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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25
The Blues and Melancholy.

Cheerfulness and occupation are closely
allied. Idle men are rarely happy. How
should they be? The brain and the muscles
were made for action, and neither can be
healthy without vigorous exercise. Into
the lazy brain crawl spider-like fancies, fill
ing it with cobwebs that shut out the light
and make it a fit abode for ''lOathed melan-
chOly." Invite the stout handmaiden, brisk
and busy Thought, into the intellectual
chambers. and she will soon brush away
such unwhOlesOme tenants. Blessed be
work. whether it be of the head or the hand,
or both. It demOlishes Chimera as effectu-
ally IS Bellerophon. backed by the goddess
of Wisdom. disposed of the original monster
of that name.-Ashtabula Daily Beacon.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

Among the exchanges that come to our
table, none is more welcome or read with
more relish than THE PRISON MIRROR. ed
tied and published by the convicts in the
state prison at Saltwater. Its articles are
clear-cut, spicy and original, and it's dis
cussion of reform problems. able and phil
osophic. Long may THE MIRROR live to
reflect the sentiments of it's contributors
The Pilot, Faribault
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

On Monday April Is, the Governor of
South Carolina granted full and free par
don to two colored men who had been SEN
fenced to be hanged for the lynching of a
white man who had outraged little colored
girl. The Governor says that he was in
f1uenced in this case by his desire to do JUS
tice to the colored people. This was the
first time that any one had been convicted
in South Carolina for lynching, and it was
also the first time that cOOred men had
lynched any one, and he would not have
them made all example of when white men
had not been punished for like Offenses..
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

1t a train of cars runs over and kills a
mans cow, the state will compel the rail-
road company to pay him damages to the
full extent of his loss. But the state may
cast man into prison and keep him there
for years, break up his family and scatter
them over the world, strip him of his prop
erty, reputation and all that makes life
desirable; and when it Is discovered that all
this has been wrongfully done, it washes
its hands of all obligations by granting him
a pardon for crime he has never commit
ted. From Michigan comes the news that
William Rogers has been pardoned after
serving eight years of life sentence, be-
cause it had been found he was innocent.
On entering prison he left a wife and child
who, after waiting tor years, gave him up
as one dead and went their way in the
world. He CONES out an old man without
friends, home or money, but nothing is
said about reimbursng him for his blasted
life. Of course there is not gold enough
in the world to bring back the family and
the years of his life wasted in prison, but
the state should provide him with a COM
Portable living for the remaining days of
his life.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

We learn from the Daily Gazette that
Editor Barrett has leased his newspaper
saltwater Democrat and job office to
Messrs. A. j. and NJ. L. McIntre for one
year. Mr.. Barrett will remove to St. Paul,
where he will be connected with the bust
ness management of the Daily News.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

The Norman County Herald says of the
Oklahoma boomlet that struck Saltwater:
"We hope that the convicts will not be al
lowed to emigrate and corrupt their morals
by assocating with the boomers"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

The spring number of Texas Siftings is
the finest thing of the kind ever sprung on
us. 1t is not only delight to the eye. but
its galaxy of wit. humor and information
mind.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

The Daily Capital is the name of new
paper published at Devils Lake. North Da-
kOta. 1t is a splendid paper and is credit
to its editor and publisher. Marshall Nc
Clure, and we wish it the success it's merit
deserves
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

A bill passed the New York Legislature
raising the yearly salary of the Principal
Keepers of the three state prisons from
81. 500 to $4,000.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

Prosperity awaits all men, and even pur-
sues some, but it is never found in the
haunts OF vice.-Register-L
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25

NOtwiths tand:ng the fact that the new
punishable by fine and imprisonment has
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-04-25
The board of pardOns bill did not pass.

The habitual criminal bill died in the
house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17
TAX SALE.

Solomon. Townsend, est, house aud lot, West bet
King and Prince, 1856, $40.
Semmes, Thomas, cor Patrick and Prince, i'm
provementtax, S17.l6.
Strong. Andrew, lot in square bounded by Wash
ingtop, Columbus, Franklin and Jefferson, oox
90, 1876 to 1883, inclusive, $40.
Strong Clephane, trustee for Napoleon and zen.
elops Strong (minors), lot south side franklin,
bet Washington and Columbus, 1876 to 1888,
inclusive S26.
Travers James A NJ, house and lot, G cor Nlihcs
and Henry, 1885, So, S2940.
Thornton, Nat, Swami Thos Il, Jones, w, ana
others, Two lots, West bet Prince ank Duke, 1856,
81, $3.50.
Walker, j H. house and lot, Henry bet Wilkes and
Gibbon, 1885, Sc, 81, IS, 1922
Warren, w II, house and lot, West bet Prince and
Duke, 1885, Sc, 81, IS, $685..
Wilson, Martha, house and lot, Patrick bet W likes
and Gibbon 1885, Sc, 81, S $3.50.
Wilkins, John, house and lot, Gibbon bet Column
bus and Washington, 1885, Sc, $40 So.
Williams Martha, house and lot Gibbon bet Pitt
and ST. Asaph, 1885, Sc, $40
Webb Emanuel, house and lot, n W cor Wolfe and
Wilkes; lot 1856, S2l.52.
Williams. Rebecca house aud lot, Gibbon bet Pitt
and ST. Asaph, 1887, IS. $40
Waters Benz, house and lot, Duke bet Alfred ana
Patrick, 1885, Sc, Sll.56.
Wheatley, Mary, house and lot, Columbus bet
Wolfe and Duke, 1887, IS, so 40.
Woolls Stephen, house and lot, Gibbon bet 81
Asaph and Pitt. 1885, Sc So.
Webb, Alfred, house and lot, Commerce bet Payne
and West 1887, S3.60.
Webb John, house and lot, Commerce bet Payne
and West, 1887. IS. SOS.
Webb Strother, lot, Commerce bet Payne and
Watson Charles S, lot, Pittbet Franklin and Glib
Ware are solomon, house and lot, St Asaph bat Glib
bon and Franklin, 1883, S3.6S
Watkins, Mrs NJ G, improvement Prince ST, 80 GS.
Young John NJ house; nd lot II " cor Alfred and
Franklin, 1879. 50, 81 So, ST s., SIS, 51l536
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17
FOR SALE AND RENT.

TloR RENT-A LARGE.SIZE ROOM at the
L Synagogue, suitable for school purposes. Ap-
ply to ISAAC SCHWARZ s. SON, King street.
octi4 1w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17
TAX SALE.
GALE OF PROPERTY FOR NoN.PAYMENT

GALE OF PROPERTY FOR NON.PAYMENT
y OF CITY TAXES.
Under the following resolution, passed By the
City Council, Thursday, August 8, 1889, We will
expose at public auction on Wednesday. october
23d, 1889. in front Of the Market Building, Royal
street Alexandria, Va, the following
LOTS AND IMPROVEMENTS
thereon, or az much thereof as may be necessary
to pay and satisfy the taxes, assessments or
charges due to the City Council of Alexsndri. on
the game:
the supervision of the City Auditor be and they
are hereby, directed to proceed and sell at public
auction all real estate in the city of Alexandra,
on which taxes are due and unpaid to June l.
1889, in conformity to the City Charter. Said
sale to commence on Wednesday, the % day Of
October, 1889
The purchasers will BIS required to pay at the
time of sale, the taxes, assessments, charges and
expenses of SALE The proprietor Or proprietors of
such lots, his or their heirs, representatives or
agents, may, within two years from tho day OF
sale, pay to the purchesor thereof, or to the Mayor
the money paid for such taxes, charges and e3-
penses, as aforesaid, with twelve per cent per an
mum as interest thereon, or make tender OF the
same in which event he sh all be reinstatcd In his
original title Ifno such payment or tenaer Dc
made within two years next after the sale the pur-
chaser will be required to pay the remainder o.
tho purchase money intoth treasury OF tne Cl'y
Council where it will remain, subject to the order
of the proprietor or his legal representative; and
the purchaser on the payment of the whole amount
of the purchase money, will receive title to the
said lot or lots or such parts thereof in fee simple,
from the Mayor. -
The sale will commence as 10 o'clock a. NJ, on
the day specified, and ifnot completed on that day
will be continued from day to day aud from time
TO time until completed.
A. F. cox, Col S. Dist
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17

A TOUGH OLD TARTAR.-Thsre is man
living at Saratof, Russia, who is 140 years
old. He acted as adjutant to Field Marshal
Pugatcheff and took part in the storming OF
Kssin and Slmbirsk and in the bombatd
ment of Samara He was arrested Win
Pugatcheff and brought back to Simbrisk,
where he was subjected to $50 blows With
the knout and condemned to hard labor for
life in the Siberian mines. After thirty
eight years. Punishment and hard LABOR
samoiioff was permitted to return 10 MS
native city. Despite the hardships OF his
exile he is described as still retaining all hls
fecultjes
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17

WARRENTON-Train Nos. so, 81. 50 55
and so connect daily to and from Warrenton.
FRANKLIN DIVlSION-Daily, except Sunday.
LeaFe Rocky Mt. 7:30 a. M, arrive Franklin
JUNCTION 1880 a. M; leave Franklin Junction
1870 p. M, arrive Rocky Mt. 1880 p. m.
GORD0NSVILLE-Trai leave Orange TO,
9ordonsville 1855 q. m. and 1856 p. m. daily,
and $50 a. M. daily except Sunday. Returning
leave Gordonsville for Orange 1912 a. M, 1856
p. m. daily, and 1880 a. n. daily except Sunday.
WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVISION.
ALL TRAINS DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Leave Alexandria from depot at 900 a. m.
and 4:45 p. M; arrive at Bound Hill 11:3O a. M.
aud 1920 p. IL.
Returning, trains leave Round Hill sos a. M,
and 1:30 p. M, arriving at Alexandria at S:23
a. N. and 800 p. m.
The eco a. m. train from Alexandria connects
at Round Hill with stage for Blue Ridge, Berry.
Vile and Winchester, and at Leesburg with stages
for Aide and Mddeburg
The 500 a. L. train and 4:45 p. m. train from
Alexandris connect st Vienna with stages for
Fairfax Court House.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
On trains Nos. 80 and 81 Pullman Buffet Sleep
crs between New York and Atlanta via Dam
villo.
On trains Nos SO and So Pullman Buffet Yes.
thule slcopors between Washington and New
Orleans, ana Washington and Birmingham, via
Danyille.
On trains Nos. So and 81 Pullman vestibuls
sleepers between Washington and Cincinnati and
Louisville.
On trains Nos. 54 and 80 Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between Washington and Memphis,
and Washington aud New Orleans and Knoxville.
via Lynch5urg
On trains Nos. SO and 80 Pullman Buffet
Sleepers between Washington and Memphis via
Lynchburg and Chattanooga.
Through tickets on sale at the principal stations
to ell points. For rates or information apply to
any agens OF the Company, or to
c. N. BORUM, D. P. a, Lynchburg Va.
JAMES l.. TAYLOR, G. P. a., Washington, DC
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Mrs WINsIow's SOOTHING SYRUP, for
children teething is the prescription OF one Of the
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States, and has been used for forty years With 1T
never failing Success by millions of mothers foI
their children. During tho process OF teethlne
its valuo is incalcusble. 1t reiieves the cniiu
from pain, curcs dysentery and diarrhea, gripping
in the bowels aad wind-colic. By giving health
to the child it R'sts the mother Price 20 cents
hnttlo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17
Rucsxlen,s Arnica sa1ve.

THE BEST sALvE in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers Salt Rheum, Fover Sores, letter
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction, or money refunded. Price % cents per
box. For sale by E. S. Lesdbeater & Bro.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17
THEGAZETTE.
THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER II.
A VERY AsroNIsBED Mus1c1AN.-One
adventure of dead Bottesinl should be re.


adventure of dead Bottesini should be re-
membered. he was playing one night at
Antwerp, and there was full room, and
considerable curiosity for bis turn to begin.
He took his place beside his colossal double
bass and commenced his variations. Tha
public were electrified aud so wac the play
er. No one who knows the double bass
could say of tie Instrument that 1t was
squeaky and shrieky. Il has ito faults, but
at least shrillness is not one Of them: Inc
sounds came forth that evening piercing
and pathetic. The player looked terrihad
his instrument seemed bewitched and the
sounds continued even when the bow was
not drawn across the strings. For mo
ment BottesiDi fAltered, aud then plnnging
his hand into the internal cavities of bis big
instrument, he drew it back very hurriedly.
He introduced it again very carefully and
took out and held up to the room cat. The
entertainment did not end there. There
were kittens to follow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17
THIRTY ACRES OF LAND.

lying Immediately in front of the Theological
Seminary, adjoining the farm of Vim. cleveland.
Apply at this Office sep15 tt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17

TRENCH CANDIES and CONSERVED FRUITS
&c A large assortment of lew goods just open
cd of Ioct1O1 McBURNEY'S
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-10-17
CONFECTIONERS.
DELEGATES Of the SEASON.
HENRY BRENGLE. 5s1 KING ST..

Is still furnishing his long.tested and approved
ICa. CREAM, of the best material and at the low
est rates.
Ornamental and Plain Cakes are sold cheap
er than they can be manufactured at home.
Also Cream Pufs, Tarts and Pastry, Candies and
Taffy of sll kinds. PIES 4 SPECIALITY. Fruits,
Nuts Confcctioneries Caromels and sugarod
Fruit9 &c ca:ers for families, fairs, balls and
Establishments and furnishes social parties-of
the best and at the lowest rates.
lie offers special inducements at wholesale to
dealers, and packs carefully for country custom.
mh29 If
Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25
A Tyne Of Young Amerea.

A lady entered a Sixth avenue elevated
at Chambers street yesterday afternoon ac-
companied by 5-year-old boy dressed in
iaunty sailor suit. The car was crowded,
but the lady was handsome and well dressed
and secured a seat at once. The sailor boy
climbed upon the seat behind the lady, evi-
IDENTIFY his mother, and gazed abstraetedly
out Of the window for few moments. Then
suddenly, without a moments warning, he
began singing in a voice that could be heard
ali over the car, the familiar 'Razzle Dazzien
song. A broad and ever increasing grin
spread over the car. and few seconds later
half dozen boys and young men were keep
ing the sailor boy company.
The chorus grew and grew in volume until
three-fourths Of the occupants Of the car were
Joining in. Suddenly the sailos. boy got tired
Of sRazzle Dszzlen and began Where Did
You Get that HatF The chorus went him,
too; and then the sailor Boy, elated with his
success, SWING out into Johnny CT Your
Gun.H The fun was suddenly ended, how
ever, by the lady and the sailor boy leaving
the car at Fourteenth street.-New York
Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25
Mrs. sraekay's Wonderful Parrot.

London is marvelously empty, but enter
tainments are still given at Mrs. Mackay's
Il is true that the hostess herself is not yet al
home, but grand green parrot has sat at the
open window since last Sunday, looking out
to Buckingham gate, and attracting hundreds
bv its humorous conduct. / have seen and
heard many parrots, but never one like this
| was returning from hearing Burns and Til
lett in the park on Sunday when first saw it.
The pavement in front OF the window was
thronged, and everybody was roaring with
laughter, for the bird itself was laughing so
heartily that its example was contagious.
At last it said, with intense emphasis; well,
declare and then burst into convulsions
of laughter again in a manner really too lu-
dicrous. It exchanged remarks with the
spectators, it hailed passing hansoms, and on
being asked what o'clock it was, it replied;
Half past T." which was, in fact, correct.
Incredible as it may seem, the bird, on Mon
iav afternoon, was asked the same question,
and replied, accurately; "A quarter to 5.
So great has been the attraction Of this gay
green bird that the police.have had to keep
moving tho people on to prevent obstruction
OF the traffic ''Go oni" cries the bird.-St.
Stephens Gazette.
Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25
death % chicken Hawls.

Bob, red setter, owned by Charles w.
Cooley, Of Paradise township, Pa, keeps
guard over the baldyard fowls, follows the
ciacking mother hens and their broods from
one place 70 another, and lies low for hen
hawks. Last summer Bob did nothing of the
kind, but late IN May he saw an enormous
henhawk swoop down and carry Of a squawk-
ing chicken, and since then be has taken
upon himself the task Of watching over all
the feathered stock on the premises Mr..
Cooley wasn't aware of Bobs self imposed
duties until an afternoon in June, when he
heard the rooster and the hens cackllng and
squawling back Of the barn. He saw a red
streak sailing over the fence like fash,
and before he could get to where the
frightened fowls were Bob came bound
ing round the corner Of the barn
with big hen hawk by the neck. The
hawk was tapping its wings like sixty, but
Bob soon choked It TO death, not appearing
70 mind the beating he received from the
birds large wings. Mr. Cooley. found a
wounded chicken in the yard, and the indica-
tions were that Bob had pounced upon the
hawk Just at the instant that the big bird
grabbed the chicken. After that Mr. Cooley
took more notice Of the dogs actions, and be
soon found that Bob had his eye out for hawks
at all hours OF the day He never barks when
he goes for hawk, and he has shaken the
life out Of three since June l.-Exchange
Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25
when one Is out,

A man in Nashville, Tenn, has invented
what he calls a telegraphophone. It is
small instrument, something like the phono-
graph, which is put at the end Of telephone
line, and if a person is not there to answer
telephone call the message can be given In the
usual way along the wire and it Is recorded
in the instrument at the other end. II man
leaves his Office without anybody in it, he can
attach his telegraphophonea arrangement, and
any messages that come over the wire to him
are recorded and can be read after he comes
back.-Detroit Free Press.
Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25
Mountain Homes.

The French government has placed in the
great exhibition at Paris very interesting
series of methods and plans for the restOra-
tion Of waste lands, and particularly for the
Transformation Of barren mountain sides
into fertile farms, by means Of terraces rising
one above another A lofty and barren noun
tain may by these methods be changed into
beautiful and fertile pyramid, encircled by
scores Of belts of narrow green fields, watered
from reservoirs placed near the summit.
Thus the waste and lonely mountain may
become the home Of a numerous population.
In short, an entire great range like the ALE
phanies, with hundreds on hundreds Of peaks,
can be converted into a chain Of populous
towns
Those persons who, with DR.. Nautilus, have
feared that the earth may become overpeo-
pied would do well to study the capacities Of
mountain ranges, in the light Of these recent
French engineering enterprises.
For example, a mountain 6,0O0 feet in
height may be surrounded by hundred ter
races Of stone work, each supporting level
belts Of fertile soil, one above another, vary
ing In width from twenty yards upwards,
1ey rding to the steepness Of the mountain
side.
Water for irrigation is brought down in
pipes from the reservoirs above, or hoisted,
by wind power or solar engines, from streams
below.
Mountains thus restored" offer most pic
turesque and healthy sites for homes upon the
terraces, and the drainage and other sanitary
works can easily be rendered almost perfect.
Such improved mountain sides, too, are capa-
BILE Of producing a very wide range Of foods,
from sub-tropical fruits at the base, or lower
most terraces, to the hardest Of cereals and
vegetables near the summit, and these prod
ucts cas be readily exchanged by the people
on the different terraces, one with another.
Flights Of steps and even inclined railway:
may lead upward from one stage Of gardens
to another, and it is easy to see how single
mountain, not very large and not very high
may become the prosperous home Of healthy
self supporting population Of many thousand
people.-Yo Companion
Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25
pnrla Gnld ThImhlea.

Thimbles as ordinarily made arc Of solid
metal-iron, steel, silver or gold The metal
IS pressed into dies Of different sizes, and the
thimbles are punched, polished and tempered
afterward. A few are made Of brass and
''washed" with some white metal In Paris
they make gold thimbles for use and dura-
bility. A disk Of sheet iron is punched into
a hole which gives it its shape. Then the
little hollows for the needle are made and
the thimble is pesfectly finished and finally
converted into finely tempered steel by a
peculiar process. 1t is then fine steel
thimble, that will last lifetime or longer.
It is next lined and covered with gold leaf,
so put on that it will last many years, and
of course can be renewed when it does wear
of. It Is believed that such thimbles are
made nowhere but in Paris.-Good House
keepiug
Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25
How's This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that can not be cured
by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Props Toledo, o.
We, the unpersigned, have known +. J..
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions. and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio. waldiug, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
E. H. Van Hoesen, Cashier Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, Ohio
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mueus
surfaces the system. Price 75c per bottle.
Sold bv all Druggists.
Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25
Tourists.

Whether on pleasure bent or business, should
take on every trip bottle of Syrup Of Figs,
as it acts most pleasantly and efectuslly on
the kidneys, liver and bowels, preventing
fevers, headaches ard other forms of sick
ness. For sale in soc aud sI.oo bottles by
ali leading druggists.
Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25

according 70 recent statements an itaiian
inventor has constructed machine which
REGISTERS in pounds and ounces the amount
Of brain power expended in mental effort
and tells you just how much a dream weighs
or how many pounds Of brain cells you con
suned in reading a book, Or writing g poem
or listening to o sermon. - Exchange.
Milford chronicle., 1889-10-25
u Rlsmnrck aInsenl.l.

The admirers Of Prince Bismarck in Ger
many are developing plans to found Bis
marck museum in Berlin on the next birth
day anniversary of the chancellor. Collec-
tions have been made already and requests
sent out for all relics pertaining to the prince
or his family. It will, in all probability, oe
arranged somewhat after the style Of the
well known Hohenzollern museum, which is
in one Of the palaces Of Frederick the Great.
The chancellor is fattered by the idea.-New
Yorl, Tribune