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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
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The Seven Ages of Woman.

At first the infants cap, SOFT warm and white,
With strings well mouthed and mauled. ins orry
plight.
The giddy school girls hat, a waif and stray;
Any old thing that hnders not her play.
The budding maiden's hat pert. smart or trim,
According to 'sweet sixteen's'' mood or whim.
Bravest of all, the bridal wreath and veil.
Which marks lfe's great event and turns the
scale.
The. new-fedged matrOns ''dream," by Worth
designed,
Which chubby" pays for. sighs and looks re-
signed.
The well-planned bonnet of the chaperon,
Which hides Times ravages from her alone
Last scene of ALL the widows ruche and weeds
Sans feathers, flowers, ribbons, lace or beads.
P. r. OLIVER, N. Y. Sun.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20

The latest sensation at Honolulu is
the hauling down of the German flag
by American soldiers, and it became
an international episode. 1t seems that
Carl Klemme decorated the Orpheum
hotel on the 4th of July with German
flags and bunting. Mr.. j. H. West
called the attention of the soldiers from
the transport Sheridan to the matter
and assisted them in hauling it down.
West was afterwards arrested and
fined 800 in police court for malicious
mischief, and the German consul
general will make report of the mat
ter to bis government.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
The Discordant
Notes at Home.

Following up all these unhappy in
fluences, to which our army and navy
had to quietly submit without turning
finger, there came the blow from be-
hind that did more harm than all of
these local influences combined-the
agitation in America in behalf of the
Flllpinos and in opposition to the policy
of our Government and of the army
and navy as advised by such tried men
as Admiral Dewey and General Otis.
1t is remarkable how quickly the idea
spread, not only through the Filipino
army, but among the people in the
distant interior, that the United States
was wavering in its policy, and that it
was probable that if they held out long
enough and persisted in their position,
we would withdraw our army and give
them back the islands.
Every discordant note that was struck
in America was telegraphed or written
either to Hong Kong or Manila and
found its way by first opportunity to
the camps of the Filipino army and to
the columns of the national press. Not
satisfied, however, with the circulation
given by the newspapers, what was
being said and done in America was
printed in circular and pamphlet form
and sent among the people to encour-
age them. If the senior Senator of
Massachusetts, could have witnessed
the expression of satisfaction depicted
on the face of every Filipino soldier
when he read the sentiments expressed
by that distinguished man in the halls
OF Congress, and then have seen the
look of pain upon the face of every
American soldier when he realized that
a United States Senator was inspiring
the enemy opposite him, 1 am of the
humble opinion that he would have ex.
perlenced some feelings of regret at the
direct effect of his argument. There is
no question that the belief was prevail
ent among the Filipinos at the time the
lighting began on February 4, that if
they held out sufficient length of time
the Americans would give them what
they asked. 1t is not my intention to
cast any reflections upon the honesty
and good faith of the men who have
opposed our policy in the Philippines,
and do not believe that any of them
have been actuated by other than the
most patriotic motives, unless, possibly,
the natural tendency to make political
capital out of the troubles of those in
power has inspired some of the critic
ism or opposition.
] heard not only Admiral Dewey and
Major General Otis, but Generals Mac
Arthur, Anderson, Hale, Lawton, Bri-
gadier-G General Otis, and Colonels Smith
and Summers use terms as strong as l
have on this unhappy feature of the
war.-From "Some Phases of the Phil.
ippine Situation" by John Barrett. in
the American Monthly Review of Re-
views for July.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
A Prophecy.

lime changes all things because the
mind changes in the passing ages.
Therefore, it is with a knowledge.
backed by the past and present demon
strations of physical phenomena, that
l make bold to predict the following:
There shall not be left upon the face of
the earth five hundred years from now
single animal, except man, and he
shall be so highly spiritualized that all
the animalistic attributes of his nature
shall have completely disappeared.
Animal food shall cease to be mans
staple article of diet, for the scientist
shall find better substitute; he will
revolutionize the worlds kitchen. Our
future food will be liquidized and we
shall drink instead of eat
There will be but one language used
by the whole world and all the present
forms of government shall have passed
away. Kings, czars and presidents
shall be no more; lawyers, judges,
preachers and all kind of official Of
ficers shall cease to be, because they
will not be needed.
All men will be free, not only free
but humanized to an extent far exceed
ing any ideal manhood that the imagi-
nation in its most starry flights has
pictured. The earth shall be a paradise
and its inhabitants gods.
All the signs of ignorance, such as
jails, asylums, hospitals, forts, churches,
warships and firearms shall be con-
sumed in an universal love and inf
mite knowledge. And what now seems
strangest is, that some who are living
to-day will witness each step that must
be taken to lift the mind from it's
mortal into this immortal sphere, where
untrammeled by care, fear or sorrow,
the future man shall dwell in ecstacy.
Awake! awake! ye sleeping souls!
o sing! sing! ye listless hearts!
All ye who linger beside the stream
of time or loiter near the open grave,
take courage, for hidden thought
within thy being may change thy
destiny or fate.-Wm. H. Wright in
the Freedom, Sea Breeze, Florida.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
The BuIlfrogs.
assnsssusussssss

4f you live out in the suburbs,
You will always know when spring
Has assumed control of weather
BY the way the bullfrogs sing
There is something weirdly mOurnful
In the music from the bog.
The low drumming and shrill whistling
OF the versatile young frog!
Of the nightingale's wan spirit
Haunts the bullfrog, as they say,
There's no wonder that the froggle
Pipes sOrrOw-laden lay!
But to any one that's homesick,
Or is feeling rather glum,
He will wish the whole swamp chorus
Had at once been stricken dumb!
There are frogs that are quite harmless.
Such as railroad frogs, and those
Whose hind legs we see before us,
Fried and crispy, minus toes!
But you often hear, or think so,
And it makes your cold blood creep
When the legs are served, still:twitching,
A most lamentable ''peep!"
When you're coming from the clubroom,
Or the dance, quite late at night,
Those amphibious young croakers,
In Jolly take delight.
And along the lonely stretches
Ere you reach the well-known gate,
They will make you see gaunt spectres.
Or will try, at any rate.
There's the cricket's chirp of autumn,
And the lOcust's monolude,
There's the ''whooing" of the owlet
In the forests solitude!
There's the hum of the mosquito
And the whistle of the quail,
But Suburbanites hear Oftenest
The green bullfrOg's woful wall!
ARTHUR E. LOCKE, Baltimore Sun
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20
Awake! awake! ye sleeping souls!
o sing! o sing! ye listless hearts!

The Cashier of the Perth Amboy
Bank has disappeared, and with him
one hundred thousand dollars of other
peoples money. His name is George
M. Valentine. He was trusted and re-
spected by all; his whereabouts are
unknown.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20

William ]. Bryan says that he stands
to-day where he stood three years ago.
1t the Democratic party is satisfied
with leader that is three years behind
the times, the rest of the country isn't.
East St. Louis Daily Journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-20

Will President Mckinley never get
tired ofreviewing professions A long
procession of American soldiers going
to the assistance of General Otis would
probably be the sort of parade in which
ne should take the greatest interest at
this moment Washington Hatchet
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01

refused large salaries. They prefer TO
suffer for their peoples good rather
than to gain for their personal d
.antase. .s
for the negro. $500
i. That he may be given a fair chance
10 earn n living and to do what ne can
do better than others and with q
vantage to the white man. Most OF US
NAV not need TO have this plea pressed.
But some may be disposed TO deprive
the negro OF his natural right 10 work
and earn wages. To such. III there DE
such. this plea Is made.
3 That all proper support and en-
enlargement be given 10 industriai
schools and individual efforts to MT
furnish the negro for doing we'll all
that he can do and to train him TO
industry IA honesty.
q That our Christian people do all IN
their owe TO provide Intelligent Chris
tan teachers and preachers for this
people and to teach and train all those
they can reach n influence. for moran
rectitude. personal probity and purity
and spiritual salvation.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
TO INBOUND LAKE ERIE.

1t Is probable that a bill will be in
troduce in congress soon by Cleve-
land navigation interests providing for
a dam at the outlet of Lake Erie. The
urpos of such a dam would be to
raise the water level Of that lake.
Though Lakes Huron and Michigan are
considerably higher than Lake Erie.
~ngineers say that because he fall OF
the water out OF them Is over an in
cline the momentum OF the outgoing
water would be checked III the incline
We're shortened by raising the lower
pooy OF water; therefore less water,
would flow out of those lakes.
The dam proposition is offered by h.
engineers as the favored alternative 10
dredging. Lake Erie has only about
one-hfth the depth of Lake Michigan.
its depth being less than 200 feet
Whlte almost uniformly II has not much
over 80 feet of water. The conforma-
tlon or the bottom OF Lake Erie Is that
OF a saucer, inc the water nearest the
shore Is shallow for a great distance
Dredging has TO be kept up
constantly. The bed OF the lake being
sand, the dredged places flI up quick
~ and then h work has TO be done
over again.
A dam at the outfall or Lake Eria
could De made to raise n lake level
as much as the shores would permit
"itnout suomergence By the payment
Oh land damages the water might he
raised as high as the docks Of the
lake cities would permit OF.
n plan, IL seriously presented IN
congress-, will attract wide attention
among persons interested IN engineer
ing n navigation problems.-chfcago
Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01

be Interesting. Do YOU accost people
on h subject of religion In their
homes or in public placesg Study
adroitness and use common ems The
most graceful and most beautiful thing
on earth is the religion OF Jesus Christ,
and If YOU awkwardly present it it is
defamation. We must do our work
rapidly, and we must do IT effectively.
Soon our time for work will be done.
NOW is THE TINE.
A dying Chistian took his watch
and CAV it to a friend and said: Talk
that watch. / ave no more use for it
Time is at an end for me, and eternity
begins" Oh, my friends, when our
watch has licked away for Us the last
moment, and our clock has struck for
us the last hour. may it be found we
did u work well. that we did it in the
very pest way, and. whether we
preached the gospel in pulpitS, or
taught Sabbath classes, or administer
ed to the sick as physicians. or bar
gained as merchants, or pleaded the
law as attorneys.or Were busy as alrti-
sans or husbandmen or as mechanics.
or were, like Martha, called to give a
meal to a hungry Christ, or like Han
nah, to make a coat for a prophet or
like Deborah, to rouse the courage OF
some timid Barak in the Lords on
flict, we did our work In such a way
thai it will stand the test of the judg-
ment. And in the long procession OF
the redeemed hat march around the
throne may it be found Ia there are
many there brought TO God through
our intrumentality and in whose res
cue we exult. But let none OF us who
are still nsave wait for that religious
discourse of the future. 1t may come
after our obsequies. 1t may come after
the Stonecutter has chiseled u name
on the slab so years before. Do not
wait for a great steamer OF the Cunard
or White Star line to take you of the
wreck, but hail the first craft, with
however low a mast and however
small a hulk and however roor a rud-
der and however weak a captain. Bet
ter a disabled schooner that comes up
in time than a full rugged brig that
comes up after you have sunk.
Instead of waiting for that religious
discourse of thefuture (t may be 40,
so years off, take this plain invitation
of A man who to have given you spir-
ituaq eyesight would be glad to be cal-
ed the spittle by the hand Of Christ put
on the eyes Of a blind man and who
would consider the highest compliment
of this service If, at the close, 500 men
should start from these doors saying:
Whether he be a sinner or no, l know
rot This one thing I know-whereas
I was blind, now I see."
Swifter than shadows over the plain,
quicker thar birds in their autumnal
flight, hastier than eagles to their prey.
HE you to a sympathetic Christ. The
orcheStraS of eaven have strung their
instruments to celebrate your rescue:
And many were the voices o the
throne.
Rejoice, for the Lord brings back his
own.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01

Colonel Lee Burt at Client has sent
TO The state department. n description
OF n new life saving collar which he be-
ifeves far superior to either n life
buoy OF cork jacket, as the body is sub
merged with the exception OF the head
which prevents exposure and conges-
ton. White the arms are perfectly free,
and X a. impossible to capsize. The
invention consists OF a cork collar,
haying an exterior diameter OF sixteen
and one kaef-inches and an interior d.
ameter OF six inches: the neck opening
has a circumference OF eighteen inches.
and Is composed OF two half collars
fastened together with a hinge. In
which there is a strong spring. destined
10 maintain the collar always closed
and firm. The opening Is opposite, the
hinge. on each side Of the opening
there is a maTler holder, mad OF oak.
three inches in height and two inches
in diameter securely fastened. When
pressure is exerted on the two holders
the collar spreads open and allows the
head to pass in. On letting go or h
holders the collar claps itself autonati-
cally. The collar Is formed OF thirty
pieces OF cork. zach piece having the
form of an isosoles triangle, with
angels rounded, OF which the base is
four and three-quarter inches and the
height five and fi-ve-sixteenth inches.
The points are directed towards the In
terror, which gives the collar and eleva-
ton at its periphery of four and three
auarter-inches. while at it's anterior
there is a thickness OF n and three
sixteenth inches. The pieces r cut
radically and are strong on two heavy
steel wire stems c~oncentrically r1vited
to the folding shutters OF the hinge.
The weight OF h apparatus Is about
five and one-half pounds ms It's dis
placement of water about IL quarts;
consequently. it's a~scensional strength
represents constantly from Is to 20
pounds OF iron.-Washington Dispatch
in Chicago Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
GENERAL REDvERs BUTLER.

General Sir Redvers Butler. the COM
mander Of the English army I'm Africa,
has an abrupt name which migh1 be
mistaken for rudeness. but Il is due
rather to an absence Of pretension and
a hatred OF humbug. At heart he is
one Of the kindliest OF men. Indeed,
during his long tenure OF office at the
horse guards, when the duke OF Cam
bridge was commander-in-chief and
Butler practically supreme. he was
known to befriend many people in
trouble and to TAX the most lenient
view.
He could do almost anything with
the u k and his subordinates delight
ed to serve him. Buffers brief, terse
minutes on official documents are still
remembered. He had the knack OF
saying much in a few words, often with
a strong dash OF humor and more often
with more than "a dash OF strong Ian
guage. His famous reply to the prin-
cipal medical officer i'm the Nile expe-
dftion has become historical. The doc
tor wrote to inquire what quantity OF
field hospital appurtenances would need
TO be sent forward. THAT would de-
pend on the moun of fighting to be
expected" replied Butler. The next
question was. Where will the chief
battle be fought" '"Tha will depend
upo the mahdi," says Butler. What
"i ~ tHS hoih'eI vi tue Wuuilueu
THAT, again, Will depend on the
mahdi."
Nor does Sir Redvers spare himself
II he thinks he has lone wrong. A
newspaper correspondent went up TO.
him during the great maneu. ers Of
last year and asked him IL he wished
anything particular said about the tus-
sic, in which the opposite side had the
advantage. You an say I made a fool
of myself" was Buffers unhesitating
reply.-Chicago Record.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
DROWNED BY A SINKING TUG.

Norfolk, Va, November 25.-The
CORTLAND Lumber Company's tug
Maggie J. Jory sank in Hampton Roads
today abreast the Rip Raps, n now
lies in six fathoms of water. Turner
Jones, the fireman, was drowned. He
was asleep in his berth, and was not
awakened in the excitement incident
to the sinking. The tug Volunteer, of
Baltimore, rescued Captain T. r. Dead
man, Engineer Munden, Mate Forbes,
Fireman Barren and George Davis, the
negro cook Jones was is years old and
from Raleigh, y. G. It is supposed the
disaster was caused by a collision with
some barges.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
Rheumatism Catarrh. Are Blood Dis.
~eases-Cure Free!

Cure Free
1t is the d~eep-seated, obstinate cases
of Catarrh aud rheumatism that
B. B. B. (Bota 1ic Blood Baim) cures.
1t matters not what other treatments
doctors. sprays, liniments, indicated
air, blood purifiers, have failed to do,
B.. E. B. always promptly reaches the
real cause and roots out and drives
from the bones. joints, mucous mem
brane and entire system the specific
poison IN the blood that causes Rheu-
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only remedy strong enough to do this
and cure, so there can be a re-
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After everything else fails. W. have
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Address Blood Balm Co.. SO Mitchell
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
THE KENTUCKY ELECTION.

Frankfort. KY, November 24.-Goebel
attorneys arrived here today with an
appeal from the decision of Judge
Jones, in which he held that 1,193 votes
in Nelson county, enormously certified
for w. p. Taylor, should be counted for
W. S. Taylor. The case was argued be-
fore the whole court this afternoon.
Both sides were represented by eminent
counsel. General Taylor returned to
the state capitol and had a long CON-
ference with Governor Bradley.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
TAYLOR'S ELECTION SECURED.

Frankfort, KY, November 25.-The
court Of appeals today clinched Tay-
lor's right to 1.197 Nelson county votes.
Tae court, all the judges ~concurring.
refused to dissolve the injunction as
asked by Goebel's attorneys. The votes
in controversy We're certified for w. F.
instead of w s.. Judge Jones, of Mel
son county, ordered these votes counted
for w. T. Taylor, and this order is az
6rmed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
UTTER ROUT OF THE DEvERISH

Cairo, November 25.-Lord Cromer,
the British minister here, a receiv-
ed the following dispatch from General
Kitchener:
"Wingate's force came up with the
Khalifa's force miles south of
Godid and attacked it. After a sharp
fight he took his position. The Kha-
lifa, who was surrounded by a body
guard of emirs, was killed, and all the
principal emirs were killed or captur-
ed, except Osman Digna, who es-
capped"
The Dervishers were utterly defeat
ed, their whole camp was taken and
thousands surrendered. A large num-
Der of women, children and cattle also
fell into the hands of the Anglo-Egyp-
tan force.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
HILL FOR THE NoMINEE.

bunaio, N. Y, November 27.-Nor-
ian mack, democratic leader In Erie
IDunty, announced today that ID. b
Ill would support the nominee AMI
nLatIorm or the next democratic naJ
aor r convention even If that nominae
- w. y. Bryan, and the platform sfay
reheration OF the Chicago pIatfo-h
Nj. lack said he had talked with a.
senator Hill recently and had bseR
assured OF this.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
Fraud I'm Election of a Charged

Washington, November 25.-Former
Senator Call, of Florida, has prepared
a statement for presentation to the
senate committee on privileges and
elections asking that the manner of
the election of Senator-elect Taliaferro,
of Florida, be investigated. He charges
that undue means were used to secure
Mr.. Taliaferro's election, and asks that
he be not seated. He asserts that the
election was due to the unfair influ-
ence of the Standard Oil Company,
which, he says, used none to accom-
plish its purpose. Mr.. Call also asks
the industrial commission to investi-
gate the charges as indicating the
methods of trusts in politics.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01

The curse OF overworked womark,ra
are quickly and surely cured b. Karq's
Clover Root Tea, the great blood uurf-
ner and tissue builder. Money refund-
ca IL mo- satisfactory. Price rs cts. and
so cts For sale by r.. r. BeJlamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01

spreading cut his arms of sympathy to
press the whole world 20 His loving
heart.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-12-01
ECCLESIASTICAL MUMMIEs.

A mother with a dead babe in her
arms came to the god Silva and asked
to have her child restored to life. The
god Silva said to her, "You go and get
a handful of mustard seed from a
house IN which there has been no
sorrow n in which there has been no
death, and I will restore your child to
l1fe." So the mother went out, and sna
went from house to house and from
home to home looking for a place
where there had been no sorrow and
where there had been no death, but she
found none. She wen back to the god
silva and said: my mission is a failure.
You see, / haven't brought the mustard
seed. I can't find a place where there
mas been no sorrow N no death"
"Oh!" says the god silva Understand.
The Taney County republican., 1899-10-26
THE FORTY-sIXTH REGIMENT,
1t In Held at Columbus Barracks,
Cincinnati. on Account of Drunk
cnness Among the Men.

Cincinnati, Oct. 2O.-'rhe Forty-sixth
regime mt of volunteers. en route from
Massachusetts to Manila, was delayed
here by enforced drumhead court mar
tial or account of an epidemic of
drunkenness. The first section az
rived over the Chesapeake & Ohio,
and held high carnival. They had
whisky secreted on the train. Col.
Hcgler Immediately called a drumhead
court martial, which sent 80 of the Of
tenders to the Columbus barracks. AS
the other sections arrived during the
day it was found that there was plen-
ty of whisky aboard. The four sec
tiOns were all sidetracked at Valley
Junction for more trials by ;lrumhcad
court martial, and additional INSTALL
ments were sentenced to the Columbus
barracks guarIhOuse, awaiting further
action. Instead of proceeding to ST.
Louis the trains were still held ut Val
lev Junction.