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FIRST Ion DON "skYSCR4PyR,
u 0nl, seven STORIES. hut " IL 7kO Fee,
Long on the Front.

Frederick Is Esler. who arrived YESTERDAY
by the American liner Philadelphia. from
Southampton, has with han the plans u
what the English. in their limited con
oeptluns ~ alttudinous AIohiteci are. call
~" first -kyscrapeT' To h. built IN London
10" building viii merely sorspe ths very
lowest strata ~ clouds. AZ u will b. seven
stories tell II might be a real skyscfapef
N " we're turned on it, eide. az n will u
~ fert ds.rp and ~ $50 fee; frontas. Nj
fSlT sald the erection ~ the buildins
Wa not contrary 10 he London building
lANS u wall 10 sts-rl framed and vii
ouutsin lOD suites - ofnoos m. d.oofa-
tiuh 20 tll- dome Alon. Niu oo~t tso,O0
10 aid these fnslishmen are Interested
ln tie profess Me lhsrss HVsfs Wilson.
Pp~ldsut - The 0rAld Trunk Railroad u
I anada th" fAn ~ kiHtois. fofn..f ooVes-
nur IL Australia, fAH grey, dirsstor III ths
BRUSH south Afrss Company, snd Lieut.
tssifsu slAs No-', husband ~ LADY
Randolph thuiollh
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Hear Got % Down to ~ III Sesterds,
Win . nsii, To - I-s NJ the Close.

~Amalgamaird Copper Stock dropped a
peg further In the stock market yesterday,
establishing on heavy dealings a n-S how
record prio. 81 ~, The opening sale
was at 49,, compared with 49,, on Friday
and there " az an early al Ia 70 Then
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Fine editions OF standard and popular
novels. illustrated:
When Knishthood Was in Flower. by Cas-
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$3.50; our price ...... ......... .......S l.Ss
Barabbas. by Marie Corelli ........ $3.50
Isle OF the Shamrock. by Clifton johnson,
A Japanese Nightin gale, by onoto watanna,
our price, 800. ........ st. 90
A Widow and Her Friends, by Charles Dana
Gibson: pub. price. $500; our price 50 40
Life OF the Master. by John Watson our
Kimble's Pickaninnies. illus. pub. price,
Plantation Songs, by Eli Sheppard. with
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Books! Books! Books!
A Holiday Display of Books for Old and Young.

With Washington in the West, by Edward
StratIneyer, our price
A Twentieth Century Boy. by Glentworth.
our price .......... ........ sSc
A Son OF Satsuma. by Kirk Munroe, our
price .,....... ...... 81 90
Randy's Winter. by Amy Brooks. our
Tiddy. Her Daughter. by Anna Chaplin Ray,
our price ......... .-..... 81 10
Holly Berry and Mistletoe. by Mary Caro-
line Hyde, our price .......... SOC
Henty's books for boys. IS titles. bound in
cloth, our price ........ ....... 100
Tt. Mead's books for girls. our price,
Ibc. ana ,......... ............ $50
Our Naval Heroes. illus. usually sold for
N10, our price ............. ... 2Sc
Standard Dictionary. goth Century. indexed,
Webster's Dictionary. indexed. bound in
sheep. good type. our price .......... 81 IS
Episcopal Hymnals, large and small sizes,
printed on India paper, red under gold
edges; usually sold for ssc. and 81. so. our
price. small size. 2Sc.: large size 3D.
Teachers Reference Bibles, with divinity
circuit morocco binding. silk sewed. for
merly N.I5; our price .........., sac
Special attention given to our Magazine
Department Subscriptions taken at re-
duCtion OF regular prices.
Catholic Prayer Books and Bibles. Rosary
Beads. with. sterling silver strings. pearl
and colored beads.
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OF TOYS FROM

Toys that will cause little eyes to open wide with
surprise and at which even the older sages will shake
their heads. St. Nick has been very busy for a year
past %contriving new delights, which the modern boy and
girl of to-day demand, and the result is that never be.
fore has such display been made possible. There are
games at which old and young find equal amusement.
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Stationery Department.

We are now displaying in our Stationery De-
partmcnt a large and artistic assortment Of
Holiday Box Paper, containing from one
ouire to seven Quires. in white and delicate
tints from Toe. up to ........... 50. 90
Desk Furnishings in sets or single pieces.
sterling silver. colonial. gold. ivory. leather.
stag horn and burnt wood, also unique de-
signs in imported novelties.
Sterling silver Pencils ........... g mp
Dlotters. with pearl and sterling silver
handles .......... ......... Sc. up
Paper Cutters. every variety ..... q up
Ink Wells. ......... ............. Csc. up
Waterman's Fountain Pens ...... $50 up
Special Traveller Fountain Pens 81 90
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-01

Folding Tables. according to sizc. from
SSc' o''''''''' ..t... .......... Sis
Our Dolls, Of all nations. viii be placed o,
sale in Millinery Department, on .ororj
floor. Here they can be shown To- yr.,i
advantage and you hive. scarcely ever ,..n
such beauty as these DollieS present.
A 2i-in. kid body Doll, eyes that oror md
shut; with pretty tight and darn h11r,
A le-in. jointed Doll, cycs open aud H.
A lain. iointed Doll. with shoe. and -t'r,.
lhgS. ~ .'...... ...... ?3r
All Clothes may be purchased for D,U4
right here. including Shoes, Stnrttug. nd
Hat.
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Our Jewelry Department.

II you are thinking Of making handsome holiday gift y~s should look over our stock
Of Diamond Rings Brooches, Link Buttons Stud, Scarf PS Watches etc, which have
been socially selected ta Holiday Gifts. Any article selected now will be reserved for
Christmas or when wanted at very small deposit.
wonen solitaire diamond Rings II kt Men serhng liver Hunting Case Matches
sod. Tiffany citing ne hy stone wahkam movement, Engraved ce . o ~
r Sos KIT. at =. $50 o Men, i.kt gold Hd Hunting Case Matches.
Women ELY cla"s Chr Ring ,n 0T1.os s eTes55e w Malta n La"Ssme engraved o. e9sMe
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monds at $50. D | or NIX mesh, fancy top at - n
custer Ear Screw opal centre surrounded Iare sterling diver ChaIane Bags. ah
v1amsmns "a II sdd nGnuns case Matches top GlO o.
"%%hhssmf noysma S%@ beautifully -: silver plated or oAdzed Purses. With i%ss
ws snTs IL H% sd "6nd Hunting case Pearl Necklace doubie rou. with psf
Watches. Wahtsmm movement case. var CLASP at 3c
ranHd rs years at Isl Pearl AN chains f inches long at ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-12-01

We are now displaying a large assortment
OF unique and artistic Calendars for 1902, also
Christmas Cards and BoOklets. Pocket and
Desk Diaries. at lowest prices.
Our speciality" CARD ENGRAVING in
the up-to-date styles Of type. Best stock
furnished. Patrons wishing to make gifts
OF Plate and Cards will do well to place their
orders early.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-19
Ole Effect Of Literature
ON Crime.

only laugh at such absurdities, but for
all that they constitute one of the
gravest issues of the criminal problem.
The youth of today is the citizen of to-
morrow. The children of today will
be the nation of tomorrow. He who
cOrrupts the children of today is under
mining the vitality OF the nation of to-
morrow.
Dime novels of the "Nick Carter"
type constitute only one phase of bad
literature. There are other publice-
tions, generally issued weekly, and
printed on red or yellow paper, which
deal in scandal, startling moral perver-
sion, domestic infelicity and everything
else of an evil nature that should be
stamped out and hidden instead of be-
ing bIazoned forth for all the world to
see. This type of literature is as bad,
if not worse, than the dime novel.
Much has been said against the yell
low journals, but in my opinion the
yellow journals are paragons of purity
compared with hundreds of other pa
pers that are issued weekly in Ameri-
can cities; papers loaded to the muzzle
with all the evil that human ingenuity
can invent, and human imagination
conceive of. 1t were better for a
mother that her boy was dead and in
his grave than he should he a habitual
reader of dime novels or OF other pub
Iications here mentioned. For i'm three
cases out of five, 1 can see that boys
finish. The grim gates of the Jail or
penitentiary await him.
Another form of bad literature is
the kind that is constantly trying to
undermine the republican form of gov
ernment in this country and the relig-
ious faith of the American people.
The American republic is the best form
of government that we know Of The
unparalleled success of the Americans
along every line of human ability and
human endeavor offers proof of its sue
cess. And yet there are considerable
number of publications in this country
whose only object is to overthrow the
present form of government and sub
stitute morfarchy, an empire, a mill
tary despotism or an anarchistic chaos.
And the Americans actually allow
these Internal agents of destruction to
exist and thrive! But what would
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-19
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A LETTER FROM
HIRAM'S FATHER.

following maxims (they are not
lOaded):
Don't trust too much in Providence,
but try to make your way onward and
upward-and outward, if your advant-
age lies in that direction-by your own
efforts.
Be man before you try to be
gentleman. Real, manly men are
scarce articles; but the world is full of
utterly useless creatures, who are, or
pass for, gentlemen.
In choosing your religion use your
own Judgment. Never mind what
professional expounders of religion
tell you; their creeds and doctrine will
not save you on the last day. The
Almighty gave you reason and sense,
and he will require of you a strict
account OF whatsoever He has given
you and the use you have made of His
gifts.
If ever you do anything mean don't
lay the blame on the devil or on whisky.
Nine men out of ten who claim that
whisky was the cause of their downfall,
| lie; they are too cowardly to acknowl-
edge their own meanness, but like
Adam of old, are ever ready to shift
the responsibility on somebody or
something else. Don't be like them,
but when you have done wrong, own
up. Confession is the first step toward
reformation.
Always honor honest labor. The
ditch digger may be far better and
wiser man than the would-be some
body who despises labor, and presumes
to pass judgment on the mental capacity
of man after having had five minutes
conversation with him.
Beware of the hypocrite and the man
who agrees with everybody. Shun
them as you would poison, or bad
whisky, or Carrie Nation, or a Wall
street shark. Keep away from them,
Hiram, fly from them if necessary; for
if you don't they'll do you just as sure
as the green-goods man did your dad in
York city five years ago last summer.
Now my son, read these few rules
over carefully, and if you think they
are made up of truth and, wisdom, then
heed them; but if, on the other hand,
you think them foolish and antiquated,
then throw them aside as rubbish; for
you would be chump indeed if you
were to take my advice, or anybody's
advice, against your own judgment. 1
hope, my boy, you will have rOusing
good time OH Christmas and New
Years Day, but be careful and don't
mix your drinks too much. Write
often. Be good to yourself. Goodbye.
Your affectionate Father,
Hiram Slowgo, Sr.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-19

you do? Americas only fault is, that
she has always been too lenient toward
her enemies.
The other class, those who are attempt
ing to undermine the religious faith of
the people, are just as bad. They wish
todo away with Christianity and substi-
tute-what? Why nothing, simply
nothing. They wish us to be material
lists; in the future to live like brutes
and die like brntes, and be glad that
we are going to die like brutes. Every
man should be allowed to believe what
he pleases; to have religious freedom;
to go to church or not just as he
pleases; but no man should be allowed
to spread immoral doctrines, or doc.
trines that can do no good and will
certainly do great deal of harm. Such
is the issue of the anti-relgious press.
So l say, let legislation take the
proper steps in regard to bad literature
and there will be a corresponding de-
crease in crime. LEO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-19
FinnabagO, n. Y, Dec. 10, 1901.

Hiram Slowgo, Jr.,
Industrial College, Saltwater, MINI.
My Dear Son:-Your letter reached
me last week. l opened and read it at
the post office. My emotion almost
overcame me, for your letter touched
the spot-it went right to the heart.
When l reached home I paid four
visits to the cider barrel to drown my
emotion. The cider also touched the
spot-it went right to the head. Hiram
my boy, your old father is glad to hear
you are in such good place. Such all
institution as the Saltwater Industrial
College is the very kind of place !
should have selected for you if my
advice had been asked. Learn all you
can, Hiram, it will do you no harm, and
may do you good.
l hope you are studying Greek and
Latin; it will be such comfort to you
when later on in life-while plowing in
the hillside fields, which is full of rocks
you will be able to curse the rocks
and the plow, and the horses, and
things all around you in good Greek
and Latin. And l also hope you are
laying up stock of big words; it is 81
nice to be able to string out a great
number of big words in long sentence
But be careful you string them to-
gether according to the rules laid down
by the writer of our grammar books
for 1 have always noticed whether
people understand what you say or not
they are always on the lookout fol
flaws in your grammar.
Here's Senator Upright's case, fol-
instance. When he ran for reelection
he made the best speech ever heard in
the town of Finnabago; but the next
morning the "BIade" just scalped him
because his speech contained two gram.
matical errors. Now we all know
Senator Upright to be an honest man
capable man, an intelligent man, and
what's more, man of good common
sense; but we nearly all voted against
him because the "BIade" said he had
been guilty of Strengthening our
mother tongue" and we elected Squire
Sellout, the meanest old cuss in the
whole county. Let the fate of Senator
Upright be warning to you, Hiram.
1t is mighty poor father that can't
give his son some good advice, and you
will find solid chunks of wisdom in the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-19

IN 1871 Wheatstone showed that
when the sounding boards of two
musical instruments were con-
nected together by rod of pine
wood, tune played on one would be
faithfully reproduced by the other.
Somewhat lat er toy, called the "Lovers'
String" was made. The toy consisted
of two tin cups, the bottoms made of
parchment or cat gut tightly stretched
like drumhead, and connected one
with the other by a string or cord.
This was the first telephone.
At various times between 1881 and
1876, electricians and scientists had
experimental with electromagnetic as
a means of transmitting sounds long
distances.
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell first
exhibited the speaking telephone at
the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.
1t is this telephone, greatly improved,
however, which is now in common use.
A transmitter invented and improved
by Edison and Blake, is combined with
the Bell telephone.
The phOnograph is the invention of
Thomas A. Edison, the greatest electri-
clan the world has produced, who is
still in the prime of life. The phono-
graph was discovered by accident. Mr..
Edison was at work on an apparatus