The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-09-17
WEEKLY SPARKLES AND
s. POINTERS
By General StonesoaH

Yes, mail addressed to General
Stonewall, Room 344-b, p. 0. box SIS,
Saltwater, Minn.." will reach us all
right, friends.
God gave each of the human race
in their normal condition, one head,
one mouth, one tongue, one nose
with two nostrils, two eyes. two ears,
two feet. two hands. Learn wisdom
listen, walk, see. smell but say moth
ing. for silence is golden!
1t would. indeed, be nice for each
of us TO be as lucky as was Romulus.
the founder and first king of Rome.
He had very many narrow escapes
for his life, the first being on the
day he was born, when his uncle
sought to make way with him by
throwing him int the Tiber, but he
was saved and reared by a. shepherd.
A few weeks ago the Mirror con-
tanned an able article from the Chris
tian Science Monitor, regarding the
making of the paper and the history
of our paper money, but here is a
little bit of facts not given in
said article. A one dollar paper bill
is made as follows: Part of the pa
per is linen rag from the Orient. the
silk comes from Italy, the blue ink
is made from German or Canadian
Cobalt, the black ink is made from
Niagara Falls acetyline gas smoke,
the green ink is from green colored
paint mixed in white sulphite of
lead and is made in Germany and
when the treasury seal is printed in
red ink you can put it down that it
come from Central America.
Brand Whitlock the present U.
S. Minister to Belgium located in
Brussels, while he was mayor of
Toledo, Ohio. few years, ago was
asked one day why he in all his
criminal law practice of many years
standing never had been known to
aid the prosecution. while it was a
we'll known fact that he was wont to
offer his services free to. men charged
with serious crimes. and had but
little means to employ counsel. Mr..
Whitlock's reply was: Just a few
months after winning my first inn
portant law case, | had the awaken
ing experience Of discovering that |
had been entirely in the wrong in a
cause l had espoused, and had con-
victed the wrong man. From that
time on [ never again undertook to
convict any man of sin. | might
defend people, but | never would
be party to a prosecution" The
prisons would not be nearly so full
of men as they are, if we had a few
Brand Whitlock's in every county
in the United States, and there would
be no need to build so many new
jails and prisons to confne those
wrongfully prosecuted.
The majority of the people will
no doubt be sorry to learn of the
great advance in the price of prunes,
which are so much relished by all
classes; especially, those in durance
vile(?). The California crop of
prunes for this season have advanced
from 8 to 81 cents per pound at
wholesale.
Here are a few figures from Sac
ramento, regarding her fruits:
The returns to the California
farmer this year from dried fruits.
not including raisins, will be close
to $40. 100000, according to figures
given to the Union by the California
Cured Fruit exchange, a cooperative
organization, which will handle
about 100000 pounds of the
states production. The figures are:
100000 pounds of apricots at 9
cents, 81 $50, 900; IS. 900, 900 pounds
of peaches at 4 cents. $1,40O,0O0;
100, 100000 pounds of prunes at 81
cents, SIS, 500. 900; miscellaneous, in
Guiding figs, nectrines. ETC., about
81 100000"
Yes, we prefer bean soup to prunes.