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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08
Horoscopes
Herr Limburger, born Sept. 1st
1880. Birth sign-Virgo.
A. F.. b.

Herr Limburger, born Sept. 1st,
1880. Birth sign Virgo.
You are negative in disposition,
domestic in tastes. intellectual in
feeling and sanguine in temperament.
You are natural tease, have a live
ly, hopeful disposition, are always
happy and agreeable and always
quick to see oddities in others; al
ways having a desire to mimic. You
are always seeing the funny side to
things and just loye to tease and
banter. You have keen penetra-
ton and are hard to fool. You can
become a great entertainer, though
at times, sorry to say, you are prone
to indulge in satire. You are kindly
in spirit but a dangerous critic.
/ have taken great pains with
your Horoscope because / am deep
ly interested in your welfare. Your
happy, care-free way casts many a
ray of sunshine over the path you
tread. Smile and the world smiles
with you," seems to be your motto.
Your life and mine are bound to-
gether in this way, that we may be
led anywhere with kindness, but a
cruel and harsh word or treatment
are felt with the deepest of pain.
You conceive fine uplifting thots;
cultivate them day by day and some
day you will. by following your best
impulses. shine forth in glory before
all the world. Your ability to sing
is great; along this line and that of
a humorous entertainer you should
exert your every effort, you cannot
fail if you concentrate your mind on
this fact. You should win many
friends, for you have all that goes
towards gaining them. And in the
days to come when success crowns
your brow, / only ask that you think
kindly of the lonely Fortune Telling
Man.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08
Arf-an-Arf.
Nil Desperandum

How do you do,'' or "howdy.''
1t is conventional question. It is
form of greeting like the Chinese
What is your honorable age?' The
reply is, as rule, equally conven-
tional, although some daringly orig
inal individual will occasionally re-
ply to the query with, Put me
down middllng," or impart the infor-
nation that he is in the enjoyment
of his usual bad health. We are not
as a rule, very much concerned as to
the health of the person of whom
we make the inquiry,
But during the last few years the
popular press has developed an in
terest in the health of it's readers
which runs into many columns of
kindly, though frequently contradic-
tory advice.
Today it is almost impossible to
pick up popular paper without
finding a column of we'll meant adj
vice which we can follow without
buying bottle or box of something
with a pure food stamp on the label.
With perseyering persistence the
morning and evening journals are
perpetually pointing out to us the
simple means by which we may at
tain frisky old age. At one time the
age was anything from one hundred
to one hundred and twenty, but with
the increasing cost of the means of
life, a less protracted period of exis-
tence has been considerably substi-
tuted, and it is only suggested that
we keep our. arteries young till we
are ninety.
The means by which we are to at
tain an extension of existence be-
yond the allotted span' are simple.
We are to begin by slowing down
directly we pass the prime of life,
we are to eat less, drink less, smoke
less, work less, worry less and sleep
more. Excellent advice, but man
may do all these things and yet fail
to qualify for virie old age. He
may neglect them and yet attain vir-
lie old age, for the simple reason
that longevity is built up on inheri-
ted qualities to far greater extent
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08


than it is induced by following set
rules in the matter of diet, exercise,
work and recreation.
This new health craze is rapid
" developing into form ofinsanity,
and it is a grave question if the race
is not going to be worse rather than
better for it.
Our ancestors were not food fad
dests or water drinkers they lived in
a land that was not overrun with
sanitary inspectors, and they built
up a race that was physically one of
the foremost in the world. And
they managed, some of them, to at
tain on bountlful diet and gener-
GUS quafing Of good liquor an old
age equal to the sour milk fed peas
antry of Bulgaria. They were bled
for their ailments practice which
might in many cases be revived with
advantage today--and they knew a
joy Of life of which their descendants
are incapable.
The Oldest inhabitant now on
earth is probably the tortoise
There is one in Hawaii whose record
is authenticated for over seven hun
dred years, and he has not altered
his diet or his mode of life.
In order to obtain the real secret
of old age, ought we not to study
the habits of the tortoise? As those
include six months sleep straight
off, the secret of long life seems to
be to remain practically dead during
half of it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08
Caught in the Act.
A. F. B.

The ice crop should be plentiful
this year though I don't expect
prices on the same will drop any,,
Tom and Axel. the boys who pile
and store away the finished bundles
of Irvine, are to be praised for the
way they keep things moving along.
Everyone who attended Chapel
services last Sunday will agree that
the talk Father Corocran gave, was
one of truth and merit.
Business is active all about this
place. The feeling seems to be that
this will be banner year for the
sale of Twine and Farm Machinery.
The Binders will, we feel sure, reap
a rich harvest, for the farmer; and
also for the State.
Il hereby appoint Joe joe as was
correspondent for the New Prison.
One copy of lively items is expected
to arrive each week in the future.
Mr.. A. NJ. Hayes, Clerk to Gov.
Eberhart, and whose duties bring
him close to many sad case, espe-
cially during the time when the
Pardon Board meets, recently stated:
I'D give $500 year for someone
to take this job for me. There isn't
any pleasure in it,
1909 1910 1911
Absolute pardons 2 6
Conditional pardons 3 Z 8
Communications IL Il IL
Applicants per year about $50.
Faribault Journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

human nature for one to SO desire,
no matter what his surroundings
may be. For when you deprive one
who has the full passion of his fac
ulties of freedom you deprive that
one Of the greatest gifts the great
Creator" bestowed upon mankind.
And one can never realize the true
worth or value of the gift Of free
dom until deprived of it.
Say. really Rufus, did you think
you could hand us that little fairy
story and get away with it? You
surely will have to smoke up, old
boy, for / am afraid your pipe is
out.
The Utica Globe states that the
noted scientist. DR.. Metchnikoff,
director of the Pasteur Institute of
Paris, claims to have discovered
remedy which tends to the prolon-
cation of human life, and to offset
the ravages wrought by time and
old age on the human system. He
claims that sauerkrout has been in
vestigated and found to contain a
Tactic acid bacilli or germ, possess
ing all the good qualities of sour
milk, and cites in large number of
cases men and women who have
greatly improved their chance of
reaching ripe old age by partak-
ing freely cf sauerkraut. Ii this be
true, we have an opportunity once
every week of partaking freely of
this Wonderful Elixer of Life" and
Thereby live to a good old age and
live happily ever after.
Get busy A. f. B. and pass around
that saurkraut.
Idleness is the gate of all harms.
An idle man is like house that
hath no walls; the devils may enter
on every side. p Chaueey.
This bit of philosophy is undoubt-
eddy true and such being the case,
kindly take into consideration that
you and /, Beau Esprita, are doub-
" protected from the evil spirits of
the other world.
Late in the eighteenth century
Enurseryman Of Turnham Green
named William, began to grow the
famous pears that still bear his name.
\ century ago one Enoch Bartlett
introduced the William pear into
this country where it became
known as the Bartlett pear. Today
the pear that was originally grown
at Turnham Green is exported into
England by thousands every year,
and it is exported canned The
situation is a bit Gilbertian, is il
not?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08
BY THE RIGHT OF WAY
CHUZZLEWIT

Jail is Paradise"
I These headlines appeared on the
front page of weekly paper pub
lished in the middle-west, and as
glanced at the top of the page, saw
that 1T was the Saturday Evening
corner. Here is a synopsis of the
article and | may state, in my opin-
ion, it was pretty late on Saturday
Evening when it was written: Jail
is Paradise-A prison Deluxe
where the cells are carpeted, and
the prisoners have access to libra
~. eve have those same conditio MS
here) are allowed to roam on
breeze-swept island. To have a tai
low candle in their cell to read by
every night. Eve have an Edison
candle which is free from tallow)
to SWIM, play base ball. raise chick
ems and ducks, smoke under the
shade trees, stroll about the island,
and watch the passing steamships,
and dozens of prisoners in this Jail
of Paradise, instead of awaiting
with glee the hour of their freedom,
witness the approach with misgivings
for they realize they will have to 90
forth to battle in competition that
will afford them few of the pleasures
and luxuries common in this "Pri-
son.
The above is not taken word for
word but it is approximately what
this article inferred.
Say Rufus, ring off! Who has
been stringing you? Your pipe is
out. Go ON home like good little
man. Do you think we will swal-
low all that without murmur? Do
you mean to inform us that the pat
rons of this Summer resort by the
sea in sunny California, with its
orange groves and palm trees,
Where the prisoners raise ducks
and chickens and watch passing
steamboats,, in the shade of the old
orange trees; that any man that is
not fit subject for sanitarium for
the feeble minded even if he was
afforded these luxurious privileges
(which we are inclined to believe
are merely impressions of delusory
nature.) Do you mean to insinuate
that one with all the buttons on his
coat would prefer being an inmate
of a State Prison then to be man,
free before the world, free from the
uniform of the criminal, free to en-
JOY the pleasures and environments
of home, free to breathe the fresh
pure air of freedom? Why any man
with the smallest iota of reason in
his Uranium, knows that it is not
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

, The arrival of several brand new
kittens at the place of many
news one day last week, greatly
increased Uncle John and A. +. BIS
stock in trade. A. F. B. also made
several good captures during the
week; narrowly missing Red" the
Stewards Office cat, and twice mis-
taken Florist Kings Nellie for a
kitten.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08
Guard Hastings has a capa

Guard Hastings has a capacity
for economizing space, which is re-
markable, to say the least. He has
already stored more binders and
mowers in the farm machinery de-
partment's warehouse, than most
men could put in twice the space
and he still has room for many more
machines.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

Spring is here" read headline
in recent exchange and the editor
thereof was just about to be handed
certificate of membership to the
Aninias Club when it was observ-
ed that he printed his paper in South
Texas.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

Magazine. "Tiger-meatl Pfnil / haf
known Of much bigger hunt
Man!'' And with that, this amazing
German proceeds to tell the tale OF
world man hunt, such as has
seldom been described.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

Mr., VIM. Astor Spindle, of Still.
water. Mr.. Jas. Carroll, of Winni-
peg, Man. and Mr.. d. /. Carroll,
a member of the Pink Lady Opera
Co., were ushered through the pris-
on by Capt. Whelan last Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

One of the cases carried over by
the Pardon Board from its regular
meeting last month. was that of
Andrew Void 1t is to be hoped
that the Board will eventually act
favorably on Andrews case for he
deserves some leniency.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

A kid glove, evidently belonging
to one of the guards on duty in the
dollhouse, Sunday, Jan. 2Sth, has
been found, and owner may have
same by applying to the turnkey.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

The occupant of cell 500 desires
the loan Of a volume or two on
mathematics to aid him in his
studies. He has several good books
which he will loan as a return favor.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

Apropos the record breaking cold
weather we have had during the
past month, Steward Hill remarked
that Battle Hollow was, to his
notion, the coolest place on the
map, and that the reason the real
location of the north pole has SO
long remained undiscovered. was
because the prison was built over it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

Mr.. Ground Hog walked right
out, (saw his shadow turned
around and walked right in again. y
and will stay there, Old Hutch says,
for six full weeks in March,"
Soapy Tom was moved to say that
Somebody orter been on hand wild
uh CHAT and nailed him. which re-
mark undoubtedly harmonizes with
the sentiments of all of lis.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

The occupant of cell 500 wishes to
purchase standard books on survey
ing from any inmate who has same
and cares to dispose of them at
second hand prices.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

The Saltwater Gazette should be
called to task for melting strike
among The Mirror prints. The Ga
zette. remafking on our recently ac-
CURED and more recently to be dis
carded custom of printing the names
of newspapers in italics, called it a
diabolical practice and advised the
printers to strike for their rights
which one of them, Battling B.,
proceeded to do. The Gazette's adj
vice did accomplish some good after
all, for Battling B. is now handling
soiled linen, so we are inclined to
leave the Ratchet buried for the
present.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08
MRRORETTE9
Holiday Monday.

Supt. Williams accompanied two
ladies on trip through the prison,
Monday afternoon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08
Chapel Sevice.

The following is the program
rendered in the Chapel Sunday,
Dec. Oath, Father Corcoran offici-
ating.
March-All Want is Smile from You, Ted Helf
Orchestra.
Selection-The FiIibusters' -. VIM. Lorraine
Orchestra.
Hymn-Loving Kindness Congregation
Scripture ....................... Father COrcoran
Waltzes-Over The Waves Juventino Rosas
Orchestra,
Prayer. ............... ...Father COrcOran
Gospel Reading .......... rather COrcOran
Hymn-On1y Beam of Sunshine. Congregation
March Soldiers Life. Phi. Farhbach
Orchestra
L. w. Burchard,
Musical Director.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

The occupant of cell 491 would
be glad to receive magazines of any
kind.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

Discovered at last! The mystic
rious piano player, W b 0 Sunday
after Sunday has sent great waves
of melody echoing through the cell
house from the Chapel hall, proved
to be no other than our talented
Deputy Warden. It is to be hoped
that he will continue the weekly
serenades, regardless Of the fact that
the secret is revealed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

Tiger" says Wertheimer in
Meat George Allan England's
story in the February Red Book
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

Deputy Coles was absent on
business for few hours, last Tues
day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

Cell changes: 1913 to ST.; ST. to
493; 233 to 214; 214 to 233; $50 to
cot 4; 81 to cot 10; 25l to cot IL;
cot 10 to 81; cot IL to 500; 572 to
Hosp; 552 to cot Ia; 352 to 272;
COZ to Ord; 137 to 439; cot - to N.
r. 157 to 3rd; 24S to 266; 257 to
248; 638 to 257; "A to q. G.; $50 to
1913; 439 to 1877; 1872 to N. p.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08
Population.

Total number of inmates. (. 79S
Working at New Prison ...... IA
Received during week. ...... 10
Discharged during week. 4
Number in First Grade. go. 592
Number in Second Grade. -. 1876
Number in Third Grade. ..... 10
Paroled ....-....... ...... 1
Last serial number. 3637
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-08

L. w. Burchard,
Musical Director.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-12-05

law or 1908 has been fuzzy iuaulcd y,
the success achieved IN removing pre-
viously existing undue discrminators
against American products. yet expert.
ence has shown that this feature of
the law should be amended in such
way as to provide a fully effective
means OF meeting the varying degree
Of discriminatory treatment of Ameri
can commerce in foreign countries sill.
encountered. as well as to protec
against injurious treatment on the palt
Of foreign governments through eithc
legislative or administrative measure
the financial interests abroad of Amer.
can citizens whose enterprises enlarge
the market for American commodities
l cannot too strongly recommend 10
the congress the passage of some such
enabling measure as the bill which was
recommended by the secretary of state
in his letter of Dec. 13, 1911. The OBJ
ject of the proposed legislation is, In
brief, to enable the executive to apply,
as the case may require, to any or all
commodities, whether or not on the
free list from a country which discrim-
mates against the United States.
graduated scale Of duties up to the
maximum of 20 per cent ad valorem
provided in the present law.
Flat tariffs are out of date Nations
no longer accord equal tariff treatment
to all other nations irrespective of the
treatment from them received. Such
flexible power at the command of the
executive would serve to moderate any
unfavorable tendencies on the part OF
those countries from which the imr1r
tations into the United States are sub
stantally confined to articles on the
free list as well as of the countries
which find lucrative market I'm tda
United States for their products under
existing custom rates. 1t Is very IeccS,.
sary that the American government
should be equipped with weapons 20
negotiation adopted to modern econom.
ic conditions in order that we may AZ
all times be In position to gain not
only technically just but actually equit-
able treatment for our trade and also
for American enterprises and vested in
terests abroad
Business Secured to Our Country by
Direct Official Effort.
AS illustrating the commercial bene-
fits to the nation derived from the new
diplomacy and its effectiveness upon
the material as well as the more ideal
side, 1t may be remarked that through
direct official efforts alone there have
been obtained in the course of this
administration contracts from foreign.
governments involving an expenditure
Of $50000,000 in the factories of the
United States.
1t is germane to these observations &c
remark that in the two years that have
elapsed since the successful negotla
tion of our new treaty with Japan.
which at the time seemed to present So
many practical difficulties, our export
trade to that country has Increased at
the rate of over $1,0O0.0OO a month
Our exports to Japan for the year end
ed June 80. 1910. were S21 ,959,310.
while for the year ended June 30, 1912.
the exports were $53,47s.046, a net in
crease In the sale Of American prod.
ucts Of nearly $50 per cent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-12-05

The political disturbances In China
In the autumn and winter of 1o11-12
resulted In the abdication Of the Man
chu rulers on Feb. u, followed by the
formation of a provisional republican
government empowered to conduct the
AFFAIRS Of the nation until permanent
government might be regularly estab
lished. The natural sympathy Of the
American people with the assumption
Of republican principles by the Chinese
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-12-05

Congress should fully realize the
conditions which obtain In the world
as we find ourselves at the threshold
Of our middle age as a nation. We
have emerged full grown as a peer in
the great concourse of nations. We
have passed through various formative
periods. We have been self centered
In the struggle to develop our do
nestle questions. The nation 10 nov
too mature to continue in its foreign
relations those temporary expedients
natural to a people to whom domestic
affairs are the sole concern.
Continued on page s.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-28
M'KINLEY BERATES
COLONEL ROOSEVELT IN
=. TAFT STATEMENT

Washington, May 27.--Represen-
tative Mckinley, director OF Presi-
dent Taft's campaign committee, in
a statement. today, declared that 1t
was Col. Roosevelts apparent inten-
tion to bolt if not nominated at
Chicago.
starting out as he did "a mere
receptive candidate said Mr.. Nc
KinIey, "Mr. Roosevelt has made
rapid mental progress in the last
three months to bring him to the
point where he feels it incumbent
upon himself to attempt to hold up
the party which twice made MIN
president. The Republican party
has been in the habit, in the past,
OF making deliberate choices or It's
presidential candidates and it is not
used to the process of having a gun
poked under its face, accompanied
by a demand from any one candi'
date to stand and deliver
II am firmly convinced that the
Republican national convention vii
make its choice a deliberate one
and that President Taft with hi;
majority of the convention, alread,
in hand, will be the nominee on th'
first ballot"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-28

TAFT CLOSES APPEAL
TO NEW JERSEY VOTERS
AT ATLANTIC CITY

Atlantic City, N. j., May 81
with a speech to crowd that fill
ed Young's pier back to the board
walk, with an overflow on the
walk itself. President Taft practi-
cally closed his campaign for the
New Jersey delegation tonight for
four hours tomorrow he will cam
paien on his way from the coast to
the Delaware river. He will not
make his last speech until one hour
before the polls open, but his po-
litical advisers are of the opinion.
with his speech tonight, the Presi-
dent had done his utmost to win
New Jersey.
Expressions from these advisers
were optimistic and Mr., Te8, ap-
parently felt that his tour Of The
state had not been in vain.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-28
LIGHTNING SHOCKS
TELEPHONE LINEMAN.

Roy Allen, lineman for the Home
Telephone Co., narrowly escaped
death when lightning struck pole
on which he was working, near
Villa Ridge, Sunday afternoon. j..
n. Cecil was at the bottom of the
poll with his testing set when the
Struck. He was unin-
jured He saw Allen dangling in
the cross arms, only prevented from
falling to the ground by one of his
arms and legs having been caught
in the cross arms. He was appar-
entity dead. Ernest Adams who was
near by having on a pair Of climb
ers went to Aliens rescue and sue
ceeded in extracting him from his
perilous position. Although being
badly shocked Allen recovered and
will sustain no serious injury In
consequence.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-05-28
CAIRO ELECTRIC co.
NEW BUILDING WILL
COST 100000

The new addition to the Cairo
Electric Light and Power Co.'S
plant will cost $4,000. This build
ing will be of brick and located in
the rear of the present building
and will be similar in size and
construction.
The contract for the addition
has been given to Contractor Frank
Ferguson, who will begin work on
it as soon as material can be placed
on the ground which will be with
in short time.
The cost of the additional ma
chinery to be installed by the com
pany will be much more than the
cost of this building, the total cost
of both being approximately $175,-
900.
The increased demand for power
and lights has taxed the plant
necessitating an increased supply
] Of "the juice"