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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

THE Populists in the country precincts
of the Fourth district regard Charlie
Curtis as satan. He is so agreeable to
them that they are ready to give up their
principles and vote for him when cleo
ton time comes around, and many of
them do. 1t is hard for the average man
to resist a bright smile, a warm hand
pressure. and solicitous interest in his
personal affairs Charlie Curtis has &C
tually performed more work for the per-
sonal benefit of Populists than all the
Populist officials in the district.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12
MAY BROOKLYN's EFFECTS.
An Account Made of the Actress Suicides
Belongings.

Belongings
SAN FRANCISCO, July 12-The public
administrator has rendered his final &C.
count of the estate of May Brooklyn, the
actress who committed suicide in this
city a year ago on account of the death
in New York of Frederick Lovecraft, her
lover
Besides $62 so, the estate consists of a
gold watch and small fob chain, breast
pin containing m mature, small metal
box containing a breast pin and small pa
per cutter, a banjo, five shares of the
stock of the Thompson Hydraulic COM
pany of Newark, N. j., and draft for
$500, drawn in favor of the deceased,
which is in the possession of the Croker
Woolworth bank.
The only heirs Of the deceased are her
brother, " Croker, and May Croker, a
niece, both of whom live at Rosseau,
county Wexford, Ireland,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

SINCE silver was at q premium over
gold prior to 1878, and the gold bugs tell
US that on account of this only 100000
silver dollars had been coined, why
didn't congress restore the parity by re-
ducing the amount of silver in a dollar?
It was not necessary to demonetize it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

peal the case as it was hoped she would
d. So the authorities released her with
the admonition that she must restrict her
meetings to stated quarters. She at once
held meeting in the very spot where
she had been arrested and the law was
thinDad
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

The new industry which has devel-
oped in Kansas City, Kan, of acting as
substitute for persons sentenced to jail
seems fairly profitable. The idea may
take hold in the east, where it would
doubtless thrive in cities like New York
and Chicago 1t takes the west for pro
Qreaa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

REV. Don s. COLT should refrain from
further criticism of the governor. He is
doing right well. Only Leavenworth
and Kansas City, Kan, remain to claim
his attention and it is reported
that the worst dives are being closed
there. They will doubtless all be closed
as soon as he can find three mon in whis-
Ky soaked Leavenworth to do it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

WE betray no secret when we say the
Topeka STATE Journal is the best daily
paper published west of the Mississippi
river.-CIay Center Dispatch.
This is a compliment from one of the
best editors in Kansas, and is duly appre-
ciated. The JOURNAL does its best to
satisfy every reader who wants the news
unbiased and IN preiudiced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

1T has been discovered why so many
criminals have returned to their evil
ways after serving a term in prise n.
There has been a lack of music and
spring chicken in our penal institutions.
This want has been supplied at the
Hutchinson reformatory.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

ATcH1soN's cup of affliotion is now
about full Not only has the governor
deprived her people of their daily and
nightly grog but Attorney General
Dawes has now forbidden sunday base
ball .Atchison must find it very hard to
be decent after so many years of unbrid-
led RIGHTEOUSNESS and disregard of law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

OWNERS of American silver mines
seem to have found dumping ground"
for their product somewhere. The dis
patches announce that the Paris took out
$4,000 ounces of the white metal yes
tardav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

THE seIf-satisfied assertion of the
goldbugs that "the free silver craze is
dying out" is the old story of whistling to
keep ones courage up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12
Mrs. Barnurn VIM Net Remarrv-

NEW YORK, July 12-Mrs P. T. Bar
mum, who is now in the city, denies posi-
lively that she is soon to become the
wife of rich Englishman or anyone
else She will sell her Bridgeport home
and live abroad.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

IF an election of president should oc-
cur tomorrow Mr.. Cleveland could not
carry state in the union; yet he is max
ing arrangements to capture the Demo
cratic nomination next year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

CHICAGO. July IL. - For Kansas:
Generally fair and warmer tonight and
Saturday; southerly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12

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land Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02

"OH. he's struck on himself ?" How
frequently we hear this expression APP
piled toward one who is occupying a
position tritle higher than his envi-
Gus brother. The reasons calling forth
this expression are many, but the most
prevalent one is, because a man is
self-respecting; holds himself aloof
from the companionship of those who
are ignorant, rude, vulgar or ungentle-
manly. There are instances where
men for a time, are occupying posi-
tions for which they have no genuine
qualification, and who get what is COM
monty called the big head" but these
men do not last, their egotism becomes
so apparent that they are quietly
dropped and forgotten. But take the
man, who, commencing at the foot of
the ladder, has by sheer force of in
tellectual ability, steadiness Of pur-
pose, and a manly desire to raise
himself above his humble surround
ings, reached position which has
elevated him above those who started
in life with equal opportunities, and in
consequence of his elevation, tries to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02
THE BEAUTIFUL ROCKIES.
They Contain the GFandest Scenery
and the Richest Gold Mines in
the Known World.

For unknown wealth in fabulously
rich mines of gold and silver and spark
ling precious gemstones, not to men
ton the lovely scenery, our Rocky
mountains excel any region on earth.
The Illustrated Weekly, of Denver,
Colorado, FOUNDED 189O illustrates the
choicest scenery each week and tells all
about the wonderful west. Also, true
stories of love and adventure. This
big family paper, containing eight
large pages, fifty-six columns, viii! be
sent ON trial three months thirteen
weeks) for only IL two-cent stamps;
club of six for a dollar bill. Hand
some gold rings set with beautiful
Rocky mountain gems are given free
as premiums. Address as above and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02

BEFORE the little unpleasantness of
61-65, the exclusion of any body of citi-
zens from reception room of the Gov
eminent was perhaps permissible.
Since that event, however, it has been
written in letters of blood that all good.
true and loyal citizens, are equal before
the law, regardless of creed, nationality
or color, and no public Office or recep-
ton room can rightfully be closed
against them. What farce, piece of
snobbishness was the reception rendered
government official few days ago at
Washington. A few upright. honest
and reputable colored men, in the en-
ploy of the general government. were
paying their respects to their newly
appointed chief. Assisting at the recep-
ton, and standing at the side of this
chief officer stood the governor of
southern state who could not lower his
"honah, sah,' to grasp the hand of
freedman, and presumed reputable
citizen, or he would not be occupying a
position oftrust under the government,
simply because his face was of differ
ent color. No less unmanly, un-Ameri-
can, was the action of the weak minded
sycophants who compelled these coored
men to remain in an outside room while
their more favored white brethren,
among whom, perhaps, were disreputa-
BILE characters, were permitted to grasp
the hand of this man, who, apparently,
does not know the war is over. America
has no place for such snobbishness. and
the government official who permits it
in his department lowers the dignity of
his position, and his standing among
the SimOn-pure American citizen.
When Oscar Wilde was in this country
the very elite broke their necks to get
grasp Of that lily white hand; we don't
read of anyone breaking anything to
get at him now. Worth makes the
man, not color. This is the highest
conception of American citizenship
Will some of these dignitaries ever
learn it?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02

they say or do regarding him, so long
as prison rules are not infringed. We
should like to bear testimony to every
prisoner that such an impression, if it
ever exists, is not true.
Whatever may sometimes be true in
common prison, we live here on a
different plane, and while every man,
whether he is prisoner or an officer,
Injuries himself by any departure from
that which is gentlemanly, it might es-
pecially help prisoner to maintain a
high standard of courtesy toward Off
GERS, if he realized how nearly even
things are here, and that courtesies
from prisoners towards officers are per-
haps as pleasant to the latter as cour-
tesies towards prisoners from the Off
GERS are to the former.-Our Paper.
Too much cannot be said in praise of
the late legislature. 1t was overwhelm-
ingly Republican, yet there was posi-
lively less of an inclination to enact
laws for partisan purposes and a
stronger desire to work for the in
terests of the whole state than 1 have
ever seen manifested in similar body
in Minnesota. The work of the legis-
lature has been exceptionally good
No hasty and ill-considered measures
have been adopted. Every bill pro-
posed has had to stand upon it's own
merits. There has been a noticeable
absence of log rolling. L have scruti-
nized all of the bills as they have come
to me for signature with the utmost
care, and solely in the interests of the
whole state. Neither personal interests
nor the wishes of friends have had
any weight with me. | have endeavOred
to do my whole duty by the state in
the matter of signing bills, and I
think [ have succeeded fairly well.
''The record which the legislature has
made is one of which the Republican
party can we'll be proud. 1t constitutes
a platform on which we ought to carry
the state at the next election by even a
greater majority than we did last year.
Every ante-election pledge has been
fulfilled. The total of the appropria-
tions is less than it was two years ago;
the legislative expenses considerably
less, and the tax levy for state purposes
has been reduced about IL per cent.
When it is considered that the state
has been constantly growing, making
it's wants larger, and that we have had
the extraordinary expenses of tho
Hinckley fire to provide for, 1 think
this most creditable record. The leg
islature, as whole, was the most in
telligent and best equipped body of the
kind which ever met in this state.
The work which it has done cannot
fail to receive the approval of the peo-
pie. More than that it could not ask"
Gov. Clough, in Pioneer Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02

IT has become quite common to
throw slurs upon the ministry, question
ing the sincerity of the sermons preached
from the pulpits, and in various ways
discrediting their motives. Occasion
ally one stands up and in unmistakable
language cOnvinces his audience that
wings are all right enough when we
have SHE'D this mass of clay that holds
us to earth, and have assumed that
ethereal lightness that disappears some
where; but while encountered with
that substance called flesh he is out for
the shekels to purchace the where
withal to keep it together; in fact, dol
lars, as we'll as the saving of souls is
what he is preaching for, and we hope
the State Senate will reflect it's brill
liant chaplain at the next session, who
candidly admitted that she had not
sought the position chiefly for the
good he could do, but was candidate
for revenue only" Perhaps he realized
that no salary could compensate man
for trying to make spiritual impress.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02
Hurting The Feelings.

We think that the sober judgment of
all the officers of the Reformatory will
be that our thousand prisoners in this
place, and more, take them all together,
and fairly estimating them, are not an
gentlemanly set of men. And if the
general administration of the place is
not such as is intended to cultivate
courtesy, and such as does cultivate
that gentlemanly grace, then we con-
fess that we are mistaken.
Still there may be violations Of cOur-
tesy here. Possibly they are not alto
gether on one side. We are all liable
to make mistakes. Not only prisoners
toward officers, but officers toward
prisoners, may sometimes make slip
and demean themselves, without in
tending it, in way that they after
wards think was not just exactly what
they meant it to be.
We should like to say word always,
when we can do so, to cherish here still
further the courteous principle of liv-
ing. So far.as prisoners are concerned,
it has occurred to us that they some
times make this mistake-namely they
think that discourtesy on their part
toward an officer is something that the
officer does not care much about, and
only notices, if he notices it at all, as a
breach of prison decorum. They may
think that an officer does not care what
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02

THE MIRROR acknowledges the re-
ceipt of catalogue and easy guide to
the best 5000 books in every department
of reading, selected, classified and brief.
ly described by corps of experienced
editors under the direction of the Liter
airy Bureau of The Ladies Home Jour-
nal with the compliments of the editor
of the latter journal. 1t is highly ap.
preciated, and will be very useful in
our prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02

crime when the chances are favorable
to his success and the possibility of es-
Gaping the policeman's grasp are GER
tain. But once. let the law get a good
grip upon him and he weakens: his
courage, his bravado, his nerve melts:
and hundred chances to one he betrays
an accomplish, fawns on the officers
OF the law, gives information that leads
to the capture of other criminals and
plumber, and in various ways proves
himself coward and devoid of genu-
inc nerve. This applies tothe real Grim
lnal, to one who is naturally vicious.
Many men are accused and convicted
or crime who are not criminals in it's
broad sense. In a moment of weak
ness, or through influences that they
were unable to control they have trans
crossed some law and are punished,
and hang their head from shame for
the disgrace they have brought upon
themselves and friends. This class are
easily recognized and usually pitied.
But the professional criminal or the
man who coolly and deliberately COM
mlts desperate, or revolving crime, is
not a courageous man, is not man of
nerve, he is a coward or brute. The
man who possesses nerve and courage
is he, who, in great temptation has the
moral stamina to say mo, it is wrong
to do this Any man can commit
crime, nOtal men can resist temptation:
and whether great or small the same
principle applies. The smaller the
temptation, perhaps, at times, requir-
ing the greater nerve to resist. This
is what we should cultivate. The cour-
age to resist those seemingly innocent
little transgressiOns that have in the
past led to the commission of those
greater ones for which we are so dear
ly paying the penalty. And, perhaps,
some of us who have committed acts
that, as we look back upon them, we
marvel how we mustered the courage
to commit, will find that when again
at liberty it will require courage and
nerve of the highest order to resist
repetition to them. Now is the time to
prepare for the battle. Strengthen the
heart and mind to resolutely say No to
anything contrary to upright honest
manhood, and you will display nerve
of the highest order.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02

ONE of the greatest and most pictur-
esque attractions at the Cotton States
& International Exposition, to be held
at Atlanta, Ga, will be the production
of a beautiful historic spectacular play
based on the career of HerandO DeSOto
and his band of Spanish cavaliers in
the early history of America. A COM
pany of New York and Atlanta capt.
alists has been organized by Mrs, Lit
Teton, with capital of 100000 to
produce this spectacular drama. They
will erect theater, and present in
series of magnificent scenes the roman
tic and adventurous career Of DeSoto
in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. AS
the story goes, DeSoto and his band of
high born Spanish grandees landed in
America in search of fabulous en-
pire, in which gold was as abundant as
common stones. In pursuit of this
myth they marched northward. A
beautiful Indian queen was captured
and carried along in captivity. When
they reached the neighborhood where
Rome, Georgia, now stands, they found
a superior race of Indians. They We're
entertained by the chief, but after
while the natives and the cavaliers be-
came embroiled in quarrel, and
DeSOto and his men laid waste the
fields of their hosts, and drove them
from their homes Thence they pro-
ceeded southwark, and fought des-
perate battle with the Indians near the
present site of Mobile, the name of
that city being taken from the Indian
tribe. The adventures of DeSoto and
his train have been clothed by legend
with marvellous and romantic stories,
and afford a theme more romantic and
picturesque than the career of Column
bus, which was SO wonderfully utilized
in the famous spectacular play
America at Chicago.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02

Public Spirit, monthly journal de-
voted to the interest of the St. Croix
Valley, and edited by E. w. Cowles of
saltwater, reaches our desk this week
in an entire new dress, and it certainly
shows spirit in its growth as well as
name. The copy before us being the
third, of volume one. 1t contains a
history of the logging industry and
finely executed cuts of several of
Stillwater's prominent citizens. Sue
cess to Public Spirit, 1t is worth
several times the subscription price,
so cents per year.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02
Literary Notes.
Contents of McClure's Magazine
For May, 1895.

Prince Bismarck, 1894. Frontispiece.
Our First One Hundred Thousand,
with portrait of the Hon. Gardiner
G.. Hubbard. CASTOR Tissandier, the
Balloonist. A talk with him in his
Work-room; the past and future of the
Air-ship, by Robert H. Sherard. with
portraits and other pictures. The Sec
ond Funeral of Napoleon. Removal of
Napoleon's remains from st. Helena to
the banks of the Seine in 1910, with
portraits and other pictures from the
collection of the Hon. Gardiner H. Hub
bard, by Ida M. Tarbell. Human
Documents a series of % portraits
of Prince Bismarck. What She Could
a story, by Ian MacLaren. "A Prairie
College An eminent French woman's
study of co-education in America, with
an introduction by Ida M. Tarbell, and
with portraits and other pictures, by
Madam Blanc 9Th BentZom The De-
struction of the Reno Gang. Stories
from the archives of the PinkertOn
Detective Agency, by Cleveland Moffet.
Journalism A lecture delivered to the
students of Union College, with por
trait of Mr. Dana, by Charles A. Dana.
A Game Postponed. A story, with
pictures, by Gertrude Smith. Tam
many. Early spoilsmen, and the reign
of the Plug Uglies, with portraits and
other pictures. by E. J. Edwards.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02
@i0KF 9! ZSXS|SE2sS
A Great Offer.

The "Twice-a-week" edition of the
New York World formerly the weekly
has proved phenomenal success. 1t
is Semi Weekly of six pages, mailed
Tuesdays and Fridays: eight columns
to the page; forty eight columns each
issue. 1t gives the news fully half a
week ahead of any weekly paper, and,
at the same time, retains all the liter
airy, agricultural, miscellany and other
features which made the Weekly World
so popular. Yet the price is Only One
Dollar Year. For sample copies ad-
dress The World, n. Y.
The terrible trolley car accident in
Pennsylvania, is striking example of
what people will bring upon themselves
when they become panic stricken.
Why is it that at a critical moment
when ones common sense is most
needed, it seems utterly to desert
them? The conductor on that ILL., fated
car could have controlled it if the pas
sengers had not crowded him against
the brake SO that it could not be used.
In any sudden danger or impending
calamity, it is the time to use all the
self-control one can muster. 1t seems
as if panics were unnecessary and
that people ought not to be like sheep,
but exercise their higher faculties
Olmsted County Democrat.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-02
surround himself with every good
object that adds dignity to his position,

surround himself with every good
object that adds dignity to his position,
in fact, holds up his head, this term
cannot be applied. And toward this
class of men it is the most frequently
used. He is not struck on himself.
He is simply conscious of his own
worth. He has contended with OBJ
stacles that seemed almost insurmount-
able; but his steadfast manly charac-
ter, his perseverance, and that great
incentive all men should possess, to
make name in the world, has enabled
him to overcome all obstacles, and he
holds up his head, proud of his posi-
ton, proud of his name, and he de-
serves the honor of his felloW-man;
and right thinking men always render
him the respect due his position and
character. We have never heard that
expression applied to man yet, that
it did not occur that the party using
it, was jealous of his more fortunate
brother. Jealous of the ability that
placed him in position to which he
could not qualify; jealous of the favors
or honors bestowed upon him, because
he himself is not worthy those favors
or honors, jealous of his very life itself.
1t has been so since the beginning of
time; will be so to the end, why. is not
for us to say. No matter how small the
community, or where situated, this,
ooh he's struck on himself" will be
found. We should try to think diff
ferently. When we see brother occu-
plying a more exalted position than
ourselves we must credit him with
some special attributes for the same,
learn their nature, and endeavOr to
equal or excel him; we will not long
remain in the background by so doing.
while jealousy, envy and vituperation
but lower the one and elevate the
other. Every man should be struck on
himself; should try to lift himself
above his surroundings; should so
make his life that he will be looked up
to with respect. Hold up your heads,
the higher the better, and you will
ever find true friends to encourage and
assist you.