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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25
H1 iften for The Prison Mirror.
Pet Lies.

How many persons there are who
have their pet Ias-romances, which
they have repeated so often that they
themselves almost believe them.
Stevens was OF that kind. Oh 1 knew
him well! He had lived all his life
amongst the finest kind of game birds
and animals and had, in fact, never
killed anything larger than mallard
duck. But he was full of hunters lore
and could talk intelligently of "deer
licks' and "bear signs and "buffalo
trails" and would patronizingly in
form his listeners that his game should
always be approached from the lee
ward or, hunted cup the wind"
Now this knowledge, and these
phrases, when aptly handled. are liable
to become sufficiently convincing for
use in ordinary conversation. Stevens
used to tell of certain drizzly day
late in certain October when he had
shot fifty three ducks. He would tell
of how his people had been threshing
loose barley for several days till at last
he had struck, so to speak, and told his
father that he was going duck hunting.
Stevens always placed the number of
ducks at exactly ffty-three, and
always located the time amidst the
threshing of that loose barley. Why
this was so, have never been able to
explain Oh other grounds than that he
came to believe the story himself. l
have heard him tell the story many
times, and it never varies the minutest
line in the main facts He always
locates himself in clump of willows
between wild rice swamp and an
open lake. The day is always "drizzly"
with low skurt. ing clouds. The ducks
fly low, his two dogs work like
charm, and when the early evening
shadows warn the teal and mallard
feeding among the wild rice to fly over
the narrow neck of land and seek the
warmer waters of the lake for their
nights lodging, Stevens gets in his
QoaQIy WOrK.
Had it not been that helped Stevens
people thresh that fall, and happen to
know all about that loose barley, and
know that there were no 'drizzly days"
and slow skurrying" clouds; but that
the weather was fine every day, and
that young Stevens father wouldn't
let him go duck hunting at all, but
kept him at home pitching barley, till
the last fOrkful was threshed, and then
set him to plowing; that the only dog
fthat he ever owned was mongrel of
questionable descent, with the way
wardness of bulldog and the look of
Scotch terrier; and the only day on
which he ever shot more than two
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25

Once upon a time Senator Black
burn of Kentucky and Colonel Pepper
of whisky making fame, were in the
formers committee room at the cap
itol. They were discussing horses.
Representative Grain of Texas en-
tered
"What are you talking about ?"
asked Grain.
"Horses," said Blackburn.
"Oh.'' remarked Grain, "why don't
you talk about something worth while?
Why don't you discuss literature or
something to improve your minds ?"
"Literature?" said Blackburn
"What kind of literature do you re-
commend?"
81 like the poets" answered Grain.
81 am particularly fond of Tennyson
and LongfellOw."
"Longfellow," interrupted Colonel
Pepper, suddenly taking an interest in
the conversation. "Oh, yes, I know
Longfellow. He was the greatest
horse ever bred in Kentucky. Wash
ington Post.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25
Written for The Prison Mirror.
My Professor.

This is not intended for temper
ance lecture, but is merely story
which interested me because [ knew
the principal actor in it and it has at
least the merit of being true. If you
had seen him as L first saw him you
would have thought him anything else
but a professor, and you would have
had good grounds for your Judgment.
But to my story. spent the winter
of 18- at the small town of Nj,
and was stopping at hotel which was
largely patronized by cattle and horse
buyers, there being large commission
sale stable near by. One noon on en-
tering the dining room l saw seated
alone at one of the tables a tall, we'll
built man with gray hair, full beard
and an intellectual looking face, but
dressed in pair of overalls and a
sweater. "Who is hep" was my first
question of my chum. ooh, only one
of the barn men," he replied, meaning
one of the men working in the sale
stable. l Immediately thought to my
self he is out Of place and therefore
has story.
During the afternoon L asked the
foreman of the stable about him, but
all he knew was that he had applied
for work and they had given it to him.
1 became interested and decided to
try to get up an acquaintance with
him and if possible learn his story.
My chance came very shortly. One
night we were all sitting around the
big stove in the hotel and some one
started an argument on some book,
think it was Bellamy's Looking Back
ward" 1t was pro and con for awhile
when my professor, as 1 had dubbed
him, started in and floored us all.
There were among us some bright men
who had travelled and studied to some
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25
3. ! Shopper year, in advan CO
Six Months so cents,

purpose, but they could not hold the
floor with him, let the subject be what
it would. 1t was a pleasure to hear
him talk and how he talked. On any,
thing from ancient history, religion,
art, fate, to modern politics. and es-
pecially when drunk, which was often.
l remember once a drummer for a
Chicago house tried to get off long
string OF words on him when he let
loose with a reply that fairly took our
breaths away.
L soon became somewhat intimate
with him and heard his story. 1 had
indeed named him right, but his story
as he told it to me may be more in
teresting than I could tell it. So here
it is:
Il was, few years ago, professor
in one OF our eastern colleges: loved,
honored and respected, and you ask
me how it is that L am now a common
| roustabout in a stable. You know
that the French have question, who
is the woman?' | do not blame the.
woman; it was fate. l am fatalist. 1t
is the old story, so / won't go into
details. [ was married to my ideal of
true wOmanhoOd and my ideal was
shattered. Some men would have
killed her-fate again, L left her and
tried to drown my sorrow in drink. l
have IN a measure succeeded. | am
forgotten by all who knew me and no
one knows me here or where l may
settle for short time. Am 1 con-
tented? Who is? AS 1 said before, I
am a fatalist, Kismet, what will be
will be and all the forces in the uni
verse cannot alter it,"
So 1 heard it at last. Rather COM
monplace, you say; true, but if you had
seen him as saw him, the sorrow in
it, the pity of it all would have come
over you as it came over me. [ held
out my hand and said good night;
that was all, but we were friends after
that.
My professor" left us as abruptly as
he came. One night he was discussing
with two or three others the divinity
of Christ, which he denied He was
slightly intoxicated, but that never
seemed to effect his flow of argument
or the real brilliancy of his speech.
Some one who did not understand the
subject or appreciate what he was say
ing, called out, "oh rats!" whereupon
he stopped suddenly and standing erect
with flashing eye, said:
"Whether drunk or sober I am al
ways gentleman" and picked up his
cap and we never saw him again.
He was really brilliant man with
a splendid education and capable of
attaining high hOnors, but whisky he
had to have morning, noon and night.
1t was his only solace. He was kind,
generous and manly; tended strictly to
his work and interfered with no one.
What, my Christian friend, is to be his
fate if your theory of the hereafter is
true ?-an eternity of punishment.
Truly it is hard faith: a life of
broken hopes; shattered ambitions and
hopeless struggles and an eternity of
he'll. KISMIT.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25
Written for The PRISON MarrOr.
They Blew Out the Gas.

In glancing DER the paper,
| noticed with surprise,
A bred and born down easter
Blows out the gas and dies
read on down the column
And this was what 1 learned;
Two farm hands from up country
Had blown instead of turned.
One was lying on the bed,
The other on the floor;
The paper, claimed the latter
Had tried to reach the door.
we naturally concluded -.s------.---
All gas blowers we're dead;
We searched but failed to find these
They found themselves instead.
Experience is costly.
AS many of us know.
In future We'll be careful
To turn before we blow.
No excuse for ignorance
And none for common sense;
No excuse for being here
Behind this big stone fence.
There's no excuse for Reuben
And none for Boston Mass:
We're all sixteen, or more, and.
We all blew out the gas.
YORKTOWN
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-25
WHY PITY THE DRUNKARD?

Written for The Prison Mirror.
The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-13
Bunco Workers in Japan

One Teru Ishikawa, who halls from
Niigata prefecture. recently made the
acquaintance. as all smooth-tongued
and suave-mannered gentlemen
know how. of Mr. Demo- Sato, shi-
zoku of Fukushima prefecture, who is
at present domiciled at No. okecho.
Kyobashi ward, city Soon afterward
the man Teru says to his would-be vie
tim:
II YOU want to enter into business.
/ tell you the best paying one is the
patent medicine business
That was very interesting 10 NJ.
Sato. and he was soon earnestly wish
ing TO begin. Ii was easy enough. The
two should start partnership. But
without capital of at least 200 yen
the business could>not be made to pay.
and the two should jointly borrow tina:
sum. That. too. would be easily done,
Tor one KumaZawa. a money-lepder
living in Kagura-eho. Ushigome ward.
would accommodate them. Mr. Sato
had no objection to the arrangement
On the day following the converse
ton. in comes Teru and says:
Well, | saw kumazawa. and he is
quite willing to let us have the money
whenever we were ready. And now NJ.
Sato | want you to let me have 10 yen
that ] may buy the necessary revenue
stamps. | would also like, for Ger
tain reason which ! will tell you after
ward, To have the loan OF your best
clothing that | may 20 well-dressed to
another party"
Mr.. Sato did not quite see as Teru
did, the necessity for all this; but
somehow or other the latter had the
best of the argument and the former
reluctantly yielded to his importuni-
ties. reru went out of Mr.. Sato's house
the moment after and that was the lasr
seen Of the man. The poor victim re-
ported the whole transaction to the
nyobashi police on last Saturday The |
Japan Times.
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American Discoveries at corinth.


The browning piece of good fortune
in the excavations which have for four
years been carried on at Corinth by
the American School has been attained
in the week just ended.
The only fountain mentioned by Pau
sanias in the Agora was found, AMI
was absolutely intact, with the bronze
lions heads from which the waite
once flowed still in their places in the
face of wall. The floor with holes
under the spout in which the women
in Old Corinth used to place their wa
ter pitchers is twenty-four and a halt
feet below the soil to-day
In pushing into Agora to the wess
Of the Propylaea there appeared ia
great confusion parts Of large build
ing. massive architraye blocks with
their faces richly carved with various
ornamentation. eornice blocks 70
match. and. along with them, series
OF colossal statues. male and female.
fortunately-and the fact is exception
al--with their heads hese were fol-
lowed by some fine reliefs. both Greek
and Roman. particularly a line heal
Of Ariadne in state OF perfect preser-
walton. as IL had IL Just come from the
sculptor's hands
Other buildings adjacent 20 the Ago
"a have been partially or wholly laid
bare. and the work is still in progress.
But the browning result Of this years
work win doubtless be this fountain.
the top OF which IS the base on which
once stood the bronze Poseidon with a
dolphin at his feet spouting out water.
The probability is growing that the
massive architectural blocks and tire
colossal statues fell from the Propy-
iaea, reconstruction OF which win
probably be possible. London Times.
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On the day on which the Crown
+ Prince came OF age the Emperor ad
dressed his son in very remarkable
speech. which. for some reason or 9TH
er. has only now found its way to the
light His Majesty. using the familiar
thou" said:
You are taking to-day an import
ant step in life. The station Of Crown
Prince was so raised by your departed
grandfather, who was for the greater
and most important part OF his life in
this position, that it viii require the
work of lifetime, and the whole
strength OF your manhood, to maintain
that position. as IT lives on in the
hearts OF the German people and the
army since your grandfather's time.
First as Crown Prince Of Prussia. then
as Crown Prince of the German En-
pire. when it was welded together In
the years IS7o-1l. that magnificent
man. who finally suffered so unutfer-
ably. stands prominent In history.
lives in the hearts of the people. SIS the
Crown Prince par excellence The
esteem which your grandfather won for
the position of German Crown Prince
from the world and from his people Is
tor yoa an heirloom which you have
to preserve and to increase. Make il
clear TO yourself that you require all
the strength az your manhood n Az
Justice "a this high and <dimcnlt task
This Is the thought that skirs ne when
! to-day bring you into personal re-
iations With t. Grown Prince Rcd
ment THE Lnndon St,udard
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doubtless remain szystTr. as the
quarantine regulations ard Inspections
re remarkably strict
The Bubonic pIsgae has furnished 4
striking illustration of the scientific
advance Of modern medicine II <ss
ros until fSsE that positive knowIedRs
az It's true nature became knoNn Nos
its causes methods Of pronz "a tor
and means 70 prevent its spread are
matters 81 scientific certainty. All
through the centuries. both before AMI
( dgrilg the Christian era. down 20 1Sss
ths subject AS eaveiope6 IL darkness.
AID there has been the same gropin.
I after facts. the same unsuccessful
/ search after the frue cause. the same
/ struggle in ignorance against its raw
Z ages on the part Of PHYSICIANS. s1nst.-
/ rlsns and pubic officials as has mark
ed the history OF that other great cpl
1deuiie disease. cholera. now likewise
robbed 81 its ;eTrors BY science IL i
TO the immortal Pasteur and his con-
temporary. Koch. in their establish
ment OF bseter1ology az a science, that
the credit for the discovery Of 1894 *
due. and 70 q japanese physician, a
student In the laboratory Of Koch. Or.
kitasato. and to Yersin. pupil OF the
Pasteur institute. the world is Indebted
for the discovery itself
In varying period OF twelve hours
20 twelve days. but usually In four days
after exposure, the disease makes it's
appearance in the individual The pa
tient complains of q high fever. 4
swelling OF one or more OF the Iym-
phatic glands. and has delirium early
in the attack. though seldom violent.
The fever persists az least u week and
conyalescence thereafter is slow in
fatal cases, death usually occurs ar the
height Of the disease, between the see
ond and the eighth day. frequently
within fOrtyeight hours. II life is pro-
longed for five or six days. the prog
nosis is better Large buboes may form
in few hours after time when per
son has felt in the best OF health. and
on the other hand, persons die of the
disease without the appearance Of 4
single affected gland
The death rate varies in different
epidemics. and it is estimated at from
80 TO 80 per cent II varies. however.
according TO nationalities. The Off
cial reports OF the disease in Hong
kong show that the death rate among
the Chinese was more than SO per cent.
while among Europeans il was but IS
The small relative percentage of deaths
among Europeans is attributed to the
European blood and stamina and 20
early treatment and confidence in the
European medical attendant. Dr. Wal
ter Wyman, surgeon-general of the
Marine Hospital Service. has prepared
an extensive treatise upon the bubonie
plague, which is considered a high au-
thority upon all phases of the subject
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Z Saved HI. Baby

My baby was terribly sick with the
diarrhoes, We were unable 10 cure him
with the DOCTORS assistance. and as a
last resort we tried chsmherlain's Coll
ic, Cholera and Disrrhosa Remedy :
says Mr.. J. n. Doak. Of Williams. Or.
Il am happy 70 say II gave immediate
relief and complete cure For sale
by all dealers and druggists Benson.
Smith 4 Co. general agents. Hawaiian
Territory.
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No. 15 Kaahumanu st.
The Kaiser to the Prince.

P. o. BOX ses. Telephone les.
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oFFIcE:--with R. c. A. Peterson

Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds, and No
tary Public.
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Two expert Brokers. All work guar
anteed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
VOLUNTEERS PROMOTED
MERITORIOUS SERVICE IN THE
PHILIPPINES REWARDED.

WASHINGTON, July 2S-The following
enlisted men now serving with their reg
iments i'll the Philippines, have baen
given commissions in the voluH .esr
army. Sergeant ajor George h. Crau.
Twelfth infantry, TO be first lieutenant
in the Forty-ninth volunteer infantry
First Sergeant r. b. Ellis, Company ii,
Fcrtieth volunteer infantry, to be second
lieutenant in that regiment f'nst Ser
geant John Ryan, Company !, Thirty sec
ond infantry, 10 be second lieutenant in
that regiment; Sergeant Major Frank T.
Albright, Forty-second VolHnreer infar-
try, to be second lieutenant in that Tegl-
ment; Sergeant Major Walter NJ. lindsay
and First Sergeant Louis Il. Chandler,
Company E. Forty-third Volunteer inlan-
try, to be second ieuten mt IN that regi-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
GOLDEN CRoss-ExAMINED.


Golden resumed the witness stand at
$3.50, and Judge Sims began severe
examination. Golden repeated the
story told previously, of how he came to
be called as witness. He denied telling
his brothel-in-law, Pohn Siamper, that
he had been promised s., 800, or that he
could have $1,000 in case of a conviction
of parties, He also denied that he had
ever said, if he and Culton could get to-
gether they could convict all of them.
Golden was kept busy for an hour or
more denying statements said to have
been made by him to persons who it is
supposed will be introduced by the de-
fense to impeach his testimony.
On redirect examination Golden said he
had been appointed by his brother-fn law,
John Stamper, who told him he had a
talk with Lawyer l.. f. Sinclair, now one
of Powers attorneys, and that Golden
could get $1,000 if he would leave the
state and not appear against Powers.
Witness said he refused to consider the
proposition. He gave as a reason for not
going back to Knox county, after he
made a confession, that his brothers, who
lived there, advised him to stay away, as
they believed he would be killed.
Robert Haslock, a gunsmith gave ex-
pert testimony as to the bullet in the
block of wood cut from the Hackberly y
tree after it is supposed to have passed
through Mr.. Goebel's body He pronounc-
ed 1t a 3S-caliber metal patch bullet. He
said it was copper filled and nickel plat
ed The attorneys for the prosecution
then told short conference, after which
Mr.. Franklin announced that the Sis!e
would rest. and asked that the jury Le
taken to Frankfort to view the scene OF
the tragedy. The defense offered no OBJ
lection, but the court ruled that this
should not be done until all evidence in
case is in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY

11uI UNI 1AN1 NEWS UE IHE UA
Weather Forecast for St. Paul
Fair: Warmer.
1-Pekin Still Closed
GOebeI Murder Trial.
Paris Cable Letter
Hill Angry With Croker.
2-SenatOr Davis Pounded Brass.
Bald Eagles Nuisance.
logging on st. CrOix.
3-AdIai Stevenson at Home
As Seen in Washington.
stump Speakers Getting Ready.
4-EditOriaI,
nOoIey's Compliments 60 Wu.
5-MedicHI Notes.
Budwefser'S MinnetOnka Trip.
IgIehart street Rumpus
FIayed Judge GaIIIck
Gin the Forbidden City.
Marriage of Lady ChurchIH.
German CsIbFe Eetter.
! London Gable Letter.
7-MinReapOIis Matters.
Northwest News.
s-WiIHe Greens Gossip.
Fresh Bicycle News.
Yacht Races.
Canadian Trial Races
9-SpOrtinE Page.
Results of BAN Games
1O-0Id Landmarks GONE.
In the city Churches.
Secret Society news.
I1-Visit to a Harem.
12-Wtnnipesx.s Ilfa ExpoAftion.
Private Life of Bryan.
Canada'S General Election.
Michigan's Educational Resort.
1$-No Title for May GoeIet.
14-st. Paul society.
15-Suburban Social
Making Love in Novels.
16-LessOn In PaImIxtry.
An Ideal Duchess.
17-AmOnE the New Books.
Twins Marry Twins.
Corner Devoted to Women.
1S-BIessing the Agnus Del.
Features of Buffalo Exposition.
Odd Graveyard Gossip.
19-MHking Farm Wives.
The King of SmuggIers.
White Mice without Tails.
story Of Gen. Grant.
20-COIIege Dead Beat<.
Markets of the World.
Financial Review.
2l-PopuIar Wants.
22-Dramatfc News.
Schubert Club Plans.
Local Musical News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
HOSTILE BLACKS.
CeIored soIdiery Insulting Inhnbit-
ants of bermuda Islands.

CeiOretI Soidiery Insulting Inhnbit-
I aRtS of bermuda IsIandS.
/ HAMILTON, Bermuda Islands. July
&,-Much upeasiness is prevailing
throughout the Bermuda islands owing to
the hostility toward the Inhabitants DIS
played by the black soldiers of The First
West India regiment. During tire past
days unprovoked assaults on -reaceful
citizens have been made On Wednes-
day evening Lawyer Jackson and his
wife were travelling along the road from
Prospect park TO the town when they
We're attacked by two soldiers, who
struck and stunned Jackson's- wife The,
cries of the assaulted attracted TIE at
tention of the military police, AID the
soldiers ran away.
Half an hour later, at almost the same.
spot, another couple We're attacked in a
similar fashion. The third case was that
of a woman who was assaulted Ey four
soldiers. The behavior of The regiment
has been sdiscreditable ever since their.
arrival here. The men have entered diff
trent shops and ordered and obtained
goods and refused to pay for them, have
walked into. private houses and inhuded
on social gatherings. and used abusive
language when demonstrated with
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FELL INTO A CREVAssE.
Thrilling Experience in Descending
Mount Tacoma.

TACOMA, Wash, July 2S-Two Chi
cago tourists, Sprague T. lockwood and
Ralph H. Booth, had an exciting expert
ence while descending Mount Tacoma
Sunday. The, wind was blowing gaze
Booth says:
ut was in making our descent that we
experienced the most excitement. and all
OF us We're given shock when | went
into q ereyasse. 1t was one of the worst
kind one that could not be saen- at all,
as the snow covered it,, I-.shot down into
1T like flash, but managed to throw out
my aipenstock SO that it rested ON either
side Of the tFeacherous hoe and when l
realized my position | fYiTnd myself hang
ing upon the stock With, it under my
armpit. 1t was a point where the noun
tain was very steep, and it took all my
strength to swing my body up and out
ON more solid snow.
Booth is one of the owners of the Chi
cogO Journal, and Rackwoodis connected
with the Chicago grocery house of Rock
wood Bres & 60. Booh made The as
cent of Mount BLANC last year, 'and says
he now has an ambition to climb Mount
Ararat.