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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07
Is 1t Right?

Not long ago in looking over an
exchange printed in an eastern
prison, the pictures and descriptions
of four parole violators wanted at
that institution, were printed and a
reward offered for each man.
OF course it is the privilege Of
every institution to run their paper
to suit themselves. but it really
seems out of place for a paper, sup
posed to be devoted to the best in
terests of inmates to take this meth
Cd of experimenting men.
The paper in question not only
printed pictures and descriptions of
the men, but gave the place of resi-
dence of their known relatives and
friends. That part of it seems to
be entirely unnecessary.
A paper of this kind naturally
has large circulation, and perhaps
will fall into the hands of neighbor
of one of these mems relatives.
Biff! Bang! and the entire com
munity is told that Mr.. So and Sos
brother has been in the penitentiary
and til good" town people at
once proceed to make things dis
agreeable for said relative. Is i,
fair to the relatives and friends OF
prisoners, wanted by penltentiaries,
to have their descriptions printed in
this manner?
It would still be bad enough, but
not near SO bad, if they had con.
tented themselves with only print.
ing the pictures and descriptions
and have left off the part in refer
ence to relatives.
Is'it right to make innocent PEG
PIE suffer for the wrongs of others
Some may be of that opinion, bu
the writer hereof thinks different
No doubt the printing of these de-
scriptions in this manner will cause
more misery to innocent people thar
they will ever know of, and in al
probability do no good towards APP
pretending the men mentioned.
/ Again [ ask: Is 1t Right?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07

ANOTHER indication that woman s
suffrage is coming. For twelve
years wife gave up her earnings to
her husband; for twelve years she
stood the beatings of the brute, but
finally she rebelled, left the miser-
able being and secured divorce
Now that low-down cuss will be
obliged to earn his own living or &c
to Jail. The world do move
Gazette.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07

APRoPos the so-called wave of
crime now supposed to be engulfing
the land, VIM. Marion Reedy has
the following to say in the St. Louis
MIRROR: There's always a wave
of crime when the submerged tenth
is rendered more than usually rest
less by the trituration of hard times.
The waves that start from the bot
tom are most dangerous"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07
BY THE RIGHT OF WAY
Chuzzlewit
Side Tracks.

There was a prosecuting attorney
in the South who was so uniformly
successful with his cases that he not
only became the terror to evildoers,
but an object of admiration to every
one, and especially tothe negroes of
the city IN which he lived
When he left public Office he was
at once sought out by those charged
with crime. Much to his chagrin
the first two cases that he defended
resulted in the conviction of his
clients.
An old negro who had watched
his prosecutions in admiring won
der, and looked on with equal won
der now that he conducted the de-
Tense, accosted him just after bis
second defeat.
Mars Earle" he said, in awed
tones you sho is a wonder; no mat
ter which side you's on they goes to
the pen jes' the same.''
An Irishman on returning home
to his native land gave vent to his
joyful feelings by exclaimipg repeat
eddy: "Hurrah for Ireland! Hurrah
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07

RIsoNREFoRM is gaining ground
every day." remarks the WASHING
TON HERALD. Yes" adds another
exchange, I'VE hear that one of our
penal institutions ia going to have
graduating exercises this year." The
author of the last remark seems to
have been grossly misinformed.
Only reform schools hold gradual
ing exercises.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07

The editor of the BORDER
CALL. a socialistic paper published
at International Falls, Mimi, was
given "a Jail sentence for sending
obscene literature through the mails.
There .ase quite a number of news
paper and magazine publishers in
the country who should be given a
dose of the same medicine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07

DIR. NJ. p. RAvENAL, director of
the Wisconsin hygienic laboratory,
states that many religious papers
are the worst offenders in publish
ING patent medicine advertisements
This has long been a well known
fact, but then, even religious papers
have to live,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07

ONCE more the black cloud of
revolution seems about to envelope
the fair land of Mexico. If another
Diaz lis mot at hand to man the helm
when the storm breaks, it is alto
gether probable that foreign inter
.yention will result.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07
EDITORIAL REMARKS.

efforts are highly absurd and will
never amount to anything. FOR facts
prove that booze and crime are
Synonymous; and plausibility, even
when highly eolored, cannot dis
prove facts.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07
THE real balance Of power is the
balance at the bankers.

PAROLE violatoRs are rank trait
OFFS. The best way to be rid vf
them is to make parole violation a
crime and attach Ia good stiff pen
atty.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07

Born SIDES" of Minneapolis. is
strenuously endeavoring to prove
that booze" is not the cause of the
great percentage of crime. Such
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07
Behind the Mask
By Gayhoppin.

E following paragraph
was taken from an ar
ticle pu b lis h ed in
Born SIDES. a paper
devoted to the inter
ests of the liquor deal
ers:
1t would be well
for saloon keepers to
remember t h a t the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-07
TO INN ATES.

information arrivals and all Others desiring send TIE MIRROR
number this Office with and M
which received and placed door Fri
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public for
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WILDE expended i lie library.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28
THE FORTUNE HUNTER"
Big Attraction Coming to East
Jordan.

THE Fortune Hunter" coming TO
the Temple Theatre on Tuesday. jan
uary Tth. brings with IL a record of
almost two years unbroken success in
New York and one year in Chicago.
But IL briggs more than that. II
brings hundred and more delicious
laughs, innnmerable happy little
Jumps for your throat, thrills. gasps,
ami ecstaeies galore. For 1.-The For
tune Hunter" Is a sgn p st that
points the way 10 all things in Amer
lean life worth while, one OF the
brightest, cleanest. bappiest comedies
that has yet been written in this
country.
Nat Duncan is, when the action
opens, down-and-out. Incompetent.
fired bv his firm, he has drIfted back
u New York in time TO find his old
college chum. Harry kellog. at the
height Of business success. Nat has
tried every thing. bul "A life Of luxury
has untitled him for work and IL
seems To him that an open gas Jet or
the East River is all that is left for
| HIM.
81 know way in which, il you're
! not too particular, You can make "a
million dollars in year" says Kel-
log. And in this line. the whole
scheme OF the play centers.
The idea is for Nat 10 travel 10
smali town far away from New York
and by his good Clothes aud city man
Ders win the daughter OF The town
! millionare. 1t will be an easy matter
as his friend points out. to cut out
the country suitOrs who have STAYED
at home as the sole representatives OF
mascuIinitv. Certain rules must be
follow ed:-no dissipation 10 shock the
villagers, hard work and church
Nat agrees TO the rules and accepts
loan from his friend 10 finance the
scheme.
The action shifts TO the small city
of Kadville, Penna., far from the
bright lights and city ma0ners. Into
thu poor little drug store OF Sam Gra-
ham. an inventor and ne'er.do- well,
the fortune hunter comes in search of
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28
A NEW YEARS PRAYER.

In the new year may we keep our
reverence unimpaired for the hum
ble-minded, and those who have suf-
fered much; our humor alert for our
own mistakes and our self-suffi cheney,
and not at any time wreak il upon
the aged, the crippled, the obscure,
May we guard childhood and honor
age, however infirm and petulant, be-
cause 1t has gone long way on the
same road that bruises our feet; and
ever seek to prolong the brief moment
OF Joy as 1t visits children and lovers.
May we have the grace to rejoice in
the flow of life as 1t moves through
from generation to generation, and to
be purified by the mystery in which
we dwell--the night silences and the
wonder OF our inner life. May we
know that humanity is vaster than
any creed of its devising, any church
Of its building, any religion of it's
shaping. May we look upon the wide
spread spectacle Of human suffering
and, having endured to look upon 1t,
learn to know our single life-seem-
ingly SO unique-as a drop OF that in
finite sea. When II comes our time
to realize that In this earthly progress
we shall not long dwell with happiness
or with success, may we clear our
spirit OF bitterness. and in calm
strength continue at the work.-Col-
lier's Weekly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28
BRINGING IN THE
new YEARS WATER

Perhaps in no part OF the British
Isles is the New Year heralded with
more quaint and curious customs than
in Pembrokeshire. That picturesque
county abounds with strange customs
and rare superstitions, and IL you are
a lover of the curious and picturesque
customs of bygone days, the day OF
days to be IN Pembrokeshire is on
January l.
You will very probably be awakened
by the strains of some musical instru-
ment-preferably a concertina or &C.
Gordon, but a mouth-organ will do
and the singing of children's voices
of the following words
Rise up New Years morning.
The cocks are all a-crowing:
And if you think II is too soon,
Rise up and look at the stars and moon.
II you are enthusiastic enough to
descend you will find group of boys
of all ages on your doorstep. armed
with little cups or mugs OF cold water
and sprigs OF box, clamoring for
the New Years water" to be taken
In. II you accede to their request, the
Bprigs of box are dipped into the New
Years water and a tiny shower
sprinkled over your face.
This Is supposed to bring great good
luck to you and your household. but
three things must be carefully OBJ
served-the bearers OF good luck must
come inside your door, every member
OF the household must go through this
ordeal by water to ensure luck to HIM
self, or herself, and the bringers OF
the luck must be rewarded In a man.
ner suitable to your position. The
well-to-do give small silver. and per-
haps refreshments; others coppers;
and some Of the poorest sweets. or
-9pges, nuts, cake etc.
Every good Pembrokeshire house
wife lays in store Of small coins and
good things of the season, In readiness
for the early visits of the youth OF her
town or village. and many deny them
selves to do this. To assert that the
bringing Of the New Years water"
does not bring good luck would be re-
garded a. rank blasphemy.
Girls are considered very unlucky to
enter your house first on New Years
Day, and dark persons are preferred
10 those Of fair complexion as luck
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28
oringers. To avoid anything 80 ter

bringers. To avoid anything so ter
rible as the entry OF a girl or wom-
an or fair person first on New Years
Day. the doors are kept locked, and
when a knock is heard the caller is
either inspected from a window or
some other coign of vantage, or In
terrogated through the closed door.
This all may appear very absurd in
print. but IL you pay visit to Tenby
or some other place in the premier
county Of Wales" you will enter into
the spirit of the thing, and feel the de-
light of hearing the familiar greeting.
"a Happy New Year." accompanied
ny tiny jet OF Icy water on your
face.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28

a job. How he takes 1t without pay,
how he finds that the country folk
are human after all, how the town
heiress throws her arms about hun.
aud how he at last sldesteps her for
the sweeter daughter of the old drug,
gist. all these things are told with
humor aud human feeling in the best
Of plays.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28

again-Pa Time! He's
"Once a
numbered
1t
The all
he timber his when dollar Although
yearly speech don't let
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28

new year at the vernal equinox. March
%, as the beginning of the year This
Is astronomically the beginning of
spring and is really a logical time to
begin the new year. In England
Christmas Day, December 25, was New
Years Day until William the Con-
queror came. His coronation fell on
January 1 and he ordered that that
day be observed as New Years there
after. In 1882 the pope promulgated
the Gregorian calendar, and New
Year, which medieval Europe there
tofore had observed March 25, was
finally fixed for the first day Of Jan
uary.
The sole record of the observance
of the New Year by the Pilgrims In
the New World named New England
was most prosaic. most brief-"we
went to work betimes," Many of the
good Puritan minister's thought the
celebration OF the day savored or !..i
proper and unchristian reverence for
the heather god Janus. Yet these
English settlers came from a land
where New Years Eve and New
Years Day were second in Importance
and in domestic observance only tc
Christmas.
No English holiday was Of much
account that was not observed with
flowing bowl. On New Years Eve the
wassail bowl was filled with spiced
ale and drunk in families. and poorer
folk tied bowl with ribbons and
begged for money for ale to fill and
refill the bowl, singing:
wassail. wassail all over the town.
Our toast II is white, our ale II Is brown:
Our bowl II is made OF a maplin tree.
We be good fellows all, drink to thee.
In some parts of England the old
year Is swept out" by men and boys
with blackened faces dressed to rep
resent sweeps, In others 1t Is burned
out" with bonf1res. Sometimes 1t Is
rung out with muffled bells that are
unmufiled and rung clear after IL
o'clock.
In Derbyshire when the clock struck
IL the house door was thrown open
as for an honored guest, and the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28
The New Year.

Who knows what opportunity may
come TO us this year? Let us live in
a great spirit, then we shall be ready
for a great occasion.-Dean Hodges.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28

New Year was
ushered in with q
shout of "Wel.
comet" and the
first human In.
conner was watch.
ed for with much
eagerness, a wom
an visitor being
thought - rather
ungallantly - to
bring ill-luck; a
light-haired man
was also regarded
with much dis.
favor. In Lanca,
8 h Ire m q n y
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28

ushered In with aswarthy. dark
shout Of "Wel- haired men went
come!" from bo,sa tc
house on New Years morn ito take
the New Year in." receiving a gift OF
liquor or money from each host. In
Scotland this "first-footing" was q
ceremony OF much inportance: and
so universal was the custom of visit
ing from house to house that a cen.
-tury ago. In Edinburgh. the streets
were more thronged from IL toll in
the New Years morning than at mid
day. AS II was deemed unlucky to
enter house empty-handed, the visi-
tors bore with them cakes, cheese
and bowls or kettles OF "hot pint" As
parties OF friends met In the streets
they exchanged cakes and buns and
slipped each others drink.
The New Year.
Each New Year is leaf OF our loves
rose;
IL falls. but quick another rose-icaf
grows.
So is the flower from year to year the
same.
Bur richer. for the dead leaves feed its
flame.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28
About this Time

q Some men swear off for New
Years day. and some among the
bills forget the "off' part Of it.
q Some men wear suspenders which
fair hands have decorated and
thank heaven that tailors invented
waistcoats.
q Some generous women are won-l
dering why their husbands new
smoking jacket smells like singed
boiled dinner.
q Some men are in the cellar fitting
the gay bands of wife's holiday
cigars laborlously upon surrepti-
tous substitutes and meditating on
the rubber industry.
q Some girls are wondering whether
he gave her the ring this year, and
whether he considers THAT a
Christmas gift.
q Some neighbors are wishing that
little Willie might wax in strength;
he can't hit the head of the drum
quite hard enough yet.
q Some little maids know more
than they did about the internal
anatomy Of dolls and woolly lambs.
and weep amid the sawdust.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28
TO OUR FRIENDS
AND PATRONS:

We trust that you have had a very
prosperous year in every way that the
name implies We thank you most
heartily for the part you have taken in
making our business successful and prosper
GUS and wishing you all Happy and
Prosperous New Year, we remain,
Very truly,
..-.~s FRED E. BOOSINGER.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-12-28

the summer and the
autumn.
The ancient Egyp-
tians and Persians
began the new year
at the autumnal equi-
nox, September %.
and the Greeks In
the time OF Solon--
after whom every
rural lawmaker has
called himself ever
since-at the winter
solstice, December
81. The Romans be-
gan the year with
the winter solstice
until Caesar chang
ed 1t to January 1.
The Jews began the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-25
SPEAKER DISCUSSES
ALLEY CONDITIONS
Thomas Jefferson Jones Makes Ad.
dress on Subject to Members
of 7. W. C. A.

An urgent appeal for the betterment
Of alley conditions in Washington was
made in an address delivered by Thomas
Jefferson Jones, of the National Bureau
of Education and chairman of the hous-
ing committee OF the Monday Evening
Club, yesterday afternoon, at the ves-
per services Of the Young Women's
Christian Association.
Mr.. Jones emphasized the construction
and distribution OF the go alleys in the
city. He stated that the largest num-
Der of alleys were to be found in the
best residential sections OF the city and
exposed the residents of these sections
to disease which their mode Of living
would otherwise protect them from.
The only practical method, he declared.
Of remedying the existing evils, would
be for Congress TO appropriate enough
money to convert the alleys into minor
streets. The alley problem has been
brought to the attention of the Commits
sioners and they are being urged to rec
ommend such a plan. During the last
five years ST5 alley houses have been
condemned and at that rate II would be
fifty years before the city gets nd OF
its $500 such houses.
Another point brought out by Mr.. Jones
was the large rate of infant mortality
in alley houses. The death toll among
infants born in the alleys is S75 out OF
every 1000, while the rate in the street
houses is 15S out of every 1000. This
much greater death rate, Mr.. Jones
claimed. was due entirely TO the deplor-
able conditions found in the alleys. He
asserted that the alley conditions in
Washington were the worst to be found
in the country. save perhaps, in few
Of the Southern cities, where the intense
summer heat make it almost impossible
for babies to survive.
A number of ministers will, next Sun
day, deliver sermons on the alley prob
lem and appeal to their congregations to
lend their aid in securing remedial leg
islation at the next session of Congress.
On next Monday the Good Housekeepers
Association, of which Mrs DR.. Wiley is
president, will discuss the problem at
meeting to be held in the Board Of Trade
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-25
SOME GUN BUILDER.
Navy Can Construct Them Cheaper
Than They Can Be Bought.

The navy can build its own guns
cheaper than they can be bought, &C
cording to bids received at the Navy
department on an order for four and
five-inCh guns.
The naval gun factory at the Wash
inglOn Navy Yard submitted the lowest
price in both instances. Offering to make
the fvG-inch guns for S,2O2 each and
the four-inch guns for $3.50 each. Next
lowest was the War Department gun
factory at Watervliet, n. Y, which
made a price of $3.50 for the five-inch
guns and $500 for the four-inch guns.
The bids of the Midvale Steel Com
pany and the Bethlehem Steel Company
were far in excess OF both the army
and navy figures. Navy Department Of
fiCials here declared that figures showed
that the administration and manage
ment of the navy yard shops have been
brought to a high degree of efficiency.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-25
CARS IN CRASH AT SWITCH.
Half Score of Passengers Badly
JOItel hut Unhurt.

Half a score of passengers were badly
jolted, but uninjured. in a head-on crash
between two cars of the Anacostia and
Potomac Railway Company at a switch
in Nichols Avenue, near Talbert Street
Southeast, shortly after o'clock last
night
Because of a misunderstanding in the
signals between the motormen, both cars
were run into the switch at the same
time, partially wrecking the front vesti-
buIes and causing damage estimated at
SlOO.
Car No. q, southbound. was in charge
of MotOrman Raymond Rice and Con-
duCtOr Charles E. Rice. No. 3S7 was
nOrthbound. in charge OF Motorman Will
lam II. BramwelI and Conductor Charles
Carter.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-25
REFUSED TO BE "MUGGED."
Prisoner, on Advice of Counsel,
BnIks Police Officials.

That the police have no legal right to
photograph a prisoner prior to convic-
ton has been revealed in the case Of
Reverde ]. Clagett, thirty-fOu years old,
of 81 North Carolina Avenue Southeast,
who was wanted on the charge OF grand
larceny.
acting on advice of his counsel, for
mer Assistant District Attorney Charles
H. Turner, Clagett refused to permit the
police to mug him for the purpose OF
placing his photograph in the rogues' gal
lery, claiming he was innocent, and will
be freed as soon as he is arraigned in
court.
Police officials made no effort to force
Clagett to submit to a photograph, say
ing he had assumed a just attitude. Cla-
gett was taken in custody on charge
of stealing notes of the value of $173 from
Denver c. Booth. Of S529 Holmead Place
Northwest.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-25

CLOCK. WATCH, AND JEwELRY RE-
hssrsd :. Z Andss0n. 81 18th 81 nE. Tsl h.2ssk
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-25
RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY

OOU 1nEhN hh1L"h1.
PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH
n. B.-FollOWing schedule figures puhlisAAd rsly -
information and not guaranteed.
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON,
For Atlanta, Montgomery. Mobile. New Orieans
$50 a. m. and loa5 p. m daily. Dining earA
For Chattanooca and Memphis. via AsheTile iio
p. m. and 1910 p. N daily.
For Atlanta, Columbus Birmingham, $50 4 N.
and 40 .. m. daily Dining cars.
For Atlanta, Admission. Tanadega. Cslera, Selma
$50 4 m and as ?. m. daily. and for UniontOwu
Demopolis Meridian $50 4 n daily Dining esrl
For Roanoke, Bristol Knoxville. Chattanooga
Birmingham. Meridian. vicksburg. New orieans
1910 p m. daily. Dining or.
For Roanoke. Knoxville. Chatanoogs, Nashville
Memphis. $40 N. daily. Steering car may Be
occupied after 300 .. N. Dining car
For AEheTlle. $50 g. m. SIS p N, and 1913 D N
daily. Dining czrA
For Columbia. summeTile Charleston, Aken
Augusta, Savannah Brunswick, Jacksonville and
Florida points. s S p. m. daily. Dining car
Tourist car for California daily excerpt Sunday IS
p. m.
For DanTille LncaD. 80 g. N daily
For HarrisonburE. $50 a. m daily tparloF c.rI,
So D m. tparior carl. and go p m. week days
For Charlottesville uocaD. 80 a. m and 80
p. m daily.
For warrrnton. 80 a. m, II 90 a m. so p. m.
daily; 535 p. N tparior carl and 50 p. m. week
days L. g. BROWN. General Aren't