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Plea For It's Use as "A UniversaI
Language.

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gllage has now passed beyond the
realm of discussion With the rail
roads. the high speed steamers, the tel
egraph and the telephone bringing ht-
man beings closer together every day,
it is outrageous that speech should still
continue to separate them. Let Us,
therefore. unity all language
lut what language MI the trust cS
mankind speak \ living language is
not to be considered The national
pride Of TOO many nations would HAY"
To be encountered. Artificial languages
have no prospect Of success. They are
Too arbitrary. Under the plea of prog
rcS> Esperanto, which superseded Vol
r,uk, Is already opposed by tn" "nen
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ton@uc"
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of E5ftfa is Glearness Itself 3nA eaa De
mustered in Il few lessen. hg school
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sal language the weary years Wa>tpa
over it 10y so many mediocre students
iii til" higher eduGltonal institutions
will Immediately becom" time tt>efal'9
employed.
tndes the auspices of the Linguistic
union Of the Cote l'Azur Dr. Colombo
in f2!stherance of this rev important
movement has already published Il
''Ma0aft IF Commercial Latin. 49, Cour-
ri.r dcS EtatS This
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-10
SUMMER RESORTS.

IIig4 class in altitude; low in price
and temporal 4re; in vi ginia, East
Tennessee, North Carolina. South Cor
oli.a and Georgia Also seashore
summer resorts from Virginia to Flor
ia.
Low roana trip tickets on sale June
1s5 L. September Goth, all good for re-
coaches ard sleeper to the heart ef re-
sort region, via Southern railway.
Les Us sead you booklets, Land of
the Sky Summer Homes Folder -
@Beautiful Sapphire Country" and de.
scriptions of the resorts, rates CT
round "Trip tickets. of sleeper fares,
of board and routes, and schedules,
reserve your berths and aid you in
your summer trip.
c. A. DeSaussure, D. P. A.
Memphis, Tenn.
L. Y. DeSaussHre c. P. and T. A.,
Memphis, Tenn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-10
Ready For 1t,

Professor Longhair-It has been dem
onstrated beyond question that this
continent is sinking. Miss De Style
Oh, well, we've got a yacht.--New York
Weekly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-05-19
MAY TERM oFc1RcU1T COURT
The Shortest Term on Record Quickly
Disposed of

The Shortest Term on Record Quickly
Disposed of
Circuit court convened at 10 a. m. OH
Tuesday with ten cases on the calendar.
The jury was dismissed at Tin the at
ternoon.
The criminal case Of State VS.. Hoy
was continued over term as the defend
ant is now serving g term in the pen
itentiary.
Case of State VS.. Walter the defend
ant was in default and bail of $500 was
forfeited.
The cases of Hood, Foulkrod & Go.
VS.. Fay; Fay VS.. Hood, Feulkrod q Co.
VS.. Fay; Bass VS.. Harris settled out of
court.
Stacy VS.. Mensing set for trial july Z.
Lyon Bros. VS.. Simmons settled out
of court.
Crayens vs. Jarvis continued over
term,
Carter VS.. Carter set for chamber
hearing May %.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-05-19
KILLED
BY TRAIN
JenneS S. Could Instantly Killed
and Mutiiated by Train
Tuesday
Whether Death Was Accidental or
With Suicidal Intent is
Conjecture

Jenner S. Gould was Instantly killed
and mutilated beyond Reorganization
by the west bound passenger Tuesday
afternoon at point about five miles
down the track from Pierre. The re-
malnes esplaced in the baggage car
and brought to Pierre and given over
to the charge of Undertaken Ruble,
who searched the clothing, finding in
the pockets $4.65 in silver, a boat check,
piece Of tobacco and a pair OF gloves.
Previous TO this the train crew had
found in his pocket a bank book by
which he was identified, showing a bal
ance.of about $40 in the Hughes Coun-
ty bank.
The deceased who is a son of j. ii.
Gould anu lives near Canning was
about % years of age The night pre-
vious he had passed in Pierre. In the
mornidg he had complained of not feel
ing we'll and had spoken of seeing a
doctor. Later in the day he started
down the track, afoot, towards Rous-
seau where he said he expected to get
work on the section. That was the last
seen OF him until the killing.
The engineer testities that Gould was
lying face downward between the rails
and that when the train was in fifteen
feet of him he raised slightly on his
hands ard breast looking straight at the
engine. Engineer supposed the object
was fresh dirt over a new tie until he
was, too close to stop.
Tfie deceased is referred to as net
strong of mind which makes the killing
difficult to understand. 1t looks suicid-
al and yet may have been accidental
i An inquest with jury composed Of
a. b. Nelson, j.. R. Nye and G. ii. An
derson was held and verdict of "Killed
by G. s. N. w. train brought i'll.
j. n. Gould has been telegraphed for
and will probably arrive tonight.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-05-19
A BIG EXCURSION.

Its estimated that about 400 people
arrived on last nights train on land
business. The hotels are filled and the
livery barns and Missouri river trans
p,rtation people are full of business.
With crowds like this flocking across
the river there will be a vote worth
mentioning cast in Stanley and Lyman
this year. III
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-05-19
TIMBER FIRE.

A fire ragged among the timber along
the Missouri about twelve miles up the
river in Peoria bottom all day Tuesday.
The extent of the ire and damage has
not been learned. d
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-05-19
Low EXCURSION RATES TO DEDf

Low EXCURSION RATES TO DEDf-
CATION OF ILLINOIS MONU-
MENT, SHILOH BATTLE
FIELD, TENN.
Via the North Western Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold May 13 to is.
inclusive, limited to return until May
o. inclusive. Apply to agents Chica-
go & North Western R'y. MIA
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-05-19

Concluded ON last page
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
SAYS the Worcester .Sby.

The retail cost of alcoholic and other stimulating
beverages for the year ending June 80 is 633,
379, or more correctly, perhaps 15OOOOO,OOO. This
is an expenditure of $1S15 for each inhabitant or
over $50 for family of five persons It ought to be
stated however that coffee leads the list Of beverages
in quantity consumed While the alcoholic drinks
COST last year. over 81 2OOOO0OOO the coffee bill was
only $156,OOO,OOO, yet gallons of coffee were
used than of any other beverage The number of
gallons estimated is 1866, 9O2,6l4 That is enough
to make small ocean. Beer comes next with about
1000OO,00O gallons less Perhaps after ALL there is
not much difference between the amount of coffee and
the amount of beer consumed. Only 45O,OOO,OOO
gallons of tea and 157 13O628 gallons of spirits and
wines were consumed. But the beer cost more than
the coffee. It takes its place at the top of the cost
list There slight increase in the of spirits
for the year. but it is quite possible that the chatting
dish and the paint manufacturers and other arts
responsible for the increase. The bill for cocoa is
only t7O00O00.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28

PROFESSOR CR1TTENDEN, of Yale, says that the
average healthy man eats entirely too much He
says that third to e-haf the average daily con-
sumption of food is sufficient to keep man in per-
feet health. This may be true, but healthy man
would be foolish to cut down his daily allowance of
food the strength of Professor Crttendens dictum
It is not explicit enough. How is one to know if
one is an average man or not? There must be no
ambiguity that point, the professor having dis
tinctly said that the average eats too much
One can't rely statistics in deciding matter of
such moment. Externally one may be average as
average be, but notwithstanding this there may,
deep hidden in some anatomical nook corner lurk
an abnormaty which than counterbalances
the averageness Under such circumstances, think
of the fearful consequences of eating less! The
only way one can be certain that one is really an
average man is to give oneself to medical college
for dissection. After the students have taken man
apart and talked to him, he easily cut down his
food Most eat too fast and neglect to masticate
their food If they would correct these faults they
would eat less.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28

JUDGE ADAMS of the United States district court
says that under no circumstances do words justify
an assault They are ''never justification of assault
in this country and representative court has
ruled otherwise says he. This is probably good
law but certainly it does not reflect the sentiment of
the majority of the people. The ordinary man, the
representative citizen may say that language can
justify physical violence but his acts belle his words
The ordinary run of men firmly believe that under
certain circumstances blow is the only retort for
word. For instance, if man were to call your
sister, wife mother vile name, what would you
do? Why, you would tan his hide if you could-at
least you would attempt to do And most men,
almost all men, would applaud you for SO doing.
They would look upon you with amused contempt if
you hailed your adversary into court and sued him for
damages or prosecuted him for criminal libel Per-
haps it won't do for the law to admit that words ever
justify violence, but think that sometimes even
Judge Adams acts the principle that in this
particular the law may be ignored.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28

A "B1G KILLING" opened the racing season in
the East A horse with odds of Is to l against him
in the betting ring important race, netting
his owners over $4,000. This will prove great
boon to the bookmakers The story has been printed
far and near. Many poor fools who are anxious to
make fortune in day. but who have not heretofore
thought of the track, will turn their atten-
ton to the ponies. Not until they bankrupt
will they learn that they have been trying to beat
man at his own game. If racing were honestly con-
Quoted it would be hard enough for the novice to
wn as it is, he has no chance at ALL Racing is like
every other gambling game-crooked. The honest
gambler, whether at faro the track, does not
exist outside, of books When you say that the best
members of the fraternity will not cheat their friends,
you say the most that be said of their honesty.
The owners of stables, the members of the clubs,
may be upright as Job himself but the bookmakers
usually determine which horse shall win each race
They want nothing better than occasional killing
on 'long shot," It brings out the timid jay.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
AGAIN Mount Etna has been brought prominently

AGAIN Mount Etna has been brought prominently
before the world Its sombre silent and precipitous
sides last week scaled by the German Emperor.
AS narrated by the trained reporters in attendance
the story of the ascent is Of thrilling interest Half
way up the slope the party met by mueteers
and mules. Upon having Of the foot-sure
animals rendered him, the emperor made portentous
remark, which at flashed to every corner of
the globe. "Thank you, he said, II prefer to walk
Later, after the party had reached the summit and
had eaten luncheon, his majesty pleased to say
"The view is Of undreamed Of magnifcence. -
This significant statement also cabled abroad
after the party returned to Cantania. What it's
effect will be on the situation in the Far East can
only be surmised.
Some 23OO years ago another notable parsonage
assembled Etna. His name was Mr. Empedocles and
he lived in Agrigentum The points of dssimilarity
between Empedocles and Emperor William are
striking. In fact, the two celebrities bear re-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28

semblance to one another. Empedocles could have
been king, but declined the job; William is
equivalent to four kings. The former longed to be a
friend to the gods the latter says, "Me und Got"
accenting the "Me:' The former was possessed with
curiosity to know what makes things 60; the latter
knows everything. The former threw himself into
the crater the latter sat its brm and ate luncheon
The former is dead; the latter is living. Both how
ever, have helped to make Etna famous.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
AN ATTEMPT will be made in Chicago to enforce

AN ATTEMPT will be made in Chicago to enforce
the toy pistol ordinance this year. Dealers will be
notified through the daily papers that prosecution
will follow the sale of the weapons to Minors and the
police will be instructed to be on the lookout for
offenders. Any of the dangerous toys found in the
possession of children will be confscated In short
it is said that every effort will be made to prevent
the usual annual sacrifice of life and limb due to the
toy pistol. The ordinance prohibiting the sale of
the weapon-for it is weapon-to children is one
of those that Mayor Harrison not long ago called
ornamental laws;' but for all that it is good law
and can easily be enforced It has the approval of
most parents, and if the attempt is made seriously to
apply it, the dealers will respect it. From the toy
pistol to the blank cartridge pistol is but a short
step from the latter to the revolver made for ball
cartridges is shorter. If Chicago can enforce it's
ordinance other cities will soon adopt similar laws
and perhaps in few years Of child NOR
tally will be eradicated
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28

The love of money is root of evil in Japan as
well as IN the Western world The war, but few
months DID, has produced than it's share of
traitors in Toxic Two conspicuous there have
been. One man, legislator, attempted to sell in
formation to the enemy; another, member Of the
general staff ess actually did furnish the Russians
with accurate information regarding the movements
of the japanese troops Perhaps there are other
cases yet to be discovered. Japan is not
alone in her plight. Treason seems to be con-
comitant to warfare. Such things occur in every
There always traitors in high places, men
who love money more than honor and country. They
always think they will not be found OUT they seldom
escape punishment. In fact there to be god
of whose duty it is to Illustrate the schemes of
traitors. Somehow their plans leak out just before
they put into execution and just in time to upset
them Still, the prize is big and men viainous
enough to try for it will always be found both in the
East and West.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
NO E..

ALL PERSONS receiving copies Of THE MIRROR who are
regular lists will please consider such as
copies. IT, after reading, conclude that THE
MIRROR worthy Of patronage send name to this
trial subscription rates published above
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28
= ODDS and ENDS =
BY H. j.. 3. =

the United States. AS an indica-
ton OF the possibilities for grain
production in that section it is
stated that "of the Is, 100000 acres
OF occupied land there, only 6,OO0,-
OOO are under cultivation, and they
produced 100000 bushels of
wheat last year" It is estimated
that the unoccupied lands are
capable of producing between
2,5O0,OO0,OOO and 3,OOO,OOO,OOO
bushels, or five times greater than
the total United States crop. The
total wheat crop of the world in
1902 was about 3,12O,OOO,OO
bushels.
OF all the absurd, inconceiva-
BILE, irrational, superstitious per-
formances Of so-called civilized or
semi-civilized people in recent
years, that last circus performance
of the Russians deserves first
prize. Having failed in all their
circus performances to induce Mr..
Providence to help them out they
have conceived few great ideas.
The first of these is the sending to.
the seat of war a huge portable
altar made of solid silver on which
is placed solid gold statue of st.
George. Despite their enormous,
weight, the altar and statue are to.
be carried aloft before the soldiers.
If this statue of st. George fails to
aid the Russians, they have two.
sure winners consisting of a toe of
st. Alexis and a portrait of St.
Serge. This latter is said to be
painted on piece of the coffin in
which st. Serge was buried and
which, like the saint himself, re-
fuses to rot or decompose. Ac-
cording to the Russians this same
picture helped Peter the Great
win the battle of Poltava, tho his
tory assigns as the cause of vic
tory the fact that the Swedes we're
out of ammunition.
Yea verify, fool is born every
minute, and frequently there are
twins.
An inmate asks if Indiana is tho
Hoosier state and also what is,
Michigan. Following are the fic-
titious names of some of the states
jotted down at random:
Indiana, Hoosier; Michigan
Lake; Wisconsin, Badger; Illi-
nois, Prairie; Iowa, Hawkeye; Ar
kansas, Bear; Mississippi, Bayou.
Louisiana, Creole; Texas, Lone
Star; Delaware, Diamond; Penn
sylvania, Keystone; Florida, Pen
insular; Minnesota, Gopher; YER
mont, Green Mountain; New
Hampshire, Granite; South Caro-
lima, Palmetto; North Carolina
Turpentine, also Old North; New
York, Empire, and sometimes Ex-
celsior; Massachusetts, Bay. also,
Old Colony; Maine, Lumber, also
Plne-Tree; Connecticut, Nutmeg.
also Freestone; Virginia, Mother
of states, also Mother of presidents,
and Old Dominion.
Another member of this COM
munity asks what country has the
longest mile. Switzerland has the,
longest, mile in that country be-
ing 81 ,459 feet. As the American
and English mile is $3.50 feet, it
will be seen that the Swiss mile ls-
longer than five of ours. With
two or three minor exceptions, the
English and American mile is the
shortest of all the countries. The
italian mile is 5,298 feet or only
Is feet longer than ours, while the,
Scotch mile is 672 feet longer, and
a mile in Ireland is 6,720 feet, or
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28

Mrs. John 81. Judge, of the
Political Study Club of New York
City, declares that if the men had
to give birth to the babies and to
soothe them when they cry there
would be no more than one child
in each family and some men
would take different view of race
suicide.
| Mrs. Prentis of Topeka says that
if the commission will help her,
she will contract to show the
people who visit the Kansas build
ing at st. Louis, the most hand
some and accomplished collection
OF young women they ever saw.
And all from Kansas too.
No doubt it would be a pleasant
pastime for those who perform the
average day labor to draw five dol
lars for every day of six hours, but
what percentage of the laboring
men are capable of earning it, and
what percentage of the employers
can afford, under existing condi-
tons, to pay such wages? To pay
this class of men minimum wage
of SIS, or $130 per month of 26
days, and six hours day, would
necessitate corresponding raise
in every class of wage earners
throughout the country, including
the tens of thousands of minor Of
ficials, and would also necessitate
a raise of from 100 to 200 per cent
in all commodities, in all indus
trial and commercial pursuits, in
all lines of endeavor. How much
would the working man gain by
this?
The Hon. Thomas r. Bard,
United States senator from Cali
fornia, has submitted a bill in the
United States Senate that bids
fair to stir the whole scientific
world and cause a revolutionary
performance of the old-time wealth
or machinery. The proposition
embodied in the bill Is based on
the startling hypothesis that there
is physical basis of meteorol-
ogy" and that once this basis is
discovered, it will be possible to
determine on the first of May,
exactly what the weather will be for
every day of that month; and this
will include rainfall, temperature
and all other things necessary to
be known of benefit to agriculture,
horticulture or commerce" SEN
ator Bard would have the United
States government offer two cash
prizes of one hundred thousand
dollars and fifty thousand dollars
respectively for weather man to
predict the exact weather in three
different localities of varied eli
mates for thirty days in advance,
keeping up the predictions sue
cessfully for six consecutive
months"
A saving of 1900 miles in the
distance between Liverpool and
Yokohama will be made by the
new Grand Trunk Pacific railway
to be built across Canada. That
saving will be in comparison with
the shortest line through the
United States, between New York
and San Francisco. The new line
will be about 400 miles shorter in
the stretch across the continent,
than the Canadian Pacific railway.
The gain in distance over routes
further south results from the
smaller circumference of the earth
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-28

published the Minnesota State
Prison. and edited and
aged home to encourage
the prisOnrs acquant
public disseminate pathological
dpeng prejudice which has been
The paper entirely
financial at time there
surplus would expended
Interests of prison library
The St. Louis Republic., 1904-08-28

visit. Under the personal direction O;
Captain David Goldstein. the originator Of
the mimic naval warfare. really won-
derful sight was presented. Each of the
twenty-eight men-of-war has a dock of its
own and when not engaged in combat or
participating in the movement of the feet
Is tied up in its Own place.
When one OF them steanls in. there ie an
attendant ready to receive II. md after
making fast, he removes the main top and
out jumps the Captain. who is likewise
navigator. chief gunner and powder r-mon-
key. Each vessel is manipulated by ia:
own commander who sits snugly lust un-
der the main deck. directs the steering ap-
paratus. governs the electric motors and
fires the real little guns. They are thor
oughly drilled. and each has his cue and
is governed much as is the actor by the
stage manager.
Behind the docks Is g wilderness OF wires
and apparatus for charging the motors.
manufacturing the smoke which pours
from the tunnels. and loading the shells
and mines. One man has charge Of firing
zines to ruins. A small army of men Is
employed In giving the realistic proGuc-
tion.
Captain Goldstein. who formulated the
show. Is a genius. This Is the fourth big
production he has given. and the first time
in America. In Berlin and Paris he has
put on elaborate entertainments. but none
so spectacular as the Pike show. A retired
naval constructor. he built the little yes
sells himself. Each one IS built from the
model of the big ship of which it is name
sake and Is said to be a technical renro-
Each weighs from 3.oGO to 400 pounds.
Steel is used in the construction. and the
ships are wonderfully perfect in their de-
tails