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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-07-04

If liberty is worth the sacrifice of
death, it certainly ought to be worth
the sacrifice of self-interest and sell
fishness in our lives, to perpetuate
it, to bless it, and hand it down to
the next generation pure and tree
from any taint of servitude, except
the loving sacrifice of service in
brotherhood to our fellow man.
Fifty years later, ON that memoir
able day, the last two Of the vener-
able signers passed away, John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson, each
having lived to see sturdy young
nation grow to greatness; and yet
there hung on the dim horizon OF it's
sky that cloud of slavery which these
same two men, with others, had let
slip into the constitution as COM
promise with human wrong. And
what an awful harvest of war and
death the nation reaped from that
little germ of human slavery left in
the constitution through the negli-
gence of it's trainers. among whom
was the immortal framer of that
declaration.
And today the same cloud hangs
over there on the horizon of our fut-
ure sky. God grant that 1t may
never develope into a storm. And
yet we know that Eternal Vigilance
| is the Price of Liberty.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-07-04

pair. To such frightful pass had
thousands of them come, that death
from starvation became almost
joke, while the living remnant eked
out a miserable existance on roots
and the bark of trees. The infam-
Gus 'Droits des Seigneur' showed to
what an extent the people were held
in subsection by their masters.
During this time, i. e., that of the
fifteenth and sixteenth Louis; Mad
anne De Pompadour and Madame
DuBarry dazzled the world by the
enormous sums they spent for law
ish display, and even Marie Antoi-
nette was willing to pay out millions
for a diamond necklace. At this
time the only religious sentiment
among tie peasantry of France was
the Jacquerie; but Notre Dame
fairly blazed with pomp and out
ward splendor. The whole social
edifice in France crumbled to pieces
and-Napoleon swept away the
rotten mess.
In the United States an aristoc-
racy had builded itself in the South
ern states; not yet on the whole
mass of the people, but on the black
backs of their wretched slaves. BY
| allying themselves with certain cor.
rupt leaders in the North they bid
fair to soon engulph the Union, OF
at least to split it into segments over
one of which they could have un
disputed sway. But the God-sen
Lincoln beat back the spectre for ;
while, as the time was not ripe for ;
sterner man. The faith of the peo
pie in God was yet too strong tt
need Caesar or a Cromwell, anG
there were yet too many people
above the bread line for the socia
edifice to need a Napoleon. Arr
the signs ripening now for the com
ing of such man? Is social equal
ity' still living force and not al
empty name? Has religion rea
hold upon the masses of the people
or is it beginning to spend its fore
on magnificent cathedrals instead O
the hearts of men? If so, if eithe
or both of these things are so, thel
surely the Man will come-there i
no other way. Just as certain cause
invariably produce certain results
so do certain stages in a nation
history both demand and bring fortl
their only remedy-a Master Man
If conditions are not such as existet
in Rome and England and Franc
at their epochal stages, then any at
tempt of such a man to force nim
self into the position held by Caesar
Cromwell, or Napoleon will fail an
the people need have no feal
Only the right set of conditions ca
bring the Man. If they are her
nothing can stop him; if they ar
not, any attempt on his own PAL
6 will be futile.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-07-04

What thrilling moment of sus-
pense and anxiety it must have been
to that throng who waited and listen
ed outside the old state house in
Philadelphia on that eventful morn
ing of July 4th, 1776, for the news of
the passage of that document which
stands out as the immortal master
piece Of statesmanship. Waiting 10
hear the old bell proclaim it's passage
and ring out the glad news to the
eager thousands there, as we'll as to
the world, that it was the conception,
if not the actual birth of a new ma
tion which should grow to be one of
the great powers of earth.
And what shout Of joy greeted
the first peal of the bell as it rang
with such force and vigor that its
voice was forever after broken and
silent!
Today is the day above all others
dear to the American people. for it
is the anniversary of our declaration
to be free and independent nation.
And when we stop to think of what
it means to us, it is little wonder
that the day should inspire in us a
feeling of patriotism. With that
feeling inspired, each recurrence of
it's anniversary ought to remind us
of the great cost of blood and treas
ure the Nation has poured out to
maintain the principles for which it
stands. And it ought also inspire
us with determination that this
people should never allow that dec
laration to become sounding brass
and tinkling cymbals, or shelf worn
and threadbare in it's neglect and
misuse. When this grand day be-
comes obsole te to us as our nation
al holiday; becomes a memory only,
then shall our power and great
ness, like Rome, have sunk to decay.
TO the men like ourselves, all over
this land, who suffer for the trans
gression of law,-the word LIBERTY
means more in personal sense than
it does to the millions who are hap
PLY celebrating the day out in the
world of fresh air and sunshine, and
stenching it with salt petre; aworld
which endows you with everything
tending toward human happiness
Our loss of liberty means that we
failed to comprehend its true def
nation, and it may some day NEAR
just as much to the millions, as i
does to us unless they too learn it
true meaning. For selishness an(
self-interest followed in it's conclus
ion will never give or maintain tru'
liberty. Perhaps the truest am
simplest deination of liberty is tn
right to do as you please, as lon
as you please to do right" and whe
selfshness causes us to forget this
it is sure to bring disaster.
The document which we SO muc
admire, and which we have treas
ured in our hearts so long, woul
have meant nothing to the worl
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-07-04

but mere bombast, had it not been
for the heroic sacrifice of it's sign
ers when they pledged their lives,
their fortunes and their sacred hon
ORR to maintain it; that is what
made it of such wonderful efficacy.
Its assertion of the inalienable rights
of man, viz; life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, set forth no
new doctrine; it is an old doctrine
reaserted, and dates back through
centuries to a mount where lowly
Nazarene taught it's truth in the
greatest sermon ever preached. But
the old truth laid away so long IN
the mouldy crypt of bygone ages,
was brought out, polished and re-
gilded into the Declaration of indie
pendence; to be henceforth known
as the beautiful creed of the new
nation. And unless the forefathers
of the revolution had not merged
their faith into heroic self sacrifice,
it would have faded out like me-
teor across an evening sky, and
gone back to slumber in darkness
until some later generation called
it forth to life.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit Of
Happiness! What more can man
or nation of men want? What
else is there to live for? Does it
not cover the entire ground of mans
destiny? Jefferson h ought so,
Franklin thought so, Adams, Living
ston and all the immortal names
signed to it thought so, as we'll as
Washington and his ragged, bare
footed starving men at Valley Forge;
and every life and every dollar sac
rifced upon it's altar, since, has only
confirmed to us the truth that it is
so, and truly made men feel that it
was worth dying for, if necessary,
to hand it's blessings to our sons and
. daughters.
If Liberty is lost, death is prefer
able, so Patrick Henry thought, and
so we, the gray brotherhood, car
surely testify to it's truth. If this be
, truth let me beg of you young ano
needless generation not to forget it
and while you assemble today, de-
: vote the time that is given to it
J. reading to carefully ponder an6
e weigh its great truth, treasure it il
: your hearts, and renew your vows il
q sacred promise to God and you
It fellow man that you will still stant
8 by it, with Your LIVES Your For
d TUNES AND Your SACRED HONOR.
j. For there is just as much danger t.
e this nation today of losing it's bless
d ings embodied in those words o
e Life, Liberty and the Pursuit O
o Happiness, as there was on tha
n memorable 4th of July 1776-pe1
8, haps greater danger unless you
fidelity and patriotism shall out
h weigh the greed and selishnesl
s. which has infected our body politi,
ID as did those of the immortal name
Id subscribed to it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-07-04
INDEPENDENCE DAY
By j. a. 0.
Vol. XXV.-No 4S.

High in the belfry the old sexton stands,
Graspng the rope in his thin bony hands;
Fixed his gaze in some magic spell
Till he hears the distant ring! ring the bel
Ring the bell Grandpa ring! ring!
Barring his long slvery locks to the breeze;
First for a moment he falls on his knees;
Then with vgor, youth could not excel,
Glorious and blessed tidings! ring ring! the bell
Ring the bell Grandpa ring! ring"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
TO DEATH ON HORSE
Ranchman H,dweiI- Lost His Life
While Driving His Herds
to Shelter.

Kansas City.-Many details of pri-
vations suffered by ranchers became
known.
Frozen to death in his saddle, his
horse dead under him. and cor Of
dead cattle about him, T. G. Bidwell. q
ranchman, was found half-buried III
the snow near. Scott City. Kan. Bid
we'll lost his life trying to drive his
herds to shelter.
The railroads are still fighting for
passage through western Kansas. The
Santa Fe has been open to Dodge
City, but west Of that point the line il
blocked by drifts In some places 80
feet high.
Although a rise Of from 10 to 20 de.
grees in temperature has alleviated
suffering here and in the southwest,
normal conditions probably will not
prevail inside Of a week. Seven de-
grees below zero was recorded here.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
Tie Vacuous Lite.

People without any form of religion
without superstition. devoid Of any
thought of the future state. have beer
found in the interior forests OF Snna
ira. according TO Or, Wilhelm Volz
the geologist Of. the University Of Bres
Ian, who. made extensive Journey.
through the island. There he fount
the Kubus, as he named them. who
are scarcely to be. ddistinguished from
the small manlike ape of the Indo
3Maalayan countries. They m wander
erss through the forest seeking food
They have, no property Ii, 81.
They are. not hunters, but simply
collectors. They ash merely suticieni
nuts. fruits and other edible xrowthi
9toa Keep them alive The KubaS wage
very little warfare upopn the SINAI.
amount of animal ZIG A their .silen.
ana 5sornber land. The only notion lt
could set from. them; { di6ersnce be
tween i I've and adead person va
sth.tstne dead do not breathe.
He infers Tint they ~ immsasnl,
ably Inferior "a the palsolithic aman q
europe. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and hunt
sd bI8 game With hiSi Mint tipped AZ
ROW ana knife. Intsllsctual atropht,yy 4
.8sle result ofs I'D Kubns, environment
che words they know ! almosta y
siawsas the ldt(aasths ~ t0sNxpsese1l
SteyS1+sd gNst,5y Sr~sShl%E&
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
MAY RESTRAIN ITALY
Another Beirut Incident Probably
Would Result In. Complications.

Paris. Feb. 28.-Although opinion
mere Is almost unanimous that Italy
was absolutely within her rights in de-
stroying the two Turkish; w~arships w.
ing in the .roadslead of Beirut on Sat
urday. when sixty persons were killed
and a large number wounded the con-
tinuation of such a program by Italy
iist generally regarded with apprehen-
sion. as It is thought possible it may.
lead to European complications.
1t is understood that the powers are
ready to make q proposition for the
settlement of the dispute by which
Italy would take merely the coasts Of
the Tripoli and Cyrenaica. leaving the
interior in the hands Of Turks.
The difficulty. In the way of the ac-
ceptance of the proposition is that the
italian parliament has voted the an
.~nexation Of the whole Of Tripoli and
Cyrenaica. 5
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
FEAR CAUSES MANS DEATH
Man Frightened When Dog Jumps It
Him il DARK, Resolves Fatal In
juriss In Flight.

Cincinnati.-That terror which seis.
ed him when q large Newfoundland
dog jumped at him. was Indirectly .
sponsible for the death OF Frank
Staley was the information given Cor
oner Coo by DR.. Elmer Renter. stalsy
died at the City hospital Of injuries
he received recently.
staley had been employed ct odd
Jobs by various dairymsn. He had
gone into q barn to sleep and had
climbed into the loft when the dog
-spranlE On him In play. Falling 70 rec
ognise his assailant il the darkness.
staley Ned. fell out of the loft, rolled
through the door q tho barnssand,
over : steep embankmsnt into the
bsd sof : creek. where ~ was found,
some hours latsr. ]
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
EYES CHANGED
NisAMEL CLAIMANT HAS MEM.
oRv OF EVENTS IN NILES.
Mysterious Individual, Scores ALLEGED
Mother During His Ex-
animation.

ST. Louis, Feb. 28.-TestimOny Of
five persons, four of whom appeared
IN person, that their eyes have
changed color since. they reached ma
turity was introduced by the instr
ance company, which is the defendant
lin the Kimmel mystery case.
The purpose Of the testimony was
to show that George A. .Kimmel's
eyes which were deep brown in color,
might have changed to. light blue, the
color of the Kimmel claimants eyes.
The difference in the color of his
Dyes has been one of the strongest
points raised against the claimant.
Experts have testified that eyes do
not change color after a person reach
es maturity.
Harry l.. Fox of Niles, Mich.,.
whose wife is Kimmel's cousin, testi.
fed that the claimant in Auburn pris.
on in 1910 remembered the entire
cast Of characters in an amateur
theatrical performance given in
Niles nearly fifteen years before.
Fox told of incidents of the claim.
ants stay in Niles as his guest after
his release from prison, of the claim
ant recognizing former school mates
and Of. twitting a livery man about q
horse he Used to hire. He also told Of
the. claimants recollection of local
tiles in Niles.
On characterization Fox testified
he did not know that a woman of
Niles had been writing to the claim
ant. while he was in prison and tell
ing him of things that happened in
Niles.
EARLY in the day the claimant was
on the stand for redirect examination
during which he was asked questions
as to how hanks were operated and
how interest was computed. He
proved Il refractory witness on re-
cross examination and took occasion
to denounce Mrs. Estelle kimmel,
whom he claims as his mother, but
Who repndiates him.
He said she had shed crocodile
tears when telling. the jury that she
believed her Sol dead. and there were
tears in his eyes when he said, This
is like a funeral for me. ! an bury
,ing my mother" !,
Mrs. Kimmel. who was in the court
room. seemed unaffected by these
words. -.
An examination Of the claimants
battered head and neck by the jurors
was another incident of the session.
The last witness of the day was
Mrs. Jessica w. Pierson OF Niles, who
testified she saw the claimant in the
Auburn prison and that he is Kim
mel. She said she gave a dinner
marty III Niles for the claimant after
his return from prison last September.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
Tells OF ESNM0s.
Head Of Government School,
Gives Interesting Data.
Went to Alaska In 1sso-DeserIbsa
Experiences in Dealing With Sup
posediy Savage Tribes, Who
Now Raise Reindeer.

Washington.-A few days ago q
short, stocky man with a quiet man.
ner. q skin Drowned by much outdoor
life, and the steady eye of one used
to looking across great distances.
came to Washington with such small
fuss that it was more than a week
before the reporters we're aware of
his presence at all. He is w. T. Lopp,
head of the governments school sys.
tenn for Eskimos, and a man who has
spent most Of his life since 1890 in
Alaska, seldom coming out" as he
calls a trip down to the states.
Lopp was a Hoosier schoolmaster,,
a boy juts out Of college. when tho
government sent him and another
young man up to Cape Prince Of
Wales on Boring Strait to start an
Eskimo school. He expected to re-
main only two years.
When he went up he and his part
ner were the only white men living in
all of northern Alaska. They went
alone into a district where the natives
were so dreaded that whalers would
not put into port, even for haven In
a storm.
I'VE had some trouble with them at
first, but we insisted on having our
way. When they saw we were abso-
lutely Just and fair with them, their
attitude changed.
"That first winter we learned that
the Eskimos wanted to own reindeer.
but that the revenue officers would
not permit the importation. Some of
the natives even owned reindeer in
the Siberian herds across the straits.
And it seemed a shame that they
were forbidden to bring their property
across from Asia, so near that the
Siberian heights could be seen v g
the water on clear days.
I'VE appealed to Washington for
permission to import reindeer. But
other government agents bad preceded
us In this request. Before we had q
reply from our letter that summer a
revenue cutter put into port with q
shipment of reindeer on board. We
were overjoyed to know that the pro-
nlDitlOn OF the law na0 Deen
and set about getting MORE.
"In 1892 came the first large inn
portation. We brought in 1000 that
year and from these grew the present
herd, scattered throughout Alaska and
numbering over $1,000.
1.-THE reindeer policy was gradually
evolved. We impress upon the Lapps
and Eskimos that the reindeer are ex-
clusively their property and care. For
instance, they are not allowed. to sell
female reindeer to white men, so that
the brood animals are to be perpetu-
ally in the custody and ownership Of
the natives.
1.-THE herders are free to breed their
animals and sell their calves or stock
of any age or sex to the other natives.
Reindeer are food, clothing and
transportation to the natives"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-03-01
italians Seize British steamshlp.

Italians Seize British StearnShtp.
Palermo. Feb. 2S.-Italian warships
seized the British steamship Rescuer
at Trapant. alleging that .s%ontfaband Of
war. intended for the, Turks. was
stored on board.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-27
HEALTH FOR THE CHILD.

The careful mother, watching close.
ly the physical peculiarities of her
children, soon learns that health is in
a great measure dependent upon nor
NAL, healthy, regular bowel action.
When the bowels are inactive, loss OF
appetite, restlessness during sleep, r.
ritability and a dozen and one similar
evidences Of physical disorder are soon
apparent
Keep the bowels free and clear and
good health is assured, At the first
sign of constipation give the child a
teaspoonful of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin at bedtime and repeat the
dose the following night, II necessary.
You will find the child will quickly re-
cover its accustomed good spirits and
eat and sleep normally.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is far
preferable to salts, cathartics and
purgative waters which are harsh in
their action. Syrup Pepsin acts Oh
the bowels easily and naturally, yet
positively, and causes no gripping OF
discomfort. It's tonic properties build
up the stomach, liver and bowels, re
storing their normal condition.
Druggists everywhere sell DIR. Cald
wells Syrup Pepsin in SOC and $1.0C
bottles. If you have never tried this
remedy, send for sample to DR.. w
B. Caldwell, POI Washington St., Mon
ticello, III. He will gladly send {
trial bottle without any expense tC
you whatever.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-27

sonable hour. Even the younger
children break loose and have a candy
pull In the immaculate kitchen, while
everyone delights in moving the
stately row of porch chairs to look
of disorderly comfort In fact, they
all unconsciously do their best to ere.
ate the longed-for money" atmos-
phere, with a secret dread that the
wife and mother win return all too
soon.
Do not make the mistake of sacrifie-
ing the happiness and comfort of your
family to your insane worship Of or
der. The members Of your family do
not appreciate it. They'd a great deal
rather you we're a little careless and
less exacting. Besides, you would
then have time to get better acQuaint-
ed with them and their individual in
terests, and to keep in touch with cur
rent events instead of being a back
understanding.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-27

cars to the hold of ship or vice versa. To such
lengths has this been carried that in the case Of
some commodities the transfer Of cargo is wholly
automatic and 1t is claimed that the iron ore is
not touched by human hands from the time 1t is
mined in Wisconsin or Minnesota until 1t is fed to
the blast furnaces at Pittsburg or South Chicago.
or Gary Ind, or some other center Of the steel
manufacturing industry
The ships of the Great Lakes, alike to their
courterparts on salt water have been gradually
growing in size as years have gone by. However
the depth Of certain channels connecting the lakes
and other considerations will preclude the posi-
bility of the frightening process going on indef-
nitely as 1t appears likely to do in the case Of
ocean-going craft. The 1000foot steamer which
is already in sight" in the evolution Of trans-At
lantc navigation will probably never have par
allel on fresh water and, indeed, it is more than
likely that presentday lake cargo ships come
pretty near representing maximum, although
there is no doubt that our Great Lake passenger
ships will go on increasing in size and luxury as
more and more people come to realize that trip
up the lakes" or down the lakes" has a variety
and fascination not equalled by voyage across
the Atlantic.
The afreighters of the Great Lakes are without
a counterpart on the other waters of the globe
and they are a source Of continual wonderment
to foreigners travelling in this country,-and in
dede, to most Of our own citizens who reside in
sections of the country away from the inland
seas The most common type Of lake carrier
the approved pattern for the and coal trade
which is the mainstay Of lake commercials
long vessel with rounded ends. No deck is laid
on the main-deck beams in the cargo-holds and
the bridge, mast and Lighthouses are punched at
the extreme forward end of the vessel whereas
the engines and propelng machinery are at the
extreme opposite end. leaving practically the en-
tire length of the hold free for cargo storage.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-03-27
Making a Home of Your Abode

Ever witness the sigh Of relief with
which a hen-pecked family sees the
wife and mother take a vacation?
They're fond of her, of course, but
there isn't any doubt about a certain
sense of freedom and relief which her
absence affords. When John puts her
on the train he doesn't return home to
mourn and pine for her return; In
stead, he takes an almost fiendish Ge-
light in smoking in every room in the
house without the fear of being or
dered to the porch or the room allot-
ted him for the purpose. Tommy ex-
ultantly punches her ornamental pill
lows to a comfortable angle for his
head. Nellie isn't obliged to endure
the modification of informing her new
beau that mother insists upon the
young men going home at an unrea-