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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

There are more young men in the prisons
in this country learning trades than there is
out of them. The principal cause of this is
that we are educating the young men for
idle gentlemen, trying to make lawyers,
doctors, preachers and clerks out of mate
rial that is needed for blacksmiths, carpen-
tiers. machinists, and other ''hewers of
wood and drawers of water" 1t is mis-
take to teach our boys and girls to consider
labor as disgraceful and to do nothing for a
living is more becoming the society in which
they have respect. Hang such society! 1t
is rotten to the core and is running the cOun-
try to- day. and there are too many boys and
girls who are practicing to play the part of
the leading lady" and walking gentle
men'' in the great drama of life who will
light out for the poorhouse or pententiary
before the curtain drops on the last sad act
of the play to which they have been edu-
Gated by their too indulgent parents.-The
Sunday Sun.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

During the past two months Gov. Lar
rabee has pardoned six men out of the Iowa
state prison at Anamosa. One was Chester
Turney who was serving 171s years term.
He is the boy whose mother reused the in
terest of nearly the whole state in his be-
half. He was victim of what is known
as the ''railroading' process; which means
rapid transit to prison without due process
of law.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

We welcome 1.-The South Dakota Mai, J"
the latest Industrial School journal to make
its appearance. 1t is four column quarto
and is we'll gotten up and is well filled with
reading matter interesting to old and young
1t was started for the purpose of giving the
boys of the PlankingtOn, South Dakota
Industrial School an opportunity to learn a
trade. also to furnish them healthy reading
matter. 1t will be published weekly at
they forgot to state the price of subscrip-
ton.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23
Written For The Mirror.
A LITTLE WHILE.
ELLA BENTLEY.

The purple violet which the springtime's dew
Lures from its darkened home beneath the clay,
Had waited all the dreary winter through,
To burst in beauty at the breath of May.
The feathered songster whose orison clear
Aurora's coming greets with rhythmic zest
Grew into being from a snowy sphere,
Swung high in space within Storm tossed nest
This mortal life is but prison chain
Whose links will loosen at Azraips call,
And free, the snless soul will soar again.
To that great Judge who ruleth over all.
Thus must we drain the bitter lees of life
And grope "a little while" in shadows dim,
Ere resting in the calm which follows strife,
Be patient then. and trust the rest to Him.
Donaldsonville, La.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

This week. our reporter gives us tie in.
formation gained by his visit to the several
shops of the Minnesota Thresher Manu-
featuring Co. 1t would be impossible to
give full account of the routine of such a
large industry in SO small paper as ours,
but the reporter has done well considering
the space at his command
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

We notice that some publisher in this
state is credited with having made ''kck''
because the poor fellows who inhabit the
Saltwater prison were allowed to spend a
merry Christmas" day. Has that fellow
a soul? If he has. and it can be found, we
would advise him to have it put on ice.-
Battle Lake Review.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

Mary had little peau, who vas full NIT bug
juices, und efery vhare vot Mary go, he vent NIT
no excuses. He foller her to fish Won day. und
dhink he pait der hook. but when der pull frog
Jumps away she souse him in der prook. His nose
vas stuck him in der mud. und hold him in der
drink. und when dot Mary watch der flood. she
murdered him she dhink. Poor Mary shtop der
boobies all. und say der peau he skip, drown
himself mitout a CALL When crazy NIT der grippe
JAKE,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

About as neat an exchange as we have is
THE PRISON MIRROR, published by the in
mates of the state prison in this city. Some
of the most readable matter is to be found
in its columns. 1t shows bright thought
worthy of any patronage. st. CroiX Valley
Teacher.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23
Original Thinkers.

Prof Tucker, of Andover, is quoted as
having Limited the original thinkers of
America to three-JOhathan Edwards, Ben
jamin Franklin and Nathaniel Hawthorne"
The moral bravery of Prof Tucker is more
to be commended than his Judgment or
taste. For it certainly requires courage of
no inferior quality to so ruthlessly apply the
pruning knife to Americas long list of orig
inal thinkers. 1t can be safely said that,
during the past three hundred years, no
other country has applied original thought
to such practical results as America. In
fact, the $50 years of Americas active his
tory embraces line of original thought
practically unlimited. The results of these
original ideas have beer carried all over the
world and are to-day found among people
to whom the names mentioned by Prof.
Tucker are strangely unfamiliar. The in
dependence of the United States threw us,
as nation. upon our own resources and
gave an impetus to original thought that
was sadly lacking in the older countries of
the world. There was no bigOted monarch
to check the original thoughts of Americas
GalllleOS. The necessities of our condition
became spurs to once sluggish ideas. Orig
nality was born in the travail of revOIu-
ton. And the hOnOred names of Americas
opponents of that originality are legion.
Why should Prof. Tucker limit them to
three?
The name of Benjamin Franklin will
ever be associated with the wonderful de-
velOpment of electrical science of which the
present shows no boundaries of It's extern
sion. He demonstrated that lightning could
be drawn from the clouds. and paused on
the very threshold of applied usefulness.
Did 1t require Morse but an inferior order
OF originality to send it through wire
from Washington to Baltimore conveying
a message of human intelligence? Has
Edison with his hundreds of varied useful
appliances no standing among the original
thinkers of America? Will he not compare
favOrably with Jonathan Edwards or. at
least, with Hawthorne? Have Eli Whit
ney, Elias Howe and Thomas Colt no place
in the list of original thinkers? But to turn
from science. in the mind of Prof. Tucker
persOnified by Franklin. in what respect
Does Jonathan Edwards rise superior to
Ralph Waldo Emerson? Who has the right
to class the originality of Nathaniel Haw-
thOrne above that of Edgar Allan Poe?
Surely. no literary ukase issued by Prof.
Tucker of AndOver. In a contest between
the worlds original thinkers it can be
truthfully said I'VE are the people," but
the time has not come to divide our experts
in this line up into sets. or limit them to
trio of favOrite authors or inventors.
Americas originality is diffusive i'm quality,
but when moving en- masse against the
world it carries all before it.-St Paul Pho.
neer Press,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23
The Edgerton Enterprise

The Edgerton Enterprise office is
troubled with too numerous influx of gen.
tlemen of leisure. The editor asks them
to stay away, and advises them of the fact
that thine is money" Now what we wish
to remark is, that if time is money, we
have money that we are just dying to give
away.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

residents of Sing Sing, N. Y, whose bust.
ness interests are elsewhere, want the state
prison removed; but those whose business
interests are there are just as anxious to
have the prison remain right where it is.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23
A Constant DrauSht.

''How does your furnace draw" pros
pective settler inquired, the other day, of a
naturalized Jerseyman.
"Splendidly," replied the Jerseyman.
sadly; lit draws my salary. pretty near all
of it."-Puck's Library.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

During the past week the Saltwater
Democrat died, came to life again, and was
out on usual time. announcing that it will
be published "for what there is in it,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23
PLUNIS.

An old farmer came to town one day with
load of plums. He got drunk and in.
stead of peddling his fruit along the re-
spectacle streets he wandered into a by
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

There is a st. Paul journal called, 1.-The
EARTH" The publishers named it that.
probably because so many people want
the Earth.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

The AnamOSa, Iowa, penitentiary num-
bers three lawyers among its inmates. A
good deal of the disturbing element for one
prison.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

The advertised friends of Charity are
sometimes her bitterest foes.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

The Morton Clipper, after a brief sail
upon the uncertain sea of journalism, has
fOundered in the straits of finance.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23

AS four ffths of China is chin, she ought
to be competent to speak for herself.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23
SUNDAY Services.

Services were conducted by Rev. ]. H. Albert
Rev. Mr.. Luke, of Minneapolis, present and
preached the sermon, of which the following is
condensed extract:
In the lesson your chaplain read this morning
you will find these words: And the Lord hath re-
spect unto Abel and to his offering: but unto
Cain and to his offering He had not respect" 1t
was the custom in olden times to return thanks to
God by means of a burnt offering, consisting of a
bird. fowl or some of the products of the earth.
Cain and Abel had each made an offering, but
the Gospel says, Gains offering not acceptable
to God. The reason for this was that Gains offer
ing was not made in the proper spirit: it was,
to speak. a mere formula on his part-he was not
sincere, and had no true faith in his offering. On
the other hand, Abel's offering respected by
God because it was made in the true spirit of faith
and confidence in Gods guiding power. To better
illustrate this point will relate an incident that
will bring the subject to you in more concise
form: During the late war in this country money
was extremely scarce. and the government found
it necessary to devise an equivalent for money.
Bills of denominations running as low so, 25 10,
and cents were made. Many people laughed at
the idea of using these pieces of paper as money;
some looked upon them as being OF such insgnf-
canoe that they termed them "shinplasters."
These bills in themselves were of no value more
than common paper. But the promise of the gov
eminent to pay their face value rendered them
valuable. The promise to pay made by the gov
eminent made them equivalent to gold. And so
it was the of Abel; there something more
than the mere Offering in his act of Thanksgiving
the spirit in which he made it rendered it valua.
BILE.
In the present time we do not show our allie
glance to God by means of the burnt offering.
We can do better still; offer up life's
work and soul to II nj in token of our submission
to His will, remembering the beautiful
words
Nothing in my hand bring,
Simply to Thy cross cling
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-01-23
A Specimen of the Letters Sent in by
the Boys.

A Specimen of the Letters Sent in by
the Boys.
Hotel Randall De State.
saltwater, Mimi.
Mr. Editor: If not an imposition your good
nature and the minds of your many patrons, will
submit herewith for publication two little pieces
of rot-one piece bordering sense and the other
paradoxica nonsense. Whenever you at a
loss to fill your columns. and don't for your
reputation. would be pleased to have you let me
know about what you want. and Ill try and grind
you something that will at least shut off your APP
petite tor anonymous tea.
You there is nothing like egotism and I'M
adulterated gall when fellow is placed in high
positions such as we are.
Yours fragrant with onions ~
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30

the Gallatin valley. Mountain rsng,s
sloping down TO the edge of the rail-
-oad, rem nds The traveller 0f the snow
clad Alp ~ he views them from The
great pss-es. The vall,y locked tesu-
tiful IN the fresh morning. Fields Of
yellow corn, potato patches looking
their h,st. comfortable homes scat.
tered mere and there along tine
valley, shows very plainly what irri-
gst'on can do for this part of Mon
tana. | know that here the farmers
have the mountain streams and the
expense and difficulty of running the
water on the land II very little COM
pared to what irrigation you'd cost
round about Mi-s. But The work
must sooner or later be undertaken,
and when II !, thoroughly done, there
will be no more prosperous portion in
the whole OF Montana thar the Yell
low.toue valley. A. regards climate
aud position il has u eer IN any Iart
Of the state. A. We approached Hell.
ens the couniry s--Ia d To change q
good deal; il looked llier, and | wss
told that the irrigftOD difficulties
were greater. In tact We soon got
into rather ordinary looking part of
the country, However, my friend
Mr.. Gros, who was OIL his way to
White sulphur Springs In order to at
tend his duties at the court there, in.
troduced me to the Rev. DR. Wright
of -. Pau, aud another gentleman.
who were bound for the c,as', and In
the smoking compartments Of the
Pullman car We passed n real good
time. We smoked. listened to our
companions stories with pleasure,
told some in return, aud the time
passed almost too rapidly. Helena st
last. / intend In another paper OK
two 20 give you my impressions Of
Helena and Butte ~ one who has not
visited either of the towns before. Y.
Butte City, Aug. 2s, 1890.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
More Rations Than Reds.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 27.-The cen.
sus recently taken at the Rosebud
agency, South Dakota, shows that
there are 5,l66 men, women and
children. A. the Indian Office for
the last several years hiss been issuing
1900 rat,ons there. inquiry arose ss to
the whereabouts Of the other 2.S34 In.
dians and their ratiops. This query
caused Agent Wright to ask permis-
sion to take an enumeration himself,
but be found only lbs more and sc-
counted for the discrepancy by stating
that an epidemic bad taken off Q large
number. The sgency physicians re-
port only 10 deaths. An iE iEvestigation
will follow.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
The Record Broken.
Salvador the Wonder Smashes
the Mile Running Record Into
Flinoers at Monmouth Park.
A South Dakota indian Agent
Finds Some Difficulty in Max
ing His Raticn Issue Tall.
The World tteater. .

New YORK, Aug. 2S.-To-dav at
Monmouth Park Salvador lowered the
record 10y 81 seconds. running the dis
tance over "A straight track with 10
pounds up, in 1851. Slowly Salvador,
Rosette and Namona cantered up the
straight stretch, and In few minutes
only cloud of dust marked their
progress to the staring point. Saliva
tor and Namona went nearly fur
long past the post, leaving Rosetts r
WAYS behind. Nanona went off in
front end was ten lengths psst the
starting post before Sslvstor reached
il. going ut a hot pace. When the
half.mile post was reached Salvador
had distanced Namona twenty lengths
and was making rapid strides for Ros-
et,e. who had just started. The quar-.
ter had been travelled in 33} seconds,
and half in i7!, and Salvador showed
no sign. ot firing. The watches
showed l:ill at the three-quarter
post, and fnrIong further Bergen be.
gan riding the psllsnt chestnut. He
brought him past the wire like a
wbirlwind. and at once there fell q
nush on the spectators. The way in
which the timeksepers acted Indicated
that q record had been broken. and
when the figures 1857 were Tut up
there WAS wild excitement among the
spectators. which lasted 10 q measure
the rest of the day.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
Not Very Reliable.

We learn from q re liable source that
Miles. strevell 4 Ulmer. the pioretr
hardware dealers of Miles City, lave
determined to c'o-e their brsnch
house ut Buffalo Wyo.. and viii prob-
ably move their entire ouifit from
Miles City TO hra,ion furt her w'sf.
The heads Of the firm sre now out
west looking for more orstle To-
cation for usinsss.-BilliDgs Gazette.
Now don't be small. The hresking
up Of business venture In Buffalo,
Wyo., should not be sized up Ms q
chance to give Miles City 'jab." No
change will take place in the Miles
City house Of Miles, strevell 4 Timer.
but branch house is contemplated as
some poiut further west. That's all.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
Horse Race

The race yesterday afternoon be-
tween Tom MeNansy's sorrel geldiue
and Billy McDonald's sorreI gelding
was q very exciting affair. Both
owners rode, Tom. weighing about
$50 pounds, riding bareback, and
Billy making shout even weight with
COW boy saddle. The dlstaace was
. quarter Of q mile dash, and they got
of iu good shape OF the second trial
and run about neck and neck TO the
distance pole, when Tom drew ahead
and came under the wire length and
. bali abesd. Time 26l seconds, which
horse men say could be reduced to "a
seconds with light riders. Jepp Ry IN
aad George Allerton officisted %
judges, and Charley Royce wss
starter. McNanay had the pole and
this slight advantage will probably
result in bringing the horses together
again.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
The World Enriched,

The facilities of The present day for
the production Of everything that will
conduce to the material welfare and
comfort Of mankind are almost unlim-
tied and when syrup Of Figs was first
produced the world was enriched with
the only perfect laxative known, as 1t
Ia the only remedy which is truly
pleasing and refreshing to the taste
and prompt and efiectusl to cleanse
the system gently in the spring time
or In fact, at any time, and the better
1t is known the more popular 1t be-
comes.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
District Court Proceedings.
FOURTH DAY.

Leo Orschel being out of town, Ed
mond Butler was substituted In his
stead AZ one ofthe jury commissioners
for this term,
In the cases of Lindsay vs. Elmhirst,
!. Orschel & Bro. vs.. John Senate and
]. w. Strevell vs.. T. j. Porter ss sd-
ministrator, ct. al, judgments by de
fault were entered. for the plaintiffs.
A noticeable change In the routine
business of the present term OF court
rs compared with the previous terms
Of this year, is that no new citizens
have been made. Heretofore IL has
been q sort of appetizer to .he judge
and clerk to make few citizens each
morning before proceeding with the
calendared business, and many and
varied are the appeal, of Clerk
Schwartz for Q reinstatement Il the
old schedule. There is a small fee OF
IS connected with IL. too, but Of course
II 10 not that part Of II our genial
clerk thinks most Of.
o. H. Wallop ct al. vs. James p
Gpddes; demurrer to complaint sus
tanned and plaintiff allowed to amend
by interlineation.
Miles City Irrigating and Ditch Co
W. Joe. Kentzler; motion to set aside
vacaie and strike out report OF CON-
missioners appointed to appraise dam
ages, argued and taken under advise
menf.
Board Of Commissioner of Custer
Co. W. N. P. r. r. Co.; demurrer tt
complaint sustained and plaintiff
given until Sept. sth, 1890, to amend
Meeting Of jury commission contin'
usd until Monday, Sept. let, 1890.
Court adjourned until August 30, a'
10 0. N.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
A JOURNEY WEST.
sights From a Car window Between Miles
City and Butte

sights From Car window Between Miles
City and Butte
I'd, YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL:
I left Miles City when "tbe shades
of evening had closed In, a. the late
lsmented Mr.. Peeksniff would have
put It. The elegant cars on the n. p.
are suitable for either day or night,
and o. I did not feel very sleepy l
passed the night Ia the car instead OF
taking sleeper. woke up Just at
day.break, when the train was ap.
preaching Big Timber. In q few
minutes we had sunrise, and such q
sunrise! I can never forget IT as long
as I live. Homer wrote Of sunrises
and sunsets too; Virgil, who to . cer-
tain extent copied Homer, tried his
hand en- the same subject, only not &C
successfully; but both-and they were
fairly good hands at describing thing,
would have failed to depict sunrise
on the Rocky mountains. Even the
great painter Turner, with all bis
skill in blending colors, would have
had bis skill tried TO the utmost here.
There were first the flashes OF light
shot up into the partly clouded sky,
then through the pine ridges on the
mountain tops; the crimson light
spread onward, mingline with the
dark clouds 60 that the different
colou were blended In . marvelous
way. High and higher the crims N
mounted, ecattsring the dark shadow
before Il; then the brighter hastsa
from the rising sun added color "a
oolor: and eli tolls color flashing
through the dark pines combined "a
form - glorious picture - human
eye ever rested upon. Although On
eus ushusiastio lover Of nature, longed
ivr the inspiration Of . Turner Ia
order 10 paint the scene. But still
there need b. no regrets on my part
q I believe II was nraistabls," II
may b allowed 10 ooln . word 10 do
scribs What I mean. Onward tn
train sped through LiviaUton end
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
Report ssTAursday's werk ~ the i.ss,tu

Report Of efThursday's WORK ~ the Institute.
The teachers assembled promptly
and were called to order at Q O'Clock
by Mrs Cooley.
Aftsr roll call and singing Dr.. Bur.
con again presented the Tonic 6ol Fa
system.
The actual work Of the morning BE-
gan with talk by Miss Rsiley, on the
relative importance Of grammar and
arithmetic. followed BY . discussiou
Of the subject By Misses Steiner, Hslt
and Cooley. and Prof. 0stisn.
The program Of the morning waa
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
Terms Of Subscription

Terms Of Subscription
Mail, IS ADv NCE. POSTAGE PAID.
Daily Edition, one year........,....... ... 500
Daily Edition six months :. ....... coo
Osiy Ediiien,uns lJ
70 CITY suHsCRiBEEs,
Carrier Every Morning. y, - cents per wecg,
WEEKLY EDITIpN, YELLOW IAPEE,
one ..,....s,'b
* Mont 2'
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-08-30
Notice Of Dissolution /.

Notice 10 hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing be-
tween the undersigned under the firm
name Of Long a Thomas, 10 this day
dissolved by mutual consent. Mr..
Long continues the business and viii
collect all bills due the firm and pay
oil debts by them owed.
STEPHEN d. LONG,
VERNON 3. THOMAS.
Dated Miles City Mont, Aug. z, lSeo.