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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26

she had no business to drink"
Very true; but please do not con-
denim a weaker brother because
you yourself are strong-in your
strength you cannot understand
his weakness. l do not here in
tend to enter plea in the drunk
ards favor, nor offer excuses for
him, but [ do want to. say this:
where there is an inherent thirst
for liquor with the temptations
existing on every hand-the bat
tie with King Rum is nearly al
ways a losing one for the man
whose weakness is his greatest
crime. He struggles and falls
again and again, until drunkard's
grave is his last reward. Then
there are those who imagine that
by stepping their brains in the
fumes of whisky the memory of
past sorrows shall be obliterated.
Erroneous thought! 1t will cause
one to forget for spell, yes; but
of how long duration is the drunk
ards maudlin happiness? It is
brief.
Rum is luxury for a few but
not for the many. I do not be-
lieve that mankind will attain to a
perfect state of existence 80 long
as the manufacture and sale of
strong drink is permitted. The
law licenses and protects the sale
of intoxicants in most of the states
of the Union. The fact that
person is intoxicated while COM
hitting a crime does not excuse
him; he is still amenable under
the law. We're the laws to exon
crate such persons from blame it
would make the sale of intoxlca-
ting drinks impossible. The sa-
loon is a luxury. The army of
young lives that are ruined, the
numberless homes that are wrecked,
and the thousands of souls that
are lost every year through this
vile traffic is the cost of our lux
ury.
"Now, H." said the sheriff as
he bid me goodbye, ''you want to
dodge that first drink when you
get out" I am going to try.
Will you? EMERITUS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
The Evils Of Rum.

In The MIRROR of January
18th, there appeared poem en-
titled, What I Saw" It made
very deep impression on me,
not so much for the poetical con-
ception or beauty of construction,
but for the grand and irrefutable
truth which it portrays. The
transition from JOY, health, peace
and plenty to sorrow, misery,
strife and poverty through the
medium of rum, which the poet
has so touchingly described, is not
the mere vagary of an idle fancy,
but a panoramic view of real,
earnest life. I have committed
the poem to memory in the hope
that this dark phase of life it so
realistically elucidates may be as
a warning to me in future years.
Robert Ingersoll said that Rum
has caused more sorrow and
misery in the world than has
plague or famine together. And
that from the time it leaves the
distiller's coil it leaves a path of
ruin and degradation behind it"
These are awful truths. Wars,
plaques and famines are indeed
great calamities, but they occur
only at uncertain periods, while
King Rum is steadily killing and
laying waste.
Upon entering this institution
I was asked what considered the
cause of my downfall, and with
out moments hesitation, [ re-
piled: Drunkenness" It is my
opinion that large majority of
those incarcerated, not only in
this prison, but in all other penal
institutions throughout the Unit
ed States would give the same
reason were they asked. It is a
sad thing to reflect upon, this.
And were it only the one who in
dulges in this terrible vice that
suffered the consequences of his
sin it would not be so bad, but
there are nearly always some in
nocent ones dragged down with
him in his fall. There are the
parents, the brothers, the sisters,
the wives and the little ones to be
considered. It is true that the
state will protect the wife and
children from cold and starvation,
but the state can not give them
protection. "Well," you will say,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
y PRACTICAL EDUCATION


had developed his mind and hands
to the practical side of life, as un-
educated if not actually ignorant.
I believe that we as a people
are beginning to learn that real
education consists in something
more than diploma from high
school or college; and that educa-
ton in it's truest and highest
sense, combines with book learn
ing that knowledge which can be
made of practical use. Today the
mind of our nation is giving
more thought to the practical side
of life, because that knowledge
that one can use is the only real
knowledge.
The education or training that
fits one for life Of usefulness in
some sphere of work is coming to
be recognized as the most desir-
able education for one to possess,
while time, spent in acquiring an
education that merely puts on a
polish, with the sole object of a
life of ease and idleness, is worse
than wasted. That old idea of
education, that made conventional
differences, is fast disappearing,
and the future generations will
associate education with that
which is practical.
The mechanics high schools,
wherever located are not only doing
a grand work for the individual
but are aiding in developing the
manufacturing interests in their
respective towns. In some of our
common schools the boys are be-
ing taught the origin and compo-
sition of the soil along scientific
lines, the proper way of drawing
up petitions and the legal pro-
cesses necessary to a successful
issue.
The time is coming when man
ual training and domestic science
will be introduced in all our COM
mon schools. There is no ques-
ton but that the youth should be
taught the fundamental principles
Of civic, state and national govern
ment, wood and metal work. and
the various branches of practical
commercial science. We could
enlarge upon this, but it will not
be necessary.
In conclusion let me say that
when the hours of book study are
shortened in our schools and the
balance of the school day is de-
voted to industrial or out of door
nature study, we will witness a
physical betterment among school
children; and where there is a
healthy body you will generally
find an active, growing mind.
Education, based on book study
and aided by the manual training
and domestic science departments,
will be the means of developing a
brighter and stronger generation,
and this means a better nation
physically and morally.
G. L. @.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26


on each side of his trousers kept
company with sabre which clat-
tered on the sidewalk in perfect
tune with pair of spurs fastened
to each knee-high boot. How he
even managed to keep his helmet
from falling off was mystery to
me. The wind had a gay time
with bunch of white feathers
which served as extra ballast.
The ladies went into ecstasy over
this Berlin dandy. They did not
notice the forlorn orderly march
ing behind his master. carrying a
wonderful military overcoat. The
poor servant had no hopes Of ever
getting SO many medals-decora-
tons of that kind were not made
for common people.
AS we approached the parade
ground many officers arrived, and
the sight of SO much splendor
one can never forget. Thousands
of soldiers were drawn up to pay
homage to William. Amid fam
fares and hurrahs Of the throng
his majesty, accompanied by a
brilliant suite, at last moved.
Truly that man had the real idea
of the military man. Paper, pen
and ink can never do justice to
the clothes William had on. He
looked to me like a glittering
diamond. The helmet alone
was worth my room and board
for about three months. The
Guard de Corps presented arms
and the Emperor looked around
and seemed to say: Behold, ye
mortals, all this is mine!" Riding
ahead of his column, accompanied
by various generals and other
lesser lights, the whole army-an
army it truly was-marched
through the avenue of victory
where his majesty and his retinue
graciously reviewed the soldiers
of the fatherland.
Here Bill asked me if / ever saw
anything to beat that. Some years
ago, [ told him, it was my rare
pleasure to see President Mckinley
review the army Of the republic.
l cannot compare those two
affairs without rejecting. Surely
our grand old army men deserve
our praise and gratitude; then our
army button means a great deal
more than bushel of medals on
the breast of a favorite grandee
and noble of Williams country.
In our country we talk about
militarism, but we must catch up
if we want to beat our friend
William. But we must not for
get that an army is the only safe
guard of Germany. National
defence is needed, for in union
there is strength. The war of
1901 showed what a united Ger
many accomplished. It muzzled
forever the Napoleonic dynasty;
it conquered proud country.
The general wears his medals for
that accomplishment. His medals
show his worth, his name might
be long one, but it tells of honor
and truth. Well, William is
happy-and we still have our
little red schoolhouse.
1868.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26

Facetious Diner Ito very tall
and exceedingly procrastinating
servitor) For more than one
reason you might be called a long
waiter.
Waiter-Y Yes; l sometimes
measure half day from tip to tip,
sir Smart Set.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-01-26
Pepper Read Before the ohautauqua circle.

ton briefly, is the leading of
human souls to what is best,
and making what is best of
chem, and these two objects are
always obtainable together and
10y the same means
We have often heard the ques-
sion asked, "What is education?'
and while many answers could be
given to the question, yet most
.4of the educators of the day agree
an this one point: that it should
not be something apart from every
&day work in life; that it is not the
principal thing, altho it is an i'm
portant incident in life.
Much has been written in re-
gard to our common and high
school systems in the endeavor to
demonstrate to the world at large
the merits of our schools. It has
always appeared to one that if the
results Of our schools cannot VIM
dictate themselves, those who are
4endeavoring to vindicate them
have a hopeless task upon their
hands. Many of our educators
have been advocating radical
changes in our schools, but these
changes have been held in check
by those who are in fear of what
the public will say about them.
1t takes courage to do what we
~often believe we ought to do, es-
pecially if one feels that he will
be severely criticised or misunder-
stood; and this feeling has retarded
the Introduction of many benefi-
~cial changes.
Our present day system Of edu-
eating the youth, generally speak
ing, is of the old school that
believed in educating the boy and
girl with a general course of study,
and afterwards train them in a
specially. The results have been
shat those who were not in a po-
ssltion to go beyond the general
course, had little or nothing prac-
sical to fall back upon; or, in other
words, our schools have been gen.
,aeralizing when they should have
paid more attention to specialize
lng, because the knowledge that
sone can use is the only real knowl-
ledge.
1t is somewhat gratifying to
ynote that the present day agitation
. rs to educate the boy and girl
along technical lines, that is to
train the eye, mind and hands in
industries and agriculture. [ be-
lieve that this is step in the
right direction. The future re-
suits Of such schooling will be
marked by fewer tramps, fewer
criminals and fewer failures in in
adustrial and agricultural enter.
prises- It appears to me to be a
move forward when they unite
with our common and high schools
she manual training and domestic
: science departments.
The boys who complete a long
academic course, especially in our
large cities, are almost helpless
unless they have had some man.
ual training They are bookish.
but are unable to do things.
They have learned to think
about things, but have never come
an contact with them. The bust
mess men of today put a very low
estimate on the value of young
man who has merely completed a
Dong course Of study at high
school or general college course.
1t is true he has book knowledge,
but such knowledge avails a young
man very little unless he has been
trained in the way of doing things.
In the past we have heard much
aaGa;al 4olz alout oh inhor odu-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-23
RilIa Passed-Seuate.

S3S Senator Norris, relating to tenn
porary highways.
460S (Senator Hatten), providing for
commission to supply books and period
icals to the schools of the State.
5O3S committee on capitol and
grounds), relating to appropriation made
by section 2, chapter 800, laws Of 1903.
SOS committee on agriculture, relat-
ing to importation Of cattle.
323A CIR. Burdcau), providing for
county aid IN construction Of permanent
highways.
7O2A Committee on agricultural, relat-
ing to legal fences.
IA committee on manufactures, to
regulate manufacture and sale of gold
and silver articles.
5S3A (Warner), authorizing placing of
poles within curb line upon capitol
square.
elsa (yYestfahD, relating to allowance
of accounts of executors and admin;stra-
tors
3O2A committee on manufactured,
providing for furnishing Of scaffoldings
and hoists, etc. in construction Of new
buildings.
5O6A committee on railroads., relating
to taxation of railroads extending for
two years the system Of liceuse fees to
permit the Supreme Court to act upon
The ad valorem law.
G95A committee on cities, relating to
cities and fixing terms of certain city
officers
TO1A committee on lands and mining),
relating to increasing Of height Of dam
on Black river.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-23
Incone from Manic Groves

As a result of the study recently
made. definite directions for the man
agement and Improvement of existing
groves, and for the establishment of
new ones in suitable localities and IA
der different conditions have been pre-
pared and will soon be published by
the Bureau of Forestry. Many yalu-
able data regarding the profit in maxi
ing maple sugar We're also collected.
From these il appears that 4 farmer
can easily clear about So an acre from
Il sugar grove. The expenses in this
estimate are placed at a maximum.
all the labor and hauling are CHARGED
in a. market rates, though as a mat
ter of fact the sugar season falls at
a time when the farmer has little other
employment for himself or his horses.
In actual practice, for the farmer who
can do most Of his own work the profit
should be considerably larger. And the
land thus utilized will yield little Or
nothing under any other use. The cid
method of collecting the sap by max
ing a diagonal cut in the tree was
abandoned long ago because it injured
the tree so shat it could be worked for
but few years. The approved prac-
tice now is TO bore a hole one incl
deep and ree-eighths of an inch in di
ameter into the sunny side of trees
over twelve inches in diameter. and to
make out one hole in each tree. except
possibly where the trees are especially
large and productive. Vast improve
tments have also been made in appli-
ances for handling TIE sap and boil
ing it dossn 10 sugar and syrup.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-23
Market for Good Products.

A short time since the writer had
the pleasure of dining at a first-class
New York city restaurant with a city
friend. 1t was not one of the So
called swell" places, but one of the
best of the moderate in price affairs.
Baked potatoes were a part of the din
ner. and never before had we eaten
such perfect potatoes in early March.
Upon inquiry it was found that the
steward in charge of the place paid
more than double the market price for
firSt-grade potatoes in order to obtain
these selected specimens.
1t would not do to place an inferior
tuber before customer; the excuse
that it was late in the season would
have been of no avail for the custom
er would promptly reply that he was
paying a good price for potatoes, and
wanted and expected good CneS. 1t is
fair to say that it would be practically
impossible to name a place where a
superior article of food produced on
the farm could not be sold with profit
We have tried it time and again, I'M
til now everything we raise is assorted
into select grade, No. l grade and No
grade-anything poorer than No. >
grade is kept for use in so.Ge way on
the farm. Try it and he cO2v;1ScG.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-23
Rise of Rice CrOD.

The United States in 1904 became a
rice-exporting instead of a rice-import-
ing nation, increasing her exports fifty
per cent and decreasing her imports
twenty per cent as compared with the
transactions of the preceding year
In the calendar year 1904 the importa-
tons of rice into the United States
amounted to 137,0OO,OOO pounds, as
against 17S,00000O in 1908, a decrease
of 100000; while the exports of
rice Including the shipments to Ha-
wall and Porto Rico) were 13S,000,000
as against 100000 in 1908. In 1903
the purchases of foreign-g grown rice by
the United States exceeded its sales of
that staple abroad by 100000
pounds, whereas in 1904 the sales
abroad slightly exceeded the importa-
tons of rice. Fifteen years ago there
was scarcely a barrel of commercial
rice produced in what is now known
as the prairie rice section of Texas,
which extends four hundred miles
along the Gulf coast, and contains
some of the most fertile lands on this
continent These lands We're then val
ued at twenty-five cents to $3.50 per
acre To-day improved lands are worth
on an average of $3.50 per acre.
Within the territory there are about
! thirty rice mills with a daily capacity
of over twenty thousand barrels of
| rice
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-23

For steady ana continuous laying 1t
is doubtful if there are any hens in
the world to equal those of a Phila-
delphia banker. This gentleman tells
with great satisfaction a story that
illustrates the almost incredible PROV
css in egg-laying of his hens. Some
time ago" he says, IAN egg was left
for a nest egg in the place where my
hens lay. This nest egg the other day
Matched, AID | have one lonely little
chick, which several mothers care for.
Hero is the explanation of this mir
acle: My hens are such steady layers
that one would no sooner get off the
nest egg, having deposited fresh egg
beside it, than another would slip on
and in her turn lay. Thus by dozens
Of different mothers the solitary egg
was Matched. Though no one hen sat
or 'clooked' on it, nevertheless it was
kept always warm, and in due time
there stepped forth from it a lonely
but vigorous little chick"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-23

heard, and shouted back an inquiry
whether the Richard had surrendered.
Jones ran forward with a laundering
MOP
Then the Scraps mainmast came
crashing down, and her captain struck
his flag. The firing ceased, but the con-
fusion continued. Men ran about in
curing which vessel had surrendered.
Both of them had been shattered to
helplessness. 1t had been a question
of logged endurance between their
commanders, and Jones had won.
1t was now clear that the Bon
Homme Richard was sinking. Her
captain ordered what remained of his
crew to go on board the Scraps.
Scarcely had the Richard been aban-
doned when, at 10 o'clock, she settled
down and went to the bottom of the
North Sea. The captured Scraps drift
ed about almost helpless for several
days, until on October 6, with the help
OF his consents, Jones got her into the
Dutch port of Texel.
For his conduct in this action Can't.
Pearson was knighted by King George.
We'll" said Jones, when he heard Of
it, she deserves it; and If 1 ever meet
him again, I'll make lord of him."
For this feat Congress gave Jones a
gold medal, and Louis XVI. made him
a chevaller of France and presented
him with a gold sword.
Jones saw no further service in the
American navy. In 1888 he entered
the Russian service, with the rank of
rear admiral, and distinguished him
self In campaign against the Turks.
Disappointed in the hope Of obtaining
an independent command, he soon left
the Russian service and went to Paris,
in broken health. There he died in
poverty in 1892. Just before his death
the appointment as commissioner and
consul Of the United States to Algters
was sent to him from this country, but
he had passed away before the COM
mission reached France.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-23
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
a WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Active Boy Forger in Superior Farm
ers Near Jefferson Want Dam Re
moved from River-End of Fight Over
Cameron Dam-No New Indian School


Charged with passing worthless checks
to the arlonnt of sos, G. s. Gunderson.
10 years Gid is awaiting trial in Supe-
riar. Tie young man was arrested at
the home of his parents J. b. Ennis
and his bartender We're the first victims
Of the young mans peananship to make
their appearance. According to Ennis
the boy told the story of a sick father
and wanted to purchase bottle OF wine
providing Ennis would cash check call
ing for S2l, Mr.. Ennis suspicious were
aroused and he refused to make the sale.
Thomas Scion. the hardware man, said
he sold the hey some fence wire. the lat
ter rendering in payment check for SO,
which Mr.. Scion cashed. Supt Payne of
the Mission said the lad is the person
he had accommodated by cashing check
for S1S
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-05-23

his memorable battle with the Scraps
On September % he sighted a feet of
forty British merchantmen under the
convoy of the Seranis and the Countess
of Scarborough. Most of the merchant
men ran toward the shore, anchoring
under the guns of Scarborough castle.
At O'Clock in the evening Jones' flag
ship, the Bon Home Richard, engaged
the Scraps and there followed one of
the fiercest naval conflicts ever record
ed. At the beginning of the action two
cannons of the Richard exploded,
bursting the deck above and killing
and woInding a number of men. In
spiteof This the Richard began a heavy
cannonade, which was answered by
the Scraps. This was maintainedNfor
an hour, and then Jones with his own
hands assisted in lashing the two YES
sells together, so that the Scraps could
not escape, nor take advantage of her
superior maneuvering power. Prior to
this when Jones had been repealed in
an attempt to board the Scraps the
English commander, Capt Pearson,
called out, Have you struck your col
ors?" Il haven't begun to fight yet
Jones shouted back.
While the two vessels dashed to-
gether, We're in their death duel, both
crews fighting fercely for victory, an
unexpected diversion occurred and one
which nearly proved fatal to The
American vessel. The Alliance had
come up. and after exchanging a
broadSide with the Countess of Scar
borough she opened fire on the two
vessels struggling together Whether
through treachery, or in the confusion
of the battle in the dark, her guns did
much more damage to the Richard
than to the Scraps; and when Jones
hailed her captain and bade him lay
aboard the British ship, his orders, if
heard, were disregarded.
BY this time both the Richard and
the Scraps were terribly shattered.
The formers side, near the stern, had
been shot through and through until
the upper deck had almost fallen in
upon the gun deck. The Scraps had
been set on FIRE in q dozen places by
grenadeS and cannon balls. Just as the
moon rose, at $780, the Richard, too,
caught fire. A cry arose that she was
sinking.
In the hold were hundred English
prisoners, the crews OF captured mer-
chantmen. Some of the sailors set
them loose, to give them a chance for
their lives. They rushed on deck, and
added to a confusion already almost
indescribable. One of them made his