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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09
The G. L. S. G. Debate.
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| N|Vusiuuou AAOiu pogo OHO'j
Gentle mon, without saying
another word, letting common
sense guide you in your deliberat-
ing, permitting reason to decide
THE debate, I should be truly con-
temptible, unworthy of your notice,
and feel called upon to grovel at
your feet in an attitued of meek
humility, were | SO utterly devoid
of those human NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and just plain, ordinary intelligence
AS to deliberately arise before
you and cast belittling, mocking,
unjustified reflections upon your
educational attainments by har-
arguing you into thinking (not to
say believingD that railroads have
been more beneficial to this nation
than-mark my words-sailing
crafts of every description.
Lo and behold! there will arise
before you a fellow member gifted
with a fluent command of high
flown language and poetical ex-
pressions, carefully designed to rob
your intellectual faculties of their
natural ability to discern the in.
estimable value of those crude sail
ing vessels that brought our fore
fathers here to erect q national
tabernacle for the refugees of the
world; by premeditated methods
endeavor to inveigle you into Civ.
ing not a second thought to the
many benefits that have occurred
to America thru the interior ex-
plorations, by canoes, etc., opening
up Americas wilderness; tell you
detractingly of the insignifcance
of the achievements wrought by
the colonists who, thanks to ships,
converted this once unknown land
into the foremost nation of the
world; smilingly depict the early
navy (that placed our country on
a firm foundation in the rebellious
era, and saved the nation from be-
ing rent into two forms of govern
ment in later years portray it as
being of as little value as a few
mud turtles; inform you that the
staid, conservative, progress, when
ships were the transporting agen-
cies, belongs to the era of back
wardness-in short, presume to
show that our nation was languid
until railways were introduced.
What invention, in time, developed
to decrease the necessity of ships?
The substitute our fellow-member
espouses- railroads. Ihave quoted
history to show the scandal sys-
TENS that we're thrust forward with
the introduction of railroads. I
shall let my opponent laud the
commercial development, his only
plausible point, but fearing he
may not do said point Justice
permit me to read newspaper
clipping of recent date:
"Call to mind the condition of
things in this northwest thirty
years ago. That was when the
modern period of railroad building
began. The
vast prairies and fertile acres Of
western Minnesota, the Red River
valley and two Dakotas, were
opened tosettlement. Immigrants
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streamed in, lands we're settled
like magic, fields of wheat stretched
cleaning in the sun. Within a
few years the price of wheat fell to
the lowest record in history, set
tiers who had dreamed of instant
wealth could not sell their product
for what it cost them, farms were
plastered with mortgages and a
period of ruin set in" Which has
scarcely been turned into prosperity
because of overdone production.
1t is sad, but true, that railroads
instead of being practical benefits
to America have proved a source
of much evil. "The American
people are weary of being robbed;
are impatient of the exploitation
of natural resources which waste
the heritage of the future for the
inordinate profit of the designing
few; and are disguised with the
fragrant interference with their
politics, their literature, their law
making bodies and even their re-
ligion by the bene6ciaries of cor
rupt privileges who seek to sway
all social machinery in their own
interests
This emphasizes the tendency of
railroad benefits which we are to-
hear extolled. They, breeders of
a hundred trusts that rob the ma
ton Of natural resources and crush
the common people. l am not
endeavoring to mould your opin-
ions contrary to honest reason, |
am simply presenting my argu-
ment for our mutual benefit.
Therefore pardon my quoting from
q speech by a presidential posi-
bility-Thomas L. Hisgen:
"The railroad and trust questions
are the most serious confronting
the country today. X =
The curse Of our country is rebat..
ing by the railroads. The rail
roads are the backbone of the
trusts. The trusts could not exist
without the railroads.
The railroads have proved bene-
fetal for rapid transit, but such
transit has not proved beneficial
to this nation. Commenting up
on a book, "The Money God" by
Prof. John G. Van Dyke, an edi-
torial says:
"Prof. Van Dyke finds no ssatis-
faction in the fact that America is
the richest country on earth, be-
cause he believes this sudden ex-
pansion of wealth is really sense
less waste of our fixed capital, a
reckless exploitation of natural re-
sources the end Of which is already
in sight. = = = Over
capitalization is despoiling OF
the future, r6aping for few sell
fish financiers ct one move the
dividends of future generations.
millionaire on the ragged edge of
the abyss of misery, into which
they are plunged by succeeding
panics. brought entirely by reck- |
less exploitation" !
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We all know how railroad mag

We all know how railroad mag.
mates and trust boomerangs pre-.
cipltate financial panics, such as
the preceding winter verged upon;
and we also know the benefits of
railroad wetered stock, tossing un-
scrupulousIy secured wealth into
the hands of Goulds, Vanderbilts,
etc.
Now, in all sincerity, instead of
presuming to extoll railroads as
having been beneficial to America
wouldn't it be proper, reasonable,
to condemn them as forerunners
of internal corrupting agencies of
business and national interests,
crushers of individual progress,
sitting factors of Legislative affairs,
brazen corporation breeders of
iniquity that presumes to defy
law, order, and statehood interests
yea, haven't we abundant daily
evidence of railroads corrupting
influences that are fast edging the
public toward drastic measures to
protect national and individual
interests? Certainly! The press
is daily arranged against such con-
ditions.
From the dawn of American
history sailing crafts have ever
been the reliance of our nation.
Bringing America into existence;
promoting its growth; protecting
it in troublesome times; spreading
the nations prestige turnout the
world; and the means of carrying
products to foreign lands, thereby
contributing the most toward the
internal welfare of the nation.
Again, weave and web the inland
territory with iron rails, carry the
surplus products to the seaports,
unload those products on the
docks, take away ships, and, what
do we learn? Just this: The CON-
mercial progress of America de-
ponds on ships-not railroads.
railroads would be so
much junk on a scrap-iron dump.
What factor preserves the ma
tons place among nations, and
protects our fair lands from swarm
ing hordes of foreign invadersf
In few words, the navy of today
las in the yesterdays of our
country's history-is the para
mount factor that assures the
of our government,
while other water crafts maintain
commercial progress. Are the
national agencies of promoting the
of today greater than the
ships that brought the nation into
existence; greater than the navy
that placed the nation on firm,
sound governmental basis, pre-
vented national division in the
Cos, and still patrols the coasts Of
America-the harbors Of the worldl
To all such queries we must
No! But why prolong
such q one-sided argumentP
ERID.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-07-09
SMILES AMONG TEARS.

~EOPLE never know how to be
happy, my boy. There is not
one of Gods living images
but has anchored in his heart
a boat which braves out, and tosses
upon life's rough sea, waiting, as
it rocks and pitches, for a full
freight of happiness at some future
day. That is the failure, Walter
We ever look ahead for some day,
when care, troubles and sorrow
shall be banlshed. That day will
never come on. earth, my boy.
We may look ahead-the morrow
may be golden-till the morrow
comes. As we walk along this
road, away from the dusty city,
you and us can talkl quietly over
these matters. We can talk of
little things unnoticed by those
who are in great haste to finish
this book for one they know not
of.
The tree which - spread its
branches out as a mother holds
her hands to the lettering infant,
seeming to ask us to be seated
under it's leaves, looks inviting,
but it's trunk is often covered with
bugs and ants. The beautiful
green leaf, which toys with the
evening breeze, bears on it's under
surface insect cities which hasten
it's fall. The limb above us is half
decayed, tho the foliage thereon is
yet green and fresh. = The little
white stone at our feet, is the room
for ugly bugs and beetles. The
rose which laughs at its escape
from yonder hedge-the rose which
looks so sweet, has in its centre
leaves score of little bugs. The
lovely dahlia, so beautiful in it's
delicately- tinted hues, is without
fragrance. The handsome oil
painting, on close examination
seems like a daub. Ss.The crimson
cloud seemingly hanging from
heaven to kiss1 earth,l as lover
hangs by one hand over the ban
mister to kiss theilips 80 sweet to
him, are not different from the
morning banks of fog. only as re-
fecting the suns rays. The pearly
stream singing by us is often
rolled, and it's bed is the home of
reptiles. The finest hair Of your
head, my boy, is in reality like the
cylinder to threshing- machine.
The mysterious photograph, on
close inspection, reveals all the
imperfections on the face of the
subject. The rustling silk has
yawning stitches to mar its beauty.
The wished for country has its
dark side-the throngedcity knows
more misery than pen or tongue
can tell. And all this is life which
must be taken as i is A very
sweet life it is if we only accept
the situation kindly, and then live
to better others and by lettering
our surroundings, lettering our
selves. Walter, my boy, if you
will observe these hints, you will
be useful and happy.
On everything, my boy, the de-
stroyer has set his seal. There is
nothing perfect. Still we can
make the most of what we have.
We can walk along thru life-pas-
sing by the dark scenes-lingering
today by those of beauty, of JOY
and love. If tomorrow brings
others, we'll and good. If not, the
happiness we find today is clear
gain. We must learn to take the
bitter with the sweet. Roses grow
on brambles. Flowers of beauty
ord frooronco sprinu from tho
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fort, but they are useful. Full
rays of happiness bring mor'
misery than we can endure. LIE
us be thankful for what we have
and all will be we'll. Enjoy thu
present-hope for the future
The hour may look dark-there il
light beyond. Be happy while
you can. When in the house, dc
not put your head out of the win.
dow, to see how hard the blast il
piping. Keep still, and thank
God you are safe FOR a moment
if no longer. Borrow no trouble
It will be left at your door as fast
as you wish to use it, and the more
you invite it the more you will
have. Trouble is a darling. The
more cordial your welcome, the
oftener and closer will it rest in
your chest, as a pig enters garden
to destroy it.
The iceman calls in the morn
ing, and leaves the cold crystal,
in small or large cakes, as you use.
Time leaves cakes, chunks, and
blocks of trouble in the same way.
Daily he leaves them. Ice is not
colder-ice will not melt quicker
in summer, if you but leave it out
of doors. If you have no use for
trouble, do not go or send out for
it, my boy. Let it lie and melt.
Lie and melt is a good idea, Walter.
Let 1t waste itself in the ground
and in time, green will be the
grass, rich and varied the flowers
which will spring forth to be Gull
led by your own hands.
Every man is monarch in his
own heart. In his own castle, the
king can be safe-in his hut, the
occupant can bar the door, and
none but hidden guests can enter.
So can we both do, my boy, with
the door of our hearts. Admit
none but friends-shut out trouble
and be happy. Weget the strength
of tea by sleeping, SO do we feel
the nightmare of sorrow by brood
ing and worrying over trouble,
either real or imaginary. There
is as much of good as Of i'll in every
coming day, and each day will be
better than this if we don't SOW it
with fret. Every day will take
good care of itself if we'll only
trust it. The unexpected generally
comes first, but it comes, and often
brings the expected with it. Learn
to labor while you wait, and thus
you will lengthen your days of
happiness by fastening the coming
of things that bring happiness.
Grief seldom kills-true friends
never desert you. Leeches always
quit when they have sucked their
fill of blood. So many friends
desert you when they know you
are in trouble, lest they he called
upon to aid you. If you would
ride safe, be your own driver.
Never trust the reins with another,
who may be less competent than
yourself. Then you can go sing
ing on your way and. be happy. If
you wish one to ride with you, ask
not the first one you overtake, ex-
cept you know who it is. Perhaps
you will wish you had ridden alone.
Better go Thousand miles to find
a friend than take in one who is
not.
Look around, my boy. Look
ahead to the work of life, with
heart and nerve. Then all troubles
vanish. Look back, and you will
see thousand incidents in life
now sacred to memory-then un-
oorod For ond olmor4 urnotiood
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What Have We Done Today

We shall do much In the year to come,
But what have We done today?
We shall give our gold in q princely sum,
But what did We give today?
We shall lift the heart and dry the tear,
We shall plant hope in the place of fear.
We shall speak the words of love and cheer,
But what did we speak today?
We shall be so kind In the after-a-while,
But what have we been today?
We shall bring to each ioLely life smile,
But what have we brought today?
We shall give to truth grander birth,
And to steadfast faith deeper worth,
We shalr feed the hungering souls of earth,
But what have we fed today?
We shall reap such joys In the by and by,
But what have we sOwn today?
We shall build us mansions In the sky,
But what have we built today?
IT'S sweet in the idle dreams to bask,
But here and now do we do our task?
Yes. this is the thing our soul must ask:
"What have we done today?"
Chenille Progress.
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etBircb Bark" Series Of Essays.
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M "Bck Pomeroy
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City.
FRIENDLY TALK ON TALK

Much unaa pDiness has he"o cauSel
by unnecessary talk If peoples minds
Weret filled with beautiful ana useful
things they would have less time and
inclination to say unnecessary things.
believet that half ow the unkind
words which people utter are not
meant at all. They say them because
of lack of something better to say
Many people do a great deal Of
unnecessary talking because they
thing it makes them popular. Much
of the useless gushing Of words, pro-
fusions of meaningless pleasant
Things, comes not from the desire to
make others happy but is prompted
by the desire to put self into prom
i1:ence. Anything to gain attention,
even to uttering uncharitable things
about aothers, Or to speaking untruths
You maye be quite sure that the peo-
pie who chatter promiscuously to you
about other people will do the same
thing about you. They perhaps have
no intention Of being uncharitable. hut
they must talk, and in the absence OF
general subjects, they, must turn to
the personal or remain silent. One
will run out of subjects, occasionally,
in this ceaseless pouring out of words
on every acquaintance one meets.
People should be sociable, of course,
but cane one not be silently socfable
instead OF: everlasting repeating set
phrases which mean nothing Why
should, We have to say things which
we do not mean just because other
people say them and because we might
be unpopular II we did not say them?
If we are friends to other people
should we not respect their silences
as well as their words ? If they have
no inclination to be confidential about
their own affairs and those OF their
neighbors, should we expect it OF
them?? Certainly not .s...., .,>
Friends should not demand explana-
tions of friends. d silences contribute
the most towards true friendships and
love- If friends understand one an
other, and there is no friendship where
there Is not understanding, then there
is no need for explanations. When
once you begin explaining yourself;
You VIII Ind that you must 20 a,
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ORDER IN KITCHEN WORK.

No woman can ever ne success
In the kitchen unless she has ACQUIRE
ed the habit of doing her work in
logical order. Dispose Of every little
detail of the work at the proper time
Some women can cook for twenty
persons without creating any kind of
a ''muss" on floor, table or stove;
others, in cooking just for one person,
Will have the floor covered with pa
pers and strings,-the kitchen table
covered all over with dishes and cans
or every conceivable name and ma
ture-the stove will be loaded down
with pots and kettles of overy descr1p-
ton, and hurry, rush and disorder will
be upn1versal to irritate the temper
OF everyone about. All this can be
obviated by quickly and quietly fin
ishfng each little detail of the work
before beginning another. For instance
when the meat is unwrapped dispose
OF the wrapping paper, not by throw
Ing 1t on the floor or leaving it loose
on the table, but by folding it into
the smallest compass and consigning
IT to the fire then ard there: when
salt pepper, or other cans are called
In requisition, don't leave them on the
table in a miscellaneous mixture, but
put each back in it's place the mo-
nent it's done with. Instead of leav-
Ing potatoe, turnip and other Feelings
In the pan where they were peeled un-
til the meal is over, dispose Of them
at ono. And thus as to all other de-
tails of the work, let them be done in
their natural and logical order, and
all will be we'll.
MRS. ]. D. H.
Lester Park.
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No. 1889,

No. 1889.
6fffe Of 81 c6Ssr +
County of St. Louis. State of Mime
sofa.
TO w. Parsons, ct a ll;., ... 49,. g.,
lowing piece or parcel Of land. situat-
ed in the County, of st. Louis. State Of
Minnesota. and known and described
as follows: to,wit: Undiyided !. Of
avenue, Lower Duluth, according to
the recorded plat thereof. is now as
sessed in your name: =
1904. at g. sale of land pursuant to the
real estate tax judgment duly given
and made in and BY the District Court
On ahs asrd daS Of Mayyc Of ST iso4
in proceedings to enforce the payment
Of taxes delinquent u 4Soa real estate
fss ase Seas 1s tGs above fSs 9da
duly offered Yor sale, and no one bid
ding upon said offer an amount equA!
was subject to Sc sold. to-wit: the sum
for Re stae a Was d ior s aa
day yh Of afS 1884, me aad
piece or parcel Of land. not then hav;
neen Sss f s sas sas
property Of the State Of Minnesota,
was sold and conveyed at public sale
by the County Auditor Of said County
pursuant to the order and direction Of
the State Auditor of the State of Min
nesota: and in accordance with the
provisions Of the statute in Such case
made and provided. for the sum ot
one dollar and 3S cents duly paid to
the County Treasurer Of said County.
That the certificate of sale for SAID
piece or parcel of land executed d Id
delivered by said County Auditor upon
said sale last above mentioned has
been presented to me at my office by
the holder, thereof. for the purpose O.:
having notice Of expiration of time for
redemption from said tax sale OF said
property given and served. and that
the anlOutn required to redeem said
piece or parcel of land from said tax
sale at the date Of this notice. exclus-
i've of the costs to accrue upon said
notice. is the sum Of $1.39 and interest
as provided by law to the day such
redemption is made,
That the time for the redemption of
| said piece or parcel of land from said
tax sale will expire sixty (eo) days
after the service of this notice and
| filing of proof of such service in my
office.
Witness my hand and seal of office
this 2sth dav of Decem e HA f. Ri 1877.
Auditor St. Louis County, Minnesota.
(Seal County Auditor. st. Louis Co.,
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said administrat Hon BE examined. adj
(psted and allowed by the court and
final decree Of dtstribution Of the
residue OF the estateH OF said decedenI
to. to the persons entitled thereto. and
Tor the discharge Of the representative
and the suret1es on his bond.
e Is Ordered. That said petition be
heard. and said final account exam.
ined, adjusted and allowed. by me
court 60 at the Probate Court Rooms in.
.l 18th IN said County on Monday. the
.loth day Of February 1908, at ten
ested In said hearing and in said mat
ter are hereby cited and required at
said time and place to show cause. il
any there be, why said petition
should not be granted. e
Ordered Further. That this order be
served by publication in the Labor
az Rate 1aos Ct Duluth Mimi, January
BY the Court.
- J. B. MIDDLECOFF,
Judge of Probate.
lseal Probate Court. St.. Louis Co.,
Labor World. Jan, is, 25, Feb. /. 1908.
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Mortgage Foreclosure sale.

Default having been made in tho
payment, OF the sum of Twelve Hun
dred Dollars, which is claimed to be
notice. Upon aug eerta1n n &orts s 81 d Sais
executed and delivered by Frank
Zuzek and Antonija Zuzek. his wife,
Company. q corporation organized and
laws OF: the state Of MINNESOTA. Mort
1gnsE dat date the 18th day Of
sale therein contained. duly recorded
In the office of the Register Of Deeds
IN and for the County Of st. Louis and
January, 1906. at 5 O'clock a. M. in
Which said Morfease, together with
fi ass ssq ia thee Ha%%
gagee. to John Pahuie by written as
ssi Sig dated TED the soth day Of octo-
office Of said Register Of Deeds. on
book 22s Of Mortsages on page Sc.
be And n nS astSn q e axns
to recover said debt secured by said
xS M9T tba ST r notice tic the is
Sale contain e in said Ma nf and
made.and provided. the said Mortgage
d
premises described in said Mortgage,
All that tract or parcel Of land
lying and being in the County Of St.
Louis and State Of Minnesota, de-
scribed as follows: Lot nineteen (19).
Block seven 90 OF the Village of
Chisholm. according to the recorded
the Register Of Deeds in and for t.,e
County of st. Louis and State Of
Minnesota. with the hereditaments and
appurtenances:. which sale will be
made by the Sheriff of said st. Louis
County at the front door Of the Court
House in the City of Duuth in said
County and state on the 10th day Of
March. A. d. 1908. at 10 o'clock a. nj.
Of that day. at public :vendue. to the
highest bidder for cash. to pay said
debt and Interest. and the taxes, If
any. on said premises and the dis
bursements allowed by law: subject 20
redemption at any time within one
year from the day of sale. as provided
by law.
Dated January IA, A. d. 1908.
JOHN PAHULE,
Assignee of Mortgage.
Attorney for Assignee.
sos Torrey Bldg, Duluth. Mimi
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: 20. 1908.
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Women and Thor Hobbies.

Women are generally aggressive
about their hobbies, says one observer.
Wherever they go they bear the mark
of their chief interest. Men, once
business is over, appear. to be glad
to cast 1t aside. They don't 60 about
looking and acting like doctors and
lawyers, or schoolmasters, or even
clergymen. But women obtrude their
vocation or avocation in and out of
season. Thus the domestic woman
wears a scarcity of servants counte-
nance, and the sports girl, the higher
education girl and the women's rights
woman all talk sports, higher educa-
ton and women's rights until it is no
wonder that their friends detest all of
these subjects.