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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14

men who enter penitentiary are going to lead q
criminal life on their release, is absurd The facts
do not warrant such conclusion. Fully fifty per
cent of the inmates Of this Institution are first tim
ers. Before coming here they were respected citi-
zens They have no inclination for criminal career.
They shrink from it. It does not pay. When this
class of socaed criminals are discharged from prs-
on they return home. This must be admitted for it
is true.
Now if the knowledge acquired in the prison
night school stirs mans dormant powers, kindles
his ambition and increases his earning capacity the
individual as well as the state profits thereby But
if a man leaves prison no better than when he en-
tered the chances are he will again relapse into
crime. To the prisoner who is unable to read or
write the night school offers many advantages. 1t
prepares the way for future advancement If it does
this it is success
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14
KILOGRAMS.

You always tell by her old CUFF
The jai Of Kansas empty and people
get full.
think that the keep just
ask how old she is
Apostle Joe Smith defeated in the at Salt Lake
City His wives must have scratched him. because they
for him he would have been elected by large majority.
Photographers always pkng society
their affections fads still think would rather kiss nice little
poodle than who raes his chin woodes with tobacco
says lady politician,
elected the position Of third assistant inspector ciy garbage
dump
P of New York. that he has been the
deal in politics for the past ten but inclined to
think that give Tom what the police call thorough
fsk would find concealed about his
Mrs Manning has succeeded in having the print the
of the Board of Lady Managers friend has promised to
send the report and he does will have material to
make enough pipe lighters to last year.
Andrew Carnegie $4,000 the Jew
fund Now that kind of And but think the recording angel
would give him longer credit mark would make provision
down in cold blood a Homestead
recently charged serious crme
and order make him confess the sheriff put him bread
diet has been than occasion that
confession thus from prisoner has little weight with
intelligent and the trial judge will permit
it to be used as evidence
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14

SeecI719 OWOtOTIety.
THERE are any number of people in this world
who create sensation for the notoriety there is in it,
Of late this tendency has reached alarming proper
TONS Men whom the world has considered as be-
longing to the cultured Glass; have let their better
judgment be swayed by the momentary applause of
the public In fact, to get themselves prominently
before the people, they have given utterance to beliefs
and opinions which have made them the object Of
ridicule and abuse. The greater the sensation they
can launch an unsuspecting public, the greater
they think is their popularity.
This bargaining for fame reached the idiotic
stage when pastor recently proclaimed the hymn,
"Lead Kindly Light as unfit for the worship of
God. Let it be remembered that this is the sacred
hymn which President Mckinley repeated his
dying bed. Being thus associated with martyred
president, it has become immortalized and will live
for generations to come. LEAD Kindly Light" has
been solace to thousands and to attack this beaut
full hymn as being unfit with which to worship God,
is the worst kind Of apostasy If few Of these
notoriety seekers received their just deserts, there
would be less Of such fatuous people begging for a
toy that they do not need
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14

AN INTERNATIONAL comedy enacted last
week that ecipses anything heretofore attempted.
This particular bit Of dramatcism played by
Russia when she joined the other powers in protest
ing against the slaughter Of the Christians in Turkey
Even the sultan joined IN the applause which fol-
lowed
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14
VIEWS AND REVIEWS.
X y BY e. w. M. y xxx

WANTED: AN EXPLANATION The Saltwater says
w that the writer Of "Odds and Ends has severed his connection
with MIRROR and with the institution almost that
20 E" extra big ade Of squash the other day. If
he glasses "holow ground and his double Or
the Gazette get scoop its contemporaries?
IHERE DO FADS ORIGINATE? the beginning
knows how these things about For instance several
had what called kissing whence that
little whittier went but those that kissed will
this late day that it fad fad along similar lines
oscillation has made it's in St. Louis the establish
what known kissing book kisses Here
register his kiss the beautiful the highest bidder be
compared kisses faddss No
will spread and should make appearance
doubted but there will great demand
specimens
THAT RUMBLING SOUND EXPLAINED. There heard a
rumbng in the dollhouse last holiday and
with ground could have hard It developed that the
made by Prof Hews a aggregation while talking
getting strictly class entertainment With
the nvncbe band the excellent orchestra and such besever
B. D. W. f. few other flights" forgetting the
nmabe Mr. Mudoon all under the able leadership Of the
esso such SHOW ought bring the crowd and make the 49,
R. or sign We might the Yankee and
say
Weneverg avea
eve % the me
Ant we've gt
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14
N 0 7 | G E..

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
Office trial subscription published above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14

NKTHAT WILL CONGRESS DO? The ong session. Of the h
w Congress people who interested
and their asking what will be DONE It
said the food of bills the first day amounted to deug Most
of them aimed contributions corporations
railways and grating Interstate Insurance.
well regulation of railway rates. perhaps the most noteworthy
questions that will before Congress- However the Panama Canal
will wake enough make itself heard Pure food
laws and navy bills appropriations all will be the calender
grating remedies there will be The great question
all heses n they all be answered this session
Would better and wiser three good bills dur
ing session-bs that could would be enforced rather than
pass poor with loophoe The MIRRORS
culation? ~
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14
I'm ORIGINAL TheOrU.

I'm Original Theory.
PROFESSOR T. @. CHAMBERLAIN, of the Chicago
University, has expounded new theory in regard
to the origin of the earth and the other planets His
belief if conclusvely proven will refute the nebuar
hypothesis and similar theories which have prevailed
for years, and which authortatvely accepted by
scientists. The Laplace theory contends that the
earth, like the various planets, at one time a
mass of molten matter thrown off from the sun by
its whirling notion AS these projectes pre-
cipitated into vacuous space with certain
mentum, it has been contended by the students Of
the Laplace school, that this motion continuous
Professor Chamberlain's theory is shat dis
turbance caused in sun by the approach
of, collision with, some other sun, that drew off
projections of nebulous matter from sun and
gave them rotary motion by its attraction as
it passed These particles of matter then gradually
gathered together to form the planets" This does
not differ materially from the Laplace theory.
Still, both theories possible; but it would be
more to the point if Mr.. Chamberlain had thrown
some light on the origin of the sun. It would be
interesting to know how the first particles germin-
ated and of what substance they composed.
The accretion theory of Professor Chamberlain will
probably be accepted in the Of time, until
some clever scientist proves it untrue by logic
al presentation of facts and deductions.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14

81 Education in Prison.
WHEN our prison night school was first started
it predicted that it would prove failure. Some
even limited that it dangerous experiment.
They believed it would propagate crime. They
reasoned that an uneducated criminal less danger
GUS to society than one who was educated. Today
the experiment has proven success. The theories
advanced at that time have today proven faacious.
Instead of propagating crime the school has enabled
many an inmate to gain fair education.
Almost every prison in this country has q
well-established night school To imagine that all
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14

THIS is a severe blow, but truth compels to
state that Illinois distilleries turn out whisky
each year than does kentucky, famous for its dis
titled product. It is severe blow to the colones,
maahs etc. of the latter state, but truth must pre-
vail and Illinois goes into the lead.-Stllwater
Gazette.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14

Mr.. Bry07a'S Chair.
In HIS swing around the world, William j.
Bryan visited Japan and has caused considerable
criticism in that empire to devolve upon himself It
appears that Mr.. Bryan attempted to purchase a
stool that had been used for ceremonial purposes for
centuries by the Japanese Ofthis the sage of Lin
coin was uniformed The reason he wished to pur-
chase it, was because Admiral Togo had sat in it.
He presumed that it was nothing but common
chair. In the eyes Of the Japanese, the offer was
looked upon an insult
The press of Japan severely criticised Mr.. Bryans
lack Of tact In this respect, travellers show undue
callousness in their zeal to purchase curios while
in foreign lands When their knowledge of the GUS
toms and religion Of the people whom they visit is
deficient they should make careful inquiries before
compromising themselves. Mr. Bryan's case is not
an exceptional one Other incidents of like nature
have occurred repeatedly. 1t was time that little
discretion we're used by those who 60 abroad No
doubt the statesman from Nebraska feels deeply
Inundated at the stupendous bunder he committed.
Altho apologies we're made, they will hardly suffice
for the injury placed upon their national pride.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14
Women Jurors.

w omen Jurors.
AT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, the jury system was
presented in light. Lordly was excluded,
the jury being composed entirely of women in order
to try case in which gown figured prominently.
It is said that the verdict just one; and that
hysteria and sentiment played part in the deliber
ations
There is why women not just as
capable as men jury In cases where those Of
their own sex are involved with the law, women
should compose the jury Not only because they
more intelligent than the average man who gets
drawn jury, but because they know more about
the fralties of the feminine than it is possible for
most men to know. The man who has nagging
woman for wife, is likely to have his judgment
biased when trying woman who is trial for a
serious charge. This is equally true Of the who
is married to jealous woman. That men are in
fuenced by such factors these, is self-evident.
It is reasonable to suppose that womans judg-
ment would likewise become influenced if she were
jury trying wife beaten
Women juries for women, should be given fair
test. They may not prove infallibe, but they are
likely to average better than most people imagine.
womans sense of right and wrong is just accute
that of man; and, they are more law abiding
than men, they be trusted to render just verdict
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14
Institutional Journalism.

The Charlestown, Mass, Mentor, published a
very handsome Christmas number. It arrayed
in beautiful coors, generously sprinkled with holly
The design, which is printed white bristol
board is the finest piece of work yet produced by
institutional paper We have seen many tasty holt
day editions, but the Aemtoy leads them all. The
Gray Brothers it when it to artistic design
ing and setting free profound philosophical thoughts
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-12-14

The punishment of the liar comes in two ways:
First in that he cannot believe others second that
eventually he believes his own lies-Ebert Hubbard
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
MYSTERIOUS MAN OF LETTERS
Unknown Englishman Claims to Be
the Great NJ. o. L.
copyright, 1905. by Central News and
Press EXCHANGED

copyright, 1906. by Central News and
Press Exchanged
Amsterdam, Oct. --latest mails
from Celebes in the Eastern Archi-
peIigo tell of the advent of
mysterious Englishman, who has
taken up his residence on the
Island Of Bouton. Early in July
there arrived in a sail boat a bronzed,
broad-chested stranger, accompanied
by a little fair-haired dwarf, appar-
emily his servant.
According to the story told by the
agent of a wealthy merchant to Ma
CAESAR, the two white men proceeded
to build large log house, the interior
of which they painted a brilliant scar
let over the threshold. danked by
Union Jacks, they raised a gigantic
wooden shield, bearing a portrait of
the master of the house seated at the
apex of a pyramid, round the base Of
which crowd of pigmies grOvelled,
looking upwards with expressions of
bewilderment and awe. Beneath this
wonderful device was a mysterious in
scripuon. Il am a NJ. o. L." Hun
dredS of natives came to look at the
funny white men" but the master re-
PEELED their curiosity, brandish1ng
couple of reVolVerS. The quaint shield
reused the admiration and curiosity of
all, and stories We're told by the super
stitious of dark deeds done at midnight
IN the mouse OF the strange White man.
One native more educated than his
brothers, read the inscription beneath
the shield and the word went forth
that the big white man was a new god,
named Amol, and that the dwarf was
his attendant priest This story was
readily believed because of the hun
dreds of sheets of white paper which
Amol daily covered with mysterious
writings, believed by the natives to be
charms against disease.
For six months the Englishmen lived
on the stores they had brought with
them. Then the dwarf set sail for Ma
CAESAR to lay in new supply. He told
a curious tale about his employer.
"Amol' he said, had told him that
he was the greatest English novelist
alive But the English people were
fools, and did not appreciate good
work. Cheap journalism and upstart
publishers combined to stif1e men of
letters. He was himself man of let
ters, although no one would believe it.
For years he had been unWillingly
compelled to prostitute his genius that
he might live. But at last rich lady,
who had hoped that he would marry
her, had died of broken heart, be-
queathing him her fortune. Forthwith
he shook the dust of London off his
feet, leaving behind him. he hoped for
ever, his unappreciative native land. A
Dutch doctor who recently visited the
Englishman, declares that he is mad.
AS they sailed away from BOuton they
saw the poor fellow standing on the
shore, and his cry, "Oh. don't forget, I
am a man of lettersl'' was borne
across the waters.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
SAYS M'CABE IS WRONG
City Attorney shows That Asphalt
VIII Cost Less Than Estimated.

According to information which has been
secured from Richardson's text on as
pha1t pavemeuts a standard work, City
Attorney Dreaming believes that City En-
gfneer McCabe's estimate for the purchase
of material for repaving Kansas avenue
with asphalt is excessive.
Il am not an expert and I don't want
to set myself up against the city engi-
neer," said the city attorney, but I have
been comparing those figures of Mr.. Nc
Cabe's with those given by Richardson,
and the prices which were received when
the city Of Detroit asked for bids for ma
terial. There is considerable Varlancs be
tween these figures and those. Of the city
engineer, and the latter, on this basis, is
about S19, 600 too high
IF this book is wrong, then I am. For
I have simply taken data from there. The
proportions which are given are those lad
down in the city of Washington, D. c.
during the year 1903
tons of asphalt oil at SIS ton: This oil,
according to these figures submitted in
this bid and which I have here clipped out
from the official city paper Of Detroit can
be bought for $40 ton, that the price
which is being paid in Detroit. This report
from Washington, D. c. shows that the
oil is mixed Is parts to 100 parts OF as
phalt. According to report which
have here from Heatheriugton and Bur
ner, consulting engineers whom City En-
gineer McCabe quotes, It viii take about
400 tons of asphalt for 44,O0Q square yards
instead of the 500 tons which he gives.
With 400 tons as basis it will take just
60 tons Of oil or $500 for oil instead of So
720 which NcCabe gives
Instead of the odd $4,000 which McCabe
gives as the cost of purchasing asphalt, I
have here but 5000, which is 400 tons OF
asphalt at $23. If we use California as
phalt it will be even cheaper.
Mr.. McCabe puts in q binder course and
estimates that at $500, he himself says
that a binder course can not be put on be-
cause 1t viii raise the grade of the pave
ment. that it will take on bumped up
appearance.
According to the data given here Nc
Cabe's estimates on the amount of sand
is also too high. He figures the cost of
material exclusive of that binder at S29,-
95o.60 Ny figures show S1.06160
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08

there amt no trouble about it. The
crowd behind it understands that
they can't do nothin' in secret, an
succeed. They know there amt moth
in to it but to lay your cards right
down on the table. There's nothin in
hidin' things unless you're in the pro-
fesSiOn of shop Iiftin'. Then, of course,
it's different But in business you've
got to be UP an out with it, whether
you're runnin a Second AvenOO dry
goods store. or runnin' a trust to con-
troll the output of Congressional hot
air; you can't be secret about your
methods, an get along. Look the
game over an figure it out for your
self. There's the sugar trust the pa
per trust, the oil trust. an the rest of
EN-, an they're all in the courts one
time or another. There amt nothin
but trouble. The people sees m gath
erin in the coin, an they get curious.
The methods is secret, an first thing
you know some guy that has a piece
of the stock files suit to find out what
dough, an there's a flare UP. of
course, it's none of his business, and,
of course. he don't find out nothin be-
cause the judge an the Juries is in on
the game, but there's always a lot of
expense an trouble. Now with the
theatrical trust things is different.
Everythin' is above board. The the
aters is lined up, the actors is lined
I'D. IneEe am a LIlils III the WOIfQ
concealed. If there's anythin you re
in doubt about that you want to know,
all you've got to do is to start up a
troupe an call on Abe Erlanger- He'll
tell you. He knows. An it won't be
long before you know. 1t amt neces-
sary for YOU to know nothin' before
you go in. Things is so fixed now
that it amt at all requisite for the
atrical manager to know anythin !.
When you get right down to 1t, he
stF Tar q
theater he's just a janitor. If he runs
a company he's a high-class bill pos
ter. OF course. they're all called man
ayers because it sounds better. It ain t
part of the policy of the theatrical
trust to strip man of his peacock
feathers. Not at all. Just strip him
of his coin. That's all that's wanted.
Line Up Theaters-
The first move on the board was
to line uD the theaters. The man
ayers was showed where they WASH
really necessary They had a the
alter Very well, then. The guy next
door had another Both of 'em was
bookin' shows as best they could. The
results was that the Rentz SantIey
Burlesque was buckin' the Rollickin'
High Rollers in the same town at the
same time. Abe showed EN- where
if he was runnin the whole game,
there wouldn't be no clashin'. He'd
fix things so that when a hot burlesque
show was playin' at one house, one of
George AIDES tragedies would be play
in at another. Then the business
would be good an everybody would
be happy All he wanted was five per
cent of the gross receipts for bookin'
the shows. When that was lined up he
butts into the company managers. OF
course. he didn't do no forcin'- He just
sat down an waited. When they found
out that they couldn't show in no
towns without he said 50, they al
come round. It was just like seem
the Afikado. OF course. there WASH 4
no immediate hand out. It wasn'i
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08

once. There was lots of EN- that was
willin' to hand out fifty per cent of
the profits with the understanding that
they should be properly took care of.
An they did. What's more when you
figure it out the bunch amt gettin' so
much out of it There's five per cent.
of the gross from the travellin man
ager or bill poster, an five per cent of
the gross from the local manager or
janitor. an fifty per cent of the pro-
fits of both. Well, what about it.
They re allowed to deduct their ex-
penses, amt they? What more do they
want? Figure it out Here's a show
that plays to five thousand dollars in
a week. an shows a profit of five hum
bred to the janitor an five hundred to
the bill poster. Where does the bunch
come in as gettin' it all? There's moth
in to it. They get $3.50 for bookin'
for the theatre, an $3.50 for boOkin'
for the travellin' guy. Then the dice
is shook an the janitor an the other
fellow gives UP $3.50 apiece out of
their five hundred. Well, what does it
shove Why the janitor gets two fifty,
the bin poster gets two fifty, an the
sand. Is that too much? Why, of
course not
Few People Howling.
There's a few people here an there
howlin' about it. but that cuts no fig
ure- They're gettin' it. A few sore
heads is askin' why. They don't go
into details Amt the bunch runnin'
an Office on Broadway Amt that
good enough reason why they should
get the coin2 Why, of course. It's
all very we'll to say they are shakin'
down both ends an kickin' the stuffin'
out of the middle when they amt got
no investment. but what about it?
Don't it take a clever guy to rake in
more than fifty per cent. of the whole
game without havin' any of his own
dough in the pot2 Why, certainly.
An do you want a clever guy or a
dub at the head of affairs? Besides,
there's quite a few to be taken care
of. Outside of KlaW an Erlanger.
there's Charley Frohman, Al Hayman,
Nixon an Zimmerman an the bold
boys from Boston Rich an Harris.
They want somethin' don't they?
OF course, there's some people that
can't see nothin' when it's pushed I'M
der their noses, but that amt the fault
of the bunch. Take this guy Belasco,
for instance. He didn't see nothin'.
He started out with the crowd, an he
didn't wake UP till the end of the sea-
son. He couldn't get on to the way
of 6gurin'- He figured that if he was
gettin' fifty per cent. Of the profits an
they made a thousand; he ought to
get five hundred whereas there wasn't
anything more absurd ever thought Of
The consequence is he got sore when
he didn't have no right to- He doped
it out that he'd been buncoed, while
i he wasn't nothing but just conned. I
was talkin' to a guy that has a theater
in Indiana the other day, an he said
there wasn't nothin' to kick about. He
used to be q manager. an now he's a
1 janitor Whats the good of sayiu
we amt gettin' a fair DEAL he says
I Don t the bunch control all the shows
/ Very Wella then. Amt they givin' us
! fifty per cent of our profts2 Well
where does the kick come? There
amt notilin 10 stop EN- taHin' eighty
+ per cent if there2 but they don't do
lit dc they When you figure it out