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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
Vol. XIII.-NO. 8.
Written for The Prison Ma7YOr,

"Now Ted, you can't get no more to
drink. You have had more than is
good for you now." These words were
spoken by the landlady of a sailors
boarding house and saloon, which was
situated near the docks in the city of
Cleveland. Kathleen O'Connor was
the name of this lady. She was a
buxom widow, about thirty-five years
of age, who had married O'Connor
when newly arrived in the country.
Her husband had been dead some
years, and Kathleen had managed the
house since that time. It was a regu-
lar home for the sailors. There was
always cheerful welcome, money or
not. Kathleen often said, II have never
yet lost cent through trusting a
sailor"
So no man was ever turned away for
the lack of money. Her house was
always full, and conducted in most
respectable manner. But the sailors
always complained that she would not
give them enough to drink. She would
give them few, but never enough to
make them drunk. She took care of
their money, counselled them, and if
one of them were taken sick, she
would look after them with the tender
ness of a mother. It was no wonder
that they all loved her. Big Ted who
she had just refused a drink to, was
one of her admirers. He was a good
fellow, kind, honest and a good sea-
men; but too fond of drink. "Now
Teddy" she would say, "why don't you
quit drinking altogether, after you
take one drink you are not satisfied
until it gets the better of you"
Then time came when Teddy, who
had not shown up at the widows after
a trip, was found near there with the
delirium tremens. One of his ship
mates picked him up and took him to
the Sailors Home, as the widows was
called. The widow took him in, and
after hard fight succeeded in nursing
him back to health.
Navigation had closed, and Teddy
without money and no work, did not
know what to do for the winter. But
the widow settled it by declaring she
should not leave there, if she never
got a cent for it," And she hoped that
his experience would stop him from
ever drinking again. Poor Teddy felt
very grateful, and with tears glittering
in his eyes declared that he would brace
up, and that he could never, never, for.
get what she had done for him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
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tree and seed the squirrel run in hole
right above big limb, so I sez: "He
ruined in a hole, Hank. I'll straddle
this here limb and you build smudge
in the bottom of the tree and we'll
smoke him out, te-he-hev'
Hank he built the smudge and got
astraddle the big limb, sez, "let er 90
Hank" and he sez, "she's acomin'.'
and the smoke come right out of the
hole jest like a stovepipe and every
darn bit of smoke coined right in my
face and eyes and nose. The squirrel
ruined out and tried to ketch him, but
ne ruined out on another limb and
jumped into another tree and got away.
The dickens of it was l was astraddle
that big link and my breeches ketched
on snag and couldn't get off, and
the smoke kept right on acomin' right
smack into my face. Hank, he sez:
"What's the matter Hicky," and 1 sez,
''I'm ketched.' He sez, stake yer knife
and cut the snag offp' Invent adiggin'
after my knife and slipped and tored
big hole in the seat of my new school
breeches. Hank he loffed and sez:
''That's nothin' Hicky, te-he-he!" He
sez: "Hicky, you looked jist like
woodchuck, up in that tree" When I
got down we went in aswimmin' and
stayed in all afternoon, te-he-he!
When 1 went home, ma she asked me
if learned anything at school and I
sez yes. Jist then pa he coined in and
sez, "Hicky, where is the rest of them
new school breeches?" 1 sez I don't
know and pa he got awful mad, and he
gived me the darndest wallopin', by
cracky, you couldn't tell w'ether that
hole in my new school breeches had
been cut in or pulled out: it was all
raveled out and ma she put big patch
on them and went to school the next
day-but gee whiz! we had lots of fun
me and Hank, te-he-he! w. H. G.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-09-14
IT. itten for The Prison Mirror,
The Least of These.

In days of yore when by the shore
OF shining Gallilee,
The gentle Savior daily taught
Those toilers of the sea-
He said that, even as We Judge
The very least of these
With just that judgment you'll be judged
At the Court of Final Pleas.
Whom do you think the Savior meant?
The rich man in his hall;
Or him you've spurned with sad face turne,
Unto the pris IN wall?
And when the Father gathers home
His children to the feast
Among the Host, whom do you think
Of them He'll call the least?
And you who in your careless pride,
Like naughty Pharisees,
Within your heart thank God each day
You're not like one of these,
May find that at the final count
For much it will atone,
If he among you without sin
Be first to cast the stone.
The prisoners faith is very small,
His friends they know him not.
With tired eyes Oft filled with tears
He views his cheerlesS lot.
On leaden wings the time drags on
Till through mist of tears,
He sees afar the dawning star
When light of hope appears.
With purpose firm and steadfast eye
He marks his path of life,
And traces oit the rocky way
And arms him for the strife.
Then you who stand with upraised hand,
Know that the Savior sees,
In just what measure you mete out
Unto the least of these.
BILL SYKES.
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Go to Anderson M eyer
 Drug Go.

Dr. G. W. Bell called at the Graph ic office Thursday afternoon and told us that our informant was in- correct in stating that John Young knocked him down Wednesday after noon on Main street. He says he re- fused to support Young for Worship full Master of Mason ic Lodge No. 45 whereupon he (Yo ung) hit him.
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Mrs. Amos Day returned this morning from Philadelphia, where she has been teaching music for the past winter in the Arkansas Metho dist college. She was accompanied home by Miss Hattie Holland, who has been attending school at the col lege.
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Miss Holton, a daughter of Mrs. Holton, of the Pine Bluff public schools, and also pupil of Gallo. way College, arrived in the city Thursday afternoon and will visit in this city for several days.
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There are many men of many minds, but all agree that substitu- ton is q dangerous practice. At our prescription case we dispense only the genuine article.-J. NJ. Bailey, Druggist. b.
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Dr. L. B. Raschbaum was this morning presented with a beautiful pearl stud, by Mrs. sam BluthenthaI for valuable information given in re- gard to her husband illness's
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Go to Anderson M eyer
 Drug Go.

Rev. J. A. Anderson returned this morning from Fordyce, where, on last night. he delivered a most able lecture on Education" before the pupils and friends of the Fordyce Trai ming School.
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Mir. J. R. Mccormick has opened up a butcher shop at No. 320 Main street, where he would be glad to see his friends and public in general. MT. Mccormick keeps nothing but Chicago meat, which he buys direct from Nelson Morris & Go. me
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Geo. H. Stoudmier was tried by Justice Niven this morning for ob- taining money under false pretense. He was fined $1O and cost. Stoud- mier deeded some property that was mortgaged.
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LOST-Small bunch of keys, con. taining two trunk keys and one small brass key. Finder will be rewarded by leaving at L. B. Owens saloon. 21l
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Hon. J. J. DoYne came down from Little Rock Thursday evening and addressed q the graduates of the High school that night.
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MT. and Mrs. F. N. Hudson have moved tC the residrnce Of Dr. D. s. Mills on West Second avenue.
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Miss Ruby Johnson and Master Henry Speers lelt Thursday after noon for Little Rock. where they will attend the bedside of Little Edith D'Allenterte, who at last re- ports was said to be at the point of death.
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MT. L. $. Stowell, of Little Rock, is among the registered at the Trua lock today.
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Miss Gertrude Sumerow, who had been attending Galloway College, arrived in the city last night.
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It Never DJsappsints. This is one of the peeuliarities of Hoods Sarsaparilla. It cures scrofula, salt rheum, humOrs, stomach and kidney troubles, nervousness.
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Miss Edith Buchanan returned home last afternoon from Searcy, where she had been attending Gallo way College.
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Dr. and Mrs. J. X. Allen have re- turned from q several weeks stay with friends at Monticello.
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Mrs. P. c. Knox will return Satur- day from Philadelphia, where she has been visiting friends.
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Mrs. D. H. Duncan and child ren returned to their home at Kearney Thursday afternoon. They had been the guests of relatives in this city.
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Mary Hart, colored, will be tried by Justice Niven this afternoon. She is charged with trespass and dis turbing the peace.
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Mir. Sam Franklin, who has been very sick for the past week, isreport- ed much better today.
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Miss Nellie and Mir. Lit Sallee re- turned this morning from Little Rock, where they were the guests Of tue Misses Bayles.
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Mrs. Frank Stanley, who formerly resided here and who spent Thurs day in the city, has returned to her home In Little Rock.
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BURNS THET TAILOR
OVER BANK OF PINE BLUFF.

Mir. s. s. Dixon left Thursday afternoon for Little Rock, where he assumed his duties as general secre- tary of the '. Nj. c. A. in that city. Our best wishes acc ompany him.
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BURNS THE TAILOR
 OVER BANK OF PINE BLUFF.

WAATED-To buy !. good second hand engine about 5 horse power. Address A, this office, a
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Capt. S. W. Smith of the Cotton Belt, is in the city.
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Masters Tom Hill the manly little son of Mrs. Maggie Hill will enjoy a few weeks vacation at Hot Springs He will leave tEis afternoon.
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Mrs. Bettie Hester. of Noble Lake, is visiting relatives in the city.
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Mir. Fred Il. Jones, the travelling district passenger agent for tue Cot ton Belt with headquarters at Mem phis, is in the city today.
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Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. Eas to take, easy to operate; reliable, sure 25c.
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CITY ITEMS.

Mrs. c. ". Butts. of LInwood, is visiting friends in the city.
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WEATHER FORECAST.

Cloudy tonight and Saturday. Stationary temperature.
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Go to Anderson Meyer
 Drug Go.

Miss Lucy Burford, a '99 graduate of Galloway College, returned home Thursday afternoon. Miss Lucy graduated with high honors.
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Just received all kinds of Lan dreth onion sets and garden seeds bulk or papers. m
 Mccain Grocery Co.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-12
THE PARDON OF DaEYFUs.

To the Editor Of the Press:
France has pardoned Dreyfus; now who
shall pardon Francef This is the ques-
tIon that people all over the Civilized
world are asking today.
The amount and variety of the iniauity
revealed In the trial are something aston
ishing. As Gov. Roosevelt well said
"Nominaily man was on trial, but real.
ly republic" The man was convicted
by the court at Rennes. but it is the
French Republic that stands convicted
before the bar of nationsl
Amid the blaokness OF the whole story,
there are some CLEANS of light which
show the brighter for the surrounding
darkness. Chief of these is the character
OF Madame Dreyfus. Her rare faithful
ness and heroism might serve as lesson
TO country, which by Salio law has al
ways rigidly excluded women from the
throne, on the ground that 1.-THE land of
France is too noble to be ruled by a
woman" country which, even as a
republic, imposes all manner OF antiquat-
ed legal disabilities on women.
lt Is only within the past year or two
that French wives have been allowed the
control of their own earnings; the only
scrap OF suffrage granted TO them ia the
right to vote for judges OF the tribunals
OF commerce; and In certain classes of
Important cases, Gas for instance, ques-
tions Of identiSy,) the testimony OF "a
woman 10 not received In court. She is
legally incapable of tsstifying to the
Identity OF person whom she may have
known all hsr life-as incapable as IL she
were an insane person or All idiot.
Who would not today consider the testi-
mony of Madame Dreyfus worth more
than that OF half the witnesses before. the
court at Rennesp Who would not say that
such woman Is better worthy to vote
than that whole clique of conspirators,
perturers and forgsrs, the Generals of the
French Armyf
Ethel. @. AVERY.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-12

1T is said that for some time the CON-
petition has been very severe with the
creaineries in this State. 1t Is said that
not ons-half of the factories in the State
OF Maine are more than paying running
expenses. They are competing among
themselves for the purchsss Of the cream
and at the sale they are competing with
one another to see who will sell the cheap.
est. Thus at both ends Of the trade are
they suffering. There Is said to be an
agent at this time calling On the different
creamery owners for the purpose Of bring
Ing about some change whereby the
crsameries shall combine. This man, II
Is understood. is merely explaining the
situation, not being prepared to make
definite propositions. 1t is understood
that his plan is a consolidation or for.
nation OF an immense company that
shall operate the greater number of the
creameries. Secretary McKesn has ex-
pressed the opinion that the situation de-
mands some sort of an arrangement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-12

the chance OF the Beers making any sue.
cessful resistance. for the Britiih govern.
ment was hurrying troops 20 the Cape In
large numbers In the fisstest steamships.
and thu time was nob far distant when q
British force so overwhelming would
be on the borders Of their territory
ne TO render any struggle on their part
worse than useless. Dom Paul might
well suspect that the BritishEwsre parley-
log only to gain time, and that when
their troops were ready and they had the
Trsnsvaal by the throat they would out
the conversation short and compel the
Beers to grant all their old demands and
q great many new ones. This line Of
reasoning, which would not be an uu-
natural one, especially In visw Of many
episodes in English history, would impel
him TO the course he has apparently
taken, and II his premises were correct 1t
was the wisest course for him. The
moral disadvantage of appearing to be
the aggressor Is great. but It Is much less
than would havs been the physical dis
advantage that delay was sure to bring.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-12

Some of the Massachusetts farmers
are having difficulties with the Boston
milk dealers, as the Maine farmers have
had. The contracts Of many farmers in
Ashfield, auckland, Charlsmont, Colrain,
Heath and Shelburne with the Boston
dairy company sxpied Tuesday, and the
farm ers have unanimously agreed not to
deliver any more milk until an under
standing Is reached. Meetings have been
held, and II. k. Tarfield of kCharlemont
and Albert @. Bray of Buckland have
been chosen to represent the farmers. 1t
is the claim of the farmers that the COM
pany sent out q circular which was not q
contract and still was binding in many
Of its provisions. To certain extent 1t
left the question Of price open. A meet,
ing will be held ON Friday between the
Representatives of the farmers and the
company.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-12

The recent rains have not materially
raised the water in the rivers and streams
of Central Maine. It Is said that the
kennebec has not been SO low as now
within the memory of the oldest inhabi-
tant. At Waterville the 2iver is now so
low that small boys sunday. when the
mills were shut down. explored the en-
tire bed of the river south of the falls.
picking their way with perfect ease all
over the bare lodges OF shale that 70 rm
the river bed from the WinsIow bank
clear to the wheel pit of the Lockwood
mills. A large ten-pound togue was
found stranded
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-12
THE Beers AND THE BRITISH.

Every Englishman who wants q row
with the Transvaal Republic will look
upon Kruger's ultimatum as perfect
godsend.s 1t gives them what they have
long wanted, thoroughly satisfactory
exoass for letting loose the dogs of war.
Until this document appeared such an
excuse they did not have. Of course the
rabble was satisfied with little excuse or
no excuse at all. They, not only In
England but else where, are always spoil
ing for fight. With them war Is not
something to be avoided and only en-.
tered upon as a last resort. 1t Is not even
means to an end, but an end in itself
Precisely why this Is SO is not very easy
to answer, but that such is the fact ex-
perience has too frequently taught to ad-
init ef doubt. But there have been a
great many men in England, men Of
ininence and standing, who have not
been able to reconcile their consoienoes to
wnr solely or chiefly for the
purpose of reducing the numbered years
an Englishman has to remain In the
TransTaal before he can exercise the
suffrage. Some of them have been inside
the cabinet, apparently, and Mr.. Cham.
bsrlain has found 1t uphill work to .con
vert them to his views. Until Kruaer's
ultimatum appeared there was abundant
evidence that distaste to an appeal to
arms was growing In England, and the
outlook for a peaceful settlement was
much more hopeful. by his extravaQant
demands the Boer President has
played into the hands of the
British jingoes and put them In the way
OF not only getting a satisfactory oasus
belli. but. If he follows up his threat, Of
being abls to say that they are going to
war in selr defence. 1t is a little difficult.
at first glance, to understand how the
willy old Dutchma3, who for wee ks has
carried on a fencing match with the Eng
lsh diplomats withswonderful skill, should
have suddenly fallen into what appears
20 be serious mistake and given Eng
land great advantage Of position. But
a careful view OF the situation will show.
NE think, that Kruger has had to choose
bstween two courses, either OF which was
certain to place him in advantageous
position. In short, he was In a place
where he must choose between two evils.
Whether he has ohossn the least may be
aquestian, but on the assumption that
war was inevitable, as perhaps he had
good reason to believe. streng argument
can be made In support of
krugsr's choice. The Transvaal Is a state
small In population and in resources, and
oven with the population and resources
Of the Orange Fres--Stats added it could
not hope to make successful resistance TO
England, after ths latter had had time TO
fully prepare herself. To be effective Its
blows must be struck before England has
hsd sime TO mass great army on It's
herdsr. Every day of delay diminished
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-12

mittee who reported that 1.-THE standards
OF admission, instruction. examination
and graduation at Radcliffe, have been
In all respects Identical with those Of
Harvard" and that n system OF oo-edu-
cation had been introduced, but that the
amount had been slight. The majority
recommended more conservative policy
than In the past, but the Faculty pre-
ferred the opinion Of the minority, and
during the last academic year passed
votes which bind more tightly the ties
between Harvard and Radcliffe. Profess
sor Wendell concludes that unless public
sentiment says no. co-education will
slowly establish itself at Harvard. He
bases his protest against this, on two
grounds, one sentimental, colored by the
tradition that Harvard should educate
men only: the other defensive, that men
should be assured OF at least one place
where they can be educated by them
selves. A word In regard to the latter
argument. IL places Harvard with her
vast resources Tor instruction In q posi-.
ton OF narrowness and selflshness which
are believed not to exist to any consid-
cradle extent among Harvard men.
Probably not one of the Harvard Faculty
is opposed to the collegiate instruction
OF women, and by their votes the msjori-
ty have said that Harvard should not
confer It's privileges upon one sex only.
Consistency to this liberal view supports
no argument for defense, and demands
that these privileges shall not be revoked
until. thanks to endowment, Radcliffe is
enabled to establish courses Of instruc-
t1nn equal In range and standard with
those now open TO her in Harvard
As to the other argument. IL plea for
Harvard masculinity Is to trench upon
the needs OF liberal education, this
ground for protest may oheerfully he
granted. But surely this should net be
SO Yet there is no one who would net
rejoice IL this tradition might be pre-
served without sacrifice of educational
needs. True. as Prof. Wendell remarks,
harvard is not merely q factory OF
scholars; nor should lite bachelor ideals
be thoughtlessly abandoned In an Idle
drift toward the "holy bonds of matri-
mony." But II this result can be made
to attain more fully what both institu-
tions were founded for; tradition of ex-
clusiyeness should be SO intellIgentIy
handled that a union may not be made
impossible
MALCOLM E. NICHOLS, 30.
Boston, Oct. 3, 1892
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-10-12

While the great mass of the Democrats
would take Admiral Dewey as Presi-
Dental candidate on any platform which
he might make, or none at all IL that
suited him better, there are
some who "kick" at such programme.
One of them is ex-senator Blackburn
of Kentucky, who thinks 1t is "better to
lose the election with genuine Demoract
than to win with political apostA te. I"
However, it Is pretty hard to say just
what genuine Democrat is nowadays
There ars great many conflicting def
nitions of that genus. and 1t Is possible
that Admiral Dewey might get in under
one OF them. But the prospect of getting
Dewey under any guise is too small to
be worth talking about.