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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-09
INTEREST YESTERDAY
 cENTERED IN WORK OF BELIEF.

D. 1., In the flood situation has centered in the work of relief Around Clifton and Paco- let the devastated mill towns, ten thous- and people are out of work and many of them are homeless. The surrounding, farms are also devastated.
 Yesterday and today nearly $10,O00 has been raised in Columbia, Spartanburg and other South Carolina towns as re- lief fund, but the difficulty is to get sup plies to the scene of need quickly.
 Other South Carolina cotton mills are offering places to the operatives thrown out of work. Several mills will run double time to afford them work. The owners of the destroyed mills cannot yet announce definite plans. It is the belief that the properties will be rebuilt as soon as pos sible. Reports today add s5O0,000 more to the losses. This is the damage to small mills not heretofore heard from Thirty thousand dollars has been lost in damage to roller mills. sawmills and gins in Spar tanburg county alone Public bridges all over upper South Carolina have been de- stroyed.
 Railroads Helpless.
 The railroads through upper South Carolina are absolutely helpless, so far as through traffic is concerned. The last link between Columbia and the northern part of the state was severed last night when the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens' trestle near Columbia broke The Southern's tracks ten miles above this city have been under water and two places are washed away for mile or so. Neither the Southern or Coast Line will likely get a train through to Greenville from here before Wednes- day evening.
 This condition has forced all traffic between Atlanta and Charlotte to be sent by Augusta through Columbia to Char lotte. owing to the breaks between Greenville and Charlotte on the South erns main line. Spartanburg is com pletely isolated. Every road out of that town is cut off somewhere.
 All the railroads in this state have lost heavily in business and property by the foods
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

part of the time the war was game of hide
and seek, sometimes one side being TT and
sometimes the other Often the Beers were
obliged retreat after victory because they had not
sufficient strength to followup the advantage gained
The portrait by Sargent in the front of the book
gives the reader but vague unsatisfactory idea of
Gen. de Vets appearance. The artist has not
Aattered the famous Boer. The book, altho dealing
only with the fortunes Of very small portion Of the
Boer troops should be read by all who wish to become
familiar with the war, and by those who hold brave
man in esteem.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

The MIRROR is in receipt of copy of The Light
a little pamphlet published by the inmates of the
state penitentiary at Rusk, Texas. AS it's i'm
plies, The Light is bright publication It is clean
geographically its contributions most oredtable
and it is generally above the average institutional
paper The only possible adverse criticism is that
too much space is devoted to reprinted matter to the
exclusion of original contributions. Judging from
editorial Texas must be most exceptional state.
Ex-Governor Sayer pardoned large number of
prisoners from Rusk and, according to The Light,
there has not been ga single adverse comment by any
paper in or out of Texas
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

ABSOLUTE candidness is the most striking
characteristic of General Christian de Wet as seen
through the medium of his book, !"Three Years
War" Whether one agrees with his conclusions
not it is impossible to evade the conviction that the
has written of the war he saw it and that he
is telling straight story. Where blame is to be
melted out, he spares neither Boer nor Briton, and
finds sort of grim satisfaction in relating the
story of his own mistakes Yet withal, the book is
not the complaint of disappointed man. It is
merely the narrative of sad facts for de Wet has
hestancy in attrbuting the defeat of the Boer
to the Afrikanders themselves. He tells of many
deeds of treachery on the part of his people.
Among those who come in for the censure of
the general is Commandant M. Prinsloo who is &C.
cused of surrendering his command to the British
without authority. According ode Wet Prinsloo had
power to treat with the enemy and his surrender
gave them greater prestige than any previous victory
they had gained. The author relates that the real
commander of the Boer forces went to the British to
protest against Prinsloos act but the "only notice
the British took of the protest was to add one
prisoner to their list
The Glands uppers,' as de Wet styles the Beers
who meekly accepted English rule are stigmatized as
cowards while the National Scouts receive nothing
but scofn and contempt from the old warrior. These
latter Beers who for pay acted scouts for the
British. They we'll acquainted with the
country and of great value spies and guides,
and but for them the willy Burghers would have en-
trapped many British column. Toward the close
of the the National Scouts led the invaders in
their night attacks the Boer aagers and pursued
much more offensive than they did while the
contest was young Sometimes de Wet was able to
make use of these renegades He relates one incident
that occurred when he was about to invade Cape
Colony. He let it be known that he would cross the
Orange River at certain point and then sent scouts
there to watch the proceedings The British were
at the point named in force, but de Wet crossed
into Cape Colony by another ford.
It is scarcely necessary to say that Gen de Wet
believes that if the Afrkanders had been united the
'sBritish would have found grave in South Africa "
There is truth in this for at time during the war
was one-third of the fighting strength of the two
republics in the field The Burghers came to the
camps when they pleased and left when fighting
palled on them, method of procedure that was a
source of much annoyance to de Wet. A good
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

published the Minnesota State
and edited and
aged to be home to encourage
acqant
pathological
dspeng prejudice which
The entirely
public If time there
surplus would be expended
interests the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
ODDS AND ENDS.

There are about thirteen or four
teen Smiths in the world and four
teen of them are here. The one
in the storeroom gives us the fol-
lowing: A farmer sent his son to
the orchard to get a basket of
apples. The son returning, di-
vided them as follows: To his
father ne gave one-half of what he
had and one-half an apple more.
To his mother he gave one-half of
what he had left and one-half an
apple more. To his sister he gave
one-half of the remainder and one
half an apple more, and he had
one whole apple left for himself.
How many apples had he at frstP
When a man who uses profanity
with grace and ease pretends to be
tied to the coat tail of religious
organization you know he is either
a liar or is carrying few million
chunks of sacrilege around with
him. When you get mixed up
with people who try to deceive
both God and the devil look out
for them.
The recent suicide of wealthy
Brooklyn manufacturer is another
reminder that it is at the cost of
good health that majority of
millionaires reach their financial
eminence. His health had failed
as result Of too strenuous a life.
Just before dying he said to his
distracted wife, "What good is
my wealth when it cannot bring
the happiness Of good health? I
will be better off dead than to
continue suffering" The hard
work and strain incident upon the
accumulation of millions is natu-
rally most trying to the nervous
and even to the general system
under the most favorable condi-
tions, but when, coupled with the
strenuousness of their daily work,
these fortune builders habitually
indulge, as most of them do, in
high living, unnatural and injuri-
GUS luxuries day and night, the
result, in vast majority of cases,
is a shattered constitution and a
miserable existence.
When people are young and in
good health, they have, as a gen.
eral thing, very little regard for
the laws of health until brought
face to face with the fact that over
indulgence in harmful luxuries,
midnight suppers and other ex-
cesses have we'll nigh ruined their
stomachs, shattered their nervous
systems or seriously impaired their
general health.
John D. Rockefeller's stomach
and digestive organs have long
been in such a weakened condi-
ton as to make life a burden; and
this man with all his millions,
doubtless finds less real enjoyment
than his humblest employee.
Work is good thing and just what
we all need, but it doesn't mix
we'll with excessive luxuries, late
suppers and half a nights sleep.
Wealth is good thing and most
of us strive to get our portion of
it, but it too often fails to bring
health, happiness and contentment.
The truly rich man is he who en-
joys good health, is not slave to
injurious habits and is master of
himself in things pertaining to his
we'll being.
In these days of strenuously
progressive life, when things are
going faster and faster, when new
inventions and scientific triumphs
are being multiplied to infinity, it
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
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ALL PERSONS receiving copies Of THE MIRROR who
not regular lists will please consider such as
IT, after reading, conclude that THE
MIRROR worthy Of patronage send to this
Office trial subscription at rates published above
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02
BY.
H. J.. b.

alright door in the rear, for thsir
ingress and egress, then at oie-
waited points at cities or towns at
intervals Of, say twenty miles Aasa
large rubber netting for use - q
humping post, 80 to speak, to sfnR
the bullet. At each of these rub.
Der stations let the door beopen1d
to unload or take in passenges or
to give through passengers an OPP
portunity to step out, breathe, t.ke
refreshments, etc. Each gun oeGid
be provided with telescope or6sld
glass that would bring each sac-
ceeding station SO close to ifa
muzzle that there need be nD
danger of good gunner falling ts
hit the mark, i. O., the next rabher
bumper, which could be twenty do
forty feet square or even larger and
which would stand out and up like
the huge canvas, side-show an
nouncement of the educated mig
that speaks seventeen languages
AS there would be practically nn
time consumed in travelling, five
minutes could be allowed at each
station and yet the bullet would
cover 240 miles in an hour, or
cross this continent in day. OE
course the starting and stopping
would be rather sudden, but R1s
interval of time between the s6are
and stop would be SO short that
one would hardly have time to lose
or catch ones breath.
Answer to query: What Is IL,
that young lady looks for anf
doesn't wish to find? A hole I'm her
stocking.
A large number of inmates ssuE
in solutions to the horse prehseHn
of A. I. B. and to the apple pfuh-
lem Of @. G. We have not SPACE
here to reproduce the problems and
carry out details of solutions LIN
this case there are two ways to
solve the former, either method Of
which makes the division of iaoeses
9, 6 and 2, giving the three suns
a fraction more than one-haH, QUE
third and one-ninth respectively
There are several ways to solve
the apple problem, either ofwhich
makes G lose one cent, but tfiis
shortage falls to BIS lot, this dis
crepancy occurring in lis apples
Most of the answers were correct.
We have not the solution of C. c.,
who gave US this problem, but as
sumo that we are right. The soIu-
tons of j. P. r., 1884, to both
problems reached us within A
minutes from the time the innateR
entered their cells and gazed upon
the pages Of The MIRROR.
An exchange is in auandszy to-
understand why it is that the
people all over this bread aGud
prick up their ears and become so
intensely interested in the murder
of married man shortly after he
was known to be drinking cock
tails in room after midnight with
a woman who was not his wife.
We refer to the case of e. T.. Bur
dick, Of Buffalo. Our exchange
suggests that If on the night ae
passed in his checks Mr.. BunEIck,
had placed the bucket on the back
porch for the milkman, banked his
fires and put the cat out, and, after
winding the clock, had retired sp
his virtuous couch, there woazM
have been no killing. He wouM
still be in the land of the living.
sharing in the pleasant feedaas
that come with the knowledge of
the birth of the glad springfimA.
But he was not that kind Of aan.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

ON THE face of it. the Irish land bill introduced
8 the House of Commons last week by the Chief
Secretary for Ireland appears to be sincere effort
enable Irishmen to own property in their native
land. OF course the measure may require some
notifications before it becomes practicable but any
pruning that may be necessary will be done by Irish
members and will not affect the principle of it. The
bill numbers among its supporters such men as
Michael Davitt who altho no longer member of
Parliament is still power among his compatriots,
Mr. Heay and John Redmond, and when such men
support measure in behalf of Ireland it must pos
sess good features. The government proposes to
float some $5OO,OOO,OOO worth of stock, and also a
grant of $6OOOO0OO. The present land owners will
receive the value of their property and the tenants
will be given the opportunity to take up for them
selves the land they work for others.
Should the bill become law-and there is
every reason to believe it william old spot on
the body polite of Great Britain will be in fair
way to be healed. Ireland, owned by Irishmen and
free from the curse of foreign landlords and the
Ubiquitous system they have fostered, will be very
different from the Ireland of today. From that con-
dition to home rule will be only step. The pro-
posed law is not only wise move on the part of
Great Britain, but it is just In time of war
the Irish troops have invariably to the aid of
the Empire; in time of peace Irishmen have done
much to enhance its glory and it is than
fair play to give Ireland the chance to see what she
can do when she is in Irish hands.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

G. K. G. BILLINGS of Chicago opens his cam
paign in New York with dinner served on horse
back in stable The food served to each guest cost
it is said, hundred dollars and the stable itself
is two hundred thousand dollar structure. The
value of the horses is not given in the press accounts
but it is safe to say that the alleged and
who partook of the banquet worthless How
Dean Swift would have relished such spectacle
Here is man so rich that he need deny himself
nothing. If he chooses he can have house full O.
the best books and pictures and can support fine
orchestra to furnish the best music he has it in hi
power to travel, and he might cultivate the creates
minds of the present and past ages. He might ever
do some good to others with his money. But the
height of his ambition is to be one Of a gang O.
Yahoos putting self respecting horses to shame. I
is within his power to be man of culture and re
fnement, to be of some use to his fellows; but ht
prefers to be vulgar cad. Who says that wher
money is abused it does not seek it's revenge!
And where did this ostentatious person get hi
money? 1t may De asked Why most of it he made
out of the people Of Chicago through the medium
of gas franchise. It's easy money or he wouldn'
blow it. It usually is in such cases.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

SEVERAL hundred expatriated sons of the
Emerald Isle gathered together in a New York
theatre the other evening arose as and
hurled ancient eggs, decayed vegetables and other
unsavory viands at the actors, because, forsooth,
they imagined the latter caricaturng Irishmen
in play. The attacking party composed of
representatives of all the more prominent Irish
societies and literally sprnkled with politicians
of note They objected to the with the red face,
green whiskers, short coat and funny walk
Most right thinking people have a fondness for
the conventionalized Irishman as portrayed on the
American stage. It is quite true that he resembles
no biped in the heavens above the earth beneath,
but why should he? He is art not nature. Is a
conventionalized tree like real tree? Does it not
require mind reader to discern that convention
allied lily bears any relationship to the flower of the
garden? Is not art privileged to improve upon
nature? If So why should the conventionaIized
Irshman be made to resemble the real article? The
stage Irishman is not copy; he is an original. He
is also an institution, like Thanksgiving Day. and
for old times sake should not be rotten-egged.
Heretofore the stage Irishman has been merely
joke, sometimes only socalled but since the action
OF the eastern enthusiasts last week he has been
raised to the level of serious carcature The men
who engaged in the assault must have felt that
actual resemblance existed between the nondescript
fright the stage and their own fair persons and to
admit that even by implication, poor Judgment.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-04-02

In these days of strenuously
progressive life, when things are
going faster and faster, when new
inventions and scientific triumphs
are being multiplied to infinity, it
is interesting to contemplate some
of the future. It now seems al
most reasonable to predict that
within few years people may be
able to travel by means of being
shot from place to place. Take for
instance an aluminium bullet, so
constructed and followed out as
to carry ten or a dozen people, an
Evening journal., 1903-11-11
lad WOOERS ARRESTED
THEN FAILED TO APPEAR
'oung Women Disobey Sub
poenaes to Testify in Court
u Against Young Men

1harles F. Adele and Frank p. DAN
s. two young men, We're arraigned in
~ Court this morning charged with
iorderly conduct. 1t Is alleged that they
rust their attentions upon two young
'men last night who Informed the po-
e through a young man, whose aid
by had invoked. At Fourth and Market
raets the girls alightTd from a car fol-
ved closely by their ardent wooers, but
Itrolman John Ward was there and
ced the young men under arrest. This
brning, however, the girls, who gave
fir names as Annie Rock, of No.
|uth Adams street and Mamie Koeglic.
No. 525 South Jackson street failed 10
Ike their appearance in court and an
|achment was issued. The case was
srinued until tonight.
|Vhen the case of Waite Thomas. col
d. charged with highway robbery was
led, the prosecuting witness did not
1 pond TO his name. As there was evil
|ltly. Hutlo in the case. Assistant City
icitor Springer asked for the discharge
the prisoner. and the case was dis
.ssed.
he case Of William Williamson, charg-
with the larceny of 81 from Edwin
pwn, was continued until tonight. The
scouting witness also failed to appear
this case and an attachment was is-
d for his arrest.
race Dugan was fined 80 and costs for
nkenness and disorderly conduct. A
Of SO and costs was imposed on An
W Wisnewsld for disorderly conduct.
Evening journal., 1903-11-11
MISS LENA FREDERICK
NOW HEADS THE LIST
Girls Now in the Lead for the Prize in the Scholar
ship offered by the Evening Journal-The
Vote Up to Date

Lena Frederick takes a big jump in
The Evening Journals free scholarship
contest today and is now occupying
the proud position Of the head Of the
list. It's a great game. truly. and the
honors are going TO the one that stays
in the fight until the last moment and
then does a little more.
It isn't hard to get ahead in the race
that is the lesser problem. It's the
everlasting effort to keep ahead that
is counting. The honors are going TO
go TO the best "stayer"-it means
never ending, relentless, persistent ef-
fort.
From now until January 1st 1904. the
Evening Journal win publish a daily
voting coupon fo- a scholarship con-
test. the winners OF which will secure
entirely free OF all expense 20 them,
certificates emitting them TO enjoy ths
benefits of the thoroughly practical
training which Is given in the commer-
cial department of Goldey's College Of
Wilmington.
The terms OF the contest, which are
printed elsewhere. also provide that
new subscriptions to the Evening Jour-
nal which are easily secured, count for
votes In the scholarship contest A
years subscription, paid in advance. of
course. will count for four hundred
votes; a six months subscription will
count for two hundred votes; q three
months' subscription win count for
one hundred votes; a months subscrip-
ton win count foS twenty-six votes.
Evening journal., 1903-11-11
CITIZENS ANXIOUS FOR
F00TPATH ALONG ROAD
Petitions Will Be Sent to
Street and Sewer Depart
ment and Turnpike Co.

People who travel daily along Penn
sylvania avenue and the Kennett turn
pike from the toll gate in and who re-
Gently sent a communication to the
Evening Journal advocating a foot
path along the side OF the road are
still as much interested in the matter
as ever They feel that it is neces-
sary for something to be done to pre-
vent accidents, as it is dangerous for
pedestrians to walk in the road bed
and that is the only place there is to
walk.
Petitions viii probably be sent to
the street and Sewer Department and
the Kennett Turnpike Company in the
near future asking that something be
done towards building a path along
the road. The feeling is that the turn
pike company is not legally called upon
to do anything, yet the company has
always been so progressive in every
way It is thought 1t could be persuaded
to take the matter up and do something.
It is the general opinion among per-
sons interested that as the city gets
the tax It should take some action with
in its limits, as a path would cost but
very little.
Evening journal., 1903-11-11
FIVE CITIES TO join
IN BEGGAR CRUSADE
Local Police Instructed to
Pick Up Strange Men Who
Act Suspiciously

meeting Of delegates of the Society
for organizing charities, in Baltimore
Washington, Chicago and iSoston, will
meet in philadelphia on Thursday Of
next week for the purpose Of taking some
action regarding the beggar nuisance.
The meeting will be held under the au-
spices Of the Philadelphia branch Of the
association and 1t is expected that some
plan will be adopted to end the beggar
nuisance.
Whether Wilmington will take part in
the meeting is not known. but one ching
Is positive and that is. in the event OF
the authorities of Baltimore, Washing
ton and Philadelphia clearing these cities
OF beggars, there will be an influx OF
that particular brand Of never works.
INTO Wilmington. When seen this morn.
ing by reporter for the Evening Jour
naI' Chief Of Police Black said the local
authorizes would take care OF any beg
gars that should migrate to this city.
Evening journal., 1903-11-11
NATIONAL GUARD HAS
A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
More Interest Being Shown
by Citizen Soldiers Than
Ever Before

There will be a sale at the National
Guard Armory at Twelfth and orange
streets tomorrow OF condemned articles
OF the quarermaster's department.
Among the things TO be sold will be KNAPP
sacks. dress coats, helmets and other
paraphernalia Of the guard.
AS soon as they are removed from the
cellar work on the new rife range will be
continued. When completed the range,
which VIII be fitted up for both pistol
and rife practice, will be one Of the best
in tihis part OF the country.
There will be a battalion drill tomorrow
night and II the weather is suitable and
there is a sufficiently large turnout. the
soldiers will come out on the street and
go through their manoeuvers.
The room Of Company A is being re-
fitted. New Paper will be put on, the
wood work paintcd and the whole room
redecoratsd. Work Of a like nature will
soon begin on the room of Company +
and as soon as the appropriation lis re-
ceived II Is said the drill hall viii be re-
painted and other improvements made.
The guard seems to be taking a new
lease of life. There Is more interest be-
ing shown by officers and men alike than
ever before in the history Of the organiza-
tion.
AT drill the ranks are now wea filed
and all seem 10 be doing all in their
power 70 make lthe guard success.