'll be complied to ligislate in a
shurt av mail, fer it waz only yis-
terday that Clancy the ice man
lost foor taythe be impaichin' on
the verassyty av Casey the gas
mans diffynition av the wurrud.
liz like the idytoor said: Whin
republicans christian their brats
an dimycrats their dawgs simylar-
lily the confusion av idintities re-
sultin' therefrom will incrayse the
vanity av the popylists an make
prisydintial baby talk unpopular.
E. E. II.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25
PyUbosAI-Px0b0satt0n.


The distinction is here again as
active and passive. A Proposition
is something submitted to our
consideration. Propositions are
acceded to or rejected; proposals
are accepted to or refused. A pro-
posal. when accepted, is followed
by an act on the part of the pro-
poser; a proposition, when acceded
to, is followed by an act on thepart
of those to whom it is submitted.
If you propose to your friend that
he shall accept you as partner,
you make him a proposition: if
you propose to your friend to take
him into partnership with your
self, you make him proposal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25

Ell pdyIlOu Nv y" lnty- AoOi
hours. raycintly the American
aygle flew around a, yawnin'
chasm av perdition, an aich
time he made the circuit only an
infntissymal fraction, av frog hair
dimiosion, SEPARATED him from
complate parylization. Wild the
ixciption av an ostermoor cash
register, owned be the popylist
party in Kansas, the twinty-eight
ward annymometer waz the only
seismograph to polarize the i'm
pindin' disaster, but now as the
danger has all passed I'll tell yez
about it.
Ye see, the prisydint hovin'
failed to, SUCCESSFULLY, carry out
amy av his transcindintal projects
ESPECIALLY simplifed spillin'-
concavyed grande passion to in
crayse the voltage av our, alriddy
prolific, vocabulary wild the result
that he irrigated nineteen raymes
av paper wild wan quart av ink an
broke as nanny pins as Alfrid
Hinnery Austin whin he writes an
ode. Yis, but that's not the worst
av it, fer afther workin' all day an
all night an gittln' homesick fer
laygal advice from Fairbanks. he
ishooed foorth as full av milan
choly as his fonitic invintion is av
nonsinse.
Av coorse it must hov been
strinuous job considerin' the
weight av the wurrud, an the
time an inergy ixpinded not to
mintion the inhuman sacrefce av
innocint pins an paper. Still,
from a scientific point av view the
effict is not soofishint unto the
cause thereof, because bein' man.
nyfactured on the q T it compro-
mized the prerogative av eighty
million payple longer than the
average dimycrat wud take back
talk from his corrilative opposite.
While livery paper in the uni
verse committed on the phaynom-
enon, idytooryally none av thin
attimpted to Chocolate the cratic
characteristics av the haste, an I
don't blame thin, fer betwane
mollycoddles an hard boiled brick
bats the latter digists the aisyist
If not aisyer. Acquainted as 1
am wild the mintal Irregularities
Az min [ hov niver. been able to
annyliyze how wan fales whin he
plans on a large scale an matay-
rlallZes In nutshlll.
It must be humiliatin' to say
the Taste. As a gineral thing the
idiosyncracies ay monark are
immortalized befoor they are dhry,
but in this case there is a sad de-
fshincy some place, fer av the
ninety million voters only six are
cognizant av the corrict diffyni-
ton av mollycoddle. Thin six,
as far as [ how ascertained, COM
prize Tiddy, Bill Taft, Fairbanks,
Harryman, Jack O'Brien an me-
silf. The main value av the wur-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25
fornia peaches, and gravely passed

fornia peaches, and gravely passed
over the aforesaid twenty. The
clerk gave him the goods, took a
birdseye view Of the bill and then
counted out nineteen dollars and
fifty cents. The young fnancier
was rather taken aback at this,
but to make the joke q good one,
he gathered everything up and re-
treated, followed by his retinue.
+, OF course, this started as joke,
but it ended like a whole lot of
antics that grown-ups (you may
know have started.
Well, there is no need of giving
recital of all that happened dur
ing the next few days. The store
keeper was gone a week and the
first thing he did on returning,
was to take a large bunch of bills
and remit to jobbers in Denver, Of
whom he had purchased goods.
In the. course of another week he
received a sarcastic letter (enclos-
ing the dishonored billy asking
him eff he was hard up, or. didn't
he know the war was over"
Then there were 'doings." The
clerk, on being questioned, remem-
bered we'll where the bill came
from, and the first act was to round
up the maverick and stand him on
his head-but it was rather late,
all that rolled out was puny COL
lection of thin, pale dimes. To
add insult, the people generally
looked at the funny side of it, and
refused to regard it seriously; CIV
ing the Britisher the merry ha,
ha, at which be got more incensed
and finally had the boy arrested.
This looked serious enough, and
some of the ranchers, rather than
see the little maverick get too
much grief, offered to refund the
money and square the mess up.
The storekeeper, while liking
money, was as bullheaded as his
breed usually are, and seeing his
unpopularity in the background,
got vindictive and refused the Of
fer, and the arrest stood.
Now, this county had no jails.
There were plenty of trees grow
ing, and the stage drivers were
fond of pointing out to travellers
those that had borne weired fruit.
Horse thieves, cattle rustlers, and
roadhouse keepers of criminal
bent, had rope-jigged their way
out of life all along the trails
but there was no Jail. The diff
GUILTY was surmounted in this case,
however, by putting big rancher
under bond as surety of the
prisoners appearance, and. allow
ing fees as custodian while await
ing the term of court.
To court, the walking Jail with
it's impish prisoner duly came, and
excited quite an interest. Crimi-
nal cases we're very rare, such be-
ing usually settled off-hand, and
the business of the court, mainly,
the settling of disputes over land
and water claims. There were
several lawyers from outside points
of the world there, and one jovial
genius took a fancy to the MAYER
lex, who was as careless and gay
as the burros he had left behind,
and volunteered to represent him.
The bold Briton was there, of
course, to see justice done his
puny prey; and he had not long to
wait.
A genial writer of Western life
(Alfred Henry Lewis) says: 'sThe
difference between the East and
IL W.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25

knickknacks alike, acted pppisb,
as if there was war somewhere,
and it would even. cost twice as
much to feel good by wayof lemon
extract or painkiller. Add to- this
that the storekeeper was an out
and-out Englishman, just using
his American citizenship as an
alias, and you may believe he was
the most unpopular man in the
community, but at the same time a
convenience.
Now, in this little world were
three outcasts who could prove
title to nobody nor anything.
The wild tribes had right of in
heritan.ce; the stockmen were per-
! fecting homestead rights, but these
three were discards. Two of them
we're burros that had been turned
adrift or eloped from some pros
pector, and. they were carefree and
happy as two 18-k tramps. They
possessed no value whatever, as
they were of no use to anyone.
The country was teeming with
horses and cattle running wild;
sometimes a stockman with five
hundred head of cattle would get
along without milk or butter en-.
tirely, rather than go to the trou-
BILE of breaking COW to milk.
So you need not wonder at those
two long cared canary birds stay
ing there, making sport of the
other genteel animals, kicking
each other in the stats from pure
joy, and behaving as if the Ark
had landed there.
The other maverick was boy
about twelve years of age, and he
was the pest and problem of the
whole valley. He had been i'm
ported by settler who had been
out to Leadsville, and picked him
up while drinking, or when he
was feeling like Christian. For
some time the grandeur of the
country and the goodness of the
people squelched the young vaga-
bond, and he was a tame, little beast
that could be handled; but pres
emily the novelty wore off and the
nomadic instinct of the kid came
to a focus and in due time the two
burros and himself were the only
ones on really friendly terms.
Not that he was vicious or did
anything disreputable, but he was
such an incorrigible little runt,
that, while he was welcome to
stop most anywhere-like stray
dog or cat-no one cared to have
the dubious honor of owning him
and disgracing their brand. So
he ramb]ed here and there like a
bunch of quicksilver, bright and
always on the shift.
In browsing around the MAYER
lex got hold of twenty dollar
confederate bill, which of course,
was simply a relic. At the begin
ming of the war the confederacy
was the child of high hopes and
bright promise, and their none
tary pledges we're artistic and re-
liable looking, but later on their
money got to be quite joke and
the bills began to have a trampi-
fed appearance. This one, which
the lad had, was qdite respectable,
and it happened about this time
that the proprietor of the store
went on business trip to Denver,
leaving his wife and brother-in-
law to run things in his absence.
It occurred to the maverick that
it would be good joke to sell the
green Englishman. The pilgrim,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25

1hA NOAuhoCOAON w AOEAOoNho AAAA'
The bold Briton was there, of
course, to see justice done his
puny prey; and he had not long to
wait.
A genial writer of Western life
(Alfred Henry Lewis) says: "The
difference between the East and
the West is, the West shoots off
hand and the East uses rest. !"
This case was an exemplar. At
ter the usual preliminaries we're
gone thru, the mavericks cham
pion arose and addressed the court
"a venerable old gentleman.
"Your honor, I request | de-
mand-that this case be dismissed.
This indictment charges the pris-
oner with passing counterfeit
money-and what is the evidence
supporting? Here, we have this
bill, and what does it signify ?
This is not, never was, counterfeit.
This token was issued by q gov
eminent, once palpable and power
full. What does it say, here?
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17

w n Hawks. Of Atlanta, Is spend
ing few days in t0e city
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17
SHIP notice.

Neither the master, owners nor
cousignees Of tae steamship Flora
will be responsible for any debts con
tracted y crew OF said steamship
Due Master
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17
At THE GRAND
: "A ++*+ = *+++* - :
THIs WEEK ATTRAcTIoN.
Monday Night-The Lyman Twins.
Wednesday Night-our New Minis.
The Lyman Twins.

ter.
The Lyman Twins.
The most enjoyable performance o.
the season will be seen at the Grand
Monday night in theaansearance of
the Lyman twin brothers. the fam
our comedians ana a large company
in their new elaborate musical comedy
the Rustlers
The superb production surpasses all
others in which these clever young
comedians have yet appeared, being
supported by some of the cleverest
comedy entertainers today before the
public
The production is reySAti6n in
beautiful scenery, pretty costumes, a
dainty chorus, sweet music, clever
dancing and a wonderful display OF ell
ectrical effects This is said to be
/ the finest musical COMEDY product
ion now before the public
Our New Minister.
Return Of Our New Minister
A thousand plays have lived and
died since Denman Thompson and
I Geo. w. Ryer wrQt% Our Nav
Minister, the very droll comedy of a
life at Hardcastle. n II Two thous-
and plays have lived and died since
the same pair wrote The Old Home
stead The Old Homestead is in it's
twenty-first year Our New Minis
ter is in its sixth There are les
sons for the theater-goer AMI for
the playwright in these facts, and it
only needs a look al the current pas
sing play and then at Our New Min
lister to CLEAN them 1t will be here
on Wednesday at the Grand Opera
d0use
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17

ing Every steamer ard railroad
3rings new goods Sig Levisen
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17

Three small horses close in renting
for s1S per month For sale cheap.
Brobston, Fendig g. Co.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17

Every late wrinkle nj styls, but
not wr.nkle 10 the 1T OF the shoes
from peor50C's.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17
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J, B. Abrams is in Savannah.


J, b. Abrams is in Savannah
w, H.>Dyer. of Bainbridge. is here
for a few days.
w. H. Kent. of Savannah. was a
visitor here yesterday
Cullen Bloodworth has returned
from Wilmington. N. c.
c. c. CalT left last night on a
business trip to New York
Mike brown left last night to
spend some time in New York.
y T A Gull, of valdosta was in the
~ yesterday
c. w Lewis OF Atlanta. was a Wis
itor to the city Yesterday.
James W. Lee, Of Birmingham, is
IL the city for a few days
w n Hawks. Of Atlanta, Is spend
ing a few days in toe city
b Y Wallace. Of Triton was
among The visitors to the city yes
terday
j. a. Montgomery, of WaycesyHle.
IS spending fewesdays in the city.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17

p c. Boyleston division passon-
ger agent of the Atlantic Coast Line.
with headquarters in Jacksonville.
was registered p the Oglethorpe yes.
terday
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17

Paul H. CarA III, OF Najaosta, has
accepted a poEtion at Morgan j ng
store
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17

r. l. Williams has returned from
Mobile where he has been for some
time
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17

Judge Boiling Whitfield left yes
terday on a business trip TO Jack
sonyile
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17

J. A. Montgomery, of Waycesynle.
IS spending a fewssdays in the city.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-03-17

B. Y Wallace. Of Triton, was
among the visitors TO the city yes
terday
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-04
MATTER Being ARBITRATED
War Between Honduras and Nicar-
aqua Averted After Clash
on the Frontier.

Managua, Nicaragua. Feb. 3.-DWing
the month Of December a number of
HOnduran malcontents organized them
selves into a band in the interior of
the country and. after securing arms.
marched toward the frontier of Nicara-
qua. Hearing OF this movement the
Honduran government sent a body of
troops in pursuit of the revOlutionists.
When the latter were informed that
government troops were on their track
they crossed the frontier and took ref
uge in Nicaraguan territory. some of
them even penetrating as far as Mana
qua.
was then sent out TO patrol the Hon
duran frontier in order TO prevent fur
Their incursions. This body of troops
was attacked on Nicaraguan territory
by a strong force of Honduran- soldiers.
The Nicaraguaas were worsted.
MANY OF them were killed i'm the fight
ing. and 1t is said that the Hondurans
shot some of the Nicaraguan soldiers
who surrendered. The Hondurans then
went furthe.' into Nicaraguan territory.
burning and destroying property and
committing robberies.
President Zelaya of Nicaragua en-
tered an energetic protest regarding the
action of this body of Honduran SOL
diers. and demanded indemnity from
Honduras. To this President BoniIla
of Honduras replied by Offering TO ar
bitrate fecrnatter This proposal was
accepted by President Zelaya, who sent
a representative TO Salvador. where
court Of arbitration is now in session to
conduct negotiations on this basis.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-04
BABY WASTED To
MERE SKELETON
In TORRENTS a Year and a Half with
Terrible Sores on Face and Body
Hands Tied to Stop Scratching
and Tearing at Flesh But
CURE BY CUTICURA
COMPLETE AND SPEEDY

"My little son, when about a year
and a half old began to have sores
come out on his face. ] had a ply
sician treat him, but the sores grew worse.
Then they began to come on mis- arms,
then on other parts Of his body, and
then one came on his chest, worse than
the Others. Then called another physi-
clan. Still be grew worse. At the end
of about a year and q half of suffering
he grew so bad | had to tie his hands
Ia cloths at night TO keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the
flesh. He got to be mere skeleton,
and was hardly able to walk. My
aunt advised me TO try Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. So great was her faith
in it that she gave me a small piece of
Cuticura Soap TO try and q little
Cuticura Ointment. l took it home
without any faith, but to please her I
tried it, and it seemed 20 dry UP the
sores g little. sent to the drug store
and got 6 cake OF Cuticura Soap and
box OF Cuticura Ointment and followed
the directions, and at the end of about
two months the sores were all well. He
has never had any sores Of any kind
since. He is now strong and healthy,
and / can sincerely say that only for
YOUR most wonderful remedies my pre-
cious child would have died from those
terrible sores. j used only one cake of
Soap and about three boxes Of Ointment.
Mrs. Egbert Sheldon, r.. F.. D., No. 1,
Woodville, Conn. April D, 1905"