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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08
Don't Gamble.

Recently young man, residing in New
York, was induced by a party of one to
play the races. He did so. and the first
time he won. He was very much elated.
particularly as he did not know one horse
from the other. The next day he purchased
a sporting guide, which gave pedgrees.
etc.. of the horses. and followed it's teach
ings implicitly. and he lost three hundred
dollars in a startlingly short space of time.
He then borrowed hundred dollars from
his employer. without letting him into the
secret that he had done so, and to-day that
young man has only one suit of clothes to
his name. and that is all covered with
stripes. He says when he gets out he will
never back another horse. unless he can in
duce some one to gamble on the race in the
County Fair. at the Union Square Theatre.
in which case he would pick out ''Cold
MOlasses." who has won the race every day
for months.
Don't gamble, young man, for how much
sweeter tits to earn your wealth honestly,
and then, again, it. is very difficult to pick
wlnners.-Texas Siftings.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

Senator James B. Beck, of Kentucky
dropped dead from paralysis of the heart
on the 3rd inst, in the Baltimore & Po-
tOmac station. Washington. Senator Beck
was born in Scotland, Feb. IS, 1922, but
was reared in this country. He was the
son of poor parents and had to earn his
way through college by working on a farm
at low wages. He was member of the
house of representatives for eight years and
took his seat as United States Senator.
March, 1887.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08
The Kicker All Right.

Periodical attacks are made upon the
kicker, and one is now going the rounds of
the newspapers advising him ito go to
some secluded canyon and kick his own
shadow. etc." and yet the kicker is a ne
cessity under our present state of society.
There is too much of disposition to let
things go, or to keep silent regarding some
abuses for fear of making enemies; too
great lack of moral courage to call things
by their right name; too much of an in
clnation to do nothing to right the wrong
for fear of losing dollar. 1t is the kicker
that calls our attention to existing evils,
although he seldom proposes remedy; it
is the kicker that reminds us that our laws
are not enforced. that our county. city and
school boards are careless or eXtravagant in
the transaction of public business. and if
he kicks long and loud" enough. matters
are usually improved somewhat. We are apt
to confOund the kicker with the GROWER.
but they are two distinct species. for
the former, while often disagreeable is pro-
ductive of good results. while for the latter,
like the potato bug, use has not yet been
discovered. --The AnOka Herald.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08
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 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
vancement and prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08
ssLOOK UP AND LIFT UP.o

1t is announced with pleasure that at
last after much agitating and many draw
backs. the Chautauqua Literary and Scien-
tific Circle is an established fact in the
Minnesota State Prison. Thus far every
assistance in the power of the prison man.
agement has been cheerfully given us.
From now on the success or failure of the
undertaking will be due to our own man
agement. You who have been so fortunate
as to be enrolled in the first class should
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

Stray Thoughts.
Fear is the tax that, conscience pays to
guilt.
Stolen waters may be sweet. but tits
Satan who puts in all the sugar.
There is no power of lovesso hard to get
and to keep, as kind voice.
The happiness of your life depends upon
the quality of your thoughts.
The author to read. is not the one who
thinks for you, but who makes you think.
Though we cannot be great. let us be
honest; though we cannot be brilliant, we
can be'genuine.
There is no particular harm in riding a
hobby. if you don't take up the whole road
with it.
When you rise in the morning. form the
resolution to make the day happy one to
a fellow creature.
Temptation is not sin. Only when list
ened to. consented unto, and acted upon by
the will. does it become sin.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

feel that great responsibility rests upon
ent success and future growth of this first
educational movement of any significance
ever undertaken in this institution. The
prison management will keep close eye
upon us for the purpose of noting results. If
it is discovered that we are working in
earnest and are showing right apprecia-
ton of our opportunities. all will be well.
But on the other hand, if it is discovered
that we are not making a proper use of
those privileges they will be taken away
and that slow turning wheel of reform will
slip back cog. The studies laid before us
are not difficult and will require only lit
tie work each day to master them; but if
they are laid aside and only read when tired
of the novel. then they will be of little in
terest to us. The greatest trouble with
most of us is. we lack the habit of persist
ence in any line of work. We have enthu-
siasm for everything new. but have no
stcktoitiveness in anything. We are anX
iOus to become learned men, and we know
that we have the brains to retain knowledge
if we only had the industry to work in the
mines where it may be found. But, let us
shake off this lethargy which has been the
curse of our lives. and apply ourselves with
diligence to this work we have undertaken
for our own elevation. We all aspire to
something higher and better than what we
now are. We have not made up our minds
to abandon for all time the hope of some
day Fighting ourselves in the eyes of the
world. Make these lines of Longfelow's
your own:
The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not attained by sudden flight.
But they while their companions slept.
Were toilng upward in the night
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

THE PRISON MIRROR is one of the most
interesting sheets that come to our exchange
table, and we can safely say that its able
editorials and current literature is doing
school or reformatory. Jail. scatfOld or any
such institution. If any of our readers are
DESTROYS of helping to extend this good
work, just give THE MIRROR a lift by
sending your $1.OO for one years subscrip-
News.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

One family, the Jukes, cost New York
State $4,000 The Jukes were bad
men and women. This is only one exam.
pie. There are to-day in our great cities,
boys and girls growing to the physical stat
ure of men and women who will cost the
country millions of dollars. The state will
be forced to protect itself and it's citizens
from those beings who are growing up in
the very atmosphere of crime. Our news
boys and boot blacks are training, many of
them, for the workhouse. the Jail and the
penitentiary. These are facts We cry
out against the criminal; we are compare
lively silent about the social system and
the environment that manufacture him.
We might as we'll try to dip the ocean dry,
as to rid the state of criminals while, at our
very doors, we are breeding the unfortu-
mates. 1t is sheer inhumanity to permit
this condition of affairs to exist. Progress.
i've pa
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

An exchange states the fact that you
can read the proof of a newspaper article
three or four times and repeatedly pass over
the same mistake without seeing 1T. All
newspaper men will tell you so. But just
as soon as the press is started and the pa
per is printed in its complete shape. there
stands an error in front of you so big that
you cannot see anything else. It's strange
fact and is probably the reason why it is so
easy to edit a newspaper after it is printed
Selected.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

Dear Delinquent Subscriber: We know
that you are honest and mean to pay your
lawful debts. We know that if you owed
us thousand dollars and we should come
to you and ask you to pay up. you would
settle at once. But there's the rub, we
can't go to you neither will you come to us
nor heed the little mssives sent by post.
Therefore. dear Delinquents, rather than
be as the editor who tried to live on the
good intentions of his readers. we will drop
thy name from our list and look for other
and better paying subscribers. Bye, bye.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

Morgan, Mimi, has bright new paper
named The Morgan Messenger, published
by Mr.. G. w. Small. The editorial is
somewhat meager, but the local is able and
abundant. However, when the approach
ing state political campaign opens up the
editor will find cause and opportunity to
burl loaded thunderbolts at the iniquities of
the other party.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

An event which would have clouded the
brow of most country editors with serious
reflections has filled with ecstatic delight the
soul of editor Swanson, of the Royalton
Banner He fain would flap his wings and
crow yet suppresses himself to say: x x
''but as it is we will merely say that as the
father of the first and only pair of twins in
Royalton we fully realize the Importance of
our position and the weight of responsible
ity laid upon u.s.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

We see many things every day which we
think it natural for us to know, that were
ago; and we know only because some one
has labored and wrought them out to be-
come part of human knowledge. How
little each of us would know were we left
to answer for ourselves all the why's and
wherefores of everything. If there ever
was a first generation of man those print
tive foretathers must have been of lower
degree of intelligence than the domestic
animals of to-day; and judging by the low
est specimen of man in this age he must
have nearest resembled the hog.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

The Russian author Prugavin, writes:
"Can an idea be chOked to death? Can
thought be killed, buried, or annihilated?
Are not truth, and love, and justice, and
freedom immortal? 1t is the most terrible
OF mistakes to suppose that ideas can ever
be crushed. People have perished-men
bodies have decayed, their graves have been
lost. and their very names have been for
gotten; but their ideas and aspirations live
on. Washed in the blood of suffering. such
ideas and aspirations have become the
dream of every man in whose brain thought
stirs and in whose breast heart beats.''
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

The Tongue POinte insane asylum near
Montreal, Quebec where thirteen hundred
lunatics were confined, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday. Two hundred of the inmates
are missing, but it is not supposed more
than fifty were consumed by the flames.
The asylum was conducted by the Sisters
of the Catholic church. Three of the Sis
tiers lost their liveSS
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

The Spring Valley Vidette comes to us
this week marked with ''XX," which we
suppose means, ''let us exchange papers,"
All right. 1t is very apparent that the ed
itor of the Vidette is not in sweet harmony
with the powers that rule the state.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

One of that class of semi-thieves and
blackmalers known as private detectives,
has been detected in the act of detecting,
and landed in the St. Paul Jail to await
trial for opening U. S. mail not directed to
himself.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

AnarchistOvinsk "a loud knocking at the
door: 'Kome in. Gracious! ish dot you,
BOOmShellinski? und all vet too. Gracious,
gracious. vat habbens?" Boomshellinski(a
sailor: IL in the sea vas fallen und been
washed aShO-" WASHED! Kyick
yumb der Swill barrel i'm
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

One of Abraham LincOln's tersest and
pithiest sentences is in these words: 'YOu
may deceive all the people part of the time,
and part of the people all the time. but not
all the people all the time" 1t took a
great mind to think that thought in that
form.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

Hold your tongue and your pen. my boy.
Every time you are tempted to say an un-
gentle word, or write an unkind line. or
say mean, ungraciOus thing about any
body, just stop; look ahead twenty five
years. and think how it may come back to
you then.-RObert j. Burdette.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

''All About White Bear Lake, is the
title of a neatly printed little book descrip-
tive of that popular summer resort, White
Bear Lake. 1t does great credit to its pub
Usher, Editor A. H. S. Perkins, of the
Lake Breeze
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08
Hero Worship.

sits all rot. If 1 had written what
Holmes has written, l wouldn't be famous"
said Sneerwell.
THAT may be so: but it works both ways.
Ii Holmes had written the stuff you write,
he wouldn't be famous. Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

If you wish success in life. make perse-
verance your bosom friend; experience your
wise counsellor; caution, your elder brother,
and hope your guardian genius.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-05-08

Remember that in the great battle of life
very many lose by shooting off their
mouths" prsmaturely. Journal.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-07
ErsK0eEE cOUkT AND GENERAL xOTEs.

The jury commissioners for the nrsi and
third divisions. wsrs sworn lI. performed
their work and were discharged in open court.
-uAjsr Nelson. ear clerk and oonmIssion-
sr, is suffering vita the bIass. for the reason
he cannot proclrs . suitable resideneo for his
family.
Albert Rsnnie. Esq n Canadian. took out
nnaI paPen- He uns admitted to the bar bat
failed In being appointed commissioner Ter
Purcell.
Court convened Tuesday ssth ult. The fol-
lowing named Indians msds application for
and wsre granted citizenship papers; Dan
T. and c. Beech. + z Benson snd Chas A.
Simple, chOetsws; MAgxie J. GrissOn and
Hama Higgens. CreekE-
Friday morning a. I O'Clock . runasr
came In from Okmulges with nevs that In
dAn Policeman SisemOrs had been killed BY
Harker. Uchs iadIAn. on Dsspfork. sIse-
more was attempting his arrest for larceny
It is said HErker ls wanted AZ Fort saith for
murder
John n Taylor. Jr-. Of clxrenore. was
admitted 70 the bar on sxamins1ion- w. l.
Richards was pIass1 ea further reading His
aAaAAaA1aAANAs - AAA - ne tA4ne NoM lc0ullct-
cd. was satisfsct0ry- J D. Gordsn, Of Va
passed = credible examination and was also
admitted, likewise VIM Merrsll. late Of Hiss
lssippi-
The usual grist Of criminal eases have
bsen doekstsd the past week. for each OF ths
thres disisioass David Ross, eeIorsd, IN
OF CofsyvIile. vas hsld for assault in two
cases Wn- Starr. larcsny; dismissed on
molten Of prosecuting attorney. for the reason
the crime had been committed prior 10 the es-
tabiishmenf OF the court VIM Swimss
pleaded guilty TO exposing his person and Was
nnsd 40. Ghas- Hood was disnisssd. court
heiding Il had ne Jurisdiction. J. A Pharris.
Of Pryor creek. assault with knife; dismisssa
for the reason this court has no jurisdIetion.
Hiram Bounan. larceny dismissed- Bow
man was arrested one year ago with the Far
ley brothers. bat vas discharged He was
thea used as . government witness I'd Dyer
and Jshn Davis we're hasi each sle for run-
ming horses in Mask0ges. David Martin. Of
chsrskse nation, PlsA6sd guilty 10 disturbing
rsligious worship aud was given ten days aad
Rnsd slo- Dan'I- Bryant. charged with intro
dueing. escaped from the oneer who was
kind eaough to give him privileges.
Aagust 4. lsao.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-07

Kiss Mabsi Miller. OF Seosho. Is here On {
risit for the arst time sines' leaving Waits
eve years ago
Rev W. L squlsr is spending this vssk
At Pisassnton. Kan, and will be At Butler.
Mo. next week
Bob Knight mads . trip 10 Texas last
week 70 look after a buiiding he is erecting
down there for W. =. Hslssll-
less Csehraa was . wsst bound passenger
Tuesday His cattle topped the market and
he Was fsslinE iuSiIant in consequence
-DAr nsbry and George Rsisv, living near
Adair. were in town and called Tuesday
They report = hne rain over that section kOn-
day night
-Hrs- d. cronwsll WEs in the city sever
al henri Tuesday On the waY home from So
Louis wbsrs abe had bssn for the pzrPess Of
buYing goods for hsr Catoesa store
w P. Ward accompanied by his wife and
s0z has gone to Boston 70 be present sf the
e. A r. grand sneAmPnsnt- They have ss-
lsetsd . northern route. embracing = Joarnsy
down the 81. Lsgrence river by steamer
which viii be deIIEhtral
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-07

Some years ago We were very much
subject TO sewers spells of cholera
morbus; and now when we feel any
of the symptoms that usually precede
that ailmen<. such as sickness at the
stomach. diarrhOea, etc, We become
scary. We h1ve found Chamberlain s
Remedy the very thing to straighten
en- one out in such cases, and always
keep IL about. Ii is somewhat similar
to the usual cholera cures, but seems
10 contain ingredients that render IL
more pleasant to take, and that do
their work more quickly. Sheriff De-
vereux tells US that he is subject to
holera morbus, and recently felt u spell
CO ming on, when be obtained a bottle
of Chamberlan's Collie. Cholera aud
D'arrhoea Remedy, and two doses
made him all right We are not writ
ing this for pay testimonial, but to
let our readers know what is a good
thing To keep handy in the house
Troy. fkan-,l Chief. For sale by W.
G. Patton * Co.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-07
Those Stolen Mules.

The parties arrested at Arkansas
City in possession of r. d Knights
mules were Frank Wilson, Allen or
Smith, and Charley Smith, whd-fs the
yorager. and not more than sixteen
years of age. When Mr. knight
reached Arkansas City, in response 10
. telegram fiom the marshal at that
place sent on receipt of one of the pos
tai cards describing the mules, the eld-
est Of them had made a hole in the
Jail and escaped. The two had
been working for Fred Kelley in the
hay field, but left there about the 18th
Of July, nearly 3 month after the
mules were taken out of the pasture.
While at work for Mr. Kelley, or af-
terwards, Wilson and the Smith boy
freqaented a house situated mile or
two north of Grayson Wills, in the
clump OF timber, and there traded for
hack which they drove away in. The
story told by the bog (who was taken
to Fort Smith this week. is that they
left here with six horses aud on the
way to COfeyville traded them for
the three mules. which they had sold.
or were endeavoring to sell, when ar
rested on suspicion at Arkansas City.
The horse which disappeared with the
mules has not been heard of and the
boy says they never bad it. Enquiry
develops the fact that Wilson and
Smith had nc horses while here, ex-
cept one which they got from Mr.. Kel-
ley, and il is therefore concluded the
story Of trading is q falsehoOd and
that probably they had the mules Sc
creted for some time, and until IL was
thought safe to move them out and
sell them The older one OF the l
thieves was around this town some I
days. two weeks ago. and made him 1
self quite conspicuous by his atten-
ton to 3 Young lady residing here
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-07
Sac ana Fox Matters.

Henry Jones. Esq. member Of the
Sac and Fox cOnncii and who has al
various times been secretary of the
nation and judge of the supreme court.
passed through Tuesday on bis return
from Washington With q delegation
consisting Of Caief Keokuk and sen
Charley and Nah-mon-way, Mr.. Jones
had been to the capital on matters
pertaining to the recent sale Of the
surplus lands Of that nation. As sOOn
- negotiations were concluded the
Iowa Sac and Foxes promptly filed q
claim for part ofthe purchase money
and il was partly TO eater objections
10 this claim that the gentlemen went
east. Alluding to the agreement re-
Gently concluded land which the In
dians ask the government to accept in
whole If in part Mr.. Jones said he
believed il 10 be q favorable one a
change was imminent and by moving
in the premises now they might Sc
cure concessions and provisions which
would another time Be edenIed them.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-07
DIRECTIONS FOR TRAVELLERS.
For Minor Details Call Upon the n, X.
st. Railway Agent.

Take the Missouri. Kansas 4 Texas night
train, Q0:i5 p nj TO 81. Louis and all points
east via St. louis The morning as a. nj
train TO seieagO Ind all points east via Chi
eAgo, arriving there next morning in time for
all east and north bound routes Both night
and day trains make connections for all xsst-
ern points At Kansas City. Through car ser
vice 20 chicago. 81. Louis and KARsas City.
Arrangements may be made ahead for sleep
srs. By applying to local agent Excursion
Tickets on sale daily to all southern and Cali
fOrnia points. going and returning on differ
ent routss. tickets good six months- Any
further information desired will be eheerfnlly
fHrsished on application TO
A q PEcE Agent
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-07
Tne PuIpIt and the Stage.

Rev. f. NJ. Shrout, pastor United
Brethren Church, Blue Mound. Kan,
SAYS: al feel it my duty to tell what
wonders DR.. Kings New Discovery has
done for me- Ny lungs were badly
diseased, and my parishioners thought
| could live only few weeks. took
five bottles OF DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry and ar sound and well, gaining 26
lbs In weight"
Arthur Lave, Manager loves Funny
solks Combination. writes "After
a thorough trial and convincing evil
dence, | am confident DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, beats 'em
ell. and Gu res when everything else
fails The greatest Kindness | can do
my many thousand friends is 10 urge
them to try it," Free trial bottles 81
W. &. Patton & Co. drug store. Regu-
lar sizes SOC and 81 90.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-08-07
Har Presses

Experiences teaches the hay man
that its q waste of time and money to
buy any but the best presses. But
what presses are the best? Old hay
men say the Scott Press is the best in
use without exception. It Is made
from steel and Swede iron, full circle,
continuous double stroke. IL is guar-
anteed to bale with ease from ten to
twelve tons per dsy. For circulars
and prices, address, ]. h. NokGAE,
COffeyville. Kansas. or The Scott Hay
Press Co., Kansas City, No. SO