The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-07-25
what do we find? In Vol. II. No. 4, he

religious services every Sunday afternoon
and they always brought large bundle O
papers along for distribution.' When thi
was written he had not got to the condition
where he feared the prayers of 1.-TWO hun
dred thousand" noble women nor where h
lived in daily dread of the terrible onslaught
of the mothers and daughters of the bes
families laden with books and papers
and edbles and petitions for his pardon
could relate here fable in which fox an,
a bunch of grapes occupy prominent parts
but as it is not essential to the argument
will fOrbear. In Vol. Ii. No. 22. We tint
this: ''Some lady possessing true and prac
tical Christian spirit remembered one of on
number Christmas by sending him cop,
of the life and work of Jerry McAuley. Th
Inscription on the fly leaf was simply 'Frou
one who wears a white ribbon Beautiful
emblem of purity. never ceasing in bTiDgin!
good offerings to fallen souls. What reward
shall be thine for this remembrance? Fo
by the kindness of the recipient. many o
our number will read the book. and may.
perhaps catch some of the inspiration will
which it is laden. Myself and half a dozel
others have already read it, and that it ha
been productive of good these columns il
the future may testify. In myself it has
encouraged to action resolutions that have
/
with the spirit of prophecy. Let us glance
at the pages of last weeks paper and wit
ness the fulfiliment. But just so long a:
a person can forge your name. embeZzlt
your goods. steal your vauables. OF rob wO
men of virtue, and then plead that they were
drunk or they would not have done it: anC
because OF that plea. sympathy is drawn
towards him. and two hundred thousand
prayers from the hearts of the noble womer
of the w. c. 7. L. ascend to heaven on his
behalf: the mothers and daughters of youl
best families bring him books and papers
and edibleS. and often petition for his par.
don. just so long as this sympathy is con
tinued there will be no decrease in the mum.
Der OF drunken crimes that we hear of. II
he goes through his imprisonment on q
whisky plea, all he need to do when released
is to show his sympathiZers that he has
sworn off and their arms will open to EN-.
brace him." Is not this the acme of subtle
venom? In one sentence speaking of the
noble women" and in the next belittline
their lntellects, impugning their motives,
dlStOrtng their aim and object and CON
demnlng their labor and accusing them OF
being the direct cause OF a continuance OF
crime. | will close these verbatim quota
tiOns with one from Vol. I.NO34 He says:
Nov am man who has a wife and
child struggling alone in the world for their
support and my heart beeds for them. .
Compare this with the heartless story of
desertlOn related last week. How cOolly he
remarked. 1.-The yoke grew burdensOme, -
and with what nOnchalance. Il decided to
sever the tie that bound u.s." But | will
draw the curtain over this aggregation of
inconsistencies. allowing our readers to Judge
for themselves the amount of credence to
place in the statements made by IL. NJ. Tin
last weeks paper.
L have been thus prOliX in bringing my
subject to this point because IL. NJ" wrote
IN plausible style and on a most important
II not vital question Of DenOlOgy. Such
sentiments coming from a place of this
KIND. II from person OF recognized honor
could not but have weight. For centuries
liquor has been considered the indirect, if
not the actual exciting cause Of the great
majority of crimes Prison penologists and
humanltarans are studying this subject
from moral and refOrmatOry standpoint,
and medical men from scientific point OF
view. 1t was only last week that read a
long extract in paper taken from one of
the Leading medical journals on this very
subject, in which numerous cases of crimes
committed oy persons while in an alcoholic
trance were cited and we'll authenticated, and
the attention of the medical profession was
called to these facts as a grave and respon-
sible question for them to study When
leading scientific men and journals are max
ing such important researches and discov-
eues, is it not presumptuous for convict
to reach forth his manacled hand and at.
tempt to clog the wheel of progress? The
one argument nsed by 81. NJ in his last
article was this: "When a man under the
influence of liquor can without forethought
or plan, enter your house at the exact hour
OF night when the occupants sleep the
soundest. and so deftly unlock the door,