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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
THE DELIGHTS
OF DYING
DRAMATICALLY.
W.

remainder of their lives overshadowed
by remorse. 1t is beautiful thought
But I'm not naturally desperate man.
Still better is the floral vanity of
romantic death. That has to take
place in the country. The window of
the bedroom overlooks garden and
the scent of the pale yellow tea-roses is
waited softly in the room. You inquire
about the passion flowers on the porch,
and say to your weeping friends that
you will never see the daffodils again.
You ask to have the tall lilies in. the
vase put where you can see them
better, and tell someone to tend the
fuchsias for you when you are gone.
You then say that you forgive people,
and 60. I do not suppose that 1 will
have this kind OF death. For one thing,
it is mostly women who die that way,
and then I do not live in the country.
Besides have no one to forgive except
Tom; and if 1 forgave him 1 should
have to do it on the quiet. If told
him that l forgave him he would
probably hasten my disease and spoil
everything.
There is really an abundance of
variety for those who would die roman
tically. To live romanticalIy, unless
1 am misinformed by the stories which
l have read, needs a sustained effort and
dissipation. 1 have first class references
and am not capable of such things. II
requires influence, position, and capital
Ihave none of them. But lam quite sure
1 could die romantically; it takes sc
much less to make a death romantic
than to make life romantic. By q
romantic death alone can such a mar
as myself rise superior to his surname
and his circumstances. You will MOI
be surprised, therefore, that l looh
upon it as the dearest delight of m!
life. But 1 do not want it just yet
there is plenty of time. MAHNUD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

pennies instead of cents in this offer, as
it occurs to me that some enterprising
individual might demand all of my
sense.
But here are more questions to
be answered: While the inmates were
congregated in the park on Labor Day
accidentally overheard discussion
between three or four men as to what
country or community it is in which
men, after finishing meal, wipe their
mouths with their hands and then rub
their hands together briskly. AS 1
walked away these three or four men
were discussing the advisability of
asking THE MIRROR why it is that
all civilized countries have not been
taught the use of the napkin and hand
kerchief, and particularly where the
latter is supplied gratis.
l heard it remarked that while in the
act of smiling, one of the inmates had
the south side of his face put out of
joint during the relaxation on Labor
Lay. AS Thanksgiving Day will be
the next occasion on which inmates
will be permitted to look pleasant, the
question arose as to whether it would
be safe for this unfortunate individual
to join the merry throng on that
occasion, lest the north side of his face
might also be put out of joint.
Perhaps we might turn some of these
questions into prize contests if some
enterprising person will kindly suggest
a plan, and theE those who can not
count dots for the Farmers Tribune
can have an opportunity to distinguish
themselves through THE PRISON MIR.
ROR. H. j. B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
Teose. Shopper year, in advanc Q
Six Months 30 cents.

kind ever built in Cuba. Other public
buildings surround the square and
there is fountain and bandstand in
the center. In the evening, while the
band is playing, the Cubans assemble
at the Plaza; young and old, white and
black, all turn out and enjoy their
walk, which is about all the exercise
many of them take. All who can
remain indoors between 10 a. m. and
4 p. M, for that is the time of the
siesta, so dear to the hearts of all who
dwell in the tropics. HANK.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

~ UANTANAMO, Cuba, was the
first landing place of the
American troops in the Span
ish war, and troop of the
U. S. marine corps were the first troops
to land, on May IL, 1898. There the
first shot was fired on land in the war.
The city is situated on small river
of the same name. The streets are
narrow and unpaved, excepting the
main thoroughfare, or Gale leading to
the Plaza, which is we'll paved and is
fully as wide as Broadway, New York.
The houses are built chiefly of adobes,
or unbaked bricks, tho some are of
stone, and each dwelling forms square
with court in the center upon which
the apartments open.
All Cubans have the yard in the
house instead of the house in the yard.
This style of building, originally
Moorish, prevails in all the colonies
settled by the Spaniards, as we'll as in
Spain and the Orient. 1t makes each
house sort of fortress, as the marines
as we'll as the rough riders learned to
their cost when they landed at Baiquiri.
The windows have no glass but are
protected by bars and shutters. The
front entrance of each house is large
enough to admit animals with their
packs and vehicles.
The city should be we'll supplied with
cool water from springs within its
limits and from the fountains in the
foothills above the town, but, on the
contrary, the water is hot and tepid
because the pipes leading it to its
destination are placed above ground
The Cubans like to take things easy
and won't do any more work than they
have to, therefore they drink hot water
rather than cool water. With abundance
of natural advantages, the people are
content to live without those appliances
of civilized life considered indispensable
by the poorest American citizens.
Guantanamo is the chief emporium
of trade between Santiago and Puerto
Principe; there is but one road between
the two places-the one that passes
through the narrow mountain gorge
above the town. The population
is mixed, half Indian, half Spanish
with plenty of Negro thrown in, bu
any person with the least drop o.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

white blood in him considers himself
white. The sidewalks are so narrow
that in many places the people have to
walk in single file.
Like other cities built by Spaniards,
Guantanamo has it's public square or
Plaza, on one side of which stands the
cathedral, an imposing ediice of hewn
stone, built at great cost and labor. 1t
is surmounted with a dome and two
towers and has handsome facade
ornamented by statues of the twelve
Apostles and is probably the first of its
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
5omefinDe.
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Sometime, when all lfe's lessons have been
learned,
And sun and stars forevermore have set,
The things which our weak judgments here
have spurned,
The things DER which we grieved with lashes
wet,
Will flash before us, out of lifes dark night,
AS stars shine most in deeper tints of blue;
And we shall see how all Gods plans are right,
And how what seemed reproof was love most
- true.
And we shall see how, while we frown and sigh,
Gods plans 60 on as best for you and me;
How, when we called, he needed not our cry,
Because his wisdom to the end could see.
And even as wise parents disallOw
Too much of sweet to craving babyhoOd,
So God, perhaps, is keeping from us now
Life's sweetest things, because it seemeth
good.
And if. sometimes, commingled with lfe's wine
We find the wormwood, and repel and shrink
Be sure wiser hand than yours or mine
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
you have all heard the old saw,
"man is the creation of environ
ment." That is responsible

Y /OU have all heard the old saw,
Y "man is the creation of environ
ment." That is responsible
for these notions. The time
was when 1 heard a man near me
snickering, laughing and coughing 1
would say, "another good man gone
wrong" But I don't say it any more:
on the other hand, 1 ask: "What is he
reading?" And thoughts of Bill Nye's
ode and apostrophe to his mule,
Boomerang" or incidents from Mark
Twaine's "Life on the Mississippi" flash
through my mind. Now this may not
be profitable reading for intellectual
advancement, but it is tiptop medicine
for the temper, and will often keep one
from jumping off the reservation"
The trouble is with some people that
they would rather study the works Of
Ruskin, Henry James and that class
of writer's than waste their time with
the nonsense of Nasby. Now that may
fit in with some dispositions, but it
won't do for the majority of us to
indulge in constant diet of such a
growler, faultfinder and crank as
Ruskin; neither is the philosophy and
cynicism of Henry James profitable,
especially to young man. His tales
are interesting, but their influence is
not healthy and it remains with the
reader long after the story is forgotten.
It would be far more profitable for
some men to take "InnOcents Abroad
and to study Europe as pictured therein,
the customs of its nations, the history
of it's cities and the experience of its
travellers, than to study the most
dignified historian. refer, of course,
| to men situated as we are here.
knowledge, if we are to believe the
old saying, makes the man, but there
is also temperament and disposition to
be taken into consideration. Let me
try to make myself understood: Take
two American historians, Bancroft and
Motley, for example. There is not a
modern historian who had such op-
portunity to do good work as John
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
Oh Tell Me Why?

" ONE weeks ago THE MIRROR
stated that man had been
\ found who knows everything*
and through whom THE MIRROR
will henceforth attempt to impart
enlightenment to persons who may
desire TO ask questions or information
through its columns.
Now there were coined last year at
the United States mints about 81 million
bronze cents. The number was almost
large enough to supply every inhabitant
with one of these coins. The mints
turned out more cents last year than
ever before, and they have not been
inactive in preceding years. Their
output in 1895 was 38 million, in 1896
80 million, in 1897, so million, and in
1898, 49 million. The cents which are
in circulation are seldom much worn
They disappear somehow before they
have had time to get rubbed smooth
as nickles and silver coins do. What
becomes of the cents is as much a
mystery as what becomes of the pins
Millions of these small coins are minte6
yearly and yet there is steady demand
for more. Nobody boards cents. No
body melts them down-a fate which
befals gold coins often. Then what
becomes of all the bronze cents?
The person answering this question
satisfactorily through the columns Of
THE MIRROR can have all of No!
pennies. Observe that 1 use the wore
! *He has lost his mind.-Ed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

POurs out this portion for our lips to drink.
And if some friend we love is lying low,
Where human kisses cannot reach his face,
Oh. do not blame the loving Father so,
But wear your sorrow with obedient grace!
And you shall shortly know that heightened
breath
Is not the sweetest gift God sends his friend.
And that. sometimes, the sable pail of death
Conceals the fairest boon his love can send.
If we could push a1ar the gates of life,
And stand within and all Gods workings see,
We could interpret all this doubt and strife,
And for each mystery could find key!
But not today. Then be content, poor heart!
Gods plans like lilies pure and white unfold.
We must not tear the close-shut leaves apart,
Time will reveal the calyxes of gold
And if. through patient toll, we reach the land
Where tired feet, with sandals loosed, may
rest,
When we shall clearly see and understand,
think that we will say, "God knew the best!''
May Riley Smith.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
Some Notions
About Historians.
. . . . . . . .

Bancroft. He was given free access
to all the records of the government;
very nearly all of them he was per-
mitted to take from the library and
examine at his leisure; he was the only
literary man who has been given the
right of the floor of the house of
representatives; in fact all channels of
information were open to him. What
is the result of his labor? He has
written a clear, businesslike, concise,
cold narrative of events; he has told us
how all the achievements of our people
came to pass. But he deals only with
events; the individual who made those
achievements possible is mentioned by
name, to be sure, but of the motives and
character of those who built the nation
we are told nothing.
Now compare Bancroft with Motley.
The latter is quite as painstaking as
the former in stating facts and events
perhaps more so-but when he writes
of William the Silent he brings you
face to face with him, and when
Charles V. is mentioned, you are told
what manner of a man he was. The
men, their hopes and ambitions, the
motive for their actions, is all told
without the narrative losing in any
particular it's historical value. With
Bancroft the telling of history is simply
shaking up dry bones of the past. For
the ordinary walks of life that does
very well, but men in the concrete, not
in the abstract, will best serve the
majority of US. And events without
the characters who made them possible
have but little interest for US.
f, We live two lives, one of which, the
routine, is made and governed for us;
the other we make for ourselves. We
regulate it in every way, even debating
who shall come into it and who shall
stay out. Good, jolly, entertaining
company, such historians as Motley
and Blaine, learned without malice, or
such a manly writer of fiction as
I Conan Doyle are always welcome, and
we see to it that warm corner and a
fresh brew is kept for our humOrists.
But we want men, not merely facts and
figures. Il. |. II.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26

romantically, as they do in stories.
My name is Clay, and I have no
girl to love me. suppose no girl
would care to change her name to
Clay. My friend Tom sometimes calls
me Mud; that is one of his pieces of
sarcasm. 1 do not blame the girls. I
would despise any girl that had so little
self-respect as to become fond of me.
All the same, you can hardly live
romantically, even if you are count
in book and are naturally contemptu-
Gus, unless there is girl in it; and for
one in my position it would be quite
Impossible.
But hope that shall one day die
romantically. That is cheaper; it is
within the reach of the very poorest.
In fact, for romantic death, poverty
and lowly position are rather an ad
vantage than not. What do you need
for the romantic style of living? 1
pick up some of the best stories have
ever read, and answer the question
from their pages. Here are only few
of the ingredients: Marqueterie,
ormolu, objects d'art-oh! the French
ness of it!-tiger skins, some yachts,
Botticellis, insouciance, perfumed ring
lets, a valet, stables, university
education, dress suits, and divorce
bills. How are you going to do all that.
or half of it, on twenty-five dollars a
year-or years?
Contrast with such extravaganza the
simple apparatus required for dying
romantically. Once more l turn to a
capital story and look at the last
chapter. The hero lay in a squalid
garret-I've got something more SUBJ
stantial than garret already-a hand
full of coal dust smouldered in the
broken grate-I could manage that too,
altho 1 should have to smuggle in the
CRATE. 1 could break it at any tire,
when Degan was at the other end of
the gallery. Similarly, could chip my
jug,-my looking-glass is already bro
ken-and scatter the straw over the
floor. 1t would not matter then that my
name was Clay, and that the girls did
not care to walk out with me, snd that
was downtrodden by my friends and
my landlord. The more dOwntrodden
and deserted the dyer, the more effective
the death. 1t is when death comes as
merciful release that it seems SC
romantically sad.
Sometimes l have more lurid mo-
ments, when 1 think 1 could fancy one
of the more violent forms of death
When the lifeboat is just about to put
out and another man is still wanted
no lifeboat ever put out in any story
have ever read without that frantic
appeal for some amateur landlubber t(
take the vacant place. can. imagin'
that 1 would step forward and volun
teer. No one then would ask me if M!
name was Clay; no one would sa.
bitter things, as Tom does, about m.
personal appearance. A cheer wOult
go up, and the lifeboat would 60 down
And 1 should have the JOY of knowing
that my death would make thousand
of readers unhappy.
Or might be even more tragic.
do not like to go into details here, TO
the scenes to which L allude haunt m
dreams, and I am reluctant to reca
their horrors. will only mention th
sharp report, the heavy smoke hangin
in the air, the dull thud and tn
prostrate-no, if 60 on shall neve
sleep tonight. Those who have drive
me to desperation would find all tn
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
Guantanamo.

~ UANTANAMO, Cuba, was the
I y first landing place of the
Y American troops in the Span
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l0pande No. M ger.
WisCOnsin-nyheter.

langa nior Delegarne den ram
lade Commercial bank Milwaukee, ha
bilfVit gjorda ansvariga for s99, ,9999a
Skeppsfarten for aret upph0rde
Ashland fredrg, da angaren "AIc3m-
Sc" anlande med malm for lAshtabula.
Vadaskott. p Deck holl harom da-
gen pa med att rengora en- bossa i ete
hotcil Bruse, da skottet plotsligt giek
af och lifsfarligt sarade A. Clorts. som
befinner sig ett kritiskt tillstand.
For mycket af det CODA. Mrs Char
les Anderson Black River Falls, ned
kom fora veckan med tyillingar. For
mindre an EFT ar sedan nedk0m hon
med trillingar, hvadan hon pa EFT dir
okade familjen med barn.
Siunken angare Angaren "Adeiia"
tornado harom dagen med sadan kraft
emot isen i West Superior hamn,. att
angaren blef lack och sjonk. Bssltt-
ningen raddades. Angaren egles af
E. A. Shores Ashland. ~
B6tfaIda for oloiiig jagt. Charles
johnson och John Gustafson blefvo
harom dageni polisdomstolen West
Superior domda att b5La, den forre
S8795 och den senare s11295 for det de
jagat staten utan att hafva uttagit
vederborlig licence.
Forgiftade. A EFT brollop, som holl
i fredags West Point hog John Null
ky narheten af Prairie du Sac, blefvo
65 personer f0rgiftade af det katie,
SOM serverades. Lakarne hoppas att
ALA skola tillfriskna. Prof pa kaffst
sandes till en- kemist for undersdk-
ming.
Eft straffvardt oskick. Det Stag at
rahet som man pa militarspraket bru-
kar kalla "hazing', har praktiserats
bland eleverna vid hogskolan La
Crosse. Unga kamrater ha blifvit
lagda i en- tnnna, som hangts ofver EFT
bal. SkolstyIelsen har tagit hand ON
saken, for att forhindra det dylikt ON
rahet vittnade oskick icke upprepas
Cor kraf pa mlllioner. Smeden John
Connor i West Superior har aniagt
rattegang mot regeringen Canada for
att komma besittning af egendom till
varde af 100000. Egendomen utgores
af staden Guelph Ontario. som har
$4,000 inyanare. Rattegangen hand
lagges af canadiska domstolar Dee
star vida faltet ON mr. Connor kan
vinna saken.
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Mynfyerkets rapport. Under forli-
det fiskalar slogos l76. .999, 1872 mynt har
! landet till ett varde af S136, $40, 7Sl. SO.
Haraf voro ungefar s99,Oo0,o0o guild
mynt SAINT s24.00O,OOo silfverdollars
SAINT det ofriga smamynt afsilfyer,
nickel och koppar.
! Landets bankvasende. Controller
of currency, William B. Ridgely, bor-
jar sin den 8 dennes inlemnade
arsberatteise med en- underrattel-
Sc ON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS STALL
ming. Haraf framgar, att vi den 81
sistlidne oktober hade 4,2.9 national.
banker landet mod EFT sammanlagdt
aktiekapitaI af se63, 224, 195. hviiket ar
s30,721 300 mer an under motsvarande
dato flor, Tages andra statsbanker,
sparbanker och privatbanker i laudet
med rakningen. sd uppgar bankernas
antal till II ,446 och deras samlade till
gangar till s12. .357, All, 376 med EFT ak
tiekapital af sl.O76, 100, ,658
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Dakota nyfleter.

John Weideman Pierre, S. OAK,
bar en- langre It'd Varit besynnerlig o.
haft for sig att nagon var efter for att
lyncha honom. torsdags tog polisen
hand ON honom sasom vansinnig Han
sandes till darhuset.
n.ieristernas af s. Dakota konvent
oppnades den 8 dennesi Hudson och
helsades valkomna af borgmastars
Cleaver. En- mangd representatives
fran Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin och Minnesota bevistade konven-
tet.
En- dicipei af Carrie Nation. Chas.
Goblin har bhftit salt f0rvar Law
renee countyfangelse, for det han sia-
git sender en- stor glasruta till en-
krog Sioux Falls, S. Oak. Distrikt
domstolen skall nasta februari be-
handla saken.
Sandes till darhuset. John Knut-
son, som for EFT par manader sedan
under ett anfall af vansinne dodade
Anton Bye Belmont, N. Oak, och da
rymde sin yag, har nu blifvit af myn-
digheterna forklarad vansinnig och
ford till asylen jamestown.
Olyckshandelse. o. Bratsberg
Highland, S. Oak. var fredags pa vag
till Dell Rapids, da hastarne blefvo
skramda och borjade skena. Slutli-
gen foil Bratsberg ur vagnen och ska
dade sig fallet svart hufvudet, men
lakarne hoppas att han skall komma
sig.
Funnel iik. Andrew johnson, en-
grufarbetare Bear Gulch-distriktet,
patraffade harom dagen skelettet af en-
man, liggande under en- klippa vid
Little Spearfish Creek. s. Oak. Huff
vudet och benen voro borta. Antagii
gen Dir skelettet af en- man, som for
nagra ar sedan plotsligt forsvann fran
trakten.
En- regerlngsbyggnad hoppas be-
folkningen Deadwood, S. Oak. att "a.
Kongressman Martin har med ifver
arbetat derfor och han har understood
af stadens bada senatorer. Mr. Martin
har godt hopp att "a billen passerad !
kongressen redan under denna ses
sion. Regeringen har hvarje ar fatt
betala en- stor summai hyra for rum
at domstolen och postkontoret, hvadan
det Or en- rem affair att regeringen upp-
for en- egen byggnad.
B6rja pl6ja | N. Dakota. Farmar1e
i N. Dakota ha borjat undra ON en- ny
var kommit. For en- manad sedan blef
marken tillfrusen under n&gra kalla
dagnr; men den har tinat upp nu SD.
att manga farmare borjat ploja. Isen
i aoderna har pa manga platser brutit
upp. For manga ar sedan handle det
pa samma satt. och da pl6ide farmarne
i december. Den milda vAderleken
har redan afkortat Yintern, till stor 1
fordel for kreatursegare, SOM hafYa
.sina djur ute pa betesmarkerna. Is
dalgangarne bar ingen sno fallit. och
.hvad som failit j nora delen af staten
lag endast nagra dagar.
Il
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falIan till sist. Charles johnson /
New York, N. y. ar namnet pa en- thu.
goarig mig man, som star anklagad for
sst0ld fran olika expressfirmor. Hans
specialitet var, da nagon expressutk0-
rare lemnat sin vagn ntan tillsyn. hops
pa upp pa k0rarens plats och afdunsta
med hela herrligheten. De vardesaker
han pa delta satt atkommit, hads ham.
I nat p& pantianekontoren. s7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-07-24
TRUTH TO Be KNOWN
Admiral Schley Will Demand of
Secretary Long a Court
of Inquiry.
CLIMAX OF THE SPANISH WAR ROW
Operations in Front OF San
tiago de Cuba.

Washington, July "a. = Secretary
Long has received a letter from Ad-
miral Schley asking for court of in
quiry. Nothing beyond this an
nouncement is made public.
In the letter to Long 1t is learned
Schl' y does not specify any criticisms
which he takes exception to. but asks
that in view of statements and in
-nuendoes and abusive language con-
tanned in Maclay's history, which he
says he does not consider worthy of
use in any college in the country, a
court of inquiry of the entire matter
be held. He also atks the court TO
sit at Washington, where his papers
are stored. Long replied saying that
under the circumstance" he heaIt-
lily approved of Schley's course. and
the department will act fave rAbly
upon the request.
Washington. July 24.-The Washing
ton Post Monday night telegraphed
Admiral Schley that in an editorial it
insisted that he owed it to himself, as
well a to his friends. to begin pro-
ceedings against Maclay, the author or
the History OF the United States
Navy" to disprove the latter's charge,
adding: "Will YOU do this? Please
wire statement" Yesterday il re-
ceived the following telegram, dated