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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-17

-.
What has become of Ann andI
her age? Has she absconded and
taken her age and fame with herr
Since the great coal strike. hum
dreds of patents for the use of oil ]
fuel have been granted, but moth
ing is heard of any of them flood
ing the market. Coal and wood
will continue to do business for
some time yet.
A recent 48-page edition of the
weekly Manitoba Free Press, Winn-
ipeg, had fourteen pages devoted
exclusively to Christmas adyer-
tisement of the Hudson Bay Com
pany of that city. This is said to
be the largest mercantile announce
ment of the kind ever published
in any newspaper in the world.
The wonderfully fertile brain of
Thomas A. Edison continues to be
q source of great amazement to
the officials and clerks of the pat
ent Office, Mr.. Edison's applica-
tons for patents continuing to
pour in at the rate of about one or
two a month. He is said to have
obtained patents on 791 inventions.
Mr.. William Randolph Hearst's
hired men who run his newspapers
seem to find some amusement in
announcing through the columns
of his papers from time to time,
that Tom, Dick or Harry, in some
remote corner of the earth, would
like to appoint Mr.. Hearst to the
Office of president of the United
States, but none of the other news
papers seem to take them seriously.
$$S
Accounts of bull fights, the ma
tional sport of Mexico, are always
given the most prominent 'front.'
page space in Mexican newspapers,
but if any man had predicted ten
years ago that the time would
come when an account of foot
ball fight would be treated as the
most important news item of an
American newspaper, he would
have been sent to a lunatic asylum
or penitentiary. How times and
people do change!
|
Why does the gentlemanly pres
ident of the Chautauqua circle
throw bouquets this way. through
his Reflections" column? What
is he after? He can have my
1pocketbook if he wants it. With
regard to the work of writing,
maybe he is too particular as to
what he writes, and how it looks
III print. If G.. S. will just exer-
else his arm little and get it to
working automatically, he will find
that he can easily turn out a col
uma of Reflections for every
issue of The MIRROR. Good ones,
too.
j A neat and interesting booklet,
bearing the inscription, "a Little
l.Journev To the Home of Gilbert
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-17

HERBERT SPENCER Is DEAD, but the tnOughtS ne
gave the world will live forever.
Spencer more than any other man of modern
times has uprooted old and planted new ideas re-
spectng psychological phenomena He above all
others has eucidated the doctrine of evolution and
given form ard coherance to the dominant philoso-
ply of our time He by patient research discovered
new evidences of universal law, added them to the
fragmentary evidences of universal law already
known and built structure grand, SO symmetric-
al that it provokes our wonder and admiration.
He was no mere imitator of other philosophers,
no mere exponder of other mems theories He was
q sturdy independent, taking nothing for granted,
but verifying everything in his consciousness.
Whatsoever was untenabe he set aside and replaced
it with the discoveries resulting from his fear
less and indefatigable Investigations He has en-
riched the world with many new ideas. His love of
truth made him respected when he was not
loved and where his teachings fell barren ground
He iconoclast; but whore he destroyed he
also built anew and his foundations facts not
surmises. His analytical talent was equaled by his
synthetica skill-a combination of intellectual fac
ultes that is most rare. His mighty mind inter-
preted the seemingly incomprehensibe and arbitra-
Try customs of mankind in the past and, seer-ke,
vealed to US the almost endless possibilities of hu-
man progress. lie mas CHRONOLOGICAL Cu0 buOuSut
of our time as relating to biology, psychology and
sociology; and tho of his conclusions will no
doubt be modified by the discoveries of men who
like Spencer himself prove everything yet it is
generally conceded that most of his deductions not
only cannot be proven false but are, the contrary,
demonstrably true
Herbert Spencer in dead The mightiest intel
lect of our times has departed this world The CIV
ized nations of the earth will erect monuments in
his honor; institutions of learning the press and the
pulpit will laud his mental and mnral attachments
But his own work is the lobl,st and most enduring
monument
When press and pulpit will have become un-
necessary to mankinl, when the Inscriptions on the
granite and marble shafts will have been efaced;yes
when the polished stone itself will have crumblod
thoughtful will speak the name of Herbert
Spencer with reverence
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-17
ODDS AND ENDS.
...BY...
Fl. J. B.

:: a = i ! :.
come here to drink water for break
fast anyway when they can just as
well have all the coffee they want?
One would think they might have
had water enough at home.
During the first FIVE days Of the
deer-hunting season in Michigan
and Wisconsin three persons we're
killed and nine wounded, while
the ruminant forest quadrupeds
looked on, laughed and went their
way. "What fools these mortals
be-
A reader of The MIRROR makes
the following inquiries: "Can you
enlighten me through your col
umns, as to how, where or when
the pseudonyms Aba Dab and A.
Ksar Ben originated, or to what
language or languages they belong,
or if they were used in any con-
nection in ancient history? The
former used by frequent contrib
utor and the latter being signed to
an article in The MIRROR issue of
the 3rd inst.p Ny curiosity is also
aroused as to how you pass the
time evenings and Sundays and
when and where you do all your
writing"
Replying to the first interroga-
ton, some eight or ten months
since contributorto The MIRROR,
on one occasion used for q pen
name the Latin word abracadabra.
Since that time he has been max
ing use of the two words Aba Dab
and it would seem that Mr.. Aba
Dab manufactured these two short
words from the long abracadabra.
AS to the name A. Ksar Ben it is
assumed, to begin with, that the
gentleman is acquainted with the
Spanish or Mexican festas which
are something like cross between
Jour Fourth of July, Thanksgiving,
Christmas, county fairs and the
annual street fairs that are held in
the towns of the Northwest. Some
seven or eight years ago the citi-
zens of Des Moines, Iowa, inaugu-
rated something along the lines of
| a Mexican fiesta, but instead of
calling 1t La Fiesta, a fair picnic,
Fourth of July, Cinco de Mayo, or
La Dta Andependeueaa they decided
to take the word Des Moines, turn
it around end for end, or spell it
backwards, making the word Sem
iomsed or SEMI -sed, and this
was made the name of their great
fall carnival. A year or two later
the city of Omaha followed suit,
but to reverse the word Omaha,
making it Alamo was too much for
one mouthful and not enough for
three or four bites, SO they decided
to make use of the name of their
state, Nebraska, reversing ii, MAX
ing Aksarben or Ak-sar-ben. It
| is to be presumed, therefore, that
the author of "Commercial Hon
esty," which appearedin The MIR
lRoR two weeks ago, borrowed his
pseudonym, A. Ksar Ben, from
the state of Nebraska.
! Coming to the other queries,
practically every moment of my
evenings is devoted to reading
papers, the periodicals and library
books. On Sundays there are
services in the chapel from nine
to ten, after which, when the
weather permits, there is recreation
in the yard consisting of marching
and military drilling exercises,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-17

inent figures in business social and public life, men
who are advertised as model citizens, stoop to all
kinds of trickery and dishonesty in order to obtain
money; it is known that many of them are thieves,
altho the law cannot reach them. Everyone knows
that public Offices, even in the judiciary have been
brazenly bought and sold and that public officials who
contribute TO the so-caled campaign funds are ex-
pected to make up the amount Of their contributions
through one form of graft another. These things
are public property, familiar to every schoolboy.
In Chicago there have been numerous strikes
in which private property has been wantony de-
stroyed and injuries to life and limb needlessly in
ficted. The police department is VIGOROUSLY IN
efficient and perhaps corrupt, the officers being ap
pointed because of pull and because they give
value received in way another In short, from
top to bottom ell the country, the ideals thai
made America possible have become perverted and
the standard of morality is low
Such condition of affairs is bound to result in
open awessness. It is absurd and unreasonable te
expect the so-caled under worlds to dishonest ano
awabiding when the pillars of society grating
openly Lawlessness will increase as long as money
honestly dishonesty earned continues to be the
ideal of the American people.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-17

For several weeks Chicago has been the scene
of carnival of crime. Quiet and sober men with
bundles under their arms have been held up and
robbed in the public streets, killed when they re-
sised houses and stores have been broken into and
looted and all sorts of crime has riot It is only
when the victim suffers violence that highway rob-
berry excites comment in the windy city, SO common
has it become of late The police seem poweress to
check the epidemic They say it is SO widespread
that the force would have to be doubled or triped
to cope with it successfully, and SO serious is the
situation that public meetings have been held to
consider ways and MEANS while the various reform
organizations of the city have united make deter
mined effort to aid the police.
The situation in Chicago, startling and unusual
as it u.s. might have been foretold It is the logical
effect of certain very visible causes It goes deeper
than the publication of few sensational stories by
the newspapers This country has been drifting
toward dangerous rocks for some time and is still
drifting. Money is the only thing that the average
man feels is worth striving for and it matters less
all the time how il is procured. We have prom
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-17

THAT even the very moderate use ofwhisky may
be harmful is proven by the case of one George
Turner who died in Bellevue Hospital, New York,
few days ago. For years this man made practice
of taking small drink in the morning and another
at night none during the day; but notwithstanding
his moderation he died of alcoholism, or in other
words delirium tremens. OF course this is very
exceptional case nine men out of ten would not be
injured in. the least by such moderate indulgence
But never tell who the tenth man will be-
and Turner's experience goes to show that the best
plan is to let alcoholic stmulants entirely alone.
With some men the effects of drinking are Gu.
muative and not visible for long time. They can
drink steadily for years without any apparent injury
to themselves, but suddenly the time comes when q
small glass has the effect of many large bottles In
France one seldom drunken man. yet delirium
tremens and other kindred diseases are common and
this lie because the Frenchman drinks habtually and
more or less heavily.
A man who drinks at all is always at disad
vantage when attacked by disease, because his sys
tenn is accustomed to artificial stmulants and suffers
when deprived of them, and when it is necessary fol
the physician to administer them the response is
usually unsatisfactory This is one of the reasons
why pneumonia is so often fatal to high livers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-17

To judge by the unusual guam
tity of water consumed by our men
on Monday mornings one might
think they had been imbibing too
freely on Sunday nights. What's
the matter with them anyway Do
men contract a fever every Sun
day, and that simply because they
are experiencing one day Of idle
ness in every severn Why do mon
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-12-17

A neat and interesting booklet,
bearing the inscription, "a Little
Journey to the Home of Gilbert
Hubbard" visited my cell a few
days ago. This booklet also con-
tains a 'Letter from Paradise. =
It is gotten up after the Hubbard
style, is very "Roycrofty' in out
ward appearance, and it tells a
pleasing little story of trip from
Fargo, North Dakota, to East
Aurora, New York, the place made
famous by The PAilistme.
Mrs. ia. Whitworth, our prison
choir and band directress, is the
authoress.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-16
CHARGES TWO POLICEMEN
WITH TAKING HIS MONEY
Frank Dalton Says He Was Robbed
4 While Being Taken to
Station

Frank Dalton Iaborer from San Gre
gorio. San MateO County, made a serious
charge yesterday against Policemen P. d.
Mcfarland and J. r. Dover. lie ac-
cuses them of taking handkerchief from
his pocket, in which he had tied two 80
gold pieces. and substituting an old, torn
silk handkerchief.
According to the story told by Dalton
in the District Attorneys office, where he
had called for advice, he came to the city
Wednesday morning with about $50 in his
pocket. He had some business to attend
10 end when night came he started TO vis-
it the saloons ON the water front. For
safety he tied the two SO gold pieces in
a polka dot handkerchief which he put in
his hip pocket About midnight he was
walking along East street when two po-
licemen said TO him, You are the very
man we are looking for. Dalton was
surprised and asked what he had done
and they said he was drunk.
They led me along the street" contin-
Ted Dalton "and said they were taking
me TO the Harbor station. On the way
one of them put his hand in my hip pock-
ct and ! felt him draw awing out the hand
kerchief. / told him to be careful as
there were two so gold pieces in the
handkerchief and to let it alone. When
we got to the station they searched me
and pulled the old silk handkerchief out
of my pocket l charged them in the
presence Of the desk sergeant with taking
nv money and demanded it back. but
they hustled into cell. / was dis
charged this morning and went to the
Harbor station for my property, as | had
81 10 and a watch taken from me. and I
again charged the two policemen with
taking my money
Dalton, who was formerly member
of the Ninth Infantry. was questioned and
cross-questioned but his story was not
shaken and he produced the old silk
handkerchief to corroborate its truth He
vas advised to make complaint at po-
lice headquarters, but when he went there
he was told that nothing could be done
for him. He left the Hall of Justice say
ing that he would lay the facts before
Captain Dunlevy at the Harbor station.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-16
BORN.
MARRIED.

BROWNSTONE-HI this city, jan
uary II. 1903 BY the Rev Dr. J. Nleto,
Harry p. Brownstone and Martha ttirsch-
EZELL-DADLEY-I this city January 2,
1903 by the Rev. J. Fuendeling, Louis II.
Ezell Of Chicago and Edna II. Dadiey OF san
Francisco
ON-BERTRAM-I this city, January
IA. 1868, by the Rev J. Fuendeling, Alfred
G. Hanson and Johanne Bertram.
HINRICHS-GRAY-In this city. January Il.
1893, by the Rev. J F'uendeling, Emil Hin
richs and Rose NJ. Gray.
KEEN-MORRISON-In Campbell. Cal. Jsnu-
airy L. 1908, by the Rev II. Melville Ten
neg, Harry 3 Keen and Grace Morrison,
both OF Camuben-
KOSS- S-HOLZ8IANN-In this city, January II.
1903. hy the Rev. Paul Branke. Hanuse John
koss and Wslburga Holzmann. both Of San
Francisco.
AAISEL-BOSsE-I this city January Il,
1893, by the Rev. J. Fuendeling, Andrew
Maisel ard Frieda BOsse
SFIEO-AB ABRAHAM-In this city. January II.
1903, by the Rev DR.. J. Nieto, Jacob Il.
spiro and Celia Abraham.
HORNTON-DUNCAN-I this city Janu-
airy 10. 1903. by the Rev. Philip Coombc.
James Edward Thornton and Isa Agnes Dun
can, both OF Ashland, Or
TRIEBER-COHN-In this city. January IL.
1893, by the Rev. DR. J. Nieto. Conrad Trie-
Der and Annie C0hn.
" ULFF'- F'-DE-TERDING-In this city. Januat.y
10 1893, by the Rev. !. Fuendeling William
Theodore Nul1 and Marie Deterding.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-16
EDWARD MACDOWELL
GIVES FAREWELL RECITAL
Representative House Listens to Last
Concert of Dean of American

Edward MacDowel. ''the dean of Ameri-
can composers gave his farewell recital
yesterday afternoon at Steinway Hall.
From $3.50. when the concert commenced,
until quarter to five, when the last
number was reached, MacDowell received
the attention and applause of "a fun
house" of representative San Francisco
lovers Of music.
Louis II. Eaton organist of Trinity
Church, gave his thirteenth organ recital
at the church last evening, assisted by
Miss Dorothy GoodseIl, soprano, and
Hother Wfsmer, vioIinist- Every seat in
the church was occupied, the recitals by
Mr.. Eaton having become an institution
in the citys musical circles.
Perhaps at no other time has the or
ganist proved more conclusively his mas
terry of the great instrument than by his
great Interpretation of Johann Sebastian
Bach's exquisite Prelude and Fugue in
A major His playing of Camille Saint
Saens' Fantaisie Op. 101 was another fine
performance as was also his interpreta-
ton of the Adagio motto expressive from
the Second Organ Sonata Op. n (Buck).
Trinity's organ answered well to the
technique of the organist, and whether
the tones were voice or instrumental or
of grand and melodious volume or in
modulation the effects obtained in the
last number were superb
Miss Goodsell sang the recitative and
air from Haydn's Creation" "And God
said with verdure Clad" and Gounods 8
20 Divine Redeemer-' Hother Wismer
gave as violin solos the Adagio from
suite Op 10 christian Sanding) and
Ernst's "Elegie" with introduction by
Spohr).
Mrs. Mignon MacFarlan. the dramatic
soprano, gave a delightful concert last
evening in the auditorium of the Young
Mems Christian Association building.
There was a select audience and Mrs.
MacFarlan was loudly applauded for the
admirable manner in which she rendered
a solo from the opera 'Mignon," the solo
"Oh That We Two Were Maying" and
Neidlinger's solo (a) Memories. (b) Night
and (c) Morning. Mrs. MacFarlan was
assisted by Miss Genevieve Moruney, ac-
companist: Alvin j. PurnelI, Lowell
Langstroth and the Misses Violet and Es-
tella Baldwin.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-16

January 16. at $3.50 O. clock. frem his late
residence, 1240 Adeline street Oakland,
thence TO the Church OF the Immaculate Con-
ception, where solemn requiem mass Will
be celebrated for the repose of his SOUL,
commencing at 10 o'clock. Interment st.
Mary's Cemetery.
SMITH-In this city. January Is. 1903, Sarah
Josephine, beloved wife of William G. Smith,
a native of California aged 80 years.
GTNotice of funeral hereafter.
TEVIS-In this city. January Is. 1903. Alice
Boalt Tevis, daughter of the late Hugh and
Alice Boalt Tevis. native of San Francisco.
aged 10 years
e. Services and interment private.
TIERNAN-In this city, January IA, 1908,
Peter, beloved husband of Alice Tiernan.
father of Thomas. Michael, Frances, Eve
loved son of Michael and the late MargareI
Tiernan. a native of San Francisco. aged 80
years months and days.
1.-THE funeral will take place to-day
(Friday) at 10:30 o. ocIock. from the parlors
Of McAvoy & Co., 1899 Market street, be-
= tween Eighth and Ninth. Interment Holy
Cross Cemetery. by u:30 O'Clock train from
Third and Townsend streets. solemn re-
QUEEN mass will be celebrated for the re-
pose Of his soul at st. Pauls Church, Twen-
ty-ninth and Church streets, Saturday, Janu-
airy IL, commencing at o'clock Friends
are invited to attend the mass.
TOPPING-In this city. January 15 1903.
Thomas Topping, brother of Richard P. Top
ping and Mrs. Thomas Collins. a native OF
san Francisco aged 26 years months and
days
WILLIAMS-In Sacramento January a. 1903.
William Henry Jr., beloved infant son of
William H. Williams Jr. and Madeline c.
: Williams, native of San Francisco. aged
year.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-16
HOLMES TOURS
OLD PORTUGAL
Moving Bull Fight Takes
Place Before the
Audience.
Camera Club Secures Date
for Lecture in the
Alhambra.

The second lecture of Burton Holmes
course, in Steinway Hall. was delivered
last evening. The subject was "Portu-
gal, the land of Camoens," but both text
and pictures took in other lands inciden-
tally. There were glimpses of the Azores,
of Gibraltar. of Tarifa. of Tangier, of
Cadiz and then of Lisbon. In the last
named city a large share of the evening
was spent. There was no regret on the
part of the audience that Lisbon received
so great share of the attention of the
lecturer. for the text of the lecture was
entertaining, sprightly and instructive
and the pictures embraced q series of
moving views in which Were included
real scenes at a Lisbon bull fight There
was also shown a moving panorama of
modern Lisbon and of that portion of the
city that was wrecked by the great
earthquake and tidal wave that in a few
minutes destroyed $1,000 persons in the
year 1855.
After the subject of Lisbon had been
treated quite fully, Lecturer Holmes
conducted his hearers through the Portu-
guese provincial towns and cities, taking
in Thomar, Coimbra and other places. In
cidental to this tour was realistic repre-
sentation. by the moving picture plan. of
the pageantry attending the celebration of
Corpus Christi day and some very beau
tiful views in Cintra, the place that
awakened the enthusiasm of Lord Byron.
Mr. Holmes was closely attended and
his jokes came in for some laughter
There was no attempt at eloquence the
discourse flowing on easily, from begin
ming TO end in semi-conversational way.
Between the first and second parts there
was brief intermssion. Announcement
was made of an extra lecture to be deliv-
cred next Monday evening, the subject
being Peking Mr.. Holmes visited Peking
in the summer of 1901, soon after the sup
preston of The Boxer uprising, and then
and there secured some timely and inter
esting views of the Chinese people and
their surroundings.
This evening Mr.. Holmes will lecture
in the AIhambra on Portugal before the
California Camera Club. Oscar b. Depue
win manage the moving pictures. The
lecture will begin a S:l5 sharp.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-16
INDEPENDENT SALMON
CANNERIEs ARE MERGED
Southeastern Alaska Concerns Pass
Under the Contract of San


SEATTLE, Jan. 15-The fourteen inde-
pendent salmon canneries of Southeastern
Alaska were merged at a meeting here
to-day, and the entire pack, amounting
at the present time to between 500 900 and
$4,000 cases per annum, passed to the con-
troll of Griffith. Durney & Co of San
francisco, who will establish headquar-
ters here. The new firm will invest about
Sl,Oo0o0O in warehouses at Seattle and in
rendering assistance to northern plants,
in order to increase their output
The cause of the merger is alleged to be
the hostile rulings the part of the
Treasury Department, which threatened
to drive many of the canneries out of the
business with a total loss of their invest
ments. While the plants will continue to
be operated by the individual owners,
the product, as ppt up, will be shipped
here TO Griffith, Durney & Co. and will be
disposed of al uniform price. All com :
petition in the salmon pack of the North
Is removed and a unity of action will be
maintained in the operation of the plants
and d compliance with the department 5
rulings. 1t is estimated that the advance
in the list will net the canneries about
100000 a year on the pack at present.
This il is the intention to increase as
soon as possible.