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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13
The Husbands Bad Mannsr,

A friend was spending the A..
with me the other day, and vts
she was here our pastor can.1
Alter he left the friend said. IN,
you ever notice with what ra.n.
Mr. Conrad speaks Of his VITA I.
how eourteously he treats her II M
times" | nodded assent ana
friend went on:
Il suppose my husband is as oooa
a man as ever lived, but his motL..
did not train him to be courteop. :
ladies. His sisters were his so,
and thereby lac il spoiled az a ~.
band. wish could train sayssa,
hundred boys TO be husbands fo,,s'
next generation. DO YOU mnno's
they'd consider ii their preroga,i,'
! 10 drive the girls out of ths eas.s,,
chair, take tho sunniest corner oI,s,I
room the best place by the MI,
/ throw books, papers or slippesdSvsI
for some one 70 put away, grow Il
with the idea that wife must II :
valet and the rest OF the houssholi
stand respectfully byto obey orl.es
I You smile, but this is anything A.,
subject 10 laugh over
| really believe that husband,
never think how their unkind vav.
hurt. They don't realize the dia,.
enee 10 us, for instance, IN ~,
manner when they come 10 aim,
! All day the wife has been alone NH
the children and servants, ana /.
more hungry Tor "A Kind word fo.
her husband than an epicurean ~,
\ ile comes IN Just IA the dinner le7
rings For IA wonder dinner / a..
ready on time, the husband AN
| Couldn't he have saved the hssr
stab by saying
" That's a pleasant sound 70
hungry fellow, and what hIh5ss
him from adding. what would T. Il
milk and honey To weary soll \
| luN AFHA VI AfAN va 80 tttH ISL wv FgN
~ her lite You are ID good W
Corneiin. And II dinner Is not adj,
ready Why nced be- say, Of eoass
not, never II, In working mostos
for tho home Why hnsn't some 20
taken Meslry's r.nark III a. 500
sweur AZ frrt, instead nt hanging 9
i Need Thee Every Hour
when think hava d hard tims
iuat think 81 the women EhO BAL
uo servants. but VINO thelnslyi
rarv for the children. wash. mi
cook. mend, chuFn, milk, carry VOC
uui water, AL for lens than q ,sf
mt girls wages ~ cuuue ~
appreciate thutT wives oi e0lr
they do. but they krvp their png
manners and courteous Ways w
other men wives enc tins jan
thanked ulr lor saving him roo
beside me nj The rouevrt, aud 81
d sort OfnIologizri tar being polite
saying ~ thought Il WIS my ssi
, Mary. Atlanta Constitution
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13
The difference Not Very Great

Representative Reed, OF fu'n NJ
WINS one Of the Legislative co'll ,~.
tee sent to inspect the as n,
There was dance on the nisny MI.
committee spent in the insV' ..s,t.
ton, and Mr.. Reed took for . j.
nor one Of the fnir unfortunate
whom he was introduced. i, yop
~ don't remember having ses' Ioug
here before" said she. HOY
have you been in the asylum. ..day,
ooh, / only came down yesVe, II The
said the gentleman, las ONE
legislative committee. ,,hop
"Of course" said the ladF, tbai
stupid | ami However, ! knew mem
you we're either an inmate OF aao mel
Der of the legislature the lnv was
| looked at you. But now ts.
TO know? II il difficult y
which. ALBANY (Ga. News
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13
soft she'll Tortoisss.

There are tortoises in the South Sea
Islands, but their she'll Is Of little
value, and on the Galapagos Islands 4
species exists which sometimes attains
u weight Of half ton A seaman d
New Bedford whaleship some years
ago was missed by his companions on
these islands. They sought for him
for several days without success, and
were about to leave without him. when
they were surprise 10 s3e him coming
down from the mountains, driving ono
OF these huge brutcs with club.
This was the largest specimen ever
heard Of, and was probably hundreds
OF years old. The sailor hal spent
several days and nights, with true
Yankee pertinacity, in guiding the
clumsy brute from the mountains 10
the scashora. These tOrtoises and
multitudcs OF hideous iguauas seem "a
be the only inhabitants Of the Calf.
pages, which are a mass Of extinct
and barren volcanoes.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13
nFE OF A FREIGHT BRAKEMAN.

Dust .grimed features weather beaten,
Hands that show the scars Of toll;
DO You envy him his station,
Patient tiller of the soil.
In the storm or in the sunshine
He must mind the speeding train,
Ride outside at post of duty;
Needing not the drenching rain.
But in the pleasant summer weather,
Standing on the car-top high,
he can view the changing landscape
As he rushes swiftly by.
As he views the changing pictures
That the lovely landscape makes,
Suddenly across his dreamings
Comes the quick, shrill cry for brakes.
But when winters icy fingers
Cover earth with snowy shroud,
And the north wind, like madmans
BUSHES ON with shriekiugs loud,
Then behold the g liant brakeman
Haste to heed the engines call,
Running on the icy car-tops-
God protect him If he fall
DO not scorn to greet him kindly,
He will give you smile for smile;
Though he nothing but brakeman
Do not deem him mean or vile
Speak to him in words of kindness,
Though his clothes are coarse and plain
For his heart can beat responsive
To the touch Of JOY or pain
Daily facing death and danger,
One misstep or slip of hand
Sends the poor, unlucky brakeman
10 the dreadful, unknown land.
As we read our evening paper,
Noting what its columns say,
One brief line attracts our notice,
some more brakeman killed to day.
He may have widowed mother,
he may be her only 10y;
Maybe in her home she 5 praying
For the safety of her boy;
For he loves that dear old mother,
Toiling onward day by day,
Always bringing her some present
Every time he draws his pay.
In the little lonely cottage,
Sitting in the waning light,
Sits the luckless brakeman's mother,
Who expects her boy tonight.
Some one brings the fatal message
God have mercy," hear her pray,
as she reads the fearful story;
1.Killed while coupling cars today
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13
Thoughts Between puH..

Warnings against juvenile cigarette
smoking are best sounded with a
shinlge.
Gladstone couldn't learn 10 smoke
when he was young, yet during his
career he has caused many mighty men
TO do so.
1t may have been the devil that
"sowed the seed" but religionists OF
all denominations reap the harvest OF
the weed with careful labor.
II you sell or give minor a cigar
cite or paper and tobacco out OF viii CHI
to make one in Georgia you become n
law breaker.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13
A Mere Matter Of Form.

Mr.. Hardcash We'll, sir, what in
duced you to imagine that would give
my consent to my daughter marrying
you Pr
De Gall-'Pardon me, my dear sir.
! wasn't so foolish as to imagine any,
thing OF the kind. merely asked for
1t as matter of form. II you refuse
we shall marry without it, that's ali. u
Grip.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13
Then Don't 90

Perhaps you are looking for a land
flowing with milk and honey II so.
you should know that only one person
In thirteen can drink milk in any uuan-
tity without becoming bilious, and on
ly one in eleven can eat honey with
out having a touch Of the collie. Just
better stay right here in this land and
get a blue-handled snow shovel ready
for winter.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13
Marrying By Photograph.

A prosperous Slayonian raneIs'U
siding in the south end Of the h'as
huca mountains has hit upon Q laP
py plan for getting wives for hls w. ",
elor ncighhors. Some time ago us NJ,
tied his native land and while w. W.
found that there were q large w. Nv,
Der Of worthy young Indies ala auis
his acquaintance who would 9eG .a..
too happy to find homes ana ~ WI
bands In the land Of progress als
liberty. Securing the photogis!salPSSss
Of number Of these young llOFa
brought them back with MN w, wv
lost no opportunity to- show ' saI
TO his bachelor friends. lie w 4
them TINT he had the promlss, Il
these young ladies' that they VAN M
come to America and MARI "a
man he would recommend, anu = Il,
consequence. n great many " ..eb
neigh6ors have excellent wives, NV Az
one selecting his choice IRON
photographs. -Nogales Herald
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13

himself; but, If he persisted IN shis
act Of suicidal folly, he should never
enter his house again. He spoke very
quietly and decisively--and he kept
his word.
'sAntony left home suddenly; and
three days af erward, in spite of my
mothers tears and prayers, he mar
ried this girl-who did not bear
the best OF character--op openly at
the parish church, The news was
brought one evening as we were sit
ting down to dinner. 1t had been
known of course long before by every
one but ourselves; but had been laid
up with strained ankle just then and
had not been to business, and no one
had dared to tell my father. shall
never forget his face as he looked at
my mother and told her fiereely that
this was her doing-that her indul-
gence had ruined the boy. She has
never been like herself SINCE" Austen
went on with break in his strong
voice-"never lost the scared fright
ened look that came into her face at
the fierce words. Then he called for
the Bible where all our names were
written, and blolted out AntonY's
name with an unfaltering hand,
:. He is dead to me-to us all, he
said; i would not lift finger to
bring him back now. Let hum go,
with his fathers curse upon his head,
and reap the fruits of his disobedience
and wickednessn
That happened seven years ago, 3"
Austen continued gravely; ''and we
have neither seen nor heard anything
of him since then. l do not know
whether he is living or dead.
Tessa drew deed sigh. There
were tears of pity standing in her
! eyes.
.Oh, poor auntie, she said softly
mo wonder she looks sad! What Z
hard, hard man your father must have
beenm
lizard! He only did what was
right; | would have done the sans
myself in his place Austen said
looking down at the girl with littl'
surprise.
His face grew so stern and hard a
he said these words that Tessa inyOl
UNFAIRLY shrank little away, and hei
heart beat with feeling Of timidit,
quite foreign to her fearless nature.
II should not like to offend hin
deeply" the girl thought; ''he woul'
not forgive very readily think.
Austen noticed the changing fac
and shrinking gesture. He put on
hand and touched the pretty soft hal
gently.
There, little woman-nOw 20
know all our secrets. have opene
the secret cupboard and shown 70
I our family skeleton" he said, in
! half-serious half-jesting tone. Ii
: us lock the door and hide the grisl
/ thing from sight again.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-13

Christianity Applied to Business.
Mr.. John Wanamaker, the prince 81
American dry-goOds dealers, has even
a more enyiable reputation rs a Chris
tian philanthropist than as a success
full man OF business. An account OF
the work he has done among his en-
ployes reads like the dream Of some
socialistic visionary. Years ago, be
fore it became fashion, the custom
was instituted Of shutting his store for
half of each Saturday, and a library
was founded for the use OF all employ
ed in the establishment. Year by
year the work has grown, until there
have been established the Savings
Fund, the Building Association, class
es for instruction, and the Beneficial
| Asso aiation, by means Of which Ger
tain portion Of the proceeds OF the
business is distributed among en-
ployes incapacitated for work BY means
Of age, sickness or accident. Within
two years the Woman's House was
opened. This furnishes home for
women employed by the firm, and
everything is done to make the house a
real home.
On Good Friday OF last year Mr..
Wanamaker laid before his people a
new scheme whereby certain per
cent Of the profits of the business was
to be shared among the employees.
The plan is somewhat elaborate, but the
principal features are that all who have
been in the employ of the firm seven
years are to have q share in the annu-
oil profits according to abe value OF
their services TO the firm" In addi-
ton 10 this, all the sales-people, re-
CARELESS OF their term OF service, arc
granted share Of the monthly re-
ceips in the form Of percentage on
sales. On the 18th OF May Of last year
Mr.. Wannamaker met all his EN-
ployes to report the result OF the
years work. The total amount 81
money distributed and set apart foi
the benefit OF those employed by tbs
firm Tin addition to salaries) wai
800, 43O. 68, OF which $50, 1873. 66 was
in monthly dividends, $4O,2Sl.0;
, in annual dividends to seven
year employees, and $10,000.00 il
: a pension fund. To encourag,
the habit OF saving, the Wanamake
Savings Bank has been established
In this bank sums of - and upward
,, are received, and draw five per cen
yearly interest. The deposits of per
; sons on the Seven Year Honor Rol
are considered special deposits, an
have added, beside the interest,
! special premium Of five per cent,
the whole amount remains on deposi
an entire year.
1t seems as If there could be n
: doubt about the good work which MI
Wanamaker is doing in thus carryin
into business the rules given by th
Founder Of Christianity. II Their
were more such business men the
could do much toward settling tn
I vexed problems Of Capital and Labor
The Golden Rule.
/ Twenty years ago Charles Harton my
teriously disappeared from Fredonia, N.
Z The papers advertised him far and wild
J. and after several months Of weary scare
: he was given up tor dead. The other da
4 his brother Frederick, respectable citizf
- of Eric, Pa, received q letter from hi
. postmarked Sydney, Australia, which STA
d cd that after three years whaling voyai
the missing brother had located IN Az
iralia. where he had amasse1 tortun
: which he now invites his brother 70 COZ
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-02-06

in the state penitentiary. has reported that
there are Sc women. half white and half
colored. who were compelled by the mana
gers to sleep in one small room. without
light or ventilation, and that when for any
cause they become unruly or need chastise-
ment. they are turned over to the guard.
stripped and whipped, whites and blacks in
discriminatory. Here is an opportunity
for Missouri reformers not otherwise en-
gagged to investigate their own manage
ment, and to give reason why this barbar-
Gus treatment should not be stopped at
once. A state as large as Missouri, as
wealthy and prosperous, certainly could
provide better conditions and more humane
treatment. There is nothing reformatory
in this as it ISL
The Republican fOrgets that the sole OBJ
ject sought to be attained in some prisons is
revenue. not reformation.
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Says the Women's Standard: "lt renews
ones faith in human nature to read how
Christmas was kept within the walls of the
Minnesota state prison at Saltwater" And
we can add. that such things convince us
that. though we are in prison, there are
still persons who regard us as human beings
capable of rightly approaching the fact that
in the midst of misanthropy, hypocrisy and
rascality, there is yet much true philan-
thrOpy in the world.
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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 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
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
it's inner life and thus aid the cause of moral ad-
vancement and prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-02-06

The following is an extract from a real
composition written by small boy in New
Jersey. The subject given by the teacher
was the extensive one of MAN." Here's
what the small boy wrote: MAN is Won
derful animal. He has eyes. ears, mouth.
His ears are mostly for catching cold in and
having the earache. The nose is to get
sniffles with. A mans body is split half
way up and he walks on the split end. {"
-Lippincott's Magazine.
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For The Mirror.
Fragments.

Fragments.
There is always room for man of force,
and he makes room for many.
Conversation is the image of the mind;
as the man. so is his language.
Wisdom is to the soul what health is to
the body. He who has good health is rich,
though he may not know it.
Jealousy is a secret avowal of our infe-
riorty.
If we had no defects. we should not take
so much pleasure in discovering those of
others.
Two-thirds of life are spent in hesitating,
and the other third in repentng.
The setting of great life is like the set
ting of the sun. The brightness of our life
is gone.
That you and shall commit sins. this,
and ensuing years, is certain; but hope
they wont be past praying for.
Not only strike while the iron is hot, but
make it hot by striking.
Don't cross the bridge till you come to it,
is a prOverb old. and of excellent wit.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-02-06

A Rockford. ILL.,. school boy has been
sent to Jail for ten days for INSTRUMENTATION.
Rockford teachers are not permitted to
trOunce their pupils. and the jail is the best
substitute they can think of. In extreme
cases penitentiary sentences will probably
pc found necessary.-The jackson Repub-
lie.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-02-06

There is talk that Chautauqua circle is
soon to be organized in this prison. Such a
circle was started in the Nebraska state
prison several years ago and has grown in
favor ever since. 1t is said that not only
the prisoners but the discipline as well has
been greatly improved by the deep interest
that has been taken in the work. We are
not posted on the methods of the Chautau-
qua plan farther than that it is system
whereby self education is encouraged. 1t
is said to be excellently adapted to an insti-
tuition of this kind. 1t is to be hoped that
the movement will be kept alive until cir
Gle is organized in our midst; for we are
sadly in need of something to encourage
our boys to make better use of their spare
time than by wasting it in aimless reading,
as is now too generally the case.
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In behalf of the inmates of this institu
ton. THE MIRROR thanks Capt. W. II.
WheIan for the instructive and entertaining
address delivered in our chapel last Sabbath
morning. And it is hoped he will find it
convenient to come again.
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Amendment Accepted.

Judge: What's the charge, officer?
Officer: Petty larceny, your honor.
Prisoner (interrupting): The charge is
impersoDating an officer.
Judge: How do you make that out?
Prisoner: l took handful of peanuts
and an orange from poor wOman's stand
without paying for them.-Puck.
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GOOD INFLUENCE OF SINCERITY

From time to time some famous orator
appears on the platform of our chapel
Within the past two years we have had the
privilege of listening to the utterances of
several of the most profound men of the
day; men whose renown is not confined to
country or sect. whose eloquence has rang
through cathedral and lecture hall thrilling
vast audiences until their nerves seemed to
vibrate in unison with the waves of sound
that came thrilling or laundering forth from
the soul of the inspired orator; men whose
Overmasterlng logic has lifted thousands of
listeners up into realm of pure intellect
uality bordering Oh infintude. These men
have come and stood on the platform in our
humble chapel. Their fame had preceded
them and uncOnsciously there had fingered
a feeling within us that these men would
look down upon us as men of naughty la
ture look down upon the plebian. but when
they began to speak this feeling invariably
passed away. They spoke to us as man to
man. They did not tell us that we were
altogether wilful in our imperfectiOns and
wholly responsible for our dOwnfalls; but
they admitted that they found within
themselves the seed of evil, and that had
they been subjected to the same circum-
stances and influence which had surrounded
our lives, they, too, might have fallen. And
this, accompanied by their good fame. is
the secret of success these men have had in
effecting lasting impressions upon us. They
appealed, not to our fears of being damned
in the hereafter, but to our manhood and
faults or tell us that we were any less blam-
able because there were thousands of men
outside of prison as bad as we, upon whom
the law has not set its brand. They did
not abuse us for our faults; but they took up
our characters, spread them before us with
the seamy side out and then held them up
to the light of reason until We blushed to
acknowledge the ownership. Nor did they
for our past misdeeds; nor did they ask that
we should travel the remainder of life's
journey upon our kneeS-they babe us
throw off the letters of CRIME and depravity,
get up out of the mire, clOthe ourselves in
righteousness and, with purpose firm and
eye defiant, go forth to fight the good fight
Their logic needed no key to unlock its
meaning; each listener had the key within
himself, and if he failed to profit by the
store of accumulated riches of human ex-
the lack of wisdom. These men had made
life study of the problem of life and found
the solution to be happiness, which could
only be worked out by strictly adhering to
the Golden Rule.
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We hope to see the grading system estab-
lished in this institution. 1t is the only sys-
tenn by which a prison management can
come anyway near treating every prisoner
as his conduct merits. 1t is not perfect
system-what is there human that is?-but
it excels the system common at the present
day which forces the better class of prison.
ers down to the level of the most unruly
class. In every community-of prisoners
or freemen-there are always compare
tive few who will abuse every license re-
CARELESS of the consequence to those who
are disposed to respect common privileges;
and there is no place on earth where this
can be so easily prevented as in peniten-
tiary where every mans actions are under
constant watch. Every prisoner should be
treated according to his behavior prospect
i've of all else connected with his imprison-
ment.
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'.In Iceland there are no prisons and no
police. Only two thefts in 1000 years."
An ice land that.
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o Nature! Sweet to every stricken one.
Thy voices infinite in hsrmony,
Chant secret things of Peace.
"A. s. Hardy.
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Muster your wits: stand in your defense;
Or hide your heads like towards. and fly hence.
-Shakespeare.
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Hope, like the glimmering taper's light,
Adorns and cheers the way;
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray. Goldsmith.
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The man who makes many blunders sell
dom makes any good hits.--Strayed.
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Winona Daily Republican.-"MrsC la Q
Hoffman of Missouri, who has been investi-
eating the conditions OF the women conyicts