The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-08-29
SELECTIONS.

SELECTIONS.
If your hands cannot be usefully en-
ployed. attend to the cultivation Of your
mind.
The difference between ship and a cul-
prit in the old days was-they put one on
the stocks and the other III them. m.-Cexas
Siftlngs.
OF all the things which man can do or
make here below. by far the most moment
GUS. wonderful and worthy are things we
call books.
I'm the light of eternity we shall see that
what we desired would have been fatal to
us. and that what we would have avoided
was essential to our well being"
Brown: ''Does your wife keep her tenn
per very well?"
Jones: ''Um-um-er some: but get the
most of it."-Miramichi Advance.
The poet gives us the eminent experiences
Only-a god stepping from peak to peak, nor
planting his foot but on mountain.
ersOn in Poetry and Imagination"
We never know through what divine
mysteries of compensation the Great Father
of the universe may be carrying out His
sublime plans; but the words God is love-
ought to contain to every doubling soul the
solution of all th:ngs.-Mrs. Mulock.
Old Benevolent Gentleman Ito little boy
whom he has met OH the beach): What
will you do. my little man, if l give you
my blessing and IA kisS?"
Little Boy: "I'll mash you in the snoOt."
Town Topics
A sneak thief arrested for stealing hats.
umbrellas and things from halls, when
asked by the judge what business he fol-
lowed said he was an entry clerk. The
court made an entry of the fact and entered
him for the penitentiary cup.-Texas Sift-
ingS.
For the past ten years the owner of a
Touring mill at Dubuque has had sign on
his fire. proof safe. reading: mo money in
here; please call at the house." 1t was in
tended for burglars. and the other night
one called at the house and secured 81, ,S70.
Oregon Scout.
A man in Clinton. Iowa, recently asked
the privilege of placing the body of his
twin baby in butchers ice box over night.
expecting the other to die before morning
thereby saving the expense in the interment'
of the two little innOcents. And yet we
will contribute money to send missionaries
to foreign lands to civilize the heathen.
Deacon Williams. ''Brudder Jones, how
did yer son come outer de trial?"
Brother Jones. DE jedge done give
i'm two munfs in de jayul."
Deacon Williams. Pears ter me like as
if you oughter be pow'ful thankful He
got off mighty light, he did,"
Brother Jones. "Twarn't Sights you
seem ter think. Dey's agwinter hang i'm
when the two munfs is up."-Harper's
Monthly.
NJ Marabet, in recent communication
to the Paris Academy of Medicine. states
that after examining 5000 convicted crimi-
nails he found that of the vagabODds and
the mendicants. 20 per cent. were drunk
ards; of the assassins and incendiaries, so
and IS: of robbers. II; of those convicted of
crimes against the person, 88 per. cent; and
of those guilty of attacks on property, II
per cent were alcoholics. OF 100 criminal
youths under 20. 81 are already drnnkards-
The Signs of the Times
The chaplain of our penitentiary agrees
fully with ex-Chief Justice Noah Davis, of
New York. that. ''Of all the causes of crime
intemperance stands out the unapprOach-
able chief" The Ohio chaplain thinks that
it is very nearly right. The Montana chap
lain says it is true; ninety nine per cent. of
their penitentiary population are drinking
men; eighty per cent. of them are brought
there through liquor: and if the saloons
were closed. one penitentiary would do for
the whole United States. What a glorious
desOlation that would work. At the present
rate of decrease. the Iowa prison will soon
be for rent.-Free Baptist.