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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05
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 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 adj
vsncement and prison reform
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05

Three Wisconsin prisoners have just re-
ceived the benefit of the parole law passed
in 1889. These are the first to be released
under the new law which provides that
prisoners may be paroled after having
served the minimum sentence provided for
the crime committed. The State Board of
Control and the Governor have the granting
of paroles. Every state should have such a
law in operation. This state has a parole
law meant to reach the inmates of the state
prison. but it is so complicated that it is not
likely to ever benefit anyone. Like many
another good law it is dead letter simply
because there is no money to be made out
of it.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05
WHITTIER ARE WE DRIFTING?

WHITTIER ARE WE DRIFTING?
Speaking with gentleman the other day
who had recently served as one of jury
that had convicted a man charged with
swindling, he said that, although not doubt
ing the mans guilt, he found it extremely
difficult to assent to verdict which would
assign the accused to prison for number
of years. This reluctancy to convict was
not prompted alone by natural feelings of
sympathy for the prospective sufferings of
the prisoner and his family, but in great
part by his knowledge of the fact that there
were scores of other men in the community
who before the world were considered
highly respectable, had committed Offenses
similar to that of the accused, yet were
never disturbed in the enjoyment of their
ILL gotten gains. He said that it seemed
hardly right that this man should be pun
ished simply because he had been less clever
in his dealings than scores of others
had been. This juror is thorough going
business man and seeing and knowing a
great deal of what goes on in the money
getting world had observed how utterly
reckless a large class of business men are in
their methods of getting possession of the
mighty dollar In order to give his verdict
in accord with what he believed to be the
real facts in the case, he was compelled to
smother his sense of fairness. This juror
had hiUhor conco Of tr,,o i,Ctioo tbop no,
many judge who imposes a severe SEN
tence upon one criminal to brighten off
other and greater criminals, which plan is
nothing more nor less than Furnishing one
man for the crimes of others. The state
prisons are full of such examples, as any
one who will take the trouble to investigate
may discover. The judges are not alone to
blame, their sentences are at all times, I'M
less prompted by personal motives, only the
reflex of popular public sentiment. This
public sentiment demands an example, then
woe betide the offender upon whom Justice
first casts her angry looks saltpeter won't
save him, though money and good friends
with pulp may. This juror felt that in
casting his vote for the conviction of the
accused he was assisting in conspiracy to
make one of those lawful examples" and
the idea was repugnant to him. But it is
of little avail to write about a recognized
evil without suggesting remedy, which we
are not competent to do. 1t is question
though if there is not danger that corrupt
methods will continue to multiply and the
feelings of this juror become so universal
that in the course of time there will be none
fit to sit in judgment upon those caught in
the perpetration of swindling crimes.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05

The Minneapolis Jail had but one inmate
on the third of this month"; The Jail is built
to hold 100 prisoners. and the Pioneer
Press says that never since the days before
Minneapolis had attained to village honors
has there been time when there was not
more than one inmate for the jailer and his
two assistants to look after
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05

this pleasant but frail world than yours
truly. but when wake up in the morning
minus my ducats and plus laundering
headache then l say begin to see there is
not either financially or physically much
profit in this sort of life; and in future when
asked Ito take something"
'Tm going to do without it,
don't want any more;
Pm going to do without it
AS many have done before.
I'm going to be martyr
On very model plan
And all you boys and girls will say
Oh, what a nice young man.
AS Tony Weller would have remarked.
''Them's my sentiments" l trust in the
near future to be able to stick to my good
resolutions.
1 often hear it remarked that NOWADAYS a
man cannot make money honestly. 1 don't
know what truth there is in this statement,
but as far as 1 am personally concerned |
know that / can gain better living by hon.
orable employment than by doing crooked
work and running the chance of working
for the state for next to nothing.
Suppose man does make good haul by
underhand work, that may be all very we'll
as far as he is concerned; but again, sup
pose he is furnished with board and lodging
free gratis at the Hotel de Saltwater or a
similar establishment, for period of four
or nve years or more. This latter prOviSO,
l say, knocks all the gilt off the ginger
bread. and when his time is up he will have
found that from financial point of view it
would have repaid him better to have been
doing honest work on his own account than
to have been giving the fruits of his labors
for the benefit of the state.
AS you are all doubtless aware, when
man is once fairly down in the world his
friends are mighty few and far between, and
it is only by the strictest economy that he
can make Roadway again; but, my friends.
when you once accumulate small capital
the rest is certainly easy; and as have had
vast experience in the ups and downs of
this life it is in the smallest degree possible
that know what am talking about; there
fore say. when you go from here take hold
of the first honest offer that comes in your
way; and by saving the pence you will find
the shillings will take care of themselves,
and you will have no need to worry or
trouble about the future. CLAN-ALPIN.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05

Next week we will publish an excellent
article on FREAKS of Public Sentiment" by
our contributor, "Ex- Convict" The writer
gives as an illustration very graphic de-
scription OF a daring, daylight safe robbery
that recently took place in Minneapolis be-
fore the very eyes of at least one hundred
people, not one of whom uttered a word of
protest.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05

1t does seem that criminally inclined
young men will never catch on. In St..
Paul the other day one of these foolish
young men snatched a pocketbook contain
ing $500 from a woman in crowded street.
He was pursued and captured by the vulgar
rabble. and was thrown into Jail, from
whence he will probably go for a term of
years in the penitentary. How foolish to
thus recklessly use his prominent qualifica-
tons! He should have persuaded the
woman to invest her money with a stock
company to open inexhaustable coal mines
in the clouds. BY thus doing he might
have had the pleasure of spending the
money in personal safety
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05

They had cloud-burst in Iowa the other
day that swept away the village of Love-
land. The prohibtionists will, no doubt,
attribute this disaster to an over accumula-
ton of water consequent upon the late
''original PACKAGE decision.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05
The Forthcoming Metal.

Among the recent advances in chemical
science of prime Importance are those
which relate to the metal now known as
aluminium. The existence of this metallic
substance may be said to have been first
discovered in 1928. For upwards of thirty
years afterwards it remained no more than
product of the laboratory. Since that
time, however, persistent and intelligent
efforts have been made to render the pro.
ductiOn of aluminium as cheap and as gen.
eral as that of iron. The results have been
so gratifying that it may be said without
eXaggeratiOn that we are at the present
moment on the very threshold of discov-
cry which is in the highest measure likely
to revOlutionize mechanics. Already alum
inium is Obtainable at cost very little in
excess of the price at which iron ore is pro-
duced, a reduction of 80 per cent in the cost
of production having been effected within
few months.
1t is difficult to comprehend the marvel
GUS results which are certain to follow the
general introduction of aluminium into the
mechanical arts and sciences. In its spe-
cifc gravity it is incomparably the lightest
of the metals. 1t is more malleable even
than silver, has a more polished appear
ance and is less liable to tarniSh. In the
one single department of naval architecture
alone the general use of aluminium is al
ready recognized as certain to be followed
by such results, for instance, as the lessen
ing by SO per cent of the time consumed at
present in crossing the Atlantic ocean and
the increase of the carrying capacity of a
Transatlantic steamer is upwards of 200 per
cent.
AS iron and steel superseded wood in
most of its uses, so aluminium is destined
within short time to take the place here
tofore occupied by iron and steel. and the
results will be much more far-reaching than
in the former case Already scientists are
counting upon the almost certain discovery
and practical application of the flying ma
chine as the result of the introduction of
aluminium. The metal is only two and a
half times heavier than water and is thus
four times lighter than steel. 1t can be re-
duced by heating to a texture finer than
that of any other metal, SO that it will take
5000 sheets to make an inch in thickness.
It is not only the most pliable and the light
est, but it is the most beautiful of the
metals. It is the most abundant of all the
metals, because in almost every quality OF
earth there is more or less aluminium to be
found. Indeed, there are tons of it in the
world to-day for every pound of iron that
exists. When the cost of production of
aluminium is reduced to the point which is
now being aimed at, and which will be very
little below what it now really is, the effect
upon the worlds industries will be more
serious and more far-reaching than that
gained by any discovery within the past
decade.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05

THE PRISON MIRROR is good paper and
a late issue contains the address of Mr.
Vandiver to the prisoners. The criticism
we would make upon this address is that
it makes the prison seem pretty desirable
and respectable place.-The Aurora.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05

Bernard Haney under life sentence in the
Joliet, ILL.,, prisons dropped dead Tuesday
while telling comrade that he had received
a pardon.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05

PRISON MIRROR of May 1st abOunds in
articles we'll written, and does credit to it's
editors. Weird. but interesting.-The
Acamedian.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-06-05

Many of our prison readers will recognize
the article printed on the first page as an
old friend, and it's title will at once call to
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-05
The wo Ids Most Powerful Tribunal,

The highest court of the United
States holds a unique place in our
form of government and one not found
in any other governmental system. II
Yields a power greater than is exercised
by any other judicial tribunal in the
world. In no country Of Europe or
the east has any court authority TO
make or unmake the supreme law OF
the land, TO limit the prerogatives of
the sovereign, TO control the powers
ofthe legislature, TO shape the form Of
government.
These functions are exercised by the
supreme court of the United States. II
holds "A power above that of the chief
magistrate of the nation, superior TO
that of congress, higher than that Of
any state, aud equaled only by that
which made or can amend the consti-
tuition. 1t can enlarge or limit the pre-
negatives of the president or the
powers OF congress. Ii can change
the relations between the state and the
nation. 1t can extend or restrict
ei;-cr - cCn;.ul power or STATE sover-
eighty. In short. il can make or III
make the constitutional law of the
country, Ii cat. introduce radical
changes into our form of government.
Not only can the supreme court WELD
these vast powers, it has long done so
and may long continue 10 do So
Eaton ). Drone in Forum.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-05
Mura.rous Science.

The American Analyst tells of the
heartlcss treatment a young woman
recently underwent at the hands of
some 50 called Christian Scientists"
in Boston, Mass, which resulted in
her cruel death. and says; la Brook
lyn . temporary stop has been put 10
this peculiar phase of fana;iciSm by
the incarceration of several of It's hom-
icidal adopts IA the pe~nitcntiary. No
more ilaglTIut case, however, has been
brought 10 the public attention than
this one in Boston, and II is TO be
hoped. in ,he interest of reason and
humanity, thgt the authorities in that
center OF culture will intorpose their
authority So AS 10, at least, prevent the
likelihood of "A rrpt .ition there of snch
an enorIulty.
\ young lady from Chattanooga.
Tenn, suffering from consumption,
was induced 10 place herself in charge
OF an aunt who is AN enthusiastic
disciple OF the Christian Science"
faith. as eXpounded at the Eddy col
lege in Boston. The 80 called doctors
told her that nothing was really the
matter with her; that her malady was
chiefly imagination, and that PRAYER
and faith in God were sure p~anaeeas."
She bore up hcroirally and followed
the treatment 10 tn letter. Shchelped
in the work round the house, did part
of the cooking, and got out of bed at
d~aybreak, all because her doctor so
recommended. The unhappy invalid
used often 10 ash for something to eat
between meals, but this was strictly
forbidden. At lunch she frequently
asked for bif of meat and fowl. but
this was also strictly forbidden. To-
wards the en- she failed rapidly and
often said: I'm belief I'm diving. In
belief l have he most dreadful pains"
The STAY before the doomed girl died
she prepare her own breakfas, Hel
aunt was away all the afternoon and
she slept alone that night
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-05
Understood Electricity.

This department gets It's share OF
queer patrons. \ fashioHablv dressed
and handsome woman sailed in here
recently and wanted IA permit TO prac.
tice electricity She had been cured
OF a feminine weakness by the use OF
a small battery and she wanted 10 doc
tor other people. ! asked her what
kind of a current she used, aud she re-
piled. II use both kinds-sometimes
the positive and sometimes the mega
tive kind. according 10 the case I'm
treating" How long have YOU been
studying electricity" About a year"
And you know all about III" Eyes;
this battery Of mine has six cells. and
it has both kinds of currents, and
] interrupted again to ask, But do
you employ AN alternating or coutinu.
u CURRENT say, mister, | guess YOU
don't know much about electricity
anyhow. Are you going TO give me a
permit TO practice or noti" i referred
her to DR.. Dudley, and he sent
her to the secretary Of the
state board. not knowing any other
way To get rid of her. When |
asked her If She knew anything about
medicine-meaning, of course, the
science-sbe answered: 'Oh, yes.
know about a good many kinds, es-
pecially those that are good for wo-
men and little babies" She acknowl-
edged however, that she had never
studied either medicine or midwifery.
Secretary Board of Health in Globe
Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-05
Consumption Cured by Warm Milk.

The fact that consumption can be
cured is daily becoming more and
more impressed on the mind Of the
layman. One of the simplest and best
methods of fighting this dread malady
is the warm milk treatment, and while
undergoing il the patient is advised to
20 on some farm, where he is sure TO
get it fresh, and where, moreover, he
can pass his days in horseback riding.
When the entire treatment is under.
gone, recovery from consumption
would not only be possible, but would
very likely occur, unless the lungs
had been too seriously diseased. An
outdoor life in pure air, good whole
some food and plenty of il are the sur
est cures for the malady, and no one
of these features il more important
than either OF the Others. New York
Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-05
A FRIENDS
A Quiet. impressive Ceremony In = Plain.
unpretentious Edince.

.Ashort time sinccl had the pleasure
of witncssinga Friends wcddingin the
old meeting house at the corner of
Fifteenth and Race streets, Philadel-
phia. To one from New England,
where such affairs are not COMMON. il
was indeed Il novelty. Upon entering
the meeting house the extreme plain.
Hess and simplicity of the surround
ings attract the eye of tar stranger,
Directly in Iont and facing tire en-.
tranccare three rows Of unuphulsicrcd
benches. There isu gallery extending
around three sides of the building and
containing several rows Of benches,
each N Icing much higher Ihan the
preceding oue
The massive pulpit. the customary
church organ. the handsome windows
of cathedral glass. all these are ub
sent, and their absence tends Ia give
The place a lone foreign Ia that of the
majority OF religious odiiiccS of today.
After taking our seats, and before the
wedding party arrive, We have an op
portuniiy To- observe our surround.
ings and the guests who have assem-
bled To witness the ceremony. II is
evident that the female portion of
n Friends congregation do mol come
together 10 exhibit any new style of
h%eadgear, as their sisters i'll other de
nominations are often charged with
doing.
Suddenly the low murmur Of voices
ceases, and without any pomp, or be-
ing hcraldcd by the swelling sounds
of some famous wedding march, the
bride and groom, preceded by the
ushers and followed by the bride
maids and their escorts, come slowly
up the aisle and take their seats in the
center of the front row of seats facing
the friends who have come TO witness
the ceremony. In the second row of
seats, and directly behind the bride
and groom. are seated the nearest rela-
tiycs of the contracting parties. All
is profound silence for a short time,
then the bride and groom rise stimuli.
taneously and clasp their right hands,
and the groom says: In the presence
of the Lord and these our friends, /
take thee, - -, To he my wife.
promising, with divine assistance, TO
be unto thee a faithful and loving hus-
band until death shall separate US"
AS soon us lac has finished the bride
says, ia Substance, the same thing.
after which they resume their seats. y
table Is Then brought in and placed
before them by the ushcrs, on which
the marriage certificate is signed. The
certificate is then handed back To the
nearest relative of the bride and the
table removed. Ii is necessary that
the certificate he signed by the bride
maids and groomsmcn also. After a
short period Of silence the person hold
ing the document arises and reads il
aloud. After this reading it is often
customary To have a sermon preached
by some prominent person. Another
period of silence then follows, aud is
closed by one Of the relatives rising
and asking that the guests remain
seated until the bridal party have
passed out. which is a signal for them
to do so.
The entire ceremony takes less than
half an hour, aud the strange solem.
nifty of it all, together with the alb
sence of a clergyman, gives il a rather
strange appearance. Cor Boston
Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-05

The ,encvole:Ca of Queen Mar
gheriIa ii italy is 10 Sell KNOWN and
% spontaneous that sOt only do the
honest poor and suffering among the
Roman people frequently appeal TO it,
but an attempt is now and tlrn made
by the uudgserving To take advantage
Of her sympathetic nature.
Not long ago there was nj work. not
far from Rome, n c]ountcriritcr named
Galloni In ~thccourscof his criminal
occupation. lie counterf.itcd the notes
Of the Bank Of France, aud counter
feited them 80 completely TO his OWE
satisfaction that what seemed 10 him
a happy thought occurred to him.
Il will send one Of these TO the good
hearted queen" he said 10 himself,
''and tell her that | am a poor citizen,
who, having some doubts Of the gen
u~ineness Of the note, have resolved to
throw myself on her maiesty's gener-
osity, and ask Ler TO send me an ltal-
ian bank note in exchange for it,"
Galloni sent his spurious note TO
Queen Marghcrita, with his appealing
message. The queen received and read
the letter, vas touched by it, and en-
closed a good Italian bank note TO the
man in place of il.
But she CHANGED TO show the spuri.
Gus note 10 an officer Of the royal
household. who asked for the letter,
and, armed with il and the bank note
the police made a descent upon Gal.
loni's house and captured both the
man and his false plates.
1t ofteG happens in this way that
n wrong deed, added 10 another, be.
trays the docr. Since Galloni was
wicked enough TO commit the crime
of counterfciting, il was not strange
hat lie was also ready 10 impose upon
the generosity Of a kind hearted mon.
arch. But il was his second crime
which exposed the frst-Youth's
Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-05

Etli'< skin and scalp ", served and b,au,iied
ObVi Why nticuia soap. Absolutely pure.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-05
The seventh Son.

In France a seventh son in direct
succession is called "A marcou. In Or
leans, during the present century, the
following was written concerning the
marcou IF "A man is the seventh son
Of his father without any female in
tervening he is a marcou. He has on
some parts of his body the mark Of
the feur de lis, and, like the kings Of
France, he has the power Of curing
the kings evil. All that is necessary
TO effect a cure is that the marcou
should breathe upon the part affected,
or that the sufferer should touch the
mark Of the f1eur de Lis. OF all the
marcus Of the Orleannais he of Ormes
is best known and most celebrated.
Every year, from twenty, thirty and
forty leagues around, crowds Of pa
tents come 10 visit him; but IL is par
ticularly in Holy week that his power
IL most ~eificacious, and on the night Of
Good Friday, from midnight until
sunrise, the cure Ii certain. "-St. Louis
Post Dispatch.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-03-05
Cured by CutiCura.

| cannot say enough in praise 81 thu Cuticura
iehirditn. My boy, when one year of gge. was
81 had with dczena iha, h. los, all Of his hair
Ills scale was covered with erupri,cs. witch the
docIn said Was scall-he "a, aud that hs h Ir
would never grow again, Desta ring OF q cure
from ph stella ;, ] hegan the use OF The Cu,icur,
most J. rlcCt success. HIS hair is now sp,pndid,
aud here Is not a pimpie on him. / rcc1 lnend
The uiicurn iirmcdi.s ~ poi hers a. The most
speedy, economical, aud sure cure Tor all skin dis
"as's OF Infants and %chi!dTcn, aud tel traI every
mother who ha, az allie ed child viii ina / me
To- 10 doing.