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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

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It is far better to be ''has-
been" than to never have been
at all.
Altho Cupid is a crack archer
he sometimes misses the mark
and hits his victim in the head.
Some men are so inflated with
self-conceit that it may be said
they have humps on the brain.
Because a man is able to say
the alphabet backward is no sign
he would make a good Secretary
of State.
1t is dead certainty that a
man who nurses his troubles with
a bottle never succeeds in wean-
ing them.
A necktie social Is pleasurable
affair, that is, if the necktie is not
attached to tree and you are not
the guest of honor.
Some men acquire the habit Of
somniloquence by trying to get
the last word in talking match
with their better halves.
Chronic fault finders and chick
ems have similar characteristics
they always prefer to do their
scratching in someone else's yard.
Some families put on such
bold front in their parlor they
are compelled to eat their meals
on an oilcloth covered table in the
kitchen.
A too steady diet of the con-
tents of family jars usually necee-
states the services of DR.. Divorce,
and his bill is paid in scandal and
heartaches.
An Iowa paper states in an
editorial that sixty-nine per cent
of the inmates of a prison do not
tell the truth. Queer how SO many
liars get into the penitentiaries.
A fellow seldom MARBLES Good
bye Dolly, 1 Must Leave YOU
when he receives a final turn
down from the "Only One Girl in
this World for Me-
Oil may calm troubled waters,
but the Standard Oil Company is
having strenuous time in trying
to calm the wave of public opinion
put in motion by Lawson.
The man or boy who persists i'm
spending his leisure moments in
reading such trash as "Deadwood
Dick, Red Handed Nike" etc.,
is paving the way to mental and
moral bankruptcy.
Some men who have eyesight
as keen as a Sherlock Holmes
when looking at the faults of
others, become stone blind when
they make search for their own.
A new multiplication table has
been invented by resident of
Kansas: ''Ten mills make one
trust; ten trusts make one COM
bine; ten combines make one
merger; ten mergers make one
magnate; one magnate makes all
the money"
A man may create a miniature
sheol at home because of the
energy he has to expend in chew
ing tough beefstake and then
put in strenuous day at the
corner saloon 'chewing the rag
and imagining he is having the
time of his life.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19
6he Mirror
THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1905.
PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.

PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
IF. JACOBSON, Chairman Madison
s. w. LEAVETT, Litchfield
O. B, GOULD, Winona
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
HENRY WOLFER, warden
is. GLENNON, Deputy Warden
NJ. G. COLLIGAN, Asst. Deputy Warden
q. w. DAVIS, Clerk and Accounting Officer
F. M. BORDwELL, Steward
B. j, MERRILL, physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, Marion
8. j. KENNEDY, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
j. z. BARNCARD. st. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

On account of the crowded con-
dition of the dollhouse every cell
in the hospital is now occupied.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19
LOCAL NEWS,

Guard Reed is away on va
cation.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19
CHURCH NOTICE.

services in the Prison Chapel at 800 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Rev. 8. j. Kennedy. and Rev. FIR. Corcoran
chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

Some men are so inflated with
self-conceit that it may be said
they have humps on the brain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

Some families put on such a
bold front in their parlor they
are compelled to eat their meals
on an oilcloth covered table in the
kitchen.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

A too steady diet of the con-
tents of family jars usually necee-
states the services of DR.. Divorce,
and his bill is paid in scandal and
heartaches.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

It is far better to be "has-
been" than to never have been
at all.
Altho Cupid is a crack archer
he sometimes misses the mark
and hits his victim in the head.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

Dame Nature certainly was i'm
error when she placed the MOLE
which seven out of every ten men
have on the back of their neck
just little to the right or left of
the center; otherwise it could
have been utilized as collar but
ton and have done away with q
large number of words that are
not found in our lexicons.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

An Iowa paper states in an
editorial that sixty nine per cent
of the inmates of prison do not
tell the truth. Queer how SO many
liars get into the penitentiaries.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

Chronic fault-fnders and chick
ems have similar characteristics
they always prefer to do their
scratching in someone else's yard.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

A fellow seldom MARBLES "Good-
bye Dolly, I Must Leave You"
when he receives a final turn
down from the "Only One Girl in
this World for Me-"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

Some men acquire the habit of
somniloquence by trying to get
the last word in a talking match
with their better halves.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

Oil may calm troubled waters,
but the Standard Oil Company is
having a strenuous time in trying
to calm the wave of public opinion
put in motion by Lawson.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

A necktie social Is pleasurable
affair, that is, if the necktie is not
attached to tree and you are not
the guest of honor.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-19

Some men who have eyesight
as keen as a Sherlock Holmes
when looking at the faults of
become stone blind when
they make search for their own.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-26
WALL STREET REVIEW
A CONFUSED SENTIMENT WAS EARLY IN EVIDENCE.
Tone of Market Irregular from Very Out set, with Accompanying Trading Provsss NATION and
 Professional.

New York, August 25.-The confused sem timent in the stock market today was mani fe.ss6 ron the ery ,r.ains ns was s9ne nss
 Yesterday's movement in Reading pro siiayed by the 'protestations of the operators responsible for the movement ReadinEs 2 course has created a technical situation such as the market has not known in several years, but anything suggestive of e corner is alarmingly reniniscent. Another matter issest s news news rssardins ss the status of the generally believed in the best financial reached most critical stage.
 The short interest in the market was not slow. to seize upon the oppor,un'ties thu thu; tionai SSI' decline But % speedily recovered. 1t. iiiustrstive' of the markets general tone. mad. . gain of IS only to fail aS points The market became feverish with declines of i@2h points in number of the more nor Iouisyis fesx S..hHiiIs NSrthern Pacific and Northwestern. Commission houses had an abundance of selling orders and some of the best known brokerage firms were open sellers of the active list.
 This was especially true of Union Pacific. which % was carried down % oye, y, - two point, |, Reading came from the same sources. The break fin Erie caught many stop loss orders and there was an aii-around unloading of weak bull accounts. Tn spite of the heav-. selling of Amalgamated Copper. much of 1t seemingly for Boston account. the stock yielded only point but recovered with the announcement of yet another advance in the price of the metal
 At different times the market was ex- trenely dull and showed almost an utter absence of support New York Central, Bal timore q ohio and Grest Northern pre- ferred. together with other high class is sues. recording material declines. The list steadied in the afternoon. although Reading continued to act erratlcally. The better tone of the market was followed by increased periods of duilness which induced traders side. The class as q whole seemed dis posed to play for a further reaction and the leaders of the other side. were equally inclined to encourage new short. accounts
 Business dwindled in the late session and the closing hour was the duliest of the day. slight shading of consois. was not a factor here, selling very moderately on balance. Forecasts of the weeks money movements show an apparent loss by local banks of about ss.300,000, scarcely more than half of the previous weeks drain The preliminary crop demand continues. however: s5oo,o0 being transferred to Chicago and s2oo, ooo noon was, c slight furry In call money which sent the rate up to 3h per cent Very little. was loaned at this figure. but considerable amounts were put out at per cent. the rise resulted from the demands
 Bonds were heavy. Total sales, par value 8. 3.i06.0o0. United States 2s advanced t per cent on call
 NEW YORK STOCK HIST.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-26
SECRETARY TESTERS WORLDS WIS.,
 IRIlE SUPPLY 6TATEMENT.

New Orleans. August 2s.--Secretary Hes ter's statement of the worlds visible supply of cotton made up from special cable and telegrnphac advices compares the figures of. this week with last week. last year and the year before. It shows q decrease for the weak just closed of 130. s0s, against a de- creass of ioS.sso last year and a decrease of ff4.b33 year before last.
 The total visible is 2.5704s5, against B. 7oi,2ss last week. f.its.so5 last year and 1.is0.i44 year before last Of this the total ex American cotton is i,st7,4s5. against H. Sle.2Se last week, fe6.s06 last year and 6o0.iS4 year before last. and of all other kinds. including EEv~t, Brazil. India. etc. egs, 900. against i.o25. .0oo last week, 6s2- eoe last year and sso.ooo year before last.
 The total worlds visible su--'-- of cotton as above shows a decrease compared with last week of i3o.7 7s6. an increase compared with last year of 1.142.1s0 and an increase comp.red with year before last of 1880. s4i. above there is now sk,oat and neld In Great Britain and continental Europe 1.41e. .ooe. against eo7. 600 last year and 5ss.0o0 year before last: in Egypt 4s.ooo., against 5s.ooe last year and 11,o00 year before last: in India e3s.0oe. against 54s.o last year and xc6,ooo year before last; and In the United States 4s7.0eo. against I40, 600 last year and 176.oeo year before last.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-26
HOLMES INDICTED.
Dismissed Associate Statistician Must .@" Now Face the Courts.

OISHhIBSeu ABSOCIaVe St0Tbt1c10u Mu9G
 Now Face the Courts.
 Washington, Aug. 25.-Edwin S. Holmes, Jr., of Washington. D. C., un- til recently the associate statistician of the Department of Agriculture. but who was dismissed as the outcome of the investigation into the leakage in the cotton crop reports. has been indicted by the grand jury op a charge of conspiracy to defraud the govern ment. ....s~s '--
 This announcement was made to- night by United States District Attor- ney Beach just after he had returned from New York City, where he has been instrumental in causing the ar- rest of F. A. Peckham, the New York broker at Saratoga, and Moses Haas of New York. There are two indict- ments covering the charges against the three men.
 MT. Beach said tonight that Holmes. who has been away from Washington for some time. and whose whereabouts have not been generally known, will be here tomorrow morning to answer to the indictments. Section $40 of the Revised Statutes under which Holmes Is indicted, and which, 1t is understood, forms the gravamen of the charges against the three men, provides that if two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States in any manner. and one or more of such parties do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, all the parties to such conspiracy shall be liable to a penalty of not less than S1.000 and not more than $10.000, and to Imprisonment of not more than two years. The re- port of the Secret Service agents into the charges alleging that advance in- formation regarding the cotton reports had been given to cotton brokers In New York asserted that Holmes had communicated advance information to L. c. Van Riper. a New York broker. and Moses Haas of New York, whom Mir. Van Riper said. acted as a go-be- tween in conveying information from Holmes to other New York brokers. MT. Van Riper, according to the re- port of the Secret Service agents, said he became acquainted with Holmes in New York in August 1904, through "a mutual friend" According to this tes- | timony, Holmes told Van Riper he could get information concerning the Govern ment report principally through the re- | ports of the general agents. and the reports of State agents. Van Rlper, it | is alleged said Holmes furnished him with information from time to time for several months in advance of the pub | lication of the official figures and that l the information furnished by Holmes correspond exactly with the figures af- l terward published as the official report
 After the submission of the report of | the Secret Service officials. Holmes was promptly dismissed and later the testi- mony taken by them was turned over to | the Department of Justice with view 10 a criminal prosecution of the per- sons alleged to be involved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-26
DAILY COTTON MARKET. pnwx Nawn,n~nk

oaiveston-Firm. 10 I1-1sc; net receipts, 2,e06: ~ross. 2,s06; sales 4si: stoock ee bak. :, New Orleans-steady, IoMc; net receipts, rt2; gross, s42; sales. 200: stock, 7,fs7; ass. Mobile-NominaL 1oAc; net receipts. iss; gross, ise; sales. 50; stock. 2,502.
 savannah--ouiet 1oAc; net receipts B. soi; gross. 2.2s4; sales. 2.sis; stock, 20.5ll: shipments. coastwise, 3a3; to Mexico, z0bfA
 charieston--0uiet. i0hc: net receipts, as2; gross. lsz: stock. d.oss.
 W1lmington--Saies, 11s; stock, i,e56
 Norfolk-Firm, i0Hc; net receipts, s7o: gross. 37o; sales, i55; stock. 13.o27; ship ments. coastwise, b5s..
 BaItimore--Nominal. 1tMc: net receipts, e04: gross. Lo74; stock. 2.fss: shipments g. to Great Britain, I,S63. ,a- New York-steady, Ii 15c; gross receipts N.oel; sales SIS; stock, 143.oS5s shipments So France. 47s: to continent s57,
 Boston-Quiet. il. zoe: net receipts, 43: gross, s30; shipments. to Great Britain, 727.
 Philadelphia Quiet, II 40es gross re- ceipts. 80: stock, 2,0se
 Newport News-Net receipts, 2s2; gross. 9s2; shipments coastvise, 2a2.
 MSunswick-stock. l.7if.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-26
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

Chicago. August 25.-A concerted move ment by shorts to replace lines sold in am ticipatfon of break that failed to ma terialize. developed measure of strength in wheat here today. September closed # @&c higher; corn is up a shade. oats a shade lower and provisions a shade to 2oe higher.
 Scattered liduidaticn characterized the early trading In wheat. prompted by bear ish conditions In the Northwest and an easy tone abroad. September opened a shade lower and was depressed further to 7s%c, but buying orders came in here and this checked the decline. Some of the former prominent sellers became buyers upon the information that Argentine shipments fell about a million and a half bushels short of the estimate. The demand freeing the mar ket from surplus offerings. prices respond ed. September going to sos 1soNc and closing firm at so&c. Clearances equaiej 130. 900 bushels.
 Corn was dull but firm. Country accept ances were light. September opened kc higher at S4xc. Hut at this price the mar ket met some realizing and 1t reacted to b4Mc and closed firm at SAX @54%c.
 Light receipts caused steady oat mar ket September closed steady at 26A o 26c, after ranging within shade of that figure
 Buying by outside interests stimulated a demand for pork and advanced the price sharply. Packers gave support to lard ani ribs. September pork closed 20c higher at s14. I'M lard firm at $7 .s7h @s. .00, and ribs at ss.s7h @s. %.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-26
WE'RE ExcERT THIEVES
Smooth Game Worked by Man and "
 rnau 1a Revealed.

Smooth Game Worked by Man and "O- man ia Revealed.
 Chicago, Aug, 25.-The Inter-Ocean today says: The mysterious disappearance of hundreds of trunks ana other bag gage from railroad trains ana sta tions in Chicago, St. Lotus and Denver during the past two years has Just been revealed through the arrest or Roy Aldrich, alias Roy Epsey. Of Cal ifornia, and a woman giving the name of Daisy Dean, and her home as Den yer. They were arrested on a charge of stealing furs from u store In the Masonic temple When their rooms were searched the police round large number of trunks and suit cases and profusion of the most expensive cloth | ing and toilet articles, for men and women.
 Miss Dean confessed to the police yesterday her participation in scheme which has caused a large number Of railroads to lose a vast amount or valuable baggage.
 The scheme was simple. They would take a trunk. satchel or suit case, containing only a shirt or some other aticle of clothing and check 1t to some nearby point. Arter the trunk was placed in the baggage car either the man or woman would go to the
  lar, show the check ana ask to be all lowed to open the trunN or satchel in order to get out clean skirt or some other article.
 In not a stngel case did the bag gaeemaster refuse the request. While ostensibly getting something out or one trunk to wear. the man or woman
 would exchange the check on the
 empty trunk or valise for one of the best appearing trunk or valise in the car. When the train reached the des- tination to which the dummy baggage had been shipped, Aldrich would inn
 mediately present the duplicate of the
 check which he had transferred to another trunk. get 1t. and take 1t to
 his room. When the owner of the trunk called for 1t he would be offered the dummy trunk of the sharpers. | Detectives of the roads are now trying to trace the stolen property.
 the Dean woman admits that much of
 1t had ben stolen in various places,
 but so far she has refused to reveal
 where,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-26
MARKET FOR FUTURES
LESS ACTIVITY NOTED ON NEW YORK
 EXCHANGE.
Fluctuations Irregular and Comparatively Narrow-&ales of the Day Were
 Estimated nt 360,0oo

New York. Aueust 2s:-The cotton mar ket was less active, with fluctuations ir- regular but comparatively narrow The close was at net decline of sos points. Eales were estimated at s5o,0e0 bales.
 The opening was quiet but firm at an ad- vance of 205 points and the market short ly sfterward showed & net Eain Of 56s points on the active months on scattered covering and e iittle fresh buying for long account inspired by fairly steady cables and the forecast predicting showers to appear In the Southwest Eleven thousand bales of local stock were reported damaged ur des- troyed In a fire last night and this also led to some demand. but the bulls were not sup porting the market and after the first bulge there was considerable active selling by lo- cal bears under which prices reacted to a net loss of about three points.
 The decline brought in few supporting orders from the Southern and Wall Street bulls but buying did not become agsres- sive and after an irregular middle session during which prices showed an average gain of about four points. the market again eased off under private reports of rain in Texas and lower temperatures. The close was steady but within point or two of the lowest. Southern spot markets were un- changed to s-iec tower.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-26

Seagirt, N. J., Aug. 25-The most ex- pert rifemen in the United States and Hawaii proceeded today with the firing in the national individual match under more discouraging weather conditions. Captain G. w Corwin, 71st regiment, National Guard of New York. won a gold medal and SEQ in cash for the rifle man making the highest aggregate score in the slow fire portion of the national individual match. This com sisted of ten shots each at 200. 300 and 600 yards. It was possible to attain total of 200 points. Captain Corwin scored 1S2.
 Gen Fred D. Grant, '. s. A.. com manding the Department of the East. will arrive here next Wednesday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-26
Rradhtreet,s Review


 New York. Aug. 25.-Bradstreets to- morrow will say:
 August Rerod ot of trs5s sdeepi9nihl pn9 inaas try. 'S draws to a close with buying showing further expansion, cereal crop yields or prospects close to the pest, railway tonnage increasing, collectlons generally better, money exceptionally easy for this season. notwithstandlng increase crop moving requirements. and prospectiveiy profitable fall and winter
 Dry goods of all kinds. but especially cotton fabrics, are in active sale, wit1 buyers eager to secure supplies ana slow deliveries complained of. Shoes. millinery, hats, clothing and hardware are relatively active and groceries snow Eastern s st e markets features are the strength of cotton goods. the eager ness of buyers of these goods to oo, tain supplies. even at present advaneeSH S hides and leather. Reports are or 2 better demand for territory wooLs Su1t- able for worsted goods, which nave been and are selling well.
 Gross railway earnings returns point to enlarged traf1c compared with the expanding earnings noted year ago in reeepfs FSe 5he df F'f leading show a gain of per cent over the the same period of 1904. In finished pro ducts rails and StrucIurdl HidtSiln show marked activity. Predictions of a very active fall in all kinds of a steel h,e let's bars, sheets and in fact, nearly all kinds of material except pipes. prices for which are being cut. Other metals
 Rusiness failures for the week end ing August 24 in the United States nunber I76 against 147 last week and iS5 in the like week Of 19O4. In can ada failures for the week number IA as against 29 last week and 26 year ago
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-26
A PARIS SENSATION.
Jean GalIay Showed the Natives c
 TOuch of High Life. E..

Jenn G0Iluy showed fhe N0tfveS a Touch of High Life. "
 New York. Aug. 25.-Paris Is agog with a sensation such as it has not en- joyed since the Humbert case, says the Herald correspondent. :s a5
 Until the end of July Jean Gallay was a punctual employe of a great Paris bank, earning the monthly salary of s6O, out of which he maintained a wife and two children. At present he Is said to be a fugitive aboard a chartered steam yacht which left Las Palmas Au- gust 9th for Buenos Ayers. Dicoveries of clerical manipulations in the banks books indicating an alleged shortage amounting to about $200,000.
 Word was received yesterday by the police that the yacht had arrived at Bahia, Brazil, and the party aboard was under arrest A man supposed to be Gallay declared to the Bahia police that he was Belgian. NJ. Hamard chief of the Paris detective service, immediate ly cabled to Bahia for further news. and ordered the French detectives nearest Bahia to go immediately to that town to take possession of the prisoner as soon as the extradition prellminar- les are accomplished
 For some months prior to his an- nual vacation Whlch began august lsl' Gallay. according to police. had been on the best of terms with q well known French actress. Outside the bank he Is said to have used various high sounding titles and led merry career. All this was learned during an investi- gation which began when Gallay failed to retuIn from his vacation on tn cap pointed day Pursuing their chase, the detectives learned that the clerk had chartered a steam yacht and sailed from Havre with two women and a large supply of provisions.
 A clue to the alleged fugitive was ob- tained through a letter mailed at Las Palms by the maid who accompanied the actress Detectives all over the world were at once instructed to watch for the yacht