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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

mind John old scout, it can't last
forever.
Deputy Backland had charge of
the drilling Sunday and marked
improvement was evident. w e
didn't win the prize, however, or at
least we didn't see any of the nee
essary weed. Try it again Deputy.
Mr.. Frawley is back from his va
cation with coat of tan an inch
thick and smile that won't come
off. John visited with friends
throughout the state and some in
Wisconsin and says he is feeling fit
and able to stand it another year.
No ducks, they were too wild, so he
said.
Say A. F. B., couldn't you will us
a pair of your old shoes when you
leave? We have quite a few rats
without homes over here and your
old shoes would come in handy.
Oh rats. By-the-way, 10 10 says
that if you are dissatisfied, to recon-
mend you to him for a cure. How
about it?
Monty has gone to splitting hairs
over the checker game played, but
nevertheless he challenged Nc. E.
to play at his (Monty's) bunk, the
best three out of five games for the
championship and anything from a
pipeful to an armful of the M. S. P.
best. He won't be satisfied until he
gets trimmed right. Beware Monty,
Nc. is hard she'll.
The ladies of the Christian Sci
ence church held services here Sun
day. The ladies do more good than
they really know and their work
is to be praised. We were favored
with solo by a lady member of
the church, Mrs. Lewis Wilson.
We hope to be 50 favored again in
the near future. The song was we'll
selected and beautifully rendered.
| walked into the eats empor-
ium" the other evening, with a bad
bunch of the blues. / felt as though
| haden't friend in the world and
as if no one had good thought for
me or for what | cared for. Issat
down at the table with my head bowed
down, detected, thinking 1 didn't
care a rap what became of me or the
world at large. The Deputy reach
ed over and tapped the bell and l
came to with jolt, opened my eyes.
looked at my plate, hitched my
chair little closer, rubbed my eyes
and looked again. pinched myself
and asked my neighbor to stick me
with pin; ] was awake alright.
The blues left me at once and | was
at peace with the world. / found
that someone had been thinking of
me and what / cared for. | learned
afterward, that j Johnnie NJ. had been
working hard all afternoon prepar-
ing treat for the boys and there
had been thinking that no one was
thinking of me. Every cloud has a
silver lining and my lining came in
the form of hot-ta-males; three
great big ones, too! Thanks Johnnie.
come again.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

We had held in reserve few
choice remarks anent that spinach
of A. F. BIS, but they seem to
have suddenly slipped our mind. 1t
was certainly surprise to learn that
A. F. B. is such an enthusiastic dis
oiple of John L.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Now that the labor crisis in the
northwest is over and Uncle ST has
his threshing done, we few hundred
gents can sleep once more without
worrying who is going to do the
work.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

The twin city newspapers are
crowded with business chance adver-
tisements of Greeks who are going
home to fight. Now is the chance
to get fruit stand or a peanut and
popcorn wagon, meanwhile, in spite
of the Wars wild alarms and the
ferment of Grease" and "Italio"
the government at Washington still
lives surrounded by the peaceful
army of Coke
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Florist King and his assistant
have completed their repairs on the
greenhouse, and now have their
winters supply of plants safely shell
tered from any attack of Jack Frost.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Judging by the number and bulk
Of dictionaries accumulated by Mr.
Kilograms lately, we have come to
the conclusion that he is preparing
to launch forth another batch of
those brilliant, binding flashes Of
wit, for which he is so Justly famed.
Just on spec" a column or two of
type has been case-hardened, to de-
gree sufficient to withstand the shock
of the friest Telegram, without
melting.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Whose rooms are those that have
latticed work on the DOORS asked
lady visitor of our courteous guard?
oh, those madam, are the bridal
chambers and they are all vacant
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Our little world is a much divided
camp nowadays, awaiting W h
breathless interest the "latetst'' on
the World Series and what Wilson
Taft Roosevelt said last.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Warden Wolfer passed through
The Mirror Office in company with
a party of visitors, Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Capt. French, who is on night du-
ty in the print shop, is rapidly be-
coming familiar with the iDtricacies
of the art preservative of arts"
He has not, as yet, however, made
the acquaintance of that far famed
print shop insect type louise,
but the introduction to his louseship
only awaits the srrival of a special
consignment of jack screws, wedges,
etc, to bolster up our courage for
the ordeal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Don't be alarmed should you hear
any unusual noises. The Assyrians
and Bybylonians are under discus
sion this week in the eight grade
class
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Mr.. G. w. Bray of Biwabik. Mimi,
was escorted around the institution
by DR.. Newman, last Saturday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Did you notice how skillfully and
gracefully our chief tonsorial artist
dishes out the prunes? Tom is the
lather when it comes to handling our
frothv
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Our Street Commissioner is work
ing hard to reduce the crop of leaves
on our main avenue. Tom says it's
like shoveling fog off of Lowry Hill.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Our esteemed Sing Sing contem-
porary is sporting new heading on
it's front page. The Star of Hope is
always up-tO-date.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Some one said the Patrol board"
did not meet. No doubt our Per-
sian friend had reference to his es-
cape from the Turkish Patrol.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Our next holiday will be Novem-
Der 9th, General Election Day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Keeper Hartley of the Hospital is
on the sick list at the present wri-
ting. Capt. French is acting in his
Mace
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Cell changes: 531 to 122; $40 to
80; $50 to Sd; 504 to 400; 400 to 5O4;
35l to $40; $40 to 351; SIG to 664;
1876 to 513; and the following to the
New Prison: 571; $40; 1913; 513;
542; 40; "a; $50; 3S3.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Mr.. Christensen, foreman of the
wood shop, and his right hand man;
winks'' repaired the broken win
dows in The Mirror office, Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17
M/RRORETTES

Deputy Warden Coles left to en-.
joy his annual vacation Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17
Chapel Service.

The following is the program
rendered in the Chapel, Sunday,
Oct. 18th, Father Corcoran officiat-
ing.
Iarch-Summer Days............ AL Plantadosi
Orchestra
Oavotte-Sweet Love. .......Robt. VollStedt
Orchestra.
Hymn-Christ Receiveth Sinful Men .............
Congregation
Scripture. COrCOTan
Medley Overtures, "reminiscences of the South.
Orchestra
Prayer. ........................Fa Father Corcoran
Gospel Reading ........... .......Father Corcoran
SERMON. .FatneT SOrCOIdn
Hymn-Rock of Ages...-........... Congregation
March-Georgia Echoes ..........E H. Kelly
L. w. Burchard,
Musical Director.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17
Population.

Total number OF inmates. 837
Working at New Prison 800. l4O
Received during week. ...... IL
Discharged during week. 1
Number in First Grade. -. 658
Number in Second Grade. ia
Number in Third Grade. $50. 5
Paroled 80. O
Last serial mum Der. 1884
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Marquard won a q victory
over O'Brien in the next session.
Both are fingers Of the salvated
sphere. Both sides got seven hits
but the Giants played the best ball
and got a deserved victory.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

Dear Boobies:
Before you discontinue your col
umn | wish to direct your attention
to the fact that as a baseball pro-
phet, Pm the goods old Hutch and
others to the contrary. Didn't l
pick the Red Sox? And that amt
all, I've been picking winners all
sumlner-except on that little af-
fair out at Las Vegas. l enclose
herewith a poem on the Worlds
Series which will convince you that
all the literary talent IN the COM
munity hasn't been corralled. The
poem:
From literary Boston
Sometimes called the Hub,
Also the home of culture
Comes a baseball club.
Called by some the Red Sox
By others the Speed Boys,
They put the Giants on the rocks
lust like bunch on toys.
Then lets have name
For this bunch of thrillers
That will add to their fame,
Why not the Giants Killers?
Il
Soapy Tom
Well why not, Tom? l t suits us.
oh it's Tommy this,
And it's Tommy that.
And it's Tommy go away.
But it's thank you, Mr.. Tommy"
Every shaving day.-With apologies to
Kipling.
In the next the peerless Mathew
son essayed to stop the Hose, and
indeed put up one of those valiant
efforts for which he is renowned.
but through messed plays by his
team mates, the best he could do
was to hold Boston to an eleven in
ming tie, score 6-6. Matty should
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17
boobies

Well, the 1912 Worlds Series il
a thing of the past.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17

And the Red Sox are the Champs.
Nothing very startling about that.
But it is curious that of all the prog
nostications by baseball writer's
prior to the contest, 95 per cent. of
them picked Boston to win-and
not the least hesitation. Last year
the Giants we're selected by many to
trim the Athletics. This time their
seasons record was better than that
of 1911 so l looked for them to be
even favorites IN the betting.
According TO Ty Cobbs write up
of the contests Tesreau blames him.
self for dropping the first game.
Up to the seventh inning he had the
Red SoX up in The air with his moist
ball. In that frame with Wagner
and Cady batting in the order named
he looked for two easy outs. He
had been tipped off to give both bat
ters low ball but through over
confidence grooved couple of
waist high balls over the plate and
both batters combed out hits. They
then had chance to make double
play on Woods grounder but the
ball took bad bound and Doyle
was lucky to get Wood at first.
Hooper, next up. lined out a double
and broke up the game.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-10-17
Y ours truly
Soapy Tom
Well why not, Tom? 1t suits

oh it's Tommy this
And it's Tommy that
And it's Tommy go away.
But it's thank you, Mr. Tommy"
Every shaving day.-With apologies tc
Kip1ing.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
MR.. PECK DENIES THE STORY
To the Democ. ats q

To the Democ. ats of Elko
County;
AS the time for the primary
election approaches, stories Of all
kinds are put in circulation by
the frierds Of the different candi-
dates. These stories are intended to
help certain candidates and injure
others. .....
Having just returned to Elko
from tour of the county, l under
stand that story is in circulation
here to the effect that have
promised the people of Carlin to
Improve the road between that
town and Tuscarora to the detri-
ment of Elko in case am fortunate
enough to receive the nomination
at the primary election next Tues
day and am successful at the polls
in November.
This is to inform you that there
is absolutely no truth in the story
and that l have made no promise
whaeVer to any individual, firm or
corporation in Elko county. If
nominated and elected. I will enter
upon my duties free. unpledgcd
man and will perform those duties
TO the best of my ability, keeping
in view always the best interests of
the people of the entire county.
l believe in equal opportunities
for all and. if elected, will i'm
partially consider every proposition
that comes before the board of
county commissioners and act upon
them as my conscience and best
judgment dictate.
have been a resident of Elko
county 27 years and am fully con-
versant with its conditions and
needs stand by my record as a
citizen and have no apologies to
make for it. l believe in fair play
in politics and take this means to
inform you that | am under no
obligations to any individual or set
of individuals and have no promises
to fulfill, should | be elected
county commissioner.
Yours Respectfully.
j. H. Peck.
Elko, Nevada, August 81. 1912.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
NOTICE

The public school will open
Tuesday, September 3rd, and
parents are requested to start their
children on that day. The first
day is of vast Importance to a child
in getting started properly.
School books, etc. will he hand
led by Armstrong & Hayes, hut
pupils who are doubtful about
grading should not buy books be-
fore consulting the teachers.
P. G. McWhinney,
Supr. Principal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
FORFEITURE NOTICE

Elko, Nevada. August 20, 1912.
10 Ed. Rodgers:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the year of
1910 and 1911 Four Hundred
dollars in labor improvements upon
the Backbird and South Slope
Fraction lode mining claims,
situated in Lynn Mining District,
Eureka county. Nevada, the loca-
ton certificate of which is found of
re cord in Book D, Outside Mining
Locations, Page 39l, in the office
of the County Recorder of Eureka
County, Nevada, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions of
section 22 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, and the
amendment thereto approved
January %, 1880, concerning an
nual labor upon mining claims,
peing the amount required to hold,
said lodes for the period ending
December 81. 1911. And, if with
in ninety days from the personal
service of this notice. or within
ninety days after the publication
thereof, you fail or refuse to con-
tribute your proportion of such
expenditure as co.owner, which
amounts to 1898 1-3 your i'm
terest in the claims will become
the property of the subscribers,
your co-Owners, who have made the
required expenditure, by the terms
of said section.
John Adams
Ed Stack
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
122 YEARS OLD

Frank Baccus is celebrating
his 122nd birthday this month. He
is undoubtedly the ol1est man in
the west. There appears to be no
doubt of his age an his history is
replete with interesting details. He
is negro and at present at the
asylum. There are men in this
community who remember Baccus
when he was past ninety and broke
his leg. They recall how the
doctors gave him up and he re-
covered after he had collected
some herbs and made poultice
which DIR the poisson from the
wounded member.
Baccus was born in St. Geoeve,
in 1890 below st. Louis on the
Mississippi river. His master was
Frenchman and when the LOUIS.
lana purchase was consumated and
the vast territory coded to the
United States, Baccus' master be-
came an American. Reno Gazette.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
How TO Be Rich.
500 REWARD, 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in ell
its stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
there by destroying the foundat ion
of the disease and giving the
patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing it's work. The pfoprietors
have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any caes that it fails to
cure Send for list of testimonials.
Address: F. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o. Sold by Druggists,
75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
BUREAU OF EXPLOSIVES
INSPECTOR VISITS TOWN

H ..B. Eyde, local inspector of the
bureau of explosives of the
American Railway association, is q
visitor in town today. Mr.. Eyde's
business is to see that the laws are
enforced in regard to the trans
poration of explosives, such as oil,
dynamite, powder. ma ches and
other combustible material. Mr..
Eyde covers the territory between
Ashland, Oregon, and San Francisco
and San Francisco and Salt Lake
City. To show the great work ac-
complished by the bureau of ex-
plosiVes, Mr.. Eyde says that the
first year Of operation under the
law creating the bureau of ex-
plosives fifty-two men were killed;
the second twenty-six we're killed;
the third year six and the last year
one was killed in the transportation
of explosive material. Mr.. Eyde's
headquarters are at Berkeley
Winnemucca Star.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
HIS BIT OF EMPIRE.

1t is q we'll known fact that some
Englishmen are more inclined to talk
about the Empires fringe, OF which
they are ignorant, rather than about
its heart, which they possibly know
something Of A housewife whose
husband was addicted this way turned
his thoughts into more homely chan
nels by her ready wit &c.,:
One Saturday evening he came
home late smelling strongly Of tobac-
co, and very rod in the face.
Oh, he said. I've had q line
time I've been to an Empire meet
ing. 1t was grand"
Then he frowned and said. impa-
tiently:- ...-...
What's the matter with supper I?
Amt 1t ready YETI"
His wife, who was peeling potatoes
and holding squalling boy, rose and
extended the baby to him.
Hero" she said; take hold of
your bit of the Empire while fry
these chips"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
THRESHERS WORK
SIDE BY SIDE

For the first time in Carson
Valley, two threshing machines
were set side by side last Saturday
and the straw from both machines
was "b)owed" to the same stack.
This happened at the Sage ranch
of the Dangberg Land & Live
Stock company. The Brockliss
threshing outfit had been working
on the grain for nearly two weeks
anu had completed their task with
the exception of one hundred acres
which had been cut with q binder
and shocked in the field. The
machines were set close by ard six
teen teams we're put to.work haul
ing the grain to the maws of the
threshers. 1t made harvest scene
which il thrown onto moving
picture screen and shown throu Oh
eastern states, would do more 10
advertise Nevada as an agricultural
state than forty publicity commiss-
ions could do. Homeseekers care
very little about character of soil
and technical rot, but they are in.
terest ed in results such as 90 to
make up the everyday farm life in
Carson Valley and other agricul-
tural districts Of Nevada.
J. J. Brockliss. who owns the
threshers, states that this the first
season that threshing on the Dang
berg ranches has been completed 10
August. Record Courier.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
MARRIED men
VS.. SINGLE men

There will be game of base
ball at the park Sunday afternoon
between nine married men and the
same number If those who have
not yet succeeded in finding wives.
The married men are Helfrich,
E. Taber. Young. McGahen.
Snelson, Springer, Will Englert,
Joe Taber and Bob Howell.
The single men will he represent
ed by Reinbart. Reinken. Ford,
Kelley, Shubert. Merithew, Miller.
Carter, Wood. .a
The unmarried ladies are invited
to the game to look over the best
single men in town.
This game is to decide the long
mooted question of whether a
married man is superior to a single
man.
The game will be called at
o'clock. Admission 90 cents.
Ladies free.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
SHORT QUESTIONS

Senator Penrose is striking back
in the matter of the contributions
to the Republican campaign fund
in 1904 and the fats in The fire
with vengeance. And money
contributions are not the only thing
to be investigated IN connection
with, that campaign. The New
York Herald intimates that diplo-
matte posts were traded by the
Only Honest Man who was then
President. The Herald asks the
significant questions:
Was any man appointed to a
great diplomatic post bee use he
threatened to reveal the report on
the Tobacco Trust, which would
have hurt the Republican party in
1904?
Was any man promised q sum of
money for supporting the Republi-
can ticket in 1904 in newspaper
influential in one large denomina-
ton, and was required to take pay
ment in another diplomatic post?
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31

Exercise IN its: general significance
10 glorious thing, It II not, how
ever, anything much In its purely
physical sense. Thus. . person with
large muscles and not very big wits
10 Of almost no value to society,
whereas a person who has exercised
both IL often Indispensable Exercises
for the wits are very dimcult. There
Is nothing to do 100 times. or 80 times.
1t is not something to which one can
give 20 minutes the nrst thing In the
morning and then go the rest Of the
day Socrates, who was the Sandow
OF mental exercise, kept his pupils At
1t pretty much Of the time. There is
one phase Of It which Is especially
hard. This 10 the exercise Of ones
rights. Unexercised rights are much
worse than unexerciaed muscles.
Thus. after voting. we are ordinarily
mentally stir and sore for several
days. This is because. una, euatomet
to exercising our rights, We strain
them. III. -,
The secret Of II all 10 to exercise
your muscles a little, your wits q 1T
tie and your rights q little. Al the
Greeks said. Nothing too much
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
FREAKISH VEGETABLE

Frank Cagwin brought 10 the
Tribune Office yesteray an ear of
corn; or something stripped from
a corn stalk that had apparent y
startedd with the best Of intentions
and strenuously endeaVored to
become an ear of corn. After
stripping off the husk remark.
able growth was disclosed, resemb-
ling a bunch of light-colored dried
figs Of large size slightly pressed
together. For a vegetable growth
it is something remarkable, and
Mr.. Cagwin and the Tribune force
decided that the only solution OF
the problem was to consign the
mondescript to our scientists of
the State University with a view of
preservation to exhibit to colonists
and homeseekers. Just think of
the possibilities of our wonderful
state! Dried figs growing on corn
cobs, and the half not told-Sparks
Tribune.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
complimentary

A popular clergyman once de-
livered lecture to his parishion-
ers assembled upon the interesting
subject of Fools.
There was a large audience and
the rush for seats was very much
augmented by the form in which
the admission tickets were printed.
The inscription ran thus:
Lecture on Fools" Admit one.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-08-31
Increasing use Of Aluminium.

aluminium has become indispensa-
BILE in the construction OF automobiles.
dirigible balloons and aeropIanes. One
OF its uses in the textile industry In
the making. in combination with silk.
OF a brilliant fabric, which can DO
given any desired color and which
cannot be exceIled for making cere-
monial costumes and theatrical ward
robes