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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15
PYTHIAN RESOLUTIONS.
Osceoln Lodge No AZ, Knights OF
PrthiaS:

Osceola Lodge No. AZ, Knights of
Pythias:
Whereas, The hand of death has fallen
again upon our order, and the Divine
Chancellor has called upon our brother,
VIM. II. Rutledge, "to lay down the cross
and take up the CROWN and in response
to the summons he has laid down the
burdens OF life;
And approaching the many virtues of
our departed friend and brother, we de-
sire to place upon record some token of
our remcm 5rance.
Be iU resolved by Osceola Lodge No.
Al, knights of Pythias of Roanoke, Va,
in convention assembled. That in the
death of Brother Rutledge, which oc-
CURED at Harrisburg. Pa. on the 5th day
of January, a. ID. 1898, this lodge has lost
one of its III ost faithful and earnest mem
hers, his family II fond and indulgent
father, and this city god citizen
Brother Rutledge was loyal to every trust
and we shall miss him.
Resolved further, That these resolu-
tons he spread upon our records. copy
sent TO his family and furnished TO the
daily press for publication.
And that the usua. badge of mourning
he worn by our members for thirty DAYS.
(Signed 5. w. STONE,
H. VI. DARNALI.,
j. A. FISHBURN.
Committee.
Adopted January l3 1898
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15

LOST.-ln the postoffice Sunday after
noon about O'Clock, a small silk UNI
brella. Finder Will please return to The
Times Office and receive reward.
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TO LEAVE FRBRUARY /.

My stock must be sold by February |.
Auctions every evening at Z o'clock.
Goods at your own prices. 4 lot of
moulding for sale. Large variety or use.
full things to lie sold.
X. HOhDISgI
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15
Ice cream, all tlavors. Leave your or
ders at j. i. CATOGNI'S.

MISS \. ]. RICHARDSON, a grad.
uate in the Royal Taylor System of Dress
Making, from one of New York S hest in
situations. will serve her patrons either
at her rooms or at their homes. Perfect
fit and satisfaction gus ranteed. Call or
write $50 Fifth avenue II. w, Roanoke,
Va.
THE FREE LANCE or Armstronc's
Autouomist Out Brann's Brann. Get Il
copy ut Jack S News Depot, 10 cents.
Malaga grapes-large buncLes and
clusters at j. j. CATOCNI'S.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15
Taking Cod-Liver Oil?

Then you should take Fosters Emul-
sion with the Hypophosphites, containing
fifty per cent. pure COD Liver Oil. Reg
ular dollar size bottles selling for so cents
at Massies Pharmacy.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15
No CURE. NO PAY.

Skillmau's Corn, Wart and Bnnon
Cure. For sale at VanLear Bros and
NJ ssie's Pharmacy. Price ID cents.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15

VAN LEAR BROS so cent
KNIVES are good values. You should
see them.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15
TURNER GETS SIX.

VAN IEAR'S COLD CAPSLES cure
bad colds That's what tffey are made
for. Price, % cents.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15

The finest Norfolk oysters served in
the dining room. or sent to Your home by
the quart CIR gallon J. j. CATOGNI
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15
SECOND,
TO MARK DOWN

I'lces without regard to cost
here the quantities in stock
q SO large as to warrant that
ley cannot be sold without a
Scrifice.
be Marking Down of This Stock
Is been a prodigious under
king, and while it is not en-
Eely accomplished, enough
is been done to save the pub
a great percentage on any
Z ng they may have to buy.
aithin the next few days
& erything will have been
Tough the process, and from
{. W until February
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15

FREE OF CHARGE TO SUFFERERS
Cut this out and take it to your drug
gist and get d sample bottle free of Dr.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds. They do not ask you
to buy before trying. This will show
you the great merits of this truly won.
dertul remedy, and show you what can
he accomplished by the regular size
bottle This is no eSperipuux ~
would he disastrous To the
did they not know il would
cure. Many of the best phi '>i@'
now using 1t in their practic iOuT iNTERE>
results, and are relying ontcd Five Wears.
severe cases. 1t is guarar
bottles free at Mnssie's Phar.fNe IL
uler sizes so cents ana 81. AS1A1G ~
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15

Adopted January 10, 1898.
j. c. PAGE. C. C.
G. VAUGHAN, X. of Il and S.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-15
MEMS OVERCOATS

Made up in Blue and Black Kersey
Melton, and heavy Cheviots, lined with
imported serge, silk sleeve lining. Well
worth 50 more than we ask for them.
Two specials at $40 and $3.50.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01

AT Cleveland, Ohio, there has
recently been enacted a legal
drama of considerable significance
and with sensational climax.
1t was trial for the disbarment
of a noted member of the Cuya-
hoga county bar and for the i'm
parchment of one of the district
judges.
In the closing address one of
the accusers, Judge Blandin, one
of the most respected members
of the legal profession of Cleve-
land. made absolute and detailed
charges of the most damnable
rottenness on the part of the entire
bench of Cuyahoga county. He
deliberately asserted that the
property, liberty and life of the
citizens were endangered by the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01

that it would be an extremely
clever thing to get me to print in
this paper verses of some great
poet, over their name or nom de
plume. Now, to these sweet and
gentle poets [ want to say, in the
language of SHAKESPEARE: "I'm on
to you, bigger'n a house." In
other words, being constitutional
thieves, and not being able to steal
anything else they would steal the
writings of someone else. It
would, of course not materially
hurt the reputation Of Milton, or
Byron either, for that matter, to
have some Of their poetry stolen
by one of us convicts, but it would
be very likely to cast discredit on
those contributions to the paper
which are original, and Il am not
afraid to claim-not without merit.
The papers of the state of Min
nesota are doing us great honor in
quoting this paper frequently. On
this fact [ base the guess that it
must have some merit. It is, in
fact, one of the most quoted pa
pers in the State today. [ don't
want other papers to be able to
cast aspersions on the literary
honor Of The MIRROR, although I
must confess that if every plagi-
arized contribution which has
reached me had been printed in
these columns, THE MIRROR would
still be more sinned against than
SHINING.
But | want it understood once
for all that when anyone is caught
trying to work stolen matter into
THE MIRROR then the stuff is off
for ever. There will be no more
friendly relations or calls from the
editor or any other courtesies,
such as it has been made possible
for the editor to extend.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01

occupation of the judges seats by
corrupt and criminal men, and
that their corruption permeated
the entire legal body of the
country.
Several ex-judges, who we're
present cheered these utterances.
From the fact that Judge Blandin
mentioned the names of several
Of the judges and specified the
instances of corrupt practices to
which he referred, there would
seem to be nothing for these
judges to do but to make him
prOve it,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01


ligion which believes that the hu-
man soul, when it's body dies. is
again brought out in the body of
some animal-perhaps a monkey
or snake. The people who have
this belief will never voluntarily
kill an animal.
Now from this religious belief it
would not be far step to suppose
that some Of the qualities of the
man would appear in the animal,
or vice versa.
I was strongly reminded Of this
once by a dog whom l knew. He
was a pretty respectable dog, too,
with an air of evident responsible
ity and responsibility. He would
walk around the farm yard with
his tail up, and the ducks and
hens and cats respected his au-
thority. He was a smart dog,
and would go out alone and bring
home the COWS in the evening,
after which he would complacently
wait around for the liberal supply
of milk which would invariably
be poured into his pan.
But that milk-pan proved his I'M
doing.
There were also around the farm
three or four cats who acted as
sort of residuary legatees in regard
to that milk-pan. They would
patiently sit around licking their
chops with an interested air while
the dog filled up on milk.
When he had drank his fill he
would walk off a few feet and lie
down, upon which the cats would
sidle up to the milk for their
share.
But you see that dog had the
soul of banker, and he could not
quietly lie by with his belly full
and see the cats drink that milk.
so he would give growl and
again attack the milk. while the
poor cats with Cassius-like look
would retire to safe distance.
That sort of thing would continue
until the dog was unable to drink
any more. It was a little play
which was enacted daily and it
kept up until the dog grew so fat
that he could hardly walk. Then
one fatal day he had a stroke of
something, or busted something
or other and died, after which the
cats got square meal.
How like the action of that dog
are those of a certain class of
people. They clearly see that
there lisa great plenty for every
body, still, after getting all they
themselves need, they lie awake
nights figuring how to- prevent the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01

Edward Everett Hale has story
of young man whose family, poor
but ambitious, wanted him to be-
come minister or lawyer. But he
had liking and talent for the
plumbing business. In reply to
the urgings of his family to go to
college he calmly replied that a
good plumber was more needed in
his native town than the average
professional man. In the end he
proved that he was right, for he
made success of his chosen pro-
fession. Many a man is not so
wise, but passes in contempt by a
place which he might acceptably
fill, in an attempt to climb to some
position ostensibly higher in the
social scale, but where he will re-
main a nonentity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01

cats from getting sip from the
common milk supply.
It is hardly likely that the un-
timely death of that dog will prove
a lesson to anyone except myself,
but I have often wondered what
the outcome would have been if
those cats had all got their backs
up and made a combined stand
for the equal and unabridged
franchise on the milk-pan.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01
N 0 TIC E.

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of
THE MIRROR who are not ON our
regular lists Will please consider
such as sample copies. If. after
reading, you conclude that THE
MIRROR is worthy of patronage
send your name to this Office for a
trial subscription at rates as pub
lfshed above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is 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 a 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-redemptiOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support If at any time there should
accrue a surplus of funds. the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01
HITS AND STRIKES.

Don't imagine that any of the staff
of this paperlies awake nights because
the subscriptions don't cofnsspin. We
do all our lying, awake, in the daytime.
*
From the way the peace commission
went through Spain, it is thought here
they would make pretty fair train
robbers.
Let the white winged dove etc. flap
her flippers. The commitment papers
of Spain have been made out and
signed.
Xxx
No one can get clear view of his
own face withOuta MIRROR. Now is
the time to subscribe.
The laborer is worthy of his hire, and
a good many are worthy of higher
hire.
The genial editor of the Riverside
now carries around ali illustration of
the power of the press. He got fin
ger squeezed while feeding.
Xxx
A Minneapolis lawyer has been con-
verted. Minneapolis is always trying
some new freak in order to boom real
estate.
*
The widow Colgate of New York, is
going to marry an English lord, SO years
old. There is another case of ten mil
lions good American dollars made in
soap) gone Anglo-Saxon. The bridal
cham Der will be steamheated.
Xxx
The war investigating commission
should include the late alleged prize
fight in their deliberations.
Xxx
The most vexing problem which
taxes the temperance press at present
is how to make fruit-cake without
brandy or wine.
Cold facts-feet.
**x
The passenger agent of the n. p. Ry
advertises that you will be drunk, with
enthusiasm, if you take his line. He
evidently is not looking for-W. c. L. Q.
trade.
"The Philippines are ours, and 1t
adds millions upon millions to the
wealth of the United States" says the
Saltwater Gazette. Do hear any bids
for my share of that?
There is now nothing to further in
terfere with the holding Of peace ja0-
lees, unless the hostilities should
again break out in Parma.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01

[ HAVE received from Mr.. Aaron
w. Kellogg, editor of the Pioneer,
of Pontiac, ILL.,, copy of a speech
delivered by Gov. Tanner of Hi
nois during the recent political
campaign. in defence Of his action
in the Pana and Virden strike.
The speech is a manly and consise
statement of the stand taken by
the Governor. and after reading it,
no fair-minded man will contend
that the executive of Illinois could
conscientiously do otherwise than
to prevent the importation Of the
negroes into Illinois in the manner
in which it was attempted to be
done.
One Of the strongest points
made by the Governor is that the
men attempted to be imported
were in fact in durance. They
were being conveyed in locked
cars in charge of armed guards
who were not citizens of the State.
He contends that a perfectly law
full purpose may become unlawful
through the manner of it's execu-
ton. It is hard to deny that the
manner in which this importation
of workmen was attempted was
such as to lay it open to grave OBJ
lection.
The executive of State is in
many cases responsible for the
safety of life and property within
it. Hence the incursion into his
territory of all armed body of men
together with a number of persons
who would unhesitatingly have
been "ordered out of town" by any
magistrate, could not be aught
but a grave subject for apprehen-
sion,
Section 10 paragraph 3 of the U.
S. constitution expressly grants a
State the right to defend itself
against an armed invasion, especi-
ally when in imminent danger that
will not admit of delay. Few per-
sons will deny that the forcible
entry into a State of such a body
of armed men, bent on setting at
defiance the civil authorities. is
an act which the chief executive
is in duty bound to prevent.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01

THE number of publications in
this country which are issued
solely for the purpose Of advocat-
ing and calculating newly-dis-
covered theories in regard to COM
pick and wonderful principles of
the psychical, the occult and the
immaterial, are daily increasing at
most alarming rate. Alarming
because it is evident that there
must be demand for that sort Of
thing, or it could not flourish, and
alarming also because the large
majority Of these publications
have evidently no foundation on
which to build, but are merely
cropping around in the dark, and
the publication of their oft-times
fatuous and blind mans buff like
rambles can be of no value except
to awaken in the mysticism-loving
minds of servant girls and others a
desire to delve in the unknown
and mystic in an effort to raise the
curtain of the future.
Most of these publications adj
vocate a theory of some kind-per-
haps very good and true one,
too. But it is generally only
glimpse of grand truths which has
come to the publishers, and caused
them to rush into the publication
of a periodical in order to acquaint
the world with the astounding fact
that a blind hen can also find
corn.
If you read these papers you
will be astonished to find the ma
jority engaged in bitter and
wordy warfare against other the
cries than their own, generally
contending, with sympathetic con-
descension that the other fellows
are on the wrong scent.
The Theosophists are split into
contending factions, both deriding
each others and denouncing the
Spiritualists, while the latter con-
tinue to invite Tom, Dick and
Harry to bring their evil following
to public seances, at so much per.
Incidentally calling each other
frauds. And then there is mental
science and Christian science,
palmists and astrologers, and 9TH
ers.
Should you in a commendable
search for truth pick up any of
these publications, you will find
whatever grains Of truth they may
contain hidden in a mass of OBJ
scure and unfathomable verbiage,
which is sure to leave you in de-
spair. The ambitious writer is
merely engaged in "space filing
all the time bearing in mind the
wellknown maxim that if you have
nothing to say, and use a sufici-
emily large number of long and OBJ
scure words and phrases to say it
in. you will probably succeed in
making the uninitiated believe
that your knowledge of the subject
in hand is SO stupendous that it is
beyond his comprehension.
If these people have any grand
truths on hand, 81 as they all claim
to have which would make the
world immensely better, then why
not proclaim them in plain and
terse language, instead of trying
to use them to extract the nimble
dollars from the credulous and Gu
rious
And right here allow me to say,
that most of the enmity between
these people seems to be caused
by the conflicting efforts on their
parts to painlessly extract dollars.
/. THERE are one or two members
Of this club who seem to think
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01

J. Adam Bede may justly lay claim
to having first discovered the aurifer-
GUS cow of Minnesota. 1t was only
after he turned from the silver heresy
and went prospecting for gold bearing
placers that he made the discovery.
~
Chicago's aldermen have had their
photographs taken. Maj. McClaughry
of Joliet has probably secured copies
for his collection.
Xxx
l see by the semi-annual report that
| am the only disgrace to my national
ity in this prison. Russians are a.
scarce article in American prisons.
A Chicago woman was reading one
of the dailies during the recent peace
jubilee in the Windy City, and came
upon the scare head Grand Fete," and
this is what she said: "Those news
papers make me tired continually get
ting off their chestnuts about our big
feet"
Xxx
"What IS the first duty of soldier p"
asked the young lady of the returned
soldier, with an inviting quicker.
He took the hint. There was a re-
port at headquarters.
Xxx
''Many hard case is admitted to the
bar and they are not lawyers either.
The editor of the PRISON MIRROR is a
shoe maker, while other trades and
professions are represented"
That is the way the Cottonwood
County Citizen sizes me up. l think L
could make many shoe to fit, but
need rope to make them.
The way the newspapers disregard
the law is something remarkable. The,
postmaster general has decided that
any newspaper containing a lottery or
gift-enterprise announcement is un-
l.
read find announcements of weddings
and twins and things.
**x
Senator Quay has been indicted, but
there is little likelihood of Quay ever
being in quay.
***
They have invented a new word in
st. Paul, and 1t will pay you to stay
away from there, fol-, if you don't, you
are sure to be yarnelled.
The Congress for the Suppression Of
Anarchists has met in Rome. The
chances are that a congress for the
suppression of the Congress for the
Suppression of Anarchists is also DELHI
Grating in that neighborhood.
x*x
There is one advantage which people
in prison have over those outside.
While time gets the best of everyone
else; by the prisoner it gets "done.'
x**
"Whc wrote Paradise Lost ?" asked
the Professor. And the Biblical stud
emit thuughtfulIy remarked that the
authorship of the book of Genesis is
not certainly known, although it is at
tributed to Moses.
Xxx
The fellow that wrote the ghost story
on the front page says we have no his
toric ruins in this country. | guess he
has overlooked John l.. Sullivan. And
if spirits are ghosts, l guess John l.
will usually be found haunted.
Xxx
In the late war all officer going the
rounds found a German soldier sitting
on a fence while on guard. He was
Immediately arrested and the next day
a court martial considered the case..
When the Dutchman presented the fol-
lowing defense:
"Aber, mein Colt, captain, vas on
beckett duty, und dat vence vas elm
beckett vence."
That is what you might call a pickett
defense.
m*m
A st. Paul paper heads an article;
"Four Varieties of Queens" know
all about them. had them once. The
other fellow had four varieties of aces.
You know the rest.
~"*
Mr.. Kellogg in the Pontiac Pioneer
accuses us of provincialism, and says
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-12-01

THERE are one or two members
of this club who seem to think
The Mena star., 1898-09-21
MUNICIPAL. OWNERSHIP.

The Arkansas Gazette, referring
to watcrworks systems for muni-
clpalltics, among other things
says:
Ii is the duty of those entrusted
with the management OF municipal at
fairs to protect the interests of the
taxpayers, When they give a fran.
ehlse TO u waterworks company they
do SO with the understanding that GER
tain conditions must be observed. A
failure TO do this abrogates the con
tract with the corporatoa.
These plants owned by private cor
porations. are operated solely for the
money there is IN it, Unless held to a
strict observance Of the obligations of
their contract the taxpayers and the
city itself become the sufferers. Tue
privilege of supplying ii city with wa
ter Is one of the most valuable at the
disposal of mnnicipality. Syndicates
are eager to secure them because they
are profitable. and when they obtain
them they should be comperied to live
up to their contracts To the letter. A
disregard of their written promises
means death to the citizen and des-
tructioa TO his property.
For the reasons so clearly
named no franchise should ever
be granted to private corporations
that does not at least carry with
it the privilege of the city buying
the the plant plant at sssssne specified date
A public function as important
rs that Of supplying water to the
people should be performed by
the people instead of by private
corporation solely for the money
there is in it."
The Mena star., 1898-09-21

Auten's New Arkansas" supporters
faded into insignifcance on the 5th
inst. Emigrate back TO Michiganl
The foregoing from the Clinton
Democrat does not appear to
breathe that spirit of welcome
and hospitality usually accorded
people who chance to come here
from other states. Neither does
it accord with the sentiment so
nicely expressed by that paper in
another column of the same issue
where it says:
Cast your lot among us, STRANGER,
and we will make you feel entirely
welcome and will guarantee you 100
acres Of good land ps cheap as can be
found any where 10 the world. Be-
sides il is in the glorious Southland,
the most desirable place on earth for
genuine patriotism and southern hos
pitaiity.
1t is quite possible that the
Democrats idea of southern hos
pitality' is to welcome those who
come provided they refrain from
running for Office or doing any
thing to disturb the dreams and
quiet Of the ancient Democratic
party which rules with all power,
if not always justly. in this state.
Mr.. Autcn ran for governor,
was defeated and he and his sup
porters are invited TO ''emigrate
back to Michigan" Arkansas
will never be great state until
people are welcome here regard
less of their party affiliations and
for the good of the state we hope
that the Democrat spoke in a
spirit Of levity when it suggested
that anyone should ''emigrate
back"