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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-15
HIGH SOCIETY

It you wish to be rightup to date you must entertain your friends at bal loon house party. The balloon house party is the very latest fad.
 The balloon is anchored near the house. It is fastened so that one may go up to quite height and still remain within certain area. On pleasant af- ternoons the guests may ascend in It and sway above the treetops. The motion is delightful and gives sensa- ton of coolness and freedom from care that would no doubt 6e very highly appreciated by society who have grown weary of the ordinary round of gay cites. vTNNaa
 Here the devotees of bridge could indulge in game without the least Tear of interruption. Other amuse- ments might also be provided and of course afternoon tea would be served. There would always be the necessary element of danger to make it inter estlng and exciting. The anchor might become loOsened or the cable might break and set the balloon adrift. In iact variety of accidents might oc. cur If there were no such possibili.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-15
CHASED BY A BLACKsNAKE

YORK, Pa, July l4.-Kurvin Kin ard, of Craleyville, says he can verify that to be chased by an angry bull is nothing to being chased by an angry blacksnake, and his wife can bear him out
 The couple were going through the woods near Rockey, when the futter ing of the woman's skirts evidently aroused the ire of seven-foot reptile
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-15

of the week. Those enjoying the out ing besides the chaperone, were: Misses Alberta Cotton, Edna French, Ada Thurstensen and Lottie Cotton; Messrs. Albert Todd, Fred Dowdle, Graham French and Paul Lasgreen.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-15

THE BEST YET A great show at the Iris tonight.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-15

During the absence of Mir. Hansen the management of the Dominion ho- tel will be in the hands of Mir. Badger, who arrived few days ago from Fort Worth, Texas.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-15

Mrs. F.. II. Corbett and Miss Emma Forsythe expect to leave next Wednes- day for six weeks outing at Cactus camp. They will make trips into the surrounding country while there and visit all the interesting and beautiful spots within riding distance from the camp.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-15

MT. and Mrs. John Nichols returned last evening after months absence on their wedding journey. Mrs. Mich ols was formerly Miss Mary Sanborn and the wedding occurred June l5. MT and Mrs. Nichols have visited many points of interest along the Pacific coast and will now take up their resi-. dence in this city. Their many friends will rejoice over their return.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-07-15

Mir. Dave Reed, master mechanic at the Gila Valley, Globe & Northern shops, has returned from the coast after short vacation. Mrs. Reed will remain at the coast several weeks longer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
Things From TENNESSEE

Following is an extract from q
letter received from Mrs. Jennie
E. Woodworth of Willie Bluff,
Tenn, who is Northern woman
but for the past four years has re-
sided in Tennessee:
Il really enjoy reading The Mir
ror. It is novel and good. Iagree
with our good friend Ebert Hub
bard that the majority of men
incarcerated are good men gone
wrong. They happened to get
caught. Many are outside of pris-
on walls who should be inside.
It is greed, selfshness or jealousy
that sent most men there, but pris-
ons are looked upon in such diff
ferent light from what they were
years ago. They are doing a
world of reformation in our prisons
now. The sanitation, work, plain
food and good reading work bene-
fical results in spite of mans NOR
al standing when segregated from
the general public. [ am a great
believer in work. If man is EN-.
pIoyed all day he will find ample
relief of mind in two hours of good
reading at night besides improv-
ing the mind and storing up useful
knowledge. Two hours day with
an ak and saw will make wei
man out of sick one.
"There is no disgrace in work
It's natures tonic. Ones live.
needs no attention if the body get
ample exercise.
"And the thing that undermine
the constitution is jealousy. oh
how I do wish | might tell peopl
what it is not to be jealous. Wha
a comfort it is to have conGdenc
in felIowman? I could not b
jealous of anyone. [ am just a
delighted over the joys and posses
! sions of my friends and neighbor
l as | am over my own"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26

DR.. Trenkle escorted a party OF
visitors about the institution one
day last week.
Guard Westlund has been act
ing as house steward during the
past ten days.
Mr.. Oscar CALAIS, pattern max
er in the machinery department is
away on vacation.
Miss Thompson, the Acting
Matron, has been keeping her de-
partment busily engaged of late
Mr.. F. N. Volkert, of Chicago
uncle of Mr.. r. F. Willie of this
institution, was visitor here last
week.
Warden Wolfer and wife are
visiting with their son, Harry, in
Canada. The Warden is expected
home soon.
Joseph B. Tyler and wife of Cal
ifornia and j. P. Berkly and wife
of Saltwater, registered at The
Mirror Office last week.
T. G. NICHOLSON and wife and G
is. Burrows and wife of Mime
apolis were shown about the place
by Superintendent Williams OF
Thursday last.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
LETTERS FROM READERS

To the Editor:
l culled the following from an
exchanges:
"a saxaphone solo by DR.. Lager
storm and Supt. Sander called at
tention to the new compulsory law
which goes into effect with the
new school year."
Say, you slabsided dieseminator
of canarybird news, tell me what
this paragraph means. This is
according to the unpunctuated,
high-caflutin', zephyric style, or
maybe it is an advertisement for a
new kind of manurespreader.
There were seventeen paragraphs
of this same style but I was able to
guess the riddle on all except this
one.
ST HASKELL.
A Observation-Disclosures
beats a brainstorm-is the only
explanation that is plausible or
deducible.-Ed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
Ask Hen-essy.

Not long since a writer in the
Prison Mirror asked: (Which was
created frst-the egg or the HEMP"
A number of inmates of the prison
are still trying to answer the ques-
ton. Some have answered that
the egg, others the hen was created
first, but up to the present the hen
is a tie with the egg.-Murdock
Voice.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
The chautauqua.

Sessions of the local Chautauqua
Circle will be resumed next Sun
day, August 20, after a vacation of
nearly two months.
The program was printed in last
weeks Issue of The Mirror. The
President again directs attention
to the necessity of members having
suitable quotations ready for next
Sunday. He also requests all
members to be on hand at this
meeting.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
u
KILOGRAMS
BY F. Pc.


It is a crying shame the way
men laugh at the Suffragette.
Some men who Jump into the
limelight use gold bricks for
weights.
It is easy for man with bar
rel of money to hop oat of peck
of trouble.
Opportunity never knocks on
the shed door when the gang is
rushing the can.
The voters will handle the big
NIT statesmen without gloves at
the next election.
Which of the two holds the most
exalted position-Jack Johnson's
| valet or Evelyn's maid?
It must have been the owner OF
| beer garden who first got wise to
the fact that irrigation pays.
Some people are paid for what
they know, others for what they
do, but the expert witness does
not belong to either Of these class
es.
A man in Nevada built a house
out of empty beer bottles but the
men who emptied those bottles
drank up the price Of marble
palace.
! A policeman in the Windy City
dropped his pocketbook into th'
Chicago river and the money i
contained was so tainted that i
poisoned all the hnny scavenger
in that historic stream.
The hotair artist may be a ge
MUS, but none of his word picture
ever find their way into the ar
; galleries. A picture of the arts
himself can be found in almos
any rogues' gallery.
II All the help, both men and VIC
. men, at the insane asylum in Elgir
8 Illinois, went on a strike becaus
a woman was appointed Superir
' tendent. The writer once worke
8 for boss who wore petticoats an
4 talk aboutyour transforms. VIII
: the way she cackled and prance
: around would remind one of TIA
t capers that an old Matching he
goes through after being ducke
in tub of water.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26

Mr.. J. A. Casey, Superintendent
of the Western Shoe Co, is enjoy
ing short vacation, combining
business with pleasure. Mr.. Casey
will visit Milwaukee, Chicago,
Boston, New York and Philadef
phia.
The barber of the mild blue eyes
says be would like to receive some
picture papers and also magazines.
He resides at No. Z, Aristocracy
Avenue. The occupant of %,
Por6ro Alexio Gonzolio, will ap-
preciate similar favors.
Human Life for August after
passing through the hands of the
occupants of 455, 123, 40, 379, 81
and 61O was mutilated very shame
fully. It is impossible to mutilate
State publications without being
"ketched." Official orders are to
cut off all those detected in mu-
tilating or disfguring magazines
and monthlies.
The Austin Herald gives Angli-
Gus a great boost in recent issue.
For the benefit of the Herald it
may De stated that Anglicus sis as
mild hammered man as ever scut-
tied a ship" He is a pianist par
excellence. He plays a clarinet or
piccolo like a professional. He
writes well, talks as we'll as he
writes and can sing song OF a
topical nature with the snap, dash
and verve of London Coster.
monger. In addition to that he
can run a sewing machine or
niggerhead. Likewise he never
uses nails for suspender buttons as
he's perfectly capable of sewing
buttons on his trousers. These
are only a few of his accomplish
ments. The worst thing that car
be said of him is that he is al
Englishman-but be is getting
bravely over that. In an evil mo
ment he started in to relieve tn
$500 road of part of it's surplus earn
ings. He pleaded guilty-got tel
years-and next July will hav
served half of his sentence-thn
! making him eligible for parole
; At present he is in the librar
helping to distribute 1900 paper
and magazines daily. He is muc
r liked and popular hereabouts dc
spite the fact he suffers from pc
cullar Authorizations on the subjee
, of hens and eggs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
ST HASKELL.
Homemade Pie-iry.
The following is printed by re

The following is printed by re-
quest:
CHICKEN PIE is THE TITLE.
Thir was Apples Proons and Cher
ries Cittrons and Simmons to thir
was nuturade Cloves and Berries
And the Crust was nailed on with
glue.
SECOND LAP.
For Ralley come in with the
Ratchet Katy come in With the
sau. and thir was Power Enough
about that Pie to Parlize ena mans
Jau. and it would Kill Man
tuice after Eating a slice OF our
homemade Chicken Pie.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
LOCAL NEWS.

Watermelon was served the in
mates on Saturday.
Van Norden for September is
running over with good stuff be-
tween it's covers.
Tailor Nelson has received
large invoice of cloth-and is ready
for the rush-of newcomers.
Labor day falls on Monday,
Sept. 6. The next holiday after
that is Thanksgivlng-Nov. Is.
The old colored chef is now pas
try cook. There is new colored
chef presiding over the meatibil-
tiles.
The occupant of Clutch, IT,
would like to receive Leslie's Week
ly and other illustrated publica-
tions.
The fresh, crisp vegetables from
the New Prison farm seem to hit
the right spot with the laddie-
bucks.
Popular Mechanics for Septem-
Der is out and is crammed fnll Of
interesting illustrations and valu-
able reading matter.
It is reported that the local to-
mato crop over in the northwest
corner is very fine. The samples
are numerous in some directions
only.
The party residing in 6O6 would
like to exchange Golfers, Satur.
day Evening Post, Pearson's, Sue.
cess and Short Story magazines
for Hampton's and other publ.
cations.
1t is reported that Warden VOL.
fer is having an abattoir built a,
the New Prison where cattle, sheer
and hogs viii be slaughtered fol
consumption by his seven hundred
boarders.
The Strand magazine for Sep
TENDER contains some remarkable
stories by Conan Doyle, Hall Caine
w. W. Jacobs and Harry Furniss
The illustrations in The Strand
are marvellous.
Superintendent Downing ane
his assistants have been busy as
sembling the mowers and binder
which are to be exhibited at th,
State Fair. The new machines
are neat in appearance.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
Chapel Service.

The following is the program of
the service held in the chapel, Sun
day, August %, Father Corcoran
officiating:
March-Riding in the Auto Car. Orchestra
Overture-Poet and Peasant. .....Orchestra
Hymn-What a Friend We Have in Jesus
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Congregation
Piano Solo-Bridal Procession, Edv. Grieg .....-.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Member OF Orchestra
Scripture. Father COrcoran
Prayer. Father Corcoran and Congregation
Gospel Reading ............, Father Corcoran
Sermon MISREPRESENTATION. Father Corcoran
Hymn-Yield Not to Temptation. Congregation
March-High Society. ......... Orchestra
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
BAND PROGRAM.

Following is the musical program rendered by
the local band on Sunday morning, August %:
March-The Crackerjack...... IN. Brown
Medley Overture-Pastime the Yukon. -.
............. ............. &c. COrverS
Idyle-The Glowworm P. L1ncke
Observation-Disclosures .................N. Moret
March-Washingto Post. Sousa
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26

Cell changes: 427 to N. P; 1913
to 200; 70 to Hosp; 579 to N. p;
468 to 427.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
latest Base Ball News.

Following are the percentage tables of
games won and lost showing the standing of
the clubs in the leading leagues up to and in
Guiding last Mondays scores:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26
Population.

Total number of inmates. -. 694
Working at New Prison. -. 68
Received during week. ...... /
Discharged during week -. 4
Number in First Grade. ..... 521
Number in Second Grade. -. 166
Number in Third Grade. -. Z
Last serial number. ........ $500
The Southern farm gazette., 1909-09-25

packed barrels tron the North They woud no,
~ondcr II they ta~ the apples aide by side
When apples will part easily from the limb is
che time To gather them before they begin TO
TALL Every apple should be gathered by haad
and not bruised. and hence ladders are necessary
for tall trees. when orchard planters learn tha,
the only a;.m needed hy IA tree II a few inches
above tho ground. enough to carry the head.
and then give attention TO the shaping OF the
head. there will be- lcAs trouble In spraying and
gathering the crop 'ug basket should
hold about half buRhei. ana Hnould be padded
on the inside To prevent bruisns. and should be
provided with a s'~.' tire hook like the letter )
to hang II on a liu.v ""ic gathering
Then TAX. them 10 convenient shed with
table for grading the apples and never mix all
and tho same variety run through the whole bar
rel In packing barrel mark the name OF the
apple on the bottom OF the barrel which Ia TO be
tho top when opened Face the apples on the bot
tom stem down so aR To present a handsome ap-
rearanco when opened. but make the facsg the
same as III" contents all the way through. and do
not Try To deceive by putting cuttings IN the mid
die or the barrel Then put the apples In gently
and give an occasional shake 10 settle them and
MI To nlight rise above the top Then put
the head and force II into place, drive down the
hoops and nail In head lining
Pack In barrels as soon gathered even II not
TO be shipped at once. Thoy will keep best In the
barrels Then II you have no proper cold storage
at hand You can have IA building with deadened
walls partly under ground. and with vcntIlators
nj the bottom OF the sides and one In the top.
Keep these all open nj night and close up in the
early morning To keep In the cool night air No
matter II II Ia freezing outside let In the night air
and exclude the day air.
The Southern farm gazette., 1909-09-25
Gathering, Packing and Shipping
Apples.

rN 1rpLES FOR WINTER Keeping nhould be
|AI gathered AS Roou aA fuliy maturcd If icf,
cS TO begin the ripeniuE or melowing process
on the trees they cannot be expected To keep we'll
Apples should be gathered by hand aud never
shaken from the tr"oH. The mountain applen OF
the South SO far AS have observed are general
~ ruined by carclcHH gathering aud tranaporta-
ton ms well nH by au utter Indifference To sorting
of quhlltlca and varieties. shaken or the trees
and gathered up and piled into "A wagon body they
are hauled over the mountain roads To "A nhippInr
point. where have seen them packed In "A sort OF
hrrcl-bhapcd crate made OF lathH which cannot
b" tightly packed. aud thus when they reach the
towns In the central and eastern parta of tho
state they are bruised and leaking their Juice
and. OF course. sell poorly
Then little aud big. smooth and knotty red and
S"Io" apples ar" dumped into tho common re-
''p'"'ie' ana the shippers wonder why the noun
tain apples sell for 80 littl. nlonysida the wall
The Southern farm gazette., 1909-09-25

ETEAD CAREFULLY what DR. Butter says IN
IL regard to this. The important point is the
~ preparation OF the seed bed. the place
where the seed will start Early plowing is i'm
portant, that the soil be well settled In the
fall for loose soil will heaye and winter-kill
the crop worse than a soil that has had time 10
settle after the powiug
But make the seed bed nne Go over and over
With the disk and the drag harrow TIL the soil IS
fine garden bed. The plowtng that was
done In early summer for sowing peas or planting
corn or tobacco IS all the deep plowing need
ed. but the dning of tho surface whore the
seed 10 start Is very important. aud not
only serves to prepare Tor the crop. but the
weeks spent In the narrowing Of the soil wtll be
killing the weeds that start and will insure a
cleaner crop. II You do not think this minute
hu!ng Of the surface important try small part
90 the field Jess we'll prepared and note how Il has
dried out and how long tn" plants will DO In
startiug compared with the part that has b"on
Fept in the dust blanket sh ape. and note" too. tho
amount Of winter killing that will take place in
the loose soil over that welt prepared
The Southern farm gazette., 1909-09-25

scn as the others that had not much tn the
coil. II has hcon found ia sections that on land
whcr" tho crimson clover formerly acquired a
great deal Of tho froo nitrogen. tho Noll became
better supplied wlth nitrogen from tho repeated
turning under ef the cioYcr In tho peach orchards
the plants naod much loss nitrogen because there
too
Get tho land sweet and wc supplied with
lhoHphoric acid aud potash. and tho bacteria will
thrive and the legumoa will got tho nitrogen from
III" mir Make the land nwcct and rich with nj
irogcnoun manuroB and tho logumua uiil thrive
but "iil Get little nitrogen from the air
The Southern farm gazette., 1909-09-25
Inoculation for Legumes.

r~ HERE SEEMS To nE great deal ot mis-
kf> understanding n regard TO the matter Of
- tnoculauon. or the Introduction Of tho bca
tcria that live on the roots ot loeumca and enable
them 10 get nitrogen from the air Many people
have tho idea that Ito presence OF those bacteria
S. essential 10 tho growth Of the logumca. The
fact is. hat uo lnoculauon ~tll avail anything ~
tho soils 10 IN such condition that the bacteria
cannot thrive in It.
II your soil ir acid and deficient in lime. no
amount % inoculauon will do any good. for tho
Rcldlty ot the fol ~lll destroy the bacteria. aud
tho lcgumcs. with the single exception ot tho
pea will not thrive In acid conditions In tho soil
But II the soil Is sweet and abundantly aup-
piled With plant food any legume ~ill thrive. in.
oculatod or not BIt without the incubation II
wlli not be able get and combine tn. FREQ nitro
gen from the air. and will like other planta. get
It's nitrogen from that which 80 plentiful In tho
coll. lnoculation simply helps tho plant 10 got
nitrogen and thrive where nitrogen ia deficient In
the coil. but any lcgume plant may grow and
thrive in soil nbundantly supplied ~ith lime and
plant food even II the bacteria entirely absent
inoculation is al aid simply because II enables
tho plant TO get nitrogen ngt f the aoi ia aour
no inocuation viii avail Therefore To &c, tho
full value Of the legumea In the Improvement OF
our soil must ascertain the condition of the
soil. and II acid. must restore te aikainity by
applications of lime before making an effort TO
inoculate IT wl,h tho nitrogen fixing bacteria
| aaw a beautiful piece of alfalfa last week
which wa just ready for the third cutting II
was growing on deep sandy hou near the barn
and had been made solely by liberal applications
OF stable manure that keeps the soil sweet and
productive. but do not believe that ~ Is doing
anything towards getting nitrogen from the air.
though making large crops of hay u is simply
taking the plant food that is abundnntly supplied
30 IL every year
The greater partN ot the failures Of clover 10
grow have been due more 10 lack OF plant food
IN acid soil than TO the lack Of inocuiniion for
clover viii not thrive iu acid conditions any more
than the bacteria viii. and the FIRST thing To be
done iA To Bwcctcn the soil. do not mean 10 dis
courage the efforts to get the soil inoculatod for
the fixing Of the free nitrogen from the mir IN the
greatest feature connected with the growing OF
lcRumc crops. and II get the beat re-
suits from the lcgumes II is important that they
ger IA" incubation. Last summer | was shown n
small part Of n field OF peas on which the owncr
h"n applied some nitrate OF soda The growth
was Immensely superior. but the plants were si,n-
ply getting the abundant nitrogen I'm the soil and
were not doing as much fixing OF the free nitro
The Southern farm gazette., 1909-09-25
Professor Massey's
Editorial Page.
The Seed-Bed for Wheat and Oats.

.1EAD CAREFULLY what Or. Butler says In
IL regard to this The important point is the
~ preparation OF the seed bed. the place
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-09-02
Tho Bishop Won.

"There was an English bishop. the
bishop of Oxford. who could reel off
wonderful rhymes" said London
clergyman "The bishop once wrote
n rhyme about a casSowary:
II would | We're a cassowary
On the plains of Timbuktu!
I would eat "A missionary,
Cassock, bands and hymn book too,
"A dispute once arose about the au-
thorship of that rhyme. The bishop
Of oxford claimed it. and punster
on Punch also claimed it. According
ly, as test, the word Jehoshaphat
was submitted to the two claimants
for rhyming. The man who best
rhymed that difficult If not impossible
word would be judged the true author
of the cassowary effort
well, the Punch punster failed-fell
down completely-but the bishop Of
oxford easily proved his rightful own
ership Of the cassOwary production by
dashing off on the spur of the mo-
ment this magnificent effort:
1.-THE valiant King Sennacherb
OF any man could crack rib,
But could not of Jehosaphat,
And that because he was so fat"