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The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-02-27
Dixie News

Isaac Pitner, who died at London,
Tex, few days ago, left $4,000
to Wat, John md Sam Pitncr, of
Knoxville. The dead man left Sewer
county, Tenn, in 1916, and, after
digging gold for while IN the far
West, he became one of the most ex-
tensive landowners in Texas.-Tbe
G. A. r. colony at Fitzgerald, Ca,
has barred the Chinaman as we'll as
the negro, but it stands pat on female
BARRIERS. A pretty young blonde has
just opened shop there md all the
veterans ale having their chin whis-
kers removed. If one a haircut he
must make an appointment at least
one day ahead.-All the money for
the $S5O,000 cotton mill at Newport,
Tenn, has been subscribed. Work Of
arranging the old tobacco factory for
the mill, building an addition and
buving the machinery commence at
once.--The United States Car Com
pany has secured the contract to fur
nish all the car axles needed by the
Southern rail.-A Dalton, Ga, ne
gro, on wager, ate fifty-five
pound watermelon, rind and all,
that had been preserved in cotton
seed from last years erop.-John r.
TAYLOR Of Morganfeld, KY, is the
proud owner Of twenty-seven cats,
Among the curlosities at the an
cient town OF Smitland, Ky are FIVE
cared hog, four-legged chicken and
red haired negro.---A Monroe, KY,
man claims to have killed squirrel
at night by the electric light from a
steamer on Cumberland river five
miles away.-S. w. Norton, Of
Bracken county, Ky, cut down a
tree which contained five young
squirrels, four opossums TWO coOn'
and 100 pounds of honey.-W. i
Hunt, of Butler cour ty, KY, recent
" threw nest of hornets into &
house near Rochester, where the PEG
pie had assembled to engage in ;
prayer-meeting. The hornets stuns
quite a number and broke up tn,
meeting in short order. Hunt is un
der arrest stin Adams, of Blacl
Oak Bottom, Lewis county, KY, hi
a red Astrakhan apple tree tina
measures IL feet and 4 inches in cir
conference 5 feet from the ground
and is 3 feet 8 inches in diameter
The spread of the branches before
trimming was 20 feet. 1t is now 5
feet. Mr.. Adams says it has produce
100 bushels at one crop.-TOmkl'
VILE Leader: "W. r. Gentry cut IL
white oak tree last Friday and upO
opening the last cut he found an GA
block about II incnes long, p tho
and 4 inches broad, which haY lee
closly fitted into mortise in the tree
The wood aud bark had grow
smoothly over it, and upon countin
the rings that Indicate the years
growth of timber, it was found tina
there were eighty-twO from tn
block OF timber to the bark OF tn
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-02-27
"Bill Nye" is dead.

Edgar w. Nye, the "BlIl Nye'
known 10 'vrryb, dy Is serious
~ i'll at his home at Buck Shoais
eight miles south of of AshviIle,
n. G, Every body will regret Il.
hear OF lbe illness of b Eumurirl
who has made lwo W, rIds laugh
His bright way OF re-dressing
time worn jokes. az we'll as hie
versatile originality, hive made
him honor and fnnIev
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-02-27
Best quality Seed Potatoes,
SO Cents a Bushel,
Apply to.
q. Sherman, SequaChee.

tree; which shows that the tree had
grown eighty-two years from the
time the block was placed there UNI
til it was cut"
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-02-27

Perry Martin thought his receipt
ion by Jess Brown near Jasper last
week as unconventional, 50 to speak,
at least.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-02-27

Didn't you get any Valentines?
Well now that is too bad. How
sweet you must be that 10 one sent
you any of these terrible "comic
screechers that we've as thick as bees
about honey week or so ago.
The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-02-27

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The Sequachee news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 189?-1896, 1896-02-27
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08
THE HORSES.
All Showing Good Form for the Races
to Be Held on Thursday Next.

All the horses at the Park for the
races next Thursday were exercised
during Sunday. The trotters were put
through heats with the assistance OF
PAGERS. 1t is believed the old horses
will hold down the races to low
notch. Among the comparatively new
animals entered is Billy Button. He
made the mile in 2:31 easy. Aloino, a
brand new mare, make it in 2:39 with,
out "a break. She, is smooth trotter
and will be heard from on Thursday
There was little practice around the
track in the afternoon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08
Wilson only gasped.
FINNEY,S DIRECTORY.

B. L. Finney reports that he is maxi
ing rapid headwsy with his directory
and that it will be published sooner
than he anticipated. The local mer-
chants are helping the venture by adj
vertising literally. Reports from the
canvassers on the other islands are OF
a very encouraging nature; people are
advertising and subscribing in very
liberal manner to the home enter
prise.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08
AT THE CHAPEL.

Rev. d. p. Birnie preached an inter-
esting and effective discourse to a
large congregation at Palama Chapel
Sunday evening. The subject was
"Close Communion With God" 1t was
suggested by Mrs. Turner's most
beautiful and feeling rendition of the
solo .sNearer My God to Thee" Rev.
DR.. BRINE will conduct the services
next Sunday evening.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08
ADVERTISING IN LONDON.

According to the London papers,
over e 4,OOO,OOO is paid for advertise
ments in the metropolitan journals
every year. This is equivalent to be-
tween $4 and SIS per capita of the pop
ulation. The more this amount is in
creased the more business will be
done.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08
ARCHIBALD AS A JOKER
HAS FUN WITH THE WEATHER
CLERKS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Handling Instruments With longs in
India-Landed Direct From Homo
lulu.
Is. +. ChrDnicle.l
lulu.


Observer Wilson sat at desk by
one of the windows of the Weather
Bureau Office during the afternoon,
trying to keep cool by gazing on the
waters of the bay. Chief Harmon was
down taking the temperature at a
cold-storage plant for scientific pur-
poses. Forecast Official McAdie was
in an inner room trying to transform
two of his mammoth kites into a pair
of wings so he could fly over the bay
and drag his feet in the brine to keep
cool. Professor Douglas Archibald,
the meteorological recently from India
and Hawaii. sauntered into the room
iauntily, buttoned his coat about him
and sinking into cushioned chair
asked of Observer Wilson: "Why in
the world don't you put stove in this
Officer"
Wilson only gasped.
"You ought to forecast some in In
dia," cheerfully continued Archibald.
.We have to handle all our metal in
struments there with tongs on real
warm day and keep the windows
closed so the breeze won't curl our
maps and make them crisp. l was
just beginning to enjoy myself today
when 1 saw so many people miserable
that it took my pleasure away"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08
Special Attention

There has been an additional re-
duction all along the line in prices
at the Warehouse Bargain Sale; make
your purchase soon.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08
Save Your Money

n. S. Sachs is offering linen lace, q
inches wide, for 81 dozen yards;
embroidery edgings Is yards for 81;
Maltese lace 25 cents yard.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08

All qualities, all colors,
nothing newer or more
effective for street, lawn
or house wear.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08
Our Vacuum Oils
Picture Mouldings

and are framing pictures at
Eastern prices. The goods
are Eastern make.
We have handled the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08

Ripans Tabules are sold By druggists, or by
mail ii the price go cents a box Is sent 10 the
Ripans Chemical Company, No, 10 Spruce st.,
New York. Sample vial 10 cents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08
PACIFIC HARDWARE co., Ltd.
AGENTS.
Ripans
TabuleS

Stella M. Godfrey, writing
from Hoffman, n. c., under
date of June ~, 1895, says:
"My sister has used your med
icines. She was a sufferer
from dyspepsia and indigestion
for several years, and after
having your Tabules recon-
mended and given them trial,
she speaks in the highest
terms of them, and says that
they cannot be eNcelled in keep
ing the system well regulated.
Her name is (Miss) Katherine
Godfrey, Post-Ollice Hoffman,
n. c."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-06-08
Merchants Warned

The merchants of Honolulu
are warned that the San Fran
cisco Directory publishers are
allowing il to be inferred wher-
ever possible that they are work
ing for me.
The only people connected
with the Local Directory are:
j. b. Daniels, B. L. Finney,
Geo. OttersOn, Archie Steel, A.
v. Gear, Antoine Seabury, Hugh
p. King and w. f. WilburtOn.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

The twentieth year book of the
Elmira IN. y reformatory has
been received at this office. Aside
from the usual detailed statement
Of department officials, the work is
a complete and elaborate review of
the results of the advanced peno-
logical methods in vogue in that
institution. Much space is given
to anthropology, and the tables
presented are an interesting study
of the physical characteristics of
the inmates. In "Observations
and Notes. many valuable sug-
gestions are made for elevating the
moral tone of prisoners and fitting
them for the duties of citizenship.
The cover of the work is attract
lively antique Of rich mousse
shade.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

For the first time since the days
of the Wilmot Proviso the country
is now conducting a presidential
campaign free from the passions
born Of slavery. Buried beneath
the lapse of a generation and sof-
tened by the pride Of common
nationality, sectionalism and the
bitter hatreds Of the civil war have
now passed into history. A new
era of good feeling has opened
where all sections divide on ques-
lions of national policy, without
fear of party whips or party preju-
dice. Every lover Of his country
should accept it as a hopeful sign
of the future, that though interests
clash and loud-mouthed dema-
gogues pirate, the republic is now
cured of the ulcer of sectionalism.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

ONE of the prison reforms of the
near future will be the dropping
Of the appellation convict. The
name is more dreaded than the i'm
prisonment, the one will pass away,
but the other ever remains with
the prefix sex hanging like pail
over the life of it's bearer. The
custom Of restricting it to inmates
of penitentiaries is unjust. as it
spares others who are as equally
condemnable under the law as thew
are. In many states the name re-
formatory is supplanting prison
and penitentiary, and the moral
effect Of this change is of the great
est reformative value, as it leaves
the prisoner unbranded after the ex-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
MODERN IRREVERENCE.

sweeping in it's changes. The
searching inquiry that is being
made into every question affecting
the welfare of society spares mel
Their sentiment or romance. The
surface decoration of every message
the present has received from the
past is cast aside and the substance
examined under the unsympathetic
eye Of the practical. Ideals, heroes
and cherished beliefs are dragged
down from their pedestals Of honor,
subjected to ridicule and con-
tempt, their historical accuracy
impunged and their claims to rev.
erence scoffed and burlesqued with
a cynicism that respects no senti-
ment or feels no pity. All the
pleasing tales of history that have
delighted generations are being
relegated to the domain of fic-
ton, and in their stead is substi-
tuted the cold comfort of pedantic
philosophy.
With this overturning Of beliefs,
systems and the traditions of the
past, with their hoary fallacies and
deep-rooted prejudices, there has
grown up an irreverence for every
thing hallowed by time, custom
and fond memory that stops at
nothing short Of blasphemy. Re-
Ggion, literature, the accepted
truths of philosophy and the US
ages and manners that inspire and
ennoble a people are stripped of
their sacred and sentimental fea-
lures and vulgarized by impudent
1ippancy and cynical freedom of
remark. Filial regard has degen-
Grated SO that parental authority
has become an expression of levity,
devoid of the reverence that natu-
raj ties binds sacredly inviolate by
the hottest Of obligations. The
terms "old man. and "old woman"
are fast assuming a loose respecta-
bility that is fatal to love of home
and family. Religion is discussed
in street language, it's vulnerable
points attacked and derided and
the irreverence defended by cheap
skeptical phrases that pass current
as advanced thought. With every
thing else patriotism suffers by the
poisonous breath Of irreverence
that knows no virtue but to blight
it.
Irreverence, as it pervades
thought today, is an outgrowth Of
the lrrel1glOus vein that permeates
modern literature. In the zeal to
expose social wrongs it has broke
loose from the moorings of con-
servatism that held it within the
limits of dignifed instruction and
drifted into sensationalism, and
ribaldry. Uprooting sentiment
and things sacred it has left moth
ing for the finer nature to cling to,
and in dissipating fond fancies it
blinds imagination with false ideals
and shuts out the beautiful images
that adorn habits of thought.
Reverence for the sacred and beau
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

tiful is as essential to purity of
thought as sunshine is to beauti-
full day. Everything in nature and
morals responds to the sympathetic
heart that admires their beauty
and esteems their nobility. The
higher the respect, the purer the
impulse and the nobler the pur-
pose that actuate devotion to right
forms Of sentiment the more hope
full is life and the purer it's joys.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

piratiOn Of his sentence. "EX-cOn-
Wet" is the badge Of dishonor with
which the law brands it's victims, the
Nemesis that pursues them, that
blasts their ambition and sours
them against society. Legal en-
actment should change convict to
prisoner or inmate, and shelve the
nasty term with galley-slave.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man
aged by them. Its objects are to be a home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
In dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans sef-redemptiOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue a surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

FAIR play is the golden rule of
competition. Belittling the efforts
of rivals, and refusing to acknowl-
edge their successes, betrays self
ishness and Observation-Disclosures.
The sphere Of usefulness that en-
compasses individual exertion is
never widened by cheap trickery
or malign envy. The man who
is ready to admit honesty and fair
dealing in others, who has no
smile of acceptance for the tale
bearers SANDER and who regards
them as imputations on his own
character, is the one who enjoys
the largest share of popularity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

IT DOES seem to an insider, with
an imperfect view of the outside,
that the politicians who are doing
the most mud-throwing are the
ones who suffer greatest from the
attacks of logic.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
mrs 1000 A ML!kLlltuA,
ANAee4 ! H;a1a9
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CHEERFULNEss is the smile of
the heart flooding the soul with
the sunshine Of good nature, and
dispelling ill-feeling by the warmth
of it's sympathy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

The Cubans are said to use
wooden cannon in their military
operations. This is in accordance
with the fitness Of things, as the
heads of their enemies seem to be
made of the same material.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

The great trouble with the free
and easy-going set is that they
confound liberty with license.
Liberty is the free exercise of nat
ural rights limited only by re-
spect for the same rights in others,
license, on the other hand, regards
no restraint or respects no virtue.
Between the two there is no affini-
ty: one inspires the other degrades.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
Is CRIME INCREASINGe

the increase are more often mis-
leading than instructive. The
pessimists who devote their time
in laborious efforts to evidence the
truth of human degeneracy, sell
dom take more than a surface view
Of the question, and fail to pursue
their inquiries into the yelled
phases of crime. The attention
that the modern reform movement
has paid to criminal matters, and
the introduction of scientific prin-
ciples to displace the crude systems
Of a less intelligent age, has
brought the subject into wider
notice and given it an Importance
in social economy that has neces-
STATED the adoption Of methods
for recording crime that has ia
miliarized the general public with
the habits, tricks and modes of
operation of criminals. This diff
fusion of information, while safe
guard against the practice of
thieves, has magniied the extent
Of the evil. Before police organ
ization and the elaborate systems
for tracking fugitives from justice
had reached their present high
state Of perfection, the available
means for forming a correct esti-
mate of the sum total of crime
were Of little value. Today almost
every crime, however trivial, is
made note of, and when the grand
total is compared with the uncer-
tain results of former methods the
present suffers, and unjustly.
The wide publicity given crime
by newspapers, even to the minu-
test details, is factor in creating
false impressions that cannot be
overestimated. The amount of
morbid slush that is written on
such cases as Holmes and Durant's
leads many people with imperfect
worldly knowledge to believe that
crime is the rule instead of the
exception. Published accounts of
the careers, crimes and methods of
noted thieves, with the usual ex-
aggeration and misstatements, are
always remembered by readers
while the more wholesome matter
is forgotten.
Again, the chances of detection
and arrest are MANIFOLD greater
than they were a quarter of a cent
ury ago. Official corruption is far
less prevalent, making it extremely
more difficult for the offender to
escape justice when caught. The
strict supervision exercised over
the discipline and character of
police officers has brought concert
of action, and this has made the
average criminal career of short
duration. Many other causes COM
bine to make crime seem to be on
the increase. The last two decades
has added many offenses to the
penal code, thus increasing the
number of offenders. Length of
sentences has also increased, there
by keeping prison population at a
higher mark.
The criminal increase claim
arraigns every disciplinary, educa-
tional and religious agency Of re-
form that is operating for the i'm
provement of social morals, and
implies a retrograde movement Of
civilization. The increase of crime
is not apparent, or provable by
statistical means. It is the meth
DDS employed for checking it that
has given rise to the notion and
deduced misleading differences.
Honesty, virtue and self-control
are constantly weakening the Grim
inal instinct in man, and teaching
the penalties of crime, it's shame,
Indebtedness and final end.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27
CURRENT GLEANINGS.

A journal devoted to the pen,
ink and paper trade says that the
world now uses 100000 steel pens
every day in the week.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

A block Of steel four feet square
would be reduced to cube of lit
tie more than nine inches if it
could be taken to the center of the
earth.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

Photographs Of PERKINS, comet,
which was visible during the last
winter, show that it had two tails,
one straight and the other curved
sharply backward.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

Entered at the Post-Office at saltwater, MIMI,
as SecOnd-clasS mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

Prof. Elihu Thompson declared,
in a lecture recently delivered by
him, that much higher speeds than
can be obtained with steam loco
motives are to be expected by
means Of electricity, and he con-
siders from 100 to even $50 miles
an hour possible.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

Marseilles is running Lyons
close for the place Of second city Of
France. The new census shows
that Lyons has 467 900 inhabitants.
and Marseilles not quite 100000.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

Scientists predict that the chem
list will dominate coming inven-
tons, and that all fuel will pres
emily be furnished in the form Of
gas. The next generation may
wonder why man was ever such
fool as to carry coal into his house
and burn it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

The human system can endure
heat of PIP degrees, the boiling
point of water, because the skin is
a bad conductor, and because the
perspiration cools the body. Men
have withstood without injury
heat of 800 degrees for several
minutes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

Only one of the thirteen trees,
planted on Washington Heights
by Alexander Hamilton more than
a century ago to commemorate the
thirteen original States of the
Union, is in a fourishing condition.
All of the others are either dead or
dying.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

To render liquid glue insoluble,.
add to it about one-fftieth of it's
weight of formalin, stir we'll and
then expose to strong sunlight for
about ten minutes. The action of
the light on glue or gelatine SO
treated is to render it insoluble.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week. notice should be sent to this office
and the matter will be attended to at once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-27

People who live only for them
selves are always little, no matter
how big they feel.-The Gem.