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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-25
Married in Gaelic.
From the Gael.


The Church of the Most Holy Trinity,
Dockhead. Bermondsey, the only Catholic
church in London where Gaelic services
have been held. was the scene on Sunday,
September 7, of a very interesting cere-
moly, when the first marriage solemnized
in the English metropolis in the Irish Ian
guage took place. The bridegroom was Mr.
John O'Keane, for the past three years the
secretary of the Gaelic League of London;
the bride Miss Kathleen Dineen of Forest
Gate, charming young lady, whose sing
ing Of Irish songs has often stirred Gaelic
League gatherings in London. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev Michael
Moloney. himself prominent worker in
the Irish revival movement Wherever the
Catholic Church allows the use of the YER
nacular Irish only was employed. From
the Gaelic to the solemn and sonorous Latin
Of the nuptia1 mass seemed natural tran
sition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-25
Doctors Incomes in England.
,,or,, tho afadical Record

The British Medical Journal ventured an
estimate of the average income that might
be expected by the general practitioner in
England, and put 1t at a400 to $780, The
estimate was copied into several daily pa
pers and has produced large crop of cor
respondence teeming with ridcule and in
dignation. The general practitioners who
ought to know, declare that only small
proportion of their number earn SO much
even after years of arduous work. The
composition brought about by the over
crowded state of the profession is, they de-
clare, so great that 1t is cruelty to induce
men, by inflated estimates. to enter 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-25
Electricity in a Canal.

An electric mule" company has secured
a lease of the Miami and Erie canal In
Ohio, and it is promised that a fleet OF
forty or more boats will be running by cleo
trio power before September 1. The canal
Is PA miles long. connecting Cincinnati and
Toledo. and was completed in 1885 The
first electric construction will be for sixty
miles. south from Toledo or north from
Dayton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-25
Wheat and the Bow,

From the Philadelphia Press
Willie-'Pa. what does good as wheat
mean?"
Pa-'Don't bother mel"
Willie-"Pa, would you say I was as
good wheat?'"
PA might after you were properly
threshed, and that's what will happen to
you il you don't stop asking questions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-25

do you understand the condition OF our
soft coal atmosphere" asked the Chicago
man.
NO" responded the visitor, 1T can't see
through it."-Chicago News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-25

How long do you suppose you could hold
a cake of ice in your hands?''
81 don't know. but I've held Boston girl
in my arms for two hours.-Ldfe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-25

One trouble with the pursuit of happiness
Is that other people do get In the way.
Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-25
Scheme About Played Out.

This thing has been worked in New York
and hence on throughout the country,
good many times. but there are supdry and
divers pleasing indications that it is not
going through any more. 1t has been ma
nipulated with bulky. stodgy, uninterest-
ing alleged prima donna playing, trying
to play the central roles. it has been
complished with alleged famous Russian
pianists Of the male species who had never
got out of the beerhall class in Russia. 1T
has been contrived with alleged American
graduates of European Conservatives of
music who have exhibited the most meager
and mediocre talent. but, more than all. 1t
has been worked with third-rate and. OBJ
scure violinists. generally young ones with
so-caIled Interesting (Which in their
cases means vealy-personalities. There Is
going to be a swarm Of them swooping upon
New York during the present season-some
of them are due right now-but this chroni-
cler would like to go on record with the
prediction that the puffologists plans are
going to be punctured good and hard this
year, and that the great majority of the
ela;borately worked-up European freaks are
going to achieve dire and dreary failures
The sneer about them has quite recently be-
come quite common thing upon the lips
of persons who have been befooled by the
puffologfsts for long series of years, and
even the newspapers that have been the
most victimized by the putting business are
commencing to amuse themselves at the ex-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14
Stories made Witb feet.

Each animal makes its own kind of
tracks in the mud, snow or dust. No
two make exactly the same. The track
of coon is never like that of a fox,
and the track of fox is readily dis
tinguished from that Of rabbit or
small dog. And, more than that, the
track of a coon may differ from that
of his own brother, so that one can
sometimes distinguish the track of
given individual and by seeing it on
different occasions get something like
an insight into its life. Thus a famous
grizzly in the west was known by his
track. One of his toes had been cut
off by trap, and the difference that
made in his track was easy to see.
To come nearer home, our common
animals sometimes have unpleasant
experiences with steel traps. The
marks of these on their feet often add
popularity that Identifies the animal.
In other cases the track is extra large
or small or is crooked, but it always
keeps the main features of its kind.
The track of one sort of animal rarely
need be mistaken for that of another,
and the A B c of tracking is to learn
the chief kinds of footmarks that are
to be found in your region. The way to
learn tracks is to draWsthosa that you
find, always skerching them right from
nature, never from memory, and it is
always best to make them exactly life
size.--Ladies' Home Journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14

compromise was adopted by a
majority of one. It provided for
two representatives in the senate
from each state and one represen-
tative in the lower house for every
$4,000 inhabitants. At Washing
toms solicitation this number was
increased to 10000. The small
states were pleased and the great
states satisfied, and the first thin
ice of the Federal Convention was
successfully crossed. ID.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14


into view as writer of merit, with
the faculty of keen observation
and faithful descriptions that have
made the work of his pen of
double value. His two years stay
in a tropical climate shattered his
health, and after his return to the
United States he was forced to
take long rest. However. he has
fully recovered, and the readers of
the Record Herald will be glad to
learn that he has resumed work
and that his cartoons now appear
in both its daily and Sunday edi-
tions.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14
nlegutebeon's Famous Cartoons.

The art of newspaper illustra-
ton in it's present form is devel-
opment of recent years. News
paper cartoons have become a
most popular feature of up-to-date
metropolitan newspapers. The
unique and catchy drawing by
John T. McCutcheon now ap-
pearing daily on the front page of
the Chicago Record Herald is one
of the many special features of
that great paper. McCutcheon's
prominence in the newspaper
world makes newspaper readers
generally familiar with his history.
He came to Chicago in 1889, when
he Immediately became identified
with the Chicago Record. His
work in connection with that pa
per soon attracted public notice.
His. illustrations of the worlds
fair scenes were of particularly
high class. It was later, however,
associated with George AIDE, illus
trating AIDES we'll known sketches,
"Stories of the Streets and of the
Town." "Artie," ETC., and during
the presidential campaign of 1896,
when his political cartoons attract
ed such widespread attention, that
McCutcheon was generally &C
knowledged a leader in his pro-
fession. During the Spanish
American war he was with Admiral
Dewey at the time of the destruc-
ton Of the Spanish feet in Manila
Bay, and was the first one to give
the world a complete account of
that great fight. During his sub
sequent stay in the Philippines he
blossomed out as q correspondent
Of 40 mean ability, and he came
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14

ASsSS 49, $500 ~ !
his child, which he supple
ments by the query: What is my
business on Earth? And right
here is where his philosophy as
sumes the logic of his query.
Why, he asks, shall I be placed
here, make this old sphere as hab-
table and productive as is within
my power to do, create mine
ideals in art, beauty and material
grandeur, take unto me sweet,
loving and sympathetic wife who
shall bring forth into this world
children, the fruit of our love,
peace and conjugal happiness?
Why should l be put here on
earth to taste of all these things
and then have mine eyes closed
forever upon the things created
and loved? Why should death be
required of me when [ have
striven to make life here on this
earth worth living? I loathe the
future because it robs me of the
contentment and JOY of the pres
ent.
Is not the philosopher justified
in his query? After life devoted
to the uplifting and identifying of
his environments, he, by some law
yet unfathomable, is required to
give up his life and close his eyes
upon the result of his energy.
i" 'Tis a diabolical blasphemy,' he
exclaims, 'to require the life of
man after his lot here on earth is
made peaceful"
The marvellous architectural
grandeur, and the magnificent
ruins that still attest, at this late
day, the wonderful prosperity that
must have fourished during the
early period of mans habitation on
this earth, and the remarkable fact
that the origin Of these magnifi-
cent ruins has never, as yet, been
duplicated, is sufficient to qd stion
the reason, why man is placed on
earth. We still turn to the pages
of natural history to guide us in
the things relative to the spiritual
as we'll as the material, and the
same truth confronts us upon
every page, and that truth is:
Man proposes and God disposes,
and that mans knowledge relative
to his business here on earth is as
deep mystery today as it was
when Adam and Eve first journeyed
forth hand in hand, to solve the
riddle of existence. JULIUS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14
LATE LOCAL NEWS.
The following cell changes were
made yesterday:
So TO s21 S6l TO 70 265 TO %
321 IS 25 265

Keeper Mcintyre contemplates
resigning his position here in or
der to seek more restful existence
for the balance of his days. He
has been employed at this institu-
ton for more than 26 years. Mr..
Mcintyre is at present stationed
on the wall.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14

Captain Williams is away on a
ten days furlough. During his
absence Guard French is acting
captain of the night watch.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14
MINI.

Everybody, suffering from headache, buys the
celebrated "Leithhead'S Headache WaferS." A
speedy, certain and safe cure for Headaches of
all origins, whether Sick, Bilious, Nervous or
Hysterical, and a positive relief in Neuralgia.
Price 25 cts. For sale by all druggists.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14
Mans Business on Earth.


being on earth at all? The crea-
ton and evolution of man is az
deep mystery today as it was
thousands of centuries before the
advent of Christ. The ancient
philosopher was as ignorant of his
own being as he was wise in
philosophy. The ancient philoso-
pher found no solution whereby
he could reconcile the visible with
the invisible, the material with the
spiritual. So too, modern philos-
ophy and science fail utterly to
solve the problem. Emerson tells
us that, Thought sets men free,
his meaning is quite correct if as
sumed in the spiritual sense, but
that does not obviate the fact of
mans material being, neither does
it solve mans business on earth.
We know that since man is here
he has tho right to exist so long
as he tolls and earns the materials
to keep his body alive, but should
this same man elect to starve to
death, wherein would he lose since
death is the ultimate portion of all
mankind?
What is mans business on
earth? The theologian will an
swer and tell you that it is to be
co-worker with God; to bring
about a spiritual condition that
will permit the race to dwell in
righteousness, peace and JOY in the
Lord. That is to say, to prepare
men here on earth to accept an
invisible reward--the kingdom of
heaven. The materialist will tell
you that mans business here is to
cooperate in creating that ascend
ing and charging series of better
conditions which we call progress.
The material conditions of the
race today are superior to the con-.
ditions existing centuries ago,
while mans invisible or spiritual
condition is the same today as it
was in the period just preceding
Christ. The most glaring truth is
that man has not changed at all;
he is born, lives and dies, mys-
terry unto himself. Nothing with
in the realm of thought has set
him free from death or helped
him to solve the problem of his
own existence.
What, then, is mans business
here on earth? Get out and hus-
tie, says the materialist Get
down and pray, says the theolo-.
gian. Lie down and die, says the
atheist; while the ancient phi
losopher will point to the three
and say, "'tis good, it's evil; the
reward is death" I am fully
aware that there are many who
will deny and resent the interpre-
tation and conclusion of the phi
losopher, and yet his philosophy
is visible, if not literally true, for
he knows naught beyond life and
death and does not pretend to
know. The infdelity and the
atheism of nearly all of the worlds
greatest philosophers, past and
present, is proverbial. A. few
poets, like Emerson, have sung in
rhyme the Immortality of the soul
with an almost divine inspiration.
The poet has created his ''man" in
that invisible world of thought
where all is plastic to spiritual
force, while the philosopher has
created his imam" from visible
conditions and environment. His
powers of thought have been
called into visible life by the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14
BASEBALL.

Standing of the Clubs in the National
and American Leagues, and
American Association.
August Is.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14

| or the country ana nOU CH0 StdIoS.
According to this plan congress
was to be composed Of two houses.
The members of the lower house
were to be chosen directly by the
people while the upper house was
to be chosen by the lower-just
as if our congressman were to
elect our senators today. In both
branches members were to vote as
individuals and not as states. 1t
proposed to delegate certain ex-
traordinary powers to the national
legislature, as for instance the
power to set aside such state laws
as it did not consider constitutions
al and otherwise to usurp the
functions properly belonging to
the national judiciary and not to a
governing body.
1t will be readily appreciated
that this plan would be most un-
popular with the smaller states.
It was too radical, and it would
certainly interfere with state rights.
Almost two months Of stormy dis
cussion followed it's introduction,
during which time several substi-
tute plans we're offered, discussed
and rejected. It was the Unequal
ity of representation of states that
was the stumbling-block. New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and
Connecticut demanded that the
states be represented, and New
York supported them in their con-
tention. AS the debate waxed
hotter it was proposed to erase
existing boundaries and make a
new partition of the states. eff
we are to be considered as ma
tion,' said Patterson of New Jer-
sey, call state distinctions must be
abolished, the whole must be
thrown into hatchpot, and when
an equal division is made then
there may be fairly an equality of
representation. Shall [ submit
the welfare of New Jersey with
five votes in council when Vir-
ginia has sixteen votes? I will
never consent to the proposed
PLAN" In reply Hamilton point
ed out that in New York state five
counties had the majority of the
representatives in the legislature
but that the remaining counties of
the state did not suffer therefrom.
"The laws" he said, ''have an
equal operation upon all"
But New Jersey and Delaware
refused to be convinced. How
strained the relations were is
shown by the speech of Cunning
Bedford of the latter state. sPre-
fences to support ambition are
never wanting" he said. ''The
cry is, where is the danger? And
it is insisted that altho the power
of the general government will be
increased, yet it will be for the
good of the whole; and altho three
great states form nearly majority
of the people of America, they
never will injure the lesser states.
Gentlemen, [ do not trust you. If
you possess the power, the abuse
of it could not be checked; and
what then would prevent you from
exercising it to our destruction ?
Sooner than be ruined there are
foreign powers who will take us
by the hand"
At this point, when dissolution
seemed inevitable, Oliver Ellis
worth and Roger Sherman pro-
posed a compromise, which was
seconded by Franklin. They then
introduced what is known as the
Connecticut Compromise. Accord
ing to this plan the lower house
was to be elected directly by the
people and the upper house by the
states. After some discussion a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14
Pope, Reed Before the Cho,aauqua circle.


and localities seemed to have been
one of the most distinguishing
characteristics of America. The
United States was more in the ma
ture of defensive alliance between
several nations than a federation
of states composing one nation.
The central government existed in
name only, and in reality there
were thirteen separate and distinct
governments, each with it's own
system of currency, each imposing
import and export duties to suit
itself, and each intensely jealous
of all the rest. The mass OF the
people were shortsighted enough
to believe that the interests of the
states were conflicting, and so it
was only in the presence of
common enemy that they could be
relied upon to stand together.
This was the condition of affairs
that had to be faced by the dele
gates to the federal convention.
The rooted prejudices of members
among themselves had first to be
overcome, then a system of gov
eminent that would suit all classes,
or at least the majority of the
people, had to be conceived.
Many of those in attendance
thought the task was hopeless
one, and from the start showed a
disposition to dodge the issues as
they arose, to temporize and sub
NIT half measures to the people.
Washington brought them to their
senses during the first week. He
arose to his full height, and with
a voice broken with emotion said
SIT is too probable that no plan
we propose will be adopted. Per-
haps another dreadful conflict is
to be sustained. If, to please the
people, we offer what we ourselves
disapprove, how can we afterward
defend our work? Let us raise a
standard to which the wise and the
honest can repair; the event is in
the hands of God" This noble
<outburst brought the weak ones to
their senses, and from that time
until the close of the convention
ala the delegates had the courage
of their convictions.
Under the alleged government of
tthe continental congress the people
were not represented in the ma
rtional legislature, or were only
represented ina roundabout way.
Each state was represented by a
like number of delegates, who were
appointed by the state legislature,
and the voting was done by states
and not by individuals. 1t was
felt that if we were to have gov
eminent by the people the first
thing necessary was to devise a
plan whereby the representatives
could be chosen and elected direct.
ay by the people. But.any such
scheme as this was foreordained
to meet with violent opposition
from the smaller states New Jer-
sey had suffered from the rapacity
of her larger neighbors, as had
also Delaware, and both harbored
vengeful desires. 1t was very soon
made apparent that the only way
anything could be accomplished
was by compromising, and the
zhistory of the federal convention
lis history of three great com
promises, the first of which we
will here very specifically review
What is known as the Virgins
Plan was presented to the conven-
zion by Gov. Randolph of Virginia
1t was largely the work Of, Madi-
son, and had the unqualified
support Of the state. It proposed
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-14

WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS AND
IMPORTERS.

DULUTH
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-15
NO CHINESE
FOR THESE
ISLANDS

WASHINGTON, December 3.-The
report that the subcommittee of the
Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and
Porto Rico would recommend the ad-
mission of Chinese laborers into Ha-
waii appears to have been erroneous,
according to one of the Senator'S COM
posing the committee that visited Ha-
waii last fall. He said that the COM
mittee was opposed to the admission
of Chinese into the Islands, even in
restricted numbers and for short peri
DDS.
1.-The people OF Hawaii, and espe-
cially the sugar planters, were anxious
to get into the American Union" he
said. They came in with their eyes
open, with the Chinese exclusion act on
the statute books. Now let them take
their medicine like every other part of
the United States. II they want cheap
labor, they must find it among the peo-
pIe already in. We don't propose to
admit cheap Asiatic labor into one part
of the United States to compete with
white labor in other parts.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-15
EX-SPEAKER REED
IN A BAD WAY

WASHINGTON, December Eek
Speaker. Reeds physicians this morn
ing issued the following bulletin:
'tMr. Reed passed the night without
the supervention OF alarming symp-
toms; slept during the greater portion
of the night, but was unable to retain
nourishment satisfactorily; pulse. SS;
temperature, SO 3-5; respiration, "a.
"(Signed) 81. A GARDNER,
''T. L. MACDONALD"
At 2:9O this afternoon DR.. Gardner
said there had been no change for the
better in Mr. Reeds condition from
that recorded in the bulletin issued
early today.
In response to inquiries as to Mr..
Reeds actual condition. DR.. Gardner
said it was extremely serious aud crit
ical