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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21

weekly published the Minnesota State
the edited and
aged by objects to be home to
prisoners
public pathological
that prejudice which has
eredempton The entirely
dependent public If
surplus would
Interests the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21

who in one or more attributes
seems inferior to some of the
animals. live take Retrospective,
broad, unbiased view of the involu-
ton and evolution of the world, if
there is anything in ancient his
tory it is plain that there was
time when all mankind was very
little If any superior to the ape.
To cite one authority, Mr.. Ed
ward Clodd, in his book called,
"The Story of Primitive Man." We
are given numerous forcefuI
thoughts of the connection be-
tween the ape and man. For, as
says Mr.. Clodd, the orangoutang
has human-like brain, the Chin
panzee has human-Gke skull,
and the more savage gorilla has
the most human-like feet and hands.
Altho the bones of man cannot
be mistaken for those of an anthro-
poid ape, the skeleton of each,
bone for bone: are Identical. The
lower apes vary more especially in
their brains, from the highest apes
than the latter differ from man.
The common descent of men and
apes, says Mr.. Clodd, is no longer
to be doubted. But man is neither
the offspring nor the brother of:
the apes; he is a sort of cousin.
more than "once removed And
to answer the Output question,
where is the missing link between
them? There is DO missing link.
there never has been one. As
with the likenesses and differences
between the apes themselves, SO
with those between apes and man.
The licensees are explained by de-
scent from a common ancestry.
Again, just as the lower organ
isms remain as they were from the
beginning, and have all along con-
stituted the majority, SO the races
that have reached a certain stage
and have never passed beyond it
far outnumber those obove them.
For progress is a modern idea-a
Western idea. The orientals, from
whom we may except the Japanese
hate it; the entire Mohammedan
world detests it; the multitude of
colored men who swarm in the
continent of Africa oppose it, and
the millions of people who fill the
Chinese empire despise it. Bar
barrie races, and for that matter.
civilized races, only in lesser de-.
gree, are bound hand and foot by
custom, by taboo, by belief in luck
or ill-luck paralyzillg action, aud
are deferred from doing this or
that because of supposed divine
sanctions or prohibitions, which
thus create a hedge round abuses,
illusions and frauds. Men who
have dared to suggest that such
a thing may have two sides to it
and who have thus opened the way
to inquiry wherein alone is the
path Of progress their fate has
been the crucifix, the stake, or
long pining years in dungeons
Both vested interests and apathy
have been the foes to advancement
so strong is the reluctance to
change, so great the "pain of a new
idea," so dominant the power of
feeling over reason, of the wish to
believe that which demands NO
effort against the desire to know
that which involves strenuous in
quiry and application.
A year or two ago the writer
made some reference ia these
columns, to the fact that the apes
of Borneo have a jargon by which
they seem to converse and under
stand one another. Leaving out
the question of dogs and horses a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21

Canada now wants to buy Green
land from Denmark and go into
the ice business.
Some people are good because
it is natural, some are good because
it is policy and others are good
because they have to be.
Judging from the volume of
water that has descended to earth
in the forms of snow and rain
during the past winter and spring
it. would seem that there are some
big leak holes in the bottom of
heaven and it is dollars to dough-
nuts that this is season of drouth
up there.
Why are there so few sickly red
headed people? Because there
are comparatively few people who
have red hair.
A wet spring being productive
of mosquitoes it is almost enough
to make suffering humanity begin
to squirm and scratch now when
we contemplate summer. Can't
some smart man devise some way
to learn what mosquitoes are made
for and then discover a substitute
for them, and thirdly invent r
machine that will annihilate every
mosquito from New Jersey to
seventeen thousand miles west of
San Francisco and from the north
pole to the equator or south pole?
While on the subject of mosqui-
toes, my mind reverts to squib by
Boil Brown in recent issue of the
Kansas City Star. Says Boil: "The
skeeter are funny animil, bein'
part bird, part deveil an part itch.
1t is foun' in New Jersey an ev'ry-
where else. The skeeter kin bore
like sixty with his bill an he don't
hev to sell no stock in no oil COM
pany to do it, nuther. The skeeter
haz fore long legs, but it are not
the legs that makes Teller fergit
his religion. It are his bill which
is just like a needed, only different.
If skeeter lltes on you it is sine
that you look gud to him, but that
amt nothin' to brag about. Slap
i'm er he'll drink yer blud. Pop
sez he lites on you ter stick you
fer the drinks. The skeetes was
made to poster the wicked, but of
the folks what gifts to heaven are
only them he let's bee, it must bee
awful lonesome up there
Some recent thoughts in these
columns as to whether animals go
to heaven seem to have caused
revival of some rusty think ma
chimes. One reader writes that he
is inclined to the opinion that
there is no heaven for animals
that mankind alone have all the
heavenly space pre-empted, sub
sidized-t it is held in trust for
their exclusive use and abode.
But where and how can the line
be drawn between mankind and
the animal kingdom? If there is
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21

Why are there SO few sickly red
headed people? Because there
are comparatively few people who
have red hair.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-04-21

Canada now wants to buy Green |
land from Denmark and go into
the ice business.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
BANKS ARE ARMOR PLATED
Depositories of the Northwest Are
Fortified Against Attacks
from Bandits.

The First national bank. of Lander. is
"a little steel fortress. The counter is
faced with solid metal. and the teller
ioes business from within a coming
tower. When you go into the bank,
says Scribner's Magazine, you cannot
see anyone, and it is so arranged that a
band of hold-ups could be riddled from
front and flank
One of the worst bandits that ever dis
:urbed Wyoming bankers used to be q
small ranchman. A big cattle outfit had
mortgage on his herd. They claimed
his cattle were irregularly obtained, and
On roundup they "vended his brand. !"
hat is, put mark through it to indi-
cate that it no longer represented own
ership. Then there was trouble about
horse. Discrepancies of brand are
the beginning of danger out there, and
his man served three years
When he came out he robbed a good
many banks in broad daylight, at the
point of a pistol Yet for some reason
half the sheriffs and most of the people
were his friends. AS one cowboy said
to me: "The same companies that make
war on the small owners are the ones
hat used to pay five dollars for every
maverick we could get under their
branding irons. They taught us how
to steal. and then prosecuted every man
Who did any of it on his own account. "
Anyhow. they never got this particular
bandit again, and the banks of the west
are acquiring the armor plate habit
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
PROTECTION FOR MusK-ox
Rendered Necessary by Killing Off OF
the Animals in Hudson
Bay Region.

If there are any muSk-oX robes lyin;
about, and are to be had at a reason
able price, corner them. That is thu
advice given by veteran and whole
sale furrier, says Montreal correspond
ence of the Boston Herald.
Just now they are worth, retail from
500 to 5000 set, according to their con
dition and they are great favorite il
Canada. What their price will be mex
winter and the next is difficult to fore
see.
Gov Moody, of Hudson's bay, the frs
governor which that territory ever had
located at Fullerton, which is to be made
the capital of the district, will see tina
no more musk-ox. which virtually only
lnhabit the Canadian possessions flea:
Hudson's bay, will be killed for export
The Eskimos and Indians will be per-
mitted to kill the animals for food and
will, naturally be permitted to sell the
heads and pelts, but they will be severe
ly punished if they kill more than they
need.
Whalers will be prevented from buy
ing the skins, as they have been doing
in the past. It has been for some time
a mystery what the whalers really saw
in the bay where whales have been
thinned OUT pretty well. 1t was gener-
ally supposed that they did good con-
traband trade in whiskey, arms. and
ammunition; but Gov. Moody's visit
brought to light the fact that thousanes
of musk-oX have been brought away by
these ships upon each return voyage.
Two ships which Gov Moody visited
during his stay in the Arctic regions
had respectively 200 and 300 musk-o1
on board. brought to them by the Eski-
mos. They pay them in provisions. &
small amount for each animal
Considering the retail price of tn,
skins, and the fact that the whalers re-
cieve $50 each for the head from whole
sale furriers, a shipload of musk-ox /!
not bad investment
The Canadian government, admittin.
that the native needs the flesh for food
the pelt for clothes, and the soft WOO
that is rubbed off from the skin in tn,
melting season for underwear. is afrai,
that the animal will become extinct, and
therefore forbids the killing, except a
necessity.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
VERY COARSE POWDER.
Must Have Burned Slow-Like, 40
cording to the Narrative Of
q Slow Relator.

Eben Greenough could not be excites
by fire, murder or hurricane. When the
railroad was put through his native vii,
lage, a serious accident, to which he
was an immediate witness, shocked the
neighborhood. For years afterward he
told the story to those who asked, but
always delivered the narrative in his
lingering, passionless mode of speech.
says Youths Companion.
They'd got the cut about halfway
through Bellows rock" he used to say.
maybe more'n half. maybe less. ABB
Harrington, he had charge o the sham
ty where they KEEP the. powder m
tools n the timekeeper's Office. Some
O. them blasts was good ones, too. "
can see now how high the rocks was
maybe go foot high, maybe more, maybe
less
well, Jake Hopkins an me went
down to see Abe to tell him that his
aunt that lived at Pools Corners was
dead. She KEEP 'hen-farm an lived
all alone. Abe was the nearest relative
nearest in one sense an nearest in an
other, because his other brothers had
all gone west
well, about as soon as We got in the
door, where Abe was watchin' things
all alone, we set down to tell Abe, and
as soon as he heard he was some cut
up. The old lady had constable prop
erty. Abe, he went to git his coat, an
while he had his back turned Jake-he
was settin' on a key o. powder-he
pulled out match an started to light
his pipe"
At this point there was long pause
Then the narrative concluded thus:
We'll, as soon as me an Abe saw
what Jake was up to, or about as soon,
we went down to the spring to git some
water, but before we got there, at least
before we got back. guess that powder
was more'n half burned up
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
DAILY SHINE FOR TILES.
City Brokers Send Their High Hats
to the Halter Every Day to
Be Ironed.

"These brokers are queer cattle, as
rule" remarked dealer in hats in La
Sale street the other day, says the Chi
cago Tribune. They want their silk
hats to shine all the time as if they were
just out of the factory. Swell young
men about town have that sort of a de-
sire, but it doesn't seem to be charac-
teristic of business men generally-ex-
cept in the case of the brokers. Some Of
these brokers have their hats ironed-
or think they do-every day, and have
got so in the habit of that sort of thing
that 1 have to keep two men who do
nothing else but keep hats in order eth
er by blocking or by ironing"
1t costs from SO cents to S1.50 to block
them. So the broker escapes the neces-
sity of this expense by going to his hat
ter daily to have them ironed. There is
usually no charge for this service. Iron
ing is supposed to be the running of
hatter's hot iron over the glossy sur
face of the hat, and this always gives a
1uster to the tile. 1t doesn't take much
time even when thoroughly done, but
it does help to do away with the neces-
sity of blocking hat and does in meas
ure help to eat up the profits of hat
ter. So the willy halter has found way
to get even with the brokers'
"Hatters know, but the public gener-
ally doesn't" said one halter, chow we
get even with these brokers, whose Gus
tom is naturally valuable to US, without
offending these men in any way. Once
In awhile We iron the hats. of course,
in order to keep them in good shape, but
generally all we do is to rub them over
with bit Of silk warmed until it is quite
hot That gives the hat the necessary
polish"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
POISONED HANDLING DRUGS
Great Care Has to Be Exercised by
Workmen to Avoid Fatal
Absorption

1t is well-known fact that many of
the poisons and chemicals which enter
into the composition of drugs are capa-
BILE either of being absorbed into the
human system through the hand or af.
fecting it by inhalation, says a paper
of the trade
SO well is this danger recognized that
In all the large drug and chemical house,
men who are required to work among
such drugs habitually are Obliged to
take extra precautions to guard them
selves against danger
Men engaged in the manufacture OF
opium or any of the aIkaloids are Obliged
to wear "insuf1ators" to prevent them
from absorbing through the air mas.
sages too much of the drugs.
Despite this precaution, these men
occasionally feel themselves getting "a
little dopey," in which case they prompt
ly resort to the fresh air for an hour.
Great care has to be exercised by the
workmen who continually handle mer
curry or any mercurial preparation. II
is extremely likely to be absorbee
through the pores of the skin.
Workmen are also very liable TO bs
affected by arsenic and all the arsenates
This drug gives of fine powder, which
will quickly saturate the system unless
proper precautions are taken.
The manufacture of the cyanide Of
potassium and sodium is always attend
ed with very great danger. Only thor
oughly experienced men are put on this
class OF work, and even they must or.
ercise the utmost precaution.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE.
An Old Story Related in the Words
of st. Nicholas League
Member.

st. Louis is the Mecca toward which
al eyes are turned during these days.
But while numbers of our leaguers are
gasping for air among the hot build
ings, listen while tell you of another
little piece Of this great purchase, says
Fern L. Patten, in st. Nicholas League
I viii. take you along country road
over which / often drive.
Starting from my own front gate
shaded by big, soft naples, we spin dowr
the level road, past the orchard.
The cherries are vain in their brigh
June red; and the peach trees are full
Of little green, woolly peaches. CROWN,
so close to the branch that they lool
as though they might have been glues
there by hand. Now we are shut in b.
the Usage hedges bordering the road
How pretty they are in their gloss.
leaves! Along the roadside are patche
of pink-and-white primroses. An.
there is a small patch of wild strawber
ries with few ripe berries still left
Here the hedge is trimmed low, and :
delicious breath is borne across from tn
We have clear view across the field
for over a mile. We could see farther
were it not for the hedges and groves
At one side is a field of fax, blue will
its dainty blossoms, and also field o.
wheat just turning yellow. On the other
stretches away large field of corn
See the heat waves throb and simmer
over it.
One can almost imagine the corn /!
tiptoe to meet them.
We are coming now to Dry Branch
It's banks are covered with big trees
sycamore and oak.
How cool and woodsy the air smell.
on coming from the hot sun! Up there
on the topmost twig Of the highest tree
sways a redbird, calling:
Pretty. pretty, pretty. Come
Come"
Now we are out in the sun again
and there is a district schoolhouse, &
fine, white one, with big bell in the
tower
And all this is tiny bit of the Louis.
much debate and anxiety for the goof
men 100 years ago.
Shall we buy it?''
do we need it?''
will it ever be settled?"
If they could only have had a glimps,
Of what the great land was to be, how
surprised they would have been!
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
OF Ancient Date.

War cartoons are not modern inven
ton. According to an archeologist, the.
appear in the Egyptian frie5es in thu
British museum. One represent;
Pharaoh's chariot drawn by dogs ant
surrounded by an army Of cats TIL,
enemy. of course, are rats. Another car
toon represents a donkey and a lior
playing draughts, much as modern car
toonist might depict the British lion ant
the Russian bear playing chess or ping
pong or shaking dice. No doubt thu
Egyptians laughed at these cartoons nm
til they cracked their angular stons
faces. This may be why the ancien;
sculptures are so broken up.-Youthi
Companion
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
Three Eagles XIII a Cow

Three eagles attacked and killed q
COW belonging to Aaron Whitson. at
Garden City. Kan. They also picked up
and carried about 25 yards dog thai
weighed IS pounds.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12

The Russians are experimenting with
q "water-clad" battleship. which has an
upper deck of cork and second deck al
armor. The space between the two can
be filled with water; then the ship noats
9 foot under the seas surface.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
Peas for Colorado Lambs.

Two hundred thousand head OF lambs
will be fed on peas IN the San Luis val
ley, Colorado. the coming winter. An
immense acreage of peas has been
grown. and the crop will be fed, without
harvesting. to lambs, which will be sent
into the valley from northern New Mexi-
co and Utah
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
The Iihrar

And the rug Aunt Mary gave us,
said the bride who was preparing for
housekeeping. well have to put in the
library"
In the what." demanded her hus
band.
Stupid! In the room where vel
keep that set Of Dickens your Cousin
Bob eaye as. "-Philadelphia Presa
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
The Conclusion.

Bess-What nationality is Bertha,
dance?
Tess-Irish. think; he gave her a.
emerald solitaire for an engagement
ring Detroit Free Press
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
ua uad IF

Mrs. Newwed-What! You have no IN.
rome but your salary? You told me you
had money to burnt"
Mr.. Newwed-Well I've just paid for &
on nf coal, haven't In. 7. Weekly,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
Not Free.

Gladys-She has the fatal gift Of
beauty.
May-What makes you think 90?
Gladys-Such glorious hair and com.
plexion-
May-Oh. that isn't gift. was with
her when she bought it.-SDith' : Week
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-12
Kuroki Likes Beans

Gen. Kuroki's favorite food Is said
10 be beans.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-11-30
WEYMOUTH Is nAD--A1} TILL
COURTS HAV[ NO Q|QHT To
|hT[Rf[R[ WITH his WISH

Commissioner Frank Weymouth,
the fossilized car of the water de-
partment and board Of public works,
is blocking an investigation by the
police board Of the shooting of Fred
Brown by Policeman J. w. Willis.
Weymouth has declared himself the
whole thing in the board and criti-
cizes the courts for interfering with
his autocratic sway.
The fossil is mad because the
courts have taken up the inquiry into
the Burns case. He declares the
courts have made nil the action of
the board of public works. There
for he will not favor an investigation
of the killing of Brown.
But Fossil Weymouth is assuming
much excessive authority. Although
he is president OF the board of pub
lie works, he Is not president Of the
police board. That position is held
by Commissioner Handley.
Mr.. Handley was away when the
shooting took place and is not yet
ready to announce his decision. If
Mr. Handley isn't frightened on Dy
the fossilixed car he will call a
meeting of the police board. The
czar holds himself above the courts
not to be touched. Also he has
usurped the position of president of
the police board in declaring there
shall be no investigation of the kill
ing of Fred Brown.
The coroner's jury yesterday de-
clared Brown was killed by Officer
Willis and recommended that the po-
liceman be censured for not trying
harder to capture the man before re-
sorting to the use of his revolver.
Because the courts are reviewing the
action of the police board in the
Burns case Weymouth says he will
not consent to an investigation or a
censure.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-11-30
NELSON IS NOW READY TO
Meet BRITT

SAN FRANCISCO Nov. 30-"Young Corbett," the
vanqushed pugst together with his retnue of trainers
trying to take the rosy view OF life today He has been
patched together and rubbed until he again resembles
human being and this afternoon he will be taken to the
races that he may forget his terrible disappointment and
terrible beating last night. Young Corbett" was taken
in an automobile by Barney Oldfeld to the Central
Emergency hospital last night where three stitches
taken in his scalp and two in his lip Corbett at first de-
mured stating that he believed the operation would be
too painful but was finally induced to endure the slight
pain He then retired to his in the Palace hotel
where he spent restless and painful night nursing his
hurts and his grieved mind
In the meantime Nelson is ubiant his victory He
spent the night the Hamman baths and appeared early
this morning as bright and fresh Nelson gave
out word this morning that he is ready to fight Britt
Representatives of both Nelson and Britt will get together
at once to arrange upon final agreement for the fight,
which will occur next month.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-11-30
DEMPS|E PLAYING
IN HARD LUCK

their Jobs and he wanted me to find
out for him."
The witness and Attorney Danson
had several wordy bouts in which Mr..
Danson exhibited pugilistic pen
chant, offering to meet the witness at
any time and place outside of the
courtroom. Mr.. Danson made several
offers OF this sort before the trial
was concluded and seemed real pug
nacious at times.
Once Judge Hinkle broke in to ask
the witness II Mr.. Dempsie did not
pay him money In the courtroom just
before the case was called, but the
witness declared the money was paid
to his friend.
Copies of deeds were offered but
thrown out on technicalities and the
efforts to establish ownership through
the records of the county auditor
and treasurer's offices were blocked
by objections.
Judge Hinkle ruled at first that the
copy of the deed might be admitted
under certain conditions, but after
Attorney Baldwin had argued In favor
of admitting the paper, Judge Hinkle
said:
g.. Il was rather inclined to admit that
deed until listened to Mr.. Baldwin's
argument. but since hearing that
argument am convinced 1t Is in
competent as evidence"
THANK you. Mr. Baldwin" said At
toney Danson, for helping ME In
the argument"
Mr. Dempsie took the stand to say
that he had talked with Mr.. Whitten
and that the question of ownership
was never disputed.
When Attorney Danson took up his
argument he attacked Mr. Dempsie,
who, declared, was prosecuting the
cases out OF a spirit of michief.
Mr., Dempsie arose to interrupt and
declared that he was not there to be
maligned. MIR. Danson grew pug
nacious again and declared that he
was ready to meet Mr., Dempsie at
any time and place to give him sat