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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

QUITE neat and appropriate IS It that q
cross-exsmination Is often instituted TO
settle . vexed Observation-Disclosures Ameri-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

AN exchange states gravely that Whittier
received 81, 600 for his last poem. There are
q number OF poets whose last-their posi-
lively last-poems would be worth fully
that.-Washington Post
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

THEY have stood the test Of time-'tTan.
sill's Punch" Americas finest &c. Cigar.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

TIE position of Minister Of Greece 10
looked upon - fatoface Yonkers States
man.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

LIKE Oil Upon Troubled Waters il Hale's
Honey OF Horehound and Tar upon q cold
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

4 New YoRx man writes Of the ocean and
calls 1t poem. It Is one of those poems
which makes fellow sick TO come acrosA
-Yonlers Htatesman. $500
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

The famous question, 'Is marriage fail
ure, has apparently been superseded BY
.Where did you get that hats"-Merchsni
Traveller
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

SAUsAGEs used to be accused Of barking
on provocation, but in the future, now that
horses have supplanted the dogs, we shall
hear Of the Bologneigh. Y. Commercial.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

IT is always when the minister comes to
your house to dine that you find that the
hired glfi has iei{ mD.neSten p,epste m
she has set before you. -Somerville Journal
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

DEAD men tell no tales, but the ones WI
write their obituaries often do.-Elmir
Star.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

TIE Grassland man 10 always ready to
90 out ON little tooth. o. Picayune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

BEST, easiest to use and cheapest. Piso'
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggista g5c
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

TIE chestnut q tree 10 . native Of Cas-
tania In Asia. As . joke the responsibility
seems to rest on the modern circus and
minstrel man.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

ONCE fisherman always . liar.-The
Weeks Sport
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

MANY youth who seeks for the tree Of
knowledge gets only branch-Bingham.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

WHEN Q man IL up In the arts Of knavery
he isn't upright-Binghamtom Leader.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02

To the stomach, liver and bowels, Dr.
Pierce's Pellets excel One dose.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-02
Purity
Your Blood

Every spring for years have made It . practice
70 take from three to ave bottles Of Hoods Sarsa.
paril'a. because know Il puri6es the blood and
thoroughly clsanses the system OF oil impurities"
". Il. LAWRENCE. Editor Agricultural Epiiomist.
India Hnlis IND
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-26
Sunday Services.

Services were conducted by Rev. A. ]. Benedict.
of the Pacific Congregational Church. st. Paul.
Mr. Benedict took his text st. John, vii: 81.
The following is brief outline of the sermon:
Christ while on earth spoke q great deal in par
ables and used everyday occurrences to illustrat
and impress on the mind of his hearers spritua
truths. His illustrations were frequently based
upon mans physical wants and needs. He says:
IF any man thirst let him come unto me, and
drink" We have all felt physical thirst and 1
believe all men have thirst for spiritual knowl.
edge. and as the Lord has abundantly supplied
the earth with water for physical needs. so
will our spiritual needs be abundantly provided
for II we but ask Him who has said. blessed are
they who hunger and thirst after righteousness"
remember an incident that occurred in my
childhood home. young man of my acquaint-
ance was taken dangerously i'll. 1 went to see
him, and although at first he did not recognize
me, spoke to him, and listening heard him say.
II wish L were good" This desire of the human
heart for something higher and better is mani
tested to a greater or lesser degree In all our
hearts. There is need for the soul to perish.
and if wish to rise from the darkness of Ignor.
ance and sin we must look to Him who has said !,
81 am the light of the world: he that followeth
me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the
light of life
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-26
For The Mirror.
GleaEsillGs.

What is really best for Us lies always
within our reach. though often overlooked.
Truth and honesty IKE PRECIOUS stones,
are, perhaps, most easily initiated at a dis
lance.
We often excuse our own want of phi
lanthrOpy by giving the name of fanaticism
to the more ardent zeal of others.
We judge ourselves by what we feel Ca
pable of doing, while others judge us by
what we have already done.
No varnish can hide the grain of the
wood; the more varnish you put on, the
more the grain will express ITSELF
There is one kind of wisdom which we
learn from the world, and another kind
which can be acquired in solitude only.
The talent of success is nothing more
than doing what you can do well. and doing
we'll what you can do, without thought of
fame.
The setting of a great hope is like the
setting of the sun. The brightness of our
life Is gone. Shadows fall around us, and
the world seems but dim re1ectiOn-itself
broader shadow.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-26

pounded our desk with such fury to set the ink
bottle and the paste pot to going through the sun
dance to the jangie of the bouncing scissors. The
| air became filed with en- ooks, es ooks, ell ooks
consonants, vowels. howls, and scowls. They
spluttered and suffered sneered and leered,
ranted and canted until they painted with rage
1t was fearful; the cockroaches. cricks and other
bugs came from their hiding place and hurried
out of the room like rats from q sinking ship. We
did not stop to see the end; but when we returned
few minutes later they were seated side by side
with copy of Geo. Mudson's system of shorthand
and were just more than picking poor George
to pieces
Deputy Langum, Asst Deputy Glennon, Guard
Rowe. Foreman Reed and enc or two others went
out to White Bear lake afternoon the fore part
| of the week to fish and recreate. They made
Guard Cayou's lakeside home their headquarters
and from all accounts they had pleasant time, and
what is more. they got what they went after-fish.
They arrived home In the evening with fine
string Of pickerel bass and sunfish which they
claim to have caught. Deputy Langum carried off
the honors by catching pickerel which Is said to
have weighed six and three-fourth pounds when
caught and was nearly three feet in length. OF
course no one would think of doubling the truth
fulness Of any one of the party but it is remark
able fact that when Guards Ris and Uncle Billy
Hall placed the fish upon the butchers scales that
night it weighed exactly two and half pounds.
How to account for such falling off in the weight
of the fish is question. that puzzles all hands,
none more so than the Deputy and his fellow-fsh
ermen. OF the many theories which have been
advanced one is. that the fish had shrunken, an
other that it had grieved Itself poor; but to our
III nd the most plausible theory is that Ash do not
we, eh MS heav, at night as in the daytime. How
ever. laying all argument aside, 1t is barely posi-
bl the scales were not adjusted to fsharmen's
: STEM OF we ghts and that the Deputy is entitled
| to his honOrs.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-26
Reformation or Interpretation.

The true theory of reformation would
seem to be to convince the criminal that, in
the matter of reformation, and (parallel
with it) in the matter of the duration of his
confinement, he is a free agent, capable,
under proper conditions, of shortening ma
terially his term of Imprisonment, and also
capable of refusing to be reformed, and so
of depriving himself of this privilege. You
must see at glance that an arbitrary time
sentence is at war with this principle. If
man knows that, at the termination of
certain time, which he can calculate to an
hour by the almanac, he is to be set at lib
erty, whether reformed or not, the control
ling or determining motive in his prison life
is destroyed. If. on the contrary, he is
made aware that by reformation, the sim
cerlty of which can be tested by easily pre-
scribed standards, he can be set at liberty
and returned to the ranks of society as an
honest and respected citizen, there is a pow
erful motive for good conduct and cOnSe-
quept change of character. And if this
principle is true in the case of felOns why
is it not equally true in the case of all Of
lenses calling for confinement? Is there
any justification, any logical reason, for all
arbitrary. fixed term of Imprisonment de-
pending on the caprice. or within, or preju-
dice, or haste of the sentencing magistrate?
Observe. there are two ways of protect
ing society in the matter of the confine-
ment of the criminal. One is by reforming.
and the other is by incapacitating, the pris-
Oner. And the incapacitating must be in
one of two ways-by taking his life, or by
permanently taking away his liberty.
Therefore. when prisoner has become
habitual criminal-an incorrigible offender
it follows logically, does it not, that So
ciety is not adequately protected, unless he
is permanently confined. This, of course,
revolutionizes the whole existing system of
imprisonment; but is it not time, if the
fundamental idea at present in vogue is
wrong. that the wrong should be remedied?
Now, is it not perfectly defensible-
stronger, is it not a perfectly unanswerable
proposition, that whenever a man has
demonstrated that he cannot safely be at
large. he has forfeited his right to be at
large? Society pays taxes to be protected.
But II, at given moment, an unreformed
prisoner, with all his intentions for evil in
tensified by his imprisonment is allowed.
at the expiration of an arbitrary period to
return to society, society is deliberately
put in danger. 1t is robbed of the protec-
ton which it has right to expect, and
which it has the right to claim.-Francis
Wayland, at Boston.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-26
LOCAL PICKINGS.

The Fourth of July-74 days.
Hon. G. M. Seymour was in the prison Mon.
day.
Our job printing outfit. all but the press, has
arrived.
-Storekeeper Fred Bordwell is away on a short
vacation.
The convict is a man of sorrow and is afflicted
with many "strpes."
Farmer Rose and Master Vince Brink have
formed a wood company.
Geo. McNeal. a former guard. paid the prison
visit one day last week.
Sheriff Highlands. of Dakota county, brought
in one man for two years.
The latest fashion for serving beefsteak is in
paper. Ask ''the butcher"
Henry Jansen and John Stauble. of st. Paul.
were around with Guard Ris Tuesday.
Editor vandiver and wife were visitors in
THE MIRROR Office Sunday afternoon.
Steward Benner's daughter and her husband,
Mr.. L. w. Petran, spent Sunday with him.
Misses Hattie and Lizzie Il. Withrow and Ida
Stewart we're shown through the prison Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. John Kruger, MIR. and Mrs. Chas.
Berman were in Sunday with Asst Clerk Turner.
Mr.. P. N. Peterson, proprietor of the st. Crox
marble works paid our Office a brief visit Thurs.
day.
The finest lot of flowers our hospital has ever
received we're presented last Sunday by Mrs. Wm
May.
Mr.. Matt F. Butler and wife. of Saltwater,
and Mrs. Pierce and Miss Sinclair, of Minneapolis.
were in the prison yesterday.
j. w. Dugan and Dick Duevel, of Minneapolis.
were shown the sights of the prison Tuesday by
their friend Guard Joe Stilkey.
-Renville has justice of the peace named
Clay but it is not to be supposed that he is Justice
Clay in the hands of an attorney.
We were the recipients of a beautiful bouquet
Monday the gift being from taciturn but good
natured friend. Jim 1.-The penman."
Statement of population, June rs: Working
for Thresher Co.. 1907 working for state. 100; SICK
and infrm. 20. Total population. 33S.
Manager J. s. O'Brien visited our Office for the
first time last week. He accompanied by
party of friends whose names we failed to get.
Editor Seward got out an extra edition of the
Messenger last week of about 600 copies for the
Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing company.
Our girls desire that Miss Armstrong will &C.
cept thanks for the boquet of beautiful flowers
she sent them for the adornment of their sitting
room.
Miss Bessie Brink. the Warden's little grand
daughter has been very Ill for the past ten days,
but we are pleased to learn that she is regaining
her health.
Mr.. A. ]. Langum and Miss c. M. Langum
father and sister of Deputy Warden Langum. and
Mr.. A. e. Kirkele, came over from Minneapolis
last Friday to visit the Deputy and to see the
Minnesota state prison.
DIR. C. R. Keyes went over to st. Paul last
week to attend the twenty-second annual meeting
of the Minnesota State Medical Society. The doc
tor read paper before the society. The meeting
was held In the legislative hall of the state capi
tol.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-26

There ID no greater punishment than being
abandoned 20 ones self.-Quesnel.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-04
ALL UNDER WATER.
MISSISSIPPI PLANTATIONS NEVER BEFORE
REACHED BY FLOOD
Covered by the Tremendous Volume Of the Father
Of Waters Heavy Loss Of Property Of
All Kinds-The Relief Work
at Louisville.

GREENEvIIIE, Miss. April 3.-The
back waters have risen but very little
here, but the river Of water which is
flowing through the EaSton break is
playing havoc in the Bogue country.
The water has crossed over the ridge
between Deer creek and the Bogue, and
is fast filling up that country.
Plantations on both sides of Deer
creek, which heretofore have been above
high water, are now under. The small
protection levceS at places on Williams
bayou and Deer creek have been of no
avail. Along the banks of Deer creek
only dry spots here and there will be
seen In few days, which was not the
case in lss2 and previous years. The
oldest inhabilant with his high water
peg will now take a back seat in the
history of this country and give way To
the eyentful overflow of 1890.
The town OF Deland has constructed a
levee around the place. but it is feared
that it will be Of no avail, as they will
have the overflow from the Bogue on
one side and the water from Deer creek
% contend against on the other.
The telephone company have been un-
able 10 maintain their line above Green
Vile, owing to the rapid current which
crosses their lines at various places. The
plantations fronting on Lake Bolivar are
getting some water from the EaSton
break. The leveeS above are reported
standing all right. Some efforts We're
made 20 secure the ends of the broken
lcvee al EaSton, but it was OF no use, aS
the current is so rapid that everything is
washed away. The people here are bear
ing up well under the surplus OF damp
ness which they have not bargained for
I'm such QuantitieS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-04
RIVER RIPPLES.
News About the Boats and Boatmen on
the Ohio.


The marks on the landing last even
ing indicated l. feet inches and sta
tionary.
The Abncr O'Ncal. Captain Talbot,
passed down for the Missouri river
about midnight Wednesday laden fiat.
The Scotia was late coming up, not
arriving until about seven o'clock. She
will be Saturdays packet for Cincinnati,
due to leave at seven a. m.
The towboat Veteran No. has not
turned wheel for almost a year. Capt.
Harger says there is nothing in town 2
coal at present prices and he prefers 10
do nothing to working for nothing
The Hudson did not arrive here from
Pittsburg until about two o'clock and
She did not leave for Cincinnati until
last evening. She had a good trip and
took a good many nails down from here.
Capt. James l.. ParsOn, well-known
ex-pilot and steamboat captain, died al
st. Louis on Monday last. after an ILL
nell Of three months duration. He had
reached the advanced age Of cighty-two
years.
The Iron Age. Of Gray's Iron linc Is
on her way down for Cairo with tow
OF eight solid barges Of rails, Capt.
Sam Spencer in command, and he stand :
a watch at the wheel, with Robert
Greenlee a. his assistant.
The c. W. Batchelor, Capt. George
O'Neal in command, Ira Huntington,
chief clerk. takes her departure al sey-
en- o'clock this morning for Cincinnati
aud way points. The Bachelor has
first-class passenger accommodations.
The losses Of Pittsburg coal firms by
the recent cyclone al Louisville were
A. follows: 0'Ncil & Co.. one light
boat and one barge; ThOs. Fawcett y
son. three light boats, and ;. ;. Crump
4 Co.. two bargcs. The loss was ex-
ceedingly small considering the large
quantity Of coal there.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-04
ABOUT PEOPLE.
The Daily Chronicle Of the Movements OF
individuals.

lndtklduhl-.
Mrs. Rev. :. +. Jonc. =, down with
typhoid fever.
Mrs. Stella Tomin>on. of the Island,
j. in Weston Oh business.
W. J. HUFF. Of New Cumberland. W.
Va. is at the Mcclure House.
l.. II. Ewart and wife. Of Charleston.
are registered at the Stamm House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Tcasdale left last
evening on a flying trip 10 Sandn-ky' o.
Mr.. Eph Wells, aud daughter, Of
Sistcr,yillc. were az the Windsor last
evening
Mrs. j. =. Thatcher !, acting tempo
rariy a. Matron at the Home for Friend
less Women.
Miss Anna II. Brown. Of StcubcnviIIc'
il living 40 the residence Of her sister
Mrs. John Frcw. dangerously ill.
Mr.. c. 4. Sanders. Of e.. Roscnhcim ''
who has been visiting his parents 100
brownsville. has returned 10 the city
Ed Lemon. the wcll-known j. & -.
engineer. who joined th" B'nrdl'i'
some time ago. has gone To h"u-'A''p-
ing on Twenty-hfth street
Miss Emma Reed returned I" h'r
homo i'm Shady Side. Pitt-burg, yester-
cav. after a pleasant visit oi s'N'rai
..col,s with Mis- shaw. ~ Eighteenth
street. ,
Mr.. J. =. Thatcher. formerly of
Noundsyille. but now Of Oakland Nd
viii about the first Of May engage IN the
same field Of missionary work as that of
Miss Lizzie Boyd.
Mr.. Chas. Leo Abry. Of New York,
cole agent in America for the celebrated
Vacheron and Constantine watches,
was IN the city yesterday taking inn
port orders from !. G.. Dillon & Co, who
are sole agents for this city.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-04
BASE BALL NOTES.

The Canton papers insist that Wheel
ing has five batteries and wants another
one. Little off, amt you?
Columbus ought to have remained ii
the Tri-State League. Their Associ
alton experience Of 1850 left them $4,000
in the hole.
The base ball season will be inaugu
rated on the Island Park next Monday
and Tuesday mornings by games be
tween the Columbus Association clut
and the Wheeling Tri-Statc League
club.
About twcnty-four young ladies. who
formed a club To attend base ball game'
in body in PittSsurg, have resolved
that they will attend no games in whicl
GlasScock participates. That Is where
they make mistake.
The Wheeling CLUB was TO have play
ed another game at Columbus, yeSter-
dav afternoon. but owing 10 the fac
that il rained. no game was played and
the team left for Toledo, where it vii
plav with the Association team Of tha'
citv three games Friday. Saturday anc
sunday
The two games here with the Colum'
bus team on Monday and Tuesday neXt
will be very interesting ones. no doubt
as the boys will have had some practice
together by that time, and the chances
are that the Statesmen will be lathered
Secretary Fiel has secured the services
of Geo. W. Barnum. Of the Association
for these two games. to avoid all kick
ing
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-04
RUSSIA'S HAND
seen In the Trouble Between Bulgaria
and Seryia.

LONDON. April 3.-The recall of the
Servian Diplomatic Agent from the Bull
garian capital negatives the recent as
sertions that the tension between Ser
via and Bulgaria was relaxing and the
differences between the two countries
were in fair way OF amicable settle
ment.
This state of affairs, it is understood,
was TO be brought about by the interyen-
tion of the greater powers who Shrank
from reOpening Of the Eastern queS-
| tion, for the present at least. IL now APP
pears that the breach Is wider than ever,
thanks to the intrigues Of Russian
agents. and Prince Ferdinand is likely
TO speedily find himself confronting the
boy King Of Seryia on the field OF bat
tie. repeating the experience Of his pre-
deceSSor, Prince Alexander, with the
youthful monarchS father. Rumor
also has it that the Scrvian
administration has again become al
most thoroughly RuSSianized, through
the quiet but well directed efforts Of cX-
Queen Natalie. and the rupture be-
tween Servia and Bulgaria is merely to
90 far enough to afford the Car pre-
| text for armed interference in the os-
tenSible interest Of peace.
The Times Vienna correspondent, in
la dispatch To that paper, declares that
diplomatic relations hetwecn Seryia
and Bulgaria have been entirely broken
n
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-04
THE PEOPLE DEFEATED.
Rhode Island will Have "A Governor
Elected by "A Minority.

Rhode Island will Have "A Governor
Elected by Minority.
PROVIDENCE, X. l., April 3.-The
last weary warden and ward clerk to
finish counting the votes cast in the city
wards in yesterdays State eietlons, fin
ished their task tonight. The vote for
Senator, which well represents the leg
islative vote was as follows: G. Z.
Brown. Democrat, 7,147; +. K.
Burton. Nationalist. li2; =. +.
Pierce, Union, s9l; ChaS +. Smith, Re-
publican, 6.2S4: ID. +. Thorpe. Prohibi-
zionist. 500. The next Legislature as
far as chosen stands: Scnate-Repub-
lican, u; Democratic, II; to be chosen,
4. HouSe-Republican, a: Democratic,
%: to be chosen, -.
The election of Governor and general
Offices is thrown into the grand com
mittec- of both houses Of the Legisla-
tnre, and 30 votes are needed to assure
majority.
A FIGHTING CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS.
Late tonight the count in Newport
revealed that there was no election for
First Representative rs well as Fourth.
This makes 2S members Of the General
Assembly to be elected. OF these the
Republicans need 10 with the sitting
Lieutcnant-GovernOr, and the Democrats
need 10 to secure control Of the Grand
Committee and elect general officers. L
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-04
GIANTS WILL MEET.
SULLIVAN WILL GIVE BATTLE TO jim COR
BETT.
A -Four Round Contest 70 Come Of In Not Les
Than Two Weeks-The Terms-A Hot
Battle at St. Paul-Gaudaur Rows.
General Sporting News.

SAN Francisco, April 3.-The Olym-
pic Club, of which Jim Corbett is one of
the Professors of Boxing, last night
agreed to let the Californian meet John
L. Sullivan in four-round contest with
gloves. This is all that was needed to
insure meeting between the two. The
opinion generally prevails here that
COrbett will hold his own in the coming
contest, but would not be in it with
Sullivan were the match one to finish.
Corbett wired the club as follows:
II am willing to meet Sullivan in four
round go provided the Olympic Club, Of
San Francisco. will give me permission.
| am under contract to the club as in
structor, and ii would not be fair for me
TO enter into an agreement to box any
one without first consulting the direc-
tors. hope to make a good showing
against the great champion. | can be
ready in two weeks, being in fair con-
dition now"