The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-08-02

The great strike seems to be nearing
the end of it's violent state, and if the
fight is kept up it will be more along
the line of reason and diplomacy. The
boycott is somewhat vicious means
of enforcing our demands, but while
the railroad companies are foaming-
about the labor classes boycotting GER
tain companies how do they EXPLAIN
their action. in refusing to hire mem
who belong to a labor union. Is not
that an attempt to use the same old
boycott to enforce the death of labor
unions? There are some very great
inconsistencies in this world.-The
Gimlet.
A boy was once brought before "Old
Steady" Baker, the mayor of Folkestone,
for stealing gooseberries. Baker turned
over Burns Justice" but not being
able to find the article he wanted in the
book. which is alphabetically arranged.
he lifted up his spectacles and addressed
the culprit thus: "My lad, it's very
lucky for you that, instead of stealing
gooseberries, you were not brought here
for stealing goose. There is statute
against stealing geese, but 1 can't find
anything about gooseberries in all
Burns so let the prisoner be discharged,
for l suppose it is no offence San
Francisco. Argonaut.
The newspaper should be truthful in
statement, fair in discussion, noble i'm
purpose, and true in teaching. It has.
no more right to corrupt the minds of
its readers and depress the morals of
the household than a guest has to do
unseemly things as return for the
generous hospitality extended to him.
Its mission then should be to inform,
to instruct, to enlighten, to familiarize
the young with the lessons of life, dem
onstrate the wonderful achievements of
genius, herald the magnificent conquests
OF science. proclaim the development of
truths, strengthen the faith in mans
ability for elf-government, or to rise
better and higher until he shall have an
undimmed conception of what life
means and what life may be made
Mortified News.
The increase of crimes of violence
during heated term like that through
which we are now passing cannot fail
to suggest to the student of social sci
ence the multiplication of comfort-giv-
ing appliances and notably of fresh
water and cooling shade-as agencies
likely to diminish the number of MUIR
ders and suicides. If poor people could
find more comfort at home they would
not flock together into bad places in
which bad drink, added to the abnor-,
NAL excitement produced by the high
temperature, soon deprives them of
caution and urges them to violence.
Let the Tenement Commission reflect
on the influence which the increase of
comfort in model tenement houses
could have in preventing crime-W.
T. Journal.
1t would be we'll if every young man.
who is tempted to gamble or lead
fast life could read and study the his
tory of a once prominent man of the
city of Duluth. and note the easy way
in which he slid from the top of the
ladder into the mud and mire at the
: bottom. We refer to Alonza j. White
man. He is now but thirty-four years
of age, and yet he has experienced all
sides of life to the full. At the age of
twenty-three he graduated from col
| lege, and then went abroad for while
to round off his education. Unfortu-
7 nately for him his father was wealthy,
and he had any amount Of money to
spend, and this undoubtedly first led to-
his gambling. He married an actress
but was soon separated from her. His
father then gave him 100000 and sent
him to Duluth to deal in pine land and
make money: He did both. In time
he again married, this time an estima-
BILE young lady of St. Paul. In 1888 he
was elected state senator from the
Duluth district He was the author of
} the Whiteman election law. Gambling
: was his besetting sin, and he could no
more resist it than he could live without
: eating. In few years he commenced
l to go down hill, and has gradually kept
: on the downward road until now he
1 occupies cell, and will probably do so
for many years at least. He got him
self into this trouble by forging checks.
During his few years of prosperity in
this state it is known that he received
y from his father and made by specula-
f ton at least a half million dollars, but
1 he ran through it all.-Granite Falls
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