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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-31

somes to do at nit. This is
what he brought home to or three
mites ago: If fore gallins of bere
will fill thirty-to pint bottles, how
many pint and half bottles will 9
gallins fill? Well, we tried and
could make nothing of it at all; 60
l had to go and buy 9 gallin keg
of bere which I could not affort to
do and then we went and borrowed
a lot of wine and brandy bottles,
besides few we had by us. Well,
we emptied the key into the bottles
and there were 19, and my son put
that down for an answer. L don't
know whether it is rite or not as
we split some in doing it. Please
let the next one be in water, as I
am not able to buy any more bere."
A late issue of The Sunny South,
Atlanta, Georgia, has a lengthy
editorial, under the caption, "Is
there another life for animals?''
The reader is carried back in imagi-
nation to the days of childhood
when he consigned to the sod,
with all the ceremonious detail of
mimic obsequies, pathetic in his
childish earnestness, his pet cat,
dog or bird. In his vague, CROP
ing way he half hoped with all the
yearning of impotent emotion that
he might some day be reunited
to his pet. There is also recent
book, the title of which I cannot
now recall, whose author holds that
the arguments for immortality of
the human being, are applicable
to that of the less elevated animals.
The compassion and all-wisdom of
the Almighty, he thinks, is equally
extended over man and beast and
bird, and he sees no reason why
there should be an exception in
the single instance of an after life.
Many people who eye askance this
doctrine will more than half wish
that it might be true. For there
are tens of thousands of families
who have tales of pets whose loss
has left vacancy almost as distinct
as that created by the death of a
child. Men and women without
number will tell you that they
have lived through a period of
depression or adversely with COM
parative cheerfulness. because
facing it with them was some faith
full, sympathetic animal whose
wordless look was comfort and
encouragement. AS the lonely,
friendless Dutchman said to the
man who wanted to buy his little
dog for a pampered child: mo,
I Won't dake den dollars for him
money couldn't buy der vag of his
tail ven [ come home evenings"
If many of the mean, merciless,
corrupt people whom we all know
are to be classed as having an OPP
portunity at Immortality, why
should notthe honest, open-hearted
ever-faithful four-footed comrade
who shares alike in your victories
and defeats? Dogs cannot amass
wealth, they cannot think great
thoughts, they cannot build great
cities or conquer worlds or devise
schemes to beat the other fellow
out of his last dollar. But they
can be true, they can comfort
when trouble presses, they can
make life brighter and better and
they can sacrifice life for friend.
The same is true of many other
animals that have been denied the
gifts of human reason and speech.
Inst think what q mnnnf.,no,1e liEo
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-31

Those of us who may be unable
to attend the st. Louis exposition
can find consolation in the fact
that it will be but few years, say
five to ten years, when Chicago or
some other city will have a still
greater exposition, which we may
hope to attend.
One good reason why the news
papers of this country are justified
in refraining from singing the
praises of Russia and saying but
little of her possible victories, is
the fact that the names of Russian
generals and places tend to put
the type and headlines out of
joint and warp the pronouncing
apparatus of the readers.
[ have here in my room in Hotel
de Penwater, the name, w. II. Hill,
written in such a way that it reads
the same upside down, either side
up. Suppose you try it. It is
doubtful if there is another name
or word in the English language
that could be written in such a
manner as to read the same either
side up.
The current number of The Book
L0vey contains an article on
Siberian literature-and the criti-
cism of the censorship exercised
over all literature serves as one
more of the many illustrations of
the narrowness of those people.
According to the writer, Mr.. L..
Lodian, the Russian and Siberian
censorship is probably the most
rigorous in existence, Russian
made books and periodicals which
are sent out of the country being
subjected to q double censorship.
For, in addition to having been
censored in proofform before
going to press, publication which
may be going abroad is examined
at the frontier, and anything which
the censor thinks should not be
seen by the foreigner (although
there is no objection to Russians
themselves reading or seeing it) is
either cut out or the whole thing
is casti into the limbo basket, which
is said to be always we'll filled.
Finally, with hosts of other mis-
cellaneous rejects, it is
carted off and sold as waste-paper.
either to the market places or
paper dealers. The proceeds are
said to form part of the censor's
perquisites; so it is to his interest
to censor and consign to the limbo
waste rooms all the literature he
can. According to Mr.. Lodian, in
fact in his own language, a few
weeks witnessing Of this censor
ship and other evils will convince
the visitor that he is temporarily
living under the most useless and
most wasteful form of government
of all time.
There is much complaint nova
days that children in many of the
public schools have such a great
number of studies that they can
do justice to none of them, some
parents complaining that small
children are compelled to take
home as many as six and seven
long lessons every evening after
being in school from 9 to 4. This
must necessarily prove a severe
tax on the brain, and besides it
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-31

The postal system argument in favor of
government ownership of monopolies has lost its
cogency That the people are losing money in this
branch Of the public service is daily becoming
apparent. Mismanagement, lack of interest, politics.
is the rule not the exception. It is notorious that
the department pays more for supplies and services
rendered than private company would dream OF
paying; it gets less for it's money than the smallest
shopkeeper. Exorbitant rates are charged by the
railroads for carrying the mails; very fancy prices
are charged by dealers for supplies of an inferior
grade; high salaries paid incompetent clerks for
commonplace work; unbusinesslike methods prevail
on all Sides The public foots the bill
But all this is trite. It is old story, accepted
as matter Of course by the people. Think, tho,
what a lovely state of affairs would exist we're the
railways, the mines, the telegraph and telephone
managed in the same casual way. That they would
be managed in the same way under government
ownership goes without saying. A republican form
Of government and the public ownership Of monopoles
bear the same affinity to one another as oil and
water. So long public servants feel that they
must anticipate future favors cancel present obga
tions at the expense of the people, long will the
nation best be served by private corporations and in
|dividual enterprise.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07

elogis Willis in the seventeenth century 1t found only
countries with speculative commercial atmosphere The
influence of such atmosphere is exceenty shown in
the that paretc dementa far frequent
the negroes in Chicago than those in New York. and is
practically unknown the in the South This
that the negro Chicago treated
equal and politics and Is thoroughly under the
influence Of the speculative atmosphere which perneaes
commerce OF the city. The influence is shown
in the undue proportion Of paretc dementia the
Irish which is much greater than in New York City And
this arises from the Irish in Chicago being much ad
dicted speculation than those in New York To my
personal knowledge Irish who in New York would
simply hoard their money and keep from all specula
ton, here deal in options wheat and pork.
Not every organism take paretic dementia in
uave atmosphere since there must likewise be acquired
predisposing generally what is euphemsticay
called blood poison which, whether nnocenty acquired
not. creates tendency to paretic dementia. All other
things being equal the Of strong constitution is
likely be attacked by paretc dementa since the weaker
breaks in prosration. Fortunately, the pa
ent rarely lasts four and the disease is
hereditary is however the danger signal Of commercial
civilization.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07
Surrender of Raleigh.

April Is was the 59th anniversary
of the surrender of Raleigh to the fed.
eral forces and of the occupation of the
city by General Sherman, says a Ra-
leigh, y. c., correspondent of the At
lanta Constitution. Raleigh was one of
the few places which were formally
surrendered, deputation of leading
citizens having gone on special train,
under flag of truce, to meet General
Sherman and surrender both the cap
itol and the city to him.
There were few sensational incidents
at the surrender except the capture
and killing of Lieutenant Walsh, a
Texan, who was member Of the or
ganiZation known as "Wheelers Cav.
airy" but of which General Wheeler
disclaimed command. Walsh rode out
from store and shot at General Kirk
patrick, who led the federal advance,
then turned and rode westward in
the direction the confederates had gone
the previous day. He was run down,
captured, carried back to General Kirk
patrick, who sat on his horse near the
statue of Washington, south of the
capitol. and was ordered to be taken to
some woods nearby and hanged. All
this was quickly done. The other sen
sation was the protection of the city
by the troops of Major General John
4. Logan against the attack of the ne
gro troops. who had planned TO burn
il. TO avenge the assassination OF Pres
ident Lincoln.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07

was constantly before my mind, and !
keep my eyes open, but they would
close. took another turn around the
platform, and then a thought struck
me. l entered the Office again, found
piece. Of strong wire, and with it
secured the safety signals so that 1t
was impossible for me to move them.
Thus protected, sat down and gave
up the fight, soon falling asleep.
"The first 1 knew a shrill whistle
sounded in my ears, causing me to
jump up in excitement and alarm and
grasp the signals. The next instant
the train dashed past and then. too
late, 1 thought of the order
'Oh, God 1 groaned, as I watched
the receding train. Then came the
headlight around the curve, the sharp
calls for brakes, followed by the awful
crash.
Toot-tootr
Il awoke with a start, grasped the
signals and tried to work them, but
soon remembered why they were fas-
tened.
whats the matter, Fred% cried
Tom Watson. from his engine. What's
the danger signals set forT
Il have got order to hold you here
until train 6S arrives answered.
Train No. II took the sidetrack;
the headlight of No. 6S was soon seen
dashing around the curve, and mo-
ment later the danger was over. Then
1 took my wire fastenings from the
safety signals and allowed No. II to
go on.
"That is all, unless 1 add that l
never again received an order of that
kind without fastening my signals so
that they could not be moved. For, al
though it happened once, might nev-
er again be saved by dream."-The
Hearthstone.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07
A Gamin,s Caustic Criticism.

Lawrence D'Orsay, the English &C.
tor, finds the American gamin a
source of endless delight. While
standing in the doorway Of a thea.
ter in Philadelphia he saw a newsbOy
leading disreputable yellow dog by
a string. IF you will give me that
dog" said D'Orsay, 'I'il get you into
the show" The boy. replied: How
do know you'd take care O de pup:''
The actor laughed and got the little
chap a front seat in the gallery. Next
day he saw the newsboy and asked:
How did you like the shOw:" Huh
growled the gamin, I'm glad kept
me dog"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07
Trees in Church.

Ross. Hertfordshire, can boast Of a
church where two fine elms are grow
ing one on either side of a pew occu-
pied by member named John Kyrle.
Mr. Kyrle was a great lover of trees,
and especially of elms, Of which he
planted an avenue near the church.
One of the trees of this avenue was
cnt down, and it is supposed that Its
offshoots have grown up inside of the
church at each end of the pew. The
parish church at Kempsey contains a
chestnut tree which grows from the
tomb of Sir Edward Wilde. The school
children of the village used to sit in
the chancel, and it is said on one occa-
sion their teacher found one Of them
eating chestnut, and that he snatch
ed it away and threw it behind the
tomb, where it took root and has flour.
ished.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07
1t Pays to Read Newspapers.

Cox, Wis, July 4.-Frank NJ Rus
sell, of this place, had Kidney Disease
so bad that he could not walk. He
tried Doctors treatment and many diff
ferent remedies, but was getting
worse. He was very low.
He read in a newspaper how Dodd's
Kidney Pills were curing cases of Kid
ney Trouble, Brights Disease, and
Rheumatism, and thought he would
try them He took two boxes, and
now he is quite well. He says:
Il can now work all day. and not
feel tired. Before using Dodd's Kid
ney Pills, l couldn't walk across the
floor"
Mr.. Russells is the most wonderful
case ever known in Chippewa Coun-
ty. This new remedy-Dodd's Kidney
Pills-is making some miraculous
cures in Wisconsin.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07
explained to Major that she would

explained to Major that she would
keep the young men there, dosing them
with applejack, if lie would cut out
with the horses and rifles.
Major acted on tie advice. and Mil
cab kept the rebs In the house until
several shots were fired in the woods.
Then, seeing that their horses and
guns were gone, they scattered in the
woods to escape what they believed
was the enemy In force. Nahor. finding
that he could not manage five guns and
five horses. had thrown four of the
guns into burning brush heap. thus
producing the voiley that frightened
the rebs. He rode all night and reached
the Union lines the next morning with
five as fine horses as could be found in
the State. These horses became The
nucleus of one of the best cavalry COM
panies in the service."-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07
BANK cANNoT.BE BROKEN.
Monte Carlo Gambling Tables Always
Have a GnndIy ReserYe.

navy a ooouhJ ANSoSANSs
Sir Hiram Maxim's Monte Carlo"
just published, is not only book in
which the mathematician will revel
and the moralist find. subjects for
many sermons. but storehOuse of
strange stories. Sir Hiram mentions
n player who admitted loss of S425,-
600 in sixteen years. In other words,
he must have staked S2J,00O.O O.OCO-ac-
cording to average play-or more than
forty tons of gold.
Sir Hiram has much that Is interest
ing to say of the famous System by
which Lord Rosslyn and the late Sam
Lewis broke the bank-or at least the
authorities pretended the bank was
broken. The two players went to a
trente-et-quarante table and each
staked maximum of 12.0CO francs
upon black. Black came up and they
We're paid 24,oOO francs. Again they
staked the maximum and won. When
they had scored seven consecutive
wins the bank was again broken. A
bell was rung and much ceremony
was observed before more money was
delivered and then play went on. The
bank again was declared broken and
with more ceremony more money was
sent for. Hundreds Of people had gath
cred around and everybody staked on
black, which came up seventeen times.
The eighteenth coup was red and
Lord Rosslyn and Mr.. Lewis lost r.,
900 francs each. Sir Hiram was skep-
tical as to the bank being broken. Il
did not believe for moment that the
bank had actually been broken. l
knew that there Lad been a great deal
Of play that day and that the win
nings Of this particular table must
have been heavy indeed. I therefore
remained to see the money taken from
the table, when l found that it was
exactly as had expected-thefe was
at least a peck of large bank notes.
1t had not been necessary for the
bank to send for money at all; this
had only been done for effect and a
valuable advertisement had been OBJ
tained."-Leslie's Weekly.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07

Famine in India.

Famines in India are fiot due alto
gether to failure OF the crop in the
famine regions. The country is inhab-
tied by race of agriculturists who
seem 10 be unable 10 save anything,
writes fhe Rev. ]. e. Scott in his book.
"In Famine Land" Frugality and
thrift are TO them almost unknown.
Ii nature is propitious, they get liv-
ing; IL the crop fails. they fail with it.
In Rajputana. ut the time of famine,
grain poured in from the northwest
provinces and elsewhere in snch auan-
titles that railway companies and the
merchants realized large profits. and
wheat was on sale at reasonable
price; but as the poor peasant has no
money. he must starve to death with
food at his door.
At many of the railway stations Mr..
Scott saw thousands of fat pigeons
gorging themselves with grain from
tie loaded wagons on the siding,
while apathetic native officials stood
by and saw the precious food devoured
in the sight of scores Of miserable.
famine-stricken villagers who cried
aloud for food. So tame had the pig
cons become that Mr.. Scott had no diff.
ficulty in catching one. but he was
Immediately warned by policeman
that there was no order to moIest
them. The pigeons would have fur
nished food enough to keep a whole
village from starving to death; but the
high-caste Hindu would rather die Of
starvation than kill and eat one OF
them.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07
SAMPLE INDIAN NAMES
Can't Write, Hence Not Afraid of Long
Names.

Can't Write, Hence Not Afraid of Long
Names.
There is probably no race of people
which abuses the English language
more to spell its proper names than
the American Indian. The Russian or
Turk, with his weird combinations.
does not compare. aYd even the fear
full labels with which the Pullman
company adorns its cars are not in the
running. Take, for instance, such a
name as Nehalithloccoclinchn This
was saddled onto loyal Creek when
he was little boy by his misguided
parents, and the hardness of the In
dian race is shown by the fact that
he has grown to manhood, and, al
though the temptation was doubtless
great at times. has never disgraced it.
Mr.. Nehalithloccoclinchne, however,
is by no means the only one in the
Creek nation who can lay call to fame
because of his name. Major McLaugh-
lin, the Indian inspector, who has been
perfecting the loyal Creek claims. has
kept an index of those he has enrolled,
and some Of these names look as if
their authors had reached down into
the grave of the alphabet and done
their worst. One choice specimen is
ahmuschushachutee. 1t takes too
much breath 10 pronounce this, so his
friends call him Thomas, from the
first two syllables in the name. Like
the mumps and measles, he got the
name when he was young, but, un-
like them, he has never been able to
get over it.
Sohe Of the other jewels which Ma
jOr Mclaughlin has in his autograph
album are Ninnechuppaharjo, COass-
harthemarthia, SahcutyOlithlOnay. IT.
schoemarthlachie and Tuckabatchiey-
ahola. None of these Indians, who are
all fullblOOds, could write, and the
transposition of their names into Eng
lish is, OF course, something of a con-
lecture, but the interpreter was in each
case asked by Major Mclaughlin to
spell out the name, and these are what
he evolved out of the grunts and snOrts
of his unlettered tribesmen. - New
York Weekly.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-07-07

find that l had lost my place, and had
been almost asleep; my head fell slow
/ ly forward, my eyes closed, the book
dropped from my hands, and soon
was asleep.
'Toot-tootr
'It was the train. 1 sprung up with
a start, grasped the safety signals and
allowed it to proceed, and then
oh. my God! the orderv
4 was wide awake then, and great
drops of perspiration rolled down my
face as 1 watched the lights of the
swiftly receding train. The engineer
of that train, Tom Watson, was one
of my best friends. and to know that
he was rushing on to almost certain
death was terrible His home was in
Bricksburg, and as the train passed
his house 1 heard him sound his whis-
tie signal to his wife to let her know
that he was 'on time and all right.
"It is impossible for me to explain
the awful horror that 1 felt, know
ing that was the cause of what must
soon prove a terrible disaster 1 could
only wait and watch, almost breath
less. hoping that the engineers might
see each others headlights in time to
stop their trains.
"a short distance from the station
there was a sharp curve in the track.
and as looked saw the headlight of
train 6S dash into view; heard the
short, sharp whistles for brakes, and
the next instant came an awful crash.
"Hatless, coatless, 1 left my Office
and ran to the wreck, which was soon
all ablaze, and when I reached the
spot I almost tainted at the horrible
sight that met my view. The engines
were both piled together in heap,
bright tongues of fame were darting
up toward the sky, while the screams
and groans Of the unfortunate pas
sengers were awful to hear.
"Hesitating only for moment, l
sprang to the rescue of those whom l
could reach and assisted them out of
danger, but 1 could not stand it long.
To see men, women, and even little
children all crushed and bleeding. and
to hear their cries for help to save
them from the cruel flames, We're more
than l could bear, knowing that my
carelessness was the cause of it all.
The river was near at hand, and with
a wild scream l ran to the bridge and
jumped off, falling down, down, down,
with 'murdarer! ringing in my ears.
Fred! Fred! come, Fred, get up
1t was my wife calling me. and how
glad 1 was to know that the awful
disaster was only a dream.
Il told my wife about it, and she
said:
BE careful. Fred; for my sake be
very CAREFUL
The next day our child was very
sick, and l had but little sleep, and
consequently was hardly fit for my
duties that night. l asked to be ey
cused from duty. but there happened
to be no one to put in my place. so l
had to work
About 9 o'clock l began to feel
sleepy, and found 1t hard to keep
awake. A few minutes later, however,
when received an order to hold train
IL until train 6S arrived, 1 thought of
my dream, and was wide awake in an
instant
Il placed the book where the order
could not possibly escape my eye, and
sat down to wait. But l was soon nod
ding again. This would not do. de-
cidedly! SO l got up, bathed my face,
and took a turn around the platform
in the cold air, and for a short time
1 felt better. But Nature was bound
to have her way. and 1 found l could
not keep awake. The awful dream