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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05
NO ONIONS in HER SCHOOL.



an Ancient Right.
That wholesome article of food, the
onion, has had a ban set upon it by
a Topeka, Kas., school teacher. Miss
Elmora Mccoy, a teacher of the Clay
street school, has made it a rule of
her room that no pupil bearing the
odor of onions shall be received. She
is receiving the support of the prln-
cipal and other teachers in the school
in her action. All teachers know By
experience how unpleasant it is for
them and the class to be confined in
a room with children whose breath is
strongly pervaded with the smell OF
onions, garlic and other such dishes
Prof. o. p. NJ. McClintock, principal
of the school, fully upholds Miss Nc
Coy, and says a law ought to he pass
ed in every state permitting teachers
to send home pupils who are in any
way Objectionable. 81 think the point
Is covered in the rule of the board OF
education which gives teacher the
right to send home from school any
child who for any reason is objection
able to other children. For instance,
If child came TO school with a large
supply of assafetida, l imagine that he
or she would be sent home, When
was principal Of Jackson school last
year / remember sending certain
colored girl home regularly because
she came to school in such condition
that her presence w.s Objectionable to
the other children. While l confess
chat | rather like onions myself and
recognize them as wholesome articles
of food, yet | always have sufficient
consideration for others to eat them
only when | intend to go directly to
bed, without seeing anyone" Last
week Miss Mccoy emphasized her or
der by sending home two boys for car
rying onions in their pockets and an
other for having partaken of them.
81 detest onions" said she, "but my
attention was first called to the boys
in question by other pupils Children
who were sitting near the two boys
who had Onions in their pockets, COM
planned of the odor, and l did not
think it wcs right that they should
stay in the room and annoy other
children. l rather suspected the boy
who had eaten them of carrying
onions around with him because the
odor was strong, but he told me that
he had not handled onions and had
simply eaten them at dinner. He is a
boy l am inclined to believe, but the
odor of onions was so strong that
decided he should be sent home for
fumlgation' In the future, unless
Prof. McClintock objects, all children
who come to school with the odor OF
onions so strong MS to be offensive
intend to send home as sent the three
boys in question"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

What is said to be the largest saw
mill in the world is operated by cleo
tricity at Port Blakely Wash. The
whole plant is lighted by electricity,
and at present the mill is running
night and day, with three shifts of
men for the twenty-four hours. Elec-
tricity is also used for motive power
in the planning and finishing depart
ments and in the blacksmith and pat
tern shops. Their lathes. planes, mold
ings and pattern workings are SO COM
plete that they are enabled to supply
any portion of disabled machinery at
short notice, and last year furnished
fifty tons of castings for their own re-
pairs. The company also owns and
runs a grist mill for a supply of the
logging camps, hotel for visitors, a
hall for public meetings and church
purposes and a town of some two hun-
dred houses.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

Providence, r. l., Jan. 2.-After de-
laying their decision to the last, in the
hope that in the meantime conditions
might change so as to render the step
unnecessary, the agents of the lead
ing cotton manufacturing organiza-
tions in the state decided yesterday to
reduce wages. The cut-down will aver
age about II per cent. 1t will take
effect Jan. II, and notice to that effect
will be posted Monday in the mills of
B. b. & r. Knight, the Londale COM
pany, the Manville, Social and other
companies controlled by the Lipptts
and the smaller concerns throughout
the state.
Mr.. j. p. Danielson of the Quinne-
bag company, Lockwood Manufactur-
ing company and other corporations
with mills in eastern Connecticut, said
the reduction would take effect at his
mills on Jan. II, although the amount
of the reduction had not yet been de-
cided on The other eastern Con-
necticut corporations will take similar
action, and mills operating about q
100000 spindles in this state and Mas
sachusetts, and the earnings of be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 operatives will
be affected by this decision of the
Providence agents. Many firms OPP
pose the reductions, and favor running
shorter hours, but they say they can
not afford to keep up the cost of pro-
duction and then curtail the output
when the other mills are turning out
the regular quantity at 10 per cent
less cost. The exact amount of the
reduction is not fixed yet, but will be
on the same line as in other cities.
Col. r. II. Goddard, in discussing
the cut-down, said;
81 should have preferred to keep the
wages what they are and run shorter
hours, say four months, but as the rest
decided to run full time we shall be
obliged to do the same. No doubt the
first action, taken in Fall River, was
largely due to southern competition.
The low wages and standard of living,
with the longer hours, there make it
very hard for us to compete WIN theh'
don't think that the cotton manu-
features will have to remove to the
south, but all things will have to
euualize themselves"
Mr.. Robert Knight said;
1--WE have got to do it to put our
selves on level with other manufac-
turers. We are opposed to it, and
don't believe it is going to better con-
ditions very much. 1t will only bring
us 10 per cent nearer the southern
manufacturer This is the key to the
whole situation. and where to-day the
southern mills are sold up, and can go
on making and selling at profit, we
are carrying stocks, and when we sell
we can not get back new dollar for
an old one. The legislatures have
done much harm in the north by inter-
fering, and they have attempted more
than they had any business to, and a
change will have to be made in the
present laws, or laws will have to be
made in the south to regulate the
working hours there.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

Washington, Jan. at is asserted
at the navy department that the de-
cision of the patent Office, recently sub
mitted in the matter of the patents for
the Harveyized armor plate, may re-
suit in the Withholding of the payment
of further royalties on plate furnished
by the large steel companies, The ques-
ton submitted by Secretary Long to
the patent office was whether the en-
ployment Of temperature above that
of molten cast-iron is an essential feat
ure of the Harvey patents, and the eX-
perts reached the conclusion that such
heat was an essential feature of the
device. The navy department armor
plate experts are of the opinion that
the highest temperature is not essen
tial to the obtaining of the most sat
isfactory face-hardened plates The
use of the temperature not quite so
high as that used by the Harvey
process is not regarded by them as an
infringement of the Harvey patents.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05
MEXICO NEWS.


Americans Seize an island and Raise an
American Flag.
Mexico City, Jan 2.-Oficial intelli-
gence received from Mazatlan SHOW
that when the Mexican gunboat El
Democratic arrived at Clipperton
island, which is thirty miles west OF
Acapulco, it was found that party OF
Americans had raised the American
flag and had coolly appropriated all
the guano beds, which they We're oper-
ating. They had built houses and per-
manently established themselves.
Ell Democratic had very stormy
passage, and found the island of very
difficult access, and a boatload of Mex
lean marines was upset going through
the surf. the men losing their rifles and
swords. They saved themselves by
swimming, and Mexican flag was
carried ashore by Julian Santos, the
stoker of the gunboat, who ran the
risk of being devoured by sharks thar
abound in these waters.
Capt. Genesta ordered the American
flag hauled down and the Mexican Tag
was raised, there being little protest
on the part Of the Americans repre-
senting the guano exploring company.
This formality. having been accom-
pllshed, the gunboat returned to Ma
zatlan. There are about 10000 tons
of guano on the island, valued at $780,
ono gold concentrations showing
the action of the guano company to be
one Of mere usurpation will be made.
Clipperton island is undoubtedly
Mexican territory, although not settled
by Mexicans. There has been no ex-
citement over the matter.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05
monetary Commission.

New York, Jan. "A complimentary
dinner was given Thursday night by
the Metropolitan club by ]. Foster
Peabody of this city to the members
az the Indiana monetary commission.
This commission was appointed by the
convention of business men at Indian
apolis to investigate the financial sys-
TEN of the country and to prepare a
scheme of reform to be submitted to
congress-.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

1t would seem that one of the chief
cares of schools and colleges would be
that students should learn to speak
correctly. The mental drill that ac-
companies the study of language is in
valuable. OF course, 1t is easy to say
that there are many things in life more
important than correct speaking. This
is true, but as a nation we are old
enough to have acquired not merely
the essentials, but some of the graoes
as well. In other words, 1t is time we
were adding to our common schooling
evidences of culture. And one of the
most indisputable of these is correct
speech. 5w
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

An old Atlanta darkey gave his en-
pfoyer the other day some reminis-
cences Of the war.
And you say said his employer,
chat you followed your master
through the entire war"
Dat I did, suhl" was the proud re-
ply.
HE was great soldier, was he?"
"Well, sub" replied the old man. Il
couldn't tell much erbout dat. He wuz
runnin' so fas' all de time 1t wuz hard
ter keep up wild him. All does know
is-he wuz purity swif'w-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

Street lamps can be mounted on
new telescope post to make them easy
to reach for trimming and filling. a
set screw engaging the central shaft
to hold it in position with pulleys and
weights set in the post to counterbal.
ance the lamp.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.

gerry at houston recently.
Miss Maud Ellington's clothes caught
fire while dressing by red-hot stove
some days ago at her home in Rogers,
Bell county, and was seriously burned.
She is some better now
AT noon a few days ago, while play
fng at the school in Farmers Branch,
Dallas county, Frank Good fell out Of
the school room door and broke his
left leg just above the knee.
Edgar Greathouse, while employed
ehopping down trees fer the right of
way of the Postal Telegraph company
near Texarkana, was struck by fall
ing limb the other day, which broke
two ribs near the backbone.
The examining trial of viii Duck,
charged With killing Tom Chilean
few nights ago, was held at Hemp
stead, Walker county, the other day.
Defendant Was granted tbail in the
sum Of $4,000, which he gave.
Mr. George H. Turner, general
freight agent of the International and
Great Northern, was in Galveston re-
Gently. He announced that hereafter
his line would pay wharfage on ship
ments of cotton seed oil as well as on
cake and meal, The why and where
fores of the change he declined to dis
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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption.-Mrs Lu-
~ Wallace, Marquette, Kans., Dec. IL, '95.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

Scrofula and
All other blood
Diseases are promptly
And Permanently Cured
By Hoods Sarsaparilla.
If you suffer from
Any form of Blood
Disorder, you should
Take Hoods and
Only Hoods.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

Star Tobacco is the leading brand of
tho world, because it is tho, best.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05
Girls Approaching Puberty

MMHHNRa MORPHINE and wHIsKEY \
WThWM HOpSais, i.ss. SsH SIss s's chic
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

Tom-"Care will kill cat
Dick-"Nct while it can get men to
work on"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-01-05

for It, and is as staple as Sugar, Flour and
Bacon. | consider 1t much Superior to
"Zeilin's Medicine" which don't use at
any price.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20

it has been possible to ascertain
that many of the planets have an
atmosphere similar to that of the
earth. By it also it has been pos
sible to measure the velocity of
the forces which are manifestly
moving on the surface of that
mighty orb, the sun, and when it
is said that some of the storms on
the sun obtain velocity of 100
miles per second, we may guess at
the tremendousness of upheavals
which are in fact daily taking
place in our sight.
In closing these few and in
complete remarks the names of
the men who have made signal
discoveries in this branch of
science should be mentioned.
Sir Isaac Newton laid the ground
for it by his famous analysis of
light, centuries ago. But the real
fathers of the science are Profs.
Kirchhoff and Bunsen while the
names of Fraunhofer, Higgins and
Lockyer are luminaries of the first
magnitude.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20

LAST week things happened IN
Illinois, and are yet happening,
which are apt to set men to
thinking whether government
under which such things can hap
pen is really government by the
people and for the people.
A dispute between mine owners
and miners as to wages has arisen.
The matter is submitted to arbitra-
ton, which results in favor of the
workingmen. The employers re-
fuse to abide by the decision,
and attempt to operate their mines
with negroes imported from those
States in the South where the con-
victs, largely negroes, are leased
to mine-owners. The strikers re-
sist this importation and a riot fol-
loves, in which a dozen men are
killed and twice as many wounded,
mainly strikers.
The Governor of Illinois, who
up to that time had refused to en-
ploy troops, now sends the mill
tary, with instructions which, no
matter what the provocation or the
necessity, are still contrary to law.
In fact, the governor of Illinois
stands today responsible for revo-
lutionary and anarchistic proceed
ings. Personally honor and ad-
mire him for the stand he has
taken, but that does not change
the facts. The mine-owners have
the right, according to law. to run
their mines with whatever men
they please, and at whatever wages
they may be able to find men will
ing to work. Nor is there any law
which prevents workingman in
one State from moving into and
accepting employment in another.
And such liberty of movement is
specifically guaranteed by the laws
of the United States.
While the action of Governor
Tanner in using the military to
prevent the Chicago Virden Coal
Company from employing import
ed negro miners was no doubt in
spired by desire to subserve the
best interests of the workingmen
and the State, still it is to be re-
GREETED, because no permanent
good can come to the cause of the
oppressed by the violation of the
law. And on the other hand, if
the governor had allowed things to
take their course and the miners
had been assassinated in large num-
bers and finally driven from their
homes, as they we're at Hazelton,
Pa, it would have made a few
hundred thousand converts to those
principles which will eventually
prove the salvation of the masses,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20

Senator Quay will defend himself
on the stump" is scare head in one of
our exchanges. Darned sorry / didn't
think of that plan myself.
~
"What is your trader" asked the
Deputy Warden"
"Iron worker"
"What lineP"
"Safes."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20

The latest proposition of the
gentlemen who have not yet been
found out, but who are disinteres-
teddy devoting their time to the
problem Of the suppression OF
crime and ex-convicts is that a
convict should be compelled to
wear his prison uniform after being
released, in order that the rest Of
society would have ample warning
against their nefarious character.
This plan is very good, as far as
it goes, but it does not go far
enough. In the first place it does
not provide distinguishing mark
for the different classes of criminals,
and so the wary citizen would not
know whether he would be more
liable to be personally assaulted or
whether an attempt at bribery was
in sight. This phase of the idea
would open an interesting field for
the exercise of the ingenuity of
this class Of reformers in devising
the necessary Distinguishing marks
which would denote the various
branches of crime and it's endless
modification. It would be inter-
esting to know what badge they
would design for the man who,
while being victimized by friend,
is still preferring to serve term
in prison rather than to see that
friend turned over to the tender
mercies of Minnesota court.
Perhaps by procuring copy of
Cooley on Blackstone the gentle
men might find interesting and
helpful suggestions in the penalties
which were formerly inflicted on
malefactors in England. The cut
ting off of one or both ears and
the Sitting of the nostrils are
favorably mentioned in the list.
The branding ofthe culprit with
red-hot iron was often resorted to.
Even the cutting off of a hand or
two OF the putting out of eyes
would be helpful as distinguishing
marks Of ex-convicts.
have no hard feelings against
that kind of reformers. Most of
them probably go to church twice
on Sunday and pray: "And forgive
us our trespasses, etc." and the
females hold sewing circles where
red shirts are made for the heather
and the scarlet letter is privately
affixed to the character of the
unsuspecting and on-churchgoing
sister. They are the salt of the
earth, in their minds. They have
always existed on earth and prob
ably always will, although history
makes no record of the time when
that strain of cur-blood got mixed
with the human race. It is there
and it sticks like the faint of lunacy
or scrofula. Sterilization is the
only cure for them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20

when the corporations and a hand
full of trust-manipulating capital
lists shall have foreclosed their
mortgage on the remaining frac-
ton of the nations wealth. And
such expenditure for such CONVEX
sion, while it would have been a
hardship to few individuals would
eventually have been cheap at the
price.
Just SO long as the various state
governments, courts and legisla-
lures are controlled by corporate
interests, SO long will the masses
allow themselves to be led by the
daily press, which, as everyone
knows is largely controlled by the
same interests, and SO long will
they look in vain for the election
Of non-purchasable men.
It may be considered by some
that such sentiments are ultra-rad-
ical. But in reality they are senti-
ments which merely look forward
to the checking of the accumula-
ton of wealth in corporate hands
and tend to elevate the people and
disseminate prosperity.
To come back to Illinois, while
I have in general little sympathy
with lawlessness, I cannot but re-
gret that those miners are such
miserable marksmen. They GER
tainly ought to practice up.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-20
THE MIRROR is a weekly paper published

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