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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-05
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proper handling of butter and eggs.
But. when the bad order" reports
started to come in-which are the
calm before the Storm" or in other
words sure sign of an avalanche of
claims-I was the busiest artist you
ever saw; but / got them first and
managed to reconsider them with
my non-exception" report. How
did l do it? Well that's another
story.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-05
a Russian Bath

During the latter part of this
journey was suffering much from
my knee; also began to feel the eff
fects of violent cold, caught dur
ing the storm on the Tchoussowaia
and was appfehensive that I should
be laid up with fever. On enter
ing the directors room after my ar
rival at the Navod, noticing my In
disposition, he Immediately ordered
tea; his next step was to send for
physician. In the course of half an
hour the latter arrived, and seeing
the condition / was in, directed that
| should at once go to bed, while a
Russian bath should at once be pre-
pared for me. This was commenc-
ing business in earnest. In due time
the bath was got ready, to which
was carried by two sturdy Cossacks.
Having laid aside my last clothing
the body guard placed me on the
top shelf of the bathroom, within
an inch of the furnace, if / may so
call it, and there steamed me till
thought my individuality well nigh
gone. After about forty minutes of
drubbing and fogging with bundle
of birch twigs, leaf and all, until I
had attained the true color of a well
done craw-fish, was taken out and
treated to a pail of cold water,
which was dashed over me from
head to foot, that fairly electrified
me. | found myself quite exhausted
and helpless, in which condition I
was carried back to bed. 1 had
scarcely laid down ten minutes when
Cossack entered with a bottle of
pnysic of some kind or other, large
enough apparently to supply regi-
ment. The doctor followed Instead
OF preceding the apothecary, and in-
stantly gave me dose. Seeing that
| survived the experiment, he or
dered' the man in attendance to re-
peat it every two hours during the
night. Thanks to the Russian bath,
and possibly the quantity of medi-
cine had to swallow, the fever was
forced, after struggle of eight
days, to beat retreat. At the ex-
piration of this time a returning de-
sire for green fields and mountain
scenery convinced me that / might
safely resume my journey, which 1
was soon able to o.-Atkinson' ST.
IBERIA.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-05
Did St. Croix Say HiShbaII?
Gene.

Ieel rlgnt now just like one OF
the many that go to make up Sleep
ing camp, who thinks the enemy
miles away, and is suddenly awak-
ened by the noise of bursting shell.
Thusly | felt when perused st.
Croix's High Ball" 1t was a
"highball'' alright, but sorry to say,
l was never a Knight of the Glim."
My line of activity was mostly in
the pencil pushing and ink throw
ing" departments and later, trying
to inculcate the higher art of rail-
roading," such as the proper hand
ling of merchandise or why are
claims? Although part of the time
the Knights of the Glims," Cons"
.Tallow Potts." etc., termed me chief
trouble maker.
About making for the head end"
on top: St. Croix this recalls little
incident l experienced one time try
ing to navigate the troubled wa
ters'' of the top
received instructions to accom-
pany a Butter and Egg" extra
which was run on certain days to
pick up nothing but butter and eggs.
Claims had been numerous. I was
to note the condition of shipments
accepted for transportation; see that
the eggs were not handled like
bricks, that the cases were loaded
right end to instead of cross ways.
etc. I~started 0. r., but it happen
ed the Con personally on account
of my presence )worked the coolers"
near the head end"--in this in
stance about forty car lengths from
the rear. When the engineer whis-
tied for the first stop I started over
top 10 those said coolers got there.
did my duty and started back. Now
listen to me! I didn't get back; not
on top-never. 1t happened it was
down grade leaving this station,
with curve about every five feet,
so it seemed. Say! that bunch of
scrap started to tear up the road
bed. | tried to navigate just like a
regular shack, ,''but nothing stirring.
l grabbed brake wheel-just like
a drowning man a straw-and hung
on for dear life and waited for the
storm to subside. which it did when
we reached the next station. then
proceeded to navigate on dear old
mother earth back to the quiet re-
cesses of the little red car.
When she whistled for the next
stop and I made no move, the Con
wanted to,know was 1 going over"
l really forget what told him, but he
left me with knowing smile. AS for
myself, | was calmly seated in the
cupola'' with my grips, very, very
busy CD with numerous papers.
Needless to say when my report
to the brass collars was sent in,
there were no exceptions noted
thereon with reference to the inn
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-05
"NOW is THE ACCEPTED TIME."
M Ethel Whitcomb in Christian Science Sentinel

~
and stand in the now" with the
firm conviction of Job: Il know that
my redeemer liveth," know that
Truth is redeeming this very hour
from every phase of suppositional
evil. As one insistently dwells in
today, and refuses to try to solve
questions of tomorrow, fear and anx-
iety dissolve, and thought becomes
so transparent that divine wisdom,
shines through unhindered, illumi-
mating ones way before him.
The vital import to a sufferer of
dwelling in the now" was illustrat-
ed to the writer at a time when she
awakened in the night with the man
Hesitation of severe physical diff
Guilty. She knew the medical name,
also that according to it's so-called
law the suffering must continue
She had learned, however, through
Christian Science that God is the
only lawmaker, and therefore refus-
ed to accept this verdict, but affirm
ed instead Gods ever-presence and
the availability of His power to de-
liver. Sue d e ly there came to
thought an important duty which
she had promised to fulfil at eight
o'clock the following day, and for
the next two hours thought vacillat-
ed betwee1 the contemplation Of di-
vine power and the work to be done
at eight O'Clock. Mortal thought
pressed the question, What will
you do with the work of tomorrow"
At last came the conviction that
one thing only should concern her
and that it was the Sabbath now"
To look beyond to the duty of the
tomorrow would make her unfaith-
full to the esent duty. Then
flashed across her thought the words
of Scripture, aglow with new mean
ing, Now is the accepted time; be-
hold, now is the day of salvation"
She saw that now is always the time
accepted by divine Love for man to
experience freedom, and that now is
the time for us to expect to realize
it. With this call thought turned
wholly away from tomorrow, and
she found herself joyously declar-
ing that now is God, divine Love,
supreme; now is heaven here; now
there is no law, force, influence,
power, presence or intelligence
apart from God; in a word, Now is
come salvation, and strength, and
the kingdom of our God, and the
power of his Christ" as saith the
Scripture. The recognition h a t
now is Gomez brought with it the
consciousness of present health; ev-
cry evidence of disease disappeared,
and there were yet two hours inter-
vening before the morning duty.
In order to claim intelligently our
heritage, we must know that now is
the only time and here the only
place. 1T matters not how long one
may have worked in his endeavor
to be freed from some burden or di-
sease, the present always holds de-
liverance from every weight, the
perfection of every faculty; it holds
the inspiration, light, and strength
needed for the solution of every
problem; it holds for each child of
God capability, possibility, opportu-
nifty, health, joy, aud boundless free
dom. Nothing can, be lost, neither
can one good or holy thing be with
held from man today. Why? Be-
cause we live. and move, and have
our being" now-in the ever pres
ent, eyer-loying, everything God,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-05

John the Baptist came preaching,
The kingdom of heaven is at hand"
and thus he turned men with expect
ancy to the truth revealed by Christ
Jesus, to the golden now as the
time in which to experience health,
holiness, and heaven. 1t is surely
well for us to realize often the truth
40 sweetly voiced by Whittier:
Gods love and blessings then and there
Are now and here and everywhere.
Because yesterday and tomorrow
are not ours, the only time we can
claim IS now, and If the now is not
improved bv positive right thinking,
we cannot know health or peace. To
think and act in the living pre-
sent is a divine requirement., and
until it is obeyed one is not ready
for progress. 1t is therefore help
full to ask oneself, Am living in the
now? So long as ones tn ough t s
drift back to yesterday, or dream of
or dread tomorrow. one is not living
in the now. To such Truth is call
ing: Now, the present moment, it is
high time to awake out of Sleep"
and behold the glorious reality of
life in all it's beauty and perfection.
One who lived in Mrs. Eddy's
household wrote of her, She never
allowed her day to dawn darkened
with the clouds of yesterday. but
with forward gaze she pressed TO-
ward the mark" Journal, May, 1911,
p. 74). We are bidden to "remem-
Der the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy" but when is it Sabbath day?
He who is from everlasting to
everlasting" knows no time; to Him
there is no Saturday or Sunday, He
knows only the one eternal day.
This hour, then, is the Sabbath. to
be kept holy by spiritual right think
ing. How significant is the "remem-
ber''! We are to keep in mind, new
er to forget, that this moment is the
time to be we'd. And how
shall it be kept holy? We must not
only forgive, but forget all injuries,
all wrongs. all hardships of the past,
to keep the now" hallow d with
peace and acceptable unto divine
Love. No dates of past sorrows
should be recorded, no darkness or
doubt; no unkindness or criticism
can be thought or spoken in this
ever-present S a b bath. Rather
should we say with Paul: This one
thing [ do, forgetting those things
which are behind, and reaching forth
unto those things which are before, l
press toward the mark for the prize
of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus"
The eternal Sabbath is a day of rest;
there must be no toll or worry, fear
ar anxiety; we must rest in the sacred
sense of the government of infinite
good. In hours of perplexity, when
material sense wh ispers that we
know not what step to take; when
decisions must be made, when hu-
man wisdom is found helpless and
the heart cries ont, What shall do?
from Truth comes the answer, Re
member the Sabbath day, to keep it
holy" Keep the now" hallowed
with active, positive faith in the op-
Grafton of divine. good, and in the
expectation of the present manifesto
tion of good in human affairs. We
have no time to waste in thinking
upon what might have been, or in
questioning if it can ever be; our
part Is to deny the temptation to
look either backward or forward,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-12-05

VINO Is the same yesterday, and to-
day and forever" gives the same
good to creation every day.
From this reasoning we see that
we cannot receive more of good
than we are now experiencing, until
we are prepared to receive it; time
neither gives nor takes. Then why
delay the acceptance? All that ever
has been, all that ever can be. is
here today. Jesus proved this to
be divine fact when he said to the
man infirm for thirty-eight years
and unable to walk, Rise, take up
thy bed, and walk" No time was
needed to convalesce, for now"
held within it the needed health and
strength. The man with the with
cred arm Immediately stretched it
out when Jesus spoke to him the
word that is corrective and redemp-
tive. Even lazarus walked forth at
once in living response to the truth
that is spirit" and life" Blind.
ness, lameness, and disease have
grown no more real IN the last nine
teen hundred years. Today Chris
tian Science is giving proof of this,
and men are rising on every side
ard claiming in the Sabbath now
their holy heritage of sight, hearing,
health, and life.
In Unity of Good" (p. 81 Mrs.
Eddy writes Our Master said,
The kingdom Of heaven is at hand
Then God and heaven, or Life are
present, end death is not the real
stepping-stone to Life and bappi-
ness. They are now and here; and
change in human consciousness.
from sin to holiness, would reveal
this wonder of being" Because di-
sease Of every name is mental ex-
perience, a supposition instead of
condition, resulting from fear, mis-
takes, discord, selfishness, and igno-
rance of God, a change from mate
rial to spiritual thinking alone can
bring health to the body. Because
life is thinking process instead of
a breathing process, freedom from
disease can take place in tile twink
ling of an eye" at any moment
when discordant thinking yields to
godlike thinking.
What an imperative injunction
and sweet reward is given in the
command of Scripture, Acquaint
now thyself with Him God and
be at peacen Acquaintance with
God turns us from the material
teaching which says that man is
subject to disease and evil here, but
that he will be perfect hereafter,
and with Job we can exclaim, Yet
in my flesh shall / see God" No
longer need the weary bow under
the enslaving beliefs of age, sin, sick
ness, or sorrow. when they realize
that they are sons of Cod" and
'joint-heirs with Christ" Can the
heir of eternal Life grow old or
lose any of his faculties? Can the
heir of boundless strength be weary?
Can the heir of omnipotent good
be bound by evil appetites? No,
for it is written, Son, thou art ever
with me, and all that | have is
thine" When? Now! Now is the
life, light. health, and peace Of God
ours as sons and heirs.
What hope thrills the heart of the
burdened one, trying to carry life's
load through human strength, when
he sees the meaning of this passage!
Awakened from the dream of help
lessness, he afirms with thanksgiv-
ing its mighty import. He had once
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
July is. 1912.
Notice Of Judicial Convention.

NOIlCe OF JUDICIAL convention.
Pursuant to the authority vested
in the Democratic Judicial Commit
tee for the twenty second Judicial
District. composed Of the counties OF
Mingo and Wyoming, a Judicial Con-
vention ms hereby called for said
district, to be held in the City OF
Williamson, Mingo County, West
Virginia, on the 5th day of August,
1912, at two O'Clock of said day, for
the purpose of nominating candi-
date for Judge for said district on
the Democratic ticket, and for any
other business that may properly
come before said convention.
The basis Of representation for
said convention shall be one dele
gate for every one hundred votes cast
for Louis Bennett for governor. at
the last general election held in the
year 1908, viz:
Mingo County, 16 delegates.
Wyoming County, 8 delegates.
Given under our hands this the
23rd day of July, 1912.
JOHN BALL Chairman.
w. CLYDE SENTER, Secretary.
J. H. GREENE,
Committeeman for Mingo County
JOHN BALL,
Committeeman for Wyoming County
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
MRS. WILSON is HONORARY
HEAD OF NEW LEAGUE.
MIR. and Mrs. Wilson Express Appre-
citation of support of American
Women.

Mrs Woodrow Wilson, wife Of the
Democratic presidential candidate,
has accepted the invitation of the
Womans National Democratic
League to become its honorary pres
ident Recently Mrs Steven b.
Ayres, of New York, corresponding
secretary Of the League, sent Mrs,
Wilson the request to assume the
Office authorized by the Leagues ex-
ecutive board at it's meeting in Bal
timore early this month, together
with documents setting forth the OBJ
jects of the organization.
Mrs Wilson, in her reply made
public, accepting the honorary pres
idency, said:
Mr. Wilson and | have both read
with very great interest the enclos-
ures and your letter, and he begs me
to thank the League in his name
for its powerful support 1t would
be hard to overestimate the assist
ance which such body of women
can render to a cause when they
feel, as In this campaign, that there
are moral issues involved, and Mr.
Wilson cannot fail to bbe profoundly
helped by the mere consciousness
that such women believe in him as a
worthy leader in such cause
Yours very cordially,
ELLEN A. WILSON. z
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01

The fever of republic is so strong
in China that there is grave danger
that 1T may spread to the extent OF
bringing about a division of the
country. The people are inclined to
believe that two republics will be
better than one. However, the wis
dom Of the statesmen will be in
yoked to prevent this extreme step
China had better get one republic in
working order before attempting to
start new one
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01

The said county convention shall
nominate democratic candidates for
county offices for Mingo County to
be voted for g The November cleo
ton next.
Said conventions are called in
pursuance of resolution unani-
mously adopted by the Democratic
county executive Committee for Min
go County, at meeting held at the
office of Wilcox & Greene, in the
City of Williamson, w. Va, on the
goth day Of June, 1912.
e. j. WILCOX, Chairman.
j. H. GREENE, Secretary.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
WILLIAMSON DISTRICT: Court

WILLIAMSON DISTRICT: Court
STAFFORD DISTRICT: War Ea-
gle School House at o'clock P. M.
House at o'clock p. NJ.
SECOND: County Convention
shall be held at the Court House in
the City Of Williamson, in said
County, on the Bird of August, 1912,
to convene at 1880 p, M
1t will be composed Of delegates
selected by the various district con-
ventions, the basis of representation
being one vote for each rs votes
cast for Lewis Bennett for Governor
in the year 1908.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
NOTICE.

A Senatorial Convention for the
purpose Of nominating a Democratic
candidate to represent the Sixth
Senatorial District in the next House
of Delegates, Is hereby called to
meet at Welch, at ten O'Clock, A. M
on the third (3rd) day of August.
1912, this district being composed of
the counties Of Mcdowell, Mingo,
Wayne and Wyoming, and for the
purpose of electing Senatorial
Committee, and of transacting such
other business as may come before
said Convention
This 18th day of July. 1912.
J. F. BEAVERS, Chairman
WYNDHAM STOKES Secretary
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
The Secret OF Woodrow Wilson's

Inc secret OF WOODROW Wilson'S
Success.
All OF us know or think we know,
woodrow Wilson pretty well by this
time, but the article from the New
another column, throws an ilumi-
mating light upon career which, in
It's way, s one of the most remarka-
Bile in American political history
How does it happen mat man two
years ago almost unknown In the
world Of politics with no practical
experience in public affairs, has sud
denly come up, like the lean and i'll
favored kline which Pharaoh saw in
his dream, and swallowed up all his
rivals, big and little, in this field?
One answer is that he had been
really in intellectual training for this
sort Of work for quarter of cen
fury Another IS that he brought
to this work an absolute sincerity of
purpose which was not TO promote
his own personal interests but the
interests OF the people. He had
studied the tactics and methods OF
the old bosses, and he subttituted
for it a system Numerically the
opposite of theirs.
Their system was founded on the
principle OF taking authority away
from the people; his on the principle
Of giving, authority to the people;
theirs was based on the idea OF
throwing dust in the peoples eyes
and fooling them as much as posi-
Bile; his on the idea Of making every.
thing public and taking the people
into his confidence. The old system
necessarily involved darkness, insin-
cerity and corruption; 1t could not
stand comparison with system OF
which the component parts were
light, frankness and honesty.
We get fair idea Of what Wood
row Wilson will be in national af-
fairs from what he has been in New
Jersey affairs He has been called
a boss. But he is bigger than that
| he IS leader. He commands and
| he is followed because his path Is
clearly the path of reason, OF public
morality and public -Balti-
more Sun.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
A Kindly Parent.

Dad, said Bartlesville (Okla)
kid to his father recently, Il want tc
60 to the show tonight"
A show at night IS no place for 9
kid like you. You should be al
home in bed !"
But | peddled bills and have two
tickets said the kid as he began
to snifiie.
'All right, then, answered dad
II viii go with you to see that you
don't get into trouble. Kansas City
Star.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
No Change of Policy.

L. B. McHargue, the London post
master, ousted for saying mean
things of President Taft, prints a
lengthy editorial on the matter,
which looks as If he has said any
thing he is sorry for, he's glad Of It,
Danville Messenger.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-08-01
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVEN.
TIONS


TIONS
Official Call to the Democratic Voters
of Mingo County.
Pursuant to authority vested in
The Democratic County Executive
Committee for Mingo County, West
Virginia, conventions, to be compos-
ed of Democratic voters of said
county are hereby called to meet at
times, places and for the purposes
mentioned below:
FIRST: District conventions shall
be held on the goth day Of July,
1912, In the various Magisterial
Districts at which conventions they
shall ]
(a) Nominate candidates for the
various district offices.
Obj Select member of the Coun-
ty Executive Committee.
(c) Select delegates to the Coun-
ty Convention to be held at William
son, w. Va, on the 3rd Of August,
1912,
The basis of representation being
one delegate for each 25 votes cast
for Lewis Bennett for Governor in
1898.
rhe time and place for holding
the district conventions and the rep
resentation OF each district being as
follows:
WAKEFIELD DISTRICT: Forks of
Marrowbone School House at 10
o'clock A. M
HARVEY DISTRICT: Dingess at
10 A. M
HARDEE DISTRICT: Lenore at
Q P. M.
LEE DISTRICT: Rockhouse
School House at o'clock p. M.
MAGNOLIA DISTRICT: Magno-
liza School House near Matewan, at
IL O'Clock P. NJ.
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West Bound.
Central Time.

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er for Columbus. Cafe Dining car.
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We trust that there is no signif-
icance in the fact that a heavy frost
occurred In Vermont on the morning
that Taft headquarters were opened
In The State. -Washington Post.