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The Colfax chronicle., 1891-02-21
ADIRONDACK FORESTS.

III >ir Permanent Maintenance Necessary
to the City Of New York.
The State OF New York has nearly q
million acres of mountain forest lands,
not in one compact body. but in scat
tered tracts separated by private hold
ings. In this situation tho property Of
the State can not be adequately pro-
tected from spoliation, nor properly ad-
ministered a. source of revenue.
Those who have given attention to the
matter In this State therefore favor dis
posing of outlying tracts, by sale or by
exchange. and the acquisition by the
State of sufficient additional territory
to constitute large State park, or for
est reservation, around the sources Of
the Hudson river and the other great
waterways of the State. This plan was
presented in message from the Gov
ernor to the Senate during the last ses-
sion of the Legislature. and by the con-
current action of both branches of that
body was committed to the present
Forest Commission for thorough inves-
tigation, the finding to be reported TO
the Legislature at its next meeting.
This is one of the most important
forestry enterprises ever undertaken in
this country, The business and COM
mercial prosperity of the city Of New
York depends in very large measure
upon the permanent maintenance Of
forest conditions around the sources Of
the Hudson River, and the interests of
large portions of the interior Of the
State are also closely connected with
the destiny of the North Wooda No
part OF the Adirondack Mountain forest
region is adapted to cultivation. It Is
naturally suited to the perpetual pro
duction of timber, and to this crop alone.
The hve or six millions of people who
will soon be dwellers in the great city
which is 30 rapidly growing up ON and
around Manhattan Island will need the
whole Adirondack wilderness for an
outiaying park and forest play ground
for their summer rest and recreation.
The movement to preserve these noun
tain forests, and to make the rcigon .
public possession. should have the cor
dial support Of all civilized anglers and
huntsmen. of lumbermen and owners Of
timber lands, and of public spirited citi-
zens in general At present large por-
tions of the region are being rapidly
and irretrievably ruined. d.--Century.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-02-21

liz love ~ in war, it il well to take some.
body Of your own sighs.-Drake's Maga-
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-02-21

Dimmick-P. T. Barnum says the
press, the pulpit and the circus are the
great civilizers.
Kickshaw-I don't believe Barnum
ever said that
Dimmick-Why?
Kickshaw-He would have put the
circus first The Jury.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-02-21

TAKE your puzzle to the druggist-he's
always ready with solution.
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-02-21

A man who has practiced medicine for -
years ought to know salt from sugar; read
what he says:
The Colfax chronicle., 1891-02-21

MUsr have ssreciprocity"-Lova
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13
The SINISTER.

He infects the law. If eminent, he is
deadly. If obscure, he is crawling. loath.
some, scratching horror. He is, in his low
set form. sort of invisible ligamentous
band which unites the criminal to the police.
man, and his nature is compound of both.
He is something of detective and he
smells of the Jail. He is the toady of every
susceptible Judge. He is abject to his bet
tiers. Iscariot to his friends and knavish
toward everybody. AS doctor he would
be a. Quack, as an editor purchaSable
utensil. as a clergyman he would be an
apOstate from his faith. as soldier he
would be coward, deserter and spy-if a
woman bawd-as man he is all these in
one compendiOus incarnation of reptilian
propensities. Make war on him. Trust
not his reputation, especially when he dis.
credits it by the accident of any meritori.
Gus act. 1t is the mere desquamation of the
snake and he becomes more poisonous i'm
mediately after the process. In life he is
the chartered robber of our times and he
will die if possible. in some act of crime,
like Jonathan Wild. who. while the rope
was being adjusted to his neck. picked the
pocket of the clergyman who was praying
for the salvation Of his Internal sOul-Cush-
man K. Davis. in Saturday Bulletin.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13

The editor of the Mankato Free Press
gives the convictlease system of the South
a merited scoring. Speaking of the recent
trouble in the mines of Tennessee. he gives
the testimony of gentleman who was all
eye witness to the condition in which the
convicts were kept while in Knoxville pend
ing the settlement of the recent troubles
with the free miners. Without going into
details it will be sufficient to say that the
treatment was simply horrible and revolt
ing. The Free Press says. These things
are sufficient to make Americans hang their
heads in shame. 1t is to be hoped
that the press of the South will take stand
on the side of humanity and compel an
adjustment of this barbarous system" But
there is the rub. Mr.. Press Editor. There
are more of the newspapers of the South
found upholding the system and palliating
its abuses than there are of those found con.
demning it. But the North cannot very we'll
point the finger of shame at the South so
long as equal barbarities occur in its own
midst A convict has just died in New York
from the effects of the most inhuman punish.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13

A special census report shows that from
1921 to 1890 1854 ,6ss immigrants arrived
in this country. No official record of the
arrivals was kept before 1920. but the num-
Der from the close of the Revolution is es-
timated at 225.OO0. The following are the
figures according to Municipalities: Germany.
4.551,719; Ireland, 3.5O1. 6s3; England.
6 400. O54; British North American posses
sions. 1923. Os3; Norway and Sweden,
943. $50; Austria-Hungary. 464. 4S5; Italy.
414,513; France. &c. 1862; China. 292, SIS;
Switzerland. 176. 333; Denmark. 146. 237;
number arriving in any one year was 1885,
992. which was in the year ending June 80,
1882.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13

Some of our exchanges are commenting on
the easy time wife beaten has in England.
owing to the tender regard the courts have
for the British constitution and martial au.
thority. The papers don't seem to under
stand family routine over there, which is as
follows: When husband beats his wife she
whales one of her children. the child thumps
the dog. the dog whips the cat. the cat goes
for chicken. the chicken chews worm.
and thus the indignity of blow is avenged
in rotation until it is run into the ground.
all of which keeps alive the grandeur of the
ANGLO Saxon character.-PiOneer Press.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13
TO THE PUBLIC.

THE PRISON MIRROR is a weekly paper pub
lshed 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
IL given a paper without cost. 1t is published in
the interest Of the prison library and after paying
for the printing outfit. contributed $3.50 to the
library fund the first year. Its objects are to en-
courage individual intellectual effort, provide a
healthy journal for the inmates Of this and other
prisons, and. above all. to acquaint the outside
world with the needs of the prison by rejecting
its inner life and thus aid the cause of moral ad-
vsncement and Prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13

A year ago to day there were 313 men in
this prison; to-day there are 500. Crime is
certainly on the decrease in Minnesota.
This decline is owing principally we think
to a more thorough enforcement Of the laws
and the general prosperity the state has en-
times are hard idleness prevails. and the
devil. assisted by want. sets the morally
weak to doing deViltrY.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13
We return thanks for the Illustrated sou

We return thanks for the Illustrated SOU
venir issued by the citizens committee of
st. Paul to the members of the National
Editorial association. 1t is handsomely
gotten up and does great credit to the ar
tistic skill of the printers and the good taste
of the committee. The MIRROR feels very
much fattered to be thus handsomely re.
membered.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13

ter's field. It has tried to be practical,
without being offensive to any class. This
may be slow way of accomplishing any
reform. but it will win if continued with
patience. Prejudice must be dealt with
gently, and it is prejudice THE MIRROR
hopes to overcome; not that against crime,
but that against theman who has been pun
ished for crime. II THE MIRROR could eff.
feet this alone it would have done more
towards the reformation of criminals than
can ever be done within prison walls. This
is work that THE MIRROR or a hundred
prison papers could never accomplish, but a
prison paper can help by keeping many peO-
pie thinking on the matter; and with
thought reason will finally rule.
Inside of the prison. we know THE MIR.
RoR is appreciated. How much influence
for good it has we cannot say. but it keeps
the men thinking at least part of the time
fare. 1t keeps up lively interest in what
is being done and said by society about
crime and criminals. And man who in
terests himself in keeping track of these
matters cannot feel that criminal is very
much of a hero or much of anything else
than disgraceful blot on humanity. Be-
sides this, it is medium for the inter-
change of thoughts and sentiments among
the prisoners, and thus becomes source of
entertainment and instruction. 1t is our
home newspaper, and everyone knows what
that means. Some may think that much of
the editorial and local matter has been light
and frivolous. but then you will admit that
it is better to be little silly than doleful
and ill-natured. 1t is not easy to maintain
a happy medium. We trust that our short
comings will be charitably considered. The
financial condition of THE MIRROR has re.
NAMED about the same since the start. We
have always had enough to meet our bills
and still leave a NEST egg." Sometimes it
has looked little doubtful if we would pull
through the year. but we have. thanks to
our subscribers. and the promptness of our
advertising patrons of Saltwater. What
keeps our finances so low is the large num-
Der of exchanges we carry. We now have
about three hundred and fifty exchanges,
and it is hard matter to keep the number
down to these figures, for we receive re.
quests for exchanges nearly every day. 1t
is our desire to carry all the exchanges pos
sible. for they furnish reading matter for
the inmates, most of whom could get pa.
pers no other way. They have been great
help to us in our scissorial work. They
have also helped THE MIRROR greatly by
their unstinted praise. The MIRROR
thanks it's patrons for their past favors and
hopes they will continue. with it another
year. The editor thanks the boys who have
so generously helped by their excellent con-
tributions in keeping up the good reputa-
ton of the paper. To the prison manage.
ment the paper owes it's right to exist. We
are glad to know that they, one and all.
take pride in its good name. AS editor we
take the privilege of thanking the officers
of the prison for their never-failing willing.
ness to facilitate our work. We hope to
meet you all at the beginning of another
year.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13

1t has been ascertained by recent expert.
ments that it takes just one second and five
hundredths of a second for an electric sig
nal to cross the Atlantic and return. The
distance is reckoned at s, 900 miles.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13

If you borrow my books do not mark
them, for shall not be able to distinguish
your marks from my own, and the pages
will become like the doors in Bagdad
marked by Morgana's chalk.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13
OUR ANNUAL TALK.

THE PRISON MIRROR has done four full
years and with this issue begins its fifth
year. 1t is happy to saw that it has never
been in the "hole'' or lost days ''good
time" While it has striven to make good
record it has not done so with view to Sc
curing a pardon or dlminution of time.
THE MIRRORS aims have been. to live that
it might do good. and to do good that it
might live. Now. at the beginning of its
fifth year, THE MIRROR gives joyful greet
ings to its friends wherever they may be.
In times past it seemed doubtful if the pa
per would live to celebrate this day, but all
fears have proved groundless. and to- day it
finds itself stronger and with brighter ex-
pectations than ever before. There is every
evidence that the paper has grown in favor
more and more as the public learned its true
purpose. Many at first looked upon it with
Indifference, suspicion or contempt. and
some regarded its publication as breaking
down of all wise precedents in prison dis
cipline. But the paper found many avowed
friends among the best people of the state.
and the newspapers of Minnesota and sur
rounding states were almost unanimous in
indorsing it. The paper has gained stand
ing of which it may justly be proud. 1t
feels now that it is welcomed wherever it
goes. No one expected that THE PRISON
MIRROR would ever find as many readers
as it has. It now has readers in nearly
every state in the union, and its matter is
reproduced in scores of papers every week.
But if we say much more in this line you
will think us pulled up with vanity. You
perhaps are asking what THE MIRROR has
done to justify its existence. That would
be hard question to answer. No news
papers influence can be measured. To say
that one man had been made better by
reading THE MIRROR would be claiming
more than we have means of proving.
About all any publication can do is to
awaken thought by supplying information.
IT paper supplys its readers with false or
impure infOrmatian its influence may be
said to be evil, but if it is truthful and pure
its influence must be good. Now, THE
MIRROR has the reputation of being both
truthful and pure. therefore we may claim
that it has done good in the world If it
has turned the footsteps of one man from
the road to ruin. in the light of the Chris
tian doctrine, it has justified it's existence;
and if it has Influenced ten men to abandon
lives of crime, those who know the cost of
prosecuting criminals will say that it has
been money saving investment But no
one has questioned THE MIRRORS right to
existence. The growth of the papers circle
of readers has been slow. but it has been
like that of the oak. OF course it has lost
many of its earlier subscribers. but new
ones have taken their places. Many were
disappointed in the paper; some of these
because it was not, as they expected it
would be. full of prison horrors and Jail
bird stories. and others because it was not as
melancholy and contrite as the voice of sim
ners ought to be. If the paper had conform
ed to the tastes of either class. it would have
long ago been in the great journalistic pot
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13

Those who are paid up are not to give any
attention to this. But you who have neg
lected to pay up for the past year are re-
quested to pay now. We want the money,
we need it and we must have it. So, when
not delay its payment until you are dunned
a half dozen times.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-08-13

ment. He became a raving maniac and was
sent to an asylum where the physicians
found that his body had been fayed by
beating with sole leather strap.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-15

commenced for ladies', In some cases the
drawn work appears as border only, in
others detached portions of the design are
thus enriched. These cloths are worked
either in silk or in linen thread
Large cloth carriage bags made OF cloth
and embroidered with flowers in the orr
entail stitch are useful for ladies out on
shopping intent. They will hold mum
Der Of small parcels and are not weighty
themselves.
Nail work IL 80 effective 1t Is a wonder
more ladies do not turn their attention to
1t. A walnut wood casket so ornamented
would be most suitable for jewel case;
the size, 81 inches by 81 inches high. A
geometric pattern Is best. 1t must be lined
with satin and padded at the top.
Quilts are made of embroidered squares
Of cream and white linen, the squares be
ing Joined with insertions of white and col
ored Russian lace These laces are ex-
tremely effective, for the patterns are usu-
ally bold.
Square stools for seats are made quite
decorative affairs by enameling the legs
black and covering the seats with EN-
broidered satin.
Flower pot covers can be made of straight
pieces of silk double the length of the cir
conference of the pot and eight inches
deeper ribbon runner at each end, leav-
ing two inch heading.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-15

This streak will exhibit the prismatic
coiors, or the 'colors of the rainbow" viz,
red lat the top, orange, yellow, green, blue,
indigo (blue), and violet last. These are
the colors of the solar spectrum. The white
light is thus decomposed, and it is called
mixed light, because of the seven rays of
which it is composed. These rays can be
again collected and returned to the white
light by means Of Il convex lens white
light" said Sir Isaac Newton, "is com
posed of rays differently refrangible," and
as we can obtain the colors of the rain bow
from white light we can, by painting them
on circular plate and turning it rapidly
round, make the plate appear white Thus
we can prove that the seven colors make
white" when intermingled. But Newton
did not arrive at the great Importance OF
bis experiment. He made round hole in
the shutter, and found that the various
colors oyerlapped each other.
In 1902 DIR. Wollaston improved on this
experiment, and by admitting the light
through a tiny slit in the wood procured
an almost perfect spectrum of simple" col
ors, each one perfectly distinct and divided
by black lines. Twelve years later Pro
lessor Frauenhofer made chart of these
lines which are still known by his name
Only, instead Of $40 he discovered there
are now thousands known to u.s. To
Frauenhofer's telescope Mr. Simms added a
collimating lens, and 30 the spectroscope
was begun, and now we use a number OF
prisms and almost perfect instrument
dispensing the light through each.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-15

Rub them with fine glass paper until the
stain disappears, then polish with patty
and water This is the advice of Decorator
and Furnisher, which says also that piano
forte keys cannot be properly bleached I'M
less they are removed from the instrument
One way is to rub the ivory with powdered
pumice stone and water, and place it
while moist under a glass shade and ex
pose it to sunshine A new method, dis
covered by Frenchman, is to suspend thu
bone or ivory in oil of turpentine, and ex
pose it to the light for three or four days
The substance to be bleached must not rest
on the bottom of the vessel, as thin acrid
matter is deposited during the operation.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-15
ELECTRICAL Conduction.

The idea that electricity flows through a
wire somewhat as water flows through a
pipe is likely TO pass away, as reasons ap-
pear for believing that the energy is not
transmitted by the wire at all, but by the
surrounding ether. In some experiments
by Professor j. j. Thompson and reported
Ia Popular Science News, the velocity Of
electric disturbances along the wire sur
rounded by air was nearly double the We
locity along the same wire surrounded by
sulphur, and the velocity Of the discharge
through a vacuum tube fifty feet long was
comparable with that of light The con
clusion is that the conductor merely guides
the discharge impelled through the ether.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-15
A Delicious Rice Custard.

Throw three tablesDoonfuls of good rice
into enough cold water to cover it; bring
this to the boil, then drain off the rice and
wash it in cold water Next sim mer
it in pint Of new milk, with two or
three ounces Of sugar, and any aavoting,
such as lemon peel, vanilla or cinnamon
When quite tender dissolve in it one QUAR-
ter ounce of good gelatine and set it aside
till cold. Then mix in lightly either half
a pint of whipped cream or the same
amount of rich custard; fill mold with it
and set it on ice. When wanted dip the
mold into warm water and turn it out.
Serve garnished with stewed prunes or any
nice compete you fancy.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-15

Platinum has advanced to about go per
ounce.
A luminous crayon has been invented
for the purpose Of enabling lecturers to
draw on the black board when the room is
darkened for the use Of the lantern.
Professor T. Russell defines cold wave
as % deg. fall in temperature in twenty
four hours over an area Of 5000 square
miles, the temperature in some part of cnis
area descending to 90 degs. During the
past ten years there have been no less than
COL cold waves in the United States.
Observations seem TO show that a de
crease In the earth's latitude is in progress,
implying an alteration in the direction Of
the earth's axis The 6uctuation is thought
to be due to a minute oscillation, caused
by some changes in the internal wars Of
the earth.
K C. Murphy, Of the Kansas university,
concludes from observations taken that
the law Of seven year wet and dry periods
holds In Kansas, and also that the rainfall
Ia steadily increasing in that state.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-15
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
NEWS AND NOTES RELATING TO
THE ARTS AND SCIENCES.

The Solar Spectrum, or That Colored
Band Formed by the Decomp position of
Beam of Light Into Its Elementary
CoiOrs.
The solar spectrum, az most Of our read
ers know, is the name given to the colored
band formed by the decomposition of a
beam Of light into its elementary colors, OF
which there are seven. For instance, ray
OF light can be admitted into darkened
room through hole in the shutter, and
thus admitted will produce white spot on
the screen opposite, as at z in the diagram.
III we interpose prism-a triangular piece
of glass-the drop" of chandelier will
dove cause it to diyerge from its direct
line, and it will produce longer streak of
light lower down.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-15

The World tells that the thrift OF the
table d'hote proprietor k.-s made an inter
esting discovery in the digtetic life Of New
Workers. Give them, says an expert, the
very finest soup you can get made, with
plenty Of chicken and marrow bones and
tidbits and havoring in II. The hungry
table d'hoter will rarely resist second
plate of such potage, and that fatal step
once taken, with its accompanying bread
and butter and pickles and 80 forth, the
appetite's death knell has been sounded.
What matters it that the roast is small or
the entree meager They will suffice, and
the magnificent soup will carry its victim
through poor dinner.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-05-15

Place a jackknife partly open on the
table, as indicated III the illustration. Hook
the ladle to the knife Mt the angle formed
by the blade and the handle, the interior of
the bowl facing the table, and then let it
go The knife will sway and the ladle will
balance itself until it has found a steady
equilibrium.
II you load the ladle with sand, the knife,
far from falling, will assume an upright
position that will last AS long as the center
OF gravity, wlrch is the bowl OF the ladle,
shall remain under the table