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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02
Hon. Patrick 0'Mara.

In the fall of 81 the writer was
employed in paint shop in q
small town q few miles from Min
neapolis. A large number of the
men brought their dinners and
would eat in the shops, passing
what remained of the noon hour i'm
the sun outside, enjoying quiet
smoke. Among them was green
horn Irishman, about four months
out from old Ireland, named Pat
rick O'Mara. He was one of that
class of men who had seen more
than any one else, no matter what
was being discussed.
One day the talk drifted to.
muskrats; Patrick had seen many
a thousand, altho there are none i'm
Ireland. Five Of us agreed to co..
during the noon hour of the day
following to catch one, Patrick
being one of our number. We.
took with us pick and shovel
with which to dig him out after we
had holed him. We got fine one;.
Patrick asked for and we gave it.
to him; he had eaten lots of them.
he said.
When we got back to the shop
Patrick wrapped the muskrat in a,
paper and to look at him you'd
think be was handling goose eggs,>
he was so careful about it,-thena
locked it in drawer he kept HIS
tools in.
During the afternoon I got him.
to 60 on a bluff" errand to the
storeroom for some linseed oil. I
got his drawer unlocked, took the
muskrat from the wrapper, cut out
everything inside, leaving only the
head and legs, stuffed the skin,
with shavings and enough sand to,
make up the proper weight, sewed
it up SO we'll that one would have
to look closely to see that it had
been tempered with, and replaced
the bundle in the drawer and
locked tall this without being
discovered. A little while before
the closing of the days work, I
left the shop in order to reach Pat
rick's boarding house before he ar
rived, and told the joke to some Of
the boarders, of whom there were,
about fifteen in the house.
Patrick and the muskrat came in
due time, and his wife asked what
he had. He said, "Wait until after
SUPPER then he would show her..
1t was something good, and she
must cook it for him, as he had
promised the boss a taste of it..
After supper the wife got pail of
water and large dishpan in the,
yard, and the boarders were there,
when Patrick produced the musk
rat.
She asked if he knew how to
skin it.; to be sure he did, he had
skinned many a thousand. He,
proceeded to cut it open, when out
rolled the shavings and sand, and
shout of laughter went up from
the assent led boarders. Patrick
gazed at the carcass for minute.
as if stupefed, then, uttering my.
name, consigned me to a place
where good angels do not dwell.
It was dangerous to mention musk
rats in Patrick's hearing for some
time after. STRABO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02

DIR. Burton has been visiting in
Fargo, n. D., for the past week,
and during his absence his duties
in this institution were assumed
by DR.. Withrow, who for a long
time was resident physician here
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02

The New Year Mr.. Charles Fair
Is Welcomed. child, of St. Paul,
was the entertainer at the New
Years chapel exercises yesterday
morning. He was assisted by the
choir.
Mr.. Fairchild is no stranger to
the inmates of this institution; his
visits are always looked forward to
with pleasure; and at no time has
he proved himself more capable of
holding the attention of his au-
dience, and giving the members of
it just what they desire, than yes
terday. His readings and recita-
tons were not confined to one line,
but covered wide range, includ-
ing humorous, pathetic and dialect
selections. He was frequently in
terrupted by applause or hearty
laughter, and before he left he had
strengthened his already strong
position in the affections of his
hearers.
The part taken by the choir in
the entertainment was greater than
it has been heretofore, and was
most thoroughly appreciated by
the audience. The tenor solo and
chorus made distinct bit.
At the close of the entertain
ment Warden Wolfer addressed a
few words to the men, who were
then granted the freedom of the
dollhouse for an hour. A holiday
dinner was served, and special
writing privileges we're granted in
the afternoon. It was felt by all
that the new year was we'll started.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02

DIR. j. P. Chance, of Royalton,
Mimi, visited this institution
yesterday and spent a half hour
chatting with the men in the cell
house. DIR. Chance was formerly
resident physician here, and his
career is followed with interest by
many friends among the prisoners.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02

Sheriff O. P. Fossom and Dep
uty Sheriff G. M. Wilkinson OF
Freedom county, Mimi, were visi.
tors at this institution last week
and we're escorted through by
Deputy Warden Glennon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02

Guard Whalen has been trans
ferred from shop [ to take charge
Of the dollhouse. Guard Windolph
is doing special duty about the
shops.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 500 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Rev. s. j. Kennedy. and Rev. FIR. Corcoran
chapans.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02

Movement of The populati or
Prison Population. still continues at
high water mark. During the past
week there have been seven arriv-
ais, one prisoner returned for vio-
lation of parole, and one discharge.
The grade standing is as follows:
First, 1893; second, 172, and third,
IL. Total. SIT.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02
LOCAL NEWS.

Deputy Warden Glennon was
visitor at the Chautauqua meeting
last Sunday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02
HYPNOTIZED GIRL CREATES SEN
SATION.

| HYPNOTIZED GIRL CREATES SEN
| sATION.
Miss Lima Ferkel, an American
beauty now in Paris, is the sensa-
ton of the hour in the scientific
world. She is patient of De
Rochas, head of the French poly
technio school, and under his in
fuence does remarkable things
while in hypnotic condition.
A few days ago Miss Ferkel,
who does not understand dancing,
was put under hypnotic influence
and went through ancient dances,
religious and profane, as ordered
to do. Most of the dances are
only known to archaeologists.
| Among those present at the ex-
periments was Prince Sinah, from
Punjab, who requested the produc-
ton of certain Hindoo religious
step only known to a limited caste
of priestesses. The girl went
through the intricate dance with
slow, graceful movements of legs,
body and arms without mistake.
Then next day Massenet took a
difficult piece of music composed
by himself, the subject was hypno-
tized, ordered to sit at the piano
and play the piece, which was
folded four times inside Masse-
nets pocket. She did so without
an error, hypnotic sight apparent
ly enabling her to read the notes
as if they were opened in front of
her.
TOY BALLOON WRECKS A STORE.
A toy balloon wrecked a drug
store at Austin, ILL.,, on Christmas
Day. The balloon was in the
hands of the 5-year-old son of
Mrs. Mark Lyon, who entered the
store to make some purchases.
While the mother was busy the
child wandered about by himself,
looking at the pretty things in the
cases and singing softly. He held
his balloon, Christmas gift from
an aged relative, attached to a
string in his hand. It foated into
a gas jet, exploded with loud re-
port and drove the innocent child
through the plate glass windows
and almost wrecked the store. The
boy wept at the loss of his toy.
TRAIN PLOws THROUGH HERD OF
CATTLE.
| Several hundred passengers on
the Southwestern limited, fast
Big Four train, last week had an
escape from death that was little
short Of miraculous. They owe
their lives to the presence of mind
of Engineer William White who
averted disaster.
| While running at a speed of 60
miles an hour near Kansas, Edgar
county, White saw on the track
ahead of him nerd of 200 cattle.
To stop the train in time was i'm
possible, so he pulled the throttle
wide open. The momentum of the
train allowed it to pillow it's way
through the herd without leaving
the track. The pilot and front of
the engine and the steps of the
eight coaches were torn off, ten
animals were killed and the train
was covered with blood, but not a
passenger was injured.
When the danger was passed
Engineer White slowed down and
brought his disabled engine to
Nation, ILL.,, where he was given
a new one.
| $$$
ENOUGH TO KILL A DOZEN MEN.
George Goga, an employe of the
Carnegie company at Braddock,
Pa, has been, to all intents and
purposes, eleotrocuted and yet has
lived to tell the tale and to describe
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02
SOME HAPPENINGS
OF THE WEEK.
GOSSIP FROM
THE OUTSIDE
WORLD.

rested on. the metal pipe, thus
completing the electrical circuit.
The wire furnishes power to 800
lights and carries current of 2,4OO
volts. Goga says his sensations
were as follows:
81 threw my arms out when [
felt myself losing my balance. I
caught a wire. I threw my left
hand out and, with both hands on
the wire, l felt horrible burning
sensation all over me. Something
seemed to shoot through my head,
then my body and legs. [ cried
out when the electricity went to
my legs, but when it came back to
my head I could not open my
mouth. [ was paralyzed. The
strange feeling went from head to
my feet many times. I cannot ex-
actly explain it to you as [ felt it.
1t was too awful. My legs we're as
if some one pulled them forcibly
from my body. When the cleo
tricity came through my body
again it was as if some one took a
knife and cut my body open. Then
my head felt as if it was taken by
a machine and cut up into pieces. :"
Physicians and electricians are
mystifed by Goga's escape from
death. They say it is nothing
short Of miraculous.
MINNESOTA MAN ATTACKED BY HOGS.
Eugene D. Logan Of Ridgeway,
Mimi, was almost killed on Christ
mas Day by vicious hogs. Mr..
Logan went out as usual to feed
the animals and entered the sty in
order to attend to something. He
was Immediately set upon by the
enraged porkers. He tried to fight
them off, but they we're too many
and too strong for him, and it was
all he could do to climb out of the
enclosure. He was found in an
unconscious condition by members
Of his family and was taken to the
hospital at Winona.
The wounds Mr.. Logan received
in his conflict with the hogs are
very severe. Both limbs were torn
and lacerated in a frightful man.
ner, one kneecap was dislocated,
and it is feared that he will be
famed for the balance of his days.
Commenting editorially on the
articles by Senator Beveridge, now
appearing in the Saturday Evening
Post, the December Review of Re-
views says:
"Any American who wishes to
understand what the Russians are
doing in Manchuria, and to grasp
the matter so firmly and under
standingly that he can shut his
eyes and see it all, must read Sc
ries Of papers from the pen of SEN
ator Beveridge, of Indiana, now
appearing in the Saturday Even
ing Post of Philadelphia. Mr..
Beveridge's first article in this Sc
ries appeared November 16. This
energetic and brilliant young
statesman, who took his seat in the
senate two years ago with a re-
markable knowledge of the Philip
pine situation based upon several
months of travel and study on the
ground, has now been spending the
half year since congress adjourned
in revisiting thefar east, going this
time by way Of Europe, and cross
ing Siberia and Manchuria under
circumstances which gave him an
intimate acquaintance with the
newest aspects of the expansion
movements of the Russian empire.
Hardly any other man in public
life has Mr.. Beveridge's power of
vivid statement
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-02

PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
3. W. LEAvETT, Chairman Litchfeld
". e. LEE, Long Prairie
O. B. GOULD, Winona
H. w. WRIGHT, Secretary
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
J. 8. GLENNON. Deputy Warden
n. G. COLLIGAN, ASST. Deputy Warden
HORACE w DAVIS, Clerk
y. M. BORDWELL Steward
b. j. MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, Matron
3. j. KENNEDY, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
r. A. WHITTIER, st. Paul.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-22
Special Correspondence of The Tribune.

Washington. April 81.
@oMMEltCE between the United States and
Porto Rico is increasing with phenomenal
~ rapidty, especially since the removal OF
all tariff restrictions in July Of last year.
Our purchases from Porto Rico are nearly three
times as great as the average during the closing
five years OF Spanish rule in the island. while the
shipments from the United States TO Porto Rico
are five times as great IA the average during the
five years preceding the termination of Spanish
rule The receipts of merchandise from Porto
Rico at the ports Of the United States now range
between Ave and six millions annually and the
shipments 10 Porto Rico. which were about seven
million dollars in the last fiscal year, seem likely
to be ten millions in the present fiscal years end.
ing June 30.
meroc between the ports OF tho United States and
Porto Rico is presented by statement just pre-
pared by the treasury bureau OF statistics, which
shows that the shipments OF domestic merchandise
from the United States TO Porto Rico III the eight
months ending with February amounted to $685..
O52, indicating that for the full fiscal year the TO.
tai shipments of domestic and foreign goods from
the ports Of the United States TO Porto Rico
will aggregate about si0,OO0.oOO The exports
from the United States to Porto Rico during the
five years ending with 1898 averaged less than
1000 600 per ann,ln, and thus justify the asser.
tion that our shipments Of merchandise during
the present year TO Porto Rico seem likely to
be as much as in the entire five years ending with
1893. Over fourhtlIs Of the merchandise now
brought into Porto Rico is drawn from the United
States, and u little over one.half Of the mer.
chandse shipped from that island IS sent to the
United States The total value Of goods shipped
from the island in the eight months ending with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-22
Clergyman Solved the Problem.

Ernest Thompson. .Seton--hc OF animal story
telling and converted name iane'-was deserlp
ing to clergyman the other day some OF his
experiences with various animals, particularly
squirrels.
''lt is an astonishing fact" said Mr. Seton,
"that l found, after scme few tests, mat c"nd
attract squirrels, howsoeyer wild, by singing to
them. Whenever | sang they would come out ot
their holes or down from the trees and though
at first showing soma timidity, sit and listen
intently and apparently with enjoyment 'e'
member one day, however, when, after SINGING
them various sorgs--rag.tim and others-l tried
old Hunl,cd' ON them. Would you believe II,
the instant they heard it they seampered ch
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-22
Gan American Lake"

|N A LECTURE recently delivered
before the school of commerce of
the University of New York, O.
T.. Austin, chief of the bureau of
statistics at Washington, gave some
interesting statistical information con-
cerning the commerce of the United
States with the countries bordering on
the Pacific ocean and its prospects as
enhanced by an isthmian canal.
At-present the water distance from
our chief manufacturing centers to Ori-
entail markets is nearly one-half greater
than that which intervenes between
them and our principal European rivals
for this trade; yet since 1868 our exports
to Asia and Oceania have grown from
81. 500 900 to Sll5,OO0O00, while those of
the United Kingdom, our foremost
competitor, have increased only from
s3lO 900 900 to $462 100000, Thus while
it's percentage of increase has been
not quite 80 ours has been nearly l,5OO,
Notwithstanding the disadvantage under
which our exporters have labored on
account of the disproportion in frelghts.
When the isthmian canal is opened for
traffic this disproportion will disappear,
and then there will be no. natural OBJ
stacle to the rapid multiplication OF our
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-22
Fond Mamma Was Shocked.

There is a sweet-faccd little mother out on
West Side. who, she goes about her daily task
wears alternately amused and sorrowtui
expression, and this is the causc
She has two boys. aged four and five years. ana
she has long boosted Of never having heard a
naughty word from either and that they never
having failed to say their prayers voluntarily
She has thus far succeeded in keeping them aloof
from the boys on the street, and the result oil
their constant association with mamma has been
TO cultivate gentlcness Of manner of which the
parents have been justly proud. They are still
regarded as babies by the dotng parents, and
their haxen curs bear out the presumption.
One evening last week the two had been warm
" tucked into their little blue bed, and the
mamma sat by its side book in hand. waiting
for the pair 10 go to sleep, so that she might
turn down the light, being aware that they would
not tolerate darkness if they knew it. Willie,
the Older. Immediately Oh getting in bed lay
back on his pillow and closed his eyes Ills
younger brother lay blinking at the light until
he became lonesome, and, failing to get up a
conversation with mamma. who absorbed in
her novel. said softly, willie
Willie made no response. and the brother,
after Il moments wait, said asain
"Willie.'
Still no reply. The younger tot, thinking Will
lie to be playing a. ''possum'' and being made
angry by such inipolite treatment, gave him II
poke in the iihs and in burst OF temper cx'
claimed:
''Wille''
Willie jumped bolt upright in bed. and, with
a face bctraying intense anger, exclaimed, While
pushing his brother nearly out OF bed:
$50 to hcli I'm saving my prayers. Mill
wuukcp Sentinel
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-22
dealings with the teeming millions in
habiting the Orient.

dealings with the teeming millions in
habiting the Orient.
The imports of the great Oriental
countries grouped in a semi-circle about
Manila as distributing point amount
Mr. Austin went on TO say, to about ST.
300, 900 per annum. or over slOo,OOO0Oo
Il month. of which we now supply about
10 per cent, while our European rivals
supply probably SO per cent. With
direct water communication between
the great producing and consuming
centers OF the United States and this
enormous market. we may confidently
expect to supply u much larger propor-
tion of it's rapidly growing inporta-
tions. With an isthman canal to give
81 direct all-water route from our east
ern seaboard to the Orient, our oppor-
tunities for an extension of our Oriental
trans-Phcific commerce will be greatly
improved. and our facilities for utliza-
tion of the Pacific as u highway of
commerce will surpass those OF any
other nation.
The United States now possesses the
chief island way stations for ports of
call and cable landings at convenient
intervals in this vast eXpanse of waters;
in coast frontage and harbor facilities
it far exceeds any other nation. in
Manila as u great distributing point it
has special advantages in the markets
| of the Orient, and in the currents of air
| and water which flow westward from
the isthmus of Panama past the Ha-
waiian and Philippine islands, thence
turning northward past the coast of
China and Japan, flow toward the east
across the north Pacific and down the
western shores of the United States. 1t
has great natural aids which give It
permanent and material advantages in
the great growing commerce in this
greatest of oceans.
In short, the dream of Seward that
the Pacific should ultimately be the
highway of the worlds principal co1h-
merce with the United States SO thot-
oughly in control of its strategic and
commercial features as to make of it
in effect an American lake seems today
much more of a prophecy than dream.
4 1t is pleasing to note that Mr. Dole
4 has convinced the powers at Washing
ton that the Hawaiian gubernatorial
\ gripsack is in the right hands.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-22
EDUCATIONAL.
Announcement

During the summer of 1902. in
struction in all the subjects required
for admission to the best colleges
and scientific schools will be given
at Cotuit Cottages. Summer
School OF Secondary Instruction,
Cotuit, Massachusetts, under the
direction of Principal Charles E.
Fish The courses of instruction
are for the benefit of five classes of
students:
1. Candidates who have received
conditions at the entrance examina-
tions.
2. Candidates who have postponed
examinations until September.
8. Students in Secondary Schools,
who, by reason of illness or other
causes, have deficiencies to make up.
a. Students in Secondary Schools
who wish to anticipate studies and
save time in the preparation for
college.
S. Students in college who have
admission conditions which must be
removed before the beginning OF the
next Scholastic Year.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-22
Never Say Die.

Y 7 is REPORTED that number of
influential Republican senator's
Il are about to advise President
Roosevelt To consent "in the in !
terest of the party" to the dropping
of the attempt to enact Il measure of
reciprocity with Cuba. AS outlined I'M
published correspondence, the basis ol
their advice is that to persist in this
purpose will be to force split in theI
as serious as that which has developed
in the house, and imperil it not los,3
Republican control of the next congress'
1t Is possible that the senators who;
talk in this manner are sincere. We
shall accept the view that they are. 1t
Is possible that they have reason to
feel that their representations are ac-
cprate. Judgments as to events to
coniesare prone to differ. But is there
not converse TO their proposition?
Would mot abandonment of the pledge
whereby President Mckinley secured
acceptance by the Cuban constitutional
convention of the so-called Platt
dlueQuliiShi, y fftudHs al american pIo-
tectorate, also be perllous to the Re-
publican party and might not this peril
carry further than one election?
Let. us suppose that General Wood
and other Americans thoroughly ia
maliar with Cuban conditions are COR
rect in saying that failure to admit
Cuban sugar and tobacco to the Amer-
can market OH terms especially favor
able would plunge the industry and
commerce of Cuba into gulf of de-
preston, throw thousands of plantation
hands into idleness and mutiny, and
strip the contemplated Republican gov
ernment of Cuba of fair chance to
succeed. Let us suppose, further, that
1t would reklndle Cuban distrust OF
American good faith--as it very cer-
tainly and justly would-and lead ultl-
mately to condition of turbulence or
the island provocative OF Just complaint
by foreign investors and menacing tC
our own health and comfort. How
would such condition react upon The
welfare of the Republican party under
whose administration this breach OF
faith was permitted to occur?
There are two sides TO this question
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-04-22
OUTLINE STUDIES
OF HUMAN NATURE

nor could I induce them to return that day
And to this day can't understand why"
The clergyman. far.away look in his eye
suggested very briefly:
"Probably they were afraid you would nex
proceed to take up collection. New Iorf
Times Magazine Supplement.
Raise for the Polite Conductor.
'St little closer, please!'
1t is the polite street car conductor VIII:
thus adjures his passengers
"St a little closer peasc!"
Again they crowded together, while ten more
people get aboard.
"St little closer, please"
The passengers squeeze into yet smaller space
From the press OF people hand is seen ur
gently signaling the conductor.
He approaches the hand and traces it to it
owner
..What is it. sir?'' lie courtcously inquiries.
''l'll give you hundred dollars day to s''
pcrintend my sardine canncry," gasps the mai
at the end of the arm attached TO the hand
Baltimore American.