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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-06-06
GerlnfnaI Greatness.

There is saying running something
like this: Some men are born great. some
achieve greatness. and others have it thrust
upon them" OF the first class we may
truly say there are very few who are really
born great. Take. for instance, the chill
dren of wealthy and influential families;
they have exceptional advantages offered
them. advantages of education. of travel
of birth, OF expectations. of powerful
friends: all these and more are their BIRTH
right, and yet, if they do not grasp these
opportunities. and make proper Use Of them
they will never become great. Statistics of
great men show that the majority were of
humble parentage reared in poverty and
adversely. and achieved greatness by hard.
pprsevering industry.
OF the latter class. an extended reading
fails to find single man of mediocre abi-
ity who had greatness thrust upon him.
that was able to rise to the situation. On
the other hand. history is replete with IL
IustratiOns which prove that. be man born
great. or have it thrust upon hlm. he must
be able to sustain the position and reputa-
tion. or the unerrng Judgment of posterty
will surely lower him to his proper place.
Greatness. then, is of interior origin, and
less the result of exterior circumstances
than many unsuccessful men would have us
imagine.
The man that is not truly great i'm the
sight of his own conscience. can never be
truly great in the eyes of succeeding gen
eratiOns. Charming says: "Grandeur of
character lies wholly i'm force of soul, that
is i'm force of thought. moral principle. and
love: and this may be found lrthe humblpst
conditions of Ife." We respect great men:
we can never be great until we respect our
selves. | think it is Plato who says: "A
man ought especially to reverence himself
because he is always in his own presence -
This essential foundation of true greatness
we can lay right here in our prison CELL
We can learn to respect ourselves. to cor
rect ourselves. and even to reward our
selves. We can all achieve greatness. the
greatness which it should be our only aim
to attain. the greatness of self respect. of
moral purity and of intellectual advance
ment. There may be many roads which
lead to the goal of our ambition. but to my
mind there is one essential necessary.
whichever way we may chOose-te habit
of intrOspection.
We have learned that greatness
is of interior origin; then we must turn
Onr attention inwardly to discover the
germ which is within us all. latent i'm many
of us. but there nevertheless. Then it is
our duty to provide the suitable conditions
which will cause this germ to spring into
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-06-06
A Mean Trick.

Great Editor: Well. I've seen good many
mean things in this world. but the meanest,
shabbiest trick ever heard of was played
on me yesterday. You know my business
manager always prints the daily circulation
at the head of the editorial page?
Sympathetic Wife: OF course.
Great Editor: Well. last night the pro-
prietOr of the miserable sheet across the
way lured my business manager into a
revival meeting. and to-day my circulation
has fallen off seventy live thousand copies.
Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-06-06
Carl Pretzei,s PhfIOsODhy.

1t vas religious brincihbes dot gifts efery
feiler collar und elbow holt on each
Odder.
Dhere vas winter und summer in hoo
man life. YOOst der same like der measles
und picnics.
When vOu repudiate der national cur
rency. der brine will shtain efery color on
der flag und gif efery shtar headache ln
dheir ShtOmacks
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-06-06
Tales of the Town.

had occasion to day to visit the home of
one OF the men wanted in the famous wheat
stealing case. The gentleman, of course.
was not to be found and a brief interview
took place with his much better half When
came away this thought entered my mind:
How much does man make by disgracng
his parents. his wife and children for the
sake OF few thousands? | concluded he
had paid too dear for his whistle. "--Min-
neapOliS Evening Star.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-06-06
(Selected.)
LIVE 1T DOWN.

Has your life a bitter sorrow?
Live it down.
Think about a bright tomorrow.
Live it down.
You will find it never pays
Just to sit wet-eyed and gaze
On the grave of vanished days:
Live it down.
Is disgrace your CALLING burden?
Live it down.
You can win a brave hearts guerdon;
Live it down.
Make your life SO free from blame
That the luster of your fame
Shall hide all the olden shame;
Live It down.
Has your heart a secret trouble?
Live it down.
Useless griefs will make it double,
Live it down. 4
Do not water it with tears.
Do not feed it with your fears,
Do not nurse it through the years,
Live it down.
Have you made some awful error?
Live it down.
Do not hide Your face in terror,
Live it down.
Look the world square in the eyes,
Go ahead as one who tries
TO be honored ere he dies.
Live it down.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29
Copyright by Bachelor & Co. 1889.
Secretary WINDOWS Kindness

Washington Letter: Everybody has a
pleasant story to tell OF Secretary WINDOWS
kindness and fairness. Gov Shaw tod me
recently that while waiting in WINDOWS office
for Window to come back from cabinet
meeting he met a man whom he had known
as chief of division in the first controllers
Office under the last administration
We'll, said the latter, I've got my walk
ing papers" holding up a envelope.
WHATS the n.atter?" asked the Cover nor
sDon't know" said the chief, Except that
I'm Democrat. There's nothing against me
ia my Office; my record is as straight as a
string did work as hard as coLid TO re-
elect Grover Cleveland and to beat Benjamin
Harrison If that's the reason T "a dismissed
why it's all right; only I think I might have
had little more warning. I've only been
here two years, and haven't had time to
lay up anything. and now I'm cut off before
I've had time TO look about me.
Well, said Shaw, Window is a fair man
and kind man. and you mad Just better
tell him what you want. He'll do it If he
can.
Presently Window came in. The chief
tackled him at once. told him the story and
wound up: af I'm going for being Demo
crat, that's all right: but would like TO
have little time to look about me. This is
pretty sudden
We'll, said Window, with smile. aleave
your dismissal with me and III see what can
be done about it, and I'm told that he gave
him thirty days leave OF absence with pay.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29

The most careful examination made
by skillful physician sometimes is
unreliable, since this class of disease
is extremely deceptive, and seldom
openly manifests itself until the I'M
suspecting sufferer is beyond assist
ance.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29


ern Idaho About 200 miles north of the
boundary the Canadian Pacific railway ira
verses all three ranges OF mountains, twice
bridging the Columbia, once east of and again
west of the Selkirks Into the Columbia
about rs miles north of this railway, where
the current sweeps in a mighty, semicircular
canyon around the head Of the range. the
Columbia receives a powerful tributary.
coming down a broad wooded valley for
200 miles, or probably more from the north
This is Canoe river, along which lay the old
fur traders trail over Yellowhead pass. be-
tween Prince Rupert's Land and Oregon
It is along these two great valleys of the
Columbia and Canoe rivers, and their contin-
uation northward, that competent engineers
have marked upon the map feasible route
for a railway to and into the borders of
Alaska; and they assert that. although its
cost would be heavy, it would not be beyond
the just expenditure of capital, since the re-
sources OF the country opened and the de-
velopment of international trade would in
due time return large interest upon J1 e
private investment and Justify the govern
mental aid which is sought.
10 begin az the south-the people of Spo-
kane Falls, Idaho, have SO many interests in
the cattle raising and agricultural plains of
the Kootenay region that they are about to
build a railway to the boundary d distance
Of abouu eighty miles. A company of Can
indians and Englishmen have charter for a
road, to be begun this summer, between the
boundary and Revelsroke, B. c., 200 miles
northWard, where the Canadian Pacific
crosses. The deposits of smelling ores along
this part of the river are enormous, and an
English company is about to build a saneiter
some distance south of ReveIstoke
North of Revelstoke every one of the
many streams coming down from the
mountains into the Columbia bears float
gold and wears channel through aurifer
Gus quartz. Several extremely rich mines
are now operated there, bur at great dis
advantage on account Of lack of good COM
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29
The Ounce of Prevention.

Under the above heading the New
York World ofFeb 10th, contains an
editorial, of which the following are
a few extracts:
physicians and unprofessional
men OF sense agree that if people
would take a little of the pains to
prevent disease that they do to have
it cured that the civilized world would
be much lesslike ayast hospital than
it is now. But the idea
of a regular and stated physical ex-
animation, even of persons who are
apparently well, is an excellent one.
The approaches Of pulmonary com
plants, kidney troubles, and many
of the other ills that flesh is heir to
are SO insidious as not to be appar-
emit to their victim. In
nothing is it truer than in disease
that an ounce ofprevention is worth
a pound of cure -
There is a great deal of wisdom in
what the World remarks. Individu-
ais, as a rule, do not give physical
attention, and it is only when alarm
ed by the presence OF disease itself
the consciousness Of failing strength
that attention is given to such
matters.
Much has been said and written in
recent years concerning the extreme
and oftentimes fatal danger which re-
suits from delay in the treatment Of
kidney diseases.
Physicians admit that they can
not control advanced disease Of
those organs, and it is doubtful
whether they can control it in any
stage without the assistance of War
ner's Safe Cure, which is established
as the only known means which will
reliably prevent and cure this class
Of disease.
Besides, it has been definitely as
certained that kidney disease is the
real cause Of i'll health in most cases
where consumption, heart, brain or
nervous disorders are supposed to
exist, and in consequence of such be-
lief many fatal mistakes have been
committed by our best physicians in
treating such disorders, which are
but the symptoms of the disease,
whilst they have allowed the real dis
ease-disease of the kidneys to escape
their notice until too late.
There is no safer or surer way
by which health can be preserved
and disease averted than the
occasional use of Warmers
Safe Cure, which will benefit the
ssengines of life, THE kidneys, even
if they are in a normally healthy
state; while the good that will result in
case disease is threatened, or is al
ready present, cannot be overesti-
mated.
The lost careful examination made
by a skillful physician sometimes is
unreliable, since this class of disease
is extremely deceptive, and seldom
openly manifests itself until the I'M
suspecting sufferer is beyond assist
ance.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29

munications. At the great bend Of the CO.
lumbia are remains of camps made thirty
years ago by eager prospectors who
scratched at lodes of gold and silver of un-
doubted richness, but We're compelled to
abandon the country on account Of the vast
expense OF getting provisions and machinerv
in there. No insuperable difficulty exists
against building a railroa along the river to
this point.
The route the main line would run over
the hills from Tete jaime Cache and down
the Fraser to Fort George, and thence north
westerly over a low pass to the Yukon Valley
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29

The interior department. sent to the North
ern Pacific Railroad company patents for
261,7 acres of lands which had been
earned under the act of 1864. OF this
amount 1874, 1922 acres are in the St. Cloud
district, and &C, 931 acres in Duluth, Tay-
lor's Falls and Crookston districts.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29

1t is {. pleasure and satisfaction to many
to learn that Aliens Lung Basam, that
standard family medicine for coughs, Group.
and all lung diseases, can now be procured
at 25., Soc, and S100 bottle at any drug
store
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29

z For PIMPLEs ON THE FACE take, ALLEN S
Iron Tonic Bitters. All genuine bear the sig
nature of J. P. Allen, Druggist. ST. Paul,
Mimi
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29

The strike of the West Superior coal beavers
has ended.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29

An English syndicate is a ter the Twin City
breweries
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-05-29

Frank Pekarck, a Nebraska man, is hanged
by unknown parties for wife beating
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-14
Naval orders.

Lieut. + II Iefavor, has been ordered
to duty at tue navy yard, Mare Island.
Eusigo Geo. r. Clark, has been ordered
t,spcclal duty at the works Of Messrs
Crsmp Il Sons Philadelphia.
Gunner Robt. Fl. Cross, retired from
October g.
Gunner Andrew Harmau, granted six
mouths sick leave.
Carpenter II r. Philbrick, retired.
Commander Geo. T. Davis, has been or
deted before the retiring board Oct. IA.
Amarlne retiring board, composed of
G, D. Hebb, LieuteDaDt-C Colonel G. w.
Hayward, Major G. O. Goodloe and Sur
geOaA p Magruder, has been ordered
tsSemble at the Navy Department Oct.
fbeAamine Lieutenapt-C Colonel g. w.
Collier and Captain w r. Brown, of the
marine corps.
Private E. w. Shelton, marine corps
retired.
Naval Cadet Frank w. Hihbs. of Min
hesoia having passed a successful ex-
animation Of a six years cruise. has been
asgned to the engineer corps.
Pay Inspector ]. Fl. Stevenson, U. S. n
reported al the Naval Academy Saturday
q general storekeeper. relieving Paymas-
hr Il. I B Harris. who has been detach-
60 and placed on waiting orders.
Lieut. Commander j. T. Dayton. has
been ordered to DuPouts' Powder Mills,
tntemporary duty
Naval Cadet T. S. Kellogg, L. G Ma
GU and Chester Wells have resigned.
Capt. w. T. Sampson, Superintendent
OF the Naval Academy has gone to Wash
iogton on official business. Commander
SIass is IN charge while he is absent.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-14

q. C. Blake, the Topeka Kansas, wealth
er prophet, says: During the present
year, some parts of the country have
been suffering with floods while other
parts have been burning up with drouth.
1890 will be year Of great extremes.
both IS to temperature and rainfall. His
Annual points out what the temperature
and rainfall will be from July. 1889 to
January /, 1891. IN anparts of the United
States and most of Canada and Europe;
with advice to farmers as to what crops
10 plant and when, so as TO avoid the I'm
favorable weather aud raise fair 10
good crops 10 spite Of fate and hard luck.
Without this advance knowledge, it is
matbematically certain that very exten
sive crop failures will occur next year in
many parts of the country.
For more than thirty years have
been at work calculating the weather by
means or Astronomical Mathematics. My
system Is purely astronomical. and have
nothing to do with astrology; deal only
with the rigid laws of cause and effect.
For the last ffteen years have publish
ed the results of my calculations in the
form of weather predictions, and the veri-
tication has been over 80 per cent. till
this year.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-14

Last night between nine and ten o'clock.
William Camden. one of our oldest and
most respected citizens. quietly passed
away az his home on Main street, III the
69th year of his age. Dir. Camden had
been confined 10 bis home fer only three
or four weeks but before this Il became
very evident that time was laying It's
heavyhaud upon him and that he conldadd
but few more days to bis large number Of
useful years. When be became sick
few weeks ago grave fears were entertain
ed for him for his ripe old age almost
precluded the possibility Of his with.
standing any serious illness, and when
death came Il was q quiet dissolution. q
peaceful passing away. He entered the
Treasury department fifty-two years ago
under Treasurer Mackubin. During
this time be was out Of Office but two
years under Sprigg Harwood's admins
tration. BE has been faithful public
servant and has always shown a strict
devotion TO duty, even going to the Office
on such occasions as Christmas day.
Fourth OF July, and Gil legal holidays
MT Camden's integrity, high sense Of
right and justice. and noble character
won for him the esteem Of bis fellow
citizens and there Is no one that was more
AtopCSteu Az tnc community. nc WIS Cuu
sistsnt member Of the Methodist Church
for more than forty years and was looked
up to as an example for christians 10 fol
low.
He lived quiet. modest life. doing
good to bis fellows and In Bryant's words:
He so lived that when his summons
came to join the innumerable caravan
that moves TO the mysterious realm
He wrapped the drapery Of his couch
about him and lay down to pleasant
dreams" He leaves one son, VIM. g..
Camden, who survives him.
His funeral will take place from bis
late residence tomorrow afternoon.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-14
In Bad Condition .

The pavement In front of the jail on
Calvert street is in very unsightly and
dangerous condition. aud should be at
tended to at once. The grade of the street
wss changed some time ago by the city.
which necessitated the altering of the
pavement in that section. All OF the
property owners along the street, have
relaid their pavements and complied with
RI requirements Of the grade of the streets,
but the pavement In front OF the Jail Is
left several feet above the level OF the
bed of the street, and Is not only insight
" but DANGEROUS TO predestriaus at night.
1t should be attended to at once.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-14
Church Notes.

Rev. DIR. w. 8. Edwards, presiding
elder, preached at the Methodist churches
here yesterday, and Rev. q. kissing,
late Of Evansville, Indiana, filed the
pulpit at ST. Martins German Lutheran
Church. This gentleman Is spoken Of as
the possible successor to Rev. Paul A.
Mcneil. who goes to Baltimore as pastor
of church at Canton.
Chaplain e. X Rawson. U. s. N,
preached at the Naval Academy Chapel
today. Most of the battalion OF cadets
were present. From the text I'VE that
are strong ought TO bear the infirmities of
the weak" he deduced an argument
against hszing, urging the duty of the
ider cadets to make the path of the In
coming cadets pleasant. aud thus the
strong would bear the infirmities Of the
weak. There have been no cases OF
haziDg at the Naval Academy SO far this
term.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-14
Left in Darkness.

A portion ofthe city was left in Egyp-
tian darkness last night, and those who
were out on the street had 10 feel their
way the hest they could. From some cause
or other the arc lights failed to do their
duty and that section of the city bound
ing by State Circle, East street, Prince
George street to Hanover, Maryland, and
College Avenues, was left in total dark.
ness, and 1t was with great difficulty that
persons could feel their way. The wes-
tern section Of the city was lighted up as
usual. Several of the lamps were made
to come up after asevere kicking of the
polls. The fault was no doubt in the
misplaced carbons, In the lamps.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-14


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be lost, thus cutting Of ell income "A
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speculation. Under these circumstances,
which 0vertake ninely.eeven out Of every
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Il docs not furnish money to start or
help him In business. Il does not fur
nish money 70 meet living expenses. IL
does not produce an income. IN short.
Il renders no financial assistance whatev-
er.
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-10-14
ANNAPOLIS, Oct. "a, 1889


The superintendent OF the coast survey
has received the letter from Gov. jackson
of Maryland, incloslng letter from Gov.
Lee. of Virginia, asking that an expert
engineer be detailed to assist In
defining the exact boundary line be-
tween the two Htatest on the oyster
beds near Hog Island, In the lower
Potomac river. The request will be
granted, and the survey will be made as
soon as the States are ready and have
their representatives on hand 10 witness
1t. In the meantime the superintendent
or the coast survey has written to both
the Governors. asking them for fuller
particulars about the locality and the
precise points involved In the dispute.
The representative of the coast survey Is
not to act as an umpire or arbitrator In
the dispute. but is simply to define the
line 10 accordance with the previous
arrangement between the States.