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The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09
GREATLY REDUCED ROUND
TRIP FARES VIA SOUTHERN
RAILWAY co. IN MISS. TO
SEATTLE, WASH.

Visit Alaska-Yukon Exposi-
ton, Vancouver, B. c., Tacoma,
Wash, Portland, Ore, San
Francisco. CAL, and other points
with privilege of going one route
and returning another. Tickets
on sale. daily, limited returning
not later than October 31st, 1909.
Liberal stop-Cvers in both direc-
tons. For fares and full par
ticulars apply to nearest Agent
of the Southern Ry. Co. in Miss.
or H. E. Jones, Jr., T. P. A.,
Meridian, Miss.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09
THE HEROIC RAT.

Sometimes when we make mean remarks
about our neighbors and those neighbors eventu-
ally turn out to be rather good sort, with kindly
and helpful traits, we wish down in hearts that
we had never referred to them in contemptuous
way. Now, my lady's rat has come in for a
great deal of harsh criticism and a great deal of
ridicule but it has not shown any resentment, pre-
ferring to do its work in its own way Here of
late the rat has stepped into the limelight, it
were, as life-saver whose claims to recognition
and universal applause cannot be denied. Only
the other day a woman's husband, no doubt a
mean man, struck her on the head with hammer,
but the ever-ready rat interposed and prevent
ed her skull from being fractured. A young wo-
man in Columbus, O., got off trolley car in the
wror way-a womans way-and alighted on her
head. What softened the impact of her head
against the pavement, do you suppose? Her rat
Another young women in New York was shot al
by her jealous lover and might have been killed
but the bullet lodged in her rat and she wasn't
hurt and able to tell all the newspaper re-
porters how it happened. "Rah for the 'rat'!'' is
is what we say.-Jackson News.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09
THROUGH SLEEPING CAR TO
CHICAGO VIA MOBILE &
OHIO RAILROAD.

Train No. 2 leaving Artesia at
4:19 a. m. daily, carries a Pull
man Drawing room Sleeping Car,
destined through to Chicago,
ILL.,. via st Louis and the Chica-
60 e. Alton r. r. Take the Chi
cago sleeper north. /" For full
information and reservations,
apply to nearest Agent of the
Mobile & Ohio r. R. or H. E.
Jones. Jr., Travelling Passenger
Agent, Meridian, Miss.
JNO. M. BEALL,
General Passenger Agent,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

The South spun more cotton last year than the
North and all too in spite of the 'hook worm
among the children which the scientific Surgeon
General at Washington tells us produces laziness.
Our New England friends always accused of being
lazy in this country, but we are working (them)
a little to swift for them now. If they ever pass
a National Child Labor law it will strike us body
blow. Every State should settle that for them
selves The age limit should be governed by the
development of the child. Children develop ear
lier in the South than at the North. The dispo-
siton to govern every thing from Washington is
a menace to the South. The tariff laws are made
there and if any one thinks any of them are in the
interest of single Southern industry, exclusive
ly Southern would be glad to have it pointed
out to us. Better take care of our own children.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

Columbus wonderful growth within the last
few years bringing within our gates SO many
young men and boys, makes it quite necessary
that the Christian people of the community see the
duty that envolves upon them of building Y. M.
G. A so these young people may have a place to
spend their leisure hours. There are dozens of
citizens whose consciences would be easier if they
contributed five hundred or thousand dollars to
home for the young men, They would never
miss the money God has prospered them, and
they should show their appreciation of what he
has done by giving of their funds. The different
fraternal organizations here have their reading
rooms and make their places attractive and are
prepared to entertain their guests. The churches
of the city by uniting amply able to prepare
place equal to any in the South. The iniative
steps toward erecting Y. M. C. A. was taken
here last year by of our substantial citizens
Several hundred dollars were subscribed but some
how or other the matter has lain dormant for
months. Isn't it time for the matter to be taken
up in earnest and pursued until nothing short of a
handsome building equipped throughout with all
modern conveniences name nts our beautiful
;ity.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

This is an age of great things. The good
roads fever has struck all over the country.
Lowndes county must not be out done in this great
developer of any section of country wherever it
has been done. We are not going to advise our
men how to get them but they should devise the
means and the way.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

The Board of Trade of Jackson is going to
charge S25 per plate for the Taft banquet. Co.
lumbus is to charge $5 per plate for old fash
ioned Mississippi barbecue, brunswick stew and
"hobbly-cobbly" on the side. One will be wind
and wine and the other meat and music.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09
So &c keena tIia Scat.

''would you give up your seat to an
elderly woman
"And have her know that regarded
her as elderly? Not much! l like to
be gallant. but caution is my strong
point Philadelphia Ledger.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

What's the matter? Did the barber
try to scalp your
1T wasn't the BARRIERS fault. treat
ed friend to hair cut. and he insist
ed that | have another with him.
couldn't refuse"-Kansas City Journal.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09
WANT COLUMN
FOUND Bargain advertise.

FOUND--Bargain advertise
ments in the Commercial
WANTED-Two girls to learn
typesetting. Apply at this Office
FOR SALE-Two milk cows.
Apply DR.. Uithoven, R. F. D.
No. 5.
For Sale-Oak and pine wood.
Apply to A. j. Fuqua. Phone
$50
WANTED want to buy a
good mich cow. Apply to T
O. Burris. 8-26-31
WANTED--You to know that
it is a good habit to read the ad.
vertisements in the Commercial
FOR RENT-5-room house
in on Military car line, has sani'
tary connection and electric
lights. Possession given a
once. Year renter only.
T. c.. BUTLER,
If 323 north 9th street.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

Wisdom is neither gold. nor silver,
nor fame, nor wealth, nor health. nor
strength, nor beauty.-Plutarch
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

1t is a singular coincidence that Peary dis
covered the North Pole. in April 1909.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

The Alabama State Fair is to have a fine con-
cert band composed of forty ladies. What draw
ing card they must be for any fair!
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

Have you ever eaten or drank any hobby
cobbly"? If you haven't you have something
coming to you.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

Cheer up. Cotton will be rolling in now with
in two weeks and business will get good
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

King Cotton is at present in tie limelight.
It's out of sight"
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

1t Dr. Cock brings back some pole cats with
him we will then believe that he has been to the
pole
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

Mobile, Ala, has already begun to make plans
for entertaining the SPONSORS and veterans next
year.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

Better buy those new clothes, Taft will be
here.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

1T was dark night. A man was riding a
bicycle with no lamp. He came to crossroads
and did not know which way to turn. He felt In
his pocket for match. He found but one
Climbing to the top of pole, he lit the match
carefully and in the ensuing glimmer read Wet
paint Everybody Magazine.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09
The Amazon River.

Although not the largest or longest
river. the Amazon is the most wonder
ful river I'm the world, with mouth
$50 miles In width and with a force
Of water that repeis or at least over
lays the ocean to a distance OF more
than fifty leagues. Yet In spite of
the weight OF the river the tide makes
Its influence felt for 500 miles from
the coast. The easteriy trade winds
blow almost Invariably upward, SO as
to be ready to help the vessel against
the adverse currents.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

1t happened in Sunday school. None of the
children had studied their lessons, apparently. and
as for Johnny, the new boy, he wasn't supposed
to know much about it, anyhow.
Now, Wilie,'' said the teacher, who il
that swallowed Jonah?"
Il dun mo" giggled Willie.
''Bobbe. can you tell me who swallowed
Jonah?'' continued the teacher.
You can search me-, said Bobbie.
Tommy, who swallowed Jonah?" asked the
teacher, little severely this time
'Plcase ma'an," whimpered Tommy, il
wasn'i me
well, l declared calculated the teacher.
Then turning to the new boy she asked. 'Jonny,
who swallowed Jonah?''
'Pll bite said Johnny. What, the an.
swer?'-Ex.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

Miss Hunt didn't know that Miss
Flash was college graduate, did your
Miss Blunt-To be sure did, She II
one Of the aluminium OF Vassar.-Bos-
ton Courier
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

''Mr. H. P. (Clip) Weiss returned to Mobile
yesterday, and visited the editorial rooms of the
Register. He was invited to have seat or any.
thing else he wanted. Clip when asked how
DR.. Cooks discovery of the North Pole had affect
ed him, said: 'Dr. Cooks discovery of the North
Pole has renewed my energy, and since then I've
found and have in my possession corset for the
waste of time; corn off the foot of Dauphin
street, and a tooth from the mouth of Dog river.
which | am going to carry to Brandon where no
mosquitoes, no malaria and no boil weevis exist -
Clip recently stopped at a certain hotel in a Mis-
sissippi town and since that time has had little to
say of his experience therein. The reporter, how
ever talking to some of Clips friends had OF
tanned few pointers about Clips stay there.
He asked Clip last night about his sojourn in this
pc rticuiar hostelry and Clip said it's management
had no hestancy in charging, that the only regret
he had ''the clerk did not charge him with dyna-
mite so he could go off. Mobile Register.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

Entered at the Columbus. Miss, Second
Glass mail matter.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09
EAdvertising Rates

Advertising Rates made known application at the
Business once.
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

Trains Leave for Artesia:
No. 104, Express daily lv.--3:43 p m
No. 1O6, Accom-. daily ---10:10 m
No. ITO, Mixed Daily lv.--.-~..ff:O5 p ~
No. f12, Mixed Daily lv.------.3: 10 m
Trains leave Artesia:
N3rthbound:
No. Express daily leaves.--4:19 a. m.
No. Express daily leaves.-.4:28 p. m.
No. 6 Express daily leaves 1850 a. m.
Southbound:
No. Express daily leaves sf2:l3 a. m
No. s Express daily leaves. fi:32 a. m.
No. 5 Express daily leaves--..4:25 p N
Trains leave for the East:
No i0S. Express Daily lv....--f2:20 p m
No. l06, Accom-. Daily w. $50 p m
The Columbus commercial., 1909-09-09

A western editor has received the following
unique letter: Send me a few copies of the pa
per which has the obituary and verses about the
death of my child week or two ago. You will
publish the inclosed slip about my nece's marriage.
And wish you would mention in your local col
umns, if it don't cost anything that am going to
have a few extra bull calves to sell. Send me a
couple of extra copies of the paper this week but
as my time is out you can stop my paper as times
are too hard to waste money on a newspaper.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12
The Salt Habit.

One who holds table salt as es--
sential should try eating the skins
of all vegetables and fruits and the
whole cereals, and see whether the
craving for salt does not grow less
as one perseveres. Vegetables
cooked Tin their jackets" do not
require salt. The organic salts are
in the skins. There is the iron to
make red blood and rosy cheeks.
even as it makes red cheeks Of the
apple; there is enamel to protect
the teeth even as the tender meat
Of the fruit is protected; there are
the bone and brain builders in cor
rect and available form. --Physicae
Culture.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12
EDIT0 RIAL.

LACK of space prevents the republication of
large number of fattering notices appearing in
changes regarding The Mirror. These kind ex-
pressions highly appreciated nevertheless, be-
cause they demonstrate the fact to the world that the
whole human race is one family and "no pent-up
Utica confines our powers.
Likewise, quite few personal letters have been
received from men and women residing in various
parts of the country commencing The Mirror in
glowing terms.
All of which is very gratefully appreciated Be-
Sides in the language of the immortal Shakespeare,
these encomums, point a moral and adorn tale. :"
The Mirror is the result of the efforts of many of the
inmates and of them have risen to great heights
of ability writer's, rhymesters essayists and
troversiasts Therefore the praise is due to those
who have by their combined efforts contributed to
the symposium constituting the finished product in
the form of The Mirror. When it is realized that
many of the contributors put pen to paper for
publication purposes before arriving here the mar
vel grows for The Mirror, without selfglori6cation
may truly say it contains occasionally at least some
very Good Stuff especially when the fact is taken
into consideration that the mind of the average in
mate contributor cannot by any possible stretch OF
the imagination be considered to be in the state
of freedom ofthought as those whose views are un-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12
fettered.

In writing for publication as in everything else
practice makes perfect This is age of special
ism. It is impossible for one to master completely
number Of trades or professions. However, any
one who tries may become paesably good writer, It
endowed with fair education. And by education
is not meant college course crammed into ones
head in two four years only to be forgotten
shortly afterwardbut that higher and more valuable
education which comes from learning little and
thinking q whole lot-such education as Shakes
peare and Lincoln had and made great use OF in
their lives, works and writings.
As stated on previous occasion The Mirror is
practical school of journalism for those inmates
who have aptitude for that class OF work and it Is
gratifying to note that the pupils attracting the
attention of the best judges and winning not only
their approval-but highest praise as we'll.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

EBERT HUBBARD announces that he will &C.
oept apprentices to learn the printing trade at hif
shop at twenty-five dollars week, which includes
"room, board and free use of the Office towel Pay
ing to learn the art preservative is new kink L
has always been "t'other end to-" However, Hub
bard is different. May his school flourish like {
sour apple in cholera morbus time.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

Island is passport to immortal
fame. From published reports it
is quite evident that more than one
individual imagines the eyes of the
world fixed upon White Plains. N.
\. That phrase is reminiscent too
OF many speeches.: political and
otherwise Gentlemen, the eyes
OF the world are turned upon Po-
dunk today. Will her sons remain
true to the glorious heritage be-
slowed upon them by their illustri-
GUS forefathers, or will they sink
deep. deep down into the fsthom-
less gulf of ignoble perdition?"
CHARLES THE GREAT.
The Observation-Disclosures have
an advantage over all other readers.
There is so much of Dickens and
SO much variety that many of them
would claim that there is a liberal
education between Pickwick and
Edwin brood. Of all who ever
drove a pen his appeal is the most
universal. In the dry-as-dust brain
OF an Andrew Lang, in the hearts
of the very Americans whom he
slandered,I Charles the Great rules
alike. "Show me man who does
not like Dickens, and | will show
you fool" stormed a great con-
temporary of his. In view of all
this. bear carefully in mind that
his writings are as much an &C.
quired taste as pate-de.foie-gras or
classical music. Many intelligent
men are supplied by them, con-
slider them as huge, soggy mass,
OF ignorance and prejudice. There
is no halfway mark. You like
him or you don't like him. The
famous test is the Tale of Two
Cities. Those who like that novel
best of his works are not in the in
ner circle. The worshipper regrets
the single excursion of the god
from his proper sphere. But in
the remaining books there Is room
for divergence of opinion. One.
view, that of Professor Peck, is
that he developed from a trivial
caricaturist to mastery novelist.
and that Great Expectations re-
veals him at his best. Ct. K. Ches-.
terton reverses this opinion, hold
ing that Pickwick comes first, be-
cause of it's originality in charac-
ter-drawing. David Copperfeld
has a large following, while to-
others the Christmas Stories seem
in class by themselves. Oliver
| Twist has the man in the streets
preference, if he still reads Die ens,
while there are literary critics who
| do not frown on Bleak House and
Dombey and Son, in which the
realist overshadows the humorist
and approaches Balzac's point of
view.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12
TO INMATES.

send
that the privilege will be granted by
following Write and
be kept clean and folded
in received placed door
vhet out a OF
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

SENATOR BENJAMIN RYAN T1LLMAN, of South
Carolina, the reports say, is very sick man. lit
tie of that homegrown of South Carolina tea
ought to bring him around all right Perhaps it was
voting for protection tea that ''upsot" him. Or
was it the Senate restaurant "tea" that got in it's
deadly work in undermining robust constitution
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12
CHURCH NOTICE.

Sunday morning
c.
chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

DON'T GET BLUE.
When troubles pile up thick and fast
And all your sky seems overcast
With clouds of darkest hue,
When everything is going wrong
And lifes pathway seems rough and long,
Just wear smile and sing song,
But
Get
When fortune turns her frowning face
And sets long and weary pace,
When Friendships prove untrue,
When Hope lies dead within your breast
And blank Despair your only guest,
Just whistle while you do your best,
And
Get
Your troubles soon will flee away,
The clouds will pass, brighter day
Will faith and hope renew.
The dismal, downward way will rise
And lead you through life's paradise
Where fortune smiles from sunlit skies;
So look beyond with hopeful eyes,
And
Don't
Get
Blue
Walter S. Whitacre in Nautilus.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

WITHIN few weeks the local night school will
begin it's next term. And right here another point
can be made which ought to sink deeply into the
minds of those who desire to improve themselves in
learning. Take advantage of every opportunity to
improve the mind.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

HUMAN L1FE-edited by Alfred Henry Lewis
is getting giddy in gay colors Prosperity must have
returned-or maybe it never strayed away from HUI
man Life.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

The American voter will get even with the AID
rich Payne bill. The average citizen is not stuck
Payne bills, anyway-let alone payin tariff bills.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12
CONCERNING YENS YENSON

CONCERNING YENS YENSON |
Az tank Yens Yenson bane poo
ty good fellah, yaw. Ay tank he i
tell Mr.. Edahtoor where he live,
mebbe. Der ISIS holdings in dis
blaze, holdings Il haf left mein
lieber Luxembourg, it ISIS a long
times, ach) but pedpugs und holt
on to der bar until der gong rings.
IT'S thrue for ye, Hinnissy, that
the divil wurrks-up a fight vance
in a while, but tits fight where
ivryhody's bate. | make re grand
pies, re pates magnifque, | pusha
da organ and car da monk (hees
name ees Guglielmo), und | blay
der drompone in der prass pand,
and, boot mon! there isna muckle
part of this country that I dinna
ken. Vol, blow me heyes, the old
gal an Hi ave been all hover the
btawsted country. All m'sieu! Not
unteel it is here Eat we have come,
we have found some place not SO
steal, so tranquilious. Uh-huh,
disyah spot sub am de mos moan
fullest, mos no-'count place for a
l'specable coluhed III
cain talk aboht disyah place, nosuh!
Immanently Tor, as it might be as
serted, had l the courage, as | have
the opportunity, to say, impercept-
ibly) the dawning of a new star on
what is (by courtesy called our
literary armament, will augment,
if it does not Gas it might conceiv-
ably do) eclipse those "meaner
beauties of the night" which the
English poet ESQ little ready in a
fashion as it were, commentaries.
The orthers is particyoular pleased
to see you, Yens; shake out some
more, by heck.
THE HUB OF THINGS.
| [ used to have an impression
when [ was kid { I am in long
pants now, durn you, that every.
thing in the world was fashioned
either to benefit me or to deceive
me. Lessons of all kinds, felt
sure, had no real value or truth but
were devised as ingenious tortnres
on my account alone. Thus, when
they told me that Paris was the
capital of France, accepted the
: information but I did not believe
in the existence of either France
Paris or capitals. My belief in
short was limited to what l could
! see with my own eyes, and these
visible facts were constructed BY
taking me as a basis or a center
Somebody had hung up the Gun il
, the sky that I might keep warm il
, the daytime, somebody had invent
ed marbles with an eye to amusing
me. Now this belief is instructive
j. in mankind, and few men grow GU
. of it entirely. In little Canadian
village lives a sane and respectable
grocer who is firmly convinced tina
were he to 60 out of business th'
: Dominion Government would hav'
to shut down. He realizes that b.
must die some day and lies awak'
at night worrying over the fate o
Canada when that unhappy even
. takes place. The attitude is com
mon among those whose names ap
pear in, the papers. Mr.. Jones
!. the eminent author, sees in tn
faces not only of his acquaintance
but even of those whom he passe
in the street condemnation or ap
n prevail of his latest book. HoI
Thomas DeGass imagines that tn
whole country is ringing with hi
). praises and that his election fror
the thirty third district of Rhod
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

JOAQUIN MILLER has estabished.a poets colony
in California. No bars, high stone walls guardian
angels with guns their shoulders and in their hip
pockets-both pockets.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

'THE meddlesome tongue of gossip makes and
controls cowards,' says the Fra. Also: "The,words
remorse and reform are not synonymous Good,
sensible axioms-both.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

The Theatre Magazine is becoming more popu-
lar as it grows older. This publication certainly
runs some very fine halftones.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

The chap who snaps and snarls and froths at
the mouth never gets very far. The quiet man is
the philosopher. He thinks while the snappers and
snarlers snap and snarl.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12
UNDER THE LASH.
BY ANGL1cuS
OUT OF THE DEPTHS.

Beaten, blinded and MANNED.
Stabbed with q twist of the knife,
Broken, branded and shamed-
Some of us call it life.
Maybe you call it life,
Torn from all you held dear,
Out in the light your wife
And you in the dark, You here.
Ruled by wave of the hand,
Watched and bolted and barred
Maybe it's Gods command,
Some of us call it hard.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

Los ANGELES has a population of 325,0O0 Only
a few years ago it was scarcely more than good
sized country town. Wonderful how things grow in
the GLORIOUS climate of California"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

The big man is the who never notices small
things. He always has both optics something
worth the effort.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

AS man grows older the world and its ways in
terest him less and less.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-12

FLATTERY and fawning have killed many men
of deserving parts.