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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-11
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FuINf ReUU BEFORE WG CHuutuuIuu C'Ctc.
"Probaby most of those here today
said the drummer On, seating himself
comfortably, shave had escapes from
death little short of the miraculous.
Perhaps some have experienced more
than one such. but | doubt if many
have had as many thrilling escapes as
has fallen to my lot.
81 remember on one occasion fell
into river down in Kentucky and
narrowly escaped drowning. But
though i did escape, my misfortunes
did not end there, for the club of
which / was member Immediately
expelled me for violating one of the
cardinal principles of the organization.
A few days later, when 1 had been
bitten by rattlesnake and had i'm
bibed large quantity of the usual
snake remedy, the club rescinded'their
former action and elected me to an
honorary life membership. On another
occasion 1 was kicked in the face by a
government mule and knocked sense
less. The mule was condemned as un,
fit for service and shot.
"Once was sitting in the twentieth
story window of one of New York's
sky scrapers when 1 suddenly fell
from the window head first. Probably
| would not be here today to relate
these incidents had fallen outside.
'But of all the escapes which have
the most remarkable is
the one which l will now relate and
which | have called "A Marvellous Es-
cape
"On bitter cold night during the
winter Of 81, | arrived in western
city from long journey and at once
went to hotel After thaWing out 1
went to my room and to bed, and i'm
fell asleep. l must have
slept a couple Of hours or so, though l
am not cert ain; but am very certain
of the fact that was awakened by the
furious ringing of the alarm bell in the
room and shouts of some one crying
fire. AS occupied room on the
sixth floor of nine story building |
became alarmed and fastened to get
my clothes on and make my escape.
But on opening the door l was nearly
blinded and sutfocated by cloud of
smoke which poured in upon me.
saw enough, however, in the brief
glance ! had, to convince me that
escape by that route was impossible, so
[ cast about for some other means of
escape other than the hallway. | found
it after brief search. l went straight
up. 1t was like this. In looking
around the room for some
means of egress | spied the skylight
over my head, and dangling therefrom
two ropes used for opening and clos
ing the same. They looked rather
slender, being about the size of ordi
nary clothesine, and had I not been
in danger | doubt if l would have
trusted them. Nevertheless, as L l,ad
to get out in hurry, quickly grasped
the ropes and hand over hand clint ed
to the roof of the building. There
found that [ was no better off than
below. for upon examining from all
sides 1 saw that l was completely sur
rounded with fire, though it was below
me.
81 had in my pocket little book
entitled, 'What to do in case of Acct
dent [ drew it ont and turning to
the page devoted to the case in point,
sat down on the tin roof to see if it
would throw any light on my case.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-11
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Immediately arose, though, for | dis
covered that [ could not remain SEATED
and obey the first injunction which
was, Keep Cool
| "Again | consulted the book, but it
seemed the author had written it from
the standpoint of spectator, and
! finding it useless | threw it far from
me and turned my attention again to
my awful plight.
"From below l could hear the hun
CRY flames roaring like a furnace.
Vast clouds of thick black smoke
rolled up in volume so dense that ]
could not see beyond the building.
Down in the street / could hear the
shouts and cries of the firemen and
spectators but could not see them, and
finally, exhausted from running back
and forth. l sat down on the roof to
await my fate. l knew that it could
not be long before the roof would fall
in, and strange as it may sound l be-
gan to speculate on what manner of
death would die | wondered, when
the roof went down carrying me with
it, if [ would be killed outright, or
would 1 slowly sizzle like broili' g
beefsteak. Then my thoughts turned
on my past life: many things had
done that / should not have done, and
/ regretted that this was SO. l re-
GREETED principally that ] had chosen
this hotel for my stopping place when
there was another equally as bad,
much nearer the railway station, and
then, too, it wasn't on fire, which was
point in its favor. And while L was
thus thinking and waiting for the end
to come, bowed my head, when some
thing touched my hand. [ quickly
glanced up and to my unspeakable joy
saw that chance had thrown in my
way means of escape.
GAS 1 stated in the beginning it was
a bitter cold night. Everything ex
posed to the air was frozen solid. 1t
was so cold indeed that would have
speedily frozen to death had it not
been for the fierce heat from the fire
below me. 1t was owing to this ex
treme cold that live to tell this true
story.
"Below the firemen were hard at
work throwing ice on the burning
building. say ice, for the water as it
was elected from the nozzle frOZe in
stantly, thus forming an immense
icicle, which grew in length, extending
to great height until at last it would
break off of its own weight or be
chopped off by the firemen and allowed
to fall on the blazing pile.
1T was one Of these huge icicles that
proved my salvation. This one had
reached such a height that it projected
above the roof, and becoming some
what soft and pliable from the heat,
the upper end had bent over and
dropped gradually until it touched my
hand as stated. No sooner did see it
than hop sprang up in my breast.
Trimming to the edge of the roof,
could see that it stretched far down to
the ground. But l realized that unless
[ acted quickly It's great weight would
break it off, as it was rapidly growing
longer and l might be too late.
"AS a boy | had slid down cellar
doors and coasted down steep hills; as
man l had shot the chutes at the
worlds fair and the Omaha exposition:
so without d minutes hesitation, and
never doubling for moment my
ability to slide, | flung my arms:around
the giant icicle and Slid swiftly and
safely to the ground" j. s. B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-11
IN THE CITY.

The latest definition Of a jury is
"a body of men organized for the
purpose Of deciding which side
has the best lawyer. st. Louis
(Mo. )Humorist.
A mans estimate of himself and
his actual value are very often two
very different qualities. st. Peter
Herald.
If you call man gay dog it
will fatter him. Call him pup,
hound, or cur and he will try
to alter the map Of your face.
Queer, isn't it.-Glenville Pro-
gress.
Some girls sweep into room
with great grandeur, but when it
comes to sweeping out a room
oh, we'll, that's another story
Culbertson Neb. Era.
When fly gets stuck on fly
paper, and man gets stuck on a
girl-well they both get their legs
pulled effectively.-Portland (Or.)
Welcome.
In these days of so great reform
change, there are lots of women
who look as if they would make
better fathers than Mothers
st. Louis Mo. Humorist.
The chap who always goes on
the principle that discretion is. the
better part of valor is often rank
coward Culbertson (Neb.) Era.
It has been charged that the
influences Of some newspapers can
be purchased for two dollars.
There are a few who will sell out
for less than that. -Centralia
mo Fireside Guard.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-11

Perterze Irnchzizkowskelow
San Francisco cabinet maker,
uses his name as a saw.-The
On. Y. Tammany Times.
Goodness is the mark of great
ness and vice betrays weakness.
Kindness is kingly, in a noble
sense, and truth is ever royal
Coming Nation.
AS striking instance of the
bitten-off chunk being too large
for mastication we are now told
that when Admiral Cervera left
Spain he had instructions to bonn
bard and take possession of a
number of our prominent seaboard
cities. Denver (Colo.) Post.
A young lady living in Jersey
City being told at recent fire to
stand back or else the hose would
be turned on her, replied: "Oh, I
don't care: they are striped on
both sides, anyhow The N. Y
Tammany Times.
They say that there is no man
SO good but that he has an oc-
casional bad streak in his makeup
or none so bad but have some
good traits if the right chords are
touched. -Rushmore Enterprise.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-11
From Other ''Pens'

Philadelphia has a man whose
jawbore slips from it's socket when
he laughs. AS a precautionary
measure his physician should re-
strict him from reading the Con-
gressional Record and London
Punch. Denver (Colo.l Post.
a Maine man who invented a
flying machine has hired another
man to try the thing. This in
ventor may not be such fool after
all.-The N. Y. Tammany Times.
A New York woman had her
sweetheart arrested for theft and
then married him. Portland
Cor. Welcome.
A Wisconsin manufacturer has
discharged twenty girls for talking
too much. There would seem to
be an opening for graduates of the
deaf and dumb. Minneapolis
Times.
There are some people who do
not know that they are known. If
they did they would never speak
idle of their neighbors. Hector
Sentinel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-11

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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-11
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notice, without charge, in The PATENT RECORD.
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consulted by Manufacturers and Investors.
Send for sample copy FREE. Address,
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patent Att0rneys,)
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-01-11

A mans estimate of himself and
his actual value are very often two
very different qualities. st. Peter
Herald.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13
THE SALT LAKE ROAD.
Construction of the New Line to
Beoin at Once.

The construction Of Senator Clark's
new railroad between Los Angeles and
Salt Lake City is to be commenced at
once. An order was placed last week
with the Colorado Fuel and Iron Works
for 5000 tons of rails, and the stock
is to be shipped to Southern California
within thirty days says the San Fran
cisco Call. Senator Clark will be
president Of the company and It will
have capitalization Of $24, ooo.O 900.
The reasons for having the rails
shipped to Southern California is ex-
planned by the announcement that it is
the purpose Of the promoters to first
build a line between Los Angeles and
San Bernodino. The 5000 tons of rails
that have been ordered will just about
build a track between these two places.
Upon the completion of this section
OF the line work will be started at Salt
Lake City, the plan being to have a
force busy at both ends Of the line.
The total length OF the road will be
about 700 miles. which win require
about 10000 tons Of rails. The road
vii cut through the southern portion Of
Nevada.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13
THE TRIP.

Garden City Lodge No. II Daught
ers Of Rebekah was organized at Love-
lock last Friday, Nov. 9th. Mr.. Jacobs,
G. M. Of |. O. @. F. and Mr.. Perkins
Of Reno and the following members Of
Queen Esther Lodge did the work Of
organizing: Mesdames Sarah George.
G. P; r. H. Cowles, N. c.; C. Cada-
gan, V. G.; A. Pope. Chaplain;
Misses L.. Branch. P. c.; l..
Dryer, L. Brannin, M. Clemmens.
K. Murphy; Mesdames J. c. Drlscoll,
F. Behler. T. Bastian, w. H. Pierson,
]. G. Eide, John Short. Ed Short, E. H.
Proctor, Messrs F. L. Behler and w.
N. Stark.
The party was met at the train by
Lovelock Odd Fellows and escorted TO
the lodge room where the work was be-
gun and when the new lodge was insti-
tuted, between eleven and twelve
o'clock Of that night. all proceeded to
the Big Meadow Hotel where an elab-
crate banquet was spread, and the visit
ors were hidden to eat drink and be
merry. as only a Wadsworth crowd
can do when out for a good time.
Toasts were drunk and good wishes and
increased membership for Garden City
Lodge was the popular toast. Every
one present voted the Lovelock people
royal entertainers. The train was then
due and the merry party turned their
faces homeward, with the exception of
Mrs. Cadagan, who continued on to
Winnemucca. and Mrs. George, who
is making a tour Of the eastern part Of
the State in the interests of the vari-
GUS lodges scattered throughout east.
ern Nevada.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13
National Irrigation Congress.

The ninth annual session of the
National Irrigation Congress will be
held at Chicago. Illinois, on November
81. %, % and "a, 1900. The con-
gress will convene at 8 O'Clock p. m.
on November 81 at Music Hall. corner
State and Randolph streets. Chicago.
In this session Of the congress all
disrutatio and controversy should be
eliminated. Its deliberations should
be guided by a high patriotic purpose
and a united determination to arouse
the whole people Of the Nation to a
realization Of the national importance
Of transforming the western deserts
from uninhabltable wastes into fertile
and populous territory.
The magic touch Of water will work
this transformations The conservation
Of the water supply must therefore be
first accomplished. The forests.
which are natures storage reservoirs,
must be preserved and the waters that
now 60 to waste in destructive floods
must be stored in great reservoirs and
saved for beneficial use. The national
government is the only agency through
which this can be accomplished.
The congress should be a great
gathering OF representative men of the
country, and governors, mayors, boards
Of supervisors, county commissioners,
chambers Of commerce boards Of trade
agricultural colleges. irrigation, agri-
cultural and horticultural associations.
engineers societies and irrigation COM
panies are requested to appoint dele
gates at once who will take part in the
proceedings of the congress.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13
NEVADA
MINERAL
Paint

Made of pure mineral ground
in the best Linseed Oil, and is
remarkable for its high polish
iLs
and lasting qualities.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13

You can't afford to risk your life by
allowing a cough a cold TO develop into
pneumonia or consumption. One
Minute Cough Cure will cure throat
and lung trouble quicker than any other
preparation known. Many doctors use
it as a specific for grippe. 1t is an In
fallible remedy for Group. Children
like 1t and mothers endorse 1t. Kin
ney & Co.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13

Many people worry because they be-
lieve they have heart disease. The
chances are that their hearts are all
right but their stomachs are unable to
digest the food. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests what you eat and prevents
the formation Of gas which makes the
stomach press against the heart. 1t
will cure every form Of Indigestion.
Kinney & Co.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13
Its Fire Proof.
Furnished Mixed

and ready for use, in barrels or by the
gallon, at about one half the price asked
for common paint.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13

At Peavine. Nye County. last Mon
day night, Mrs. L. w. Compton was
burned to death. The barn and cor
rails on the ranch caught fire and the
bodyof the unfortunate woman was
found in the corral burnt TO a crisp.
Mrs. P. N.Bowler Of Reese River
is her sister,
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13

Both makers and circulators of
c~ounterfeits commit fraud. Honest
men will not deoeive you into buying
worthless counterfeits Of DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. The original is
infallible for curing piles, sores, eczema
and all skin diseases. Kinney & Co.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13
Beware.

Heed not the man however glib,
Who tells you "just as good as Trib.
Not true he tells,
And If he better than Trlb' tells you.
Be sure if he succeeds and sells you,
It's you he %"sells,"
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13

Cure

cures coughs ond colds at 01cp, We
don't mean that it relieves you for a
little while-it cures. 1t has been
doing this for halt a century. 1t has
saved hundreds Of thousands Of lives,
II will save yours If you give it a
chance.
II have received so much benefit from 1t
that l always recommend Shiloh's for
coughs, throat. bronchial aud lung trouble.
CHAS. VANDERCAR, Waterford, MA.
Shiloh's Consumption Cure is sold
by all druggists at Csc. SOC. $1.OO.a
bottle. A printed guarantee goes with
every bottle. If you are not satisfied
go TO your druggist and get your money
back, B.
Write for illustrated book on consumption.
Sent without cost to you. S. C. wells & Co..
Leroy, N. Y.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13

If you have eve seen a child in the
agony OF Group you can realize how
grateful mothers are for One Minute
Cough Cure which gives relief as soon
as it is administered. 1t quickly cures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles. Kinney & Co.
Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-11-13

E. Griswold has just received an
other shipment Of fine wall paper. All
prices.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-06-13
A DRUMMER YARN.

"Of course, said Anderson, the
pants man, as he sat in the lobby of
Hotel Francois one day last week,
"there are plenty of houses that
make clothing of all kinds, and then
there are concerns that make a
specially of some kind or sort. For
instance, some concerns make only
summer clothing, and some make
only bicycle clothing, and that has
been very considerable business
by itself. And then there are some
that make a speciality of children S
clothing; and there are concerns,
some of them good, big houses, too,
that make nothing but men S trous-
ers. But though these concerns
make and sell only one garment,
they make that one in great variety;
of different weights for different
seasons, and in cloths of a great
variety of pattern, and the trousers
are in various sizes and proportions.
So that a trousers manufacturing
concern turns out in the course of a
year trousers in the simply hun
dreds of varieties. Commonly a
man on the road selling trousers
would carry two trunks of SAMPLES;
| have known men to have four or
five trunks of trousers only.
Trousers are sometimes sold as
side line by men who carry more
or less of variety of things which
they sell through some compare
lively limited territory which they
work up and cover carefully all the
time; for instance a man may limit
himself to single State, Or perhaps
cover two States; and man might
take through the territory that he
thus covered line of some manu-
facturer' trousers; and then trous-
ers are all sold by men who take
the road with them as they would
with anything else. I sell trousers
myself, and trousers only, and am
at it, on the road or at home, the
year around. That's my business,
selling men S trousers, and follow
that just as you do your business,
right along, year after year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-06-13

civil war, where rapine and MUIR
der will be the rule Of the strong
est. The charge that we are fight
ing against liberty and independ-
ence in those islands is the veriest
fancy that ever danced in the brain
of an agitator No names are more
capable of monstrous perversion
than the noblest names in our Ian
guage, such as justice, humanity
and liberty. We are not fighting
against these things, but first for
the establishment of law and order,
and second for such measures of
self-goverument as those people,
whom the fortunes of war made the
wards of the nation, shall from time
to time show themselves capable of
administering. This is all, and for
this we are responsible.
People say sometimes that Dew
ey should have turned the prov of
his ships from the Bay of Manila
after he had sent the Spanish feet
to the bottom. To have done SO
would have been to inaugurate a
maniac dance of anarchy and chaos
for which we should have stood re-
spOnsible at the bar of earth and of
heaven. For the redemption of
those islands to liberty and safety,
we have given hostages to civiliza-
tion and by the help of God we
shall redeem our pledges. Stop
the fighting? It would have been
stopped long ago, but for the aid
and comfort given from the United
States. It would have been stopped
long ago but for the hopes held out
that the coming elections would
change the policy of government.
'This'is not political question
and any other man in the president S
chair would be compelled by force
OF circumstances to pursue the very
same course; but these delusive
hopes were held out and they have
prolonged the strife. The crown
ing ipfamy of the whole business,
however, is to smirch the name of
George Washington by associating
with it the name of the half breed
bandit who sold himself and his
cause for Spanish gold, deserted his
followers, and upon his return to
the islands in violation of his oath,
signalized his advent by issuing an
edict of determination against the
deliverers OF his people. It is
enough to make the bones OF the
father of his country rise up in pre-
test against this last proclamation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-06-13
POLITICAL POINTERS.
TOPICS of Interest Discussed at the
State Capital.

St. Paul. Mimi. June 5, 1900.
In his memorial address to the
Grand Army, Rev. DR.. Shutter, pas
tor of the Church of the Redeemer
at Minneapolis, called forth rounds
of applause by his patriotic utter
ings regarding the present Repub-
lican policy. He>pounded the ''aun-
ties" with sound logic and incon-
trovertible facts, not from a polit-
ical standpoint, remember, but
from that of an American citizen,
who loves the truth for truth S
sake. In part he said:
II deplore war and believe in
arbitration. But war is sometimes
necessary. And when this nation,
for example, is actually engaged in
war with any other power savage
or civilized-I do not know how
others may interpret their duty,
but for my single self I shall never
be found holding mass meetings to
boom the cause of the enemy. You
old soldiers remember how that
when in the early sixties, you were
between two fires. that from an
avowed enemy in the front which
was what you expected; and was
brave and manly; the other was
from the rear and was of an entirely
different description.
s'You remember how Mr.. Lincoln
was then called, usurper, tyrant,
cruel oppressor, because he insist
ed upon putting down the rebellion
in the south, as his successor to-day
is striving to put down rebellion in
the Philippines, You know how in
that day every cesspool of SANDER
ard every river of mud was searched
with dragnets of vile epitets and
viler charges to bespatter the char
acter of the man whose name is an
eternal benediction and whose mem
DRY is the light of the century!
II am not here to institute com
parsons. What mean to say is
that those who opposed to his ad-
ministration and policy were mis-
taken. The triumph of American
arms is the only hope Of the
Philippines. Any other event
simply turns the islands over to