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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-04-10
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-04-10

| VII WA, OuC Woo oAAo'o oOnA0
hoodoo might find it and through
the possession of a part of his
body acquire a power over him
that would end only with the death
of the hoodoo. He thought it
best to bury the finger in an old
graveyard near by. but confessed
to be afraid to GO alone to the
graveyard at midnight, when there
was no moon. He offered me a
dollar and bottle Of ICON juice"
for my assistance. [ refused the
dollar, but took the con juice.
Con juice is queer stuff; it cures
all the ills that flesh is heir to If
taken with moderation, but if tax
en- in large and repeated doses it
aggravates the ills.
At IL p. m. that very night we
started for Buffers graveyard, !"
distant about one mile. Charles
carried his little tin box and a
post hole digger, and / carried q
dark lantern, which / kept for
just such purposes, in my hand, a
corncob pipe in my mouth, a Wat
erbury watch in my vest pocket,
and the bottle of con juice in ray
pistol pocket The graveyard is
but you know it as well as [ do,
so what's the use describing il?
When we reached the graveyard
we climbed rail fence, walked
about 200 yards from the road,
and soon found a spot suitable for
our purpose. Charles started to
dig a hole, and l sat down on a
grave near by and smoked my
corncob pipe, and consulted the
con juice. There is more conso-
lation to be found in corncob
pipe and bottle of con juice
than is dreamt of in your philoso-
ply.
Charles dug industriously for
about fifteen minutes without say
ing a word. Then he stopped,
threw down the post-hole digger
and called for me to come. and
''see something" I went and
asked what was troubling him.
Good Lor, Massa Hirum! lookee
yere," he said. I looked. I saw
nine twenty dollar gold pieces on
top of the pile of dirt. | picked
them up and put them in my old
straw hat. We looked for more.
We found more: 500 double eagles.
$4,000, was the reward of less than
an hours labor! Having satisfied
myself that there was no more pay
dirt in thathole unceremoniously
kicked the tin box containing
Charles finger into it, filled it up
with dirt and then looked at my
reliable Waterbury. It was twelve
O'Clock. l made Charles sit down,
and we divided the money on the
spot. I tied up my share in a
handkerchief, loaned another one
to Charles to tie up his, and then
went home. On the way home I
instructed Charles to keep mum
about our find, and he obeyed
faithfully. About month later
we both quit the plantation and
went to Cincinnati where | advised
Charles to put his money in bank.
Later he bought a barber shop,
married the belle of Darktown,
hired a teacher to instruct him in
the three Rs, and he is today one
of the wealthiest, best educated
and most influential members of
the colored race in Cincinnati.
What did I do with my money :?
I became the victim of my own
benevolence. Put your hand on
my head. Now move your hand
forward towards my forehead.
Feel that bump? Like a goose
]egg, isn't it? Well, that's my
bump of benevolence. My benev.
olence runs to paint-red paint.
Whenever I see a town or city
4 L L L L.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-04-10


can be known: Egyptian cotton,
Chinese cotton, guncotton, etc.
they all look alike to me. The
plantation was owned by two
brothers, John and Knute am
uels, and it's location is on the
banks of the Little Hatchie river,
about six miles from Prices Hill.
The Samuels brothers employed
seven white men and, counting
women and children, about one
hundred negroes. One Of the
negroes. young man about twenty
years of age, was named Charles
Lee. Charles was very supersti-
tious; he believed in signs, hoodoos
and such sort of things, and he
was what they call in the South a
good niger" for in spite of a few
faults common to the colored race,
he never did anything that was
real bad or mean; he was SO hon.
est that he would not even steal a
chicken or watermelon, and so
truthful that many believed he
really could not tell lie. 1t seems
to be the opinion of mankind in
general that George Washington
was the only man who could not
tell lie How delusive is such an
opinion! The city which | hon
ored by being born within its
corporate limits has an asylum
full of men and women, boys and
girls, who are, one and all, incap-
able of telling lie.
Mr.. John SamueIs was the own
er of about eight or ten dogs
they rather overdo the dog bust
ness in the South One OF his
dogs, a real black one, was called
Niger. Poor dog! [ believe he
was ashamed of his name, but he
was a dog of some spirit, and tried
to even things up by attacking
every body whose color resembled
his own. Now, Charles Lee was
black; very black; awful black;
when he entered room darkness
would creap over every object in
that room, and the lamps had to
be lighted whenever Charles came
into the house, to counterfeit the
darkness that his presence spread
round about him. One Saturday
morning as Charles was standing
by the cotton seed shed old Mig
made a run for him, and, without
saying good morning or how do
you do, as polite dog would have
done, he grabbed Charles by the
right hand and bit off his little
finger. He dropped the finger,
made a very polite bow, and for
the first time in his life bestowed
a pleasant look on Charles. and
then ran and hid himself under
the house. Charles howled with
rage and pain; then he picked up
his finger and put it in the place
it had once occupied, but it would
n t stay. So he wrapped the fin
ger up in his red bandana and ran
all the way to Prices Hill and
asked DIR. Burr to put his finger
on for him. DIR. Burr smiled. told
him it couldn't be done, lighted a
lamp and dressed Charles hand.
Charles went home, and his hand
soon healed. Old Mig died the
very day on which he amputated
Charles finger. He died of brain
disease. Some foreign substance
plowed its way through his brain,
and his death was sudden tho not
unexpected. He had a great fun
eral; all the colored people of the
neighborhood attended, and it was
the most cheerful funeral process
sion I have ever Witnessed.
About three weeks after s.Nigs"
funeral Charles came to me one
evening and confideatially told me
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-04-10

The means that heaven yields
must be embraced, and not neg
lected. Richard IT., siii. 2.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-04-10
THE BURIAL OF CHAS. LEES
FINGER.

N THE year Of our
Lord 1883 ! went
from the city of Gin
cinnati to the state
of Tennessee to work
on a cotton planta-
ton l know all
about cotton that
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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-06
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"HARAKIRI."
JapAnese Sentiment of Death Ii
Preference to DishonOr.

JapAMeNe Sentiment of Death In
Preference to DishonOr.
The report from Toxic that the Jap
anese officer Yanaguchi has commit
ted suicide because his father, an old
soldier, reproached him with having
lost 200 brave men. who were killed
recently by an avalanche, and being
saved himself, is quite in accordance
with the best Japanese traditions.
"Harakiri" or, as the Japanese pre-
fer to call It themselves, ''seppnku,' is
not an aboriginal japanese custom, but
was evolved gradually during the
middle ages. Its origin is probably
to be found in the desire on the part
Of vanquished warriors to avoid the
humiliation Of falling into their enc
mics hands alive. Thus the custom
would come to be a characteristic Of
the military class, or at that time OF
the feudal nobility and gentry. From
a custom it developed into privilege,
and at the beginning Of the sixteenth
century all who could claim the rank
Of gentleman were exempted from the
indignity of being put to death by the
common executioner and were allowed
20 commit "harakiri" instead, the time
and place being notified to them Off.
eially and officials being sent to wit.
ness the ceremony.
How ineradicable is the japanese
sentiment of death rather than dis
honor was shown in rather ludicrous
way in the early days of the modern
constitution. A young Japanese mid
shipmsan on board British man-of
war was reprimanded by the author
tiles at Toxic for some small indscre
ton, and on the receipt OF the letter
went and committed "harakiri" in the
wardroonl. The romantic novels OF
japan are full OF instances of this
time honored custom-the most famous
of which is the story of The Forty
seven Ronins." The vendetta, though
impefatively prescribed by custom.
was forbidden by law, much the same
as dueling with US. TO take vengeance
on an enemy was inevitable to chiv'
alrous japanese, but it also involved
capital punishment In "barakiri
London Chronicle.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-06
PROBING SOUTHERN NERO Err.
President of l.. End \, Appears BE-
FORE kenIucky Board

louisville. Ky. sept. Il The ?nvesti-
CATION of the alleged merger of the
Southern and the Louisville anG Nash
vile railways which sgls begun tile
first of thlS week by the Kentucky
rain psd cnmlnss ion was continued
during the day, and President Milton
Fl. Smithnf the Louisville an0 Nash
VILE was ctlled u1'on to'f;ive biz testi-
mony.
IIe, ccuMed tire entire morning. ses-
siou sud - greater portion of the a1ter-
noon, but the mem bers OF the cnlnms-
sion refused to give out a3ty stat, ment
regarding tlsa nature of the evidence.
Attln Cox. president q the Louis
vile. Henderson end St Louis road
and a director Of the Louisville and
Nashville. was also summoned before
tn. commission during the afternoon.
State Attorney General Pratt was
present at tn, sessions OF the board
and assisted in questioning the Hyit
nesseS.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-06
&f|{E ~, d!j7:llll4oMS
$50
SEISMOGRAPHS.
Devices For the Automatic RecG7 d.
ing of Earthquakes.

Ii n paper on Earthquakes and
No!GanocS" in the Century Mr.. James
+. Nomp, professor of geology in
Columbia university, writes as follows
@. this progressive department Of sci
e7lce:
EARTHQUAKES come suddenly, and
IeGIle are apt to be 50 agltalet as TO
be poo" observers. They are also I'M
able - determine the directions and
intcnSities of the motions. Various
Instruments have therefore been in
vented to accomplish this. The simpler
ones consist of Il series of cylinders
or blocks in rows at right angles to
each other. which. havin" bases OF
different sizes. will be upset by shocks
of different intensity, and by the dircc-
ton of their fall in bed of soft Sand
givs. !: clew to the motion. Liquids.
especially quicksilver, in basins Nith
holes at various heights will wash up
and down ia particular directions. Will
spill through particular holes and thus
give indications. pendululns may be
set swinging in different planes. and
SO ON; one may readily appreneiiu ne
scope OF these devices.
In more serious attempts the great
objects are to obtain. first. records OF
motion in three planes ut right angles
to one another; second records of the
intensity of the shock. and. third of the
exact time of beginning and closing.
or. Instruments no
constructed having a heavy weight
SO supported that it will remain rela
lively unmoved while recording plates
rub against its projecting pencils, and
if it is connected with a clock by some
electric or other attachment, all the
main objects may be approximately
obtained. These are the general prln-
ciples of seismographs: and by heavy
pendulums, by inverted pendulums, by
brackets at right angles, and by in
genious record diagrams which them
selves may move by clockwork, very
good data have been secured. They
all show that the movements OF any
particle in the earth are exceedingly
complex and difficult to follow.
There was no automatic seismograph
IN eastern North America at the time
of the Charleston shock. but since
then a number have been established.
EARTHQUAKES have been specially stud
led in Japan and Italy. In the former
rollntM there is a chronological socie-
ty. with proceedings which now till
several volumes.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-06
HOW TREES DRINK.
Plan to Irrigate an Orchard by Cap.
Hilary Attraction.

Plan to IrriEate an Orchard by Cap.
| Hilary Attraction.
, Irrigation on the capillary attraction
principle is now being investigated by
/ the Colorado state board of horticui-
ture and the government experiment
station at Fort Collins, with a view to
recommending it for adoption in Colo
RADIO. Fruit growers who have expert
Mented with the scheme declare it to
be entirely feasible, says the Denver
Post. and much more effective than the
old way of feeding moisture to trees by
way of the roots.
Flage Carter of Park county, the first
person to try the plan in Colorado,
wrote Governor Ornan some time ago
explaining the method of irrigating IA
tree by capillary attraction. He takes
a vessel, a pan or Il bucket or anything
that can be tied to tree limb ana
will hold water. lie fills it with wa
Ter and then bends a twig about the
circumference of an ordinary lead pen
Gil into the water. The liquid will be
rapidly absorbed by the twig, and in
turn the water will enter the limb and
soon permeate every part OF the tree.
The problem of keeping the vessels
supplied with water is not a difficult
one, for the reason that Il half gallon
Of water will do as much irrigating rs
many cubic inches under the present
plan, the adhcrents of the scheme
claim.
"Capilary attraction is the future of
orchard irrigation" says the originator
of the proposition. II took up the mat
ter two years ago, but did not put IT to
final test until last spring. Then l
had two trees that needed attention
badly, and l experimental with each.
One young tree had been rubbed thor
oughly by Il horse and was wilted
badly. l applied my method Of water
ing it. ana within one week it COM
pletely revived. | next treated a sick
apple tree, and now it is all right,
thanks to the capillary attraction prin.
s,,.i4h
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-06
LABOR MEN BUSY,
south Africa War Denounced nv
Trades Union COnrre.s

London, Sept. G.-Tht trades union
congress in its latest sessiea. rejected n
resolution introduced by the General
Union or NeaVPrS. etc. To the ctfr'N
that 1.-THE time had now arrived when
IN the economic interests of women
the franchise should he extended 10
them Oh the same terms as il is or
may be to men, The congress udOpt-
ed a motion favoring the payment of
members Of parliament in order to al
low all sections of the community to
be adequately represented in the house
OF commons and further expressing the
| opinion that the fees of the returning
officers shouid be paid by the nation.
At the instance Of the Navvies and
General I.ahorers' union the following
resolution was passed:
That this congress of British trade I'M
lonlsts places on record its unqualified
disapproVal Of the war against the
Orange Free State and the Transvaal Re
public, believing that the question Of ex-
| tending the franchise and the protection
or industry was not the real cause of the
dispute but the mere shield to cover an
unscrupulous conspiracy to grab terri
tory and replace well paid white labor
with unpaid partially ensIaYe4l bla cks
and Asiatics
Further this congress reaffirms its con-
tinued hostility to all wars of foreign ag-
gression which only tend to enrich the
| sinister figure of cosmopolitan finance,
| whose main object is to hold the workers
OF all countries in universal social and
economic servi9ude,
1t was alSo voted tha, the parla-
mentary committee be instructed to IL
troduce bill in the house of commons
to prevent any children under fife, II
years of age beng employed in any
textile or nonteX1ile factories.
The Cigar Makers Mutual assoc ia.
ton Introduce a resolution aimed
against "capitalistic combines" which
was unanimously adopted 1t was
worded as follows:
That in the opinion of tins congress
! the growth of gigantic captaastic trusts
with thei, enormous pt Wer 81 controlling
production. is injurious to the advance
ment OF The working 'asses as by sucf
! combinations The prices OF comHn'dltle:
are raised. ths standard OF comfort of thu
! people can be redut ed TIM wcrEmen
| freedom endaN gcrenc "a nd natonal prosper
/ ity nens ced.
Tie speakers cont 'nde, hat tn TIM
| had arrived When If the state did no
control the trusts the latter WoIld con
tro1 the stare and that the only perma
ncnt ssiution of 1ha difficulty rested il
national ownership and control ct thes'
noDOupies
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-06
TROUBLE FOR EAITL.
SeiXvare of German sa-s Deemed 'ati
Ac; II i'trae,.

Berlin Sept. ',.--Au .3ti' ,al .'i>patcl
has bee! received her rom l'ort at
Prince. Haiti. rcrtilui';@ lruSS :'}s
patches fire.. arr jiai:j"il ;iul."ili,riIt:
that The li.;.iI;iE GeNoi1l;tolHI$ ,.t.t. e"7
3rps e-ttI it'lrot stal'if'u the Etr'i";!
stea met MHlk"H.ani.ia Stlt. , II lit
entrance OF the h.lli4<u' ii { ape IattiV.l
apqit az arlllv,. force t:I ht,:llu uf hcl
and to9ll possession at w@r 'Aul.Iio.lH
belonging to the pruils.uiiai @o>'i II
lil,.lll o. Haiti, and adding that the cap
tain oil the trtte-a-I ierrut Subsequent
~ released the steamer.
The Representatives. ST the various
Brewers here are unanimously OF III.
o1Jirliul that the trele-a-pierro1 'hlo
bte regarded as walShlp Of h"liiGcl
ellf state and that the search OF tn
Markeinannia and the coniist'atlon G.
the AIMS and ammunition on board q
hrr was nothing but an act OF piracy.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-06
STONE WOULD END STRIKE.
VIII Confer With Committee of sh"
PeOpie'. Alliance.


Tama9Ha. Pa. Nep.. CA dispatch
from Harrisburg says that Governor
Stone has fixed urXt Thursday to meui
4 committee appointed by the People :
Alliance ut GlaZletou TO discuss TIE
best lleans N,t ending the anthracite
coal strike. The trA eriiur .'d'd r.
would be glad -tso meet any and all pr
sons who HIiGlt waR; is see him "ol
matters per~a.iling to the strike.
The nonnni4n men in the Pam h"'
crvnk valley again went 20 work " h
out Al cscshl Major GesrhaI', ia com
| mani of the troops, says that 10 Gn'l'
as the strikers Go not intorfer" " -
| the nonurjo1. men he VIII not s. nj AZ!
of his soldiers out on patrol duty.
The traoIS are sending reVuiSit.oNF
| for winter iGthing. The men are WEAK
! ing khah.l bat complain that they SUI
| fer froAn + he cold while on duty a
| night.
| PLANS ,ay.. being na'le to convert one
Of the ia ncing paviiions at Manil.l
| park wl. re tie troops are stationed
into la racks. The opinion prpVail'
among til" officers 1uat they Will re
G-A; in GIL ~ atty for n hong while.