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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-18
TnlstoN the MINI.

These writings of his have attained nm
enormous circulation. Tolstoy refuses to
take ont copyrights. and his books are
labeled with the strange device. NO
rights reserved" Anybody can reprint.
translate. dramatic them. The result has
been an Incredible diffusion Of them
Dragnnov has counted 100 TRANSACTIONS
into the Czech language, 100 into Servian;
no one has counted those mo English.
German and French. Yet It Is not so
much his writings. II is rather the man
Tolstoy who has aroused and holds the
worlds interest He IS the strangest
mixture of fanatic and philosopher. of
aristocrat and anarchist, Of meekness ard
madness. of penetrating insight and I'M
reasoning prejudice the world has ever
hehcld. And that Is why the world is
interested In the man Tolstoy.
Everybody knows how he left his life
Of ease and luxury 20 wear the rough garb
Of the peAsantry, 70 cobbc shoes, To
repair stoves. 10 walk behind the plow.
At the same time came reports Of silken
endorsements beneath his homespun. OF
kid gloved servants carving porterhouse
steak at his table--for the other members
of his family, 1t is true, he eating the
coarse Cruel called kasha while there are
so many pictures nv Repin that one Won
ders whether the subject is not posing all
the time.
To understand all these incongrulties,
Tolstoy the man must be studied. His
| parentage, his neglected youth. his wild
| oats his stubborn temper, his ALIEN
bracing pity, his sense Of Justice, or
| rather his burning resentment of inius-
| ticc, all these combine to make Tolstoy
| what he Is. He Is not at all retlcent
| about his life; the book called MY Con
fcssion' is as frank as Rousseau's famous
differentiation. and not Mt all sentimental
tied like Goethe's "Dichtung and Wahr-
| hpit ~
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-07-18
The SON of His Fnther.

Tolstoy's ancestry was German the
original family name being Dickmann, of
which Tolstoy is the Russian equivalent.
If an American poet was called Long
fellow, why should n Russian philosopher
be disqualified by Fatfellow?
Tolstoy has written a description Of his
father, from which the sons inheritance
may be deduccd. The elder Tolstoy was
large and handsome, fond of strange
fashions in dress, contcmptuous Of the
new generation, n gambler and a I.othArio
winning and losing millions. ana seem
ingly devoid OF moral principles Yet he
was keyed in a sentimental mood. and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-31
Winning Courtesy.

The art of saying "Thank you"
is one of the most charming ac-
complishments anyone can acquire.
Unfortunately it is lost or for
gotten art with many otherwise
we'll bred and lovable individuals,
and it is pity that 90 many find
it such a difficult task to frame
these two simple words. Too
many take any courtesies or favors
which may be extended entirely
as matters of course. Maybe we
said "Thank you" or its equiva-
lent very heartily and sincerely
the first time. the small boy next
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-31
Seeing the Point.

The following story is told of a
Philadelphia millionaire who has
been dead some years: A young
man came to him one day and
asked pecuniary aid to start him
in business.
"Do you drink asked the mil
lionaire.
'sOnce in awhile"
"Stop it. Stop it for year
and then come and see me-
The young man broke off the
habit at once and at the end of
the year came to see the Million
aire again.
''Do you smoker" asked the
successful man.
':Now and then"
"Stop it. Stop it for year and
then come and see me again.
The young man went home and
broke away from this habit. It
took him some time, but finally he
worried thru the year and presented
himself again.
do you chewi" asked the phi
lanthropist.
eyes, I do" Was the desperate
reply.
2 Stop it. Stop it for a year
and then come and see me again"
The young man stopped chew
ing, but he never went back again.
When asked by his anxious friends
why he never called on the mil
lionaire again, he replied that he
knew exactly what the man was
driving at. He'd have told me
that now that I have stopped
drinking and smoking and chew
ing / must have saved enough to
start myself in business and
have. Elk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-31

II ~
door did an efrand FOR iis, bat as
the small boy continued t. run onr
errands and with the utmost will
|ingness apparently we gradually
got into the habit of accepting his
courtesy as matter Of course, and
after a little We never thought it
necessary to thank him or only
did it perfunctoriiy. Indeed we
probably began to think our will
ing neighbor could do our errands
just as well as not, and it Is not at
all unlikely that We should bitterly
resent his refusal to do SO. The
least anyone can do is to say
Thank you" for favor or oour-y
tesy, whether extended by those
with whom we come into daily
contact or by strangers.
The most disagreeable people
imaginable and the most selfish
aud disgusting are those who take
anything atthe hands of another
without showing any appreciation.
True, most conItesies are extended
with no hope nor desire for re-
muneration or appreciation, but
nevertheless every person ought
to consider it a bonnden duty to
give a tangible expression of his
appreciation for courtesies or ia
vors, no matter how small. Even
q dog will wag his tail at kind
word or pat of the hand. Why
should humans do less? Never
theless this art of saying THANK
you" is not at all comman. and
there are people who will take any
service or gift without a word, or
perchance on great occasions they
will unbend far enough to utter a
grunt. Sad to say, ii is not un-
usual. with shame be it said, to
run across persons who are not
bit shy about finding fault if you
don't do enough for them. 1t is 8
wise policy to cultivate due ap-
probation of favors and to give
audible expression to them. The
practice of saying "Thank you''
does far more for the one who
says it than for him who receives.
-Pittsburg Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-31

coagnlation, / Thought the embro-
cation, then being handed to him,
might have been used to better
advantage on his pate than on his
shins. Amos.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-31

Guard within yourselfthat treas-
IRE. kindness Know how to give
without hesitation, how to lose
without regret. how to acquire
without meanness. George Sand.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-31
COgpunchiD6.
sfore tne I:Aaataa,q,,a Circle.

f'0pef fsed0 xS6JOfe Inc ChQNu1qu0 CtFcte.
I According to some OF the stories
in the magazines one would think
that the lie of a cowboy was one
continual round Of picnics. From
lmy experience l can state with
truth that II is anything but pic
mic. / landed in Cut Bank, Mont,
with four bits in my pocket.
-Four bits is cowboy vernacular
for fifty cents. In that part of
the West you cannot poke your
nose into feed box for less than
thirty five cents. So it was case
of any kind of work or else go hum
CRY.
1 got part way mp the main
street of the town when | met an
individual who wanted to know if
l was looking for work. told
him that l was spelling my eye-
sight looking for it. ibid I ever
work on a round-up?' he asked.
I informed him that I had not.
"Can You ride horse?" he asked
next. / told him l could. well,
yon will do he replied. "Help|
is scarcer than hens teeth, SO q
man has got to take anything that
comes along. You are young and
will learn in time. Come over to
the store and / will go good for
your outfit"
An outfit consists of a saddle
and bride, two blankets and a
lariat. Spurs are q necessary ar
ticle as we'll MS broad brimmed hat
and pair of high-heeled boots.
The hat to shield your eyes from
the sun, and the boots-well, Til
tell You about the boots later on.
When my employer told me that
my outfit came to $1,000, near
~ threw a fit. "Great Scottw
said I, Il can never pay that
amount" He informed me that
could, as / was now earning $4,000
a month, and rue a green hand at
that.
''Come here" he said, 81 want
to show you something He
handed me rope; it was good
one, too. "Now son." he contin-
ued, 'sif you try to get away with
that outfit before you have paid
for it, we will throw one end of
this rope over the highest thing
that is handy and the other end |
around your neck. Business first,
explanations afterwards. SavyT
He had an extra horse with him
aud we put my outfit on him, then
[ had my first experience in riding
a small tornado wrapped up in a
bunch of hide and bones.
Well, [ had become a full tiedged
member of the Big F roundup.
Every company from St. Mary's
Lake to Butte, and from the Sweet
Grass country to Glendive had a
representative there. Each cow
company sends man to each out
fit ON a roundup to see that the
company he represents gets their
brand put on all calves that run
with COWS with their 1.-THE CON-
pany's) brand on. [ was put on
night herd. That's where all
green hands work at first. All
you got to do is to ride in circle
around the herd and drive back
any COW or steer that tries to wan
der ont. While on night herd
they played their first joke on me.
If there lie anything a cowboy
likes to do besides eating, it is to
scare some tenderfoot half to death.
It was cloudy and the doggies
were restless. The men that we're
doing duty with me we're singing
and whooping and / thought they
were locoed until 1 got a clout
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-31


the few that had stayed by tn
ship; the other four footed hot
having invoiuntarily gone over tn
side in gale encountered on thu
passage from Yokohotna to New
York. It was regarded as tn,
ships mascot, the Chinese dog
owned by the captain preferinl
the after to the fore part of thu
ship for reasons Of it's own. Fact
morning while washing down the
+decks the pig was released from
it's sty under the fok's'l head aud
was allowed to roam about at will
Nor WAS it's daily bath to be neg
lected, especially when in the re-
gion Of the equatorial line, as II
would invariably get under the
pump as soon as let out. In short
it was about the tamest pig | have
ever seen.
Well, Immediately after knock
ing off Saturday, l noticed Quibs
slip under the fok's'l head, from
which place he soon came forth
carvings sledge-hammer and some
tackle. The tackle l readily &C
counted for, but why this sledge?
After selecting the mainstays, di-
rectIy in front Of the fox door,
as the best place from which to
suspend the pig, Quibs requested
me to climb up there and fasten
the gear. While waiting for the
pig I returned to ask what he in-
tended to use the sledge for.
don't the capting want the
Blood said Quibs. "Shure and
how ilse can we capture it if we
don't artist the circulatlon-put
the pig out of business, Temporal
riIy, till we get It in the right po-
"Why this isn't a wild boar bat
a common ordinary domesticated
MIG. which doesn't In the least mind
being handled and is not at all &C.
lect in its company" I said. Sew
eral of the men were coming to-
ward tue fok's'l followed by the
pig, much the same as a dog fol-
lows it's master.
"I'll throw hitch on it's hind
legs and when it is hauled up hold
the front ones while you do the
sticking" said.
For answer [ was brushed aside
and Quibs. sledge held aloft.
stepped toward the approaching
pig. motioning the others aside.
When at what he thought the
proper distance he brought the
,ledge. aimed at the hogs head,
;hru the AIT with a swishing sound;
out alas! the pig had quickened
It's motion and instead of striking
.he head the blow fell with re-
sounding whack somewhere near
he shoulders. For full fifteen
minutes witnessed a sight never
again want to see. We closed in
IN the pig in the hope that the
low thoroughly enraged Quibs
would eventually land blow on
he desired spot. Each blow, and
he majority fell somewhere on the
log's enatomy, only augmented it's
'qneal. No one knows how long
his would have lasted had not a
tide swing, missing the mark by
.bout two feet, brought Qnibs to
he deck like a bag of sand. Nor
lid he rise again. Some of the
men carried him to his bunk while
,thers put an end to the pigs mis-
Try. Say, you should have seen
hat Pig carcass. 1t had the same
as the ripe proboscis
Il an inyeterate boozer As for
olood-well, not enough was OBJ
aimed to mention-not even
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-31


inst starting over again when ]
rider shot by me aud iold me te
fail in behind him and ride. ]
was about to comply when another
one rode by and informed me t.
shoot in the air and ride like the
wind. dropped in behind him
and did some of the fastest riding
you ever saw. l shot my gun I'M
til it got too hot to hold. ] prob.
ably would have been going yet il
the foreman hadn't rode up along
side of me and pulled me off my
horse.
The men on night duty had
made up the joke just to see if
they could scare me. l went
from night herd to tending FIRE,
where they heat the branding
irons. Az soon as / GOULD stick to
a saddle, no matter which side
was up, l was put to holding the
cut. The "cutter out" has got to
be an expert horseman, or he
would not stay in the saddle long
enough to start COW out. He
rides into the herd and picks out
a COW with calf at her heels, and
then drives her out of the herd
As soon as she comes out, the man
that holds the cut rides in between
the cow and the herd and helps
drive her towards the herd that
has been branded. While she is
en- route to the herd, the calf is
roped and dragged up near the
brander. 1t is then thrown,
man reaches under and pulls the
forward leg that is next to the
ground up underneath the calf and
pulls the other leg toward the
head, and throws his own leg over
it to hold it. Another man grabs
the hind leg that is up and pulls
it out straight backwards, and
here is where the high heeled
boots come in handy. He sets
his foot just behind the hook and
shoves it forward. The calf cam
not move a muscle aud is now
ready for the branding iron. In
reading this description one would
think that it takes fully half
hour to get calf ready to brand,
but it does not. About three min
ntes after he is roped he is branded
and heading for his mamma.
In order to brand a steer, one
man ropes his horns, another his
forward feet, and still another his
hind feet. He is then thrown and
The ropes pulled taut. Sometimes
one man, who is an expert with
The rope, can catch a steer, throw
him and hog-tie him in about one
minute. / believe the worlds rec
ord is thirty.tw seconds. AS for
The men, you will meet all kiuds
IF characters. Some are would be
:ougbs and there are others who
believe might is right, and are al
ways ready to resent a wrong with
! gun play. Others are gentlemen
rom the East, who are out on the !
plains for their health more than |
else.
When a man tells you that het
las seen q cowboy walk into an
parlor, draw a pair of
guns, and do the double roll-that
8, perforate row Of bottles in one,
;wo, three order-why don't be-
ieve it. It's just a pipe dream, a
story for tenderfeet. I have not
old you one half of the work of q
cowboy, 90 I will give you some
more Of their life in the near
uture. 1906.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-10-31
More Yarns. :

Life aboard ship -merchsntmet
lis anything bat pleasant at the
best. But when in crew Of some
twenty meu is represented almos,
as many naiionHlities it il inevita.
BILE that there lie more or less fric.
ton, petty qnarrels arising from
imaginary wronge, malingering,
feelings Of superiority one over
the other, and the like. CndeI
such conditions it is expedient to
have some one, a sort Of umpire OF
arbitor, before whom all grievances
may be laid and whose word is
law-while at sea at least. 1t is
not improbable that the origin of
the fok's'l lawyer may be traced to
just this state of affairs. At any
rate, the term and the individual
to whom it is tackled is recognized
by all sailors: and the desideration
mentioned found in the person
accorded, or, rather, the person as
Stunning the distinction of that IT,
tie. For your fok's'i lawyer is not
elected by majority vote, nor is
he the candidate of any clique or
machine-not he! A ship is rare
ly or never out a week before he
has asserted and taken upon him
self the duties of the Office he cre-
ated by the common consent of an.
To borrow political phrase from
resolution recently defeated, he
is "the greatest blower upon earth;;"
he has smattering of pretty nearly
all subjects, lack Of the which is
abundantly made up for by his
verbosity; possesses knack of do
ing the least and getting the most
of any and everything, while in
quiet, unobtrusive way be can
and not infrequently does-raise
more trouble than the rest of the
crew combined. Lest any think
am exaggerating I refer you to
Sinbad.)
La the particular instance of
which [ write the ,fok'sl lawyer
happened to be burly fellow who
looked like a Swede, spoke with
the brogue of an Irishman and
was neither. His name, cross
between Russ and Chinese, was al.
most unpronounceable, which led
one Of the men to dub him"Quibs,"
out Of Difference in. part but pri-
mariIy for conveniences' sake; all
of which was magnanimously con-
descended to by-pardon me, I
was about to impose upon you.
There's no reason why | should
lay additional strain upon your
jaws when the use Of Coles Best
is SO universally in evidence. Any
way, most of as have tendency
to skip such words as we cannot
pronounce. But let us resume our
yarn. / had the pleasure of Quibs'
company for about four months,
which is sufficient time, consider
ing the narrow confines of four
masted barque, to gain fairly adj
equate idea of one IS mental scope. |
1t was unlimited, if the word of
one so humble as | be accepted.
Not subject came up for discus
sion during the whole voyage but
that, after all had had their say,
Quibs copiously supplemented
with views peculiarly characters
tic of the man.
Somewhere between the equator |
and Cape Horn, on the Pacific. |
word reached the fok's'l from aft |
that the captain desired to know
whether any of the men could kill
pig without making a mess of
the lob. and without losing the |
blood, as he wanted to make some
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-25
PRESIDENT AND
HIGH OFFICIALS
OF THE BOOT AND SHOE WORK.
ERS' UNION ARE CHARGED IN
OPEN CONVENTION WITH
ELECTION FRAUDS.

Toronto, Ont, Asg. 24.-With all
due solemnity BETTING the occasion,
President Tobin. Vice President
Lovely and Secretary Balm, the three
principal officers of the International
Boot and Shoe Workers Union, were
charged before the assembled dele
gates at the convention at the Labor
Temple today with perpetrating
fraud by tampering with ballots, fall
styling local union returns, issuing
false statements with regard to the
voting of alleged suspended members.
and with doing other unlawful acts,
with the intention of depriving
Messrs. Hickey and Murray. candi-
dates for office at the last election
of the organization of any chance to
secure election"
The evidence was based on am al
legged conversation between Max
Grume and Messier. two former EN-.
I.loyes at the general offices. who
were discharged and afterward en-
,,loyed by Hickey. and overheard by
another employe OF Martin. to the
effect that they knew what votes had
been cast for Tobin. as they had
broken the seals and examined the
ballots and then sealed them up
again.
A careful scrutiny Of the ballots fol-
lowed. but no traces of the alleged
tamDering could be discovered. Presi-
dent Tobin was put on the stand. and
the prosecuting counsel endeavored
to prove that Tobin had been actu-
ated by Interior motives in selecting
candidates for the position in the gen
efal Office. and tina undue influence
had been brought TO bear TO secure
the election Of Secretary Balm This
was refuted by Tobin. who said the
reason Balm was Nominated for the
position OF Secretary Treasurer was
his expert knowledge Of aceOuntancy
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-25
THE CIVIL SERVICE
Examinations 20 Be Held in csiro Fol
Teacher in Drawing and
Laboratory Assistant.

The United States Civil Service
commission announces an examina
tion on September q. 1907. at Cairo,
Ill. to secure eligibles from which to
make eertifcation to fill a vacancy
ih the position of teacher Of me
chanical drawing. $500 per anHum
lmsIe OF femsiel Carlisle. Pa. and
vacancies as they may occur in the
Indian service requiring similar quail
hcatiOns.
To h1l a vacancy in the position OF
fireman. $3.50 perannum and ration.
Ouartermaster's Department AZ Large
fort MlssouIa. Montana a vacancy in
the position Of fireman. $3.50 per an
NUN and ration, Cuartermaster's De
partment al Large. Fort Logan r.
Roots. Arkansas. and vacancies as
they may occur in any branch Of the
service requiring similar quaiifcav
lions.
To hIi a vaeanev in the position q
1920 per annum. Quar-
The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-25
ATTACHMENT NOTICE.

State of Illinois. County of Alexan
der-ss In the Circuit Court, to the
October term, A. d. 1907.
Andrew Iohr Bottling Company VS.
d. NJ. Arey-Attachment. Assumpslt
Public notice is hereby given to
the said ID. NJ. Arey, that a writ OF
attachment issued out of the office OF
the Clerk of the Circuit Court OF
Alexander County, Illinois. dated May
Bird, 1907, at the suit of the said "An.
drew Lohr Bottling Company" and
against the lands. goods. chattels,
right. moneys. credits. and effects. OF
the said d. NJ. Arey. for the sum of
s5i1.75, at the May Term A. ID. 1907,
directed to the Sheriff of Alexander
County. to execute. and whereas the
said cause has been continued for ser
vice by publication: now therefore
unless you, the said ID. NJ. Arey, shall
personally appear before the said
Circuit Court. of Alexander County.
Illinois. on or before the LIST day OF
the next term thereof. to be holden al
the Court House. in the City of Cairo.
Illinois. on the Second Monday IN
October A. ID. 1907. and give bail.
and plead to the said Plaintiffs
sctiOn, judgment viii be rendered
against you, in favor OF the said
Plaintiff and so much Of the lands.
goods. chattels. rights. moneys. cred
its and effects attached. as may be
sufficient to satisfy the said Judgment
and costs. viii be sold To satisfy the
same. LEE n DAVIS.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court - Alexan-
der County.
Dated August 9th. 1897.
Miles Frederick Gilbert.
Attorney for Plaintiff