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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

A mechanical hammer has been invented to
take the place of blacksmith's assistant. 1t is
known as the Ready Striker" The assistant
hammer is arranged in a frame SO that it stands
at an angle over the anvil, opposite the worker.
lever to which the hammer is connected by
cOiled spring. reaches out from the frame in prop
err direction, to be operated by the foot of the
blacksmith. The hammer has also a rec0il or re-
bounding spring which tends to release it imme-
diately after each blow. also to retain it in
position when not in use. The mechanism is
arranged for sufficient lateral action SO that the
hammer can be made to strike any part of the
anvil, including the horn. Thus the blacksmith
is enabled to strike alternately with the hand and
foot The springs are said TO give the hammer
| a remarkable elastic, but powerful blow-New
Ideas.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Methodist Episcopal.

Third street. opposite Pittman House. Rev. G. A.
CREssY, pastor. Services at 1O:S0a. m. and
1880 p.m Sunday School at II m. Junior
League at 400 p. m. EpwoIth League at $50
at7:30. Pastors class in Bible Study, Friday
evening at 1880. Ladies' Bible Circle, Friday
at SCOOP. m. Mrs. S. B. SlOcumb, teacher.
Pastors residence, 523 N. Second street.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Grace Congregational.

Corner 5th and Laurel streets, Rev. j. H.
ALBERT, pastor. Sunday services, preach
ing 1880 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Sunday School
Has a. m. Junior EndeavOr 500 p. IN.
Christian EndeavOr $3.50 p. m. Children s
Mission Band the second Sunday of each
month at 800 p. m. Midweek and Prayer
meetings, Wednesdays 7:45 p. m. Ladies'
Aid Society, Thursday afternoons. Ladies
Missionary Society, the last Friday of each
month.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

"There are all sorts of tramps,' said the man
with the short pipe. to the New Orleans Times
Democrats "Man- AbOut-TOwn." male tramps.
female tramps. white and negro tramps, but to
me dog tramp presents the most forlorn as
pect of the entire family of the genus hobo.
You may see him every day. trotting along in
the most abject misery; tail dropping or curled
beneath his scrawny legs; dirty miserable, un-
kempt, and looking for all the world as If he had
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Prof. F. A. Weld left Friday evening for Jack
sonville, Fla. to attend the national meeting OF
school superintendent. He will be absent
about ten days.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Mrs. Clara Gish Ewing left on Wednesday
last for her new home at Mankato where her
husband has responsible position as business
manager of a grocery store.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
CHURCH NOTICES.
Prison Chapel.

Prison Chapel.
Services in the Prison Chapel at 900 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Catholic services every alternate Sunday.
Rev. j. H. ALBERT and Rev. Fir. CORCORAN
ehAplanS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Captain A. NJ. Lowell, Mrs. A. NJ Lowell and
the Misses Fannie Lowell. Gussie Mielka and
Eva Yeager. all of st. Paul. registered in ouI
Office the 18TH
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Notoriety is no proof of merit. thousand
dollars worth of roses will only perfume a few
yards, while dollars worth of cooked onions
will scent up a whole tOwn.-Traveer's Record.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

State Agent Frank Whittier was at the prison
Monday interviewing the boys who are soon to
60 out in regard to securing employment for
them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

The saltwater Manufacturing Co. Is engaged
in manufacturing the folding table recently pat
ented by Mr.. Samuel BlOomer, of which mention
was recently made in the columns of THE
MIRROR,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

"Uncle Mike" has about twenty canaries at
present, and it is a pleasant sight to see them
aying at will about the hospital.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Prisoners received during the week ending
Feb. Goth, 2. Discharged 4.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Sheriff John +. HOlmberg. of Hennepn county,
brought over two prisoners on the 18th, Fred NJ.
Bircher, to serve five years for forgery in the
second degree. and Henry Williams who will
tarry with us eighteen months for the crime of
burglary in the third degree.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

r. Pierson. of Lyle, Mimi, accompanied b
Supt. Hanlon, was visitor at our office on tn
18th.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

The working time was increased to the full
ten hours day on the nth.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

We have received letter from Mrs. DafOe,
and those of our comrades who have been the
recipients of kindness from this Christian lady
will be glad to know that she is rapidly imprOv-
ing in health and Zealously working for the bet
terment of unfortunate humanity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Grade standing Feb. Goth: First grade. SIG
second grade, 143: third grade. 4.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

f. w. Clark, of Minneapolis, was the guest Q
Warden WOlfer ON the 18th.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Average school attendance for the week end
ng February Goth, 1853.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

He Should Have Said Lenten.-"Here." said
the pallid humOrist ''are a few Lent jokes"
"Lent?" said the coarse and well-fed editor.
"They read more as if they we're stolen. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Mr. Walsh, of the Gazette Publishing Co., called
at our office Tuesday and gave our printer boys
pointers on book binding. We also got some
valuable information in regard to making paste,
and we shall drop the practice heretofore fol-
owed of using asafetida to counterfeit the odOr
Of sour paste.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Local and General.
The Cathode Bay.

There's another new invention
Which these scientific crimps,
Discovered, just to help along
Old Satan and his impS;
1t is worse than all the others
They have brought out in our day,
And the name of this new demon
cathode
With this new-fangled lightning
They can look man right through,
And can see what he is thinking,
Tell you what he wants to do.
Count the money in his pocket;
Then with laughter they will bray
When they only tnd nickel
With
cathode
Just suppose you have q dollar
And you start out for feed;
But You meet that bill collector
VINO is won't with yon to plead;
You have stood him off so often
That you think twill! be but play.
But the fellow finds that dollar
With
From the streets the gOSSips watch y0n
When your house is in whirl.
And your wife through three partitions
Sees you kiss the hired girl.
She in anger chideS You for it,
Then you get a gun and pray
For shot at the inventor
OF
that
cathode
ray.
Chicago Record
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Prof. +. A. Weld. accompanied by Chaplain
Albert, made tour of the dollhouse Thursday
evening. The professor has had experience in
the publication business, and it may be that he
was taking notes for a future book on The
Convict As Seen through the Bars
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

We hear though our information is from non
official source. that we are to be entertained OF
Washington's birthday by the ladies' quartet o
the Eastern Star of Minneapolis. Singing is al
ways enjoyed by the inmates. and we can lool
forward to an { xce |, Mt mus zeal rCgram.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Patients undergoing treatment in hospital. 6.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Prison population Feb. GOTH Males, 46l;
females, g.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

PRISON OFFICIALS.
MANAGERS.
JAS. 8. O'BRIEN, President. saltwater.
EDWIN DUNN. EyOta.
John r. NORYISH. Hastings
r. W. TEMPLE. Blue Earth City,
n. @. HALL. Duluth.
RESIDENT OFFICIALS
HENRY WOLFER, warden.
b, III. LEMON Deputy warden.
4. A. OBRIEN. Clerk.
b. j. MERRILL. Physician.
MISS MARY MCKINNEY. Matr0D.
J. II. ALBERT. Protestant Chaplain.
CHARLES CORCORAN. Catholic Chaplain.
PRISON AGENT.
FRANK WHITTIER st. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

The Ohio pententiary has population OF 2196.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

The following notice was copied from the door
of a rural church: There will be preaching in
this house next Sunday. providence permitting
and there will be preaching. whether or no. on
the Monday following upon the subject: He
that believeth and is baptised shall be saved and
he that believeth not shall be damned at hall
past three in the afternoon
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Nearly S1,5OO,OOo worth of articles
are pawned in London weekly.
France proposes to follow Italy's ex-
ample and tax the inccQle from the gov
ernment bonds.
American ebony is one of the heav-
Test woods known, weighing S3.1s
pounds TO the cubic foot.
The Bank of England has 1.6oo off
ciais on it's rolls, and 1000 clerks. If
clerk is late three times he receives
a warning, and the fourth time he is
discharged at once.
Lander. Wyo., town of nearly 1000
inhabitants, enjoys the distinction of
being the furthest removed from rail-
way of any incorporated town IN the
United States.
Gen. Sir John Adye, in pleading that
old soldiers should be employed in the
postal service of Great Britain, says
that about $4,000 men every year return
from the army to civil life at an average
age of 20.
Cincinnati wheelmen are making
strenuous efforts to have an ordinance
passed which shall regulate the sprink-
ling of streets. 1t is suggested that ga
path three feet wide shall be left at
either side of the street"
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
BITS OF WISDOM.

A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
-Thackeray.
In law nothing is certain but the ex-
pense.-S. Butler.
The enyious man grows lean at the
excess of his neighbor.-Horace.
Angling is somewhat like poetry;
men are to be born so.-Izaak Walton.
Sow good services; sweet remem-
hrarces will grow from them.-Mme.
de Stael
Who plays for more than he can lose
with pleasure stakes his heart.-Her-
bert
Some who affect to dislike flatte9-y
may yet be f1attered indirectly by \
we1l-seasoned abuse and ridicule of
their rivals.-Colton.
Those who make US happy are al
ways thankful to US for being so; their
gratitude is the reward of their benefits.
Mime. Swetchine.
The spirit of persons life is ever
shedding some power, just as a flower
Is steadily bestowing fragrance upon
the ART. Starr King.
Times gradual touch has moldered
into beauty many a tower, which, when
1t frowned with all its battlements, was
only terrible.-Mason.
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
NEW DETAILS
GGAde By Chairman Hanna of the Repub-
MCan National Committee.

Made By Chairman Hanna of the Repub-
IIcan National Committee.
WASHINGTON, June 26.-Information
reomes from Cleveland, the home of
Mark Hanna, to the effect that Thomas
NDolan, of Philadelphia, will succeed
Cornelius n. Bliss, of New York, as
treasurer of the Republican national
committee, and that Maj Dick, of
Ohio. who was chairman of the state
committee when Mckinley was elected
governor. will be secretary. The
executive comm ittee to be selected by
Chairman Hanna for the direct man.
.agement of the campaign will include
sSenator Quay, of Pennsylvania; Sena-
tor Thurston. of Nebraska; Representa-
tive Wellington, of Maryland; Cyrus
Iceland, of Kansas; Mr.. Payne, of
Wisconsin, and Powell Clayton, of Ar.
kansas.
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
Hos. LYMAN rRuMeuLL

2Ae Ex-Unk4ed States Senator From ull-
m0is ts Dead-He PASSED Away at His
Chicago Home After . Long Illness
While by Some Considered Politically In
.cosssistent, He Was Highly Esteemed by
All Who Knew Him.
CHICAGO, June 25.-Ex-Senator Ly-
Anan Trumbull died at a. m at his
aong time.
Judge Trumbull was born at Col
chester, New London county, Conn,
in 1913. For more than 90 years his
has been life of ceaseless activity.
sAe has been school teacher, lawyer
and Judge He has played his part in
politics on the stump, in the halls of
%congr -ss. in the deliberations of par
ties and as q non-combatant coun-
Seior.
In the beginning he was an anti
slavery democrat. AS repu blican he
fought side by side with Lincoln and
the men who founded the republican
sPartV of to-day. Then his party. as he
thought. departed from it's true mis-
sion and followed line his conscience
would not indorse. Resolutely he
turned his back on his former asso-
-ciates and became democrat. In the
aater years of his life he parted COM
pany with that party. He took
.ssaeh a ground against the ex-
tension of power of the United
States courts that he became the
hope of the populists. and, in a sense.
their counselor. And all the time men
of both parties respected him Judge
rfrumbull's last appearance in court
lroom was made as counsel for the
iAmerican Railway union officers be-
fore the supreme court at Washington.
Only once since then has he appeared
san public. 1t was at a mass meet
iing In Central Music hall, where
!he spoke at length on the causes
of discomfort among the indus
trial classes. He dwelt on the
encroaehment of the federal courts up
on the constitutional rights of the
people and emphasized the point that
<leIiveranee from the oppression of
privileged monopolies could be had
only through the ballot.
Judge Trumbull was twice married
His first wife was Julia Maria James,
of Springfield, whom he welded in
1S43. She died in Washington in 1868.
In 1887 he married Mary ]. Ingraham,
OF Saybrook. Conn.
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
THE NoM,NEEs.
A Very weak Pair TO Head Party
Ticket.

-~~N@N-
Ticket.
The st. Louis nominations are no sur.
prise. Everyone knew for several days
that Mark Hanna would nominate Nc
Kinley for president. To insure sue
cess he packed the convention with up
wards of 150 contestants and the NOM
ination was bestowed upon Mckinley
amid a scene of uproarious confusion
and indicated woeful lack of serious
appreciation of the work in hand. The
demonstration was one of recklessness.
Such convention was never seen be-
fore. Such a thorough mastery OF dele
gates was never known before IN ma
tional convention. Such rude and of
fensiye manifestation of mastery, by
a man who makes not the slightest pre-
tense to understand the eternal fitness
of things in statecraft, has never been
known in this country. And when the
nomination of Mckinley was finally ac-
complished. the restrained and restless
spirits of the convention broke out in
shouts that betokened the expectation
of an approaching deluge.
Mckinley is stronger to-day than he
will ever be again during this cam
paign. His nomination was secured by
the suppression of the sober Judgment
of the majority of the republican party.
1t was victory for the tariff extrem-
lists. Even in the case of McKinleys
election the victory will be barren, for
the tariff reform that has been accom-
plished is bound to remain.
The nomination violates the wisdom
of the party. 1t offends its best senti-
ments, and it does not add to McKin-
ley's strength that some of the power
full bosses in the party were humiliated.
Mark Hanna has downed Platt and
Quay and Clarkson, and Lodge and
Reed, and Filley and Addicks, and the
consciousness of their inferiority Will
will not add to their zeal in the cam
paign. Mckinley for more than one
reason will dwindle from now until No
vember.
Garrett A. Hobart, the candidate for
vice president, needs introduction to
the public outside of Paterson, n. j..
where he resides. He is wealthy, and
is director in mercantile and business
concerns. He has not been very conspic-
uous in New Jersey, even for republic
an. How Hanna came to choose him as
a running mate for Mckinley has not
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
COMMENTS OF The PRESS.

The next president of the United
States will be a democrat. Stick pin
here.-Kansas City Times.
An amiable, engaging, showy,
but rather shifty commonplace like Nc
kinley often reaches public distinction.
N. Y. World.
The strength of the financial
plank of the republican party has
been impaired to a deplorable extent
by the weakness of the candidate in
his past attitude on the question OF
the currency.-Rochester Herald.
The trusts are the most impor-
tant contributors to republican cam
Paign funds. If Mckinley is in favor
CT enforcing the antitrust law he
ought to say SO before his friends be-
gin accepting voluntary contribu-
tions."-N. Y. Weld.
Mckinley is not the sort of man,
either in his personality or his princi-
Piles, to inspire enthusiasm. but there
is even less objection to Mckinley him
self than to the manner in which he
has been foisted upon the republican
Party.-kansas City Star.
Democracy is an eternal senti-
ment. Democracy cannot die. Condi-
tions may change, issues may appear to
shift, but no conditions can arise, no
issues are presented that require in
novations or eNtra-party relations for
their solution.-Albany Argus.
No other political party could be
so absolutely bosseSl and completely
dominated by one man as the republican
party is under the autocratic rule of
Mark Hanna. The republican party is
a party of bosses; it needs them, it
loves them and it obeys them.-Knox-
vile Tribune.
The nominee of the St. Louis con-
vcntion is sectionalist by nature, BY
conviction and by long training. II he
should become president the republican
party would continue the representa-
tive of sectionalism that it always has
been, ana the south would again he
snhjecA to discrimination. - Florida
Union
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
AN ARMED POLICE FORCE

OIspatcE@:: for the Protection of British
surveyors Against yenezaelans.
KINGSTON. Jamaica, june 26.-Ac-
cording to advices received here from
Georgetown, British Guiana, an armed
police force has been dispatched &c
Acar& oisci for the purpose OF protec-
ting the British surveyors who, while
engaged in opening road from the
Barima Co the Cuyuni river were
stopped by body of Venezuelans and
their leader. Crown Surveyor Harrison,
arrested. An endeavor will be made
TO continue the survey.
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
MARK HANNA.
The Peerless and Unrivaled Owner of the
Republican Party.

Republican Party.
Hanna is an interesting psychological
udy. As he has consented Cd to ac-
cept the chairmanship of the republican
national committee and take charge of
the Mckinley canvass for the presi-
dency, the country will know Mark
Hanna thoroughly by November next.
We predict that the knowledge will be
easily acquired by the observing. In
other words, there is nothing of the
sphynx about Hanna. He is the hard
headed, close-fisted man of business in
politics, who believes that the end justi-
fes the means. Hanna has some regard
for the proprieties-when other persons
who count for something are concerned
about them. For instance when in
quiries were put to Hanna at st. Louis
about the probable action of the con-
vention on any subject or as to any
issue, he held up his hands deprecating-
" and said it was not for him, a single
individual, to anticipate the wisdom of
the convention. He would not venture
to forecast its work. for his place was
in the ranks as one of Ohio's dele
gates. Guiieless souls were impressed.
Perhaps an injustice had been done
Hanna. Perhaps, after all, he was not
a Gradgrind, but a man of nice senti-
ment. Perhaps he was an unselfish
patriot and not forehanded boss.
Hanna, however, was not in ST. Louis
for his health. His hand was always
upon the lever, and he reversed it only
when Thomas C. Platt and Henry Cabot
Lodge appeared upon the track waving
danger signals. The stop annoyed Han
ma exceedingly, but when he started
the locomotive again he made up for
lost time and ran strictly by the sched-
ule to the end of the route. His domina-
ton of the national committee was seen
in the decision of nearly every contest
in favor of the Mckinley delegates.
When the new national committeeman
were chosen Hanna was again in evil
dcnce, those members suspected of hos
tility to Mckinley being dropped in al
most every instance. And when nom
ination were the order of business Han
la kept the convention in session for
nine long sweltering, eNhausting and
unhappy hours, to the very last show
ing the unrelenting vigor of his rule
by whipping the southern delegates
into line for Hobart when they wanted
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
CHAMPION ZIMMERMAN

Bone to Try Conclusions with the Cham
2tOa Rife shot of Switzerland.
NEW YORK, June 26.-Gus Zimmer-
anaa. the champion rifle shot, sailed
for Europe on the Fuerst Bismarck.
He is going to shoot a match with L.
-Angehrn, the champion sharpshooter
of Switzerland. The contest will take
place some time next month. Zimmer-
snan is In great form. At the Union
hin Schuetzen park, recently, he
scored $50 bulrs-eyes in as many shots.
Iron County register., 1896-07-02

The star Alpha Centauri-the near
est star to the earth as far as we yet
know-consists, as the telescope shows,
of two suns, one of which is five or SIX
times brighter than the other But
recent observations by Mr. Roberts az
the Cape of Good Hope observatory
have led him to the conclusion that the
two components o. Alpha Centauri,
much as they differ in brightness, are
really nearly equal in weight To-
gether they &re twice as heavy as our
sun. It seems to follow from these
facts that one of those twin suns Is
losing its light, and in the course OF
ages may become only gigantic
opaque planet, while its companion
viii still continue to blaze with solar
spIendor.-Youth's Companion.
Iron County register., 1896-07-02

been explained, but the fact is that he
was Hanna's choice, and there was no
work left for the convention except to
shout, adjourn and to go home. If Ho-
bart is , big man he has successfully
concealed it. His respectability for
the place is not questioned, any more
than is McKinley's for the presidency.
While Mckinley is known to show posi-
tive lack of qualifications for the presi-
dency, Hobart has the advantage of
being above suspicion of lacking abil-
ity to administer the office of vice presi-
dent.
Mckinley and Hobart! The uncer-
tain and the unknown. The ticket of
silence, the syndicated ticket will be-
come SO distasteful to the people before
November that it will meet the fate at
the polls that it deserves.-Utica Oh.
server
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
FOUR PERSONS DROWNED
BY the CapsIzIng of Their Sailboat In =
Sudden SQuaII.

BY the CaPsIzing of Their saIlboat In q
Sudden SquaH
ST. CLOUD, Mimi, June 26.-By the
capsizing of a sailboat at Clearwater
lake, near here, three Minneapolis
young people and st. Paul woman
lost their lives yesterday morning.
They were John NJ. Putnam, book
keeper for j. Q. Adams, of the Corn
exchange, Minneapolis; his sister, Miss
Anna L. Putnam, a teacher employed
in the Minneapolis kindergarten; Miss
Bessie NewhaII, Minneapolis, and Mr..
Sherman, of st. Paul. The party had
just embarked for a sail on Clearwater
lake, and had proceeded not more than
one hundred yards from shore where
the water was rough, when a gale
struck them. The boat capsized, and
all went down.
Iron County register., 1896-07-02
THE FILLED CHEESE INDUSTRY
Knocked Out by the Tax and License Law
Passed by Congress.

Knocked Out by the Tax and License Law
Passed by Congress.
CHICAGO, June 25.-Collector of In
ternal Revenue Meiz, of this district,
recently sent an agent to the Fox River
Valley district, where most of the
filed cheese is made, to prepare the
department as well as the manufac-
turers for the operation of the filed
cheese tax and license law tax Sep
tenn ber /. He returned to-day with
the information that nearly all the
makers will go out of business before
the law takes effect, because they and
the retail dealers had figured out a
prOfitless business after paying the
government license and tax, and al
lowing for the effect on the public of
having to label their product ''flled
cheese"
The few makers who will remain in
business will do an export trade ex-
slusively as there is no tax on that.