davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Pincushion Swallowed Up Needle,

A lady in this city. reading that
pincushion that had been in use for
some time, on being opened developed
about $50 needles, had the curiosity
to pull apart pincushion that she
had been using about twenty-five
years. She found by actual count 410
needles.-Hartford Courant
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21

A cat near Dusseldorf In Germany,
drove sitting hen from her nest, sat
on the eggs and hatched them, and is
now caring for the young brood Posi-.
bly, pussy has started in the poultry
business because she is fond Of spring
chicken.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Death Result of ereediness

A perch weighing IN pounds has
been captured st Birmingham, Eng
land. having tightly jammed in its
throat the body of a half-pound roach.
The head of the latter was too big
for the perch's throat. and the result
was that both fish were suffocated.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Eaqer to Learn.

There is no compulsory attendance
n. schools in Japan for the reason
tbat none is needed. both parents
and children being eager for all the
educational advantages they can get.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Vaccination for Drunkenness.

A new cure for inebrety is by
means Of vaccination. know Of one
very bad case where the patient after
treatment has continued sober to this
duy.--Leisure Hour.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Thief Loses Novel WAGER,

Having wagered $40 that he would
steal five medals from policeman's
chest, young man in Paris secured
two. says the Petit Parisien. but was
caught at the third attempt and will
be prosecuted.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Evil Of Sugar oIuttony.

Prof. Ooston says that future scien.
lists will place the evils Of sugar glut.
tony on pedestal as conspicuous as
the drink question. as causing a de
terioration of individuals and races.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Most Expensive Fur.

The most expensive fur is that OF
the black fox at Kamschatka, the skin
of which, when dressed. becomes .
very attractive blue. A single skin ID
worth as much as $1,000.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Low Prlces for Relics.

Nelson's cooked hat fetched $6.c5 at
a sale, and an umbrella, which belong
ed to the Duke of Wellington $42.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
steel Renlaees hemp.

Steel is slowly but surely displac-
iLg hemp as the material Of which
all hawsers and ropes are made In the
ships Of the British fleet.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21

Ruin Threatens campanile.
A telegram from Ravenna says the
campapile of that town is threatened
with the same fate as the campanils
of st. Marks, Venice.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
sr;tlsh pomestic servants.

Great R.itain has 1851 900 dome site
servants. earning Ges.ooo.0o0 per an
num.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Refleetlon of Wlse MedItatIon.

Congenlality. a sense OF humor. and
endless patience-these are the thres
"mustbe's" of welded happiness.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
Uncle Sans Rolling Stock.

Uncle Sans passenger rolling stock
would make solid train 500 miles
long.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
blue Llaht for Neuralal..

NEURALGIA Is said to be successfully
treated in Italy by the use OF ',luo
light.
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
THE WEAK SPOT.

A weak, aching back tells Of sick
kidneys. 1t aches when you work.
1t aches when you try to rest 1t
Gilpin observer., 1904-07-21
hereford and Shorthorn Bulls

Abeoiuteiy pur.. send our Premium L.st.
The Geyserite soap Mfg. Company, Denver.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

The February According to Dep
School History. uty Warden Glen
mons school report for last month,
eleven sessions were held with an
average attendance of ITO. The
greatest number of pupils at any
session was la; the smallest, 1877.
When school opened, September
IA, there were 152 pupils. The
voluntary attendance last month
was 1875.
Seventeen men were temporarily
excused from school by the med.
ical department and three by the
Deputy, who also permanently ex.
cused one man. Seven new pu.
pills were enrolled within the
month and three men attending
school were discharged from the
institution. There were two re.
ports for breaches of institutiona
rules in the schoolroom.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
Che Names Of cwo Cities.

On the principle of Sin Rome do as
the Romans do" think it safe rule
to pronounce the name of place as.
the residents of that place do, says a.
writer. Hence we should speak of ST.
Louis as though it were written "St.
Lewis" not "St. Louee." It is little
difficult to put down in black and
white the local pronunciation of New
Orleans, but it is something like this
"New Awl-yins," with the strong ac-.
cent on the "Awl."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

The contract for the labor of
prisoners in the shoe factory has
been awarded to Mr.. Roscoe H..
Bronson, of Saltwater, who will
assume control Oct. 1. It's life is
ten years. Under it's provisions
225 prisoners will be employed on
the piece price plan, and the aver
age remuneration to the state will
be about So cents per day. Dur
ing the last eight years the aver
age price obtained by the state for
labor in the shoe factory has been
81 cents day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

warden wolser There will be no
win Remain. change of wardens
at this prison. At the request Of
the Board of Control, Warden
Wolfer has withdrawn his resigna-
ton and will continue in charge
indefinitely. This step follows
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
Bebs Bwana.

When Mrs. French Sheldon, ''the woman mas
ter"
Sailed around Lake Chala,
Where her sport for adventures and nerve had
cast her.
Twas day better classed as gala!
Sir Henry johnson declared it a feat
Impossible, yet she accomplished it neat,
Deep down in that crater, now bereft of heat,
- Hurrah! for Bebe Bwan of Chala.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Officer Frank Grandquist, of the
Saltwater police force, who died
this week, was appointed to the
force at the time Deputy Warden
Glennon was chief of police. He
had many friends among the Of
fcials of the prison. $3.50.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Mr.. Clarence Newman has been
reappointed guard at this institu-
ton. He resigned last April to
go to North Dakota to look after
some interests in that state, re-
turning to Minnesota short time
ago. He is stationed in shop A.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Movement of The population
Prison Population. continues tn in.
crease steadily. : Within the week
there have been nine arrivals as
against four discharges. Of the
former; one man, G. F., 67O, was
returned for violating the terms of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
QUIPS. =. 3 :.-.
Such Brute.

Japan sunk a cruiser,
A Russian brulser,
OF 0000 tons, named Khers0n,
And transports galore.
Full of soldiers and more
She chased out Alexieff's own person.
The latter with rage
Summoned up on the stage
All the officers in the disaster;
He shot one for fun.
Now the sOn-0f-a-gun,
Or his job, isn't worth a pisastre.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

The total Irvine shipments to
date amount to about 100000
pounds, and the average daily
shipment is 10000 pounds. Ma
Mia Mixed and Sisal grades seem
to be the favorites this season.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Guard began, altho still a very
sick man, is improving, and it is
believed that his recovery is only
q matter of few weeks.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Found in the chapel-a plain
gold ring. Apply to dollhouse
keeper.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Sixteen men are sleeping on
cots in the dollhouse corridors.
They will be given cells as soon
as the new wing is completed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
LOCAL NEWS.

A new team has been purchased
by the state.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Assistant Deputy Warden Col
ligan was in st. Paul on business
yesterday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

the resignation of the new APP
pointee, Mr.. N. F. Boucher, who
on account of business and per-
sonal reasons has reconsidered his
determination to leave North
Dakota. He will remain at the
head of the Bismarck prison.
On Feb. 10 Mr.. Boncher was
chosen to succeed Warden Wolfer
and upon being rendered the APP
pointment accepted it uncondi-
tionally. In a letter to the Board
of Control, dated Feb. 20. he
withdrew his acceptance, explain
ing that his reasons for SO doing
"are family and personal business
matters, which I cannot overlook,
and in addition thereto my rela-
tions with the institution now un-
der my charge at this time are
such that, in my judgment, they
should not be severed at this
time.'
Upon receipt Of Mr.. Boucher'e
communication, the Board re-
quested Warden Wolfer to with.
draw his resignation, and he did SO
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
#HELIOGRAMSH
M BY F. NJ. III

It looks as if the Mikado is 60
ing to do Nick.
When an old salt arrives here
ne becomes a fresh fish.
A great many of our so-called
we'll bred women can't make good
bread.
The strong minded woman often
drives her husband to strong
drink.
The saloon keeper has always
got smile for those who can
pay for it.
If man sprang from the monkey,
why is it that SO many men
act like asses?
The soldiers of both Russia and
Japan need very little to live on
and they generally get it.
The grasshopper once ruined
Kansas and the grass widow now
threatens to ruin South Dakota.
The address on Washington
Birthday was pronounced by all
as one Of the best ever delivered
here.
"When in Rome do as the
Romans do" but while in here if
you are wise you will do as you
are told.
Prison officials in New Jersey
have done away with the lock
step. That is a step in the right
direction.
A Kansas paper says the hens
in that state are on strike. Why
not try to bride their walking del.
egate with a worm?
Turn to the pages of history
and read of the men who won bott
honor and fame and you will fine
that their only mascot was a gooo
clean character.
The late Senator Ingalls, sale
that grass is the blanket of tn.
dead, and some men seem to thinl
that the grass widow is the com
forter of the living.
In advertising a new novel en-
titled, "a Blazed Trail, the pub
fishers say the book is masculine
but this doesn't mean that tn
story has whiskers on it.
Mr.. Harper Of Chicago says tina
all college professors have wives
but it doesn't necessarily folloy
that all women who are married t
college professors have husbands
| When Mr.. Morrill, told us tn
story about the dogs he didn'
jump over the buiwark of hi
dogma, but proved that he ha
original dogmatic opinions of hi
own.
| A man by the name of Perc
Burger has eloped with Ellen,
wife of Mormon bishop, and tn
holy man is raising as big a 70,
about it as if Ellen was the onl
wife he had.
Russia has always been a goo
and loyal friend to this country
and now, when the czar is i
trouble and needs our friendship
is Uncle Sam, like Brutus, goin
to turn traitor and plunge a DAG
ger into the side of his friend?
| his parole. The discharges wer
: J. a., 1862; J. F. W., 1172; J. B
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Draw MS resignation, anu ne ulu So
Cork and Says Sinbad: 81 was
Queenstown. not at chapel last
Sunday, but I understand that
Chaplain Kennedy took exceptions
to my story of Cork harbor. I un-
derstand that he stated that ships
do enter Cork harbor. Yes, of
course they do. The finest ships
in the world enter the outer har-
Dor, which lie Queenstown harbor'
on the latest charts, but they do
not discharge their cargoes there.
It is, as l stated, merely port Of
call Ships without perishable
cargoes, and whose cargoes have
not been sold at the time of load
ing, often sail under orders to one
of the ports of call, Queenstown,
Cork or Falmouth, there to receive
orders to proceed to the port where
the cargoes have been sold.
"Cork harbor is located at the
mouth of the river Lee, inside
Spike Island that island of con-
Wet fame, where an exile from
Erin composed the song, Britain.
MIA Rules the Waves a. song
which secured him full pardon
from the queen, by the way. This
island is the dividing line be-
tween the outer harbor, which il
Queenstown harbor, and the inne1
harbor, which is Cork harbor. NJ
modern ship ever discharges a car
go in Cork harbor proper, except
ing an occasional small steamer O,
sailing vessel carrying coal.
"Mr. Kennedy confused Corl
and Queenstown harbors. To il
lustrate the distinction sailors
make between the two, l will cit,
a little instance that occurred bacl
in the los. The articles of tn,
merchant ship, Joseph L.Spiney
Capt. Curling, San Francisco, read
TO Queenstown or Falmouth TO
orders The ship arrived of
Queenstown in heavy gale. Il
coming to her moorings her cable
parted and she driftsd inside O
Spike Island into the outer har
, Dor of Cork where she came t,
i anchor. AS soon as the sailor
) discovered this mishap they calle'
= the captains attention to tn
(. wording of the articles, and a
r Cork was not mentioned therein
. they demanded their money or ex
1 ira pay to take the ship to he
port of discharge. The captain ha'
: to comply with their demands be
: cause the word Cork was omitte,
. in the articles. This would hav
: been the correct reading: Queens
town, Cork or Falmouth for OF
. lders.' However, big vessels do en-
, ter Cork harbor, but not to dis
. charge their cargoes. What I sal
before was that it is a port of ca
| only, and consequently a quee
place to establish a sailors home.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

his parole. The discharges were
J. a., 1862; J. F. W., 1172; J. B.,
929, and G. r., 1863.
There are now 545 inmates of
the prison, of whom 422 are in the
first grade, 200 in the second and
fourteen in the third.
The last register number is 1875.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.

PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
j. F. JACOBSON. Chairman Madison
w. LEAVETT, Ltchheld
O. B. GOULD, Winona
b. W. WRIGHT. Secretary
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
HENRY wOLFER, warden
j. 8. GLENNON, - Deputy Warden
M. G. COLLIGAN, - Asst Deputy Warden
81. W. DAVIS, : Clerk and Accounting Officer
r. M. BORDWELL, Steward
B.J MERRILL, -4-- Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY. - Matron
g. j. KENNEDY, y Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
J.Z. BARNCARD, --- - st. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

The occupant of cell ss4 wishes to exchange
the San Francisco Examiner for any good paper
| or magazine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

If absence makes the heart grow
fonder, the reported death of the dow
ager empress of China ought to make
the Boxers sing in unison: "There's
warm spot in my heart for you, babew
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03


Sir Henry johnson declared it a feat
Impossible, yet she accomplished it neat,
Deep down in that crater, now bereft of heat,
Hurrah! for Bebe Bwan of Chala.
If absence makes the heart grow
fonder, the reported death of the dow
ager empress of China ought to make
the Boxers sing in unison: "There's
warm spot in my heart for you, babep'
Crawford of South Dakota is likely
to make the present republican leaders
crawfish in their battle for supremacy.
If elected governor, somebody will be
eating sailed behring's, and shrimps.
will be above par.
All the world loves lover-but does:
the lover reciprocate? By the image
of Vishnu! he's too busy finding way
to laugh at locksmiths to think Of
anything else than 1.-TWO is company.
three but what a funny
world!
With Russia and Japan getting.
shaved, Turkey lathering up and
San Domingo ready for hot towel,
it is only question of next" in the
great powers shop, who will take a.
chance on being scraped. Still, there is a
great difference between the BARRIERS
college and the Figaro shop. Mean
while Uncle Sam takes his massage en-
tente cordiale until somebody accuses
him of patronizing 5 cent shop. That
one is liable to get his hair singed.
Does Columbia need neck-shave?
The glorious vitality that belongs to-
freshly In the contact with mother
earth, and the physical capacity for
motion with which nature endOws
them makes them graceful and fasci-
mating to watch, when they are at their
| true sport: feet-shaking. Something
of this kind passed through my mind
on our last holiday, and, combined
with the delightful sensation (after
long silence) of noises from tortured
tongues endowed with the fatal gift Of
CAB, disposed me well towards my fell
lows and towards mankind at large.
Besides it counted one more day to-
wards freedoml
| By the scroll of ISRAELI! I've seen
part of the identical cherry tree which
made little Georges Ratchet famous.
also miniature flag that has "faunted
some" Verify, these Hollanders are
great travellers and story-tellers
There are some sounds one never for
get. For instance, the glorious cry of the
trumpeter swans in Iceland when they
pass in full flight overhead in the early
morning; or the sweet musical ring of
the steel skate as it clangs again and
again over the fresh ice. There is a.
voice, too, that from the first produces,
upon us a strange impression unlike
anything else in the world. Few sing
ers possess it, and even tho their pow
ers be limited there comes a strange
thrill into their singing which fixes it.
indelibly in the memory.
I am sorry to miss the "Home, Sweet
Home" as rendered by the marvellous
voice of Adelina Patti on this her last
farewell tour. Having good memory,
consider myself fortunate to have
heard such divine singers as Lind.
Trebelli, Patti, and such players as Ole
Bull, D'Albert and Paderewsky, not to.
mention the heavyweight fiddler, late,
of this place.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Crawford of South Dakota is likely
to make the present republican leaders
crawfish in their battle for supremacy.
If elected governor, somebody will be
eating sailed behring's, and shrimps.
will be above par.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

All the world loves lover-but does.
the lover reciprocate? By the image
of Vishnu! he's too busy finding way
to laugh at locksmiths to think of
anything else than "two is company,
three"-singular, but what funny
world!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Russia has always been a good
and loyal friend to this country,
and now, when the czar is in
trouble and needs our friendship,
is Uncle Sam, like Brutus, going
to turn traitor and plunge dag
ger into the side of his friend?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

Turn to the pages of history
and read of the men who won both
honor and fame and you will find
that their only mascot was a good
clean character.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03

The late Senator Ingalls, said
that grass is the blanket of the
dead, and some men seem to think
that the grass widow is the CON-
forter of the living.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-03-03
REFLECTIONS.
ssssBYees+
G.. S.

u you can't boost don't knock" is a
maxim which should be taken to
heart by good many of our fellow
residents.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-15
Eirenrnnf Combination.

Many people, carpers, and some
times even sO-called experts" have
contended that there is no such thing
as freprOof construction Once for
all were they silenced by the Balti-
more fire. The great skyscrapers
there were built to meet ordinary con
ditiOns. The steel was as light as
would carry the load and the fire
PROBING tile was reduced to the min
imum Of thickness and therefore, min
imum cost, the ordinary building tile
Of cOmmerce-peOple would not pay
for any greater protection. Yet those
buildings stood up; Of course every
thing within them that was inhamma-
bic burnt up, but the structures them
selves need but little repair. Here
and there the tile is broken, but on
the whole the repairs TO the struc-
tural work and the tile covering are
comparatively Insignificant. The test
was a most extraordinary one; it
passes comprehension. Some portions
CT those buildings were subjected to
5000 and more degrees, the heat of
a blast furnacei Who dares say now
that freprOofing is not freprOOf2
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-15
Aslssp Seventeen Years.

DR.. Herbst, in the Wiener Medizini-
schen Presse, tells Of a woman named
Gersine Meyer, who. falling asleep II
1886. remained in that state for seven
teen years During that period the
woman's eyes we're closed. but she
was otherwise in possession OF her
faculties. She was nOuTished with
pap. milk and eggs and invariably
made movements with her mouth
when she wanted 10 drink. During
the seventeen years she suffered from
colds and an attack Of influenza These
ailments had no effect on her sleep.
When at last the woman awOke she
had the feeling that she had only been
asleep during the night
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-15
A PIan for cir lain.


Considerable difficulty has been ex-
perienced in heating long trains Of
railway cars in Europe owing to the
condensation Of the steam and TO the
presence Of water in the pipes. By a
system devised by NJ. LancrenOn and
about to be installed on the Eastern
railway Of France this is Obviated by
employing compressed air, which is
mixed with the steam, and carries
along any condensed water TO suitable
traps The condensed air also en-
ables smaller pipes to be used, and
where ten or twelve cars were for
merly the limit, now twenty or more
can be heated satisfactorily. The air
used amounts to about ten per cent
Of the steam supply, and when q
slight amount is used to raise the
pressure at the portion Of the train
near the engine, the effect is felt
through the line Of pipes. In one in
stance, where steam was admitted to
the heating system at a pressure Of
ffty-seyen pounds per square inch, the
pressure at the end of the train was
but ten pounds. Using sufficient air
to make the pressure sixty pounds
per square inch, twenty-eight and
half pounds at the end of the train
were obtained, which fell to twenty
one and a third pounds after the
steam was admitted to the traps. With
trains of unusual length the results
were equally satisfactory.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-04-15

means an idea new in mechanics.
Twenty-seven hundred years ago, in
the little nation Of the Chaldees, ad-
joining Armenia, the water turbine
was known, and built, and used in
milling. II was then called the shell
wheel" The wheel was used in a
horizontal position, no effort being
made to secure the greatest value Of
the water pressure The wheel was
connected to a vertical shaft which
turned the stone and ground the grain
into a coarse -four.
Near the city OF Van, believed to
have been built 1000 years B. C., there
still remain canals in a good state
OF preservation One Of them, sixty
miles long. is now used for irrigation
and power. At one time, centuries
agOne, there were forty mills on this
canal. and to-day the remains Of these
ancient Institutions may be seen
Flour mills. driven by these simple
turbines. Of the same type as was used
there 300 years ago, are stin in
operation.
The Deutcher Mueller, Berlin, says:
These turbines were brought 70 the
notice Of the modern world and quite
generally adopted IN Europe from 1850
TO 1880. These ChaIdees are not TO be
COMPOUNDED with the Chaldeans Of
MessOpOtamia-"