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The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
The Garrett Park ELECTION.

The recently reported trouble among
the stockholders of the Garrett Park
Association was settled yesterday, the
dissatisfied members meeting with a
defeat ut the election of officers, and
the pregent management was indorse1
by vote OF 1900 shares out of $500.
The election was held at the park and a
good attendance Of shareholders was
on hand. The election resulted as fol
lows President, George III. Brown;
first vice president, Il. +. Best second
yice-p -prelident, j. w. Bates secretary,
ii, N. Copp; treasurer, s. Dana Lin
coin.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
WASHINGTON, MAY 81, 1880.
PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTIONS.

The Cabinet meets on Tuesdays and Fri
days at 1880 p. IN.
Senators and Representatives in Congress
will be received by the President every day,
except Mondays, from IL until 12.
Persons not members of Congress having
business with the President will be received
from 12 to 1890 on Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
Those who have no business, hut call
merely to pay their respects, will be re-
ceived by the President in the East Room
at / p. m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Saturdays.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
Culture In the Far West.

VouUTHWUHIO HtcOTd'UnIOn,1
A house in this city yesterday received
the following letter from young woman
residing in a mountoln town up North;
"Haye you got song with the words &
accompaniment called chipy Get your Hair
cut, johnny get your gun-I don't know the
name of the song but think that is part OF
the first verse. Please let me know right
away IL you have 1t & the price of It IL also
have you the music of Song called of the
day and price of it, 81 have you got a
song called she is my big Fat Consumpted
liza lane & price OF itD
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
The Man WIN a pedIgree.

Ladies' who have weakness for q hus-
band with pedigree are presented with an
unrivaled opportunity. A gentleman from
Austria got flne appearance') adyertises
In an English paper his burning anxiety to
espouse wife. "Adyertlser boasts OF the
most ancient Greek name which has been
illustrious since the year an D. C.n
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
ADJUSTMENTS.


Faust, Up to Date, may be Dixey's
new burlesque for next season. IL be-
longs to the repertory of the London
America Geraldine Ulmer Is coming
home from England next season, under
engagement to Colonel McCaull at big
wages. Booth & Barrett close next
Saturday night in San Francisco, and
Mr.. Barrett goes TO Europe June 49,
California did not nan out at all for the
b. & u. combination, and business is so
bad that four weeks have been can
cellcd Prices were too high, and q
suffering public has some satisfaction
in hearing that they were turned down.
Mis- Fogsette, Virginia girl Of 90,
has been engaged by A. NJ. Palmer for
next season. aud will create sensation
In New Yor.,. Mr.. and Mrs Falford
(Annie Pixley) and Smiley" Walker
sail next Tuesday for Europe Mrs.
Langtry appears in a new play, Esther
Sandraz," by Sydney Grundy. in Chi
cago Monday night. -Flaucis Wilson,
with THE Oolah' in its improved
form, is doing larger business at the
Broadway Theatre, New York, than was
ever known there, excepting two or
three weeks of the "Fauntlcroy" run.
-Zelic dc Lussan has gone to Eng.
land TO join Au .ustie Harris operate
forces and will not be with the Boston
Ideals next season. ----"Ardriell, ," the
new comic opera, is from "Die Nurn.
bur er Puppe," and promises to be a
holy terrier. r.-Charles Whitney and
Charles Blanchette of Detroit will soon
go to Paris with rival Wild West
show, but they cannot have rival
Buffalo Bill. ll.-Lizzie MacNichol, re-
Gently with the American Opera Com
pany here, is TO be married carly next
Vetto), the basso of the same company.
Vetia used to sing with minstrel com
| napV
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

The Jane Mosely took an excursion
OF about 900 people TO Colonial Beach
yesterday where they had a pleasant
time. AS they were about TO start
home lady tainted on the grounds,
aud she was carried ON the boat where
she regained consciousness She had
no more than recovered when q young
man who had helped carry her TO the
boat, tainted, and within the next fif.
teen minutes two more men and -four
more ladies had gone off into fainting
spells, and the eXcursionists almost had
panic. One man had spasms along
with his. What caused this strange
proceeding remains n mystery.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
Howard University Commencement

The commencement exercises of the
collegiate department Of Howard Uni,
versity were held last night in the Uni
yersity chapel, Rev. S. N. Brown of
Plymouth Church offered a prayer,
and oraions were delivered by Harri-
son II. Fowler, Kneas o. Mack, Will
liam Irving, Mark Thompson, James
l.. Usher and Ellis ID. Whedbee.
The president conferred the degrees
upon the following: Master of Arts
William A. Palmer, Bachelors of
Arts-Harrlson Fcrrel, Charlottesville,
Va; KneNs o. Mack, Charleston, S.
c.; William Irving Robinson, Amelia
Court House, Va; Mark Thompson,
Hertford, N. c.. James l.. Usher,
Staunton, Va; Ellis d. Whedbee, Win,
fall N. G..
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

SALEM, MASS, May 31.-The body of the
man who shot himself on the common last
Sunday has been identified as that Of John
Linnehan, aged 20, who had a wife, from
whom he separated year ago, living in
Beverly, and two children in the Catholic
Home here
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
DIED.

LINKINs.-At 2ii4 T street, Thursday, May
90, Daniel Linkins.
BORROWS.--On Thursday evening, May 90,
DR.. Joseph Iorrows, In the SD year Of his
age.
instant, at Sib a. m, Marie Sever wife of
Hon. William s. FIippn, aged n years.
IRWIN. On Thur, day, May 30, 1899, Mary,
wife OF John w. Irwin, In the 5oth year of her
age.
Fpneral from her late residence, 132
Twenty-fourth Street noithwc It, Sunday, I'd
proximo at 2p. m.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
Chnrged With a Nnmoless Crlme.

SoMERvILLE, Mass, May. 3l.-James
Carney, aged &c. married man, was ar
rested yesterday, charged with assault upon
Mary Fuller, a 17-yearold girl of very re-
spectacle parentage. Carney was formerly
a florist, but has recently received an APP
pointment as substitute letter carrier.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

You DON'T know how much better you
will feel II you take Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t
will overcome that tired feeling, purify
your blood, give you good appetite and
make you bright, active and strong. Be
sure TO get Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sold by
lruppists
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
Jesse Liggans All Right.

The police have heard from Jesse Lig-
gans, whom Mary Brague said she saw ly-
ing dead with his throat cut. He is en-
ployed in hotel at Altoona, Pa. The
statement Of the woman Brague remains
thoroughly inexplicable, except on the
score Of hallucinatlon.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
Missouri's Attitude.

tst. Louis Globe'Democrat.)
Major Brock demonstrates very plainly
that Missouri has not received her just pro-
portion Of Federal patronage, and now IL
somebody will demonstrate how she can
get II all will be forgiven.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
The Latest PIctnre of NIrs. CIeyelnnn,

Mrs. Cleveland has sent to some of her
friends in Washington a copy Of the latest
photograph Of herself, taken at the Capital
IL was taken in Mrs. Cleveland's boudoir
IN the " bite House, holding Baby Lamont,
her Damcsake, in her arms, and It Is said to
be the prettl' st of oil the photographs ex-
tant OF Mrs. Cleveland.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
Lieutenant Reamy,s Return.

Lieutenant Reamy OF the wrecked U. s.
man-of-war Trenton arrived in this city
from Samoa Wednesday night. He reached
San Francisco on the Goth Instant, and left
for Washington the following day.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

III the urug store very long, but he had
been at the soda fountain long enough to
be hzzician'
OF. ratrck Is the great original fat-ron
NJ s,, Al, MI. p,.e
s;5aroa 200, 60, 80 ,a,,,o =. M1 70 ~ .o"
oon,, sroor to,. ororu ,,,,, .hors H.. s,
shor,d soo mo IN ;he g. wotor ~ onoo D ,,;'',' y
~ ~ - 80 ' ' "
y,m c., c.,-,
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

IPswITCH, MASS, May 3l.-Wells York,
aged so, a section boss on the Boston and
Maine Railroad, committed suicide ycster-
day by cutting his throat. Dependency
from ill-health was the probable cause. He
leaves widow
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
Moro snnkes Than lrIsh.

Recently John W. Thompson of Wal.
ton County, Ga, let off his fish pond
and he and his son killed seventy i've
snakes. Two of them were very large
water moccasins, the rest some smaller
The layout of snakes made terrible
chow
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

BIDS RECEIVED for an ark, Noah and a
dove. Olive branch already on hand. Ad-
dress the CRITIC Owl.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

THE PINE Italian hand OF Mr.. William
Walter Phelps is visible in the successful
issue of the Samoan Treaty. Three cheers
for His Banglets.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
There's No such Qualities

As ours in mems suits at $3.50, $40 and
$l260 These goods are flrst-class In every
detail, well made, well trimmed and perfect
fitting. Eiseman Bros, 7th and e, manu-
featuring Clothiers and Tailors.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

THAT BEnRINa Sea sealslSin war with
England will probably be postponed indeh,
nitcly.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

THIS is more then ever the rain of Har;
rison II. Beginning with March there
hasn't been clear celebration day since
TINT date
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

The POLITICIAN with q future before
him did not neglect his opportunities yes
terday.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
ab MInnten 10 nnltimore.

In the schedule of "a daily trains Wash
ington to Baltimore via b. 4 o. are that
make the run in As minutes, 4 In 80 minutes
and 10 one hour,
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

THE Civil Service Conrission has few
Mugv jumps in stock which may be secured
for use on application.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
The long, long weary day,

And the day is Just like large number
of days which have preceded IT, and the
tears have been furnished by the Signal
Service. What are we here for2
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

A. @. Winslow of this city, who was
superintendent of the Mechanical Di-
vision of the Treasury from 1866 to
1877, has presented the National Mu-
scum with the first key to the National
Treasury. 1t was made when Alexan-
der Hpmilton was Secretary of the
Treasury IL Is OF iron, nine inches
long, and is intricate in workmanship.
No MAN on WOMAN can afford 10 be with
out WOln's Acme Blacking.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

WASHINGTON Safe Deposit Co., 0l6 Pa.
ave, Storage Department all above ground.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
CRITICULAR.

Thesmar young man said he had not been
in the drug store very long, but he had
been at the soda fountain long enough to
be fzzician.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

PEARS is the purest and best Soap ever
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

st. Patrick is the great original Patron
saint of Ireland.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
He Got Even.

A Bridgeport, Montgomery County,
farmer having gone to the circus, leav-
ing the house in the care of son aged
12, the youth left the front door open,
scattered clothing on the floor, hid a
gold watch that was in bureau and
devised other indications of q robbery.
Then he hid himself until the family
returned When the excitement was at
its height he came forth demurely and
explaited the joke. In the joy at the
return of the lost treasures he escaped
castigation.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

win General Greedy please make a note
of this, that rain storm always comes up
before IL comes down.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31
A Penitent Monkey.

Spring bimgs the turnpike musicians
and monkers IN ereai numbers. While
one pair of the-e were giving a concert
ON Main Street, in Carbondale, Pa, to q
crowd of youngsters and two inebrlated
counlrymen, one Of the men gave the
monkey n cent, for which il dolfed its
cap iGunlily. Then the counhymen
teased the lille animal until it buried
its teeth in the mans finger to the bone
When the blood gushed from the wound
the monkey looked regrelfully at the
finger, then into the mans face, and
handed back his money. No amount
of persuasion would induce the peni-
tent animal to again accept the coin
though II was repeatedly offered, and
though he accepted money from others
all ornnnd him
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

Melton is not the kind Of goods to wear In
summer though we feel that way.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

Judging from yesterdays weather the IN
ference is plain that General Greedy also has
1t in for the blue and the gray.
The Washington critic., 1889-05-31

A little flre-watcr can make $40! the poor
Indian" high, the poor Indian very rapidly.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-16

The following generous and compliment
airy notice by one of our home papers. is
highly appreciated. One who has watched
THE MIRROR since its first issue is best
able to form correct estimate of its merits:
One of the most interesting weekly papers in
Minnesota is THE PRISON MIRROR, which is
edited and published by the inmates of the state
prison in this city. Though small in size it is filled
with original matter scarcely line of which is
dull or uninteresting to the reader behind the bars
or the reader at either edge of the continent or
across the sea. Through the aid of this little
weekly, which we believe is the only paper pub
lished in state prison in the world those who
would study the problem of imprisonment for
crime are able to gain the views of other stu.
dents of the problem whose homes are Temporal
rily or permanently behind the bars and who dis
cuss this question just as honestly and just as
intellgently as those who, if they have sinned
have never been punished by imprisonment The
effect OF the paper on the convicts is most salu-
tary They feel that they have an "organ," and,
denied the privilege of unrestricted conversation.
many of them communicate through this medium
some of their ideas to each other and to the
world. Those Of our readers who do not receive
this little paper will do we'll to purchase OF send
for sample copy, after reading which we believe
a large proportion will desire to become regular
subscribers. The Messenger.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-16

become callOuS by years of crime and de-
pravity to conform to the rules. it may be
difficult and CALLING for a comparatively
good man to submit. The time is fast
approaching when this method of treat
ing prisoners will be considered un-
wise and they will be treated as in
dividuals and according to their needs
Enforced and unnatural dumbness does
more to break down the mental powers of
men in prison than all other causes com
bned. Men deprived of speech become
morose by broodmg over their troubles.
or indulge in frivolous day-dreams until
the mind is so weakened that they are inca
pable of intelligent reasoning and become
imbecile. We do not believe that unre-
stricted talking should be permitted in
prison. but that the same liberty of speech
should be allowed in prison a. is allowed in
well regulated workshops out of prison.
There is no danger, as some seem to think.
that prisons will be any less of terror
to evil doors if they are managed on a more
humane principle. but on the contrary. the
discharged convict will feel more like a
Prospecting man and be more capable
and willing to avoid criminal ways-he will
cease to be an ''enemy to society,"" IL must
be plain to all thinking persons that impriS-
Onment is failure so long as men are
turned out more dangerous criminals than
when they were pnt in.
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THE LIFE OF A CONVICT.

The study OF human nature" said Principal
Keeper Patterson, of the state penitentary at
Trenton, N j.. to reporter. in the lobby of the
National hotel last night, lin .ide prison walls is
more interesting thar pleasant
Are there not number OF criminals sent, you
who instead should go to asylums? Do you not
have many cranky characters to contend with?'
We'll. we do in ii certain sense. Criminals are.
as rule, one-sided characters: their mo raj char
acter is, so to speak, lop-sded. But it is not the
men who go into prison that are mentally I'M
balanced it is those who come out The fact is a
man who serves five or even three years sem
tence out is apt to leave the penitentlary
unsound in mind. if not in both body and mind.
Imagine. tor instance, the life they lead, day in
and day out. To the messroom in the morning
where they cannot speak word to any one; to
the workshop for the day, where talking is city
forbidden: to the messroom again for supper
where the same order is enforced: and then to
solitary confinement in their cells. where there is
| no one to talk to. Think of it. Such life for
years. Is it not enough to drive a man insane?
Why. man alive you can not realize it: but the
percentage is simply frightful to those who go to
Jail strong in both mind and body and who come
out wrecks in one or both.'-Washington Post
We have long held views similar to those
expressed by Mr.. Patterson. What he saws
is true. The plan on which are conducted
most penal institutions of to-day, defeats
the purpose for which persons are confined
in them. The great effort of prison discip-
Librarians has been to deprive convicts of
all voluntary movements. and make them
conform as near rs possible to the working
| of perfectly adjusted and noiseless niachin-
cry. No allowances are made for differ
ence OF mentality. temperament and capa-
bility, but all are subject to the one set of
cast-irOn rules. This manner of treating
prisoners inficts unequal punishment for
while it may be easy for man who has
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-16
Who Are Our Friends!

If asked. Who are our friends?" | would
answer. 1.-The better half of mankind"
Those who move on the higher plane of
Christianity and civilization are always
first to extend helping hand to those in
trouble. The wisest best and nOblest men
and women in the world today are trying to
solve the problem of how to reclaim the
fallen. The ablest writer's and thinkers OF
this age have discarded the theory that
prisons are places for the torture of persons
who have violated the laws. They hold
now that prisons should be conducted on
humane principles and that every effort
should be made to reform the inmate.
The good Lord is ever ready to forgive
vl-dOers whenever they come to halt and
turn to Him in spirit and truth. And all
who follow Him in spirit and truth will do
the same: and all humane and enlightened
men and women will do the same.
The devil was never known to forgive.
and those who come nearest to his low
standard are the men and women who never
forgive person who may have WrOnged
them. 1t is.a well-knOwn fact to lawyers
and Judges that the most depraved classes
are the most bitter in the prosecution OF
those who have wrOnged them. Do not
misunderstood me when l speak of the de-
PRAYED, by suppOsng l refer to those in
stripes Only-they are to be found in all the
walks OF life. Some preachers show in the
pulpit that they possess as vindictive and
cruel spirits as the savages of the plains;
but they are the exceptions and not the
rule. They are either ignorant Of the teach
ings of Christ or are traitors to his cause.
They know nothing of Faith. Hope and
Charity. the pure. disinterested love of man
kind. nor the God they profess to serve.
TEXAS.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

THE PRISON MIRROR is a 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 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. It's objects to
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 reflect ng
its inner life and thus aid the cause of moral ad-
vancement and prison reform THE MIRROR
will be sent to any address receipt of subscrip.
tion price: 81. 90 per year. 6Oc. for six months
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-05-16

Although the inmates of this institution
have not been engaged in money producing
labor since the first of last September. and
have not worked half time, the state has
lost nothing thus far by the suspension of
the contracting system. The needed i'm
prOvements which have been made since
the contract closed have saved to the state
more money than would have been received
for the labor of the cOnvicts had they con-
tinued working at 45 cents per day. The
improvements which continue to be made
are necessary and if not done by convict
would be done by free labor for which the
state would have to pay the contractor. at
the lowest figure, S1.25 per day. for every
man engaged in the work. At the same
time the state would be letting the labor of
the cOnvicts to another contractor at As
cents day to do work requiring greater
skill
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the case that these men swOre falsely
against Deltch in order that they might Sc
cure the reward promised for the convic-
ton of the murderer. He was an old vet
eran of the war and had always borne good
reputation. The governor granted the par
don on the recommendation of the court
radeS and citizens of Cedar Rapids. There
no longer remained any doubt of Deitch's
innocence and the pardon was only an act
of Justice