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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

uniforms SO frequently worn by
Europesn nobility have any inau-
ence IN ripening friendship in
matrimony between penniless
mobiles and American beauty heir
esses; if 50, then we must conclude
that the penniless possesser of the
brilliant uniforms has keen eye
and insight.
A serpent mesmerizes or hypno-
tizes its victim by its peculiar daz-
cling eye, whereas (if the smile
be allowed) the European uniform
and contents sort of hypnotize it's
victim with gaudy display of
brilliant uniforms and functions
which seldom fail in their mission.
Yet again. perhaps land perhaps
this solution of the problem is COR
rect) the European heiress hunter
is hypnotized into FRAGILE by the
shining cloud of gold behind his
desired life partner.
Only the other day a Philadel-
phia maiden, who evidently ssgot
stuck on" the uniforms of the cow
boy, which was probably refreshed
in memory by h west bound
Rough Riders from New York, has
inserted in the press letter re-
questing some good looking, strong
and happiness-loving cowboy to
accept her hand, as she says, ''the
boys of Philadelphia do not come
up to my ideals" We often wonder
why people who advertize matri-
monially, specify weight. height
and color of hair and eyes. 1t is
peculiar and yet one would think
that in the market of matrimony
one would not simply weigh the
goods and choose the color, but as
certain whether one is buying some
thing that has good qualities about
it. substantially. What difference
should it make whether man has
a door handle nose or a woman has
blue eyes and golden hair so long
as both have good, common horse
sense and fair knowledge of at
tanning and maintaining conjugal
happiness?
PsHAw.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18
On Loving Difficulties.

Mental strength, like physical
muscle, is developed through exer-
else. Life consists in meeting and
conquering difficulties. When you
cease to conquer difficulties, you
die. You are no longer of any use
in the world.
Ii you allow the mind to slump
before every difficulty that arises,
if you always take the easiest way,
it will soon weaken the brain fiber,
and instead of finding fewer diff
6culties you will find them increas-
ing and multiplying like family
Ct guinea pigs.
l remember in one of Henry
Woods BOOKS there is a full page
motto which re DIS as follows:
"Pain is friendly"
| would change the word pain
to difficulties, and make it read,
Difficulties are friendly" If we
were really sensible we should
make practice of loving each diff
ficdlt situation. Each one means
new opportunity for the develop
ment of greater ability and power.
It means that you are going for
ward into larger field Of action,
instead of contracting and slump
ing back until the powers you al
ready possess become atrophied.
"Foul, cankering rust the hidden
treasure, frets, but gold that's put
to use new gold begets.' So it is
with your ability to meet and over
come difficulties. If you USE your
power you will attract more pow
er. If you try to preserve your
power unused, if you avoid the
conflicts of life, you will find your
self going back into nothingness.
William E. Towne in Nautilus.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

Roads, churches and school houses must be built.
Modern improvements are fey-the railroads, tele-
phone and telegraph being many miles away. In
this country these oonvenences practically at the
door Of the farmers in the remote sections.
In Northern Minnesota are millions of acres of
good, productive farming land and near the best
markets in the world. The American farmer who
pulls up stakes and goes to Canada may think he is
lettering his condition, but it is only think He
may sell his American farm at high price per
and purchase land in Canada at low price and
have money left in the bank. but he forgets that
farming lands practically double in value in this
country every twenty years. including the livestock.
In the United States the trolley line will SOON be pass
ing nearly every farmers door. The telephone is
now practically in every well-to-do farmers house in
this country. This is great convenience. The
rural mail delivery in this country is something
Canadian farmers will not enjoy for many years to
come. Why give up all Of these conveniences for
the priyatons of pioneering to make lot of land
spectators rich?
Canada will grow and it is all right for those
Europeans who are not accustomed to American push
and progress to take up lands in Canada where they
may better their condition. On the other hand
American farmers are finding it hard to accllmate
themselves in Canada and do without the conven-
fences they enjoyed in their native land and that ex
plains why so many of them are joining the "come-
back" movement to their old, happy homes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18
SoIiIoquy.

To be killed, or scared to death; that is
the question.
Whether tits better to grow fat than thin,
Better to eat your bread and drink your
tea,
Unmindful Of the germs that Turk therein,
Or to take arms against the bacteria horde,
To sterilize, to Pasteurize, to boil, to chew,
To chew-and by much chewing end
The stomach ache and all aches not few,
That flesh is heir to. IT'S consummation
Devoutly to be wished. Chewing is good
But what is good to chew? Ay, there's
the rub.
We must not chew adulterated food.
And what is pure? The vegetarian
Says "Naught with eyes is proper food for
man.
Alas for all the habits of the race!
Meat and potatoes fall beneath this ban.
"Proteids are poison" say A, B and G.
"The conquering races eat 'em,' answers.
Says A, You quite forget the japanese"
Thus everlastingly they disagree,
Argue, assert, question and criticize.
Till naught is left to eat that's really nice,
Except, for those who like it, buttermik,
And for treat, occasionally, rice.
All, who would stand eternally on guard
Against the germ that turks in every kiss,
In every cup, in every breath of air,
When he might easily escape from this
With bare bodkin, duly sterilzed,
But for the paralyzing, awful fear
OF meeting after death the souls of germs
That he has slaughtered in cold blood
down here?
Perchance err, but oft it seems to me
In certain reckless, atavistic moods
That would gladly give up my Near-Tea,
Near Coffee and the latest breakfast foods
To live as all my ancestors have lived
On pork and pickles. apple pie and cheese;
To die as all my ancestors have died
Of some old fashioned, orthodox disease.
And, if the idea strikes my aged head,
may die on nice fat featherbed.
Agnes M. Cole in Nautilus
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18
EDIT 0 RIAL.

LARGE NUMBERS Of American farmers who in
recent years have located in Western Canada
turning to the United States. Nevertheless the en-
igration Of American farmers to Canada is enor-
nous. Why this should be so is inexplainabe ex-
cept upon the theory that the farther off thing is
the better it seems. Lands in Canada cheap,
but there are hundreds of millions of acres of good,
table land to be had in the United States at equal
ly low prices.
The farmers who leave the United States and go
to Canada are becoming pioneers in sparsey set
tied country where the Winters long and severe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

Most girls like to see a nicely
dressed young man in uniform.
There is something in military,
naval and civilian uniforms of one
order or another that always brings
forth praise and admiration from
the fair admirer. Whether it is
because a man looks more manly
in uniform or whether it is simply
the uniform regardless of its con-
tents which pleases the eye Of the
fair sex is disputed question. We
might stretch the rope more still
and question whether the brilliant
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18
Mirror Nail.
To the Editor:

10 the Editor:
Please let me know the names of
papers either weekly or semiweek-.
ly published in Billings or Great
Falls, Montana. 2l9l.
See the Deputy Warden. The
Mirror has no late directory of
newspapers. Changes are con-
stantly taking place. Ed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

ALASKA may soon be admitted into the Union
as state Why not? Porto Rico, Hawaii and the
Philippines will all come into the Union in time.
The United States never should be mother coun-
try" to possessions territories A selfgoverning
people ought to extend their benefits to every foot Of
territory over which they sovereign
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18
TO INMATES.

information Of desiring
friends
with following
this address
folded
in which received placed door
Friday with this
whether sending a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

PEACE and peaceful pursuits are powerfully
profitable. Napoleon said 'N ar must nourish warp'
Also mo nation thrive unless agriculture is it's
main support" True-and yet some statesmen
overlook those facts entirely refuse to take them
into consideration.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

The NEW Queen of Great Britain, Mary, is said
to harbor antipathy toward Americans. This is
a good thing-for the Americans. 1t will have a
tendency to keep them at home-where they be-
long.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

The STUDY of Napoleon affords one liberal ed
ucation-but Napoleon must be STUDIED instead of
being simply read The study of Napoleon is as
good college education.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

IT LOOKS AS THOUGH there might be something
doing down in Arkansas in the way of diamond dig
ging. Specimens show up well--and plenty of them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

No ONE GAINS anything by being tyrannica A
kind word will accomplish much more than brutal
threats. Always "kiss things through" whenever
possible.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18
CHURCH NOTICE,

Service Prison
Benson and chapains
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

The CIRCULATION of the Saturday Evening Post
is climbing up to the two-million mark The Post
leads the weekies Of the world in point of circula-
ton.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18
Reflections.

A0uSCtIODSs
The deplorable outbreak Of racial
strife throughout the States, as q
consequence of the recent prize
fight at Reno. has probably lost
nothing in the telling. Nearly al
ways, however, with a large collec-
ton of scattered incidents, some of
them admittedly tragical enough,
the aggregate impression created
is generally in excess of the actual
facts. To onlookers at distance
the savage attack upon the negroes
seems hardly to admit of reasonable
palliation, but allowance must be
made for the exceptional conditions
now prevalent. The intensity of
racial antagonism can scarcely be
appreciated except by those who
have Witnessed it on the spot, and
on neither side is it wholly blind
and unreasoning. Then again, it
appears that in many cities the
negroes were foolishly provocative,
and the men they angered were
certainly not representatives of the
better elements of American So
ciety. The fight itself seems to
have been creditably fair and or
derby, despite many sinister predic-
tions to the contrary. After all,
the real fault seems to lie with the
senseless people who insisted up
on regarding it as typical of the
conflict between black and white
races, and who declared that in the
result the white race bad been hu-
inflated. Absurd talk of this kind
is wholly responsible for the troubl
which has followed. AS matter
of fact the fight proves nothing at
all. Jeffries was outmatched from
the start, and ought never to have
emerged from bis retirement.
johnson is probably the best liv-
ing fighter. These are interesting
though not very important person.
al facts, but they certainly have
nothing to do with the relative
qualities Of the black and white
races. A thousand picked Amer
lean whites would probably beat
on equal terms thousand picked
negroes in any conflict or any form
of physical endurance. In Africa
it is no uncommon thing for a white
explorer to excel all his negro fol-
lowers i n strength and staying
power. An average muscular Chi
nese, from the Northern provinces
would probably stand degree OF
prolonged fatigue and exposure
under which johnson would break
down utterly. These things, too,
prove nothing. w e should not
argue about racial differences from
such isolated facts and examples.
When we set aside the nonsense
about racial qualities and white
humiliation, there yet remains the
elementary fact that the American
mobs did not like to see white |
man beaten by negro. That feel
ing, however, is not confined to |
America only. The problem of !
Black America is perhaps the most
difficult political problem in the
world. 1t is not rendered any
easier by the consciousness that
historically the white race is al
most wholly in the wrong and that
when it sought to atone for its sins
it went too far at one step. The
very advances of the negro popula-
ton seem to have the ultimate ef-
feet of increasing racial antagonism.
1t is contended that within fifty
years American negroes have adj
vanced further than Germany did
during the eight centuries between
Julius Caesar and Charlemagne.
Most girls like to see nicely
dressed vnnnu man In nniforn
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

KING GEORGE V-Rex ct Imperator-is great
deal more of ninespot than his father-the late
King Edward.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

Count ZEPPELINs arships go up all right-and
they sail all right-but they come down wrong They
nearly all wind up in wrecks.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

MIRROR weekly published in the Minnesota State
Prison. the and is edited and
aged by be home newspaper; to
intellectual the
disseminate pathological
dpeng prejudice which has been
entirely
financial If time there
surplus money expended the
interests of prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

AVIATION is claiming many victims . The pio-
pay the price and pave the way for the waiting
world
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18
BIG BUSINESS is in the saddle all along the line.

TINE FLIES with the busy man and woman.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

WHAT FRANCE needs more than anything else is
a healthy birth rate. The rest is easy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

PEOPLE RUN DOWN worry quicker than on
anything else. Trouble will take the meat off the
bones.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

DOG DAYS sure enough!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-08-18

Also, "No nation thrive unless agriculture is its
main support" True-and yet some statesmen
overlook those facts entirely or refuse to take them
into consideration.
The NEW Queen of Great Britain, Mary, is said
to harbor antipathy toward Americans. This is
la good thing-for the Americans. 1t will have
tendency to keep them at home-where they be-
long.
The STUDY of Napoleon affords one liberal ed
ucation-but Napoleon must be STUDIED instead of
being simply read. The study Of Napoleon is as
good college education
No ONE GAINS anything by being tyrannical A
kind word will accomplish much than brutal
threats. Always kiss things through whenever
possible.
The CIRCULATION of the Saturday Evening Post
is climbing up to the two-million mark. The Post
leads the weeklies of the world in point of circula
ton.
IT LOOKS AS THOUGH there might be something
doing down in Arkansas in the way of diamond dig
ging Specimens show up well--and plenty of them.
Count ZEpPELINs airships go up all right-and
they sail all right-but they down wrong. They
nearly all wind up in wrecks.
KING GEORGE V-Rex ct Imperator-s great
deal more of ninespot than his father-the late
King Edward.
AVIATION is claiming many victims. The po-
pay the price and pave the way for the waiting
world.
PEOPLE RUN DOWN worry quicker than
anything else. Trouble will take the meat off the
bones.
WHAT FRANCE needs more than anything else is
"a healthy birth rate The rest is easy.
RECKLESS AUTOMOBILE speeding leads to too
m UGH wreckfulness.
BOOST is preferable to knock with everyone
every time
BIG BUSINESS is in the saddle all along the line
TIME FLIES with the husv m on and woman
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-09-30

"My child was burned terribly about
The face, neck and chest. applied DR..
Thomas Electric Oil. The I ain ceased
and the child sank into restfuI
sleep Mrs. Nancy NJ. Hanson,
Hamburg, n. Y. mo.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-09-30
Order OF Publication.
ate OF West Virginia:

The State of West Virginia.:
At rules held in the Clerks office of
the Circuit Court for the County of
Berkeley, on the 5th day of Sept. 1910.
Stuart w. Walker, Plaintiff.
John H. Galley, James NJ. Guney and
Emet Queen, defendants.
The object of this suit is to attach
the property, real and personal, OF Jno.
H. Galley, James M. Gufley and En-
ct Queen in Berkeley County, West
Virginia, and subject the same to sale
to satisfy the plaintiffs debt and to as
certain any and all liens on the estate
of said parties in this County, and to
subject the said property to the pay
ment Of all liens according to their pri.
GRITTY.
And affi iavit having been made
that the said defendants John H.
Galley, J. M. Guftey and Emet
Queen are non-resldents Of this State,
the sara uelendants are required to
pear within one month after the date
of the first publica ton of this order, in
the Clerks office four said Court, and
do what is necessary to protect their
interests.
1t is ordered that copy of this OIL
der be forthwith published once a week
for four consecutive weeks in the
StateSman-Democrat a wspaper
printed in the town of Martinsburg.
in the County of Berkeley. and be
posted at the front door of the Court
House of Berkeley County at least
twenty days before Judgment or decree
is rendered.
l.. Dew. Gerhardt, Clerk.
Faulkner, Walker & Woods, Attorney
for Plaintiff.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-09-30
inCOnSidcrate.

Lawyer to client ut is an I'M
heard-of thing for you to murder an
OIL lady for the sake of forty cents
You didn't get enough even TO pay
your lawyer. "-Soleil.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-07
WEATHER NEARER NORMAL
Washington Forecaster Looks for
More Endurable Conditions.

Washington. June G-More nearly
normal weather conditions will pre-
vail over the United States during
the present week. according to the
forecast of the weather bureau
The week will open. II is predicted
with showers in the Lake region and
the Atlantic states and generally
fair weather elsewhere.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-07

The town listers are nearly ready
to begin the quadrennial appraisal of
the real estate of the town. In the
past il has been customary to APP
praise real estate in Bennington at
about fifty cents on a dollar. Sales
of real estate in the town during the
past few years prove this beyond
question. In fact in many cases the
appraisal has been not over a third
of the selling price. One piece OF
real estate on Town Hill has been
sold twice within four or five years
for seven times the appraisal. The
result of this policy has been that the
town of Bennington has small grand
list and a high tax rate. Our tax
rate has varied from $215 to $3.50
and this has been enough to drive
away prospective investors here, who
always inquire the tax rate as one OF
the first questions asked. The Ban
ner is firmly convinced that it would
be far better for the town to make g
aterial raise in valuation Of proper
ty and then lower the rate. 1t would
increase the taxes of only a few peo
pie and would be, it seems to us
much better business proposition
1t would have a tendency to keel
money at home instead of driving i
out of town for investment and woulC
materially reduce the poll-tax rat'
which is now so high as to be al
real burden to poor man wh'
actually has nothing to tax except hi
right to live. When the quadrennia
appraisal is completed and the book
are filed the Banner proposes to prin
the old and the new valuation o
every piece of real estate in town.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-07
TO RECOVER 100000 ACRES
The Southern Pacific Sued by the
Government

Portland, Ore, June 6.-Upholding
the right of the federal government
to have Cancelled the land grant to
the Oregon & California Railroad
company by Congress in 1866 and
1869 OF about three million acres in
western Oregon, b. d. Townsend a
special assistant to the attorney gen
eral of the United States, has filed
in the United States district court
here the government brief answering
la demurrer interposed by the South
ern Pacific company, successor to the
Oregon & California Railroad COM
pany. which attacked the govern
mcnts complaint in many particulars.
Among the chief points urged were
alleged lack of jurisdiction and loss of
right by lapse of time. The brief
contains $50 printed pages and goes
extensively into the history of the
grant and the charges on which the
government claims the right to at
tack IT, The relief prayed for is the
return to the public domain of about
three million acres of land still held
by the company The lands are esti-
mated TO be worth between S45,000,-
! 600 and $50. 100000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-07

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