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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-23

inherits the wherewitha to resist desease from the
other. This hypothesis is not sustained by fact.
The children of such unions seldom robust altho
they often have enough vitality to live to an ad-
vanced age as confirmed invalids. On the other
hand, the children of consumptlve parents usually
die in their infancy. If the welfare of the race is
the desderatum surely the latter case is preferable
to the former 1t is expensive of course but until
we have more positive knowledge of what diseases
are durable and what incurable what are inherited
and what not inherited, it is as good plan any
that has been advanced. If you desire only the
fttest to survive, is it not better to let the unfit
mate and bring forth progeny that cannot survive,
than to insist that good blood shall be deterorated
by the infusion of bad?
By the same token, the campaign against trace
suicide" is harmful. What the race needs, are
strong, self-reliant, conscientious men and women,
not towards and weaklings. It is the latter class
alone that encourage 'race suicide"-and they ought
to be pensioned for doing. They and their ilk
can't disappear too soon. It is good plan to let
nature take of such matters, to let individuals
follow the dictates of their nclinations. Con-
scious selection has superseded natural selection,
and the unfit doing their very best to weed them
selves out. Why interfere with them? Why dis
courage them? Let them alone, for the good of the
race.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-23

MIRROR weekly published the Minnesota State
edited
objects home encourage
acquant
prisoners pathological
aid deng that prejudice which has
selfredempon The entirely
financial If time there
would expended in
interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-23

The destruction of ST. Pierre was felt more keen
ly than any other disaster OF recent years, not be-
cause thousands of lives were lost, but because
could be blamed for the catastrophe. After
every calamity, great or small, the natural instinct
seems to be to clamor for vengeance. Somebody
must be sent to prison. The sum total OF human
suffering must be further augmented that the pent
up feelings of the crowd may be relieved Careless
ness, involuntary injury, must be wiped out by voun
tary injury. This is human nature.
Well, it should not be hard to tx the response
bility for the General Slocum' holocaust Foronce
the law is not faulty, is the system OF admins
tering it. The responsible parties the of
the burned vessel the captain the pilots the public
official whose duty it to inspect the vessel, and
finally the people themselves, who never think 1t
necessary to test the efficiency Of public servant
until his neficiency costs human life. It will be
seen that quite number of indictments order
If the fire apparatus had been in working order,
it is probable that the General Slocum" would not
have burned. If the life preservers had not been
rotten, it is probable that many mourning homes
would today be happy. If the officials whose duty
it to inspect the fire apparatus and the life pre-
servers had enforced the law it is probable that the
fire would have been suppressed and that many Of
those who jumped overheard would have been saved
1t the pubic at large had taken little more interest
IN public business and had that responsible men
were chosen to administer the aw-but this is get
ting too much like the House that Jack Built
One thing is certain: 10 and wildly de-
mand vengeance will accomplish nothing The
harm is done The thing to do is to determine that
this shall be the last sacrifice the altar of ndier
ence and incapacity. Prevention is better than
One of the lessons taught by the Iroquois and Gen
eral Slocum fires is this: man whose duty it is to
inspect boilers buildings, railway carriages loco
motives vessels of any kind, fire apparatus, must
take nothing for granted. He must constantly
pect that things going wrong until he proves
that they are going right.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-23

FREE libraries not popular with publishers
because few persons will buy book when it be
got for nothing from library. AS matter of
course the free library receives little support from
periodicals and papers devoted to the book trade for
they derive much of their income from publishers
advertisements. It is seldom, however, that even
literary magazine will print such puerie objection
to the free library is offered by Mr.. w. l.. Alden
in recent number Of the New York Times Saturday
Reve7O Of Books Mr.. Alden says part: '"The book
lending department of the free library is used by very
few students. -. Women and boys and girls flock
to the free library to take out novels but does it do
them sufficient good to warrant the existence OF the
library? That free libraries have large share in
disseminating disease is perfectly we'll know. It
would be quite just to establish tree tea and coffee
at the expense of the taxpayers to establish
free libraries for the of unwashed loungers and
novel reading boys"
If, as Mr.. Alden says, the book lending depart
ment Of the free library is used by few Students the
reference department is used by many. So the IL
brary benefits the student we'll as the novel reading
boy Women and boys and girls also clock to the
parks much to the chagrn of the proprietor of the ten
cent theatre, who doubtless believes that free park
is imposition on the taxpayers Churches, schools
and free lecture rooms do their share in dsseminat
ing disease but in these days of trolley cars and
automobiles you take your life in your hand every
time you cross the street, you cannot have such
places of instruction suppressed that account AS
for the free tea and coffee for unwashed loung
ers-they will be established whenever the public
not the taxpayers think they necessary.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-23

| Why don't some of our energet-
ic, get-rioh- quick men 60 into toad
farming? For, according to
writer in the Saturday Eveuing
Post the annual value of an every
day hop toad is about $40. That
is to say, the government experts
figure out that the toad saves that
amount of money yearly to farm
ers by eating insects which would
otherwise devour the growing
crops.
While travelling over the Gin
cinnati Southern railway Queen
and Crescent route) a few years
ago my attention was drawn to
little girl on the station platform
at Somerset, Kentucky. The child
had no arms and a little inquiry
of a. resident of the town elected
the fact that she was born without
any sign of arms. The other day
my attention was again drawn to
the same little girl by reading in
one of the newspapers of the Won
derful achievements of "Ada May
Hendricks, the 15-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. William Hendricks, who
resides a few miles out of Somer-
set, KY" Ada Hendricks is now
said to be greater wonder than
Tom Thumb or Blind Tom, in that
she plays musical instruments with
her feet and toes. She first mas
tered the banjo and then learned
to play the piano, accordion and
other instruments. To play on
the piano she is elevated on seat
above the instrument, so that her
toes will touch the keys and in
this manner it is said she plays
with apparent ease, her touch be-
ing of the sweetest and softest. In
addition to her musical ability she
also possesses the art of making
the most fantastic paper flowers,
cutting and designing them with
her toes.
What differences there are in
the matter Of artistic and inartistic
tastes in men! And the same might
be said of women, too, for that
matter. But it is doubly notice
able here in the decorations of
cells. While we are not permitted
to have all we might desire in the
way of furniture and decorations,
and while many Of US have little
or no opportunity of providing
ourselves with suitable articles for
decorating shelves or walls, many
of our men develop their genius to
such an extent that with nothing
more than odd scraps Of paper and
pieces of cardboard, they decorate
the most conspicuous portions of
their cells so prettily as to transt
form these otherwise dismal habi-
tations into cheerful, inviting little
rooms.
An ornamental little article Of
furniture came to my cell few
weeks since, bearing the inscrip-
ton, Beware Of the busy burglar
Now, I thought burglary had gone
out of fashion long ago, and that
all the burglars were dead, but If
such is not the case [ am most
thankful for my friends warning,
and let us all be on our guard.
However, there is not much dan
ger of this class of bad men mo-
testing us here, as the only weak
spot in our house is the front door,
and in order to break in, a man
would have to intimidate the turn
kew and few other officers.
3
The editorial writer's and para
graphers of the newspapers East,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-23
N 0 7 &,

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of THE MIRROR who are
not regular lists will please consider such as
copies. IT, after reading, conclude that THE
MIRROR worthy of patronage send name to this
oce for trial subscription rates published above
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-23

have been rightly interpreted, and
whether or not that gentleman
was sincere in his condemnation
OF editorial columns, he must be
cognizant of the fact that his own
editorials have always been the
one great factor in maintaining
the popularity of the Courier Jour-
nal. Indeed there can hardly be
any exaggeration in asserting that
Mr.. Watterson's editorials have
been more widely quoted than
those of any other editorial writer
IN this country. And while be
may appear somewhat radical in
some of the political views to,
which he gives utterance from
time to time, when he is dead and
gone the press Of the country, IT.
respective of party utilization, will
eulogize Mr.. Watterson as having
been the most eloquent editorial
writer of his time.
The ability to get hundred
pounds of work out of pound of
strength means the saving of tons
OF labor and the production of
success. Industry is splendid
commodity, but most of us make
such poor use of it that we waste
tons of it. The study of making
all our labor count in results is a.
study worth while studying.
While there is much to appreci-
ate in the praise given The MIR
RoR by the Baltimore SATURDAY Re-
Oie70, it is also up to us to indulge.
in a little criticism of our Balti-
more contemporary. From a pc
rusal Of the article quoted by The
MIRROR one would infer that the
author of that article looks upon
all men in prison as being very
bad men. Has it never occurred
to that Baltimore gentleman that
in approximately half the cases in
the courts, the merits and dement's
are SO nearly equalized that the
cases hang in the balance until
some mere technically or little
added power Of eloquence produces
barely sufficient pressure to make
the decision for or against the de-
PENDANT? If the charge happens
to be something of a felonious
character, and the accused is &C
quilted, he goes his way with head
high; but if sufficient pressure is.
brought to bear to convict, does it
necessarily follow that the man
should be condemned as wholly
bad?
No man is wholly bad; neither
is any man wholly good. Taking
civilized mankind as a whole,
would it not seem like fair esti-
mate to credit the average man
with being about SO per cent good
and about SO per cent bad? OF
course there are very many men
who are Is to go per cent good
and only 10 to 25 per cent bad.
True, there are some men here
who are 80 to 80 per cent bad; but
it is my belief that our population
as whole will average but little
more than so per cent bad, and
that the men here would not fall
very far behind the same number
Of men picked at random from the
world at large. In very many
cases those who are guilty as
charged did no more than the av
erage man would have done under
the circumstances. There are men
serving time here for offenses which
are most trivial in comparison
with acts committed by tens of
thousands of men who are never
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-06-23

The editorial writer's and para
graphers Of the newspapers East,
West, North and South have
found good food for adverse criti-
cism in Mr.. Henry Watterson's
st. Louis speech in which he con-
demned the editorial pages Of the
newspapers. Whether or not Mr..
Watterson's st. Louis utterances
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20
Cured After Suffering 10 Years.

b. F. Hare, superintendent Miami Cy-
Gle Mfg Co, MiddletOwn. O.. suffered for
ten years with dyspepsia. He spent
hundreds of dollars for medicine and
with doctors without receiving and per-
manent benefit. He says One night
while feeling exceptionally bad 1 was
about 10 throw down the evening paper
when ] saw an item in the paper regard
ing the merits of Kodol Dyspepsia cure.
| concluded TO try it and while / had no
faith in it felt better after the second
dose. After using two bottles / am
stronger and better than / have been in
years. and | recommend KOdol Dyspep-
STA Cure to my friends and acquaint
anees suffering from stomach troubles. -
Sold by C. C. Case.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20

DIR. r. n. Gordon last Saturday sold
kima and Naches avenues, to DIR. II. r.
Wells for $1,000. DR.. Gordon will leave
in a couple of weeks to spend several
months in Europe, where he will take
post graduate course in medicine. Miss
Florence will return with him to her
home in Kansas.
J. Kaler of Wapato. last Wednesday
came up with the three children of r. =.
Hayes, who have been in the care of Mr..
kaler and wife ever since their father
left for the Big Bend section early last
summer. They have not heard from Mr..
Hayes for several months. so the child
rem We're sent to their grandmother, Mrs.
Mary Olsen at Portland.
Judge Taggard last Friday fined F..
Barrett 800 and costs for stealing an
overcoat from /. Blumenthal and some
shirts from Coffin Bros. James Berry
for stealing some fish from the y. p.
depot and two men named Huntington
and Hamilton were given $50 and costs.
The sentences will be served out in the
county Jail.
Dr. Frederick NJ Rossiter who recc,i,-
" took a patient to Los Angeles. from
Chicago. has been stopping with his
brother-in-iaw Rev. Alfred II. Henry
in this city. and will locate in North
Yakima. with office rooms over the
Yakima National bank DR.. Rossiter is
a graduate of the Rush Medical college
of Chicago. and of the medical depart
mcnt of the University of Pennsyl-
vania He was on the medical staff for
five years of the largest medical and
surgical institution in this country. and
for several years was professor ot anat
omy and of the praticc of medicine in
one of the Chicago medical COLLEGE and
where he now has hospital connections
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20

Under instruction from the Mayor
Marshal Curran last Friday ordered all
,lot machines shut down and saloons
closed at II o'clock at night from and
after Monday.
Mrs. +. b. Moore and her niece. Miss
Lillian Burns. OF Toronto. Can. went
To Hot Springs last Saturday to spend
some time for the benefit OF the former
lady's health.
Stale Fruit Inspector Won Holderbeke
came over Saturday to superintend the
loading OF a carload of Yakima apples.
which will be on exhibition at the st.
Louis fair.
DR. J. B. Burns left for San Diego.
Cal. on Saturday, for a two weeks alb
-ence Dr. Frank Lemon will have
charge OF his Office practice during his
absence. while DIR. Crompton will look
after the outside practice.
F. NJ Cottle of Holton. Maine. arrived
in the city Saturday morning. Mr. Cot
tie states that he left Maine when the
thermometer registered - below zero.
He Is very well impressed with the Yak
ina valley and will probably locate
here
/ James G.. Close and George W. Lane
with their families from Sugar City.
Colo. arrived last week to locate at
some point in Yakima county. The gen
tlemen are expert beet sugar raisers,
and desire to continue in that line of
agriculture.
/ Judge Taggard on Thursday united in
marriage A. Colleary and Miss Lizzie
Davenport. both Of Goldendale, and on
Friday the judge performed the same
ceremony for John r. Johnson Of Top
peni,h and Miss Georgia Gerard OF Che
halls.
An open meeting of the Fraternal
Brotherhood occurred last Wednesday
evening, the occasion being the instala
ton OF newly elected officers of that or
ganization. Dancing till the wee sma
hours was one OF the events OF the
evening The new officers are: Past
president. Paul Kruger; president. Rev
20. Il. Whitmorc; vice president. Mrs G
Phillips. secretary; Milton Porter, treas
urer Lillian Powelson; inside door keep
er Ira Krutz; outside doorkeeper. Lloyd
Bare.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20
Saved from Terrible Death.

The family of Mrs. VI. l.. Bobbitt Of
Bargerton, Tenn, saw her dying and
were powerless to save her. The most
skillful physicians and every remedy
used. failed. while consumption was
slowly but surely taking her life. In
this terrible hour DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption turned despair
into JOY. The first bottle brought i'm
mediate relief and its continued use COM
pletely cured her. It's the most certain
cure in the world for all throat and lung
troubles. Guaranteed Bottles SOC anil
Sl.00. Trial Bottles Free at c. c. Cases
and North Yakima Drug store.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20
CONDENSED CITY NEWS.

Miss Edna Beck visited friends at
Thorpe last week.
Teachers examination will be- held in
North Yakima on the 2l,t and Bud oi
January
Born. Thursday. January L. 1904 To
Mr. and Mrs. Keieer OF South Second
street. a daughter.
Don't forget the calico mask ball to
be given by the Wooimen at Armory
hall, Friday, Jan. 29.
J. P. Perkins. deputy grand master
of the \. o. [. w i here from Spokane
in the interest OF his order
Rev. J. R. Langford and family Of
Eltopia. Franklin county, have moved
to TINS city to make their residence.
F. c. Drew went to Seattle last Thurs
day to spend several day, in looking
over business proposition in that city.
r. y. Harrison last Thursday accom-
panied his daughter to Portland. whore
the young lady win enter St Helen
hall
Married. at the Presbyterian Manse,
by Rev. F L. Hayden. January ID. VIM.
II. Simms ana Miss Edith Cray, OF North
Yakima.
Mr.. Frank Hor-ley and Mis- LON
bard attended the performance Of the
Bonnie Brier Bush" at Ellensburg last
Wednesday evening
The Twentieth Century Club viii give
an entertainment at the Episcopal rec
tory this Wednesday evening, for the
benefit OF the public library.
F. +. Shaw. accompanied by lis at
torney. l. NJ krutz, went over to Col
dendale last week to look after Mr.
Shaw's homestead They returned sun
day.
Have you been to SCOTS lumber yard
Try him on lumber, sash, doors, etc.
West of tracks, opposite machine shop,
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20

"Sir!" exclaimed the injured party.
you stuck your umbrella in nv eve"
"Oh, no. replied the cheerful offender.
you are mistaken Mistaken" de-
manded the irate man, you idiot, /
know when my eye Is hurt. | guess"
Doubtless" replied the cheerful chap.
but you don't know my umbrella. 7
borrowed this one from friend today"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20

Never in the way, no trouble to carry.
easy to take, pleasant and never failing
in results are DeWitt's Little Early Ris-
ers. A vial of these little pills in the
vest pocket is certain guarantee
against headache, biliousness, torpid liv.
er and all of the ills resulting from con-
stipation. They tonic and strengthen
the liver. Sold by c. G. Case.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20
In Bed Four Weeks with La Grippe.

We have received the following letter
Il was in bed four weeks with la grippe
and | tried many remedies and spent
considerable for treatment with physi-
clans but | received no relief until |
tried Foley's Honey and Tar. Two small
bottles OF this medicine cured me and
now / use it exclusively in my family"
Take no substitute. Sold by North Yak
ina Drug Store. \. d. Sloan, prop.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20

Mother-Tommy. what's the matter
with your little brother! Tommy-He's
won't give him any. Mother-Is his
own cake finished. Tommy-Yes'm
and he cried while I was eating that.
too.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20

They had been discussing the baby's
got its fathers hair said the joyful
young mother. "Oh. it that who's got
it? l noticed it was missing" And as
the tall girl with the suave manner said
this, the mother looked obviously at
her
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20
Stop 1t.

a neglected cough or cold may lead to
serious bronchial or lung troubles. Don't
take chances when Foley's Honey and
Tar affords perfect security from seri-
Gus effects. of a cold. Sold by North
Yakima Drug Store, A. d. Sloan, prop
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20
e. S. PRICE
INVESTMENT
BROKER
Lands, Loans, Stocks, Bonds
Room -,
Sloan Building

The Artist-Perhaps when a man is
welded to his art. it j. a mistake to
think of matrimony. Shc-I dare say.
At any rate. don't commit bigany until
YOU can afford it.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20
Dry Goods at Actual Cost.

Don't fail TO buy your future Dry
Goods needs at Coffin Bros. closing out
Dry Goods Sale. A great saving on new
first class dry goods.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20

The Ideal Bakery is now open for bus
mess. Full line of bread and pastry If
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20

The best of oil for lighting can be
the Oil Wagon. soft
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20

Have you been to Scott's lumber yard.
Try him on lumber, sash, doors, etc.
West Of tracks. opposite machine shop.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-01-20

F. +. Shaw, accompanied by his at
torney. l. NJ. krutz, went over to Col
dendale last week to look after Mr..
Shaw'= homestead. They returned sun
day