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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
BOARD OF PARDONS' BILL.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section There is hereby created
Board of Pardons which shall con-
sist of the Governor, the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court and the Attorney
General; and said Board shall have the
power to grant pardons and reprieves
and to commute the sentence of any
person convicted of any otfense against
the Law of the State of Minnesota in
the manner and under the conditions
and regulations hereinafter prescribed,
but not otherwise.
Section 2-Every pardon or commu-
tation of sentence shall be in writing
and shall have no force or effect unless
the same was granted by an unani-
nous vote by said Board convened as
such.
A reprieve in case where capital
punishment has been imposed, may be
granted by any member of said Board,
but for such time only as may be rea.
sonably necessary to secure a meeting
of said board of pardons for the con-
sideration of an application for the
pardon or communication of the sentence
Of the person so reprieved. Said board
may grant an absolute or conditional
pardon, and any conditional pardon
shall state the terms and conditions on
which it was granted.
Said Board of Pardons may issue it's
warrant under the seal of said board
to any proper officers to carry into ef-
feet such pardon, which warrant shall
be obeyed and executed instead of the
sentence which was first or originally
pronounced.
Section Whenever any convict is
pardoned by such board, or his punish
ment is cOmmuted or reprieve is
granted, the officer to whom the war.
rant for that purpose is issued, after
executing the same shall make return
thereof under his hand with his doings
thereon, to the Governor, as soon az
may be, and he shall also file with the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
LOOKING BACKWARD"
Paper Read Before the ChautduQud Circle.

In contradistinctiOn to the divine in
junction to "look not behind thee, -
there is in us an irresistible DISPOSE
tion to look backward, as standing
upon this lofty plateau, midway be-
tween the mesas of the past and
the gIittering peaks that crown the
eternal future, we pause before at
tempting the final ascent that shall
bring us into the regions of perfection,
into the presence of Him, whose handi-
work we are.
We know not just what the future
holds in store for us; but we do know
that perfection has not been attained
in the past or in the present. But in
the great beyond, upon the summit of
the steps up which we slowly climb,
we will find the acme of all art, of all
beauty. Not in temples dedicated to
Athene, to Diana, to Isis or to Jove;
but in the galleries of original designs,
in the court of the great God, Jehovah.
But in retrospect, as we look back
through the dim vistas of the ages and
trace from its cradle on the Euphrates,
the progress of that GOd-given glory,
art, we find much to admire, much to
applaud; for it is art, blossom like, that
reveals to us a history of many ages.
He who bows at the shrine of art and
beauty cannot be wholly bad. In about
the proportion that nations admire the
beautiful are they themselves capable
of good or evil. The beautiful in paint
ing, the beautiful in sculpture, in ar
chitecture, in music, are but attempts
at an ideal, the imperfect reflection of
the real, mirrored in the cloudy soul of
man. Were it not for the traces of the
beautiful that come to us, we would
want to think of the ancients as peo-
pie without soul, for the pages of Chal-
dean, Egyptian, Grecian and Roman
history are sodden with the life blood
of their citizens, shed in ceaSeless wars
of fanatical frenzy. For cruelty, for
ferocity and wanton slaughter, no rec
ords compare with the narrative of the
atrocities practiced by these same peo-
pie whom we credit as having been the
founders and perpetrators of art. And
to this ferocious, warlike spirit is due
the fact that so little is preserved to us
of much that was really excellent in
art. Iconoclasts were never so numer'
Gus as we're they of olden time. The
demoniacal frenzy that laid waste
beautiful cities and crushed the tenn
pies of the gods, with their priceless
gems of art, was ut the darker side OF
the same spirit that wrought, from tn,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
Vol. X.-NO. 32.
<aspoEFRKaM
S9pGyyz pGyyzz@zsGSSSSS~ f.
WHAT IF?


What If the currents of your life
Are rolled and veXed, and go amiss,
And trouble your whole portion is!
Faint nOt,-all victory comes through strife.
What if dark clouds make up your sky,
And every winds and tides attack
Is pushing hard to beat you back?
Court not despair,-still harder try.
What if your friends keep out of view,
And, while you sorrow, seem like those
Who wear the livery of your foes?
Fret not, but battle On anew.
What if thousand shafts of wrong,
And grievOus obstacles, and hate,
Pursue you early, long, and late?
Yield not, but keep your courage strong.
What if the world seems simply made
To sweep your dearest hopes away,
And balk your efforts day by day?
Care not, t,-move onward unafraid.
What if your best work brings but pain,
Perplexity and loss and doubt?
Faint not. but fight the battle out;
No worthy life is lived in vain.
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

There are people who would do great
acts; but because they wait for great
opportunities life passes, and the acts
of love are not done at all.
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HER LlFELIkEz STATUE.
Signalized Her Departure from tn,
II. World of Artists. =,

Signalized Her Departure from the
a- World of Artists. -,
Before her marriage she had been ia
nous sculptures. She had made several por.
traits of Well-known men, and everyone pre-.
dicted for her still more brilliant future,
when she suddenly set all predictions at
naught by marrying wealthy man who dis.
approved of her keeping up her professional
work: She was very quiet under this re-
striction, but was supposed to rebel inward
~. Therefore when, at dinner party one
evening, she asked her. old friend, Gen.
Bashar, to come and see her on the follow.
ing evening and inspect her last piece of
work, which she thought the best and most
lifelike she had ever executed, he sup.
posed he was to use his influence to prevail
upon the husband to permit her to resume
her place among the working fraternity of
artists.
IT am sure you will like it, general she
said, with winning smile. 1T fairly lives
and breathes. I confess ! am in love with
it myself" -. =
= On the appointed evening the general,
with some misgivings over the delicacy of
the task intrusted to him, presented him
self. Instead of inviting him to the studio,
his hostess, to his surprise, offered to bring
her last bit to him. q. <,-~ss. s
"0h, it's statuette, is it?'' he asked. -.
> well, yes, you might call it So" she an
swered, as she went out of the room. In q
few minutes she returned, bearing in her
arms-a baby!-Chicago Times Herald.
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{. Now. boys, keep back, said tho
saeronaut;, do he came into the circle 10
make every thing ready keep back OF
some Of you will get hurt, with this bas-
ket thrashing about here; for by this
time the basket had been fastened on,
and the balloon was filed out nearly
full. sss III NH ti s
he balloonist threw into the basket
several bundles Of circulars which he
was going to throw out, handful by
handful. as he rose through the air, the
proprietors Of various stores in the town
having taken this then original method
Of distributing their circulars and
dodgers. 5..5 5#; .1 ~ s5.
Everything was now ready. The hot
air had been shut OF. the mouth OF the
balloon had been closed, and the balloon
list had arranged his circulars ready to
throw out, q dozen or SO at time, as
lie went up. 81 S NJ
Let 60 the ropes!' he shouted. Il
"And the great sphere shot up into
the air, with white paper huttering
out from it on all sides. - :
II could never tell exactly how it
happened" continued my .seatmate,
'but l suppose it was q mixture of boy
ish curiosity and a sudden pressure
from behind, as the crowd surged for
ward; but know that suddenly STUN
bled forward and fell upon the coil of
drag rope that was being rapidly taken
up. In falling, my foot in some way be-
came enAangled in rope, so that loop
in it caught me by one ankle, and quick
as flash l was going up into the air ut
the rate of mile minute, hanging
head downward, while great cry of
horror was sent after me by the peo-
pie below. ~ :" i. sr,..: "a
You may be sure that no more sur
prised boy ever left terra-frma than l
was, when saw the earth suddenly
dropping away from me, as it seemed.
Fortunately, did not lose my head
though the position was certainly ia
vorable for such result. Instructive
~ grasped the rope that was hanging
down beside me and hung on for dear
life.
1.-The aeronaut above me apparently
knew nothing of what was going on
below his car, for the dry-goods and
house-furnishing circulars continued to
flutter down past me in undiminished
quantities.
He had doubtless heard great cry
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might and glory Of the United States of
America.
The same honors are paid to the flag
when it is hauled down at sunset. II
there is band on board, the hosting Of
the flag is heralded with the 'Star
Spangled Banner" and it's hauling down
with Hail Columbia
If the ship is in foreign port the
national air of that country is played
after our own. Then the national airs
OF other nations whose men-of-war are
present in that port are played in the
order of the rank of their commanding
officers. To omit any one of them would
be considered an insult and would be
followed by prompt inquiry from the
ranking officer of the nation whose air
had been omitted, and an apology or
explanation would be required.-
Youths Companion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-07-01
Some Interesting Facts Regarding
the Output Of Crescent Bicycles.

d This article is intended to convey con.
ception of the enormous amount of raw ma.
terial consumed during season in supply
ing the demand for one of the most popular
bicycles made. The Western Wheel Works,
Chicago e makers Of the Crescent wheel, have
complete, bicycle factory in the world, and
can. turn out, when running to fullest ca
pacity, 725. finished Crescents in twelve
hours. Or complete "up to date" bicycle
per minute. .,4. e.. '.y<-,.,:'c,
They used during 1896 $50 miles Of tub
ing, or enough to nearly reach from Chi
cago to, St. Paul if placed in straight line.
tory, and required $50 miles of wire, or
enough to reach from Chicago to Lincoln,
Neb.; 80 miles of brass rod was required
for spoke nipples. If the spokes, spoke nip
Piles and tubing were placed in straight
line they would reach from Chicago to the
Rocky Mountains at Denver. The cranks,
Of % miles. They used IS miles Of steel for
crank axles, wheel axles and pedal axles,
and 10 miles of steel for seat posts. If the
rims that were used in the manufacture of
2Crescents in '96 were placed one upon the
other they would make pile Is, 800 feet
high, 5000 feet higher than Pixies Peak
and about the height of Mount Elias in
reached by man. It required 32,oS4 square
feet of; sheet steel to make the Crescent
hollow tooth sprockets, and 2l,876 square
feet for the steel stampings of the head and
seat post clamps, or in all enough fiat steel
to cover an area of II acres. There were
used 10 miles of cork grips, 1OE miles of
finished hubs, and % miles of steel wire to
pin frames together before brazing. The
hnlshed chains, end to end, would reach
~ miles, and the different pieces of which
they are composed would reach 237} miles,
or in all 3079 miles, the distance from Chi
eago to Cincinnati. The bearings of 1896
Creseents required 1897 300 steel balls,
which, if placed in strai light line, side by
side, would reach distance of s45a miles.
TO lace the chain and dress guards on the
ladies' Crescents manufactured in 1896 re-
quired 434, $50 yards of cord, or 2463 miles,
enough to allow a small boy to stand on
the top of the Auditorium tower in Chicago
and fly his kite where the people in Des
Moines,, Iowa, could see it.. TO supply
Crescents sold in 1896 required l,6O6, 742
bolts, and LASS, 075 nuts, having an agere.
gate weight of @ tons. The total weight
of the complete bicycles was 2,382,842
pounds, or l,l9l tons. To crate these BIZ
cycles required 1926, 740 square feet of lum-
Der made up in pieces; 72,7l8,668 separate
and distinct pieces entered into the con-
struction of '96 Crescents, and if all were
placed in, a straight line, end to end. thew
would reach from New York to some dis.
lance in the Pacific ocean west of San Fran.
clsco.-Crescent Bulletin. July /, 1897.
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From the Record and Union. Rochester

From the Record and Union. Rochester,
30 Y MINI. ~ :,
Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt, wife of Mr.. John
Pratt, one Of the Oldest settlers in Olmstead
been painfully afflicted with rheumatism in
its most aggravating and inconvenient form.
Mr.. Pratt is well known in the vicinity of
Viola, having during one administration
held the responsible position of postmistress.
She tells the tale of her affection and subse-
quent restoration to health, which is printed
in order that others similarly suffering may
read and adopt the same remedy she did.
Viola, Olmstead Co., Mimi, Aug. "a, 1896. .
:, "A little over ten years ago discovered
that the joints of my fingers were charging,
and very sore: / consulted many physicians,
with some slight relief at times from pain,
but the joints grew larger and larger, and
that l could not move them without great
pain. My. toes too were swollen out of all
shape, and my fingers We're so drawn, and
the muscles SO contracted that I could not
use them. had given up all hope of cure,
when my attention was called about three
lXS years ago t1 the M9nderf41 cures effected by
People, and I procured a supply. . :,
ut was not long after began taking them
before experienced considerable relief, and
l continued using them according to direc-
tons until ! have taken altogether about
three dozen boxes. My fingers are now
straight and flexible, and the joints reduced
to their normal size, the rheumatic pains are
almost gone, and now, though I always keep
Pink Pills by ME, never use them unless I
catch cold, or get wet through. am will
ing that this testimonial should be published,
in order that the extraordinary curative
powers of pr. Williams medicine may be
known, 20 rheumatic sufferers. - :
(Signed)~ "MRS. E. A. PRATT.V
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in a con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are. also
specific for troubles peculiar to females, such
Of Weakness they Bu1d up the Sei bl t 0 and
restore the glow Of health to pale and sallow
cheeks. In men they effect a radical cure
in al cases ca arsne from mental worry
Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk)
at so cents box or six boxes for $3.50, and
may be had of all druggists, or direct by
mail from DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y. .r-
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PERSONA Il 81, AND ikip,ERsonAL.

Speaker Reed IS said to have aban i
doned the use offs hin bicycle So. " wash
ington On account 1T the att ention lie.
attracts on the street ). IA
Buluwayo is to- Set s,lp3 4 great
brazens image of Cecil Rhodes in one Of
its squares. The order has been sent to
Q British sculp named Tweed. $s5
Queen Margherita Of italy recent
stood godmot her for a grand son OF the
great Italian actress, me. Ristori. The
boy is 2 son Of Marchese Capranica del
Grille. Is ss 5sssg5
Charles Lecocq, the celebrates mu-i
stefan and author Of the III lie de Ma,
dame Angot, ! is trying to get divorce
after many years Of Matrimonial ex-.
perience. }.5t =sg4 n .Ss
An English periodical paper recent
~ printed biographical sketch of
Chauncey d'Epew, Of New York, in
which it laid special stress on his W ll-
known Gallo. wit. Vt .S 81. s &. zs55: !, +
The duchess Of Fife cknamed
"Her Royal Shyness'' attends
the, queens drawing-rooms, and Prin-4
cess LOUISE OItIAOiIlc lives as lar as she
can the life of a quiet country gentle
woman. I<5 y
The Natal sculptor who is busy!
with a bust Of President Kruger grum-
bles very much about Dom Paul's''
back hair, which sticks out in such a
way that it is difficult to get an accu-
rate mold. T. 81 %at2 ssi}!i>@ -. =.
Fl
DIR. Nansen while in London aston
ished all who heard him by the idiomat-
ic purity of his English; and now it is
said that the quality of his French
was an equal delight and surprise to his.
Gallo hosts. =. #E... F.. ~ =
Prince Bismarck was able the other
day to go out of doors fol. the first time
since January 2. He drove for an hour
and quarter and experienced little
difficulty in entering and leaving his
carriage. On his return he took short
walk in his garden before reentering
the house. .s,# Xiii, A.. ..
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HOnOrinH the Flag.

Should you ever be on one of our men
of-war at eight o'clock in the morning
you will hear suddenly three prolonged
rolls on drum, followed by the herald
ing notes of bugle. Looking then
about the ship youwill see every sailor
and every officer facing toward the stern
and standing mute with barred head and
uplifted eyes; During these signs Of
rigid respect you will see, rising slowly
to the peak and unfolding to the breeze,
the beautiful stars and stripes, and you
will feel an exultant thrill, as does
every officer and man there uncovered,
that above you floats the symbol of the
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strain Of my weigh tai ken on my kands
and feet. With one foot "a thu loop 1
could hang on very conf rtably But
then serious question arose. Howwas
RI to get into the basket? An attempt
to climb up over the side. might upset
that frail affair. ss5s
Wait 9 minute, called out the nero:
naut. I'll cut out two Of the ribs OF the
basket, right here in the bot tom. and
then. by springing the next one on each
side. back q little, i guess you can crawl
up through, and this was done mo-
ment later. s5355 s 81 i
Il can tell you I was glad when I
found myself sitting in the bottom Of
the basket resting. :ss.9s.
How long has it been since we left
the ground 2 asked. M u. & Il , z: 4
Just five minutes he said. NJ .#.5
"A good deal can happen in five min
utes. ;ss 81 @s5 -. ,ss 49,
That" continued my companion,
was the way ] came to be an aeronaut.''
The affair created great sensation,
and was talked about far and wide.
The owner Of the hot-air balloon was
shrewd enough to see that there was
money to be made out Of so much FREQ
advertising, and he made meSa hand
some offer to make the ascensions with
him, and promptly accepted the offer.
| was greatly interested in my new
work, and gradually begun to add some
attractions such as performing on the
trapeze bar as the ascension was made,
and then parachute leaps from the bal
loon, high in air. But never attempted
any such attraction as was exhibited
when l went up hanging by one foot to
the drag-rope."-Webb Donnell, in
Golden Days, g.. -
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1rOm the crown, DuLlnterpreLeQl IL PROP
ably as occasioned by the sight of a
balloon ascension, which was then
more of novelty in that region than it
would be to-day.
"After minute was able to get my
foot out of the loop in which it had
caught, and SO to let myself down into
an upright position. The balloon was
rising steadily, and there was no more
jerking and apparent motion to the rope
than there would have been had it
been suspended from high beam in
barn, and this alone made it possible
for me to cling to it. ~
Il now found that | could twist one
leg around the rope, and by resting one
foot on the rope where it crossed the
other foot, l could very nearly remove
the weight from my hands, which was
q great relief. knew then that / had
a chance to get out of the fix was in,
for could now alternately rest my
hands and my feet.
treasured by this, I looked up at the
balloon above me, and conceived the
idea. of climbing up to it, for, like most
country boys, was expert at climbing.
"The rope had caught me before half
of it had been taken up from the
ground, so that the distance up to the car
was much less than it might have been.
l found no very great difficulty in grad
ually climbing up to position under
the car, stopping very otter to rest.
1T has always seemed strange to me
that the man above didn't discover
meanwhile that he had boy hanging
on behind,' but it can perhaps be ex-
planned by the fact that he was an old
hand at the business, and, as sailing
through the air was no novelty to him,
he didn't spend any time looking at the
scenery below. ~ $500
He sat there in the middle of the car,
calmly tossing out circulars and smok.
ing his pipe, while climbed up toward
him SO cautiously that presume l
didn't jerk the rope bit. I wonder
that hadn't shouted to him at the
very first, but it didn't enter my head;
for me to do anything but hang on and
climb. - y @ ~ ~ ~ ss-> %=@.
= when had slowly climbed up well
under the car, without thinking what,
the effect would be shouted .Halloa!'
and the next instant was almost jerked
off the rope, for the balloonist gate a
Jump that very nearly upset the car.
and when I caught sight Of his face,
after he had turned around two or three
times, trying in dazed sort of way to
find out where the voice came from it
was as white as sheet. He looked eau
tiously over the edge of the basket.
ss III g q. How in the name Of he began.
but suddenly cut it short. Hold on
minute longer!' he shouted.
{ g...And in q twinklins he had made q
moose in the end Of a piece Of rope that
was lying in the car, and had passed It.
down, moose end first, through the wick
er-work bottom Of the basket.
8" Put one foot into the loop, he
called out, and I will tie the other end
of the rope here, to support your
weight. That will take the strain of
your hands till ! can get you into the
car.
s III was : great relief to have the
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She Missed Him.

A poor woman who kept shop in north
ern village, and who was troubled with q
husband who could scarcely be considered 9
widow through the sudden demise Of her
spouse. A lady, who frequently made
small purchases at the shop, called to see her
and to offer her sympathy, though knowing
that the mans death must in certain sense
come as a relief, as the wife had often suf.
fered from his violence. She was not, how.
ever, quite prepared for the stoical way in
Said the lady: ;: r .5;551,s - -
II am sure, Mrs. G you must miss
Well, mum, it do seem queer to 60 into
the shop and find something III the till! =
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Information.

Newly arrived immigrants will receive at
any Dominion Lands Office in Manitoba, the
Northwest Territories or British Columbia
information as to lands open for entry, and
from the officers in charge, free of expense,
advice and assistance IN securing lands to
suit them and full information respecting
and copies Of these regulations, as well a.
those respecting Dominion Lands in the
Railway Belt in British Columbia, may be
obtained upon application to the Secretary
Of the Department Of the Interior, Ottawa
the Commissioner of Dominion Lands, Win
Lands Agents in Manitoba or the North
west Territories. For pamphlets, etc., adj
dress Mr.. Ben Davis, Emigration Agent, Do
E1inion Of Canada, 14 East Third Street, st.
Paul, Mimi; or, w. Richie. Grafton, n. D.