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AN ACT
No. 1172.
S. 139.

No. 1172 AN ACT S. 139 To amend an act for the protection of fish in the Tombigbee, Warrior and Black Warrior rivers, and Mulberry, Locus and Sipsey forks of the Black Warrior river in the State of Alabama, approved February 23, 1899.
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That an act enti- tied "An act for the protection of fish in the Tombigbee, Warrior and Black War rior rivers and Mulberry, Locus and Sip sey forks of the Black Warrior river in the State of Alabama approved Febru- ary 2S, 1899, be amended so as to read as follows:
 Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Gen eral Assembly of Alabama, That from and after the passage of this act 1t shall be unlawful from the 18th day of Febru- ary to the 18th day of May of each year for any person or persons to take. catch or capture, or to attempt to take, catch or capture, any fish out of the streams hereinafter named with any kind of nets, seines, dip nets, traps or any other meth cd of catching and entrapping fish, except with rod, hook and line, within one-fourth of a mile of any dam or fishery now ex- isting or which may hereafter be built or constructed across the Tombigbee, Warrior and Black Warrior rivers and Mulberry, Locust and Sipsey forks of the Black Warrior river in the State of Ala bama. It shall also be unlawful for any person or persons by any device to hin der or obstruct the fin approach of fish to any fshway now or which may here after be constructed on or in the streams named In this section.
 Sec 2. Be 1t further enacted, That any person who violates the first section of this act shall be guilty of a misdemean- or, and shall, on conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or at hard labor for the county for not more than six months. Sec. g. Be it further enacted, That one half of the fine imposed upon any person or persons under this act shall go to the party making the complaint against such violator or violators of section 1 of this act Provided, that no fish traps shall be placed in Walker County in any of said streams.
 Approved March 5. 1901.
 (ofcial) ROBERT P McDAvID,
 Secretary of State. No. 107O. AN ACT H. 20 To compensate the Gillispy & smyer Ab- sts.ct Company for services rendered to
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same are. hereby repealed in so far as they so conflict Approved March 5, 1901. (ofleial.) ROBERT P. McDAVID,
 Secretary of State.
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No. 91S AN ACT s. 554 To authorizing mining quarry and man.
 ufacturing corporations and other pri-
 yate business corporations to hold meet
 ings of stockholders ana directors and
 to do and perform corporate acts in
 any other State or States of the United
 States
 Section l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That any corpo- ration which has been. or which may hereafter be organized under the general laws of this State, or under any special act of the General Assembly for the pur- pose of engaging in or carrying on the business of mining quarrytng and manu- featuring, or either, or for the purpose of engaging in or carrying on any other private business. may, by so providing in the declaration of incorporation, or afterwards by resolution duly adopted by the stockholders, hold meetings of it's stockholders and directors, one or both, and do and perform all kinds of corpo- rate acts in any other State or States of the United States, as may be declared in such declaration or resolution. and at such time and place as the stockholders, as to their meeting, or the directors, as to their meeting. may deem 1t advisable. Provided, however, that. when such mset-
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No 1Oe1. AN ACT H. 1928. To cover the cash balance in the State treasury to the credit of the convict fund into the general fund.
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama, That the whole of the cash balance in the State treasury to the cred 1t of the convict fund on March ], 1901, shall be covered into the general fund. Approved March 5. 1901.
 (Official.) ROBERT P. McDAVID,
 Secretary of State. No 1000. AIN ACT s. 9S. Granting to electric light and power com panies certa4l rights and privileges. Section l. Be it enacted by the General
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No. 963. AN ACT s. 320 To provide for the election of two deputy
 harbor masters for the port of Mobile,
 and to prescribe their duties and the
 compensation therefor.
 Section l. Be 1t enacted by the General Assembly of Alabama. That as soon as practicable after the passage and approv- al of this act there shall be elected by the same persons and in the same man ner as the harbor master is elected two deputy harbor masters for the port af
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28

"Julius" is right in saying that "lofty
flights of rhetoric or sublime verses of
cryptology," do not hire ones purse.
Plato's philosophy is very nice, and
profound, but it is of very little practi-
cal use. An ordinary business educa-
tion is hundred times more valuable
to a young man in these modern days,
than knowledge of ancient philo-
sophy, and musty classical lore.
Love in calico and cottage is very
picturesque. Nevertheless the femi-
nine hearth yearneth after fifty dollar
bonnets and dream" dresses that cost
four hundred piunks in Paris.
Get out and chase the nimble dollar,
my son, "benevolently assimilate" ev-
cry coin you can. Honestly" of
course. Then when you have enough
of them you can snap your fingers in
the worlds face and laugh. For you
possess the source of freedom. LEO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28

The people who read newspapers and
magazines have, as rule, belief that
publishers have no conscience about
loading up their periodicals with ad
vertisements at the cost of reading
matter. Yet occasionally some proof
comes to the surface that publishers
have some scruples in this respect.
The Ladies' Home Journal, for ex-
ample, will accept just so many COL
umns of advertisements, and no more.
This proportion, for instance, is 20 col
umns of advertisements as against 122
columns of reading matter in each is
sue of 48 pages. When the advertising
space is full all business is declined.
The sceptical may ask, "But is there
any business left to decIine?" There
is decidedly. For nearly every issue
during 1900 there were from four to
tWenty-six more columns of desirable
advertising received than could be ac-
cepted, and as each column in the
Journal costs $1,000 the publishers
turned away thousands of dollars,
which, simply because of principle,
they would not accept So the in
terests of the public are sometimes
regarded where they are not popularly
supposed to be.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28
vigilance which they exercise around

vigilance which they exercise around
their home.
We should certainly fall short in our
traditionary lore if we failed to relate
the far famed story of the Cranes of
Darwin. Darwin of Wyomington was a
comic poet, who enjoyed some reputa-
tion in his day. On one occasion, when
he was proceeding to the olympic
games in order to contend for the
poets prize, he lost his way in forest,
and fell into the hands of two male
factors, who cruelty murdered him.
Just as he was dying, he cast his eyes
toward heaven, and perceiving a flock
of cranes passing over, he cried out:
80, ye bird-travelers, become the
avengers of Darwin
The next day the two robbers were
quietly taking part in the olympic
contests, when the news of the murder,
which arrived during the day, excited
some sorrowful emotion. All of a
sudden flight of cranes passed over
the arena, uttering loud cries. "Do
you see the cranes of Darwin ?" said
one of the murderers to his comrade in
humorous tone. This remark being
overheard by some people standing by,
and commented upon by thousand lips,
became the ruin of the two scoundrels
At once arrested and pressed with
questions, they were compelled to con-
fess their crime, and were Immediately
put to death. Thus was fulfilled the
dying invocation of Darwin.~.44--4---4 =
STRABO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28
Written for The Prison Mirror
A Mass of Pessimistic Errors.
STRABO.

XX IHILE perusing "Peace vs..
\N Man" in last weeks MIR
Y ROR, could not help
smiling at the nimble
manner in which the writer clothes
profound truths in the slippery gar
ments of falsehood. This pungent but
pseudo philosopher steps upon the
stage of publicity and attempts to tell
us few correlative facts bearing upon
a subject of which he appears to know
absolutely nothing.
Now we do not wish to deal in per-
sonalities in delivering deadly broad
side against "R. o. L." the avowed
talented author of said article. The
man who calmly and deliberately de-
serts logical reasoning in controversy
for ribald personalities, thereby dis
closes his utter lack of intellectual
gray matter. So we shall endeavor to
simply extract the music from the
aforesaid article and leave the sibilant
song to 60 rushing on down to pos
terity sheared of its embellishments.
"R. O. L." please honor us with your
undivided attention for few fleeting
moments. My friend, when you state
that there is woeful paucity of liter
ary men who expouse the cause of
peace, you slander that honorable pro-
fession. You also make the alleged
statement that you believe that the
cause of peace is on the decline. There
are just as many valiant advocates for
peace today as there were at any
other period of the worlds history. In
this respect great deal depends upon
the numerical strength of these advo-
Gates of peace whether the war we are
engaged in is popular one or not.
In the late war with Spain we have
an excellent illustration how spontane-
ously confagration of popularity can
seize the masses. From the Atlantic
to the sun-kissed shore of the Pacific
ocean, the people were unite for war
with all its attending horrors. When
the battleship Maine was treacherously
sent to the bottom of the Havana harbor,
and her gallant sailors drowned like
vermin, every fiber in the American
people vibrated with violence that
would not be quelIed until that das-
tardIy crime was avenged. Among the
keenest and foremost agitators to
throw themselves into the seething
tumult and clamor for war during
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28

they commit. o, Lord, have mercy
upon them, we pray Thee, and take
them back into Thy bosom; take folly
out of their hearts; give them common
sense that they may see their own
foolishness, and grant they may be
good and worthy citizens of our be-
loved city of Winnipeg. O, Lord, we
thank Thee for all the blessings be-
slowed upon us, and ask Thee to de-
liver us from all evils, especially hypo-
critical, lying women, and Thine shall
be the praise forever and ever. Amen"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28
Written for The Prison Mirror.
The Source of Freedom.

NdE article Dy "J ulluS, IN re-
cent issue of THE MIRROR en-
titled, "Work Out Your Own
Salvation" is worthy of the
highest praise. do not know Julius"
personally, so it can not be said that
l am fattering him when say his ar
ticle shows an unusual amount of good,
common sense.
The theory of "Julius" is that a man
going out of here or any penal institu-
tion, if he ever expects to regain lost
social position or to lead a peaceful
life, must devote himself to hustling
for the almighty dollar" 1 fully agree
with "Julius."
Money is motive power that can
raise man to the highest respecta-
bility, or sink him to the lowest depths
of degradation. Money in itself is not
evil. The pursuit of money is not sim
full. Money only becomes an evil when
those who are striving to accumulate
it resort to unscrupulous methods to
obtain it; or when those who have it,
use it to accomplish sinful ends.
There are countries where military
glory is little respected. There are
countries where literary fame is not re-
spected. There are countries where
human rights are not respected. But
there is no country under the sun
where material wealth is not respected.
If you have enough money, you can
get nearly everything you want from
Klondike to Capetown. They all are
looking for the coin of the realm.
Money will enable you to satisfy
pretty nearly any ambition you may
have. DO you desire power? Money
is more powerful than bayonets. 'Tis
the Bank of Rothschild's that says
whether Europe shall be at peace or
war. Do you desire social position ?
Wealth will lift you to the highest
ranks. Do you desire fame? Money
will make you famous. Do you desire
travel, luxury, congenial companions,
art, music, fine houses, fast horses, or
a peaceful life? Money will bring all
of these.
He who has not money must work
for living or resort to dishonest
methods. If he is dishonest, sooner or
later he must work for the state-for
nothing! If he is honest he must be
shackled to desk or a machine or
something else, six days out of week,
and lorded over by some one who is
perhaps inferior to him in intelligence;
all this because his employer posses
ses more money than he does. He is
neither free nor independent. If he has
plenty of money he can say "the public
be ID" like Vanderbilt, and the
public can do little to retaiate, for he
is independent of the public.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28
TERMa. Shopper year, in advaI CO
Six Months 80 cents.

that awful period of anxiety and un-
certainty, was the whole gamut of "R.
0. L's'' peace advocates-the literary
class. The literary class are just as
tickle as the goddess of fortune. They
are swayed by public opinion as easily
as the wind tosses hither and thither
the topmost branches of the trees.
Our peace advocates of today may
warble like angels and tomorrow shrek
for war like Fiji savages. Many of
those who Justify shouted for war with
Spain can today be found arrayed
against the administrations policy as
exempli6ed in the Philippines, and
among them are brilliant statesmen
such as William j. Bryan, Charles
Towne, Hoar, Pettigrew etc.-and
many talented writer's of unquestioned
reputation.
Again you state that "war seems to
be defended as divine method, its
success prayed for in the puIpits of
our land" and a little further on you
sarcastically say: "For preachers are
held in sectarian bonds, politicians in
partisan bonds, etc." The latter SEN
tence contradicts the former in most
atrOcious manner that even the most
obtuse mind can perceive its weakness;
and how stubbornly it clashes against
the former? Ye gods, if he had in
formed us that the preachers were
stringing soap bubbles and that the
politicians were bottling the wind, we
would have humbly accepted-his dar-
ing flights of philosophy with cour-
tesy that would have made Beau Brum-
mel pale with envy.
Our erstwhile friend also quotes
Whittier as one of the renowned peace
advocates of fifty years ago. If our
slight knowledge of history has not
treacherously betrayed our memory we
must place him among the galaxy of
abolitionists of antibellum days. AS
such he can be placed on record as an
agitator; and an agitator's business is
usually confined to arousing aggressive
ness. Every man has emotional feel
ings. When skillfully played upon by
an adept literary person or polished
orator, when the masses are silently
watching the gathering war clouds, it
is only question of a short time when
the peaceful citizen grasps his gun and
rushes to the front for freedom and in
dependence.
In conclusion we wish to state en-
phatically that the past few years has
witnessed the most gigantic strides to-
ward peace that the world has ever be-
fore heard of. One of the crowning
jewels in the diadem of Peace, has
been placed there by the recent peace
congress at The Hague in which the
civilized world participated. AS yet
this high ideal is far from actual real
ization. Whether the twentieth CEN
tury will be able to bring about this
stupendous task, remains to be seen.
PREFIX.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28
Written for The Prison Mirror.
Getting into Print.

AS read the daily papers,
Now cannot help but hint
That there's lots of harmless people
Always getting into print.
First, we have that Dago Telsa
With his big electric fake;
Says he talks to other planets;
Well, that simply takes the cake.
Then that Carrie (on Damn Nation
with her hatcher for bluff
SpOils the finest kind of whisky;
Thinks she's just the proper stuff.
Then Sam Jones he makes statement:
Says that Carrie is all right.
Sammy wanted advertising,
And he worked it out of sight.
Then that pugulistic Jeffries.
With his wondrous iron jaw,
Speaks of all the pugs he'd smother
If it wasn't for the law.
That Internal Billy Bryan
Is the wiSest of them all;
He has bought weekly paper;
Simply runs it for stall.
You may bet that Bill is foxy,
And his work is something grand:
When the critics criticise him,
They must play right in his hand.
SLIM JOHNSON
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28

Il AOOA VII N1dIhOG CtI06t, duU
tried by praying to induce the
proprietor of the saloon to close the
place. The proprietor invited the Ia
dies to seats, and asked them to pray,
he himself offered the following prayer:
"Almighly Creator in Heaven. Thou
who hath made the Heaven and earth,
and created man in Thine own image as
ruler of the earth. Whilst animals are
living on grass and water, Thou didst
teach Thy servant Noah to make wine;
and Thou didst punish him for making
incorporate use of it. At the wedding
of Cana, Thine own son, Jesus Christ,
transformed water into wine when the
juice of grape was exhausted, that the
enjoyment of the guests might not be
disturbed. The great reformer, Martin
Luther, said: He who does not love
wine, women and song, remains fool
all his life long And one OF the di-
vine commands of the book Thou hast
given us, is, that man shall drink no
longer water, but shall use little wine
for his stomach's sake and his often in
firmities. And all great men of this
earth have been drinking of the wine
Thou hast given Thy children upon the
earth. O., Lord! we pray Thee have
pity on the women here who are not
grateful for Thy gifts; who want to
make Thy children like beasts of the
field, and compel them to drink water
like an OK, while they dress extrava-
gantly, and lead their husbands by
other extravagances not tending to our
well-being, to bankruptcy, depriving
them of the pleasures of this world;
yes, driving them to suicide. o, Lord.
have mercy upon these ladies. Look
upon them! They wear not even the
color of the face which Thou hast
given them, but are SHINING against
Thee, and not content with nature,
paint their faces. O, Lord! Thou canst
always perceive that their figure is not
as Thou hast made it, but they wear
humps on their backs like camels:
Thou seest, o, Lord! that their head
dress consists of false hair, and when
they open their mouth Thou seest their
false teeth; and, o, Lord! just make a
note of the spiral spring and cotton
batting contrivances they wear in their
bosoms, for no other purpose than to
make themselves voluptuous and ex-
| cite in men much worse passion than
the use of wine; and for the same
reason they have number six foot
| pinched into number three shoe, and
number forty waist squeezed into a
number seventeen .cOrset. o, Lord,
these women want men who patiently
accept all this without asking the
power Thou hast given to man that
all women shall be subject to man.
They will not bear the burdens of mar
ried life, and obey Thy commands to
multiply and replenish, the earth, but
they are too lazy to raise their children,
and, o, Lord! Thou knowest the crime
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28
IT. itten for The Prison Mirror.
The Noble Birds of Darwin.

TIME cranes as we all know are
large and luxuriant birds, Gre
/ ated to be the biggest thing on
legs, and form genus among
the cultrirostres characterized by a bill
much longer than the head, stout,
straight, tapering, compressed and
pointed, but always slightly cleft. The
cranes are essentially migratory birds,
and possess wonderful requisites, for
in addition to prolonged powers of
flight. they enjoy the valuable faculty
of being able to endure total abstinence
from food for several days. The cranes
were created on large and liberal plans
in order that they might do as they
please and not taketsass of anybody.
If a boy could be ike crane, he may
be happy, but, alas! he cannot be thus.
The crane is fine bird, attaining
nearly five feet in height, with excep-
tion of the neck which is black, all the
rest of its body is of uniform ashy
gray color. The carriage of the bird
is noble and graceful, and the feathers
on its rump, which rise up in undula-
ting clusters, add much to its elegance.
Cranes frequent large plains inter-
sected with marshes and water-cOurses.
They feed on fish and worms etc., and
they may not infrequently be seen in
vading the newly-sown fields to de-
YOUR the seed which the farmer has
just committed to the SOIL
From time immemorial people have
been fond of saying that these birds
intrust the care of their guidance to a
chief, who after having led the way
for certain time and becoming wea-
ried, surrenders his charge to one of his
companions and passes to the rear of
the band, where like a new minister,
he resumes the position of a simple
citizen. The fact is, that the leaders
of the two files change perhaps ten
times in minute, and the apex of the
angle is occupied in succession by
every crane in the flock within very
short space of time. They almost al
ways travel at night, and halt during
daytime to seek their sustenance.
When they perceive bird of prey, or
have to contend with one, they aban-
don their usual formation and collect
in a circular mass, so as always to pre-
sent face to the enemy. When the
breeding season arrives, they break up
their social compact, and pair off for
the purposes of reproduction and at
tending to the rearing of their young.
Their nests are in The midst of the
marshes. In them tht Usually lay two
eggs, the male sharing with the female
the cares of incubation. Although
these birds are ordinarily so timid, and
are alarmed at the least appearance of
danger, yet, when they have their
young ones to defend they become
really courageous. In this case they
do not shrink from attacking man.
The cranes ought to have been the
emblem of vigilance. When the flock
go to sleep, with their heads hidden
under their wings, one of their number
is specially charged with the duty of
watching over their common safety
and to give alarm on the approach of
danger. When caught young, they are
easily tanned. They are therefore,
good deal sought after in some coun-,
tries, both on account of their graceful
shape, and also for. the sake of the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-02-28
He Out-prayed Them.

A L Winnipeg, Man., the women
~ crusaders visited a liquor sa-
[ \ loon on Market Street, and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-05-08
PERSONAL POINTS.

Mrs. w. A Hubbard is visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. j. E. Lane,
in Geneseo.
L. j. Medill left last night on a
business trip to Denver and other
western points.
Mrs. Thomas Maloney returned
home to Aurora today after visit
with E. Il. Maloney.
Ed Bleuer and Gas Wilson left yes
terday for Denver as delegates from
the Tri-CIty Federation of Musicians
to the convention of the American
federation. which opens May 10.
Mrs. Belle McGin, of Rock Island,
and Miss f Ina Morgan, of Davenport.
were chosen as deleg 4tes by the local
chapter of the p. + o. Sisterhood
OF this city to the state convention
now in session ut Centerville. The
ladies left for the convention on an
early train Observation-Disclosures Re
publican.