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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-20

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. John ~ nAAhr ID
When I meAn to marry2-Wen,
IT'S idle to dispute with late,
But II you choose to hear me tell,
Pray listen while 1 FIX the date.
When daughters haste, With eager iests
A mothers daily toll to share:
Can make the puddings which they ear,
Aud mend The stockings which they weal
When maidens, look upon q mai
As in himself what they would m@rry,
And not as army soldiers scan
A sutler or a cornmissary;
When gentle ladies, who have 60
The offer OF a loyer'& hand.
Consent TO share his earthly lot,
And do not mean bis lot OF land;
When young mechanics are allowed
To find aud wed the farmers girls
Who don't expect to be endowed
With rubias. diamonds, and pearls;
when wives. in short, shall freely give
Their hearts and hands to aid thei
spouses,
And live as they were won't 90 live
Within their sires1 one-story houses
Then, madam--it I'm not too old-
Rejoiced to quit this lonely life,
III brush my beaver, cease to scold,
And look about ne for q wifel
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-20

anent OF your own.
'tAh Jack, do you know Whist day e
is2 Yeu are my valentine sir.
Audacious, wasn't il for little Miss
Qlney to SO forget the proprieties?
The old people in Che other part Of the
house came home, but whether it was
hours or minutes after Jack came nei-
Their Of the young" people could have
told.
And 50 the wonderful news Of Jacks
return became an old story in Lorraine,
and Mrs. Brown, once little Miss Olney,
tells her children the story of her val
entine."
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-20

Gentle words, q, gentle words,
HSw ye liRger Ia the mind,
Like the songs Of happy birds
Floating on the summer wind;
Like the peal Of merry BELLS,
Heard across SOME sammy plain,
Der tho brooks and thro' the dells
Lofty, sweet, thon loud again.
Chorus:
Gentle words, ., gentle words,
How We linger in the mind,
Like the song OF happy birds,
Floating on the summer wind
Gentle words, 0, gentle words,
Ye are powers sent to bless;
Richer gems than diadems,
Treasures that We all possessg
Ye are tones from brighter spheres
Angel voices aoothing pain,
Thrilling echoes thar for years
In the heart resound again.
Chorus:
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-20
MISS OLNEY'S VALENTINE.

ga beautiful morning" Miss Olney
thought, as she carried her bird cage to
the window, and threw open the shut
ters to let in the full food Of light.
Across che way a fresh young voice. was
singing. Little Miss Olnsy paused to
listen, and a dreamy smile curved her
lips, and as she tended her flowers,
pausing now and then to inhaIe their
fragrance, a sigh escaped her lips. Old
memories were stirring her heart as she
went about her work to-day, for this
sunshiny 14th day Of February seemed
so like another in the long ago.
Long? Yes, the time was long count
ed by years; and yet, as memory went
back, it seemed but as yesterday. She
was only sixteen then-"sweet sixteen"
Jack Brown called her-and they often
called her a little firt" in those days.
@Did she deserve the name" she won
dered; and then she fell to criticising
her own conduct and thinking over those
old days. All, memory was "bitter
sweet" as it often is, and as she thought
of her conduct 10 Jack on that neysr-to-
be-forgotten night, a sort Of self-pity
stirred her heart-pity for the young
self that was no more. No, it was not
the same "Lida1 that, loving Jack with
all her heart, was yet bound to torment
and tease, just to show her power over
him and see how we'll he loved her. She
had never meant to iilt him-neyer-and
when on that night, at the valentine par
ty, she had allowed Ally Brimmer to
take her home, leaving Jack, who had
escorted her there, to find out at his
leisure that she was gone, and she fully
expected be would come over the next
day and make it all up. To be sure, she
expected TO be very penitent, and OF
course it was real mean, but then he
ought to know il was just a Joke.
But Jack did not come the next day,
nor the next day after that. And then
she heard that he had gone away. Gone
away without seeing her! It was dread
full; but, alas It was true, and Ida
olney actually cried herself sick. Then
she resolved she would learn his address
and would write to him but before she
could carry her plans into execution a
terrible shock came to her. Jack was
married. And, following close upon
the news, Jack sent her q letter telling
her Of the fact she had already heard,
and ~inclosing her letters, requesting her
to send back his own
GrieyinO was useless, but Miss Olney
could not help grisying, and as she sent
back his letters and all the dear little
souvenirs Of their broken compact she
felt as If life wGsaardly worth the hay
ing.
But though her own folly and Jacks
raah haste had marred the lives Of both,
Miss OIney grew into q nobler, better
woman for the sorrow she had endured
Doing with all her might every duty
her hands found TO do, living . life OF
quiet usefulness, she found herself at
thirty ii not positively happy, at least
content. An old maid they called her
now. but little she cared as she went
her quiet way. She lived in rented
rooms. where she had Lived now Tor
years. for the spirit Of change did NOT
often visit the quiet little village q Lo-
raine. and the quiet old couple who
~ r9 4taot ~ the DWELL
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-20
Stretching Things.

Christian Neighbor.
"Im most dead II Is ashot as fire,
sad I've been more than adozenmiIe
after that colt
Andrew threw himself at full length
on the lounge, and wiped the perspira-
tionfrom his forehead.
Where did you go?" inquired the
father.
~ went over to Briggs corner and
back by the bridge
ssThat is q little less than amileand
10 half. Is it SO very warm, Andy2 it
seems quite cool here. z
mo, not so dreadful, / suppose. 4
I'd take it moderate; but 1 ran Hkes
lightning and got heated up"
you started about 3 O'Clock, my
son, and now Hlacks q qesTter Of 8"
said ifIiis father, ctsssBiting his watch.
eyes, sir; Just three.quarters 81 an
hour" answered Andrews ~inDocently
Does it take lightning As minutes
to 20 a mile and a haif2H
~ didn't mean exactly that, father,
but Iran all the way because Iexpect
ed the whole town would be here to-
night TO see my new yelocipede, exs,
planned Andrew, reluctantly.
eNhom do yen expect, Andy II
wasn't awara that such q crowd Was
To be here. Wllat viii you do with
them alI?"
"Jim, Eddy and Tim told me they'd
be round after school; and wopldn't
wonder II Ike came too, that all
'sThe population Of the town Isl
5000, and you expect three persons,
Well, as you are very sick, I am alad
no more are coming, You couldn't
play with them at all.
s'Sicklv cried Andrew, springing to
his feet; "who says I'm sick9"
"Nhy, Andrew, you said you were
almost dead. Doesn'ttha meanveey
sick?n
"You are SO particular, father,
about my talking. / don't mean
actly what ! say,53f course. Iwasn7f
nearly dead, to besure, but / didsome
tall running. you bet There were mo
than fifty uugs alter me, andI con teo
much on dogs,
'Quite n band Of theml Where did
they all come frOm29
tarhere was Mr.. Wheeier's sheep dog
and Rush's store dog, and two Dr
three more; and they made for me,
and 50 I ran as last as / could.
Five. at the most, are not fifty
Andrew"
There looked to BE fifty, anyway.
aswured Andrew, somewhat impatient
W. Carriers ten-acre lot was full OF
dogs Just making for me- and I guess
you'd have thought there we're fifty If
It had been you"
ssTen acres OF dogs would be a great
many thousands. Haveyou any idea
how many2'a
Andrew did notlike to- calcnlateg 1or
ii occurred to him whcc B small space
ten or fifteen thousand sheep would
occupy while camping, and ten acres
Of dogs would be past calculation.
"But, his athercontinued "Ikn0#
Of no beSr way to break you of the
foolish habM Of exaggeration tnan To
tell the children Of the trouble youb9d
in going after the colt. You ran iiko
lightning encountered ten acres Of
dogs, which would be hundreds oE
thousands, travelled more than d doz
en- miles to get one and q half niSles iii
a straight line, expected 70 find 5000
people here TO exapesne your new Ee
locipede, and when you reached home
you were nearly deadin
please donf. father; the bcgA and
girls WILL alllaught henselvesto death
and 1 won't e~xaxgerate anain Il / ike
to be es old as Nethuselahl
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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-20


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

We have on our exchange list The Youth,
and while it is intended mainly for children,
few of our exchanges can rival it as an in
structive literary journal. The subject
matter is of the class which instructs in his
tory, science and mechanical art inter-
spersed with engravings which are always
of some natural geographical feature or to
impress upon the reader the subject treated
in its pages. The articles are short and on
whatever subject they may be, are written
in the pure, narrative and descriptive style
which so many modern journals neglect in
their search for the sensational and unusual.
The price is fifty cents year. Published
by The Youth Publishing Co.. "a Park
Row, New York City, N. Y. Subscriptions
received at this Office. where sample copies
can be seen.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

In renewing his subscription, E. n. Tai
madge. of Histings, writes: please find
Enclosed 95 cents in stamps-6O cts. for the
continuation of my subscription to THE
MIRROR, and 35 cts. for some poor, lionel Y
one in your midst, who wishes THE MIR
RoR. You have my heartiest sympathy,
one and all of you. for the grand effort you
are making to carry on so good, interesting
and beneficial paper as THE PRISON MIR
ROR. May success attend it,"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

Show us person who has not the cour-
stand by them, says an exchange. We will
show you a person without friends or enc
mics, sckly. cowardly. creeping creature,
caring for none but Understanding and
creeping his unchallenged way to the OBJ
security he merits. while your man of force
may have bitter enemies and is sure to have
sincere friends. The former does no good
in the world and when he passes away
leaves no vacancy, while the latter's loss
will be felt by many warm. grateful heart.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

Elsewhere will be found an interesting
letter from our old friend and chaplain,
Rev. w. S. Matthew, which will be read
with interest by all our readers. We are
glad to know that he is so pleasantly sit
uated and that he can find time from his
multitudnOus duties to remember his SO a.
M. congregation in Saltwater" THE
MIRROR still ''reflects," etc., and has been
addressed each week to our beloved ex-chap-
lain at Los Angeles. Perhaps the P M. at
that place can shed some light as to where
and on whom THE MIRROR has been re-
fectng since November last?
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

Texas" takes the editor to task for say
ing that 'PheniX" had answered him
("Texas'') in convincing manner" The
article of ''PhHniX'' was read in the pres
ence of our astute devil" and others of our
staff, and it was pronounced excellent"
We took it for granted they meant it was
an excellent answer to ''TeXas," the lat
ter's article having been printed a couple of
weeks previously and it's import having es-
capped our memory. We don't know any
more about it now than we did before, not
having had time to look it mp; but we make
this correction" in order to keep peace in
the family.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14
That there are some bright and truthful

That there are some bright and truthful
minds in the penitentiary of Minnesota is
evidenced by the teeming columns of THE
PRISON MIRROR, which, by the way, is the
only paper at present published by convicts
in any penitentiary. In its issue of Feb 8.
appears fine allegorical sketch by ''Alexis, "
"a lifer," that many youth would do well
to read. THE MIRROR is of high moral
tone and it's contributions are peculiarly in
teresting. Those who are engaged in the
reform business would do we'll to help the
prison library by sending a dollar and re-
ceiving THE PRISON MIRROR for one year.
Cameron mo- VindicatOr.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14
A Son Who Was a Blessing.

"Whose sunny, happy face is that in the
frame on your mantel?" we asked father
the other day. Instantly the fathers face
grew as sunny as the one in the picture. as
he answered: THAT is my son; and al
though he is now over 40 years of age, he
has never given me one-half hours
uneasiness or trouble in all his life." Do
you hear that, boys? Is it not worth while
to so live that the venerable father and the
sweet-faced mother may say that of you?
Gods blessing waits to crown the boy whose
purpose is to gladden. and not grieve the
heart of the father and mother.-Church.
at-WOrk
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

gallons of whisky. The whisky, made ripe
and old by the new Jay-eye-s see rapid pro-
cess, sells for 81 per gallon. making SIG for
four gallons. Of this SIG. the farmer gets
twenty-five cents. the government gets So
60, the railroad gets 50, the manufacturer
gets "a. the vender gets 1925 and the user
gets the devil, while the producer and the
taxpayer foots the bill.-The Jackson Re-
public.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

We have received Vol. 1, No. 1, of theWest
Superior Daily Inter Ocean, w. F. Street
& Co., proprietors. Mr.. Street is pract-
cal printer, as we know from personal
knowledge; good lawyer and an allround
hustler, and the fact that his hair is of the
hue which presages the approach of a
white horse is indicative that the people of
West Superior will be furnished with a
LIVE daily-if they deserve it,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

Mouth or tail piece! Be either man or
mouse. Don't pretend to be great big.
roaring Norway rat and then skedaddle and
squeal at the first probability of getting your
tail pinched. God hates coward. There
is nothing more detestable than the blow
hard with cotton string backbone. To
take up the cudgel for a friend is noble. To
pretend to pick 1t up only to throw it down
and run at the first probability of the pune
ture of the skin or the contents of the pocket
book, is to acknowledge water in the heart
and absence of sand in the giZzard. If you
won't fight don't growl. Don't pretend to
be a lion guarding your lair, when you are
only coyote hunting bone. -Fireside
Guard Centralia. Mo.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

We have been receiving in exchange
since its start, THE PRISON MIRROR, pub
lished at the state prison in Saltwater,
MINI. We should have welcomed THE
MIRROR to our table long before this. We
beg it's pardon for the neglect. 1t is four
page paper. sixteen by eleven inches in size.
1t is filled with sprightly and valuable mat
ter, and must promote the welfare of its
readers and the prison itself. THE MIRROR
gives some of it's space to advertisements.
A week or two ago it copied one of III. J.'s''
poems from Our Paper, with due credit
thanks. Long life to THE MIRRoR-''to
hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature. y
Our Paper. Warnerville, Mass.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14
'ultOn streets.

If woman is good enough and sensible
enough to know how to raise voter up so
that he will be good enough and sensible
enough to vote right, it occurs to our dim
understanding she has the ingredients of a
good voter pretty well implanted in her,
The Labor Sunbeam, Texas.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14
A Succession of Biblical Prophecies
Fulfilled.
can be seen.

Editor Mirror:
Perhaps some of our readers will remem-
Der short discourse of Mr.. Albert's in which
he spoke of five great prophecies. At the
time the idea struck me that short paper
on the fulfillment of the prophetic warnings
to the city of Tyre in the principality of
Sidon would not be Inappropriate for THE
MIRROR.
The original city of Tyre was situated on
the eastern coast of the Mediterranean
about midway between Egypt and Asia
Minor, near the northwestern frontier of
Palestine. 1t was the metropolis and COM
mercial capital of Phenecia. and was cele-
brated for it's navigation, its colonies, its
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

The Rock County W. c. T. .. Banner.
is new monthly SPACE journal published
in the interests of the above society at Clin-
ton, Wis. VOL 1. No. 1. has reached us,
and we gladly place it on our X list.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

The worst blizzard on record occurred in
New York city, Monday Snow fell to the
depth of one foot and drifted so as to make
street travel impossible. A woman was
frozen to death on the corner of Broadway
and Fulton streets
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

A drummer who kissed country girl re-
marked ecstatically:
''How charming it is to press the lips of
innocence for the first timev'
''All you city fellows must have gone to
the same school. Every mothers son of
you says the same thing when he kisses
me-" she replied.-Ex.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14
Ernest" died easy. Thanks.

Henry Bergh, founder and president of
the society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals. died at his home in New York,
Monday, aged 65 years.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

'That is the tear drop of a starving child
To whom you ministered; banished tear
Is called diamond by jewellers here"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-03-14

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-22

seeing each other fiirt, when it is really
well and cleverly done, and when we
do not want the man for ourselves? [
watched those very pretty eyes on Sat
urday with the greatest interest, and
could tell each time she hit the bulls
eye by their expression alone, for the
target sat with his back to me.
Poor victim! He seemed to be enjoy
ing himself very much, the more so as
the men who passed cast many approx
ing glances at his companion.
Men value woman'S good looks a
thousand times more when they see
that 1.-The other fellows appreciate it.
Many man has married girl for no
better reason than that three or four
other men wanted to marry her too
The ardor OF the chase has been mis-
taken for love of the game, as some I'M
happy marriages could testify.
The silly women who neglect their
toilet after marriage forget that their
husbands will cease to appreciate them
if they see that other men never east a
second glance upon them.
1t is just the same with their children
very often. A pretty, bright child who
is admired by every one, enjoys an
added share of his fathers love, reflected
from others.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-22

weeks, the success of her scheme has
been demonstrated, and it is already
self-suppOrting. One of the ideas of
the exchange is to furnish employment
for worthy poor women at home. By
paying 81 any woman may become
member, and she can cook at home
some of the things sold in the restau-
rant. All sorts of foods, such as crul-
lers, cakes and bread, are already sup
piled in this manner. Mrs. Pike said
that the only obstacle encountered so
far has been the difficulty of obtaining
good mattresses. A table d'hote break
fast and dinner at 80 cents has been
started and is well patronized, many
men availing themselves of the reserved
seats.
A membership in the exchange will
eventually include many other priv
ileges. The floor above the restaurant
is to be devoted to the sale of decora-
tive articles, and there will also be a
library and club rooms. Mrs. Pike
hopes to be able to start a factory
eventually for the manufacture of vari-
Gus kinds of dry goods on the same
plan, and has been encouraged to do so
by several leading houses in the city.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-22

of the word implies, aud the same may
be said of the flowers adjoining these
hats. A very handsome black tulle hat
had wide lace Sewed round the edge,
partly hiding the face below. and bOu-
quet of peoples scattered over the
crown. OF flowers. roses, tulips and
peoples are the favorites tied together
loosely and pinned carelessly on the ar
ticle they are to decorate. The ladies
should remember that the fewer stitches
in the making of the hat results in
greatest beauty and lightneSs. Pin
everything as far as feasible, and the
effect achieved is surprising.
Floral hats and bOnnetS and flora
trimmings of every kind are becoming
more and more popular as the season
advances, and the very newest headgear
is composed entirely of the beautiful
flowers that are so faithful to nature
this year. The foundation of these
'flower hats and bonnets are simply
made of stalks and grasses twisted to-
gether at the fancy of the milliner, and
so cunningly devised that when covered
with the blooms it is almost impossible
to detect a foundation at all. Nothing
can be better suited to the present
charming manner of trimming hats, but
when complete the construction is a
very frail affair. Some are being
trimmed with real flowers, that can of
course be changed at the wearer's will,
and are really less costly than good
artificial flowers, but where these are
used they can be so perfectly perfumed
with the scent of the real blossom that