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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07
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BAKEWELL'S TRUE FAIRY STORIES.
By Mary E. Blackwell. ~loth, limo, 152
pages. Price, 80 cents. American Book
Company, New York, Cincinnati, and
Chicago.
The stories in this book for supplement
tery reading are called true fairy stories,
because each illustrates an important
tuth. While interesting in subject matter
and in style, they teach lessons of pa
tienoe, of obedience, of courage, and of
fidelity to every duty. Before publication,
they were used for some time in the
classroom, and in their present form
embody the results Of this practical test
They are largely cast in the form of
dialogue, which appeals so strongly to
the dramatic instinct of the child. The
illustrations are numerous and attractive
The book is the latest addition to the
well-known series of Eclectic School
Readings.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07
BOOK NOTICE.

Bakewell's True Fairy Stories. By
Mary e. Blackwell Cloth. limo, 152
pages. Price, 35 cents. American Book
Company, New York, Cincinnati and
Chicago.
The stories in this book for supplement
tary reading are called true fairy stories,
because each illustrates an important
truth. While interesting in subject mat
ter and in style, they teach lessons of
patience, of obedience, of courage, and
of fidelity to every duty. The illustra-
tions are numerous and attractive. The
book IS the latest addition to TIE we'll
known series of Eclectic School Read
ings.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07
PROF. CoBB's TEXTBOOK.

The McMillans are publishing an ele-
fnentary work on geology prepared
by Professor Collier Cobb, profess
sor of Geology of the University of
North Carolina. The illustrations in the
hook will be from photographs taken by
Prof Cobb in his tours through North
Carolina sin the footsteps of the pio-
neer" 1t is gratifying to see North Caro-
lima educators more and more writing
textbooks that are being used in the
p,lplic schools and also in the academies
and colleges. Mr.. Cobb's work will be a
certain success.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07

The Leopard's Spots Dorothy Vernon,
The Conqueror,' Quincy Adams Sawyer
Hearts Courageous Lazarre, The Bat
tleground,' The Gentleman from Indi-
ana, Red Rock Monsieur Beaucaire,'
The Blizzard Trail Sonny Gabriel Tol
liver, Joscelyn Cheshire, Emmy Lou,
George AIDES Fables in Slang, and Mr.
Dooley.' OF this number, seventeen are
by Southern writer's, four are by North
ern writer's and ten are by Western
writer's. There are a number Of other
books, some of which possess consider
ably more merit than some of those which
have proven popular successes, but they
have not had the vogue which they de-
serve. In list of the novels for the
year mentioned in The Independent, we
observed that four are by Western wri-
tiers, three by Southern and four by
Northern and the list omits several very
successful books by Southern and West
ern writer's.
THE South is the coming section In
literature. Emotion, imag ination artis-
tic instinct, passion in it's finer sense
sympathy and humor are united in the
Southern people. There is hardly a note
of pathos discernible in the writings Of
any Northern author 1t is found occa-
siorsxlly in the West and often in the
South Without a combination of humor
and pathos the production of a great
literature is impossible. The passing of
New England in literature is already re-
corded. 1t has reached the pedagogical
stage which is death to creative effort.
New York will probably always be the
rendezvous OF men of letters just as
the market place is the rendezvous of
butchers and vegetable vendors. But the
real literature of the country will come
out of the South and West"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07
ROSES RED AND ROSES WHITE.

You would scarce expect to find the
author of The Recessional' turning out
as dainty a bit of society verse as Aus
tin Dobson could do but apparently
there is nothing that Rudyard Kipling
can't do. A remarkable volume about to
be published here at the modest price OF
500 each, edited by Mrs. Harcourt Will
hanson and entitled "a Book OF Beauty,
contains the following surprising contri-
button from the 'uncrowned laureate:
''Roses red and roses white,
Plucked l for my loves delight;
She would none of all my posies-
Babe me gather her blue roses.
&.
Half the world l wandered through
Seeking where such flowers grew
Half the world unto my quest
Answered but with laugh and jest.
Here I came at wintertide,
But my silly love had died
Seeking with her latest breath
Roses in the arms of death.
1t may be beyond the grave
she shall find what she would have,
Mine was but an idle jest,
Roses red and white are best.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07

ORGANIZERS WANTED-IN EVERY
town and village in North Carolina,
where at present no Tribe exists. to
represent the Improved Order Of Red
Men, the Oldest Fraternity in the
United States, of purely American
origin. Liberal inducements to proper
parties. For further information adj
dress with references, W. Ben Goodwin,
Box 226. Elizabeth City. N. G.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-12-07

A Review of the Present Seasons Output
of Books-More Published, More Sold
More Advertised, but No Big Selling
Book of the Season-Books to Make
Glad the Heart of Childhood
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
A FABLE.

Once upon time Sand Fill
Crane was walking by the sea shore
in lone Dignity when he was ac-
costed by Lobster.
GLOW now, Fellow, dare you adj
dress me-" quoth Mr.. S. Hill
Crane.
"And why not?'' quoth the Lob
ster.
'Have you not seen the way I
Sign my Name and know you
that my Ancestors were all Birds?''
replied the Crane, land that we
can Fly High, whilst you can
neither Walk nor Fly but must
drag thy Carcass, a Hideous Thing
to look upon. Of what use art
thou?'
eve are much Sought after, Sir
Crane meekly answered the Lob
ster, and our Likeness adOrnS
many Cans"
"Aye, common Sight" re-
piled the Crane, whilst we are
Stuffed and kept in a Glass
Case and made much of, even in
death. Hast never longed to Fly?'
queried the Crane. But while
waiting for the answer a report
rang out and the Crane fell, Shot
in the Neck by a Collector of
Specimens. The Lobster scurried
to his Retreat meath the Sad Sea
Waves soliloquizing that Live
Lobster is better than a Dead Bird.
Moral-Don't waste your time
on a Lobster. H. L. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
Picked up by Bald Billy.
Oh, those heavenly triplets!

Oh, those heavenly triplets!
The triplet with the Roman
nose was under the weather for
some days last week, and the ex-
preston on his face would scare a
locomotive. When he walks in the
city the electric cars shy and run
away, but locomotives are usually
friendly to him. That's because
he's warm.
We don't intend to run op-
position to that low down trio, but
we do intend to dish up some
news now and then. We will go
it alone. That's all.
One day last week while work.
ing near Hank we observed a
queer expression pass over his
face. When the guard asked him
what the trouble was, he replied.
"Sure Oh don't know at all, at all,
but tn lather jist crawls away SO
it does. Phat's tn matter I dun
no." The guard held up glass
and Hank tainted. He is being
treated for hydrophobia.
Peaceful John is going to start
a book store when he gets out.
He is negotiating for a binder
already.
Prof. L., the resident electrician,
says things are going smoothly
with him. It looked that way the
other day when he tried to spoil
the walk in front of the engine
room.
Clinic says there is no truth in
the story that he enjoys playing
the piano so another fellow can
waltz with his girl. He admits
that he has done such thing, tho.
BALD BILLY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

A Visit From Mr.. 0. L. Svend-
Warden svendsen. sen, warden of the
South Dakota state prison at Sioux
Falls, was a visitor at this insti-
tuition for several days last week.
The object of Warden Svendsen's
visit was to study penal discipline
and management as it is conducted
in this prison, and during his stay
he carefully examined and en-
quired into everything. Accom-
panied by Deputy Warden Glen
non and Assistant Deputy Warden
Colligan he made the rounds of
the shops and dollhouse at various
times, attended court and dropped
into the night sch DOL in the even
ing. On Tuesday morning he was
present when the men left the
cells. Warden Svendsen expressed
himself as being much pleased by
what he saw.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
$-$-$
GOLD FROM GOLDFISH.

John II. Williams and James P.
Simpson, prosperous farmers liv-
ing near Topeka, Kan. are the
latest proofs that a new one of
those things is born every hour.
Simpson and Williams went to
New York last week and while in
that city purchased an interest in
a discovery for removing gold from
goldfish. The story they tell is as
follows:
"While sitting in the hotel par
lor Wednesday afternoon we no.
ticed an old man of venerable ap-
pearance absorbed in huge vol
ume from which he occasionally
took notes in strange characters.
He had an air of great wisdom and
from the observations we took it
that he was probably some cele-
brated scientist We thought no
more of him, however, and on
Thursday morning visited the
Aquarium. We were standing in
front of one Of the glass tanks
filled with goldfish when our at
tention was attracted to a figure
which we Immediately recognized
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
The Side De Morny Cared For.

The Due de Morny. half brother
to Louis Napoleon, was embas-
sador extraordinary to the en-
peror of Russia during the corona
ton festivities and wrote home
that the French might learn some
thing from the Russians, if it we're
only how to light 10000 candles
in five minutes. De Morny was in
Paris the night before the coup
d'etat and spent the evening at the
opera. Between the acts he went
into one of the boxes to speak to a
lady of his acquaintance.
"What shall you do, M. de
Morny," asked a lady, "if the
national assembly is swept out of
doors as threatened?
Madame" he replied, 81 shall
try to be on the side of the broom
handle. Elk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

'Sinbad washed his dog last
Saturday and parted her hair in
the middle all down her back.
Then he turned her loose to take a
little exercise, and she trotted off
down to the hemp warehouse after
rats. She killed two and rolled in
them; then she saw a lot Of dust
in the corner and rolled in that, and
on the way up to the greenhouse
che stopped and rolled in every
thing that attracted her attention.
Sinbad says he'll never bother to
put brush to the ungrateful
creature again.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
TO INMATES.

For the Information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
We wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register and cell number
and send to this Office with name and address
of person to whom paper is to be sent. Each
paper must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as it is when you receive it and
placed in your door every Friday night. All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out a copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

Warden Wolfer has received a
dainty copy of the poem Doing
Time" by Mr.. Oliver Gibbs, which
was printed in The MIRROR of
Feb. 6. It is done into pamphlet
form by the University press.
Before Mr.. Gibbs favored The
MIRROR with the poem in question,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
it was read by him before the
Wisconsin State horticultural
Society.

"Strabo," who is deaf and dumb,
applied for permission to carry his
hands behind him instead of fold
ing his arms.
"Why do you want to do that?'
was asked him.
''To keep from talking to my
SELF he replied. "When my arms
are folded and my hands are where
/ can see them [ talk all the time. %
He got tin the neck.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

Night work in the dollhouse
proved too strenuous for Guard
began, who has been far from we'll
for some time, and last week he
was forced to give it up once more.
He is now in his old position on
the wall, and says he feels fit to
run a foot race.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

On washingtons There will be the
Birthday usual holiday en-
tertainment in the chapel Satur-
day morning in honor of Washing
toms birthday. It will consist of
a reading, probably by Mr.. Charles
Fairchild, and musical numbers
by visiting artists and members of
the choir. The usual dollhouse
privilege will be granted, and an
extra dinner will be served
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

A New Shop A crew of men un-
To Be Opened. der Guard Backland
are busy Transforming the old
foundry behind shop V into a
"baching'' room, or place for oiling
the hemp in bales. The apart
ment is eighty feet long by % wide
and will contain $50 bales at a
time, in addition to the men work
ing on them. The workmen are
now putting in concrete floor.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

''Porty," the chocolate colored
boy employed in the storeroom has
had his sentence committed from
life imprisonment to five years
giving him his discharge next De.
cember. Application was made tc
the president for a pardon fol
"Porty," and the president referred
the matter to William II. Hunt,
governor of Porto Rico. The lat.
ter recommended a communication
of sentence, which was granted.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

About 1877 men are kept busy in
the Irvine factory these days from
seven in the morning till six at
night. The output averages $4,000
pounds Of Standard Irvine daily.
There are 222 men employed in
the shoe shops.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

Movement of lDT00 arrivals,
Prison Population. ond tbroo die
charges is the record for the past
week.
hepopulation now numbers 562,
graded as follows: First, 381; Sec
ond, l68, and third, IL.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
SAMPSON NOT DYING.

DR.. w. S. Dixon, the physician
attending Admiral Sampson, says
that the reports that the latter is
dying are untrue. The admiral,
he says, is very sick man but he
will probably live for some time.
The doctor said:
81 do not know from what quar-
ter the recent report that the adj
miral was at the point of. death
emanated. [ noticed that some of
the New York papers have had
him all but dead several times. 1t
was also reported that his physi-
clan was in constant attendance at
his bedside. This was not true. I
rarely visit him more than once a
day. He is generally in good
spirits and, of course, receives the
best of CARE
Mrs. Sampson is averse to giving
out news Of the admiral's condi-
ton. She says that she does not
see that his state of health con-
Germs the general public.
SANTOS-DUMONT COMES TO GRIEF.
Santos-Dumont nearly met with
a disastrous ending while sailing
about in his dirigible balloon last
week. He was flying over the
Mediterranean sea near Monaco in
the south of France when a squall
struck him, wrecking the balloon.
The machine fell into the sea, and
the plucky aeronaut narrowly es-
capped drowning. The balloon
sank.
BANDITS REFUSE TO DELIVER MISS
STONE.
According to dispatches from
London, Miss Stone has been ran
somed by her friends, but her
captors refuse to deliver her up.
Mr.. Maud, special correspondent
of the Daily Graphic, telegraphs
from Series that the ransom of
Miss Stone and her companion,
Nine. Tsilka, was paid on Feb. 6.
M. Gargiulo, dragoman of the
American embassy at CONSTANT
nople, and DR.. Peet, treasurer of
the American Bible house Con-
stantinop]e, met the brigands on
the road to the Podrome monastery
and handed over the money in
notes. The brigands carried rifles.
The correspondent adds that it
would be inadvisable to give fuller
details until the safety of the
captives is assured. Their release
now depends on the humor of the
brigands. M. Gargiulo, who is
waiting at Series, does not know
where the captives are concealed.
Later dispatches announce their
release.
$-$]$
GOLD FROM GOLDFISH.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

The men we're given a yard drill
Sunday morning for half an hour.
Some of them are becoming very
expert in the tactics, particularly
the company under the command
of Guard Cover.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

NOTICE-The Usher has let
ter addressed to Mrs. A. @. Leen,
Fargo, N. D., but not signed.
The writer must make himself
known to the authorities before
the letter will be mailed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
LOCAL NEWS.

NOTICE:-ONE OF THE RULES
OF THIS INSTITUTION is THAT ALL
LETTERS WRITTEN BY INMATES
MUST BE SIGNED WITH THE FULL
NAME OF THE WRITER.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

The Mirror The following visitors
Register registered in The MIR.
RoR Office during the past fort.
night: Otto Banck, John Kumerer
Minneapolis; j. w. Lawrence, U
S. Secret Service, st. Paul; Miss
LYDIA Gilbartson, Minneapolis.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

There were numerous changes
in the location of the guards made
on Tuesday morning. Guard
Stilkey is now on the wall, Guard
William Alexander in shop B and
Guard Newman on night duty.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

James Mullen of Mankato has
been appointed guard in this in
stitution and is at present doing
duty in shop A. Mr.. Mullen was
formerly in the lumber business.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

There is no sort of personal pull
chritude about the devil in The
MIRROR Office since he got his hair
cut.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

The supplies for the next quarter
are arriving daily and the greater
part of them are either now here
or on the way.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
DESERTER SHOT IN BATTLE.

DESERTER SHOT IN BATTLE.
A deserter named Winfrey was
shot by the Pagan scouts under
the command of Captain Walker
in an engagement in the island of
Samar last week. Winfrey de-
serted from the Forty-third regi-
ment some months ago. He was
accompanied by a man named
Long, who is still operating with
the Filipinos.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 500 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. :, Protestant and
Rev. s. j. Kennedy. and Rev. FIR. COrcOran
chaplainS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20
SOME HAPPENINGS
OF THE WEEK.
GOSSIP FROM
THE OUTSIDE
WORLD.

as the venera bic gentleman we had
seen in the hotel parlor the day
before. He still carried the book
and his eyes were bent with deep
earnestness on one of the smaller
but most brilliant fishes in the
tank. Then he suddenly ex-
claimed:
"'To think Of the simplicity of
it! Well, tho it was the work
of lifetime, it certainly has been
rewarded beyond my most extrav-
agant dreams.
The Kansans asked him what
the trouble was and he replied that
he had discovered a process for ex-
tracing gold from goldfish. His
language was scientific, and the
strangers we're impressed. He
finally invited them to his "labra-
tory" a room over the fish market
in South street, where he put
goldfish in the fire and took out a
gold button. In their own words:
eve left him then, promising to
meet him in the hotel that night,
and went Immediately to a jeweler
with the little nugget of gold. The
jeweler told us that it was pure
gold and worth about 81.
"Well, to make it short, we met
our scientific friend that nightand
were readily persuaded to enter
into partnership with him in
gigantic scheme to convert gold
fish into gold and as a guarantee
Of our good faith each gave him
500 to bind partnership agree
ment. He told us that he would
meet us in the hotel parlor the next
morning, when we would talk over
the plans for launching our great
enterprise. That night we both
dreamed of untold wealth. The
next morning we were in the hotel
parlor at the appointed time, but
there was no sign of the venerable
scientist. We waited for an hour
and still he did not come"
They never saw the professor
again.
WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF CLERGY.
"She lived like a dog; she died
like dog; let her be buried like
a dog"
That was the way the Lutheran
minister of Riceford, Wis. re-
sponded to request to preach
funeral sermon over the remains
of Mrs. Mary Riason of that vii
lage who died last week.
For more than thirty years Mrs.
Riason, who was over ninety when
she died, has lived the life of
reciuse on small Wisconsin farm.
One day last week she was found
dead in her barnyard, her lantern
burning beside her where she had
dropped while attending to the
early morning chores. The old
woman was not popular with her
neighbors, and it was difficult to
find anyone to undertake the last
rites. When a neighbor finally
volunteered, the clergyman refused
to officiate, using the foregoing
language.
Mrs. Riason amassed a consid-
cradle fortune during her long life,
and much money is supposed to be
secreted about her house. Her re-
mains were buried in a private
cemetery by her relatives, who were
first to take charge of them. it be-
ing said interment in the Riceford
cemetery was forbidden.
$$$
DESERTER SHOT IN BATTLE.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

Professor Stewart is in the east
on a lecture tour and will be
absent a week or more.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-02-20

PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
s. w. LEAvETT. Chairman Litchfeld
W. E. LEE. Long Prairie
@. B. GOULD, Winona
H. w. WRIGHT, Secretary
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
J. S. GLENNON. Deputy Warden
N. C. COLLIGAN, Asst. Deputy Warden
F. M. BORDWELL = Steward
B.J. MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, Matron
s. j. KENNEDY, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
f. A. WHITTIER, st. Paul.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-07
CH0YNSKI
Old Timer Is to Fight "Wlid
Bill" Hanrshan

LOUtSVfLLE. Ky. March The
20 Ground bout between Wild liil
iiaurahBn and Joe Choynnkl which
81 10 bee pulled Oft ln the music hail
tonight under the auspices ~ tho
Empire Athletic club. has aroused
keen interest IN sporting circles.
Since his easy defeat OF Marvin Hart,
ilnnrHhnu has been a favorlte with
Louisville fight followers, aud the
club expects big crowd on hand FOR
tuulghtn bout The local contingent
viii be- reinforced by delegations 81
sporting men from Chicago, tinriu-
matt. indianapolis and other cities.
froutlng hy the lrfHon taught him
ga hia recent SO with Frank child,
tiaprahnu has trained faithfully FOR
bis meeting with thoynHki. lie de-
clurrn himself ia splendid condition
and VIII have no excuses 90 offer on
that score N he meets with defeat.
th1ynHh also has put himself in
good condition and appears 10 20 put
up lively fight The contest VIII
br enc of science against strength.
The fastener being ~ the rugged.
hard hitting type ~ fighter. while
ChoFunki has reputation 90 being
90 the most scientific boxers who
ever d9nnsd the gloves. George 81
Ter OF Chicago VIII referee the con-
test