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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
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LETTERS FROM READERS.


If the parties who were kind
enough to dub the local paper and
it's contents, rubbish, balderdash,
ETC., or terms to that effect, would
be little more generous in their
proceedings and hand around a
little Of their surplus erudition it
would be infinitely more to their
credit. But the trouble is that the
individuals who are so eager to
condemn the works of others are
seldom capable Of improving upon
them. Heaven knows tits easy
enough to cry, bah! Not a great
deal of intelligence is needed for
the enunciation of this sheepish
ejaculation, but it does not help
any and there, SO to speak, is the
rub.
Honest criticism is a stimulant
when administered by the man
who knows how to handle it. De-
probation and ridicule are not crit
icism, bat poisonous vapor that has
a deleterious effect upon every
thing it touches and especially
irritating is it when emitted by
those who have nothing to replace
that which they destroy.
Forgive them, they know not
what they do" was the dying
prayer of the greatest of all re-
formers, whose offense was that he
had endeavored to better the con-
ditions of the rabble that destroy
ed Him. You see? ''They know
not what they do" That is i,
exactly. The person who depreci-
ates or seeks to destroy anything
however humble, that makes fol
betterment, is deluded.
Personally, I am skeptical Of
the hypercritical pedant who pro
fesses to know how everything
should be run, yet runs nothing
but his talking apparatus, which
is tuned to a series of lugubrious
violations. Analysis often reveals
these omniscient ones to be pos
sessed of nothing but a super
abundance of gall which the.
handle so dexterously as to give i
the appearance Of wisdom. de
liver the goods and we'll believ,
you genuine" said an American
philosopher, but alas! critics o
this description have 40 goods t.
deliver.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
The chautauqua.

The President has arranged a
very interesting program for the
first quarterly meeting Of the Pi-
e1ian Circle to be held next Sun.
day. There will be several papers,
music-vocal and instrumental
and "some discussion"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
Local News.

Another call for the Motor Boat
from 344.
The cold snap arrived in a bunch
likewise a lot Of colds.
There are now twelve so]ourners
in the Matron's department.
Orders are beginning to come
in for Irvine for the next season.
The Pacific Monthly for Decem-
Der is very interesting number.
This is the weather of colds in
the head and family cough cures.
Business in the Irvine factory
is booming" says Supt.. Williams.
Father Corcoran held mass in
the chapel last Sunday morning.
Davy says his health is very
poor, but his appetite is excellent
all the time.
Erid says there is-one Office he
would like to fill-that of being a
private citizen.
Prof. Webb says he is vacation
izing. He is assisting "de Teller
nit de buckets
The Irvine collections for No
vember amounted to nearly a half
million dollars.
"The white winged dove of peace
is over the door again" says House
Steward Anderson.
Officer Harvey says: "Now that
it is freezing good and hard we
might have spell of cold wealth
err"
"Tai!or Nelson turns out clothes
in gray that are all Glass;" says
Capt. Alexander's private secre.
tary.
The sleighing has evidently
come to stay until the January
thaw, which usually arrives in Feb.
ruary.
Nautilus, the New Thought
Magazlne-edited by Elizabeth
Towne, is in increasing demand
hereabouts.
The occupant of 242 would like
to receive Milwaukee papers, il
anyone here can accommodate hin
in that respect.
Nothing new about the Christ
= mas show. The last airless receiv.
ed waa to the effect that it would
be moving pictures on that date.
The Mirror correspondent at the
New Prison starts off as a space
grabber. A continuance along
thai line will be appreciated ever
IL he does not see all of bis stuff
in iSaint: ,sgvs,s-,.,s. ~..s.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
Population.

Total number of inmates. -. TIC
Working at New Prison. 49,. IS
Received during week. $500. 10
Discharged during week -. i
Number in First Grade. 800. 532
Number in Second Grade. -. 176
Number in Third Grade. -. 8
Paroled ........ 5
Last serial number. ........ 1919
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
Diverse Reflections
BY eR,o

The brightest sunrise may be
for many Of us the day of release
from a long, strenuous stretch Of
solitude. -
Some brains, lots of nerve and
the paths of. life are not very
difficult to travel-judging from
observation.
Money may cause the wheels 10
go on the.outside but in here the
wheels buzz without any weekly
distribution of the coin of the
realm.
Honest, candid compliments are
SO apt to be construed as mere
f1attery that few receive their de-
serving portion of frank compli-
mentary remarks.
1t is SO easy to inform your
neigh Dor how to profit by expert
ence and to tread the straight and
narrow path but to apply the same
preachings to ourselves is so diff
ferent.
When justice sleeps, prisons
yawn.--Elbert Bede. When a
poor man is on trial justice does
not pause in revolving the wheels
OF law long enough to catch a cat
nap until the prison doors open to
receive him.
| Innocence is rarity in New
York city, providing We choose to
believe some persons-but Amer
lea is gradually placing the lid
upon various evil trafics and the
big cities may be cleansed in the
course of time.
! From the amount of bewilder-
ling and confusing newspaper stuff
they have caused to be hurled at
the public one might be pleased to
} hear of Cook and Peary returning
; to the North Pole. Wonder if
they could locate it again.
The most pleasing result of my
recent effort to contribute toward
our local entertainment were the
kind words of appreciation from
many who witnessed the entertain
ment. The other contributors
share the foregoing sentiment.
Mrs. Pankhurst, of Suffragette
comment, has recently been de-
livering a lecture entitled: Why
We 60 to Jail. Many Of us would
undoubtedly like to know why we
are kept behind the bars when ar
rogant disseminators Of unconsti-
: tutional rights are allowed to be
: out of Jail.
Lincoln once advised friend
to read a couple Of law treatises,
begin the practice Of law, use COM
mon sense and read law as time
permitted. Today a strenuous
2 course is necessary to fit one to
7 practice law but aside from law
forms of procedure the essential is
commonsense. Lack Of it is one
> reason for crowded jails and pris-
, ons. A little more attention to
the Fundamental principles of life,
a trife of tolerance toward human
nature, more familiarity with con-
ditions and primal causes Of err
ing, forbearance Of hasty judg-
ment, checking Of publishing
! false, unwarranted versions Of pub
lie matters then society would
i, be advanced in its method of deal
ing with the transgressors.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16

partedsfor other -felds Of uSefnl-
ness. w.
TNTx4sTes -.a@@@ IJrf
As tonsorial artist Prof. Pow
ers stands away up high in his
profession. a''He IL not . BIT ton
silious," remarked one of his
clients.
Guard Goldsmith's winter re-
sorte1s1 have become greatly reduce
ed in number. Upon inquiry, as
to the cause, he replied: "Too much
climate!" pfi&
Tailor Nelson says some OF the
local laddiebucks are so we'll pleas
ed with the fits he gives them
when they leave that they come
back after more.
Young Mr.. Mcclellan, in the
front Office, says it is true Mr.:
Munson is running q candy store
down town. He says he has seen
some of the bills come in.
Fingy-who has no fingers-says
he has invented buttonless shirt.
"Dat's noddings,' says a Teller.
"Vat We most need is a sentence
less sentence and timeless time. ;"
The librarian says all magazines
will cease circulating as exchanges
With the end of the month of the
date ~of their issue. "Two large
an accumulation, otherwise" he
says.
"What becomes of all the old
Irvine after it is used?' Supt. Will
lliams was asked. Don't know
but the funny fellers say it is used
in the manufacture of breakfast
foods" he replied. Z
Young Steady, the poet printer
pirate, is tuning up his lyrical Tyre.
Some of Young Steady's poems
have been going the rounds, in
Guiding the Minneapolis Journal
lin lively fashion. Y. S. says that
is what he gets for being good
Sunday school boy.
: Capt. Alexander's private score
tary says he belongs to the Chau
tauqua and Graves admission into
the local Hall of Fame. There
fore, enter Capt. Alexander's afore
said private secretary under the
title of Oliver Twist, one of Charles
Dickens immortal English char
, acters. Everybody up: Hail, OF
liver Twist.
Rev. Wilkinson, formerly o
Minneapolis, but now of New Yorl
city, was visitor here on Satur
day last. After passing through
the various departments he lunch
ed with the front Office family en(
his humor created so much mirtl
in the small dining room that tn,
diners Toasted mostly on laughter
The reverend gentleman was &C
companied by his wife.
Next week the committee ap
pointed to select the best Chau
tauqua paper delivered during tn
past three months will make it
. selection. This paper will be fol
. warded to The Spectator, of Chi
cagh, for publication. The Presi
dent of the Circle believes it woul
y be good plan to make honorabl
y mention to that publication i
) their order of excellence, of tn
next three best papers read durin
+ the same period.
b II am INSULT" said Monte tn
d other day. SWELL, what's the mat
ter nowY' he was asked. "I'm in
: suit, Eats ALL" he replied. "Wel
: if you have been insulted by any
one you have remedy" was tn
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-16
Chapel Service.

The following is the program of
the service held in the chapel, Sun
day, Dec. IL, Father Corcoran Of
floating: e.
March-Majestic.. 800. Orchestra
.Waltz-The Bonita. Orchestra
Hymn-Onward Go. ......... Congregation
Scripture. ................... Father Corcoran
Duett-Crucifx. ]. Faure. Members of Orchestra
Gospel Reading. ........Father Corcoran
Prayer. Father Corcoran and Congregation
Sermon Father Corcoran
Hymn-Crown Him. 49,. Congregation
March-A Soldier Boy :. .......... Orchestra
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-25

their enforcement. wild horses
couldn't pull them to the polls to vote
for taking prohibition out of the state
constitution; but when it comes TO
prosecuting rumsellers under the law
their. supreme indifference is the most
impressive thing about them.
Kansas will no doubt make a
bluff at enforcing her new prohibit
ton law. But the popular sentiment
behind a law necessary to its rigid
enforcement will probably be found
lacking 'for the law, but agin' en-
forcement.
Ohio is making new experiment
in liquor legislation. That state can
not, under its constitution, license the
retail sale of liquor, but it can permit
the sale of liquor under a special tax
"a distinction with no Very marked
difference. The new law, popularity
known as the Dean law, is said to
have been drawn by the liquor inter
ests, and it embodies these regula-
tons:
No man who is not an American
citizen shall conduct a saloon.
"a man who has been convicted of
a felony shall not conduct a saloon.
"A saloonkeeper shall not sell to
minors or intoxicated persons.
mo gambling shall be allowed in
saloon.
No improper females shall be per-
mitted upon the premises of a saloon.
mo lewd or improper pictures
shall be exposed in a saloon"
Ohio's law is in one respect more
drastic than any other American
liquor law of which we have knowl-
edge. 1t provides that any viola
ton of its provisions must result In
the saloonkeeper's FORGETTING perma-
nently the privilege of selling liquor
legally in Ohio. Such law has been
proposed elsewhere, but never before,
so far as we know, to receive encour
agement, theproponents usually meet.
ing the fate of being classed with
the prohibitionists and fanatics That
the idea should have been made into
| the law with the sanction of liquor
dealers association is rather surpris
ing and induces curiosity to see how
1t will work
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-25
SERVICE
FOR MRS. CULLOM

Washington, August Following
brief funeral services yesterday which
consisted only of a prayer and a read
ing of scripture, the body of Mrs
Shelby M. Cullom, wife of the senator
from Illinois, who died here Wednes--
day, accompanied by relatives and
friends, was taken over the Pennsyl-
vania railroad at 5:45 yesterday aft
ernoon for her old home at Spring
field, Ill. The services here were
held at the family residence and were
conducted by Rev. E. bennett, assist
ant pastor of the Church of the Cove
nant.
The funeral party consisted of Sen
ator Cullom, Mrs. Victor Fisher, Will
lam B. Ridgely, former comptroller OF
currency, and Gafield Charles, one of
the senator's clerks. The body will
arrive in Springfield at eleven o'clock.
tonight. Following the funeral serv-
ices at the First Presbyterian church
there tomorrow morning at ten
o'clock, the body will be inferred In
Oak Ridge cemetery.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-25
bliss SAYSIHE DID. Z
:PEW SAYS HE DIDN'T
QUESTION WHETHER BOSTON
WAS CAPTURED OR NOT
is A MYSTERY.

Boston, August 20.-The war game
which has been conducted in south
eastern Massachusetts during the pas1
week, ended yesterday, but whether
Boston, which was the objective poin,
of the invading army under Brigadiel
General Bliss, was really captured
theoretically, or whether the Massa
chusetts troops, commanded by Gen
eral Pew, succeeded in repulsing the
attack of the red and blocking the
path is still clouded in mystery.
Bliss expressed confidence last
night that he had won victory and
that the decision of the umpires will
be in his favor. He declared that he
had opened way to Boston On the
other hand, Pew and his lieutenants
and some of the umpires and other
regular army officers in the blue
ramp declared that the advantage of
position at the close of hostilities lay
with the blues.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-25
HANGS HIMSELF TO
AVOID LYNCHERS
NEW YORK LAD SUICIDES WHEN
PURSUED BY MOB OF
FARMERS.

New York, Aug. 2O.-Death as the
result of disappointed love hopes was
disclosed to mob of armed farmers
when they stumbled on the hanging
body of Frederick Krause, 10 years
old, who had tried to kill Mrs. Bessie
Smith, wife of George l.. Smith, when
she opposed his suit for her daughter
Their intended victim, for Krause
would have been lynched if caught
alive, had forestalled their vengeance
and had hanged himself from the
limbsof tree.
Mrs. Smith, whom Krause attacked
with club, lies dying in the Morris
town memorial hospital with her skull
and one arm fractured.
Krause was infatuated with Mar
guerite, the 17-year-old daughter Of
the Smiths, who had not encouraged
his intentions.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-25
RICH CONV|CTS
ALMOST ESCAPE
PLAN DISCOVERED AND PITTS
BURG BANKERS PLACED IN
DUNGEONS.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 20.-Evers
member of 1.-The bankers colony in
the riverside penitentiary was in the
prison dungeons yesterday as the re
suit of the discovery and Illustration
of the of a plot to liberate cOnvicts
through a tunnel.
The tunnel was being driven from
inside the prison to point outside
the walls and was within few days
of completion when discovered.
According to reports which have
filtered through the prison walls,
Bankers William Montgomery anc ].
b F. Rinehart, who are doing f"eGn
wears each, would have been a, song
the first to get through
The discovery was made at mid
night last Thursday, but matters have
been kept quiet hoping that those
who were assisting from the outside
might make themselves known and
.he captured. but the news leaked out
Yesterday. A Waterman making his
rounds did not like the hollow sound
coming from a board on which he
trod and on investigation he found
the board loose. Lifting it he found
a hole seven feet deep branching on
into the tunnel.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-25
DREAMS OF WEALTH
co GL|MMER|NG
couNTERFEITERs ARRESTED
TRUNK CONTAINED 100000
IN MEXICAN PESOS.

Louisville, KY, August 20.-Dreams
of wealth centered in a brass bound
trunk containing a million dollars in
counterfeit Mexican pesos were shat
tered for John c.. and Marion Rob
,erts, brothers, here yesterday when
Deputy United States Marshal
Blaydes arrested John Roberts In
shelby county with the money In his
possession.
John Roberts said that ne would
Mead guilty at the October term OF
federal court. Marion Roberts some
davs ago offered a Louisville broker
a high commission to dispose OF some
Mexican money for him. The broker
notified Chief of Police Haager VINO
notified the secret service men, yes
terday's arrests being the result. The
chief counterfeiter admitted that ne
was behind a plan to dispose OF the
imitation 100 peso notes through the
hrokt4. Roberts said that had the
nerforating machine and device 70
, NUMBER the bills reached him wnen
he had expected them, he would nave
been In Mexico week ago. Inc IN
tention was to dispose OF Sl'ooV'ooo
counterfeit money.
Roberts is the son of former
iadge of this city
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-25
KANSAS HAS STOUT
LIQUOR LID ON
DRASTIC LAWS THAT MAKE
FLoHIDA's RIDICULOUS AND
NAMES TRIVIAL.

New Lork Commercial.-Und the
new primary law in Kansas druggist
is not permitted to fill physician s
prescription for whiskey; and if whfs-
key or alcohol is found in his store,
the law looks upon the fact as prima
| facie evidence of selling it. The at
/ torney general of the state has an
nounced that he is going to clean all
Intoxicating beverages out OF the pri-
waite clubs that the locker" must go
because, where they contain intoxi-
cants in a clubhouse, that clubhouse
is place wherein people assemble. to
drink, and do drink "in contempt of
the law" Acting under the advice
of this official many towns in Kansas
are limiting the amount Of beer that
resident may purchase in another
state and have sent to him; as, for
instance, a Leavenworth man may
have two cases a week; a Wichita
man one case a week: but a Topeka
resident only half a case. And SO the
absurdity goes on.
t'In proposing to make every drinker
carry license one might have
thought says the Florida Times
Union of Jacksonville, that Florida
had gone the limit; but Kansas sees
even this one better and leaves Maine
out of the reckoning Our southern
contemporary expresses hope that
all drastic features of the Kansas law
viii stand the constitutional test SO
that an unlocking world may see and
study the effects of them. And it adds,
commenting on the matter of limiting
the beer supply and so forth:
Why not shut off the supply entire
ly? If the municipal authorities can
prescribe the amount, they can pre-
scribe nothing Per week; if there be
danger in barrel, there is immoral
ity in glass. We glory in the pluck
of Kansas, and we want to see how far
the law can go as well as how much
goodness the people will stand Kan
sas always possessed more morality
than she needed for home consump-
ton, and we would earnestly CON-
mend her devotion to home products
attain before the millennium Logical
the Americans should have been
ruined long ago; but It may be still
possible to save us all, provided the
Kansas theory will work in practice
The chances are about hundred to
one against the general enforcement
of this Kansas law Public sentiment
made the law possible, of course, and
from that fact it might naturally be
argued that public sentiment will be
strong enough now to compel the
strict enforcement of the law in every
nook and corner of the state. But
logic falls down when it comes to the
prohibition of the sale of intoxicating
liquors. People do what they are ex-
pected to do or are supposed to be
bound to do. In Maine there are
thousands of men who are in favor of
the prohibitory laws, but opposed to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-25
GREEK FLAG GOES
UP ONCE MORE

Canea, Aug. 20.-Armed inhabitants
of Gambia, the largest city of Crete,
yesterday hoisted the Greek flag in the
presence of a squad of militia, who
were powerless to prevent the pro-
ceedings. A conflict was averted
through the Intervention of the Metro
politan, who begged the officers to
confine the soldiers to their barracks.
The consuls of the powers have de-
manded the government of Crete to
give written guarantee that the
Greek flag will not be hoisted after
the departure of the international
squadron. The government replied
that it will do so when order has been
restored at Gambia.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-25
FRATERNALS HAVE
MANY PROBLEMS
MUST ADOPT ADEQUATE RATES
IF THEY EXPECT TO BE
PERMANENT.
SHOULD DEVISE ACCOUNTING
SYSTEM TO PRESERVE EoUI-
TIES IN RESERVES.

Neenah, Aug. 20.-At the annual
convention of the E. F. U. in session
here, Insurance Commissioner George
terday afternoon on Economy and
Conservatism in Fraternal Manage
ment Mr. Beedle stated that he had
great confidence in the fraternal So
cieties of this country, because OF
their representative system OF gov
eminent and the method of soliciting
gamblers through local lodges, which
assures economy in expenses OF man
agement But the speaker said while
the fraternals have many elements OF
strength they also have some seri-
Gus problems to solve. If they are to
become permanent they must adopt
adequate rates. He said there was
much misunderstanding as to the
meaning of that term. In the minds
of some it means high rates. This
is an erroneous belief. Adequate
rates means honest rates. If the
benefits promised are large it stands
to reason that the rates must be
nlSu, anu IL tie UcuSulo dlS Siuoui
the rates should be correspondingly
low.
There is marked tendency
among fraternals to accumulate re-
serve funds said Mr.. Beedle, but
there is no system of accounting so
that the equities of the members can
be preserved. This leads to a great
deal of confusion and injustice be-
cause members who drop out lose all
they have paid in over and above the
cost of carrying the risk. Experience
has shown that it is not necessary
to rob the poor Peter who falls by
the wayside, in order that the oppu-
lent Paul, who is able to continue the
journey, might profit thereby.
There are some,'' he said, who
would force these things on to the
fraternals by the big stick of com
pulsory legislation" The commits
sioner believes that more good can be
accomplished by teaching the frater-
nails what can be done and how 1t
can be done and that the societies
should decide for themselves, but the
insurance department stands ready to
lend such aid and assistance as can
be consistently given to have needed
reforms instituted, in order that per-
manency may be insured and the
equities Of the members be pre-
served