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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03

The Panama canal is now the subject OF acrl-
monious controversialism The kickers in the pay
of the railroads are demanding that sea level canal
be built in lace the one now under construction
on the lock plan The chronic croakers complain
that it will not pay When the late Thomas Lowry
of Minneapolis announced that he was going to con-
struct an lnterurban electric railway etween t.
Paul and Minneapolis the cognoscentic clubfellows
and street corner philosophers all united in pro-
claiming him fit candidate for lunatlc asylum.
There are now four electric lines between those two
cities and they pay better than motion picture
show at seaside resort The Panama canal will pay
when completed. 1t will pay we'll. The country il
growing all the time in spite OF the calamity cusses
The United States Government can afford te
build two canals across the isthmus-one on the sea
level plan and the other according to ao.nor'zee
specifications they will both pay. Besides
the controyersalists on both sides of the question
would have to subsde. That will be worth the en-
tire cost of construction of the two canals.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03

The rnf,st humorous utterances and writings or
Mark Twain have been his short stories and post
prandial speeches It was his afterdinner talks IN
London, Paris Berlin, Rome ST. Petersburg and
Vienna which endeared him to the crowned heaos
and notable.s personages of the old world. his
sneeches in German were undoubtedly the most
humorous of all his utterances and lost mu"h OF
their wit when translated into English anu other
tongues. Mr. Clemens has been honored by TX
ford and other great universities for his brilllance
as an sallaround man of many good parts In this
countrylMr. Clemens sunshine has dispelled many
shadow in gloomy places. There's no doubt OF
that
The late United States Senator William M.
Stewart Nevada shortly before his death, wrote
series of articles for the Saturday Evening Pos IN
the form of rambling "reminiscences among other
things claimed credit for discovering the humor
n..Mark Twain According to the Senator he en-
ployed Mark as clerk, but he said the da1ned 1901
always.had lighted cigar in his mouth, awake OF
asleep and on several occasions started lnclplent
blazes in his apartments which became very annoy
ing not only to him. but to the andlady as ne ana us
aforementio, ell clerk occupied the same suite
Stewart saws he bounced Mark who Immediately De-
came humorst of renown. However that may oe'
Mark says that at that time he carried all OF MS
worldly belongings in old cigar box
It is hoped that Mark Twain will be spared for
many years to come and that he may complete MS
autobiography, upon which he has been at work io1
the past five years. before he dies
President Taft said sometime ago that the
American people could not get along without humor.
It is true The Americans are nation OF humor'
sts They appreciate anything that appeals to thell
disabilities and during the past forty years Marx
Twain has been the leading standard author OF
American humor and ninety millions OF people who
owe allegiance to the stars and stripes will be paneo
to learn that ihealth has seized upon the human
tenement which encases the sweet and softened sou
of Samuel L. Clemens-the American Emperor o.
Wit and Wisdom.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03
EDITo RIAL.

MARK TWAIN, the Great American Humorist, |
now in his seventyfourth year. has recently returned
from the Bermudas to die on his native heath, hel
saws This will be sad to his friends all over
the world for Mark Twain is known and loved wher
ever the printing press has been the means OF pro-
vdino literature for dissemination in any known
tongue.
At his age, his health undermined, the end per-
hans is not far off, However, he will live in Ameri
can literature as the greatest of all American humor
lists who shone SO brilliantly in the galaxy of literary
stars during the last half of the nineteenth century
AS he has accomplished very little to add to his
fame in the last ten years
Mark Twain is q remarkable man from literary
point of view A great deal of his stuff has no liter
arv merit whatever but on the other hand his early
books were ssreally funny" to the contemporaneous
people of the time Of their publication. lnnocents
Abroad and Roughlng 1t gave him bis great reputa-
ton. Nevertheless, great many persons can see
very little genuine humor in any OF his writings
claiming that in many it is too ribad and ride
ulous while in other instances it is too tine and sub
tie fer the average reader of humor
Writing humor was business with Mark Twain
"a laborious task Four or five pages of printed
book matter was days work with him and IN later
wears this was done chiefly by debating amanuen
sis or private secretary. A great deal OF his pes
work was done in bed with big, black cigar between
his teeth or while putting away at pipe.
Along about 1884 Mark Twain failed in thepub
fishing business, owing several hundred Thousand
dollars and then went abroad to live in peace, de
pending upon his literary works for livelihood. Ii
the course Of ten years or 80, he PAID OH all MS
and returned to this country. Through the assist
>srca Of the late Henry II. Rogers his affairs wer
- -, :, sopnd financial basis and through the addl
t;on.l help Of J. Pierpont Morgan, who PRACTICAL
owns the corporation of Harper q Brothers. tn
literary productions of this famous funny fellow
have been controlled exclusively by that house. at
craat necuniary advantage to the author--Mr San
nol T. Clemens. which is the real name of Mar
Twain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03
FRANCE is now throwing fit over her: financial

FRANCE is now throwing fit over detrimental
budget "Taxes are too high, is the general cry all
over the French republic. IF the people have no
bread let them eat CAKE Marie Antoinette to the
Burgeos Her hippancy, among other thing s,
brought on the French revolution, and in due course
her pretty head rolled into the executoners basket
Excessive taxation leads rows ndructions. Taxa-
ton without representation, the shibboleth that
fired the hearts of the American revolutionists 1t
led to that famous Boston Tea Party-and American
independence.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03
TO, INMATES.

desiring TO SEND
privilege will be granted ov
complying and register
person
must be kept clean ana 1ole
the received placed in your door
every Friday night with this order
whe out a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03

Giles are on all tongues at times says aphllos-
opher. Business lies do not count. When pooK-
agent calls 1t is eminenty proper for Madame TO
send word by the maid that she is not "at home
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03

HAMpToN's MAGAZINE is climbing along IN cir
culation and influence with the best OF them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03

The MERELY MORTAL continue
to smile at the American Academy
of Arts and Letters-when they
happen to have heard about it.
The general idea is that thirtyone
of New York and vicini-
ty by mutual agreement decided
that the best time to crown them
selves with laurels is the present.
This is not quite accurate. The
original Academy cousistedof seven
members, none of whom could be
said to be unworthy. These seven
took to their number other seven,
more literary and artistic than
themselves; by similar processes
the present membership was built
up-and the last state of the
Academy is less exclusive than the
first. It is representative of New
York and Boston, that is, of con-
servatism. Granting that t b 9
French Academy exercis es a
bene6cent influence on French art
and literature, this IS as it should
be. For the Academy is a strong
hold of conservatism, too; as the
exclusion of lola, Daudet and de
Maupassantproves. Hence to echo
the barbarian bombshell of Bill
Barlow, "who is Higginson?' is
to be unjust. Bill, in fact. could
not have chosen less suitable ex-
ample for the pillory. Not to
know Higginson is not to know the
long chain which continues the
traditions of Emerson and Lowell
| to the present, a chain of which
Norton and Stedman we're import
ant links, and which also extends
to w. G. Brownell, who, strangely
enough, is not a member OF the
Academy. Not to know Higginson
| is also not to know music, for The
service which that Maecenas has
given to the music of Boston is be-
yond question and beyond price
In the matter of music, the Acad
envy is deficient, the late Edward
lMacdowell being the only profes
lsional musician enrolled. The
Academy has other noticeable omis
sions. For instance, man.
rights are more numerically dis
regarded. Again, where is tn
drama? Not even William Vaughan
Moody, who IS in all conscienc
orthodox and conservative enough
for any Academy. Much less Au
gustus Thomas, who is after all tn
first American playwright. Blu
the idea and the purpose are gooc
While twill be long time befor
the Academy attains to an author
itutive position like that of tn
French institution on which it j
modelled, by 1nodesty and willing
ness to help it may endear itselft
a suspicious public. 1t gains nj
thing by the pressagent work
j Brander Matthews, who has M
1 discovered the great truth thu
o fame is not to be hustled.
u The REFORM of criminal pr
> cedure might seem, at first blusl
. matter in which the man on tt
l. inside cannot feel deeply interes
;. led. He may be supposed to thin
:. :. that when just verdict is rever
u ed on a technicality, the law
L cheated of prey and why l.
therefore keep the feast? Th
would be false reasoning. Ii cas-
N in large numbers are decid'
!? merely to be reversed in high
N court, valuab 9 time is absolute
III wasted. If a corporation oficl
Or or a man of means is charged wi
an offence, two or three weeks q
devoted to securing jury and
s. a hundred devices the trial is pl
k tracted. John Jones, charged WI
to the theft of a pair of shoes, mi
expect that the time will be ma
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03

If Mr.. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER goes to Heaven
and tries to play golf who will act as his caddy?
He will not be able to take any money with him when
he dies. It looks as if the great moneygrubber will
have to take to the bleachers Up There and Root
the Home Team.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03
CHURCH NOTICE.

Service in the Sunday morning
alternate Sunday Rev. T.
and chapains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03

A VACUUM is Of Importance sometimes. Som
persons are Of no Importance at anytime.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03

NEVER BLUFF, but if you do, do not squeal it
the bluff is called.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-06
QUIET after BIG
RAID BY POLICE
Alleys in Which Negroes Con
gregated Safe Now With Bad
Ones in Jail.

Beneficial effects of the raid Of Sat
urday night week ago in the dark
holes of Cunningham and Nineteenth
Street alleys and Centre Street were
noticed Saturday and last night when
these whilom places of disorder and
all manner of crime We're as quiet as
a day in June and without the crimi-
mails who were wont to infest them. A
police officer said last night that 1t
would have been perfectly safe for a
woman to have walked through them
uncscorted, so deterrng had been the
raid which gathered in three score Of
negroes and caused them to go to Jail.
There was no longer the Jingle of
the rolling dice, no longer the oaths
and curses OF disappointed players, no
longer the cries and means of beaten
women, or tho scurrying of feet which
had been out on night of crime. There
is needed now only more light, and
perhaps in the distant future a build
ing up of these places into respectable
homes or places of business. AS they
are now. the huts and novels In the
two alleys and on Centre Street arc the
hapl'ol VI tHN WoTol ClhSS VI IeEIutS
in the city, They form easy hiding
places, and rs all the negroes belonged
to the same gang none would give
away another and it was next to i'm
possible for the police to trace orimi-
nal who chose one of these places as
his abode OF refuge.
If the negroes are lulled into secur
ity by apparent Inactivity among the
police they Will find themselves very
much mistaken. and one night there
will be another raid another grim sur
prise, and more terms in tall,
Saturday night showed a vast differ
ence, and It is hardly probable that
the same negroes will go back to their
former haunts when they have been
liberated from Jail,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-06
.GOING I 0 FIND
COOK s RECORDS
Etah or Utah, Is All the Same to
Petersburg Trio Anxious to
Settle It.

Not since the citizens of Petersburg
gave General Washington ball at the
hotel after he had been saluted with
fire of artillery by the military forces
Of Manchester when he passed through,
has there been so much excitement In
that place as there Is going OH now.
Petersburg, it may be fairly said is
throbbing exultantly In civic pride.
For two citizens and a. drummer there
of have decided to take month off
and find the records that DIR. Cook
says he left at Etah. They do noI
know whether the place is Etah or
Utah, but they do not care, for they've
got their money on Cook
They read in the papers that six
expeditions are on foot, all hoping to
find the Cook records, and they felt
that Petersburg should not he back.
ward In such a public enterprise. Har-
ry Whitney and John r. Bradley are
we'll on the way to back seat, II the
explorers from Dinwiddie ever get
there,
The drummer, It may be said, Is the
moving spirit of the expedition. He
went on an automobile trip to Wash
tngton not long ago, and now he doesn't
care what happens to him, He can face
any fate now with resignation He
will profit by his experience and see
to 1t that this endurance contest Is
properly conducted. All the Cook
pathhnders will be parked in a cafe
before the Journey starts and care Will
be taken to see that each man gets an
equal share of gasolene,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-06
WIFE'S GOING TO COUNTRY;
PEACEIERINOS STILL IN TOWN
Though It Breaks the Old Man, He Whistles
Joyfully and Goes Into Garden to See How
His Mint Doth Grow and Flourish

Now that white ducks and flimsy
parasols are beginning to flaunt them
selves In the shop windows. mankind
Is reminded that the days of fearful
and agonized parting are near athand.
Thousands OF sheaves Of summer re-
sort literature, with alluring stories of
amending cool breezes and good times.
seem to admonish the 'old man" as If
to say, IF you have tear to she'd pre-
pare to shed them now" The man be-
hind the purse will soon pat the purse
affectionately on it's back and bid 1t a
lachrymose farewell Mothers, the
girls and the kids are going off for
the summer, A small fortune will be
consumed by them, and the beginning
of the paying out Is in sight
With trunks full Of airy, fairy sum-
mer clothes. those who arc going to
make catch at the social summer re-
sorts will soon be off, accompanied by
stout danes, VINO will while away the
time with risque novels and bridge.
that now being the chief end of a
chaperon.
But every cloud has an argent in
side. The old man" goes down to the
office these mornings whistlng IF a
body kiss body going through the
rye, should a. body crye" He sends up
some railroad schedules to tho house
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-06

by the office hoy; then he gives Edna,
the steno srapher wing that twists up
half his face. Through his mind runs
the thought of cham payne suppers and
auto rides in the summer, when he can
come rolling, into his own house any
old time of the night. and sleep in the
parlor. IL he wants to. without any
kick about 1t.
Percy. who belongs to the exclusive
set of ribbon clerks, is getting ready
to go forth on his annual quest, lie Is
going to rent some Of the CLASSY duds"
from the store and go to Sweet Swell
tering Springs to try to marry a mil
llonaire's daughter. He has aspira-
lions for an auto existence.
It's season of hope for giddy young
things, who are wondering If they'll
meet that seven-foot lad with curly
hair and brown eyes, who is their
ideal" Mother sees in IT chance
to knock many of her social rivals
over bridge games, Father figures out
1t will break him, and then some. but
he has made up his mind to die In
clover What's the odds, when the
town is full of peaeherinos who won't
90 away, when there is a garden fair
where the mint grows green? No won
der the old man is humming, MY Wife
has gone to tho country, hooray."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-06
GREAT SHORTAGE
in FIR UT CIR 0P
Expert Figures That Loss in
United States Will Reach
$4o,ooo,ooo.

~ estimate that the fruit shortage
in the United States this year viii in
value amount to s4o000,000 at least, or
maybe s50.0Oo,00O." said William H..
Murray last night, By birth a Wiz
gilman. Mr., Murray is in Richmond as
a correspondent for the California Fruit
Growers and Shippers Journal, look
ing over the State fruit market
THE fruit crop OF this country" he
continued, us normally worth $780,
100000 there being about 100000
and ice of this spring have reduced tho
crop very seriously and made the short
age amount to the figure l have al
ready stated
Cotton can be successfully raised in
California according to Mr. Murray,
who was formerly State superintendent
OF vegetable fibre culture in California.
Long staple cotton fibre is produced
easily, and he says that a cotton mill
at East Oakland has been decided sue
cess. the California cotton proving a
good article for spinning
cur fruit growers must have cheap
labor" said Mr. Murray, "and the sup
ply of white labor for this work is
inadequate. Next to the whites, the
Japanese are considered the hes, help
ers in fruit picking. think It would
be a good idea to have negroes do this
work, as the climate and outdoor work
would be most suitable to them
The shipment of citrus fruits from
California eastward for this year
shows shortage of 1850 cars, Last
year the shipment up to May II was
27,3lS cases; this year it was only
2S,35s
''As giving some idea of the masnl-
tude of our fruit trade. cite the crop
yields for last year: the prune crop
amounted TO l450o0o0o pounds; the
orange shipment was 1852 carloads;
the raisin shipment was 5,7o4,32o
pounds, and A,2S9,72l cases OF canned
fruits and vegetables We're shipped"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-06
CLAIM GIRL GAVE
POISON TO BABY
Colorcd Nurse Arrested on
Charge of Trying to Kill
William Matthews.
THEN ACCUSED BROTHER
Child's Hatred OF Medicine Re
sponsible for Failure OF
Attempt.

Carrie Pryor, colored nurse girl
terday by Policeman Tiller on war
rant charging her with having at
tempted to administer carbolic acid to
William a. Matthews, the eleven
months sold son Of Fl. L. Matthews. a
contractor, living at 25o2 Park Ave-
nue.
The poisonous acid was given to the
infant Saturday morning. Mrs. Mat
thews, the mother. was notified by the
little servant girl that a four-year-
old brother had given carbolic acid TO
the baby, and, greatly alarmed. Mrs,
Matthews rushed UP to the room
where the baby was lying on sick
bed The child had been Ill for some
time and was under the constant care
of a physician. Mrs. Matthews no
ticed burns about the child's lips and
face. and Or. w. P. Mathews, who had
been attending the baby, was called to
tho house without delay
Brutal Attempt Failed.
Fortunately. the child had not swal
lowed any of tho poison. 1t had al
ways been necessary TO force II to
| s'ANo lliSolS1hSs DIV AaiS blISsGd
tempt of the negro girl failed.
Suspicion did not Immediately fasten
on the girl as she told a we'll
| thought out story of how the older
child had found the carbolic acid bot
| tie in neighboring backyard, filed it
| with water and then attempted to adj
| minister 1t to his baby brother The
elder child was then in a field near
the house, and Mrs. Matthews brought
him In.
But yesterday morning Mrs. Mat
thews opened a bottle of whiskey and
got teaspoonful to give to the baby
for medicinal purposes. The whiskey
appeared TO have been "doctorcd." ant
upon examination the bottom of the
J bottle was found to be filed with sedi
ment. Further examination disclosed
the fact that the whiskey was full O
red pepper and celery seed, Mrs. Mat
thews noticing that II burned consid
erably when she slipped a little L
test IT before giving some to the sicl
child. IT did not appear that the four
Ncar-old boy could have got hold O
the bottle. and Carrie was the onl
person in the house, it seems. VIII
could have touched it.
Pepper and Celery Seed.
She was called In. After littl
sue confessed tnat SEe ma,
put the pepper and celery seed in tn
whiskey bottle, but would assign n
reason for her act. But she denied hav
Ing attempting to give the baby carbo
lie acid. still sticking to her story tina
! the little boy had attempted to admin
t lister the poison. But the confession
9 was enough to rouse suspicion as t,
: the other case. and magistrate an,
, an officer were called by Mr.. Matthew.
to the house. The girl was locked III
and held without bail.
When seen yesterday afternoon, sn,
still denied the accusation of having
ATTEMPTED to poison her young charge
She lives on Duncan Street. Ffe
mother Is dead. She said that she hat
been employed by Mr.. Matthews 70
some time, There is tendency to be
licvc that she Is not OF sane mind.
The infant is still seriously III, but
except from the burns, does not seer
to have suffered from the poison
which. fortunately, had been diluted.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-06
Gave "TackNn Party.

Tho residence of Mrs. Kate A. Fowl
er. ia West Marshall Street, was the
scene last evening OF a most enjoyable
"tacky" party, given by the young
people of the neiEhborhood. Mrs.
Fowler received, assisted by her daugh-
ter Miss Ethel Fowler The prizes,
very handsome souvenirs of the occa-
sion were awarded to Miss Grace Rob-
crson and Colonel Basil e. Fowler.
Refreshments were served
Among those present were Misses
Rosa Krug. Grace Sorg, Hazel Asher,
Rosalie Sodna, Rosalie Reitelbach.
Kate Asher, Ruth Sims, Lizzie King,
Kate Sims, Aileen Sims. Annie C1ebaut,
Mrs. David Krug and Howard Gilman,
Jules Halblieb. Russell Tate, Curtis
Walsh, Edward Plageman, George Ray,
Leo Carroll, William Kelly Garland
Fowler, Raymond Quarles, Charley
Johnson. William Purnett and John
GILL