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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-06-10
Salma&undi
By Uncle GOshdineit

Some folks have a hope equaling
the speed of a "six-cylinder" but
only ox-team" speed in the fulfil
ment of purpose.
Some apostles of making two
blades of grass grow where only one
grew before" believe in doing the
same with imaginary cares.
Many folks are ever ambitious to
climb the ladder of success if only
some one else will come along and
give them an upward boost.
A candidate for the Carnegie
Hero Medal is the girl that can sit
out an evening listening 70 the mil
dewed humor of a bore and do it
without yawning or looking at the
clock!
Many footprints upon the sands
of time' were better washed away
by the charity of forgetfulness by
others, than to endure the censure
of time. Oblivion is the only pana-
cea that would heal the mis- print to
the solace of it's imprinter. Human
nature being full of error and mis-
direction, it is but natural that foot
prints will be imprinted at which
man is apt to husband not with
pride. Making footprints upon the
sands of time'' is precarious under
taking, and foreshadows failure if
sureness of purpose and ideal is not
sincerely considered. We can all
make footprints mostly bad and in
different-but to make a blazed trail
that others can follow as a path to
an ideal goal is another matter. 1t
requires the moral pedestrian that is
sure of his destination, and certain
that his stride is measured with sim
cere forethought as to an ultimate
and ideal goal..that is the imprinter
of footprints that needs no washing
away. Many of us can recall the
steps that first printed the footprints
that led to the portals of this insti-
tution-and vino among US would not
wish that they were washed away
from memory, or that we had never
taken the misdirected steps that
caused their making. Moral -Pur-
pose to so stay into the future path
way of life that your footprints will
not condemn you.
Loafing is the life of evil and
many recruits for it's army are gain
ed without the "Country-Needs-
You" recruiting posters.
A good way to achieve the hoped
for is to see to it that your machine
of purpose doesn't run out of easo-
line.
A chivalrous conscience bares it's
head to Truth and its fist to false
hood. Motto on the walls of a
German school room.
He who laughs last laughs best. /"
says an old proverb that overlooked
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WIDOW ASKS $500. 900
Sues on Alleged Marriage Contract
With Man of az

Washington, April S.-Mrs. Ida NJ
McNab, 40 years old, of Eseanaba,
Mich, testified yesterday in the Dis
trict Supreme Court in breach of con
tract of a marriage suit for 100000
which she has brought against John 5
Kinney, IS years old, of milwaukee,
Wis. Mrs. McNab said she first met Mr.
Kinney in May, 1912, and ive weeks
later he signed contract agreeing to
marry her.
The contract sued on, as set out in
the declaration, was executed on June
II, 1912, at Escanaba before notary
public. The contracting parties agreed
to marry, and in consideration the de-
fendant was to build home for his
bride at cost of S50,000, was to sup
port her three children and insure his
life for $4,000 for their benefit.
Mrs. McNab agreed, according to the
contract, to accest in lieu of dover, q
one-sixth interest in Kinney s estate, in
stead of the lawful dover under the
laws of Michigan. Several days after
the signing OF the contract, Mrs. Nc
Nab said, the bridegroom to be assert
ed that he never intended to marry ant
requested that she agree to a can
collation. of the contract.
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THE BILL TO LIMIT INCOMES

Representative Maurer's bill, introduced in the
House. yesterday, taxing incomes a sliding scale
which works out in way that would prevent any
person getting income in excess of $4,000 year
designed for the very worthy purpose of providing
fund to take care of the unemployed of the State
but doubt if Mr. Maurer has hit upon very
happy solution of the unemployment problem
The bill compels any person whose income now is
$4,000 year to pay fifty per cent of that amount
to fund for the unemployed, and if that person s
income shall exceed $20,6OO all in excess of the
$4,000 shall go for the same purpose.
Mr.. Maurer doubtless is of the opinion that $1O-
900 year is enough for any man and his family to
live upon, which may perhaps be conceded but to
limit Pennsylvanians to incomes of that size would
simply drive millions of invested money out of the
State, for it cannot be denied that if a man whose
income now is, say $25000 learns that he will have
to pay $4,000 of that amount to the state he will do
of two things. He will either curtal the amount
of effort he is putting into his business or the size
of the business itself, that the amount of profit
to him will not exceed $4,000 the amount he is per-
mtted to receive in the form Of income or he will
take his invested money and put it into an industry
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GENIUS OF r. HoPKINsoN SMITH

When Francis Hopkinson Smith was born in Bal
timore in 1888 he enjoyed the advantages, if hered
ity means anything, of having had among his ances
tors Francis Hopkinson, sgner of the Declaration
of Independence and artist, and sJudge Joseph
Hopkinson, first president of the Philadelphia Acad
envy of Fine Arts. His father was iron founder
and dealer in hardware, and probably gave him the
practical qualities which accompanied his artistic
temperament. At any rate, when he died in New
York City yesterday he was widely known as a man
of letters, artist and engineer and he left behind
him notable works accomplished in each of these
spheres.
Although descendant of artists and longing no
doubt to develop his own artistic Abilities F. Hop
kinson Smith had during his early youth received
no other training than such goes with clerking
in hardware store. 1t was not until the struggling
genius went to New York to shift for himself that
he began to make a of life, in an artistic
way, and then, strangely enough, his practical
ture took precedence over his artistic temperament
and he became unimaginative but very business
like and successful contractor.
1t was F. Hopkinson Smith who managed the
construction in New York City of the base for the
great Bartholdi Statue of Liberty. His Declaration
signing ancestor had in the eighteenth century taker
part in laying the foundations for American indie
pendence and he in the nineteenth directed the lay
ing of less substantial foundation for Liberty
There is some interest attached to the fact that
it was in giving an exhibition of his own water
colors to help raise funds for constructing the ped
estal for the Goddess of Liberty that Mr. Smith,
how very ndistinctive the name sounds without the
prefxes,-irst manifested his artistic talents and
began his career as painter. When his literary
works appeared in later years he gained high
place as a man of letters because of his charming
style and his originality in constructing plots The
world has had few such versatile genuses in modern
times
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have GOOD HEALTH
Take Hoods sarsaparilla, the Old
Reliable Spring Tonic

y Don't let the idea that You may feel
better in day or two prevent you from
getting bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla
to-day from any drug store and start.
ing at once on the road to health and
strength.
When your blood is impure and i'm.
poverished it lacks vitality, your diges
tion is imperfect, your appetite is poor,
and all the functions of your body are
impaired.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is a wonderful
blood tonic.> 1t will build you up
quicker than any other medicine. II
gives strength to do and power to en-
dure. II is the old standard tried and
true all-the-year-round blood purifier
and enricher. tonic and appetizer.
Nothing else acts like it, for nothing
else has the same formula or ingredi-
ents. Be sure to ask for Hoods; insist
ON having it.-Adv.
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IT CURED HIM

During the demonstration of his kneataphone, Mr.
Edison said
with this invention actor may hear himself speak
as well as himself act Let hope he dis
apponted-ke the piecols player in music store.
was urged to buy phonograph. The dealer. as last
resort, got the to make Photographic record of
The Last Rose of Summer with his piceolo.
The dealer then ran the tune off while the payer-a
really wretehed performer-istened with strange air.
At the end the dealer said:
There, isn't that wonderfulf
Hm-well-yes, said the piccoo player.
And now, said the dealer, briskly, you going to
buy tho monograph
No. the player answered I'm going to sell the pic-
eolo' Nashville Tennessean.
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DIR. sHAW'S BIG CAMPAIGN
viii Deliver 30 Speeches for Votes fo
Women

New York, April S.-Dr. Anna How
ard Shaw, president of the Nationa
American Woman's Suffrage Associa
ton, has made plans to deliver thirty
speeches in each of the Eastern State,
which will vote on woman suffrage thi.
fall.
In an announcement to this effect, il
was said that DR.. Shaw's campaign
which will carry her through New York
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, will begin late this month anC
continue through the summer. Eacf
speech will be delivered at a place Sc
lected by the State suffrage organiza
tions.
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WIFE CAN BE CHICKEN"
Husband, Arrested When He Applied
Term, Freed by Judge

ST. Louis, April S.-''My wife s some
chicken!" Charles +. Watkins remark
ed to a friend when Mrs. Watkins
passed his shop, according to his testi-
mony in Judge Hogan's court.
Then Mrs. Watkins caused his ar
rest. Watkins said they have been mar
ried nineteen years, but lately they have
been separated.
ANY man has a right to call his
wife chicken" Judge Hogan ruled.
"And when woman gets up in years
she should feel highly fattered.'
The peace disturbance charge against
Watkins was dismissed.
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TO PRESENT LOVING CUP
Committee of Choral Society Will Give
DR., Gilchrist Token

The following committee of the Har.
risburg Choral Society, together with
President John Fox Weiss, will repre-
sent the society at the benefit concert to
ibe given for DIR. W. W. Gilchrist, at
Philadelphia, next Wednesday:
S. D. SAMSON, E. J. Decevee, J. H.
Kelker, Jr., Miss Sarah Chayne and
Mrs. John C. Harvey. This committee
has chosen the president to present the
fttingly engraved loving cup which will
be sent by the local organization to DIR.
Gilchrist.
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WHAT HURT MOST

Why are you crying bitterly, little mani asked the
old lady, she patted the fearful
his head.
Bill Jones hit me the nose" the boys reply
"Did he hurt you mueh?"
Nav, he didn't hurt at ALL but he ran away before
| could hit him back Richmond Times Dispatch.
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Aged Man killed by a Horse

East Donegal, April S.-Robert
Daugherty, IS years old, was so badly
kicked by horse in the stable on the
Meyers farm yesterday that he died
within a short time without regaining
consciousness. He was employed on this
farm many years and always slept in
the stable, claiming that it was the
most healthful.
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in some other state. in either case there would be
less work for Pennsylvania workmen to do and con-
sequenty worse conditions of unemployment in
Pennsylvania.
But we doubt whether anybody, even Mr.. Maurer,
takes the bill very seriously.
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TENDER CARE FOR BRITISH OFFICERS

Shocking news has been getting past the BRUSH
censors to the effect that army officers on short
leave have been frequenting London night clubs
and have been having high old times An army
order has now been issued forbidding military men
to enter the club houses in uniform. This order is
intended to discourage the frequenting of such
places by the warriors
That the night clubs are very wicked places is
limited by guarded accounts of the serving of ginger
and orange wines and of the playing of games of
chance. Late hours in such places might harm SOL
diers physically, think the careful army aathori-
ties Some London newspapers have so far abated
the force of their verbal attacks on the Germans
and the House of Commons has glanced with dis
favor at these places of recreation.
When soldiers of the British army are in London
on brief furlough, they must surely have some
amusement to break the dull monotony of life in
the trenches They would find little joy in their
vacation if they to go to bed with the going
down of the sun and to avoid all the little diversions
of London night life. From this distance it seems
that if there is really any harm in the clubs, if
some of them are the breeding places of vice as
limited, then the agitation against them has come
rather late. 1t would not be pleasant to think that
careless Engishmen have allowed noxious night
clubs to grow and prosper and ruin young manhood
in times of peace and have not made any efforts to
eliminate the evil until now when dissipation would
make young less capable to do military service.
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DIscLAIMs RESPONSIBILITY

I'm self made man." said Mr. Cumrox
Didn't your wife have something to do with your
career'"
She used TO say So but after seeing how behave in
society she refuses take any of the
Citizen.
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PROGRESS BY DEGREES

The Prohibition has hit Crimson Gulch pretty
strong remarked Bronco Bob.
Why saw every in the place lined up at the bal"
Yes. But eight of the men are learnn to take
water on the side.'-Washington Star.
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ADDRESSES WORKERS
j. Horace McFarland Contrasts Good
and "Evil' Influences

In an address yesterday before the
Volunteer Workers at the John Y. Boyd
hall, j. Horace Mcfarland quoted sta.
TASTES to show that in this city while
churches and allied institutions are ac-
tive 3,195 hours a week, the saloons
and POOL rooms are busy 27,574. He de-
clared, however, that "good influences "
will ultimately triumph over "evil in
fuences.'
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New Reservoir for Mt. eretn.

Lebanon, April S.-A contract will
shortly be granted, by the National
Guard of Pennsylvania through the Ad-
jutant General s Department for the
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The wounded soldier who said he had rather have
real than half dozen duchesses take of him
in the hospital must be lacking in sentiment than in
a desire get well.
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construction of new reservoir at the
eneampment grounds, Mt. Grctna. The
new reservoir S capacity will be 1876.
600 gallons, just twice the size of tho
present reservoir,
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SPECIFICATIONS FURNISHED

What does party stand for'" asked the machine
Senator.
You, for one thing, replied voice from the
of the hall.-Phiadelphia Record.
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AS THE TwIG Is BENT

Knekcr-'What became of the boy who kept in at
schools"
Boeker-"Grew up to be the who detained at
the office. New York Sun.
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A HANDY EXCUSE

New York Cop-"NOt a panhander. huhf Why, saw
you stop three different gents within five minutes"
World Traveler-"frue, officer; but not one of them
could direct me to the Hotel de Gink."-Puek.
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The captain of the Eite is bold skipper but not S
foohardy TO rush into the mouth he'll without havin
at least hundred ooneshot chance of getting again
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AN UNHAPPY CLIENT

Prisoner, have you anything to sayf"
Only this. Your Honor I'd be mighty sorry if tn
young lawyer you assigned ever called upon to
defend an innocent man. Cleveland Plain Dealer
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The New Straw Bread

The new straw bread, an invention
of DR.. Hans Friedenthal from which
much is expected, is thus described by
the Berlin "Lokalanzeiger:"
"With the flavor of the finest rye
bread, this straw bread is remarkably
rich in nutritious elements. Two pounds
of the straw-four contains 700 calor-
les, 1.2 per cent. of albumen, and 15
per cent. of nitrogenous matter, besides
a splendid proportion of mineral salts
From the same straw-four may be pre-.
pared soups and broths of delicious
flavor, which even an epicure will not
despise. Here We have another proof of
the greatness of German enterprise. AT
the very moment when England pro-
poses to deprive us of all imports, the
German provides himself with new
foodstuff.' -
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One thousand five hundred and fifteen bills introduced
in the House in 1915; and yet they told already
have too many aws
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Panama to welcome Mormons

Arrangements are being made to
bring the former large Mormon Colony
that at one time fourished in Northern
Mexico to the Province of Chiriqui in
Western Panama. President Porras, of
Panama, has signifed his willingness
to aid in bringing this class of agri.
culturalists to the republic. 1t is un-
derstood that the Panama Government
has set aside large fertile tract in
the province which will be sold to the
settlers at the lowest possible price for
public lands. Some of the lands Sc
lected will have to be purchased from
private holders but it is said the gov.
ernment has promised its aid in OBJ
tanning them at a reasonable figure. For
some time negotiations looking to the
bringing of this colony to Panama have
been conducted by John Q. Critehlow,
a leading Mormon, high in the councils
of the church at Salt Lake City. He
has recently made number of trips to
the Isthmus and is now engaged in se-
lecting the proposed sites for colonial
tion in the vicinity of David, La Con-
cepcion and Boquete in Western Pan
anna.
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daughter has been born to the Crown Princess Ceeie
of Germany Perhaps the stork is baking at producing
war lords
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Ware. o. Ware does the South Philadelphia delegation
stand the local option issuei
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TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
SIX MONTHS OF WEATHER

Elk NUN V1 WhzA1Ik6n
Jan
Freezes,
Feb.
Wheezesi
March
Breezes!
Apr.
Sneezes!
May
Eases.
June
Pleases! New York Sun.
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Tonaue.End Topics
Encouraging Brussels Women

The German civil government in Bel
gium has decided to do something to
encourage the Brussels lace trade dur
ing the war. A coneeyn called the
"Burean for Encouraging and Promot-
ing the Lace Industry during the War"
has been organized in Brussels under
the auspices of the Government. Its
object is to find a market for Brussels
lace in Germany and thus make it pos
| sible for the thousands of laee-makers
of Western Belgium-mostly elderly
women and girls-to find employment
These women have hitherto received
but small part of the profits derived
from the high prices paid for laces by
foreigners, most of the profits going to
agents and merchants. 1t is claimed
that when lace collar was sold in Brus
sells for so francs the woman who made
it received only $50 francs, as maxi.
mum, for her labor. The German Bu-
reau proposes now to remedy this dis
'crepancy. 1t will not be allowed to
make profit, beyond covering its own
expenses ;and by offering iaces cheaply
in Germany, giving the buyer part of
the profits that previously went to the
middleman, the Bureau hopes TO be able
to pay better prices to the lace-makers
then they have been earning in peace.
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Building Societies Growing

Enough property has been acquired
through the building societies of the
United Kingdom during the last thir.
teen years to house the entire popula-
tion of Liverpool, Manchester and
Bradford, says the chief registrar of the
societies. During this period, he adds,
the societies have advanced $500, ,0OO,,
000 to members. Reports show steady
increase in membership in these socie
ties from year to year.
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WEATHER FORECASTS

i TcV >IVi Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to-
I<TMo o. | night and Friday Lowest temperature
ISA l~5 tonight about Sc degrees.
| M Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair tonight
kA | and Friday. Moderate temperature.
Moderate variable winds.
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURES IN HARRISBURG
Highest, so; lowest, Al; q. m, As; P. m, so.
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100000 Flee East Prussia

Governor Won Batocki, of East
Prussia, estimates after careful inves-
tigation that between 100000 and
100000 of the population of that pro-
vince have left during the last six
months. Most of them are believed
now to be living in other parts of Ger.
many. In a recent article Won Ba-
tocki makes an appeal for the return
Of these refugees. East Prussia, he de.
clares, cannot spare this portion of its
population, and is apt to suffer from
the loss of even a small proportion of
its inhabitants.
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Reclaiming Land for Farms

The Berlin newspapers state that
10000 Russian prisoners of war are
to be employed in draining marshes and
in breaking up waste and moor land
between Berlin and Hanover for cult
walton. The state is to pay one third
of the cost, and the rest will be ad.
vanced by agricultural banks. The av,
erage cost of making an acre of land
fit for cultivation by this means is fig.
ured at from $3.50 to 81, and it is fig
ured that the increased yield per acre
will average almost $40.
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LA MESSE

Oh! 81 je pouvais encore enten.
Dire une messe!' Tel est surtout
le cri du damn6, cri de d6sespoir ct
d'angoisse. II fr6mit a la pens6e
quill pouvait 81 facilement d6sar-
mer la justice divine ct quill ne
Ia pas voulu.
ST vous ne tenez pas a ce que
ces plaintes soient un jour les v6-
tres, a ce que votre c@ur ressente
ces amers regrets, allez a la messe
allez y fr6quemment, allez y cha
que jour que vous le pourrez.
Vous savez ce que font chaque
matin, durant les chaleurs de P6t6,
ceux qui ont des habitudes matt
males. lis ouvrent toutes les fene-
tres de leurs appartements, une
brise fra1che ct viviiante sly pre-
cipite: ellie chasse les lourdes va
peurs de la mutt; ellie renouvelle
Pair de l'interieur ct prepare une
provision de frafcheur pour lie res
te de la journ6e; puis on ferme les
volets ct on Sc pr6cautionne ainsi
contre les ardeurs croissantes du
jour.
Chaque matin, 81 la chose vous
est possible, ouvrez done les fene-
tres de votre anne pendant le saint
sacrifice de la messe; appelez Dieu
a votre secours; consacrez lui tou-
tes vos actions de la journ6e. Et
quand viendra la chaleur du jour,
c'est-a-dire, les travaux, les ennuis,
les tentations sous le poids des-
quels vous avez trop souvent a &C.
mir, vous aurez a finterienr votre
provision de fra1cheur ct de force
pour tout supporter.
Olivier-Elz6ar
Eveque de Regina.