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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-11
EITHER HAND COMES HANDY.
Ambidextrous People Find 1t an Ac-
comp1ishment That In Often
Very Convenient.

through some strange peryersion OK
natures plan civilized man has devel-
oped the skill and strength of the right
hand, neglecting the left hand until
it has become an awkward and almost
helpless member. This training begins
In early childhood, when the baby is
admonished to take its spoon and it's
cup in its right hand, while the primary
pupil in the public school is commonly
severely chided if he shows prefer
ence for holding the pen or pencil with
which he begins his first rude scrawls
IN his tabooed, disrated left hand, says
the San Francisco Chronicle. The left
handed boy is derided upon the play
ground. Left-handed men and women
go through life shamefacedly conceal
ing ths imagined defect as far az posi-
BILE or acknowledging it humbly and
with apologies. Those rare,individuals
who, through obstinate persistence or
wise training, have learned to use both
hands alike are looked upon doubtfully
by their fellowsas prodigies who might
fifty find places in dime museums. Few
there are who stop to put the question
square'y to themselves as to why the
innate capacities of their own left
hands have not been properly devel-
oped, to the increase of their utility in
the scheme of life.
1t would seem wise to train the left
hand to cert-in degree of skill in
writing and performing various handi-
crafts, merely to have it waiting to
serve as a useful auxiliary in case of
accident to its neighbor, but a strict
common sense view of the situation
demands much more. There is no
more reason why man should depend
upon the labor of his right hand alone
than that COW should stand on three
legs when nature has provided her with
four, or man. having two sound legs,
should hop on one. The two hands
are precisely alike in their anatomy
and every task of which one is capa-
BILE carbe performed by the other. If
it is not desirable 20 have both hands
act together and such concert of ac-
ton would of course, be impossible
where separate functions, each requir-
ing mental direction, are to be UNDER
taken, tnen they may feHeVe each
other by turns, Forwarding work with
a celerity impossible under othercondi-
tions. The ambidextrous writer gains
an enormous advantage in writing
with each hand in swift alienation.
The house wife unconsciously trains
her left hand to skill in many common
place tasks and reaps the advantage
in the saving of time and in connection
with the direction of machinery where
only the right hand can properly grasp
a tool or feed the machine, but these
are comparatively few. Ordinarily the
left hand may be employed quite as'ap-
propriately as the right, and it often
happens, in emergency work, such as
the swift reeting of sail or a surgical
operation that the skill or helplessness
of the left hand is of momentous im-
port.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-11
JoHNNY's PA.

My pa-he always went to school,
He says, an studied hard.
wy, when he's just as old as me,
He knew things by the yard!
Arithmetic? He knew it all,
From dividend to sum;
But when he tells me how 1t was
My grandma she says "Hum!
My pa-he always got the prize
For never bein' late;
An when he studied joggerfy
He knew bout every state
He says he knew the rivers an
Knew all their outs an ms, ii
But when he tells me all O. that "A
My grandma she just grins. IL;
My pa-lle never missed day ~
A-goin' to the school,
An never played no hockey. nor
Forgot the teachers rule;
An every class he's ever in
The rest he always led.
My grandma, when pa talks that way,
Just laughs and shakes her head.
My grandma says at boys is boys,
The same as pas is pas.
An when 1 asst her what she means
She says it is because"
She says at little boys is best
When they grows up to men,
Because they know how good they were
An tell their children then.
Baltimore American.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-11

met with severe reverses at
the hands of the mad mullah, whether
1t shall prove true or false, has caused
a great furry of excitement and serves
to call attentions to one of the most in
teresting bits of British Africa. Ac-
cording to the reports, the natives
were out in force exceeding 10000
men. many of them mounted, and it
was feared that their success in cut
ting off the expedition would arouse
the entire Dolbahanta and Ogaden ter
ritory, and plunge Great Britain into
another of her little vars
Concerning the nature of the war
like natives who inhabit the Abys-
sinian frontier-and who, tradition
says, are remote descendants of Solo
mon and the queen of Sheba-those
who have read Charles Lambs works
already have a lasting notion. His
characterization of them is found in
the first sentence of the Dissertation
Upon Roast Pig: Mankind. says a
Chinese manuscript, which my friend
Nj was oblinging enough to read
and explain to me, for the first quar-
ter of century ate their meat raw,
biting or clawing it from the living
animal, just as they do in Abyssinia
to this day" While Britain is in lit
tie danger of entering into war with
Abyssinia, many of her present al
legged foes belong to Abyssinian ter
ritory. They are mixed savage horde
in wild and dangerous country, and
the boundary lines that distinguish
British Somaliland from Italian So
maitland and these from Abyssinia
proper are plainly marked only on
paper, and on the latest maps at that.
Of the tribes which reach in chain
through this region, many of them are
said to be welded into a strong con-
federation.
The Somalis have been described as
half-caste race of Calais Ga strong,
we'll built and ferocious nomadic peo-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-11
GREAT AMERICAN IDEA.
When 1t Comes to Being Hospitab1o
There Is Nothing for 1t hut to
Feed the Guest.

A distinguished guest was coming
from abroad.
What shall we do to entertain
him?" asked the chairman of the COM
mittee of prominent citizens, relates
the Brooklyn Eagle.
IN give him a dinner" said one.
$50 will L." said another.
''Me, too" added third.
And We'll end up with banquet in
which we will all join,," suggested a.
fourth.
A prominent official was taking a
jaunt across the country in special
train. Six places that were short dis
tances apart had secured the promise
that he would give them an hour or
more each of his time.
what kind of celebration have
you planned?" was the inquiry sent
out.
We'll give him an elaborate break
fast" was the first answer.
We've arranged for luncheon"
was the second
Same here" from the third
"A dinner" replied the fourth.
likewise" from the fifth.
1.-TWO banquets," answered the
sixth. "There are rival factions here,
and each insists on doing honor to the
great man."
A distinguished clubwoman visited
distant city.
I'VE must be hospitable," urged the
president of the local club at special
meeting called to consider the ques-
ton.
Shortly thereafter the meeting
broke up in a row because ten women
couldn't feed her on the same day, and
there was further trouble because six
other clubs wanted to arrange dinners
also.
The engagement of popular soci-
ETY. girl was announced.
''What shall we do?" asked society.
"Give luncheons and dinners fo-
her." was the reply, and COMMITTEES
had to be appointed to arrange the
schedule.
When it comes to being hospitable
this great republic has only one idea,
apparently.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-11

pressed her claims contrary to their
wishes.
On the southern Somali coast, how
ever, Italy had better success. In 1889
she began to make treaties with the
various chiefs in that territory, and
within a year had laid claim to the
whole coast from Cape Guardafui to
the mouth of; the River Jube; and
these claims became permanent when
agreed to by England and the sultan
of Zanzibar - whose influence had
once extended over all Galliland and
Somaliland, and whose direct rule had
been restored in British East Africa
under British officials. Thus it will
be seen that the present divisions Of
somaliland are of very recent origin,
and the newest maps only have them
correctly marked.
Berbera may be considered the chief
port of British Somaliland and one
destined to be an important CONNER
cial center, when trade with the in
terror is upon systematic and perma-
nent basis. The Importance of this
tSlllloly W tIe 1DllllSil III lue event
of the perfection of a railroad route
from the Mediterranean cannot be
overestimated Berbera, in addition
to being center and a port for such
trade as has been developed with the
interior, has heretofore been the chief
Quitting point for hunting and scien-
tific expeditions. Mr.. A. ID. Smith, who
led such an expedition into Somali-
land, says of the country:
"Somaliland may be roughly divided
into three parts as regards elevation
and climate. First, the maritime
plain, the evils of which it would be
impossible to exaggerate; then a
broad plateau extending inland some
30 miles at an elevation of $500 feet,
where the atmosphere is dry and not
uncomfortably hot; and after this
the highlands, or second plateau, en-
bracing all the central part of Somali-
land, where the aneroid will register
from 1000 to 5000 feet above the sea
level" MILTON MARKS.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-11
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All for this IN per si,ou Id he accom-
panied by the name of the author; necessarily 70
publication but evidence of good faith On tho
part of the writer Write only ore side of the pt
per Be particularly careful i'll giving names
dates to have the letters ana figures plain and distinc
Proper names are often iiIiicnt to dccphcr becau.
OF the careless manner in which they are written
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-11
SIZED Up,

Mrs. Nagg (after visiting Mrs. Mex
dore) Nexdore's salary is more
than $1,000 year.
Mrs. Nagg Indeed?
Yes, and I'd just like to know why
l shouldn't be able to say the same
of YOU"
simply because you're more truth
ful than your neighbors, my dear
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-11
Deadly Tohucco auid.

At Reading, Pa, a ma n lately went ta
sleep with quid OF tobacco in his
mouth. 1t slipped down and choked
him to death.-Indianapolis News.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-11-11
PRESENT TROU-
BLES IN SOMALILAND
SOMETHING OF THE PEOPLE AND THE COUNTRY IN WHICH
BRITISH TROOPS SAID TO HAVE SUFFERED DEFEAT

HE news that the British
troops in Somaliland, in an
expedition against the ma
tives down around the
Abyssinian and Italian-So-
maitland frontiers, have
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28

DR.. withrow Sees DR.. M. E. With
Lunnon Town. row, who was for
merly resident physician of this
institution and who went abroad
on mission for the state some
two months ago, has written from
London to a Saltwater friend his
impressions of the coronation fes-
tivities which he witnessed while
there. The letter has been pub
lished in the Gazette of this city
and is, in part, as follows:
London is in the midst of coro-
nation festivities. The streets are
full of people going somewhere, I
suppose. All are hurrying. The
decorations, while quite elaborate,
are somewhat of a disappointment
to me except in one particular and
that is the number of times "Old
Glory" is displayed. When I left
home I said that If / saw the Stars
and Stripes in a foreign country
off would come my hat, but if that
rule was adhered to I would be
bareheaded all the time here
besause I can't 60 q block without
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28

Movement of Four discharges
Prison Population. and two relaasad
on parole constituted the move
ment Of the population during the
past week. There we're no arrivals.
The following we're discharged: P.
A., register number 628; j. K,
5655; G. W., 5543, and F. D., 5544.
Those released on parole were A.
W., 1911, and J. O., 5455.
The grade standing is as follows:
First, 1893; second, 1874, and third,
eleven. Total SAB.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28
LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. William Hoffstead, pub
Usher of the Aitkin Age of Aitkin,
Mimi, was visitor to the prison
one day last week and left his card
in the printing Office as he passed
through.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28
Chat the Intention is
IT'S a saying, ''that death d.

population
1873 the 1
Sullivan The three
surnames is thus disposed of-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28
KILOGRAMS.
BY THE s.TwINs.,,
In case of doubt look wise.

of authors French writer says
that Darwin always practiced on
his old fiddle before writing and
that Lord Derby always filled his
mouth with brandy cherries. The
modern author of political fiction
generally fills his mouth with mud.
A Colorado woman who tips the
scale at $50 pounds is a candidate
for justice of the peace. IF elect
ed she should be able to render
some weighty decisions.
Some men are SO particular that
they can't even make mistake
without the aid of dark lantern
and kit Of tools.
A pearl fisher who recently died
in Arkansas left fortune of ten
million to his only daughter. It
is now said that the young lady is
angling for a titled lobster.
Ten days in the "hole" is too
much to pay for the whistle.
When you see man with a
pail of whitewash and big cal
Gimme brush don't be too ready
to jump at the conclusion that he
is decorator of walls. He may
be the chairman of an investigat-
ing committee.
Voting the straight party ticket
each successive year is good way
to retain crooked men in Office.
In Germany girl is not per-
mitted to enter society until she
has thoroughly mastered all the
arts of the kitchen. There are
few old maids in Germany, for the
average man prefers the authoress
of a good pie to a woman who has
written a book on Babylonian art.
The man who publicly enters a
saloon and calls for his whisky
straight is a better citizen and a
more consistent Christian than the
one who, under the cover of dark
ness, enters the rear of saloon
and tips a waiter to bring him his
toddy on the quiet.
According to an exchange, all
the sin and misery of the world is
to be attributed to the use of to-
bacco. Well! Well! still the old
Romans attained fair state of
corruption without the assistance
of the Virginia leaf.
The farmers of Kansas say that
if the weather man supplies them
with a few more warm winds their
corn crop will be abundant. The
weather man is not reliable, but
they can depend upon it that the
politicians will furnish them with
plenty Of hot air.
Why not change the present
name of this place to ''The State
Manual Training School for Those
who Ought to Know Better?"
1t l were to have my choice of
what kind of person I might be-
come, seeing that [ have about
twelve years to serve yet I should
choose to be an ex-convict.
The sharp tongue of scolding
woman is the only edged tool that
grows keener with constant use.
Query: Is man necessarily a
cannibal because he eats lobster?
| Cole has been up against most
everything in his time, but when
it came to umpiring a ball game
between the police and fremen Of
St. Paul he admitted that his
nerve failed him.
Some people are so sure that
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28
TWO OF THE SHORTER OF NON
TAIGNE'S ESSAYS.

II
Judge Our Hf. obligations"
sense Henry VII king Of England aced with Don Philip to
p Charles that the said Philip should deliver Suffolk of
Philip accordingly condition. nevertheless Henry
should attempt nothing against life the duke coming
king his last will immediately
his And presented
markb Egmont upon
cuty of whose word and faith Count Horn
to the end that death might dgage him
discharged dying We
not be bound
performance all
nothing but the will in which, by necessity all the rules whole
PROMISE power
good had doubtless
be nfdety
of his life the of the
his
have taken notice several dm who convicted by their
sciences of unjust OBTAINING goods
remedy They
strict ncommodous themselves
than against
nghbor the last having concealed during their m
their and their
ment time wherein knowledge the ause For
not first and openly declared
not to Communicate OF all the foles
mans universally the sotud
and which
pursue phan
tom
all irrational Of phioo
themselves dngage
less than of light eemnate which, while
without The whole SELF There
of which clearly divinity
that not whether
After said all and believe all has said to its pref
ud inclination
mens that have little power resist Cicero those who
would the books they write about should the
their seeming
and our lives the necessity service OF ends
communicate mans honor and another with
rarely
Cmban all
might
than fly from the which
positively
expedition believing would rebound
attributed
contrary
honor his The Thacan ambassadors
Archnda
said she know the ty of snara has manv cen both
the battle bannend he in that which made the lords who with
of the condition
him the
sustained
be said without
would be wholly attributed to him.
succeeding
ege their
ecclesiastical
their the bishop
think fit for him participate
bloody He his
that his whom he delivered the
kill receive them referring the whole execution this
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28
seeing our flag with the British.
"At NIGHTS <ho etroofc GRO ,rovud

sSO AAkAO q oVA OCU 4OA4 Az A0VAAA W SOOA
Imagine ten thousand street fairs
and that is no exaggeration
and you will have some idea of the
crowds in the evening, enjoying
the coronation illuminations. I
got my first look at King Edward
VII. this afternoon at a review Of
the colonial troops. He is a very
old looking man and shows plainly
the marks of the ordeal he has re-
Gently passed through. The Aus
TRANS and Canadians, I think, put
up a much better appearance than
the English, while the Indian
troops put me in mind of some
comic operas l have been to. It
is said they are formidable SOL
diers.
London town is an interesting
place. There are many relics in
timately connected with English
history [ met Frank Thorne to-
day, who formerly lived at Farm
ington, Mimi, and he told me
many interesting places to visit.
One was the old London wall,
built by the Romans when they
invaded England. Unfortunately
Westminster Abbey is covered
with decorations that the real in
teresting part of it cannot be
seen. Most of the tombs are COW
cred. London bridge, which is so
universally known, is an interest
ing stone arch structure. The
British museum is splendid
place to spend day or a month
if l had time. From here I go to
Killarney, Ireland, and will catch
my boat at Queenstown.
81 look forward to getting a
bundle of Gazettes in New York
and hear the baseball news. [
don't like a country without base
ball anyhow"
DR.. Withrow concludes his letter
by saying that he intends to bring
Deputy Warden Glennon black
thorn stick and bunch of sham
rocks grown on the Emerald Isle.
A Very Good Papers of excep-
Meeting. tional merit, intel
ligent and spirited discussion and
good music characterized the meet
ing of the Chautauqua circle last
Sunday afternoon. All the papers
read showed thought in prepare
ton and in each instance we're
creditably delivered. The meeting
was, in fact, one of the best that
has been held this season, and it
is to be regretted that the circle
had not more time at its disposal
for discussing the topics introduced
to its attention. The roll call
showed four absentees.
The initial number on the pro-
gram was a class report entitled,
civilian the Conqueror." It was
an interesting paper we'll delivered,
but as it dealt for the main part
with historical facts and avoided
speculation it failed to provoke
discussion. It was followed by a
chorus, "Aura Lee" by the glee
club, after which came a special
paper by a class A man.
This paper had for it's subject
the irrigation bill passed at the
last session OF congress and the
probable effect of the measure on
the western country. Opinion in
the circle is divided on the matter
of irrigation, and so the debate
which followed the reading Of the
report was animated and often
very interesting.
A solo and chorus by member
of class E and the glee club was
followed by a class report on ''The
Sum- by one of the class A men.
While this paper dealt only with
what astronomers consider estab-
lished facts, the discussion it led
to was Of nnusual interest
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28
CHURCH NOTICE.

CHURCH NOTICE.
Services In the Prison Chapel at 600 O'Clock
every. Sunday morning. Protestant and
Catholic services every alternate Sunday.
Rev. s. J. Kennedy. and Rev. FIR. CorcOran
chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28

PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
s. W. LEAvETT. Chairman Litchheld
W. E. LEE, - Long Prairie
o. B. GOULD, - Winona
II. w. WRIGHT, Secretary
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
HENRY WOLFER, warden
j. s. GLENNON, Deputy Warden
M. C. OOLLIGAN, Asst. Deputy Warden
HORACE w. DAVIS, Clerk
F. M. BORDWELL Steward
BIZ. MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, Matron
s. j. KENNEDY, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
r. A. WHITTIER, st. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28

AMusical Thanks to Mrs. Louise
Treat. Mckay Leslie, a New
York soprano temporarily residing
in the west, the prisoners were
furnished with a rare musical treat
last Sunday morning. It was one
Of the events of the year in this
institution, and was appreciated
by all.
Mrs. Leslie sang two numbers
during the chapel exercises. and
at the conclusion of the service
was introduced by Warden Wolfer,
who granted the men permission
to applaud if they saw fit. They
did SO with hearty good will.
The little concert after the serv-
ice consisted of five songs, some of
them religious, some of them Sec
ular and all of them delightful.
Among the number were several
old favorites such as the. "Holy
City" and "Annie Laurie" which
were greeted with rounds of ap-
plause. Mrs. Leslie possesses a
voice of unusual compass and
quality, and some of her selections
Sunday, while not in the least pyr-
otechnical, were calculated to test
her ability as an artist. Only the
feeling that it is not fair to 'ride
free horse to death" prevented
the men from insisting on more.
AS it is, many have requested The
MIRROR to express their gratitude
to Mrs. Leslie.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28

Some people are so sure that
they are right in their arguments
that it would take q Philadelphia
lawyer to show them that they are
wrong.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-28

Ten days in the "hole" is too
much to pay for the whistle.
The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1902-06-14
OPELOUsAs PARISH OF ST. LANDRY La. JUNE IA. 1902
Will Help st. Landry

The completion of the Plaque
mine lock will open up to COM
munication with New Orleans and
to all points on this portion of
the Mississippi river that wealthy
agricultural country along the
lower Atchafalaya and the innu-
merable streams feeding that
mighty torrent. It will shorten
the distance between Washington
and New Orleans and the lower
At chafalaya and its tributaries
several hundred miles, and will
be Of incalculable advantage not
only to the steamboat interests,
but to the farmers within reach
of the streams of South Louis
lana, who are now compelled to
ship their produce to market by
rail exclusively. 1t will materially
decrease the distance from New
Orleans to the rich prairie farms
of st. Landry as we'll, and alto
gether the value Of the lock to
this city and to the country on the
river below the Red will be equiv
alent to the building of another
great railroad to the State metro
polls.