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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14
The Chaff in
the Wheat

OF staff
papers must be solo, tho proeariat be appealed
through its love for the sensational but if you have the
discretion and have mastered the of
the true from the worthless the days chronicles of
will experience but little trouble in getting fairly
idea the status of affairs One blame
they fit
for they easily the influence welded by those
sensational journals the and they further
OF the fact that of them would pass the opportunity
of launching startling headed EXTRA regardless of the
brded passions might evoke and baseess the might
eventually.
But there lessons and compromising deductions
from the We point for instance to the words ut
tered by Marine Haggerty's sister: Il r
hope" said she, when her brothers
body was brought home to be buried, A.
that my brothers death has con- Inc MARINE
tributed to the good of the country,
and that it will a lesson
those who the habit of casting aspersons upon
cuar branch OF the which he served Not once
but again the writer has been
sorts to sell admttance permit the persons
wearing the honorable uniform of the nation with rank
low that of commissioned officer On than
sion has this act been barred in the civil of nation
always endnget it be said to the honor of usticeu
of the receiving the aron Not many years ago Jackie
himself aboard ship regarded with engmatca orebearance the
close companonshp of the andsman who in the piping times
OF numbered his duties that of keeping the police
discipline of the population aboard This but and
human; who breaks regulations whether ashore
afoa especially in love with that mnon of the
y known the cop But this spirit of opposition seems
have died along with others foushng in the days
OF the wind ammers the days of the old Hartford the Rich
mOnd Ossppek, Yemassee etc. The Spanish American
caon Vera Cruzthe other impressed the lesson anew,
and it is not likely again that the prestige of splendid
infantry will suffer in comparison with the other of
the government.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-05-14

wheat from the enormous mass of chaff
with which we are being overwhelmed
by the busy press of the country, who
are not content with simply giving us
the actual news, but insist in present
ing them to us in the highly colored
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

She was asked to turn sideways then,
and TO Will ray 10 extend from the
tip Of her nose
In this" said the doctor. "she was
perfectly successful. as il appeared al
most Immediately and stretched out
ward seven or eight inches. This was
beyond the external margin OF the Wis
ible outer aura"
What DR. klner wants people 70
understand is that his researches have
been entirely physical and that they
can be repeated by anyone.
Study Has DiaEnOstic Value.
There cannot be the slightest doubt"
he says, "as to the reality Of the eE-
istence of an aura envelopinE human
beings. and this viii be i'm a short time
a universally accepted fact, now that IL
can be made visible TO any one possess
ing normal eyesight- It would, indeed,
be strange il the aura did not vary
under different circumstances, and we
firmly believe that a study Of its modi-
fications will show that they Will have
a diagnostic value"
Now. in the face Of these scientific
facts, II behoOves each one OF us TO
give some thought 10 the subject Of
aUras.
We need to realize. first OF all. that
the aura Is as much a part of us as our
heads OF hands And that its shape and
color are largely under our own con-
troll
Long ago the theosophists and clair
voyants said the dark gray or green or
muddy brown aura was an evidence OF
unwhOleSome conditions Of mind and
and body Blue and pink and yellow
We're desirable shades for auras- indf-
eating spirituality, affection and intel
lect.
DR.. Kilners book gives three classes
Of people. according TO the color of
their auras. those whose auras ap-
peared to be blue mixed with gray
and those with gray auras Taking
these classificatiOns. he examined 100
persons He found 30 in the blue aura
class. Of these 80 persons none was
below the average in mental power, and
some were distinctly above il.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

mont. Mass. settling on a small farm.
Orlando was the third of 10 children
CrlandO's lot was hard as that Of the
average country lad in those days He
got little schooling But among the
Old time athletics he developed his
shoulders by pitching hay and per-
fecred his grip by milking cows. thus
laying the foundation OF health which
helped him 10 win the fight for wealth.
Tries Teaching and Farming.
Orlando determined upon the law rs
his profession and he entered VIII
lfams college. which he was obIEe
To leave for lack of funds. He began
to teach school at East and West Den
mis- on Cape Cod. In addition to teach
inc school and teaching a class Of
Young women after school hours In the
afternoon. ne rented several acres Of
r-round which he titled in the forenoon.
before school opened, and what OF the
produce he could not sell at home he
TRANSPORTED by a fishing schooner TO
Providence. where he sold the truck
from house To house With this hard
earned money he entered Harvard law
school i'm the same class with Ruther-
ford b. Hayes. His scanty supply OF
money eaxhusted. he again went back
10 school teaching and soon again. con-
ffnucd his studies. living In small
attic. cooking his own meals and grad
uatiug in 1S4S.
Chas g. Thomas, IN whose office he
also studied while pursuing his course
at Harvard. offered him place in his
office. which he declined, and set up
for himself in a small office making
a speciality OF collecting bad debts
lie began TO make money. lie was
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
YOU ARE roo YOUNG.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am deeply in love with a girl much
smaller than / and the gang always
kid me about IL whenever I take her
out but I viii not give her up This
June I am going to work on a farm
with a pal. Do you think II is wise 20
marry her and take her with he? We
are both II years Of age. Her parents
object because she is Irish and am
Dutch. C. r. H.
Her size makes no difference. You
would beg that you do not marry I'M
I'll you have, by devotion to the girl
and to work, overcome her parents OBJ
lection Prove yourself a man first.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
prPPN InVE.

Dear Miss Fairfax
am i and have kept company
with many young men
one of these (19 years old has
asked me to marry him as soon as he
is able to support q wife. 1 like him
better than any of the rest
Do YOU think this is the right man,
or am 7 too young to know Or is IL
the sort of affection commonly called
sapuDDv love- Ignorance.
1t is puppy love, nothing more nor
less. The chances are YOU will think
a dozen are the right man before
he really comes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
Builds First Skyscraper
o. r. Potter Started ~ Country
School Teacher and Originates
National Banking system.
Ky MADISON {. Peters

n p. POTTER, from a penniIess
! youth, became the author Of
the national banking system
and built New York's first skyscraper.
an History building.
The Potters, who were originally
English Quakers. have been here for
Two centuries, pioneer settlers in Rhode
Island Israel H Potter fought at
Bunker Hill; Joseph II. was a distin-
sulshed revolutionary general; Samuel
>. was governor Of and United States
senator from Rhode Island. while Elisha
VS. congressman from that state
me iale bishop POtter's branch goes
Pack TO Joseph, who AT the close Of the
telh century came TO Duchess county,
New York. Though a Quaker his son.
.1IoHlo became an Episcopalian minis
yer and bishop of New York. and was
Io4loWed by his son, the late Henry
Goldman Potter.
Inc ioJter who became the wealth
leSL or tne name was Orlando Bronson
Follef- who traced back to John Potter,
VINO came from England to the New
Haven colony in 1888 and signed the
.iHt"tl"n Covenant of June &, 1852
samuel Orland0's father. was born
- l1l.almpgen, and grew to manhood in
Eoilhtoio, Conn He was poor
farmer in 1873 he moved TO Clare
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

neat economical, a fast worker and
absolutely honest and trustworthy5
Helen considered That was all she
could say. After the scene this morn
ing she could certainly not include a
good disposition
step. and Helen turned iuquiriugly-
The vegetables came, ma'am. but I
haven't time 10 fix EN-" sullenly- I'm
not goin' to stay to get dinner
Very we'll Nora, II you think that s
the way 10 act, why, all right Here
YOUR reference. Your months not M
until the goth. but I'll pay You up to
tonight.
Nora took the reference with a re-
luctant. uugracious Thank you,
ma'am." and stalked out
BroOdinEly Helen made some scroll
marks on tie blotter before her. With
a rush. came the thought OF NOra's
many virtues her loyalty. her economy.
her Interest in her work Yet of late
she had been most difficult. super
sensitive and resentful Of the slightest
instructions
Helen knew she had chosen an mop
perfume time to speak about the pantry
shelves. for Nora had been unusually
sullly that morning. Perhaps IL was the
spring. the sudden, euervating warmth.
for Helen TOO had felt decidedly out OF
humOr.
At another time. had she asked her
tactfully. Nora would have washed the
cAAEAhf - W AllNAA lIAI muir Lll LllAS
morning Helen had taken a perverse
pleasure in not asking her tactfully.
And when Helen insisted that she
wash those shelves today. Nora took a
stand Of sulleu obstinaCy which had
eliminated in open revolt.
The door bell rang again Helen
started up Surely. Nora would answer
it, a moments wait then long, in
sistent ring. Helen went out 10 the
kitchen IL was empty Nora was in
her own room. packing She was de-
Z liberately refusing to answer the bell.
Helen bit her lip augrlly as she went
to the door 1t was Mrs. stevens.
It's such a wonderful morning;
: downstairs
Mrs. stevens.
"OI. Td love TO- but'-iu a lowered
tone as they went through the hail.
'Nora's leavins-she's packing up
Nora Mrs. stevens sank into a
chair. why. I thought she was such a
paragon Of virtue
She was, but lately she's been get
/ ting difficult I asked her 60 wash
3 the pantry shelves this morning. and
she fatty refused She was really very
ugly-so I had TO let her go"
Mrs Stevens Shrussed her shoulders
. They're an alike"
Helen sished. "T suppose so. Yer
Nora did SO much for me. brushed my
! clothes. mended the stocking things
7 didn't ask of her because 10 wasn't
her work Oh. III never get any one
who'll do those things"
You may get some one very much
I better cousoIed Airs. Stevens.
"Weu, I hope So" Then with an
anxious note. somehow 7 can't HELM
feeling worried about her she's So
I helpless, she doesn't know a thing
about New York ] don't know where
she'll go when she leaves here"
Il thought she had an uncle
Hes gone back TO Ireland. she's all
alone I couldn't even get her to tax
! her afternoon off Shed saw she had
no place TO so. And uOw-I don't know
what she'll do now"
wen. there're plenty OF people want
{ ing maids She can so 20 any employ
ment agency and get a place 10y
night"
That's yhe trouble. she's so foolish
! ~ proud I don't think shed so TO an
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

Thirty-six were in the second class.
with auras showing a combination Of
blue and gray. Among these were two
epueptics and one with meningitis
Seventeen had gray auras. and among
these Il were two eccentric people. six
epileptiCs, one insane person and three
who were mentally dull
From those observations the doctor
deduces the theory that If YOU have a
blue aura YOU are most apt 10 be fir
but if your aura is gray YOU are prob
ably bit deficient in intellectual
power
Now that science so closely agrees
with the seers. we cannot reasonably
doubt that psychic people have seen
and do see aures. And IL renders one a
bit uncomfortable TO think how many
clear seeing eyes may have beheld very
ugly auras emanatinE from US
Every thought. emotion and feeling
is having its influence in shaping and
colorlug our auras-
II we were given free choice OF Sc
lcctlnE hlceOus or "a beautiful head
dress or hat. there would be no hesita-
ton about the one chosen
We are given this privilege Of select
ing our auras.
Not only is your aura visible TO many
clear seeing eyes and TO the eye Of
science. but its influence is felt by
every one
The dark or brown aura sends out
a gloomy and depressing influence and
the light bright colors send out love
and cheer and aspiration to all who
come IN your presence
BeautIfy Your Aura and Help Body and
Brain.
And as YOU color and beautify this
aura, you are helping build your body
into greater power.
Think of the aura as an absolute pos
session. belonging To- YOU. and given
you TO make beautiful i'm its appearance
and its influence, and so surely as Won
work toward this result. shall peace
and prosperity and health come to YOU
and your power for usefulness in
Copyright 1914 by the Star
COMPANY
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
GIVE HER TINE.

Dear Miss Fairfax
am Ig and dearly love a young
lady two years my junior ] have told
her that ] love her. and she says she
does not know what love means. but
she cares for me a whole lot. What /
would like TO know is should ] try 20
gain her love or wait q while till she
IS older and knows what love means
J. Z. s
She does not know what love means
now. but is on the way to acquiring
the information and If YOU remain her
true good friend. and are always con-
siderate of her, I am sure you viii be
the fortunate one TO import the knowl-
edge.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09


IL told you when came here that
I couldn't do no scrubbing." sobbed
Nora. You said you'd get a woman
for the house cleanin'-"
ct said I'd get woman once a year
to clean the woodwork. but that's all"
Helen's voice was coIdly decisive. Il
have the washing done for you and the
windows cleaned. and you're expected
TO do everything else ] told you that
distinctly when YOU came"
Il can't do nothin' to please YOU any
more" Nora sobbed on. you're always
fndin' fault with something"
Now that's absurd Nora. You've
got so lately that you don't want me
TO tell you thing can't even speak
to YOU about your work
Il do my work I don't need nobody
to be keepin' after me-
That viii do 7 don't want any more
discussion In some ways you're a very
good girl. but you're very difficult to
get along with You could never work
in a place with other servauts-yOu
can't even get along with the lauudress
here"
Il can get along with anybody that
treats me right" defiantly. but no.
body could get along with that
woman
Now, never mind. Nora. I've put up
with your Cuarrels with AIRS. O'Grady
ever since YOU came I've put up with
other thing. too. that no one else would
put up with
The Reference.
And cutting short Nora's fearful pro-
tests. Helen. her cheeks flushed augrily.
went determiuedly TO her desk to write
the reference
Nora DoIan has worked for me
for over eight months. and 7 am glad
TO recommend her as a good plain cook,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
sUPFosE YoU PRoPosEf

Dear Mss EairfaI:
1 am q and am deeply in love with
girl OF is. with whom I have kept
company for almost a year, Sunday
evening she asked me if L knew it was
almost a year that I had been keeping
company with her 1 said, yes She
said that at the end Of the year she
could tell whether I loved her or not
Now, how can she tell2 Are there any
presents to be given2 Anxious.
One may only guess what is in her
mind. but il is my opinion she has
decided it is time for you to propose
If YOU love her. Suppose you offer to
make her a gift of yourself2
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
DECIDEDLY so.

Dear Miss Fairfax
in love with a girl two years my jun
ior. Last night I proposed to her and
she said she loved me and If I could
get the consent of her father she
would marry me. I am not on good
terms with him. Do YOU advise me to
elope. as she is wiling NJ
The thing for you to do is TO get on
good terms with her father Prove
your v-orrhiness to him, and an elOpe-
meut viii not be necessary.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

Dear Miss Fairfax
I am a young man OF % and have
good position I met a young woman
Of about % at a fruit store This
young woman is one OF the sweetest
I ever met She has dark eyes and is
very loving. I asked her to 90 to a
show. She smiled and told me she had
more love for the people than for
show.
Please tell me did I do right or
wrong, as I love her with all my
heart. Lover
If you had been properly introduced
there was no improperly in your in
vitatiOn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
Advice To the LOvelOrn
YES AND NO.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am a young girl OF IS. About a
month ago 1 met a young man two
and a half years my senior, who IS
considered good looking, the kind that
every girl likes The third time met
him he asked to keep steady company
with me, and the same day he asked
me for a kiss, which I thought was
very improper, as 1 had known him
such a short time, and refused him.
which made him slightly angry. DO
you think I was right in refusing his
kiss? Should 1 keep steady company
with him2 @ h
You were right in refusing to kiss
him. and perhaps a refusal TO keep
steady company with him till you know
him better would be for the best His
good looks have made him too self
assured.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
OBEY YOUR PARENTS.

Dear Miss Fairfax
years older than myself He has asked
my parents if he could marry me in
June and my parents object to it,
thinking I am too young to marry. So
he has asked me to elOpe with him.
Can YOU advise me What I should do.
as I dearly love him and could not live
without him HIS Loved one.
He doesn't love YOU; z he did, he
would not make such a request See
no more Of him, and some da- YOU viii
be thankful YOU escaped the fate Of be
ing his wife.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

Dear Miss Fairfax
I am deeply in love with a girl Of
nv own age. and 1 know that she
loves me also. But the trouble is that
when I am with this girl I don't keep
up a conversation with her long, and
many a time there is not a word
sDokcn between us for q lengthy time.
Please tell me how I can get over
this habit Thomas W.
silence between two often denotes a
better cOmDanionship than constant
chatter. Be glad neither of YOU feel
that TO entertain the other one must
--make taLIE..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
DEPENDS on THE MAN.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
Which is better To marry a doctor
or a common Iaboriug man. I had an
argument with somebody. He said II
] would marry q doctor I would not
live happy. am p years Of age
Anxious
Look to the man for assurance Of
happiness don't look TO the Occupa-
ton So long as that is honorable it
cuts very little figure in q wife's hap
piness or sOrrOw.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
IT Is NOT KIND.

Dear Miss Fairfax
is il proper for a man who is mar
ried to keep pictures Of other girls
and tokens from them, and do YOU
think that his wife should be veXed2
Anxious.
such mementoes Of past love are a
source Of torment and should be de-
stroyed. man may retain such me
meutoes long after he has forgotten
the girl who gave them, and his keen
ing them means nothing. Women are
vexed at such things ueedlessly.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
THE ENGAGEMENT Is NO BAR.

Dear MISS FaIrIaE.
Is It proper for a young man en-
gagged TO be married to escort another
girl home2 or is 1t proper for him
TO see her TO the car only Pearl "
A man should at all times be par
ticularly observant Of the little cour-
resies when he is on trial as a lover
He should take her home If the dis
lance permits otherwise, only TO the
car
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

Tipping from stage box occupied by the elite Of the
u SPELL
- bound from fnm the lifting Of the the first act
dlghuH old, clothed
o
OF town. romt the
its breath anda
o
a Is
blue great
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
MORE RElsoN FOR DEVOTION.

Dear Miss Fairfax
have been keeping steady company
with girl Ior about four months. Re
Gently her sister died. Would il be
proper for ue 10 continue. or should 1
quit Tor Wnile2 T. a.. X
She needs her friends I'm her grief
and loneliness as she needs them at no
other time You can be devoted with
out taking her 10 places Of amusement.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

boy small dy understands SCOTS
big gone
land he apart
his bood and his eyes are very wide with wonder at The OF OWn-uP
he's whisper whistle through the
ured place of his vanished tooth This Is the aqenethred and aPPte
the
hating bals ardent -Ioye yondo YOU love met
NELL BRINRLEY.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09

retained to defend VIM o. Grover and
ing machines. against an unjust claim
He soon entered partnership with them
taking charge OF the legal and tinau-
cial part Of the business. which was
growing rapidly Mr. Potter became
manager and iu this capacity had to
face the insufficient nature of money
of the old states. then in Circulation
bills issued i'm one state were at dis
count in another, and Mr. Potter was
compelled to pay high premiums Tor
drafts In New York. I'm 1861 he wrote
TO salmon =. Chase. secretary of the
treasury, suggesting q plan Tor the
creation OF national banks. the circu-
latiou OF which should be based on
the deposit OF government bonds HIS
plans laid before Mr. Chase were
ter. the peuuiless farmers boy. became
the author OF the national banking
system of the United States.
Builds First SIyscrnper.
He invested largely I'm New York
real estate and showed his sanEuiue
faith in the city's future when after
the panic OF 1873. business was at a
standstiu. he bought the southwest
corner of Aston place and Lafayette
place. which turned out a splendid
speculation He was the owner of the
building formerly occupied by the New
York World at Park Row and Beckman
street extending through TO Nassau.
which was burned i'm 1852. and though
at a very duh time he erected the II
story Potter building, then the tallest
in the city. He died in 1884.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
s1I InternatlonaI News servIee.

for everybody his family auky small chap with his appended his shoes
ufd peeled delivering
@
fists and the
heels plump tummy
alarming likelihood terrible Dustin delightful small
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
Mabel Herbert liners Great Series
Married Lies Troubles
Helen Reproaches Herself for Letting Nora Leave IN Fit
of Foolish Obsinacy.
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER

(6V Jerry well. III give YOU refer
" ence. but you're acting very
foolish"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-09
Young Woman sent Out Beams From
He= UnrTv

Ut hilner mentions a young woman
~ years old, upon whom he expert
Llehlea- and whom ne asked TO shoot
rays from her two shoulders. first one
ana Then the other The beams mani
tested themselves almost directly. tax
lhS an upward and outward direction.