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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-02-14
.G4luldo con on fasbion's Etuxiliaries.

consciously, foormed an imminse
jackpot; aich thryin' to bluff the
other in the arts av contemporary
adoornmint.
In all probability Ireland >waz
the original proginytor av corrlct
fashions, but her idayas an in
vintions wur so promiscuously
swiped-most av thin on the same
day the copyright ixpired-that
she quit in disgust. At the pris-
int writin' the auxiliary fixtures
an annymal departmint has been
instructed to the mackynations av
Mr.. Worthlissniss, a pittycoat
connissor av Paree an Mr., Harry
Lehr, M. S. monkey specialist
ixtraordinaire-av the wlllbrld
dawg districts av Moo Yoork.
Since the Inauguration av these
istymable gintlemen the Frinch
representative has crayated sim
sation amoong the alate be re-tril-
lissin' the SUM- burst pettycoat wild
enuff additional ruffles to build a
minagerie tint. On the other
hand, the decollete bawl gowns,
most av which drags on the fure,
are liable to suffer renaissance
akin to total eclipse if they kape
on stippin' as high as they how
been. Av coorse, the proletariats
are not ixpicted to rayalize the
signiffycance av these changes
whin the aristocrats thimsllves
how failed to affect a comprehin-
sive awklarsismawn. AS a matter
av fact no wan seems to know
whittier they wur made to wear
out the goods or the moral char
acter av the personality inside av
thin.
Harry's manoovers on this side
av the lopsided bawl are filled wild
joost as nanny ayval intintions as
the Frinchman's, but their coorser
vulgarity inables thin to sink
diaper into PERCEPTION befoor they
overturn us wild NAL de mer.
Think av washin' yer awnbonpawn
in the same porcylane bathtoob
wild Fido, or muzzer's cute babby,
as most faymales call thin. Sup
pose fer a momipt that the amy
NAL CONTRACTED hydryfobia, what
wud you do; slide down the fire
Escape or SHAY an git bit? In
both cases, which liver wan ye
chose, ye wud run strong chances
av ayther film an Imply shift in
the family mawsolayum or gittin'
pinched.
Political infooince shud be
brought to bear on the legislature
to PROTECT innocint PEDESTRIANS
who are payin' wan dollar an a
half poll tax-from gittin' laser
ated be these fayrocious annymals.
Think av marryin' the idayal av
yer heart, plus her dawg an NAL
taze cat, only to be crushingly
overwhelmed on the third day av
yer honeymoon be a tillygram
that necissytates an immaculate
an Unreasonable jurney av wan
hundred miles. Yis, an hooror
av horrors, think av comm back
to find that Fido has alienated
yer loved vans Affections. Wudn't
We fale like takin' the veil? These
are only a few av fashions auxil-
iaries. an while I behave man is
Untitled to wear a veil, whin toorin'
incognito, or hip pads to privint a
Polace Gazitte diamond bilt from
chain his cuticle. [ draw the line
on platonic affections.
E. E. FL.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-02-14


Wild Hack" an 'Fido's
Rayvinge or Thru the Skylight
Wild the Nayboor's Cat"
Me attintion waz lately arristed
be some raycint foorms av insanity
which, altho it is mostly confined
to the fimynine contingency, has
alr;dy afflicted soo6shint av the
masculinity to prognosticate say
rious consequences fer the race;
unIlss we chick thin. The haugh-
ty arrogance av our contemporary
faymale foatin' amoong the rutf1es
an founces av .sthyle is as dapely
rooted as the silf-consate av the
average college professor, whose
intake pipe av wisdom-usually
on-conductor-ha foundered his
intire systim on a single branch
av knowledge. q
Unlike Dugan's goat, who ate
old man Maloney's carpit slippers
an died, these parygons live. con-
tamynatin' the remotest strata av
the atmosphere wild their noxious
ixhalations av contimpt an hypoc-
risy. The rapid an dillytayrious
sprid av this disaze has not be-
come mannyfst to the great Amer
lean pooblic; ESPECIALLY the prole-
tariats, who how spint the last six
years wristin' wild such hwy Until
lictual probIims as race-sooyside,
simpIyfed spillin' an the payin'
av indemnify taxes on other pay
pRs much to be invied fortunes.
Unliss me interpretations av
kismit are wrong the prisydintial
chair will be kings throne yit.
These anarchic innooindos, me
friuds, are kapin' the payple from
attain1n higher plane av civyli-
cation than the rizydints av other
contynints because they brade in
consistency.
We are becomin' an absint-
minded commonwilth be slidin'
in the slippery groove av parydox-
icaI pharisaicalniss. Stop it! De-
vilop originality, If only in yer
gait, an carry yer hid high wild
the pride av it; don't stoop to con-
quer the arti6ciality av some
wan ilse. In siveral scientific
analysises rindered on frinds, l
find the germ, loonycytus, in a
state av subjictivity an while this
warnin' might come too late fer
some an too soon.. fer others, nay
Their will lissen it's propinsyties to
lay iggs in the vanity chamber av
rapidly vulnerable intilllcts.
Sthyle widout auxiliaries, do
yez mind, is pardonable ofinse,
but wild thin the owner, like the
matter-av-fact savawn without
thin, is precipytatin' .himsilf down
a foorty five degray incline av
mintal retrogrisslon. lin thou
sand years beyant,::whin dinysaw-
rouses ate hay in the marshes,
man wanted but little here below
an his only awthintic oorymints
wur the sidintary boogs In his
shape skin. Five hundred years
later, wallpaper designs an scroll
saw itchings comminced to appear
on his raimint to which he, incy-
dintly, added moo appurtynances,
not only kapin' pace wild his TX
pandin' intillygince, sbut maxim
room fer irish ingravings. From
this remote age to sthe prisint
dynastyniss the!. nations: hov, un-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-02-14

| ly familiar with the methods used
in capturing fur bearing animals.
AS far as I know, all trappers
operating in the United States are
independent, that is, not employed
by fur company. 1t would be
hard to imagine more strenuous
life than theirs. Their work is
not over at the close of the trap
ping season.. In the spring when
the animals begin to shed their
winter coat, he takes up all his
steel traps, cleans and greases
them and puts themaway for the
summer. His furs, which were
sorted and graded as they were
taken from the stretcher, must be
sorted over again. If he has
nice lot, he notifies the company
he expects to sell them to, and they
will send a man to make him an
offer on them. The reason for
this is that a great many Of his
furs will be better than what is
commonly called number one
prime. He might have any num-
Der of prime furs; but some are
darker than others, some larger or
finer, and in fact, there will be no
two that are Of exactly the same
value. If his seasons catch is
small, he will sell them to the
nearest trader or ship them to
some house that he knows is re-
liable. When his fur is disposed
of he has his next winters wood
to cut, various kind of traps to
build for the larger animals, and
he must look over the ground for
next seasons operations and other
things too numerous to mention.
He generally lives alone, and if
as is often the case-he raises a
garden, he is busy man until it
comes time to get buster.
[ would not take up your time
by describing few of the methods
the professional trapper uses in
capturing animals, had [ not read
an article in newspaper, in which
the author would have one believe
that trapper is most 1nhuman
and detestable creature; and that
woman who would wear furs-
the procuring of which causes so
much pain to innocent dumb ami
mals-is little better than a bar
barian. While the kid (?) gloves
worn by the author of that article
were, no doubt, made from musk
rat skins, and muskrats are taken
by the most inhuman method
known to trappers.
Several years ago a steel bear
trap was common sight. With
it's toothed jaws and two heavy
springs it made a perfect instru-
ment of torture. But owing to it's
many disadvantages the box-trap
dead-fall and rifle have largely
superseded it. I don't mean one
of those little contrivances we use
to catch rabbits in, but a small
log house with trip door. Dead
falls and snares are used more or
less for all animals excepting
skunks, muskrats and possibly one
or two others. The most effective
steel trap is made from heavy
spring wire and is designed to
choke the animals to death. For
| mink, martin, weasels and the
like, trap made from a hollow
log is extensively used. The COM
mon steel trap is seldom used ex-
cept to catch muskrats, skunks
and beavers. A great many
"would-be trappers'' use nothing
but the steel trap; but the real
trapper has little use for it. A
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-02-14
To Wnve,-T0 E2uctuate.

u WUVET"xO xEHCIHHIE.
To zOaver has an active signifi-
cation. When we waver, we are
undecided as to what we shall do.
The meaning of to fuctuate is
passive. In fuctuating, we are
acted upon. Our state of mind,
or passion, is affected when we
fuctaate. We waver in action,
we fuctuate in passion. He who
cannot make up his mind as to
whether he shall or shall not act
in certain way-u,ave1s. He
who is alternately affected by CON-
ficting passions of feeling jqactx-
Akes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-02-14
Synonyms Their Use.
Taken from q. F. Graham's book on
english Synonyms"
acknowledgement.
M III

sO0N~
acknowledgement.
Abt-F1.
Apt has an active sense, fit rep
resents a passive state. We are.
naturally apt; we are rendered tit.
Those who are quick of apprehen-
sion are apt scholars. Those who
have. studied sufficiently are fit to
undertake certain duties. Chill
dren are apt to make mistakes.
Well seasonedwood is fit for use.
Apt represents natural tendency;
fit represents an acquired power.
Zntoleru6le is an active quality
-insn6Sra6le has passive mean
ing. The former qualities that
which our mind or body has not
power to fight against; the latter,
that which our moral or physical
constitution will not allow us to
endure. The same distinction
holds good between the verbs to
suffer and to tolerate. Cold, heat,
pain, thirst, etc., are insufferable;
pride, vanity, rudeness, etc., are
intolerable. In suffering, we are
acted upon; in tolerating, we act.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23
THOROUGHLY UN-"AMERcAN."

In this city alone among AN the
municipalities Of the Union there is
party the esseusc OF whose plat
form Is really single plank, on at
most two planks, both of which are
menace 20 the existence of free in
stitutions and On direct opposition TO
busic principles upon which the Re
public Is founded.
The two real planks Ia the platform,
apart from its wordy declarations
about liberty. are that 81 viii wage
mco1slng warfare against the mcm-
ber- OF a certain religious faith. and
that it win do anything 20 get or TO
keep in power
SO truly political party in America
has ever gone so Tar in its open op-
position as Co constitute the sole exc
cuso for Sos existence its attempt 20
deny 90 Ore members of O. religious
organization the right 90 participate
ou common ground DO representative
government ln the land of their birth
or adaptation.
And the party that does $50 here Is
mot O. political party. but "a ring of Of
les soekils who desire to control the
public moneys and the affairs OF this
o.ty from other motives than those
/ .hat look to the good OF the people,
n ls true that some men are by nat
uro s1 uu-American and have learned
ao utl, of the meaning 1i tho iuudo-
/ mental principle of true AmcrcanIam
equality before the Iavth chat they
/ ienorauty proclaim their American
/ Ism" while Violating iu most sacred
. principle.
Tho so-cauol American" party
/ rro,IaIm- that there must hO mo-
minviue of religion and politics. and
] suaehtulr adds tnat 30 win therefore
miuFIc religion and politics hy cone
tuulnr au organization whose main
object b. to uasc "a religious warfare
/ upon "a body of frea ana aW-auilIns
American ciuz.us, simply because thr
/ latter refuse to do the biddiur of tho
| false and troachcroue leaders of that
| grotesqua party.
Can o. party claim respect ana COM
| uuue 90 exist when Its only object o.
religious persecution and is principal
results ars public plundor and male
/ rHsuce BOO oHIco2 can strife unrest.
and Ul feeling among lhos. who SHOULD
mot bc enemies. but friends. bo suf-
uoI.ut .ndueomgnt t1 tho mistaken fol-
Iauors of that party 90 continue 60
support leaders and to aid and ABBOT
au organization chat fosters hate and
/ tDl.rntUF u'quuy1
Tho support given 10 thofo so-caIled
3 American" leaders by thr compam-
lively largo number of our fel'ow-cIti-
CONS who voted for Thorn at thp hat
election. would hardly be possible 4
/ tf.Ir followers realized iuH what sort
~ assault ihry are making upon the
most cherished of American institute
uons in so doing
The masses OF the people of tho
United States would NOT tolerate. m
] thcy knew "a. a religious warfare upon
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23
Tsr ANS RESIGNATION IMPRoB
ABLE.


W aNulUNINN TLtIs
Tel An abdicate? no is unlikely Not
until her almond eyes are closed iu her
iast sleep win that indomitable woman
cease Co direct the affairs OF China.
or course, unless meanwhile "a revolu-
ton occurs or tho powers intervene.
As long as the present dynasty rcigns
ana Isi An lives she viii be the real
ruler Of China. n cannot Doe other
wise. She Is too strong minded, too
smart, too intensely devoted GO hor
theory Of government 90 step aside and
allow others 10 manage affairs. The
world az large probably rates Tsi An
below her just measure. For this, OF
course, she is herself TO blame. She
has not adapted herself 10 the condi-
tions OF the day. If she had been "a
better advertiser she would al this
time be known throughout the range
Of human habitation as one of the
greatest women OF history.
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coNFTRENcE NOTICE.

The saveuty-cighth scmi-annual
general conference Of the church OF
Jesus Christ OF Later-day Saints will
assemble IN the Tabernacle, salt Lake
city. on Friday. oct. A. 1907. az no
a. m. A run attendance Of the Off
GERS and members Of the church is
hereby requested.
on account Of the general Confer
ence being held on the FIRST sunday
OF October, Il is suggested that the
last sunday in September Doe observ-
ed as fast day in the salt Lake, En-
sign. Liberty Pioneer. Jordan, and
Granite stakes.
JOSEPH r. SMITH,
JOHN r. W1NDER,
ANTHON II. LUND.
First Presidency OF the Church Of
Jesus Christ Of Lattor-day saints.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Bicycle stealing seems t1 ho quite "a
branch of tho general profession" Ac-
p'fdins to "a statement iu "a magazine.
1000 bicycles were stolen lu Los Ango-
los thia year DO feoms that not long
ago nto hundred unclaimed bicycles
which had been accommodating On the
hands ol The Los Angeles police we're
sold at suction aud ho money thus
raised was turned into the sick benefit
fund This sale AFFAIR brought out tho
fact ina, during the year 1000 bicycles
were stolen Boo that city More than
half ~ them were recovered and re-
turned 10 their owners, while half a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23
DEFECTS OF CHILDHOOD AND
THEIR CAUSE


A committee OF prominent educators
mas reported that twelve million chile
gIen in The United states are behind
~ tneir school grades because OF urc-
NehIaoie physical defects. Among enc
most common of these defects ore male
nuti ltlon tOften due 60 insufficient
loodl Improper breathing impaired
eSesight ana enlarged glands. Almost
4" nait million children are thus hect-
ga pm New York alone. lu the country
NJ large IL Is estimated that approx
hlatoly one-third of the boys and girls
ot school age are physically defective
10 alleviate this startling condition tno
committee suggests the Improvement
or school and home hygiene and the
stricter enforcement of health, tone
ment house ana child labor laws.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

They had planned 70 olope all alone.
these two
The groom Baboou, and the bride
Kangaroo.
And 80 they were both clandestinely
wed.
When the groom OF a sudden bcthOught
him. and said:
MY purse I've forgot. A plague on
this marriagel
Can't help Il my dear. you must furnish
the carriage"
So the groom stepped IN and they gall
loped away.
Singing High and 10" on their we'd
ding day.
-Harper's Weekly.
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any people. much less upon any part
of tho cltizcns OF This FREQ country
The fuci that such a warfare " urr-
"a hcro ana actually appiauded ne a
sample OF "Amcrlcanism" shows either
how little certain people know OF tho
basic principle OF % republican form "
government or how easy u "a FOR
Thorn to- be blinded as TO the real facts
In the case by few disappointed po-
Utlcll aChomcrs
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dozen Of the bicycle thieves who wore
captured were sent to the ponltontIary.
IN Salt Lake city. % seems. bicycle
thieves are very seldom approhcndod,
though many wheels are stolen every
year. What Is the reason?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Ten hits out OF ton shots with "a ten
u.h gun nc distance OF four and
"a huf miles b. 10 pretty good record
for tho ono Hundred and Fifteenth
company coast artillery. Daniel Boone.
DNy Cracket or N5tty Humpo couldn't
hara done amy better
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Frank j. Constantine, convicted Of
the murder of Mrs. Louise Gentry
says De- is descended from italian roy
atty His name indicates if be has
royal blood 30 his veins. that De IS de-
seconded from tho most famous OF the
eastern cmnerOrs
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

"Wiu somebody please hurry forward
witch uu explanation of the turbine enc
nuo chat ihc public can rcadUy UNDER
stands" asks the Chicago Record
Herald There la thc LuslBun as an
example and example is better than
urooeui or explanation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

The French have given "a woman a
prize Tor finding out "a method by
which people can tell whether or not
a person ls dead. Can't the method be
applied 20 political issues?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

That 100000 bequest 10 Yale left by
Arohibold Henry Blount an English
man who never cav H. proves that Il
is the unexpected that always hap
pens.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

you must have been dreaming OF
some one proposing To- you last night
Laura"
How Is that?'
why 1 heard you for a whole
quarter OF an hour crying out. Yes,
--Fliegcnde Blactter
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

TO the looker-on from afar Ct appears
that those who tortured Mrs. Grccn-
haulge 90 death while trying TO exercise
eva spirits from her rhcumatism-racked
body were possessed of O devil
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Bertie-WeH. mother. 7 don't care
what YOU say. / think she is a regular
brick
Mother-Verv likely She certainly
seems 10 be throwing herself at some
body's hcad.-Punch
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Ernest Thompson Seton has written
"Tho Natural History Of the Ten Conn
maudments Tho title IS suggestive
of "a good deal OF nature taking.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Says Mrs Hctty Green. There was
time when guilty oppressors OF the
lnnocent Din hnance) went to JAIN II
was prehistoric time.
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THAT PLATFORM

Tho so-oalled American platform
charges by Implication, or directly,
that 'ecclesiastIclsm' is Ca factor in
politics in Utah thar the division on
.Pariy lines ls a farce. aud that che
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

There are ninety-eleht thousand pu-
lils in the public schools of Boston. A
discount Of two per cent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

n he wishes 10 pacify the Moors.
General Drude should study the meth
DDS used i'm poclfymg the Pulijanes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Sometimes presidential booms are
tarted I'm The same manner that Al
zine avalanches are-iust by yelling
loud.
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JUST FOR FUN


The bleached bonds method Of keep
Ing her hair light Is a dark secret
Chicago News
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Missionary-Sir my daughter.
King OF an the Caunibals-pleosed 70
meat yOu-LifC
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Thirty thousand shoemakers IN St.
louis have struck. Their sole is I'm the
strike
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Salt Lake telephone girls stlu say
please" They are a most pleasing
lot.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23
RAPID ADVANCEMENT.


/ dimensions of the Great Eastern and
Lusitania respectively are as fonows.
Great Eastern. Lusitania.
Length ......... $50 feet 7s5 feet
Beam ..........., s3 feet IS feet
Depth ........... is feet "a feet
Gross tonnage. ..tsls5 tons 1880 tons.
The Great Eastern was launched In
1883 after several unsuccessful attempts
20 place the bir shin iu her proper Gle
ment The designer Brunei did not
live to see the boat sau on her hrst
voyage
Tho hrst English-bunt steamboat to
cross TIE Atlantic was th. Great West
orn. also designed by Brunei While
this ship was under construction. ex-
pcrts declared that the voyage could
not be made and an array of figures
was presented as proof But the voy-
age was made in lS9s The Great
Weston was 2l2 feet long 10 was
wooden vessel OF go tons net burden.
''Shc sailed from Bristol on the Sth OF
April 1SSS and arrived at New York
on the 23rd direct in Be- days. Hor
"."N NNt run WIS -Ia KNOTS ana net
average POS or equal 20 50 knots per
hour' And thus the critics were con-
founded. who had asserted that as for
the idea OF q steam passage from Liv-
orpool 10 New York "u was .. per-
f.etly chimericoL and they might as
wen talk OF making voyage from
New York OF Liverpool To- the Moon"
Another steamboat the Sirius some
what smaller than the Great Western,
cleared from London and arrived iu
New York few hours ahead Of the
latter ship.
what an advance IN the steamship
building during the comparatively short
ums between these first efforts to
bridge the great deep, and the Lusitan-
Ia, when looking at the advancement OF
civilization. we generally presume that
progress is always very slow and that
ages are necessary for any noticeable
improvements. But sometimes % goes
bv leaps and hounds. The develop
mont in navigation ls an illustration Of
this.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Raisui sun holds Caid MacLcan as a
| quick asset.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Railroad men say that it is the rate
and not the pace that kills.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

The Hague peace conference is nearly
ready 90 sing the Swan song.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-23

Governor Hughes whiskers should
attract the Granger vote.