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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-15
Poise.

People who would attain ex-
quisite mental poise must dive be-
meath the white caps and the
waves on the surface of thought,
down into the depths of their be-
ings, where there is eternal calm
which no mental tempest can dis
turb.
A perfectly poised mind must
be in frequent communication
with the divine. Dwelling upon
human qualities will never bring
that perfect mental balance, that
divine serenity which makes mere
physical beauty unattractive in
comparison.
There is sweetness, ripeness,
a divine something about a serene
mind which eludes analysis, but
which we all feel. No wealth can
compare with the benign, satisfy
ing influence which radiates from
an exquisitely poised personality.
Some of our best observations
are built upon mountain tops SO
that the great lens. which sweeps
the heavens may not be obscured
by the dust, the dirt, the mists
floating in the atmosphere.
In order to shut out the din, the
terrible noises which distract the
mind, in order to shut ont the
thousand and one disturbing. in
fqences in our strenuous life, the
things which warp and Twist and
distort us, it is necessary to rise
into the higher realm of thought
and feeling, where we can breathe
purer air, get in closer touch
with the divine. Success Maya
zine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-15

An eastern soap manufacturer
used t., advertise that his soap was
pure enough to eat. One day he
received a letter from far-off
place reading as follows: II ate
one cake of your famous soap and
it cleaned me out" After that the
manufacturer ceased advertising
his soap hs pure enough to eat.
He was evidently afraid some one
else might accept the statement
literally-eat cake and croak-
and then put him out of business.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-15
Sy hasksll's " of.

but these late doin's of President
Roosenfelt, a-callin' everybuddy
natur takers, au' mollycoddles. an
sky pood.es, has sure riled me up
some. Now I've he'd quite some
experience in my time as ranch
man, an sojer an a statesman,
an etcetery, etcetery, an when l
| tells of some of the tricks that I've
seen real live annymnls do, l 'spose
Roosenfelt will write a letter an
say as how I otter be locked up,
which is also somewhat like what
the judge said some little time ago.
] But howsomever, I'm goin' to tell
you of the sagasaty of an OF he
wolf wunst he'd some experience
with whilst herding RENDERS on
the cream Of the range in the ice
packs in Wyomin'.
We usty herd them reindeers
out on the ice fields durin' the day,
an we'd drive 'em into the currel
we he'd down near Denver, every
night. Now Denver in those days
wuz badly invested with injuns,
an populists an wolves, an other
dangerous varmints, but everyone
knows tibet reindeers r the most
peacebulest annymuls on yearth.
Thet's why we had to feed 'em on
ice cream, an shurbut an sech
stuff, becuz them deers wouldn't
eat ennything tibet he'd life in it.,
an they bein' SO peaceful, we he'd
to close herd 'em all day to keep
the varmints from pesterin' of 'em !;
consequenchally there wuz putty
poor pickin' on r range for thin
varmints afore mentshuned, an as
thin OF guys usty say, we waxed
fat an oppulence. But we reck-
onin'd without r hosts, for one day
we INFUSED tibet the reindeers he'd
tuck to fightin' amongst their
selves, thing herebefur unhearn
of. Fur two or three days their
fghtin' wuz not so dangerous, but
one day we nutussed tibet two
dears wuz left behind bekuz they
WIZ so bad bunged up they couldn't
walk, an from tibet time on the
fghtin' got more fercer and more
furiouser, as the referee would say,
an some days there would be as
menny as ten deers left behind,
an the curiostiest thing Of the
hull thing WIZ, there wouldn't be
a sign Of emmy of them damaged
deers in the mornin, when we
come back next day from the cur
rel.
Now here wuz a mystury wusser
then the "hand writin' on the
wall" or the "Sign of the -Four
Hundred" or emmy o tibet kind O.
stuff, an etcetry, an etcetry. So
we ups and sends Telegraph at
wunst to Cronin Doyle an he
sends out Shurluck Homes an the
doctor with thur Gladden. beads,
an Plantagunt board an thur
Basketful O. Hounds, an etcetry,
an etcetry, an they goes to work
on the case at wunst, or instanter
es it's said.
Fur days an days they shadder
ed them deers, but thur wuzzent
a thing to show why they shud
fight so much. They wuz gettin'
the same grade o lice every day;
they wuzzent lowed, to comingle
with the pops er emmy other con-
spishus k-rackturs. So Sherlock
ups and says to mo one day, GIL
shake them deers an go 10 invest
igashunin' the range" an the Sec
lone day out he has discovered a
a most purtickulur clue. Shurluck
says the range is visited every
ln:,xhk b,, /. %ro,n o,,ina luruo uolf
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-15

"Have you,' asked the Judge of
a recently convicted man, ''any-
thing to offer the court before
sentence is passed? p
mo, yonr HONOR replied the
prisoner, ''my lawyer took my last
farthing."- London Tltbits.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-15

It costs nothing to be a gentle
man.
"He that is out of debt and hath
nickel in his pocket is rich
Judge Taft lost his voice in
Iowa but recovered it in Nebraska.
The sun shines here the same
as elsewhere.
While there's life there's "soap'
for some.
The insects seem to be frying
tool chests around with them these
"brown October days"
Jawbone is generally the princi-
pal bone of contention-but not
around here.
The Gossipers' Gazette is filled
to overlooking here the same as
elsewhere.
Pessimists get nowhere. Opti-
mists get somewhere even tho it
be in Jail.
No matter who's elected Presi-
dent Thanksgiving and Christmas
will arrive on time as usual.
Fame is generally posthumous.
Notoriety is cashable while ones
alive.
Equality before the LAWN
equality after the law: has gotten
in it's deadly work.
Good advice is cheap-and per-
haps that is why $50 many edisre-
gard it.
A lot of political candidates will
relapse into state of ''innocuous
desuetude'' after the election.
A fellow whispered to me the
other day: "Going to join the Cir
cle?" | am in the circle now dear
boy-the "home' circle.
The Independence League is
the most dependent of all the part
les. 1t depends upon one man for
it's "wind and ink" and dough.
Education is Of little value ua-
less combined with experience.
Experience is the best teacher-as
it is the school of hard knocks.
An old proverb runs something
like this: He that is wise and
knows not that he is wise is fool
but he that is wise and knows
that he is wise is a wise man."
One of the bright guys here says
he pinched a cash register once
upon a time and when be opened
it found a hairpin in it. He said he
was 80 Disguised he took the thing
right back.
Garfield was a mule driver on
the towpath Of the Ohio canal
but that does not signify that it is
necessary to go thru that course of
employment in order to become
President
Men and women have been
known to destroy valuable things
they could not use-simply to de.
prive others of the privilege of en-
joying them.
Davy is in his element now. He
came into the sanctum the other
\ e. Al
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-15

ed at unly one size; an tibet he
wuz great traveller becuz he
found granels O. sand tibet unly
comes from Arizonny an uther
Turin ports. Now this unly makes
things more mistiferous than ever,
out Shurlpck ajures us to "bide
awee me friends, an all will yet be
WE'LL"
The next day Shurluck an the
Doctor an the Basketful O.
Hounds hes disappeared an We
don't hear a word of 'em fur three
days, an besides them deers amt
a-fightin' es much es they wuz,
but on the fourth day in comes
Shurluck an the Doctor an the
hull bunch a-carrying big bushel
basket, an tibet basket is plum
filled up with VOLTS head. Thet
wolf muster weighed ct least ], 800
pounds. But the most amazzin'
thing wuz Shurluck's account Of
the mystury. 1 will quote eggs
tracks from his masterful report
on the experdishion:
Shurluck says: eve spotted the
wolf on the first night out at 2:18
a. m. He wuz in the middle of
the ice range an seemed ter be
rubin his face over the ice. He
would 60 to a purtickular spot an
tex sutthin' in his mouth, an
then go to a.rubbin' his face along
over the ice. Altho we wuz cum
sidubul misti6cied, I never
changes from my regular systum
of solving the mystery an captur-
in the outputs; SO the Doctor an
meself restrained areselves from
shootin' there an then. On the
other hand, we did not disturb
him, but waited until he had I'm
ished what seemed to be a regular
incantashuns er relijus cermunny
of some kind, an by which time
it wuz just 1923 a. M, when the
wolf raised his head an let out
one long howl, an started off to
the south in long swingin' trot,
with me an the Doctor a-close
shadderin' him. We left the ice
range far behind, crost the Great
Americun Dessert, an by sun up
wuz in Arizonny, where abides the
Bosco killers. an the tarantillars,
an the centrifugulpedes, besides
numurus poisunus an nefarious
botanymus speeshus an etcetry,
an etcetry. We reached the lon-
gitudinal of Arizonny about 9:l5
a. m. an the wolf imejutely went
to work a.diggin' in the bowals of
the yearth, an every wunst in q
while he would sulect sutthin' an
go an lay it in a pile. After a
while he ticks look at the pile;
seems satisfied with it, an goes
over in the shade of a gigantical
catkuss, an goes off into somnam-
bulistical dreams. I left Doc to
watch the wolf while I#examins
the pile, which l finds wuz com.
pissed of stack of roots of some
of the ajashunt botanymus speesh-
us. | subjects a few specymums,
an goes back to Doc, when we re-
lays each luther fur the rest of the
day with trips to morfyhus.
'On the following day ut s a. m.
the wolf arouses hisself, picks up
an Of gunny sack which We hedn't
heretofur INFUSED, ellis the same
with his roots an heads fur the
north agen on anuther long swing
in trot, with me an Doc a-close
shadderin' him agen. But on the
way up | comes to anuther de-
sishun, an / drops off at Denver,
an tells Doc to 60 on shadderin'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-15

People seldom improve when
they have no model bpt them
selves to copy after. Goldsmith.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-15
SIDE LIGHTS Il :: =:

@N
'sCome up to the hospital and I'll
weigh you," said Mr.. l.. When
at midnight?
A hen in South Berwick, Me-,
recently laid an egg measuring six
and one half inches one way and
eight inches the other. The ques-
ton now arises, was the hens
cackle in consonance with the size
of the egg?
Switzerland annually exports
$lO,OOO,OOO. worth of Swiss cheeze
chiefly to America. That prob
ably explains where good deal of
the money of American saloon
keepers goes.
The author Of Kilograms evil
IDENTIFY believes with Ebert Hub
bard that lawyers are chiefly H.
censed robbers.
Sing no! for Carter-Carter-
He .;done" what he hadn't car
ter"
He is improving in looks
While distributing books
And is growing smarter-smart-
er.
Seven years more for that. Eth? I
If all those who are out of Jail
that ought to be in we're in-and
all those who are in Jail that ought
to be out were outflow would the
score stand?
Here comes Mister Ronk
Whose press goes honkety- honk.
He works hard all day,
At eve has nothing to say
But happy is Mister Onk.
That whale story by Whaler will
make us all "blubber'' if be does
not let up on living on stale boot
leg leather. Boot leg whiskey,
tho, they say is all right.
A fat man does not like to be
called fatty-a slim man sllmmy-
but young fellow is always de-
lighted when addressed as "old
man."
I said, to one of the boys some
time ago: 81 am pleased to oh.
serve l am losing weight, Judging
from the slack in my trousers. !"
Nonsense" he replied, ''your
clothes are stretching Another
fond hope punctured.
A lot Of higbfalutin' regulations
Of leading statesmen are being
punctured this fall. The average
man who goes into politics must
pickle his reputation Or it will
him. Foraker, Bailey and Has
kell are on the shetland the re-.
turns are not all in yet.
Carrie Nation is a much mis-
understood and abused woman.
She is not the rantankerous ter
msgant she is represented to be by
the press. She is mild, meek,
gentle and womanly and is prob
ably the best versed biblical schol-
ar in the country.
Our worthy librarian
Is not an agrarian.
But he farms out papers
Containing wild capers
That are "raisehairian."
II like sailed peanuts" said one
of the prints. "When I'm out and
want some I go up TO the vending
machine, break the glass. hold my
hat and get it filed. Then l scoot.
[ never wait to take the pennies
out Of the box" No wonder he's
sticking type in the prison print
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-15
Our worthy librarian
Is not All agrarian.
But he farms out papers
Containing wild capers
That are ''raisehairian.'

Containing wild capers
That are "raisehairian."
II like sailed peanuts" said one
of the prints. "When I'm out and
want some I go up to the vending
machine, break the glass, hold my
hat and get it filled. Then l scoot.
| never wait to take the pennies
out Of the box" No wonder he's
sticking type in the prison print
cry. Anyone who will swipe salt
ed peanuts ought to get life SEN
tence.
Uncle John works in the store
room, laundry and bathing pavil-
ion, waits on table, plays in the
band, presides over the Chautan.
qua circle and cracks smile once
in while with his eyelashes. Be-
sides he sees new corners safely in
and old timers cheerfully out. Too
much for the money, Uncle John,
too much.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-10-15

Carrie Nation is a much mis-
understood and abused woman.
She is not the ADVANTAGEOUS ter
magant she is represented to be by
the press. She is mild, meek,
gentle and womanly and is prob.
ably the best versed biblical schol-
ar in the country.
Graham guardian., 1908-08-28
lst publication Aug o1-.tt
IoN FUUITCdIIUH hWEl EI-8FI
Notice to Creditors

Estate Of Mary Il. Skinner, de-.
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, administrator of the
estate of Mary E. Skinner, de-
ceased. to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, with.
in four months after the first pub.
lication Of this notice to the said
administrator at his residence in
Graham, Graham County, Arizona,
the same being the place for the
transaction of the business of said
estate, in said County of Graham.
GEORGE SKINNER,
Administrator of the Estate of
Mary E, Skinner, deceased,
Dated at Stafford, this Glst day
of August, 1908,
Graham guardian., 1908-08-28
100000 Feet
Water Pipe
Cheap
ALL SIZES
twenty-five Carloads
Now Being Unload
ed in Los Ange-
les. Cal,

10000 feet of this shipment Is secondhand
pipe, practically as good as new, and is now
on sale at a big discount by the Adams Pipe
Works, 2025 Bay Street. Sizes and prices: Y
inch, ~ cents per foot 3s inch, 2 cents per
foot; h-inch 2H cents per foot; q Inch, 81 cents
per foot; 1-inch, ~ cents per foot lA-inch
cents per foot; lH-inCh, 7 cents per foot; pinch,
81 cents per foot 2Hlnch, IS cents per FOOT
ssincB, Ia cents per foot, 3J5-tnch 20 cents per
foot 4.inch, 50 cents per foot
Oil well casing prices and sizes pinch, 7
cents per foot; 2H-inch, cents per foot; 3-inch,
l3H cents per foot SA-inch, Is cents per foot;
315-inch, II cents per foot; a-inch Is cents per
foot. All pipe i? G9EefUIly inspected, new
couplings and new threads are put on every
piece every joint is guaranteed to be first class
serviceable pipe This pipe is sold in any
amount, Small orders are given the same at
tention as large ones. Mail orders promptly
filled. To reach the Adams Pipe Works in Los
Angeles, take car marked Pacific Boulevard,
starting east from seventh street from Broad
way. All lines will transfer to East Seventh
street new line. Ask conductor to let you %
81 Bay 5t4ee, aud 90 cast half block. Phones
F11I7, Broadway 1854 2I-lt
Graham guardian., 1908-08-28
Not Any There

was on my way west by train
W hen a farmer entered the crowd,
ed car and took seat near me,
Is Q free born American, of course
l asked about the potato bugs and
blasted the weather, and then got
around to ask:
swell, l suppose politics IS boom,
ing in your neighborbood?"
81 hadn't heard that they were" Z"
he dryiy replied:
"But you people out in the
country must be interested in this
campaign?"
"Ob, dunno"
"You don't mean to tell me that
you don't care which party IS in
power during the next four years."
"Well, guess we amt worry.
ing much. / haven't even heard
anyone speak about 1t. When
lection day comes mabe we'll 60
and vote and mabe we won't"
"My dear sir, you surprise mep
l exclaimed. ~ supposed that
every voter in this country was in
terested in the issues before us
If you don't talk politics out in
the country, what in the old Harry
do you talk about?"
"Oh, there's enough" he ans.
wered tartly.
"But mention something.p
"Well, Jim Northrop has sold
out and is going to Dakota"
"Yes?"
"And Tom Bowling has bought
another cow"
"And Henry Tobasco has got
the durndest biggest bile on his
leg you ever saw.'
"Yes" again.
"And two of John Sinners chill
dren ate skunk's cabbage and amt
expected to live. Things to talk
about! Why, there's a hundred
different things, and if a feller
should begin to shoot off his mouth
about politics when we was talk
ing. he'd be invited to hide hisself
in thistle patch until the meeting
adjourned~-Ex
Graham guardian., 1908-08-28

one Probate Judge, and where the
Probate Judge is not by the virtue
of his Office, County Superintend-
ent; also County School Super
intendent; one District Attorney,
one Sheriff, one Treasurer, who
shall also be, by virtue of his
office, Tax Collector; one RECORD
or, one Surveyor. two members of
the Board of Supervisors, end such
other county officers where vacan-
cies have occurred in the offices, or
which may hereafter and before
said election occur, which are re-
quired or authorized by law to be
filled at said election.
Also, in each of the several JUS
tice precincts of the several coun-
ties in the Territory, having a pop.
ulation of five thousand or over,
by the qualified voters thereof, two
Justices of the Peace and two Con-
stables; and in each Of the several
justice precincts of said counties
having population Of less than
FIVE thousand, by the qualified
voters thereof, one Justice of the
Peace and one Constable.
And l do hereby offer reward
of fifty dollars for the arrest and
conviction of any and every per-
son violating any of the provisions
of Title Nv. Part l, of the Penal
Code, such reward to be paid m
til the total amount hereafter ex-
pended for the purpose reaches the
amount of one thousand dollars.
10 Witness Whereof, | have here!
unto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal of the Territory
to be affixed. Done at Phoenix,
the Capitol, this seventeenth
day of August, A. D. nineteen
hundred and eight.
(SeaD JOSEPH III. KIBBEY.
By the Governor:
JOHN IL. PAGE,
Secretary of the Territory of
Arizona.
Graham guardian., 1908-08-28
THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
Appointed by the Democratic Con.
ventIon at Prescott TO Conduct
Coming Campaign

The Democratic Convention a.
Prescott selected the following
Territorial Democratic Committee
Apache--lsaac Barth, St. Johns
l.. J. Brown, Eagar.
Cochise-B. A. Packard, Doug
las; W, M. Adamson, Douglas; w
NJ. Adamson, Douglas; w, A
Greene, Douglas; M. J. Cunning
ham, Bisbee; J. j. Bowen, Bisbeei
E. E. Ellinwood, Bisbee; J. M
O'ConneIl, Bisbee; J. N. Hinckley
Lowell; Richard Humphrey, Lo,
we'll; Neil E. Bailey, Naco; Ben
Goodrich, Tom bstone; J. N. Gaines
Tom bstone; H. X. Street, Benson u;
Il. V. McCourt, Wilcox.
Coconino-T. A, Riordan, Flag
staff; George d. Patten, Williams
James Kennedy, Williams; Jesse
Gregg, Flagstaff.
Gila-August Pieper, Payson;
Wiley E. Jones, Globe; j. NJ. Nc.
Collum, Globe; Hinson Thomas,
Globe; J. F. Hectman, Globe.
Graham-W. L. Webb, Pima;
Geo. A. Olney, Stafford; Ben R
Clark, Solomonville; James V,
Parks, Duncan; Lamar Cobb, Cliff
ton; Ben NJ. Crawford, Clifton; A,
M. Tuthill, Morenci.
Maricopa-J. D. Loper, Mesa;
Paul Kreuger, Tempe; Carl Hay
den, Tempe; Jos, j. strandage,
Mesa; J. M. Shott, Phoenix; II. II.
McNeill, Phoenix; Frank DeSousa,
Phoenix; Joe Bush, Phoenix; G. B.
Wood, Phoenix; Sam r. Webb,
Phoenix; Chas. Barkley, Glendale.
Mojave-E. F. Thompson, King
man; DR.. John r. Whitesides,
Chloride.
Navajo-W. H. Burbage, Wins
lows Geo, p, Sampson, Winslow;
r. G.. Caswell, Winslow.
Pima-L. H. Manning, Tucson;
Amos O'Keefe, Tucson Emanuel
Draohman, Tucson; A. W. Forbes,
Tucsonj Ohas, F. Hoff, Tucson.
Pinal-Thos. F. Weedin, Flor.
ence; J. e. O'Conner, Florence.
Santa CRUZ. F. Duffy, No.
gales; Geo. B. Marsh, Nogales; w.
Il. Powers, Patagonia.
Yavapai-J. F. Wilson, Prescott;
NJ. G. Cuniff, Crown King; J, J.
Hawkins, Prescott; A. A, Moore,
Walnut Grove; FL. d. Ross, Pres,
colt; w. d. Adams, Jerome; R. N.
Looney, Prescott; NJ. G. Humboldt,
A. A, Johns, Prescott,
Yuma-W. F. Timmons, Yuma;
S. P. Kinds, Yuma; milford Win
sor, Yuma.
Joseph P, Dillon was elected
chairman Of the Territorial Com
mittee, which was empowered to
fill vacancies on tickets, and the
convention adjourned after
standing vote of thanks to the city
of Prescott for its unstinted hos
pitality.
Graham guardian., 1908-08-28
Election Day

The Governors Proclamation of q
General ELECTION to be held No
vember s, 1905,
To the People of Arizona:
Pursuant to the provisions .of
Chapter l, Title Xxx Elections,
of the Revised Statutes of Arizona,
1901, it is hereby proclaimed by
the Governor of Arizona:
That a general election shall be
beld by ths qualified voters of the
Territory of ARIZONA, on Tuesday,
the Sd day of November, 1908, for
the following named officers:
A Delegate to Congress;
One member of the Legislative
Council, by the qualified voters of
tbs counties of Pima and Santa
Cruz jointly;
And by the qualified voters of
the several counties, the following
named officers in each thereof re.
spectively, that is to say;
One member of the Legislative g
Council, and one member of the
HOUSE of representatives, in
Apache county, one member of
the Legislative Council, and one
member of the House of Repre-
sentatives, in Coconino county; one
member of the Legislative Council
and three members of the House
pf Representatives, in Cochise
comfy, one member of the Legis.
iatige Council, apd one member Of
the House of Representatives, in
Gi!a county; one member Of the
Legislative Council, and two mem.
bers Of the House of Representa-.
tives, IN Graham county; one mem.
Der of the Legislative Council, and
and four members of the House
of Representatives, in Maricopa
county; one member of the Legis,
lative Council, and one member OF
the House of Representatives OF
Mohave county; one member OF
the Legislative Council, and one
member Of the House of Repre-.
sentatives, in Navajo county; three
members of the House of Repre-.
sentatives, in Pima county; one
member of the Legislative Council,
and two members of the House OF
Representatives, in Pinal county;
one member of the House of Rep.
resentatives, in Santa Cruz county;
one member of the Legislative
Council, and three members of the
House of Representatives. in Tava
pal county; one member Of the
Legislative Council, and one mem
Der of the House of Representa-
tives, in Yuma county.
And in each of the several coun'
ties by the qualified voters thereof