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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-30

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the HAWK AND rmE DOVE.

s. A harmless dove was soaring high,
To stretch her wings In space.
At length O hawk did her nspy
And gave the dove chase.
just forty chains there lay between
Those birds as We could view,
And while the dove flew seventeen,
The hawk few lwenty-two.
Now. learned swains I'd have you say
How tar he flew before he caught his
prey.
JAMES Y. BROWN.
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10. Behead q stump and leave wooden
"ERRAND BOY" JOE.


NAME TT.
T. The beginning of eternity.
The end Of time and space;
The Beginning Of every end.
The end OF every place.
ELSIE MAY MARKS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-30

A ZIGzAG.
H. A boys Mans
An imaginary being.
A girls name.
EMIL C.. SMITH
Each initial IL a vowel, each final Is
cons0nant. the second and third columns
each have three coDsonants. while the
fourth column has three NOVELS.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-30

Already published 80 Puzzles received
from tho following have already been
printed; l. ~. II tTR, y a., All Of Ee-
ogtle. Ia =. Vi. Brunaertan; u. 8. FulI-
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ENIGMA.
1. am composed Of IL letters. and am
an expression used but once q year.
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My l, I. IL, IL IL 20 perceive by tho ear
Ny 1, z, In dried grass
Ny 4. 10, z. IL ~ a fruit.
My |, IL a pronoun.
Ny r. .. o ~ a verb.
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O. Left side Boys name.
.ss Right side--0s.ris name.
First rung-A Thought.
sss Second raug--A wall or
frame.
Third rung--g1ose.
ORA Al EAI.kNER
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WEIGHT or THE MOON.

4 How many pounds does the moon
eiRhg LILLIAN I.INEEsR
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I. DROP LETTER PUZZLE: Daisy.
violet daHdelion. clover. artutus. batter
cup. laurel.
2. TIME PROBLEM: A quarter to two.
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thus.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-30

! ATTHEw QUrN reached New
York one morning In the late
autumn under instructions
from his employers to no to
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Holiday greetings edstaf tkanks
the rN..sr~a fssf marry letters ~ good will
for s'rrfstsrsa8 NeeE nNt ste*sea ery
reader II Tie SORES ana Pusntes harry
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F~r~ouaa--H "a r., asstftlN. Year letter
aatea neweaut~r = Nss MT mailed ansfl
rbeaeTrYler = A. A. Seattle You segis
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22
-:AGENTS WANTED

Every agent realizes the import
ance of handsomely bound, finely
and extremely popular
book at the price of one dollar
Forty thousand copies Of ''The
Conquest Of Poverty sold in the
paper binding within three months
of coming out. Then there came
a constant demand for the volume
bound in cloth, so we bound it and
illustrated it with scenes from our
beautiful home surroundings.
Send so cents for sample copy of
the book, cloth bound, and instruc-
tons "How to Work A County
Successfully"
Mrs. Helen Wilmans.
Sea Breeze, Florida.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22
THE WEEK REPUBLIC.

Every Monday and Thursday a
newspaper as good as magazine
and better, for it contains
the latest by telegraph as we'll as
interesting stories-is sent to the
subscriber Of the "Twice-a- Week"
Republic, which is only 81 year.
The man who reads the ''Twice-
a-Week" Republic knows all about
affairs political, domestic and
foreign events; is posted about the
markets and commercial matters
generally.
The woman who reads the
"Twice-a- Week" Republic gathers
a bit of valuable information about
household affairs and late fashions
and finds recreation in the bright
stories that come under both the
headings of fact and fiction. There
is gossip about new books and a
dozen other topics of special in
terest to the wide-awake man and
woman.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22

"You don't seem to be very
sorry about it, remarked the
Brooklyn citizen after the trolley
accident. ''No, I amt as nervous
as I was,' replied the motorman;
'this is my third today Your
third victim? Great heavens"
eyes, the second one made me
nervous, but there's luck in odd
numbers, you know" -Philadel-
phia Record.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22

Then send five cents for sample
copy of the ''Humorist,'' in St.
Louis, Mo. You will become
subscriber if you read one. Adj
dress: "Humorist," St. Louis, Mo-,
enclosing five cents.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22
100000 @GD@@5@g@SG
RSs FICTION AND %Q6j
w STORYETTES. "
~ e..zz VS.
FUN, FICTION AND
A FEW
FARCICAL FACTS.
laddie back behind the windy and
slipped ut in whin she wusn't
lookin'.' '-Harper's Magazine.

|
lookin'.' -Harper's Magazine.
London It'd Bits has awarded a
wo-guinea prize for the 'Best
Definition of Baby F(ere are
some of those sent to the competi-
ton:
A thing we are expected to kiss
and look as if we enjoyed it.
A crying evil you only aggravate
by putting down.
The most extensive employer Of
female labor.
A mite of a thing that requires
mighty lot Of attention.
A troublesome compendium of
great possibilities.
A pleasure to two, nuisance to
every other body and necessity
to the world.-Ex.
Saddler Slime was droll char
acte1, and yet Of type by no
means scarce in the rural districts
of the north of Scotland. One
morning when a neighbor entered
his shop he was greeted with the
following:
"Man, Jeemie, I had an
awful dream last NIGHT. [ thocht
1 saw my wife fleein' AVA up to
heaven wi a great big pair O.
weengs.''
cay, man, an did We no try to
pu' her back?''
INA, ma, l juist clappit my
hands an cried, 'Shoo! shoor [
was feard she wad never haze
anither chance O gettin' sac near
in. Dundee journal.
$50 you reject mel the young
lawyer said, rather bitterly. 81
wonder if it would do any good to
appeal the case to your father?"
She shook her head.
''There is no appeal from my
decision. she replied. II am
what you call the court of last re-
sort"
"But cannot give up the case
in this way!' he exclaimed.
She dug the sand with the point
of her parasol.
"Mr. Braxton,'' she said. softly,
might you not ask for a new
trial? "-Chicago Tribune.
Its very discouraging,'' said
the young man. Il confess that
at times | considered myself a
genius
But perhaps you are" sug-
gested his friend, soothingly.
impossible. [ explained my
plans to half dozen hard-headed,
practical men, and not one of them
seemed to think [ was blamed
| fool" Life.
That Connecticut woman who
can't stop yawning should be kept
from church until she fully wakes
up again. Denver Post.
Sometimes children show an
instructive sense of the finer
relations of moral obligations
that is surprising. The subtle
analysis is given at the
most unexpected moments and
under circumstances that we had
never anticipated, especially from
them.
On such occasions we are more
than inclined to believe with
Wordsworth, that "Our birth is
but sliced and a forgetting
and that the little ones have yet
some of the truer impressions left
over from the other side of ex-
istence.
An example of this kind wa
brought to notice the other day
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22

summer 10 S0G d pIaOC III VAO oA"0o
band as a cornet player, and just
as his hopes seemed to be on the
verge of fulfillment she met him
on his way home from the post
office, and, linking her arm lovingly
in his, walked on in silence until
they reached the popular walk.
There she stopped in the long
shadows and said:
George, I wish you wouldn't
play the cornet in the new band. .
"Why not?" said he, in surprise.
1T is the place Of honor, and L
get a great deal of attention by it,
dear
Eyes, [ know she said coax
ingly. ut is so nice to have you
noticed by every one, and all that,
darling, but"
She paused and hung her curly
head little lower.
But what?' said he sharply.
Blowing the cornet makes
makes''-and her voice sank to
pouting Whisper makes the lips
so stiff and hard.''
She won.-Answers.
When John Quincy Adams was
80 years of age, he met in the
streets of Boston an old friend,
who shook his trembling hand and
said: "Good morning, and how
is John Quincy Adams today"
THANK you,' was the ex-Presi-
dents answer, John Quincy
Adams himself is we'll, sir; quite
well, [ thank you. But the house
in which he lives at present is be-
coming dilapidated. 1t is totter-
ing upon it's foundation. Time
and the seasons have nearly de-
stroyed it. Its roof is pretty we'll
worn out. Its walls are much
shattered, and it trembles with
every wind. The old tenement is
Becoming almost uninhabitable,
and / think John Quincy Adams
will have to move out of it soon.
But be himself is quite we'll, sir;
quite we'll" With that the VEN
cradle sixth President of the
United States moved on, with the
aid Of his staff. Elk.
The portly gentleman in the
cut-away coat lighted his cigar,
leaned against the bar and pulled
away conteptedly. Like most New
York barrooms it was a cosmopoli-
tan place, full Of many sorts of
people. A lean, hungry looking
individual, with grimy hands and
the beard of an anarchist, ap-
preached the portly gentleman
cautiously.
Il say, boss, could you let me
have a nickel?" he began tenta-
lively.
whats the trouble?" asked the
other.
"Well, you see, the fact is [
haven't cent, and [ was out on
an awful spree last highland [
want beer
He got the nickel. He looked at
the coin meditatively for time,
and then at his benefactor.
"Say," he calculated, at last,
"you're good fellow. [ wish [
had another nickel so [ could treat
you.''-New York Mail and Ex-
press.
Mr.. Blank gave his new groom
Patrick a letter and 2 cents, with
instructions to mail the letter at
the post Office.
Presently Pat returned and de-
posted the 2 cents on his employ
er's desk with an air of conscious
pride.
Flows this, Pat?'' said Mr..
Blank, in surprise; didn't you
IL la44on q:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22

thy MOTHER" he paused little,
and then said:
"But you must honor your
mother more than your father
"Why, how is that, Harold?" in
quired his teacher.
ooh, cause your father is re-
lated to you only by marriage, but
your mother is related to you by
formation. Los Angeles Times.
':There is nothing" he said, as
he held the beautiful girl in his
strong embrace, chat | would not
dare for you. There is no danger
that [ would not willingly face for
your dear sake. No deed would
be too hazardous for me to under
take, with you to urge me on.
When [ look into your eyes,
Genevieve, my heart leaps, and
becomes the heart of a lion. Ny
whole being is thrilled. It seems
to me imbued with the spirit of
knight of old. All, darling, I can
we'll understand how the mobiles
who met in the lists long, long
ago were willing to risk their lives
when the colors of those they
loved were fastened to their
shields! [, too, could be a Lance
lot, with you, my Genevieve, to
urge me on. Oh, if I might but
have an opportunity to prove"
"Hark!' she interrupted, Il hear
papa coming in. Why not ask
him for me now? You will never
have better chance. I'll go and
meet him in the hall, and send
him in, and you can
"No, no." he hoarsely whispered.
"For heavens sake. don't do that!
It's thirty feet from this window
to the pavement! When [ men,
ton the matter to your father, I
want to do it somewhere on the
ground floor. ANSWERS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-11-22

A few days ago while Robert
Stewart was governor of Missouri,
a steamboat man was brought in
from the penitentiary as an appli-
cant for pardon, says a writer in
Success. He was a large, power
full fellow, and, when the governor
looked at him, he seemed strangely
affected. He scrutinized him long
and closely. Finally, he signed
the document that restored the
prisoner to liberty. Before he
handed it to him he said: "You
will commit some other crime, and
be in the penitentiary again, I
fear"
The man solemnly promised that
he would not The governor
looked doubtful, unused a few
moments, and said:
"You will go back on the river
and be mate again, I suppose?"
The man replied that he would.
"Well, [ want you to promise
me one thing" resumed the gov
ernor. Il want you to pledge
your word that, when you are
mate again, you will never take a
billet of wood in your hand and
drive sick boy out Of a bunk to
help you load your boat on
stormy night The steamboat.
man said he would not, and in
quired what the governor meant
by asking him such a question.
The governor replied: ''Be-
cause, some day. that boy may
become governor, and you may
want him to pardon you for
crime. One dark, stormy night,
many years ago, you stopped your
boat on the Mississippi river to
take on a load of wood. There
was a boy on board who was
working his passage from New
Orleans to st. Louis, but he was
very sick Of fever and was lying in
bunk. You had plenty of men
to do the work, but you went to
that boy with a stick of wood in
vcrr hand and drove him with
blows and rses out into the
wratebed nigh and kept him toll
. iae Bike g slave, until the load was
completed vas that boy. Here
Us your pardon. Never again be
| ral'ty oE such orutality.''
The ,aan 3owering and hiding
This lace wen, ut without a word.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24
THE EVIDENCE OF GOOD TIMES.

IAC u IDLNOL OI 0OOD lIhIAC.
Bradstreets report the first six
months of 1900 as the most profitable
that American railways have ever
known. Nothing guages the tide of
prosperity better nor more accurately
than the business of railroads, And
this statement from commercial
source that has no interest in politics
is a hard blow to Bryan's theory that
prosperity does not exist, but is simply
dream used by the Republican lead
ers to fool the people. During these six
months covered the gross earnings
amounted to 1873 per cent and the net
earnings to 1876 per cent. which is
looked upon as something noteworthy,
in that they follow up good increases
of the years previous. For the same
period of 1899 the increase in the
gross earnings reached 67 per cent
and the net earnings per cent. In
1898 the increase in gross earnings was
11.5 per cent. and the net IA. per cent
In commenting on this growth Brad
street S says:
SIT should also be bourne in mind
tina t the net revenue of. many railways
was affected by increased wages,
higher cost of materials entering into
construction, and the desire to make
extensive betterments in a period of
plenty Yet the all-important factor
aside from the visible undercurrent,
favorable and unfavorable, has been
the widespread prosperity so prevalent
for the better part of the half year,
which propitious element was reflected
in heavy movement of general
merchandise, a class of freight which,
as is we'll known, is an excellent rate
paper
And to this the Minneapolis Journal
most aptly remarks that 'the par
amount issues in the present campaign
is not imperialism, but general pros
perity" And in this we are not sure
but what the Journal is right. The
other questions growing out of the re-
cent war are important, but the real
matter at issue is, do the people de-
sire to overturn their present prosper
Gus condition and invite Bryan, As
cent silver dollars and disaster. We do
not believe they do.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24
THE COUNTY FAIR.
tons Point to the Biggest One
Yet Held.

Remember the dates of the county
fair, Sept. 1e, 10 and 18th.
Indications are now pointing to the
greatest fair in the history of the
society and the time is near at hand
for exhibitors to select their best for
that occasion.
Each department will be in the hands
of thoroughly competent men and
women and all the judges are to be ex-
perts in their respective classes. Ex-
hibitors are thus assured fair treat
ment and just decisions.
In order to avoid the hurry and rush
incident to entering exhibits on
the grounds, it is especially desirable
that all exhibitors supply themselves
with entry blanks at once. Such
blanks, premium lists and all needed
information cheerfully supplied by the
secretary. S. NJ Dickinson Garden
City. Write for them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24
BURNED BY GASOLINE.
Mrs. c. M. George, Formerly of this
City, is Injured at St. Paul.

With her face, arms and breast badly
burned, Mrs. G. M. George lies at
her home, 377 Washington street, st.
Paul. in a condition of nervous col
lapse. Her injuries are due to a gaso-
line stove that was lighted to prepare
luncheon at noon yesterday The
stove was out of repair and the blaze
shot almost to the ceiling. In attempt
ing to shut off the fluid her clothing
caught fire
Mrs. George had generated the
stove and after the blaze had died
down she turned ON the gasoline and
lighted match. 1t seemed to burn
all right, but when she turned to enter
another room the flame suddenly shot
up and surrounded the tank She
rushed over to turn it off and succeed
ed in extinguishing the blaze around
the burner. But the gasoline in the
tank was on fire and she piled clothing
on top of it. In doing so her dress
caught fire and her screams attracted
the attention of neighbors Jack
Lunkenheimer who happneed to be in
the vicinity, ran upstairs, followed
closely by John Roedler. The two
men took off their coats and wrapped
them tightly about Mrs. George,
smothering the flames.
Her injuries are serious, but it is not
expected that they will prove fatal.
Her husband who is in Wisconsin, was
notified of the accident and he reached
the city late in the afternoon.
Mrs. George is daughter oI Mr..
and Mrs. A. M. Smith of this city,
and she has the sympathy of many Man
kato friends
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24

The Agricultural society officials of
Blue Earth county have decided to take
hold Of the matter of county exhibit
at the state fair, they ought to have
the backing and assistance of every
farmer and business man in the coun-
ty. Blue Earth county was never in
better shape to make a fine exhibit at
the state fair or any where else than is
the case at present. The county never
had better crops and ample exhibits
along every line can be secured with
a little time and trouble. In this work
all who can ought to lend hand to-
ward making it success There is
no reason why the county cannot make
as good or better showing at the state
fair as any county in the state, and it
will have such an exhibit if all will
take hold and work together. Such
an exhibit as could be made there
would prove of much value to the
county, in placing it's resources and
possibilities conspicuously before the
public.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-08-24
HOTTEST ON RECORD.
The "Speir' of Weather About Closed
Closed Beats Them All.

There is no hot spell on record to
compare with that Minnesota has just
eFBe2ienced,. 1t is longer than any
that has been recorded and, what is
ls< NV most Importance to the average
person, the nights have been unusual
ly warm for Minnesota. Beginning
Aug. 2 there was period of eight
days in which the temperature ranged
from 80 to SO during the day, and
about rs during the night, says the
st. Paul Pioneer Press During the
other hot spells recorded the tempera-
ture during the night has fallen to GO
or 60 and thus afforded the relief of a
good nights sleep. The hottest day
on record is July 26, 1894, which had
an average temperature of 80. dur
ing the night of that day it was 81,
which is only a few degrees above
that recorded steadily during the pre-
sent spell, and then it was only for a
single day.
In July, 1894. there was hot spell
in which the thermometer averaged
from 80 to SO, but this only lasted five
days and the nights were cool, running
as low as 60. In, July, '76 and August,
rs, there were hot spells of FIVE days
each, in which the temperature got
above 80, but then too, the nights were
cool. During the SOS there were
several "spells' of two or three days
in which the weather was warm, but
there was always break that brought
relief, and no extended period of OPP
pressive heat. In 1894, which was
very dry year, there were several
spells in which the thermometer got
above 80, and twice it reached 100.
These only lasted for day or So how
ever, and were followed by cool
weather, that made people forget they
had been suffering from the heat
This year there has been no forgetting,
and each succeeding day has only
served to rub in more sharply the
unpleasant fact that it is not.