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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1888-07-03

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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04
EWSPAPERS.
A Prize Essay by an Albany Printers
DeVfl.-SOme Clever Characterize.

n FTAZe Essay ~ an Albany Frlntef's
Devil--SOme Clever Characterize
lions.
The souvenir dancing orders of the Al
bany Printing Pressman's union contain
the following contribution from "a printers
devil which is too funny for publication
in so-called comic papers-at least they sell
dom have scch genuine humor. 1t is called
Prize Essay on Newspapers"
Newspapers is called vehicles of informa-
ton.
Reporters is what is called 1.-The staff =
so many OF them being sticks" They
work hard-at refreshment bars.
ProOf-readers is men what spoil the pune
tuation of the cOmpositOrs. They spell a
word one way to-day and another way to-
morrow. They think they be intelligent
persons; compOsitors think different.
COmpOsitOrs is the men that set up the
types and sometimes the drinks. COmpOs-
itOrs is very steady when they is sober
which they seldom is when they can help
it.
Editors is men that know everything in
the heavens above and the earth beneath.
They is writers who dOsen't write anything
whatsoever They is the biggest men you
ever see.
Managers is men as takes in the tin and
gives patent medicine ads tops of COL
umns next to reading matter thirty-seven
columns out of thirty-twO.
ProprietOrs amt anybody. They amt
ever seen.
Printers devils is the most important per-
sons in the printin' Office. They does the
hardest work and gets the least pay.
Freshmen is-well, there wouldn't be no
newspapers. no circus bills, without press
men to print 'em
Feeders is men what feed on the fat of
the land.
If l ever start paper OF my own I'll
call it The Umbrella. Everybody will take
it.
heard the foreman tell this funny story
to one Of the ''staff" the other day. 1t must
have been funny cause they both laughed.
This is the story: "A gentleman was prom
enading the street with little boy at his
side when the little fellow cried out: o pa.
there goes an editor!' Hush. hush,' said
the father. don't make sport of the poor
man-God only knows what you may come
to yet"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04
History of a Criminal Family.

1t was not long ago that the public was
startled with the reports and official records
of the offenders, paupers and unfortunates
OF the families and lineage of Wild Maggie.
the mother of criminals. She was the
leading one and most notorious of six Sis
terS, who had their home in one of the
wealthy counties of New York, about the
beginning of the present century. The re-
cords of this family have been traced down
through their various lines for six genera
tons and their development forms as strange
and terrible chapter as can be found in
the history OF humanity. 1t is almost in
credible that six generations of such sadly
debased manhood and wonlanhoOd could be
found in civilized land Of this bad lin
cage, the histories of 7O9 of its members
have been more or less perfectly traced, and
what amazing biographies! 1854 fallen wo-
men; Is convicted criminals; 142 paupers;
is indictable crimes; 116 years of impris-
Onment; 734 years OF pauperiSm. Tie
county has paid out it's hundreds of thous-
ands OF dollars to attend to those criminals
and paupers: but what tri1e it all is COM
pared to the moral damage. the suffering
and ignorance and degradation which have
been sowM like thistle seeds all over that
region. 1t was not that Wild Maggie and
her sisters were worse than other women
that the record was so fearful. The anceS-
trail breeding spot was a fOrest-cOvered and
rock sheltered seclusion. Here the children
were born, and lived in novels of an atmos-
phere of evil. Here they grew up together,
fostering in vice and crime, an ulcerOus sore
upon the social organism. In such lep-
rous environment it was impossible for the
young life to be uncontaminated 1t was
such nest of vice and uncleanliness. that
of necessity there came from it such fruit
full brOOds of paupers and criminals If
there in that county or state. half century
ago. refOrmatOry institution had been
established, and those children and youth
taken from these debasing Influences and
trained to habits of honest industry this
nest would have been broken up at the out
set, and these succeeding generations of
offenders would not have been entalled up
on the state: and what a different roll-cal
would there have been for these 700 de-
Scendants.
Wild Maggie was left an orphan at an
early age; she was sent adrift; no one cared
for her soul or her body; not even an aims
house to shelter her, and no warm Christian
home opened its doorway to the strong
framed young orphan. She brought her.
self up; but the community paid dear
enough for her training, dieting and cloth
ing.-From an Address on 1.-THE Reform
School Problem" by DR.. j. R. Grieve.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04
Prison Fuckers.

What kind of cords cause more pain to
the victim than the hempen cords that
choked the anarchists? Prison choir dis
cords.
Why is man disobeying the rules of the
prison like man losing five dollars on
three-card monte? One is sold for five
dollars and the other celled for five days.
What is the difference between our every-
day cell and the dark cell? One is fright
and the other hole-y fright.
A Saltwater necessity: A still tongue.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04
The Cross of Christ.

Let the cross OF Christ teach us to look
calmly on this suffering world. Life is full
of trials. and it is a perplexing thing to
look around us and see race of men groan-
ing under their burdens We know but one
satisfactory explanation of this strange
mystery thoroughly satsfactory-which
Gains all doubt The cross of Christ is the
explanation. The cross is the distinct an
nOuncement to us of that wonderful law
which fills all life-that Through much
trlbulatiOn we must enter into the kingdom
OF heaven" Perfection through suffering
that is the doctrine of the cross. There
is love in that law.-F, w. Robertson.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

r. A. Reiss, editor of the Hudson County
journal. HObOken. N. j.. in private let
ter to the editor says: THE MIRROR is an
excellent paper, and, trust. will do much
good. l wrote articles about the paper.
and its laudble purposes, to two Euro
pean papers of influence. and 1 hope the
example given by THE MIRROR will soon
be followed in some institutions of Germany
and Austria. Your enterprise is to be
praised for its educational purposes and for
the blessings it will bring. You deserve all
encouragement for your noble work. The
unfortunate prisoners at Saltwater w II gain
new strength and power for the battle for
life by reading and studying The MIRROR,
and if only the public will give a helping
hand to them. then many of them may
again become worthy citizens. Convince
the public that they should not shrink from
a man who has once been behind the bars.
but give him chance to show that he is
willing to live an honest life. III many a
case it is not the prisoners but the public's
fault, that man is made an Outcast.'
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04
WISDOM.

BE honest; you won't need any reform
Be honest; it is the true source of happi-
DeSS.
Be honest; heaven is for you.
Be dishonest; you cannot reform.
Be dishonest; you will lead life of dis
content and wretchedness.
Be dishonest; hell is for you.
Life is wonderful gift to be priced, and
improved; or it can be thrown away
and end in ignorance and despair.
Practice respect and love.
Discard prejudice. jealousy and hatred.
If you would have others respect you,
respect yourself. This you cannot do if you
hate your fellow men. Every great teacher
the world has ever known has taught.
Love your fellow man," 'Return good
for evil. T..
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04
Items of Interest.

For The Mirror.
Items of Interest.
The century about to close is the best the
earth has ever seen.
In ancient Egypt they could not bury a
king unless someone was found to say some
thing good of him.
There is in Milwaukee one saloon tor
every twenty-six voters. One-half of the
people do not drink, so every thirteen drunk
ards must support one saloon. How many
women take in washing to support the
thirteen drunkards who support each a
saloon?
Four barrels of water from the Great
Salt Lake will leave, after evaporation,
nearly barrel of salt.
The parks of Chicago cover an area of
three thousand acres.
The people of the United States spend
annually two hundred and fifty millions of
dollars for tobacco and nine hundred
millions of dollars for liquors, and vet we
complain of hard times.
The statue of Liberty Enlightening the
World is the tallest statue in the world,
being three hundred and five feet 1t was
gift from the people of France to the
United States to commemorate the alliance
OF the two nations in our struggle for indie
pendence.
In Japan, the eXecutioner has his own
head taken off if he does not cut off the
prisoners at one blow.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

In the California state prison at San
Quentin, the warden has made three classes
of tables, and according to the work done
by each convict he is assigned to his table
class. The first has little dainties like good
oeefsteaks, an extra ration of bacon, some
times superior kind of fish and the luxury
OF peeled or baked potatoes. The second
class is little inferior in the quality of the
food, and the third embraces the regulation
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04
1t is claimed that Ohio has the model pen

1t is claimed that Ohio has the model pen
itentiary system of the world. 1t is based
OH the recognition of the different degrees
of moral guilt and responsibility among
convicts. and the possibility of reform of
the less hardened ones. 1t stimulates exer-
ton to good behavior, to do right. The
good conduct prisoners are distinguished
from the others by their dress, and refor-
nation thus encouraged within the prison
walls. The system has been tried until it
has ceased 10 be an experiment and is well
worthy the consideration of reformers in
other States.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

Let home stand first before all other
things. No matter how high your ambi-
ton may transcend its duties, no matter
how far your talents or your influence NAV
reach beyond its doors, before everything
else build up true home Be not its slave:
be its minister Let it not be enough that
it is swept and garnished. that it's food is
delicious; but feed the love in it. feed the
truth in it, feed thought and aspiration,
feed all charity and goodness in it. Then
from its walls shall come forth the true wo.
man and the true man, who shall together
rule and bless the earth.
Monthly.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

The cruelties practiced on the convicts in
the prison camps of Arkansas are said to
discount the horrors of the Siberian mines
Such atrocities could only be perpetrated
through gross carelessness and imbecilty on
the part of the state officials whose duty it
is to have an oversight of such institutions.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

Secretary Hart, in the course of his re-
marks Sunday, said it was probable that a
law similar to that now in force in Ohio
relating to the discharge of convicts at the
expiration of minimum sentence would
be enacted in this state, if not at the next
session of the legislature, at the one two
years hence.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

The Turks, who are prohibitiOnists by
order of the Koran. are working to abolish
saloons kept by the christians" in Con-
:stantinople. All drinking places within
two hundred and fifty feet from the houses
of Turkish worship have been ordered
closed, and the police are enforcing the
decree.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

There are too many young men ''drifting
with the tide" The tide is swift and does
not admit Of a stop for forethought, and
thus are wrecked many good fellows whose
presence in the world would have been felt
had they had determination that uncon-
queraDle essence that great men are made
Of.-CamerOn. (MO. VindicatOr.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

The inmates of the Massachusetts state
lature for an appropriation to enable them
to publish a newspaper. THE MIRROR is
bearing fruit.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

prison fare. All the prisoners are anxious
to get to the first table and the benefit to the
state is a largely increased output Of manu-
featured goods at but slight extra expense.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

E. S. BOwdish. who served three years
sentence here for theft, has sued his former
wife for $4,000 damages for testifying
falsely against him.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1888-04-04

Detective Fahey was sentenced Thursday
at Montreal, to IA years in the penitentiary
for robbing the Grand Trunk Railway
office.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
LONGYIEW.
An Old Man Robbed of Thirty Dollars by q
News Butcher.

An Old Man Robbed of Thirty Dollars BY q
News Butcher.
Special to the Gazette.
LoNGvIKw, TEX, Jan. 6.-Yesterday
an old man named Lsmy from Kentucky
stopped over here from the Texas and
Pacific No. to 60 south On the Interna-
tional and Great Northern. He discoy.
cred he had been faxed out of $50 by the
news butcher. 1t appears the butcher
had two helpers in the scheme, and
played the money changing racke. on
the old man, who is partly deaf and al
most blind. One of the men ssked him to
exchange some of his small bills for larger
ones as they wished to mail some money.
The old man gave them $40 90, for which
they returned him five 81 bills and five
silver dollars. This was not discovered
by the old man until he got off OF the
train here. He made complaint to the
sheriff here who phedIto Miceola,
capturing the "butcher," and brought
him here to answer the charge to-day,
which will undoubtedly result in con-
victiOn.
The old man was going to see relatives
in Lockhart, Tex.
The City Council has msde another iu-
vestigation Of the school fund, and find
the schools will be extended to the 1st OF
February instead of the 18th Of January
as reported.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
A STRANGE ENDING.
Cases Against Memphis Oaicia's Thrown
Out of Court


MEMPHIS: TENN Jan. 6.-This COM
munity WAS startled by a sensation this
morning in the Criminal court when
Attorney-G General George T. Peters
arose inst after the court snd moved
that sIl indictments, eighty two
IN number, pending against President d
2. MADDEN, Fire snd Police Commissioner
County Trustee a. j. Harris and Wharf
Master Patrick Kallaher be dismissed,
which was done without the consent or
knowledge Of those gentleman By Judge
J. j. Dubose, in a prepared opinion in
which Che stated Che accepted result Of
yesterdays election as equivalent to 8
verdict Of the jury, finding the above
named persons not guilty of the offenses
Tor which they had seyeraily been in
dicted.
In explanation OF the action Of Judge
Dubose: at the election held yesterday
for taxing district officers, the Peoples
or MADDEN ticket was elected by sn over
whelmipg mai Dirty after bitter personal
campaign, la which it WAS conceded by
their opponents that Hadden and his ESQ.,
ciates had accounted for every dollar Of
public funds and had not appropriated to
their own use one cent.
The conduct of Judge Dubose is criti-
cised by the indicted officials and the
community generally as unprecedented,
but is accepted as q complete vindicstion
and the ending of 8 clash which has ex-
cited bitter feeling here for the past yesr
between the Criminal court and the tax
ing district government. A few days ago
Whsrfmaster Kallaher produced docu
lnentary evidence which convinced the
Attorney-General that he was innocent
beyond the shadow Of q doubt; hence the
dismissal OF sixty indictments against
him
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
Mexico.
A GERMAN LOAN.

CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 6.-Adyices re-
ceived here from Berlin are to the effect
that loan of $50, 600, 900 for Mexico will
;hs arranged before the close Of this
month on terms favorable to this country
1t is also stated that the German govern
ment is favorably disposed to placing
German capital here, where its citizens
have built up s. large and lucrative trade.
These German houses which nearly con-
troll the wholesale trade Of Mexico, ON e
their supremacy to the system of long
credit given their customers throughout
the interior country, and by their eco
nomical management have drive n
English houses with but two
or three exceptions oot of business,
Failures are very rare, although large
amounts are continually due them. The
French have monopolized the dry goods
trade in the large cities, and both Ger
mans and French in their operations here
have their rights closely and particularly
defined in commercial treaties. There is
no commercial treaty with Great
Britain as yet, but the English
minister some time sgo arranged
q protocol which gives English citizans
residing here the rights enjoyed by the
most favored nations. The English are
endesvoring to bring about negotiations
for q comprehensive commercial treaty,
and hope to gain solid foothold here.
rs The American interests, though now
amounting to nearly S2C0, 900, are
absolutely without treaty pro-
lection, as the treaty defining the
status Of Americans in business here
has lapsed. General Jackson, while
Minister here, gave attention to the cub
ject OF q treaty and had outlined plan,
but nothing has been done since his resig-
nation. The Mexican government stands
ready to undertake in a friendly spirit
negotiation for trea'y adapted to
modern times and the railway era. Mex
lean statesmen cannot understand the
Indifference in this matter by the Amsri-
can government. The government and
American citizens here are anxious for
treaty.
The government has declared free OF
duty everything entering into the con-
struction Of telegraph and telephone
lines.
The rapid rise in quicksilver in London
gives impetus to the working of the
quicksilver mines here, and an endeeyor
will be made to work q newly discovered
deposit in the northern states.
The government will take control Of all
the mines now under lease, and expects
to make heavy saving By so doing.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07

by English and American ministers TO
comply with the demands Of the Cab
met with assurances that they
would not interfere in his
behalf with the designs Of
the Reform League. The removal OF
kslakaus, the marshal, is also insisted
upon and he will be replaced by white
man named Sopre Rsberm. The league
has the support Of ninety nine out of
hundred foreigners and the endorsement
OF Gil the best native element.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
Austria.
THE FORGED DOCUMENTS.

XIV fOtSuHD DOVUIsHNISs
LONDON, Jan. 6.-The Standards
Vienns correspondent credits NJ
Deroue de with having instigated the war
party at st. Petersburg to arrange the
forged documents in order to prevent g
meeting between the Car and Emperor
William. The documents, says the cor
respondent, were presented at Copen-
hagen by the King and Queen of Greece,
VINO had previously given audience to M.
Derouede.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
KILLED His wife and Her Paramour.

NoGALEs, A. T., Jan. Ga double muir
der was committed by one Sandoval 6
teW dogs ago in small town in Jalisco,
Mexico. Finding his wife occupying the
same apartment with q stranger, he
stabbed both to death and then hacked
them in horrible msnner. The mur-
derer escaped.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
MYSTERIOUS CRIME.
Double Murder Ia Missouri by Unknown
Parties

Parties.
ARCADIA, Mo-, Jan. Ga mysterious
double assassination occurred on New
creek, Iron county, yesterday. For sew
eral years there has been feud between
William Turner and Alex Sumpter, two
prominent farmers in that vicinity. Re-
Gently Sumpter Was attacked from am
bush and wounded, and he caused the ar
rest of Turner forthe shooting. Turner was
tried yesterday and acquitted. After the
trial Sumpter and friend named Charles
Asher returned to SumpteT's house and
while talking in the yard both were fred
upon. Sumpter WIS shot through the
neck and killed and Asher was shot
through the body and mortslly wounded.
He did not see the sssasins.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
THEY Feel BAD.
The Result of the Winchester Election
in England a great Disappoint-
ment to the Separatists.
The Modest Consideration Upon wl.lea
an Abgssinisn Leader will Desert
The Belligerent King John.
Arrange ments Made for n Mextcan Loan In
Rerlia-How German Capital Controls
Mextc0's Wholesale Trade,
England.
COMPOUNDS THEIR HOPES.

England.
COMPOUNDS THEIR HOPES.
LONDON, Jan. 6.-The Daily News sd
mits the Winchester election was disap-
pointing. The Standard says the result
absolutely confounds the confident hopes
Of the Separatists.
A Russian spy with maps and COM
promising documents in his possession
has been arrested at Czarnowitz, an
Austrian town.
VESSEL FOUNDERED.
LONDON, Jan 6.-The English steamer
Maude, foundered in the Black Sea.
Twelve persons were drowned.
ARCHIE M'NKILL's BODY FOUND.
LONDON, Jan. 6.-The body of Archie
Mcneil, who went to France TO report
the Smlth-Kilrain prize fight for the Lon
dom Sportsman, and who had been miss
Ing since, has been found on the beach at
Boulogne.
There were distinct marks on McNeill's
throat showing he had been strangled
He was known to have when last seen
coin bank of England notes aud watch,
all OF which were missing when his body
was found.
Several f5 notes which he was known
to have when he left London have been
ceshed at the bank of England.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
RbnGlulu.
PROMOTIONS

PROMOTIONS OF AMERICANS INSISTED
UPON.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Jan. A pr
vate letter received here from Honolulu,
dated December q, says thst the cabinet
made O demand that Judge Jonathan
Austin of Honolulu, an American, Shall
be offered the place OF Godfrey Brown,
recently resigned from the Cabinet. The
Cabinet have also demanded the appoint
ment OF Sanford Dale, prominent law
yer from here of American parents, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death OF Judge
Fornader of the Supreme court. At the
last advices the King had decided to &C.
EIDE to the Cabinets demands knowing
that the reform league would otherwise
place Mrs. Dominis, the Kings sister,
on the throne. Kslaksua has been advised
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
France.
CONSERVATIVE GAIN

CONSERVATIVE GAINS.
PARIS, Jan. 6.-Au the returns show
the Conservatives gained three seats.
THE DECORATION sWINDLRRS
PARIS, Jan. 6.-T'he Tribunal to-day re-
sumed the trial Of the case against M.
Ribadeau, M. Herbert, and M
Dubrenil, concerned In the Lee
gion Of Honor decorations swlndle.
The prosecution announced additional
evidence procured which implicated NJ.
Wilson. The case was again adjourned
pending the result of Magisterial inquiry.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-07
a Grain msrehau, Goes to Canada.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Jan. &c. B. WILDER.
one of the most widely known grain mer-
chants of this city, has gone 10 Canada.
Tuscan & Heathfield are cut $4,000 and S.
s. McCres, freight agent of the Grand
Trunk, is loser TO the amount Of $751;
coo, and number OF others are said TO
be out various amounts.