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UGLY MEN.

IL 10 d bCAliUiO ehAhE " ~ -0-JJ
says George Dawson, the English
lecturer. It is a hateful truth, but
none the less truth, that "unpre-
sentable" people-men and women
who have repulsive physiognomies
have giants to contend with at
their entrance upon life. If this be
true Of all ugliness, how must it be
with the superlative degree Of that
quality, an ugliness compared with
which mere plainness or uncomeli.
ness is beautiful ]?
1t is said that Ugo Foscolo. the
brilliant italian poet and prose
writer, was SO ugly, notwithstanding
his dandyish pretentions, that jest
upon il as grimly patent tact be-
came almost permissible. Once an
acquaintance of his, who affected not
to recognize him at first on entering
restaurant, apologized by saying
that he had taken him fer an aurang-
outang. Miss Fenwick, in a letter
to Henry Taylor, published in that
poets biography, speaks of the
great variety in the ugliness OF
Crabb Robinson--a series of ugli-
ness in quick succession, one look
uglier than the one that preceded it.,
particularly when he is asleep.
DIR. Parr, whose face had been
disfgured by smallpox, was so ugly
that Sir William Jones, one of his
schoolfellows. said to him as they
were walking together: "Parr, if
you should have the good luck to
live for forty years, you would stand
chance of overtaking your face -
A man may be SO Unlocking as to
be the highest type and last expires.
sion of ugliness as truely as Apollo
Belvidere is the model of manly
beauty, and yet intellect can re-
deem such a face, and light.it up
with its own phosphorescent glow !
When we discover mental power or
moral loneliness, or both together,
under repulsive mask, the reaction
in it's owners favor is proportional
to our former dislike.
"Quil est laid p exclaimed the
ladies of Paris, when they saw for
the first time the actor, LIE Kair, on
the stage. "Quil est beau !" they
exclaimed, as he proceeded with his
wonderful presentations. A hero
stepped out of that coarse envelope.
1t was an Unlocking woman, with
no charm for the senses, who by her
music and her intellectual grace en-
shaved the worlds greatest poet in
his youth.
well, / shall never think DIR.
Goldsmith ugly again !" piquantly
said Sir Joshua Reynolds sister,
after reading the Deserted Vii
lage."
The short, stumpy, sallow-faced
snub-nosed Dunning, who died in
1888, was the ugliest man of his day,
and had a husky, repulslve voice
besides q nervous objection, which
kept his head in state of ceaseless
oscillation; yet men forgot all bis
physical defects, when he was deliv
erlng in parliament one of his bril-
liant, witty and sarcastic speeches
or making at the bar one of his
rapid and powerful arguments. A
profound lawyer, he is said to have
been the first orator of his time, and
| in spite of all drawbacks, rose to ths
| peerage.
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His Body Terrible a4angled.

A shocking accident occurred at
the Union Knitting Mills, whereby
Isaac Cox was horribly mutilated-
Red Flag Oil the Famous Pain Cure
was quickly applied and recovery
soon followed, you can try this great
remedy for Is cents.
If you want to drive away Dys-
persia, Billiousness, Constipation,
Poor Appetite and all evils arising
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free at John Lee Fout's Drug Store.
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FIRST POSTAGE STAMP.


Italians claim to be the first who
introduced postage stamps into the
world OF "letters.' Now, il you open
any encyclopedia, whether italian or
foreign, you viii see that the postage
stamp was invented by Rowland
Hill, and was introduced into use in
1910. But Italians now say that all
this is wrong, and that the postage
stamp is an italian invention, and
was introduced in Turin in 1878, un-
der Victor Emanuel I, King OF Sar-
DINA, the first stamp being an ale
gorical design Of a genius on horse
back, surrounded by round frame,
oval frame, and octsgon frame, OF
the worth Of Is cents, 25 cents and
so cents. These first stamps. how.
sver were rather postal cards than
stamps, since the writing was upon
them, and not enclosed within any
envelope. They could be folded,
however, and sealed.
These remained in use until 1885.
1t was precisely this system, Italians
now say, that Rowland Hill adopted
Though the encyclopedias say he in.
vented it) twenty-five years later.
Afterward Thomas Chalmers pro-
posed the separate postage stamp, to
be placed on any kind Of letter to
please the writer, and this soon be-
| came adopted by other countries. In
1851 the United States of America
| again robbed Italy Of it's invention
by making stamped envelopes ter
! newspapers.
In 1885 Austria also robbed Italy
OF its invention by introducing pos.
| tai cards. In 1882 Belgium robbed
Italy of tia original creation by in
| Producing postal notes. All the fuss,
therefore, which was made during the
55th anniversary Of the postage
u stamps, and which gave SO much
honor to England, should have de-
volved on Italy, where it was first
invented and introduced in 1878. At
least, so say the Italians. Galigan''s
MESSENGER.
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Not One Sore Now.
Baby Afflicted with Bad Sores
and Erupti0ns. No relief.
Permanently Cured by
the Cuttcur8.

During the summer of 1889 my eighteen
months old infant was so afflicted with
eruptlons that ordinary domestic RENE
dies failed to give any relief. On bis hips
would often appear the seeming track OF
little wire-llke worm, and ON other parts
of his body bad sores came and remained
till procured the CUTIcURA REMEDIES.
For some time used the soap and salye
without blood medicine, but they did
not do so well as when all were used to-
gether. 1t has now been nearly year
since the eruption was healed, and very
much feared it would return with the
warm weather of this year, but the sum-
mer is passed and not one sore has APP
peared on him. MRS. A. NJ. WALKER,
Carsonville, Ga.
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CUTICURA REMEDIES

If the thousands of little babies who
have been cured of agonizing. itching.
burning. bleeding. scaly, and blotchy skin
aud scalp diseases could write, what
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proprietors of the CUTICURA REMEDIES.
Few can appreciate the agony these little
ones suffer, and when these great reme-
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most distressing eczemas and itching and
burning skin diseases, and point to a
speedy and permanent cure, it is positive
" inhuman not to use them without
moments delay.
Sold everywhere; Price, CUTIcURA, 5oc.;
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the POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Cor
PoRATIoN, Boston.
E~Send for Chow to Cure Skin Dis
cases." GA pages, 80 illustrations, 100 testi-
monials.
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Sore From waist Down.

/ had three of the best physicians In
Peducah, and they did me no good. used
your CUTIcURA REMEDIES, and they have
cured me sound and we'll, l was sore
from my waist down with eczema They
have cured me with no sign of return. /
owe my life to CUTIcURA, for without
doubt, would have been in my grave had
it not been for your remedies. Allow me
to return my stncerest thanks.
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A barrel containing tomato cat
sup bur st with great violence in the
Fulton market, Sedalia, Mo-, and
besmeared the whole institution and
colored all the hucksters a reddish
brown.
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Through Tickets and Baggage Checked
to all points.
For rates and other information, address
W j. ROBINSON, G. p. A.,
Parkersburg, W. Va
A. J. DANDY. Pan kersburg.
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Connection for all stations on Fumber-
land Valley and PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
system.
GEO. B. WRESTLING,
Mch. 2 'S7 superintendent.
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TIME TABLE.
nHIO RIVER RAILROAD
~ TIME TABLE-

Taking effect Aug. II, 1890. Passenger
trains will run as follows, Central Time.
All trains daily except those marked thus
which do not run on Sunday.
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my wife," remarked Fitznoodle,
"is fairly crazy over the winter fash
ions. She's got the delirium trim
Minis"
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AUCTlONEER'S NOTICE.!

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tioneer in the counties uf B rkeley and JEFF.
ferson. Having had over 20 years exps-
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share OF public patronage solicited. Ad.
dress all Communications to Nv. QUINN,
Bedington, Berkeley County, West Va.
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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-11
EVENING ENTERTAINMENT.
Harris Boston Vaudeville Company
Gives Delightful Performance
Within the Walls.

The rumor was afioat early yesterday morning
that an entertainment was to be given in the
in the evening. Those who have never
been in prison cannot imagine how enjoyable such
news is to those who are in prison. 1t means that
there will be for a time at least complete sus-
pension of the rigor and monotony of prison life
1t is a glimpse at the merry old world once again.
AS the day wore on the rumor reached the four
walls OF the prison. and before night it had be-
come settled fact that we were to have show at
the close of the days labor. Harris Vaudeville
Company had volunteered to to come in and give
us an entertainment before they opened in the
Grand Opera house. They took supper in the
prison before the entertainment. They had but
an hour to spare to
We were called in from work at 5:45 and by 6 80
supper was over and we were seated in the hail.
Even the tuning of the instruments was sweet
music. Warden Garvn introduced the company
and requested that the applause be confined to
hand clapping and that no stamping be done as it
was long way to the bottom of the cellar The
program then opened.
THE PROGRAM.
Overture, Orchestra.
Vocal Selections. miss GRACE MILBURN
Bone Solo,. FRANK EMERSON
Harp, Song and Dance. PETE McCLOUD
Gymnastics. HARRY LA ROSE
Comedy Acts. ............ EMERSON COOK.
representations. MONS. SABLON
Marvellous Performances. JULES KELLER
The above gives but mere outline of the per.
Torrance. No time was lost between acts and the
hour was crowded just as full as it could be. The
vocal selections of Miss Milburn were heartily ap.
preciated. The appearance of Mr.. Emerson with
bones and horribly black countenance gave
the boys cause for the first good laugh they had
enjoyed for many months. Mr.. McClouds per.
| Torrance on the harp was artistic and won admit
ration. The wonderful performances of Mr. La
Rose with indian clubs he balanced himself
upon globe won repeated applause-no one had
ever witnessed anything that equaled it. The COM
mic acts of very coony looking Messrs. Emerson
Cook set the boys nearly crazy. The imperson.
ations of famous men by the great French Mimic
Mons. Sablon. we're good, and his character i'm.
presentations were fine. The human Enigma,
Jules Keller, astonished the audience with his
marv elous feats.
1t was undoubtedly the best entertainment ever
given in the prison, and the company bore away
with them the everlasting gratitude of every in
mate of this institutions; and THE MIRROR
wishes them as hearty appreciation wherever they
60 in the world.
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Chapel Services,

A large number of visitors attended the services
in our chapel Sunday morning Rev. j. H. Albert's
sermon upon the works and character of
Jesus Christ and was a sequal to his sermon of two
weeks ago. To-day's discourse had to do with
the effect and influence that Christs life and
teachings have had upon the world. He took for
his text the eighth of the thirteenth chapter
of Hebrews-''Jesus Christ the same yesterday
and to day and forever He showed how Chrst's
prophecies had been fulfilled. At the time He
pronounced the impending destruction of Jerusa.
lem there was no apparent foundation for such a
prediction. The nation was prosperous and gen.
orally contented Everything indicated long
peace and prosperity. Yet in 81 years from that
day the city was in ruins; her wall broken down;
her temple in ashes. the very foundation stones
torn up and the ground plowed and narrowed;
her people killed in battle, hung on crosses, and
the remnant sold into slavery. From that day to
this Jerusalem has been trodden under foot by
the Gentiles. The story of the Wandering Jew as
told is fiction, but in larger sense it is true
The Jewish race has no resting place upon earth
that it can call its own. The Jews have been
driven from place to place and been prosecuted
by all nations for eighteen hundred years. Russia
is to-day driving the Jews out of her territory and
the other nations are protesting against receiving
them. What human mind could have followed
the destiny of the Jewish race so accurately and
so far into the future? Christ's prophecy was
more than human.
Christ was not the first great teacher. Many
others at different times in the worlds history
had taught religion and sought to reform the
world. but with this difference: they all began by
teaching the upper classes, while Christ alone be-
gan with the lower classes-the lowest sinners
The tendency of the teachers of to-day is to fol-
low the methods of the old teachers If Christ
were to come earth to-day He would pass by
the churches and seek out the poor and degraded
sinners. 1t is not human nature to do this. but it
is Chrst's way.
Again Jesus said, II come not to send peace
but sword" yet He had been named the Prince
of Peace, and angels sang at His birth. Peace
upon EARTH" and He had always been a man of
peace. Surely it could not be true that He. the
| Prince Of Peace. should send a sword, yet His
gospel has ever called out the sword. For three
hundred years the sword was in the hand of the
heathens, and some one has said that for cent.
| uries now the sword has been in the hand Of fac.
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tons and the church has spent more time killing
its own members. than in saving the world.
There is much truth in this. Yet Christ Himself
has been in none of these wars, He has always
been the meek and lowly one, blessing all who call
upon Him, no matter on which side of the fight
they may be. Hence l repeat it there is in all
this the evidence that Christ is something more
than human, that the words of the apostle best
disclose this: In the beginning was the word and
the word was with God and the word God''
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LOCAL PICkINGS.

~ remember but forget"
An universal bill sticker-The mosquito.
Mrs. Frank Berry has returned home from
Adams, Massachusetts.
MIR. John L. Thompson. Of Minneapolis.
in the prison one day last week.
Two prisoners were received from Heron
Lake. Jackson county, last week.
We move that Mayor Durant enjoin those
lake tow boats from bawlng in the night time.
Mr. James R. Linden. who handles the mails
at the union depot, st. Paul, visitor last
Thursday.
Our friend, the Gazette, got on to'an eloquent
dinner" last week. No doubt 1t dinner
that spoke for itself.
Statement of population June 10: Working for
Thresher Co., 1885, working for state. 1870: sick and
infrm, Is. Total population, 32l.
Charles s., the fourteen. year.old son of Mr.
and Mrs. McCafferty, of Saltwater. drowned
in Lake st. Croix Saturday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. G. D. TAFT, of st. Paul, we're
guests at the Warden's home Sunday. They at
tended our chapel services in the morning.
Xavier Porter. at one time resident Of Still
water but now in the theatrical business, was
about the prison with Asst Deputy Glennon Sat.
urday.
Library books may be had twice week now.
Don't forget to put out your slip, and be sure to
put down a long list of the very best books in the
catalogue.
If you happen to remember when you read
this that you have not paid your subscription for
the past year just send it in 1t is better
than never.
The inmates of the hospital thank the mem.
bers of the Y. w. c. Il. u, of saltwater. who so
kindly remembered them with flowers on flower
mission day.
Inmates sending papers to Lena Swanson,
Fergus Falls; and Henry Brown, st. Cloud should
discontinue as the papers are not taken from the
post Office.
Foreman McKellar's family are away on
visit to Mrs. McKellar's sister at Monticello. We
were unable to learn who was taking care of Mac
in the meantime.
If any of the Smiths are missing at the next
family reunion they may probably be found in the
Elmira reformatory. there thirty.two in
mates there who answer to that name.
The wheel barrow brigade has nearly COM
pleted the work of leveling up the yard where the
paint shop stood. 1t is probable that next season
that plot of ground will be sown in grass.
Mr. Dell Kellogg. the popular Office assistant of
the Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Co.. has
left for parts unknown on a well-deserved two
weeks vacation. Rumor has it that he will not
return alone.
Mr.. W. Mcmillan, who succeeded Mr..
Woods about month ago as engineer for the
prison. resigned last week and Mr.. Richard F..
Jones. of st. Paul. took his place Monday. Mr..
Mcmillan retired because he found it inconven.
lent to his family to saltwater. and because
OF interests that demanded his presence in Mime.
apolis. He won the esteem of every one here
during his brief stay.
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1t is mOurnful commentary on human
vanity to see the mOurners looking back, on
turning the corners, to see if the procession
is worthy of the corpse.-Texas Siftings.
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Il you don't believe that honesty 10 the best
policy" 60 into politics. You will be sure to sue
coed there.-Puck.
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II remember but forget"
An universal bill sticker-The mosquito.
Mrs. Frank Berry has returned home from
Adams, Massachusetts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-30
Evangelical lutheran Synod.

LEBANON, Pa, May 29.-At to-day's ses-
sion of the general synod of the Evangeli-
cal Lutheran church the application of the
new German synod of California to be re-
ceived as part of the general synod was
laid over until some Irregularities were re-
moved. Canton, Ohio, was selected as the
place of the next meeting
1t was decided to authorize the issue of a
provisional revised catechism the same not
to be regarded as the congregational stand
ard or in any way affecting the recent doc
trinal basis Of the general synod.
DR.. Wenner, of New York, reported for
the board to found deaconess institutions
and the steps Gaken By the board were ap-
proved. A number Of young women are to
be sent to Kaiser Werth, the original dia-
coness institution, and when trained to be-
come the first leaders of the proposed
home for the aged is being established in
Washington.
With regard to the Columbian exposition
it resolved that we solemnly protest
against opening the gates of the exhibition
on the Lords day"
The offer OF ten acres Of land In the
Garden Of the Gods, Colorado, for site of
a home for invalid minister's was accepted
and appoin tments made to carry out the
project.
Prof. Ort, of Wittenberg college, pre-
sented q report on the state of religion, in
which it was declared there is no call for q
revision OF the creed, the Augsburg con-
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OMAHA PHYSICIANS
Jailed for Crime Committed
Oh a Young Woman.
SHOT BY A DIVORCED HUSBAND
Samuel Rhodes Arrested for Embedding UniOI
Pacific Funds-Buried BY Denver
Sewer CaYe-in.

OMAHA, May 29.-[Special telegram TO
THE HERALD. developments in the affairs
of the Omaha Medical institute to day re-
suited in three of the city's prominent ply
sicians being placed in Jail without bail on
the charge of murder. The prisoners are
President A. T. Mclaughlin, Isaac Sin
clair and j. H. Williams.
For some time rumors of questionable
transactions at the institute have been rife.
Monday the discovery of the body of a
wealthy citizen of Stuart Neb., in a pau
per's grave, horribly mutilated, caused the
coroner TO investigate the place. The man
had died in the hospital, and though leaving
large amount of cash with the institute,
had been buried nude in the potter's field.
Detectives were put to work. AT 3 a. m.
today evidence was developed concerning
the death of Miss Isabella Beaver, of
Plattsmouth, Neb., and her baby at the in
stitute. a squad of police surrounded the
residence of DR.. Williams. He would not
open the door and the officers were forced
10 crawl through window to arrest him.
The other two were found packing their
trunks as if to leave The body of the child
was exhumed. The base of its skull was
crushed. 1t is said the girls death resulted
from criminal work.
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A jury Bribipg Case Witness Talks

ST. LOUIS, May 29.-Poeny Burthe. who
came from New Orleans to avoid testifying
in the jury bribing case, was arrested in
East ST. Louis. He left here when he re-
ceived news the police were watching him.
When taken to the station the following
telegram from New Orleans, addressed to
William Wesson, Burthe's cousin, was
found, reading:
"Tell my son to leave the state of Mis-
souri, Immediately and go to another state.
Advance him $50 and draw on me for the
same. LOUIS BURTHE.n
When seen by a reporter Burthe said
when the Hennessey murder case was
tried was drawn on the panel. Before I
was examined and rejected F. Armandt
approached me and said he would give me
81, 900 II got on the jury and found the
Italians not guilty. l told him | would do
nothing of the kind. After the trial told
Parkerson and afterward communicated to
him the fact that Edgar White, a deputy
sheriff, had threatened to kill me if testi
fed against his friend Armandt. Yes. 7
was afraid and left New Orleans and got
Sl,0oO. pBut Burthes eemed to realize that he
was telling too much and in his very next
breath said that he left New Orleans of
his own free will and accord. s'If testify
against those two men 1t will be because I
am compelled to, as they have families and
L don't want to send them to prison" He
added: There was no reason for my leay-
ing New Orleans except to have these two
men escape from penal servitude."
Burthe decided to return to New Orleans
without requisition and started for that
city ton ght accompanied by detective.