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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

yacht serves no useful purpose. It is not good
model for fast sailing merchant ships it is not COM
Portable to sail in and it is fra that it cannot
even be used as pleasure boat by its owner Il is,
in fact only dainty and extremely dangerous play
thing. Had the Irish knight won the cup, he as
sures that the present type Of yacht would never
have raced for it again He would have stipulated
that the challenger should be boat that could cross
the ocean under sail and show other qualities beside
speed It is to be regretted that the gentlemen of
the New York Yacht Club are SO well satisfied with
the cocke-shel type of racers, for while everyone is
glad the cup remains in this country, many people
would like to see Sir Thomas views adopted by
American sportsmen.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON is getting along in
years and before great while some one else will
have to come forward to take up the work to which
he has devoted his life. He is indeed the ideal
leader of his people, because he has raised himself
by his own efforts, because he can himself do the
things he wishes to teach and because he can per-
suade others that his methods are if not the BEST at
least better than any we know now. It may be that
before the time comes for him to resign the head
ship Of the Tuskegee Institute, score of younger
men of his people will have equipped themselves to
take his place; but so far only few have become
prominent. OF these William Pickens the young
colored who recently graduated at Yale, promises
most His ideals and ideas. as publicly expressed,
are identical with those of Mr. Washington, and if
he has the staying power necessary to make long
uphill fight in which there is little or no substan-
tia reward he WILL naturally become the leader of
the colored people in America
The ability to do lasting work is what the col
ored race should cultivate according to Mr. Pckens;
not political or social equality. With this ability
will come elfreance and character, and, says he,
"it is far important to have sound character
than the privilege of voting" Again he says: "To
point to one pure black woman or noble black man,
who has overcome the obstacle of life, is far
more eloquent plea than the tongues of thousand
blatant orators"
With the desire for social equality racial one
ness, as he terms it, he has patience. Nor does
he think the colored man betters his condition by
coming north. And, indeed, in this he is surely
right. for what is gained by leaving the healthful
plantation for the slums of crowded city? '"The
black belt is far better home for men of undeter-
mined character than the glare and glitter Chicago
Boston" he says "The Southern white man with his
social exclusiveness is far better friend to this
people than the inmates of Northern slum.
There is character, more life, more God in the
lowiest cabin home of Southern plantation than in
any sum of America"
It will be seen that Mr.. Pickens is following in
the footsteps of Mr.. Washington His utterances
full of noble belief in the future of his race
and are based on common sense If he can work as
well as he talks, he would seem to be the logical
successor of Mr.. Washington
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

An Austrian miner Tower MINI. has discovered a
valuable deposit of iron in his potato patch He had
planted potatoes the patch of ground where the iron
discovered for but had had with
his CROP and while making examination the other day dis
that the soil looked very peculiar 1t is claimed that
100000 of the will be uncovered the Austrian
patch but the ground already belongs the Mime
Iron company The Austrian will have good job for
number of years however-Princeton Union
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

IT IS now said that the Fnsen rays will not only
cure lupus and other skin diseases but also many
forms of deafness. prominent physician of Marion,
Ind, makes this announcement, saying he himself
was cured by the rays. The statement is not as
startling as it would have been few years ago. for
the world is realizing every day the wonderful
healing qualities of sunlight
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03
Are we a nation of grafters?

Are we a natOn OF gra1terS!
There the St Paul carnival or the benefit ofthe baths
It about $4,000 and the accounts made up
the baths get nothing lucky the Globe not to be
tached for debt This spending $4,000 to get $4,000 and
then not getting cent is not good business.
But the graf-when the bills in everyone who did
hands put in his charge for it, usually his regular
and in place at least times fair pay They all
looked at it chance to dip in It's only few VIII
try like DR. Ohage how much they the public
That damnabe question: 'How much is there in it
trails all through it.
That tendency has times
Wing It's enough to destroy the national virtue fit should
ever permeate the body poltic-Goodhue County News
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

That the mass of the people are honest and
possess integrity and und is accepted as
established fact in America It is almost universally
believed that when all who are eligible to vote do
vote gangsers and corrupt politicians will have to go
out of business. Whether this belief is founded on
fact remains to be seen; at any rate, it is very
mon. Desiring to profit by the lesson our municipal
politics has taught, Canada is preparing to make
voting compulsory bill is pending before Parlia-
ment providing for the Acknowledgement of all cit-
who fail to vote regularly and supported
by both parties it will doubtless become law I'm
der it's provisions those who fail to vote at cleo
ton denied the right of suffrage at the next un-
less they can satisfy board charged with invest-
eating such matters that their absence from the polls
was unavoidable.
While Canadian cities are comparatively small
and all the inhabitants cultivate civic pride this law
may work we'll, but it will probably become dead
letter when they increase in size and heterogenity
In city of million inhabitants in which corrupt
machine existed such law would be dsasterous, as
it would place those who stand for good govern
ment in hopeless minority. Many of the so-called
better classes would not if they were disfran-
chised and they cannot be coerced into doing their
duty on Election Day by any such threats Every
body knows that half the voters in Philadelphia are
to all intents and purposes dsfranchised and it is
equally well-known that they don't care bit about
it. The trainers of the Canadian law very likely
known this and probably look upon their measure
as makeshift which can be repealed when it has
ceased to be beneficial, but which in the meantime
may get the people into the habit voting regularly
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

Perhaps the world growing better In Jackson there is
against Sunday baseball and in Chicago the dime novel
60 all the laws which exist in the United States
enforced this might be very decent place to live in after ALL
All these difficulties covered by law but law
nothing unless the people enforce itLake6ed Herald
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

SIR THOMAS L1pToN's sportsmanlike protest
against the present type of racing yacht expresses
the sentiments of many people on both sides of the
water having the interest of the game at heart The
great soops, fast and beautiful as they are are in
deed dangerous and useless dangerous while the
contest is in progress and useless as the
is sailed. They unseaworthy craft in which
safety has been sacrificed to speed and if the type
continues it is obviously only question of time be-
fore some serious disaster OCCURS disaster that
may forever put end to international yacht racing
Indeed, if the squat that descended on New York
Bay after the finish of the second race of this years
series had blown up half an hour earlier, while the
boats still flying the course it is almost
certainty that one both of them would have been
dismantled and possibly wrecked. The dictates of
common sense would teach one that a boat which
cannot stand ordinarily bad weather has business
on the ocean.
AS Sir Thomas says, the present style Of racing
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

the national association of charities and corrections
held Atlanta Georgia. Mrs Francis Curtis made the
that the of this country responsible for the
tramp nuisance for they would persist in giving them
thing If this is they will have something
swer for.-St. Cloud Times. 5sYr4
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

cloud bursts in the United States
during the past few years must be
due to the increase in the number
of sky-scraper buildings which
punch holes in the sky.
Cuba, only few minutes old,
has good government and a sur
plus in the treasury. while some
countries, including her mother,
have reached ripe age and have
no government and no money.
| A book on the life of Harley,
detailing his adventures and perils,
written by himself, would sell like
hot cakes. The Odds and Ends
man would take five hundred thou
sand copies at seven dollars copy.
It takes about $4,000 soldiers
to maintain civilization in Ger
many. And now it is proposed to
add 10000 more soldiers, at an an
nual expense of nine million
dollars, exclusive of equipment.
Civilization comes high and it
seems to require money and guns
to hold it.
It is said that certain musical
note raised to a great number Of
vibrations per second will give
bedbugs and mosquitoes paralysis.
Why can't some one invent ma
chine that will produce nothing
but this certain musical note
raised to great number of vibra-
tons per second?
It must seem strange to the av-
erage American that the greatest
fruit belt of the United States
should be west of the Rocky Noun
tains, on the narrow borders of
the Pacific Ocean. Oregon is
ahead Of California in the pro-
duction of apples, but in other
leading fruits the state of Cali
fornia is without peer. It leads
all the other states in its product
of prunes, apricots, pears, grapes,
plums, peaches, etc., and in some
lof these California produces more
than all the rest of the United
States combined. The fruit out
put of that state last year realized
more than twenty eight million
dollars, and still only a fraction of
that states fruit producing capaci-
ty has yet been developed.
It seems strange indeed that
while Asia is supposed to have
been the earliest home of the hu-
man race and ranks first in popula-
ton it is still in so primitive a
state of civilization. Asia ranks
first in the varieties of race, lam
guage and religion; it is the largest
continent, has the highest noun
tains and like America has every
variety of climate, the continent
stretching from the equator far
into the artic regions Asia has
greater extremes of temperature
than any other country, Arabia be-
ing the hottest, Siberia the cold
est, and India the wettest country
in the world. Most of the valuable
food products of the world came
originally from Asia, and all the
precious and useful minerals are
found in that country. But why
don't those people progress? 4
= . .
The recent great yacht races be-
tween the Reliance and Shamrock
III. form the thirteenth contest
for the international yacht cham
pionship. Fifty-two years ago the |
first race was sailed in English
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03
ODDS AND ENDS.
By.
II. j. B.

dropped out, leaving fifteen in the
race for all nations, and the Amer
lea" won easily. Nineteen years
elapsed before an attempt was
made to wrest the championship
from America. The successful
American yachts in all succeeding
races have been the Magic in 1870;
Columbia, 1871; Magdeleine, 1876;
Mischief, 1881; Puritan, 1885; May
flower, 1886; Volunteer, 1887; Wig
liant, 1898; Defender, 1895; Co
lumbia, 1899 and 1901. For moro
than half century, and since the
first of international races, Amer
lea has held the championship con-
tinuously. The recent series of
races are said to have cost Sir
Thomas Upton million dollars,
Shamrock III. alone having cost
five hundred thousand.
Only five or six years ago the
Agricultural Department of the
United States government at
Washington. prepared figures
showing the approximate cost Of
wheat per acre in different parts.
of this country, as follows: New
England, q little more than $40;
Middle states, SIS; Southern and
Western states, little less than
Sill; Pacific states, S14; Mountain
region, between SIS and SIG.
Highest cost, Connecticut S26.
Lowest cost, South Dakota SS.57.
The above figures included
rental value Of land, housing and
marketing.
But the whole business of Amer
lean grain raising has been revoIu-
tionized in the past few years, and
the present farm labor cost in the
Middle and Western states is esti-
mated at one dollar per acre, or
about 3 to 5 cents per bushel. A
sixty horse power traction engine,
drawing Fl feet of disc plows, will
turn the sod at the rate of fifty
acres per day and not sweat q hair.
And when the harvest time comes
machinery cuts, threshes, markets
the grain, deposits the money, and
then the machinery of the cashier
or OF the safe crackers does the
rest
All things considered, the school
of Booker T. Washington, at Tus-
kegee, Alabama. is one of the most
remarkable Institutions in the
country. The Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute started in
1881 in a small shanty. Since
then the total number of students
who have been wholly or partly
through the course is about 5000.
and the enrolment for the present
year is about 1900. The school
also renders aid and instruction
to tens of thousands of colored
men and women throughout the
Southern states by means of a sys-
tenn OF circulars and letters. The
Institute has farm manager, !
chaplain, business agent, head Of
boarding department, lady princi-
pal, private secretary, treasurer,
superintendent of industries, ETC..
and there are 80 Industrial diyi-
slons. including agriculture, with
diversified crops, such as corn.
pats, cotton, sugar cane, vegetables,
Fruit, five stock, poultry, etc. There
s Carnegie library, large brass
band, q girls dormitory, printing
ofice and school paper, carpenter
shop, laundry, blacksmithing, up
aolstering, tailoring, dressmakine.
cooking and other Homework, ETC.,
ito. There are both day and night
schools. Practically all the men
Ind women who have rone thronch
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

weekly published Minnesota State
the prisoners and edited and
Its objects be homo encourage
the prisoners acquaint
disseminate pathological
dpenng that prejudice which has been
The entirely
public its financial If at time there
would be expended the
interests of the prison library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-09-03

The recent great yacht races be-
tween the Reliance and Shamrock
III. form the thirteenth contest
for the international yacht cham
pionship. Fifty-two years ago the
first race was sailed in English
waters, the course being from
Cowes around the Isle Of Wight.
Eighteen yachts entered, three
Evening star., 1903-08-15
CAN TELL TYPEWRITING.
Expert Witnesses Find New Field for
Their Testimony.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune
1t will come surprise to many people
to know that there is great deal of char
acter in typewriting. Were half dozen
operators to use the same machine paper
and actual words. each printing of a dozen
sheets. and were all these to be mixed up
Unfortunately. a practiced eye could dis
inguish each operators work instantly
In a recent law case, where a lengthy
typewriter document of many sheets was
in question, it was alleged that one of the
pages included had been substituted for an
other sheet. Although to casual eve all
the sheets seemed to be the work of one
hand, experts showed that the spacing was
quite different, especially between the end
of one sentence and the beginning of an
other, and on the substitute sheet the new
paragraphs began in quite different posi-
ton on the lines, and the letters were shaky
instead of upright and firm. And the pune
tuation-the crucial test-was wholly diff
ferent.
The experts were unable to trace the per-
son who had done the bogus typewriting,
but they agreed that it was a woman
young. and only beginner at typewriting
that she was nervous, not strong and that
her education was only moderately good
The writer Of the other sheets comprising
the document was defined from the even
ness, correctness and firmness of the type
writing to be an experienced "typist."
Evening star., 1903-08-15
A Dull Season.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
VIEWPOINT, r. l., August IA. 1903.
If the cottage colonists could only be
brought to think so the seasons activities
| might yet reach a respectable average.
1t is rarely that two such poor seasons
as this and last year come together here
| and 1t is all the more remarkable from the
fact that in neither did outsiders suffer
from such stringency. AS a matter of fact,
the millionaire set is superstitious sensitive
and easily alarmed The natives notorious
ly improvfdent, do not seem to sense the
shadow of hard winter that is deepening
over their shoulders. There was city cleo
ton a few days since involving heavy ap-
preparations, yet half the voters kept away
from the polls.
Miss Alice Roosevelt had an eventfuI
week, which began by leading the second
cotillion at Mrs. Astor's ball. She is now
the guest of Mrs. /. Townsend Burden at
Fairlawn, but will probably return to Mr.
and Mrs Robert f. Cuttings before she
leaves town. Miss RooseveIts liveliest eX-
periences were at the fox hunts, which call
for an exceptionally quick pace. One of the
p'easantest affairs arranged for her was the
sailing party and variety performance of
Mrs. Pembroke Jones on the yacht Narada
Mrs. Payne Whitney of Washington has
helped to make the stay of the Presidents
daughter agreeable and Miss Roosevelt's
presence in turn has done much to boom
the Casino weekly hops and other enter
tanments.
Ex-Sena tor Wolcott and Representative
and Mrs. Oliver Belmont were among those
present at the recent yachting party given
by Rear Commodore Henry Walters on the
Narada.
Late hotel arrivals from Washington
Mr.. and Mrs T. II. Anderson, II. f. Sher-
man, Mr.. and Mrs. James F. Barbour W.
T. Reyburn. Miss M. G. Crosby, H. c. Can
dee, Mrs. Churchill Candee, DR.. and Mrs. s.
o. Richey, j. D. Hendrck, Mrs David 8.
Hendrick, Miss Martha M. Hendrick Miss
Helen Hendrick, Miss Lillian Hendrick Mr..
and Mrs w. E. Montgomery and children,
ard Hooker, Miss Louise King, Gertrude II.
Clark, r. r. Farquhar, Mrs. P. L. S. Ten
Brock Mrs. William H. McKnew, Donald
McKnew, Miss Edna McKnew, Miss A. NJ
Loughlin, Mrs M. A. Shipe, Frank Fl. Shipe.
Representative Oliver Belmont is trying
to arrange a fall racing meet of the Rhode
Island Jockey Club here.
Senator Wetmore has as guests H. F.
Godfrey and Samuel D. Babcock Of New
York.
Senator George P. Wetmore has been re-
elected president of the Casino corporation
by the governors.
George A. Wilcox, who has been visiting
relatives here, has returned to Washington.
John w. Yerkes, commissioner of internal
revenue: Mrs. Yerkes and Miss Yerkes OF
washington are the guests of Capt. and
Mrs. w. w. Mead at the training station.
Mrs. R. II. Townsend and Miss Townsend
of Washington have gone to Bar Harbor
for a three weeks stay.
Roger Wetmore after distinguishing him
self in one of the recent fox hunts has gone
to Washington for a short stay.
Chas. Z. WauterS of the Belgian legation
has returned from Bar Harbor to remain
through the summer.
Evening star., 1903-08-15
The 1st Separate Battalion.
Entertained the Club.
j Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

Special Corro spondcnce Of The Evening Star.
NORTH CHESAPEAKE BEACH, Md.
August II, 1903.
Last Wednesday Mr.. Phil. w. Chew en-
tertained the Farmers Club of the PatuX.
ent" The party, numbering about twenty
five, took baths at Chesapeake Beach, ther
embarked on the little steamer Mystery
and made trip almost across the bay. Al
the pier at North Chesapeake Beach the
party was met by reception
committee in costumes. with horns
and flags. and escorted to the
hotel. Later a banquet was spread at the
Hotel Calvert, and speeches were made
The club is not entirely made up of plant
ers. A few of those present were Mr.. Will
son of the Marlboro Gazette, Judge Hill,
State Senator Wilson, Mr.. Richard Chew,
Mr.. Carr, Mr.. HILL Mr.. Brookes, Judge
Snowden, e. Judge Williams etc.
There was hop at the Calvert Saturday
night.
Recent arrivals at that hotel are Mr.. and
ngton. Mr.. Riley. Mr.. and Mrs. Shane and
daughter Mr.. Conror and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Koontz and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas and Mrs. Patten. At the Pines
and Holly, Judge and Mrs Keatly of Sitka
Alaska; Mr.. and Mrs. Jones and daughter,
Nina, of Germantown, Md; Mr.: and Mrs.
Johnson HELEN and children of Garrett
Park, Md; Mr.. John 7. Downs, Mrs. Wul-
fert and Miss Bette Wuifert.
Monday trip was made to Fairhaven on
the Mystery. where between watermelon,
country-store candy, cake, ETC., jolly time
was had by the following: Mrs; Aaron
Mr. and Mrs. Burdine and children. Mr..
and Mrs VIM. Becker, E Judge Williams,
Misses Ottie and Lyle Williams Mrs. Jones,
Miss Nina Jones. Mrs. Fowler. Mrs HinkIe,
Miss Hilda Hinkle and Mr.. John T. Downs
In the evening Mrs. Jones' gave an oxcart
ride back in the country by moonlight to
her many friends. Wednesday, a large old
time country picnic occurred at Fairhaven
which very many of the hotel guests and
cottagers attended by boat and wagon.
Mrs. George w. Boyd is entertaining at
her handsome home, wild Rose Cottage" ="
Mrs. L. l.. Gordon of Washington. In her
honor she gave an oxcart-ride party to a
dozen friends.
Last Thursday the Misses Jeannette. Jo-
sephine and Florence Hughes entertained a
party from Washington at their pretty
home, Fern Cottage" Grabbing and bath
ing were indulged in in the morning and a
ride in the afternoon, on which Misses Lena
and Rose Kammerer gave songs The even
ing was spent enjoyably at Chesapeake
Beach, where all voted their outing a great
success The party consisted of Misses Nan
Barrett, Olive and Florence Johnson and
Annie Quill, Bertie Hough. Pauline How
ard and Lillian Mitchell and Lena and Rose
Kammerer. Master Francis Howard is Wis
iting Mrs. Hughes.
Mr.. Walter d. Randall of the Post Office
Department, his wife and children and Mrs.
Musser are occupying the Bay View cot
tage for the rest of the season.
Evening star., 1903-08-15
Women as Wage Earners.
From the Atlanta Journal.

rOu tne Atlauta Journal
According to statistics of the London
county council there are in London 2, 334 450
females, of whom 719,321 wage earn
ers. More than half million are unmar-
ried. The occupations followed by these
female workers are said to cover the whole
range of employment These statistics are
remarkable as showing how large pro-
portion of the work done in the worlds
greatest city is carried on by women. The
suggestion that the entrance of women into
so many lines of work is to the detriment
of the other sex and of the industrial situa-
ton is plainly fallacious The enlistment of
the gentler sex in the ranks of wage earn
ers increases the aggregate production and
adds greatly to the total wealth of the
world. The drawbacks are not economic
but social. That there should be more than
half million grown women in the city of
London unmarried and engaged in daily
toll does not argue normal condition OF
society. The situation may not be so ex-
treme in our American cities, but is rapidly
becoming So
Evening star., 1903-08-15
Other Street improvements.

Another important thoroughfare which
comes under the official designation of
country road Is Rhode Island avenue. The
particular section upon which money is to
be expended by the district authorities this