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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14
The Future.

Editor Mirror
What are we going to do on our release
from prison? This question must be upper
most in the minds OF great many of the
inmates here, and to throw any light on it
is no easy matter. Our chaplain once re-
marked that he would not want to see his
(tempOraD future, even if such was pos
sible. l believe he is right. though many
of us would like to draw the curtain to see
what will be our next mistake, and how to
avoid it. This would be mere curiosity,
when we remember that no time is our own
but the present, and that during this time
can we evolve plans to govern the future.
What we want to do now is to take up our
past as we would map and weed out all
the mistakes, in order to have a reliable
chart for future guidance. Many will think
if they go through this process of wedding
there will be nothing but a blank left; but
if they look back thoroughly they will find
some good path OH which they started,
which, if followed, would have left them
something tangible to look toward in their
temporal and spiritual future.
am glad to see this movement on foot
to organize society for the aid of dis
charged prisoners. Such society, if it ever
become an entity, could, under good man
agement, do great deal to smooth our
path on our re- entering the world. 1t will
need to go further than other societies of
the same stamp to have any lasting effect.
A warm breakfast and some wholesome
advice are good while you are receiving
them, but are useless the next morning I'M
loco tho camo OppratiOn jC UOoo fbrOuUh
What we want is something that will last;
get us work we know how to do. This old
fad of bucking wood, shOveling coal, dig
ging bitches. etc., is time-WOrn and played
out. Many of us could not saw cord of
wood in week. while if we were put at
work we are acquainted with we would be
source Of profit to our employers as well
as ourselves.
A few hints to the organizers of this So
ciety would not be Ont of place. Let them
have regular visiting committee to examine
all parts of the prison and shops at any and
all times. with power to look up the records
of the prisoners while here, and they will
soon be able to judge who is. and who is
not deserving of help.
There are many here now, who, on their
release will be able to ill positions of
trust in work shop and office; but who will
willing to 60 security for his ability and
good behavior? Our outside friends will
whistle and say this is risky job to ask
them to undertake. but they must remember
that there never yet was any great benefit
gained without some risk. AS matter of
course, there will be many hypocrites. Time
and experience only, will show how to tell
them; also. the proper way to treat them.
There is here glorious chance for the phil
anthrophists of this state to show their
benevolence. and to cast a lasting boon OH
society in general, by lessening the number
OF criminals that yearly pass through this
institution. j. l.. K.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

The total number of days board furnished at the
various institutions named for the year ending
January 81, 1885, 1885, The cost of food
per day per capita in the state prison for the time
noted was IL 1-2 cents against ID 1-2 cents for
the corresponding period of 1867, when prices
were lower all around and the quality of food fur
nished was greatly inferior to that now served
Messenger.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

Leadville, COL. has not funds enough to
keep it's public schools open, but supports
l, 100 saloons.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

Improve the wit you have bought at dear
rate, and the wisdom you have gained by sad
experience.-Ex.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14
State Institutions.

The sixth quarterly circular of the state board
of charities and corrections contains among other
things statement showing the average cost per
capita of maintenance of inmates of the various
state institutions for the six months ending Janu
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13

horses that belong here all inc year around
are lazy, and they look il. Whether they
are the sleek and fat drawers of farmers
wagons. or whether they are lame and bony
draggcrS of summer stages, nearly all have
acquired trouing gait that is no faster
than Il brisk walk, and which makes them
lock as though they were automaton figures
nearly run down. They are far outnum-
hcrcI on the roads anywhere in this neigh
horhoOd by horses that have been brought
down to the scaShorc by summer visitors. or
to hire out to them. Nearly all the coach
horses, whether belonging to private own
crs or to livery men, have their tails locked
very short. and the fashion of cropping
their names is also followed considerably.
With fine harness on their backs, with il
diversity of handsome vehicles to draw,
and coachmca in livery to drive them, they
lmpart To the roads IN aspect that would
have been foreign anywhere in this country
half century ago. Ivcrics are now so
common that it is their absence rather
than their presence that CXcitcs comment a.
Long Branch The third service for horses
here is thai o. CqucstrianiSm. Horseback
lidlng is first and foremost as IL diversion
this season for tn, s. with money enough,
and not too much weight, to indulge in it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13
Military DandieS.

| am writing now in the smoking
room Q: one of the three or four big
hotels of Berlin. Obscuring my light
as h stands idly smoking near the
window is one of dozen or more of
the officers who are lounging about the
room. He is Il Lieutenant i'll the army,
and receives less than $3.50 year. In
his wardroba he has fourteen coats-wc
have just been talking about new regu-
lations and they cost considerably
more than thousand dollars.
His hair is parted with mathematical
nicely on top and behind, and. brushes
forward over the ears The musta he
is waXed upward, aud a single glass is
held in the left eye. The collar of his
jacket is so high that his face slants
backward. Around the collar is silver
embroidery, which dcscends on the
shoulders. The coat or jacket is of
huzzar pattern, with brilliant lacing
of silver bars across the front. The
vertical seams Of the jacket are also
traced with silver. 1t clings with the
snugneSs of a glove over pair of Per
fectly fitting cors2ts. The waist is as
round and symmetrical as that of any
girl in New York, and there is not a
tailor-made gown on Fifth avenue that
is as free from wrinkles as this modern
warriors jacket.
The silver embroidery on the back of
the jacket is scarcely less elaborate
than that on the front. 1t would be
impossible to wear such profus 'lv
decorated garment without corsets
The breeches look like tights. They
fit as snlgly as a SO .kinet bathing s,lit
after a lunge, and their material is
white corduroy-a sharp contrast to
the brilliant skyblue of the jacket, re-
lieved at the wrists and collar by the
brightest scarf t. Patent-lcather boots,
with high heels and silver spurs, come
far above the knee, and white kid gloves
cover the hands. The whole outfit
shows the most lavish expenditure, and
lie is far more gorgeous figure than
we ever see on the stage, even in bur-
lesluc, a home.-Nelc York san.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13

lngs, floating high above the great city,
and sweeping eastward, until it fell to
the earth fifteen miles away.
Thus far, however, though the Mont
golfers had proved that machine
could be made which would travel in
the air, no experiment had been made
of CARRYING up human beings in it. At
first the Montgolfiers thought they
would try the effect of an aerial voyage
on some of the lower animals. Accord
ingly they attached small car or bas-
ket to one of their balloons, and placed
III it duck, u sheep, and cock.
These first travellers of the air went up,
and after remaining several thousand
feet above the earth came down all
safe and sound. Then people began to
think that in like mlnner men might
trust themselves to the upper element.
At first, however, it was thought safest
to try balloon which was fastened to
the earth by ropes. In this way sew
eral men went up hundred feet in Il
Montgoltier balloon. Then two men
the Marquis dArlandes and NJ. De
Rozier-resolved that they would cut
altogether loose from the earth, and
risk the perils of a voyage in the upper
air. Stephen Monteolfier set to work
upon a balloon for this purpose When
it was finished he decorated it with
ribbons and colors, and attached to its
lower end circular box or can for its
human occupants.
Finally all was ready. The balloon
was inflated at Passv, suburb of
Paris. A great multitude gathered to
see the ascent of the first human be-
ings who had ever mounted in the air
far above the earth, while in Paris
crowds occupied the towers of the
Cathedral of Notre Dame and other
elevated points.
DArlandes and De Rozier took their
places i'll the car, the word to cut loose
was given, and up shot the balloon into
the clouds which hung in the air. 1t
assembled slowly and steadily to a
height of three thousand feet, and then
passed at an easy pace over the streets
and houses of Paris. 1t completely
crossed the city, and soon assembled to
such a height that the occupants of the
car could not see any of the objects on
the earth below them. Then OAR
landes became alarmed, and insisted
on descending. AS soon, therefore, as
they had got clear of the city, so that
they would not fall on the buildings,
the air was suffered to gradually es-
cape, and the balloon fell just outside
Paris. A hundred years have passed,
however, since the memorable VOYAGE
of D'Arlandes and De Rozier in THEN
Montgolfer balloon, but although it is
very common for men to make balloon
voyages, no way has as yet been dis
covered for guiding balloons and pro-
polling them against air currents, and
so making them practically useful for
the purposes of travel. - Hmpcr's
Young People.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13
Imaginary HydrophObia.

DIR. A. S. Hammond says, in the
Philadelphia Times, of imaginary by
drophobia;
a case of simulated hydrophobia
was that of Il policeman whom | SAW II
the Park Hospital, held down on tn
bed by three OF four stout men, i'll or
der to restrain him from violence and
swapping like a dog ut everybody who
came in his way. At the sight of water
he became intensely excited, foamod
at the mouth and went through series
of frightful contortions of the limbs
But when L took glass of water in my
hand and told him in commanding
voice to drink Immediately h swal-
lowed the liquid without the slightest
difficulty. Nv tone>and a tion had di-
vorSed his mind from himself, and had
set up train of thought altogether
different from that, to which h had
previously been subject. Nervous soda
tives in large doses were given 10 him,
and b. the next day all his symptoms
had disappeared. On inquiry it was
Gs.ertained that he had been bitten by
n dog several days before, and that his
comrades had frightened him by their
questions and suggestions. Not year
passC that cases similar t. the foreGo-
ing are not reported in the newspapers
I he fact is that real hydrophob;a is a
very rare disca C, eight cases only of it
having come under my personal obser-
walton during the whole of my profess
sional career, while the false disease is
very common"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13

Her pose was accidental and her costume
was as usual. Such young women are seen
Industrious. in various household and field
ways, as you ride along past the thriving
farms.
\ little further along tho road | saw what
- pictured Il little further down in this col
Nmn--a very pronounced and representative
couple of summer bolrdcrs from the city.
Thcy were lovers, that was evident. and it
WAS quite palpabln that they had quar-
relied. for their backs were turned agrees
sivCiy toward each other. and their noses
were contcmp,uously in air. 1t is pity that
cannot tell the story Of their disagreement.
But they are we'll worth considering as cN-
poncnts of scashorc costuming. The fellow
wears for IL coat what is called a blazer of
striped rcd and white flannel. His collar
was painfully high, his single glass was
stuck in one of his eyes, and on his head
was polo cap of white flannel. He was
comical. while the girl, although quite cX-
;lGgcratcd in her attire, was an object to
seriously admire. Her mob cap. her flow
ing hair. her smart gown of white flannel.
and her symmetry of outlines were well
displayed in u chance pose. that couldn t
have been better by careful arrangement.
'.ubstantial duplicates of these summer
specimens arc to be seen on the piazzas and
lawns of hotels and cottages for miles
around Long Branch.
| began to write about interesting horses.
They are of sharply contrasted kinds. The
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13

The saddle horses, as Il rule, are brought
here from the numerous riling-schoOlS ii
New York, TO be let to pupils and others.
One of these establishments employs an
expert rider and Il trained horse to caVCrt
and perform foatS in front OF the big hotels
rs an advertisement. The other day this
performer was thrown from his saddle.
~hereupon the horse ran away, soaring the
teams of no less than five cquip1ges into
runaways within the.spacc Of Il mile. -Four
persons were thrown out and more or les s
injured. That particular equestrian lost
prestige thereby The fourth sort of horses
remarkable hcrcabout arc the racers at the
Monmouth Park course, and the news dis
patches tell you all about them.
The horscy girl is IL now product OF
American civilization, or ut least she has
this season been further developed than
ever before at Long Branch. There are not
II great many of her, it is true, as compared
with the thousands who go to the races
without knowing anything in particular
about the racers. On Il crowded day at Mon
mouth. you will find her scattered here and
there in the multitude, not only on the
grand stand but frequently on the quarter
stretch, where she holds dialogues full Of
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13

horse talk with anybody from whom she
thinks she may get tip. Just about the
has been Pcarlic Howe, who spent most of
the season here but has now gone to Sara
toga. Pcarlie's father is Alec Howe, who is
rich to the extent of a quarter of n million,
and looks as though he had made it in some
solid sort Of commercial enterprise for he
is portly, middle aged, and handsome. But
the fact is that he accumulated the first half
of his wealth in professional gambling.
Twenty-Five years ago he was II Wall-strcct
broker, but he concluded that a gamestcr in
stocks might just as well become an out
and-Out professor of chances, and so
he opened faro bank up town.
He progressed rapidly at his new
business. and he mated with a famously
beautiful young girl of that day. After be-
coming sufficiently enriched to satisfy him.
he retired from ostcnsible connection with
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13
ELEVATOR RULES.
BY FREDERIC TOWNSEND

Not long ago I was a passenger on a
through elevator bound for the division
terminus in the upper floor of II hotel in
st. Louis. After trying i'll vain to
sleep, and having exhausted the stock
of papers and peanuts vended in tran
sit, l composed IL few crisp and curly
directions for the novice selecting the
steering of an elevator as his life work.
There is nothing | take more tiendish
delight in than i'll creating arbitrary
rules for the guidance of mankind. 10
throw society in CONSERVATION by I'M
provising rules of etiquette at utter va
rance with the prevailing doctrines IS
one of my malicious recreations. Please
perusc carelessly my
ELEVATOR RULES FOR 1888:
Descending elevators have the right
of way when the cable breaks.
Round-trip tickets to any floor are
not valid if presented for return thirty
days after date of issue.
Passengers are forbidden entering OF
leaving the elevator midway between
floors
On night trips passengers will please
converse in whispers, so as not to
awaken the elevator boy.
Tourists are expected to tell what
floors they wish to stop at, as the con-
ductor is not mind reader.
Discussions on political and religious
topics and the use of firearms are
strictly prohibited.
Passengers dissatisfied with the speed
of the elevator are earnestly requested
to say so as emphatically and frequently
as convenient.
Views of the scenery along the route
are not to be taken from their proper
places.
Ladies will please not deprive gen
tlemen of ample space for their feet on
the seat.
1t may be taken for granted thai gen
orally the passengers are alive, without
prodding them with canes or umbrellas
on entering.
I4ife-preservers under the seat.
The rights of the travelling public tC
the exclusive control of their corns is tC
be respected
Newfoundland and st. Bernard dogs
not in arms will be charged extra.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13

gambling houses, and has since doubled his
money by operations in stocks. Pcarle
Howe is twenty, and as lovely in person as
her mother used to be. She has been cdu-
Gated carefully, and is still, in winters, Il pu-
pill at Madam Reeds fashionable school,
which is the one with which Rose Elizabeth
Cleveland was for term connected. She
has always dressed in exquisite taste. her
manners are the politest known to good so
cicty, and she is in all ways an exemplary
young lady-unlcss we are to condemn her
for the vice of betting on horse races. She
never misses Il racing day either ut Long
Branch or Saratoga. but always either ac-
companies her parents in Il SNOWY cquipagc
or Joins them at the track after driving there
in her own stylish cart. She knows all that
can be known about the horses, the Jockeys,
and the ms and outs of the bookmakcrs. 1t
is II common thing for her to risk Il hundred
dollars on every race in an afternoons pro-
gramme. and | think that five hundred is
about the average of her days betting. al
though on especially interesting occasions
she goes up to as high as a thousand. She
says that last year she cleared about fifteen
hundred dollars, but that up to date this Scl
son she is Il trile behind.
Ono Of the funny sights yesterday WAS
that of three brisk girls, all in aunty racing
costumes, plying with questions IL siX-fuot
boy. He was an ovcrgrown pupil of Il mill
tury school. and he Wore IL uniform. which
made him very lovely in these feminine
eyes. But that he could know anything
was not indicated by his appearance. Any
one of those damscls could have given him
turf points and to spare, but they chung to
him and clamorcd like so many of the
aesthetic maidens in Patience" adulating
Grosvenor. Perhaps his advice was about
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13
Quick Runs by Rail.

The speed Of passenger trains has
shown steady improvement from year to
year. In the month of June in our Gen.
tennial year, 1876, train ran from New
York to san Francisco, distance of
3,317 miles, in SO hiSLrs and 81 minutes
actual time, thus averaging about Az
miles an hour, but during the trip it
crossed four mountain SUBMITS, one of
them over 5000 feet high. This train
ran from Jersey City to Pittsburgh over
the Pennsylvania Railroad, distance of
IA miles, without making stop. In
1882 locomotives were introduced which
made speed of 20 miles per hour. In
July, 1885, an engine with a train of
three cars made trip over the West
Shore road which is the NEST extraor
binary one on record. 1t started from
East Buffalo, New York, at 1904 a. m,
and reached Weehawken; New Jersey,
at 7.27 p. m. Deduc'ing the time con
sumed in stops, the actual running time
was Z hours and 90 minutes, or an aver
age of Sc miles per hour. Between
Churchville and Genesee Junction this
train attained the unparalleled speed OF
81 miles per hour, and at several other
parts of The line a speed OF from 70 to
50 miles an hour From Railway Pas
senger Travel by Gen. Horace Porter,
in 'Scribner's' for September.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13
THE KIMBERLY DIAMOND NINE.
Curious History of the Pioneer of the Dry
Diggings.


Diggings.
1t has a curious history, this mine,
the pioneer of the "dry diggings," first
called New Rush and now Kimberly,
SAYS w. 2. Pond in Drdhe's Magazine.
A little child playing at "jackstones" or
some other child's game drew the at
, tention of Trader O'Reilly to one of the
stones. He offered to buy it and was
offered it for nothing; but he was consci-
entious. and, believed it to be valuable,
he finally proposed half profits if the
surmise of value should prove to be
correct. O'Reilly took the stone to
Colesberg and was laughed at for say
ing that it was a diamond. He took
medical and spiritual advice from n
doctor and bishop in Grahamstown;
they declared it to he n diamond. 1t was
then sent to the Colonial Secretary and
was sold to Messrs. Hunt & Ros
kell for $4,000 The father of the hoy,
Mr.. Nieukerk, then hunted up native
witch doctor who had famous white
stone and gave all he possessed for it,
afterward selling it to Messrs. Lillien-
field of Hopetown for $4,000. 1t was
christened the Star of Africa, and was
sold by them to the Countess of Dudley.
Then began mad rush to the rivers
where these stones had been found.
Then diamonds were found at Du Toit's
Pan and Bulfontein, and finally the
cream of the diamond region, New Rush,
was struck and the diggers-at first
pooh-poohing the idea of "dry dig
gings with q rush and nearly
precipitated a way, which was only
STAYED off by .he English Government
paying down $450,000 to the rival
claimants.
When the Kimberly mine was first
started the claims were Jumped in
the majority of cases, but numbers
brought with them order, and eventl-
ally the mine or diggings-locally
called "kopjes" divided int
claims, which originally were thirty
feet wide and ten feet square, according
TO the location. Learning wisdom from
the experience of other diggings, law
was passed that strip seven feet six
inches wide should be taken from one
side of each claim for road, and the
Kimberly mine was the first one to en-
fierce this most necessary regulation.
These roads Wee twelve in number, and
should have been maintained at mean
breath of fifteen feet. but in short
space of time most of them ceased tc
be two-thirds of that width. When 4
rich piece of soil was struck the diggers
careless of the future, undermined
them and frequent landslips took place
Natives were employed to work in ths
claims. and the rudest machinery i'm.
Gginablc was used to remove the soil
fer sorting. At first the claims were
simply shallow pits, which had a larg
stake driven into the ground at the up
per edge of the pit, to which was at
tached a pulley. with rope to draw IL,
the buckets or bags containing the dia
mondiferous soil for sorting.
As the mines grew deeper huge cap
STAINS were introduced, which wer,
worked by horse power and which wcr,
called "whins." As the work of mining
pro crossed and capital came to tn
front, steam engines took the place OF
thfoId "wbips "onl soon tbe eJra of tb.