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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

New YORK is enjoying very exciting election
campaign for city, county and borough officials. All
three candidates for mayor are good men. Justice
w. j. Gaynor is the Tammany nominee, Mr.. Otto
T. Barnard has been placed in the field by the Re.
publican Fusion party while the Hon. W. R. Hearst
drumming on asboestring-a petition-the Tammany
politicians having capturedthe Independence League
organization.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

WILLIAM TRAvERs JEROME, for eight years the
picturesque District Attorney of New York county
will relinquish the Office January ], 1910 as he
has withdrawn from the race for reelection to tina:
place. The leading New York dailies have cartooned
and rdculed Mr.. Jerome out of public fe it seems.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

BUSINESS in the magazine field must be b ad
judging from the way in which subscription agencies
are cutting prices. The careful buyer of bargains
can make quite saving in purchasing magazines by
doing so through subscription agencies The prices
are usually cut in two.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

SANTOS. DUMoNT, the famous aeronaut recently
made speed of 558 miles an hour in an aeroplane.
No doubt aeronauts will soon be flying through the
air at the rate of hundred miles an hour n ..
The speed Of the average bird will soon be attaine L.
Aviation is in it's infancy Great things in the flying
line may be expected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

~es
ONCE upon a time there was
man who tried to economic. He
took to a pipe, invested in cask
Of beer and lived on nuts and fruit.
The fruit made his teeth ache, the
nuts broke them. After he had been
to the dentist, he found that he
CT I'd not hold a pipe in his mouth.
Thu soured his temper and he
turned Prohibitionist. As a con-
Prohibitionist he could
neither drink, sell nor give away
his cask of beer. So he poured it
in thegutter and apasserby slipped
on it and broke hissleg. After he
had paid damages, "go tor said
the hero of the fable, II will even
make a splurge." So he bought
an automobile, country house and
q stud of racehorses, thereby re-
ducing himself to his last dollar.
Now there was much talk in the
town about the matter. Some said
that Smith was goingA fast gait,
and shook their heads. Butothers
held that old Smith was wise old
boss, and could compute the exact
number of beans which would,
when accurately counted. amount
to three plus two. And these lat
Ter would ask old Smith for tips,
which he would be pleased to give
them. Generally the tips went
wrong, but it was on mis- reputation
as an insider that Mr.. Smith wooed
and won the fair Aymiabelle Pork
with a halfmillion attached.
This fable points moral, Of course.
It's selfrespecting fable, brought
up carefully by hand, nurtured in
the best of homes and prominent
in high social circles. I have taken
a whole lot of trouble with it and
to make some money out
it before l get through. But we
were discussing morals. Not your
dear reader, nor m n Q.
What's that? Cant discuss the
inconceivable? Well, let it 60.
The moral of the fable Is: Take
care Of the bluff and the hand will
play itself.
FROM time to time come reports
of freshmen and competitors at
examinations who are unable to
spell. Such horrible examples as
'earegular', 'aprentase' and 'enteli-
gance' are cited as the errors OF
highschool graduates or university
men. To meet this deficiency in
the current educational scheme,
why not organize correspondence
course in photography? Piano
playing, shaving, running an au-
tomobile, writing poetry, shooting
craps and discovering Poles are all
taught by mail. So are conversing
in French, Hebrew, Sanscrit and
Yens Yensonese. You can learn
bow to milk cow in twelve lessons,
and they'll find you position when
you graduate. Painting the town
red costs you three Fl fly at
reduced price-and incidental
expenses, of course. The Cores
pondence School Of Pugilism has
developed man who stood up to
Jack johnson for one punch. The
De We're course in etiquette teaches
you how to pick your company and
your teeth, how many cards to
leave when you're thrown out Of
the house, the proper way to enter
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

room, (a) when ladies are pre-
sent, (b) when there's. me
lock on the door, an electric alarm
on the window and a reinforced
concrete ceiling, aid the proper
reply to gentleman who says, az
have warrant for you," or Get
to hell out of here" or any such
s m al l-talk. A correspondence.
schoo in spelling would ask dia-
bolicably ingenious questions, to
which the only answers wouldG be
"ovi p a !. o u s., Mediterranean"
"hnial" or "mythoplasm." It would
send you chunks of near-poe y
and ask you to sort it up into news
paper English. Every time you
made a mistake, it would address
postcardslto your intimate friends,
"Mr. Jaxon spells homogeneous
'homojinus,' or "Wha do you
think of Mr.. Jaxon's photography
He can't spell colchicum." By
these and suchlike methods, a Cor
respondence School of Photography
might be built up. The idee is
recommended to the husling college
professor who ames to cleve a new
pathway for hisself."
The SoBRANJE OF BULGARIA has
passed law imposing an annual
tax of So on bachelors over thirty.
The Diet of Hesse- Darmstadt, not
to be beaten, comes to the front
with an act prohibiting single
life on pain of Punishment. In
the Republic of Andorra, however,
there is now a closed season on
bachelors; they have become scarce
since the passage of the act per-
hitting them to be sho at sight
There was danger Of that most shy
and elusive of wild games becom-
ing totally extinct in Ando-ra.
But these signs of the times are
as nothing compared with the cam
didacy of Mrs. Ruth Bryan Leavitt
cher father was, | think in politics,)
for seat in Congress. These are
these sure are-the times that
try mems souls. Now, in fact, is
the moment, men of America, to
unite and sthrike wan blow for lib
erty, equality and free beer. Are
we to permit this infamous tam
pering with the immortal spirit of
our glorious CONSTRUCTION? From
Congresswoman to Lady President,
from y-President to Her High
ness. the Commanderess- in Chief,
are they not natural evolutionsf
Think for a moment of the conse-
quences when two great nations
refer disputed question to Lady
Arbitrator, and she gives her deoi-
sion "just because" Be her tongue
never so silvered, a Congresswo-
man cannot be expected to reply
politely to rem arks like "the hon.
orable crook from Colorado" or
"my friend, the ady from Colorado,
who stole the blind mans dog"
remarks which are the conversa-
tional oommonplaces of our legis-
lative halls. Think of a Depart
ment of Millinery and Fall Styles.
Friends and fellow citizens-er,
beg pardon-fr friends and citizens
to-be, how is your blood? Boilingf
I thought as much.
The betting in New York is two
- Gnr~o~
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

THERE is given in this issue of The Mirror an
epitome of DR.. Charles Eliot's New Religion. It
reads WE'LL Perhaps the Good Doctor may in time
see the result of his labor in the religious field bear
fruit
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28
TO INMATES.

all desiring to send THE
wish that the privilege will be granted by
following rules Write and register
number
Each must be kept clean and folded
in placed
with this order
whet Their a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

The BANKERS of the nation are opposed to Pres
ident Taft's postal savings banks plan. This is to
be expected. Self interest governs all casses-none
excepted.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

A NARRowMINDED, jealous person never amounts
to anything in the long run It is only small per-
son who endeavors willfully maliciously to make
others uncomfortable.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

The WRIGHTs say they will give up flying to
please the populace. They are now anxiousto "casb
in" by manufacturing machines for highfiers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

The MORE unfortunate person may happen to
be the greater s.his claim upon others for decent
treatment.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28
UNDER THE Lash.
by ANoLIcus.
A Flat6ush ROndeau.

So90O&3ot
Maebelle Marie, l cannot brook
The frowning anger Of thy look.
Betokens it q deathless hate
Must we indeed, then, separator
Canst not be mine, by hook or crook?
We're I the dauntless Chingachgook
Whom Cooper tells of in his book,
I might arrest the hand of fate,
Maebelle Marie!
Vainly in this sequestered nook
The sweet-voiced Orfeo of GIuok
Might pipe to damsels delicate.
All! thou has left me desolate!
Where shall I find another cook,
Maebelle Marie?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

The ST. LOUIS MIRROR is making hit in these
parts. It is bright, brisk, breezy and possesses
uptodate society tinge.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28
CHURCH NOTICE.

Service in Chapel Sunday morning
Sunday Rev c. f.
an chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28
unque$ticnin9.

Oh what's the use of This and That?'
The querulous do cry.
"Whence have [ come? Where am at?
Oh, Wherefore? Whittier? Why?'
Pray put no problems such as this
To me, for don't you see.
The very fact that what it is
Sufficient is for me.
I seek no explanations of
Things can't comprehend
I only know there's nothing Love
Can't quite completely mend.
John Kendrick Bangs, in Ainslee's.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-28

The betting in New York is two
to one on Gaynor.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-04
ANOTHER RAIN STORM
Railroad Traffic on s. p. Main Line Tied Up and Damage Done to County Bridges by High
 Waters.

Imperial Valley was visited by an other rain storm on Monday, following two cloudy days during which heavy rains were visible in the mountain districts to the south and west of the valley.
 Rain began falling here about noon on Monday and continued steadily un- til about : o'clock The rainfall at El Centro was 50 of an inch. At other parts of the valley 1t was much heavier, particularly about Calexico and in Water District No. 6.
 Washout occurred on the main line of the Southern Pacific at points be- tween Mecca and Imperial Junction and between Iris and Yuma, so that traffic was tied up from Monday fore noon until Tuesday night.
 Breaks were reported in the banks of several of the canals, and a storm water lake collected above the pro- tection levee constructed to protect the upper end of the canal in Water District No. s broke and the water flowed into New River. This stream was raised so that the approaches to the Eighth Street bridge were washed out and the frame wings were dam aged The bridge at Brawley was also damaged.
 At El Centro some damage was caus- ed by leaks in buildings, and at Cal exico similar results are reported. At Brawley one of the large packing houses was wrecked and the other was damaged.
 Supervisor R. H. Clark has been in vestigating the extent of the damage done to the county roads and bridges on the west side of the valley by the storm of Monday and reports that all of the approaches on the west side the Sth street bridge were washed out and one wing is gone, otherwise, the bridge is intact.
 The bridge across the Pelican Lake Slough is gone and the entire road bed submerged. The entire damage to roadbed and bridges amounts to from one thousand to fifteen hundred dollars and repairs will be made inn mediately.
 The No. canal has been seriously damaged in numerous places and No. 12's ditches have also suffered No damage was done at Storms Crossing.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-04
PEACHES MATURED HERE
William Kelly Tells of Trees which Bear With But Two Irrigations
 in the Season.

In the current issue of the Desert Farmer, William Kelly, the El Centro Nurseryman, in an article on declu1- ous and allied fruits, speaks of the attempts to raise peaches in Inperia! Valley, and says:
 The correct cultivation and care of peach trees in this vicinity is of the utmost importance and report of cultivation may be of interest to the experimenters.
 We have seen some fine peaches growing this year on trees that had absolutely no care, good ar ,at, and only about two irrigations during the whole season, proving conclusively that too much water is the prime cause of most of our failures.
 Reports came in from others of success, and some account fS T. on the ground of pruning and cultiva- tion, and not too much water, others on account of the variety. etc.
 We are of the opinion that both variety and care have much to do with the success or failure of peaches and we believe a successful peach in this valley will be far ahead oI any other section, as the market is all ways good for ripe, early peaches, both al home and in any of the cities near or far.
 We are also pleased to report that some sections are making 2 fine show ing in pears, especially Kieffer and Winter Bartlett. There may be otn- CTS that VII do as well, but they are not reported yet"
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-04
AWAKENING OF SAN DIEGO

hopeful indication of the awakening o San Diego that of that city have begun to discuss seriously ana saney the competition Pedro instead of fatuousy denying the harbo and eerng at the possibility of constructing one San Diego Union Francscos rival in the south will be eher San Diego or San Pedro
 ong AS Los Angeles depended upon construct her harbor Diego would believe she had anything to fear but the consolidation habor towns with Los Angeles and the determination Angeles build the harbor herself pa diff terent face on and San Diego deeply concerned
 The Union says By making the coast towns part of it. Angeles bonds for harbor work and improve with it. And will be better to assume that will the and do the work contemplated at San Wilmington San Diego will do well to take that for granted and then act accordingly"
 San splendid natural harbor that be perfected at slight and when the San Diego Ar zona the Panama canal completed the building commercial and maritime city around the splendid bay will begin The urges Diego must awake and make her neglected opportunities by establishing manuta turing industries example, the Union The great country be connected with this city by direct
 railway raising cotton will produce considerable this The by the time the San Diego Arizona railway should be large Such portion of that cotton abroad will be shipped through the port o San Diego But considerable part of be manufactured here stead being miles be worked up Other places already planning manufacture that coon San Die advantage being than half far Los Angeles from Imperial Valley when the railroad and good highways with this productive back country the trade of valley should be virtually monOpozed by San Diego vded enough after and has the goods would be well for her business people to here and get acquainted Angeles people have done stead starting of excursions periodically and abandoning reception have made by the valley cities.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-04
SMITHS POWER-GRAB BILL

Commenting Congressman Smiths advocacy of his bill to States the grant rights of for Diego Union 1t is easily conceivable that comonweahs at least monopoles might have less di cuy getting valuable concessions from the states than they
 might federal jurisdiction the subject all branches This the criticism of the Smith b appears be founded facts that cannot well be ignored
 That cautious limiting at the facts that Smith consistently the interests of tons his bill subject suspicion of being designed their schemes.
 The Edison Power company and it's agents including Smith, failed their efforts blockade the Owens River Acqueduc and bacma the city of Los Angeles into giving that of the power developed by the aqueduc chiefly because For Pncho other officers the service dssuaded the Secre ary of the Interior from giving obstructive projects right of way through Sierra Forest Reserve The companies eve that would be easier to work their schemes through State officials and Smiths bill undoubtedly has their enthusiastic port.
 Smith elected from the district of which this county he does represent the people of the district His most influential is the Edison company the that n spred the opposition the aqueduct bond issue i'd offered to withdraw all opposition Los Angeles would hand over
 the feature of the project it's exclusive control Those facts which should not be ignored when the time arrives for choosing successor to Smith.
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-04
DR. MARTIN WILL RETURN

Dr. H. G. Martin, who has been ab- sent from Fl Centro for several months will return during the latter part of this month to resume the practice of dentistry here. He has taken special course in crown and bridge work and gold inlays, at San Fran cisco. and will be prepared to give the best service and latest methods in his profession 22-1t
Imperial Valley press., 1909-09-04

The Imperial Valley Press puts this caption forcefu editorial denounng the opponents of Forester Pncho Ban Backs Up We heartily endorse the sentiment of the editorial but beg to differ the choice of propositions The caption should read "Balinger Backs Down.
 Indeed the summary election of Bangers assistant Me Harg indication of the future holds out for the tary of the interior the caption might be made to thus Bal finger Backs Out."-Los Angeles Express
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

times began to change. for they no
longer fought against the landed gen.
try, but against those who were as
inimical to the latter as themselves
Such a battle could not be OF long dura-
ton. A Gladstone appeared on the
horizon. and though he went down in
the struggle for Ireland's freedom he
had inserted the wedge Since then Il
has been a succession OF hammer
strokes, a ceaseless warfare against
the landed gentry OF the old type, not
alone in Ireland. but in England also,
till blue blood. running to water, with
drew from the struggle and admitted
defeat.
Therefore, reading Sutherland's let
tiers, which are appearing in the daily
Call, there springs the hope OF home
rule, as high as it ran when Gladstone
rose in the commons and Joe Chamber
lain put UP his monocle as the cry OF
traitor" ran against him. They no
longer kill men and women for the
wearin' OF the green. They dare not.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

It's the most distressful country that ever there
was seen;
They're killing men and women for the wesrin'
of the green.
60 sang the sons of Erin of old; so
\sing the sons of Erin today; but in
the song of the past and the song
of. the present there is a distinctly
divergent note-the past singing with
the sorrow, that was theirs, the present
but in the memory of it. The hopeless
misery, the black outlook, the impotent
anger, the injustice and unrighteous-
ness which drew from the heartstrings
of some poor Irish rhymer the ballad
which has become nations song has
disappeared with the passing years.
Today, thank God, the green is f1aunt-
ed before the very gates of Castledom,
flung to the breeze before Trinity,
cheered as loudly in the lawns of the
botanical gardens of Belfast as it's in
the hamlets of Connemara. And none
there is who shall gainsay the wear
ing.
East, west. north and south the war
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

of feudalsm. From~such a gathering
of landlords Ireland could expect moth
ing. The English voters blindly fol-
lowed their customs and maintained
their gentry.
Came then the era of manufactures.
The rotten borough was discarded and
a new element sprang into English
politics. but the hold of custom was
still strong on the Englishman, and
though he had his choice, he still upheld
the landed gentry. And Ireland fought
on. seeing no future, knowing no hope.
They appealed to the landed gentry to
free them from landed gentry. Within
recent years, however, a still more rad
ica1 note was heard in the commons.
The voice of a coal HEAVIER beorned
through the halls, demanding the rights
of labor From the underworld, the
one which had so long lain dormant.
sprang the giants of the people, and
against their sincerities the platitudes
of the puffy landed gentry fell fiat and
inane. And Ireland fought on. The
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-01

has rolled; the war of centuries, since
first the EHzabethan virgin queen
sacked Irish monasteries in the name
of her Lord to build the institution OF
learning for the glory of her religion.
veritably unholy trinity was that
which Elizabeth gave unto Erin-a
trinity of blood, murder and sudden
death; of rancor hatred and bitterness;
of inequality, illegality and injustice;
of infantry, cavalry and artillery; of
pike, musket and hangman. Through
the years rolled the war of a people
fighting for their principle; and
whether they died against the odds on
the blood soaked sides of Vinegar hill
or through the equally murderous me-
dunn of wig and gown and rope, their
great faith never vanished. What said
Robert Emmett as they swung I'm to
the glorious heights of a peoples love-
to place of honor among the martyred
ones of Erin? How ran the plant of
the mothers of 80? Was there aught
of defeat in the death sob of any of,
the boys? They died. And now Ire
land is beginning to live
Every word from the old sod brings
news of an additional gain. The years
of sorrow are passing; the dawn of
brightness and hope are coming. Moth
ing shows this in a clearer or truer
light than the letters of Hugh Suther-
land which are appearing in the daily
edition of The Call His comparisons
of the past and present emphaticalIy
point the way victory has run And
terms, one can not but be impressed
by the dominating factor in the change,
which lies in the thought that Eng
land has not given burt Ireland has
taken. His description of the eviction
in Kerry, where IL men withstood the
constabulary, knowing ere the barri-
cades were thrown against the cottage
door of Richard J. Walsh that the end
would see them in jail, was unique,
inasmuch as he declared that the evic-
scarce.
When evictions are unique and scarce
in Kerry it's glad day for Irelandl
He wrote as if it was the last of the
evictions, and the signs of the times
bear him out. But the very action of
the gallant Is, the cheering crowds
which escorted them to Jail, the i'm
FASHIONED oratory which followed their
release, are .unmistakable evidences of
the underlying spirit of the Irish peo-
pie. England did not give; Ireland