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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20

AMONG the sciences Of today
which are being mastered by earn
est and ardent investigators there
is none more interesting than the
analysis of the spectrum.
Limited space forbids anything
but the most general mention of
this beautiful science, which, to
to make it plain to you, is the
study of the phenomena which are
manifested when light is allowed
to fall upon a three-cornered prism
Of glass.
You have probably all noticed
that reflection of the sunlight in
this manner will show in minia-
ture the same colors as the rain
bow. A similar patch of colors is
produced by lamp, gas or electric
light. Between them all there is,
however, a marked difference,
varying with the source or mater
ial which produce the light. This
variation is not ordinarily notice
able, but by means Of an instru-
ment called a spectroscope, a
minute study of the phenomena is
rendered easy. [ shall not here
attempt to describe why or how
this is done, but only mention the
general principle that light pro-
duced by the combustion of a
certain chemical substance has a
peculiar and distinguishing mark
or line in the spectrum, which
might almost be called its natural
signature, and this signature is so
unfailing and unvarying, indie
pendently Of quantity or distance,
that by its means we are enabled
to discover and determine with
absolute certainty the materials
which are being used in the pro-
duction of the light.
A little triangular piece Of glass
enables us to rob the stars of their
secrets and tells us more about
them than the widest imagination
had ever hoped to learn.
When it is mentioned that. one
of the most profound scholars of
the century asserted not many
years ago that all we could pos
sibly ever learn about the heaven
ly bodies was their motions and so
much of their features as the
telescope might discover, and that
their composition must ever re-
main unknown to us as we had no
means of obtaining or chemically
examining the matter Of which
they consist, it will be seen how
wonderful is this science, which
now enables us to know with GER
tainty the material which furnish
es the light and heat of the sun,
making our existence possible,
and not only this, but by its means
we may investigate the compost
ton of stars which are so far
distant that the intervening space
is beyond computation.
By means of the spectroscope
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20
HITS AND STRIKES.

After the ball is over
The fence, they cannot play,
Until they do recover
1t in the usual way.
So when the ball is over,
All the kids get chance,
Who on the outside hover;
Outside the fence.
1t is fortunate for the Chicago peo-
pie who called President Mckinley a
double ell d that there is no law
of lese- majeste in this country.
A man is not necessarily suffering
from insomnia because his clothes
have had no nap for long time. Quite
the contrary.
NV
Every man is supposed to have
character of his own. Some get them
on the installment plan, and some by
the Bertillon system.
~
Senator Foraker says that if garri.
son of Americans is kept in Cuba after
peace is concluded he will consider it
equivalent to a declaration of war
against the Cuban people. The Senator
does not state how many dollars worth
of Cuban bonds he represents.
~
The inventor of the match making
machinery is dead. The inventor Of
the North Dakota divorce law is still
alive, however.
Scientists informs us that bee, not
loaded, weighs but the five thousandth
part of pound. Very good, but there
is too much didn't know. it~was-lo
business about those things.
***
The pollytickal days are here,
The days of hope and fear
When heelers in procession cheer,
| And guZZle beer and leer.
80
First we played hob with the
Spanish warships and sank them, and
now we are playing Hob. to raise them.
It will probably end in maxim Hob, the
commodore of the submarine squadron.
~
"Politics are developing in Cuba" says
the daily press. Unfortunate Cuba!
Rough riders, war.correspondents and
politics. For what will not this nation
have to answer when it comes to final
showdown!
Nv
It is claimed in some quarters that
this war has served to bring the people
of this country closer together. They
probably have reference to the Hobsoni-
zation of the returned soldiers which
is now going on.
A contrite pair in the hand is better
than bobtail flush.
Nv
Van Wyck is referred to as the Gro.
ker candidate IN New York. There
are number of other croaker candi-
dates all over the country who predict
that immediate wrack and ruin will
follow their defeat.
Xxx
A we'll driller who enlisted did not
drill we'll, but as he is good well-drill-
or, he will do we'll at drilling wells.
They have new campaign song in
New York which begins:
In tree by the road sat little tomplatt,
Singing Teddy,
Come Teddy,
Come Teddy.
The papers are now full of story
about how Schley came near to loosing
his command. Gen. Miles also had
close shave before he went to Porto
Rico.
~
The Ariel mentions the fact that the
skeleton of historical shade was Off
cred to the biological museum. This
is probably the first instance on record
of a historical shade with an articu-
lated skeleton.
~
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20

After the ball is over
The fence, they cannot play,
Until they do recover
1t in the usual way.
So when the ball is over,
All the kids get a chance,
Who on the outside hover;
Outside the fence.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20

What Cuba needs is not so much g.
carpet-bag invasion from the u. s., as
more faithful observance of the re-
quest "U-e S-p-l-0." TT.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20

1t is fortunate for the Chicago peo-
pie who called President Mckinley
double ELL d. that there is no law
of ese-majeste in this country.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-06
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at anchor in the Straits of MAGELLAN
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shlps magazine.
Some of the other notable disasters
in the history of ocean NAVIGATION. in
,,,h;o,, orsh;,,s o1oo l,o boo,, 10,
'royeu' are given III 'he iolio"ihs iist'
dating as far back as l7SO, when a
storm on the English coast DESTROYED
o;,bt Rr;t;sb r,or-of.wor ,,;tt +ho;-
eie"s'
Lives lost,
August 20, 1882 = Man of war Royal
George, fOundered off the coast of
Spithead while undergoing re-
pairs Observation-Disclosures. GOO
March II, l8O0-Flagship Queen
Charlotte, burned wilhelm the har-
Dor of Leghorn. Observation-Disclosures. 673
February IA, SU7-Man-of-war Ajax
burned of the island of Tenedos $50
December %. 1910 - Man Of war
Miuotaur, wrecked ON the Haak
bank. $50
December 4. f8l1-Frigate Saldanha,
wrecked on the Irish coast. ........ 800
December a, 1911 - Men of war st.
George, Defense and Hero, strand
ed on the coast of Jutland; Ad-
mi,al REYNOLDS and all the crews
perished and eighteen seamen res.
cued. 1908
January 80, Transport Seahorse,
lost near Tramore bay. ........ 365
January 81. lsl6-Tramsports Boadi-
cea and Lord Melville, lost near
Kiddale 200
December 20. 1s47- Man of war Aveng.
er, lost oil north coast of Africa. 200
February &c, lS52-Troop ship Birk-
enbead, struck on rock OFT coast of
South Africa Observation-Disclosures. 454
September Z, l870-Ironclad turret
ship Captain, foundered near Cape
EiniSterro during q heavy Suuall
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-06

IF two big battleships fight for an
hour they will elbow in" about ST..
100000 in ammunition.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-06

The late Blaine Hawks, a Bay Cen.
ter Indian, was the owner of q bicycle
before he died. On the day of his
funeral the mourning friends and
relatives broke his wheel into bits
and threw it into the bay. The South
Bend Journal has been unable to as
certain whether the action was caused
by belief that the wheel had caused
his death, or because they believed in
a literal resurrection of the body OF
Blaine Hawks and all his belongings,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-06

Editor Frank B. Cole, of the YES
Coast Lumbermdn, has forwarded a re.
quest to Washington shingle mills to
close down after filling orders on hand
rather than accumulate stock in tho
present condition of the market. I'm.
certainty regarding the developments
OF the Spanish-American difficulty
has for few weeks interfered with
orders, which to that time had been
up to the full capacity OF the mills. 1t
is not believed that any serious or
permanent curtailment OF building
operations will ensue.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-06
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

Ahc IIlllpplHc lSldlluS arc CONl-
posed of group OF over 400 islands,
extending across sixteen degrees of
latitude between Formosa and the
Moluccas, and forming the northern
part of the Malay Archipelago.
| The largest of these islands are
Luzon, Leyte, Negros, Masbate and
Zebu.
| The total area is estimated ut Ill.,
326 square miles, all under Spanish
rule, and divided into forty-three
provinces. The population is about
100000. The islands are OF volcanic
origin.
1t is on Luzon that Manila is To-
Gated, and it was off this city, which
is the capital OF the island, that the
great naval engagement is said to have
occurred.
Active volcanoes are found through
out all these islands, the most promi-
nent of them being Mayor, in Luzon,
and Buhayan, in Mindanao.
In 1868 Manila was almost entirely
destroyed by an eruption of Mayor,
and in 1864 the entire province of
Zamboanga, in Mindanao, was fear
fully devastated.
Vegetable life on the islands reaches
almost gigantic development, as the
soil is very fertile and water is abundant
, in both lakes and rivers.
The mountains rise to height OF
1000 feet, and are covered with i'm
mense trees, yielding excellent timber
and many of the most valuable sorts
of wood.
Teak, ebony, cedar and gum trees,
iron and sapan wood, are interspersed
with bread fruit and cocoanut trees,
oranges, citron, mangoes and tama-
rinds, with many other varieties of
fruit trees, the whole bound together
with floating garlands of huge climbing
plants and brilliant parasites.
In 1890 these islands exported 5000
tons of tobacco and Ito, 100000 cigars
and the annual expectation of hemp
amounts to $1,000 tons. The other
products are cotton, sugar, coffee,
indigo, rice, wheat, maize, pepper,
ginger, vanilla, cinnamon, cocoa, etc.
Aside from the Spaniards, no dan.
gerous wild beast abound. Gold and
other metals are found, including iron
copper and coal. Vermillion, salt.
peter, quicksilver, sulphur, mother-of.
pearl coral, amber and tortoise shell
are also found in large quantities.
Deer, monkeys, pheasants, ducks
wild boars, fish. squirrels, parrots and
domestic animals are numerous, while
the jungles are beset with lizards,
snakes, tarantulas, mosquitoes and
other insects.
Magellan discovered the PHILIPPINES
in 1921, and died there the same year.
A few years later Villalobos, at the
head of some Spaniards, took posses
sion of the group and named it in
honor OF King Philip II of Spain.
The inhabitants consist partly of ne
gritos, who have wholly hair, and
other characteristics of the negro, and
seemed to have formed part of the
original population.
Only few thousand of those are
now left, the Malays being the princi-
pal inhabitants now. These are
Roman Catholics. They are settled
in villages and engage in agriculture
and fishing. Very few Spaniards reside
on the islands, but Chinese are very
numerous.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-06

There are three periods in all life the
time of the bud Of the flower and of the
perfect fruit 1t is thus that girlhood
e,nerges into wornanhood and womanhood
into motherhood. Almost all of the ills
from which women suffer have their incep-
ton i'll weakness and disease of the femi-
nine organism. which bears the burdens of
wlfchuod and motherhood. These disor-
der- usually begin with puberty, childbirth
OF -! the tufn of life" Thousands of
men ,uiic: silently for years IN this way,
rather than undergo the examinations and
local treatment insisted upon by the major
ity of physicians. This is unnecessary.
An eminent and skillful specialist, DR..
K Y. Pierce for thirty years chief consult
ing physician to the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N Y, long
since discovered 4 wonderful medicine
that will cure all troubles of this nature
in the privacy of the home. This medi-
cine is known as DR.. Pierce's Pavorite Pre-
scription. 1t acts directly on the delicate
and important organs that make wifehood
and motherhood possible. 1t makes them
strong, healthy and vigorous. 1t allays in
flammation, heals liberation, soothes pain
and tones up the nerves. 1t banishes the
indispositions of the period of impending
maternity, and makes baby's advent easy
and almost painless. 1t transforms weak,
sickly, nervous invalids into happy, healthy
wives and mothers. All good medicine
dealers sell it, and no honest dealer will
urge substitute upon you. .
DR.. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-06

Peter Jensen met with quite a SER
iOus accident last week while working
with logs at Ostrander, in Cowlitz
county. He was assisting in getting
logs ont of a drift on the bank of the
Ostrander and rolling them into the
creek. 1t was one of the rolling logs
that struck his leg while he was stand.
ing against post, and the entire cali
OF his leg was torn away, making a
very serious wound.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-05-06
A Remedy.

AYES" said Quiggles, II have a
good deal on my hands just now"
$50 l perceive" replied Fogg.
"Why don't you try little soap and
water?"
The Conservative, 1898-07-21
would be out of work, or there would
be fewer of them at work.
In this way the bank helps every la
borer in the place.
l. p III FARMER.

1t is time to plOw and plant.
The farmer needs seed and fertilizer.
During the winter he has spent all the
money from last years crop.
He goes to the dealer in fertilizer at
the nearest village, and says to him:
"What is fertilizer worth?'
The dealer says, ''Forty dollars a ton"
The farmer says, 81 will need two
tons and a half, and that will amount to
one hundred dollars"
The dealer says, eyes; will you take
it with you now?"
The farmer says, 81 have not the
money now" The dealer knows all
about what the farmer is worth, and he
says, "Take it along, and give me your
note payable at the end of four months.
By that time you will have money from
your CROP"
The farmer gives the dealer his note,
the dealer endorses it and sends it as a
payment to the wholesaler from whom
he purchased the fertilizer, the wholesale
dealer sends it to the manufacturer of
fertilizer, the manufacturer takes it to
his bank and borrows money on it and
uses it, less the interest, just the same as
if it were cash.
The farmer gets his seed in the same
way.
At the end of four months he pays the
note.
Thus, instead of the farmer being COM
PEELED to wait until he can get the cash
with which to pay for the fertilizer and
the seed, he obtains both when he needs
them. The dealer, instead of having to
wait until the farmer has money before
he can sell him the fertilizer and the seed,
sells them in the proper season, and re-
ceives what is practically as good to him
as the cash the wholesale dealer receives
from the retailer what is as good as cash
to him, and the manufacturer receives
what is as good as cash to him.
How could this be done if it were not
that the banker had collected it the idle
money of other people and was ready to
make SOOd loans W1Cn IL!
The farm would go implanted, or only
a small part of it would be worked.
So the bank helps the farmer.
HELPING THE GOAL MINER AND THE
COAL OPERATOR.
The operator is the owner of say 500
acres of coal under the surface, which
he wishes to market.
He builds tipples, inclines, check
houses, necessary railroad, and houses
in which the miners are to live. When
the mine has been opened at great ex-
pense, he is ready to mine and sell the
coal.
But it is the custom in the coal bust
ness to sell to the dealer and take his
$500
The Conservative, 1898-07-21
Che Conservative.

perhaps, by lack OF water i'll the rivers,
or scarcity of cars on the railroad. So
the operator al get no money in per-
haps less than four months, but he gives
employment to say 500 miners, who have
to be paid every two weeks in cash.
This requires a very large capital, and
had the operator to depend upon him
self, the mines could not be opened, the
miners would not be employed, and what
has become a mining town and a center
Of industry, would otherwise remain a
barren place.
But his banker will discount his note,
furnish the money to make up his pay
rolls the miners are regularly paid in
cash, and what would otherwise be an
unproductive investment beneath the
ground, becomes a means of livelihood
for hundreds of honest laborers and their
families.
And note this important fact, that coal,
after being mined, is worth about eight
times what it was before mining, and
the difference represents what is paid for
labor to take it out of the ground.
WHY EVERYBODY CANNOT GET MONEY
AT A BANK.
Some people say, "What good is a
bank to me?"
81 cannot get any of the money"
"Poor people cannot got money at a
bank"
"Why is this"
There are ten millions of depositors in
the United States.
They are people who have saved up
money out of their wages and their bus
mess.
In every deposit generally more than
one person is interested.
In many deposits a whole family is in
terested.
If we estimate three people to each de-
post, we have thirty millions Of people
interested in deposits in the United
States.
When these people put their money in
banks they expect the banker to keep it
safely for them until they want it again.
If the banker loans out their money
he must be sure that it will be paid back.
The banker cannot give the money
away.
He cannot loan it to everybody.
He must loan it only to people who
have property or business out of which
they can pay it back, no matter what
happens.
The very largest part of all the money
in banks belongs to the depositors.
1t is the peoples money.
The benefit of the bank then to poorer
people, to laborers and mechanics, and
others like them, is not hat they can go
The Conservative, 1898-07-21

good wages, the more prosperity there is.
Money without labor remains idle.
Labor without money can do little.
If, however, money and labor can be
brought together, you get great results
you get prosperity.
In a county without a bank, labor
struggles on alone, getting little to show
for it's work, and suffering much.
Money is hidden, and might just as
well be under the sod.
1t is from places like this that the peo-
pie call for more money.
They know they want something.
They think they want more money.
They are in distress.
What they really want is to get the
money, of which there is already enough,
into circulation.
That is what the bank does.
1t puts money into circulation and
makes it possible for labor to earn what
it should.
Permanent homes are the units of the
state. The love of home is primary
patriotism. The composite of American
homes is the American Republic. When
the integral parts are enlightened, re-
fined and contented, the concrete is
solid, substantial and beneficent. A
government with nc permanent homes
is inconceivable. The nomadic tribes
of Indians whom we on the west bank
of the Missouri river have succeeded never
established and embellished permanent
homes. One of the most accumulated
savagery and civilization is found in the
fact that the former never has and the
latter always has established domiciles.
Every man and woman who cultivates a
love of home in the household is doing
kindergarten patriotic work. Love for
a government ultimately depends for it's
strength upon the power of the govern
ment to protect the home, and no citi-
zen or subject can cherish a love for a
country which affords no protection to
the homes of it's citizens.
PASS f1duley -. JOnn-
ING AWAY. son, who was ell
ected a delegate to represent the unor-
ganized territories of Kansas and
Nebraska in 1862, recently died at Salt
Lake City at the age of 81 years. Mr..
Johnson had been long identified with
the development of the Northwest. He
was a native Of Indiana, but had pio-
neered Iowa, Nebraska and Utah. He
was a man of great determination,
much reading and very optimistic views.
His life record was one of industry and
usefulness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-23

Charleston, April 22-Arrived, steamers
John A! Carney, New York, bound to MO-
bile; Algonquin, Plat, New York.
Sailed, steamer Agnes (Nor), Corneilsen.
Honduras; schooner Mary Lee Patton,
Steelman, Baltimore.
Wilmington, N. c., April 2.-Cleared,
bark Rigi (Nor) Zopfi, London.
London, April 22.-Arrived, steamer
Greenbrier, Newport News.
Stettin, April 1s.--Arrived, steamer Glen
morven (Br), Savannah.
New York.. April 22.-Arrived, schoon-
ers Emma C. Knowles, Charleston; Luis
G. Rabel, Brunswick, Mary A. Randall,
Fernandina
Port Royal, S. c., April 22.-Arrived,
steamer Rio Grande from New York, and
sailed for Brunswick.
Baltimore April 22.-Arrived, schooner
Vanlear Black, Charleston.
Philadelphia, April 22.-Arrived, schoon-
ers Hlda, Rines. Savannah; Sarah E.
Ward, Brunswick.
Bremen, April 19-Arrived, steamer st.
Regulus (Br), Brunswick.
Swinemund, April 19.-Arrited, steamer
Verbena, Fernandina for Stettin.