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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12

a. caplLal "A, all she mas 10 10 IL te
get hold Of that page. Indeed,
have heard the tale of two city
men who subscribed for a half
penny journal between them. one
to keep the financial, parliamen.
tary and foreign part and the 9th.
or the rest of the paper.
i It should be mentioned that
there are three kinds of papers in
England. First, there is what we
call distinctively the English press,
with the Times at the head of it.
The Times is a daily with thirty
two large pages of closely printed
reading matter, and is thus far too
unwieldy for everyday use. A
man who reads the Times thru
every day would have very little
time to do anything else, but he
would certainly obtain a good
education. For the Times does
not make feature of divorce
cases or any other sensational
happenings, but keeps all it's news
in it's order Of relative Importance.
As reference book a years issue
of the Times is invaluable, hence
it largely owes it's circulation to
the fact that all financial institu-
tons and clubs subscribe for a
copy. Other leading papers are
the Standard, or Stand-patter; the
Telegraph, noted for the excel
lence ofits foreign correspondence;
the Morning Post, the aristocratic
organ; the Chronicle, the leading
Liberal paper; the News, rather
more sensational than the others,
and some Of the journals published
in the cities of the north of Scot
land.
The second great class is what
is known as the ha'penny press.
The Mail, which was the first i'm
portant paper to sell at this revo-
lutionary price, claims to have a
circulation five times as great as
any penny paper and may be said
to have assimilated most of the de-
fecte of both English and American
papers, besides adding few of it's
own. In no other country can be
found such amazing inaccuracy,
such absurd detailing or, on the
other hand, such eminent suitable
ity for the home as characterizes
the English halfpenny press.
That it is a. power in the land is
proved by the fact that, when the
Daily Mail objected to drinking
episode in the Drury Lane panto-
mime, the managers of that thea
tire were obliged to cut the scene
out and to make full and fulsome
apologies for it's inclusion; this,
too, in spite of the fact that the
Drury Lane pantomime has been
a popular institution for scores of
years.
The third class of papers is one
which also gets down to the peo-
pie and stays there. Such papers
as the People and Reynolds are
professedly for the working man
and are ever ready to voice the
socialistic and anarchistic opin-
ions that the unwashed are apt to
adopt. I do not wish to say one
word against these opinions-fne
reasoning does not appeal to the
hungry man nor the Queen of
SPANS trousseau to the woman in
rags-but yet it seems these pa
pers, with their fifty per cent of
crime and casualty and fifty per
cent of inaccuracy, can only make
things worse than they are al
ready.
have not taken into consider
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12
MuldOOn on MuCkrakerS.


tintions are nayther to condin
caned mate, the can or the man
that cans it, fer as far as did fish
is concerned they can bury it all
me intillict will sustain itsilf on
fish joost as aisy. To be brafe,
this worruk is an open satire on
licensed libel, soort av mockrak-
in, that assoomes arrogant pre-.
negatives whin it mixes itsilf wild
goovernmint INSTRUCTIONS, cor
porations an private indyvidJoo-
ais. interviewer wild the rale
thayme is a character stoody av
it's mannipylators, an be combin-
in both an DRAWN yer own con-
cloosions, the rale trooth will
unravel itsilf.
AS gineral thing the min pos
siss silf-approbative disposition,
an crave fer notoriety wild the
same passion as dope fend does
fer dope. This combination, to-
either wild idiosyncracies an va
carries, deloods thin into the belafe
that they are high minded virgins
beyant pollootion. May the saints
FORGIVE thin, I can't.
The first slip bein' gained the
imbryo at vance comminces, in a
pragmatical way, to catylog the
names av rich min an firms, an
thin widout a momint's warnin',
paint thin in the blacklist colors
av contimptibleniss. Apparently,
he rings troo, at the same time
nayther he or amy av his gang
wud hissytate to sill their very
sowls cud they but GOVT wan
tinth av the perswaysive tin that
in other hands is tainted, plooged,
etc.
Wan av the most dlsgustin'
sights l liver saw is to note the
lofty an protinshus scoorn av
mookraksrs as they stoop to grind
the capitalist benaythe the hales
av thin. That, me friends, is
hypocrisy in its lowest foorm, be-
cause the germ avarice an grade
is ridy to spring up in annywan's
systim at the slightest PROPAGATION.
Yis, they shud be destroyed while
they are young, livery indyvidjooal
his own, instid av mookrakin' full
grown vans out av annywan ilse.
1 don't mesilf behave in promul-
gative scandal that tinds to cor
rupt the morals av our joovynils,
degrades commercialism, an con-
teammates the very atmosphere we
braythe. Nayther do I advocate
Chimney foor the man that malish-
asly imposes fraudulint wares on
his unsuspictin' nayboor; but, fer
the luv av hiven, if ye must invis-
tygate, place do it behint closed
lures; at Taste kape the foul dis
closures in wan place, or they
might be father suffycatin' inno-
,int payple at large.
Professional jiluscy amoong lit
erary cranks an private pains hov
resulted in projoocin' hybrid ma
who vie wild aich other
ike carrion hawks an boozards fer |
he biggest choonks av putrefac-
sion, that aich might piddle arti-
icial saysickniss an nausea more
.ntinse than that av his rival.
Yis, an the pooblic applauds, |
aotwithstandin' the fact that
nanny innocint characters are
complied to swim around the
pool, while the soprano nook |
fishes thin out full av fungus that
nayther soap, lye nor time can
sfface. This PROPENSITY in the
awthoor to use soobstytoots devil
opes itsilf afther he writes wan
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12
Synonyms Their Use.
Taken from q. F. Graham's book on
English Synonyms"

COMMUNICATIONS.
These words express degrees of
repentance. Remozse is an inten-
sive conjunction. Combunctiousig-
nifies a pricking of the conscience.
Rem0>se denotes crashing or
biting. The former is expressive
of the sorrow caused by minor Of
lenses; the latter conveys an idea
of the excessive pain the soul feels
at the sense of its crimes, and is
analogous to the feeling of the
bodily pain expressed by grind
ing or crashing the teeth. A
miser may feel conjunction for
his injustice; a murderer is agi-
tated by remorse.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12

acknowledgements.
Places that are adjacent lie near
to each other; places that are con-
tteuous lie close to each other. Two
fields which have common bound
airy are contiguous. Places that
are adjacent to each other may
yet have something intervening.
Places that are contiguous must
touch each other. Hampstead and
Highgate are adjacent to London.
The houses in Portland place are
contiguous to each other.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12
Dslagpnce-lndustxy.

because we prefer, it to others.
lndust,y is the quality of laying
up for ourselves store, either of
knowledge or worldly goods. Dill
igence produces industry: it is ap-
piled to one object; industry, to
many. To collect accurate infor-
nation, evidence, ETC.. from vari-
Gus sources, we must be industrious.
To become well-informed upon
one subject, we must be diligent.
The quality of diligence is not ap-
piled to animals. The, bee and
ant, however, are said to be indus
trious, because their instinct
prompts them to lay up store.
To Coby-7o Initiate.
To COPY has to do with the out
ward appearance; to initiate, with
internal Specification. We copy
words; we initiate meaning. The
result Of a copy is the likeness to
the mind. In copying, we multi-
ply the original; in initiating, we
present a variety of the original.
In copying a sentence. we tran
scribe the words which it contains;
in initiating a sentence, we con-
struct one in a similar manner to
the one placed before US. The
hand copies; the mind initiates.
A painting may be copied; the
style of painter may be initiated.
To Avengs-To Revengs.
We avengs Others; we ysvengs
ourselves. When we revenge, we
return evil for evil (real or sup
posed) done to ourselves. When
we avenge, we punish an injury
done to another. In both cases,
revenge is exercised; in the for
mer for ourselves, in the latter for
another. To avenge is an act of
retributive justice; to revenge is
an act of passion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-21
EIeHT-HoUR LAW A POSER
Many Questions Must he Decided
Before It's scope Can BE
Determined.

WASHINGTON, July 2o.-The executive
officers OF the various departments have al
ready found themselves confronted with
much dihiculty in the application of the
presidents order to report violations of the
eight-hour law by government contractors.
The subject is a very complex one and il
is apparent that the attorney general will
be called upon to pass many opinions on
the application of law to the different
classes OF employees.
The question has been raised as TO
whether the decision affects work on naval
vessels in private yards. The contractors
insist the law does not operate outside OF
government reservation and that the
ship Is their own property until 1t is turned
over TO the government The Navy de-
partment oficials appear TO believe that as
the government pays installments of money
for the ships as the work progresses upon
them Il is the actual owner of the vessels
This matter is so important that test case
is certain 10 follow.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-21
PUBLIC REQUESTS BY BET


LONDON. July 2O.-Owing to premature
statements regarding the will Of the late
Alfred Belt, the South African financier,
the executors of Mr.. Belts estate this
evening gave out the exact terms of the
public beauests. without, however disclos-
ing the amount of the fortune left, which
Il IS believed IL will take a considerable
time to estimate. owing to the fuctuation
in the price Of shares owned by Mr. Belt.
AS forecasted, the document is very inter
esting. lacking little of the remarkable
qualities which gossip attributed to the be-
quests. The sums enumerated make the
vast total OF S9.675,OO0, not including the
value Of the estate bequeathed to his native
city Of Hamburg, or the art treasures be-
slowed on the national gallery and the
museums in Hamburg. II Is believed that
the aggregate will not be far short of
81, 10000.
The most notable provision Of the will is
that in which a body OF trustees get con-
troll of $60OO,0Oo to be used In the develop
ment and construction OF means OF COM
munication, transmission by railway, tele-
graphs and wireless telegraphy and tele-
phone lines In Rhodesia and upon the Cape
to Cairo railway. which. with other be-
quests for South Africa. demonstrate that
Mr.. Belts interest In the welfare of the
country in which his fortune was made Is
equal TO that OF his old associate, Cecil
Rhodes.
Mr.. Belt left large sums to relatives, mum.
erous legacies to friends and gifts to clerk.
and servants. The residue OF his estate
real and personal, is bequeathed to hil
brother. Otto Belt absolutely.
The will Is dated April. 4 1905.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-21
LAND FENCERS PLEAD GUILTY
w. w. Flat and Charles Mcdonnell
Fined and sent 10 jail for
TwentyFOur Hours.

HELENA, Mont, July 9O.-w. W. Flatt
Of Smith Bros. Sheep company pleaded
guilty in the United States court today
to Illegally fencing public lands in Meagher
county and was fined $500 and sentenced
to the county Jail for twenty-four hours
by Judge Wolverton. The indictment
against j. NJ. and N. b. Smith. members
Of the same hrm, was dismissed. Flat
assumed all blame. The jury after delib-
Grating seventeen hours failed 20 agree in
the case OF the United States against
Joseph T. Carroll a Butte lumberman,
charged with illegal fencing near Butte. and
he was discharged.
ST. PAUL. July 2O.-A special TO the
PioneeT-Press from Helena, Mont. says:
State Senator Charles Mcdonnell OF Sweet
Grass county was sentenced today by Jus
tice Wolverton, in the United States court
to spend twenty-four hours in the Lewis
and Clark county Jail here and to pay a
fine Of $3.50 for illegal fencing OF public lands
In the Sweet Grass country. in connection
with his sheep business. His partner, Ed
ward Veazey, received a similar sentence
and fine. Both pleaded guilty.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-21
MRS. THAW KNOCKED DOWN
Crowd So Dense as to Force
wife of Prisoner to
Ground.

NEW YORK. July i2O.--when Mrs Harry
K. Thaw reached the Tombs prison today
and made her daily lash through a lane
in crowd OF curious persons one man in
the crowd pushed forward so roughly that
he bumped against Mrs. Thaw and she
was knocked down. Mrs. Thaw was not
injured and continued on her visit to her
husband, after which she went TO the Office
of Mr.. Hartridge, his. attorney r -
w NJ X Olcott, the lawyer who was
dismissed by Harry K. Thaw. will have
until Monday to decide whether he shall
surrender all the papers in the Thaw case
to Clifford W. Hartridge, Thaws new
counsel Although large quantity of pa
pers have been surrendered by Mr. Olcott,
Mr.. Hartridge asked Justice Mclean today
for an order directing the delivery of all
those remaining in Mr.. Olcotts possession.
In an argument in court Terence j. Nc
Manus, Of the firm Of which Mr. Olcott is
a member, asked for a postponement. He
said:
The only papers which we are not ready
to deliver at once Is bundle of letters
Until we can consult the writers OF these
letters, which we shall do as speedily as
possible. we shall not be able to decide
whether we ought to give them up"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-21
RECEIVERSHIP FOR YEoMEN
Attorneys for j. b. GOsSaEe File
Notice Of\ Petition and suit
for sI5O,OOO Damages.

DIES MONIES. July 2O-Attorneys for ].
B. Gossage of San Francisco today served
notice OF application In the district court
for receiver for the Brotherhood of AIneri-
can YeOmen, a fratern1 insurance order
covering many western states with head
quarters in Des Moines. They also served
notice Of suits for $4,000 which Gossage
claims 10 be due him In damages for can
celation of his agents contract and for
commissions on new members secured
through his agency. The application for
receiver is the outgTowth of factional
trouble In the order which resulted In the
Ousting OF the administration little more
than a year ago and the installation Of
new odicers. Gossage held his contract a
lucrative one under the old management.
and it was set aside at the time the new
ofRcers took hold He had the Pacific
coast agency and did large business for
the order in organising lodges and secur-
ing memberR
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-21
Fair Saturdays warmer In south
Portion. sunday Fair.
TALK OF UPRISING IN MEXICO
Anti-ForeIEn PIRcards Causes Dias
to Call Conference of
Governors.

Ell PAsO, Texas. July 2O.-Rafael Ysabel
governor of Sonora, Mex" passed through
El Paso today en- route to Mexico city TO
consult with President Diaz and prepare
for the threatened uprising In that coun-
try September 16 President Diaz Is calling
all his governors into conference. Consider
able trouble is feared in Sonora, as Cananea
is 10 ated in that state and is said to be a
revolutionary hot bed,
LAREDO, Texas. July 2O.-For some time
past rumors have been rife in almost all
the large cities in Mexico which may por-
tend anything from a great strike OF the
laboring element to a revolution against
the administration OF President Dias,
| Opinion Is divided as TO what the result
will be, but enough credence is placed In the
rumors to cause much uneasiness and steps
will be taken TO meet any contingency which
may arise. Circulars have been posted In
Monterrey saltillo, San Luis Potosi and
other large cities throughout the republic
warning all foreigners to leave the country
/ before the 18th Of September, the independ-
ence day Of the republic
The circulars are in substance:
We desire Mexico for the Mexicans and
] warn all foreigners that IL they do moi
/ leave the country by the 18th of September
| they will be driven into the sea-
! Continuing, the circular says:
! The principal INDUSTRIES and business OF
| the republic are in the hands of foreigners
principally Americans. The railroads. al
| though they apparently belong to the ma
| leans; the Americans direct them ThC
| mining industry is largely controlled by .hS
| foreign element and our nation, heretofore
Independent, is being made the servant Oi
| foreign capital.
We are on the border of an abyss and &
! great catastrophe menaces us all unles,
Vun oil fnr nfff fNf haa fHz
and give our own people chance.
The Mexican government does not fea
any serious trouble, Notwithstanding tn,
! posting OF these circulars
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-21
GERMANY PUTS UP THE BARS
Close Inspection Of Canned Meats May
Cause Suspensions of All
Imports.

BERLIN. July 2O-As the result Of In
ouiries instituted owing to the report that
the German government had decided to en-
force such stringent laws against American
canned products as to virtually EXCLUDE
them, It is learned that several recent
seizures OF meat UNIT for food made at
customs houses on the Russian frontier
caused inquiries TO be made by the customs
authorities and the Prussian ministry ut
agriculture regarding the system OF inspec-
ton. 1t was learned that the practice had
been ordinarily either not to break pack
age or. If opened. not to cut slices Of It's
contents for examination. Changes In the
regulations requiring a close inspection be-
fore the official stamp is used are in course
Of preparation by representatives Of the
customs and agriculture authorities for
submission to the Bundesrath.
These regulations Will apply to imports
over whatever frontier. hence they will
cover American meats, but as these are
already more restricted than the importa-
tions Of newly killed Russian or Austrian
meat, they are not expected to appreciable
J, affect American meats, which habituslly
<<re inspected more searchingly at the ports
2. N hitherto has been the case with over
, Imports But a more serious move
l. directed solely against American
m Z I'D lard, is being pushed by agrarian
int, with the likelihood Of command
ingl 'ul support in the Reichstag when
the m comes up in the autumn.
1t wa Vted by the so-called agricul-
turaI cha =, composed of landlords and
farmers, a resulted in the Prussan Diet
in June adopting a resolution recommend
ing that the government pass law ex-
cluding absolutely all preserved meat un-
accompanied by the glands and all other
| parts of the carcass.
1t was obvious TO the chambers that the
Importation with preserved meats Of other
parts of the bodies was impossible or i'm
probable. The destruction of the American
market and large trade was the objective
in view. Similar or Identical resolutions
were passed by the agricultural chambers
Of Bavaria. Saxony, Wurtemburg and other
| German states.
DR.. Max Pollaczek, editor Of the Fleischer
zeitung. the organ of the meat trade,
said to the correspondent of the Associ-
ated Press:
The demands Of the agricultural cham
bers will be laid before Parliament in No
vember. I have no doubt they will be
adopted, as American meat has no de-
tenders IN Germany Even the opponents
of the agrarians only favor the import Of
fresh meat or live stock"
Most of the things said against Amer
lean meat have been widely published IN
Germany and practically used by the agra
rians to strengthen the idea that no meai
except German raised and slaughtered meai
Is it to eat"
A specialist on the subject said today
that II the American packers, when th'
charges against them were first made, haC
Immediately invited the German govern
ment to send it's own inspectors TO judge o
the conditions It would have done mucl
to counteract the effect of the exposure
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-21
Oil HEARING IN MISSOURI
Independents AIiePs that Rates. vary
d. for same Dista,s Sc In Dsaerent
Parts state: N

KANSAS CITY. Mo. July 20. MIR.
Gardner said that since the oil rates
had been recently fixed by statute in the
state Of Kansas the price of refined oil
had fallen 81 barrel. or about cents a
gallon, to the consumer. Tariff Sheets
published by the railroad companies show
ing the rates between various points in
Missouri were introduced as evidence by
the witness and filed with the testimony.
c. d. Chamberlain, secretary of the Ma
tional Petroleum association and counsel
for the oil shippers, expressed regret after
the hearing had adjourned that he had not
had an opportunity TO submit a summary
of the evidence TO the board.
I'VE are pleased with the manner in
which our case has been laid before the
commissioners, said Mr.. Chamberlain,
but I was anxious 20 impress upon them
one or two points that may not be entirely
clear. I wished particularly 20 bring out
the fact that the railroads refuse TO make
a uniform rate for equal distances in diff
ferent parts OF the state. They make one
rate for a certain distance In one locality
and for the same distance in another the
rate may be nearly again as much The
commissioners, i understand, have held that
the railroads have a right to do this,
but l contend 1t is an infringement of the
law. The matter was mentioned to Rush
Lake, assistant attorney general, and he
has promised to investigate it,"
Before the commissioners give an opinion
in the rate case they will examine. at the
request OF the railroad companies abstracts
of evidence heard in a former inquiry and
will make a comparison of tariff sheets
OF this and other states.
In the afternoon the board listened Ia
complaints from the railroad companies
concerning rates on agricultural, imple-
ments and furniture. The companies assert
that the present schedule will not permit
OF any profit being made in transporting
such merchandise.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-21
CITY OFFICIALS ARE ClTE[
Maxor and chief of Police of Kansas
city in supreme
Court.

Topeka, Kan, July 2o-W. W. Rose,
navor Of Kansas City, Kan; Vernon II.
Rose chief of police. and John F. Kelly,
captain of police of that city. were yes-
terday cited TO appear before the state su-
preme court and show cause why they
should not be punished for contempt in vio-
lation Of the courts order prohibiting the
citv TO exact revenue from the saloons.
The specific accusation against the three
ofleiaIs is that in May, 1905 they exacted
from a large number Of persons $50 each.
.,upon an agreement, express or implied,
that they should have the privilege OF on
Grating Joints" without molestation from
the police. 1t also is alleged that in June.
1906. 500 was exacted from each OF these
persons for the same cause.