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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-23
ALL ARRANGED FOR HIM

With a dexterity acquired by long
practice the burglar pried up the pam
try window and thrust his head inside.
A dim light was burning, and large
card with inscription confronted him:
THAT'S ALL RIGHT, DON'T MAKE
A NOISE, AND DON'T DISTURB THE
FAMILY, WE ARE ALL ASLEEP.
Startled at this he drew his head
back and listened moment.
Everything was quiet, and he eau.
tiously climbed in. An oblong card
attracted his attention. 1t read:
YOU WILL FIND ALL THE PLATED
WARE AND THE PLATES HERE IN
THIS CHINA CLOSET.
He opened the china closet. The first
thing he saw was a japanned box bear
ing label informing him that there
was "nothing but plated ware inside,
all the solid silver having been stolen
by previous burglar"
He explored the box and all the
shelves thoroughly, but there was moth
ing worth stealing. Cautiously opening
the door on his right he stepped into
the kitchen. Another card confronted
him. He turned up the gas and read:
YOU CAN'T GET UPSTAIRS WITHOUT
ROUSING THE FAMILY.
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT HERE AND
THEN TRY THE DINING ROOM.
"YOu're a good one," muttered the
burglar. 81 wonder what your little
game is"
/ With his hand on the revolver in his
coat pocket, he stole softly into the
dining room. There was just light
enough to enable him to read the card
hanging from the chandelier over the
dining tab.e:
IF YOU WILL TRY THE DOOR ON
YOUR RIGHT YOU WILL FIND
YOU CAN GO OUT WHENEVER YOU
PLEASE. 1T HAS A SPRING LOCK.
AND NOW WILL YOU KINDLY GO
AND CLOSE THE PANTRY WINDOW,
so THE SHINGS WILL NOT FREEZE?
"Anything to oblige you," he said,
having tried the door and found he
could open it quickly in case of emer-
gency.
He went to the pantry and closed
the window, returned to the dining
room, and explored the sideboard.
Every drawer had kard inside with
written inscription informing him
that the previous burglar had carried
away all the gold and silver keepsakes
and other articles of real value, but he
was welcome to whatever he could find
that suited him.
Turning away from the sideboard he
was about to enter the back parlor,
when he distinctly heard an alarm
clock. 1t seemed to be IN one of the
rooms above.
He ran to the side door, opened it,
and stepped out.
The door closed behind him with a
snap, and a sort of iron cage descended
from above, inclosing him as securely
asf he were rat in atrap.
Then he he I'd the sound of hurried
footsteps, a ring at telephone bell,
and presently muffled voice aaid:
"SAy, the apparatus works all right.
We've got burglar Gagged here. Send
a p ltrOI wagon"
The burglar made desperate effort
to escape, but the cage was too strong.
la tAsH hVo rOu Ivypvs <.srf r y teS .NntY
ct, placed the mnzzle against the door,
and fired six times.
Beyond defacing the bullet-proof
sheet of steel that covered the outside
of the door, the shots did no damage.
Fifteen minutes later he was on his
way to the police station, trying to
think it all out and cursing his luck.
He had been too trusting.-Chicage
Trihnn0
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-23
Written for The Prison MsrUr,
SELFISHNESS

The baneful "Upas Tree" whose
poisonous shadows shut Loves SUM-
light from our little earth, is selfish
ness.
All the evils that afflict humanity
take root in this-the "unpardonable
sin."
There is no place in Loves Kingdom
for any soul tainted with sel6shness.
Love and selfshness can no more as.
similate than can oil and water.
Selishness thrives and fiourishes,
though societies without number exist
for the betterment OF the race. What
are all these refOrmers accomplish
ing?
For one thing, they are producing an
abundant crop of frauds and hypo-
critics, and are waxing fat on the ere.
duIity of the dupes who expect any re-
suits from their vain and futile act
ion.
Oliver Wendell Holmes has happily
termed them, "Mutual Admiration So
citiesw
: No, to effect reforms, idle pecking
around the evil avaiIs nothing. The
ak must be used with vigOr.
Who would better the condition of
humanity must first eradicate selfish
noCo from bic omn bo,rt opJ Grh+ -
to the death, wherever found. He must
not draw his inspiration, should he Oc
cupy pulpit, from his hearers, or
preach to please them. He must have
the courage of his convictions and fear
lessly utter the truth. If he be genu
inc ref0rmer he must suffer and expect
to suffer in his battle for the right.
Christ was cruciti-d for battling
against sefishneSs, and should he ap-
pear again today, aud preach the same
doctrines and again attempt to drive
the money changers from the temple,
though he might not be cruciied i'm
this Christian (?) and civilized age, he
would, without doubt be placed in
some prison cell, where he might preach
truth to the walls. SelfiShness is a
hydra headed monster that shows it.
self not only in the conduct of individ-
uals, but even among lauded Christian
nations.
We have been Mortified of late by the
accounts of the horrible butcheries and
atroci les of the "Unspeakabe Turk"
Yet the selfi>llnesS and jealousy of
ChIisIan England is accountable for
his existance in Europe today! Russia,
much maligned nation, was driving
him out bag and baggage in '54, when
England nob!y took his part, and with
the assistance of "Napoeon the Little"
checked Russia, and gave the "Sick
Man IF Europ-" a new lease of life.
Since then we have been edited by
the Bulgari nj and Armenian butcher
les Whilst the Franco Prussian war
was in progress Russia took advantage
of the ci cumStance to again float her
fleet i'm he waters of the Black Sea and
refortify SevastopOI. England did not
find time to Interfere, as she had little
engagement with this country just then
with regard to the Alabama Claims.
She had allowed Southern Cruisers to
be fitted up in her ports, and permitted
them to go sea to destroy American
shipping. Her blind selfishness con.
tinues. She thinks the American peO
pie have a short memory, and she is
now anxous to form all aIiince with
us, as she did with the Turk in 81, to
keep Russia from meddIing with India
and her Eas, ern interests. The Phil.
ippnt. would he fine rendezvous for
the al ie,i Il cts, and the London Press
is most enthusiastic over our success
there.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-23

too, for he was n. g. and grouchy, and
had nearly starved US to death.
1t took me a week to fill up on
beefsteak- pie, and the captain lost his
ship.
SINBAD,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-23
TERMa. $1.OO per year. in advance
Six Months so cents.

No, if there should be an alliance.
better it be with Russia, whose fleet
lowered on our coast to render assist
ance, when perfdious Albion was do
ing the dirty work that brought about
the Alabama difficulty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
Some NYeslern Pnners.

From the Youths Companion.
OF starting many newspapers there is no
end; and as certain papers established in
the past have gained a great deal OF free
advertising from the slngularity of their
names we find that the Sedalia Bazoo. the
Texas Jimplecute and the Tombstone Epi-
taph have plenty of imitators or success
sors.
Kansas and Oklahoma are particularly
prolific in newspaper titles of this type.
The Shawnee Daily Dinner Bell no doubt
expected its name 10 have a welcome sound
TO the people OF the region. but not 80
could the founders of the Kingfisher Kick
er. or the Thomas County Cat, or of the
Western Cyclone expect.
The Pottawatomie County Plain People
has a good sound and so has the Hin CITY
Lively Times The Kansas Cowboy, the
Comanche Chief. and the Kiowa Chief are
picturesque, while singularity Is the strong
recommendation OF the Ensign Razzoop
the Jayhawkeye and Palladium, the Prai-
RE Dog. the Prairie owl, the Whimwham
The open Eye, the Fanatic and the Cribs
by City Scorcher.
Perhaps the best name of the lot Is that
~ the Oklahoma Sunbeam. II II lives up
TO its name, it ought TO be genuinely popu-
Iar-except, perhaps. In midsummer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
MISCELLANEOUS.


A SEWING MACHINE FREE-TELL
your neighbors to call; to all schoolgirls
not over IA years OF age, we make this
offer: on Monday, Oct. 2 1885, the day
school commences, we will give away, free,
one good hand sewing machine, with at
tachments, all in perfect order, mo toy
to the first schoolgirl, not over IA years
OF age, who win bring or send this hand
bill and list of the largest number OF
words In the English language ending i'm
C-I-O-N. with definitions. For instances
Suspicion. one should be suspicious OF
what kind of contract they sign, whether
for an old, repossessed, worked over sew
ing machine, sold as new. and II out Of
employment, or sick, is allowance made
for such. We have repossessed only two
machines this year. See us for particu-
lars. Should q tie occur, we villa place
the hand-bills OF those tleing In a hao
and blindfold a little boy, who will draw
out one hand-bil. The owner of same
win receive the sowing machine and att
tachments free. The Domestic Sewing
Machine Company ia the first company
that ever brought out vibrator, and to-
day all shuttle machines of any note, usa
this motion. We have all the latest inn
proVements and the handsomest machines
on the market, double feed, open-end Shut
tie, buttonhole attachments, chain or loc;S
stitch Qn fact two machines in one) Our
new corders will admit of any sized cord
being used las large as ones finger, If de-
sired We solicit competition. All OF our
dealings are guaranteed. We repair ana
adjust oil makes OF sewing machines. lie
you have machine that needs fixing, cali
on US. II you have a machine on trial. or
desire one on trial, let us know, and we
will save you money, whether you buy our
machine or not. We sell on more reason
able terms and offer larger discounts for
cash than any sewing machine company
We furnish attachments and needles for
all makes OF sewing machines. Singer
needles, 20c per dozen. Why pay 30c else
where? We sell William f.. Nye's oil In
bulk or in bottles Bring your own bot
tie and get a half pint for 10 cents. which
will hl seven 10-cent bottles. Remember
the New Improved Domestic Sewing Ma
chine Is at southeast corner of Barnard
and York under Knights OF Pythias hail,
phone 2325 for one on trial. G.. o. Penton
& Son. sole dealers in New Improved Do
nestle Sewing Machines.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
FOR A SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
Site Up the Central Road Secured
for That Purpose.

No move In the cattle industry of such
proportions as stated by MIR j. r. Cream
er can be gathered from inquiries among
Central Railroad officials. 1t was Mr..
Creamer's understanding that a large tract
of land had been bought a few miles up
The railroad from Savannah and that 1t
would be used for cattle. 1t was learned
at the Central Railroad general Offices
that the cattle schultz spoken of by Mt
Dreamer was built by the road for Messrs
N. B. Ellison and A 3. Brooks, who form
the firm of Ellison & Co. engaged in the
business of buying and selling cattle. The
firm has rented forty-fVe acres Of land
from The Central Railroad about half a
mile beyond the Florida Central and Pen
insular crossing.
Mr.. Ellison has been in the cattle busi-
ress for many years, and has made a sue
cess of IT, He purposes entering the field
mere and making a strong bid for business
1t is his belief that Georgia beef can be
put on the market and sold in Savannah
in active competition with the large pack
ing houses of The West, and it is in the
prosecution of this idea that he has en-
tered into the arrangement with the Cen
trail.
The principal place of business of Messrs.
Ellison & Co. is Milledgeville. That is
their distributing point, and 1t is quite
probable that many of the beeves they
receive at the slaughter houses they will
establish on the land secured from the
Central will come from that place. 1t is
also their purpose to ship cattle in fit
condition for slaughter direct to their new
slaughter house from wherever they may
be bought.
Mr.. Ellison has been engaged in the
cattle business with relative. The part
nershp with Mr. Brooks is recent They
believe there is a good opening at Savan-
nah. They have secured a store at the
corner of Drayton and Macon streets. and
are now putting in a cold storage plant.
Their business will be to sell to the BUTCH
ers of the city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
No Lady Would Do
Such a Thing.

No lady would take her watch when
out of order, to the first person who dis
played the sign Watches Regulated
and Repaired" But she would Carefully
enquire for manAwhose acknowledged
skill entitled him to take in charge The
delicate mechanism.
How much more careful should a
woman be, when she herself is disor-
oerded, not to entrust the delicate and
complex mechanism of her being to the
nrst man or woman who displays the
sign " Medical Advice Given. 8" No SIGN
Is to be trusted which says Medical
ADVICE Given " and stops there. Medi-
cal advice can be given only by ply
siclan An accredited physician wilt put
his title with his name. Suppose a sign
reads, Medical Advice Given bv
Man. What woman would rot in
stantly say, The fact Of being a man
doesn't qualify him to give msdicaI adj
wee. He must be a Physician to do
that' But suppose the sign reads:
Medical Advice Given by Woman"
is not the fact Just as patent that being
wowdr does not qualify her to give
medical advice. The woman must be
physician to do that Medical advice
given by an unskilled woman is lust as
dangerous as if given by an unskilled
man
In inviting sick and ailing woman to
consult him by letter without charge,
DIR. Pierce points to an experience and
practice of over thirty years, devoted
specially to diseases peculiar to women.
In that time DR.. Pierce and his associate
staff OF medical specialists have success
fully treated more than half a million
women. All correspondence is treated
as strictly private and sacredly confiden-
tai. Letters are promptly answered, and
the answers are mailed in perfectly plain
envelopes, without any printing upon
them. Write without fee and without
fear to DR.. R. V. Pierce, chief consult
ing physician to the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, Buffalo, NY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
MORE DIsPENsARY TROUBLES.
ReprImands Administered to Two
South Carolina officials.

Columbia, s. c.. Sept. 6.-senator TIL
man afIirms that the dispensary system is
all right, the difficulty being that so many
men are rascals, however, that scandals
seem to propagate in the management of
the states liquor business. A new board
does not keep above suspicion for more
than a year.
To-day a sensation was sprung at the
meeting of the dspensary board by
charges filed by Capt j. c. Black against
Commissioner Douthit and Supt Bryant
Commissioner Douthit, according to the
charges, has been giving away dspensary
liquors and wines without accounting for
the same Then when orders We're sent
In by dispensers for Savannah, Atlanta
and other beers, the commissioner substi-
tuted the product OF Macon brewery
the inference being that he was interested
in that beer.
Supt. Bryant had been selling liquor
contrary to law.
After an all days session, in which 1t
was alleged there was a conspiracy among
politicians to break up the dLspensary
commission, the board accepted excuses
and administered a reprmand to the of
tending officials
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
DAYS CARD AT sHEEPsHEAD.
neI1e Stakes and Russet Handicap
Wore the Features.

New York, Sept. 6.-The Belle stakes
and the Russet handicap were the fea-
lures at Sheepshead bay to-day. The for
mer was for two-year-old FLIES over the
futurity course. Musette won easily.
Prince McCurg at the good price of 10
to /. took the Russell handicap. summa-
ry:
First Race-Six furlongs: Belle of Or
leans, Is to 1, won; Post Haste. 10 to ! and
to l. second Herbert, Is to l., third. Time
1:16 1-5.
Second Race-One mile: Voter to /,
won; Peep O'Day, u to /, and to l, Sec
ond; Admiration, 9 to s. third Time
$40 As.
Third Race-The Belle, futurlty course.
Musette, to /, won, with Runaway Girl,
10 to l and to /. second. and Oneck
Queen, 70 to l, third. Time 1:10 3-5.
Fourth Race-Six furlongs. X. C. b., 2
to /, won. with Veracious 20 to / and 8
to l. second, and Emigre, 5 to l, third. Time
Iii 2-5.
Fifth Race-Mile and a furlong. Rare
Perfume, 8 to /, won, with Maxine Co
mez to 1 and s to g. second, and Pic
cola, 20 TO l. third. Time :56 20.
Sixth Race-The Russell handicap mile
and a half. Prince McClurg, 10 to /, won,
with Thomas Cat. to and l to 2, second,
and The Bachelor, 3 to /, third. Time
2:38 is.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
LOCAL Personal.

Mr.. T. N. Theus left yesterday for Shell
hyville. Ky, to visit old friends.
Mr.. A. T. Cleveland of Atlanta is
among the visitors in the city a guest Of
the De Soto.
Mr.. A. ]. Cox spent yesterday in the
city. He was registered at the De Soto
from Jacksonville.
Mr.. George B. Denman of Atlanta was
among the visitors in the city yesterday,
a guest of the De Soto.
Mr.. w. A. Hawkins came over yesterday
from Americas and was among the ar
rivals registered at the De Soto
Miss Lille McKinnon of Townsville has
inst returned home, after spending a most
ENJOYABLE visit with her friend and rela-
tive. Mrs. A. II. Wait and Miss Edith
Friend.
Mr.. Ed L. Owens. who has been in the
employ of the quartermaster's department
here for some time, having been trans
ferred by Lieut.. Col. Belhnger to his sue
cessor. Col. d. d. Wheeler, was lately
transferred by Col. Wheeler to Capt. w.
C. r. Colquhoun, who is now in charge
of the depot.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
A Great Blessing Something in The
Reach Of Everybody.

what would you think Of a man who was
click and constantly lived In reach OF sal
vation, yet because he had failed in other
directions refuses to take the blessing that
ia before him? This was the case wifb
Mr. John S. Cook OF Atlanta.
II have been suffering with dyspepsia
for ten years. ] began taking Tyner,s
Dvspepsia Remedy and gained flfteen
rounds IN thirty days. l commend II to the
hubble as a great blessing. ! can eat sun
per, go TO bed and sleep like babe
something could not do before" Price 60
cents per bottle. For sale by ali druggists.
Send &c in stamps TO pay postage for a
sample bottle free. Address
TYNER'S DYSPEPSIA REMEDY Co,
o. Atlanta, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
POWERS ADJUDGED INSANE.
Unfortunate Painter Sent to MILL
edgeviIIe sanatOrium.


John F. Powers. the young white man
whose unfortunate mental condition and
resulting Authorizations have attracted re-
cent attention, was yesterday adjudged
lunatc and last night sent 10 the state
sanatorlum in Milledgeville.
The examination of the demented paint
er was conducted in his cell at the Jail,
where he was visited by the jury of the
ordinary OF late his dementia has taken
another turn, and he fancies that he is
to produce a spectacular play in the Park
extension, upon very large scale. He
imagines that he must provide costumes
for the members of his company, and to
this end tears the clothing from his body
to make them.
When the Jury visited his cell he was
completely naked and the turkeys said
that he would not permit anything to re-
main on him, but would tear his clothes
to rags and tatters for the imagined pur-
pose of making mis- costumes. He still re-
tanned the impression that he was one of
the great singers of the age and rendered
life rather disagreeable for the other in-
mates of the Jail who were compelled
through the watches of the night to listen
to his singing. From the visit of the jury
he gathered the impress on that he was to
be set Immediately at liberty. and that the
members OF the jury had come to see him
with this end in view. He assured them he
would be ready to go within few minutes
and thanked them for doing what he said
had already been too long delayed.
The jury passed also upon the mental
condition of James Bennett, colored, who
was likewise adjudged a lunatic. He was
sent to the sanatorlum with Powers. Ben
nett is an old negro, and is rather physi-
cally infirm than mentally unbalanced. He
is a paralylic and his trouble has to some
extent extended to his brain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
Florida Murderer Caught.

waycross Ga, Sept 6.-Deputy Sheriff
d. NJ. Davidson of Alachua county, Flor
ida, reached the city last night with an
important prisoner wanted at High
Springs, Fla, for murder. It was one
year ago next month that Willis Brice,
colored killed another negro at High
Springs and made his escape. The negro
who was killed was John Laney, and the
trouble arose over a board bill Deputy
Davidson chased his man through Flor
ida, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee,
where he was captured al Mount Pleasant.
The negro adopted two or three aliases,
and when caught he was going by the
name OF Charles Cooper. lie was al
work In a phosphate mine at Mount
Pleasant. He confessed the killing OF La
ney to Davidson on the way here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
MEDICAL.

LADIES' CHICHESTERs ENGLISH
Pennyroyal Pills are the best Safe, re-
liable. Take no other. Send 4c stamps
for particulars. Relief for Ladies'" In
letter by return mail. Ask your druggist.
Chichester Chemical Co., Philada., Pa.
HOW ARE YOUR FEET9 IF YoUn
feet are troubling you. call on me and
will give you relief; cure ngrowing nails,
corn and all diseases of the feet without
pain; charges reasonable; can give the
best references In the city; patients treat
ed at residences; orders can be left at Liv-
ingston's drug store. Bull and Congress
streets; telephone 29s. Lem Davis. sur
Reon chiropodlst
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
PLEASED THE AUDIENCE.
"The MiddIcman" Was on at the The
alter Last Night.


alter Last Night.
The Woodward Warren Company pleas
ed its audiences at the matinee and night
performance yesterday At the matinee
the play was Our Strategists," the farce
comedy of the night before and the even
ing play was "The Middleman." Ii was
very well put on, and Mr.. Woodwards
promise of the night before that the play
would be well-worth seeing was kept.
The audience was somewhat larger than
on Tuesday night. Throughout the play
every evidence of appreciation was shown,
both of the specialities and the acting.
The company has always been one of the
most popular of those of cheap prices, and,
not withstanding the warm weather, il is
probable Mr.. Woodward will find his en-
eagement this week profitable. He will
give an afternoon and evening perform
ance to-day.
The cast for last night was as follows
Cyrus Blenkarn, the Mddleman 400.
Observation-Disclosures. Francis Morey
Joseph Chandler, of the Tetlow Por-
celaln Works ................Guy Hitner
Jesse Pegg. one of Chambers Work
men .....s......,..........M Mr.. Woodward
Capt. Julian Chandler. .Chas. B. Middleton
Batty Todd, Chambers Managing
Man ..................W. H. Van Etten
Daniper, Reporter ........ Royce Alton
sir Seaton Unfraville, Mr.. Watched.
, lawyer ............s........W. p. Wallis
NARY Blenkarn .......... Miss Una Clayton
nancy Blenkarn...,... Miss Mabelle Eckert
MISS Chandler......... Miss Bessie Warren
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
MANY RACE ENTHUSIASTS.
Thousands Saw Star Pointer and Joe
Patcher Pace.

New York, Sept. 6.-Flfteen thousand
enthusiastic spectators were at the Empire
City trotting track to-day to see the great
race between the PAGERS, Star Pointer and
Joe Patchen and John r. Gentry
The betting was 100 to 30 on Star Point
er. Following are the grand circuit re-
suits:
Free-for-all pacing. purse $1,000 Joe
Patchen won, with John r. Gentry sec
ond and Star Pointer third. Time 204I4
2:02S4; 2:04A. Star Pointer took the first
heat and was distanced in the third
2:22 class, trotting. purse 81 500. Senator
L. won, with Lasso second and Lucille
third. Time 2:151s; PIP
2:1O class, trotting, one mile dash, purse
$500. Aves won, with Louise NJ. second,
and Lucius third. Time 1904.
2:14 class. trotting purse $1,000 Rubber
won, with Little Dick second, and Iris
third. Time 2:10A