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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-09-26

influencing the destinies of our lives
are it's shadows. AS they are bright,
so we are happy and hopeful; dark,
so we are sorrowful and respondent.
How they lift us up or drag us down.
All our lives, for want of light, are
immersed in shadows opaque or
transparent. Some are unavoid-
able, others imaginary; but all have
subtle and powerful influence.
The pessimist whines his doleful
tale in the darkest shades of shad-
owed life, while others spend their
lives under transparent shadows,
which are the omens that stimulate
their actions. We are all. more or
less believers in the signs or omens
that obscure our lives, or illuminate
our paths and lead us on to success.
All hope is based upon the image
shadows that take shape in the mind,
and become prominent before us as
truths soon to be realized. These
are, if properly founded, the shad-
ows of the true success of life. But
how often, though seemingly the
brightest, they are as fitting as fire.
flies among the trees. When young
men venture on the treacherous
ways presented before them by shad-
ows of various and grand objects
that seem to be perfect realities
which they have gotten by following
their own fanciful ideas-they have
absolutely no conception of the final
results.
1t is folly to abandon oneself to
illusionary hopes aud shadows that
are in truth the darkest shades of
death; because we are standing in
our own light, and will surely
run against shoals and reefs of GER
tain destruction. A man will pict-
ure in his mind the very objects of
his destruction and follow them, be-
lieving that he is right. He must
determine the true results before
acting, and if the shadows are of
substantial appearance he is not to
be censured if he fails; but the
chances are that he will not fail.
Young men start out under the
illusion, that to be able to live by
their wis., to prey upon the indus
tries of others, is an evidence of
shrewdness, and here they are in
the shades of darkness, pushing on
to their own final destruction. 1t is
self-evident fact that no man
would purposely commit crime if
he were positively sure that he must
suffer the penalty; therefor it is OBJ
vious that he does not comprehend
the final result. This is clearly
seen when men. who are released
from prison, fall into the ruts of the
old ways to sink deeper into ruin.
There is but one way to surmount
this predominating error, and that
is, we must be reasonably sure that
we fully comprehend the probable
results of a purposed undertaking,
and never undertake proposition
that we cannot anticipate the right
results to be obtained.
Reason teaches us that difficulties
fraught with toll and privation sur
round us. Nothing but zeal, stimu-
lated by the holy spirit of right,
guided by reason, can give that urge
to our energies necessary to sur
mount the difficulties that confront
us. By the aid of intelligence, all
the breaks to our advancement will
be removed. and all omnibus shad-
ows discarded.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-09-26

Whenever New York is men,
toned, it always reminds us of a
vast fish pond full of suckers
with an open season on fish.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-09-26

THE men who suffer most in pris-
on are not those who have least
hope. but those who have most hope
of an early release.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-09-26
TO SUBSCRIBERS

blank the right signifies that subscription
wish
fill blank
andma the subscription mmedi-
THE MIRROR! So don't
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-09-26

Outlook for Sept. 18th, Lewis Ed
win Theis gives some of the details
of that important branch of journal
ism for W hic b the newspaper
morgue" furnishes textbooks and
subject matter. It's morgue," he
says, is coming to be looked upon
as the newspapers most valuable
asset. AS The Mirror boasts no
morgue," despite it's unexampled
facilities for acquiring one of sorts,
perhaps some Mirror readers are
not acquainted with the term as
applied. The newspaper morgue
has no place for dead ones, literal
or fgurative, though its principle
purpose is to supply matter for
obituary notices at short notice. 1t
is composed of clippings from news
papers and magazines, dealing with
the lives of all persons who may a.
chieve or have achieved fame orno-
triety, classified and filed for instant
reference in writing up further acts
of or achievements by said persons,
and finally for use in preparing obi
tuaries. With the big papers, such
as the metropolitan dailies the
morgue soon reaches surprising pro-
portions, requiring a special office
employing from two to a dozen men
usually the best men on the papers
staff. 1t is said that the keenest
news-sense in New York City be-
longs to the head of the morgue de-
partment of one of the large dallies;
and that is exactly why he is head
of the morgue department. Clip
pings from 40, 900 publications, deal
ing with half as many different per-
sons, pass through his hands month
ly, to be sorted, the valueless cast
aside; those of obvious or potential
value retained. in entirety or in con-
densed form; tabulated; classified;
and filed until the time when the
persons of whom they treat may
marry or die, go to the senate or
to Jail, discover a new planet, or in
vent buttonless dress shirt collar.
Then the morgue- man turns to his
files and brings forth an envelope
containing clippings from the Back
town Bugle of ninteen years ago
showing that the federal Judge who
is being impeached once robbed
Squire Hornypecke's Ben Davis
tree, or perhaps rescued Miss Saph-
roma Spinsterly's cat from the sew.
er down which an Infatuated neigh
Dor had cast it. Such is life and
the newspaper morgue's mission
therein, and you, gentle reader, if
your method of borrowing that over
coat from Casey's Rest Room; Hib-
bling, Mimi, showed any original
ity, may occupy a niche in the
morgues'' of the New York Times
and the San Francisco Examiner.
One can get into newspaper
morgue for anything from being
born with an extra ear on the nape
of ones neck (Which may presage
great news stories for Sunday freak
issues) to being elected president
(Which may presage great news
stories for the Wednesday Graft is
sues; but there is only one way of
getting out when once in; the un-
pleasantly defnate way of dying
for as / said before the newspaper
morgue has no place for deaG ones.
The late senator's obituary is filled
from the morgue''-and his place
is given to the latest bank defaulter.
Verify, The Morgue Man. is the
man higher up
One wonders where the express
coach was while reading this from
the Youths Companion:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-09-26
TO INMATES.

arrivals and all others desiring send The M1kkoR
number and send this oce with name and M
dress of
in which received and placed door every Fri
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-09-26

Prison
which
dependent public
surplus of funds
be expended n the library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-09-26
CHURCH NOTICE

Chapel o'clock Sunday morning. Protestant
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-15
KENTUCKY ROSEBUD AND so. 500
BEAUTY THINK he IS
TIE BEST.
Camnitz Says His Fast Ban ls Great.
and That Anes Should
Pitch a Game.

The Pittsburgh National League
club Of transformers arrived in tho
CITY last evening from ZauesviIIe. on
their way Co Ciarkshurg stopping a.
The Anfler hotel The SQUAD was
made up OF Btrue. Carey. Wilson.
Niox. OToo'e Miller. Camufz Ferry.
simon and Kelly
y think Rube Narqul-d .s tho great
est pitcher Iu fLs country 10 he inst
keeps fo pitching DTS fast BALL said
tamnifz. fhc .f.r pitcher OF the plt's.
Iureh club. 'a.f evening There are
q .of nf people who think that Do b.
r0f fhn pitcher that Doc really f-. but
] fh'rk D know fIr reason why fa dId
tnf H.r m1r after boz won 10
straight Iif pitched OH same against
Pittsburgh on their lHef trip West
.IIrf II.rI.It and H. rlrrrI hIm
.or 'f l.f.. frI H uaa .s-f hnrauee hr
fried fn u-r H curve bail ~ CIucir.
rau la received bad beating and
Hhrr us rnt there asked Mike Silt
rHfI about A. Hrf hn .aiT he wHa
using cur.. .r1 could MOT GOO away
HfH N.| f.r Nuhr i urIr- h.e
ff-f hHI .-h inr nr f. fnrr. Il.
fHf.r- f. n.I |. rar r.r ...Hr.
huf l.s rHr.a IHr I. NOT effective
REGARD Irr Hu-rT. .rrIra ~l-.
NOT a., HrI r tif furn orf. fuf r Hr.
Iato frff fHr Hrfr ought fa havoc
Boon .f.rf.H frf ..fH Die r.f fsH.
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rIr.U I.| .. r.f moan fH reflect
HH N.'.H .a fH.rr Ha ir
h.a.rr pitcher .rf a..I HH. tha auT
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-15
WHEELING HORSE WINS
THE STALLION STAKES

LEXINGTON. Ky oct 1.-THE
'astleton cup. the principal race OF
good card furnished AZ the meeting
OF the Kentucky Horse breeder, as
ISOLATION here today was won By
bHdeh. but II was only a half spirited
contest in which for a brief nome nj
u looked as though Ethel " would
carry of the large end OF the purse
and the cup
The champions stallion stake was
won In straight heats by Baldy No
Gregor
The time In the second heat. . OG7,
this year
The zoe pace furnished the most
stubDornly contested race OF the de..
ana mad 70 be put over until tomorrow.
ii.r Flower Direct aud Walter
Cachato had each taken two heats
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-15

Badly McGr,-C. the winner Of tie
Champion Stallion lakes at Lexing
ton. yesterday. is owned by Henry
SChmulhach. the local brewer.turi.
man. Mr.. Schmulbach purchased the
colt This spring and has scored sew
eral victories on the big ring with
him.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-15

and LourWorth D.. had annexed tho
l.tu heat
Summary Castlo'ou Gun o iu O.
heats. value g. 600
Baden lRoduefl first. Esther ".
cox second norsh Medium tGeers
third Best time. % ncis
Champion stallion stake, for wear
Old truttcrs 100 Value s. 200
Badly McGrecor Andrews first
Princess Todd tNurptyl second: Tho
Earnest tJamesl third. Rest time
.uta4
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-10-15
TsIls VIZ II. stand,.

q hi. district have to say to him. h.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25
How the Red pursuers Increased.

One day while the late Senator
Hearst. father of William Randolph
Hearst, the publisher. was a young
man and yet had his fortune to make,
he and few companions were Oh a
prospecting tour. Along in the after
noon they sighted a band Of Indians,
and as in those days all Indians were
hostile Mr.. Hearst and his friends
naturally wanted to get away from
there. All the prospectors except the
future senator were mounted on
horses Mr. Hearst was on a retired
army mule and soon found himself in
the rear.
The Indians were on his trail and
things began to look serious when he
called out to his rapidly disappearing
companions; Hold on, boys! there's
only few of them-we needn't be
afraid"
Just then the mule scented the ap.
preaching Indians and with a wild
snort started out with a gait that soon
left the horsemen far behind When
Hearst was about a quarter of mile
in advance he turned in his saddle and
yelled at the top Of his voice:
Hurry up, boys; you'll get scalped.
There's more than a hundred Of
them"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25

The making of an ordinary domestic
wax or tallow candle Is sufficiently
wonderful to the lay mind to excite
comment. but a candle has lately been
lighted in Rome that Is II feet
inches In height. and will burn for six
years
In various places of worship candles
are used In their symbolic sense. can
dies Of vast proportions, but the one
In question ia a giant of its clan. The
first step in the making of this mann.
moth candle was TO construct the wick
a wick that would burn clearly and
clearly. and need no snuffing.
Suspended by a derrick over a vat
Of boiling wax. the wick was dipped
no fewer than 200 times till the re.
Quired quantity of wax adhered to it
and between each dip the wax picked
up had to dry off
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25

After the surgeon had carefully ex-
amined the beautiful young woman he
shook his head gravely and said:
I'm afraid the case is going to be
very serious one. Both shoulders
are out of joint. the collar bone is
broken, both wrists are out of place.
Was 1t a railway accident?"
"Oh, dear, no-nothing of that kind"
replied the sufferers mother. Myrtle
attended fashionable party last
night, where they had all the new
dances, such as the bunny hug, the
Texas Tommy and the others in which
the intention OF the young man seems
to be to jerk the young lady's body
out from under her head"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25
ORIGINATED IN A JOKE
EXPLANATION OF HORACE GREE
LEYs ADVICE, "oo WEST"
According to Statement Of Kansas City
Man, "salted" Mines Gave the
Great Editor the Inspiration
for Well-KnoWn Words.

According to Isom 9 Stephens, who
runs a little corner grocery store in
Kansas City. the famous advice Of
Horace Greeley TO Go West was
founded Oh fake bit Of persuasion in
the form Of "salted" gold mine near
Denver, Colo
In the Spring Of 1850 M Stephen
vas In Denyer-then a mere frontier
village whose chief enterprise @as
gambling-at the time when Horace
Greeley made the town a visit Steph
ems was one of a party Of six who
wasted considerable effort irving t.
get real gold OUT OF the identical 10
ealty where the early day promoters
produced extrayagant wealth before
Mr. Greeley's eyes The ruse worked
admirably. 1t was good for several col
umns OF the Go west young man
stun right off the New York editors
trenchant pen.
Mr.. Stephens, by the way. has re,
markable record as a pioneer In four
different states he pioneered years
in advance OF the ailway-Michigan
Kansas, Colorado and North Dakota.
MI Stephens was born In a log house
in the woods of Michigan in 1881.
Il got the gold fever early in 1860
Mr.. Stephens said. My brother.in-law
had been in Denver the year previous
and had struck it rich in placer min
ing We learned Of excursion rates
Of $40 from Atchison to Denver, which
were cheap in comparison with the
regular rates of 800 one way.
when We got to Denver the gold
fever was running high. Horace Gree
ley, editor Of the New York Tribune
and a member OF his staff were in
Denver. They sent back beautifully
worded stories OF the grandeur of the
west, and the possibilities of getting
rich. My father had been a subscrib
er to the New York Tribune ever since
he built our log house in the Michi
gan clearing in 1928.
Our party got a tip on the mines
that Greeley had written about and We
went up near Boulder and tried our
luck. The six of us showed a gross re
turn of $127 worth of gold for the
weeks work. Discouraged and half
starved, we trailed back to Denver
Shortly after that We learned that
the gold mines had been sailed fof
the purpose of arousing Mr.. Greeley's
enthusiasm.
Mr. Greeley went back to New Yorl
that spring 1t was the season TO pui
ozone into the lungs of a city man
and make him think there was nc
place like the boundless west. He
left a STAFF writer in Denver that sum.
mer. I followed the trail back to the
states the same summer. A drought
had seized the land Everything was
parched and brown. 1t was deselate
looking landscape. After | got back 70
Michigan | read the rosy accounts OF
the western country in the New York
Tribune but they didn't look good to
me. kansas City Times.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25

Directly a policeman of one station
discovers beggar he kicks him away,
no matter whittier, and another police
man Of another station catches hold OF
the fellow and throws him out of his
area, and so on, with the consequence
that beggars after wandering from one
ward to another and back again ul-
timately settle down in the region
of the least resistance, namely, the
suburbs. The latest happenings prove
that suburbs are fast becoming the
centers Of mendiclty and criminality.
The mainichi therefore begs the au-
thorities ito adopt a positive instead
of a patchwork policy" advocating an
exhaustive study Of the problem.
Another plan Is that the teachers of
primary schools be called upon to Inn
press upon the emotional youngsters
the utter despicability Of begging. so
that the younger generation may con.
slider beggars as those deserving to be
kicked out for their laziness or to be
maintained by public charity, rather
than as poor fellows meriting indiyid.
ual asslstance.-Tokio Mainichi.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25

One hundred and twenty pounds,
more or less, of bone and muscle
don't make a woman. It's a good
foundation Put into it health and
strength and she may rule a kingdom
But that's just what Electric Bitters
give her Thousands bless them for
overcoming fainting and dizzy spells
and for dispelling weakness, ner-
vousness, backache and tired, listless,
worn out feeling. Electric Bitters
have done me world of good"
writes Eliza Pool, Depew, Okla, and
thank you, with all my heart, for
making such good medicine" Only
soc. Guaranteed by F. w Buchanan,
Sampson & Ayore, The Fuller Drug
Co, G. r. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25
FOR UGuEST WOMAN
ENDOWMENT FOR THE MAN WHO
MARRlEs HER.
Bachelor LraVos Fund to Help Out the
Homely Glrl-German Town Re-
wards Lovers Who Marry IN
attractive Women.

A well known bachelor who died
the other day at Frankfort, Germany,
left an endowment for an annual
prize of $125 to the man who leads
the ugliest woman to the altar. If
the bride Is lame as well as unprepos.
sessiye the groom will receive an ad.
ditional $25.
This reminds US that the town of
Haschmann, in Germany, has a sys.
TEN of rewarding lovers who marry
girls who have little or no personal
attractions. A we'll known fnancier
left sum Of money to the town au.
thorities to provide dowrles for the
plainest woman under thirty married
In Haschmann every year, a cripple,
and four women under forty who had
been Tilted several times.
Givette, a town in the Ardennes,
was left some money a long time
ago, and today it encourage matri-
mony by awarding money prizes to
mothers who send the largest number
of children to the schools.
It may not be generally known
that the church wardens of Yatten,
den receive every two years from the
mayor and burgesses of Reading the
sum of 8 shillings under James Pc
cocks charity. 1t appears that
Pocock by his will, dated September
26, 1910, gave to the ma! II and cor.
poration of Reading the sum of $3.50,
on condition that they should buy
land with the money. The rents
thereof" so runs the will, ito be en-
ployed to provide eight shirts and
eight smocks, of two shillings apiece
each, or above, and bestow five shirts
and five smocks to ten of the poorest
people In the town of Reading and
the remainder one year to six OF the
poorest people of the parish of Grill.
sham, Berks and the other
year to six of the poorest people of
the parish of Yattenden." James
Pocock also directed that the mayor
should have 6 pennies and the church
wardens pennies for their trouble in
purchasing and distributing the shirts
and smocks.
A singular ceremony was observed
at Guildford a month or so ago, when
several maid servants competed for
the maids money" which was left
by John How In 1874. According to
custom the entrants had to throw
Dice and Miss Edith Paine, scoring
the highest number, was declared the
winner.
Every spring several young servant
girls of Cardiff who wish to get mar
ried are handed a sum Of money to.
ward the expense of getting a home
together. The maidens are nominated
by the Cardiff council and the mayor
pays over the dowries. This marriage
fund owes its existence to the gener.
osity of the Marquis of Butte, he hay.
Ing placed in the hands of the mayor
of Cardiff, in the year 1897, the sum
of $4,000, the yearly income from
which was to be distributed each
spring to deserving servants Of the
city whose wedding was impeded by
the want of dowry.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25

The Maine Central Railroad has
sent out to its ticket agents all along
the line instructions to the effect that
beginning with July /, all persons who
have occasion to ship eorpses will
have to apply to ticket offices for a
baggage check for the corpse; and
furthermore that persons accompany
ing the shipment must have tickets as
mileage will not be accepted for their
transportation. The foregoing is pur-
suant to new regulations of the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25
Partisan Sage
Is Not a Dye and Does Not Contain
Poisonous Lead or Sulphur

People who use PARTISAN Sage
never grow bald because it kills the
dandruff germs, the cause of falling
hair and badness.
For your own protection see that
you get PARTISAN Sage The girl
with the Auburn hair is on every
carton and bottle. Your scalp will
feel SO delightfully."- refreshed that
ordinary commercial tonics won't do
any more.
It's wonderful how quickly the hair
will stop falling and dandruff and
scalp itch disappear when PARTISAN
sage is used. Tens of thousands of
women use it because it makes the
hair so nice and brilliant that it at
tracts admiration. G. II. Fogg and
dealers all over America can supply
you with it. A large bottle costs but
30 cents. 30-31
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25

Verify, there are doing things up in
style, matrimonially, in the village of
Strong In speaking of a recent we'd
ding in that town an exchange states
that the bride-elect and he were
taken to the parsonage in an automo-
bile, which was finely decorated for
the occasion, and after the ceremony
the newly welded couple were given
a merry ride about town, with COW
bells attached to the automobile gaily
ringing. 1t is needless to say that
this couple began life happy. They
auto
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25
Happlest Girl In Lincoln.

Lincoln, Neb., girl writes, Il bad
been ailing for some time with chroQ-
&c constipation and stomach trouble.
began taking Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets and in three
days was able to be up and got bet
ter right along. | am the proudest
girl in Lincoln to find such a good
medicine" For sale by G. r. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25

Never leave home on a journey
without "A bottle of Chamberlains
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
1t is almost certain to be needed and
cannot be obtained when on board
the cars or steamships. For sale by
G. r. Fogg
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25
Needed Admiration.

81 understand that Mr. Grabwell
started in life by borrowing SOC You
must admire a man with courage like
that"
NO. don't" replied Mr.. Growchor.
The man admire Is the one who had
the courage to lend him the fifty"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25

A new industry has started in Skow-
hogan, which is the raising of rae
coons. This has been started by Al
fred p. Austin on the Canaan road.
He first captured several wild ami
mails and from these he is breeding
them. He is having good luck and
expects to increase his stock to Is or
20 animals within a short time They
not only prove profit to their own
ere but serve as interesting animals
for pets.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25

Right in your busiest season when
you have the least time to spare you
are most likely to take diarrhoea aud
lose several days time, unless you
have Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Darrhoea Remedy at hand and
take a dose on the first appearance OF
the disease. For sale by &. r. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-25

Bgelow made a lucky strike when,
last February, he dug out litter Of
five young foxes, for he sold one of
them. the other day for $500. Four Of
the little fellows We're just ordinary
red foxes, but the fifth was of the rare
type known as the silver gray. The
fox was purchased for man who op-
perates a fox farm in Pennsylvania
and is said to have been fine speci-
men.