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The mirror., 1915-02-25
HERBERT KAUFMAN SAYS

Hearts win when spades are trumps.
Society always gets shuttle in hard times.
Prosperity develops set of men and adversely
produces another type of leader
Necessity frequently succeeds where ambition
has failed
Ability is often buried deep in content and in
difference. A blow in the face has than once
stirred good -naured. easygoing lazer into reali
zatior of his real strength.
There are those who walk about with chip on
the shoulder daring opportunity to the issue, but
some men have conception of their sagacity or
tenacity until circumstances edges them into cor
ner and lands walop.
colossal accident has disrupted the we'll laid
plans of commerce. When a continent spews It's
hates the whole universe must pay the fiddler.
Billions of dollars worth of trade has been en-
tirely stopped, heavily reduced temporarily
checked.
In few lines manufacturers and producers
staggering under an influx of orders beyond their
immediate capacity.
They haven't machines enough, nor can they
train workers sufficiently fast to cope adequately
The mirror., 1915-02-25
THE MUSIC OF YESTERDAY
Il. NObodu

The Music of Yesterday. All! the holiness of
it; the divine beauty of it is vast enough to bury
all the pain and sorrow that ever forged and fet-
tered our souls to sin.
Do you stand, Micawber-like, waiting for
something to turn up" then come and We will
listen to the music of yesterday. The chords of
badness, of hate, of cowardice and of Iscariot
treachery are but minor compared to the yearning
notes of goodness, love, bravery and of trust
The mirror., 1915-02-25
A WORD TO THE WISE

Young men, this is the age when the powers
OF darkness are arrayed particularly against you
Ihe enemy desires you and your manhood that he
may brand you with his trade mark of lust and
dissipation. There are days in which you are
making character. Therefore, you should be seri-
Gus and thoughtful, knowing that your future will
be happy or blighted by your present manner of
life. Walk in the path of virtue; associate only
with the pure and eood abstain from all that is
unmanly and un-Christan, seeking rather to be
good than great; rather to be wise than wealthy;
always loving, trusting, and confiding in Jesus
Respect and love your parents, obey them even
though 1t may be hard to do and though it may
seem that they are too exacting or severe"
better piece of advice is seldom given The
wise young will not only listen to these words
but heed them. There two great forces at work
in the world today one of these forces is for and
the other against youngman. 1t is worthy of no.
ce that the forces making for righteousness are all
the side of the young man, while the forces of
evil all arrayed against him. Great and
lasting benefits held out for the encouragement
of the young to do right. 1t has been written
No good thing shall be Withheld from those who
walk uprightly before him." And again THE path
of the just is shining light that shneth more
unto the perfect day."
Be careful about the kind of associates you Sc
1ect. There is in which the world will take
you at just about your rating. If you are sat-
isfed to class yourself along with the second or
third rate individuals don't be surprised or disapon
ed if the people accept your rating. The best COM
pany too good for the young man who is
desirous of having the kind of character people will
admire. Don't be deceived young man; it will be
character and not your clothes that will give you
high rank. The clothes wears and his general
appearance will only be revealer of that more
valuable asset which will be the true passport every
The best that evil has to offer is good time,
falsely so called. Young don't sin against your
folly to do 1t is positively SINFUL and the way
of transgressors is hard. Whatsoever a man soweth
that shall he also reap. While on the other hand it
is said. "A word ftly spoken is like apples of gold
in pictures of silver" Keep clean morally! Keep
your thoughts pure! Read good books or none at
ALL Don't neglect your church, If fellows call you
a sissy, God will call you son. The crowd will
not teach you things worth while. The gang can
get you into trouble easy enough, but they won't
get you out Of it, If were you, l would square
myself come out in the open and live for the best
things two worlds have to offer. There is nothing
greater in the world today than the young liv-
ing according the divine pattern. Keep thy
heart with all dgenc. for out Of ii are the issues
of llfe."-Industrial School Journal, Lancaster,
Ohio.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
WAS NOT A FLORAL TRIBUTE
Mistake Made by Actress Natural
One, Though Certainly Some
what Embarrassing.

The curtain was rung up for the
third time, and Margaret Blake
stepped forward and responded to the
prolonged reclamation of her admiring
audience. She spoke with graceful
modesty that charmed, then gathered
her floral tributes Was it the intense
excitement or the binding array of
footllghts that dazzled and confused
her?
Quietly reposing on a lower box
rail by the proscenium she saw mag
nificent bunch OF Wholesaler favorite
lower-ostensibly placed there for her
by sweetfaced, dark-haired lady be-
hind them.
With applause still ringing in her
ears, Miss Blake leaned forward and
took the lovely bouquet, acknowledge
Ing the gift by pretty bow.
The sweet-faced, dark-haired lady
reached after her with a strange and
sudden haste.
Give me back my hat" she cried,
Historically.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
Animals Monuments.

The monument 10 the cat that saved
Lieutenant Lloyd from perishing from
cold. which II is proposed to erect At
Newport Castle. England, win not be
the only monument commemorating
the devotion OF a dumb animal.
Crouched at the feet OF William the
Silent on his tomb at Delft lies an
exquisitely ehiseled efflgy OF spal-
TEL This dog saved his masters life
by scratching his face and barking
when. In a night attack on the camp
before Mons, a band OF Spanish sol
diers were on the point OF entering
his tent He and all his guards were
fast asleep. and there was but just
time for the prince. after the spaniel
had reused him, to make his escape
through the darkness. ITO his dying
day" relates Motley, William ever
afterwards kept spaniel OF the same
race in bis bedchamber."
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21

table Compound, and now feel like .
different person. | believe there Is
nothing Ike Lydia z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound for weak women and
young girls, and would be glad If l
could influence anyone TO try the medi-
cine, for know It viii do all and much
mere than 1t is claimed 20 do Mrs.
CLARA FRANKS. r. +. d. No. /, Maple
crest Farm, Kasota, MINI.
Women who suffer from those dis
PRESSING ills peculiar 10 their sex should
be convinced of the ability of Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to re-
store their health by the many genuine
and truthful testimonials we are con-
stantly publishing in the newspapers.
If yon have the slightest doubt
that Lydia n. pinkham's Negefa-
BILE Compound will help you. write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
confidential Lynn. Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter viii he opened,
read and answered by "a woman,
and held In strict confidence.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
ENEMY OF MOSQUITO
Ducks Feed VoraciOusly on Pes
tiferous Insect.
Experiment Proves Ability to Clear
Ponds of. the Larvae and Pupae
IN Short Order--Arc Better
Than Goldfish.

The duck is one of the greatest
known enemies OF the mosquito.
Therefore, 1t is also the sworn enemy
of the diseases transmitted by this
pestiferous insect II you are fearful
of malaria or any other disease car
ried by the mosquito. keep ducks.
This advice comes from DR.. Samuel
G.. Dixon, state health commissioner
of Pennsylvania, who says OF the
efficiency of the duck as febrifuge:
After trying the ability OF fish to
devour larvae and pupae of mos
quitoea. with varied success. built
two dams near together on the same
stream, so that each would have the
same environment for the breeding
OF mosquitoes. Each covered nearly
1,400 square feet. In one 20 mallard
ducks we're permitted to feed. while
the other was entirely protected from
waterfowl bat well stocked with gold
fish.
The one In which the ducks fed
was for several months entirely free
from mosquitoes, while the pond pro-
tected from ducks and stocked with
fish was swarming with young in
sects in different cycles of life.
ITO the infested pond ten well-fed
mallard ducks were then admitted,
and as they entered the pond they
we're first attracted by tadpoles. They.
however. soon recognized the pres
ence of larvae and pupae OF the mos
quito and Immediately turned their at
tention to these. rayenonsly devour-
Ing them In preference 10 any other
foodstuffs present At the end of "a
hours no pupae were to be found, and
in As hours only a few small larvae
survived.
While the other birds. fish, spiders,
batrachians. arthropods and reptiles
are all enemies OF the mosquito. none
OF them has the wide geographical
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
Always In the Making.

In one of George Macdonald's books
occurs this fragment of conversation:
Il wonder why God made me-" said
Mrs. Faber. bitterly. I'm sure don't
know what was the use of making
me"
Perhaps not much yet" replied
Dorothy; but then he hasn't done
with you yet. He Is making you now.
and you don't like ii"
II would give US more patience with
ourselves il we always remembered
this. We would not get SO discour-
aged with our infirmities, imperfec-
tions and failures IL we always kept
in mind the fact that we are not yet
made. that we are only In process of
being made. that God is not yet
through making us. Rev. ]. X.
Miller. ID. ID.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
The Battles of Peace.

There are difficulties and dangers
before our nation today just as great
as any our forefathers faced. To
meet and conquer them requires all
the moral Drawn and muscle this ma
ton can muster. There are the prob
lens of corruption in business and
politics; the terrible scourges Of in
temperance and the drug habit, and
the social evil. deadly to soul and body
alike; there are the problems of
moral education, of marriage and di-
yorce, of the treatment of depend
ents-prisoners. detectives, paupers,
etc. Any one of these left uncon-
quered would deyastate our country
as no war could.-Rey. n. 7. Houser
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
hobbIe skirts Dire Result.

Someone said that the hobble skirt
had made all the women here knock
kneed. OF course. the fair ones We
hementiy denied the impeachment and
we had to be satisfied with 1t. But MUIR
der will out. The short skirt and
white spats, so much In vogue now.
have revealed TO all that the person
who made the accusation must have
had an X-ray sight. Knoek-kneedness
is not the only defect visible. There
were so many pigeon-toed women In
a Fifth avenue parlor the other day
that IL was difficult for those who fol-
lowed in their wake to tell whether
they were intending TO cross the street
or steer into the nearby store.-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21

j. MCDANIEL. HheumatIc pains. sur
fered ten months. was treated by a
physician, but found no relief until
started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills.
now feel that l am permanently cured
by the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills."
Dodd's Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent
free.-Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
Maklna Il Easy Tor eoIdsmIth.

A letter was sent few days ago to
Oliver Goldsmith In care OF certain
New York publishers who recently Is
sued a gift edition OF "The Vicar OF
Wakefield" The epistle was from a
clipping bureau and contained several
printed notices. 1t suggested that the
author would probably desire to learn
everything the newspapers said about
him and his work. The bureau would
on it's account be glad to furnish the
writer with information concerning
the progress his new book was max
ing in public favor, and the prospec-
tive reception that any further pro-
ductions OF his would receive.-Chris-
Nan Advocate
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
True chrlatlan Spirit.

Notwithstanding all that have suf-
fered. notwithstanding all the pain and
WEAKNESS and anxiety and sorrow that
necessarily enter into life. and the IN
ward errlngs that are more than all.
! would enter my record With deYont
Thanksgiving TO the great Author OF
my being. profound gratitude for all
that belongs 20 my life and being
for Joy and sorrow. health and sick.
ness. success and disappointment. yir.
tue and temptation. for life and death
because believe that all Is meant
for good oryille Dewey.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
His Question.

Seven men out of every ten are
COMPOUNDED bores!" emphatically de-
clared Alexander Akinside. the dys-
peptic dissertationist.
"Why except the other three?'
snarled j. Fuller Gloom, the widely
known and cordially detested nissan
thropist.-Judge.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
Doctors Advice.

Doctor-You must go away for a
long rest
Overworked Merchant-But, doctor.
I'm too busy to go away.
Doctor-Well. then, you must stop
advertising
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasieless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as Gen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. 1t acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria. Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System. so cents. - Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
FARMERS WIFE
TOO ILL TO WORK
A Weak, Nervous Sufferer
Restored to Health by Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Kasota, MINI. - am glad TO say
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable

Compound has done
more for me than
anything else, and |
had the best physi-
clan here. / was so
weak and nervous
that | could not do
my work and suf-
fered with pains low
down in m y right
side for q year or
more. | took Lydia
4. pinkham's VeRe-
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
Outclassed.

Member of Anarchist Society-Gen-
tlemen, | wish to resign,
President-But Wy, brozzer? Wy
would you leave us?
Member-Ach! der iss no more
glory in dis bomb business; eet ISIS
becoming vulgar; everybody is doin'
iti-Punch.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
Dramatic Criticism.

How is that new play of Scrib-
blers?"
Dead slow. I took my old maid
aunt to see it, and it didn't even get
a blush out of her."
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
XIII the Flies Now and Prevent

disease. A DAISY FLY KILLER will do It.
Kills thousands Lasts all season. All dealers
or six sent express paid for 81. Fl. S0MERS,
$50 De Kalb Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y. ADV.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21

Backache and burning
In the stem of the Blad-
der, which was sore
and had a constant
hurting all the time
broken sleep, tired feel
ing. nervousness, puff
ed and swollen eyes,
shortness of breath and
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21

What has become of the old-fash-
Toned woman who used to carry eggs
into town and swap them for snuff
and calico?
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21

A man doesn't give himself any the
worst of it when he tells the story
of his life to a woman.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21

/. broadly speaking the people are
divided into two classes; The people
who do things and their critics
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
ovERWoRK and KIDNEY TROUBLE

Mr.. james Mcdaniel, Oakley. KY,
writes: Il overworked and strained
myself. which brought on Kidney and
Bladder Disease. My symptoms were
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
ooh. he had a bill. did he?"

"Nussahl He never had no bill
when he come dar-he des had a COM
mon ev'yday nose. But-uh-yaw. haw!
haw! haw,-yo' ortuh seed it when he
left; yassah yo' dess ortuh seed it!"-
Kansas City Star.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21

Talk less and think more. That is
easy advice to give, but uneasy to
take.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21

YotH OWN DRUGGIST WILL TILL YOU
Fry Marsas ne RsmedI fes He'd. Wezk- Hatefr
kf~s an1 fsfanniatrd HTHIiasf No Hns4finE-
ssss RE ean5ioSt Wriis for ls1Sk " iha Ire
81 sn4ti FfssL Narina Nys Rsnrdr Co. Sniea6s.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21

800 10 $500 hsy. rn p o.. An'e CO. 4
w.s-s sszs. Co.. eoo les.ss ~ tstss
TnAa be foand A0yNhsfo else Ia She clsy.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21

The man who has 10 20 after his
revolver seldom shoots anybody.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-21
Decorated With One When He Left.

I"Uh-well, yo' honah," explained
Brother Stimmerjohn, "de gentleman
came to muh house and 'gunter norate
loud and coa's bout fou' dollahs. and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-03
GERMAN PROFESSORS
 FOR TURKISH COLLEGE

Berlin, Dec s.-The negotiations which have been on foot for some time with the object of supplying the Uni versity of ConstantinopIe with a. con siderable staff of German professors have been concluded and seventeen chairs in the university are to be filled from Berlin. Several of the new pro fessors already speak Turkish, while the others are expected to master the language at the earliest possible mo- ment.
 The subjects to be covered by. the German faculty include the following branches: Philosophy, Pedagogy, Psy- chology, History of Ancient Oriental Nations, MethodoIogy of History, Geography, Georogy' Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Public Jurisprudence, Civ il Law, Phi1ology and Comparative Semetic PhiIology.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-03
GIRLS LETTERS TO
 ONES HUSBAND

Dear Miss Libbey:-
 I ask advice. please. I am married near three years. A girl is trying to come, between my husband and self She has written to him time after time. T received all the mail. Will I show him the letters or go to the girl, or keep silent about tt7 Please ad- wise what to do. Your reader.
 l.. w. Keep your husbands love by quietly and calmly going to the girl. Plead tender1y for her to give up writing to him, saying no good will come of it, only terrible regret for her. Leave her with her promise to discontinue her writings. If possible, do not men tion this to him. Hope for the best. Some or a few girls write to a mar ried man to make a wife jealous. Do not give way to this plan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-03
TODAY'S POEM

SONG OF THE OLD UMBRELLA. Once l was my owners pride, And I walked by fashions side
 Tall and trim; Twas a question, it is said, Who could make the biggest spread
 Me or him. But he made 8 hurried call. And he left me in the hall
 One fine day, Where hung upon a, hook Till strange hand grabbed and took
 Me away. What 9 weary life since then. With the weather I have-been
 On the go. have stood in many ahalI. Friend in need, and free to all.
 High and low. l have sheltered many a miss As she took her parting kiss
 At the gate And have walked the street all night. While beneath a wretched wight
 Cursed his fate. I must have made him dry; For he'd often stop and try
 Just 9 sup; And cursed him with a swear. Cause I knew he didn't dare
 Shut me up.) Now I'm getting gray with years, For my life has been all tears
 And a frown, Like tho wreck at whose comnoand Here asainst the wall I stand,
 Broken down. Yet, sometimes T do recall Hark! the ,pattering raindrops fall
 With a sigh There's his footstep coming slow. And l guess I'll have to- go.
 So, good-byel Sydney Ewen Wadman in 4be Boa- ton Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-03

ton, where work will be begun pre- pairing the two proposals that are to be presented to Congress at the De- cember session. It is probable that the committee will open offices in Washington for this purpose.
 It is understood here that the ef- forts of the employees for bonus for three-year men has the support of Major-Genera1 George W. AGoetha1s U. S. A. Governor of the Panama Ca nal, and that he has committed him self in writing. to support the propo- sal before Congress. His attitude re- garding the wage scale and condition of employment Is not well defined but 1t is said he is opposed to it believ- ing that the employees are now obtain ing better pay and more perquisites than those similarly employed in the United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-03

Because she has said ''Yes'' you must not think YOU own her until you have turned from the altar with her and the words have been spoken for which she has consented to take you for better or for worse.
 gaRement has been announced to give her to understand that you will ex- pect her to cut loose from her kin folks when she takes your name. Don commence to lecture her on domestfc economy, and raise the cry of the high cost of living. Many a good, we'll meaning young man starts in to d1s- courage his -bride-to-be before they are launched on the hymenial ship And then he wonders why some g1flS put off matrimony and are anxious to be just aff1anced sweethearts as long as they can in preference to becoming wives.
 Don't show your authority over her too soon, discouraging the friendships of girls she has known al her life be- cause you don't happen to fancy them The same holds good in regard to the young men whom she has been accus- toned to associate with. Cork up your jealousy and smash your vials or wrath which would be an acknowledg- ment to her that you were not quite sure of your powers of holding her love against all would-be rivals. Don't 
 book gifts with your engagement. Likewise, the entertainments that you've been taking her to now and then. Of course it's a necessity to save for the coming marriage. But one must not shut down upon all the happiness at once because of it Giving a girl occasional pleasant outings, though they may be inexpensive, has more to do in Keeping a girl in love with a man than he really suspects. The greatest note of warning to be i.Do not think because you are engaged to a girl that you are at liberty to give free rein to your kisses. The wise man is more cautious than ever lest he enbarrass the girl, who is generally at a loss what to do or say under such circumstances. Restrain your fondness until you have her sit ting opposite you in your own little home, happily married and a. that. Don't listen to your so-called friends when they would give you advice as how to conduct your courtshfp with law unto itself. Your chum may manage his heart affair with his meek sweetheart 'n an entirely diff ferent manner from the course you may have to pursue with your spirited bride-to-be.s
 When you try to count up her faults turn about and try to realize your own Hers will. all put together, turn out to be a mo1ehiII and yours assume mountain proportions. Remember that
 all girls are but human, full of faults laughter and love in their innocence If you expect to find an angel you will be disappointed They have taken their place far above this world of romance, love and turmoil.
 The engaged man who takes this case fully to heart need study no other betrothal, bliss.