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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-10

There is absolutely nothing doing" in
Sheol; Add and his army of hoboes will
not even be requested to work the
pumps when the old place is in danger
of too much fedhottishness. The only
things that work in Sheol are the fur
naces, and they work automatically.
Not even the poorest inhabitant loses
sleep on account of bathing; the hot
sulphur baths are ready for use at all
times; and as for wearing apparel, each
inhabitants wardrobe is limited to a
piece of semi-circular asbestos, with
stem attachment-chiefly used as a
fan. The happy residents of Sheol are
exempt from the pangs of hunger, and
they quench their thirst at the efferves-
cent springs of unadulterated firewater.
These are some of the peculiar ad-
vantages enjoyed by the inhabitants of
Sheol. We know for certain that they
like their country, and their society
and surroundings, for not one of those
who have travelled "the primrose path
of dalliance"-or any other path-that
leads to .Sheol, has ever returned, at
least not in the flesh. Some, it is true,
have projected their astral bodies
through space, and informed their low
ing friends of the condition of affairs
in their new place of habitation, and
we gather from their reports that even
if they would, they could not leave
sheol, because like the lions den, there
are many paths leading to it, but not
one leading from it-for which let
us be devoutly thankful.
If Add wants to go to SheOl, and
agrees to take all the tramps with him
we will put at his disposal our entire
fortune, and if that does not satisfy
him we will use our influence with
other millionaires to augment the sum
by some forty or fifty million dollars;
but not cent can he beg or borrow
from us in furtherance of his proposed
expedition to the North Pole. The
risk is too great--after finding the
North Pole he may also find his way
back again, and that is more than we
promoters will stand for. $500.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-10

guy on the field of Shrewsbury. 1t is
at once truth and travesty on hu-
man ideas of honor, and in the mate
rial, which is the verify, the very kernel
of his makeup, he rises superior to it /
and shows its nothingness Just before
the battle he addresses the prince with
this droll lament: II would 'twere bed
time, Hal, and all WELL" The prince
rallies him and says: "Why man, thou
owest God a DEATH" To which Fal-
staff returns: "'Tis not due yet; /
would be loath to pay him before his
day. What, need 1 be so forward with
him that calls not on me? Well, tits
no matter; honor pricks me on. Yea,
but how if honor prick me off if l
come on /? how then2 Can honor set a
leg no: or an arm? no: or take away
the grief of wound? no. Honor hath
no skill in surgery then no. What is
honor ? word. What is in that word
honor? what is that honor2 air. A
trim reckoningI Who hath it? he
that died O. Wednesday. Doth he feel
itp no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis iE-
sensible then yea, to the dead. But
will it not live with the living? no.
Why? detraction will not suffer it..
Therefore I'll none of it. Honor is a
mere scutcheon; and so ends my cate
chism." AS Mabie says: "He is crea-
ture of the elemental forces; a personi-
fication of the vitality that is in bread
and wine; satyr become human, but
moving buoyantly and joyfully in an
immoral world" In all his humorous
villainy, never word in malice
or never deed in revenge; he stands
unique and alone in an inconsistency
that is consistent simply because he is
Falstaff-there is ne other.
can best voice my sentiment and
admiration for him in the enlogy
he gives in defense of himself, as in
the mimic play he assumes the role Of
prince to the princes king-they hav'
ing exchanged places. "That he is old
the more the pity, his white hairs tc
witness it; but that he is, saving your
reverence, a villain, that l utterly de-
ny. If sack an sugar be fault, Goo
help the wicked! If to be old and mer
: ry be sin, then many an old host
know of is damned: if to be fat, to bt
: hated, then Pharoah's lean kline are tt
be loved. No, my good lord; banlsf
Peto, Danish Bardolpb, Danish Poins
but for sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jacl
Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, vallian
Jack Falstaff. and therefore more val
liant, being as he is, old Jack Falstaff
Danish not him, thy Harry's company
: Danish plump Jack and Danish all tn,
: world" X. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-10
A Suggestion.
ME universally beloved and es-
teemed Aba Dab electrified the
readers of THE MIRROR some

teemed Aba Dab electrified the
readers of THE MIRROR some
weeks ago by revealing to
them the only sure way of discovering
the North Pole. And inasmuch as the
North Pole is generally supposed to be
a slippery place, or thing or PROPOSE
tion, he not only pointed out how it
may be discovered, but also how it can
be nailed down and forcibly detained
after it has been discovered. To this
end he means to collect an army of ho-
boes-not the spurious, gay-cattish
kind, but the genuine article: hoboes
who are too lazy to go in out of the
cold. He contends that individuals in
fected with the germs of hoboismus of
the virulent kind, don't care cnss
whether the mercury drops to so or to
500 below zero; it's all the same to them
so long as the grub and the moonshine
are within easy reach, and that soul
polluting, peace-destroying word
WORK, is, and forever remains, ex.
plunged from the dictionaries.
But as an undertaking of the magni.
tude proposed by Add requires large
sum of money to carry it through sue.
cessfully; and as no hobo has yet been
discovered who ever spent money fol
any other purpose than to buy that
| Darticular brand of l,aftlAd moOnshint
that may conveniently be converted in
to coffin nails; and. as is obvious from
his remarks, the daring Add has NJ
immediate prospects of acquiring
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-10
MlidWinter.

All night dreamed of roses,
Wild tangle by the sea,
And shadowy garden-closes.
Dream-led 1 came to thee.
Around thee swayed the roses,
Beyond thee sang the sea;
The shadOwy garden-closes
Were Paradise to me.
o Love, mid the dream-rOseS
Abide, to heal. to save!
The world that day disclOses
Narrows to one white grave.
Sophie Jewett, in Century.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-10
Falstaff.

"HE character of Sir John Fal-
staff stands pre-eminent in the
list of wits, buffoons and those
who have dOnned the motley
that we might laugh at the expense of
others, and enjoy to the uttermost the
shafts of humorous persiflage. The
character of Falstaff occupies q place
in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and
king Henry Fifth" but tits to both
parts of "King Henry the Fourth" that
we intuitively turn for the Falstaff
of our imagination, for 'tis there we ev-
'er find him victorious in tilt of words
and the repartee of wit.
Something might be said here as to
the origin OF both name and character.
The Old Chronicle of Famous Victor
les, certainly provided Shakespeare
with sufficient material, on which to
found the fictitious part of Falstaff.
Sir John Oldcastle, one of the princes
wild companions, seems to have been
the original from which the great
dramatist drew his inspiration. A
trace of the old name is still to be
found in "King Henry Fourth" where
the prince addresses the knight as "my
old lad of the CASTLE" The tradition
remains, and in the prologue to the
play, "Sir John Oldcastle," printed in
1900, with Shakespeare's name on the
title-page of some of the copies, direct
reference is made to the degradation
the Lollard martyr had suffered at the
hands of the draEatist. Again, Rowe
informs us that the part of Falstaf1
was originally written under the name
of Oldcastle; some of that ancient fam.
lily remaining, "the Queen was pleased
to command him to alter it."
Falstaff is probably the most comic
character ever invented. A composite
of greatness and Iittleness. He is al
once old and young, dupe and wit
harmless and wicked, cowardly in ap.
pearance, brave in reality, a gentleman
and soldier, without dignity or hon
or, above all knave, but a knave
without malice and liar without 6
particle of deceit. His portly presence
in the minds eye suits the humor Of
the occasion and the relish of his jokes
is enhanced as they roll from that ca
pacious nav, as he shakes his fat sides
with laughter or "lards the lean eartl
as he walks along" The memory O
the revels In Eastcheap cling to ont
with an insistence that will not b.
gainsaid, while the "eleven buckran
men grown out of two," is responsible
fol. that famous reply: eff reason
were as plenty as blackberries,
would give no man reason on com
pulsion, l." There is much rascalit
and genius, but not modicum o
mediocrity in him. always resource
full and superior to his environment, b
puts to flight the enemies of his wit
and crushes opposition by the most su
perb effrontery. In word, he is del
cious.
Falstaff rises to the very zenith o
wit in the never-to-be-forgotten solilo
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-10
Information Wanted.

A S | have been here but short
~ time, and as am unacquainted
with the rules regarding contri-
buttons to THE MIRROR, do
not know whether [ am Overstepping
the bounds of custom in seeking infor-
nation through its columns. Since
my arrival have been an assiduous
reader of our paper and have found
many interesting thoughts therein.
Especially instructive and entertaining
are those departments conducted by
our local paragraphists. One depart
ment in particular receives my closest
attention. 1 assure you that its every
word is perused with avidity, not to
say tenacity. I refer to "Quips" by
Aba Dab. 1 seek information regard
ing this column.
Altho read "Quips" through repeat
edly, altho study the column with the
help of dictionary, altho 1 devote
most of my waking hours to pondering
over it, still the majority of Its items
are wholly unintelllgible to me.
Believe me, I am sincere. It is in
no spirit of carping criticism that ]
ask if there Is any meaning to "Quips.'
Have the innocent looking little para
graphs some deep esoteric significance
to the elect few while appearing to be
but collections Of unrelated words to
the uninitiated many? Or is it because
/ am an uneducated man that they fail
to appeal to mep ThatI may not bt
misunderstood, I quote three para
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-10

graphs, taken at random from the writ
ings of Aba Dab, and ask some one to
interpret them forme. Are they jokesf
All that I can make out from them ID
that they are written in English.
Dost know, o Knocker, that
through the prayer Of the man
from UZ, His wrath was appeased
against Bildad the Shuhite, and
his two friends?
If "Oleomargerine" goes out on
parole, will Ole be at par?
The mystery of the names of the
seven sons of Job was undoubted-
ly caused by their LONELINESS. But
the beauty of his three daughters
is evident in the fact that we, per-
adventure, still sing: 81 love Jemi-
ma, Jemima, loves me, etc."
In the last example above quoted
does Aba Dab use the word tive" edi-
torially? 1 ask this because I for one
most emphatically do not, "peradven-
ture, still sing:I love Jemima, Jemi-
ma loves me, etc." What is more, L
do not intend to sing it for some time.
Most of Aba Dah's poetry-I may
say all of Aba Dah's poetry-is mys-
terry to me. Nay, it is chain of mys-
teries. Frankly, cannot understand
two consecutive lines of it. Perhaps
am obtuse. quote some of it, hoping
that some more penetrating intellect
may decipher it for me.
Bebe I3WaNa.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13

county have organized a crusade against
the illegal whiskey. deulers;tof that coun-
ty. Considerably over two thousand dol
lars In fines has been, imposed upon them
In the past two weeks ~ IA a y
as For long time t,ihas been generally
known that whiskey was being sold, but
the officers were unable to secure enough
evidence to convict. About three weeks
ago a detective was employed to hunt
down these law breakers. The result was
astonishing; At nearly. every little cross
roads store In the county 1T was found
that whlskey was, being sold. All the
evidence required fors conviction has been
procured by the detective! who took pic
lures OF the speak easies'&wi O. snap
shot kodak while the dealers were en-
gagged In tho act Of selling. Quite a
number of prominent people have been
implicated in the charges In nearly
every case appeals have been taken to
the Circuit Court. KS 81
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13
NOVEMBER I3T1 IN WORLDS HISTORY


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following
country and sword.
Vincent Pinzon sailed from America four
He explored coast South and named the
fought nenn
succeeded took
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and settle
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harvest preserved the infant colony starvation
1916
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whom was their leader, Mr. Foster s
Philadelphia intended to have
Of Congress.
Bonape Vienna
peace
54a 4a@
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Mexico. sBsa@ 5.
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Belgium marched Ant
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adjourned
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13
HORSESHOE LUCK.

The origin Of belief in "horseshoe luck"
is SO ancient that 1t neverWh has been
determined with dertalnty-and mo super
stitIon is more universal Ever since
horses began to wear shoes those cres-
cents of iron have been accounted lucky
embltms by all peoples, races and ma
tions that have been acquainted with
their use. Il n an 5.s " =. 81
Tho Chinese, for Instance, say they nail
them up over their doors as charm
against evil spirits, because, OF the close
resemblance that exists between its shape
and the arched body OF the sacred snake,
Nagcndra, one Of tlteir principal deities.
Ask Turkish Mohammedan for in-
formation on the subject. andshe will tell
you that 1t Is because they are In form
like to a crescent. tho sacred emblem OF
Islam
a Polish Jew will iexplain that at the
Passover. the blood spr!nlsled upon the
Intel and door posts in the manner di-i
rectcd by their ritual, forms the chief
points of an arch. Hence, obviously. the
value of arch-shaped talismnns, such as
lhorseshgcs are. q
The stolid and Russian
that the luck associated with the horse
shoe is due chiefly to the metal, lrrespec-..
tive Of Its shape, iron ljsing traditionally
a charm wherewith to nullifyt the MALE
VIOLENT designs OF Heyil spirits and gob-s
Inns.
Very different is the story by which the
Jrishman seeks to accountafor his liking
for the same talisman!c symbol, The
nams "Ionand" orA1reland." he Will
tell you originated as follows:
The whole island was once submerged
In the sea, out of which 1t only rose, once
In seven years, and then only for a very
short time, Many attempts had tken
made to break the spell and Induce the
country TO remain permanently above the
waters, but all were vain. until one day
q daring adEenturer threw a horseshoe
from boat on to, the topn,ost peak OF
the Wicklow Mountains, justtas they
were disappearing beneath the waves.
Then at last was the bane removed.
The Emerald Isle began forthwith to rise
again from the ocean depths into which
It had sunk. And 1t has been dry land
more or less--cver since.
such Is the story as told by the folks
lore-loying peasantry Of tho West; but
many authorities on Irish legendary lore
insist that the real reason of the always
devout lrishmaa's belief in the benefit
cent powers OF the emblem in question
Hes IN ne fact Of the horse and the ass
having been In tho stable when Christ
was born, and hence being eyer more
blessed animals
IN England up to comparatively recent
timts, horseshocs were extensively used
almost everywhere as antl-Witch sharms;
and the custom Is mot even vatIan ex-
tinct one No witch, si.spsed to bei said.
could eater building over the door Of
which lforsesh e4e-or. better still, t liree
horseshoos--had befh affixed, prongs
downwarIs.
The orlsin Of this particular belief is
'referable to the old legend OF st, Duns-
tan. This versatile English eccles!astic
was a skilled farrier and one day while
at work IN his forge the EYl Ono entered
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13
Mission Of the Late Queen Ora
gas Nephew. S i5i,.

In strong contrast 10 the ceremonies lately
taking place In Belgrade As the pilgrimage 10
Drnga's nephew. young servian officer George
Petrovch. who ls endeavoring to dispose Of
tho jewelry that belonged to his aunt Iie
was one OF those on tho black list on the
fateful June 18th. and owed his life TO ths
accident OF the soldiers who were sent 10 ar.
rest him, having mistaken his address. a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13
Alcohol and Workmanship.

The London Broad Arrow says: To test the
lfrect OF alcohol upon marksnanship, whole
Swiss battalion has been practi -ed u Afts-t
yious evening" "a after drinking the he's same aIs
d y In moderation. and 20 after "a heavy
bout Of DR. hiking on the day Of practice Tho
result has been held to prove stliru lants
good for short ranges and I, harmful \ for
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13

~
in disguise and requested Dunstan to
shoe his ''singde hoof."
The saint although he at once recog-
nized his nlallgn customer acceded, but
caused him so much pain during tho
operation that Satan begged him to de-
sist.
This Dunstan did, but only after he had
made the Evil One promise that neither
he nor any of the lesser evil spirits, his
servants, would ever mOlest the inmates
OF house where horseshoe was dis
played
In Thurlngia horSeshoes are used for a.
like purpose, and q similar legend is told
to account for the custom, but the fas-
tidlousness OF these forest-bred folk Is
not-content with an ordinary shoe, IN,
order to serve as a tnllsman 1t must be
specially forged on St. Johns Eye by a
young bachelor Of wholesome life and
tinblemished character -a-
In Pllny's times horseshoes were used
in the Campanin to secure the inn1a ses
Of the dwellings, from the yIstations Of
nocturnal prowlins spirits. exactly as they
are to-day, I.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13
Outspokcn SYMPATHY.

The St. Petersburg newspaper relief fun,
TOR the sufferers Of the Hun trawers' fleet
amount now to IS. rontribu ed by two persons
TIL. SEEMS TO be one of the most character.
different sdes.-Boston Transcript. y "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13
NOVEMBER I4TH.IN WORLDS HISTORY

&$5 B.
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sailed Panama for the conquest OF Peril
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discovered the Of the Nile .
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the world
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held high repute
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at the
the
public life in i
Maor-General died. $ls .s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

LANIER HEIGHTS-Mary E Mann to APP
pleton p. Clark, jr., part lots 40 and As;
$40
NO. 1919 FLORIDA AVENUE NORTH
EAST-Harry Wardman to Elizabeth NJ.
Camp, lot 80, square 956; $40
NO. 1918 FLORIDA AVENUE NORTH
EAsT-same to George F. Hoover, lot
80, square $50; SO.
SEVENTH AND POMERoY STREETS
NORTHWEST-G. G. Vest to Rose Hud-
nell, jr., life estate in part lot g. block 2,
Efingham place; $500
GEORGIA AVENUE SOUTHEAST between
18th and 18th streets-Amanda ]. Scott
to LIE Grand White and William R..
White, lot c, square 1922; $40:
NO. 31O6 P STREET NORTHWEST-The
/ Methodist Home of the District of CO.
1umbia to Ernest A. Boeger, lot d,
square 1856; So, 400.
ADDITION TO LIE DRoIT PARK-Charles
4. Stretch ct ux. to GustaVe z; and
Marie ]. Loehler lot 61 block 81; $40.
MOORE & BARBOUR'S SECOND ADD
TION-Richard H. Bailey ct al. to Carl
j. Mess, lot 10, block Z; $40.
ALLEY between 9TH and 9th, East Capitol
and A streets southeast-George e. Little
ct TX to William s. Moore, part lot o,
square S41; $3.50.
O STREET NORTHEAST between North
Capitol and LIST streets-Sallie c. Wilder
ct vir James r., to Nellie NJ. Hanback,,
lots 81 and SO, square go; $40.
CLIFFBOURNE-Geo P. Newton ct ux.
to Ellen j. Newton, lots "a ana 70, ploc
3; $40.
MOUNT PLEASANT AND PLEASANT
| PLAINS-Henry T. Woodland ct al, re-
ceivers to Hattie L. Henderson, part
lots 40, 46. AT; $3,913.2s:
MARION STREET NORTHWEST between
and @ streets-Virginia Waldsaur to
Cecil F. Howdershell, part lots 6S and
50, square AS; So
p STREET NORTHWEST between North
Capitol and LIST streets-Michael Swee-
ney ct ux. to John G. Campbell, lot 169,
square SIS; $40.
RIENDSHIP-George w. Cook ct AL to
James w. Walker, part lot 2; $40.
THIRTEENTH STREET NORTHEAST
between North Carolina avenue and b
street-Irma I. Heller to Henry Hart
ing and Bertha E. Hartung, lot % ana
mart lot GA, square 1884; $40
AVALON TERRACE-Cornelia Price 70
Rudolph A. and Annie E. Hasler, lots o.
rIISrH AND e STREETS NORTHEAST
Jobn F. Lynch ct ux. to Carl L. Davis,
lot A. square S35; Slo ,, \,
TuIRD STREET SOUTHEAST between N
and streets-Sara II. BoblltZ TO John
M, Fischer, part lots and ., square
500; so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-16
No Typhoid Fever at Harper's Ferry

To the Editor Of The Evening Star
1t is really amusing to see the way people
who know little or nothing about the mat
tec and whose minds might run on greater
things try and down the interesting and
plucky little town of Harper's Ferry which
Is the delight and resort of SO many weary
workers from Washington. One cannot
help wondering whether this absurd rumor
Of an epidemic of typhoid fever is being
spread abroad by rival health resort or a
company interested in new railroad track
1t Is strange that Harpers Ferry should
have been chosen as the camp of the Wash
ington troops, still stranger that there
should not have been one case during the
whole sojourn of the soldiers in these
healthy, breezy hills.
What is equally certain is that there has
not been one case in the town during the
summey, Tor is the population dependent
upon the Potomac water, as 1t is In WASH
irgton, nor is there any pollution of the
Potomac from the town of Harper'S Ferry,
which abounds in wells and springs, rem
dering the population totally independent
for drinking water of the waters of the
river.
This has been an exceptional year for
Harrer's Ferry, both as regards the large
number of visitors and the very few and
rare cases of sickness.
B. B. RANSOM, NJ. D.
EUGENE SHUGART Mayor.
Harper's Ferry, w. Va, Sept 16, 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-16
WILL PRESENT REMNANT.
Commissioner West Accepts Invitation
of Sunday School League.

Commissioner West today accepted the
invitation of the officers of the Sunday
School Base Ball League to present the
championship pennant to the Fourth Pres
byterian team, the winners of the cham
pionship series in that league. The cx-
ercises attending this event will take place
next Monday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock on
the grounds at 14th street and Lydecker
avenue. 1t is also stated that Mr.. Thomas
c. Noyes at the same time will present to
the Fourth team The Evening Star cup,
given to the winners Of the pennant.
The officers of the league state that there
will probably be an exhibition game of
base ball between the Fourth and some
other team of the league. The GuntOn
team has been invited to play, but it Is
consent to cross bats with the Fourth nine.