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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-12-27

ers is lost; pledge that had. belonging to a
man is lost; if it were my own 1 should not lament
it, This will clear up the affair"
The did the Agha requested. AS he
went about the city. beating himself with the two
clods, and lamentng that he had lost pledge be-
longing to woman, she who had given him the
kurs heard him. Discovering he was the man she
had cheated. she said to herself. go and bring
action against him.
She went to his shop, riding on an ass to give
herself consequence, and said to him, Man. give
me my property that is in thy possession.
He answered, 1T is lost" Thy tongue be cut
out.' she cried; ''dost thou lose my property? 1
VII go to the Agha and inform him of it.
She went and told her case The Agha sent for
the man, and when he had come, said to his accu
SER what is thy property in his possession?'
She answered, "A kurs of red Venetian gold"
"Woman.' said the Agha, Il have gold kurs
here; should like to show thee " and he united
a handkerch eff, and taking out of it the kurs
which she had gwen in pledge. said. Look"
She looked at it and hung down her head.
Raise thy head said the Agha, land say.
where the five hundred piasters of this man?''
Sir they are in my house." she answered.
The money found and given to the man,
and the woman ordered to be beheaded.
Youths Companion.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-12-27

One single saloon in town of 1000 peo-
pie is more to be dreaded than all the
thieves and gamblers in the state. In five
years it will break up twenty families.
cause at least three suicides and result in
at least fifty infractiOns of the law. The
tears cannot be counted nor the heart aches
numbered.-Rev. Charles GOss. Chicago.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-12-27

Many of the inmates have requested us
to thank the various organizations of the
w. c. Il. U. for the presents received and
we do so collectively. We all appreciate the
presents AS they are pleasant reminders of
better days. The general sentiment is
clearly expressed in the poem by JOsiar
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-12-27

We publish next week communication
from our Sing Sing correspondent that will
be of great interest. He is a good writer
and brings out many imperfections of the
prison system with clearness ana force
that would do credit to any writer in the
country.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-12-27
country.

A narrow minded man should be kept in
a half-b ushel space and at routine work.
His horizon is too near his nose to suspect
there are places and peoples and ideas in
yune.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-12-27

Men will wrangle for religion, write for
it, fight for it. die for it; anything but live
for it.-COltOn.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-12-27

An affectionate son writing home from
the far west, closed his letter thus: And
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-12-27

IF every criminal convicted given the full
extent Of the law" says Inspector Byrnes of New
York, ''crime would decrease in five years that
every police force could spare half its men," So
it is not so much the fault of the law as of the
men who fail to administer it efficiently that
crime in many places seems to be on the in
crease.-Lake Breeze
Ii Inspector Byrnes is the narrow minded
parsonage the above sentiment would i'm
ply. he should make haste and resign that
his ignorance may DO no more to increase
crime within the limits of his influence. He
should cOnfine himself to the invigOrating
precincts of library and read the history
of England, France, or any of the European
countries. or the early history of the
United States, and if these do not satisfy
his mind of his inexcusable ignorance he
should let his detecting" eyes rest upon
modern Russia. Extreme penalties have
never lessened the sum total of crime, but
have ever degraded, brutaized and made
tiends of men, and the increase of crime has
compelled more humane methods to be in
stituted.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-12-27
REFORMATORY INSTITUTIONS.

Inc true theory OF all punishment Is not
founded in malice. but in desire to assist
in the reformation OF those restrained of
their liberty.
''Those who sin most are beaten with
many stripes. and those who sin least are
beaten with few stripes" were the words
of one wiser than any man.
Amy system of punishment which vo-
lates this cardinal rule flies in the face of
the teachings of our Savior. When the
object of such punishment has been ac-
complished the punishment should cease,
and the person under control should be re-
leased, and refusal to recognize this prin-
ciple, by those in authority, violates the
most sacred precepts of our Savior. S.
The foregoing is what Dakota lawyer
of prominence thinks of the object of i'm
prisonment, and our readers will doubtless
recognize in it very general principle-n
theory-but rarely applied in practice. 1t
is no longer question of doubt that i'm
prisonment based on vengeance is great
wrong, yet such is the basis of almost all
imprisonment. Some one has lost money;
he resorts to every means, fair and other
wise. to convict the accused. One is as
saulted; he bends every energy to convict.
In any case where criminality is charged
the idea uppermOst is--a wrong has been
done certain amount of punishment must
be inflicted on the wrong .doer-not to edu-
cate the offender above crime but to make
him suffer for having done wrong. No
better condition of society, as regards its
criminal tendency, can be hoped for while
this idea lies at the basis of imprisonment
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-14

The San Francisco Examiner, il
VAIN eDGeayc.r to meet the fore.
OF the Chronicle, mas issued \ six
teen page Free Trade edition. Ii
prints pictures of the leading
American Statesmen, whom it al
leges endorse Free Trade; among
others Grant and Logan. Grant
was always Piotectionist, and Lo-
gan, on page 80 of his book, 1.-The
Great Conspiracy" says in speak
ing Of Calhoun's compromise tar
if:
"Free trade, Slavery and Dis
union were from that time sworn
allies. and the ruin wrought to eur
industries by the disasters of 1910,
plainly traceable to that compro-
miss tariff measure of 1893, was
only to be supplemented by greater
ruin and disaster caused by the
tree trade tariff OF 1896"
= Campaign emergencies must be
indeed desperate when such tricks
are resorted to.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-14

They are havyg taste q pfse-
teal prohibition at ffe famous
b~er-brew;rg town OF Fora, Nevada
couatv, Cal. So many drunken
men have been run over by trains.
and there has been SO iau.h trouble
oil various kinds from drunkenness,
that the Central Psc;fic Railroad
Company have deci',ed To remedy
the evil so far as les in their power.
To this end they have prohibited
the sale cf liqror upon lands belong
ing TO them in Boca. This order
closes all the saloons that have
been running in that town.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-14
Missouri May be KedeemeA

Missouri May be kedeemeA.
Republican clubs are being
formed all over the State. In more
than one town twice as many voters
are enrolled in these clubs as there
were Republicans in the town =
year ago. The free trade propa-
ganda of the Democracy has driven
many Of the most intelligent MEM
bers of that party over to the Re-
publican ranks. The prospects for
q big victory for Harrison and Kim
ball No. 6 are excellent. 1t looks
now as if the Republicans, with
good. clean ticket, could carry St.
Louis by about 5000 majority. But
If there are any men on the ticket
who are not of the right kind they
will he beaten in spite of this fine
prospect. People are beginning, in
local elections, to investigate each
candidate before voting for him.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-14
Democratic Primaries and
County Convention.
At A REGULAR MEETING

At A REGULAR MEETING
"A Of the Democratic County Central Com
mittee of Ormsby County. Nevada, held at Car
son City, october9, 1858. it was
Resolved, That primary Election be held in
Ormsby County. Nevada, on Thursday. October
is. 1855, between the hours of three and seven
o'clock p. NJ, for the purpose of electing TWEEN
ty-one delegates to the Democratic County
Convention to be held at Carson City, Satur-
day, October goth, 1883.
Said primary Election to be held in Carson
City Precinct, at Curry Engine House, and at
Empire Precinc. at old Postoffice building, and
the names of the persons to constitute the
Election Boards in each precinct, are. Carson
City Precinc' w. A. B. Cobb, N. R. Els,ner
and w. U. Mackey. Empire precinct, J. Longa-
baugh, J. Walter and VIM. Kinney. The appor-
tionment Of delegates in each precinct lie as fol.
lows:
Carson City Precinct 10.
Empire Precinct @.
Ordered the following test be required
Of each voter at said Primaries:
.sAre you . citizen Of this State, and will
you support the nominees Of tho Democratic
partyr
M.coHN,
Chairman Democratic County Central Com.
Max Aaesos,
oetlld Secretary.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-14

The Pail Mail Gazette charges
that the words, II have murdered
four and will murder 16 more be-
fore surrender myself To the po-
lice" written by the supposed
Whitechapel murderer upon the
shutter OF the house adjoining the
one in the yard OF which the body
o. one of his victims, were found,
were erased by order OF Sir Charles
Warren. Chief of Police, before the
authorities had an opportunity to
photograph them.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-14

The great registration in New
York and Brooklyn 10 the best sign
We have SO far seen. The registra-
ton il always attended to by Demo-
Gratis closer than by Republicans.
The rush this year shows that the
fight is hotter than ever before, and
that both sides are putting forth
their utmost exertiors. This is as
it should be, and we hail it as an
omen Of good. The boys who were
born between 1862 and 1866 are 60
ing to vote this year.-Salt Lake
Tribune.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-14
There are at least 80 Republic

There are at least 80 Republic
an voters in this precinct whose
names do not as vet appear upon
the registry list. Tumble to your
selves before it il too late--Times-
Review.
The same state Of affairs applies
to this county, and We arc con-
strained to i've the same advice.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-14

Since the Democracy has made
such "a ado over the trusts, Blaine
hiss been showing that all the big
truetS ere fcbtered by the Demo-
crits, and the biggest Of all. tho
sugar trust, il under The protection
~ aid CLEVELAND himself.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-10-14

All OF General Harrison's
speeches are alike in one respect
they are entirely unassaila bile /.
Lynx eyed opponents have watched
every day for an ungrarded word
which could be used against the
candidate or his party. They have
watched in vain. Not one sentence
or phrase uttered by Mr.. Harrison
has been found of any use whatever
to his opponents; not one has been
seriously controverted as unsound
or untrue not one has been calcu-
lated to repel any portion Of his
supporters, or has given reasonable
offense, as extreme or violent in
partisanship, to his political oppon-
ents. But a host of ideas and
pithy sentences from his lips have
gone into the Republican campaign,
and are now in daily use as effective
weapons all over the country.-New
York Tribune.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-04
Tuesday, September 4, 1888.
AN ExPLANATION NEEDED.

A
 Congressman Mills, who spoke in New Ha- ven Saturday evening, talked skillfully, but he omitted to explain some matters that need explanation, and which he is perhaps as well qualified as any Democratic speaker to ex- plain. The Chicago Inter-ocsans asks him some pertinent questions, as follows:
 Why is protection removed from the north ern farmers potatoes and retained on the southern planters oraRgesf
 Why removed from the beeswax of the northern States and retained upon the lemons of the South?
 Why is revenue to be reduced to degree that will create defcita
 Which is preferable, slight surplus or in creased debt!
 What has become of the surplus of $100,- 000, 900, $40. .o00,000 or $275, ,000, 900 until lately told by Democrats to have been in the treasury on December T 1S97f ---
 If these large sums have been squandered by Democrats in nine months and the treas ury has been under Democratic control, what has become of the Democratic profession or economy?
 If these sums never were in the treasury, but were falsely said to be there by Demo- crats who sought to frighten the country in- to accommodation of the protective policy what has become or the Democratic profess sion of honesty4
 If Democratic administration has squan- dered $100, ,000, ,000, or $40, ,000, ,000, or $275, ,000, 900 in nine months, is that reason why it should be intrusted with new term of powera
 If Democratic administration has dis honestly represented the magnitude of the surplus to the extent of $100, ,00o, ,000 by the most favorable Democratic estimate, is that a reason why it should have a new lease of poweri
 To which charge does the Democratic ad- ministration prefer to plead guiltya
 1. Prodigate waste of large surplus.
 3. Falsehood concerning the magnitude of the surplus.
 8. Incapacity to comprehend the relation of revenue to expenditure, and utter ignor- ance Of national finance.
 Ia there any way of avoiding all of these ehargesl Is it not plain that either the ad- ministration spoke ignorantly concerning the surplus, or that it spoke falsely with in- tent to deceive, or that it has wasted the sur plus whereof it spekef Whsther the fault of the administration be that of ignorance, or of dishonesty, or of prodigate waste, is it not 8 fault that forfeits the confidence and merits the censure of the nationi
 Mfr. Mills did not answer any of these questions here, and he probably will not anywhere. But they well deserve his Satten-
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-04
ESTEEMED.

A man is often highly esteemed for what We don't know about him.-Puck.
 It is queer coincidence that red is made from msdder, and bulls are made madder by rsd.-Life.
 A Right to the Title.-C -Citizen-"Why do you write Col before your name, Uncle Rastus, you are not colonelq" Oncie Ras- tus-''Ne, sah; de sCol.' stan's fo' cullid. n- Time.
 At the Boston Symphony.-Miss Sonata fo Western escort)-''Do you know Wagner, Mr. Hamlard?" Mr. Hamlard-"No, but we'll acquainted with Pullman. He lives in Chicago, you know. Life.
 Gsod For Flies.-Old lady (to grocer's boy) -"Your store, boy. seems to be very full of fes." Boy.-."Yes'm; I guess it's that lot of fy-paper the boss jest bought that draws lem in here. Do you want some of itg'-The Epoch.
 On a Transatlantic Liner, Nervous Passen- ger-"And you are sure that there is no danger, oficer2"
 ''Of6cer-Not bit. The captains just gone to take nap because it's too foggy to see anything
 ''My son John," said Mrs. Spriggins, stis boy had any literary tastes, but he's gone square into the writin' business, and sup pose he'll be 8 great author some of these days. He's only an underwater now, but he expects to be promoted before 1ong."-Har- per's Bazar.
 Husband-Tm afraid, my dear, that this amateur theatrical entertainment is likely to prove bore.
 Wife-It may John; but, for heavens sake, remember that 1t is an amateur entertain ment, and when the curtain drops after each act don't pick up your hat and go out.-- New York Sun.
 Everybody has been served but Tommy, whom his father had completely forgotten. Of course he would not ask for his dinner, having been admonished not to ask for things at table. But presently his mother, requiring 8 plate, called the servant to fetch one where upon Tommy remarked timidly: ''Take mine, mamma; you see it's quite clean. n."-Youth's Companion.
 Burglar-''I have followed the profession of housebreaking for ten years and have never been arrested. have new job nearly every night"
 Pickpocket-"But aren't you afraid the po- lice will get the drop on you?"
 Burglar-"Not much. live next door to the station house. ."-Hotel Mail.
 'tPapa, think you told a fib in the pulpit to-day" said little son of 8 clergyman. 'fWhy, my boy, what do you meAn" asked the father. "You said," continued the child, 'One word more and am done.' Then you went on and said great many more words The people expected you'd leave off 'cause you promised them; but you didn't, and kept on preaching long while after the time was up."-N. World.
 He was telling the boys that he had never been troubled with corns, and he was an ob. iect of envy and admiration, but this did not last long, for as he moved away the peculiar joint motion of his knees betrayed the fact that he wore patent wooden legs. Acorns do not grow on basswood.-Atlanta Constitu4 tion.
 Johnnie-I wish lived in South Amsri- ca.
 Mothe1-Why. Johnnya
 ''The mammas down there don't wear any slippers"
 "Yes. my son, but you must also remsm- Der that the little boys in South America don't wear any pants"
 "Thst's SO. It's queer that I never thought about that. "-Texas Siftings.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-04

In the Seventh congressional district of Missouri Judge Elijah Robinson and Richard Fl. Norton both wanted the Democratic nonai- nation. When the convention adjourned the other night one hundred ballots had been taken without choice, and the figures on the hundredth were the same as on the first. After the adjournment proposal of novel sort was made and accepted. Wednesday morning the judge and Richard, each attended by friend, met in private room. Each of the two would-be congress- men produced and s'put up" $1,OO0. Then the two friends tossed bright silver dol- lar into the air, it having been agreed be- forehand that the winner should have his choice between the nomination and the $2,000. Richards friend won the toss and chose the nomination. The judge pocketed the money, went into the convention, with drew his name, and turned over enough votes to Richard to norninate him.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-04
NO. 2oe

great Lofodsn Islands, pursuing our tortur- ous courses mid deep and narrow channels scarce wide enough for ships to pass, as snow-clad the lofty peaks towering far above, bold and mixzsd, kiss the very skies which down their mountain sides splash sill very streams like great and pearly tear drops vending their watery way as cen though very nature wept at this rude dissertation of her solitude; anon we pass the great Svart- sen, mighty glacier that it is, which serpent like unfolds its seventy miles of glistening ice, whose treacherous surface foot of man has never sealed, and mocks us as we pass; and SO mid countless scenes of wondrous beauty ever changing, yet ever still, we leave this nature's paradise, and as one's thoughts look back, while glistening forts and lofty walls rise up before, we ask ourselves has this besn all dreami Or why indeed in this far Arctic land has God with all his bounty 70 much grandeur spreada
 W. IT. L.,
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-04
NEW HAVEN. CONN. MORNING, sEPTEABER 1888.

to be exposed. The conclusion reached is that nature furnishes pigments which, if properly used, will insure the continuance in good order of a water color painting for an indefinite period of time; that is, under ordinary conditions, for hundreds of years On the other hand, they have discovered that number of the colors in common use part with portion of their value in very short period of time, and that these should not be used by an artist who is desirous
 that his work should last during his own life, to say nothing of its existence after tha4 time. Among these quickly perishable colors, either used separately or in combi- nation, are Prussian blue, indigo, Indian red and Indian yellow.
 The United States Supreme court is to be
 called on to answer the question, can women
 vote in Washington territoryi The highest
 court of the territory has declared unconsti-
 tutional the territorial statute granting wo-
 men suffrage, but the advocates of the cause are not satisfied with this decision and pro- pose to appeal o the highest court of the na- tion. The ground on which the local court based it's decision was that the organic law of the territory framed by congress limits the right of voting to sscitizens, ? and that by this term congress meant male citizens. But un- der the constitution of the United States woman is citizen equally with 8 man, and she is clothed with all the rights and privile- ges of citizenship. The elective franchise is, however, not fundamental right of citizen ship. It is political right which may be conferred by congress or the States upon some citizens and withheld from others. The United States Supreme court may hold that the word scitizens" in the organic law of the territories includes women or that it is re- stricted to men.
 Dr. J. A. Tanner of Boston has been mak- ing some experiments which have general in processes relied upon for testing water are ''as apt to condemn good water as they are to commend it, and to commend an impure water when they should condemn it." and his statements go far to support his theory. For example, if 5 per cent of milk or any beef extract be added to gallon of distilled water the processes will condemn it as inn pure because it contains organic matter. Add few millions of disease germs to gal lon of distilled water and none of the pro- ceases will discover them, because the quan~ tity of organic matter is not large enough. Yet the one mixture is entirely harmless, and the other, if we accept the germ theory, is dangerous. The combustion process relies upon the proportions found of carbon and nitrogen; the ammonia process upon the presence of free ammonia and albumoid am- monia; the permangonate process upon the amount of oxygen required to oxidize the organic matter. All of these tests are exa tremely delicate and slight inaccuracy is enough to cause an impure water to be rated as pure, or the opposite.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-04

Vienna scientific societies have been inves- tigating the wonderful "weathsr plant" dis covered some months ago, and it is said that it's weather foretelling properties have been thoroughly verified. The marine department of the Austrian War department is to give the plant trial on shipboard.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-04
CORREsPONDENOE.

Travel tn NorWaY-ThrOndhje for the North CaPe-Grand and Im- preasive Scenery = TOrGhatsa - The Midnight Sun-The North Cape.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-04

'sWhat is it that makes the rich man richer, and the poor man poorera" shouted 6 Socialist orator in New York the other evening. The proper answer to this ques- ton would have been monopoly" and the orator waited for some one to give it. He was therefore very much disgusted when 8 newly -fedged member. who had not been properly posted, got up and yelled '.Beert"
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-04
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.

REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
 FOR PRESIDENT, BENJAmIN HARRISON, of Indiana.
 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, LEVI P. MORTON, of New York.
 State Electoral Ticket.
 ELEoToRs-AT-LARGE, FRANK ". CHENEY, of South Manchester. JOHN H. WHrTrEMoRE, of Nsugatuck.
 DISTRICT ELECTORS, 1st District-HENRY R. KIBBE, of Somers. 2d District-E. F. JONES, of Branford. Sd District-W. A. SLATER, of Norwich. 4th District-W. 0. HARDING, of Stamford.
 For state Omcers.
 FOR GOVERNOR, MORGAN G. BULKELEY, of Hartford.
 FOR RLIEUTENANT-aovERNoR SAMUEL E. MERWIN, of New Haven.
 FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, R. J. WALSH, of Greenwich.
 FOR TREASURER, E. s. HENRY, of Vernon.
 FOR COMPTROLLER, JOHN B. WRIGHT, of Clinton.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-09-04
EDEToRIAL NOTES.

Everybody is waiting for the corn crop, which, if nothing happens, willlbe the largest this country ever saw. A frost Is all that is feared now.