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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-03-20

- For want of a nail. tie shoe was lost;
For want of shoe, The horse was lost

WIFI rIFOH WIZ It7iI
For want Of n shoe, The horse lost;
For want of u horse, the man WAS lost;
Aud all for ihe want Of u horse shoe nail p"
II there isany business where the Importance
of little things Is almost every day forced on the
attention, that business is farming. Many "A
farmer knows from sad experience what II is
10 lose some. II not all of his crop, not from bad
weather but from a machine that looked we'll
in a warehouse. hut failed 10 work in the field.
The best precauton against disaster in harvest
time is a Deering Binder or Mower.
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lie Was No yaErant.
tArcola Recon

Police Justcc-What Is the charge against
the prisoner
Policeman -Vagrancy He has no visible
means OF support.
Prsoner-Tbc dickens ! anti I've got one
suspender fastened with two single nails 1!
What more support could you want2
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"REMEMRER, TIA, The pavmspt a, p-,-..t.
Gl AkANFEED BIZ FDER TATTONAT.
BANh> OF New orleans and the Tickets are zzGsa
by the President OF Institution whose eharfsrsf
rights are recognized in the hiahess Courts. shsresoc
beware OF ali limitations or anonymous schemes"
ONE DOLLAR is the price OF TIA smallest part a.
fraction OF "a ticket is ED BY u in any Dra4faz
Anything IN our name offered Tor less than Dollar i
sWindle-
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BY DIR. J. II. PORTER.

HE order Ungulata,
comprising the hoofcd
animals, although 4
subject of some dispute
in respect of its in
cluded genera, is now
divided, with the COM
mon consent of natur-
alists, into two groups,
.nrras,oudinp 70 the
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AGENTS WANTED.

En- Foa CTR RATS. or anv further fns,r,D,,f,- a.,
sIel Nfltt le@tDly 20 the undersigned clearly sstiay
NJ Win siae, County, street ami Numbe
iipi return mail delivery viii be assured by youF
lhe4oail- li Envelope bearing your fun aEiresS
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Signs OF Spring.

Ayers sarsaparilIa IS just what you want for
a Spring medicine superior TO all
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IMPORTANT,

Address VI. A. DAUPTITN
New Orleans, Ia .,
~ ordinary letter. containing Money Order fz5lsd
by al Express C0IupauIes New YorE EEchanS. T5-.,
or Postal Noe. - D~-'
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-03-20
Where's Atoms"

Americas finest, Tnnsil's Punch Cigar.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-03-20

Glasgow C;i@eH.l
"Papa. where's atoms?'
"Atomsy don't know. my boy. You mean
Athens, probably"
"No, mean atoms-the place where every
thing is blown to-"
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Address Registered Letters containing
Currency to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK.
New Orleans, Ia.
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FAMED FOR TWENTY YEA RS.
For Integrity of it's Drawings. and
Prompt Payment of Prizes,
Attesfpd ~ r,1to,-

We 10 here}y certify thai ne nfDsrriss II. M
rangemeHt' for all he Hoattly and Semi la,.al
DTa0lHgs Of The L0uisiqna State Loeiery Co.,
pGny, and M person manage aud control t,s Dra,s-
n,qs themselves, md that he sGa,s are conducted
WIZ hoisatg JG'77ess, and 10 GOOD faith tOCard az
parties, GM a1sth0ri-s tie CoaDany b ,r,s rs
certificate, NTH fac-sinllss Of our sig1atrss -
taehed. ~ its aclUertiseasr.lsD
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Observation-Disclosures.

xTANTED-By r. G. Chase s Co., t4SO south Penn
w square philadelphia Pa--Names and addresses
OF honest sl1er and Industrious veterans % travel and
solicit orders cur hardy nursery stock We Oher
permanent employment with salary and expenses, 20
successful men liberal commission, II preferred
q o. reference reSl aired +s-4t
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Save Gardens. Homes. Tree

Mention The National Tribune
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GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING
Al The Academy OF Music. View Orleans.
Tuesday, April Is, 1850.

100000 Tickets nj TvveBrv Dor,--
- naiFe5 $40; Quarters 81; Tenth. - !,
Twentieths 81 y ;
LIST PRTZR4
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incorporated by The legislature for Educational as
Charitable purposes. and Its franchise made pars ~
me present state Constitution, in 1879 By OVsrEhsu
Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS taha Mae.
SemI-Annualiy dune md Deeember). ana
i'sGhAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS
tnke pinee IN each Of the other ten manthu
OF tne year, and are all drawn In public, az
'Ao academy OF Music, New Orleans, La.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

1t is common plan in all large cities for
the officers to run in'' on the charge of
vagrancy known thieves. By this means
the Golfers of the police court are kept
filled, the detectives are employed, and, it
is claimed the community is spared the
ravages Of the thieving class. If the court
is so disposed and the arrested party can
not pay his fine as vagrant, he goes to the
wOrkhOuse. This decision makes it neces-
sary to prove that the man run inn is a
vagrant. The fact that he was once thief
does not prove him to be one now, and the
supreme court of New York holds that
there must be the commission of an Offense
to justify all arrest. We believe this is
right, too. Every man should be free from
arrest except for the actual commission of
all otfense against the law. Running men
in on general principles is very dangerous
practice. There is perhaps too good an un-
derstanding in the average police court
between the judge and the offcers.-Satur-
day Evening News. st. Paul.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03
North Dakota Penitentiary.

This is one of the complete prisons of the
country. 1t is well constructed and suit
ably arranged building of brick, iron and
stone, and contains seventy two cells, ward
ems Office, departments for guards, officers
and guards dining hall, chapel, barber
shop, kitchen and storeroom. 1t stands on
a tract of forty three acres. two miles east
of the business centre of Bismarck. The
furnishings and appliances are of the plans
adopted by the older states. including steel
cells. water works, sewers, laundry and
steam heating apparatus. The prison
grounds have been nicely laid out and sew
eral hundred young trees planted. stables.
root houses, and other out buildings erected,
mostly by prison labor The prisoners have
also been employed in improving the capitol
grounds. This is one of the few peniten-
tiaries in the land in which the cOnvicts are
not dressed in stripes. and the large number
of ''trusties" on good behavor-and
no escapes, indicate that KIND TREATMENT
is MORE BENEFICIAL. not to say humane,
THAN to subject cOnvicts to HARSH and
HUMILIATING TREATMENT. There are
fifty five inmates. or one in every 300 of
the population of the state. Dan Williams
is warden. Wv eekly Argus.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03
THE DAWN OF A BETTER DAY,

1t seems there is at least one convict
camp in the south where an effort is being
made to amelOrate the condition of the in
mates. We have received several letters
within the past six months from an inmate
of branch prison at Inman, Tennessee,
and the writer speaks in the highest terms
of the many improvements in the surround
ings and treatment of the prisoners made
since their present warden took charge of
the place. The warden, it seems, is
practical man with soul and conscience,
and his wife is one of those rare women
whose noble aim is to live to do good to
others. She has started Sunday-school
for the prisoners and has no doubt been a
great influence in bringing about tie better
state of things. Below is communication
from an inmate of the Inman branch prison
to the Chattanooga tTenn.) Times. which
helps to confirm what our correspondent
says. 1t is all encouraging sign to see that
reforms are beginning to take hold in the
management of southern prisons; and it is
to be hoped that the movement will spread
out until every prison in the south will be
conducted in manner becoming to human
ity. But all the bad prisons of the United
States are not below the Mason and Dixon
line. There are many improvements to be
made in all prisons before they can &C.
complish the purpose for which prisons are
designed. 1t has taken many years of
work by wise and earnest men to bring the
best prisons OF the north up to their present
high state of usefulness in the work for
which they are maintained. 1t will take
many years yet to affect the needed reforms
in the south, but when men like Robert l..
Taylor, governor of Tennessee. put their
shoulder to the wheel it is a pretty sure
sign there will be a forward movement
The southern states are burdened with
longtime leases of their convicts, and little
can be done to improve the condition of
things until the states take charge of the
prisons and their management.
We are glad to give space to the follow
ing. and hope that it may please Warden
A. B. Mcclellan to see that his efforts are
appreciated by those for whom they are
made, and that it may encourage others to
take pattern after his example.
To the Chattanooga Times: do not want the
convict lease system. but only to let the people
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

Our esteemed contemporary, The Indus
trial School Journal, does us the honor of
transferring three of our editorial squibs to
it's editorial column, but neglects to give
THE MIRROR credit. Now, we do not care
so much about the credit-we are not work
ing for nOtOriety-but the newspaper that
apprOpriates matter from other papers with
out giving due credit is sure to become
odOus among newspapers. 1t is to the in.
terest of every paper that it should give
some kind of credit to all matter not
original with itself. If an editor sees his
own matter uncredited in anOther's paper,
how can he tell that anything in that
paper is original? So rather than give a
wrong credit he will pass by articles that
otherwise he would reproduce in his own
paper. Of course the Journal will see that
this is not meant as slur, but as bit of
advice.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03
BE Cheerful.

Kindness is the principal ingredient of
happiness and peace of mind The sun
shine of life is made up of very little beams
that are bright all the time. Do not say
unkind. spiteful things. If. for instance,
you are acquainted with young lady who
has no chin, do not say within her hearing
that the fact of her having no chin will not
make her less handy with the stove-lifter.
Wait until she has left the house. Such
little acts of kindness cost nothing. but are
worth more than gold or silver.
We uncOnsciOusly exert an influence for
good or evil over those with whom we as
sociate daily-or even only semi weekly.
Who can measure the influence of frOwn,
hard look, or harsh word, or a smile?
Every good act that we do profits us, no
matter what the other person did with it.
The man who is good natured all day long
does more for human kind than the man
who wins great battle. or invents a new
style OF spring overcoat.-Texas Siftings.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03
Subscription Rates
TO THE PUBLIC.

THE PRISON MIRROR is a 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 as 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. 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 acquaint the outside
world with the needs of the prison by rejecting
its inner life and thus aid the cause of moral ad-
vancement and prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03
A Remedy For The Blues.

Sydney Smith used to say: Never give
way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for
the habit will encroach. 1 once gave lady
two and twenty remedies for melancholy
One was a bright fire; another, to remember
all the pleasant things said to her; another,
to keep box of sugar plums on the man
tel piece. and a kettle simmering on the
time, but have in after life discovered how
true it is that these little pleasures often
Danish melancholy better than higher and
more exalted objects; and that no means
ought to be thought too trfling which can
oppose it either in ourselves or in others. ("
Texas Siftings.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

1t is not the severity of a penalty, but
the certainty of it's infliction which has the
greatest power in lettering crime. The
penalty for an Otfense may be light, but if
the volater feels sure that it will be en-
forced. he will hesitate before taking any
chances; and the law breaker has a greater
horror of it than penalty of greater mag
nitude. if he knows justice is likely to close
her eyes on the violation. What this, and
all other countries need more than the
severest penalties. is the determination of
its citizens to enforce the laws.-Monte-
video Leader.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

AT session of the board of Charities and
Corrections held at the state capitol on the
LIST inst, DR.. S. G. Smith was appointed to
represent the board at the meeting of the
national conference of Charities and Cor
rectiOns to be held in Baltimore next month.
Secretary Hart read report on the con-
dition of the jails and almshouses of the
state.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

inmates of the Minnesota state prison at
Saltwater comes to us this week as an eX-
change. 1t is one of the newsiest weeklies
in the northwest and the boys are doing a
good work in using the proceeds to fit up
the prison library.-Washburn County
lWiS.l Register
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

The PRISON MIRROR is the title OF a
bright and interesting little sheet published
weekly in the Minnesota state prison. But
little reprint is found in its columns. the
editorial and local pages being filled with
original matter. We welcome THE MIR
ROR.-OhiO Industrial School Journal.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

Many of those who heard the off hand
speech delivered by Hon. John A. Reyes
Sunday afternoon. pronounced it the
best short address they ever had the pleas
ure OF listening to. 1t certainly was clear,
pointed and appropriate. We all hope he
may make it convenient to speak in our
chapel again.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

The case of Lewis Carter and his COM
mutation of sentence has created good
that the several papers say is true, Carter,
his attorney and friends or the Court Mar
tial and prosecuting witnesses ought to be
hanged
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

The place of the worlds eighth greatest
man who. for one year. shall edit news
paper to the entire satisfaction of every
body.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

1.-The Better Day" is the name of new
journal devoted to Temperance Education.
1t is published semi weekly, in New York
city, by Funk and Wagnalls. 1t is an IN
valuable paper to all persons interested in
Temperance Reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

"Are you spring poet?" We plead "No
guilty."
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-04-03

Geo. w. Peck has been elected mayor
of Milwaukee. He will make funny sort
of mayor, wont he?
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-07

4 grszt dezi q eolt 8s.sa seems b
prevail rsgard.Dg a majority of = quo
ran and . MAJOR ~ 81 81 tie mem
bers EJECT b = leg slstye ueaF- Par
alleltsTy AZ recegai zes tlaG the els-
I4nEy shall rule, sl-d never requires
more than majority ct . quorum.
me constitutions u some " tie >lates
among t1em Mchg gan, require vote
~ a majority ~ az tae memoers Slect
- pass a oliI. btIt requires sucA vote
1 no other ezse. lAls q tle Mch gan
hoUse of one hundred members. bfty-
oae members coustltats xqu0rum g do
business. II just fifty one were pres
sut, ths who. number would have %
vote n the Affirmative % pass blli or
Iont resolution, winch taxes the
same course as a 0llL But tsenty-slx
9f these ulemheFs, Beng majority Of
tAeqg0rum, could gllm4teiy transact
any business. except such a. cOmes
under SONS particular constitutional
requirement. 30 greater vote than
bare majority of a quorum = ever re
qured ~ pure pari anlentary law.
Constitutions os rlles may. ln certain
instances, preserbs some greater vote
Under the Michsan constitution OF
1888. bills Of the most mporLAnt nature
were passed ~ mere majority OF d
quorum, but when ths constitution OF
$50 was framed the provision requir-
ug a majority of sn the members elect
o. pass 4 bail wa Inserted No such
provision, however, Is contained m the
Federal Constitution, and bill after blI
las been passed by mere majority of
a quorum This distinction must b
borne In mind when talking about ma
f3uties
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-07

OFFICIAL plPta or THE CITY.


a special meeting of the school
Board v.i be held saturday evening,
g. eoa .Jes tle report of the committee.
accompanied wIth plans, for ar en-
ltrgcmcnf at the present Central High
scaoo. building The report favors the
enltrgcm according TO the plans
presented
We sutnut 10 the careful cOnsidera-
t|ou of thc hoard and citizens generally,
raether the enlargement OF that Old
bful1.ug IS not rather TOO much like
putting oev cloth into Old garments.
The old hu ding IS an cye-sOre - this
prosperous and beautiful city now, and
ought to he replaced by something
compaaoI % thc wealth and import
anse OK Grand Rapids. But the time
has nos glt come for putting up such
building as tho city should have. Still
lt would oe simple folly to pour from
SIS 900 o. $4,000 INTO a hole from
which it could never be drawn. The
old building. with all It's proposed en-
largemcnts, would DC but an old build
ing still o. the additions were made
arcnltectgrany as h.deOus as the
original. We should nave a monstrosity
indeed II tac additions we're gwen
more prcscutshle appearance, then they
would serve bat % heighten the ugli-
ness of the original by contrast.
But the gh school must be relieved
from its crowded condition. That IS
true, and 10 u no less true of other
schools. But couldn't the relief be
Afforded il a much more economical
and busness-hSe way. by putting up
primary or intermediate school build
ing. taxing ira the eighth and ninth
grades, taan by sticking an eTcrescence
upon "a old High school building that
has long SINCE outIived It's usefulness
and beauty All the children between
lyon and Chcrry-sts.. from the river
east. arc now obl god 90 attend the FOun-
tan street school. some going a long
distance and climbing up hill. Why
not put up a good, substantial primary
and intermediate school, building, some
where convenient N the territory We
have mentioned By 50 doing. relief
could tc gwen to the oyercrowded
schools sUd lustlce done those who
have to 20 so far % school now. Let
the ola High school building stand for a
few years. until the city gets a few
other matters 0F ts hands, and then
the taxpayers wll be ready 70 put mp a
frh schoo. building that shall bc the
glory ana beauty Of our ty. Tbs plan
Is upporei hv several members Of tnc
school hosr1. art WI. doubtless ~
pressed I'D thr special meeting
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-07

aOw Els s1eaee4 Hostile hksexlzs ssa
49, EGLaEs h4ss O~n esx


eI.oag Ton Fisschsrs is ons q tns
eonsoscoeas rsareS ia ths strees -
asbingson- Way down in Missouri
sn4 sahefo' 3s szk TIE Colonel VIZ
afserwsra became me first Eepcblirzn
Governor q AlssoUri. Nzs known
shrou2hout tas stzts ss TIE best sAss
~ithta is bordsrs- Re thcoTht nothing
y throwing silver hSlf-aellzr up Ia
tie ar sd hiszinz Il with a pistol bali.
sn5 be had - frequently coun peted viva
= pistol 81 forty yards agalnss q rife
st two hundrec that the country yokes
aould 70 longer permit HIN % entoY
those trials % mArksusnship sE ths
so1nty fairs IN TIE early eeys Of lssl.
szys a Washington Oorres p0ndent of ne
New YORK IFibsne, when politics wers
red not in tAe S1z,e OF Missouri. Long
Ton FletchsF" wzs 0uee billed g. Ad-
1ress . meeting n . country town upon
the buruing uestiOns OF the hour. IL
was generally understood befOre tbe al
dience assembled that oertain q rafta1s in
tue neigh borhood had pledged them
selyes - break up The meeting and
make things lively FOR ~ orator Of TIE
occasion besides. Evidence Of stormy
times ahead VAS by no means wanting
the moment Fletcher stepped upon ths
platform, but coming forward be quietly
placed large Colts army revolver upon
The table and addressed his audience as
follows, with pleasant smile. and in 8
mild, persuasive tone Of voice:
'GKN,IKsfKN: | understand that there
are some among you here who differ
slightly from me ia politics, and that
you propose 70 start riot upon this
occasion Now. this is free country.
and speech and opinions arc free 20 all.
so want IL distinctly understood and
here he significantly tapped the weapon
beside him that II any Of you think
you can get away with me- you ran Just
wade right n ana help yourselves
well. sir. said the Colonel's friend.
who told me- the story. Fletcher just
went right for ON. from the word GO.
And. would you believe II? Those same
fellows who were 50 sanguinary before.
now in sight OF that shooting-iron, lying
there so peacefully and lamb-like, began
presently 20 shout: Right you air.
Cunel. Yew Jest give EN- thunder, an
weuns II stan right Sp fer yew every
time. yew kin jest betr
This incident" remarked my in
formant. "aptNy illustrated the curious
fact that even inanimste objects arc
gifted. at times. with a remarkably per-
suastve eloouence."
Telegram-herald., 1890-02-07

Alderman ~r0I1 seems 90 be very bit
tcrlv opposed % Che proposition TO lct
t.r people decide hy vote Nhsthsr or
noe they want to seli orcoutlnue toown
an oucrstr thrr wstCr svst-a. This
lr enc sbstrt,t a. least is = very strange
position fo- ono rf t10 peoples servants
En- ts<e sprvste .od.vidua owns a
p.ecr ~ property nr IS th0 only mar
wh0 has Psi anv vo.rc AS to ts dis
poesl Whom hr v1nts fo se.l he sells.
providing ~ course tast hc can fsd a
purchaser On sarsf2ct0rv terrls. and {
hs rants q, counnue e. own q piccs of
properly wnsch s already RS - bang
on en- lt. ltg hrs own sweet viii sra
has to he p'ess,.l. ard ths people as a
~hoae saoa.a rsve toe sanae privilege
81 tner want t' 's'' tnev have 'he riS e.
ara fne priv go Show not 10 den 81
t-er lf TREY io not Taut to sell. ard
saru3 vrte ~ thst effect. e vou'5 -s~
ts,niv sf10 q. fr-trsr STATION ~ ths
vahr sars- s- hc a N',ssnz IA thst
~ al 'csst