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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03

There are three classes of men:
those who do not do their duty,
those who profess to do their duty;
and third, which is far better than
the other two, those who do their
duty and little more.
There is a difference between
talent and genius. Talent does
what it can; genius, what it must.
1t is the little more that makes the
difference.
There are a great many pianists,
but Paderewski Is at the head be-
cause he does a little more than the
others. There are hundreds of race
horses, but it is those that 90 a little
faster than the others that require
renown. 1t Is the little more that
wins.
SO it is with young and old men
who do little more than their duty.
The man who spends his nights af-
ter his daily toll in improving him.
self is the one that succeeds. 1t is
to encourage such that l pen these
lines. Such men as these are the
salt of society, yes the salt of the
nation.
The man who works for money
alone will not find happiness. nor
will he be a useful citizen. Money
never buys satisfaction or happi-
ness, but it does bring many DIS
appointments.
| believe it to be the duty of eve
ry man to acquire competence.
But having secured that, his aim
should not be to obtain additional
wealth or fame. but to endeavor to
see of what use he can be to his fell
low beings. II he will do this, his
reward will be ample.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03

Cholly-Aw, waitress! say. little
grille, you're a peach.
Molly-Fruit's extra.
Cholly-Bring me soup for one.
Molly-Noodle?
Cholly-And brains.
Molly-Calves?
Cholly-Salad.
Molly-Lobster?
Cholly-And I'll give you a kiss.
Molly-Pay at the desk.
Cholly-How about dessert?
Molly-Fathcr will see that you
get yours.-Exchange.
Was George Washington angry
when he was rowed over The
Delaware River?
Certainly not; what put that ide
in your mind?
thought the boat made him
cross"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
FACTS NOT THEORIES
By Long Boy

What the use of always weepin',
Maxim trouble last?
What's the use of always keepin'
Thinkin' of the pasts
Each must have his tribulation.
Water with his wine.
Life it amt no celebration,
Trouble? I've had mine
But today is fine
There is nothing more disgusting
than being buttoned holed by a per-
son whose vocabulary is at least
two-thirds profanity.
Such was the writer's experience
a few days ago. The young man
in question not only did a lot of
talking, but he said so little that we
offered a prayer of thanksgiving
when we finally succeeded in break
ing away. Since then we have been
wondering what the man did for
living. How any employer could
tolerate SO vile mouth is beyond
our comprehension.
Young man, do you wish to sue
coed in this life? Then cut out all
profanity; learn to speak in such
manner that others will not SHIN
your society. To elucidate; speak
with clean tongue.
The great and deep harm caused
by the almost insane extravaganza
of vulgar ostentation by which the
parvenu millionaire tries to crafty
his vanity and dazzle his neighbours
is this: That in fact he does, alas!
dazzle his neighbors. In America
where money is earned so much
more easily than in any community
the world has ever seen, all have
great hopes of becoming rich, and
nearly all have a tendency to make
a display and to emulate the rich in
their pleasures and modes of life.
The great defect of American life
is the habit which the American
family has of living beyond its
means. The great fault in the COM
ing American philosophy is the ten
dency to think that happiness will
come in direct proportion to the
amount of money which one has to
spend. This melancholy point-of-
view leads to useless extravaganza,
keeps men in constant state of
wretchedness, kills good works and
plain home-spun morality. 1t jeop-
ardizes the welfare of the children
in the family, and makes real happi-
ness impossible.
One of the earmarks of success is
the desire to do things to finish;
to be as particular in doing small
things as in big things, writes DR.,
Marden.
All very well. a fine idea, but why
not finish it? TO accomplish any
thing of value in life we must neg
lect and ignore something; we must
even lay ourselves open to the
charge of the thoughtless that we
are careless and shiftless.
This sounds heretical and opposed
to good moral teaching. but it is
nevertheless a self-evident truth.
Modern life is so complex: SO many
demands are made upon our time
and energies; there is so much to
do, to see, 10 hear, and to read that
one cannot compass everything.
One is compelled. in the very ma
ture of things, whether he will or
no, to slight much, and the problem
which he should ask himself is,
What shall this be-" Shall it be
myriad of little things with which
life is filled, or shall it be the things
that are really worth while?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03
In the Wake Of the News.
By Sherlock
By Sherlock

One ship drives east and another drives west
With the self winds that blow
IT'S the set of the sails,
And the gales
Which tell us the way to
Like the winds of the the of fate;
AS voyage along through life.
IT'S the set of a soul,
That decides its goal,
And the cam the strife
ELLA WHEELER Wilcox.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-03

''What's the use of always weepin'.
Maxim trouble last?
What's the use of always keepin
Thinkin' of the past?
Each must have his tribulation,
Water with his wine.
Life it amt no celebration,
Trouble? I've had mine
But today is fine
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
.ED|CT DUE THIS WEEK
ON THAW''S PETITION

CONCORD. N. H.. April 12--Decisions
by Judge Aldrich OF the United States
District Court, on Harry Thaws haoeas
corpus and bail petitions are expected
early In the week. While waiting for
the decision Thaw is getting fat
Whether the habeas corpus petition is
denied or sustained, Thaw will immedi-
ately appeal and the question of bail
will still be pertinent.
II bail is granted, Thaw will be able
to travel where he pleases. but II re-
fused he will have to continue in the
custody Of Sheriff Holman Drew and
Special officer Clark D. Stevens.
In an effort to keep down his increas-
ing flesh. Thaw takes long walks.
Political interest is injected into
Thaw's affairs since Sheriff Drew has
been booked as a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for governor. -,
The seventeenth of this month Will
mark the seventh month of Thaw
residence at the Eagle Hotel in Con-
cord.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
WILL WELD SLEDGE
AT 96 TO WIN BRIDE

SOUTH WEYMOUTH. Mass. April
H-Proof that the fires Of love can
burn hotly, even though the swain be
ninety-six years old. will be demon
strated tomorrow, when Thomas Nc
Nabb opens a tiny blacksmith shop on
Union street, where without an ap,
prentice, he will start TO accumulate
enough money to win the heart OF a
blushing widow of seventy-three years:
The widow is Mrs. Alice Clarke, of
Worcester Mass, who answered an
advertisement in 4 matrimonial publi-
cation inserted by McNabb, who said
that he had decided that every man
should marry.
The couple met. and Mrs. Clarke
pledged her heart ana hand, but de-
InanGed proof that McNabb was able
to support himself by something other
than his pension money.
McNabb was Informed by the Scottish
Society of Boston that he would be
furnished with a forge and equipment,
If he really wanted TO start life over
again, and tomorrow morning the new
anvil will start ringing.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
POLICEMEN EAGER
FOR HIGHER PLACES
Death of HoIIinberger and Re-
tirement RumorS Cause
Flood of Applications.

With one actual vacancy and two
prospective retirements among captains
in the police department, speculation Is
rife as to appointments and promotions
that will result along the line. The
death of Captain Hollinberger, of the
First precinct, will result in one promo
ton to captain, one to lieutenant, the
promotion of one sergeant
There is talk in police circles of the
retirement of Capt. J. c. Daley, of No.
Q. and Capt. Michael Byrnes, of the
Sixth precinct, both of whom have been
II. These retirements would result in
other promotions.
The Commissioners and Major Syl-
Vester, Chief of Police, are being be-
sleged by the friends and supporters OF
various of the sergeants and heuten-
ants who are ambitious for promotion.
Ever since the death of Captain Hol-
linberger and the emanation of reports
Of the retirement of the other two cap
iains, the district heads have been be-
seged by the friends of aspirants.
Captain Daley's friends declare he will
return to duty. His condition is some
that better, they say. Captain Byrnes
IS a cancer sufferer, but his condition
has improved.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Prisoner Slashes Wrists
With Spectacle Lenses

Breaking his glasses against the hooi
OF his cell in the Fifth precinct police
station, a man giving his name as
George Tape, forty-eigat years old and
his address as 52S Sixth street north
west. who was arrested yesterday on
charge of drunkenness. last night
slashed his wrists with the broken
lenses. Before he could seriously in1ure
himself. however, he was discovered by
th, policeman in charge Of the pr1s-
oners.
DR.. r. b. woodward came from Cas-
ualty Hospital and dressed the cuts.
Tape will be arraigned in the Pollce
Court tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
THE WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for the District Of Co
umbia-Fair and colder tonight, prob
bly, frost; fair tomorrow.
Maryland-Fair and colder tonight;
~Obably light frost in the interior.
Unday fair. with light to gentle west
north breezes.
Eirginia-Fair and colder tonight,
.obably light frost in the interior.
onday fair, with light to gentle west
0 north breezes.
Delaware-Fair and colder tonight,
srobably light frost. Monday fair, with
d, entle northwest breezes.
Eastern Pennsylvania-Fair and colder
Onight, probably light frost. Monday
air with gentle northwest breezes.
New Jersey-Fair and colder tonight,
robably light frost Monday fair, with
. entle northwest breezes.
The temperature today as registered
It the United States Weather Bureau
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Urge Education in
Fight Upon Cancer
Authorities on Disease Agree 1t Can Be Cured by
Surgery If Taken in Time-Radium Effective
in But One Case in Hundred.

All that an ordinary person needs
to know is that at first cancer is local.
When it is local it is durable. Per-
sons with cancer should go to a physi-
clan in time
So said DIR. William J. Mayo. OF
Rochester, Mimi. at a public meeting
held BY the Americann Society for the
Control of Cancer. in the New York
Academy of Medicine, II West Forty
third street.
Points upon which the many speak
ers-authorities on cancer in this coun-
try-agreed. were:
/. Cancer in its first stages is durable.
3 The causes Of cancer are mol
known.
cancer is hereditary.
T. There is absolutely no cure lot
cancer except to cut it out.
5. Go to a physician at the first sign
of trouble. Preferably, be examined by
a physician at frequent intervals, any
how.
6. The idea that cancer in plants may
give rise to cancer in man is fantastic
Tumors are not contagious.
Z. Radium does not permanently cure
internal cancer. 1t may check the
growth for a while, but sooner or later
L
is based on the fact that only the oc-
casional cures are heard from-not the
failures. The failures outnumber the
cures 100 to !.
g. Seventy-five thousand persons died
Of cancer in the United States in 1913.
Meat Not Cause of Cancer.
'One newspaper, at least. quoted me
as saying that meat is the cause of
cancer said Dr. Mayo. las far as
I know, there is nothing to show that
meat eaters suffer more from cancer
than other persons. To attribute such
a statement to me was absurd.
Surely the Ignorance of the common
people on the subject of cancer must
be colossal. Ten years ago 1t was the
same way with tuberculosis. Now the
nothing short Of marvellous.
But what are we to tell them about
cancer If We don't know the causes OF
cancer ourselves. am sure l oon
know them. don't think we are pre-
pared to say that cancer can be AVOID
ed. But II can be taken in its first
stage and the patient will get well ana
stay we'll"
Dr.. Mayo then showed that various
forms Of constant irritation cause pre-
cancerous conditions. Here ne men, men,
toned cancer Of the lower lip, which
is rarely encountered in non-smokcrs;;
He said that the proper prophylaxis
would be to eradicate habits which
cause the first LESSONS that lead to can
Ger. He said that 60 per cent of the
cancer in India is among betel nut
cheYers. ..,,
nuts. there would be so per cent less
cancer in India he said.
FIt is extraordinary that the average
man does not know that cancer can be
cured. 1t is unfortunate that cancer
carries with 1t a certain stigma. Hun
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Police Raid POolrooms
And Arrest Proprietors

Taken into custody in a raid on the
Gayety Social Club by police of the
First precinct last night, fifteen men
we're ordered to appear in the Police
Court tomorrow morning as witnesses
again the manager of the place. Den
MS NJ. Pumphrey, who is charged with
keeping an unlicensed poolroom.
Afterward the police went to the
rooms OF the Vigilant Athletic Club, 419
Tenth street northwest, where, they
say, they found thirteen men playing
pool. Frank Zerega and Lee Hammers
ley were charged with doing business
there without a license. The thirteen
players were ordered to appear in the
Police Court as witnesses in the case.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
War Department Has
Verdict in Koehler Case

The War Department has received the
record in the case of Major Benjamin NJ
Koehler, Coast Artillery Corps, who was
recently tried by court-martial at Fort
Terry, n. Y. on charges involving i'm
morality. Although the verdict OF the
onurt-martial is kept secret, the fact
hat the record has Been sent to Wash
,nCton for review and approval is said
by officers tG indicate a verdict of
guilty was found, otherwise announce
ment of the result would. have been
mace at the headquarters of the De-
psrtuIent of the East and the record
would not have been sent to Washing
ton for review.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12

Warren ii. COIson,
lSs Boyiston st., Boston,
is a liberal buyer of old
letters bearing stamps.
stamp. collections. and
autographs. The ad-
ranced collector 10 Of
fered selection from one
OF the largest. and with
out exception the choio-
est, stocks of stamps
in America. Mr.. Colson
IL prepared to travel and
meet clients In person
anywhere.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Leaves Third of Estate
To Temperance Unions

PORTLAND. Me. April 1.-THE Ma
tional. State and Stroldwater Women's
Christian Temperance Unions, are
AIMED as beneficiarics in the will of
Mrs. Lillian NJ. n. Stevens. the tenn
verance leader. just filed for probate.
The National organization will re-
"cive $3.50, the Maine branch $1,OO0,
nd the Union at Stroudwater. the sec
ION OF this city in which she lived, $500
The remainder of the estate, which
"as estimated at S6.TJG, Will be divided
;mong her husband, daughter, sister
and housekeeper.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12

Sulphur as a blood purifier
has been known to the med
ical profession for hundreds
Of years. It's use cleanses the
system and clears the COM
plexion. vt has also been
found useful in many cases of
chronic rheumatism. 1nn
Large box. 1VC
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Department to Conduct
Egg-Shipping Tests

Specialists of the Department Of Ag-
riculture will conduct extensive egg
shipping experiments in Mississippi
river States this summer, with a view
to establishing standards that Will pre-
vent the great breakage Of eggs en-
route to market. The department en-
perts declare nearly per cent of all
"ggs shipped arrived at their destin-
alton in bad order.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
De GraW Still Ill.

Peter De Graw. formerly Fourth AS
s,stant Postmaster General. is still in a
-.oa rious condition at his residence,
Sos MARYLAND avenue northeast, where
hs f has been confined for several months
Tornur;ng a general breakdown IN
health. DR.. Noble P. Barnes Is the at
tending physician.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12

dreds of persons who have been cured
say nothing about it. They would as
soon talk about their cancer as say they
had been in Jail.
Commends Re-examination Plan.
BY simple technique we can get
, cancer into a durable state in a much
larger number of cases. The scheme
of Prof. Irving Fisher, of Yale. to have
persons VINO take out life insurance
re-examined frequently is excellent.
The man re-examined will be told If he
has any troubles"
Prof. Francis Carter Woods speech
contained most of the numbered points
cited above. He further said:
"A cancer is not the malignant crea-
ture it is usually supposed to he, but
rather guest who comes to the table
as member of the family and con-
sumes all the food
Every cancer which can be operated
upon must be so treated. No opera BILE
cancer should be treated by radium.
Operate first if possible. If not pos
sible. treat with x-rays or radiun, then
operate.
An important thing which We have
learned from animals is that 1t Is i'm
possible to transfer tumors from one
species of animal to another. This
nullifies all published reports of trans
plantation of tumors from animals to
human beings, disposes Of the ques-
tion of the contagiousness of animal
tumors among animals Of different
species or to human beings. and shows
the untruth of the fantastic statements
published in the daily press that can
Ger in plants may give rise to cancer
in man."
Explains Harvard Work.
]. Collins Warren. chairman of tae
Harvard cancer commission, said; I'm
warning the public against too confident
reliance on the various methods of
treatment of cancer which are exploited,
even with apparent scientific support
and with the most admirable intentions
from time to time, We are fortunate
in that no turtle serum cure for cancer
has yet arisen.
1t is astonishing how many institu-
tions still exist in tlis country for the
treatment of cancer without the knife
by caustics, absorbents, and other secret
remedies. and the true status of these
institutions and the pain and loss of
life to which they give rise should be
more widely appreciated
Dr. Warren outlined methods Of eradi-
eating cancer by public instruction and
by establishing cancer clearing
houses" and told what had been done
By the Harvard commission
Mr.. Hoffman closed his statistical talk
by saying that there is perceptible
and steady Increase in the cancer death
rate, and that 1t Is TIE society's duty
to bring this terrible fact home to the
people, so that the dreadful seriousness
Of the situation may be thoroughly I'm
derstood and that some reduction may
be brought about IN the death rate by
means of intelligent methods of con-
troll"
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
Chicago Nurse to Teach
The Women of BULGARIA

Miss Helen Scott Hay, an American
Rcd Cross nurse. now in charge OF the
western Suburban Hospital, Chicago,
has been selected as superintendent OF
the proposed school for trained nurses
At Sofia, Bulgaria. Notice to this effect
vas sent to Queen Eleanora, Of Bull
Garia. yesterday, by Miss Mabel T.
Boardman. head Of the American Red
Cross, to whom the queen appealed for
aid in the training of Bulgarian nurses.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12

dreds of persons who have been cured
say nothing about il. They would as
soon talk about their cancer as say they
had been in Jail.
The Washington times., 1914-04-12
TIDE TABLE

ligh ude.-.-.....9:l7 a m. and s:ts d. m.
Low tide ........-3:l5 a IN. and 3:57 D. m
SUN TABLE.
sun rises....... 5:I Sun sets.. 6:33
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-26
RUSSIAN REPORT
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ing their own and are inflicting severe
punishment on the Germans. A series
OF energetic attacks at Bolimow, Just
south OF Sochaczew go miles from
Warsaw, are reported to have been
repulsed on the night OF the 23rd by
vigorous Russian counte attacks.
while 40 miles further south. at Ano-
volonz, a successful German crossing
or the Pilica river. was turned into
a German reverse by savage attacks
by Siberian troops. who forced the
invaders back again.
The Russo-Turkish operations have
been brought to a standstin by eli
matte conditions in Asia Minor. Here
the Russian troops have spread out.
covering all the roads and quartering
in the villages in an immense triangle
whose sides converge for seventy
miles. with the base on the Russo
Turkish frontier. and the apex point.
ing toward Erzerum.
Trying to Keep Warm.
Clad in every variety OF garment
TO keep warm. including Turkish
robes and wide. flowing Kurdish coats
the Russians are budding In every
shelter hut and farmhouse OF the Arm
enians and packing cowsheds. sta.
bles and ~storehouses. Wherever pos
sible the roofs have been cut out, so
hat bonfires may be safely built with
In. The sound OF battle is rarely
heard by the main body OF troops.
who are wintering on the way to Err
zerum. Virtually the only activity r.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-26

into the European war. Essad Pasha's
palace at Tirana has been uIlaged
and burned. Massacres are reported.
The Italian government has landed
sailors from the warships at the prin.
cipal Albanian ports OF Avlona TO
restore order and protect Europeans
n he peaceful Inhabitants. Italian
intervention may embroil Italy witt
her recent foe. Turkey. and holds
possibilities of far reaching results.
Another Bomb Attempt.
German aviators made another al.
tempt to drop bombs on British ports
today. Like the attempt against Do
yer. that OF today which has direct.
ed against Sheerness. was unsuccess-
full.
An aeroplane crossed the channel.
according to the official report. and
sailing high. flew over S~heerness. Bri.
fish air crafts went in pursuit. and
says one dispatch engaged the enemy
for a quarter OF an hour before thou.
sands OF spectators. The invaders
finally disappeared in the mist. hav.
ing been hit several times.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-26

DALLAS

DALLAS. W. Va. Dec. 25.-Charles
= Rogers. OF Wheeling. was a business
caller Thursday AT the Pump station
al Majorsvillc
Dr. W. J.. SamuIous and sister. Miss
Hazel. Of Calls. passed through Dallas
Thursday on route home from Wheel
ing.
Miss Ethel Buchanan who attends
high school at Ellington Lane Is spend.
ing the holidays with her parents. Mr.
and Mrs j r. Buchanan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wylie Oldham and Mr.
and Mrs. William Marshall and sons
Glenn and Harold attended the
Rhoade-BurtOn wedding az Cool Breeze
Friday.
Mrs. John Dreamer and son Robert.
OF Majorsyille were shopping in BAL
las Thursday.
Miss Bessie Barnhart is quite ~ Of
0uinsy.
Quite 2 large crowd attended The
Christmas entertainment Thursds,
nieht given al the ~ r.. Church
Grover Archer was @ business caller
100 Elm Grove Thursday.
Miss Ethel Bhoadas. o. ELLINGTON
Lane High school. o. spending The hoii.
DAYS with Dor parents. 49,. and SIR.
D. - Rhoades
John kiuuIns Be- spending q frv-
da's with bic mother. Irs MARY kIm.
Minis
Dorsey Stricklin lett Friday etcnir.
Tor Cambridge. OHIO. to visit his faith.
or for n few days
Morton Pattison and friend Miss
~'rnetieve Loos came out from Wheel
ine Friday for a visit with Mr. and
Nr. W A. pattsou.