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Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-25
Picture Statesmen at Work,

A moving picture concern recently
obtained permission to take a series
of moving pictures illustrating French
parliamentary life. Legislators soon
got to hear of the matter, says Les
Nouvelles, some Of them showing
themselves particularly anxious to fig
ure on the film. The taking Of the
finn lasted several days, and the oper-
ator took pictures of the chamber at
all times. Photographs will show the
deserted benches of the morning, with
q dozen or so deputies discussing laws
affecting the whole Of France, the SOL
emn arrival of the president, life in
the Hobbies, a stormy afternoon ses-
sion and the thronged refreshment
bar.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-25
Very Rapid Descent,

At the exhibition of post-impression.
list paintings in New York two Boston
men were standing in front of the
much-talked-of canvas alleged to rep.
resent a figure descending the stairs.
This is the worst yet" cried one.
Look at it. 1t is simply tangled
mass of streaks and splotches.''
Il think" said the other, after gaz.
ing at it moment, that the fault
lies in the title, which is not sufficient
ly explanatory. 1t should tell US that
it is a figure descending the stairs aft
err the careless scrub woman had left
a cake of soap on the top step
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-25
tIcur rua- opooucEc SOUND
Statement sounds Ioo'tl.1 e. o"1 |N'
pertinent viii Speedily Ien'oh-
strate II 70 Be Fact.

II seems incredible that D9an VI
light sould be made TO produce sounu
but such a thing can be done a ray
Of sunlight is thrown through 1eu'
ON a glass vessel containing lampblacA'
coIored silk or worsted, or any IKE
substance. A disk having Sits or opeh-
ing. cut in it is made to reyolve s"lt-
ly in this beam of light, so as 10 CUT
it up." thus causing alternate naShe'
of light and shadow When one places
his ear to the glass vessel ne nearS
strange sounds SO long as the naShlhs
beam falls upon the vessel.
A still more extraordinary e1ect 10
produced when the beam of sunlight ID
made to pass through prism, SO as 10
produce what is called the solar spec
trum. The disk In turned and the COL
ored light OF the rainbow Is made u
break through It. Now, if the ear pc
placed to the vessel containing the SIX
or other material. as the colored llghtS
NJ the spectrum fall upon it, SOUNDS
will be given by the different parts OIL
the spectrum and there will be silence
in other parts.
For example, if the vessel contains
red worsted and the green light hasnes
upon it, loud sounds will be nearo
when the red and the blue parts or tue
rainbow fall upon the vessel. OtheF
colors produce no sounds at all,
Green silk gives out sound best IN a
red light. Every kind of material gives
more or less sound in different colors
and no sound at all in others.-Har-
roris yNoakIy
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-25
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Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-25
Animal Fun.

A thick feeced lamb came trot-
ting by;
Pray whittier now, my lamb p
quoth ],
ITO have said he, with ne'er a
stop,
MY wool clipped off at the
Bahia shop"
Christian Endeavor World.
A little horse | CHANGED to see
He borrowed some cough drops
off Of me;
Its nothing serious, of course, -
He said, I'm Just u little
hoarse."
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
A kind-eyed COW came walking
by;
Pray, whittier now, kind COW -
quoth |,
I'm going dry, kind sir" she
said.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
A bob-tailed cur came trotting
by;
Whence come you now, Sir
Pup? quoth l,
Said he, as swiftly by he sailed,
From a tailor's, sure-to be
curtailed-Fort Smith Times
Record.
A crazy goat came rushing by,
"Who, and why such speed % de-
manded |,
MY name is Harry Thaw, quotf
he,
1.-THE lawyers, alienists-all dc
ride too much on me.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-25

Over in Memphis, the direc-
torate of the Tri-State Fair is
considerably agitated and. dlvld-
ed over whether Pastor Russell
should be invited to preside.
This ought not to be an occasion
for division or argument. When
a minister has been charged
with all the double dealing and
hypocricy Of this man he should
certainly be required to Vindl-
cate his good name and the sin
cerity of his pretensiOns, before
such recognition and honor is
paid him. 1t is a slap at every
church to give opportunity to
men who pretend to be bigger
than churches and denomlna-
tions, because they can not
place a scrutiny of their lives
before such organized bodies of
Christian workers.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-25
No Immediate Use for Them,

She latter the quarreD-I shall
send back your ring and other pres,
ents tomorrow.
He-Oh, there's no hurry. l don't
expect to be engaged again for a
week or two.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-25

A woman's mind is cleaner far
Than q mans (this truth we can
not soften.)
Because, you see, quite readily,
She changes it so often
Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-25
Pulling Down Boundaries.

PUBIC interview Sd-t.
whatever imaginary Dgunda-
ries have existed between Kan
sas and Missouri in the past are
swept away today. We are one
! in the common purpose OF i'm
proving our roads. Kansas
wants to take lessons from Mis-
souri, if Missouri has any to
teach. And Kansas is willing
even to show Missouri how to
build roads. But together we
should stand shoulder to should
err in the campaign for federal
aid for our roads
Governor Hodges asserted that
the national government might
as well afford to cut down its APP
preparations for the army and
navy and spend the money on the
national roads.
kansas, as much as it contrib
utes by indirect taxation to the
support of the national govern
ment. receives back in return on
ly an occasional postoffice build
ing. We want fewer postotfice
'plums' that aren't 'plums' and
] the money spent on our roads.
Why, the money the government
spent to send the fleet around
/ the world few years ago would
have built a great national high
way from New York to San
Francisco and been an everlast-
ing monument to our civilization
and progress.
KANSAS is telling her con-
gressmen that they must work
for federal aid in road building.
This is common cause to Kan
sas and Missouri and we should
fight for it as one state.
The governor of Kansas is
right in his declarations and not
only does he voice the sentiment
of his own people, but those Of
other states. The time has
passed when the constituency
of any congressman should be
satisfied to see the national
treasury turn billions into post
Office buildings that are not need
ed and fall to a few cities and
towns to boast of, when greater
projects are given a cold Shout
der by our law makers.
A city that does an annual
postoffice business of over S10,-
600 a year Immediately proceeds
to ask for postoffice building
that costs $4,000 to 100000,
and in the larger cities a great
deal more. The buildings ano
expense are entirely out of pro.
portion to the volume of bust
ness of these postoffices and nc
sane business man would for one
moment consider expanding five
to ten times as much for build
ing as his annual business
amounts to. The citizens of not
only Kansas and Missouri. but OF
Arkansas and every other state
should make an insiStent demand
for federal aid for public roads
and point the way of meeting
this expense by curtailing the
nonsensical extravaganza of
wasting millions on government
buildings, which are really an il.
legitimate drain upon the ma
tons resources.
Good roads, as President VII.
son has said are a national work
They tend to cement a nation, by
leSSening distances and bringing
the people of one section into
closer relations of business anC
thought with those of another
But our government will never
| give the highways this attention
until the constituency of every
congressman and senator or al
least a majority of them, give
expression to the popular mine
and voice the demand.
Newport daily independent. (Newport, Ark.) 1901-1929, 1913-08-25

When the Washington Herald
expressed wonder as to what he
would do if somebody were to
send Col. Henry WatterSon a
bottle of grape Juice, the Cour-
ier-Journal suggested that he
would probably preserve it in
alcohol
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-10-23

plan. We must insist thst the doc
tor accompanies his legs with cer-
titled bill Of health; according to the
modern, np-to-date, fashions of eu-
genics. And who Of us knows, at
all, but that this leg scientist may be
only another rough rioing trust bus
ter? If we cripples should become
mixed up in this graft business, who
then is going to buy the trust made
crutches, or wooden legs? And who
then is going to take life easy by sol
diering about the gilded bar rooms
and public thoroughfares vending
the trust made lead pencils? Or,
who then is going to recline on the
upholstered flag at the corner Of the
street and dispose of the wares Of
that monsterous trust--the shoe
string combine?
Really, my dear "cripps." we
must beware of these strange legs.
But, it We cannot resist the tempta-
ton to have them, let us, at least,
practice the art of the professional
shopper, aud thus cause the doctor
to show us every leg in the store,
before we decide to become buyer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-10-23
LEGS AND MORE LEGS
By ]. M. H.

A certain doctor announces that
he has discovered method by which
be can graft the leg of dead person
that is, cause it to grow to the leg
stump of live boGy.
AT first sight we. who are cOasting
along on one driver. should-like
true lovers in romance-fall in love
with the seeming possibilities of such
an arrangement. However, it is
not our intention to befuddle our
selves over first sight love affairs.
We had plenty of 'e,n long ago.
In fact. that's just how we came to
lose leg. When she" started q
pullin'-but that is neither here or
there-we dunno where i; is
the leg, we mean. Suffice to say
that since losing that leg we have
become Use as serpents; ard if we
place our trust in any more first
sighI affairs we may be compelled to
extend the emulation and crawl
about on our stomach. No, sir,
we will have no more of this first
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-10-23
If We KNEW.

Could we but draw the curtains
That surround each others lives.
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives.
Often we should find it better
Purer than we thought we should;
We should love each other better
five only understood.
Could we Judge all deeds by motives,
See the good and bad Within,
Often we would love the sinner.
All the while we loathe the sin;
Could we hear the powers working
To overthrow integrity.
We should judge each Others errors
With more patient charity.
If we knew the cares and trials.
Knew the efforts all in vain,
And the bitter disappointment.
Understand the loss and gain
Would the grim. eternal roughness
Seem, l wonder, just the same?
Should we help where now we hinder?
Should we pity where we blame?
All, we judge each other harshly,
Knowing not life's hidden force:
knowing not the fount of action
Is less turbid at its source:
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains of good
Oh, we'd love each other better
If we only understood = Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-10-23

ignored, which should be clearly
considered in an investigation of this
nature. for instance; questions should
be asked regarding the schooling.
ascertain the mental development,
heredity, occupation, hours, wages,
etc. Also ascertain by quiz, if pos
sible, the use made Of the wages;
and previous depraving influences.
Does it not appear if such ques-
tions were asked the problem could
be better viewed and opinions aired.
But back of 1t all whether you know
the cause or the indirect cause of
many girls going wrong, l hope
you will be frank enough to admit
that; weakness of mind and will; in
diyldual temperament; immoral asso-
ciates; lack of religious training; lack
of employment; (for many love Of
pretty ribbons and amusement cou-
pied with inexperience completes
the key to the situation does it not?
1t has not been satisfactorily dem
onstrated that low wages are a di-
rect cause of the loss of virtue by
working girls, it leads me to believe
that at times low wages are an indi-
rect contributing cause. 1t is fur
Their my opinion that low wages of
the working girls are scarcely ever
direct" cause of. their loss of
chastity, heEce in courtesy to the
working girls as class is it not bet
ter to investigate tie home sur
1oundings and determine whether
or no the evil social influences
caused by cramped quarters lessening
the individual privacy do not in the
main have their birth dated from
thence.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-10-23
ST. CROIx.

Give of you best, says a contem-
porary. 1t is pleasant thing to
do Pm glad to have to say. But
when one has given of his best, is
not there limit when that which
he would give is sorely depleted?
In fact does not the best IN ole
sometime become exhausted?
We are coming to it. Ebert
Hubbard on the Sutherland bill be-
fore the senate. bill No. GA, says:
TO give relief to man charged
With crime when il is shown be.
You'd question that the crime was
not committed at all.' Hoax, or
the hall mark of persecution Sec
ond: w hen it is shown by COM
petent proof that the crime was not
committed by this man." Appears
someone must have been in hurry
to get the fellows goat. Anyway.
every little bit helps. 1t won't be
long before the respective states
will be playing trumps to suit.
Forcing people to think does not
make them think. 1t only makes
them feel you are heartless and
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Two things must be rooted out
OF -conceit and distrust.
We are not conceited.
| shall not give specific instances,
nor tell you how or in what way
they Lave made good; but if you
have been a good mixer out there
in your world, you will have found
them, and know in what way and
to what extent they succeeded.
And the surprising part Of it is
that they make good when, as often
happens, they are said to have gone
beyond the limit where there was
any probability of their doing SO.
Such is the judgement of men.
Don't be a "hick.'' "A h1ck,"
says Wallace Irwin, is a dressed
up rube out hunting for a she'll
game" Don't be hlck.
The great principle of brother
hood is not by equality, nor by
likeness, but by giving and receiv-
ing.-Ruskin.
II takes a jeweler to repair
watch - reads headline. Accord
ing 10 that, 1t should take thief to
reform thief. Dare we say we
are always successful?
How to make bad boys good"
One says apply the switch. | say.
love 'em. A thousand street urch-
ms let run loose; the buffetings
they receive make nine hundred So
called criminals. It's love that's
lacking in their lives that drives
them into ways that are dark.
In these days of techni> alities. if
a berg in dry county was named
wine and the villagers thereof de-
Voteu 10 newspaper caii0u press,
wouldn't there be. if pref ed, just
grounds for charge of conspiracy,
or the compromising of felony?
Possibly it is because | cannot
reconcile Christianity with modern
penology. but at any rate / attend
ed song service in our chapel on
recent Sunday morning and came
away impressed. As an incident it
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-10-23
Minimum WAGE AND
THE SOCIAL EVIL
By Sherlock

1t is with genuine pleasure that l
find myself today Sunday crop.
ing for my pencil that | may fling a
few words among my fellow in
mates and outside readers in a
world that is ever gaining in new.
ness. But. having found my
scratch stick, my satisfaction is tenn
pered by sense of mbarrassInent.
due possibly to the fact that our
genial editor has requested me to
write in field which, as | view the
expanse, is new to my inexperienced
hand; however, | will but try.
There is multitude of topics on
which it would be most natural
that L should seek to touch. If,
however, | am to use to any pur-
pose the opportunity which the ed
itor has accorded me, l must ex-
clude all but one of them for the
present at least. For in time like
this, as in most other times of en-
deavor. he who would accomplish any
thing must limit himself. What |
have TO say about the subject of this
discourse will therefore be confined
to the suggestion of little more
than single thought, and to its de-
velopment and illustration with ma
terials such as | have at hand.
Readers, | want to lay before you
result at which have arrived, al
ter reflection, and to submit it for
your consideration with such ca
pacity as | possess.
Due to the great emphasis which
has been given the relation of the
wage scale of young girls in indus
try to the social evil, often in print
referred to as the white slave prob
lem" prompted me to choose this
subject for consideration by the
readers of the Mirror, whom | know
to be unbiased. The consensus of
opinion on the part Of some isthat the
low wage scale IS the direct cause
for the fall of many young girls.
While to a certain extent this much
is conceded by many. but don't you
feel that certain amount Of Injus-
tice is being done to self-supp orting
girls through this low wage agita-
ton?
Comments made in the newspa-
pers of late concerning vice among
working girls, especially in the
larger department stores. indicate
clearly to anyone who has given it
even passing thought that there
has been a wide miscOnce ption on
the part of many regarding this sor-
did subject. While personally !
am of the opinion that these com
ments, In many cases, through lack
of experience of the wrlrers of the
articles, have been grossly unjust to
the working girls (speaking as
class) and that from the wide
spread publicity given these mis-
taken views, grave evils are likely
to be the result. In fact, | believe
evils have in many cases already re-
suited therefrom to society and even
to the working girls themselves.
| do not wish these liues to ex-
press an opinion regarding the actu-
al wages paid to working girls, GER.
tainly not to intimate that they are
too high or even sufficient. That is
a phase of this question 10 be con.
sidered on different grounds. and
my sympathy. rest assured, is
strongly with the working girls.
In order. however, to aid at least
in lessening that evil Of mistaken
opinion regarding these girls, ven
ture to suggest that in recent ac-
counts in other papers it seems to us
that many vital points have been
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-10-23

struck me we have number Of
cultivated voices among US, and it
goes without saying that the colored
quartette has an abundance of har-
mony tied up inside of 'em. The
song service is an innovation we
welcome. Individually, / thought
it fine. At the same time and with
customary naivete, because it's
what I wanted to say all the time,
we hope Miss Anderson will not
forget us. Music hath charms TO
socthe the savage breast;" not alone
Miss Anderson's beautiful voice,
but remembering the charming
rendition of the singer, who some
time ago sang for us the song, 20,
the Dear Little Girl lives in mem
DRY.
The Minneapolis Tribune informs
us that the county auditor has gone
through the cities, towns aud vii
lagos, etc. But there are a number
of men here who have gone through
more or less similar strenuous stunts,
in the shape of banks, private for
tunes, private dwelling houses, etc.
So we may see how easily history
can repeat itself if only the right
man comes along.
Now's your time. Uncle John. A
man in Brainerd, Mimi. claims to
have grown this year tomatoes
weighing g IL pounds each. Come
across with what those monster
ones Of yours weighed and show
that gent be has nothing on the
o. P. product under your cultiva-
ton.
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, says
Oklahoma husbands are purest. 1t
is evident he is not. familiar with
the Minnesota situation-but how
about Mr.. Gopherite?
1t is not years that determine
age. but the stage Of ones appendi-
citis, perhaps, and therefore one
confirmed In pessimism is already
an aged edition. But pessimism Is
not natural to any man. neither is it
cultivated by him; but the swift,
sure stroke of a poisoned dart, or
the clumsely welded verbal sword
that tends to provoke positiveness
of this spirits becoming manifest.
Everywhere is beauty, and every
where is hell; but the reason why
men should reach the latter first,
and more's the pity, is because
another's ideas must be first in the
meeting of those exigencies COM
mon to the lot of both. There is
whole lot that is likeable about this
old world of ours, and a great deal
also, that is or should be lovable;
but the narrowing knowledge that
many live to see, If not altogether
the seamy side in life, at least an
influential something that prevents
him from losing sight of the life
with the bark on-side nearest or
uppermost.
The efficiency test for any law is
not what it does for the violator
thereof, but how many it originally
should prevent from becoming vio-
lators. 1t matters but little wheth-
er we have one law to cover the
whole run Of illegal acts or ten
thousand technically divlsioned
legislative deliberations If that one
or that ten thousand fail to prevent
commission of an act that is un-
lawful, then the whole thing, group
or combination is a failure. We
may make az many laws as we care
10, but the design to apprehenG and
then punish, rather than to prevent
the cumulative actions that in the
end result in the commission of a
criminal or larcenous act, is just
another example of locking the
barn door after the horse has been
stolen"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-10-23

Capt. Brostroom has declaration of In
dependence of his own that he reads to any
one that blows up to him and braces him
for a plug of Hugo's best.
s The soft drink parlors will lose one of its
steady customers for couple of months.
Mr.. Rosing made two bit plunge on the
baseball game the other day with the usual
result