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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28
A Way To Fame.
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Take heart, 0 bards, the way to fame
Has now at last been brought to view,
For one at least has won name
In form and manner wholly new!
You must be cold and starved and broke
That's nothing new, of course, to us
That long has been standing joke
In items miscellaneous.
To make hit burglars kit
Is quite en- reggie now today;
You've got to rob and get a job
At breaking stone to pave your way.
You burglarize to advertise
The fact that you are born to write;
And then pardon comes to let
The world appease your appetite!
Take heart, o bards! Our hour is here!
We bow the head and take it meekly.
One of our horde has found reward
In Century and Harper's Weekly.
H. L. P, in Chicago Record Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28
EDIT 0 RIAL.

THE SALE OF ALLEGED INFLUENCE with promi-
nent personages is of the greatest evils OF the
times. Only the poor and deluded are deceived by
those who claim or pretend they can fix things"
here there or elsewhere Only those who least
afford it are proved upon by these scheming trick
sters.
How to overcome bribery is of the problems
that has never been solved Under the law the briber
is as guilty as the one brlbed Therefore, "squeal
leads to trouble for both. II the sought to be
bribed is lawyer and an official it is very easy for
him 20 crawl out of any hole on the plea that "hls
firm was retained in legal or advisory capacity
There are others, however, who sell their iniu-
ence or alleged influence with officials who have no
goods to deliver Those who are unacqualnted with
the WAYS Of the world and it's wlckedness are easily
led to believe that this that or the other person Will
only have to speak to certain party to get what ne
wants In most instances this is the merest moon
shine. The "tixers, socaled, gather in all the shek
els they can and that is the end OF the affair When
pressed for results they have million excuses to Of
fer for failure
There are other alleged "6xers'' who trade upon
thar inside information. They in positions
where they learn certain things may happen and
Immediately endeavor to wiggle some money out OF
the situation by saying, "jf do not succeed you
need not paw me anything" Bribery or fixing
things or selling alleged influence is bad business
A good illustration of the power OF influence is
the case of a French fnancler who SAID to baron
Rothschid "Let me walk with you from your ONCE
TO the Bourse and the bankers who will not now loan
me sou will tumble over themselves to lend me al
the money want The Baron consented for an
experiment and the incident proved success
to the nancier To be seen i'll the company OF Baror
Rothschild was the only recommendation anyone
needed to have the bankers fall at his feet.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

CRIBB1NG COPY and passing it off as original is
of no benefit to the cribber. The way to learn to
write is to tryand not copy things others have writ
ten It is hard todeceive experienced editors. Style
has as much to do with successful writing any
thing else No two faces exactly alike and no
two successful writer's will be found using the same
STYLE Individuality counts for great deal Better
be a poor author than who appropriates the
bralDs of others.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

LIVE EACH DAY as il it were to be your last
earth-with kindness and charity for ALL Pity the
ignorant and forgive them for they know not what
they do. Treat your neighbor with gentleness for
no one knows what day may bring forth.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

sports also, though not perhaps
willing 10 devote SO much time to
them az was King Edward, who
was very fond of them, particular
~ horseracing, shooting and atone
time yachting.
King Edward kept suite Of
rooms at the Jockey Club in read
mess for his visits, and maintained
a racing stable. His estate at
Sandringham had it's gamepreserve
on which he and his guests would
pass away the time, gun in hand.
The Royalty of all western Europe
had accepted opportunities to hunt
on King Edwards preserves u
Norfolk.
King George as Prince of Wales
has given the public less oppoltun-
ity to discover his tastes as sports
man. Some sports do not bring g.
man SO prominently before the pub
lie diversion. One does not invite
the public when one wishes to bag
pheasants, or stag or two, or take
a string of fish. These are King
Georges favorite sports. He occa-
sionally has appeared socially at a
hunting meet or at the race track,
but when he wishes recreation he
takes with him the gun or fishing
rod in hand.
The present King is counted one
of the best shots in his realm.
Once or twice every year after he
became Prince of Wales and was re-
lieved of the confinlng routine of
naval detail, he was in the habit of
making round Of the preserves of
his friends. Frequently he has
shot at Sandringham with his ia
Their and his fathers guests. Near
ly every year he went to Dee side,
in Scotland, for salmon fishing,
grouse hunting, shooting and deer
stalking.
A hunting experience which he
recolIects with great interest is the
bagging of his first tiger. This
occurred on his official visit to India
in 1905. The Maharajah of Jalpur
arranged a tiger hunt in his honor.
The bag was magnificent male,
nearly nine feet long from muzzle
to tip of ia /. The shooting Of
the animal was test of nerve as
we'll as craftsmanship. It was a
match between royalties, in which
the royal animal for time showed
his unconcern for the royal man
watching for him. The man had
to wait upon the pleasure of the
, animal for two hours. then the lat
ter came through the jungle not
J four hundred feet from the rife in
the hands of the Prince. AS it
galloped along there came crash
and fash from the gun and the
! sudden leap of the tiger indicated
that the huntsman had not missed.
1t was not mortal wound, how
ever, for the bullet had lodged in
, the muscles of the shoulder. The
, gun rang out again. 1t was shot
that promised fatal ending, but
: a third bullet removed all doubt by
stretching the big body on the
, ground. The tiger was the center
+, of interest at the dinner given that
/, evening by the Maharajah in the
Princes honor. The body of the
animal was brought to the palace,
l where it was displayed in the court
t yard. The scene when the Prince
t and Princess and their suite, fol-
! lowed by the other guests went out
: into the courtyard to view the roy
I al bag, was Oriental in every re-
t spect.
: PsHAW.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

some SOCIETY women worry themselves to death
because their bookbindings do not match their hair
or something equally as silly The great thing in
this life is to be contented Do not worry over
trifes and inconsequential things.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28
CHURCH NOTICE..

Service Sunday
alternate Sunday KEY. -
Benso and Rev. Fl.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

UNCLE JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER says: STANDARD
Oil stands the test eyerytime." Jawn D. probably
refers to the dividends They stand the test all right,
Judging from hearsay testimony.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

VERY OFTEN aspiring author will say: Il can
write all rght-but I'm poor on spelling" The thing
to do, then, is to learn to SPELL Good writer's must
be good spoilers. The only advice that can be given
to such persons is to get speller and study it,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

Col. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN has been back
on the job for sometime. He will keep things stirred
up in the political arena On the whole, however,
the Colonel has become very conservative citizen
of late.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

The MIRROR has not gone crazy over the return
of the Great American Lion Hunter Among The
Mirrors local readers there very few candidates
for public places.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28
Reflections.


"King George v, Of England, Isl
without question the most travelled
Of monarchs," the London Times
says. Few, moreover, of bis SUBJ
jects, as he said to the Royal Colo
NAL Institute in 1908. have landed
on SO many different portions of
British soil.
His travels began at an early age.
as his education was entirelya naval
one. He entered the Britannia in
1878 and only two years later en-
barked upon long cruise in the
Bacchante, with his brother, the late
Duke of Clarence, which took him
first to the West Indies and thence
to Madeira, Simon's Bay, the Aus
tralian ports, Fiji, Yokohama,
Hong Kong and Singapore.
In the year following the death
of Queen Victoria he undertook as
Duke of Cornwall and York the
Imperial mission through which he
is chiefly known to his subjects in
the overseas dominions Of t h 9
Crown. Sailing from Portsmouth
in the Ophir in March, he went
first to Australia, where he opened
the first Parliament Of the Com
monwealth, thence to New Zealand,
thence to South Africa and finally
to Canada and Newfoundland. It
was after his return from this voy-
age that, speaking at the Guildhall
in London on the evening OF the
day when he was created Prince of
Wales, hedelivered his famous mes
sage from the Empire to the Moth
erland and called upon his country
men to wake up" Only two years
ago he once more visited the East
of Canada in order to. attend the
celebration of the Tercentenary of
Quebec.
Exactly thirty years, all but a
day, after the late King set foot in
India, the present King and Queen
landed in Bombay on their tour
through the Indian Empire. The
tour was prolonged and arduous,
but was marked with complete sue
cess. The King on his arrival said
that he and the Queen hoped to
carry home with them mot only
warm sympathy and affection fol
the people of India, but an increas
ed and abiding interest in India's
wants and problems and an &C
qu4intance with the various classes
official and nonoficial, British ano
Indian, who under G providence
are laboring to one end--the we'll
being Of India and the happiness
of her peoples
Within the space of four and on
half months they saw more OF In
dia than most people are privileged
to see in lifetime and everywhere
they left an abiding impression o
kindly interest in the welfare Of tht
population. At Calcutta the Kinl
laid the foundation stone of thu
Victoria Memorial Hall, the state
lily building devised by Lord Cur
zon which is about to be erected OF
the Madam. At Rawalpindi h
reviewed $4,000 troops of all arms
the flower Of the Indian Army
commanded by Lord Kitchener.
At intervals in the tour the Kinl
had opportunities of enjoying botl
small and big game shooting, bn
it was deep disappointment tina
the great shooting camp arrange'
!, in the Nepal Terai had to be aban
/ doned owing to the outbreak Q
L
cholera. In his farewell speech a
Karachi, where the homeward voy
age was commenced, the King sal
that the tour had been ssan unend
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

LOCAL POETS are as numerous as ever. cline"
to be of the things which develops the Tyr
caI pencil pusher or inksinger The poetic renais-
sance appears to be at hand It may be SO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

PRESIDENT TAFT has his troubles along with the
balance of mankind he is not losing weight very
appreciably. The Government manages to run
along, despite all political upheavals.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Horace White will sue
coed Gov Hughes chief executive of New York
next Fall Mr.. White is an able man-but-he is q
millionaire.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

IT is TRUE that almost any one can edit paper
with shears and pastepot But such papers are usu-
ally used chiefly for shaving paper and SIGH like.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

DEATH OUGHT not to terrorize any one. 1t is
always best to be prepared to go. Be ready when
the time comes, but do not force the issue.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

Now is THE TIME to think about the North Pole
but forget the controversy. Keep cool by keeping
quiet.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

MANLY MAN never likes to pour out the troubles
of his heart. He prefers to keep them to himself
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

MANY WHO have grievous burdens weighing up
on them prefer to carry them alone.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

LIP SERVICE does not compare with the doing of
the deed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

Vo1cEs FROM the grave are the good deeds done
before death.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-07-28

hing else No two faces are exactly alike and no
wo successful writer's will be found using the same
style. Individuality counts for great deal Better
De poor author than one who approprates the
oralDs of others.
VERY OFTEN an aspiring author will say: Il can
write all right-but I'm poor spelling The thing
10 do, them is to learn to SPELL Good writers must
be good spoilers The only advice that be given
to such persons is to get speller and study it.
LIVE EACH DAY il it we're to be your last on
earth-with kindness and charity for all. Pity the
ignorant and forgive them for they know not what
they do. Treat your neighbor with gentleness for
no one knows what day may bring forth.
Some SOCIETY women worry themselves to death
because their bookbindings do not match their hair
or something equally as silly The great thing in
this life is to be contented Do not worry over
triaes and inconsequential things
COL WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN has been back
on the Job for sometime. He will keep things stirred
up in the political arena. On the whole, however,
the Colonel has become very conservative citizen
of late.
LOCAL POETS are as numerous as ever. "Time"
seems to be one of the things which develops the Tyr
ica pencil pusher or inkslinger. The poetic renais
sance appears to be at hand. It may be SO.
PRESIDENT TAFT has his troubles along with the
balance of mankind but he is not losing weight very
appreciably. The Government manages to run
along, despite all political upheavals.
UNCLE JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER says: standard
Oil stands the test everytime" Jawn D. probably
refers to the dividends They stand the test all right,
judging from hearsay testimony.
The MIRROR has not gone crazy over the return
of the Great American Lion Hunter. Among The
Mirrors local readers there very few candidates
for public places.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Horace White will sue
coed Gov. Hughes chief executive OF New York
next Fall Mr.. White is able man-but-he is q
millionaire.
IT is TRUE that almost any edit paper
with shears and pastepot But such papers are usu-
ally used chiefly for shaving paper and SIGH like.
DEATH OUGHT not to terrorize any one 1t il
always best to be prepared to 60 Be ready when
the time comes, but do not force the issue.
Now is THE TIME to think about the North Pole
but forget the controversy. Keep cool by keepinf
quiet.
/
/ A MANLY MAN never likes to pour out the troubles
of his heart He prefers to keep them to himself,
4 MANY WHO have grievous burdens weighing up
on them prefer to carry them alone.
VOICES FROM the grave are the good deeds don
before death.
i LIP SERVICE does not compare with the doing 6
the deed.
The Washington times., 1910-12-15

cameras and plates were discovered.
de claims as does Knott. that he has
been living on money sent 10 him by
MS mother In Orangeburg, Va, bus the
police say that he has made other
statements concerning the source OF his
income
Rosenthal tells the police that be had
requested mis- hostess several times TO
turn or the dazzling mercury light
which was suspended from the ceiling
IN her room, but that she made the ex-
cuse that the dark frightened her. So
the light remained on in fun blast. and
the pictures taken of the pair are con-
sequently as clear and well defined as
II taken in broad daylight.
The police say that they have found
the hole I'm the door through which the
pictures were taken. the weapon with
which Rosenthal was threatened. ana
several other bits of dana ging evidence
against Knott, Armstrong, ct al. but
they viii not say exactly what these
last bits OF evidence are. There is no
doubt, however. in the minds Of the Do
lice authorities that in the capture Of
the Trio they have bagged one Of the
bOloest and most dangerous sets Of
black Nailers that have ever been taken
OF e "a reported here.
kurt- was arrested late yesterday
aft. - just as he was demanding the
paw. -. Of the S2.cO0 promised by Ros-
entEai- Armstrong was taken at the
Cairo, as was also benjamin IT. Knott
on suspicion, and Mrs. Knott was taken
into custody just as she was about to
step on board q train At TakOma. d. G,
= here she was to have met her husband
II IS not thought that there are any
otneC members IN the gang.
The Washington times., 1910-12-15

ments. belong to Armstrong.
So Tar as can be learned Armstrong
IS nue. older than the age which he
gave al HEADQUARTERS yesterday-twenty
years. he tells, with a bit of pride, Of
having robbed a house IT. Richmond,
Va, and Of having held I'D 2 gambling
hcSse in Chicago at the point of a gun
And, as one member of the force said
this mcrningy, ANY man who holds up
card joint in Chicago and gets away
with II, Is going some"
Armstrong SAYS that his Chicago
achievement netted him about g, con,
which was enough to finance him for his
later and more mastery work IN wash
ingtOn- Knott SAYS that he met Arm
strong at the Bliss Electrical School, IN
this city, where they were both pupils
and, that, after a rather brief but init
mate acquaintance Armstrong preached
his scheme OF getting a little easy
money by a variation of the old, and
oft-WorOed badger game
Outlined Plot
Armstrong, according to Knott's
said that the best one that they could
possibly pick for the woman's end Of
the game would be Knott's young wife.
and that Armstrong was continually
telling him that they. should not be
plOddIng along IN the world with mere
pittance when they could pick up q lot
OF easy money BY the use OF a little
ingenuity.
Knott says that he met bis wife some
six months ago and tL-t they were
mar Tisd in Rockville, Nd, on November
=, ana engaged apartments at the Cairo
few DAYS after. On searching Arm
Strong's rooms and trunks a number OF
The Washington times., 1910-12-15
Georgia Central Head
Dies at Atlanta Home

ATLANTA. Ca, Dec B-John
Fletcher Hanson, president of the
Central Railroad Of Georgia, died at his
home here today after a lingering i'll
ness.
OF the liver last August and never fully
recovered He was seventy-One years
OF age
Mr.. Hanson became president Of the
Georgia Central in E0S. and had been
president OF the ocean Steamship Com
pany since 1892. He had served as a
member Of the United States Monetary
Com mission, and was prominent in Re
publican politics in Georgia
He was Republican referee for CSeOr-
gia until he broke with Roosevelt when
the latter was President, over some
Roosevelt policies.
The Washington times., 1910-12-15

have the cash and Seld RosenthaI to
have l. at the store when IL called the
next morning
what would happen TO him II the money
was not there, Knott released the trem-
bling sporting goods merchant and the
latter left the apartment, only 20 meet
A lton A. Armstrong, 4 friend of Knots
the money ready on the morrow, for
they had photographs showing ROsen-
thai and the girl together. and he show
ed these 10 the merchant and said that
they would be used against bin If the
money was not forthcoming It was
found later that the pictures were taken
through q specially prepared hole in the
closet door and that the function of the
the views.
Detectives Waiting.
When Knott called at RosenthaTs
store, at 603 D street. yesterday after
noon. 70 collect the money from Rosen-
thai he found Detectives Cornwall and
Bauer awaiting him and he was ar
rested, after being caught in the act
Of trying TO obtain the money Grorn the
merchant The pictures made BY the al
legged blackmailerS are IN the hands OF
the police and viii be used By them in
the trial OF Knott and his associates
The authorities at the Cairo say the
Knott pair conducted themselves with
and that there was nothing TO indicate
that they were not what they pretended
10 pa respectable a newly married
couple with plenty OF money
According to the story told to the
police BY Knott, Armstrong. and the
girl after they We're arrested II is
thought that the trio has q police rec
ord n other cities, and the police
have been mixed up in a game Of this
kind
The Washington times., 1910-12-15
Cooks Death Causes
House to Adjourn

The House was ia session less than ten
minutes today, adjOuTninG Immediately
after routine business had been disposed
Of ont Of respect TO the memory OF
Representative joel Cook, who died at
morning
A wreath OF flowers surrounded by
black crepe, on the desk Of Mr. Cook,
was the Grst intimatiOn 90 nearly every
member Of the House that his Illness
had terminated Fatally,
The Washington times., 1910-12-15
Real Manipulation.

While the credit OF successfully car
rying out the scheme belongs properly
70 Knott and his young wife. it Is the
opinion Of the police that the brain
behind the entire scheme. the judg-
men- which directed the operations Of
the game, and the genius which man
aged the details Of the taking Of the
pictures and other important develop
The Washington times., 1910-12-15
Fourth Arrest Made In the
Alleged Badger Game"
Case.
ARE DISAPPOINTED
BUT INDIFFERENT
Variations Of Old Frame Up"
Used In Attempt TO BlaCkmail
Harry Rosenthal-
Continued from First Page)

the plates for which are locked up in
the safe at Police Headquarters
Benjamin Knott, when arrested, as
serted that he had come 20 Washington
only week ago from South Carolina 70
take his brother back home The police
say he was the man who T5TCed the
apartment a month ago, and that ne
mad a letter in his pocket frOTl James
Knott telling him TO come to Washing
ton, as he had a big scheme for making
DlonaE-