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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-09-12
A PARODY.
EMO.


Of late. all papers seem to be full OF
views on the so called "neW woman"
Whoever they are l do not know, but
it seems to me they are nothing but a
parody, and the majority of papers are
deterring the mothers of our land from
coming forth and saving this country.
The corruption existing today seems to
have reached such magnitude that God
has seen fit to take a hand in rescuing
it, and has delegated our mothers to do
the work. This generation may not
see the day when our mothers will take
hold of the reins of our government,
but it will come or at least they
shall WELD such an influence that it
will compel man to be honest and do
away with the idea, because l am a
democrat it must be right, or because
am republican it must be right; she
will compel them to band together and
realize that the United States is ''large
individual home and must be run as
such. She will insist and prove to you
that the revenue received from the
liquor traffic is not necessity, and thai
there are other ways to run our "largt
homes without sacrificing lives to de
it. The very fact that our mothers de
test the drinking habit argues, to m,
mind, that when they get the liquo
traffic in check all other reforms will
follow, for believe statistics show tha
the majority of crime is caused b.
drink. I believe it to be the duty O
every mother to beg of their husband
and sons to vote the ticket that /
against liquor; beg of them to do SO t.
aid in saving our country; to preven
our daughters from getting in tn
clutches of a man that drinks.
Nov,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-09-12
PUBLIC FAVOR.

Popularity in the numerous callings |
in life is something for which many
persons aspire. Almost every indi |
vidual desiring to become mantled
with it, has some personal object in so
doing other than to be the recipient of
the honor which it usually commands.
Those occupying fairly honorable posi-
tions in the various walks of life are
the most susceptible to It's charms, if
daily published accounts of the actions
and utterances in many ways of some
so situated are true. We cOncede that
there is nothing wrong in man bidding
for the esteem of his fellow men-pro-
viding it is done with just intentions
to all concerned-becaus it is but eX-
ercising one of his rightful prerogatives
when honorably used. But is this
privilege always so practiced as to meet
with the approval of majority of the
parties interested, and is public favor
constantly conferred upon those en-
dowed with qualifications necessary to
a just acceptation oft? In the greater
number of instances we are happy to
state that we believe it has been and
Will continue to be properly placed and
exercised. But very frequently we
learn of it having been permitted to
cloak those inclined to evil ways to the
detriment of some cause or justly de-
serving ones. To bear out our asser-
tion in this respect we point to the we'll
known wrong dOings of some Of the
presumed honorables and NapoleOns
of finance who have met their Waterloo
through ways Of transacting business
which were dark and mysterious and
which may be construed as t1agrant
abuse of the confidence reposed in
: them.
May it not be justly surmised that
i. others of this character are in existence
and have gained their elevation in the
, estimation of their fellow men through
J deception, and that they are daily prac
{ ticing it and will continue to do so un
J til their sins find them out as has often
= times been the case heretOfOre?
5 But who is responsible and make
9 it possible for the clever confidence
!. operators to be in the field bidding fo
e this commodity with fair prospects o
y having it bestowed upon them? W
j. believe and assert our conviction tha
t the people are accountable for tn
present existing condition of affairs, il
n this respect, because of their willing
: ness to accept unquestioned, the man
d polished and plausible but deceivin
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-09-12
IS CRIME HEREDITARY.

A woman, the mother of noted thief,
who bore good reputation in life, con-
feSSed short time before her death that
she believed herself really responsible
for her sons criminal tendencies. Be-
fore the birth of her son she formed the
habit of picking the pockets of his father.
The fact that the refusal of the father
to provide for his family in a sense COM
PEELED her to pilfer, did not relieve her
mind from the impression that she was
committing crime. In her letter to
her son she says: "Thus | went through
all the brain sensations of the daring
burglar, even such as | am informed
you have become. Shortly after that
you were born, and | firmly believe that
you came into the world thief, owing
to that crime-l like, though necessary
practice of mine
This confession of course has only a
moral value. At best it can only be
urged as an eXtenuatiOn III a moral
sense of criminal act. 1t may be said
that child of such parentage was not
born with a fair chance, but we might
as we'll repeal all laws providing penal
ties for crime as to hold such parentage
responsible The WOman's letter, how
ever, assuming it to have been written
without other purpose than to state the
truth, opens problem in several kinds
of ologies. What can society do to pre-
vent the coming of children SO afflicted
into the world? What can courts 90 in
dealing with criminals of such parent
age, when their time comes to act? In
theory every child has right to be born
right In practice this right cannot be
secured 1t is the exceptionally fOrtu-
nate child that is born right. Yet the
heritage of clean birth is of priceless
value. 1t includes everything that
makes life worth living. Some of these
days society will take this problem in
1 to consideration. At present its exist
ence is only admitted and regretted.
A surface glance at the problem shows
? that many cherished ideas must be at
i tackled before the way will be open even
4 to serious consideration of the main
: problem. {. stice is the very cornerstone
of human government. Life and liberty
d are subject to law, but it is presumed
that law works justice. The power Of
e the law to take life and liberty cannot
be denied. How then shall society pro-
vide that in the administration of gov
ernment justice shall be done st. Jo-
seph Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-09-12

The Jews Of Eastern Palestine and
Asia Minor have queer tradition which
has survived from ancient times and
tells of a remote period in their history
when every fully y-developed Israelite
was equipped with three perfect eyes.
The two main optics, according to this
curious old-tilne legend, were situated
in the front part of the head, just as
Jewish and other eyes are today, but
the third-the one that made the early
patriarch a mOnstrosity-w locatedln
the back part of his head, just above
the nape of the neck in the edge of the
hair. This wonderful third eye in man
was not 'evoluted'' out of existence, as
useless organs generally are according
to the ideas of the progressive scien
tists,) but was closed by divine injunc
tion on the day when Moses was given
the tables of stone on Sinai. You re-
member that Gods command on the
day that the tables were renewed
was to the effect that no man should be
seen in the vicinity of the holy mount.
(See Exodus xXxiv., 81 The believers
in the threeeye tradition say that Moses
supplemented Gods command by order
ing the faithful who were encamped in
the valley to turn their heads from the
mountain. This they did, but took good
care to uncover the eye that was situ-
ated in the back of the head. Moses,
noticing this show of duplicity on the
part of his followers, asked God to close
the third or rear eye, and since that day
the Israelites, in common with the re-
mainder of humanity, have been forced
to depend on two eyes only.-St. Louis
(Mo.) Republic.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-09-12

Each male reader of this article was
once bright-eyed, innocent boy, the
idol Of fond and devoted parents. She
who gave you birth loved you only as
a mother can love. She it was who
first pointed you to the Great Sufferer
on the Cross and lifted you up on the
arms of faith and laid you at the feet
of Jesus and asked more than
mothers blessing upon your young
head. You may be one Of large
family, some of whom have passed over
to the other side. That loving mother
regularly visits the mounds that mark
their lowly sleep. Her loving hands
have planted flowers around their
graves and she loves to linger around
the sacred place where she deposited
their precious bodies, and it is there
that she prays she may live long enough
to see her wandering boy. She goes
home and opens the drawer in which
is preserved the toys and mementoes
of their babyhood days. Her eyes fall
upon the little shoes which once en-
cased tiny feet and she remembers the
noise of these little feet as they went
racing through the house. The house
is now as still as death. If she could
only hear that noise again, it would
sound like heaven-bOrn music. Alas
she will not hear it in this world, but
those little feet she may find treading
the golden streets of the hereafter.
Now she longs to hear the mani!
tread of her boy, who has long beer
absent. Will you resolve, when a
liberty, to arise and go to that mothe
and by your presence comfort and con
sole her in her declining years? Iol
have her love, for it never fades no
dies. Jesus loves you and says, "Com
unto me- Will you go to Him AM
then to that aged mother? She ma
have passed away, but make your peac
with God so that you can say:
But. oh beyond this shadow lamp.
Where all is bright and fair,
| know full we'll those dear old hands,
Will palms of victory bear.
Where crystal streams through endless year
Flow DER golden sands,
And where the old grow young again,
I'll clasp my mothers hands,
Nav the Good Lord send His Hol
Spirit into the heart of every reader c
this article and make him real chill
of God. DO not wait for "a more COZ
venient season." for that may nevt
come. To-day if you will hear h
voice, harden not your heart" Now
the accepted time, now is the day
salvation, not tomorrow but NOW
NOW!i NOW!!! One thing is b
yond dispute. Every human beir
will be saved or lost. Reader, WHO
will you accept.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-09-12
Vol. IX.-NO. 6.
IN PRISON.

God pity the wretched prisoners
In their lonely cells today.
Whatever the sins that tripped them,
God pity them. STILL say.
Only strip of sunshine.
Cleft by rusty bars.
Only patch of azure.
Only a cluster of stars,
Only a barren future
To Starve their hope upon,
Only stinging memories
OF love and honor gone.
Only ScOrn from women.
Only hate from men.
ONLY remOrSe TO whisper
OF life that might have been.
once they were little children.
And perhaps their unstained feet
Were led by a gentle mother
Toward the golden street.
Therefore. if IN life's forest
They since have lost their way.
For the sake of her who loved them.
God pity them. still. say.
May Riley Smith
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-09-12
Written for The Miaor.
MOTHER LOVE.

GBY GEN. L. w. JOHNSON. u. ). a.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
General Hancock,s Firmness.

General Hancock was in command
of the train which brought General
Grants remains from Mt McGregor to
New York. He and his staff were in
the coach next to the last. In the rear
car was party of Pennsylvania militia
officers, who were popping an occas-
ional bottle of champagne and smok-
ing quite socially. General Hancock
saw through from his car what was
going on in the rear. 1t did not COM
port with his ideas of the proprieties of
so solemn an occasion, and, calling the
conductor, he said: g..
"Will you present my compliments to
those gentlemen, with the request that
they cease smoking and drinking?"
In few moments the conductor re-
turned with the announcement that the
convivial officers returned their compli-
ments with peremptory declination
to relinquish their cigars or wine
"Where is the next switch?" asked
Hancock.
about five miles below" replied the
conductor.
"When you reach it, If the smoking
and drinking in that car has not ceased,
switch in on sidetrack and leave it.
You may tell the gentlemen what 1
have said"
In two minutes cigars and wine were
not to be seen in the rear coach. Its
occupants knew that Hancock meant
just what he said.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
Photographing on Textiles.

AS q substitute for printing or the
use of engraved rollers for producing
figures or patterns on cloth, photog-
raphy is coming into use, and promises
much more satisfactory and artistic
results than any process hitherto en-
ployed. The fabric is immersed In a
vat Of boiling liquid containing primu-
line and salt, after which 1t is treated
to bath of one-fourth per cent. Of
nitrate of soda made strong with sui.
phuric or hydochloric acid. 1t Is then
thoroughly washed, and while still
damp is exposed under negatives con-
tanning the desired designs. Half a
Minutes exposure to the clear, bright
sunshine, or, in cloudy weather, long
err exposure under the arc-light gives
the pattern. There is then process Of
development and fixing that brings
out tints and tones that are unap-
proachable by any other method. A
wide range of shades and colors is
possible by this means. Red Is pro-
duced by an alkaline solution of naph-
thol; yellow by an alkaline solution of
phenol; browns of various shades by
naphthol-sulphonic acid; and orange
by resorcin. When one considers the
resources Of the photographer and the
exquisite half-tones that are the charm
of fine work, the application Of this art
to cloth printing is suggestive of graf
flying results.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

1t is the duty of all persons who re-
ceive an income of more than $500 a
year to make specific report thereon
If the income exceeds $4,000 the per
cent. tax is to be collected thereon.
There are exemptions, however, all Of
which appear in the blanks that are
prepared by the department. Some
interesting data may be gathered from
these returns. If public officer has
received extraordinary profits he must
account for the same as part of his
income. Unfortunately such returns
cannot be made public. 1t is a remark
OF Blackstone, in substance, that the
Ingenuity of man in devising legislation
has never been equal to the ingenuity
of men who had direct personal in
terest in circumventing it. All the
good people who wish the mass of the
people to take their guidance in all
public affairs will exert their ingenui-
ty for the purpose Of representing their
incomes to be less than it in reality is.
This class might take the course glee-
fully pursued by well-known lawyer,
now deceased, who, when income tax
was formerly collected, returned his
professional income as 100000, but as
he did not appear to pay the tax there
Oh deputy collector waited upon him
for the amount, informing him that he
was delinquent. you are mistaken,
my friend" said the attorney. 81 was
required to make correct return Of my
Income. l have done so. You are
obliged to collect it. Do so if you can"
Intimation has been made that there
would be some tall swearing with ref
erence to incomes, but the appearances
also are that there will be some very
thorough investigation upon the part
OF the United States with reference to
returns
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21
stone house about half mile east from
CaraI, I'LL OF ton Tho North pannS,-

stone house about half a mile east from
Camp Hill station, on the North Pennsyl-
vania Railroad. This house is still stand
ing. 1t faces the south and is two and
q half stories in height. 1t was modern
lied in 1854 and a large wing, originally
the dining hall, removed from the west
end. In Revolutionary days it was sort
of ''baronial hail." owned by George En-
len, wealthy Philadelphia. Charles T..
Altman is the present owner and occupant.
A very interesting building is the house
Washington occupied ut Valley Forge In
1777-177S. 1t is still standing and is In
a good state of preservation. About 1t
are gathered many associations, which
are calculated to move the patriotic per-
son deeply.
In June, 1871, Washington moved from
West Point, where he had been for some
time, to Morristown, n. j. Here he made
his headquarters at the home of the
widow of Col. Jacob Ford. The house Is
still standing At the present time 1t Is
In the possession of the Washington As
ISOLATION of New Jersey, Incorporated on
March 20, 1874, for the express purpose
Of preserving it through future genera
tons sacred with its peculiar historic as
Bociations. The house and grounds have
been entirely restored, and are beauti-
fully kept up. 1t is used as a museum,
many interesting and valuable relics, in
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

1t has come! 1t was generally con-
coded that it would come, but no one
knew exactly how soon. Boomers are
to be regulated hereafter by the fash
Ion plates. Up to the present time ev-
cry woman who wears boomers has
been law unto herself. Her bifurcat-
ed garment was made according to her
own ideas as to beauty and modesty.
1t was short or long, tight or loose, ac-
cording to her fancy. 1t was worn with
or without leggings and with jacket
or waist, as she might choose. But all
that is changed now. There are to be
fashions in boomers as there are in
other articles Of women's attire. The
boomers of the spring will be cut of
date in the fall, and new ones will have
to be secured. The progressive habit
maker will have boomers in his or her
catalogue, and there will be the same
striving to keep in style. 1t viii be hard
on the pocketbook, but Of course that
has nothing to do with the case where
fashion is concerned. Let us hope,
however, that it will at least be an
other year before Easter boomers take
their places with Easter bonnets.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

riers which INSTRUCTED them and began
to ascend the river and take such steps
as he deemed necessary. The house was
erected in 1850 and stands to-day just as
It did during Washington's occupancy.
1t Is a plain one-story building, with a
high sloping roof much higher than the
body Of the house. 1t is built Of stone
with walls two feet thick. The roof Is
supported by long timbers of red cedar,
rough hewn, which to this day give out
the delicate perfume of this wood. The
main room on the first floor is low, with
heavy rough-hewn timbers sustaining the
floor above and is called ''the room of
seven doors and one window" On one
side is huge open fireplace big enough
to roast an OK in. Standing on the hearth
stone one can look up the tall chimney
and see the sky above.
This property remained in the posses
sion Of the Hasbrouck family until 1S49,
hen the title became vested in the State
4 New York. In 1850 it was placed by
act Of Assembly in the hands of the
Board Of Trustees of the village, to be
preserved as nearly as possible as it was
at the time Of its occupation by Wash
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

German merchants-some of them at
least-are aggrieved because of the in
PRODUCTION into Germany of bargain
sales" and they have appealed TO the
government to suppress them. Their
demand is that the state shall define
what constitutes unfair competition
and prohibit it, Probably the mer-
chants who united in this request
would most Of them, strenuously deny
socialistic proclivities, but their re-
quest is in the line Of pure socialism.
1t would be only another step in the
same direction to ask that the govern
ment prohibit one from undersellinS
another We do not read that as yet
any customers of the German shopmen
have Joined in the demand for the
abolition of bargain day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

The sinking OF the Elbe teaches the
lesson Of the impossibility Of guarding
against all the manifold forms an6
causes OF disaster at sea. The great
vessel had water-tight compartments
that would have kept her afioat had
she been struck few feet forward
or few feet aft of the point Of coils
ion. But by chance that may not be
repeated for a hundred years the Cra-
THE struck her right at the point of the
intersection of one Of her bulkheads.
The separation that was to have kept
one compartment water-tight In the
event OF leak in the other was smash
ed to pieces, and the Inflated ship filled
as quickly as any vessel of ordinary
construction would have filed. The
only self-evident feature of culpability
is that of the neglect Of obedience to
the maritime claw of the road" had
each ship kept to the course prescribed
by the law of sea travel the collision
would not have occurred. When it die
occur it became fatal by reason of the
impact of the colliding vessel against
the one fatally vulnerable spot of the
Elbe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

JEAN IEON GEhCAE N' ""A
Delaroche, IL friend of his father, whom
he accompanied to Rome a few years
later. He has travelled extensively,
especially through the Orient. This
famous artist is his own critic, and a
very severe one. He considers 1.-THE
Gladiators before Caesar" and "Pollier
Verso" his best works. His latest pic
ture of Importance is Prayer in a
Mosque at Cairo" and is owned in this
country. Lately Gerome has an
nounced his intention of abandoning
the brush and devoting himself entire
ly to sculpture, in which line of art his
fame is almost equal to that he has
gained as painter.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-21

Every year sends us new histrionic
stars from over the seas. They come
here after our large, round American
dollars and get them. And in return
for them sometimes we get their value,
sometimes we do not But in any event
the foreign actor always Is an inter-
esting object of study because his meth
DDS of keeping himself advertised are
as novel as they are effective. Recent
press dispatches contained a column
OF free advertising, all about q single
New York hotel which contains a gal
axy Of foreign stars at present. First,
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall Extended q
hearty welcome to Beerbohm Tree in
behalf Of America" How charming,
don't you know! If Mr.. Tree under
stands advertising he undoubtedly
will reciprocate by Extending a hear
ty welcome" to those who came after
him In the next steamer. Then "NIrs
Langtry was snubbed by Mrs. Kendall
In a hotel elevator" presumably be-
cause Mrs. Kendall is the wife of her
own husband. Next "Sibyl Sanderson
espOused the cause or Mrs. Langtry."
This is very important Endorsement.
Miss Sanderson will be recalled as the
young woman who, when interviewed
at quarantine said that she had "come
to America to sing in three operas and
to marry Antonio Terry, wealthy Gu
ban, just as soon as he can get a d.
vorce-for unfortunately Mr.. Terry has
a wife living, a woman whom I have
never met but who I understand is a
very charming person., indeed" AZ
terward Mr. Terry took Mrs. Langtry
to dinner, leaving Miss Sanderson to
hug her japanese poodle and to nurse
her wrath" This is even more import
ant. Further bulletins are anxiously
awaited. And In the meantime Amer
lea expects every advertising agent to
do his duty-and the public