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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07

between the United States and
Europe, the countries of the old
world appeared to be a long way
off. Now the circumference of
old earth is belted with telegraph
and cable lines in every possible
direction. What happens today
in Europe, Asia, Africa, Austria
liza, South America and the great
islands of the sea, is made known
to us tomorrow by great newspa-
pers like the Chicago Record Her
aid, whose foreign news CORE
spondents are located in every i'm
portant city in the world outside
of the United States. In addition
to it's own staff correspondents,
The Record-Herald enjoys the for
eign news service of the New York
Herald, famous for many years for
the reliability of it's foreign news,
and also of the New York Tri-
bune, and of that great co-opera-
tive news gathering organization,
the Associated Press. No other
daily newspaper in America pos
sesses facilities so varied and ex-
tensive for covering the news of
all nations.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07

adopted for the kingship was a
singular political device, which, SO
far as we know, is unique in politi-
cal forms. Two consuls were ap-
pointed, each having kingly au-
thority, and each ruling. for one
year only. These consuls were
entitled to exercise substantially
the same functions as those exer-
cised by the former kings. But
upon the exercise of this author
ity there were two important
checks. In the first place, one
consul was a check upon the other
When they could not agree moth
ing was done.
Commonly one consul exercised
authority outside of the city, and
the other inside, but this arrange
ment was not an obligation, nor
was it universal. At times, the
embarrassment arising from con-
flicting authority was very consid-
cradle. The saving element in the
arrangement was the fact that it
prevented over-legislation and
over-action. 1t seems to have had
an influence akin to that Of the
biennial system in our legisla-
lures.
This double executive system
continued FOR about five hundred
years; and in view Of this histor-
ical fact, we may we'll hesitate to
assert that it's disadvantages were
greater and more numerous than
it's advantages. It must be re-
membered that the consuls duties
were largely legislative as we'll as
executive. In the second place,
the consuls could be held account
able for their acts, whereas the
kings could not. At the end of
their terms of Office the oonsuls
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07

could be put on trial for the abuse
of their power.
It ought also perhaps be noted
that in one other respect the power
of the consuls was less than the
power of the kings. The kings
had the right of appointing the
priests; the consuls had not. Va
cancies in the college of priests
we're henceforth filled by the
priests themselves. One of the
results Of the revolution, there
fore, was the separation of the re-
ligious from the civil authority of
the state. MAHNUD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07
ERIN

Green isle of the sea! Who is
not proud to claim you as his ma
tive land? Think of the long line
of soldiers, statesmen, poets and
men Of renown that have immor-
talized Ireland! It is something
indeed, to claim affinity of birth
with such illustrious men.
Irishmen' have been foremost in
times of war, for the martial spirit
is strong in the Celtic race; Irish
generals have won England's bat
ties in the past, and today SOL
der of Irish descent is COM
mander-in-chief Of the British
army. Wellington, the victor of
Waterloo, was an Irishman. Ma
poleon defeated the greatest gen.
erals the allied powers of Europe
could send against him, but his
banner sank in the dust before a
son of Erin.
Who has not been delighted by
the songs of Thomas Moore? His
Irish melodies are beautiful con-
ceptions of poetic fancy. Gold
smiths works have long been
placed among the classics; there
is no finer poem in the English
language than ''The Traveller and
even today his novel ''The Vicar
of Wakefield" is as captivating to
the reading public as when the
book was first issued, and "She
Stops to Conquer" has been
starred by some of the leading
actors of our time.
Travel where you will, you will
find Irishmen taking a leading part
in the affairs of the land in which
they dwell. An Irishman can say
with the poet:
sWhat else can do,
Sure I'll lave to you;
Then be proud Pm an IriShman'S son.
PENDENNIS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07

the oxygen and vitality to the
tissues of the body, it must Sc
cure this oxygenin the lungs, for
oxygen is in the air we breathe.
This oxygen supplied by the blood
destroys the wasted and worn out
tissues and is an important factor
in producing bodily heat.
In speaking Of the heat OF the
BODY we mean animal heat or
vital heat, thus called because it is
essential to life. A thermometer
placed in a mans mouth, if he is
in a normal condition, will reg
lister the same whether he be in
Greenland or the tropics. Thus
it will be seen there is an internal
temperature which is present IT.
respective Of the temperature of
the air. Should the organism de-
part from the normal condition
there will naturally be a change in
temperature of the body.
Every movement Of the body is
productive of some heat; you will
notice that violent exercise always
increases the temperature.
Let us glance at the organ which
is forcing the blood through the
body. The heart is a muscular
organ whose functions consist of
acting as reservoir and pump.
The heart is shaped like a cone
with it's base above and to the
right and it's apex below and to
the left. It is divided by par
tition or membrane, each half
having two cavities; thus we have
two auricles and the two ventricles.
The right auricle is somewhat lar
ger than the left, and has the
thinnest walls of the four cavities.
Into the right auricle is dis
charged all the blood from two
large veins called the superior and
inferior venae cavae. The right
ventricle has walls of a greater
thicknacc on6 communicates wit h
the right auricle by valves. 1t
ordinarily contains, when filled.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07
Paper Read Before the ChdaltduQuG Circle.
A GLASS REPORT ON
ROMAN POLITICS.

Scarcely had the early Roman
constitution assumed definite form
when signs of discomfort began to
be evident. The sources of dissat-
isfaction were chiefly three in
number. These we're: First, IRE
sponsible power of the kings; Sec
'ond, the exclusive Legislative au-
thority of the nobility, and third,
the citizenship Of the plebian.
To the first only do I allude in
this paper.
1t appears that the power given
to the early kings was more than
human nature could bear. Tho all
authority emanated theoretically
from the body of citizens, yet it
was still true that when once the
kingship had been conferred, it
could not, under the constitution,
be either limited or taken away.
The king could not be formally
impeached; and, as his Office was
for life, he could not be held &C
countable to public opinion. The
temptation to exercise undue au-
thority proved to be irresistible.
Revolution was inevitable.
In the reign of Tarquin the
Proud people not only overthrow
the king, but expelled from the
state every member of his clan.
The intolerable nature of the
abuses that had come to prevail
is indicated by the simple fact
that every citizen was required to
take solemn oath never to tolerate
kingship again. The substitute
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07

it was to 60 north, south, east or
west, or who owned it. He told
his troubles to the engineer, say
ing, "My job, my brand new job is
lost!' and gave orders to stop at
the first office, so he could wire D.
for instructions.
Arriving at the first night office
the train stopped, and the new
conductor rushed in and sent the
following message to the train
master: 81 have in my train one
empty box car with horse in it.
What shall [ do? Avons, conduc-
tor"
The night train dispatcher was
a brother Of the trainmaster, SO
when the operator handed him
Avon's message, he read it and
sent this reply: ''To Cond'r
Avons. North. Engine ZIG, L. g.;
Side track your box car and ride
the horse to D. VIM. Jones, T.
M"
The story leaked out and cost
poor Avons many a good cigar be-
fore he heard the last of the
empty box car with the horse in
it. Jack Smith never rugged him
about the matter, but [ always had
an idea he knew how the horse
came to be in the car. silver.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07
THE NEW CONDUC.
TORS BOX CAR.

On the Choctaw division Of the
NJ, K. and T. railroad, running be-
tween d. and M. is conductor
by the commonplace name of
Jack Smith. He is a short, husky
boy with a great gift of silence,
having little to say to anyone, be
he president, general manager,
superintendent, trainmaster or
yardmaster. He has way, too, of
always getting what he asks for.
When [ went to work on the
NJ, K. and T., Jack thought [
could learn the road best by work
ing for him-we had been to-
gether up and down the hills of
old Vermont and to get me job
he recommended the promotion of
one of his brakemen. On Jack 8
say so, the man went up the stairs
to the trainmaster's Office brake
man and came down a conductor.
He went out that night on an
extra at l 80 a. m. Up in the Ma
ton, at meeting point, while on
the siding, the new conductor
heard an awful noise in box car.
Upon opening the door he discov-
cred horse hitched in one end of
the Car.
Now here was a nice state of
affairs! A car with horse in it,
and no bill for either the horse or
the cal! He did not know whether
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07
The brotherhood Of Nations.

How much nearer to each other
the nations of the world seem to
be today. and really are today,
than was the case a few decades
ago. When weeks and months
we're required for communication
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07

Everybody, suffering from headache, buys the
celebrated 'Lethhead's Headache Wafers." A
speedy, certain and safe cure for Headaches of
all origins, whether Sick. Bilious, Nervous or
Hysterical, and a positive relief in Neuralgia.
Price 25 cts. For sale by all druggists.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07
SEVENTH PAPER.

LOOD upon entering
the lungs is venous,
and when leaving the
lungs it is arterial
blood. Now as ar
terial blood is the
blood which carries
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-11-07
!. CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD.

Being one Of q series Of brief sketches of the
! anatOmatical construction and functions OF
the human body.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-14
PEARY IS SAFE.
Steamer Erik Arrives at North Sydney With
Word from Explorer.

North Eydney. c. B.. Sept. 13.-Thc
Peary Arctic steamer Erik from Cape
Sabine. Ellesmereland. Aug. 20, arrived
here. today. All well.
Peary sends to the club a complete
and detailed chart of his newly dis
covered coast and other work.
Having eliminated the Greenland
Archipelago as a desirable route to the
pole and no further advance north
ward being possible until the opening
of season of 1901, Peary decided tnat
his next attempt would be from Cape
Hecla. the northern point Of Grinnell
land and from Fort Conger. as base.
Not until the windward was reach
ed did Peary learn of the death. al
most IS months before. of his daughter
Francesca. born in Washington. d. c..
in January. 1899. following his depart
ure for the North.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-14
VERY SORRY"
Is All Emma csIdmaa Says Regarding the
Presidents Death.

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-When shown The
Associated Press dispatch announcing
the inevitable death Of the President.
Emma Goldman, the Anarchist. now
being held at the Harrison Street sta
tion carefully adjusted her glasses
read the bulletin and, after a moments S
pause, without a change of expression
said: Very sorry
Absolutely no shade of regret or pity
showed itself upon her countenance.
Il do not see how that can effect
my case" she added. IF it is carried
on lawfully and legally. They have nc
evidence against me. Chief Bull and
Chief O'Neill have admitted that they
have none. They are holding me with
out evidence. The death Of McKin-
ley would only lengthen my term of
Imprisonment. if they convicted me.
Il feel very bad for the sake of Mrs.
Mckinley: outside of that l have no
sympathy"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-14
WAITING. SIMPLY WAITING.
Steel Strike No Nearer Settlement Than il n. s
Ever Been.

PittshurG, Pa. Sept. 12.-Thc air was
again full OF rumors. today. that the
strike had been settled. The absenc,
of President Shaficr from Amalgama-
ted headquarters all day up TO 4 +. NJ.
lent color to the report. by many Mr.
Shalfer was supposed to be in New
York in conference with Presiden;
Schwab and others were Convinced tha /
he was in conference with the Ameri-
can Tinplate officials. discussing a pro
position to call the strike of so far as
the company was concerned. Whel.
Pre.iuent Shatfcr finally appeared at
headquarters he dispelled all hopes by
saying there was no chang in the stu
alton.
Immediately after arriving the Of
flee Mr.. Shaffer called the national Of
hcers to his room for a conference
which lasted 40 minutes
To an Associated Press reporter the
president as he was about to board 4
car for home said: There has been nc
conference with the steel people. today
l have not been to New York and am
not going there. nor am l going to
Youngstown
"A
Youngstown. He said: Il was at home
until very late. l was not feeling very
well and did not come down town. That
accounts for my absence
Mr.. Shaffer said he had not heard OF
any developments, today. and repeated
the assertion that he was going home
to rest and would not leave the city
today.
1t was said at the Amalgamatetl
headquarters that the Steel Combine
had refused to entertain any furthe,
propositions, of settlement from the
Amalgamated Association. This would
seem to strengthen the report from
New York that Mr.. Schwab and Mr..
Morgan nave turned the matter over
to the local officials and that if any
thing is done it must be done by them.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-14
JOE LETTERS BOOM.
He Is the Candidate Of the Walters for
President of the United States.
(NeW York Sun.D

If you really care TO know what is
going on in New York, gain the conf
dcncn of the man who customarly
waits on you at one OF the larger res
taurants which you happen to patron
ize most frequently. Induce him to talk
about things he sees in the daily round
Of his duties and Of the people he has
come to know. He will be sure to in
terest you. and sooner or later you will
hear surprising things from him about
persons who are of more or less dis
tinction.
Besides the information gained from.
their own personal experience most
walters acquire a fund of curious COS
sin from their fellow walters. There
are a number of places in town where
walters drop in at night after work to
have chat and drop to drink. There
the conversation is almost invarlaoiy
Of the well-known persons whom they
wait upon.
The other evening the writer was
taking supper at Broadway restau-
rant and holding a conversation win
the waiter between bites. The waiter
is a veteran in his calling and is faN-
orite with many well-known persons IN
this and other countries. The name OF
Joe Letter of Chicago was menuonen
There's a fine young man, saia
James. Yes. indeed. sir he went on.
he's very kind to US walters ana "
do most anything to please him why :.
DO YOU know. sir, he's the candidate OF
the walters unions for President OF
the United States?
We're not much for politics. as
rule. but when Crokers waiter up III
the Murray Hill started a campaish
club to work for the Tammany cahu'-
dates a few years ago some OF us so'
to talking politics, and that's when MI.
Letters name was first suggested.
went all over town. and then all over
the country, until he came to be known
as the walters candidate.
There's more than fun in 1t. SIR. iof
as sure as live | believe if he ~eio
nominated he'd get the vote OF every
waiter in the United States"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-14

cinating classic in his path. proyided
always that this avoidance shall be M
more than full escape from imitatton
of thought or style.
We are all prone to be easily captj-
waited byathose dewy felicities. of die.
ton thrown on in tie first wonder or
discovery by the early birds Of Lftera-
ture's morning. The Greeks. the
French -halladists, Chaucer, Spens4r
all / Of the joyous explorers in the vii.
derness' Of song and story, have wav
OF clutching us and holding us still
But we must move; we, too, must er-
plorec and the classics must do M
more than light US on our way En-.
1ightenment comes out Of the past with
its. beauties and its limitations. " M.
CLASHES are models for us to initiate
how Shall we keep pace with tlme7 n
H2Lace, or before him Pinder or San
ph4s fixed the bounds of the ode. then
there was no place for Wordsworth
Shelley, Keats. or any other late Ode
| nnaker- The thing had already been
perfected. But, happily. perfection in
art is but variable function OF ufc
As life changes. the function change,
with it. When Greek life shifted from
Athens to Alexandra. note how its lit
erary art conformed to the convention
al restrictions of an artificial environ
ment
The return TO Nature" in the best
sense Of the phrase. is what we should
study for. and books are but lamps set
BY the wayside from dying hands. The
one thing always fresh and original il
Nature: there is your model: there
is style: there the allurement Of birth.
growth. death, and resurrection there
you shall find form, force, mobility.
color. atmosphere, perspective. in end
less variety and shade of feeling. Fill
your soul with books and Nature. then
look within and write if by no pos-
sibility you can be persuaded to follow
some useful and remunerative trade
Maurice Thompson in Saturday Even
ing Post.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-14
WORDS FOR NEW CENTURY
THOUGHTS.

Use simple language, the critics
say to us. take the short words. con-
struct simple sentences drive straight
at your thought" Good advice, it may
be: excellent advice, indeed. for those
who write contracts. receipts. ana plilS
of sale: but the critic usually aims
his sayings at the heads of young per-
sons who wish to become experts in
literature. Go to Pilgrims Progress.
and Robinson Crusoe, "and take pat-
tern" continues Sir Oracle: There you
will find the true English style.
Now. to be firmly frank. is it no;
rather late in the day TO be funlbilnG
back in century dust for oCr crlte-
rions of taste and expression? Where
did Mr.. Bunyan. Mr.. Defoe or Mr.. Ad-
Olson get the right to set pace fof
this age of stream, electricity. and in
vention? We need not deny the
thought-value. or fine qualities of style
inherent in the world of those masters:
we must make the most Of them: but
we might just as well say that Newton,
Descartes, Leibnitz or LaPlacc fixed
the criterion of science. as TO assume
that Bunyan or Defoe set the limit OF
good English style.
The larger truth is that language has
grown and We have grown with 1t. we
have a more flexible. fluent, and YER
satile life. broader reach of expe-
rience. and a far more complete knowl-
edge of men. measures. and forces
than could be possible to the writer's
century. or two. or three, ago. The
railroads, steamships. telegraph. and
printing presses have done something
for us.
Eut in the matter of freshness the old
fellows had the advantage of us. They
did get the cream off the milk of
Paradise" and they did have the first
tonSue-touch of honey-dew Instead
OF learning to mimic them. however.
it is our constant worry. if We would be
original. to avoid their manner If
YOU write like Addison you but play
second fiddle. 4 thing not to be thought
OF in literature. Every person who as
pircs 70 he a writer must avoid. as he
would avoid serpent, the great fas-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-14
ANOTHER PLOT.
This Time Said to Be Directed Against the We'
President.

Berlin. n. H.. Sept 13-Learning that
man who had left here, this forenoon,
for New York. had declared that he
was on his way to Washington. to kill
Vice President Roosevelt, Chief of Po-
lice 1oungelss has telegraphed the
chief of police of New York to look
cut for him.
Ihe man is supposed to be Pole.
II" tried to buy ticket to Washing
ton. hut could not do So. and bought
one for New York. The number of the
ticket was 65S3 via Springfield and
Hartford.
The man is about 5 feet. inches
tan. wears Derby hat, with rather
an old-fashioned narrow rim. a short
sack coat. He has a smooth face with
pale complexion.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-14
THE FUTURE.
Cabinet Officers and Other Officials Discuss
Future Plans.

Washington. Sept. 13.-The news Of
the expected death of President Nc
Kinley came as a crushing blow to the
rational capital.
All day long the bulletin boards were
surrounded by crowds waiting IN sup
pressed excitement.
The three cabinet officers in the cap
itaI. today, were pictures of distress.
Postmaster General Smith returned to
Buffalo on the 1.15 train, tonight. Sec
retary Hay divided his time between
the state department and his home
waiting for the end in patient reSiG-
nation, prepared for his sorrowful duty
of conveying to the nations of the
world. in official form. the news of the
demise of the third American President
through an assassin's bullet within the
short space of one human life.
As the senior member in rank of the
cabinet. upon Mr.. Hays shoulders also
will rest the burden of government of
the great republic in the short but i'm
rortant interval that must elapse be-
fore the President assumes the re-
spcnsbilities of the Presidential Office.
At his home at Wiodley, Secretary
Gage mournfully waited. During the
day he had been at the treasury de-
partment and had kept in touch with
financial affairs in order that the Pres
ident's end might not cause any COM
n.rcial disturbance that foresight on
the part of his department could avert
Gen. Gillespie, acting secretary OF
war. stuck at the war department for
the purpose of making such army or
dcrs as the sad event would force him
to issue. He got into communication
with Gen. Miles at Seattle. and the
latter notified the department that he
would return Immediately.
The fact that the physicians had
given uD all hope caused some discus
sion among the public men in the city
of the probability of an extra session
of Congress and of early changes in
the cabinet. but the consensus of opin-
ion was that no cabinet changes or i'm
poItant departures in public policy
were at all likely for some time td
come and that Congress would not be
assembled until its regular session in
December.
All the cabinet. the chief diplomatic
officials and the heads of important
bureaus, according to custom. VIII ten
der their designations TO relieve th'
President of embarrassment. but 1t il
believed Mr.. Roosevelt will follow th'
precedent set by President Arthu
after Garfield's demise and rcques
them to continue in office.
Some of the cabinet members are no
in good health and would sincerel.
welcome a relief from their offices, bu
all would waive their personal desires
Under the Presidential succession
act, a cabinet officer become Chic
Magistrate would have to summon
Congress in special session. but tn
requirement does not apply to a. Vic
President succeeding to the office ant
ii is not believed an extra session
would be called in the absence of stat
utory requirement. as the three month
intervening until December can b
bridged over without difficulty an
there is no special reason for Congress
assembling.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-14
MORE HOPEFUL.
Believed that Shaiier Is Trying 70 Elect q
Settlement.

Pittsburg. Sept. 13.-lt was learned.
tonight. that President Shaffer with
several of his advisers took the 10 =.
NJ. train for New York. presumably
under an arrangement with the steel
people to settle the strike.
The indications early in the day were
that a settlement of the strike was
looked for by the Amalgamated men.
This belief was strengthened by the
current issue of the Amalgamated
Journal. which told of President SHAFT
fer's renewed effort for new negotia-
tionS.
His present trip to New York is be-
lievcd to be the contamination of these
efforts.