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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07

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make iddle-cIass novel present
able.
This suggests another evident
fact, that no novelist ever described
life rs it is. The mrlch-vaunted
realism of Balzac. or of Hardy, de-
soribes not the real but the dra-
matte. Life itself is not dramatic
as rule; many lives stretch out
their course without single dra-
matte moment; in others, the only
foundation for novel would be
days adventure, an hours intro
spection or even single word or
gesture. The historical novel,
even when wrought with the skill
of Thackeray in Esmond" or the
close attention to detail of Win
ston Churchill, can make no pre-
tention to even approximate realism
for the simple reason that the
point of view of mankind even if
ty years back is inconceivable. It
Is comparatively an easy matter to
reconstruct the outward circum-
stances of man at any recorded
epoch but an impossibility to con-
ceive his mental and spiritual
attributes.
It is possible that herein lies the
real reason why the novelist of
contemporary life can hope for lit
tie general or critical appreciation.
unless he confines himself to the
unusual. At any rate, all the nov
elists who are regarded as worth
reading are describing scenes and
characters entirely remote from
ordinary experience. Robert
Flickers, for instance, writes of the
desert, James B. Connolly of the
sea, Edith Wharton and Mrs.
Humphrey Ward of high society,
Gertrude Atherton of official life
and SO on. By extending the list,
it would be possible to demonstrate
that realism, or any attempt at it,
is extinct and it might even be
proved that it has never existed.
But if the novel cannot reflect
real life and remain interesting,
what is its value in the world and
what should constitute a perfect
novel? 1t is certain that the per-
feet novel should be perfectly writ
ten in q style, clear and terse
being bold. Its canvas
should not be over crowded, neither
should it be painted in colors too
glaring nor too somber. The au-
thor should bear in mind that his
main purpose is to tell story and
should thus lose himself neither
IN incidental depression, as was the
fault of many of the greatest nov
slists Of bygone days, nor in min
ate analysis of character, as is the
defect of present-day writer's fol
owing Incredibly. The novel
reated in this manner would fulfil
is purpose-in the world, which
s, not to appeal to mans spirit
lal or artistic nature alone, but to
arve as substitute for the fairy
ale of youth and to approximate
n prose the mission of poetry to
mankind. ANGLICUs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07

see tnat Things 90 not Work out II
life as "Old Slenth" paints them
any girl can see for herself that il
is possible to be beautiful and viz.
tuons without being either happy
or prosperous.
| Consider for moment the point
of view of the person who regards
literature as something too holy fol-
mankind to desecrate in this man.
ner. There are many of these per-
sons. Some of them gather in
Chautauqua circles and combine
religious and literary worship,
others eschew religion, grow their
hair long, develop literary fads and
talk of 'art for arts sake" In
these widely different classes, you
will observe that the cart for NOR
ality's sake" kind is as ready to
praise writer who is convention.
ally, inartisticalIy moral as the
Bohemian class is to defy writer
who is outrageously, inartistically
immoral. But both kinds unite
in heaping scorn on the novelist,
who makes no appeal to them at
the present time. Indeed, even in
the face of the appreciation of
Fielding and Richardson by the
society of their time, the Walter
Scott craze and the Charles Dick
ems enthusiasm, it may be doubted
whether the novelist has ever made
his most intimate appeal to per-
sons of this excessive culture, If
culture can be excessive.
But the ever growing popularity
of the novel demonstrates that it is
reaching out and interesting Sec
tons of humanity who formerly
disregarded it as a waste Of time.
Take such book as ''The Jungle"
for instance, which was novel in
form, at any rate. Everybody read
it for the same reason that every
body reads the newspapers. Rus
kin would undoubtedly have called
"The- Jungle" a work of art, but in
reality it was newspaper novel
ICED, if it be possible to imagine a
newspaper with absolute fearless
ness. Or consider ssThe Turn of
The Balance by Brand Whitlock,
which it has lately been my good
fortune to read. Here you have a |
fierce indictment of the judicial
system, not compressed into the
:orm of pamphlet, but expanded
nto five hundred pages, mingled
With much that is irrelevant and
.omantic and, as finishing stroke,
ollowing the exact lines of the
owe stories which were developed
wo hundred years ago. 1t is evil
lent that the work in this form
ar more gains in circulation what
t loses in direction, as there is still
large class of readers which is
to read anything costing
dollar and fifty cents and pub
ished as novel.
But these are exceptions and
re hardly to be classed as novels.
he typical novel may perhaps be
aid to be that one which first ap-
ears as b serial in a magazine, for
; is evident that it is from this
ype that the best seller is evolved.
luch abuse is heaped on these
est sellers. but it is as logical to
~ that the book which sells best
, inartistic as that the book which
oes not sell at all must be an ar
site triumph. It will be observed !
nat the great majority of these
ooks deal with life in what we
re prone to call the upper class t
ut should term the luckier GLASS.
here is an evident psychological
,ason for this in the fact that l
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
! OT many years ago while en-
route to China, / had an op-
portunity of seeing a Span

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D0n0nt or those VINO nave never
witnessed an exhibition of the
national sport of the Spanish |
will explain to the best of my abil-
ity, as perhaps some of you are la
boring under the same mistake as
I did before my trip to FL Paso,
Texas. Up to that time whenever
I heard of bullfght | supposed
that an encounter of two COWS was
the answer, much in the same way
as can recall back in the good
old days on my grandfather's farm
when, as boy, [ pulled the sta
pies from Jimmie Hopper's fence
leaving the wire down, and then
from nearby cottonwood tree
watching the battle between grand
dads old red Durham and the
Hopper Galloway. They fought
the fight of their lives and | never
enjoyed myself more than l did
while the battle lasted, and would
perhaps enjoyed it more if grand
dads bull had not met defeat and
decamped, leaving the Hopper
bull in complete possession of the
field.
Arriving in Ell Paso, Texas,
about seven on Saturday evening
in April, having been on the train
twenty-six hours, l decided to lay
over Sunday and see the sights.
At the St. Regis hotel l asked the
clerk what there was to see. He
informed me that there would be
a bullfght in Juarez next day, so
made up my mind to see it. The
main plaza of Cindad Juarez, Mex
leo, is thirty minutes street car
ride from the St. Regis hotel of
Ell Paso, Texas. The electric cars
connecting FL Paso and Juarez,
going into Mexico, cross what Is
known as the Mexican bridge
spanning The Rio Grande River,
and when the car arrives on the
Mexican side it is boarded by the
Mexican custom officials who 90
thru the Car to see that you are
taking nothing that is dutiable in
to Mexico without paying duty.
Coming back into Ell Paso one
will cross the American bridge and
q. S. custom officers search the
cars. 1 stepped from the street
car in Juarez about two p. m. on
Sunday, and upon learning that
the bullfght would not start un-
til near four p. m. and that cock
fight was in progress, [ decided TO
see the latter. The Mexicans do {
not use the same kind of gaffs as
the Americans, but use a gaff cres-
cent shaped with the edge as sharp ,
as razor. A bird is seldom good
for more than one fight as they
are, as a general thing, cut to
pieces in the first encounter. lii
saw several birds pitted, and in {
the last pitting both birds were /,
killed. Both fell at the same time,
but one of them raised his head {
and then died. As the other one
did not move he was declared the
winner by the judge, and upon in {
quiry I learned that the bird that 1
held his head up last was by the t
Mexican rules the victor if both e
birds died as in this case. I
After seeing the cockf1ghts I
went to the arena where the bull G
fight was to take place, and hav- +
ing been coached by the hotel d
clerk, I asked for a 500 seat, f
which are just the same as those
for $1.25. The arena is a large Il
seating about 5000 i
people and Is circular in form. k
The bullring in the center is about q
LIS feet in diameter, surrounded t
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-11-07
The National Sport Of Spain.

Ills AOIu5 StIl1il0I ClIClc duu II
for the protection of onlookers, al
the bulls often leap from the bull.
ring during bnll6ght.
The president of the bullfght is
man appointed by the Mexican
government, and he has the power
to fine or commit bullfighter to
prison for bad work. On the pre-
ceding Sunday buffalo fight was
to have taken place, but the buffalo
would not fight and the managers
of the undertaking we're fined
$4,000 and had to return the ad-
mission money. At 4 p. m. the
president has a bugle call sounded
and the gates of the bullring are
swung open. The bull6ghters
come marching in. A horseman
rides in front followed by the mat
adors, banderilleros, picadors, and
a team and driver in the order
named. The company marches up
to the presidents stand and the
horseman formally asks permission
to have the fight. After receiving
permission, with the man and team
he leaves the bullring again, the
bugle sounds this time for the bull,
and as the animal comes thru the
gates a man sticks knife deco
rated with ribbon in his withers.
The bulIfighters are dressed In
bright colored, Louis ". costumes.
The matadors and banderilleros
wearing gray capes lined with a
reddish colored cloth. With these
oapes they move the bull to the
position they want him by waving
them in his face End then running
way they want the bull
to go. The picadors have the
first turn. "a picador is a man
On horseback and he carries a pike
pole nine feet in length with a
steel point. His feet and legs are
covered with iron boots or shields,
and when the bull charges the
horse he holds the pikepole SO
hat it sticks the bull on the shout
ler.) The banderilleros move the
pull towards the picadors and then
vhisk their capes out of the way |
md the bull charges the picador.
The man is seldom if ever injured,
,ut the horses are often killed;
i've we're killed the day l was there.
again the bugle sounds and the
'icadors leave the ring. Now it
3 the banderiIlero's turn. "A ban
erillero is a man who places the
A banderilla is a stick
rom two to two and one. half feet
n length covered with vari-col-
red paper with an iron hook one
alf inch in length in the end. i
he bull is brought into the Gen.
Or of the ring and the man takes
is place about forty feet in front
him, moving slowly towards the
ull with arms extended, bande-
lila in each hand. As the bull ,
harges, he moves suddenly for
ard and to one side, and as the
ull passes him he hooks the ban
erillas one in each shoulder.
hen another banderillero repeats
le same performance. The BAN f
erillas seem to madden bull and
lake HIM more furious. After
le banderillas are placed the bu-
le sounds again, this time for the
who is to kill the bull.
he matador is the star of the
he kills the bull and di- I
'cts the banderilleros and plea
ors and in a way is responsible t
n their safety. Il
When the bugle sounds for the ],
he comes before the pres t
lent's box and takes an oath to g
IL L
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07
SECTION XXVI.

No part of the contents of or sub stance from any sink, privy, or cess pool nor any manure or other offensive substance shall be by any person de- posted or allowed to run or drop into
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07
TERRITORY. OF ARIZONA,

tOuhly Ol Olld.-sS.
 l, E. T. Stewart, County Recorder in and for the County of Gila, Territory of Arizona, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing contain and con stitute full, true and correct copy of The Articles of Incorporation of the Calumet & Globe Development Com pany" as the same appears of record in my office in Book l Corporations at page 40; that l have compared the same with the original record, and that the same is a true transcript and of the whole thereof.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this 23rd day of February, A. D. 1907. E. T. STEWART, (Seal)
 County Recorder, Gila County, A. T By l.. M. Brookner, Deputy Recorder. l27
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07
SECTION XIV.

Any person violating any of the pro visions of this ordinance for which an other penalty is not provided, shall be guilty of misdemeanor and upon con viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not more than three hundred dol lars and stand committed to the jail or calaboose of the City until the pay ment of such fine or shall be confined at hard labor upon the streets or public works of the City for period not ex ceeding three months.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07

Evar.. ri ip-N Al.
 in. v.a S water closet, urinal, sink, ba- et of a uay, bath and every tub or bust ,'O> and hydrant waste pipe lapDs5 separately and effectively Iear ,b, SII traps must be placed as b casa .i pAlares as practicable and in ' o,be, ,''Il waste from the bath tub late, a, fixtures be connected with the
 The , SECTION XII.
 g in ,bo gas,C C., or soil pipe in every build fed bv ,''y of Globe shall be venti- bother tA''nding same by means of
 an tvo ppe to a height of not less
 g. ''e' above roof of the build
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07
SECTION XLvI.

The Board of Health established by this Ordinance shall be under the su- perintending control of the Territorial Board of Health.
 SECTION XLVII.
 This Ordinance shall be in force from and after the first day of March, 1907. Passed and adopted the 2lst day of February, 1907.
 Approved: w. s. SULTAN, (SeaD Mayor. Attest: F. J. Elliott, Clerk. 129
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07

ARTICLE VIII. The highest amount of indebtedness that this corporation shall subject itself to any one time, shall not exceed One hundred and fifty thousand (15O,OOO) dollars.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07

STATE OF MICHIGAN,
 County of Houghton.-ss.
 Before me, John R. Coppo, Notary Public in and for said County and State on this day personally appeared James T. Fisher, Frank s. Carlton and Albert F.. Petermann, known to me to be the persons who subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of O. fee this Sixteenth day of January, A. D. 1907. JOHN B. COPPO, Notary Public in and for Houghton
 County, Michigan.
 (John B. Coppo Notary Public Tough
 ton County Michigan)
 My commission expires September 29, 1909.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07

An ''A4Nl HUN A,
 ,ns, muse drains, waste, soil and vent ine, b, a'P' and water pipes shall at all h,, kept m good order and repair le,sf, "0 gases or odors shall escape 'o' leak ' that the same shaii
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07

In Witness Whereof, We have here unto set our hands and seals this Six teenth day of January, A. D. 1907. JAMES T. FISHER (Seal) FRANK $. CARLTON (SeaD ALBERT E. PETERMANN (Seal) In the presence of
 John Vertin
 John P. Petermann
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07
SECTION XXXIX.

When any person may be discovered sick of any infectious disease under such circumstances that the continua- tion of such sick person in the place where he or she may be, is dangerous to the lives of other persons residing in the neighborhood, the health officer may cause the removal of such sick per son to pest house or hospital desig- mated or established by the Board of Health
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07
SECTION XLl.

No person shall within this city, with out a permit from the Board of Health, carry, remove or cause to permit to be carried or removed, any person sick with any infectious disease from any building to any other building or to or from any vehicle in any part of the C;fy
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-07
SECTION XLI.

Adequate disinfection or cleansing or renovating of premises, furniture or be longings deemed by the Board of Health to be infected by contagious or com municable diseases, shall immediately follow the recovery, death or removal of the person suffering from such dis ease and such disinfection, cleansing or renovating shall be performed by the owner or occupant of said premises when ordered by the Board of Health in such manner as the Board may indi- cate
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-25
Hlabaria Polytechnic Institute Oldest Technical Institution in the South
 cHAS. C. TEACH, M A, L. D, President

Session begins Wednesday, Sept 4th, 1907. Location 825 feet above seaeve Twenty-Five Professors and twen tsx Instructors Attendance 600 representing 3 states and foreign countries
 NINE DEGREE COURSES.
 Fnoneer;ne: L Civil Engineering IT. Electrical En- gineerng Ift Mechanical Engineering ". Mining En- gineerng " Architecture 15 professors and instruc, tors Handsome new Engineering Hall just completed and fully equipped Extensive shops and laboratories full equipment Students in leading professional positions hroughout the South Special attention to work in Min ing Engineering and Architecture.
 VT Agriculture, Entomology and Horticulture. IA professors and instructors VII Chemistry and Metalr gy VIII Pharmacy. Every facility in Chemistry Large chemical staff Extensive work in pharmaceutical chem istry assayng etc.
 TX. Latn-Science Course. professors and instruc- tors
 AUBURN, ALA.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-25
A Shooting Scrape.


 Friday morning, at Inverness a oiI- ficulty occurred in which MT. w. '. Sellers and son W. l.. Sellers, were sllghtlv wounded with bird shot from a gun in the hands of negro, named Tack Thompson. Thompson was In turn shot by them and is in very critical condition.
 The trouble grew out of the negro moving off of a place belonging 10 Mir Sellers.
 reached home from Opelika.
 The public school here will open septennber 9th with the following teachers in charge: Miss Dupree, of Ozark, Miss Harris, of Selma, Miss Prescott. Of Wetumpka, Miss Somer- vile. of Tuscaloosa Miss Mason, Of Livingston, Miss Pearson of La Fayette' Ala. Miss Milner, of F10rence. MISS Peach, of Clayton, Professor Clarke, or Hamilton.
 Miss Sadie Abernathy. of Pulaski, Tenn, will have charge of the music department
 MT. Bob Martin. of Clayton. has ac- cepted a position her with Ravenscroft Drug Company. Miss Dixie Grady. gave very beauti- full six o'clock dinner Thursday even- ing to a few friends.
 Little Margurite Bowman will cele- brate her seventh anniversary this afternoon with beautiful party at the home of her parents, pr. and Mrs, J. L. Bowman.
 Miss Wilkie Watson, who for some time has been stenographer for F. L. Blue has gone to Geneva for a visit and later will accept position in Mont gomery.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-25
NEWS OF UNION SPRINGS.
First Bale of Cotton sold at Public Auc-

Union sprinss. Aug, 24-(speciaD- The first bale of new cotton was brought in yesterday, by Mir. Guy A. Ratch from the Moultfie place. It weighed 330 pounds and was sold 10 the highest bidder, Rainer and Biue' for seventeen cents.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-25
Seven Good Reasons

The University Alabama offers hundreds of why it is place young of Alabama be educated Seven the best of these
 The University the head system.
 University Alabama has been recognized by the great $5000 appropriated for the University
 graduates the University of Alabama have taken nent stand the world in all fields of endeavor.
 Young of Alabama going the University the who destined make the history for the state of Alabama for next 30 40 years
 people of Tuscaloosa offering and opporun students the University employment and help work their way through college
 The big industrial of Birmingham have agreed the engineering department the University during months The work done in the plants credited to them their college work
 The University is training young and young teachers There big demand for university trained teachers throughout the state.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-25
rn,Ien.r snccersfuIIy Treated.

FsplIepsy SuccessfuIIy Irehted.
 At the lenwood Sanitartum: Danville N. Y, high-grade private institution exclusively for the better class or epl ienfic natients. Terms moderate. Book let gratis. adV-su-tu'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-25
LAWS SUSPENDED
sunGr ALsTON CHANGES. GRAND
 JURY.
s.x. ssNe One VIII Doubt For . Mo .,enfr the Jurisdiction of Judge
 Jones in Railroad
 Litigation.

hamilton. Aug. 24-(Special)-In dis cussing the railroad situation In A'a- Mama. fudge A. H. Alston, who is hold ing court here this week. had the fol- lowing to say in bis charge to the grand jury:
 .sGentIemen:--You have running through this county two railroads, anu vou may consider that 1t Is your duty ss asrertain whether or not these roads are observing certain provisions or re- cant legislation regulating the frefsht rates on 1l0 commodities and reducing inc passenger rate to two and one-haL cents mile.
 -I undestand that both of these roads are observing the law. But In the event you ind that they are not, cnarse YOU that it win not be your duty 10 re- turn an indictment against either, TOT this reason: the roads saw ht to exer- clse a constitutional right granted 10 them by the constitution or the Feo- aral government, ana to procure writs af injunction enloining the Railroad Commission from uprting in force these laws. This application py the roads for writs of injunction was maoe to the Federal court, presided over py
 No one will doubt for a moment the right of the roads to apply for wrlt of injunction, nor will anyone deny the iurIsdictio of the court in the matter. A decision has been renedered Dy Juose Jones in which he declares the act which forfeits the charter of any roao that may apply to Federal Court TOT the settlement of any of It's litigation to be unconstitutional. This act nav inp been decIared unconstitutional oy a court of competent Jurisdiction. pre- sided over by a judge of acknowledSeo ability, integrity and patriotism, sus- nends this law for the time being and makes that decision the law governing this special legislation until by appeal the decision of Judge Jones has been reversed.
 .As to the wisdom or correctness or the decision I have nothing to say, but aa contend that it is the law so long as it is not reversed by higher court An appeal has been taken and the matter will be adjusted in the regular and legal way, and until that IS done, the only orderly and lawful course to be pursued is a recognition of the de- cree rendered and to obey the writs of injunction that Lave been issued. l therefore advise that you make no in- vestigation with reference to this par ticular subject"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-25
DAY AT MILLBRoOK.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown Entertain TheIl
 Erf0


 MfIlbrook, Aug. 24.-(Special IA pleasant day was spent at the home of Mir. and Mrs. George w Brown of this place.
 The guests were Mrs Mary B, Hall, Dr. A. J. Hall, Mrs. George w Dun- can and three children. of Auburn. Mrs Rnnie Laugham and three grand children of Montgomery, and Mrs. Lila B. Rowlen.
 Mrs. Duncan sister of Mrs. Brown, is a very popular and lovable woman, most highly esteemed by many friends. She is Regent of the Light Horse liar " Lee Chapter of D. A. R., of Au- burn, also member of the U, D. C. Mrs. Mary B. Hall. grandmother of Mir. Brown. who is now S6 years old, is a very brilliant and remarkable wo- man for her age. She Is also an hon. orary member of the D. A. R. She is highly esteemed and loved by all who know her.
 George W Brown Is the son of the late c. W. Brown. Sr and is now liv- ing at the old homestead.