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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28
CHAUTAUQUA.
INVENTIONS MD VI .CHlNERN,
By MEMBER OF CLASS f..

People in ancient times were far better Off in
regard to work than the people are today
You may ask, why were they better oii?''
Simply Oh account of machinery not having been
invented to deprive them of their daily work.
Today, all work which required any sort of
skilled workmanship. in ancient times, is done
by machinery. Inventors have advanced ma
chinery so far, that boy can do the work. and
even more than WAS in ancient times done by
the hand of man.
few examples will illustrate this fact. About
a year ago the West Publishing Co., of st. Paul.
Mimi. purchased several type-setting machines.
each capable of setting several thousand ems of
type per hour. They proved to be success and
several more were purchased. the result OF Which
was that eighty or ninety men were thrown out
of employment. Shortly alter this th Pioneer
Press one of the largest daily papers in st. Paul.
also procured these machines. at the same time
throwing nearly one hundred men out of employ
ment.
Six years ago. while in the city of Milwaukee,
Wis, While walking along one of the streets,
passed by large structure which was being put
up. | stopped on hearing noise similar to
telegraph operator machine, and which seemed
to come from the top of the brick wall, and at
every click it laid brick in its place as nice
if it was put there by the hand of man. | also
noticed that the man who operated the machine
would throw a lever when at the end of the wall,
thus reversing its progress in that direction and
making it return to the end from which it
started, leaving a row of brick as nice as if
placed there by the hand. | also noticed that
when this machine reached a window it had
to be stopped, also when it came to place of
the wall where an arch should be put, as it
<nnnld do tIo 20, h,,tn has oi,rbf
wall it worked to perfection. Probably this ma
chine has been improved by inventions since
saw it, thus making it do the window, door and
arch work same the other, which at that time
had to be done by hand. Thus, on account Of
this machine, hundreds of thousands of maSOnS
are thrown out of work in the large cities. The
outlook for the wOrkingman in the future, with
machines like this, is very bad
There are many more machines which have
not mentioned but in every trade today ma
chimes are used more or less, throwing hundreds
of men out of work, and machines are being
invented every day which will throw still more
men out of work.
You may perhaps think that mean that ma
chinery ought not TO be. But that is not tile case
as machinery is all right in doing certain parts
of work. but when it comes to doing the work
mainly and only by machinery, there must be
something done.
We may make up our minds to become ac-
quainted with every trade, more or less, or if not
all, at least several of them, so thatif machinery
should be the cause of throwing us out OF worh
at one trade we can fall back OH the others, and
if these fall, well then there must be something
done, sure.
This nineteenth century is indeed making d
record for itself in the line of inventions and M
chinery.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

The richest, 9randest, most awe
inspiring range Of mountains in
the known world is the Rocky
mountain range, extending entirely
across and beyond the state Of
Colorado. Grand old Pixies Peak,
at the foot of which is situated the
marvellous Cripple Greek gold
camp, is here. That great ma
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN ILLUSTRATED
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GUESS FOR $1,000.

The Weekly Courier-J Journal has
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ST d year. Each guess must be accom-
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States has been SO liberal to its SUI
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money, not to mention such premium
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guns, etc. This in spite OF the business
depression, that is felt as much or more
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Indiana, Virginia, Missouri, Louisiana,
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THE BEAUTIFUL ROCKIES.

'GIieJ Co tain the GraHGe@t scenery
and the. Host Famous Gold Camp In
the world.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28
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Katolik. (Winona, Minn.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-11

l beeld'zie ggospodarow wal " toble,
jak " domu. Staniesz sic iako
karczma, gdzie ten dokazywa6
mole, CO najlepiei pfaci!.
liza potoczyfa sic z oczu
K%osciuszki ma skrwawione
ob]icze...
" tel chwili weszli do ma
miotu jenera}owie polscy,
zabrani do niewoli, i podeszll
ku lDzu naczelnika re lzaml
W oczach.
Naczelniku!-wyrzek] ie
den, kleka]ac pray to3u.
Kosciuszko otwor2y} oczy
odrzek1:
= JUL ia RE nac2elnik,
kochaui moi braci. Wiezien
ranny tylko! Taxi sam wiezieh,
iak wy i TAXI biedak nedzuy,
jak. OTTO CT wszyscy, co III w
namiocie leza i 2 b6]u JENA!
Bog mas ciezko doswiAdcza!
Jenera}ovie m1lczeli, lie
smiac pociesza6 strapionego.
jake maja go pocieszaG ci,
co sami pocieczenia potrzeb pja
Coz bedzie z oc2yzna2-
wyszepta' Koscius7ko po'g}o-
sem. - Najlepoi lei synowie
padli ma placu bItew, inoi
w1ieci do niewoli! Coz z MIA
bedzie? M6wcie, przyjaciele!
= j. mysle, Is nar6d ME
ustanie w walce! - odczwa1
sic jeden z otaczajacych io2e.
Kosciuszko us,rjechnal sic
bolesnie i odpowiedziai:
- Mole NE ustauie tymcza.
sem, a}e watpIe, azeby mt
powodzenje slu&y}o. Przegrane
bitwY stana sic ola wielu pray
czyna rozpaczy; ola wleiu
po2orem do ustania W walce
jake walce bez nadzieji. Lad,
co ma wygrane bardzo patrzs
/ pod&ug pomyslnych skutk6u
sprawe sadzi, straci duch:.
Rez pomocy ludu 2as mic
Wierzoie mi, mic. Tych, co MI
sa ludem "a ma1o IA wresgg2a
zanadto niezgodui, "a mai,
melzy mimi prawdziwych
,nilosoikow oiczyzny.
, Clnilkf KoSciuszko; jenera}o
vie PREY MN stojacy, TAXI
zamilkli. w namjocie nasta1;
2 isza, tylko jeki rannych '
MIN le3acych, przerywaly o.
e czasu do czasu te cisze!
/ Bee nad2ieji, bez nadzie)i
- szeptal Kosciuszko.
y Wtem z k9ta namictu MEDIA
leko }o&a Koscluszki, doszed
sslner iakis. Jenera}owie odwro
Gill SIC W te strone i 90:
zobaczyli?
Or 4olnierz z obwyazan'
! -
j chustka krwawa, O bladen
oblic2u, pc kt6rem Ivy sp}ywa
i ty, zewlokf sic &c swojeg'
lola i czo|gat sic ma reku
zagwizdai teskno, r2ewliwie
rozdzierajacym SERGE g}osem
jak s}owik!
By1 to Cries Socha, s}owik
!, Koscluszki, ktory W bitwie
take rane poni6sl / )ak naczel
mix do niewoli sic dostat Cho(
mu Dol wielki dok6cza}, hoe 2
ran krew saczyta, chc6 TAX
s}aby by}, 3e ma nogacl
utrzymac lie ME mog},-a&eb>
Katolik. (Winona, Minn.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-11

trzeciego konia / spleszy, ably
zatrzymaG ucIekajaca konnice.
Wtedy ugodzif 60 kozak kilka
razy spisa, a p6zoiej dopad}
inny 1ofdak. nazwiskiem Po-
stuchowskj, i ciaf tax SLIME
Ko5ciuszke W glove. he ten&e
padf bez 2rzytomnosci. Wrz Ia
ieszcze pewien czas bitwa, ate
jul o II godz. W po|udn'e
kleska Polak6w by}a zupe}na.
SzeSc tysiecy by1o zabitycb
lub cje1ko rannych. tysi9c
zsbrano niewo|e, m; edzy
mini byli jenera}owie Kniazie
wics. Sierakowski, Kamiehski
Kopee. Moskali pablo trupem
8 tysiecy. Walczylo pod
Maciejow;cami niespe}na 8
t.ysiecy poIskiego wojska z "a
dziafam1, a l3 tys;ecy Moskali
z 68 dzialami.
General Fersen kaZaI prze-
niesc rannego Kosciuszke do
namiotu, DO jakkolwiek ivy
ciezca, umial uszanowsG bo-
hatera polskieHo. ZbjegEo sic
kilku lekarzy moskitwsl ill.,,
opatrzyli rany KLs:iuszhi, kt6re
cho6 ME bardzo ciezkie by}Y,
ale boiesne.
Lecz ME tax bolaly Kosciu-
>2ke rany cielesne, jak rany
serca jego, sprawione prze7
p'zegrana b1twe nlewo!e'
Le2ac obow'azanV bezwfadny,
rozwa2a4 sob1e, co sic teraz z
ojczyzna jego stanie?
Wspomniai, z jakim zapalem
narod do bronl sic rzuclf. Jak
ca1y narod, wszYstkle stsn}
przysfa1v ma synow ns
zotnlerzy. Jak CT 2o!n'erzf
:, me2nle sic bill! Wszystko M
darmo!'..
Kosc'uszko wledzlat, lat
rozblte oyto spoleczenstwt
pollskle' znaf PIANO" lszlachte
Z re pewna 'ch Geese z~obo]etn'a1'
ma losy cJc2ysteJ zlem', wrogon
ksa]u sic "ysfug1wata nj
s2kode wspolbrac'. Cl zdra]c,
bezsum'enn' beda sic stara'l '
2asleplenlu z pomoca n'eprzy
]acloi dob'c o]czy2ne; stapa =
]e) grabarzam''
! W1edz'a', ze W kra]u nj
o1fo 1enerafa, ktorybY zdo'a
utrzymac wszystk'ch W postu
SENSITIVE, q mlanowl;le, coo
sz'achte u'nlaf zapallc d
oorooY- kra]u, a gdYby potrze
ga oyfo' 2elazna reka 90 teg'
:. zmus'e' Wld2'&f luz naprzod
)ak nle7goda rozpanoszY ST.
z3oWu mled2Y narodem
Katolik. (Winona, Minn.) 1893-1895, 1894-10-11
SkOWIK
KOS@IU5ZKI
Powiastka.

dose pomysinie sic wlodto.
Zspal byt TAX wielki, De nawet
polscy zydzi, kt6rzy zreszta
bardzo sic kar4bina boa, zg1a-
szsli sic do wojska. Utwor21h
osobny regiment 2 400 ludzl,
O ma czele icb stanaf sfawny
Berko Jasielowic7, 2yd rodem.
0 MIN tax Spiewa)a:
Byl to Berek s}awnY zyd!
Cz}ek sum1ennY. Polak prawy,
Me kwaterka, ME szacherka,
Ilecz sic krwia dorobl} sfawY..
u czasem jednak nieprzyjaciele
aaczeli przemsga6. Ma Lit@!e
zo>ta1o sto}ecznc mlasto,
WiIuc, zajete. a srogl ]enerai
vnoskiewski Suwor6w Zbll
oddzla} yenerafa Sierakowskiego
Pntem zss rusz\l z. ca}em
wojskiem, liczacem przesz1o
% tysiace, zo}nierza ma
Warszawe. z drugiej strony
prgybll&at sic luny 1enera'
nnsxiewski, Fersen, Is
t, siecam, wojska. Koscius2ko
z1niarkowa', lie obai ci jenera-
aouie chca sic z}aczac, a potem
razem ma niego uderzyG. TAX
vieIklei si1e nie mogf sic
oprze6; postanowl} przeto Tie
dopusciG, azeby SIC po}aczyl),
5ecz uaprz6d uderzyc ma jednego
2o>em ma drugiego. Wyszedl
sedy ma Fersena, ktory stat
wlasnie pod miasteczkiem
NJ. ciejowicami, o II mil 90
Wsrs2awv.
X, sc.uszko ustawil swo]e
wojsko tax umieietnie, BE
sguba Moskali zdawata Sic
sic bye nienchronna. Ferser
uderz>{ ma wojsko polskle
rychlo rano 0 5 godzinie. I
poczatku powodzito sic Pola
kom, Moskale zostali IA lewen
skrzydle odparci, wogdle nj
ca}e] linii bojowej do 8 godzi
ny rano bYll Po!acY CORA
Ia cieta bitwa. Fersen, widza>
piechote .polska niezasfon'ona2,
mimo gradowego ognia, jakin
jq obsypywaf, wys}a} nailepsz,
pu}k sYbirskich grenadyer6U
ola vzmocnienia lewego skrzy
dta swego. GrenadyerzY ude'
rzaja 20 dwakre6 pc dwakroc
odrzuceni przez Polakov,
zbierajs sc ma nowo u podn6&a
wymieu'onego wzg6rza, scisKa]a
przerzed2one szeregi swe W
gwarta kolumne i z bagnetem
" reku ponawiaja z 2ac;eta
z%iadlus;ia natarcie pc raz
,izeci. Przerzedzona znaczn1e
piecn"ta polska przyjmuje ich
z Emma odwaga. Zawrza1 boj
aajatly. Obie strony mordnj4
sic Z naizywsza zacietos ia i
ME ustepujasobie W nieugietym
uporze. Ziem'a okrywa sic
uupami, jeki rannych i kona.
iacych przepe}niaia %przerazI;-
vie powietrze; n KIT %jednakze
ME ustepu]e z miejsca, Ma
kt6rem smiertelua rozpocza}
wake. Dzie|ne pu1ki Dzial> h.
skiego i Wod1ickjego. wYk}ute
niemal zupe}nie, pokrywAia
ciaIami swojemi ziemie. Pie
chota pol>ka wskutek pr2emo.
acacia Sc cofac. Wtedy
Ko~,s,kc, pod kt6rym diva
H..
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T. HASKELL, Attorney
J, at-law and notary public.
Loans and collections made a
speciality. Office III bank
building.
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KNOWLEDGE

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AGILITY OF ELEPHANTS.
The Clumsy Looking Creatures Sometimes
Scale Lofty Mountains.


Scale Lofty Mountains.
It is a remarkable thing that ele-
plants are able to make their way up
and down mountains through country
of steep cliffs, where mules would not
dare to venture and where even men
find passage difficult.
Their tracks have been found upon the
very SUBMITS of mountains over seven
thousand feet high. In these journeys
an elephant is often compelled to de
scend hill and mountain sides which
are almost precipitous. This is the way
in which it is done:
The elephants first maneuver is to
kneel down close to the declivity. One
foreleg is then cautiously passed over
the edge and short way down the
slope, and if he finds there is no good
spot for a firm fdothold, he speedily
forms one by stamping into the soil If
it is moist, or kicking out footing If
it is dry.
When he is sure of good foothold
the other foreleg is brought down in
the same way. Then he performs the
same work over again with his feet,
bringing both forclegs little in ad-
vance of the first foothold. This leaves
good places all ready made for the hind
feet
Now, bracing himself by his huge,
strong forelegs, he draws his hind legs,
first one and then the other, carefully
over the edge, where they occupy the
first places made by the forefeet.
This is the way the huge animal
proceeds all the way down, zigzag,
kneeling every time with the two hind
legs, while he makes footholds with
his forefeet. In this way the center Of
gravity is preserved and the huge beast
prevented from toppling over on his
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n E. SUTLIFF, dealer in coal
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West Liberty st. Telephone As
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| Ii, DICKSON, Attorney
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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-06

Science has progressed so far that it
advises witnesses in a court to kiss only
their own Bibles. It is better merely to
affirm, Quaker fashion, than to kiss the
book at all unless one has with him q
little pocket Bible of his own. Unclean
witnesses frequently have infectious
diseases, and sometimes consumption,
catarrh or cancer germs in saliva, lips
and breath. The person who kisses the
book after one of these unpleasant crea-
lures runs deadly risk of poisoning
himself or of fastening on himself the
ailment of this predecessor who touched
the volume with his lips. Some of the
most loathsome diseases to which hui
mainly is subject have been communi-
Gated by saliva. 1t is due to good health
and safety from contagion that kissing
the book should be abolished altogether
and solemn affirmation substituted.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-06

Hditsd by the III. G. T. U.

The Wine and Spirit Gazette
shows that the liquor-sellers union is
a great philanthropic institution, be-
cause "the city of Brooklyn has just
appropriated $4,000 derived from
liquor licenses, among the charitable
institutions of that city," The rest
of the money, about two millions, to
care for the victims of the saloons in
pauper houses, jails and peniten-
tiaries, and to cover the police expenses
of protecting the place against them,
was raised by taxation on the people.
Such ideas of benevolence would
burn with blue flame.-Interior.
The Woman's Signal, of London,
says:-"The woman question has at
last penetrated Afghanistan and
touched the heart of the Amer, who
has requested that an English lady
physician may be speedy sent to the
palace. How much this means we
can not estimate. But to our mind
the introduction of a young English
woman who has had enough char
acter and courage to study medicine
and go out to practice her profession
and withal one who has the intrepid,
ty to dare the journey to the capital
of Afghanistan, is the most significant
fact that has yet come to our knowl
edge concerning that stronghold Of
Oriental barbarism."
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1894-09-06
At willett's Point on the western ex-


At Willett's Point on the western ex-
tremity of Long Island the evening pa
rade of the United States soldiers had
to be given up on account Of the attacks
of armies of mosquitoes. The soldiers
could not observe strict discipline be-
cause they had to constantly slap at the
blood sucking insects.
The mosquito pest along the Atlantic
coast appears to grow worse instead Of
better. Some Of the most beautiful and
costly villas in New Jersey have had
to be abandoned because Of it. When
last summer some fine thoroughbred
horses were imported from England,
the mosquitoes seriously affected their
health at first. The little wretches will
sting canary bird to death in one
night. It is necessary in all cases
to put screens at the windows of sta
.hles Where horses are kept. Year by
| year the population of summer pleasure
seekers at the seaside resorts along the
shore of New Jersey and Long Island
grows larger It comes from all parts
of the United States. Year by year the
mosquito population seems to grow big
ger and fiercer to match. The all de-
vouring plague now haunts localities
where it was almost unknown 10 years
ago
It is plain that something must be
| lone, or portions of our eastern coast
| will be uninhabitable by all save few
tough skinned individuals who could
hardly feel the prod of carving fork.
The mosquitoes breed in the vegetation
Of the salt marshes. If those marshes
could be drained and turned into high
and dry land, the nuisance would be
abated. But that cannot be done sue
cessfully In less than half a century, il
then.
Meantime the mosquitoes are eating
everybody up. What shall be done? II
is question to be answered by our ag.
/ ricultural experiment stations and ou1
government chronological department.
The entomologists have rid country Of
tie potato bug, the grape pest and the
white scale insect. If they take serious
II in hand the matter of relieving the
land of the mosquito pest, undoubtedly
they will be successful No matter how
strong or numerous an insect is, it has
its enemies that prey upon it That il
natures way of keeping it from dew.
astating the earth There Is well
known mosquito eater. It is the dragon
fly. VIII not the entomologists find out
how to cultivate the dragon fly or some
other fly that kills the mosquito and lei
it loose by the billion among the sal
marshes Of the Atlantic coast2