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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-05-26
THINGS.

1t is sometime hand to bellows
the world has improved much since
the Advent Of civilization. The
ancient Egyptians worshiped the
cat and it was customary for men,
bers of household to go into
mourning at the death of this fam
lily pet. Recently the pet canine
of ST. Louis lady was ricken
with fatal illness and hen Fido
passed away his mistress cancelled
all social engagements for several
months to come in order to do
homage to the memory of her de-
parted pet.
In order to prevent her husband
from gong out to the club at
night Chicago woman burned his,
wooden leg. When hailed into
court to answer to the charge OF
destroying personal property she
tried to justify her act on the
grounds that anything that belong,
ed to her husband belonged to her
and she had perfect right to de-
stroy his peg. This woman is
surely entitled to one of those
honorary badges that distinguish
the members Of her sex who have
'done Bit in the cause of woni-
EMS rights and If I was the Judge
she would get it.
Ma lam Cavalier, the famous
sing, +, in accepting the offer OF
malriage to Robert Winthrop
Chanler, the New York artist,
frankly admits that love in no
manner influences her choice.
She says, however, she has not as
yet contemplated divorce proceed.
ings, as the marriage will not take
place until next Fail, but that she
expects little trouble in disposine
of Robert in case the union does
not prove happy one. The Mad
am is evidently one Of those girls
who believe that two or three mar
r;ages and as many divorces are
necessary to q woman of fashion
before settling down in life.
No one can hope to achieve great
success in any undertaking who
does not possess more than an
average amount Of good judg.
ment and farsightedness. Sue
cess has been aptIy described as
the result of doing the right thing
at the right time. A thorough
knowledge of the rules and princi-
pies of the matter in hand coupled
with complete understanding OF
the effect and result of every action
is consequently necessary before
satisfactory results may be hoped
for. In order TO succeed in any
undertaking a man must be eve,
alert and watchful, INCREASING in
his efforts to create favorable op-
portunities and quick to take ad-
vantage Of any condition Of affairs
favorable to the results hoped for.
General Stonewall jackson was
a great soldier. AS General
there is no denying his success.
And still no part Of the fame he
won can be accredited to anything
else than his untiring efforts to
accomplish the tasks that daily
came to his hand and his thorough
knowledge Of the work in which
he was engaged. Thus, the re-
suits of our efforts depend chiefly
upon our knowledge and the use
we make Of it and our success In
life Is bounded only by our igno-
rance or lack Of effort.
YOUNG STEADY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-05-26
MIRROR MAIL.
To the Editor:

IL Tic
| have in my possession at the
moment of writing this. letter
from a friend some five or SIX hun
dred miles away, commenting
favorably upon the cheerful tenor
of our little paI or. It seems (and
radically enough) source of won
der to the unInitiated that paper
published under such auspices
should be SO entirely free from
anything suggestive of the condl-
tons Of its contributors ], who
for some time have been one of
these contributors and have little
acquaintance with it's management,
believe myself justified in deciar-
ing that great percentage of The
Mirror excellence is due to the
genius Of the editor. This is no
mere supposition or idea born in a
moment of selfcomplacency, but a
conviction that / have nourished
and cunningly concealed for some
time.
The general opinion of the in
mates Excluding the ulsramnn-
danes) is to the effect that Tie
Mirror makes many things pos
sible that would otherwise be TN
bearable. 1t lie, as neighbor of
mine remarked on the last holiday,
"the Alpha and Omega, the COM
mencement and the close Of each
week, SAIL" Another who wore
the zebra suit declared he would
not give dom If he could only
get hold of copy of The Mirror.
These are trivialities and a d.
vergence from what l intended to
say, which with due respect to the
authorities who make this thing
possible, is this: That The Mir
ror as at present edited exercises an
influence that is sanitary in its eff
feet. Managed on strictly demo.
cratic basis it is an inducement to
every nate to try his luck.
Should his primary efforts fail to
win the appreciation of the editor
his disappointment is soothed by
the cheering comments published
from week to week which are suf-
fcent to assure him that the in
vitatlon to try bis hand remains.
AS a means of improving ones
education it is in the opinion of
one who has tried them both) SUI
perior to the night school. And
avoiding personalities as far as
such thing is possible, | wish to
state emphatically that whereas l
am just as devout pagan as Prof.
Webb l have nevertheless parti-
atty for Silelights, yessuh!
d. Nj.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-05-26
Personal.

Guard Medley has been acting
as dollhouse keeper.
Warden Wolfer received quite a
number of callers last week.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-05-26
Latest Baseball News,

Following are the percentage tables of
the three leading leagues up to and in.
Guiding Tuesdays games:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-05-26
Population.

Total number of inmates. -. 72l
Working at New Prison. 49,. 50
Received during week. -. 9
Discharged during week. -. 2
Number in First Grade. 49,. 52l
Number in Second Grade -. 1872
Mum Der in Third Grade. 80, 8
Paroled O
Last serial number .3O74
Transferred to Asylum. ........7.
Cell changes: 76 to 365; 399
RI NJ D. 100 ~ 100
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-05-26
Chapel Service.

The following is the program OF
the service held in the chapel Sun
day, May %, Rev. G. E. Benson
officiating:
Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1910-03-03
SAYS COMMISSION
BILL Is BARGA|K

Valdez Prospector: A private
letter received this week from a
prominent citizen of Valdez now
in the East says it is currently
reported in Washington that the
Morgan Guggenheim Gro wd sub.
scribed 100000 to the Taft cam
paign fund upon an express con-
tract with Frank H. Hitchcock,
then chairman of the Republican
national committee and now post
master-general in the Taft cab
met, that Alaska should be put
under an appointive commission
government, and that the syndi.
cate should name the members.
The letter proceeds to say that
the whole story will be exploited
in a magazine article within a
short time. @=:..:.. .~. ":.-*
Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1910-03-03
DEGREES IN MURDER

The plea of Arthur Barney to murder in the second
degree having been accepted by the district attorney
just estimate of the killing of Charles j. Smith, who
awakened at midnight and called to his door and ruthess
shot to death while nnarmed and unofendng, naturally
necessarily attend homicide in order to make it rsdegree
murder.
That there degrees in murder is certain that
there is difference in the mental and moral makeup o ndi
viduals. No two persons exactly alike and no two
homicdes resulted from exactly the chain of
events There never be any hard and fast rules by
which the degree Of cuality of person taking
others life may be gagged The general of would
be inclined to involuntary killing, the result of
accident insanity; to mitigate somewhat the penalty
in of provocaon too great for the average to
bear; and to place the strongest condemnation the
slayer who is most wanton and brutal in his bloody work.
If the study and scientific application of law has reached
point where the enonty of the crime Of murder shall be
placed in adverse ratio the aggavatng leading
to the taking of human lfe it very that stage
evolution where to kill simply to him kick would
be rated indiscretion rather than crime
If Barney and Smith had quarreed, passably good
sometimes do, and Smith by his actions had shown
that if occasion offered he would fight and perhaps kill
Barney, and fight in the open had followed whereby
Smith lost his life, would the district attorney have de-
claimed that Barney guilty of murder in the first
degree! Probably. Probably it would be right, under
such circumstances, for him to do so.
There degrees in murder just certainly there
is difference in the mental and moral makeup of individuals
Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1910-03-03
be possible to genty set about increasing the wealth
from that is practically everlasting.
THE cUsSlNG HABIT

The jacka is beasy beast; and when it bankers for
feast has for nice fresh the all fired fool would
rather animal that died last year, and the jaca
near Stunned respecting brutes sugged
with rocks, and bricks and boots And whose language
is decayed who make profanity trade, like the acka of
the wild which hunt around for things defed In all your
rounds you'll find healthy, clean and gentle mind pos
sessed by of wrath whose language needs Turkish
bath great occasions there's turning tailed
cusswords loose; the Father of the Country at Mon
mouth and then cussed that patient SOUL the Man
w. with bos thick he couldn't ripped Ian
guage rich and brown until old Bdad called him down Great
beneath awful stroke let loose remarks that fairly
smoke, and forgive them write the story of their
deeds might But little men, who swear swear
thus poue air. foul and foolish the frogs
that trumpet in their native bogs.-Walt Mason.
Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1910-03-03
CALLED BEVERIDGE
BILL An OUTRAGE

Washington, Feb. 15.-For two
hours late this afternoon the Bev
eridge bill for the government of
Alaska excited an interesting and
and at times warm debate in the
senate. Senator Borah, of Idaho,
urged that the bill be passed lin
the form in which it came from
the committee room. Senator
Crawford, of South Dakota, was
equally ardent in his denuncia-
ton of the bill. He declared that
it was opposed by 80 per cent. of
the people of Alaska, and that it
was an outrage for the federal
government to impose upon
Americans form of government
which they resented.
Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1910-03-03
TELLS RICE ro~Toss GOLD AWAY

Rev Hugh Birckhead rector of St. George Episcopal
church in Stuyvesant square, New York in his morning
January 49, told j. Pierpont Morgan Robert Fulton
Cutting John Seeey Ward, jr Henry W. Monroe W. E. Cur
Charles E. Brown and other opulent members of his
gregaon what with their money advising
it away. He said:
II have been examining figures concerning the payros of
100000 employees the great mills and have found
their wages from $2.5 to $1046 week.
There should be poor for there is enough in this
world for every allowing have large
fortunes.
my friends when the of God is you, you will be
glad to throw money
ut is not right that should have than they
need while others suffer. 1t result FULLY
way to those who possess it,
Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1910-03-03
CONGD0N ON
FUR CONSERviSM

A special to the Dawson News
from Ottawa, Jan. 81 says:
IF. T. Congdon speaking be-
fore the conservism COMM sion
tonight on fur bearing animals in
Canada, advocated the e>ta bllsh.
ment of pelting farms in Yukon,
the importation of Russian sable
and the Introduction of hares to
replace rabbits. Mr.. Congdon
commended that plague would not
attack the hare and the rabbit at
the same period, and the food
supply of carniverous animals
will not thus be removed, caus-
ing starvation and depletion. The
speaker hoped to see in Canada
dressing of native furs before ex-
portation.
Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1910-03-03
CONSERVATION OF FUR BEARERS

The address of F. T. Congdon at Ottawa the con-
servaon of Canadian fur5earng animals has the merit of
going deeper into the subject than merely camoring
for prohibiting their killing and The
of his proposed introduction Of hares the country
to provide stable supply of food for the canvorous
fur bearers probematica but it is at least ac admis
sion Of the fact too generally overlooked by the law makers
for the American portion of the north country, that
food supply is important factor in maintaining the
beers against certain depletion :**:"". 49,:
The protection Of the fur bearers might receive the
painsaki:g and systematic attention of the department of
agriculture at Washington with profit to Alaska The
work to be effective would have to be thorough and
of data would have to be collected intelligent deduc-
tons made therefrom
Rabbits ptarmigan and MICE in the order named con.
stute the greater part of the food of the principal
bearers of this country few years ago rabbits died
rapidly owing to plague that decimates them period
cay and by the fall of 1908 they had been reduced
vast numbers to almost extinction The animals which
feed rabbits also dwindled did also parmgan and
MICE The scarcity of food would probably
for the falling off in such animals martens ynxes foxes
etc., but there to think that the disease the
rabbits had been communicated the animals eating Them
thus more directly bringing about comparative level
The lynx is the most wastful of all the animals. He
mot only demands fresh victim for every meal spends
his leisure in hunting for the sport he gets of it, It
is readily believable that when ynxes
three ago they have destroyed in twevemonth
ptarmgan than have been killed hunters in all the
years since the acquisition of Alaska In order better
understand this it is only necessary to know the ptarmgan
at their breeding time when in defense of their brood both
males and females become ready victims to clumsy
enemy.
If human beings should be eliminated from Alaska
entirely such furbearng animals nhabt the territory
would not inevitably become much 1t is
certain that the placing of restrictions upon hunters and
appers alone will not guarantee accumulation Of great
wealth in inland us IF thorough understanding of the
habits of the furbearng animals their of food
ply, the extent of destruction by their wild enemies and
the nature of the diseases that act them would then
Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1910-03-03
Ed l1cCORMICK
TO RAISE HOGS

Ed Mccormick, whose residence is
twelve miles below Rampant on the
Yukon, was reported at Tolovana on
Monday Of last week, returning from
the Outside. Mr.. Mccormick went
out early in the winter and is bringing
in four horses drawing sleds loaded
with live hogs.
The hogs are intended for breeding
purposes. Mr.. Mccormick has some
very productive ground ut his place
and it is said he believes by raising
his own feed he can produce pork at a
profit.
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Tanana leader. [volume] (Tanana, Alaska) 1909-1910, 1910-03-03

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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-10-27
BIG GYPSUM PLANT
BURNS TO GROUND
FIRE SWEEPS MILLS, DOCKS AND
WAREHOUSE OF PLANT
AT AlA6ASTER.
FIRE PROTECTION INADEQUATE
TO AFFORD PROJECTION
LOSS OVER $125,ooo.
Workmen Begin Clearing Away Debris
for Erection Of New Buildings
Fire Started in store Room.

The mammoth plant mills. dock
and warehouses of the United States
Gypsum Co, at Alabaster. Mich.
burned to the ground at loss OF
over $125,00O.
The blaze started in the basement
or the store room and the fire pro-
lection afforded In the community was
inadequate to stop the spread of the
names through the buildings. Five
hours later the entire acreage of the
company was burned to the ground.
The owning company controls a
Dig ledge of alabaster not yet nearly
exhausted. and while the embers OF
part or the ruins were still glowing
that portion of the debris which had
cooled sufficiently to be handled was
being cleared away by workmen in
readiness for the rebuilding of the
plant. Mr.. Robinson, manager of the
company, says a new plant will be
running again within six months. The
mills have daily capacity OF over
5000 barrels of gypsum
Alabaster, containing about 1000 in
habitants. situated about seven miles
from Tawas City, is practically de-
pendent on the big mills for exist.
ence.
There were only 10 employees in the
building when the fire started. and all
escaped in safety The origin has not
been determined.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-10-27
.CR|PPEN IS GUILTY:
SENTENCED TO HANG
FORMER MICHIGAN DOCTOR Is
FOUND GUILTY OF POISONING
WIFE IN LONDON, ENG.
JURY OUT ONLY THIRTY MIN.
UTEs; PROTESTS INNOCENCE;
GIRL TO BE PUT ON TRIAL.
Prosecutor stigmstizes Prisoner ~
Hypocrite; SCOTS at Theory That
He Was Too Kind to Kill Wife.

DR.. Haw'ey Harvey Crippen. for
merly OF Detroit. Coldwater and Ann
Arbor. Mich, was convicted by an Old
Bailey jury, in London, Eng, of the
murder OF his actress wife, Belle Ell
more
II was announced that the cold
blooded physician who poisoned his
wife. cut the flesh from her body.
buried il in his cellar and imrnedi-
atey installed Ethel Clare Leneve,
his pretty typist. as mistress OF his
home, will be hanged on Tuesday
Nov. Is.
The jury made short shrift OF Grip
pen. They got the case at 2:17 and
in half an hour their verdict had
been rendered
There is no doubt that Crippen's
failure to name the patients for whom
he had prescribed hyoscin-the poison
OF which signs were found in his
wifes body and which he admitted
having bought for use in his pro-
fession-contributed powerfully to
convince the jury Of Crippens guilt.
The trial of Ethel Clare Leneve as
an accessory after the fact in the
murder OF Mrs Crippen will begin
next week
A deathlike silence prevailed in the
court room, which was crowded to
suffocation, as the foreman of the
jury. in answer to the formal ques-
tion of Lord Chief Justice Alverstone
uttered the words, Guilty, my lord"
Crippen, over whose face a CHASTITY
pallor spread as soon as the fateful
words were spoken, supported him
self by leaning against the side of
the dock. and awaited the next step
in the trial.
1t came quickly
the physician if he had anything TO
say. Crippen replied in a low voice:
Il still protest my innocence"
Downing the black cap. while all
present held their breath in a mo-
ment OF tenseness Sc dom equalled in
court annals. Lord Alverstone said:
"Hawley Harvey Crippen, you have
been found guilty OF the murder OF
your wife. II is my duty to pass upon
you the sentence OF death. / order
that you be hanged by the neck at
the expiration of the statutory time.
You have been convicted on evil
dence which can leave no doubt in
the minds of any reasonable man that
YOU cruelty murdered your wife and
then mutiated her body. | advise
you to entertain no hope that you will
escape the consequences OF your crime.
implore YOU to make your peace
with Almighty God"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-10-27
DAVID B. HILL Is DEAD.
Had Been ~ But a Few Days With a
Bilious Attack.

David B. Hill, ex-United States sen
ator and former governor OF New
York, died suddenly at Wolfert's
Roost. his country home.
About two weeks ago Mr.. Hill was
seized with bilious attack while at
his law ONCE in New York, and at
though his condition was not con-
sidered serious at the time his physi-
clan advised him TO remain at home
for few days until he recovered.
A cold developed and few days
later alarming reports OF his condition
were circulated. These reports, how
ever, were denied by friends: In fact,
the senator appeared to be on the
road to recovery when he suffered
sinking spell. which resulted in
his death.
David Bennett Hill was one OF the
most picturesque and. for large por-
tion OF his life. one of the most in
tuential figures in American politics.
Nearly third Of his years were spent
In public Office. and throughout sew.
eral administrations he occupied q
position in the national councils OF
the Democratic party very similar to
that held by Tom Plat in the Repub-
lican household, except that Hill was
less a boss than a leader and trusted
adviser
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-10-27
REST AND PEACE
Fall Upon Distracted Households
When Cuticura Enters.

Sleep for skin tortured babies and
rest for tired. fretted mothers Is found
In a hot bath with Cuticura Soap and
a gentle amounting with Cuticura ONT
ment. This treatment, In the major
ity OF cases. affords immediate relief
In the most distressing forms of itch
Ing, burning. scaly. and crusted hu-
mors, eczema. rashes. infammations.
irritations. and chafings, OF infancy
and childhood. permits rest and sleep
to both parent and child, and points
to speedy cure, when other remedies
fail. WORKOUT and worried parents
will find this pure, sweet and econom-
ical treatment realizes their highest
expectations. and may be applied to
the youngest infants as well as chill.
dren of all ages. The Cuticura Rem
edies are sold by druggists every
where. Send to Potter Drug & Chem
Corp. sole proprietors, Boston, Mass,
for their free 32-page Cuticura Book on
the care and treatment OF skin and
scalp of infants. children and adults
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-10-27
Potatoes Are Plentiful.

Potatoes, which are the principal
crop in Wexford county, seem bound
to bring but small price again this
year At present only % cents is Of
fered in this market A representa-
tive OF one or the biggest farm pa
feis III the country who in the last
tSo weeks has sized up the situation
from Maine TO Wisconsin says Of the
price outlook:
"aIGine has 20 per cent OF an aver
age crop New York has a large
crop. Michigan Will run 80 per cent
of an average crop and Wisconsin
will probably dig an average crop.
You can see from That that potatoes
will be abundant this fall over the
north. There viii be foods Of spuds
and the price cannot be expected to
be satisfactory The southwest is do
Ing quite we'll and it does not look
to me that there will be any demand
to speak of from there. | can not see
how northern Michigan can get more
than 80 cents any time during the
fall or winter"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-10-27

The buying OF foodstuffs by weight
is being agitated as a plan to affect
the cost-of-living problem in favor OF
the housewife and enable her to come
nearer getting the worth of her money.
TX 1t will do either, or both. II should
be adopted without delay. providing
II entails no incidental hardship that
would Offset It's benefits. But would
such plan produce these results?
theoretically, one Is inclined to an
swer yes. for 1t does seem that one
would be paying for what he got by
buying by weight and not measure. or
article. says the Omaha Bee. Yet in
places where the plan has been in
vogue has II accomplished this? Call
fornia has always bought by weight
even potatoes, fruit-nearly every
Snirg in the edible line-and yet the
people bf California have been caught
by the high-cost-ofliving wave along
with the rest of us. In Cuba. II Is
said. the plan works with good results,
II being applied even more thoroughly
there than In California. Eggs are
bought By the pound in Cuba and the
American advocates of the plan pro
pose that we buy eggs the same way.