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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-09-05
THE BIG FAIR !.
FTs SUCCESS ~ 4LREADR WORE
THAN ASSURED.
FROM HOUSE, STABLE. FARM
A FINE LIST OF ExHIBITS MALL
DEP4RPMENTs.

A Driver ThrOwn From isis SuikY
PincEiIy k0oIds Hats EhOrse-EN-
hibits in industrial ataii-che ART
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Produce Eeni
and Other SectiOns-Shccp and
swine shown.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-09-05
RsuEiyED wrIG TEARS OF JOY.
<Ing naIirtoa'- Return From Els
EniIt Il, AlIs IIshr Mamma.

Exile To llis Dear samoa.
EAS FHAScisoA, Sept. 2.-The correspond
ont OF the Associated Press at Apla, Samoa,
gives the following account OF the return
~ King Malietoa. "Ths German gunh3lt
Wulf arrived ia the haTbor at 2 O'Clock In
the afternoon Of August 18th. When tho
vessel came TO anchor Malletoa was seen
standing on the decl. The flag OF the re-
turning inoaarch was Immediately hOisted
on shore aud hearty oheers were given by
the American and English residents. Be-
sides Malletoa, the three chiefs who were
departed with him MANGA, Asi, and the
Kings brother Molii-were also aboard the
Wulf. Qliie crowd OF natives aud a few
white Residents had assembled ut the spot
where the landlng was made. Malistoa was
taken at onca To- Fulal's house, where he
was followed by a crowd OF people.
The meeting be-ween Malie,oa and his
relatives was IN )st affecting The women
fell on their knees and kissed his hands,
and the whOls party. including the king,
were weeping Hll the time. All of the re-
turned party give 'hA highest praise to DR..
O. NJ. Organ, tho United States consul at
Marshall islands, and declare that had II
not bsah for his assistance they would have
suffered heavily. About half an hour
after Malstoa mad arrived at the house.
MGtaaiI who had been reigninR during
his absence arrived and crested his rela-
tive most cordially. MAlietos seemed to he
carewOrn man and broken down In
health. A perfect feeling OF annity exists
between the two kings. Mataa'a will re-.
tain control OF Affairs until a satisfactory
settlement Il made. The American
schooner Lena SERsey, lying In the harbOr,
noisted Mpletoa'5 flag on the lay OF his
return. NJ formal acknowledgment OF this
kind was made by the Sophie or Wuli.
There was no American or British man-ot-
war In the harbor.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-09-05
KilIed white sleeping on the track

SALISBURY, MD, Sept. 2 "A colored
man vas killed on the Baltimore q East.
ern Shore railroad, about two miles east
of Berlin, Md, last Saturday night. An
excursion party composed of about 800
colored people visited Ocean City Satur-
day from Cape Charles City and other
points along the line Of the New York,
Philadelphia 4 Norfolk railroad. After
spending the day st the seaside the ex-
cursionists embarked for home, leaving
behind one of their number, who, with
scme others, had become intoxicated. As
aeon ~ he discovered that his train had
left Ocean City he started out over the
railroad to walk to salisbury, but before
no had gone six miles he lay down on the
track and fell into deep slumber. That
evening the Washington express ran
down to Ocean City and passed over him,
This mans body was mutilated beyond
any possibility of recognition, aud meth.
ing could be found to identity him.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-09-05

NEW ORLEANS, IA, Sept. Between 2
and 8 O'CLOCK An excursion train, uomposed
entirely OF eolored people, arrived ut the
Gouldsboro depot from Baton Rouge. A
large number of colored msn ADJ women
we're nehr the depot waiting for the train,
which was due at II O'Clock. As the train
neAred the depot Que Of The excnrsipnists
attempted to get oil and fell TO the ground.
Some unknown person made parsonnl re-
mara. waeu the negro drew n pistol and
fred four or five shots In rapid succession,
ono Of which struck white man named
William Miller. brother Of one Of the
GretnR police, 10 the nose, and lodged itself
In the back Of the neck. Then tue shooting
hacam" general, some four or tlve hundred
shots being fred In less than fifteen min
ltes. The above account OF the trouble is
from the police OF q -etna. Atecrible panic
oG urred women and children runnlug In
MI directions. shouting aud screaming,
leaving dishes, baskets, hats, Shoes, DC. Ell.
Levy, II colored man, living In AlIiers. was
shot In the laft arm, aGd cnlored woman,
named Fleming. was also fatally shot In the
bark.
Mr.. John Rainy, the superintendent OF
the Aigiers aud Gretna Horse railroad, was
about two squares away With two cars wait
ing for the excursion. He stated that the
panic caused by the rapid discharge OF fire.
arms was dreadful He did not know what
thha''l lIo lIOublSt DuL lLT thTS VII lHtlT
way down to AlHiers were fred into. MIR.
Rainy stated that for u time he aud his
drivers were In imminent danger Of losing
their lives.
About 4 80 O'Clock this morning large
reflection was seen near the line between
Algiers and Jefferson parish An alarm OF
fire was turned In. heAlgers fire depart
ment Stated to the ecene, and found a
large number of men armed with musEets,
ETC., R1d a negro church on fire There
was no water at hand, and the church was
entirely consumed. just after the fire at
colored church colored man named Hen
Watkins, aged rs. was shot Ia the breast
AMI lightly wounded by soms unknown
parties.
Several negroes, who claimed TO have
formed part Of the excursion party, being
Interviewed, state that when the train was
nearing the q Juld-boto depot, 1t was fred
on by meu WHO we're secreted along this
line of the railroad track, and when the
shooting commenced the train was yet In
/ motion, and ~ soon as It stopped general
| stampede toOE place The place where tins
shooting occurred Is not thlckiy settled,
aud all those living In close proximity OF
I the depot, when Interviewed. said they
i heard the shCts, but do not know who did
. rha shooting or the oriv,n Of the trouble.
4 /, ia very difficult to locate single person
| who witnessed the beginning OF the shoot.
ing outside OF the police force OF Gretna.
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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
PRISON LAWS.
A Condensation of Sections from the
New Prison Laws.

Condensation of Sections from the
New Prison Laws.
Moneys coming into the hands of the
warden from any allowance made to con-
victs by the state for good conduct, shall
be placed to the credit of the several con-
victs. When it can be ascertained that the
family of any convict is in a needy condi-
ton, it shall be the duty of the warden. by
and with the consent of the prison man.
ayers to pay the money, or such a portion
thereof. as may be deemed necessary, to
said family. In case any convict has no
family. then the several amounts to the con-
victs under this act. shall be placed to their
several credits in a savings bank. When
any convict is discharged from prison the
warden shall pay over to said convict all
money so due: Provided that whenever in
the judgment of the warden it is for the
best interest of any discharged convict he
may pay the amount SO due to said convict
in installmentS extending over a period of
not more than six months from the date of
such DISCHARGE
When convict is discharged from prison
the warden shall furnish such convict with
a decent suit of clothes: Provided said con-
vict shall have to his credit at the time of
his discharge the sum of fifty dollars, or
more. he shall be required to furnish cloth
ing at his own expense: and. provided
further that in case any convict has not as
much as fifteen dollars to his credit. the
warden shall pay to the convict from the
expense fund of the prison. such a sum as
shall make the total amount paid such con-
vct fifteen dollars.
No person shall, without the consent of
the warden. bring into or carry out any
writing or any information to any convict.
In every contract. there shall be reserved
to the warden. full power and authority to
prevent the demanding or imposition of I'M
usual or severe labor whereby the health or
welfare of the cOnvicts may be impaired. or
their reformation and education hindered or
retarded. All able-bodied convicts in the
prison may be employed in industrial labor
on state account, in such trades or indus
tries as shall be deemed for the best inter-
est of the convict and the state.
The board of managers of the reforma-
tory and the state prison in joint session,
may at any time when they deem it neces-
Sary. appoint state agent for the aid and
supervision of discharged prisoners. 1t shall
be the special duty of this agent to assist
discharged prisoners in obtaining employ
mont.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
DECLINED WITH THANKS.

No. we cannot 90! We make this en-
phatic response IN reply to an invitation
that has reached US requesting our presence
at the centennial anniversary of the inaug-
uration of him ''who was first in war. first
in peace, and first in the hearts of his
cOuntrymen." In respectfully declining
this invitation. we don't wish our patriotism
to be called into question; we take this coca
sion of declaring that we stand second to
none in our loyalty to the United States,
but we also know the duty that we owe to
the State of our adoption. and recognizing
this fact, we have determined, like Casa
blanca of yOre. that come what will, we
shall remain at our post. Of course. it
would afford us great pleasure to be allowed
to gaze upon the exclusive -four hundred"
who follow in the wake of Ward McAllister.
and bask in the sunshine of his august pres
ence; b ut. alluring as is the temptation that
is thus so dazzlingly held forth. we do not
waver one iota in our allegiance to the State
which manifests so lively an interest in our
welfare. Again we reiterate, firmly but
sadly-we cannot go. TAM.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
For The Mirror.
Golden Thoughts.

When you doubt, abstain.
Purity is worth more than pearls
Truth outlives pain, as the soul does life.
OF truth it is good to be with good
people.
If you would lift me up you must be on
higher ground.
We often do more good by our sympathy
than our labor.
Keep good company. and you shall be of
the number.
The measure of our success is in proper
ton as we satisfy God.
Habit is cable; we weave thread each
day. and at last we cannot break it.
Lend yourself to others, out of love to
Him. but give yourself to Him alone.
Learn to say NO" 1t will be of more
use to you, than to be able to read Latin.
You may be dreadful failure. Christ
is divine success: and through Him you
may conquer.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
TO THE PUBLIC.

THE PRISON MIRROR is weekly paper pub
Eished 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 as every inmate
is given a 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 are 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 adj
vance ment and prison reform. THE MIRROR
will be sent TO any address on receipt of subscrip.
sion price: sI.Os per year. 6Oc for six months
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02

nity from more relentless punishment is that
all men are imperfect and should
show mercy that mercy may be shown
them. Unless we begin right in
here to prepare ourselves to be some
thing better than what we were, it is
almost certainty that we will take up with
the old life again as soon as we are set
free. And to become professional GRIM
nals is to wage war against the whole
wOrld-not like Napoleon backed by his
legions. but single handed. We all know
that there is no such thing as a success
full criminal career. and that for every
pleasure derived from such life a thou
sand pains are suffered. Let us draw out
of the contest while we still have something
left. or the game may close at last with our
forfeited souls in the hands of the fatal
dealer"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02

that would stay the starvation of the child;
the husband pawns the coat of the dying
wife. The power OF alcohol is mysterious.
The muscular giant crouches in terror be-
fore its shrine. youth yields up freshness of
mien and hopes of fortune. and mOcks for
it's sake mothers tears and a BRIDES love.
Old age at it's bidding puts on the garment
of idiocy and closes its earthly journey in
disgrace and sin. Piety does not withstand
the fury Of its breath. The very cedars of
Lebanon have been laid low. the royal oaks
of the forest have been uncrowned and
flung into the deep valleys of ignOminy and
death.
This is the first installment of alcohols
havoc. The drlmkard becomes for it an
entrenched camp. from which in cOncentric
circles it hurls ruin upon men and women.
who refusing its domination in their own
hearts are yet, despite themselves. brought
under its vengeance.
THE HOME Is MADE DESOLATE.
How sacred the home! 1t is Gods ap-
pointed treasury of pure and sweet love.
There happiness bubbles forth from ever
living springs: virtue terminates and blooms
in native soil. watered by propitious dews
from the Skies The homes of the land are
the social units of which the aggregate is
the nation. The nation in it's wider sphere
of action is the reflection of it's homes.
AlcOhOl'S helliSh work goes beyond the
drunkards home. There is physical and
moral cOntagiOn. other homes are smitten,
alcohol lifts up its sceptre within their en-
closure. The drunkenness of al emplOye
endangers an entire industry: that of
trusted guardian of public interest ruins
fortunes and destroys precious lives. Pow
erty is begotten. the sober and industrious
are taxed to relieve it. The producers d.
miniSh. the drones increase the course Of
general prosperity is retarded. Crime stalks
forth. suggested and emboldened by drink;
and rObberies and assaults. and murders and
wreckages of the holy purity make up the
record of its riOtings. Ireland.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02

'Harvester's" communication is rejected
for several reasons. the chief OF which are:
it is directed at an individual with intent
to do him an injury; it is defense of tramp
ism and declaration of bad principles
generally, but the postscript ITO the
Editor" is the worst of all and would send
the best article ever written to the bottom
of the waste basket.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02

Do not let the time that you must spend
here in prison he wasted. EndeavOr to
learn something that will help you to be
more successful when you are free again.
There are no lucrative places for ignorant
men in these days of much learning. Many
of us are here because we We're ignorant,
too ignorant to fill places suited to our
tastes. We did not have energy to
strive for the knowledge necessary to hold
ing good situation. We felt above doing
common drudgery at low wages; learning a
trade was too tedious and demanded too
much self-denial on the start: so we nat
urally drifted into 'ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain' in consequence of
which we are here. A few are here through
misfortune; very few are here through no
fault of their own; most of US are here be-
cause we deliberately pursued course the
probably consequence of which we clearly
foresaw would sooner or later land us in
prison. We deserve no sympathy and the
only ground on which we can claim immu-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
ECHOES FROM THE PEN.
Discussing Politics Got Him Four
Years.
BY A PRISONER,


On Valentine day. white and d colored prs-
oner, both shackled together, delivered at
the penitentiary. The former was Guisseppi Di
Santi, who had previously served term of two
years for shooting negro. His present sentence
is for similar offence but this time it is for four
years.
On their entry into the prison yard, Guissippi
was Immediately recognized with Hello Sant
back again. eh?'' Hello Capitana howa you lika
me and dis nigga nsa valentino. don't you
thinka?'' Yes, but what did you come back tor
Santi, thought you had enough of prison?'
We'll Capitana, suppose you thinka me stuck
on de placea; we'll no can helpa."
Cant help it. probably you don't try;what have
they got you this time for?"
''Shoota da nigga"
shooting negro. why that is what they had
you before for; suppose you were greatly aggra-
waited: take your time and tell us your trouble"
well Capitana, when me go outa last time, me
go to da city to worka. but no can gotta da work.
You know da ting-a-fxee racket is now played
outa, and while 1 was in da jaila more as 5000
countrym.n arriva, and doe dey can no talkee da
Englisha cept "a fl cents apiece or three TO-
dime dey all now sella da garlic, da lem, da
sweeta oranga and MICA banan' an'so 1 no
getta da chancea, Well me lika da musica, so
thnka me go in da concerto bisnessa, and try
to getta da hand organ an monk. but Santa Ma
donna! ALA da nigga getta up da trusta of da hand
organ and shutta da Etalyani outa da biz. Oh,
Maledette!
Me go to da plantation to cutta da an
maka da shug, an me fina plenty nigga. Dey all
talka da politco, da Southern Pol, who go ina da
Cab, an all shoutta for Harrisinio. Dey talka so
much givea me pain in da facea an maka me tired
an l shoutta Rats aska dem how long da
thinka da Harrsinio crowd stay in da otfisa. an
dey tella me till bella freeza an become
skata rinka 1 tella dem Harrisinio greata
man lika dat good old man who comea from Rome
old Banana Thurman. Dey all gva me da laugha
an Gala me chumpa; dey tella me he no comea
from Rome, but from Ohio, where dey wanta da
earth wid da Electric lighta an da fensa around;
dey Gala him Jay an say he gotta lika da
horn; dat he blowa horn too mucha: Data he got
da hayseed in his hair.
Santa Christie! when heara dem abusa my
countryman ika Data, all my Etaliyani blood
come to da fronta. an get fghta. Lika my ar
gumenta getta da worse. Dey knocka me down
an picka me up an standa me ona head. fghta
hsrda but no usa; dey stuffa, dey kick an sweepa
da grouna W ID me. When getta well. taxa my
gun an go hunta da mig. Da first one see I
shoota. an now l gotta wait four years to shoota
another"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02

A Sing Sing prisoner turns the tables
nicely OH those radical labor unions which
insist that an imprisoned felon shall be
driven to madness before he shall be al
lowed to work. The aforesaid Sing Sing
culprit declares that he was sentenced to
labor, and labor he will have or know the
reason thereof from the lips of judge.
What are the labor organizations going to
do in case like this?-Pioneer Press.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02

1t is the opinion of Warden StOrdock
that the new good time law will not be re-
troactive, and that whatever year of your
sentence you were in when the bill became
according to the law. For instance: if you
are in the fourth year of your sentence, you
will receive ten days per month for each re-
manning month of that year. The Attorney
General will probably be asked to decide
the matter.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02

We are glad to see that the legislature
made arrangements for the appointment
of a state agent to look after discharged
prisoners and find them employment. There
is no doubt of the fact that many men are
returned to prison simply because they had
no definite place to go to when first released.
The expense of returning one man to prison
is often greater than would be the finding
of employment for fifty men. A good ca
pable agent will be able to save to the state
the cost of his hire many times over every
year.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
RUNIPET ELOQUENCE
That Pictures the RavaGes of Rum i'm
Burning Words.

Alcohol damns to horrid misery innumer-
able victims. 1t t1atters and caresses to dis
tract the prey from its perfdy. and. mean
while, it sinks its fangs into palate and
stomach to create all Irritation which it's
own fluid alone can temper; it shoots its
venom through every nerve. which in cease
less vibration will afterward clamor for re-
newal of its fatal touch. The craving of
alcohol, begOtten of alcohol. ever wakes
stronger; the moment COMES when it is a
wild passion, a fierce madness. It COM
mands and obtains the most fearful sac
rifices. In slavery to it women forget
honor; the father in hellish laughter casts
to the vendor of liquor that solitary dime
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02
ENCOURAGEMENT.

Nearly every week we print one or
more comments upon our paper which
are CLEANED from exchanges. We publish
them through no spirit of egotism, but that
our fellow contributors may see how much
their efforts are appreciated and to encour-
age continuance in the work which think
ing people accept as laudable. Also to
show to all prisoners that whatever good
the public sees in man it appreciates, no
difference how low his position or how far
he may have strayed from the way pointed
out by the Almighty Finger. There is
lesson for us in every one of these notices
which are meant to encourage us in we'll
doing. You can see by the following,
taken from last weeks papers, that we are
not judged by what we have been, but by
what they hope we may be. and what we
can be if we WILL.
Among our exchanges, we have few favorites,
which receive more attention than the casual
glance which detects some desirable clipping
while the bulk of the papers still unread it passes
from our hands to fulfill its mission in some char
liable institution or public reading-room. Among
those that we read carefully and with constantly
growing interest is THE PRISON MIRROR,
model weekly. published by the prisoners at Still.
water. MINI. The motto of the paper 1T is never
too late to mend suggests the motive of its orig
inator. and the high moral tone OF the paper i'm.
presses the reader with the thought that if the
contributors to its columns have found place
within the prison walls as the result of evil deeds,
they have not failed to prove the truth of the
motto that stands at the head of their paper Still
further if we may be permitted to estimate the
character of the confined within this peniten.
tiary by the reflections of THE MIRROR, we can
safely reach the conclusion that their restoration
to the outside world by pardon otherwise will
not in the least endanger the peace of community.
No one can be reader of this bright little sheet
without getting his false views of the total deprav.
ity of convicts badly shaken up; and before the
first six months has passed if he is not thorough
convert to the idea that the entire conduct of
prisons shonld be reformatory rather than punt
tive. we lose our guess. Our welcome contempt
rary has our best wishes. and in its wider crcula-
ton both the community within and without
would receive lasting beneit-The Free Baptist
Minneapolis,
THE PRISON MIRROR, published in the Min
nesota state prison, saltwater, is one of our ex-
changes. In reading this paper, which is so well
gotten up, so bright and newsy, we wonder how it
is that the inmates of prison work so faith.
fully and take such pains in making their paper
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-02

so valuable The matter used to fill the paper is
so pure and elevating that one forgets that THE
MIRROR is printed behind the bars Those who
take pride and manage this paper will surely be
free men ere long. They have fallen to rise up
again.-The Worthington Globe.
THE PRISON MIRROR is a weekly publication
edited. printed and issued by the unfortunate in
mates of the state penitentiary at saltwater. 1t
has been mentioned before in these columns, and
is at this date-more than half way into its second
volume-carrying on in a way,which commends it
again to favorable mention.-The Industrial Age
Duluth