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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

The following conversation took
place between a professional Or
ganizer of fraternal societies and
Roman Catholic Divine.
Organizer "Say Father, do you
think secret societies are bad or
good?''
Rev. Father c." Well you know
there are societies considered to
be bad because the church says
that they are, not because they do
anything particularly wicked. And
then there are societies considered
to be bad, first because the Church
says so, and also because they are
really bad, they teach and do
things that are evil
Now it seems to us that there
are also two kinds of criminals,
one kind who are criminal because
Cne law says SO, not because
they are really wicked inclined, and
who would if they could regain
their liberty from prison lead a
moral and good life, and by care
full attention to business would
make no more mistakes, and they
should receive the merciful con-
sideration Of the. Pardon Board.
Then there are other kinds of
criminals who are bad because the
law says so, and because they are
really bad. These may be re-
formed by careful discipline, and
We hope for them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

against all corners. But what did
the public see done, why the es-
planade in front of the sea-bench,
had beautiful terrace of hand
some residence houses Of immense
value, and all rented to good
paying tenants, and as this prop
erty belonged to His Royal High
ness Prince Albert husband Of
H. Majesty the Queen-why Of
course the British navy had orders.
not to fire upon Odessa, and the
feet departed and did not fire a
gun upon the place. Now if it is
good to save the private property
Of Princes Of the Royal blood, it;
is also good to do the same thing:
for you and for me. Therefore if:
one delegates to do anything that
will bring about a saving Of your
money or estate and mine then we,
are willing to let the fighting be
done by others, and ourselves.
shall remain neutral.
Under improving headlines, the
Daily Interocean, give pronounce
ment to Professor A. M. Leonard,
Who says: "The advent of the
kissing bug presages the end Of
the world" And in part proof
declares the little animal 10 be the
Locust spoken Of in the Book of,
Revelations, and that it's sting is
condemnation. That they come
from the bottomless pit, and attack
men as with the sting of a scorpion,
and that those condemned shall
linger five months, and that ALL
passions shall become victims, I'M.
less they bear the seal Of the Lord
on their foreheads."
Professor Leynard then read from,
the Book of Revelations, making
applications to several recent ca
lamities, such as the cyclone at
St. Louis, the sinking Of the La,
Bourgogne, the tornado in Wis
consin. He also referred to the
dark days of 1898, and the falling
of the stars in 1888, as modern
evidences that the prophecies of
Bible are fulfilled.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

you wish to obtain a high grade
of fruit, the fruit must be pulled
little before they are fully ripe,
or decay will set in and they be-
come worthless, therefore we may
rest assured that it was not the
plucking. of an apple from a tree.
Furthermore the apple is one of
the very best condiments for food
supply created by a benefcient
Creator, for the use of man. We
do not know just exactly what it
was, that Eve killed, but it may
have been Chicken or a Turkey,
or something Of that kind. And
then she became as one of the
Gods, having a knowledge Of good
and evil. Before committing of
this sin, she had full knowledge
Of all that was good, and when
she had committed this sin, then
she became afraid, and fear was
the result, which was the know
ledge of the evil side of life.
Then it was that fear entered
into the hearts of all of Gods
creatures and self-protection be-
came dominant, and the Lion and
the Lamb lay down no more to-
gether. Then it was that the wild
beasts went forth seeking his
pray, and the defensless ones
looked to man for protection.
And the protector of the defense
less has become the murderer by
the use of their flesh for food.
So we have every reason to
believe that this world was a
paradise before the Fall of Man,
and that in those days life was
perpetual. After the Fall of Man,
we had to live on and procreate
ourselves under the shadow of
death, and suffer from the know
ledge Of our former Paradise Lost.
The proposition set forth herein
is still further illustrated by the
necessity Of the Savior, who to
atone, must suffer death upon the
Cross. This death Of the Son Of
God, still more strongly denotes
to us. The fact of the first act,
Of sin being the death of some one
of Gods creatures, and without
the death of a Savior, life could
not be regained. So then in Him,
through Him, and by His death
and burial, we participate with
Him, in His Glorious Resurrection,
and thus Paradise is regained.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27
OLD JENNINGS AND THE
DEVIL.

Now that so much is being said
about foreign countries, perhaps a
few remarks in similar strain will
be proper. It was after our ship
had been hove too for long time
on short allowance consisting of
one biscuit and one pint of water
for our daily allowance, for nearly
six weeks that we made port, and
was happy at being able to get in
provisions and water and get a
general fix up, after which we
began our cruise up the Mediter-
ranean Sea. In passing through
the Straits of Gibraltar, we noticed
funny circumstance, or more
likely somebody told it to us and
some people believe it is true, and
it may be, for you will see all the
monkeys that ever lived on the
earth on the Gibraltar side now,
and in few hours, not one can
be seen. They are all gone to
Morocco. They do not swim over,
SO they must have subway under
the ocean, because they go and
come, no man yet can tell how,
the tunnel entrance is a complete
mystery. So if you 60 to Glib
raltar to buy cargo of monkeys
you want to get them before you
pay for them, or they may put the
graft on and tell you to wait till
the monks return from Morocco.
Leaving this beautiful spot, and
it is one CT the most favored
places on earth, we passed through
the straits and made our way up
Sea. After lobbing around pleas
antly for some time, we sighted
MOuuU EClld, d VO1CdIl1C uuOuuUdlIl
in Sicily, and having nothing else
to do our vessel made inland
until we could see the coast
quite plainly. It became calm,
and a calm in this place means
that you may go to sleep for a
few weeks or more. One day we
made up party to man the long
boat to go ashore, as we understood
that there we're plenty of Rabbits
and other small game along the
coast. Taking provisions for 5
or 6 days we pulled off from our
mother ship, and made for the
land, which we reached in safety.
Then pulling our boat to a safe
anchorage we pitched our tent and
established ourselves for a picnic.
We passed two or three jolly days,
and all at once, at the noon meal,
while we were enjoying our coffee
and cigarettes, one of our crew
called for us to look eastward,
which we did and everybody said:
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In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man.
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the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
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the bar sinister to fallen mans selfredemptiOn.
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accrue surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
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of the death of old Jennings, and
no person having seen him leave
the volcano, that he must be there.
The court adjourned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

With Kaiser Wilhelm visiting
French warship, and French off,
GERS entertained on the yacht
Hohenzollern. "LaRevanche"-
seems~to be fading away afay in
die Ewigkeit. IN. Y. Tribune.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27
Read and pass THE MIRROR to friend.

On Friday last the Rev Father
Peter Mclaughlin of Minneapolis
and M. Reordan of Anoka. MINI.
visited the. prison and were taken
through the institution by Mr..
Glennon. They expressed their
qualification at the cleanliness and
perfect order of the management.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

dlO CuO DONA1 10 oAoOA AAh WILL p"
whip" Each one Of the party
knew old Jennings quite we'll, he
was a ship biscuit baker, and it
was said that he used to use bone
dust to adulterate the -four with
which he made the Sailors hard
tack, and real bad sailor-men used
to say that for this, that when he
would die, that he would be sure
to 90 to h-'l. ''The hot place
prepared for evil doors, and as old
Jennings flew past our party, and
we saw old nick behind him with
his whip, and when we saw him
fly up the side Of Etna, this wild
burning mountain which was roar
ing full blast, throwing out fire,
smoke and birthstone. Devil be-
hind, whip in hand, and see him
get whacked into the mouth of the
volcano, and then and there dis
appear, both Devil and Jennings
went down into the bottom Of the
frey eruption ''like when McGintey
dropped into the midle of the sea"
Old Jennings also was dressed in
his Sunday suit of clothes, and he
always wore a swallow-tail coat
and a white cravat on Sunday.
Well, we stood breathless, the
fire emitted from the volcano
seemed real hot and when some
one of our party said it was two
minutes past three o'clock and we
had better get back to our ship, or
maybe the devil would fall in love
with some of us. We did not re-
quire second warning, we hurried
back to our boat and went on
board our ship and the captain
brought out his log-book and
made a careful entry of the cir
cumstance, entering the day of the
week, and of the month and year,
and the time of the time Of day
that the awful doom appeared and
the log-book entry stated the
names of each one who saw the
dreadful fact and then in solemn
silence we all signed the book.
We mind when we took the pen to
write our name, how the sweat did
roll down our face and neck. We
don't think there was very much
talking just then every mans
hand trembeled like an aspan leaf
and the crew who stayed on board
ship, while we went ashore, and
who had not yet caught on,
though we had all been taken i'll
with ague or some other malarias
land-lubber disease, they little
thought of the dreadful spectacle
we had unwillingly witnessed and
when all hands were called on
deck and ordered aft, consterna-
ton seemed to take hold of the
ships company, and when the
captain called on the Rev. Father
Murphy to read the log, it was
then that each man looked at his
fellow and every one breathed a
silent prayer for a fair wind to
take us away from such a danger
Gus neighborhood. We rejoiced
to see a fresh breeze spring up
and we set sail and our next port
was Constantinople. What hap
pened there we will leave for some
other article and to conclude we
say that it was nearly two years
before we reached home and then
we enquired about old Jennings
and it seems that he died in Lon
don in the office of his biscuit
factory at the hour, time, day,
week, month, and year, as set forth
in the ships log-book, the entries
in the log-book had been contin-
ued all the voyage, so the entry
was correct there there was no
Geographic communication be-
tween the ship and old Jennings
or onvbOdu cleo op6 whom tho
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27

SIX VI SoVou CuOuSauu years Olu,
and this calculation is based on
what we consider the age Of the
world since the fall of man.
It may be that sin came into
this world at about the time sup
posed, although Bishop Colenzo
of Port Natal, south Africa, d
bishop of the Church of England,
proved by his arithmetic that the
world was much older. He took
the bible for his authority and
simply used common arithmetic
to prove by the chronology as
stated that the age Of this earth
was unknown.
Be that as it may, the world
began so far as we are concerned
when sin first entered into it.
And this is what we wish to ana
lyze. Sin was an act of dis
obedience Of some kind and the
cause had a positive effect.
''Cause and effect:''-
The cause and effect of sin will
set before us the following propo-
sitions:
First proposition.-Sin.
Second proposition.-Fear.
Third proposition.-Palp
of the heart.
Fourth proposition.-Increased
circulation of blood.
Fifth proposition. - Increase of
temperature.
Sixth proposition. - High tenn
perature is fever.
Seventh proposition. - Fever is
disease.
Eighth proposition. Disease
is-Death.
Now we will say that, if there
had been no sin, there would have
been no fear. If there had been
no fear, there would have been no
palpitation of the heart. If there
had been no palpitation of the
heart, there would have been no
increase of the circulation of the
blood. If there had been no in
crease of the circulation of the
blood, there would have been no
increase in temperature. If there
had been no increase in tempera-
ture, there would have been no
fever. If there had been no fever,
there would not have been any
disease, and if there had not been
any disease there would not have
been any death. Now the propo-
sition is this, that Like cures
Like"
"Similia similibus curantur."
If then the cure is death-or,
at least the shadow of death, then
the original act of sin was the
death Of one Of Gods creatures,
and it looks feasible that death
should have been the act of sin
committed because by the act of
murder, ''and the causing of the
death of another is MURDER" then
this act would naturally produce
fear. To kill one of Gods crea-
lures is to take or destroy that
which we cannot replace.
It may be that Eve took some
one Of the domestic creatures, and
killing it prepared it for food, and
by this act brought fear into the
world, for if any one of Gods crea-
lures suffered death, then death
could come upon all Of Gods
creatures and the whole world was
at once filled with fear and the
shadow of death, and no matter,
whichever, or whatever, of Gods
creatures that suffered, the first
act of suffering was fear.
It must have had life, or, it's
death could not, and would not
require our life for an atonement.
The proposition that the for
hidden fruit was an apple plucked
from a tree, is to simple for any
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Admiral Schley was enthusiastically
welcomed to Atlanta, Georgia, last
Saturday
After short reception at the Kim
ball House the ladies and gentlemen OF
the party were escorted to the State
capitol. where they were met by great
crowd Of people on the capitol grounds.
and were welcomed in the governor >
reception room By the chief executive,
US. Senators, an1 Congressman. judg 8
Of the State Supreme Court and Others
From here they were escorted to the
hall Of the house Of representatives.
Admiral Schley made short speech,
acknowledging the welcome.
Col W. A. Hemphill presented a
loving cup bearing this inscription:
Presented to Rear Admiral Win
field Scott Schley by the Oitiz9ns OF
Atlanta. Ga, November 1899 -
Admiral Schley in accepting the cup
m ,de a short speech which was fire.
quently interrupted by cheers from his
hearers. After the exercises Admiral
s hley and the gentlemen OF the party
were entertained at luncheon.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
Lever Northern Neck Items.

The lexington Citizen Of November
says.
The storm Of Monday and Tuesday Of
this week wrought much havoc on the
Atlantic coast.
Many Of the Chesapeake bay steamers
were delayed as much as "a hours get.
ting into Baltimore. The Weems line
steamers succeeded in carrying out their
schedule, though the steamer Westmore-
land was six or eight hours late in leav.
ing Baltimore Tuesday for the Wednes-
days trip up the river The Essex on
Monday and Richmond on Tuesday left
the Rappahannock and made Baltimore
on time. The passengers on the Essex
Monday were terribly shaken up Sew
eral windows in her bow were broken
out by the waves.
The entire foot ways Of Mill Greek
and Burhans wharves were carried
away in the storm Only the pier-heads
remain.
The oyster planters Of the RIPARIAN
mock are beginning to see the advantage
OF planting the small seed oysters, which
are bought in James river at small
price and planted in these waters
More have been bought this year and
planted in the Rappahannock and its
tributaries than for several years past
Trap fishing along the RappahannCck
is nearly at an end. The run Of trout
has ceased entirely. and butterfish are
now only fab caught In month oil
traps will be taken up
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
Dewey Wants i Quiet Wedding.
The New York Herald says:

The New York Herald says:
Admiral Dewey and Mrs Mildred
II zen have decided to have their mar
risge take place the latter part Of the
month, possibly before Thanksgiving
Day. although much will depend upon
the completion OF the bridal trousseau
before the date is definitely determined
upon
Both Admiral Dewey and Mrs H4z
en- are opposed to anything verging
upon display. and have informed their
friends that they will be married in
the same quiet. informal manner as
were Rear Admiral and Mrs. Ludlow
several years ago. Mrs LudlDw Is
Mrs Hazen's sister.
THE date Of their marriage was
given out only the night before, and
the ceremony was performed in the
morning. There was no floral display,
music, or anything Of that sort, and
only the immediate family witnessed
the ceremony. This is exactly to the
liking Of Admiral Dewey and Mrs.
Hazen, and they have decided to FOL.
low the same simple ceremonial to the
letter.
1.-The ceremony will be performed in
the drawing-room Of the mansion OF
Mrs. Wash. Mclean, and Cardinal
Gibbons, assisted by Archbishop Keane.
under whose instructions Mrs. Hazen
became Catholic. will oificiate. II
Cardinal Gibbons cannot be present,
the Archbishop Will tie the nuptisl
knot -
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07

Gov Tyler is now busily engaged on
his message TO the Legislature. which
is to be elected today. Its treatment Of
trusts aud what the Governor may say
on the subject OF selling the oyster
grounds Will be looked forward to with
interest
A marriage was s,lemnized in Emsn-
uel Ohuich. jenkins Bridge. Accomac,
n yember ? Rev Mr.. Burks, rector,
ofli,ia'ing. The parties were Miss Mat
tie Brodwater Fletcher, formerly OF
that county. recently Of Tacoma, Wash. =,
and Mr. Thomas Lowry Drummond,
cotton dealer, Of Norfolk.
The Alexandria GAz= tie says: Gen
Eppa Hunton, though over sevsntysix
years old, made long and able argu-
ment before the Court OF Claims in
Washington, ID @ last week which
nearly all the Virginia lawyers here
went to hear, aud which all who heard
1t say would have done credit to any
man.
Lieut. George Mason Lee, son of Gen
Fitz Lee, has left for New York. He
took passage for Manila on the trans
port Thomas. which sailed last Satur-
day, and will go via Suez canal
General Lee will remain IN Washing
ton, D O, until next week, probably
Monday or Tuesday, and Will then go
TO Richmond, to spend a week with
friends. before he returns to Cnba
One of the most prominent physi-
clans in Richmond says there are q
great many sporadic cases of smallpox
in every section Of Virginia. The dis
ease. however, is of an unusslly mild
type and is largely confined to negroes
The epidemic, if such it can be called.
is by no means alarming. and the ply
stefan says that from reading medical
papers he was positive that there was
less OF the disease in Virginia than in
any other state in the Union Rich
mond News
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07
THE STORM
Havoc Wrought on the South Side Of the
Rappahannock.

The Southside Sentinel, published at
Urbanna. MiddleseK county. says
The storm OF Monday night and
Tuesday did no little damage to the
owners Of water property Oh the south
side If the Rappahannock The wind
blew from the northeast and the tide
was never seen so high before by our
oldest citizens All boats that were not
very securely tied or anchored, were
blown ashore. and in many cases cap
sized. masts broken, and oars. paddles,
tongs. etc washed away. In Urhanna
Greek great loss was sustained al .rg
this line, besides the washing away 4
wood. lumber and the like The sheer.
polls u G. ) Chowning, used f1r pat
ting masts in vessels. were blown
down across Mr. ChoWniuR's work
shop. completely demolishing tho shop
and breaking the p les Much damage
was done the property Of the STANDARD
Pickling & Vinegar Company by wash
ing away the break water, several Large
tanks, etc. J. ID Gressitt * Cos store
and J " Hurlry's oyster house came
IN for their sharo Of damage the water,
at times. being m re than d inches deep
On the Il jlrs
At Urbanna wharf. Hotel Melon, the
banks. which Capt Nelson had spent
much money TO grade aud turf, were
washed IN several feet. canoes were
blown over and ashore Csps Nelson p
loss will BE- very heavy
1t Is not thought that the OYSTER leds
were damaged TO any very great extent
as the tide was 50 high
The flot or bridge way II both Bur
hans aud Mil creek whAtyei were m
pletely torn away and much damage
done the goods in the ware houses
Bayport wharf we learn was almost
completely Carried away.
The telephone line below Lot was
broken and no communications lower
down the county can be had today
Wednesday. Mr. Catilett is t. be c0u.
sratulated FOR the prompt attention
given the troubles IN other places al1r &
the line b. tomorrow morning the
line will be in good order
II WAS imDOsnble for the ferries TO
cross the Mattaponi river at West Point.
aud in consequence hundreds q people
from this side who had arranged 10 At
tend the launching in Richmond were
cor PEELED TO return home after having
braved the storm to the landings on
this side II the river.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-11-07

Mrs. Belle Colbert. wife Of Mr. James
B. Colbert, after critical illness "
several weeks, breathed her last at her
home here Saturday afternoon. She
wac a kind. hearted and faithful friend
a devoted mother ard loving wife.
She leaves a husband and two small
children, one of whom is an infant only
a few weeks old Funeral services were
held yesterday afternoon at 3 O'Clock at
Trinity Church by the rector. Rev W.
l. Reaney, after which the remains
were inferred in the City Cemetery
The floral offerings were extremely
beautiful
The pail bearers were: Active-John
M. W. Green. Charles 5. Bradley.
Ernest Layton, John Rodgers. Robert
Mcdonnell. John b Jones
Honorary-Dr S W. Carmichael
Charles Bowling. Col L. d Cole. W.
N. Tansill. @. W Jones. ". A Bell,
T. ] Hayden. p NJ Woodford. Dr. e
r Massey, S E Eastburn.
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