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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-09

Florists Are Florists, says Sin
1aw-AOidins' bad, seldom get into
prison. More seldom, in fact,
than any other class of men. The
reason is that their business de-
mands constant attention, leaving
them no time to stray from the
straight and narrow path, even if
they have the inclination to do so.
'In all the prisons Of the Unit
ed States said Sinbad, discou1s-
ing on this subject, ''there are
only three florists. One of these
married two wives-which shows a
peaceful disposition-another had
a fight with a man, and the third
gave up the flower business and
took to counterfeiting before he
got into trouble. In the whole
history of this place only one
florist has been confined here.
ITO be florist you have to have
a call, the same as to be minis
ter or to take to following the sea
for a living. If man doesn't
take to the business naturally he
won't stay in it long, and if he
gets into trouble it will be because
he wasn't a florist in the first
place. A florist not only has q
natural hunoh to keep the law,
but he hasn't got time to break it
A greenhouse needs more looking
after than baby. You have to
be around as soon as the sun is
up and stay around till the sun
sets, and if. it turns cold in the
night you have to rustic about
and get up steam for fear the
plants will freeze. You can't 90
out lookin' for trouble. It's got
to come to you.
Would it be good plan to
train all the criminally inclined
youths to be foristsp Well, may.
be it would, but I'm afraid it'd
hurt the reputation lof the bust.
ness"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-09

drapery ana the room lighted by
electricity. # looked like q VERT
able theatre, with the bright col.
ored bunting and brilliant lights.
In order that the state might not
be the loser, the laen got to work
twenty minutes earlier than usual
each morning during the week,
thus making up.the time devoted
to the entertainment. All were on
hand.
''The Embassy Ball' was the
title Of the play. It dealt with
the old story of a foolish, but al
heart honest, woman who on the
impulse of the moment trusts he1
character and reputation to the
keeping of an unscrupulous man.
Remorse, despair and physical
illness follow, but in the end
virtue rises triumphant and the
villain is killed. The sombre tone
of the story is lightened by many
by plays of wit and humor, which
relieve the spectator of the sense
of impending tragedy that newt
ably follows in the wake of an
evil action in that mysterious
country known as Stageland.
It would be difficult matter to
say which of the players gave the
most satisfaction. They were all
decidedly satisfying in their roles.
w. 81. Dalrymple, as the senator,
was convincing in his honesty and
irresistible in his wholesome hu-
NOR. Miss Dalrymple was both
charming and pathetic in her part
of the erring wife. Miss Virginia
Harvey sacrificed her natural good
looks to her role and depicted the
widow married for twenty years to
the shade of the dear departed in
a most satisfactory manner. Miss
Oglesby, as Bess was, the most de-
lightful of all ingeuues.
A. w. Fordyce, as Sir Henry
Chapman, was very consistent
villain, cheating at cards, black.
mailing ladies and attempting to
evade the Code in duel with the
utmost nonchalance; and it was
with a sigh of relief that the audi
ence saw him get his just deserts
in the closing scene. Harry
Lenard, in the part of Reggie
Thorald, might have been the
original Englishman of whom it
was said that surgical operation
was necessary before he could see
a joke. Benjamin Rutledge, the
faithful colored servitor of the
senator's family, as depicted by
Eddie Poulter, was funny to a
degree. Everything he said o,
did made a hit with his audience,
which, indeed, was not sparing in
it's applause from. the beginning
to the end of the performance.
Gavin Dorothy gave an excellent
delineation of Walter Dickinson,
the injured husband.
To the further credit of the
cast be it said that they all read
their lines so that each word was
distinct in all parts of the hall.
In the intervals between the
acts some clever specialties were
introduced. They included a
bright skit by Miss Oglesby and
Mr.. Dorothy, some new and catchy
songs by Edward Poulter and a
very entertaining juggling act by
The Great Nicoli. In addition to
the foregoing there was a bell
ringing act which was unusually
good.
Between the second and third
acts Mr.. Dalrymple appeared be-
fore the curtain in response to the
prolonged applause of the audi
ence. He said the company en-
joyed playing here. and after a
few complimentary words adj
dressed to those before him pro-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-09
.HELIOGRA,MS.
BY THE .sTwINs.,,:

i
AS rule the average thief takes
things cool, but this can't be said
of the Chicago junkman who stole
a red-hot stove.
The only way the people will
ever succeed in breaking the back
bone of the beef trust is to use the
ballot box as cleaver.
The show was good, but I think
there are few men in here who
could give that young lady a
pointer, or for that matter several
of them, on how to frisk a sleeper.
A Missouri man shot his girl
because she drove him to despera-
ton by asking him to marry her.
While we think he was a little
harsh and might have been salts
fed by giving her a good fright,
still as a member of the brother
hood of bachelors our sympathy is
with the young man. Those girls
should be given to understand that
they must limit their proposals to
leap years.
The latest in the combine line
is the pie trust. If to abstain
from eating any of its products
may be considered boycott then
the inmates of this place will boy
colt the trust.
Query-If a man named Hay
should run away from his wife,
would Mrs. Hay be considered
grass widow?
First Reformatory Man-How
do you like going to school?
Second Ditto-Pretty we'll. But
[ like coming back better.
How is it that when a doctor
performs surgical operation he
always says it was very successful,
even if the patient dies?
In addressing the members of
a ladies whist club the speaker,
who was woman, said that soil
tary was game of cards that
originated with a prisoner and
should be avoided as it was es-
sentially con game.
A Kansas man has been arrested
for kissing his mother-in-law. A
man who tanks up on the prohibi-
ton booze of Kansas is liable to
do anything.
If old Bill Finney, whom J. 81. D.
told us about in last weeks MIR.
RoR, ever heard zap sing 80 Now
Ruben Stop Your Teasing he
wouldn't dig down in his jeans for
the price, but for gun.
Some women of Chicago have
founded a home for tramp cats.
Gay cats are not admitted.
A Chicago detective says there
are no big mitt men in that city.
That may be true, but the windy
city still has her big feet girls.
Judging from the snifter Mariah
Baxter can take out of bottle, I
am inclined to think that the sena-
tor in order to supply her wants
will have to buy two instead of one
distillery and keep both of them
working overtime.
We elevate the heather with the
derrick of Christianity, then the
Christian soldier comes along and
lowers him with the elevator of
civilization.
Teacher in night school Define
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-09
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services In the Prison Chapel at 800 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Catholic services every alternate Sunday.
chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-09

Last Weeks Through the kind
Theatre Party. ness of the Dal-
rymple Comedy company, which
appeared at the Saltwater opera
house last week, the inmates of the
prison were RECALLED with a four
act play, staged and costumed, on
Wednesday afternoon, October l.
For the time being the chapel
was transformed into a theatre.
The platform ratings were re-
moved, the chairs, reading desk
and piano placed, to one side, two
dressing rooms were constructed
and curtain was hung. In order
to avoid conflicting lights, the
windows were hung with heavy
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-09

Movement OF Eight arrivals
Prison Population. two regular dis.
charges, seven released on parole
and. two discharged by the Board
of Control, marks the record Of
the movement of population for
the past week. The regular dis
charges were O. S., 1929, and G.
w., $780, All those paroled by
the Board at it's last meeting took
their departure during the week,
with the exception of A. j.. $3.50
The population numbers 531,
the grade standing being as fol
lows: First, 4Ol; second, 118, and
third, twelve. "
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-09

PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD or CONTROL.
8. w. LEAvErT. Chairman : Litchfeld
W Z. LEE, Long Prairie
o. B. GOULD. - winona
II. w. WRIGHT. = Secretary
REsiDENT OFFICIALS.
HENRY wOLFER, warden
j. 8. GLENNON. Deputy Warden
n. G. COLLIGAN, - Asst Deputy Warden
HORACE W. DAVIS. Clerk
F. N. BORDwELL Steward
B. J. MERRILL, : Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY. - Matron
Il. j. KENNEDY, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CoRCoRAN. Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
r. A. WHITTIER, st. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-10-09

O9 goes into the miscellaneous
fund. The convict labor in the
shoe factory amounted to $4,110.-
O9 and convict labor in the twine
factory, $759.42.
The prisoners who were granted
paroles we're: NJ. r., register
number $3.50; J. c., 1916; 81. B..
5O53; g. g., E54S; A. j., $3.50; j.
S., $500; A. p, 5199; E. W., $500.
and B. S., 5672. The men dis
charged by the Board we're F. B.,
$50, and G. S., 1892.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-27
Buffalo" Jones Marvellous Career

for comfort, and / shut my eyes, scarce
ly daring to breathe, when suddenly,
like a clap of thunder, came the re-
port of gun, and l was nearly par
alyzed. Mr.. Shultz had fired at the
leader Of the herd. His gun was about
as large as small cannon. the dis
charge was terrible. When silence was
again restored, discovered that at
least one buffalo couldn't scare me
worth cent"
Hunting in the Arctics.
During his hunting trip in the Arctic
regions, Col. Jones had many exciting
experiences. He says the natives usu-
ally try to rob white man of all his
food, but If he will stand his ground
at the very outset he can conquer them.
They pass it along the line ahead of
him that he is an ''easy mark or
bad man." The "easy mark" soon
finds himself destitute, but the bad
man" has no trouble. Giving to Them"
said he, docs not by any means end
with the act; you are sure to be visited
by the whole of the tribe who may
happen to be in the neighborhood of
your camp, and these are more per-
sistent in their claim for aims than
were the original callers.
"They possess, however, some COM
mendable traits, which could be emu
lated at times by the dominant white
race to it's advantage. They will di-
vide their last morSel of food with each
other, and none are allowed to go hun
cry as long as there is a bite left in the
village. l have seen them SO fearfully
in want of something to eat that they
would watch for dog to scratch up a
bit he had buried for future use, and
choke him until he dropped it on the
ground, when they would divide 1t
among those who stood about them. If
one Indian has anything, they all have,
which proves that they are as free
from selfishness as they are from clean
Illness.
1.-THE natives seldom, if ever, get
taste of bread, fruit or vegetables, and
when they do, regard them as the
greatest luxury. A simple biscuit is
rare treat for them.
I'm religion they are generally claim
ed by the Catholics, but some have
been taught the Protestant faith. am
inclined to think, however, that they
have but limited idea of holy things,
save what has been impressed upon
them by the traditions of the tribe
that after death, for good Indians,
there is a Great Spirit and a happy
hunting ground Many of them may
be seen to cross themselves and NUT
ter some 'pater' or ave on Sabbath
morning, after which the men take
their guns and go hunting, or occupy
the remainder of the day in their usual
routine of idleness. Many of them pay
an annual visit to the Catholic priest
stationed at some Hudson Bay COM
pany's post, to have their record of
wickedness for the past year wiped out.
They marry and are given in marriage,
but are never divorced, and, as far as I
can learn, are considered virtuous; but
this appeals only to those who have re-
manned in their primitiveness and re-
mote from civilization. There are
many widows and orphans among the
tribes. The widows neN er marry again,
and it / the duty Of their relatives
to take care of them, but noticed they
were compelled to perform most of the
work"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-27

- ple- OF Colorado have
T. wondered why the Colorado
& Eastern Railway Co.
operated a road at cost of
SIS a day when the receipts, all told,
amounted to less than 81 day. The
problem has at last been solved. The
company owned rights Of way worth
probably $5,000,000, and to suspend
operations meant to lose the fran
chise.
Purchasers Of the property have
been hard to find until now, from the
fact that the owners had nothing to
sell except rights of way and little
real estate, and neither has been OF
any value. The Denver, Northwestern
& Pacific is, says the Philadelphia
Record, about to begin the construc-
ton work on it's line from Denver to
Salt Lake, and the Chicago and Rock
Island company wants right or way
into Denver, and, as result, the two
roads have purchased the Colorado q
Eastern, which has a most interesting
history.
The road was built in 1885 from
Elyria, a suburb of Denver, to the
Scranton coal fields, sixteen miles east
of Denver. The company, before
building the road, secured seVerai
thousand acres of land, which con-
tanned millions of tons of coal, ana
for a time it looked as II the market
would be flooded, but before the
world knew what had happened the
railroad company was buying coal to
burn in it's one lone engine, and 1t has
done so ever since.
Great bodies of this Scranton coal
were opened up, and it appeared to be
the best on earth, but almost lmme-
diately after 1t was exposed TO the
weather the stuff went through
chemical process similar to the slaklng
Of burned limestone. Scientists were
n1,zzled and the only conclusion they
could reach was that nature, In her
dealings with that particular portion OF
the earth, had not done her Wnole
duty. In other words, that the ma
teria1 has not yet matured, ano tnat
IT will be hundreds of years before IL
is available. When 1t is ready for use
there will be enough of it to supply the
whole state of Colorado for century
The railroad had hardly been finish
ed before this startling announcements
was made public. million dollars
had been expended. The FRANCHISE was
granted with the understanding. that
the property was continuously In OPP
Grafton, and from that day to this, with
few exceptions, the one train, consist
ing of a dinky engine, combination
coach and fiat car, has made a trip TO
the Elyria coal fields and return every
twenty-four hours. hundreds or tunes
the engineer and fireman made up both
crew and passengers.
Trips Not Regular.
From the 1st of December, 1898, until
the last of March, 1899, 1t Is said the
train did not make a single through
trip. The snow during those months
was from ten to forty feet deep all over
the mountains of Colorado, and for
three months not run was made. One
entire week of the time the train and
crew were lost, and searching parties
were sent out.
In 1888 Jay Gould made trip to
| Colorado with the hope of securing a
right Of way into Denver for the Mis-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-27
Col. Astor,s Anericani.n.-

The latest addition % the house of
Astor, which Is the event Of the day in
upper Fifth avenue, calls fresh atten-
ton to what may be considered es-
sentlaliy the American branch of our
opulent family.
The father Of the baby girl. who Is
ABOUT decade the Junior II the son
and heir of the house, has managed to
remain an American" in spite of all
temptations to belong to other nations,
and has therefore built up and MAIN
tanned no little popularity.
The vogue of Col. Jonn yacob Astor
as an American citizen, and, inciden-
tally, a New Yorker, is naturally
heightened by contrast with the anglo
mania OF his cousin, William Waldorf
Astor, whom 1T has long been ire Gus
tom to abuse because of his superSen-
sit1Veness to newspaper comment on
the one hand, and his fondness for old
England on the other.
Col. Jack" Astor has. However
steadily aimed to be the American
citizen first and the very occasional
tourist afterward. His automobile IA
urged UP and down Fifth avenue and
along the banks Of the Hudson IN pref
erence to in and about Paris aud Yer
sailles, and between London AMI Wlnd--
sor town, and he will probably ccntinue
to patronize the American tailor and
halter to the exclusion or their Foreign
competitors.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-27

a handsome Canadian woman who
came here Saturday to marry Schmidt
They first came to know each other
through mutual friend in Cleveland
put never saw each other until Satur-
DAY. The young woman came here ia
see Schmidt When she arrived
Schmidt was covered with the CRIME
Of his vocation. e-Aiio
she was somewhat shocked "a
ma a finely educated man in such
plebeian habiliments but remained here
a few days. getting better acquainted.
ocnnior would have married her, but
SAID that she must make his $3.50 per
day keep them.
This would involve lot of hard work
and the northern beauty did not care
to try 1T. Her name was Lucille Tr1In,o
er. and she was one of the most striI1-
mgly beautiful women that ever visit
ed this city. Schmidt says that at any
time he could quit his hard lob here
ana go back to Germany to live, but
ne does not choose to do 1t that way.
However, If he is to get his inheritance
ne wants a wife at once.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-27

Fe train at Topeka few days ago to
identify the animal. Jones met him
and announced a genuine musk OK.
1t was then christened "Olive JONES'"
after the daughter of Buffalo Jones.
If Jones gets his government reserve
he will try to get specimens of all the
wild animals of the North American
continent, such as the musk OK, elk,
deer, reindeer and mountain sheep, to
put on the ranch along with his buffa-
10 and catalo.
Buffalo Jones never tires of talking
about his adventures on the plains,
and in the Arctic regions. In telling of
the first time he ever saw a herd of
buffalo, he says:
"The first herd of buffalo I ever saw
was composed of about twenty old
bulls. The gentleman with me, Mr..
Shultz, first noticed them coming to-
ward US, and we secreted ourselves in
a shallow buffalo wallow, having to lie
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-27

domesticated them. A few years ago
the ranch proved too small and he
went with Charles Goodnight and es-
{ablished the famous Goodnight ranch
in Texas. The buffalo herd was NOV
ed down there, where it still remains.
In the meantime the wild buffalo had
disappeared. Only one or two now
roam at large. They are in Lost park,
Col.
Buffalo Jones realized that by in
breeding the few remaining buffalo
on his ranch would in the course of
few years destroy the last of the kind,
and he decided to do some experiment.
ing. He crossed the buffalo with the
black native cattle. The new race re-
sulting from the cross is known as the
CatalO. On the Goodnight ranch there
are more than 100 head of catalo.
Jones exhibited a catalo robe at the
meeting of the Kansas board of agri-
culture last week, and the delegates
were amazed. The fur is long, and
as soft as a beaver. Instead of the
coarse hair and the shaggy neck and
shoulders of the bison, the catalo robe
has hair the same length all over.
Unlike many hybrids, a catalo COW
is as fertile as it's ancestors. One of
them has raised eight calves in the
past seven years. These animals have
been bred back until the latest pro-
geny are fifteenth sixteenths buffalo.
The three-quarter bloods are the most
promising from the standpoint of beef
production. These animals, no matter
how little buffalo blood runs through
their veins, take all the habits of the
buffalo.
Why Bisons Go Single File.
Buffalo Jones says that the Creator,
after surveying the landscape DER,
found no animal that could stand the
billiards of the American desert or
the Texas siroccos, so he brought into
existence the buffalo, and whispered
into his ear not to tramp out the short
grass OF the plains. For this reason
he says, the buffalo, in his palmy days,
when allowed to pursue his own way,
always Travelled single file, like the In
dian. In moving from one section Of
the country to another the buffalo al
ways used the old beaten paths. In
this way the short grass was not
tramped out Water being scarce, the
buffalo do not pollute it. Neither did
he pollute his paths. This is why he
never had foot-and-mouth disease,
but was always healthy. A catalo, on
an average, weighs about 800 pounds
more than the native steer. It carries
more than 100 pounds of meat in it's
hump, which is equal to the best por-
terhouse steak. The hams are light,
unless the cattle strain predominates.
These animals live and keep fat on
pasturage on which native cattle would
starve. They never gulp down the
poisonous weeds, and are always in
perfect health.
After saving the buffalo from exter-
mination Buffalo Jones painted for 9TH
er animals to conquer, so in 1897 he
started alone to the Arctic regions aft
er the most remote animal in the world
the musk OK. He captured five alive
and turned his face southwark, lead
ing his captives tied to his dog sled.
Day after day he plodded along, trav-
cling and sleeping in the daytime and
fighting off the Arctic wolves at night.
The Indians and Eskimos had warned
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-27

great railroad king got aboard. But
lew miles had been covered when Mr.,
Gould who stood on the fiat car, noi
Iar from the engine, asked tie engineer
10 run faster, but there was no change
in the rate of speed. Two or thres
times Mr.. Gould asked that the train
be run faster, but the engineer, know
Ing what the result would be, kept the
even tenor of his way.
Pull that throttle wide open and
let her go!" demanded Gould, and the
engineer obeyed. The engine shot along
the track at fearful rate. Sometimes
the nat car was a foot from the rails.
air.
From that day until the day he died
ne never said another word about buy-
Ing the Colorado & Eastern.