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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-01-02
Substance and
Shadow.

II IL pdSSiuy 6GfAiS0 10 even Su-
perficial observer how many there are
who. at this So called advanced stage of
civilizations civilization that much
esteemeth itself as having come within
full view of the apices Of those won
derful heights Whereon abides eter-
nal trnth, the end and aim of all
philosophers that ignore, or at most
have only small belief in the doe
trine of idealism, the absoluteness,
the allness OF mind, the nothingness
or shsdowy vapors of matter. Strange
as this may seem, true it is-s that an
innumerable host still clings to those
shattered idols that have been IN 8
thousand ways torn and mutilated al
most beyond recognition ty the pow
erful batteries Of sciehce}s The ac-
ceptancel of mind rs the real, the
frst cause, necessitates q distinctien
between it and it's several offspring,
or attributes, Imagination, belief, fear,
etc, all Of which ct times and under
given conditions 60 far toward maxi
Ting a perceptible impress on the
phenomena of being and one has not
far to look for q proof of this asser-
tion as it is everywhere most plenti-
fully evidenced in everyday life.
Imagination and belief occupy a
pre-eminent place in the affairs of
men. TO no small extent is health,
happiness, and harmony indebted to
these great auxiliaries. as they are
ever the medium by which humanity
is raised from the depths Of gross
materiaIism to plane 'congenial to
the growth and development of those
Inspirations that ever lead on and up
in search of immortal truth. Carlyle
says: "Many an ideal, monastic or
other, shooting forth into practice as
it can, grows to "a strange reality" !"
Family likenesses and peculiarities are
fashioned into form | expression by
certain characteristic' touches Of the
mind of the progenitors and trans
mftted to their progeny to be in turn
handed down to posterity ad isa1iastln.
SO it is that every we'll defined idea,
sooner or later, takes unto itself some
materialistic form, the expression of
which depends largely OH the definit-
ness of the idea nd the modifying
phases thru which it must pass. While
these children of the mind, belief and
imagination, largely change and modi-
fy material things, and that too, gen.
orally for the better, there is one other
element-a twin sister it may be that
not only changes materialistic appear
ances but quite frequently creates
them, this we call fear. OF all the
stumbling-blocks that are to be en-
countered in the pathway of advance
ment this is undoubtedly the gr latest.
1t not only retards but quite often
fights its way into the citadel of rea-
son and puts to flight q legion of noble
thoughta and purposes. Fear is both
hereditary and contagious. Father
Adam was greatly afflicted with it i'm
mediately after his insnbordination in
the Garden of Eden'and transmitted it
thru the succeedte generations down
to the present Ame. Contagion is
more widespread and alarming when
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-01-02
Portuguese Politeness.

AS picture of social intercourse the
following is given ~ a former Earl of
4 Carnarvon in his book on Portugsl and
Galicia, published half century ego.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-01
PRINTING BILL GOES
TO SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Eext Book Bill Again the
Subject Of Lively
Debate

The house messages read late
Thursday afternoon conveyed the in
formation that No. 2S7 from tho SEN
ate had been passed. amendment be-
Ing made however Nos. 245 and 2S9
were sent with signature Of Speaker
Murray and were thereupon sent to
the governor for signature, both be-
| ing by Stewart, one establishing an
Industrial school for girls, the other
an Eastern insane asylum.
Nos GIG, SIS and 446 from The
house were read the first time and
given the accustomed place on the
calendar
The appropriations committee re-
ported in No. 507 from the house, and
the disposition Of The Leaders bill
yet due It from the constitutional con-
gentiOn work was, in approving re-
port of majority of the standing cont
lmittee. referred to a special commit
tee, but Mathews moved to refer 1t to
the special committee which had made
the previous investigation. Senator
Blair felt this would but provoke
greater trouble, adding that the bit
terness and unfairness charged,
would all be to do over again, and no
one would be benefited by the act.
The Mathews contention that no
committee could do the work as well
as the former, brought stinging re-
buke from Senator Taylor who said
II was the second time that commit
tee had been designated by Mr.
Mathews as the only one able to re-
buke wrong or defend the right. and
the Chickaaha man made inquiry as
to when and where this particular
committee had encircled all the integ-
rity aud ability to be found IN the
state. leaving none TO others who at
least commenced their work as state
servants with an equal reputation for
fairness, consistency and some little
ability.
Senator Davis protested against
sendng an investigating committee
from the senate knoWA to be unfair
and ambitious to find wrong on the
part of the one TO be investigated
Mr. Little moved to add Blair and
Davis 20 the committee, but this was
not accepted. Mathews declaring he
would stand for no whitowashlng. Rus
sell said II would look unfair: on the
other hand the appointment of a new
committee. proper and correct. might
cause that committee TO be falsely
named by these desirous to make evil
reports OF democracy. The Mathews
motion prevailed, l6 ayes to IL nays,
not voting but present 13.
Bill Reported Favorsbly.
The agriculture committee reported
favorably senate bill No 369 and
house bill No 49, and both advanced
ON tho calendar
The Thomas bill No. 233, which was
returned by the governor by request
was read. II pertains TO eminent do
main rights, and the new clauses were
placed on the desks OF senators, but
the matter was put of one day.
Text Book Bill Debated.
Tho latter part of the session was
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-01
Funds and increases, l9O7

Ha N0LLEn. secfoisry
y n BACuTHLf, Aad aad hill sa.y
oKoRoK 1uuN8 rd1 Maaasss
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-01

on The text book bill, with Senator
Roddie asking some amendments, and
the debate was exciting at times, but
not acrimonious The bill was lett
unfinished. Senator Franklin had GER
tainly been well-prepared for the dis
cussion Of the measure, for he answer
ed queries enough TO have been a
student in school. rather than a sena-
tor seeking to make law tight
enough to prohibit wrong, or attempt
at wrong.
Bills Passed.
The Williams senate bill 2S7, pro-
lyiding for the consolidation OF rural
lschool districts, the Williams bill, 1885
/ providing Tor the payment OF one half
of the two per cent TO be collected
from insurance companies Of the state
to be paid into fund for pension
ling firemen retired by age, Injuries,
etc
Senate bin No. 246. by Billups an
act creating a state library, providing
ifor the appointment of librarian.
House bill No. "a, by committee. an
act 20 provide separate schools for the
white and colored races IN the state
OF Oklahoma
House bill No. 16, by Jones; an act
leasing certain lands 10 the State
Fair association OF Oklahoma and
providing terms and conditions of such
lleasc.
Senate substitute bill No. SO, by
Wynne, an act empowering the board
OF trustees of towns and villages to
levy and collect occupation tax.
Senate bill No. 25S, by Memminger;
an act to amend an act to infer on the
commissioners of the school office au-
thority to manage, loan. and invest
! the permanent school fntl.
Senate bin No. Sl6 by Approprla.
ton committee; an act approprlating
funds to reimburse members OF the
Oklahoma National Guard for loss sus.
tanned by fire Of Setember both. 1907
while in the service Of the state.
Senate bill No 276, by Stewart,
providing Tor the organization of a
public cotton ware house and the man
agement OF same
No. 247, by Graham. was recon-
mended for adoption by committee Of
the whole. ana Brooks's state fair bill
was turned loose with favorable re-
port by the legal ade.lory committee.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-01
ASSES. DeCember 81. l9O7

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Many Women Praise This Remedy

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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-01
lntoduce Constitution Amendments.

Governor Charles N. Haskell receiv-
cd the following telegram from Hon
Thomas H. Doyle at one o'clock to-
day.
Senator Robert l.. Owen and Con
grcssman Scott Ferris introduced the
FIVE amendments to the United States
constitution in the two houses of con
gress today.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-01
oil Flew at MeAlester.

Special 10 Daily Leader
McAlester. Okla, April 30.--John Mas
sey in arilllng We'll here struck a
fine flow 81 oil. He VIII continue his
explorations
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-05-01

The Lord loves q cheerful giver and
his Satanic majesty loves the man who
droEs button ia the contribution box.
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the path OF glory leads but to the
grave-ar do all other paths
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05

shafts and built a town way down under the earth. They were able to mine a little coal, and for food de- pended on a few of the dwarfs who stIll lived in their former home and cultivated little plots of ground.
 When they finished their explora- tions the three turned back to their starting point. Just as they were passing through the biz dining room again, Trixie felt Fred nudging her elbow. She followed the direction of his finger, as he slyly pointed. and. saw the head of a boy about 12 years old appearing around the corner of neighboring chamber. Then it disap- peared all at once. as though some one had pulled the boy backward. Fred put his finger on his lips and, shook his head at Trixie.
 Fred and Trixie now began to think that it was time for them to take their departure. but when they sug- gested 1t to the dwarf he insisted hour later. when they asked him again, he sullenly replied:
 "The bucket isn't working now. and I don't see how you're going to be hauled to the surface just now. You'll have to stay here till tomor- row morning"
 The two now grew seriously alarm ed. Trixie began to think how her mother would worry when they didn't return that afternoon, and Fred re- preached himself for having consent ed to accompany the dwarf and for having urged Trixie to go with him.
 CONTINUED NEXT sUNDAY.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05

((r'vE news for you, Trixie. S0 When Mrs. Galeton beamed in
 such a way you could always
 tell there was e treat or sur prise in store for some one.
 .Don't be so awfuliy mysterious, Mumsyl Now, do tell me right away. that's a dearl" Trixie pleaded.
 Mrs. GAIeton smiled indulgentiy. well, daughter. since you're too ini- patient to guess, I might as well let you know that Cousin Fred is going to pay us visit. and that he will arrive tomorrow"
 Noh, goodyl goodyP' cried Trixie. clapping her hands joyfuiiy. We haven't seen him for--let me see! near ly two years. And you know. Mumsy. we have so VERY few visitors that I'm sure 1t must be relief for you to see some one once in while besides noor me. Now. with me it's different cause couldn't possibly wish for any one nicer than dear Mumsy."
 "scamper away, you little fiattererl replied Mrs. Galeton. in mock indigna- tion. ''I do believe you're trying to
 sCo1idn't possibly do that" laughed Trixie, running upstairs to plan TOT Freli's entertainment during his stay as Cousin Freds visits were always important events to Trixie. You see, Fred wasn't like most boys lie was "scientific"-and when boys scien- tific he's bound to be interesting. AT ways experimenting. always nnalng out the ''why" and wherefore ok things tnss fo bim aa1nea and all wers softs sntep tained at the same time. Ana you long so much for entertainment when your father Is mine superintendenL way up in the coal regions, and you live in a wee village, where nothing
 Fred arrived in due course of time. and greeted the Galetons in his usual ed Fred: always cool and self-pos- sessed. he gave you the impression that. ever absorbed in thought. he saw nothing of what was going on very little. indeed, escaped Freds The The morning after his arrival he suggested to Trixie that he should stroli. its so long since I've been here that I almost forget what 1t looks like" he explained.
 "Yes," replied TriKie, mean maeaningiy; "and I suppose you've forgotten what the people are like, too"
 aNeveri Never!" Fred stoutly insist ed. My dear cousin, you know 1t would be utterly impossible-ro forget such charming relatives"
 Trixie pointed out different e objects few changes that had been made in inc village Her cousin questioned her closely about many things, how ever, for which. she was at loss to give answers. She realized for the first time that there really was 8 great deal to observe. and that she had been living among interesting surroundings to which she had never given the slightest ,attention:''
 "Here's the shaft of mine aban-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05

doned good many years ago. Per haps you may remepber my having shown 1t to you before" said Trixie. as they rounded hiA just outside the village.
 Fred at once proposed that they ex- plore 1t for a little distance. Re- membering her fathers warning never to enter the shaft. Trixie would rather have declined. but she. felt sure there would be no danger. and so reluctantly followed him.
 They trudged on for some minutes. when Trixie exclaimed: What do you find enjoyable in this black hole. Fred7 Let's get out of here"
 Hardly had she spoken when there came q voice at her very elbow:
 Permit me to show you something worth while seeing before you go"
 Turning suddenly, Trixie was just able to make out in the dim light the face and form of an ugly, misshapen dwarf.
 The little girl would gladly have turned back, but Fred insisted they go with the dwarf and look at what he had to show, them. Upon the dwarf assuring them that 1t was per fectly safe, Trixte finally yielded.
 Going toward the mine entrance. the dwarf lighted the little lamp which
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05

ward there was led before her c poor little girl, who timidly hung her head and was afraid to look at the princess. when she was sick a year ago, your majesty SO I wanted to send you . little remembrance when you were i'll. though wished could have done more"
 Gently drawing the little girl tq her. the princess kissed the upturnef face. My dear," said she. T appre- ciated your little love token more Yours came froIil the heart"
 Nor was this the end Of the little girls good fortune. For the princean made her one of her own maids. and a grand lady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05

plishments which the other horse lacked.
 The two men heard that there was in a town some miles away circus man who wish ed to buy a trick horse. So they trayeled together to that town. On the way there they spent the night at a hotel. That evening MT. White stole silently to the stable. Then. while no one was looking. he painted his black horse all white and painted Mir. Greens white horse en- tirely black. For he knew that the circus man would surely choose MT. Greens horse as the better animal.
 Mir. Green suspected nothing, ot course. So next day they appeared before the buyer and asked him to judge their horses.
 MT. White was very much annoyed to find that the black" horse, which was ordinarily so gentle. now plunged and reared and would not keep still. Finally, in anger, he cut 1t with a lash. when, lol right across the back of the horse there was left white come off under the whip. And there upon the restiveness of the black" horse passed away immediately; he now seemed satisfied that MT. Whites villainy would be discovered. And you may be sure that 1t was. The horses were washed completely of their paint, and Mir. White slunk away, leaving MT. Green in complete possession of the field.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05

NeuiIiy. and said 1t was extraordinary the state had not attended to It betore;
 But not enough money was furnished for the building of the bridge, ana py the time all was spent 1t still lacked parapet on each side, In this state, or course, it was very oangerous for traV- eIers, and several persons fell over the unprotected sides and were drowned in the river below.
 Thirty wears afterward, during the reign of Louis XIII, the citizens of the two towns sent another delegation of citizens 10 court to ask that the bridge be made safe The king replied, through a favorite duke, that the bridge was all right as 1t was and that parapet was useless.
 Some days later the duke was obliged to travel that way. Before he reached the bridge the horses took the bits in their teeth and bolted. In dashing over the bridge one of the horses sweryed from his course, went over the edge and dragged the other horse and the coach with him. The poor duke and his daughter. who accompanied him. were nearly drowned
 No sooner was he assisted out of the water than he commanded that para pet be placed immediately upon each side of the dangerous bridge. He couldn't understand why no one had had this done long ago!
 At last Neuilly had it's bridge conl- pleted, after many years of patient waitingl Over the bridge passed the armies of Louis XIV. the soldiers of the First Republic and the iegions of Napoleon.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05

going to burn him! Jack croton. you're a murderer!" Tommy and Billy shrank back aghast.
 ''Mosesl" huskily gasped the bully; "seems to me that coat and hat did look familiar. But you know didn't mean 1t! You know didn't mean it. boys!"
 Jimmys voice shook, though not with terror, as he said: Yes. but you've got to tell that to the doctor" v
 ''Tell the doctor? Oh, can't!" and the big fellow whimpered like one of the little chaps he had often treated so cruelty.
 Then the three led the shrinking fellow up the steps of the doctors house. and watched him disappear within the door.
 Jack Croton left the school few days later! He couldn't stand the chaff that went round about the burning of Gruffy. And the last message he left was:
 "Tell Tom Fowler and Bill Berkely that I'll be revenged on them If it takes a lifetime"
 But the two had heard threats from bullies before, and had no other feeling but joy that the enemy of nearly every one in the academy had at last de- parted. ' A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05
Neuil1y Bridge

T@HE two villages of Neuilly-sur-
 Seine and Courbevoie, in France, are built upon opposite banks of the river Seine. At the time our story begins-about 16o3-one journeyed from one town to the other on a fiatboat. suspended overhead by a cable and poled across the stream by ferrymen. The king, Henry ", was petitioned by the villagers for bridge. But the king replied that it would cost too much, and besides, it was not really needed.
 Two years later the king, with Queen Mary, had occasion to cross the Seine at this point. The royal coach was placed upon the boat. In the middle of the stream, however. the horses took fright and jumped into the river. car rying the king and queen along with them. There was great excitement until the king was rescued.
 Next day the king declared it was ab- Eolutely necessary to have a bridge at
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-05
Vio1ets of
 Love

" THEN the good princess fen m M/ there was grief throughout
 the country. But. although there were those, of course. who cared nothing for the princess except for the favors and honors she could grant. So it was that many cour- tiers sent great bouquets of flowers to the princess room. but, always attached their cards, whereon were inscribed their names in big letters
 Yet there was one exception The princess noticed that every day there lay on the table. amid the other grand bouquets. modest little bunch of violets. There was never card.
 Day after day the violets came. ur- til the princess. began to disregard the other anA flowers and to look eagerly for the violets alone. "Hsre,S thought she. .Is some one who is sending a little gift. mot in the hope of obtaining reward. but just for love of me-"
 At last the princess regained her health. Perhaps the fresh. dainty vio- lets helped in some measure. In any event. the princess always felt mora cheerful whenever she raised them tenderIy in her hand and sniffed their fragrance.
 And the very first day sho was free to make inquiry, she commanded that the person who each day had left the little bouquet of violets should be brought before her. shortly after