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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14

IN ACHES, joining Wildwood rark asso-
~ citation. between North st. Paul and
White Bear lake. Will be sold very cheap for
cash, or exchange for boots. shoes, clothing,
or good stock of dry goods 344
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
SITUATIONS WANTED.
NhaIe.

DOOkh EEPEk = Wanted, POSITION as
I'D bookkeeper, assistant, or any kind OF
Office work, by experienced young man OF
twenty-one years; good references. Address
III, Globe. z
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14

For tickets. maps and gu,d IS apply to W. j.
Dutch, l. 3 East Third street, or Brown s.
Knehel, st. Paul Union denot-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-14
1O EXCHANGE.

ITO ENCHANGE-Forty acres good land
Il for No. piano. Lock Box 2, Long
Prairie Mimi 1852
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12
Mistakes.

1t is said that man in all his operations
makes mistakes. and from the nut to the
palace, from the torch light to the electric
light. from the Egyptian hieroglyphicS to
the alphabet and printing press are but a
series of mistakes corrected and improved
upon. Thus it is seen. that man has gone
onward from the crude and imperfect to
the finished and complete. by gaining wis
dom from experience, and making past mis-
takes but added steps on the stairway of
life leading to higher human achievements.
Now, we have all made a mistake and we
can also profit by it if we will, and as the
mistake has been serious one. the lesson
to be derived from it should be the more
valuable. and instead of looking upon our
imprisonment as an inSurmOuntable barrier
upon life'S journey we should endeavor to
learn something from it that will aid us to
overcome the difficulties of life. How this
is to be accomplished each individual must
in great part decide for himself, for he
knows best the weak points in his own
character; but we can all strengthen our
moral character by communion with the
wisest and best of all ages. and all cOun-
tries. through books: we can form habits of
industry and Self-denial; we can UNLEARN
habits that have a debaSing influence upon
our higher and better nature; and as we
earnestly strive to correct our own faults,
let us learn to look charitably upon the
weakness and imperfectiOnS of others. and
in future years we may say of this mistake
of our life that it proved blessing instead
of a curse. NJ
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12

gained by double dealing is often attained:
but we are not writing of the professional
confidence man; it is the deceiver in what
we call our social relations that we have in
mind. Those who dupe us for our money
are in fact only common thieves and we
may regard them with contempt. but those
who deceive us in friendship. wound our
pride and feelings: thus making us distrust-
full and less contiding in humanity. 1t will
make our meaning clearer to compare hui
sons-a thief and a hypOcrtical minister
The thief steals from the church the
paraphernalia of worship without weak
ening the faith of the believers, but when
the deceit of the minister is exposed. the
faith of the wOrShipperS is shaken and the
very foundation of the church is Weakened
Deceit is akin to treachery. and treachery
is looked upon as the most despcable of
all the evil qualities of which a person may
be possessed. A man known to be treach-
erOuS is Stunned by all persons and Sc
cretly despised even by those who use him.
and when the tide turns against him he is
allowed to sink and no sympathy follows
him. A man may be gifted with pleasing
manners, educated and brilliant. and yet
miss being popular simply because his as
sociates have found him deceitful. while a
dull. plOddng labOrer will be esteemed and
trusted because of his straig htforward
guileSS character.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12

sent there. All the talk about the amount
of sympathy bestowed upon convicts by
would-be phianthrOpists and sentimental
women is eXaggeration. 1t is true that
there are cases. and probably too many
such, where misguided sympathies are eX-
travagantly lavished upon desperate Grim
inalS but during an eight months exper-
fence in a Jail containing upwards OF sixty
criminals of all degrees and classes we saw
but little sympathy lavished, and as for the
fruit. flowers and luXures. they all came
on one day and consisted of mess of
stringy asparagus-the gift of market
huckster. A few received clean clothes and
occasionally something good to eat from
home friends. but no one gave us tobacco,
etc.. for joining them in the singing of sa-
cred songs at the Sunday religious services
But why waste time trying to refute such
sweeping assertions as the Judge has seen
fit to make? All persons who have any
practical knowledge of prisons and Grimm
ais know that what he says in the portion
of his writings quoted above are extreme
eXaggerations.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12
Is 1t .JIIste

1t is a significant fact that there are
many men undergoing imprisonment
throughout the land, who would never
have been sent to prison if there was no re-
ward offered by the government Of the
country for those guilty of the otfense of
which they are now convicted.
1t is not the intention of the writer to
represent to the readers of THE MIRROR,
that all of these men are unjustly convicted
but from our observations. we have few
doubts about their having received fair
and impartial trial. 1t happens quite fire
quently that we see men who are interested
in sending some man to prison, debating
among themselves to see who will get the
promised reward, and as a last resort. they
have to go back to the court and have that
honorable body decide who is entitled to the
money. Now, can such men take the wit
ness stand and render their testimony in an
unbiased manner? We think not, and the
people have the same impression. but they
believe they are getting rid of dangerous
criminal. and don't see the matter in its
true light. In many instances complain
ant along with piece of spurious coin has
been the means of sending an innocent vic
tim to years of Imprisonment and at the
same time actually robbing the government,
and if some inquiry was made into the ante
cedents of those cOmplainants, the result
would have tendency to show that they
are the ones who ought to be clothed in the
garb of a felOn. This is only one of the
many methods sometimes employed in rail-
reading men. so to speak, to prison, and it
is one that is practiced to great eX
tent all over this country. Is it not strange
that with every city. town and hamlet. on
this American continent well equipped
with officers who get paid by the people.
these officers must still have an incentive
in the shape of reward held out to them
i'm order to get them to run down the law
breakers of the land? SERENO.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12
TO THE PUBLIC.

THE PRISON MIRROR is weekly paper pub
lished in the Minnesota state prison. All matter
published in its columns is contributed by the
inmates. except that properly credited. Its sup
port must come from the outside every inmate
Is given paper without cost. 1t is published in
the interest of the prison library and after paying
for the printing outfit, contributed $3.50 to the
library fund the first year. Its objects to en-
courage individual intellectual effort, provide a
healthy journal for the inmates of this and other
PRISONS and, above all. to acquant the outside
world with the needs of the prison by rejecting
its inner life and thus aid the of moral ad-
vancement and prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12

Three near neghbOrs have paid us their
first visits lately. One OF these is THE
PRISON MIRROR, the paper published for
the past two years by the sOjourners in our
state prison. perusal of its newsy col
nmns shows what success it is having in the
attainments of its worthy objects. namely,
Ito encourage individual intellectual effort,
provide healthy journal for the inmates of
this and other prisons. and, above all. to ac
quaint the outside world with the needs of
the prison by rejecting its inner life and
thus aid the cause of moral advancement
and prison reform. High School World.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12
DECEIT.

1t does not pay to be deceitful A de-
ceitful fellow may seem to be a gamer at
times, but he more than makes up for his
gains by the trouble he has afterwards in
keeping the evidence of the deception COW
cred. the dread of exposure and the humil-
iation of final exposure. No one likes a de-
ceitful person well enough to trust him
when the services of a friend are wanted.
His word is never relied upon in matters of
importance, and. though he may seem pop
uar with his fellows. he is passed over
when reliable man is being sought to fill
position of responsibility. The great dis
advantage under which deceitful persons
labor is that they deceive themselves by
egotistically imagining their duplicity is not
suspected by those upon whom it is prsc-
ticed. OF course the end sought to be
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12

A paragraph has been going the rounds
among the newspapers OF late to the effect
that out of 1000 convcts in penitent-
ares, only niue have trades. We will not
pretend to say just what per cent of cOnvcts
have trades, but we do know that when
this paragraph first appeared. some six
months ago. it read 80 in l., 900, then it
dropped to 10 in 1, 900 and now for the last
month or so it has read in l. OOO
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12
\ convict contributor to The PRI

A convict contributor to The Prison
MIRROR writes: IF we deliberately turn
aside, or allow ourselves to be led from the
straight and narrow path, we are to blame
belongs" Evidently this man. who knows
what he is talking about. would either
smile or sheer at much of the sentimental
gush of the pulpit and platform on crime
and criminals. THE PRISON MIRROR. by
the way, averages more sound ethical phil
osophy in single issue than thousands of
outside papers in whole year. Saturday
Evening Spectator.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12

The Christmas Puck eXcels anything in
the newspaper line our eyes have ever had
the pleasure of gazing upon. Old Guten-
berg would be astonished could he behold
what his wooden types have led to-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12

Judge Henry A. Gldersleeve, of New
York, is the author of a long communication
to the Pioneer Press on crime and criminals
that contains more Inconsistencies than solid
facts. He believes that crime is disease
and goes on to say of criminals: Not one
in hundred ever reforms or is ever CON
verted. SO far as l have seen in my own
career upon the bench, few, if any, ever
display any desire to change their mode of
living and become law abiding citizens.
While so-called conversions are common,
real ones are very rare. Of every
ten convcts five will pretend apitiable
cOntrtiOn in order to gain the SYM
pathy of would be philanthropsts, and
what is of far greater importance, the to-
bacco. fruit, books and delcaces in which
such sympathy finds expression" He goes
on at considerable length telling how Grim
inals are overwhelmed with bouquets. lux
uries and sympathy" Actual facts will not
bear those assertions out to any great de-
gree. and we believe that the Judge has
gained the greater portion of his experience
from other sources than personal investiga-
ton. But it may be that those things are
peculiar to the prisons and criminals of New
York. Certain it is that such sad state of
affairs does not exist to any extent in this
state. We have heard it asserted before
that only about one in five criminals ever
reform. but never before saw the number
placed 50 low as one in hundred: but, he
says not even one in a hundred reforms or
is ''converted." What sad commentary
on the redeeming powers of the Christian
religion and reformatOry institutions. Bet
ter drive the chaplainS out of the prisons.
close them up and build gibbet in
front of every court house and hang every
criminal as soon as the court convicts him,
for it is not right to tax the good people
to pay preachers to teach criminals de-
ceit and hypocrisy and to maintain places
where criminals may congregate to be over
whemed with all the refined luxuries that
lovely wOman's sympathy can devise and
bestOw. We sigh for transportation to that
prison within whose walls life would be
one half so sweet as it is in the hum
blest flee mans hut. If weare rightly
Informed there are no prisons in New York
that have the reputation among criminals
OF being places where any considerable
number of the inmates are overwhelmed
with Injuries and woman's sympathy, nor
90 we believe there are any such penal in
situations in the whole country. There are
good" jals and warehouses; in all parts of
the country to which Migrants. of the genus
bum. resort for food and shelter during the
winter. but the otfenses they commit in order
to gain admttance are nearly always mis-
demeanors. Not one inmate in five hun
bred is in the penitentiary by choice, or COM
mitted his crime for the purpose of being
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12

A revolt occurred on the 9th inst. in the
One man, the matrOn'S husband, was NOR
tally wounded with Ratchet. The matrOn
and her assistants have resigned.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12

A mans ears may be handcuffed as we'll
as his wrists. and that too, many times,
with far better results
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-12-12

Man should command his temper as
master his slave. The dominion of the en-
franchised is the most imperious. Cam
erOn NO. Vindcator. ...
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-04
= CALLING WITH JOHNNIE.
A Woman aud Boy Who viii BE Recog-
nikcd by Every HOusckcePer.

Mrs. Bright-Ah, Mrs. CHEEKY, I'm de-
li0ht,d % see you! And you've brought
your little Johnnie 20 see NET How do you
do. siri I'm glad 70 see you. my little man
Mrs CHEEKY Shake hands with the lady,
Johnnie Johnnie won't and Doesn't. He
begged 50 20 % out with me this afternoon
and said he might if he'd be very, very
good little boy aud-Joanlie, let that vase
al0ne-and he said that he would, so L
Johnnie, don't take that book of the table
| think IL a good plan % take children ont
once iu-JohnnE, stop turning the leaves Of
that book 40 fast. Lovely day, isn't its I'm
so glad that-JohBnie, step pulling the
fringe OF that CHAIR m so glad winter is
over. for I'm 80 tired of-Johnnie, utg you
let that piano aionei II you're not good
boy mamma villas I was saying. it's SO
delightful 70 have a few sunny days after
Johnnt(. let that album alone.
Mamma don't want 20 speak to you every
minute. After all, tho winter has seemed
very short for-Jotnns, you mustn't 90 up
sisirs-Come here. Now, sit right down
here by mamma. Did you see Rosina
Vokesi We went and I-Johnni>, II man
ma has to speak % you again about bang
ing away 0a the piano she'll take you
right home Yes. thought Rosina lovely
Ia the dance, and "a a--Johnuie. you Il
break hat cup and saucer If you re not care
fui What q beautiful cup it i. Mrs Bright;
real Dresden. isat itl I'm 50 fond Of
tsc->. Johnnie, | tod you you'd upset that
table r You weren careful m - sorry.
Mrs Bright, and the cupis brokeni Dear,
deari Johanie, Tou come right home with
me. and you shall never. never, n>rsr 80 ost
with ne again. But ne does the sext day
Tina
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-04
The First Greenback.

Gaddis, a Cincinnati hack-driver, treas
ures a one dollar bill II the first greent-sck K
issue. The Enquirer Of that city tells that
Salmon L. Chase, while Secretary of the
Treasury, visited Cincinnati
"Shiue, sir.' shouted Gaddis, then a
bootblack, TO stranger in the Burnett
House lobby.
''Do your prettiest," said the gentleman,
with q smile. land III give you my photo
graph"
Tue boy did not fall in very heartily with
the proposition, as he had no particular use
for photographs OF his customers, but after
a little bantering be took the job
At the finish the gentleman handed the
boy a brand new one dollar bill That's
my photograph, - said ne, walking away.
The boy glanced from his customer 10 the
bill in momeufary perpieTity. Then the
strong resemblance which his custeuer
bore 70 the vignette in one corner Of the
greenback caught his ere and he knew that
the Secretary Of the Treasury had been
having little fun VITA hin a. his own cI.
pen SC.
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-04

on tho way home she poured into his SYN
pathetic ears the story Of the missing bon
net.
You are n4ys you took II with youp he
asked, when the recital was ended
jack OF course I'm surei You don't
suppose ID have gone Of without IL, after
buying II 0a purpose ~ wear II when ~
homef'
Hardly; but never mind, dear; al you
have o. DO > u 70 70 Madame lie Grande' 5
and duplicate Il" said Jack, eager 10 com
fort her
Il may 20 20 Madame lie Grande's and
order another, but shall not duplicate it,"
said Mrs. Prindle, with much dignity; Il ye
no wish 20 have my bonnet = companion
piece % Mrs. Bates. That woman ought
10 DC brought 10 justice, and as soon as
we ~ through breakfast Jack l want you
70 take . description OF the bonnet 10 some
detective and put him OF the watch for
her"
Jack barely succeeded In suppressing a
whistle.
"WOultn't il De better" he began but
the stopping OF the street-car in front Of
their own door served 10 change the sub
ject II feel ike a famished hunter" said
Jack, as be turned the latch key.
Mrs. Prindle, TOO, was hungry, and when
Jack had deposited her parcels she asked
him 70 tell Bridget 70 put breakfast on the
table at once.
''rll De down in a nome pt," she added, as
she pulled out her hat pins.
Jack started 20 obey, but before he was
half way down the stairs cry from Mrs.
Prindle caused hIm 10 face about, and on
regainiug their room he found her standin 9
in trout OF the wardrobe gazing in a daZed
way az the upper shelf
Jack" she whispered, huskily, sis that
q bandoox Up therei"
Jack himself seemed little dazed. III
looks very much like one, my DEAR" he
said, slowly; "but OF course il is not the
one you took away with you"
''rm-oh, I'm afraid 10 is, Jackr' gasped
Phebe, as JACK took down the box; "or
rather Il II afraid didn't take il, after all
remember now telling Bridget TO put il
with the other things in the carriage-she
had my bag and umbrella in her hand a.
the time-aud just then the door bell rang
so | told her 70 90 on and I'd bring the box
but didn't think OF IL again till was a.
the gate, and then Bridget came runnin 2
out with IL, or al least with something that
| supposed 10 be II, aud slowed II into the
carriage; but now / think of il, il must
have been the lunch-box- oh, Jack, what !
goose I've beenl'
Moral" said Jack, taking the bonnet
from the bandbox and perching it on hi:
own head.
please don't, Jack" entreated Phebe.
"Well. then, let's have breakfast" said
Jack, hungry enough TO be glad OF d truce
But though the subject was not alluded
10 again that day, whenever Mrs. Prindlt
shows a disposition to DC a little oyer-pos
tive, Jack, with masculine memory FOL
feminine shortcomings, mildly reminds hel
Of the lost bonnet.-Mary 3 Sleight, il Har
us.r's Bazar
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-04

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p. l1B1s - have cafss
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Whatever else you a..
Mary L F2udyze, "a Harpers Weekly.
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-04

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Telegram-herald., 1889-06-04

Deprive the vegetable world ~ mos ST.
ure and ra.cs, withors and dies, tho
Whole earth becomes parched, and
desal8ton perv3des 'he landscape. De-
rr va fhe bumau system VI pure blood
AID health i- iUTos- n.e, -faso ln-
evHaMe. The skin becomes charged
vtn reuui.lve humors, the irug-
loaded wta fore gn secretions. fcver-
ensue. end. unless speedily arrested
death follows. Renew 'to healthy action
the liver. the great bloodVurivnC
Gland. v IN Ilr Pierce fFoifien Medical
Discovery. end health flows through
every afcnue. restoring every organ 81
Vz.r al drrC- et
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-04
MRS. PRINDLE's BONNET.
Tia EsrVsrss Talnz Persisted =
Staying at Home.

- PEHDLE stood
- treat q tns per
< ass srytag o. = 49,
eo1neL shs 49, :
y 4np lgt-e Hol&l
NllA = FAR. 141y 4l
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comp gl1-.slcss a7r tna
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Telegram-herald., 1889-06-04

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t11els-fy ner sslss q ass. AL szs 49,
sc4geeiy sorry sasn tcs the c@-1s Tor her
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ssif, took the oe41ty szt % tae velvet l4S1s
J4cz, Ike tas 11siflA Spouse ta4L hs lad
slW4ys proved eiEssif " ce. sas a. Eas
ia11iag - meet ner Iae zsxt 10r2lEg. a..
Telegram-herald., 1889-06-04
Gstarrb Cured.

clergyman, after years Of suffering
from that loathsome disease, catarrh,
and vauly trying ever known remedy,
cured and saved hm from desth. Any
ped envelope to Prof. J. s. Lawrence,
s. Warreu->t.. y ~ York city. VIII re-
Ccive the recipe free 0f charge.