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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-01-16
PITY WHERE OTHERS
CONDEMN.

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R4ALTER, my boy, draw close
the garments and walk briskly,
| till we reach some spot where
the cold wind whistles not SO
fiercely. It is q cold-yes, bitter
cold morning. The smoke hates
i to leave warm chimneys, and, my
bow. YOU will see that it actually
refuses to leave where there is no
fire-waiting to be warmed! The
little snowbirds sit on fences, and
look puffy-like, as does a narrow
souled man sporting a military
uniform. How the foo. wakens
the sleeping king, and creaks
with crispness every time the quick
stepping foot rests on the crum-
bling snow! On the windows Ut all
fhe houses, the workmen of Zero
have worked with subtle fingers,
and left their delicate tracings.
All! my boy, how feeble is man
how ignorant-how weak! ut is
cold, my boy. very cold!
Did you ever stop to realize how
little love there is i'll this great
world of ours? People never care
for others half as much as they
pretend to. Even in summer they
are very cold, with blood at fever
heat. Their hearts will freeze
spirits! We have a few friends,
but never love them half as much
as we ought, or profess to. When
we pick the berries from a bush,
how quick we leave it! Perhaps
the warm sun and blessed light
may ripen other berries there, and
then how we scramble for them,
no matter what other beautiful
shrubs, prettily growing, are traml
pied to death! People are too
selfish-too cold. Yet such is
nature; and there is, perhaps, but
little use in warning against it.
Now, Walter, my boy, did you
ever notice how soon some people
will leave their best friends when
| in trouble9 And how they will SLAM
der. abuse, and libel the unfortu1
nate, least one should think they
we're once friends? Ii man fails
| in business, thru misfortune, how
people shun him! If a strong man
is tempted more than he can bear,
and falls, how few friends will en-
courage him to rise again! Society
| is a queer god. II is very hol-
low, deceitful thing. Yet we all
follow its dictation, az slaves fol-
low master they both dread and
despise. If girl falls, how her
sex-her angelic sex even-desert
her, and let hunger, disease, and
death take her hence, unweapt and
uncared for save by those who are
like her, carrying the. hell of wan
ton Observation-Disclosures within their
cruelty wronged hearts,. No mat
| ter how dearly we once protested
| to love, too often the least breath
of trouble will drive US all from
where once was happiness, and the
heart will grow, oh! SO coldI Ii
a person is going on foot, people
seldom care to be. company thru
the journey; but if he rides in q
carriage better than our own, we
are very willing to sit beside him.
Don't like such friends!
Well, Walter. my boy. such are
too often the only friends we have.
Few are the hearts that will stand
the pressure Of misfortune. Few
are the friends that will stick like
d brother till life has gone hence
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-01-16
1tBircb Bark'' Series Of Essays.
These essays Brick" Pomeoy
who lecturer phanhp

few are the hearts which sy.npa-
'thize with the sorrow of those they
once professed to-perhaps did
love. Few are the men or women
who cannot be bought away, or
bribed away from those they once
said they would share the last dol
lar with, or, if called upon, to lay
down life for. Once in a while,
such person is found. We know
those whom trial only strengthens,
whom trouble only helps, whom
sorrow only makes more loving
more willing-more generous
more noble-more kind and good.
But there are few, and only those
whose hearts have suffered more
cruel pangs than the world knew
of-whose life had become dark
ened whose heart, long lost, had
at last been found by one who
could love, cherish, and, without
jealousy or mistrust, appreciate the
love it gave, the sacredness of it's
devotion-the strength of its pur-
pose, and who would know how
true it beat in unison with kindred
feeling.
The style of the world. my boy,
is to hitch ON to those who are GO
ing up-to cut loose from those
going down. 1t is fashionable to
desert persons when misfortune
has overtaken them-when others
are DESERVING them, even without
cause-to hit the under man In
the fight. Ii trouble, sorrow, re-
morse, or affection have eobered a
mans face, or dressed him in
coarser clothes, everybody shuns
him, because cold, heartless, hol-
low, unfeeling world clasps it's
hands and urges on the chase.
Yes, my boy, there is more in this
world that il cold than the weather.
In heaven, they say, everybody
loves. Not as the bridegroom
loves the bride-as the warm
hearted girl whose eyes are deeper
than tue azure of heaven-whpse
heart is wrapt up in, and lives only
for one she worships-not as the
libertine loves-not as the depraved
and unfeeling love, but as the in
FAINT loves the mother OH whose
heart it's delicate ear listens for the
counter-ticking of it's own life-as
we love the good and noble here
below. Walter, my boy, that is q
blessed Hope then. Even il eter-
nifty is to be devoted to labor, it
will be too short. if love be the re-
ward. And, my boy, how great
and wondrous the change before
many are fit to enter there! Many
Christians. as they call themselves,
are not prepared for such bliss.
They may profess before men
may deceive some with their long
faces, but they are too cold to ever
know the ,happiness in store for
those whose hearts are ever warm
and generous. Biting frost is
disagreeable, my boy, but there is
something colder. We may feel
cold toward some-who can help
destiny2 The severest frost is that
Of the heart, and how desolate the
blight where hope has fed where
love has goneI Yet, my boy. there
is happiness in learning who are
false who are true friends. Bat
terHies leave the jessamine when
Its flowers begin to fall, but the
little wren builds her nest under
meath, and beneath it's shelter rears
her young, nor leaves it until ready
for another home far away.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-01-16
Greed.

You envy the man who climbs to fame.
And little you care for the man who lost
You dream of a great and glowing name
Aud little You Care what shall be the cost.
Won struggle and strive in hall and mart
Forgetting the weakened souls you passed.
No Thought have you Of a longing heart
So long as you reach your goal at last
Low to the shrine of the great god gold
You bend aud worship its glitter and clnk-
Little you care what the fates unfold,
So long as you're safe from the dangerous brink
OF adversely. And you only care
To reap the fruits where your seeds where cast;
Cold and grim On the load you fare.
with thoughts of nought but the goal az last.
Little you heed to the outstretched hand
That asks for \ crumb or a friendly mt
And it's little you know or understand
The value of sunshine thru the rift
When the clouds are low and heart In pain
Beats for the hope and the dream long past;
You only strive for the spoil AID gain
Needless Of all but the goal at last!
Milwaukee Sentinel
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-01-16

F4ALTER, my boy, draw close
thegarmentsan and walk briskly,
till we reach some spot where
tha cold wind whistles not SO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11

where 1t can be manufactured and
placed on the market Their first OBJ.
ject is to sell 1t to some government
that win use it and develop it for wal
purposes. after which they will doubt.
less perfect 1t for commercial uses
They do not predict that 1t will sup,
plant the railroad or steamboat and
say that its greatest immediate use
will be in war. But with such an in.
vention in his hands who can set linn
Its on what the future man will do:
Stevenson could not foresee the revo
luton wrought by the railroad. nor
had Fulton or Morse any adequate
conception of what would be accom-.
plished by the steamboat or the tele
graph. 1t is for the inventor to create
and hand over to posterity and leave
to them to set limits on the use they
will make of his invention. The
Wrights have taught the world to fly
on a heavier than air machine. They
must now let the world try its new
wings and determine what it will de-
with them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11

great planes. which are about forty
feet long, extended like the wings of a
bird. There are two rudders. hori-
Zontal one in front to regulate eleva-
ton and vertical one behind to de-
termine direction. There are two screw
propellers, one to lift and the other to
drive. A sixteen horsepower gasoline
engine furnishes the motor power. The
novel part of the motor Is that it has
no carburetter. The speed is regulated
in other ways. The aeroplane starts
from high incline. On it are pair
of runners. like those of a sled, on
which it alghts. 1t usually sails near
the ground. although it could doubtless
do better higher up, where the air cur
rents are not so turbulent. One of the
brothers says that near the ground the
air Is churned like the rapids at Nj
agara Every little obstacle on the sur
face of the earth, such as a tree or q
house. causes an air current shooting
up to a great height. The problem of
flying on an aeroplane is that of
equilibrium. 1t is the same problem
that is met in riding a bicycle. only
infinitely harder The danger is that
of being capsized by some unsus-
pected air current The only way to
solve this problem and to overcome
this danger is by practice. The Wrights
have now been experimenting for eight
years or more. and they now believe
that they have discovered the secret
Of navigating heavier than air ma
chine and that they are the only peo-
| pie who have.
The Wright brothers up to this year
worked practically in secret At Day
! ton. o.. their home. many of their
flights were made by night. They also
/ experimental at secluded spot on
the North Carolina coast known as
Kitty Hawk. near the Kill Devil bills
They avoided publicity and refused te
permit photograph to be taken OF
their machines. The fact that they
have now reversed this policy and thai
one of them is flying near Paris and
the other at Fort Myer. in the vicinity
, of Washington, shows that they ar,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11

Next day y found the knife" had
been the point OF boat hook With
which they picked me up as l came TO
the surface. The steamer had turned
in a circle and arrived just in time. :
London Answers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11


HE ENRI FARMAN. the French aer.
onaut, recently said that with
i ii in ten years flying machines
would be as common as auto
mobiles. That may seem a trife opti-
mistic, but is not impossible The
great step has been taken; men actu-
ally fly. The matter of making ma
chimes for commercial use is now mere
ly a question of time.
We do not properly measure the im-
portance of the event The future Ill
doubtless class it as the greatest ac-
complishment of all the marvellous
things done in this age of invention.
What revolutions 1t will work in trans
portation and in human affairs gener-
ally can now only be dimly surmised.
The overwhelming fact is that the
thing of which men have dreamed
through the ages has been achieved.
The cause has been set In motion. The
fame of it will be told. and the effects
of 1t will flow out to bless mankind
as long as the world stands.
The United States war department
has already bought the Baldwin air.
ship and is now testing the Wright
brothers aeroplane. Orville Wright is
conducting these tests, while Wilbur
is In France making demonstrations
that are the wonder of the Worldwide
German army already has its airship
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11
Tar enough advanced in their work
60 before the world.
Natural Inventors.

The Wright brothers are ABOUT forty
years of age. Wilbur. the older. who Is
In France, is smooth of face and bald.
Orville, who Is now at Fort Myer. Is
about four years younger, wears
slight mustache and is just saved from
badness by little tuft of hair on the
top of his head Both brothers are tall
and slight, both are precise. scientific,
reticent and almost cold in manner.
and neither apparently cares for mon
ey or fame. They are natural invent
ors. having learned wood engraving
while mere boys and having construct
ed printing press out of little old
rubber, some cord wood, part of a bug
gy top and few other odds and ends
picked up in the back yard at home.
Then the bicycle craze came along,
and they started a bicycle repair shop
and from this went into the untried
ton. At first they tried to work with
balloons. but soon gave these up for
the aeroplane. of which the world is
already acknowledging them to be the
practical inventors. They have work
ed wholly with their own money.
Captain Thomas S. Baldwin. who has
already met the test and sold his dirig-
ible balloon. the California Arrow No.
10. to the United States government,
is an older man and a. much older
aeronaut than either of the Wrigh:
brothers. Captain Baldwin invented
the modern parachute. in which be
made the first public descent He has
all over the world. Before he entered
this field he was a circus performer
and tight rope walker. 1t was he who
caused the world to gasp by walking
wire high over the pounding pillows
of the ocean at the old Cliff House, San
Francisco.
The Baldwin airship is entirely diff
ferent in principle from the Wright
brothers aeroplane. The Caiiforni;
man depends on the lighter than all
style of machine. His balloon /:
shaped like a long, fat cigar. Under
this is light frame. fitted with mo
tor. rudder, propeller and kite attach
ments for maintaining equilibrium
One point in which Baldwin's ship diff
fers from others is that he has his pro
peller In front, depending on pui
rather than push. In the machine
sold to the government two men car
| ride, one to run the airship and thu
other to take observations. The Unitet
States officers were exceedingly graft
| fed by the tests. After turning tht
balloon over to the government Cap
tain Baldwin instructed two arm.
men in its navigation. Lieutenan
Lahm, already famous as an aeronaut
being placed in control. Officers o
| the army will now ask congress 70
a million dollar appropriation for
balloon brigade. 1t will doubtless tax
congress about ten years to see it an'
| catch up with the procession, bu
| eventually it will come around.
Thomas Scott Baldwin. the inventor
not only made the first public leap /
a modern parachute. but made th
first successful American airshi
| fight, which took place AT Oakland
Cal. on Aug. .. 1904. He then droy
his balloon directly in the teeth of
wind. feat that he has accomplishe
often since
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11
Captain BaIdWin's Claims.

The airship sold by him to the gov
eminent has gas bag eighty-four feet
long and eighteen feet In diameter at
the thickest spot. The government re-
quired that the machine be capable of
attaining a speed of twenty miles an
hour but Captain Baldwin claims that
1t is actually capable of twenty six or
twenty seven.
While most scientists agree that the
aeroplane is the ultimate flying ma
chine, the greatest progress up to date
has been made in the lighter than air
vessel, or dirigible balloon. In fact,
little has been accomplished in the
other field except by the Wright broth
ers.
Most of Us can remember when the
automobile was a novelty. The writer
is under forty, yet he recalls the time
when the first .horseless wagon" was
used. and it was only about score OF
years ago. 1t was in Wheeling. w. Va.
where first beheld the monster. The
machine was big. clumsy affair. witt
large wheels. uncertain steering appa
ratus. and was run by a very nois.
steam engine. This was SO great {
| failure that 1t was some years before
another crossed my field of vision
| Now they are as common as million
/ aires.
/ If the automobile could be so vastl.
improved In so short time. who car
predict what may occur In the field q
aerial navigation now that the primo!
pie has actually been discovered and d
before the world?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11

None equal to Mcfihenay's Pare Conceutrafed
Flayors OF Vanilla and Lemon. We pack only pure
Vanilla and Lemon navors. Price sc az all srocers
and used everywhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11
Aerial Navigation Assured
While the Public Has Been Skeptica and Has Sometimes
Jeered Captain Thomas S. Baldwin and the
Wright Brothers, After Years of Hard
Work, Finally Succeeded
Work, Finally Succeeded.
y ONO AO& 80 OdO 40
BY JAMES A. EDGERTON.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11
Sailed Over Vesuvius.

Baldwin's parachute leaps. beginning
more than twenty years ago. created a
sensation around the world. He con-
Quoted them all over America and in
foreign lands. He was awarded the
first gold medal ever presented by the
Balloon Society of Great Britain. One
of the daring aeronaut's feats was to
sail over Mount Vesuvius.
Baldwin has brought several new
inventions into aeronautics- The most
important perhaps is the twin propel-
Ter, consisting of two propellers run
ming in opposite directions on the same
shaft. This brought about the perfect
balance so long sought by aeronauts.
No less important is his placing the
screw in front of his machine rather
than in the rear, which draws the bal
loon forward into a practical vacuum.
Under the old way the vacuum was
created behind and retarded the speed.
Captain Baldwin uses a two ply and
in some spots three ply Japanese silk
envelope, which is also an improve
ment. He has made many advances In
the science of equilibrium and in re-
ducing what is known as "skin fric.
| fion -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11
ce "yon pIYv very weIl.r he said

piece "You play very well,' he said,
and | will give you Il proof of my
satisfaction
SO saying he left the room. The mu-
stefan waited. guessing at the probable
nature of the proof. Presently the
king returned with his own flute and
played the same piece. Then he babe
his visitor Good day" saying, Il have
had the pleasure of hearing you. and il
was only fair that you should hear
me-"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11
Sails SideWiSe.

The Wright brothers aeroplane has
been described as looking like a street
car with the sides and ends Knocked
out. leaving only the top and floor with
frail uprights holding them together.
The machine sails sidewise with its
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11
LUNG Eor Lung.

Frederick the Great made generous
presents to all musicians except flute
players. He played the flute remark
ably well himself \ famous fiutist
once asked permission to play to the
king, hoping that Frederick would
show his appreciation of his skill by
some valuable gift Frederick listened
attentivelv while he played difficult
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11
Sick Headache.

This disease is caused by derange.
ment of the stomach. Take dose of
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tab
lets to correct this disorder and the
sick headache will disappear. For sale
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11

=
corps.i and the same thing is practical
ly true of every civilized nation. Ten
nyson's fine lines in "Locksley Hail."
written as a prophecy of a distant
event. are being made true almost be-
fore the poet is cold in his grave:
For | dipped into the future far as hu-
man eye could see.
Saw the vision of the world and all the
wonder that would be:
Saw the heavens fill with commerce. ar
gosies of magic sails,
Pilots of the purple twilight dropping
down with costly bales;
Heard the heavens fill with shouting.
and there rained a CHASTITY dew
From the nations airy navies graphing
in the central blue:
Far along the worldwide whisper OF the
south wind rushing warm,
With the standards of the peoples plung-
ing through the thunderstorm;
TIL the war drum throbbed no longer
and the battlefiags were furled
In the parliament of man. the federation
of the world.
It is not now necessary to "dip into
the future. far as human eye can see
to behold most of this prophecy made
everyday fact. Already the nations
are forming their .'airy navies." AL
ready there is in The Hague peace
congress some sort of dim promise
of parliament of man."
Has Sailed Against the Wind.
An these deeply versed in the sub
ject are now agreed that practical aer-
ial navigation will soon be accom-
plished. Captain Baldwin has sailed
his airship. which is only an improved
type Of dirigible balloon, against the
wind. A few years ago that would
have been pronounced an impossibility
The Wright brothers have made al
aeroplane In which two men can rid,
In sitting posture that will run a
almost any speed up to forty miles al
hour and that will go in any direction
or at any desired height above tn
ground. Not only SO. but they hav
perfected the invention to a poin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-11
w. G. Maucker's
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carefully financial OF the companies represented by
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standing his influence with the
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agency Maucke represents
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Once 1870 Building phones
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26
BUYS BLOCK FROM
HASTINGS ESTATE
Southern Pacific Secures Land
Adjoining the Townsend
Street Depot

As final act in the negotiations
which have covered a period of sew
eral years. William Giselman, trustee
of the Clinton Hastings estate, turned
over to the Southern Pacific yesterday
deed to the block of land bounded
by Third, Fourth, King and Berry
streets. The price paid was 100000.
The land adjoins the holdings of the
Southern Pacific at its Third and
Townsend street depot and gives 1t a
greatly improved terminal
The Southern Pacific will begin at
once to prepare for the extension of
its freight yards to include the re-
Gently acquired tract. Not only will
1t allow of the expansion of the al
ready overcrowded freight terminal.
but it will give practically another
outlet to the bay.
1t has taken the railroad number
of years to obtain the desired facili-
ties at its coast line depot, and an eX-
penditure of money approximating
s6.O00.O 900. 1t is stated that the COM
pany proposes to add from time to time
to its vast holdings in that section of
the city to meet the growing demands
of the commerce of the city.
The purchase of the land from the
Hastings estate was not completed un-
til vast amount of red tape had been
unwound. 1t was first necessary to
satisfy all the Hastings heirs and to
conform with many legal requirements.
The money has already been turned
The San Francisco call., 1908-07-26

q
The hospital is to be conducted
upon such sanitary plans as are to be
found in the hospitals of the United
States-baths. fresh air. sunlight and
every natural adjunct valued in mod
ern hygiene viii be esteemed as of
the utmost importance. A roof ward,
free to the open air, into which pa
tients may be conveyed by elevator,
while resting in wheel chair or cot,
may be especially mentioned.
The building is situated at 55 Boule-
ward du Chateau. Neuilly, in an at
tractive portion Of the property which
was formerly included in the Pare de
Neuilly, secured by the American hos
pital association in 1907. The lot COW
ers an acre and a half OF finely wooded
land and is secluded from the noise
. OF streetcars, railroads and the traffic
of the streets. The funds for the
building and land have already beer
secured, and IL now rests with the pro.
verbally generous American OF Paris
and OF the United States TO place the
institution upon an independent basis
% provide funds for enlargement and
IN endowment fund which shall NEE
the running expenses and guarantee
the hospital a dignity and public
standing worthy OF the nation Who's
humane patriotism IL must Inevitable
represent.
The hospital has been organized un