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The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-19

As snow is itself cold. yet warns
and refreshes the earth. so Affections.
though in themselves grievous. -.
keep the soul of the Christian
warm and makes 1t fruitfuL-John
Mason.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-04-19

Eight teeth suffice the elephant for
munching purposes. The giant animal
has two below and two above on each
SIDE
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01
He Could Not Spell.

The owner of small bookstore
in Harlem, DESTROYS of distinctive
name for the same, after some
hours of deep cogitation, finally
hit upon the legend: "Harlem's
Literary Mecca" This he thought
exceedingly good, and he had a
man put it up in enamel letters
upon his window. After the job
was done he was standing out by
the curbstone admiring the effect
of the inscription, when he heard
an old Irishman, who had stopped
and was also looking at it, solilo-
quize as follows: well, now, will
you LUX at that! The cheek of
that Scotchman, calm himself
'Haar-r-lem's Literary Mickey just
to catch some of the Irish trade! !
An the blackguard don't even
know how to spell Mickey" The
inscription has been removed
Philadelphia Telegram.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01
STORYETTES.
Hold the Fort.

In October, 1864, Allatoona pass,
a defile in the mountains Of
Georgia, was guarded by General
Corse, with 1,5OO men. It was a
strong, strategic point, and, more
over, 100000 rations we're stored
there. Fresich, the southern
general, with 5000 men, attacked
the garrison and drove the de-
tenders into a small fort on the
crest of the hill. The battle was
fierce. The northern soldiers fell
in such numbers that further
fighting ned folly.
But one of Corse's officers caught
sight of a white signal flag futter-
ing in the breeze on the top of the
Kenesaw mountain, across the
valley, Is miles away. The signal
was answered, and then came the
inspiring message from mountain
to mountain: ''Hold the fort. I
am coming.-W. T. Sherman.
Cheer after cheer went up, and,
though hopelessly reduced in
numbers, they did hold the fort
for hours until the advance guard
of Sherman's army came to their
relief. Six years later P. P. Bliss,
the evangelist, heard the story in
all it's vivid detail from a soldier
friend and then wrote the words
and music Of his famous hymn.
Presbyterian.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01
home paper. It is cheering influence and one for
which we grateful.

PROFESSOR KOCH of Berlin fired shot last
week that startled the world, when he announced
that the meat and milk of tuberculous cattle NAV be
consumed with impunity -that bovine tuberculosis
is not transmissible to the human system. Had any
other person but the eminent German bacteriologst
made such a statement it would either have been
laughed to scorn absolutely ignored But since
Professor Koch has said it, armed as he is with the
results OF numerous experiments the world is forced
to listen. 1t MEANS if true, that vast amount OF
money and food has been unnecessarily thrown away
during the last decade, for the meat inspector is
recognized institution and he is untirng in his
search for tuberculous cattle
Several years ago very successful physician
whose specially tuberculosis in it's various forms
made the statement that the world getting far too
scientific that it would be better for doctors to
forget their scopes and germs for awhile and to
devote more time to learning to correctly diagnose
disease and assisting nature to throw it off He said
that too many socalled discoveries which were
purely in the experimental stage have been pub
ished assured facts and that many sanitary pre-
cautions, considered Indispensable would be
found in of time to be quite unnecessary
Apparently he was correct
It is doubtful, however, if the new theory adj
vanced by Professor Koch will be accepted without
much corroborative testimony Already strenuous
objections and arguments have been raised against
it, and the meat inspector is probably destined to
hunt tuberculous cattle for years more. But
IT it does away with the nervous apprehensions of
the thousands of doting young mothers, who have
visions Of all sorts of horrible diseases every time
baby takes swallow of sterilized milk, it will
have conferred great boon on humanity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01

IT LOOKS now as if there will be one more good
sized explosion in the Sampson-Schey controversy,
after which the matter will sink into oblivion It
can't too soon to please the public, for it is
thoroughly sick of the whole business The Ameri-
can fleet won the battle Of Santiago-won it good
and pleny-and the public doesn't care rap
whether Schley wore white duck or blue serge dur
ing the engagement or whether the Brooklyn veered
too much to the east too close to the coast The
feet did what required of it, and it is pity
that any who shared in the victory should
cheaper themselves by mud finging.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01

AFTER all has been said and done, it transpires
that the constitution does follow the flag at any
rate it goes as far as Porto Rico with it. Last
Thursday President Mckinley issued proclamation
OF free trade with the island and hereafter it will
be rated as state or territory far tariff duties
are concerned What satisfaction it must be to
the supreme court to have the question settled How
it can sleep now!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01
Kilograms.
BY JAN O'RURICK.

If innocence is bliss, tbs folly to
be guilty providing you are
caught.
Political jealousy very often
prevents an honest and noble man
from getting his just dues.
The science of warfare has been
brought to such fine point that
historians can enlighten even the.
fighters themselves.
All men are honest in their own
opinion while nearly all men have
a lingering doubt as to the honesty
of their fellow men.
Few men are so good but that
they could add to their virtues.
There are people who, if sent in
search OF truth, would have to take
some one with them to identify
it when found.
And poor old Shafter has gone
into United States history, ham
mock and ALL
A preacher who rails at the
branch roads of his fellew Chris
tians, generally travels on mighty
narrow gage road himself that only
runs to the bad lands.
Nobility of character will pro-
duce more good results among
humanity than all the pulpits in.
the nation.
Kissing may be dangerous but
still there are quite a few maids
that will take chances.
The ministers of the powers are
holding on in China so that they
won't overlook anything and have,
to 60 back after it.
Economy in small things often
leads to waste in the greater.
Profit in manufacturing is not
always from the amount turned
out but from the combination Of
value in the article made.
Shoes have caused more misery
among those who wear them than
any other article in the habiliments
of the human race.
When opportunity or pluck
raises person towards the top Of
the ladder of fame, there are always
disappointed ours, who will look up,
and bark at him for succeeding
when they failed.
When General Miles failed in.
beating the ring, what can Schley
expect, especially with such long
distance fighter as sampson?
Corns, bad tempers, and a fools
man are the result of tight shoes
And they do say that Adam Of
Budget fame has gone into the
hen business.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01

The destinies of man are governed and regulated
by the merest trfes We seldom garner what we SOW;
we are seemingly the architects of fortunes
only when the Goddess of Chance smiles upon us;
we are fates puppets at all times and seasons and
the caprice OF moment, such crossing the street
or walking out without rubbers often alters the
whole course of existence. We plant in love-
cultivate in affection and reap in Few men,
looking back their past lives, say with any
degree of defniteness where the vital moment lies
the point at which push might have brought
desolation helping hand lured them on toward
heaven. And yet such moments in the lives
of all men, even of Paul or Philip Sydney. It came
to Christ time during the long years regarding
which the Bible gives us no clew, not when he was
carried to the mountain top by the Master Of Evil
and shown the cities of the world Then we may
be sure his course fixed and definite. We know
that the temptations to Him as light as chat,
and yet Christ the most E1anly conceivable.
It at times as though we make the long
journey through life like blind children.
The truth of the matter seems to be that we
are cast in too heroic mold-we are so intent on
doing something startling, something worth while, %
as the saying goes, that the, socaed little things
of life overlooked in the for the goal And
in that lies mistake for it is of the little things
that life is composed. can lose leg and
still joke whilst the surgeon dresses the stump but
pin placed between his shoulders, where he cannot
reach it, will irritate him to madness and upset an
entire household Nature seems to have way of
quickly adjusting herself to upheavas and calamities
Ntmany years passed after the eruption of Vesuvius
before the herds were grazing above Pompeii and
Herculaneum.
To live right it is sometimes necessary to
readjust sense Of values. All greatness appears
trifing at time in it's career and we know that
the wide-spreading tree springs from the micro
scopic germ hidden in the heart of the acorn, and
the fearsome reef from the minute labors of the
coral insect.
man is Judged not by what he does in
the material of which heroes as we'll as thieves are
made-but by the hum-drum course of his every
day life, by the little things he says and does And
the world does not demand that we shall be Napo-
Icons Platos; it is satisfied if we do our best in
the little things of life If have neglected these
and have been trampled to earth as an example to
men, by blind justice in consequence, and if we
commence now to realize them, we may find, perhaps
an outstretched hand to aid u.s. or at least something
to reconcile us to the fate in store. The man who
appreciates that seeming tries constitute the sum
of life ceases to be but ''piece in the game he
plays and will go down to the grave if not satisfied
with the result of his endeavors at least thankful he
is worse than he is.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01
NO 7 c (

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of THE MIRROR who are
not regular lists will please consider such
sample copies IT, after reading, conclude that
MIRROR is worthy of patronage send to this
Office for trial subscription published
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01
BASEB

Standing Of the Clubs in the National,
American and Western Leagues,
July 81.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01
EXCHANGES.

Upton is buying horses; and if
there were any Dunravens in
America the charge might be
made that he intends to run the
Shamrock with horsepower
Evening Wisconsin.
The Matched Egg story has
reached Winona. The weather
can be praised for one thing. It
lifts the burden of maternity from
our Woodworking hen.-Minne-
apolis Journal.
A New York magistrate has de-
cided that wife has no right to
rifle her husbands pockets of the
loose change that may repose
therein. He ruled also that a
husband could not legally go
through his wife's pockets. Of
course not. He could not find
them.-Minneapolis Times.
The fact that Explorer Baldwin
included heavy hemp cable in
his list of supplies would indicate
that it is his intention to tow the
pole back home with him.-Den.
YER Post.
"By their fruits ye shall know
them" will soon be the test for
locating rich Americans if the
drought forces prices much higher.
st. Louis Republic.
Peace hath resumed it's reign in
Kentucky, yet Elk Governor Tay lor
prefers the dry climate of Indiana.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01

SUPERINTENDENT JOHN SLOAN recently abolished
the lock step in the Chicago House Of Correction,
and in commenting on this action Chicago daily
says that the prisons of Wisconsin, Ohio New York
Michigan and Minnesota seriously considering
the proposition" of doing away with the obnoxious
form of marching. Minnesota abolished the lock
step in it's prison more than decade ago and New
York saw the last of it within the past year.
Any system of correction or discipline that un-
necessarily degrades those subjected to il is bound
to be expense to the state in the end Men leave
prison either very much better or very much worse
than they entered ito remain stationary is an
impossbty-and whether they are to become a
credit or menace to society often depends largely
on the influences surrounding them during their
incarceration The lock step and other relics of it's
kind were unnecessary degradatons; they did not
insure discipline accomplish any purpose what
ever except to entertain visitors and embiter those
who were being put through their PAGES.
IT is not until the country bred man is away
from home that the full value of the village weekly
Is realized. Then it comes the newsiest sort of a
letter. aud to miss an issue is indeed hardship.
Its makeup is as familiar the face of friend,
and its feowwell- met endears it to ALL
One of its peasantest features is it's friendliness
Somehow the country editor seems to view life
through rosecolored glasses and he prints nothing
but kindly things of his neighbors If he doesn't
think we'll of man he passes him up, and devotes
his slnr' to men of whom he does think we'll There
is mighty little knocking in the country weekly.
All this is decidedly appreciated by under a
cloud, for it is easier to knock than to say kind
things.
Tne weekly papers The MIRROR gets through
its exchange list great boon to many mis-
guide aud unfortunate men in this institution
After p>n5 read in the Office they put in crcu-
lation n'ng the prisoners. The contributors to
The MIRROR have the first choice, of course and
when 10y have selected the ones they want, the
balance given to the librarian who distributes
them n,ng such as are unable to subscribe for
pap lemselves. If possible every man gets his
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-01

THE MIRROR weekly published the Minnesota
Prison. founded in by the edited
aged them Its objects be
moral intellectual prisoners
public with the the pathological
information and aid dpeng that prejudice which
the bar sinister fallen mans redempon The entirely
dependent support
should
interests of the prison library
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-10
Cheap Round Trip Rate

Between ST. Paul, Mimi, and the
Pacific coast. On July 9Th the
Northern Pacific Ry. will place IN
effect low first class round trip rate
Of $500 from eastern terminals tC
Seattle, Tacoma and Portland. Dates
of sale at eastern terminals will be
from July 9th to July 18th inclusive,
and the final limit for return will be
August 81. 1901. Destination must
be reached not later than July 18th,
stop-oyers being allowed in either
direction within the transit limits.
This offers an unsurpassed opp0r-
tunity for those desiring to hunt new
homes and farms, togo into the north
west and look over The country. or
for those wishing TO visit relatives or
friends or 20 make pleasure trips. 10
do so.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-10
NEW ENGINE INVENTED.
Mechanic Mt Des MOines, Ia, Claims
to Have Discovered q Novel
Principle.

An invention has been made by L..
Kessler, a mechanic of Des Moines, Ia,
which, if the claims of it's author are
realized, is destined to revolutionize
the manufacture of steam engines.
The principle has not been applied to
an engine of any large power as yet,
but the inventor holds that it will be
successful, no matter to what style
of an engine it is applied. The new
engine works on the vacuum prin-
ciple, and uses the same water over
and over again. 1t has no steam chest,
or, rather, both the steam chest and
boiler are combined in one. There be-
ing no exhaust, the same water is
used as many times as desired, being
converted into steam and condensed,
then reconverted into steam and re-
condensed, and so on ad infinitum.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-10
TO STOCK COALING STATION.
United States Government Equips
Foreign Rendezvous for
Naval Ships.

The first United States coaling sta ton
to be located on foreign soil has just
been completed at Pichalinqui, on the
west coast of Mexico, and the collier
Alexander is now taking on 5000 tons
of coal at Baltimore to stock this
latest acquisition of the navy. The sta
ton is on California bay, at the ex-
IRENE end of the long peninsula which
juts down from California, and is
known as Lower California, although
it is an integral part of Mexico. Adj
miral Bradford, chief of the naval bu-
reau of equipment, has long been seek
ing to develop this point for the use
of the navy.
A footing was secured there many
years ago through the assent of the
local authorities, but it was desired
that the Mexican government should
give its full authorization to the work
contemplated by the United States.
Through the state department ex-
tended negotiations were carried on
with Mexico, resulting finally in COM
plete authorization for the projected
station. The work has been in prog
ress for some time, about $25, 900 being
expended in coal warehouses, docks,
slips, and in the most modern facili-
ties for loading coal upon ships of war.
The capacity of the station is 5000
tons of coal A Mexican customs Of
fetal will inspect the ships before they
enter the station.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-10
BIG GUN ON KEARSARGE.
Damaged Beyond Repair and Must
Be Removed and New Gun
Pit in Its Place,

Ii has been found necessary to re.
move the 15-lHch gun from the Kear-
sarge. This gun, which was emplaced
in one of the turrets of this battleship.
was seriously injured some weeks ago.
At the time an effort was made to have
the accident appear of little conse-
quence. Since then, however, it has
developed that the gun cannot be re-
paired. 1t is practically destroyed
and will have to be replaced.
Bids for the forgings for this gun
have been invited by the navy depart
ment. 1t probably will be the last
gun of the type built for the navy, as
13-inch guns are no longer to be part
of naval ordnance.
The loss is a heavy one, and while
the new gun is being constructed the
double turrets, the lower one of which
contained the damaged one, will be
practically useless.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-10
SEA GIVES UP A MESSAGE.
Bottle Cast Overheard Nine Years
Ago Finally Reaches Port
in Norway.

Miss Ada 1. Griffith, of Newark, has
just received news of the finding on
the coast of Norway of message in
closed in bottle which she cast into
the Atlantic ocean nearly nine years
ago while on the way from England
to America. Miss Griffith is the
daughter of Thomas w. Griffith, a
well-known insurance man of Newark.
One day in September, 1892, while re-
turning from Europe, she wrote on an
English telegraph blank form a mes
sage to w. U. Byington, member of
her party. In addition to the mes
sage she wrote: Miss Ada 1. Grit
fifth, Mount Prospect avenue, Newark,
N j., will pay two dollars for the re-
turn of this telegram" The bottle
containing the message was cast
overheard at what was judged to be
the middle of the ocean. The incident
was forgotten. A few days ago Miss
Griffith received a letter containing
the original telegram. 1t is said that
the bottle had been picked up by a
poor fisherman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-10
MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN EXPLAINS
Gives Reasons for Grouping of Sem
atOrs on Monument to Her Hus-
band at Washington.

Mrs. John A. Logan was shown the
different criticisms which have been
made regarding the figures on the
pedestal of the monument which has
just been dedicated. When the pedes-
tai was first put up, the fact was
pointed out that the senators repre-
scented in the group were not all in
the senate at the same time, or at
least were not there when Logan took
the oath. These criticisms have been
repeated since the dedication of the
monument, and have caused consider
able modification to Mrs. Logan, be-
cause it was made to appear that she
either willfully or ignorantly had at
tempted to falsify the history of the
senate. In explanation she said:
ut was not intended to represent
any particular session of the senate,
but rather Gen. Logan's associates in
the senate during his 16 years of serv-
ice in that body. 1t affects the cor
rectness of history in no way, as he
was a senator while Vice President Ar
thur presided, and he served with
each of the senators in the bas-relief.
Senator Miller was soldier and lost
an eye at Ferryville, hence his selec-
ton. Each had won distinction in the
United States senate, and all are
worthy of the places given them.
81 cannot see that violence has been
done anyone, or that the criticism is
of any Importance. 1 think the sue
cess of the sculptor in the execution
of the design suggested to him by me,
and the fact that there is one great
statue at the capital of the nation that
fittingly illustrates the unique charac-
ter of Gen. Logan as soldier and states
man, should silence such petty criti-
cism."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-10
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1873.
Notice for Publication.
United States Land office, Duluth, MINI.
Eoh,uo On 1OO1

United States Land office, Duluth, MINI.
February 20. 1901.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress
of June 3, 1878, entitled IAN act for the
sale of timber lands in the states of Cali
fornia Oregon, Nevada and Washington
Territory as extended to all the Public
Land States by act of August 4, 1892,
David C. Christopher of Virginia, county
of st. Louis, state of Minnesota. has this day
filed i'm this Office his sworn statement No.
1894, for the purchase of the se1-4 of the ne
IA and ny of the se1-4 OF section and nw1 4
of the sw1-4 of section l. in township 50 \.
range 10 w.
And will offer proof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for lis tim
Der or stone than for agricultural pur-
poses, and to establish his claim to said
land before the Register and Receiver
of this office at Duluth, Minnesota, on
Tuesday. the 2Sth day of May. 1901
He names as witnesses: John Chesser:
David Beaudoin. William f. HannafOrd and
Peter Shippley, all Of Virginia, MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on or before said
2Sth day Of May, 1901.
WIN. E. CULKIN, Register.
3-S $40
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-05-10
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1878.
Notice for Publication.

United States Land office, Duluth, MINI.
February %, 1901.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions Of the act of Congress
of June 8. 1878, entitled IAN act for the
sale of timber lands in the states of Cali
fornia, Oregon, Nevada and Washington
Territory as extended to al the Public
Land States by act of August 4, 1892.
Anders f. Anderson of Virginia. county
of St. Louis, state of Minnesota. has this day
filed in this Office his sworn statement No
540S. for the purchase of the ea of the ne14
of section L. and Se4 of the seq of section
|. in Up. so range 10 and nwl-4 Of the nw1-4
of section Z, in township SO. range9.
And will offer proof to show THAI the
land sought is more valuable for It's tim
Der or stone than for agricultural pur-
poses, and to establish his claim to said
Gand before the Register and Receiver
of this office at Duluth, Minnesota, on
Tuesday the 2lst day Of May. 1901.
He names as witnesses: Martin Nelson
AnderS Dahl. G. A. Anderson and OlOi
Johnson. all Of Virginia MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on CIR before said
2lst day OF May. 1901.
VIM. E. CULKIN, Register.