davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-10-12
Rube Has Trouble.
Mr.. Edutor:

Mr.. Edutor:
Deer Sur:-In the first place I
want to tell you that I hain't rote
since the last time, since that time
I have bin workin' mites for con-
clusion. I came home from my
work the other day, for dinner, as
I hain't wofkin' very far away,
and I finds letter that's bothered
me more than gettin' money to
pay my taxes. I reeds so SO:
Mr.. Rube:
Deer Sur:-"If you will hang
your washin' in the back yard, I
think it will improve your lightin'
connections with the next world.
Your santanie majesty" Blank.
Now I'd like to no how that
son of a gun found out I was here.
Yes I wood. It's worried me till
I'm gettin' thin in the vest. How
in the thunder can I hang my
washin' in the back yard when my
back yard is somebody's front
yard, besides the gent who erected
my residence forgot to put back
door in, or else he done it on pur-
pose.
There are three personalities
round this hotel that I'm dead in
love with. The first chap is the
man who sings the whitewash
brush. I'd like to no what he
puts in the water and lime that
leeves such a juicy smell. It
minds me of the time l was held
up for smallpox and I didn't have
any. Never was SO lucky in all
my life. As I was sayin' the
whltewash artist uses the very best
of French perfumes, in his mix
ture, cause my room mates coodn't
stand it and went on the hike.
Hope they 60 broke and never
come back. So I do.
The next gent is the one who
gives lightin' connections with the
next world. How my washin' in
the back yard wood help the
source of supply in the next world,
I can't figure out. If the secre-
tary of his santinie majesty wood
have told me to hang my face in
the back yard as it wood improve
my looks, I wood have said, there's
man who can read the innermost
thots of my sole, but I'm inclined
to believe that he new I had only
one face. It's funny how every
body finds out that I am so unfor-
tunate as to be blessed with one
face. Yes it tis.
Last but not least is the plumb
or. I am particularly in love with
the plumber of the colony. They
no I am a Observation-Disclosures,
busted without a cent. l spose if
it was not for my financial embar-
rassment they be for putin hot
and cold water in my Twin apart
ments and then pray regularly for
cold weather. This is one time, Mr..
Edutor, when it's mighty good
thing that a TELLER is broke. Yes
it tbs.
Lovingly Yourns,
u A. Rnnu
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-10-12
Left.

When she awoke in the middle
of the night burglar was stand
ing at her dresser.
"Leave mel" she screamed.
'That was certainly my inten-
ton madam" he answered politely.
"The things I AMI going to take
will be sufficiently burdensome
without encumbering myself with
an old maid in addition"
She was left sgain!-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-10-12

Rolling pin? Yes sir; here's
one made of glass; the latest thing
out"
"But good Lord man! that thing
would probably break and cut my
head to pieces. "-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-10-12
FRAGMENTS
>BY BILL NYE, JR.>

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
We are authorized to state that
Mrs. Cassie Chadwick is about to
declare another dividend of one
and one-half mills. There is re-
jo1cing in the camp.
A man in Manistee, Wis, has
been on a drunk for twenty years.
Holy smoke! If there are any
family discrepancies existing in
his household he should patch
them up at once.
"Can doctors know too much? ?"
is a question which has lately ap-
peared in several leading news
papers. Well, if their fees are
made according to the amount of
their knowledge we would say the
medical fraternity know altogether
too much.
A beer drinking contest was one
of the features at Dutch wedding
recently pulled off in st. Paul.
AS professionals we're prohibited
from participating in the match
we were "barred" from buttin' in.
Such is our luck.
A women in Patterson, n. j.,
comes out with the statement
that she has seven husbands, all
living and doing we'll. She must
have acquired the new-fangled mat
rimonial disease and evidently in
tends to put the validity of
women's rights to supreme test.
Down in Kansas City lives one
G. w. Wilson who is the proud
possessor of an ancient umbrella
which has done service since 1868,
and is still relied on when needed.
Perhaps he is accompanied by an
armed guard while sporting his
historic weather stick.
"THE MIRROR feels confident
that it's force will not go out on
the present strike. "-Anoka Her.
aid.
No, there is a very binding
agreement existing between our
genial Warden and The MIRROR
"typo" bunch with certain clause
inserted which prohibits a walk
out.
Mason-"Can you suggest an
appropriate name for my dog?"
Jason-'How would Dewey
Mason-"No, I honor Admiral
Dewey too much to name dog
after him."
Jason well, Dowie, for in
stance"
Mason-'Never, I don't want to
disgrace the dog"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-10-12

vans, doplnd1n aOstr8ctly, on the
sagacious capabilities av the
timperamint. Like other minta)
phenomony this wan permits a
gineral classification, VIZ: blondes
are MAGNETIC, brooinits electric,
rid awburns both, an bawldhids
all three respectively.
Confdintially spakin', us scien-
fists how niver analized it's troo
position SUCCESSFULLY. Me own
hypothesis is that it rotates in the
cinter av the soul or ilse on an
iccintric axis, tho this soospicion
waz niver confirmed. [ don't in
tind to insoolt yer intelligence be
dwellin' on Hypothetical theories,
but on what I hov discovered me-
silf. In me private observations l
find that soosciptabillity to sug-
glstion depinds on the plastic con-
ditions av wan mans timperamint
an the other vans size, accordin'
to roof an toomble. It also plays
an important part in elections, do
mistic demonstrations, delayrium
traymins an political fancies.
Common potts as rool are sinty-
mintal like babies an ould hins,
an how a dilycate CONSTRUCTION,
while dramatic vans how robust
hilth an fiery tlmperamlnt.
Wan av me main imbarrissmints
is to be takin' fer a poit. Shure,
me very walk an deportmint i'm
priss stranger as political. I
acknowledge me Dist complimints
to annywan that has niver saw me
walk, 'tiz iloquint all right.
Flathery swills me pride whin 'tiz
well mint, but bad cess to the
man that is posin' for the cigars.
In Remembrance av Dan Casey's
brother, who drove wather wag-
gin, [ how composed the followin'
eulogy which proves me abillyties
in political circles:
casey drives sphrinklin' cart; he's got wa
Their on the brain
He thinks av nothin' but wather spouts an
artificial rain.
He souses the girls wild the picture hat, an
browns the willow dawg-
Some day he'll land in a wathery grave, whin
his light goes out in fawg."
From an artistic standpoint it
tears a hole thru compytishun.
livery line tells a STORY av gran
dillyquint dipths. Fer instance,
livery wan moo that he drove wa
Their Vaughn, but no wan cud tell
he had wather on the brain.
Casey is did wan now; an as all
is fair in war an pace, I'll tell yez
how it happined.
Let it be strictly understood
that annywan swippin' these
verses will be dit foor or five
swipes in the jaw, suffice to say,
baware av the dawg.
sHe filled the tank wan bright mornin' be mis-
take he TUX gasolane,
Whit down the strate at merry clip smilin',
gay an serane.
He lit his pipe on Halstid Strate-'twaz thin he
broke the roofs,
Casey an the cart whit off av the airth an moth
in came down but the mules.
The papers wur filled next mornin', an to many
an eye tears arose;
We cudn't find 'nough pieces av Casey, so finally
buried his Clothes"
That verse EXPRESSES boundliss
sympathy wild the mysteries av
life an dith, alternately. Think
av the vast horse power comprised
in sivinty- live barrels av gasolane;
a tremindous foorce whin it bloos
a man clear out av his clothes.
In summarisin' the evints av the
precaydin' chapter I find that a
small clay pipe is as ditrymintal
to life as a Purified choonk av gas
pipe Regardless av timperamint.
q. e. FL.
Rolling pin? Yes sir; here's
one made of glass; the latest thing
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-10-12
,ead Before tne Cnauta,lq,.a circle.

Pepper Read Before the ChdutduQaAd Ctrcte.
ARLY in the nineteenth Gen.
fury, broad-mlnded men
began talking of an interna-
tional court Of arbitration.
A few years later there were many
people in the United States who
advocated calling congress to
consider establishing such an in
stitution; but it was not until 1872
that resolution was offered in
congress, by Mr.. Sumner, support
ing a court of arbitration and vest
ing it with such power as to
completely take the place of war
as method of settling interna-
tional difficulties.
In 1889 conference was called
by the United States government
attended by representatives OF both
North and South America, but
nothing of a practical nature re-
suited from the meeting. 1t was
at The Hague conference, called
by the czar in 1899, that plans for
an international tribunal we're pro-
posed by the delegates from the
United States. The late John
Hay was IN reality the author Of
these plans and used his influence
to secure their ad 'ption.
The court was formed July goth,
1899, by representatives of twenty
six governments, namely, the
United States, Great Britain,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Austria Hungary, Russia, China,
Belgium, Norway and Sweden,
Denmark, Portugal. Mexico, Spain,
the Netherlands, Greece, Persia,
Servia, Turkey, Siam, Bulgaria,
Switzerland, Luxembourg, Rou-
mania, and Montenegro.
All the governments which
originally signed The Hague Con-
vention are entitled to appoint
four members of the permanent
court. Twenty-Five out of the
twenty-six have appointed dele
gates. Those named by the Unit
ed States are Chief Justice Fuller;
Hon. Geo. Gray; Hon. John W.
Grigg, and Hon. Oscar S. Strous.
In some cases less than four have
been appointed and China. Tur-
key, Persia and Montenegro are
without representatives. At the
present time the court has seventy
two judges on the bench. In each
case that comes before this court
one or more of these judges are
chosen as arbitrators. These ar
bitrators are appointed for term
of six years and may be reappoint-
ed. There is no salary attached
to the position, but it is very prob
able that those who serve in each
case are we'll paid by the parties
Involved.
The court has but two officers,
corresponding somewhat to our
clerk of court, and an assistant.
French is the language usually
employed, but different one may
be used upon the stipulation of
the parties in the case. In one
respect, at least, this court differs
greatly from those of our own
country as it has never had a full
calendar. No case can be brought
before the court by one govern
ment of it's own accord against
another. Both parties must agree
to submit the case.
One of the cases tried in this
court, and one with which you are
all familiar, was the Venezuela
case. Great Britain, Germany,
and Italy acting in unison tried to
enforce the collection of their
claims against Venezuela. In so
doing, such warlike measures as
aombarding and blockading her
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
Monday the Eleventh day Of December, A. o., 1905

and succeeding days. the hour Of ten o'clock
the following described situate the
said county which the 1904 have been paid
shall be the hereinbeow set down. interests
and penalties to-wit:
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

Burr. Paul G.
Brooks. Annie
Baty. Dock"
Benny. Richard
Benson. Il. l..
Bent. J. a.
Bingham. Kate Q.
Brown. J. w.
Bruncr. a. Il.
Bruner. Callle e.
Chapman, Diel
Cline. W. r.
Cline. W. Il.
Cline. W. r. and
]. a. Hostedler
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10
Delinquent Tax List
Tressurer's Office, Otero County,
State Of Colorado.

Public notice hereby given that WILL according to Law. ODER
public sale the Office Of the County OF Oro and
state Of Colorado,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

Crider, W. +.
Chancellor. J. w.
Cordova, Manuel
Clark. Alice a.
Cock, W. NJ.
Denny. Robt.
Dodds. c. r.
benson, Mark
Denton, W. c.
Dunla p. J.J.&Ida NJ.
Dillon, S. T..
Denny, S. w.
Dorman. H.&w.H
Dean. A. J.
Dolsen, w. A.
Davis. Z. w. Est.
Elwick. Ann NJ.
Evans. Loretta
Evans. L. o.
Erickson. Phil r.
Evans. Albert
Emerton, Mary A.est
Fantroy. G.H.&Z.H.
Frye, II. Il.
F'ravel, c. w
Fowler Lumber Co.
Geanrey, G. C.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-11-10

Biun. Harry
Bochard. r. d.
Boiics. +. d.
Brannon. II. L.
Brown. Alice
Bush. Mary A.
Busz. W. II.
Baich. Julia A.
Bates. a. NJ.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18

responsible to large extent for this ac-
tivity, as they are anxious to get sight Of
the new crop, and some dealers are will
ing to accommodate them. There are
other dealers, however who have found
early sampling unsatisfactory, in that it
is expensive, as a portion of the crop will
have to be resampled later; and the
chances are that not until the beginning
of next month will activity be general in
this type. AS to Connecticut Havana
Seed, of which it is safe to say that 80
per cent was force sweated there have
been numerous sales, particularly of Sec
onds, and what is left of this grade in
the packers hands commands high
prices. In Wisconsin, owing to the ex-
tremely poor weather, the tobacco is not
yet ready to sample, and hardly any one
will start to do so until September.
Transactions in the old have been of lit
tie consequence, except that few hun
dred cases of 1908 Wisconsin binders
have been sold. Some deals in Pennsyl-
vania Broad leaf are reported, and gen.
tleman who returned last week from
buying trip through that state says
prices asked there are prohibitive. He
spent several days riding in the different
packing sections, but could not find
lot that he saw dollar in. Since his
return he has bought few hundred
cases on the New York market.
Sumatra. The market has been very
good during the past week. Renewed
interest has been manifested in all kinds,
and manufacturers are particularly anx-
ious to secure light goods, of which the
new crop has but a small quantity.
Prices remain high, but there seems to
be better prospect for brisk market
than for some time.
Havana.-Owing to the high prices
asked and paid for Remedies there has
been some scramble for old second Capa-
duras. A number of transactions in this
grade, some of them involving large
amounts, have taken place, the prices
ranging in the neighborhood of thirty
cents per pound and better, and the in
vestment being regarded by the trade as
a good one.-Leaf.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
Lancaster.
LANCASTER NEW ERA, Aug. s,

LANCASTER NEW ERA, Aug. s, 1905.
Midsummer weather carries with it
a midsummer market. The reports from
all quarters say things are very dull, and
there are no indications to the con
trary. Where but little business is look
ed for there is, of course, no disappoint-
ment
The only sales we have heard of are
375cs, sold by Haller q SchnaCer, and
l5Ocs sold by r. K. Schnader & Sons; in
all, 525cs.
More interest is now felt in the new
crop at this moment than in the old.
Although the fields, as rule, look we'll,
yet there are many, especially in the
north end of the county, that are not up
to the mark. Some are very backward, i,
as we'll as uneven, owing in part to the
cut worms early in the season, and to in
sufficient rains later, the rainfall having
been unevenly distributed over much Of
the county. The latter part OF this week
will see good deal of cutting of seed
leaf done. The Havana seed, we believe,
is all in the barns. We hear of quite a
large number of new tobacco sheds 60
ing up this season. showing that more
and more farmers are taking up the
growing of this crop.
We regret to say that our advices are
to the effect that much of the tobacco
that is being housed is cut in an unripe
condition. This is only what some do
every year, and it is the worst mistake
farmers can possibly make, and, what ie
more. most of them know it, yet, in the
face of all experience, they keep on re-
peating their error. Unripe tobacco
won't cure, has no body and is of little
use to manufacturers. Crops will be
scanned carefully this season when buy
ing time comes along ard those who
don't heed now will be apt to regret it
then. Of course, growers hurry their
crops into the barns to escape hail, but
how can it benefit them if they get little
for it? Run the chances. Don't cut
your tobacco until it is fully ripe-the
ripper the better-and it will be money in
YOUR pockets.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18

O, HOW deep cutting is the following
from the pen of one of the best and most
trustworthy writer's in the world, Walter
Wellman, in the Chicago Record Her
aid. at was the irony of fate that Rus
sia should come to Portsmouth, place
not one Russian in ten thousand had
ever heard of, after having declared
eighteen months ago that when peace
was signed it would be signed in Toxic.
From Toxic to the navy yard at Ports
not greater than the difference between
the attitude of Russia then and today.
All that the war has cost Russia, all that
the war has meant to japan in her leap
from comparative obscurity to her rank
as one of the world powers, is expressed
in the single word Portsmouth,; Ports
mouth, where Russia listens to what
Japan will demand instead OF Japan
waiting in apprehension at Toxic to hear
the conqueror's price"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKET.
EDGERToN, WIS, Aug. Is, 100

EDGERToN, WIS.,, Aug. lS, 1900.
The northern tobacco growing sections
continue to be the storm center of the
buying movement and the mad scram-
BILE to contract for the green fields in
almost all stages of maturity is under
full swing. Report comes to US that the
Vernon county district is pretty gener-
ally under contract, at an average price
of IL and cents for the desirable lots
and buyers leaving for other fields. A
good deal of buying has been done dur
ing the week in Lodi and Rio sections
and 10 cents is the ruling price. Riding
is also being INDUCED in other localities
and we hear of few sales being made.
The movement seems likely to reach
all sections of the state.
Old leaf is receiving some attention
again, the transactions coming to ne+:-e
include 150cs lot of '01 by Parish of
Stoughton and 50cs lot by Brictson of
Mcfarland to Fl. w. Child. FL. T.
Sweeney purchased Goes of Campbell &
Sayre. The remnants in country hands
are still closely hunted. About 250cs of
'O4 were received from growers at
Stoughton during the week at TIC.
The weather of the week has been
generally favorable to the growing crop.
The harvest has commenced but will
scarcely become general until the COM
ing week.
The shipments out of storage do not
exceed 6OOcs for the week to all points
from this market.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
VIRoQUA, WIS, Aug. IL, 1905.


Pleasure and deep disappointment
have been the experience of tobacco
growers in this section the past few
days. Pleasure because there has been
such demand for the growing weed,
and disappointment because of the hard
and destructive storms that have visited
evil results upon them. For nearly a
week there has been the liveliest kind of
chase by horde of foreign and local
buyers to see who could make the great
est grab of crops, and nothing like it has
been experienced in past years. So ex-
tensive has this been that few desirable
crops are uninspected and few left un-
bought Prices have ranged from to
1917 cents.
The storm of Friday night left its
traces of damage on many crops, but
nothing like so serious a nature as that
which passed over the county last night
about seven o'clock. 1t is too soon after
the unhappy realization to judge any
thing like accurately of the extent of
damage, but it is certainly very exten-
sive, and the loss will be heavy. Rain
and hail accompanied by wind appear to
have visited every locality in the county.
It is strange thing that some crops
were practically demolished while others
in the same neighborhood are little if
any injured. This applies to about every
growing section in the county. 1t is very
difficult to estimate the damage, but the
Censor believes at least one-third of the
acreage is partially or totally destroyed
1t is sad experience for so much was
anticipated.
The first crop and the only one so far
as we are advised, that has been har-
vested is on the Henry Huschka farm
east of Viroqua, by Will I. Groves. He
commenced to shed his crop last Mon
day.-CensOr.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
BaldwfnsvtIIe, N. Y.

The favorable weather of the past few
days has rapidly advanced the growing
crop and number of growers have al !.
ready begun topping.
In the Chemung Valley the tobacco
crop presents fine appearance. The
been complaining is the delight of tobac-
co. The setting season was favorable.
The supply of rain has been abundant
The crop as rule is even, thrifty and
we'll advanced. Without drouth, rain
or frost the prospect is for one of the
best crops, both in yield and quality, this
section has ever produced. d.-Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
New York.
NEW YORK. Aug. II, 1905.

A\nW AONhs NAOS' A@; AO0C'
A crowd of buyers and nothing doing.
The delight with which the Connecticut
Havana was hailed year ago when it
was still summing itself in the fields
seems to have given place to heartburn
ings of disappointment. The beauty
praised so extravagantly, the perfection
extolled in p8ans are regarded as no
compensation for the high price which
the prosaic jobber who is looking out for
living is asked to pay. And so he
hides himself in shady corner trying to
drown his melancholy thoughts in a
stimulating and refreshing draft while
being taken by the hand sympathetically
by the Sumatra importer who drops con-
soling words into his ears. The upshot
Of this extended sympathy is deal in
Sumatra. And thus, the jobber who
went out hunting for Connecticut comes
home with bag of Sumatra samples.
What seems to take most the visiting
crowds eyes is the Connecticut broad
leaf but 35 cents for seconds and IS
cents for running wrapper lots; what
nut to crack for the jobber! He is,
therefore, fitting from one place to
another, haggling for hours with the
perspiration streaming down his care
worn brow and when he gets through
with his days weary trial he has not
bagged one pound of the desired leaf
And the same trials be has to undergo
on anything he wants to touch. Higher
prices on Sumatra, higher prices Oh
binder, higher prices on filler, higher
and higher with ever-enlarging capitals
is staring him in the face wherever he
turns or moves. And as if his cup of
woes were not brimful enough he is be-
ing pleasantly entertained with the pros
pect of IS to Is cents for Remedies in
bond! The season has opened with a
rush but there is nothing doing as yet
journal. ~
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18

The highest scientific authority has
decided that yellow fever can only be
communicated from one person to an
other by the process of inoculation. and
that this is done in every case through
the agency of certain species of mos
quito. That mosquito is not often found
as far north as Pennsylvania, and the
efforts of entomologists in Philadelphia
to capture specimens have SO far proved
failures.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-08-18
New YORK, Aug. 9, 1905.

In spite of the fact that such samples
of domestic leaf as are exhibited this
week are merely the advance-guard of
the crop, considerable quantity of bus
mess has been transacted. More than
fifteen hundred cases of Connecticut
Broad leaf have changed hands, and of
this type the light wrappers brought from
sixty to seventy cents pound, with one
instance of seventy-five cents being paid
for an exceptionally fine lot Dark wrap
pers are selling at from thirty-two to
thirty FIVE cents, and seconds at twenty
eight to thirty three cents per pound.
The presenos Of the Western buyers was