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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-08-10

And when all the earth with water DER flowed,
This wine in the ark secretely was slowed.
Ancient Greece proclaimed 1t god, with harp
and lutte,
While in Rome twas decreed prostitute
For this was the wine Cleopatra gave.
Mark Antony, that made him her slave,
With it did SalOme her guests reveIl,
That they might HerOd, of Mariamnia false
secrets tell.
Do not dispise therefore this my potion,
For thou'lt have for pleasure greater devotion,
And come with me into pleasures circus,
And I'll give thee sport, ay and surplus.
Hey, dOst like the wine? Est not truth
| 1t gives to thee an amOrOuS youth?
| And is't not beautiOus sight thow do'st behold
OF this living wine, bedecked in gold?
What art thou drunken from the sight,
And say'st thOu'lt abide with sport tonight?
Well, I'll not deny the pleasures vain,
To abide with sport, called sin and shame,
For this the wine of Ancients old,
Thou dO'st with drunken eyes behold,
| And deemest life to be lottery
To abide with this vain harlotry.
So I'll away, thOu'lt stay behind,
While another victim find,
CONSCIENCE:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
VICTIM:
Be-gone thou knOcker of distress.
| Thou keepest me from slumbers caress,
| CONSCIENCE:
| KnOck-knOck-knOc
VICTIM:
Who iS't that keeps me thus awake,
And would from me a last pleasure take.
| CONSCIENCE:
'Tis I, the maker of thy frame,
Thou dost so wantonly profane.
Come to purge my temple from all sin,
But thou WILT not let me enter in.
Come. ere yet it was too late,
TO save thee from thy wicked fate;
For ere the cock had crOwed thrice,
Thou should's have been in paradise,
Know then my knocking doth fortell,
| This night with sin thou'lt be in hell,
| j. G. D.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-08-10
V'itten for The Prison Mirror,
The Cruise of the
Aeriomotor
CHAPTER I.

The cruise of the Aeriomotor forms
one OF the most remarkable chapters in
the history of aerial navigation. 1t was
in the beautiful city of Electra New
Jersey that its inventor, Edison Morse,
sen., first conceived the idea of aerial
navigation, some twenty years prior to
his successful invention. Time and
again had he perfected his ideas, and as
often did he see his invention prove
failures. The people of Electra began
to question one another as to the sanity
OF MIR. Morse, for to them it seemed
only a waste of time and wealth, in
something that could be of no use to
mankind. But when they saw that he
was determind in his object, they
ceased to annoy him as formerly, any
farther than to point him out to the
inquisitive stranger, as the crank that
owns all them balloons. Little did the
citizens of Electra think that this self
same crank was to become the greatest
talked of man in the world, and less did
they think that he would be the means
OF bringing men with millions of dol
lars at their command, ready to give it
to him for his last invention, for such
was really the case, and to-day, the
city of Electra can only honor their
great genius in memory, for he lived
just long enough to see the height of
his ambition fulfilled, and when he saw
its masterpiece safely return from it's
maiden trip in the hands of his son
Nathan Morse, he merely said, eat last,
at last have seen patience rewarded"
Edison Morse was born in Medina,
N. Y, in the year 1929, and at the age
of six years moved with his parents to
New Jersey on farm, where he made
himself useful until he arrived at the
age of twelve, when he was employed
as helper in the Company of Twitchel
and Morgan's machine shop of Electra.
He remained in the employe of this
company uutil he married fifteen years
later, when he embarked into business
himself. It was said of him that he
was shreweG business man, and very
successful financially, and that his
numerous inventions, such as hand
tools and safety appliances around and
for machinery, brought him large in
come, until finally he sold out his in
terest and devoted his time and wealth
to inventions. But it was long time
after that the people heard of him in
the line of his inventions, and when
they did, he startled them by his claim
that he had invented balloon that
could navigate space, and safely return
to the starting point.
But this was not to be, and after a
most disasterous attempt to start his
balloon, which caused the life of one of
his employees, he got disappointed, but
not daunted. He had the remainder of
the balloon brought back to the work.
shops and Immediately began to i'm.
prove upon his ideas, and from that
time on until his last and successful
invention had he met with failure. He
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-08-10

ITO be continued next week.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

votes will enable the Democratic can
didates to overthrow the Republican
machine in November, and thus bright
en- the prospects for an honest ma
jority in the state legislature to be
elected next year.
This presentation of Democratic
claims upon the honest judgment of
a people not to be deluded by the
throwing of irrelevant national issue
dust into their eyes, will include testi-
mony from the Republican press as to
the excellence of the Democratic state
conventions work. There can be no
mistaking the purpose of the anti.
Quay Republican newspapers to go as
far as they can for the election of
Iteilly and Greasy. There is of course,
no doubt of the election of the can
didates of the two great parties for
supreme justice, under constitutional
provision.
NEED NOT FEAR PHILADELPHIA
With this basis of reasonable hope
for routing the machine cohorts in
"the country" we have unprecedented
antagonism to Quayism in Philadel-
phia, while in Allegheny resides the
chief of the insurgents, Senator Finn
whose profession of support for the
ticket the Quay managers regard as a
joke, and another anti-Quay senator,
Mr.. Magee. Nearly all the principal
Philadelphia Republican daily news
papers commend the Democratic can
didates, and most vigorously condemn
the Quay machine in expressions of
hope for it's annihilation
The utmost confidence in the present
honored management of the Demo-
cratic party has been voiced by the
snti-Quay Republican press, particu-
larly In Philadelphia. 1t was the we'll
founded hope of the country for
Philadelphia that made Pittston in
Nincible in 1882 and in 1890. Philadel-
phia Democrats today are united and
harmonious in consequence of the wise
local leadership as applied to the pres
ent county ticket. The Democrats
there are as one man, and the Quay
machine is opposed within the Repub-
lican party by power greater than
ever before confronted it. Why, then,
should the honest country" fear this
year for Philadelphia?
Let the rest of the story speak for
itself.
JUDGE MESTREZAT'S CAREER.
BY an unprecedented majority Judge
MestreZat was called to the bench of
the Fourteenth judicial district, and
for more than five years he presided
with signal ability over it's courts. He
brought to the bench the ripe expert
ence acquired by 20 years of tireless
labor in the practice of the law in all
it's departments. He was equipped as
few have been to assume and properly
discharge the judicial duties in a dis
trict of varied industries, entailing lit
igation covering every branch of the
law. His experience upon the bench
extends to every section of the state
where he has been called in the trial
of cases which have attracted the at
tention of the profession generally. In
all his judicial actions Judge Mestrezat
has been fair, fearless and faithful.
He is student of the constitution.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
POINTED SMILES.

The credulous being may be silly,
but he never gets bitter
If you want a thing done quickly tell
a small boy not to do it.
The long-winded man is the hotbox
of agreeable conversation.
Where a new hat is concerned all
women believe in love at first sight.
We learn more from our own failures
than from the whole worlds successes.
1t Is a brave man who comes home
wearing new Fall hat before his wife
gets one.
Occupation is natures physician, and
he pays wages instead of sending in a
bill.
Women always put garden seed
away SO carefully that they have to
buy new seed every year.
No show on earth is considered a
success unless it gives man three times
the worth Of his money.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
HONEST, ABLE
CANDIDATES
Light on Careers of Which Penn.
syivania Democrats
Are Proud.
WORTHY Of INDEPENDENT VOTES.
Commentator Which Shows the Hope Of
Anti-Quay Republicans For the Sue
cess of the Champions of Clean
State Government.

Who and what are the Pennsylvania
Democratic nominees, Stephen Leslie
Mestrezat, for justice of the supreme
court; Charles j. Reilly, for judge of
the superior court, and William T..
Greasy. for state treasurer?
What does the public press, par
ticularly the formidable array of news
papers opposed to Quaysm and Repub-
lican machine rule, say of them, and
what is the prospect of their support
from Independent voters at the polls?
Can MestreZat, Reilly and Greasy
sweep the state outside of Philadelphia
and Allegheny counties, and can the
corrupt machines of the great cities
be prevented from annuling the will of
the remainder of the state?
STAND ON THEIR OWN MERITS.
Sketches follow which show that if
faultless management had character
lied state treasury rule throughout the
many years of state finance domina-
tion by the Quay power, the Demo-
cratic candidates, on the merits of
their own achievements ard high char
acter, and on the strength of what
their candidacy assures for better
home rule and reformed state govern
ment, would still stand worthy of the
votes of all good citizens.
How much greater the reason, in
view of only the state government
scandals exposed during the last year
or two, for expecting that Independent
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
FUNNY TRUTHS.

1t sometimes curbs a fast bachelor to
bridal him.
It's hard for a wise man to bluff a
fool who wants to fight.
Tailors say that hard cash makes the
best lining for pockets.
Lots of people who cling to the an
chor of hope go down in the mud.
A girl seldom troubles herself to light
the gas when an old flame calls.
Female poets are rare for the simple
reason that poets are born, not maid.
A farmer says the most difficult thing
he ever tried to raise was mortgage.
The great trouble with milk of hui
man kindness is that it's SKINNED too
often.
Numerous crimes have been COM
mitted against the helpless oyster in
the name Of charity.
Some people would never want GER
tain things If they didn't see others
trying to get them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
Continued on Monday.
Dedication of Soldiers Monument.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad will sell
tickets at the low rate Of one fare for
the round trip to Allentown and return,
on October Is and 10; good returning
until October 90. The Soldiers Monu-
ment will be unveiled at Allentown on
October 10, and there will be a grand
parade commencing at p. m. on that
day.
Consult Lehigh Valley ticket agents
for further particulars.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

Yes, the slender girl with the pale,
serious face was confident she could
act.
"Can you sing and play the mouth
organ at the same time?' asked the
manager of the theatre not unkindly
mo, sir" faltered the girl.
"Then," said the manager. "go and
learn to do these and come back here
and l may be able to give you a job
washing windows"
For he could not find 1t in his heart
to discourage the aspirations Of one Sc
esrnest.-Detroit Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

Husband-What did you think when
you heard the chandelier fall in the
night?"
Wife-I thought you had been de-
tained on business" again. and were
getting upstairs as quietly as you
could."-Tit Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
WHITFIELD TO A POINT.

Family trees are more or less shady.
The Office never has to seek the man
on pay day.
Some dogs are pointers and some are
disappointers.
More people have the gift of speech
than the gift Of silence.
The older the trousers the better they
are prepared for the fray.
It's easier to read about love in
cottage than 1t is to bring it about.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
Low Rate Excursion to New York

Via Lehigh Valley Railroad, October
II, 1899. Fare from Freeland for the
round trip will be S2.45. Tickets will
be sold for all trains, except those con-
Meeting with Black Diamond express,
October IL. Limit for return October
13 inclusive.
Consult Lehigh Valley ticket agents
for further particulars.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
Superiority In VIllainy.

"Why am | shook?" asked the wife
murderer.
"rhe ladies'" replied the jailer, "are
now bringin' all the bouquets an
cakes to guy on the other floor what
killed his wife's pet dog."-Indianap-
oils Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

"If were Postmaster General, che
said effusively, 81 would put your pic
ture on every stamp.
'Oh. prefer being kissed by just
one man." she answered.
And then they began on the second
Observation-Disclosures North Ameri-
can.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
An Illustration.

Teacher-John. illustrate the differ.
ence between sit and set
Bright and patriotic boy--The Uni
ted States is country on which the
sun never sets and the rest of the
world never sits.-Detroit Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

Wretch! There's letter in your
coat pocket l gave you to mail three
months agor
1T can't be possible, my dear"
"Why do you say that?
Because I'm pretty sure l haven't
had that coat more'n ten weeksw
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

A. Oswald sells Delicatesse Baking
Powder at SC per pound can. Every
can is guaranteed as to its purity. Give
it trial.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

Perhaps He Will Grow.
Plumber-.This Is my son, Bill.
Customer-"Isn't he rather small for
q plumbers bill?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

sessing the Jeffersonian requisites of
ability, honesty and faithfulness to the
constitution. Prior to going on the
bench he was active in the interest of
the success of his party, though he
never sought a political office. He
comes from a long line of Democratic
ancestors, and is in his political faith
to the manner born. In 1877 he was
elected district attorney Of Fayette
county on the Democratic ticket in one
of the most remarkable and fiercely
contested campaigns In the history of
the county, and served a full term of
three years from the first Monday of
January, 1878. In 1884 and 'S5 he was
chairman of the Democratic central
committee of Fayette county. He was
a delegate to the convention that nomi-
mated Black for governor in 1856 He
was also a delegate to the Democratic
convention at Chicago in 1892 that
nominated Cleveland for president.
When Robert e. Pattison was elect
ed governor in 1890 Mr. Mestrezats
friends asked that he be appointed at
torney general in the governors cabi-
net. While the appointment did not
come to the western part of the state,
the strong endorsement of his candi-
dacy by the press of western Pennsyl-
vania was fitting tribute to his abil-
ity as a lawyer. His candidacy re-
ceiVed the endosement of the Fayette
county bar. Leading lawyers and ju-
rists in every section of the common
wealth also united in asking his ap-
pointment.
HIS FORCEFUL PERSONALITY.
Judge MeStreZat was married about
IL years ago to Eliza Wilson Ewing,
daughter of Hon. John X. Ewing, of
Uniontown, his wife dying two years
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
Continued.

So the time wore away; he bore
patiently all comments and remarks
It was supposed by the world in gen
eral that he had been dismissed by
Miss Di Cynthia; no one had even an
inkling of the truth. Two days before
Christmas day all his arrangements
were made, and he was ready to sail.
He betbought himself then that it
would only be right to destroy the
charred fragments Of the will, for if
they fell fell into other hands there
would be danger.
One wild day in December, when the
wind was wailing and roaring round
the house, he went to the safe and
took from it the little parcel. With
some curiosity he went to the window
to examine the charred fragments;
quite distinctly he saw the words:
"The last will and testament of Sir
Jasper Brandon"
He took it to the window, and as he
examined it his face grew white, great,
dark shadows came into his eyes, and
'e cried
Great Heaveni How is it that
have never thought of this before?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
QUESTION OF AMUSEMENT.
Man Desires Rest and Woman Pre-
fers Excitement.

One of the problems that develops
out of that trying first year of married
existence is the equal adjustment of
the amusement question. To the
average man, worn out with the work
and worry of the day, tired Of the
babel of voices and confusion in which
he has toiled and weary of trying to
make himself agreeable to those he
must please for business purposes,
there seems nothing else on earth as
desirable as the quiet and peace of his
own fireside. He doesn't want to
talk or be talked to. He doesn't want
to have to force himself to smile or to
think and least of all does he want to
forsake his slippers for his dress suit.
The woman, on the other hand, has
been shut up all day in the walls Of
her house, going through the deadly
dull round of domestic duties without
the distraction of seeing fresh face
or hearing new idea. She has toiled
in her way just as hard as her hus-
band and when night comes she too
feels the need Of a change to rest and
refresh uDISSll- one 10 dloO WI Ii Oul
in body and mind and tired-tired of
the servants incompetence and the
children's fretting and nagging and
perpetual demands and of tuning and
twisting and patching and mending
and thinking while she is swallowing
one meal what she will have to pro-
| vide for the next.
! She would like to rest from it al
! by putting on pretty frock and 60
! ing to the theater or party or even
to make call on the people next door
To even suggest such thing to hel
| husband, however, is to bring on g
growing diatribe on women's gadding
with the self-righteous assertion from
her lord and master that ''you dom
see me forever wanting to run around
somewhere.
Having delivered his homily, the
man stretches his feet out again to the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
AFTERNOON TEA.

The present prevailing tea makes no
and outlay. 1t is most informal, in
the routine of social life, unimportant
and frequently no more than a sub
stitute for a day on which visitors
will find their friends at home 1t is
so difficult a matter for New York
people to stay in the house that wo-
men who formerly we're to be seen on
one day every week have now limited
their days of reception to three in a
month, and sometimes to two. Wo-
men have almost ceased to send cards
of this kind to men because they
know that men are not likely to come
and would bore themselves if they did.
1t used to be hard enough to attract
men during the days of the elaborate
old-fashioned teas, when there might
be champagne and there was a GER
tainty of punch. Nowadays the punch
comes rarely. Even the added line Of
''To meet Nine. X' or any other eel
ebrity has lost much of it's old-time
force. The tea has become SO infor-
NAL an affair that nobody will treat
it seriously nowadays. Women have
even ceased to complain when the men
invited do not come and neglect to
send cards. Every vestige Of for
mality surrounding the tea, you see,
has been lost in the gradual decline
from the quails and chicken salads
down to the tea, lemonade and sailed
almonds, which constitute the refresh
ments at the tea today, with possible
stuffed prune or branded cherry.
This is the style of tea which to-
day justifies the assertions Of those
who say that the thing is increasing
every day in numbers and popularity
The old-fashioned tea with it's music
and low cut corsages has passed If
revocably away. It's passing shows a
great advance in social matters, be-
cause it was an anomaly that always
astounded foreigners. The sight of a
woman in ball toilet shaking hands
with men and women in afternoon
street dress was always a marvel to
them, and they attributed it to one Of
the eccentricities Of new ciyiliza-
ton. Whatever the causes may be
the old-fashioned tea and it's success
sor are very different. The disap-
pearance of one and the way the other
prospers makes both sides of the dis
cussion tenable.
The nearest approach to the for
mer kind is to be found today in the
musical party given in the afternoon.
That today makes the most elaborate
daytime dressing possible and allows
a greater latitude in the matter of
food and drink than any other social
entertainment confined to the day
time hours. But even that in it's most
reckless form does not bear compari-
son with the old-time tea of twelve
years ago, when it comes to mis-
placed liberality in food, drink and
dressing. York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
THE AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE.

Miss Edith Young in the Lady's
Realm gives Englishmen an entertain
ing glimpse of the American woman
as a housewife: She keeps her house
bright and beautiful; but not at the
expense of her personal appearance"
says Miss Young, she being always
prettily and neatly dressed, whatever
she does. Her house is most conven-
iently appointed for the saving of labor
ana useless drudgery-the reason
being that the prevailing stubbornness
of servants in trying new appliances
has small weight in a country where
''brainy" women have so often to do
their own Homework, and who natur-
ally choose the best ways of accom-
pGshing it. 1t would be a revelation
to some ardent English housewives to
know that the ladies one meets at an
afternoon whist party in America, who
have a club meeting for every day in
the week, or who lounge in their piazza
hammocks as though life were one
long holiday, who are all animation
and vivacity, have now and again, per-
haps all the time been doing homework
of a kind we should have two or more
servants for in this country; getting
up in the small hours to cook their
elaborate breakfasts or hot bread and
various indispensable dishes, and later
making cakes, candies and dainty
Stuffs. besides the real meals of the
day"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-03-02
HER ONLY SIN
u BY y
BERTHA NJ CLAY.

| 1t had not been in vain then; the
sun of her life had set in darkness
| and gloom, but she had made one al
! least happy. So the past was men
| toned no more. She tried to bear he1
| life. She never complained. She was
| like devoted daughter to Lady Bran
don. She was the most loving of sis
tiers to the young heiress. But day ny
day she grew more and more sad; she
grew pale and thin; she began to hope
that Heaven would take pity on her,
and let her die soon.
So the winter months came round,
and at Christmas preparations were
begun for the marriage of the young
heiress. Lady Brandon had invited
a large circle of guests, and one of
them, not knowing of the recent con-
tretemps, having just returned from
Spain, spoke of Sir Marc Cary1l, and
said he was going to take up his resi-
dence abroad.
Veronica overheard it. She did not
speak; the lonely face grew paler,
and mist of unshed tears dimmed the
she went to Lady Brandon's room,
her marvellous self-control gone at
last. She stood before her with a
look that Lady Brandon never forgot
"You must let me go away" she
said, Il cannot remain here. I cannot
bear it. You must let me go to
Venice to die"
Then she wept as she had never
wept in her life before, as one who
had no hOpe-wept until Lady Bran
don was alarmed and she herself was
exhausted. Then Lady Brandon said
to her:
"YOu shall go; will take you. You
shall go to Venice or where you will;
only wait-wait for my sake until
the wedding is over"
So for the sake of the woman who
had Influenced her so strongly she
waited, but it seemed to her and to
every one else that those days brought
her nearer death.