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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
THE ELEPHANT.

speaking of elephants" said man
who had been listening to story con-
corning the intelligence of the huge
earth shaking beast, 81 have, for per-
sonal reasons, a very high opinion of
such animals, because when was IN
India two years ago it was my misfor-
tune to be in the power of one of these
behemoths-and it very considerably
let me CO."
"HOw was that?" inquired friend.
"Well,' continued lhe speaker, cit
was at Allahabad, in the Northwest
provinces, that one evening 1 happened
to be out driving with a lady. On our
way home it occurred to us to call upon
Col. Farley, and when we reached the
maidan, or wide plain, which OH the
farther side, his bungalow r-looked,
we decided to let aur carriage be led
around and to cross the madam to the
house on foot. There were sundry
bitches and numerous rut holes in the
plain which made driving in the dark
dangerous so we got out and began
our walk.
''NOw, in the center of the maidan
there stood barn in which the ele-
plants belonging to the department of
which Col. Farley was chief stored their
forage, and on that evening one of
these animals, having been either idle
or misbehaving, was still at a late hour
busy unloading itself, and very bad
temper, indeed, it seemed to be in.
ave had gone slightly out of our way
when l heard its shrill cry, protesting
at working over time, and its trumpet
ing significant of revolt. My compan.
ion also heard the furious beast, but
she only laughed and said:
"What queer noise that elephant is
making"
Eyes, very strange replied, but 1
didn't laugh. For again 1 head the
noise of the angry beast, and, so it ap-
peared to me, coming nearer Still |
walked on, listening with both my ears,
when suddenly l caught that strange
and dreadful rustling sound which an
elephant, when it is moving fast, al
ways makes. 1t is the feet brushing
on the surface of the gronnd. Other
wise the advance of the colossal brute
is nOiseless.
"Can you run?" 1 now asked my
companion.
eyes, of course 1 can," she said,
"Why?"
"'Look,' 1 continued. DO you see
that white object glimmering over
there? 1t is culvert, a little bridge.
When 1 tell you to go you must run as
fast as you can and creep in under the
woodwork as far as you possibly can
get While Twas speaking 1 was star
ing into the gloom trying to catch the
sight of the approaching beast. But
against the deep shadows of the barn
and trees behind nothing could be seen.
Suddenly l heard the clink of the chain
quite close-on my right hand.
"Run,' 1 said, and the next instant
there lowered out of the gloom SEEM
ingly to overshadow me, the elephant.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
Vol. XII.-NO. II.
Translated for The Mirror.
The Travellers Vision.

BY JOHAN LUDWIG RUNEBERG.
Whose the palace that passed but now
Where ghostly shadows to the passer bow?
So dark and frOwning looks its on the road.
POrtentOus with the mysteries of night.
With rows of windows and facades so broad.
In one room only did see light.
Awhile tarried idly gazing there.
The grand hall to my eye lay open fair.
I searched for human life within its space.
Drawn to by its look, know not why
Nor did the smile of youth reward my gaze,
No golden locks gave gladness to my eye.
In mourning decked, a woman bent by years,
With silver locks, and eyes now dimmed with
tears;
A sOmbre servant following with light
Even he with silver crowned by winters passed
No other beings met my eye tonight
And but a moment did the vision last
Two pictures close together graced the wall.
On these the sorrOwing woman made her CALL
And when she reached the paintings on her
round
A peaceful light her pale face OverSpread,
prayer seemed from her moving lips to sound
Then proudly, peacefully she raised her head
Who was she? In minute all did vanish,
Yet from my mind this scene cannot bansh
Was she wrath bereft of rest, or is she, say
OF some strange faith that wOrhips at shrine
One who from foreign lands has found her way,
And far from kindred lonely doth repine?
No, stranger. not wrath nor without peace.
All was reality-nO gOblins these.
Yet if tomorrow at this selfsame hour
You travel by the castle once again,
The light will glow she will renaat the tOur
The scene repeat-yOu will not go in vain.
For long times past already-many years
With this same servant who the candle bears
She Wanders thus when evening shadows fall.
Llngers one moment only, then departs
And soon sweet rest and sleep is at her call;
1t is the sleep of peace, of faithful hearts,
The pictures-whose were they, you crave;
They were two noble brothers, Ramsay, brave
Born in this house, grown up with each other
The one at Lemo fell, upon the shore;
His life at LappO gladly gave the other.
Who ever for his native land gave more?
Bravely they fought in many fray
And Finland's bards sing yet today
How gladly their young lives they gave
In gallant deeds competing with each other
The fatherland yet mOurns the brave,
One twenty, nineteen but his brother
The lady, noble stranger, that you spied
With curious wonder, as her tears she dried.
And slowly passed from brother and to brother
She lives now with her noble memories light
She gave there heroes brth-she was their
mother.
She worshipped not-oh no-she said good
night.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06

Then gently scan your brother man;
Still gentler, sister woman;
Though they may gang a kennin wrang,
To step aside is human.
One point must still be greatly dark,
The moving why they do it;
But just as tamely can we mark
How far, perhaps, they rue it.
Who made the heart, tits He alone
Decidedly can try us;
He knows each chord, its various tone:
Each spring, its various bias.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06
Vritten for The Prison Mirror.
Girls Of Today.

Ii. you meet girl, a pretty girl
Upon the boulevard,
Who has smile, winsOme smile;
Take care, be on your guard.
If you meet a girl, a handsome girl,
Upon the trolley car,
Who sweeps a smile cOquettish
Take care, don't 60 too far.
af you meet girl, a blOOmer girl.
Upon a ribbOned cycle,
Whose hat is tilted purposely;
Take care, she may be tickle.
If you meet a girl, stylish girl,
Upon promenade,
Whose cheeks are cOlOred with paint.
Take care, she's on the fade.
If you meet girl, your ideal girl,
Upon the road of life,
Who loves you, and but you alone,
Ask her to be your wife.
H. E. GRAHAM.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-06-18
examination of this individuals pa

examination of this individuals pa
pers and effects.
In an hours time he had possession
of the true facts Of the case. This
imposter was formerly a bank clerk,
whose correct name was Robert Moore
The president of the institution, one
Ebenezer Burton, had persuaded his
brother to sign bill Of exchange for
ELS, 900 as an accommodation. A for
gerry had been perpetrated, the figure
having been raised to E25,000 In
the meantime the bank went into liqui-
dation. The president committed sui
eide when he discovered that his son,
Morris Burton, had committed the for
gerry.
This young man then attempted to
mike his uncle, Erasmus Burton OF
| Russell square, London, pay the full
| amount of this forged bill. A number
of the true facts coming to light dur
ing al investigation, the nephew alb
seconded to parts unknown, but wrote
a letter charging his uncle with the
full offence.
This communication was never sent,
being in the possession of Moore, who
in some manner secured all these doc
uments and cameto London to act the
part of the nephew and endeayor to
get q large sum of money from Eras-
mus Burton.
In the morning Morris made very
short work of this imposter, who, being
threatened with speedy arrest, gave up
everything. Later in the afternoon
he drove up in cab to Russell square.
Alice met him at the door. She looked
worn out, and there were traces OF
tears on her sweet face.
"Cousin Morris, you never kept
your promise. We had almost given
you up, aud father is seriously ILL.,"
'May I see him, Miss Alice? I
could not come before"
She glanced at him shyly and, with
out further comment, led the way to
her fathers chamber.
The old gentleman was in bed,
seemingly ill and careworn, but, seeing
Morris, cheered up wonderfully.
At last he had toldrhis story, every
minute detail was gone over and the
papers handed to the old gentleman,
and Morris prepared to depart.
Alice was softly crying tears of Joy,
while the old gentleman grasped hia
hand in vigorous manner, more ex-
pressive than anything he could have
said.
Needless to say, Morris stayed the
remainder of the day and in few
weeks secured a splendid position.
Six months later he married Alice,
his first and only love, who often
laughingl y remarked: "Ah, Morris, I
examined you thoroughlyin the news
paper Office THE afternoon I tainted,
you silly boy) and I told father that
you were not bad man; you were too
good-looking and gentlemanly." -
Chicago Daily News.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-06-18
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

All the land above sea level would
not fill up more than one-third of the
Atlantic ocean.
There are 10 mountains in Color
ado whose peaks are over $4,000 feet
above the ocean level.
Chocolate is still used in the inte-
rior Of South America for currency,
as are cocoanuts and eggs.
A one.legged knife grinder in Phil
adelphia has taught Newfoundland
dog to turn his grindstone.
Sweden exports one billion boxes of
matches yearly, and has the Oldest
match factory in the world.
The highest waterfall in the world
is Cholock cascade, at Yosemite, CAL,
which is 2635 feet high, Or just half a
mile.
Not within living memoir has there
been known so abnormally snowless a
winter in European Russia as the past
season.
New Jersey was the first state per-
uniting the right Of suffrageto women !;
this wss done nearly one hundred
years ago.
A curious fact has been noted by
Arctic travellers snow when at a very
low temperature absorbs moisture and
dries garments.
How great havoc is created in
France among birds, is shown by the
fact that during Christmas week, at
the central market, ia, 900 larks were
sold.
There is an immense garden in
China that embraces all area of fifty
thousand square miles. It is all
meadow land, and is filled with lakes,
ponds and canals.
A French journal states that among
the recent uses which have been dis
covered for acetylene gas is q motor
which has special advantages for use
an automobile vehicles.
The leaf of creeping moss found
in the West Indies, known as the ''life
plant" is absolutely indestructible by
any means except immersion in boil
ing water or the application Of red
hot iron.
The biggest rope ever used for haul
age purposes has just been made for a
district subway in Glasgow, Scotland,
it being seven miles long, four and
one-halfinches in diameter and weighs
nearly sixty tons.
Argentina's farmers, encouraged by
the improved prices for wheat, in
creased their acreage enough to have
40, 900, 900 or $4,000, 900 bushels of
wheat to sell this year, an increase of
rs to 100 per cent. over recent years.
It is said that half the gold fish
kept in glass vessels die because they
cannot endure the light. This can be
avoided by so screening part of the
vessel with plants or otherwise that
the fish can hide their heads in the
shadow.
Moscow, Prussia, has a hospital
large enough to hold seven thousand
persons. 1t was founded in 1854, and
at present takes in children at the rate
Of forty day, or about fifteen thou
sand a year. There are twenty-six
physicians and about nine hundred
nurses.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-06-18

She said 1t tearfully;
And l, all fearfully,
Replied, "Right here fully
VIII l explain:
love you dearly,
Yc: look not CHEEKY
When all says clearly
love in vain"
Then smiled she graciously,
Spoke out viyaciously;
SO audaciously
Did then decide.
And, drawing tow'rd her,
there implored her
/, who adorcd her
70 be my bride.
All, sweet simplicity,
Charming rusticity,
Without duplicity,
Whom love made know
In woOpd and wOOer,
No world Is truer,
And herries-fewer
Than kisses grow.
Madison Cawein, In Judge.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-06-18

My Lovo went berrying
Where brooks were merging,
And wild wings ferrying
neav'n's amethyst;
The wild flowers blessed her,
My dearest Hester,
The winds caressel her,
The sunbeams kissed.
/ followed, carrying
Her basket; varying
Fond hopes Of marrying
With hopes denied;
Both late and early
She deemed me surly,
SO bowed her curly
Fair head and sighed.
"The skies look lowery;
1t will be showery;
No longer ilowcry
The way | find.
No use in going!
Twill soon be showing
If you keep growing
Much more unkind."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-06-18
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The herald., 1898-12-16
A BOOM IN BURGLARY
Six Cases Reported in One Nght-The City Seems Infested
With Crooks

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Newell Brothers,
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that he would be arrested
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when the bill examined the discovered that
confederate dge
when she called. \
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The herald., 1898-12-16
CAPTAIN KEEPS HIS COUNSEL
The Torn Hearts Pleading Makes No Impression Upon the
Beet Sugar Magnate

Frank j. Captain, the bs and alleged
unfold But his family consider besides
Then
and yet that would be impudent counsel the
. advantage 0
me papers arrived yesterday E Captain still bed when the
0 / 0 Pasadena
And been John r.
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OF
plant Though based on the
However, r.
nforent herself complaint
o the South Pa>adena fascna net her.
Mr. asked
but single would publicity;
would the the feelings his family
the tte his
find her finish all Mr.
. Grated that was of backmo pure and unadnlee' but regret
o beet substituted bold
He lvihed
he had Wallace
her. had
costly
Mrs Wallace complaint
o hand had last he had
. she has
evidence OF the of his heart the shape of gushing
Q ties the handwriting this gallant ole dealer
The herald., 1898-12-16
UNFAIR TO The FAIR
METHoDIsTS WOULDN'T, PRES
BYTERIANs WOULD
Church Fair Controversy at Pasadena.
Crown of the Valley News
Happenings

PASADENA, Dec. IA controversy
has occurred in the North Pasadena Meth
odist church, caused by the pastor, Rev
Clarence True Wilson, opposing the la
dies of the church for proposing to hold a
fair and social in the church. The ladies
held one last year. and it tool, all right This
year they had planned to follow the plan
and profit by the experience of last year.
They have been enthusiastically at work
sewing and embroidering. moulding and
making all sorts OF things which might
make up a profitable little bazaar, and thus
replenish the treasury of the Ladies Aid
society. The fair was to have occurred to-
day. and to have been followed by an enter
tainment this evening. All had gone on
smoothly, the pastor had announced it from
| his pulpit, until last Sunday, when he
| objected strongly to church fairs. The la
dies were squelched, and the fair was not
held They now ask to have some other
means Of disposing of their various articles,
and wonder why he did not find out that
church fairs were unspiritual before they
had wasted so much time and labor in prepa
ration.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
opened their annual bazaar at the Audi
torium this morning at 10 o o'clock. They
will give an excellent musical and literary
played much skill and artistic ability in the
arrangement OF the booths and decorations.
NOTES
The funeral of Lizzie c. Batchelder will
take place at Adams and Turner's under
taking parlors on Saturday at l p. m, con
Quoted by Rev. Stats, and further service
will be held by the order of Eastern Star at
Mountain View cemetery.
The following program was rendered at
the Auditorium bazaar tonight: Throop
Guitar and Mandolin club; the Peak Sis.
ters." from Alaska; Ketiah 'the leader"
Mis-, York; Dorothy, pressing style" Mrs.
Crawford Betsey, deaf and dumb Miss
Gordan; Polly, very operatic,' Miss Scud-
Duncan; Bertha, ''highly cultured Miss
Ogden: Lydia. "highly cultured Miss
Huff; Sophia, ''incorrigible, Miss Monfort;
vocal, Miss Mott: Throop orchestra; song,
"Mignon, Mrs. Jones' vocal, Miss Brewer
Joseph J. Gill of Stubenville, Ohio, will
erect "A two-story residence on the west side
of Madison avenue. near Herkimer street.
Otis Bedell will take up winter quarters in
the Brockway block
The new golf links, for the exclusive use
of Hotel Green guests, on Wilson Park es-
tate, on San Pasquel avenue, are very pop
ular.
The Better Roads society will hold its
annual meeting at the board of trade rooms
on Friday evening. The election of officers
will take place, and definite action will be
taken in regard td the road legislation
The herald., 1898-12-16

dead body of Zinsgraf was found on the mat
tress by the side of the washtub, which wai
nearly half filled with blood and water
Coroner Campbell was notified and had the
body removed to t.e undertaking rooms Of
Bresee Brothers, where an inquest will be
held this morning.
Several letters were found in the rooms
addressed to Mrs. Zinsgraf. One Of then
reads
Dear Wife Emma told you last
Saturday it would be hard for us to
pay cur debts, but the prospect would
be that | could earn some money. l
have paid everything out. You said
right away you would go out to work,
and take place in q private family,
and you have stuck to your word.
Yesterday, the 18th, you went away.
f., If you had known what | thought
when you went away you would have
stayed. You know for the past four
teen years how ! have been sick, that
| have had so many pains in my back.
| have ten times thought | should sui
eide, but | was never strong enough to
commit the act, but | finally braced
up to do the deed to get out OF this
stay with me to the end. Dear wife,
l wish you were with me until | could
overcome the temptation, for you bet
ter than any one know my sufferings
during the last few years. Goodbye,
dear wife, I believe will be tomorrow
with the happy. You 90 to the Odd
Fellows and they will help you. | be-
long to William Tell Lodge No. l25,
Brooklyn, n. Y.
In the meantime Mrs. Zinsgraf, although
awakened with the premoniton of her hus-
bands death, had composed herself, think
ing it but the result of a nightmare, and
gone back to sleep. She was not TO remain
lona forgetiul Of that early morning fear,
for when the postman arrived he handed her
letter from her husband. This letter an.
rouNced Zinsgraf's death, and was as fol
lows:
LOS ANGELES, Dec. l4.-Beoved
Wife Emma-When you get this letter
my life will be ended. You only know
how | have suffered for the past four.
teen years. Your loving husband.
AUGUST ZINSGRAF
Naturally when Mrs Zinsgraf received
this intelligence she became greatly alarmed
and desired to go at once to her husband.
She did not leave the house until after the
mad completed her regular duties, and then
she made her way to the police station. She
inquired if her husband was there or any
thing had been reported of him. When she
was told of his death she was completely
overcome. She visitei the morgue and
later went to the rooms where her husband
mad taken his life and remained in them
asst night. The deceased was 46 years of
age and was native OF Solingen, Germany.
He and his wife had been married 10 years
and came to America in 1879. He was
in 1856 in New York. Mrs.
Zinsgraf says that her husband and she
lived happily together, but for his continual
and she is contideGt That misery
over his il-health and inability to make a
suitable living unbalanced his mind and
drove him to commit suicide. The couple
nave no children. They have resided in
Los Angeles since 1895 and came here from
San Francisco.
The herald., 1898-12-16
SLASnfO HIS Wrist
AND WAITED UNTIL HE SLOWLY
BLED TO DEATH
HE TRIED ASPHYXIATI0N, TOO
August Zinsgraf, Sick and Despond-
ent German, Commits Suicide
in Shocking Manner

Early yesterday morning Mrs. August Zins-
graf started from her sleep with premon-
ition that her husband, whom she had lett
in their home at 3l9 East Seventh street,
two days before, was dead. Something has
happened to him. she thought And the
woman was right, for at that moment her
husband lay slowly dying. He had severed
the arteries in his left wrist and turned on
the gas in his rooms, and was calmly waiting
until life should leave him. Made miserable
by years of sickness, and despondent over
inability to provide for himself and wife,
Zinsgraf spent an hour trying to take his
own life.
Zinsgraf and his wife took rooms at 3l9
East Seventh street last July. Zinsgraf was
razor grinder by trade, and he started little
shop at 1913 East Second street. The man
had been a sufferer for fourteen years from
The herald., 1898-12-16

which comes up at Sacramento this winter
L: Lewis of Los Angeles. J. ID. Jackson
Of Philadelphia, d. j. Harris and wife OF
Chicago, +. l.. Calvin and wife of San Fran
cisco, and Mrs. J. b. Hurbut of Pasadena
are registered at Hotel Green
Lincoln Avenue Epworth league will have
social Friday evening, Dec. IT,
Members of the Pasadena Gun club are
enjoying themselves with the ducks al
their preserves at Bixby
Mrs. +. y. Ware of this city is very i'll OF
pneumonia at Garden Grove.
Yesterday the Shakespeare club again pre-
sented the Tournament association with So.
The additional members of the association
are: w. L. Nore, Walter Simons, w. G..
Talcott and Jugde Waldo NJ. York.
The tournament badges for the officers
terday.
The Red Cross society will discontinue its
meetings until the first Friday in January
A: +. Borden of Redondo, K. A. Rowen
OF Los Angeles. j. III. Hewitt of England
are at the Carlton.
The herald., 1898-12-16
NO LONGER AMATEURS
The Athletic Club Revises Its Bylaws.
Chambers-Dempsey Bout

\ meeting of the directors preceded the
show for members only" which was given
by the Athletic club last evening, at which
it was decided to strike out the word anna
tour i'll the bylaws This puts the club
outside the pale OF amateur athletics and
was resolved on after some dehberation
in which it was brought out that the change
was one which should have taken place some
time ago, as the rigid law of amateurism has
not been followed OF late by the club.
A further change was also made in max
ing membership transferable, which has not
hitherto been the case. 1t is now possible
for member, if retiring, to name a sue
cessor, who, if agreeable to the club, be-
comes member.
Guests OF the club first enjoyed music
in the parlors, after which all adjourned to
the gymnasium, where they were enter
taned by Zeda, the contortionist, followed
by August Zollmer and Herman Glass on the
flying rings
The event of the evening" was a ten
round boxing contest between Kid Cham.
bers and young Dempsey, refereed by Ed
Chapman, in which it was specified that in
case both men were on their feet at the en-
piraton of the tenth round the contest was
to be declared a draw. In the first Nound
Chambers forced the fighting, but was met
by stiff left jolts by Dempsey, who did not
use his right when opportunity presented.
In the third round Chambers scored a knock
down, but Dempsey was on his feet at the
expiration of a second. Both men slowed
up in the fourth and fifth rounds, Chambers
playing for right cross and being met with
straight lefts on the jaw, with an occasional
variation of a left on the body In the
eighth Dempsey loosened up his right, but
Chambers foot work kept him out of harm
Both men went at it hammer and tongs n
the tenth, honors being even, neither being
able to land Knockout
The herald., 1898-12-16
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