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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-07
DISEASED BLOOD.
Humors, BlOtches, Sores, Scales
Crusts, and Loss Of Hair Cured.

Terrible Blood Poison. Suffered all a man
could suffer and live. Face and body covered
with awful sores. Used the Cuticura Rene
dies ten weeks and is practically cured. A
remarkable case.
contracted a terrible blood-poisoning year
ago. 1 doctored with two good physicians,
neither OF whom did me any good. l sufferered
all a man could suffer and live. Hearing of your
CUTICURA REMEDIES concluded to try them,
knowing if they did me no good they could make
me no worse. l have been using them about
ten weeks, and am most happy to say that am
almost rid of the awful sores that covered my
face and body. Ny face was DIS bad, if not worse
than that of Miss Boynton. spoken of in your
book, and L would say to any one in the same
condition, to use CUTICURA, and they will surely
be cured. You may use this letter in the in
terests of suffering humanity.
j. W. REYNOLDS. AShlahd. Ohio.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-07
The Mammoth Copperopolis.
Matthews g. Co.

The Copperopolis is also among the list o
producing properties in Tintic district.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-07

DTNIPLES, blacB-heads chapped and oily
L I'M skin prevented by CUTICURA MEDI
GATED SOAP.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-07
The WinamUck.

sent in eighteen tons of concentrates.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-07

The Woodside contributed 25O tons.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-22
The Will To Do.

A component part of the nature of man
is to be forever seeking that which will
crafty some taste or desire. constitutional
inherent or acquired. The actual corporal
necessities of mans existence are few in
comparison to his acquired tastes and hab
its, and it is these acquisitions that call into
play the nicely of distinction as to what is
adapted, and what is not, to each individual
temperament. so as to enjoy health and a
blameless life, and the will to choose that
which is most beneficial. With the first
breath of life that divine spark is kindled
which continues to glow with a steady
flame throughout their existence, and when
cut loose from that. merges itself in the in
finity of space beyond the grave. At first
the vital spark is very feeble-in keeping
with the frame that holds It, but as the
days, months and years roll on, the body
expands in strength and vigor and
that flame of God, which we call intellect.
expands with it until arriving at the age of
discretion we find it at maturity, ready for
the battle of life, for good or for evil The
man suddenly finds himself free agent. all
restraints thrown Off and with many it is
with feeling of relief they realize that
henceforth all their actions are under their
own control. and we'll armored is he who
finds himself so well trained for defence
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-22
An Amateur Reporter.

1t is the common belief that almost any
one can write up an ordinary Item" for
newspaper. Not long ago l asked friend of
mine to write the particulars of runaway
which he had witnessed. He was fairly
educated man. and could write good letter
on business or other matters. but here is
what he perpetrated when he wrote up the
item: About two o'clock yesterday horse
belonging to ST. Jones who was attached to
light spring wagon became alarmed at the
actions of white dog which sprung sud-
denly out from behind wall where he was
passing, and at once took flight down the
street. The driver tried to gain control of
the horse but as the dog continued to bark
at him he became still more frightened and
as they turned the corner the buggy was
precipitated against telegraph pole and it
was smashed into fragments" Becoming
slightly mixed up in the perusal OF this
amateur effort concluded that it would be
cheaper for me to walk out and see the
dog. the horse, the man and the. telegraph
pole. but to this day can't tell whether
he. she. it, they or that escaped or was
sma shed. l do not believe that the writer
meant to say that Mr.. Jones was attached
to the buggy, but his language would indi-
cate as much. saltwater Messenger.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-22
Home Training.

The life of the average boy will give us a
fair idea why it is that one youth who has
received good home training should turn
out a criminal, and another whose circum-
stances and surroundings were no better
should become an honest and useful man.
The trouble is that the generality of boys
who reach prison that were presumed to
have received model home training really
received a very poor one. The Intentions
of the parents were good, but their idea of
the training a child should receive was mis-
leading. They would tell their children
not to do such and such thing, in the do
ing of which the children could see no pos
sible harm. therefore, could not understand
why they should be forbidden to do it.
And the parents would never deign to in
struct them on that or any other matter, be-
lieving. like their fOrefathers. that chill
dren should always be content to obey a
parents command without wanting reasons
for 50 doing. There is no doubt whatever
but that the truly dutiful child should obey
any demand of a parent without question
ing it's business. But all children do not
rise to such an ideal comprehension of their
parents wishes as to fully understand their
motives. There are some children of a
sympathetic and very impreSsible nature,
who will never in their innermOst thoughts
question the business of parental injunc
ton. There are others again who, in their
childish way, feel indignant at what is to
them an unreasonable and unjust depriva-
ton of some privilege or paStime.
can remember when | was about eleven
years old. several of my companions re-
ceived permission from their parents to
take dancing lessons. TO keep up with the
procession, requested a like permission
from my parents, but met with a decided
refusal. No reason was given, other than
that dancing was not good for me. Why
it was not good for me was left to con-
lecture. as did not care to argue the mat
ter with my father-having had previous
experience i'm cross questioning him about
matters on which he had decided opinions.
How was to know that dancing was not
good for me-. or that it was radically bad
in itself? | could see nothing wrong in it.
and | was not given the slightest infOrma-
ton to see wherein it was wrong The
parents of my companions were just as ar
dent Christians as mine, and were regular
visitors at our house. being bound to my
parents by ties of long acquaintance
and friendship. This together with the
knowledge that my companions were yet
considered good enough tor me. made the
whole affair still more incOmprehensible to
me.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-22

not having been allowed privileges that
were granted my companions, or to any
other OF the petty grievances that CALLED me
when a boy. But these deprivatiOns,
though comparatively no greater than the
tilaments that go to make up single thread
in the spiders web. yet when woven to-
gether form a strand strong enough to d-
vert the current of ones life from its nat
ural course. At present | can understand
and appreciate what were my parents mo-
tves: but never will be able to understand
why they would not give me some simple
reason for not allowing me to indulge in
pastimeS that were enjoyed by boys they
considered good enough for me to associate
with. Had | been permitted to crafty
my longing for dancing, or any of the other
still more innocent amuSementS that had
desire for. it is barely possible that |
might have formed ties which would have
bound me more strongly to the city of my
birth and prevented my leaving home.
| If had not left home | would not have
become criminal-belevers in predestina-
ton. heredity. criminal instinct. etc, to the
contrary Notwithstanding. This is a sweep
ing statement to make. seeing that | can
only prove it as tailor a garment of his
own make: his name was not upon it. and
the cloth and cut were not unlike other gar
ments. but the stitching" said he. Il can
swear is my work." and after events proved
that he was right. There was nothing pc
culiar to others in this ''Stitchng." but the
man who was accustomed to it. knew it as
his own work. 1t is this knowledge of ones
own self which tells us that the circum-
stances connected with our life at home
would never have led us into a criminal life
while we remained there.
a ChOnI
pise 1.-The day of small things When chill
dren are able to read. their intellect is suff-
ciently developed to understand a simply
wOrded reason. IT it is necessary to deny
them a privilege that they see enjoyed by
other children, do not feel too big to give
them good reason for your course. The
people in the present age who feel dSheart-
ened because the moral advance does not
keep pace with the physical. would do well
to see if they are not themselves blocking its
progress. They are generally the ones who
keep the birch rod and ''tawS' ever before
their offspring. and train them as did their
ancestors in the good old days when the
OK team and prairie schooner were the fast
est means OF lOcOmOtOI. Parents must
bear in mind that in this age, children know
more at ten years of age than the ma iOrlty
of full-grOwn people ever knew in the good
old days"
The present may truly be called an age
of reason. and boys and girls, as we'll as
men and women, want to know why they
shall or shall not do certain things.
Let parents treat their children in man.
ner commensurate to the general advance
ment of our times. and they may live to see
the good results of liberal home training
RONDA.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-22
The Cause.

1t was balmy afternoon. The sweet
odors Of the liacs were waited hither and
thither. spreading everywhere They came
to me through the barred windows as [
walked restlessly to and fro in the Jail cor
ridOr. Outside the window. seated on the
close cropped lawn, were two little chill
dren. busy i'm arranging a few roses into
bouquet. chatting merrily the while.
l opened the window softly. so as not to
attract their attention. but was unsuccess-
full. The sash creaked, and they glanced
up.
Hello" ventured
Hello" they answered, but so family
that it sounded like an echo
Then followed some confidential whis-
pering between the children, and an Occa-
siohal sidelOng glance at me.
Wont you give me one of your rOSeS?"
| asked after little.
One of them arose, and with the aid of
an old box. climbed up and handed me
bud that was just beginning to blossom
out. and remarked IF you put it in
water it will open out. and keep a long
time. Amt you awful lonesome i'm there
Ed be. if was in there all alOne?"
''Oh. yes" l replied, lit is rather lone
some. | don't mind it so much. however,
when you come here and give me flowers.
Are you not glad to be out there. picking
flowers and playing all day."
''Oh. yes, it's very pleasant" she replied.
as she jumped down. ''but then we don't
ever steal anything"
Then. as it conscious she had said some
thing that wounded my spirit. she added:
''I'll bring you some more flowers tO-mor-
row. gOOd-by."
I'VE don't ever steal anything" There
in those five words, lies the cause of our
confinement at least for many of us. TO
be sure. there are some here who have
never broken the seventh commandment,
but it is safe to say that we all have. in
some way or other. violated the law of God
and man. and therefore are we now de-
prived of our liberty. But. while we are
in confinement, let us take our servitude
with quiet resignation, and let us feel that
it is deserved. Let us take it as lesson,
and profit by it. In the days to come,
when we again enjoy our freedom, let us
remember our long exile, and let us en-
deavor to become worthy citizens and hon
Orable men. 1t is true that our sOjOurn
here will be drawback to us when we re.
enter the world. but if we are earnest in
our endeavOr to lead an honest life. we will
find staunch friends who will stand by us
and sustain us. Because we have yielded
to temptation and fallen once, let us not
imagine that we are lost beyond redemp-
ton. Remember that ''Our greatest glory
is not in never falling, but in rising every
time we fall" F. o. l..
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-22
For The Mirror.
Gems.

Every man has his future in his own
hands
God speaks to our hearts through the
voice of renlOrse.
He who lives but for himself, lives but
for little thing.
If matters go on badly now, they will
not always do so.
Even power itself hath not one-half the
might of gentleness.
The attainment of our greatest desires is
often the cause of our greatest sorrows.
Prayer will lift you above the darkest
clouds, if you pray expecting an answer.
In warm moments form your resolution,
in cool moments make that resolution good
One may be better than his reputation or
his conduct, but never better than his prin-
ciples.
Our fellow creatures can readily Judge of
what we are by what we do; but in the eye
of our Maker. what we do is of no WORTH
except as it flows from what we are.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-22
(Selected.)
AN OLDEN DREAM.

There is one green spot in my memory yet
A scene far back on the path Of Time;
An olden dream where l oft forget
The after record of sin and crime.
For it takes me back to my childhood days;
1t lays my head on my mothers knee:
And my eyes grow bright till seem to gaze
Into eyes that always looked love on me.
l see her face, and the dream grows real
'Tis childish head on my mothers knee;
'Tis child ish form that seems to kneel
Repeating the prayers she had taught to me.
feel her hand on my clustering hair
AS softly murmur me down to sleep"
And her lips join mine in the evening prayer
In the gentle whisper my soul to keep
"'And if l should die''-then her face bends near
AS she draws me closer-'betore l wake"
And feel the touch of falling tear
And whisper alone my soul to take
But that dream is past, and that childish praye r
must utter now by prison bed.
IT'S MANS hard form that is kneelng there;
'Tis harder cushion which holds his head.
But that siml lie rayer of my childhood years
Is breathed with the fervor of manhood prime,
And my heart grows warm, and the softening tears
Seem to wash out the record of sin and crime.
So that simple dream of the olden time
That prayer that my mother taught her child
Re.echong down through those years Of crime.
Has opened the vale and the heavens smile.
Claude c. Hopkins.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-22
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. A

Mr.. Hyde(of Hyde & Tallow. Chicago):
Waiter. want dinner.
Waiter: Will re gentleman haf table
d'hOte, Or la carte?
Mr.. Hyde: Bring me little of both, and
have 'em put lots Of gravy on it.-Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-08-22

How poet can make money-By keep
ing his fancies to himself and doing other
wOrk.-Puck.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-02

"REPUBLICANIsM TO THE FRONT, Ma:
HoNEIsM TO THE REAR."-In letter
dated Sept. 10Th, Mr.. o. E. Hine, ii promi-
nent Republican of Fairfax county, says of
Malone -
"We have worked for party success, only
to see each victory used by this unscrupu-
lous tyrant to punish those who made it
possible, unless they kissed the rod that
smote them. We have submitted until
forbearance ceases to be virtue.
sWho would be free himself must first
strike the blow"
Now is the time to strike. Ii we make
the blow efectual we shall redeem the re-
publican party from the depths into which
Mahoneism has sunk it. We shall prove to
our enemies that we are entitled to their
respect. We shall show to our friends that
we are worthy of self-government, and
that the party must be governed and
treated in Virginia as it is in other repub-
lican States. Let us say to every candi-
date who asks our votes, "Are you for re-
publicanism or Mahoneism?" If for the
latter let us relogate him into ''innocuous
desuetude. Only one lesson is necessary,
but let US make that an object lesson so
forcble that it will not be forgotten. Let
our watchword be "Republcanism to the
front, Mahoneism to the rear"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-02
WOman's MOdeSty.

Many women are prevented by feelings
of delicacy from consulting a physician in
those disorders arising from functional de-
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ism, and the most serious results are often
caused by this neglect. To such persons
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is an es-
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-02

wood and cherry furniture, in style I'M
excelled in the State, while the dining
room, with its stained glass windows, warm
ished yellow pine ceiling, and gorgeous pine
floors, lighted with fifty 16-candle-power
lamps, and its excellent cuisine is gener-
ally admitted to be the most attractive in
the West.
The mountains around Ouray are ribbed
with gold and silver-bearing veins, and, IN
addition to the noble metals, with those
bearing lead, copper, zinc, blsmuth, anti
mony, arsenic, and countless other miner
ais. Indeed, there are said to be upwards
of 5000 claims being recorded and worked
within a radius of ten miles around Ouray.
Tributary to the town are the districts
known as Poughkeepsie, Red Mountain,
Snefflss, and Paquin, containing some of
the most celebrated mines in the State,
and thousands of prospects. There are
also vast deposits and horizontal veins or
lodges of iron-ore, building-stone, marble
and slate beds of gypsum and veins OF
coal, all close to town not as yet WORKED
owing to the need of railroad, which
want is filled, and will soon create activity
in the working of all these mineral PROD
ucts. Then there is an opportunity 1or tne
seeker after wealth as we'll as health, Tor
the country is only half prospected, and
the capitalist can get mines or prospects at
reasonable prices, and can engage proilta-
bly, in mining, merchandising, banking
manufacturing, brewing, smelling, farm,
ing, market gardening, cattle-raslpg, and
various other enterprises.
From Ouray you may drive to Silverton
in carriage, over one of the grandest
mountain roads in the world, blasted out
of solid quartzite. You travel along a
mere ledge on the face of the cliff while
the rocks tower for thousands Of feet above,
and thousands of feet below you flows the
river.
Lieutenant Marshall, in his descriptive
report of the field season of 1875 under
! command of George M. Wheeler, Captain
of Engineers U. S. A., thus described this
district. Speaking of the canyon which
the above road follows, he describes it as a
tremendous gorge, impossible even for
man on foot, and continues as follows :
"The mountains, or rather ruins, border
ing the gorge, especially on the western
side, and giving it depth and grandeur are
simply indescribable. Ii the God OF DESC
lation ever exercised His widest freaks on
earth He chose this spot, and cut these
lofty masses into these strange forms and
weird shapes, those yawning chasms with
their red jaws, these jutting precipices
with plutonic brows horribly frowning,
Gaping all with slender columns and spires
under different angles of inclination to the
horizon, which, projected against the sky,
seem to be black figures Of supernatural
origin dancing in glee over the ruin
below"
But capital and enterprise have built a
road, and now these scenes may be com
fortably viewed from the seat of a carriage,
and railway is already projected over the
same route. The moral to all this is,
therefore, for health, wealth, and the
grandest scenery on earth, visit
} OURAY.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-02
HER FIRST PIE.

Wife tired threading books,
Swinging hammocks, shady hooks
In the little kitchen looks
Watches Dinah while she cooks
(There's goin' to be troublein that householO
Little wife thinks she'll try
All alone to make pie.
First attempt, and proud, oh, my
Bakes it brown and sets Its by.
There's goin' to be trouble in that household)
Hubble hurries home from town
Gone his cares and business frown-
Kisses wife: both sit down;
Dinah brings the pie so brown.
There's goin' to be troublein that household)
Twelve o'clock and all is still
Mousie roams about about at will.
Suddenly two shrieks SO shrill
That they echoed from the hill.
There's lots of trouble in that household.)
Mustard plasters all in vain
Only serve to make more pain.
Dinah rushes through the rain,
Hunts doctor for the twain.
CThere's lots of trouble in that household.)
Same old story-n othing new;
Doctor did what he could do.
Up the golden stairs they flew,
Hapless husband, wife, too.
(There's no more trouble in that householdD
MORAL,
Loving wife, stick to books,
Swinging hammocks, shady hooks.
Off the cooking keep your hooks,
Leave pie-making to the cooks. [hold.)
(And you'll have no trouble in your house
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-02

! DEMOCRATS MUST woRK-Democrat
must work from now until November 9Th if
they would make victory certain. We can
beat Malone and beat him badly if we only
bring out the full Democratic vote.
Malone is working vigorously. He will
be backed by money. He will probably
have more money to spend in this election
than he ever had before.
Democrats can afford to take nothing for
granted. Every voter must be registered
in time; every voter must be made to feel
that this is life and death struggle
Rich. State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-02

MALONE, Quay AND BooDLE.-We have
it from reliable republican authority that
just before the gubernatorial nomination,
Colonel W. G. Elan, Mahone's right-hand
man, wss approached by local republican
as to who would be the candidate for gov
ernor. Colonel Elam's reply, in substance,
was this: eff Quay will furnish Malone
with as much money as he promised, Ma
hone will take the northumberland the
money, too, he might well have added
Roanoke Times.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-02

1t should not be forgotten for moment
by the Democrats that their enemies expect
to carry the election, if at all, by the most
wholesale colonization, which has already
begun, and by bold and shameless effort
at corruption. Vigilance and unceasing
work will prevent all this and it is the SOL
emn duty Of every man who loves his State
and values the peace and liberty that he
enjoys, to take care of them now.-Norfok
Landmark.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-02

Malone in Virginia is rotten piece of
timber with which to pry up a new party,
and we suspect that you will hear crack
and dull thud after the elections this
autumn. The timber will snap and Ma
hone will be landed in a hole.-NeU York
Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-02

edison has new invention, whereby
you can see mans face miles away" said
Smith.
Mrs. Smith-"Oh, how nlcel James, you
will buy one, wont you? You can then
stay in at nights and still see the man.
american Commercial Traveller.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-10-02
Jack and Jill each took a pill,
d-fashioned kind-full grown;
Jill died from cause unknown"

Smiles will supersede many f-owns, and
many discomforts will be unknown, when
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets en-.
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Most popular when most ills abound