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SEVEN YEARS IN BED.

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in three months / felt like a new per-
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usual interest, and gives information for
which one could long seek in vain from
ether sources.
The April number altogether shows
fine editorial appreciation of the desires
and tastes Of the average cultivated read
or. Published at Burlington, VT at -
a year A specimen copy will be sent TO
any address upon application TO the pub
Usher.
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ON THE LITERARY WORLD.

IN THE DAYS CT ALFRED THE GREAT,
by Eva March Tappan, Phi. D Illus
trated by ]. W. Kennedy Price SlOO
Publishers: Lee & Shepard, Boston.
The one thousandth anniversary OF the
death of Alfred the Great has given spe-
cial interest to the study Of of that great
ruler 1t would be instructive II the
magazines would give US year Of Alfred
the Great as theg have OF Washington
and oliver Cromwell, for there Is no char
acter in all history more absorbing than
that of the great King who, as he neared
the end Of his pilgrimage, said: Il have
sought to live my life worthily.
Miss Tappan, scholarly lady of mark
ed literary power, has written a life OF
Alfred the Great in so absorbing a style
that it appeals TO old and young alike
IT is the best historical book Of the day
to put into the hands Of boys aud girls.
Ii is absolutely historically accurate. The
old familiar stories Of Alfred are we'll
told, together with much new material
translated from original sources by the
athor The illustrations must add to the
attractiyeness of the book.
NORTHERN GEORGIA SKETCHES. by
Will n. Harden Publishers: A. G..
McClurg & Co., Chicago.
Most of the delightful dialect sketches
in this delightful little book had for
merly appeared in the Century, Lippen-
colts, and other periodicals. They charm
cd many readers and it was in response
to popular demand that they were col
lected and printed in book form. The au-
thor is one of the first of Southern writ
ers, friend of Joel Chandler Harris to
whom this delightful series Of sketches
is dedicated.
UP IN MAINE. stories of Yankee Life
Told in Verse by Holman f. Day, with
an introduction by Hon. G. E. Littlefeld.
Price SLIGO Publishers: Small, May
nard Co. Boston.
The verses in this book ind their inspir-
alton in the Maine woods the Maine farm,
the Maine coast the Maine workshop, and
have the charm of rugged strength and
vigor The characters are rough diamonds
and the verse is as good as Riley's.
sTRINGToWN ON THE PIKE, by John
Uri Lloyd author of "Etidorpha. Price
$3.50. Publishers: Dodd. Mead & Co,
New York.
This book has had large sale-a run"
you call it, This story, though by prac-
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In the international Monthly for April,
Col. Larned of the Military Academy
writes upon West Point. Until war
shall cease to exist the professional sol
der is a necessity It is doubtful if any
educational institute has ever been 80
superbly indicated by trial as the Ma
tional Academv at West Point, or has
better demonstrated the fitness OF ITS pur-
poses and methods TO accomplish ends.
The Academy is now in its centennial year
and stands today foremost among the
military schools of the world and has
cost for the whole period but TWENTY-FIVE
million dollars. a sum needed yearly by
the army before its enlargement Col.
Larned shows what an important IN
Guence West Point has had upon the life
Of the country. Its graduates, drawn
from nearly every fra9o g. society are
found in every grade Of professional ana
public life. Tables showing the occupa-
tions Of parents Of the cadets and the po-
sitions in civil and military ne hiied by
graduates are given Especial attention
is paid to the morale OF the Acadefhy'
AS The colonel points out. the frst char-
acterlstic is Honor The article Is o. I'M
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gift as a stcry teller. THE Love Of
Landry deals with the ripening love of
Mildred Osborne. the heroine, fashion
able New York girl, for Landry the
hero, on ranch in Colorado. whittier the
heroine has gone to counteract consump-
tive tendencies She thinks he is real
ranchman who has saved her life. When
she has freely given him her love she
iinds he is an educated gentleman from
the East who has a story that shows the
stun on of which he is made. 1t is an
absorbing story, engagingly told, and the
interest is held firmly from the opening
to the clcse
THE APRIL CENTURY 1t is not in
The Century for April that one claims
priority Of interest for the last of it's
body articles, Personal "reminiscences
OF Queen Victoria. This very entertain
ing paper is unsigned the writer merely
saying of Her Majesty ~ saw her con-
stantly IN the summer of 1886. during
my four weeks peep into English court
life, while temporarily forming part of the
suite OF an illustrious Parsonage, a guest
OF the Queens, at Osborne House." The
"reminiscences include many authentic and
characteristic anecdotes. Next in popu-
lar interest among the features of this
number we should put the paper that inn
mediately rrecedes it. on Malaria and
Certain Mosquitoes This has some of
Tie pungency dad arrestiye quality Of
mosquito-bite and is certain to attract
attention in every mosquito-ridden quart
er of our land The author l.. 0. Howard,
Chief Entomologist Of the Department of
Agriculture has for many years been en-
gagged in war of determination against
these potent propagators of disease. I'm
expected Thickness has been given by re-
cent events in the financial world to the
Century's series of illustrated papers on
the steel and iron industries In the sec
ond of the iron articles, which appears
in the April number Walden Fawcett
deals picturesquely with the transporta-
ton OF the ore from mine to mill.
One finds himself Holding his breath
from one end to the other of Cleveland
Monetts paper The Pilot in theA April
st. Nicholas This is the fourth inv the
series on Careers of Danger and Oar
ing" and perhaps the most thrilling Of all
The Canadian voyageur is the pilot espe-
cially considered. and it is hard to say
which of the scenes described is the more
exciting-Fred Ouillette on a steamboat
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shooting the Lachine Rapids, or Jackson
and his band getting the Wolseley expe-
dition up the Nile cataracts just too late
to save Gordon at Khartoum Danger
and Daring were involved also in the ad-
venture of Two Boys and Mountain
Lion" narrated by Williston Hough.
Elizabeth Finley tells of The Little
Princess Victoria and Her Dolls" which
numbered a hundred and thirty-two, two
and thirty Of which she dressed fer her
self. A portrait Of the late Queen at the
age of four accompanies this paper, and
there are some timely verses entitled BY
Favor of the Queen" "A Modern Magi-
cian.' whose wonderful doings are de-
scribed by Tudor jerks. is the French
man Robert Houdin who died in 1871.
Gustav Kobbe writes of ''Life-Savers Old
and Young" and Mary b. Sheldon has an
account, with portrait, of little boy in
New York who is "the Only Eskimo in the
United States" 1t is long leap from the
little men Of to-day TO THE Noblest Of
Roman Emperors, Marcus Aurelius, Of
whom Eleanor G. Lewis has something to
say in an illustrated article. The de-
partments are rich in letters anecdotes.
pictures and miscellaneous information.
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tically new writer. was selected as The
Bookman serial for 1890 The scene is
laid in one OF The quaint villages in north
east Kentucky. The action begins at the
time of the War Between the States, when
the hero is ragged little urchin trudg
ing along the dusty pike. The whole plot
rests upon the supernatural as interpret
ed by plantation darkey, an old negro
who gives lis an insight into the super
stitious lore of his race in slavery days.
1t Is strikingly original in plot and treat
ment, fantastic and impossible in parts,
and yet holding the reader even when he
strongly disapproves It's virility and or
iginality count for it's popularity
GREAT BATTLES OF THE WORLD, by
stephen Crane, with eight Illustrations
by John Sloan, cloth. Ornamental. Price
$l50. Publishers: J. B. Lpplncott Com
pany Philadelphia.
This book embraces the last work done
by the lamented author Of THE Red
Badge Of Courage" Less than thirty, this
brilliant young man died victim to the
exposure of his first campaign in Cuba
where he made great reputation as war
.corresro ndcnt.{ Re was & new star in
the armament Of young understanding
commonplace in his dash and audacity.
growing mellow under the tutelage of ex-
Derience.
In this book he chooses to tell the pic
turesque and tragic battles that appealed
10 his love of war and action. The
Battle o. Bunker HIP is the first and
"The Battle of soIferlno" the last of
nine graphic descriptions OF decisive and
glorious battles. They are told with the
glow of martial strain with the setting
and color that make the telling reals
tic. just the book to thrill youth and
to delight "a boy grown tall.
THE LOVE or LANDRY by Paul Law
renee Dunbar. Publishers: Dodd, Mead
e. Co. New York.
The stories and rooms of this author
have been warmly praised BY the first
critics of America, The venerable editor
of the outlook nr. Lyman Abbott. puts
him among the best authors of today, and
says That he gains this rank not because
people are SURPRISED that a negro should
write 50 well, but because Of his genuine
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The Christian serves all men but Christ
is his only Master.
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The heaviest cross Of many Christians
is the church collection
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WITHOUT A WARRANT, BY Miss Hide

WITHOUT A WARRANT by Miss Hide
gard Brooks, Price St.50. Publishers;
Charles Scribners Sons, New York.
The scene Of this story is laid in the
South and the time is the present The
story is told by the heroine. Kate Har-
lowe, whose adventures in the hands of
the mysterious shooting party take the
reader through many scenes of high COM
cdy, the love element of which is treated
in novel manner. One of the best critics
writes: Though Miss Brooks Is entirely
unknown as a writer, she has produced a
tale of very unusual character, whose
interest is sustained throughout to a de-
nouement which shows a born story
teller.
DR.. Kingsbury, the accomplished editor
of the Wilmington Messenger states this
rule as to reading new books: I'VE never
read q novel until it has cen issued for
one year. Novels flow in perpetual
stream from the press flooding the homes.
We await subsistence of tie vast frcshet
before essaying to read.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10

patriotism never dies. Old Glory!
Symbol of liberty; baptized with the
blood of martyrs, carried in triumph
through the chaos of rebellion to float
aloft over the temple of liberty; the
hope and shield of all the oppressed!
One never really knows the liberty he
enjoys in this country until he has
been abroad and been brought face to
face with the institutions of monarchy.
Here the government is of the people,
and every American feels that he has
some part to act in the destiny of his
country, while IN the European
monarchial countries the people are
not citizens in the true sense of the
word, but are subjects Of the crown.
That is the reason so many emigrate
to this country. They have but little
influence in affairs of government at
home and are only so many units in
the sum of their country's total in
habitants. From every cline men
have come to America to enjoy the
blessings of liberty, and, once natural
lied and citizens of the land, it is
marvellous how soon they understand
it's institutions and how deeply they
love its flag. During the civil war
whole regiments were composed in
few cases of men of foreign birth, and
large number of the volunteers in '98
were sons of men who had followed
the flag to victory in the dark days of
rebellion. PENDENNIS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
MY COUNTRY.

Breaths there man with soul SO dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is mine own, my native land.
7 WAS in a small country town
during the war fever in '9S. The
people had gathered to raise flag.
In the center of the village COM
mon pole had been raised, about
which clustered the gathering. A
brawny farmer in his shirt sleeves held
the halyards-the place of honor. He
pulled the flag aloft and when the
breeze caught its folds and it unfurled
in all its spIendor clear soprano voice
somewhere in the throng began to sing
the Star Spangled Banner.
In an instant silence fell upon the
throng, broken only by the voice of the
singer; then burst of patriotism
swelled the air, and thrilled as with one
accord the multitude took up the
glorious refrain-one grand burst of
song that came from hearts eloquent
with the love of country. The souls of
these people were not dead-they were
American farmers and plain working
people.
The principles of government
whose flag stirs its people with such
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
RESIGNATION.


There is no flock. however watched and tended,
But one dead lamb is there!
There is no fireside, howsoe er defended,
But has one vacant chair!
The air is full of farewells to the dying,
And mournings for the dead;
The heart of Rachel, for her children crying,
viii not be comforted!
Let us be patient. These severe affiictions
Not from the ground arise,
But Oftentmes celestial benedictions
Assume this dark disguise.
We see but dimly through the mists and vapors;
Amid these earthly damps
What seem to be but sad funeral tapers
May be heavens distant lamps.
There is no death! What seems so is transition
This life of mortal breath
Is but suburb of the life elysian,
Whose portals we call death.
-LOngfelow.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
A REMEDY FOR ANARCHISM.
THE LESSON TAUGHT BY THE
DEATH OF OUR PRESIDENT.

Make the laws sufficiently stringent
that punishment need not wait upon
the actual commission of murder.
Make it possible to haul these monsters
from the lecture platforms, the back
rooms of drinking places, and the so
called editorial desks upon the first ex-
preston of their doctrines, and set them
to work behind prison bars. Make our
laws so plain and so stringent against
anarchy that it will be no longer
possible to plot within our borders the
killing of our own public servants or
the rulers of other nations. Make the
United States no longer the haven but
the terror of these professional
murderers.
On the other hand, duty of tremen-
dous import devolves upon the people.
We have grown too accustomed to
listening without protest to the violent
harangues of irresponsible demagogues
and to the vile abuse of our officials,
from the president down, on the part
OF sensational newspapers. We must
frown upon all this. We must make
newspapers more responsible for what
they print, and we must educate the
people to honor the office, even tho
they may not honor the official.
From earliest infancy our children
should be taught that the holding of
public office, be it great or small, is an
honor which should carry with it the
respect of the people. Then we must
exert ourselves to elect only those
worthy of the office. 1t is a tremendous
undertaking and one that can never be
carried out to perfection, but vast
improvement over present conditions
is possible-and that speedily-if the
people are in earnest. Our foreign
population must be made to respect
our government and our flag through
the example we set them. A. RS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
RESIDENT MCKINLEY will
not have died in vain if through
his death the government, and

IL AAo NN0OAA o1iO 6OVSl oAu
the American people as whole,
are prompted to take such measures as
will make the propagation of anarchy
in this land no longer possible. We
have been taught valuable lesson,
tho the price paid was a fearful
one. 1t now rests with us to put into
operation its teachings.
10 the government belongs the duty
of enacting such laws as will prevent
the landing on our shores of the
prom of and believers in the
wicked and insane doctrines of these
murderous malcontents that Europe is
only too willing to trust upon American
soil. We must establish more rigorous
system of inspection and investigation
abroad. No emigrant from any
country should be permitted to land at
one of our ports unless we know some
thing of his principles. Laws must
also be passed making it reasonable
offense to preach such nefariOus
doctrines as those with which the
anarchists have nauseated the great
bulk of the people, but which neverthe-
less do impel few half-crazed degen-
crates to attempt the subversion of
government by assassination.
Such people as Herr Most, Vedro
Esteve, Emma Goldman and others of
their ilk. who have talked and written
ectured and plotted, ranted and pub
lished, should have been arrested and
confined as criminals upon their first
utterance of anarchistic principles.
If no laws are at present in existence
providing for their suppression, the
duty of our lawmakers is to make a
continuance of their profession of
murder no longer possible. Make
arrest and punishment the certain
result of such teachings as theirs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
SALTWATER MINNESOTA, THURSDAY OCTOBER TO- 1901

"We staid there till morning too, and
l rode that broncho with a backbone
like the ridge of church roof up and
down and around that car every weary
minute Of all that weary night. To
quit riding meant to go to sleep, fall
off and have the liver and high lights
and half tones trampled and kicked
out of me by those two scared
bronchos.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10
TERMs.J Shopper year, in advart Q
Six Months so cents,

81 estimated that rode that broncho
over two hundred miles in that car,
and the car travelled eighty miles before
it was side tracked" Here the traveller
sighed as he paused to bite off a chew
of tobacco, and his friend Tom Jackson
took advantage of the opening to
remark that man who had travelled
so far under such circumstances must
be dry. STRABo.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-10-10

7 CONT acts; they are made of the stuff
that not only commands respect but
that wins in the end, for the laborer as
well as the business man who will at
any cost make good the word once
passed is the man who is trusted, the
man who succeeds.
In treating of this subject it seems
almost impossible to avoid some
reference to the trades unions, but the
limits of this paper do not permit of
my discussion of their merits or
demerits. There appears to be great
possibilities for good in them, but
these possibilities have, as rule, been
more than offset by the asininity of
the men who have been allowed to rule
them and the methods these men have
used, recklessly ordering strikes with
out sufficient cause and when there
was no possible chance of success. AS
an example of this, witness the steel
strike. One cannot but wonder at the
lack of sense that precipitated it and at
the still greater lack of sense that con-
/ tinued it. And one wonders still the
more when we have it on the authority
of the author of the paper previously
read, that these were really wise men
at the head of this strike. The Anal
gamated Association did not strike for
higher wages, nor could it very well,
for its men were we'll paid. Some of
them received $268 per week. What
then did it strike for? Ostensibly to
obtain permission for it's men in some
of the mills where the association was
not recognized to join it, but really to
compel these men to join-many Of
whom were opposed to joining g-and to
compel the steel company to employ
only association men in the mills. The
association, of course, claimed that The
men wished to join, and events have
proven they were partly right. Sup
posing that they were wholly right, did
these wise rulers of the association
show their wisdom by ordering the
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organize in several of the mills, after
the corporation had bought them, that
they were not permitted to organize in
before, and it seems probable that they
would soon have obtained control of
all the mills where the men were in
sympathy with them. In the face of
this, with o. ly 1892 men in their ranks
! and with only S74895 in their treasury,
the strike was ordered, forcing thereby
$4,000 other men out of work. Surely
they had given their wisdom vacation.
Later, at their conference with the
leaders OF the corporation, when it was
evident to all that their cause was lost, =,
incredible as it may seem, they refused
an offer which kept all union mills,
added two more and committed the
corporation to the precedent of permit
ting the mills to be uniOnized. Evidently
their wisdom had not yet returned
from its vacation. There could be but
one result. Altho much better con-
Quoted and carried on with less rowdy-
i'm and with fewer brutalities, this
strike ends as nearly all others have
ended, with more suffering and the loss
of prestige for the association.
The Washington Post very aptly
says: eff those who are going out on
a strike could only meet and converse
with those who are returning from the
same sort of an enterprise the walking
delegate might not be able to do such
a rushing business" w. w.