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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08

of whom is master, and the other in
helpless, dazed condition, absolutely
ignorant of all things after he is in
this trance-like state. Then again, if
the hypnotist by his supreme will
power, takes full possession of the brain
and will-power Of the other, multiplying
or mastering every nerve and muscle
of his subject, is it not against all ira
dition and religion, which teaches that
we all have free-wills, can make or
unmake our own lives, and control
our own chances of eternal life ?
This is the first and foremost article
of faith, and if another is to jeopardiZe
our chance of salvation, where
does it, where can it land us? Is
it possible that we can go on in a
hypnotised condition and commit
crime after crime and yet have no
moral responsibility? To be sure the
author is on the stairs of hell beckOn-
ing us on, but who can say we are not
of it? AS for me, leave it to the
wise doctors and theolOgians; the
matter is too wide, too profound fol
the poor brain and feeble pen of
MEMO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08
OBSERVATION.

If the people of this country have
not a suitable government, it is within
their power to get it without resorting
to the sword or cannon and drenching
our fair land with blood. Our social
system is growing more perfect as the
years roll on. The only reason why it
is not absolutely faultless at the pres
ent time, is because we do not know
how to make 1T so. By degrees we are
learning and unlearning and just so
fast are we improving in this line.
At present this country is far better
place to live in than it used to be.
A man who lives forty years now can
learn and accomplish more in that time
than he could few generations ago,
if he lived one hundred years. Hence,
life must not be measured by the guam
| tity of years allotted to accomplish the
desideratum, but by the quality of the
surroundings. SUNOL.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08
PRISON LIFE IN A DREAM.

Under large, sturdy oak tree, with
extended boughs, full of beautiful green
leaves, stand protected from the burn
ing rays of the sun. This tree is on the
bank of stream that winds its way
through hills and dales, which makes
many poor thirsty creatures happy as
they quench their thirst with its cool
water. Near the brink of this stream,
which has covering Of valvety green,
studded with blue viOletS and sweet
spring beauties, there are many things
which occur, that give me much pleas
ure A small pebble is cast into the
water somewhere during its continual
flow, which causes it to become very
much troubled, and | then watch with
interest every little wave that strikes
the shore at my feet. These waves,
when noticed closely, are found to be
made up OF several different parts,
hence it is indeed a pleasure to observe
each one of it's members. Thus it is
during my prison life. stand shaded
from the touch of the outer world by
: grim, old walls, and while | remain, l
am near the brink of a continuous
stream. Frequently the water is troub-
led, but / only look forward with
great expectations to that day when
the calendar shall proclaim "Liberty."
! Nov
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08
HYPNOTISM-WIL 1T BE FOR
GOOD OR FOR EVIL?

The other day man put another one
to sleep, not la John L. Sullivan, but
by mere power of will, by hypnotism,
mesmerism, magnetism, or whatever
may be the proper name; at any rate,
he did place this man in trance-like
state and he remained that way for six
days; then, by simple touch, his senses
were restored. The one who had slept,
awoke, arose, and seemed none the
worse for his long sleep. Now, this
is an undisputed fact, witnessed by
many persons, among them several
doctors. Not alone this, but the
hypnotist repeatedly ran a pin into
the muscles of his subject, under his
finger nail, and in other sensitive
places, and there was not quiver of
the nerves to attest the fact. He was
equally insensible to burns and scalds,
and altogether under the complete
control of his master. What a re-
markable feat this is, when closely
viewed. If the hypnotist can control
the will-power of another, if his
thoughts dominate the brains of his
subject, where will it all end? Suppose
he should will that the other commit
crime; where, and how, is the re-
sponsibility to be fixed? Where will
the proof begin, and end? In a cour1
of law, there must be absolute proof t(
convict, and how can it be proven
where the secret lies between two, On'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08
Vol. IX.-NO. l.
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SsNGy;z4aGSSSSS~ f.
For The Mirror
MY SWEETHEART.

Long years ago. when | was young,
And Hope a merry carol sung.
My heart was light as summer air;
But some one came along one day,
And stole my happy heart away,
And left a lonely aching there.
A wavy mass of soft. brown hair
Clustered above her forehead fair;
Her blue-gray eyes were deep and true;
A saucy dimple lurked within
The dainty curving of her chin,
And more came when she smiled at you
And when she sang-there fell hush,
AS when a silver-thrOated thrush
Peurs forth its wondrOuS melody;
And was she beautiful? All! well,
[ do not knOW-I can but tell
How very dear she was to me.
And she was not one whit to blame
That hearts were troubled when she came;
She looked with lazy, smiling eyes,
And my heart at her beck she found;
She slowly took it from the ground.
And blushed. then paled with deep sur
prise.
She held it in her soft, white hands.
But they were strong as iron bands)
Ic0uld not free it. if would;
And she has kept it all this while.
But I've kept her. Yes sweetheart, smile,
would not free it. if l could!
MATTE WETHERBEE.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08
GOOD FOR JUDGE GOGGIN.

1t is hardly fair to say that Judge
Goggin is nothing if not sensational,
but certain it is that he does more to
relieve the monotony of judicial pro-
ceedings in Cook County than all our
other judges put together. A few days
ago he shut up shop in disgust at new
criminal statute, about which, appar-
emily, he had been blissfully ignorant
until he ran smack up against it. The
shock took his breath away. BY the
day following Goggin was himself
again. There was little of the effect
left, but he soon after worked that off
by trip to Pontiac The new law re-
lates to indetermlnate sentences, which
was applied previously to juveniles.
How the visit worked we do not know,
but the reasonable presumption is that
his temper was somewhat softened, for
he is not the man to nurse wrath.
The next heard of his Honor he was
buying a poor jailbird new shirt. That
was certainly worthy action; at least
it was yielding to a generous impulse.
Yet it was a violation of one of the
maxims of political economy without
being contrary to the dictates of Chris
tian charity. The philosophers who are
expert in sociology all agree in frown-
ing upon individual, haphazard giving,
which this gift of shirt clearly was,
and it could not be justified on the
ground of compliance with sacred writ
The good book says, 'Give to him that
asketh," and about the last thing a
prisoner would do would be to beg a
new shirt of the Judge on the bench
1t is to be hoped that Judge Goggir
did not take this balancing between q
sociological and religious conscience
as seriously as Mr.. Howells did, as por
trayed in his ;'TribulatiOns of a Cheer
full Giver." He is hardly the man tC
torment himself with ethical hairsplit
ting. But the latest instance of Cog
ginia, the one which was the suggestion
of this article, was the remarkable bono
demanded of feminine horse THE
suspect, Mrs. Lizzie Hoffman. In some
parts of the country they are hanging
folks for this crime on testimony a
slight as that against Mrs. Hoffman
But Chicago is Lot the wild and woody
: or horsy, West, but the second city il
the land, with a steadily diminishing
interest in horsefesh. Between tn
, cable, the trolley, and the "bike' tn
horse is becoming obsolete, and if an
7 of the many horseless carriages o
| France suit our tastes the horse Wi
5 be sent to keep company with the un
5 corn. Small wonder that the Judge di
. not exact very heavy bond of this ur
t bound Mazeppa, but the fixing of
: cents was surely an instance in proc
/ that it is the unexpected that happen
t But according to the details given hi
0 Honor is to be cordially commended f(
n what he did,
e The story as told does not implica,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08

1t may not be generally known that
recent post mortem examinations of
the bodies of the blind reveal the fact
that in the nerves at the end of the
finger we'll defined cells of gray matter
had formed, identical in substance and
cell formation with the gray matter of
the brain. What does this show? 1t
proves that man can think not alone
in his head, but all over his body, es-
pecially in the great nerve centers like
the solar plexus and the nerve ends on
the palms of the hands and the soles OF
the feet. The coming man will as
suredly perceive and think in every
part, from his head down to his feet.
Arena.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08
INTERSECTION.

Like the merchant who takes an an
nual inventory of the stock on hand to
learn the amount of his profit or loss,
so each individual should take an in
ventory, Or, in other words, should eN-
anime himself in order that he, too, may
learn whether he is sufficiently ambi-
tiOus honest and successful to warrant
him to continue life without change
of habits. There are too many who
live haphazard lives, who, regardless of
mishaps, success or failure in their
undertakings, never give thought to
the one important key of prosperity
self examination. Some lives are
spent in frolic and song, others in
misery and despair, yet all could be
put on an even plane if they would
occasionally examine themselves and,
in the ratio of their shortcomings,
would try and better their conditions
and surroundings. We may compare
those who never advance in life, who
never examine themselves, with the man
who began a mercantile business with
enough cash capital to purchase a good
stock of goods and suitable fixtures.
Polite and obliging clerks were engaged
and soon an apparently fair business
followed. Years passed by without
taking an inventory of the stock on
hand. Money receipts were used to
pay the clerks, store rent, miscellaneous
bills and his living expenses, but the
amount remaining was inadequate tC
replace the goods which gradually be-
gan to disappear. A few months later
he failed. This occurred because he
neglected an annual inventory. Had
he known his yearly gain or loss ano
accordingly gagged his expenditures
bankruptcy would not have ruined his
affairs. 1t is the same with human
lives. We may be apparently happy
with plenty of the sweets of life, still
when the reaction comes, it not pre-
pared for it, we will find that we have
grown old and feeble, sick and help
less, without friends to safely carry u
through life's perils until called henc
by the grim reaper. Many lives whicl
now must endure misery, would enjo,
the reverse had they periodically ex
amined themselves and abandoned al
the evil and dishonest acts which ma
have constituted their previous care
less career. No better time ever pre-
sented itself to the unsuccessful fo
self examination than we now have
We should take advantage of this or
portunity, and eradicate the caus
: which has made our lives what W
today find them. If we desire to b
happy and successful in the future,
is our duty not to be careless abou
this matter of practicing self-examins
ton. Then, if we live according to tn
good we find we can do, success, an
not failure will be our reward.
T CLENENTUS /.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08

And each good thought Or action moves.
>'''''> Whittier
That all mankind are brethren, is a
truism that has been dinned into our
ears from earliest infancy to thepresent
day. Everyone who has attended
church has, time after time, heard this
assertion. From the earliest days of
Christianity down to the present, it has
been the fundamental principle of the
doctrine of all churches. In centuries
gone by the persecution of man by man
for religions sake; nation making war
against nation to enforce religious
creeds; rulers destroying their subjects
by the score because of their religious
faith, and others driving them to exile
and death for the same cause, was a
common occurrence. During these
years the brotherhood of man was hid
den from view and not understood by
the masses. In Edna Lyalls book, en-
titled "In the Golden Days" Theprin-
cipal character spends a year in New
surely these must be of diamonds AS
the scenes of the book unfold them
selves, we see the heavy shackles riveted
on the youth; the dark, reeking dungeon
with it's stone floor and stone bed; the
whipping with the cat-O-nine-tails at
the hands of the common hangman; the
jail fever and many other horrors which
he had to undergo, because he refused
to give evidence against kinsman
who Worshipped God according to
the dictates of his conscience, and not
according to those of parliament. Was
it not the feeling that all men are
brothers that brought about these great
changes we observe, and which induced
John Howard to enter the prisons OF
England and the continent of Europe
in order to be more able to clearly eX
pose the horrors which existed in those
dark places of torture and imprisOn
ment? Was it not love for his fellow
men that urged him in the face of deatl
to ameliorate the condition of the pris
oners? 1t was this love which induced
the refined, pure and gentle Elizabeth
Fry to follow Howard and give he
time, money and influence to brin!
about prison reform. 1t was her con
viction that all are equal and all ar
brothers, from the king sitting in splen
dor on his throne, down to the prisone
in his dungeon.
In the Borough prisons Of Englan
rarely day passed but some twenty t
thirty men and boys were tlogged Flog
ging was the sovereign remedy for tn
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08

1t seems to be easier to arouse SYM
pathy, in some peoples hearts, for the
far away Armenians than for the suf-
fering at their doors. -Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-08
THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.

Faith shares the futures promise; loves
Self-Otferng is a triumph won;
And each good thought Or action moves.
The dark world nearer to the SUM-"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-16

age, as shown by the last reports of the
several County uperintendents to the
state superintendent. The tax, how
ever, is not TO exceed six mills on the
dollar. Rogers, the author. made an
extended argument in support OF the
measure. and was supported 10y Cline,
another Populist. Several Republicans
opposed the bill. contending that it was
wholly for the benefit of the smaller
cities, and placed additional burdens on
large cities. 1t finally passed by vote
of 40 to -.
Although the woman suffrage bill has
twice met with defeat in the House a
great many women have continued to
crowd the lobby and besiege the MEM
bers in the endeavor to have them take
some action in its favor. Reynolds in
troduced bill which sets forth that in
asmuch as the the Senate has bill rel
alive to woman suffrage, ali resolutions
and petitions pending, or to be intro
duCed in connection with the subject be
sent to the Senate. RAIDER, Populist,
asked if the resolution carried with it
the women, and was informed that it
did. The resolution was then adopted
amid great laughter and applause.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-16
THE NEWS DOUBTFUL.
PrOtectorate Said to Have Been De-
cIared over Hawaii.

Protectorate Said to Have Been De-
cIared over Hawaii.
SAN FRANCISCO, February II. - The
Examiner prints a story to day from its
correspondent at Honolulu that Admiral
Beardslee has taken possession of Pearl
Harbor and declared a protectorate over
the Hawaiian Islands. This news came
to Victoria by the steamer Warrimoo.
NOT BELIEVED IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, February l2.-The re-
port that Admiral Beardslee has seized
Pearl Harbor and declared a protector
ate over the Hawaiian Islands is not be-
ieved here. Neither the State nor
Navy departments have any intimation
of any such action. 1t is stated by both
that Admiral Beardslee's instructions
have already been made public, and
there is nothing in them to justify such
action on his part.
NO MENTION OF A PRoTECToRATE.
Vancouver, B. c., February p
Among the passengers by the Warrimoo
was f. II. Holmes, private secretary of
Damon, Hawaiian finance minister, who
is en- route to England on vacation.
He says there has been no change in the
situation since the arrival of the last
steamer, but he believed the etfectual
manner in which the revolution was
Quelled will prevent any further upris-
ing. The natives were much disguised
at the tiasco and despised Wilcox for his
cowarly surrender. In his opinion,
capital punishment will not be inflicted
upon the conspirators, not because the
government lacks courage, but because
the country is free from grave otlenses,
and the inhiction of the severest penalty
of the law would be revolving to the
people. Holmes emphatically states that
the trials as conducted SO far have been
eminentIy fair, and that the appoint
ment of Judge Whiting as president of
the court, and Lawyer Kenny as judge
advocate, is considered favorable to the
prisoners,
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-16

PHILADELPHIA, February 12.-"The
crisis is surely coming" said General
Master Workman Sovereign Sunday
afternoon at Labor Lyceum hall, in an
address to the members of the local as
sembly, No. 1921, Knights of Labor, COM
posed of cloth-cutters and shop tallors.
There will be serious upheaval in
this country within twelve months.
Every move on the social chessboard in
dictates it. Capitalistic tactics are fore
ing the issue and organized labor will
be the victor. 1t will be peaceful rev.
olution, accomplished without the aid
of Winchesters and Gatling guns. II
ever the fight Is over, people will say,
when they see a Knight OF Labor who
has been steadiast throughout the great
strife: There goes an American patriot.
We want you to enlist for the war, to
become an integral part OF our grand
organization; until there is gathered
within our fold sufficient numerical
strength to say to the other fellow: This
far YOU have gone, and by the eternal
God YOU shall go no further
Previous to these remarks Mr.. Sover-
eign outlined from a Knights of Labor
standpoint the difference between capt.
tai and labor in the matter of a proper
wage schedule. He said:
1--WE want the entire abolition of the
wage system. So long as that system
continues SO long will poverty and slav-
erv run rampant in the land. Wage
system and slavery are synonymous
terms. We want to consider the estab-
Gshment of a cooperative system to
supersede the grinding wage system,
and we can have it by thorough organ
ization and united action. Our whole
social system has gone all to smash.
The common people and the working
people must reconstruct it,"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-16
A NEWSPAPER BOYCOTT.
The Press VIII Publish Nothing Favor
able to Detroit's Mayor.

aDIe TO
DETROIT, February 12.-Mayor Pin
grees long and bitter fight with the
newspapers of this city has resulted in
the formation of plan by which he in
tends to present his own side of all pub
lie questions that he thinks the papers
will not print. He has made fifty large
black boards, 3x6 feet in size, which he
intends to post in prominent places
about town, and on which he proposes
to post full bulletins OF his public works
from his own point of view. The Mayor
asserts the newspapers have misrepre-
scented him on many public questions
and refuse to print anything favorable
to him or his work. He is also consider
ing the adyisability of establishing a
daily paper.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-16
THE SMALLPOX SERUM.
Experiments Making at the Quarantine
Station in st. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, February l2.-Since the
appearance of smallpox two weeks ago
experiments have been made secretly at
quarantine to manufacture an effective
smallpox serum which will obtain the
same results in its branch that antitox-
inc has for diphtheria. The expert
ments are under the direction of Health
Commissioner Holman and DR.. A. N.
Ravolt of the Washington University.
These men have been materially aided
in their work by series of tests made
last December at the quarantine station
at New York by DR.. Elliott. On the
basis of these experiments DR.. Ravolt
two weeks ago vacnated strong,
healthy hefer with bacilli taken from a
smallpox patient. After the animal had
sufficiently covered he took some of its
blood and extracted from it the serum.
The first actual tests were made only
three or four days ago so that the re-
suits, whether favorable or not, cannot
be learned.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-16
Congregational News.

WASHINGTON. February 11.-Senator
Lodge (by request) has introduced bill
to provide for the issue of 81, 250, 000 900
worth of bonds, payable in gold coin at
212 per cent interest, to run ten to
twenty-five years.
A brief report accompanied the Senate
Nicaraguan canal bill, reported to the
House by Representative Mallory from
the Committee on Interstate and For
eign Commerce. 1t recommends that
the House Bill be substituted for the
Senate bill.
The House Committee on Private
Land Claims has ordered a favorable
report on the Senate bill to submit to
the Court of Private Land Claims the
question of title of the late William Nc
Garrahan to the Rancho Panoche
Grande tract in California.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
has reported favorably the amendment
to the sundry civil bill of Villas, author
izing the President to appoint a COM
mission of three persons to confer with
a like commission to be appointed by
Great Britain and the Dominion of Cam
ada as to the feasibility of building such
canals as will enable vessels engaged in
ocean commerce to and from and be-
tween the great lakes and the Atlantic
ocean, with an adequate and controll-
able supply OF water for continual use.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-16

The Northern Pacific has put time
schedule into effect, shortening up the
time between the Coast and St. Paul
and reducing the actual running time
between Tacoma and New York to Ill
hours. 1t is claimed this is the fastest
regular service yet established between
a Pacific Coast port and New York.
The eastbound overland leaves Tacoma
at instead of IL 80 P. M, thereby
changing the time of connection with
the Burlington road at Billings, Mont.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-16
British Sailors Beaten in Cairo

LONDON, February ia dispatch to
the Times from Cairo, Egypt, says that
in the streets of Alexandria mob at
tackled and severely beat three men be-
longing to the cruiser Seoul of the Brit
ish Mediterranean squadron. The Pro-
er-General and his judicial adviser
have gone from Cairo to investigate the
matter. Nineteen arrests have been
made
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-16

BuENos AYREs, February l2.-Much
excitement has been caused here by a
report that a division of the Chilean
troops has occurred at Calama, near the
Bolivian frontier.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-02-16
The Olympia In Commission,

VALLEJO, CAL, February THE new
cruiser Olympia was placed in commits
sion at Mare Island navy-yard to-day.