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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-28

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They we're friends and equal, but our
David's Jonathan is as much more
potent than Lloyd George, as Lloyd.
George is more potent than King
George. This jonathan is John
Redmond, leader Of the Irish Nation
alists. The first governor Of Eng
land, therefore, is an Irishman; the
second is Welshman; the third.
nominal leader of the Party. is mem
Der for a Scotch constituency. So
here's a state of things as Sir w.
S. Gilbert remarked, state OF things.
indeed, to be equalled only in the
regions of his own topsy-turvey dra-
ma. The Liberal Party is in the
minority, yet the Liberal Party is in
power, while the Irish Nationalist
rule. Of the political groups in the
House of Commons today, the Con-
servative Party stands first in. point
OF numbers; the Liberal Party, even
with the extreme Radicals added
comes second, while the Irish Ma
tionalists come a long way behind
for the third place, yet actual power
in country supposed to be govern
ed by a majority, rests with the
smallest group; the nominal power
is held by the largest minority sec
ton, while the Conservative Party,
which possesses plurality of votes
in the House of Commons and in the
country. is helpless as a smoker lost
in the desert, with good cigar and
no matches. England, the most con-
sentative of countries, is in the hands
Of the most radical of governments,
and LloydsGeorge, by kind permits
sion of Mr.. Redmond, is king. -Ro-
bert Barr IN April Technical World.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-28

JUST gentle reminder:-The
Mirror is always pleased to have
matter from it's columns reprinted
by other papers, providing the
proper credit is given. Several in
stances of where items were copied,
without the usual courtesy, have
been noticed lately, and on one oc-
casion one of our most valued ex-
changes reprinted half page of
Irish poems ("Mists O. Erin,n writ
ten by A. N. Apache and printed
in the issue of January 18th 1912 of
The Mirror), but neglected to men,
ton the author. We cannot but
feel that the absence of credit is
merely the result of an oversight,
but we would ask that more care be
used hereafter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-28
Health Department.
w. C. Van D.
The Influence OF Good
Reading

4
Men situated as prisoners are, are
peculiarly sensitive to mental impress
sions, and the body reacts very read.
lily under any impulses of the mind.
OF the means at hand for directing
the mems thoughts along any desired
channel the resources of the prison
library easily take the first place.
A well selected book will do much
to restore a mans mental equilibri-
UNI and give b m zest in living
that perhaps he is beginning to lose.
Books, too, act as mental tonics and
it is really remarkable how much re-
freshed a man will feel after couple
hours good reading. As books leave
such vivid impressions on mems
minds, especially on the minds of
men who are in inforced con fine
ment, it is of the greatest import
ance that the books selected to be
read should be of an elevating char
acter. Cheap. trashy fiction, espec-
tally that class Of fiction that appeals
to the lower or more animal instincts
should be avoided as rank poison.
Unless man deliberately wishes
to lower his mental caliber and by
lowering his mind put his body in
grave jeopardy. he will use the great
est care in seeing that the books he
reads are not of the class that will
injure him, but rather of the class
that will help him to regain his hold
on life and happiness.
The mental food that confined
man takes into his brain during his
evening hours is of far greater inn
portance than the physical food that
he takes into his stomache at meal
times. A bad book is worse than a
poor meal and the effects are more
vital and far reaching.
In our really magnificent library
there are many Of the finest works
that have ever been published in any
language; the biographical and his
torical sections are particularly we'll
filed; and since while in here one
has only to choose, to have whatever
class of books he wishes, why not
take the best and do yourself some
good instead of HARM?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-28

VAIN efforts were made a short
time ago, to have the legislature of
Massachusetts, abolish capital pun
ishment in that state in order to
save the life of Clarence Richeson.
The time was i'll chosen, however,
for public sentiment in Massachu-
setts is strongly in favor of the
death penalty at present. Had the
effort been made when no life hung
in the balance, it would have met
with success.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-28
When Welsh and Irish Rule

The present political situation in
Great Britain is SO astounding, so
unprecedented, that if a writer at
tempts dispassionately to portray it,
he should be out of the turmoil in
London, and view the position with
the impartial gaze Of an alien.
I happen to be we'll equipped for
such a task, for | am writing these
words in an questionable italian
town, the click of the typewriter
punctuating the steady roar of Med
iterranean. | am quite out Of reach
of any book of statistics, therefore,
thank goodness, / can give you no
figures. yet / shall endeavor to be
accurate as the multiplication table.
A short distance along the coast
westward, a few miles nearer Amer
lea than am, man from the same
island to which / belong, but of diff
ferent nationality, is at this moment
playing golf. / sometimes see his
smiling face as he rushes past in a
motor car, and always think of an
other trip he took along the same
road somewhat more than year ago,
on the most desperate man hunt that
any automobiles ever undertook.
This man is more powerful than
King George of England. He is
more powerful than the Right Hon
orable Mr.. Asquith, Premier of Great
Britain. lie is more powerful than
the House of Commons, the Mother
Of parliaments. as it is called, and he
is naturally much more powerful than
the House of Lords, recently ham,
strung by himself, and this potent,
temporary neighbor of mine is David
Lloyd-George, Chance llor of the
British exchequer.
A hasty person might jump at the
conclusion that if what / have written
is true, David is the most influential
man in the British Empire, but a re-
Elective reader, well up on Bible his
tory, which David loves to quote
when he makes his exciting speeches
at Whitefeld's Tabernacle, will re-
member that in the olden days the.
David Of that time had his Jonathan.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-28

THE Friendly Visitors conference
Of the Associated Charities, held in
ST. Paul, devoted one of its recent
meetings to the discussion of A
Daily Wage for Workhouse Pris-
oners." The subject received much
favorable backing, and it was re-
solved to frame a measure to be
presented at the next session of the
legislature, providing for the pay
ment of small wage to workhouse
prisoners for the support of their
families.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-28
A Glimpse of London.
Continued

in the metropolis. The grounds OH
which the palace now stands was
once occupied by Mulberry gardens,
originally laid out in furtherance of
James rs scheme to encourage the
silk industry in England.
The Royal News which are sit
uated to the south of the palace can
be viewed by obtaining permission
from the Master of the Horse, the
Earl of Granard. Here is kept the
great gilt state coach which was
built for the coronation of George III
in 1851, it weighs over four tons
and cost just over $4,000 dollars.
Leaving the palace we skirt the
magnificent queen Victoria memo
rial, on which the famous sculptor,
Sir Thomas Block, r. A., was en-
gagged for ten years. The memorial
has cost altogether million dollars.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
task may be gathered from the fact
that $500 tons of marble are em-
bodied in the memorial. The figure
of the queen is eighteen and one
half feet in height. The base upon
which the marble platform is built
is of gray granite, of which eight
hundred tons have been used. while
no less than one thousand tons Of
Carrara marble, most beautifully
sculptured, have been employed in
the construction of the circular con-
tanning well, the fountains and the
basins. 1t is a memorial in every
way worthy of the Great White
Queen"
~, 10 fo,,tinsse<3 Mort Week
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-28

Forty Canadians have signifed
their desire to act as hangman since
a sheriff of Quebec made the state
ment that he was unable to secure
a man to hang a condemned crimi-
nal March 8. What a dreadful
thing! Forty men, each volunteer
ing to to be an official killer. News
and Comment in Duluth News
Tribune.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-28
Ghautauqua

A regular meeting of the Chau-
tauqua circle was held in Chapel
Hall, March Oath.
! After the meeting was called to
order and some. routine business
disposed of, a committee appointed
to Investigate and report on some
proposed changes in the preparation
of papers was allowed to report.
The committee urgently recon-
mended that rule be adopted re-
quiring each member to confne his
paper to subject pertinent to the
regular Chautauqua course. This
report aroused considerable opposi-
ton and precipitated a warm de-
bate. The stand patters," urged
into action by their redoubtable
leader, succeeded in passing a mo-
ton to table the report indefinitely
The friends of the measure made a
valiant effort to postpone final con-
sideration but lost out by small
majority.
This left but little time for the
regular reports, but as all of the pa
pers were short it was not necessary
to curtail the program, which fol-
lows:
John Barleycorn,a by r. d. J..
This essay on the liquor habit
showed that the writer had not only
given the subject much thought, but
that he had arrived at some sensible
conclusions in the matter. The pa
per was we'll delivered.
Essential Law of Success by
F. G. That success comes not by
CHARGE, but as the result of stead
fast adherence to certain rules and
laws was the argument of this paper.
We all have desire to make sue
cess of something and that Is why a
paper on this subject is always well
received.
German Industrial Courts by
r. H. This interesting paper was
instructive and clearly written, CIV
ing an idea of legal procedure as
followed in certain cases in Ger
many.
The papers aroused no discussions.
owing, no doubt to the fact that our
best debaters had previously ex-
hausted themselves. in the opening
arguments.
Adjourned.
w. G.. Secretary.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-03-28

WITH all the austere seriousness
of our courts and their procedure.
an occasional humorous incident
like the following occurs to break
the dry monotony and cause smile
to light up each face:
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-09
The Demons OF The Swamp

deadly malaria germs in the blood. Then
follow the Icy chills and the fires of
fails; also malaria often paves the way
for deadly typhoid. But Electric Bitters
kill and cast out the malaria germs from
the blood; give you a fine appetite and
renew your strength. After long suf-
fering,' wrote Vim. Fretwell, Of Lucama,
n. c.. three bottles drove all the ma
laria from my system. and I've had good
health ever since Best for all stom-
ach, liver and kidney Ills. SOC at all
druggists. advt.s'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-09

FOR SALE-one nice 2-year-old bay colt.
Can be seen at Lynch farm, near Fair Hill. Md.
may 25-tf X. S. TURNER,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-09

l;i PURSUANCE po er a.d authority
,onia.ned IN d N r. Ion o. se w.
roGd.,aeer ana lie to s.artaa 4. 2he,
seI On tie first day 81 epeein DC r.
1854. aad reeo ded n u e. A. o.. 30.
Fci;o 20, ere. o.e Of tae Land RE-
ora hoo's o. Ccc.i County, oresaid,
he unde. signed as ASST ME Of Sad
mortgage VIII Sc al public sale at the
curt Horse dor in Elk oa, Oh
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-09
Notice to Creditors

The undersigned; pursuant to order of the
Circuit Court for Cecil County, in Equity, pass
ed on the LIST day of November, 1912, in cause
IN sald Court pending. IN which Hannah A. Grit
xxx, ct al. are defendants. which cause is No.
BOSS on the docket of said Court. hereby gives
notice to all persons having claims against the
estate of Reuben Haines, deceased, to file their
claims, properly authenticated, with the Clerk OF
said Court on or before the 9Th day of January.
1918, or be excluded from participation I'm the
distribution Of said estate.
R. C. THAcKERY.
nov est Auditor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-09
Notice to Creditors

Cecil county. has obtained from the Orphans
Court of said county, letters of administration
on the personal estate of
MARY LOAG,
late of said county, deceased. All persons hav-
ing claims against the said deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof duly authenticated,
or before the 4th day Of April, 1913,
otherwise they may. by law, be excluded from
all benefit of said estate. All indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate payment
to the subscriber
Given under my hand and seal this Sd day of
October, 1912.
WASHINGTON w. HOPKINS,
" Administrator OF Mary Loag, deceased.
oct l2-5t-- Test: Thomas B. Miller, Register
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-09
PUBLIC SALE

VIII be sold at public sale on the prem
iscs, quarter mile from Pennington, Md,
the following described real estate of Levi
S. Johnson, deceased. to-wlt: All that
certain message and tract of land, con-
tanning
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the Crowd

l or woman of fair education
unframed workers and COM
,raphic COURSE of
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So ACRES

more or less, situated in the Sixth Elec
ton district of Cecil county. near Farm
inston, bounded by lands of James H.
Maxwell Eliza beth l.. Brin1on, and the
late Alfred Kirk, and others. The i'm
provements:
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DI ED.

Dewitt. In Luzerne coun
o. on ms birthday, Oct. goth, 10
Dewitt, eldest brother of the r,
Abraham Dewitt, o: this coun
aged II years.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-09
4Ak TW0-STORY
Eie frame Dwelling House

1926 feet, with dining room and kitchen
back, 1896 feet, containing rooms on
first floor and on second floor, porches
front and back.
I'D ,,,r p,pN AN c.r,>.,, p,sryr>,r
40Xi5 feet, with straw -Aouse attached,
2ON3o feet: wagon house, corn crib, hog
house and other outbulldings, well of
water AT house and barn, The land is
divided in six fields, and under good cul-
tivation; apple orchard in good bearing
grapes and other fruit. This property is
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1912-11-09
In Memoriam

in fond and loving remem 1rance of my
hus band, Charles W. Rothw ELL who de-
parted from life octo er go, 1872
One | love has died and le.t me,
For a dark and silent tomb;
Closed his eyes in glorious slumser-
Faded in his early bloom
BY MS WIFE
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-02
TO VOTE BONDS
FOR TEEL PLAN
SURVEYING DITCH LINES
Irrigation District Comprises About
10000 Acres of Land Which VIII
Be Reclaimed-An Important En-
terprise, Declares County Water
Master Howland.

Bonds for the construction of the
ton District will be voted and float
ed shortly after the first of the year,
according to L. D. Rowland, county
water master, who is at present en-
gagged with a crew of men in survey
ing the lines for the bitches of the
system. The law by which the dis
trict was created permits the direc-
tors to issue warrants to the amount
of $4,000 for preliminary work and it
is with this fund that the surveying
is now being done.
The Teel Irrigation project plans
call for the conveying of the waters
of Camas creek by way of a tunnel
through the mountains to the head
waters of Butter creek and the using
of these waters for the reclamation
of approximately 10000 acres of land
which, for the most part, is now COW
cred with sage brush.
Mr.. Rowland considers this project
one of the most important private en-
terprises ever undertaken in this
county for the reclamation of barren
land. He believes that the prelimi-
nary work will not quite be complet-
ed by January l, but will be soon af-
ter that date, SO that the bonds to Sc
cure funds for actual construction
work may be raised in very short
time.
o. ID. Teel of Echo, is president of
the district, ]. Frank Spinning, secre-
! tary, and \. Longwell, treasurer. The
| directors are O. d. Teel, Asa b.
| Thomson, j. Frank Spinning, Frank
| Sloan and F. f. Fisher.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-02
MOTHER FOLLOWS
SON IN DEATH

Within week after the death OF
Lester Swaggart her son, Mrs Mary
A. Swaggart, pioneer resident of Una
tilla county, passed away this morning
at o'clock at her home on Garden
street. Though she had been feeble
for some time because of her age and
had been suffering lately from in
juries sustained two weeks ago in
fall, it was not thought she was seri-
ously low and death came uneXpect-
edly 1t is probable that her sons
death a week ago yesterday fastened
her own end.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been made. relatives here waiting un-
til other of the family arrive before
doing SO.
Mary Adaline Harper was born in
Hancock county. Illinois, october 2S,
1929. and was thus SO years of age
at her death. Her father, George
Harper, bore the distinction of hav-
| ing been a schoolmate of the mar
| tyred president, Abraham Lincoln.
| On June "a, 1S47, at her home in
| Illinois she was married to Nelson
! Swaggart and six years later with him
crossed the plains by OK team to Ore
gon, settling in Lane county upon a
donation claim and remaining here
until 1873 when they came to UNA
and stockraising two and half miles
north of Athena. There they remain
ed until twelve years ago when Mr..
Swaggar retired from active life and
moved to this city. Her husband died
| in Pendleton six years ago.
Mrs. Swaggart was the mother of
| fourteen children, seven of whom
still survive her as follows. George
Swaggart of Heppner, Ben Swaggart
of Lexington, Link and Milton Swag-
gart of Athena, Mrs. w. F. Matlock
and Mrs c. S. Wheeler of this. city
and Mrs. Wilbur Keith of Waucona,
Washington. one brother elder than
herself, William Harper, resides near
Colfax, Washington.
Deceased had been a member of
the Methodist church since 1853 and
was counted a woman of sterling
worth. Despite the fact that she had
large family of her own for which
to care, for many years she acted as
a midwife and travelled many miles
with her own baby in her lap to care
for patients in confinement cases. She
had made a host of friends during hel
forty years residence in Umatilla
county who will be grieved to learr
of her death
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-02
ELKS SERVICES
ARE IMPRESSIVE
R. R. BUTLER is SPEAKER
Delivers Beautiful Memorial Tribute
at Exercises Held in the Oregon
Theater-Largc Audience Is Pres
ent-Program of Music Is Carried
out Also.

Probably the most beautiful me-
mortal tribute ever heard in Pendle-
ton was that delivered yesterday aft
ernoon at the oregon theater by r. r.
Butler of The Dalles, before the
members of the local lodge of Elks
and their friends. the occasion being
the annual memorial day of that or
der throughout the United States. Rich
in literary and historic allusion,
couched in words of eloquence and
poetry and delivered with a solemnity
fitting the occasion, 1t was a rare dis
course on death, its SORROWS, its
meanings and its lessons, and it
produced a profound impression up
on the audience which filled the au-
ditorium.
In concluding his address. the
speaker dwelt to some extent upon
the cardinal principles of the order
which he was representing, charity,
justice, fidelity and brotherly love,
and he censured strongly the people
who, in their ignorance, think and
speak of the lodge as "conviviaF'
organization. Admitting that the
Elks do recognize the social side OF
human nature, he denied Vehemently
that the first purpose of the order is
the development of that side. Because
they do not proclaim their acts OF
benevolence from the housetops, many
people he said, persist in misunder-
standing them.
The whole exercises yesterday were
beautiful and impressive and for the
occasion the stage had been decked
in evergreens. American flags and
emblems of Elkdom. The following
are the officers who conducted the
opening and closing ceremonies
Give $. Cheshire, exalted ruler;
James H. Sturgis, esteemed lecturing
knight; George Strand, esteemed 10y
al knight Roy Alexander, esteemed
lecturing knight; Thos. Fitz Gerald
secretary; F. w. Lampkin, treasurer;
Lee Drake, esquire; L. Youngren, in
ner guard; V. b. Bybee, chaplain;
Thos. Smart, tyler.
The "absent brothers" in tribute
to whom the Pendleton Elks held the
services yesterday, now number tWeh-
| ty-two, as follows:
Samuel Sturgis, E. T. Murphy, h.
| C. Guernsey, E. d. Boyd. Charles
! Zeigler. F. w. Waite, X Van Dram,
Frank H. Parr H. H. Hallock, L. g.
HALEY, T. H. Clark, C. E. Redfleld
Henry May, Louis Hunziker. NJ M
Wylick. Chas. w. WALL w. Roy sax
ton. j. A. Baddeley, j. II. wright
| Conrad Platzoeder, William Sullivan
Charles Cunningham.
The program aside from the me-
mortal address. the opening and CLOS
ing ceremonies by the officers. con-
sisted of an overture by the Uniteo
Orchestra, an ode and doxology by
the lodge and audience, Invocation oA
] NJ. Skrable, a vocal selection "On'
Sweetlv Solemn Thought" by
quartet consisting of Mrs. Roy Alex
ander. Mrs. Carl Power Miss Edna
zimmerman and Miss Louise wise,
al solo. Fear Not Ye, o Israel,
=, Eugene Molitor and benedlctioi
Rev. T. F. Weaver.
The committee which had the ex
ercises in charge consisted of +. Z
Sperry. Frederick Steiwer and Z.
Wheeler. Ushers for the occasion
were Chas. Vinier, Ross Welmer
Jack Urquhart and Oscar Mailer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-02
CONGRESS HOLDS
BRIEF SESSION

Washington. Dec. CONGRESSMAN
II. s Deforest of New York, intro
duced a bill to pension future presi-
dents at two thousand dollars a
month, widows, one thousand, and
minor children two hundred each in
congress today.
The house adjourned at one ten.
Among the retiring senators are Hen
ry |. Burnham. w. Murray Crane.
Simon Guggenheim. Jonathan Bourne
Norris Brown, ]. NJ Dixon, H. a.
Richardson, Robedt ]. Gamble, Shell
by McCullom, F. o. Briggs, j. w. Bal
ley NJ. ]. Foster, T. II. Paynter and
IC. w. Watson. Senator Works OF
California announced the unavoidable
absence of Jones of Washington
Retiring members of the house are;
Uncle Joe" Cannon, VIM. A. Rodin-
berg, n. h. Thistlewood. Nicholas
Longworth. John Dalzell, f. d. Crum-
packer, VIM. b. Mckinley, f. ]. Hill
C. A. Sulloway, c. w. Price, H. o
Young, ]. Q Tilson, F. ID, Curtier. w
b. Wilson and John Lamb.