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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
Earnings Of Hnstling Insects
Pay Interest On Ma
ti0nal Debt.

THERE is no doubt that the little
\ busy bee improves each shining
hour in this country. The result of his
efforts, reduced to the prosaic basis of
dollars and cents, shows an annual out
put of honey that is valued at $780,
900, 1000.
The bee about pays the interest on
the national debt; it's industry produces
a crop only slightly behind the value
of raw cane sugar, which has a valua-
ton at the refneries of s2s,o 100000.
Each passing year brings q greater
recognition Of the debt the nation owes
the bee. Perhaps the old adage ought
to be changed, and the ~sluggard should
go to the busy little honey-maker in
stead of to the ant for inspiration.
A recent writer on economic questions
asserted that the bee fully deserves a
share on the national affection which
is lavished on the hen.
The hen maintains it's reputation by
giving poultry products to the value of
$690, 000, 900, which is more than that of
the average wheat crop. Ine poultry
produce value is twenty-four times
that of the honey crop, but the hen is
much more than twenty-four times the
size of the bee. Therefore the bee ought
to have the benefit of the doubt.
The United States Department of Ag-
rieulture is a paternal sort of institu-
ton that is never happier than when
imparting some bit of useful informa-
ton to the people of the country. Most
of it's information is for the benefit of
farmers, of course; but a great deal of
it is of value to the man or woman
who has a comparatively small tract
of land in or near a city and wishes to
make the best use of it.
So. In a bulletin on the subject OF
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
A IN THE
u. S. COURT

tices are appointed for life, and the court, which is the most
august judicial tribunal in the world, is also the most powerful
and authoritative branch of the Federal government. All acts of
the executive and legislative branches are subject to its review,
all statutes must conform to the courts interpretations of the
organic law, and the State governments, in their interstate re-
latons or their acts affecting individuals or corporations, must
bow TO its DEGREES. The Supreme Court is the supreme power in
government, and there is no appeal from its decisions. The sud
den demise of the distinguished Justice Peckham, appointed by
President Cleveland fourteen years ago, makes a vacancy that
President Taft will fill. 1t is a great responsibility upon the
executive. One vote in the Supreme Court has decided mo-
mentous questions of government, and probably will again, so a
change of one in the personnel of the court may be decisive of
some great national question in the future.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
The Itinerant Monarchs


TT MAY be true that there is no East Tor West when two strong men meet
But the meeting of Car and Kaiser only emphasized the points of the com
= pass the subdivisions of geography by national and racial lines.
In the middle of June, at ipikas, o IN the Finnish coast, Nicholas Will
helm chatted about the future of Europe. Knowing that the Gar vas planning
a series of visits to President Falneres to King Edward, to the Pope and Victor
serted a call al the beginning of the imperial tour 1t is believed that the Ger
nan Emperor desired by his urgency o weaken Thu fellowship of Russia with
Great Britain and France.
King Edward Of England recently completed a pacifyhng our. whereh his in
tactw never in better oed condition.
The theory of sovereignty used to be the static Il sit 1 teach" said the
New England. sage. And it vas the old fashioned idea of kings thatthey were
inmovahle O a golden throne. Seated like Javey, they dispensed Justice from
the centreof rest But today, to stay at the same point they sometimes have to
u att he top of their speed. A modern king is a bit Of a commercial traveller.
The Su1tan is said to have caught the idea, n packs his grip 70. a jaunt
through Europe in the autumn o. 1909 He will cal on England in December
Golfers.
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Two greater Dreadnoughts
will soon grace the Amer,
lean navy--the Delaware and
North Dakota. Each has a
OUR NEW GREATER
DREADNOUGHTS

ToHpUFV PHNVTF u
5000 tons more than the British Dreadnought, and the Delaware
the first to have it's trial, has developed a speed of nearly twenty
two knots, echping all battleships ahoat, while her battery power
Is also superior to all Others. The Michigan is the most powerful
battleship now in commission in the American navy, and she is
1000 tons less displacement than the two new leviathans, which,
In turn, are about 5000 tons less than the two larger Dread
ROughts ordered by Congress. One of these battleships is equal
to half a dozen Of the type favored when we began to build our
modern navy and which were regarded as the highest possible
product of naval architecture. But is a 260O0ton battleship the
limit? Or is there any limit within the capacity of the deepest
harbors to float a ship?
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

THE DAYS BEST STORIES

LONDON firm lately received from another London firm this letter:
"a Dear Sir-Today We have given your Mr.. X a n order, thanks to his
4 > colossal impudence, Where did you find him?
Mr. X, had only just started selling and this "a apsorder iron a firm that
all his predecessors had oanvassed In vain. The ahead of Mr. KS Arm called him
In and questioned him about the charge of colossal inpudence'
"wen' The young traveller explained, you told me to adapt myself to all
manner of circumstances and behave to possible. customers in their W way
In thi caet n head didn't look u D for thee minutes aner went ii, N then
he said, Well what boodsuekng firm do you represent? I gave him your
card and said, These rotten vampires, and it seemed to tickle him.
W acquired a few American phrases from a charming chorus girl So
= = journing in Paris Not long ALTERS at a reception given by a recently i'm
ported American marouse. he seized the opportunity to greet her in her own
language.
How dye do Count - exclaimed his hostess II hope you are quite
WELL"
THANK you a bunch. l hope you are hot stuff too' bamed the count.
1t was sometime later before he realized how nicely he had answered.
Youngs Magazine
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A USELESS OFFICE
REALLY ABOLISHED

document clerkship, a position which for years has been used as
a sinecure for the cOlored man. The other day the last occupant
Of this $1,000 Office died, and the State House Commission decided
that the nominal duties could be just as well performed by an
other State House employee, with an addition of $500 to his salary,
making a saving of 81 ZOO a year, The colored voter may be of
Tended because he is the first to be struck by official economy at
Trenton, but the maintenance of other and richer sinecures does
not excuse the liberation of this one.
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HIS FATAL OVERSIGHT.

He proposed to her by mail. and by
letter she replied; he read her brief re-
fusal, then committed suicide. Alas!
he'd be alive today. and she a happy
bride, had he but read the postscript
penned on the other s~ide.-Chicago
News.
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SOME ADVANTAGE
IN PRECEDENCE

guarding its interests from injury. A formal application, for the
second time, to the commission for the Wanaque watershed may
not be any more favorably considered than the first, which was
successfully opposed by the counsel for the East Jersey Water
Company; but it goes on record and gives precedence to Newark
over pretended applications intended to hold the watershed until
the water company gets ready to exploit it.
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THE PROPER KIND.

Say" queried the young man with
the ~conuHdrum habit, what kind of
notes does a shoe-horn player use?"
Foot notes, l suppose" answered the
girl who was wise to his f~oolishness.
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KMOUS BITS OF PROSE q
BY FAMOUS PEOPLE s9
Montezuma's Welcome to Corfez.
Born l4SO.
BY MONTEzUMA H., EMPEROR OF THE
AZTECS.
TRANSLATED by William ii. Presently

~ xoU have been told. perhaps. that I'm a god, and dwell in palaces of
~ " gold and silver. But you see 1t is false, Ny houses. though large
4 are of stone and wood, like those of others, n Is to my body" he
said, barring his tawny arm you see it is flesh and bone like yours 1t is true,
/ have n great empire inherited from ny aneetors-lands, ad gold and silver,
but your sovereign beyond the waters is I know, the rghtful lord of all I
rule in his name. You, Malnche, are his ambassador; you your brethren
shall share these things with me Rest low from your abors You are here in
your W dwellings. and everything shall be provided for your subsistence I
will see that our wishes shall be obeyed in the same wa al my own"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
In Ripping Good Humor
A SAXON KIT

Can you tell me IL there is any
Saxon work in this church, asked an
why, bless yer. EUR" re-
piled the Die native, II be the Saxon
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
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SHE MARRIED THE IDIOT.

Didn't some idiot propose to you be-
for our marriage?"
Certainly"
"Then you ought to have married
him"
That's just what 1 did."-Bon
Eivant.
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FAMILY MATTERS.

How old is o u child?" asked a con-
ductor. Seven" replied the mother.
AS the conductor passed up the crowded
car the little boy called after him,
And mothers Observation-Disclosures
phia Inquirer.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

The death of a justice of
the Supreme Court of the
United States is an event of
no ordinary Importance in
our government. The JUS
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OF COURSE.

Fuddy-.What a difference there is
sometimes between the boys and girls
of the same family.
Duddy-Yes; I've noticed that.
There's the Rogerton family. for in
stance. Tho boys are every one Of them
red-headed, while the girls. whose
locks are of the same hue, are auburn
haired.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25

The honorary commercial
commissioners of Japan who
are to visit Newark on
Wednesday have been tour
ing the cities of the United
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Newark has nothing to ex.
pect from the majority mem
bers of the State Water Sup
ply Commission, but the city
can exercise due vigilance in
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WEEK AND WEAK.

He-Yes. I've been stopping here for
a week back.
Shells the climate here good for a
weak bac~k.-Sloper's.
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In the vain quest by a
legislative committee last
winter to find useless offices
to abolish, the committee
evidently oVerf0okad + n a
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Uncle WaH Mason
The Sanfower Poet of Encora, Kansas, Says Today


Gentle Annie talks to hosts (who must cough u at the door, Of the triains
Ispooks n ghosts from the distant shadow shore. She has lived a dozen times,
and she say she'll live again; she has known a score of chimes.
NsNv an a hundred breeds of men. She was living by the Nile when
the Pharaohs governed there and she helped the gay Delue when
RCSANT she barbered samsons hair Annie visited Uiyss, suKng in his
tented home and j. Caesar knewt the bliss Of a call from her in
Rome. She a there when William Tell we old Gesslers
|hearta shock. when lie shot a walnut shell from his little WnHss bbck. In the
court Of good Queen Bess she mmu with beHed earls, n they bened her..
| guess as they beted all the girls. She "a here in London town, on that dy
abhorred o. nan when the throne came tumbIng down, King Charlie lost
like a meteort that's hurled flaming from the starry space, n 1 wonder why ss
walks through this silly vale of Woe making fddnng little talks at a half hon
La throw.
Copyright 1ss. by George Matthew Adamsl
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-25
THE FUNNYGRAPH
FROM THE FIREsIDE.

(Not so long after the honeymoon,
either). i
You can hardly be surprised that Mr..
and Mrs. Smallshott don't get on. Look
here, for example. Smailshott, sitting
with the paper, happens TO remark:
"'Pon my word, what fools some men
are!''
Then says Mrs. Smalls1ott placidly:
why, what have you been doing now,
my dear?"
Well, it does make q man so awfully
wild, don't yer know!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

The State Board of Control held
it's regular monthly session at the
prison Tuesday, Messrs. Leavett
and Ringdal being present. After
the transaction of the routine bust
ness and interviewing those in
mates who requested to see the
board, it was announced that s
paroles had been granted.
Warden Wolfer's financial state
ment for the month of February is
as follows: Irvine factory receipts,
collections, etc., $28, 1880. Mis-
cellaneous receipts, S9,368 40.
Of the miscellaneous receipts 49,
1920 was received from convict
labor in shoe shop, &,O13.70 from
labor in Irvine shop, 1922 IS for
board of y. S. prisoners, $122.OO
from visitors fees, and 81, 571.34
for inmates fund.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

The following are the titles of
the papers to be read at next Sun.
days meeting of the local Chautau-
qua Society: Cigars and Tobac-
co." Adventures of An Aero
naut," "The Real Traveller" "a
Temperance Lecture, and every
Man Law Unto HIMSELF An
excellent quarterly meeting is be-
ing prepared for March 2Sth,
which is the second quarterly ses-
sion of the present term.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

The following transfers were
made during the past week: SIS
to SOL; 447 to 1873; 237 to 488; 223
to 234; SO to 223; SO to hosp; 279
to 4Io; AIS to 279; 282 to 451; 451
to 2o2; 273 to 46l; 46l 10 273; 277
to 1856; 486 to 277; 1852 to 481; 481
to 262; 257 to 476; 476 to 257; 239
to 479; 479 to 2a9; 332 to 1888; 379
to 39l; 452 TO 1872; $50 to u; GA
to SO; 63 to So; 81 to 60; 81 to 81;
628 to 81; 583 to 423; 622 to Alb;
663 to 572; 582 to 648; 584 to 628;
585 to 622; GAG to 1896; ego to 397;
$50 10 GAG.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

The old clock in The MIRROR
Office went bump lately, the first
time it has broke down in fifteen
years. Old age affected it's inter-
Tor organism and it needed rest.
We turned it over to the clock
man at the solitary and, with the
assistance of little cod liver oil,
he soon bad it ticking again the
same as of yore.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Since the shoe and twlne shop
boys began to earn a little extra
money the world looks much
brighter to them. A%little money,
even if it is only few dollars,
puts a great deal of life in ones
movements and brightness in his
eyes. Those little yellow receipts
are handled very tenderly and
looked at quite often.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Supt. Williams and a crew of
men started building another pyr-
amid of raw fibre back Of the
Irvine warehouses Monday morn
ing. The good looking clerk in
Mr.. Williams Office and We editor
laid the cornerstone of the new
pyramid, aud it was a daisy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Miss Dupuis one of the young
lady stenographers in the Warden's
Office, has been granted a leave of
absence during the past week to
attend the last sad rites of her
father who died last week. The
deceased was kind and affection
ate man and his genial smile will
be missed by his wide circle of
friends.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

The boss carpenter from the
state repair shop made call at
the print shop few days ago and
took measurements preparatory to
putting in a new floor. It has
been many years since new floor
was put in, and the present one is
about worn out.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

How do you like "Cub" and
s'Teddy" the two new para
graphers? They both belong to
the print shop and are very timid.
We had to measure their heads
twice before we could convince
them that they ought to write
something for the paper. Both OF
them have poetical inclinatione
and we believe they will come up
othe mark as photographers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

The local bookbinder has re-
leased his two bluejays and per-
mitted them to go on parole. It
is very likely that the low browed
tomcat that hangs out'at the en-
CINE room has gobbled them up
by this time as the birds have lost
their feetness of wing.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11
TO INMATES.

For the information of new arrivals and
all others desiring to send THE MIRROR
to friends we wish to say that the privilege
will be granted by complying with the
following rules: Write your own name
and register number and send to this
office with name and address of person to
whom paper is to be sent. Each paper
must be kept clean and folded in the same
manner as it is when you receive it and
placed in your door ever Friday night.
All inmates are requested to comply with
this order whether sending out a copy
or not
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11
Cats Cabinet.

Philander G. Knox, of Pennsyl-
vania, Secretary. of State.
Franklin Macveagh, of Illinois,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Jacob NJ. Dickinson, of Tenn.
essee, Secretary of War.
George w. Wickersham, of New
York, Attorney General.
Frank Ell. Hitchcock, of Massa-
chusetts, Postmaster General.
George Won L Meyer, of Mass
achusetts, Secretary of the Navy
Richard A. Ballinger, of Wash
ington, Secretary of the Interior.
james Wilson, Of Iowa, Score.
tary of Agriculture.
Charles Nagel, of Missouri, Sec
rotary Of Commerce and Labor.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11
NOV. Of Population.

Total number of inmates. -. 7O6
Working at New Prison. 49,. Il
Received during week. ...... 4
Discharged during week -. 5
Number in First Grade. 49,. SIG
Number in Second Grade. 1856
Number in Third Grade. -. 4
Paroled ............. @
Last serial number. 1868
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Some time ago the occupant of
cell 254 asked rs to print notice
to the effect that he was not re-
ceiving any exchanges. The cell
is now vacant and those who have
been sending him papers should
discontinue, as he has moved.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

House Steward Anderson says
he has to watch his cooks very
closely when warm weather ar
rives, as they then begin to think
they need something for the spring
fever. The cooks are above sus-
picion, and it is preposterous to
suppose they need anything to kill
the lazy bug.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Captain Maish, the master me-
chanic in the state repair shop, is
making three new spreader chains
for the Irvine department at the
new prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Two OF the prisoners were haul
ing sawdust from So. Saltwater to
the prison icehouse during the
past few days. They said the out.
ing did them good. as they devel.
oped appetites that caused even
the big horse to smile.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

big Charley" the single horse
that hauls the Irvine from the fac
tory to the warehouses, is again
on deck after being seriously ill
for several days. big Charley
is one of the finest looking horses
that ever drew wagon, and it is
a pleasure to see him about again.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

One Of the inmate painters is
overhauling the Warden's surrey
and giving it a brand new coat of
paint: He made a temporary
paint shop in the rear of the cell.
house and is doing an artistic
piece of work.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Monday morning the driver who
hauls in wood for the fireroom
used his wagon instead of sleigh.
Attic it is a trifle early, it is a
good harbinger that spring is
near.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Mr.. John Wigren, a metal work
or, has been added to Supt. Down.
lng's force in connection with the
harvesting machines.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Next Wednesday is Saint Pat
rick's day, and we hope Sinbad
will not forget us when he passes
around the shamrocks.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Mr.. E. s. Harvey was added to
the guard force of this institution
Monday morning.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11
LOCAL NEWS.

Father Corcoran held early mass
last Sunday morning in the pris-
on chapel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Brother Webb, the official bug
exte1 minator, is about the llveliest
proposition that has ever held the
Job. AItho he has been at the
business only a short time he is
becoming well versed in bogology
and knows the correct treatment
to administer to the various spe-
cies.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

Warden Wolfer, accompanied
by a party of visitors, made a call
at the print shop last Saturday af-
ternOOn.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-03-11

The interior of the dollhouse is
being renovated by the white
washers. Hutch is doing the dec
Grating and he is making a first
class job of it.