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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25

and the other for the empty cars coming
down. The cars are run by an endless ca
BILE which is continually in motion, the cars
being attached by grip. At length. after
walking along the side of the drift several
hundred feet, we come to turn at right
angles in the drift, and now we have
reached the body of the ore and new
scene presents itself to our view. Here.
instead of solid wall at our side, we
see numerous openings which have been
made in the sides of the walls. These are
called rooms and are where the ore is being
taken out, the miners leaving numerous pill
lars of ore to help support the ore overhead.
thus giving it the appearance of rooms.
Here we see the miners busily employed in
the various duties OF drilling. blasting and
shOveling the ore into the tram cars. The
ore is what is called soft ore and is of
dark blue or brown color and of so soft
nature that when blasted and broken up
great deal of it is as fine as dirt. Looking
at the ore as it is being loaded on the cars
we see something which looks like small
nuggets of gold, and on examination we
find that it is in crvstalized form and of
the color of pure gold. This. our guide
tells us. is what the miners call ''mundic"
or ''pyrites of iron' and is composed prin-
cipally of sulphur-arsenic with small per-
CCuCdSC VI SOlO nuO COppOI VI ohNCl, ouO 10
worthless except as curiosity. On being
exposed to heat it burns up and passes off
in smoke. These crystals are formed by
the action of water, and are taken out in
what miners call bugs" They are of
fiattened, spherical shape, the outer surface
being ore and rock while the inside is hol-
low and filled with water. On breaking
one of them open we find the inner surface
studded with quartz crystals and mundic,
many specimens of which are beautiful in
their effect.
The general formations of iron lie in
seams or assures in rock varying in thick
ness, but each having its well-deined hang
ing rock of jasper and its foot-wall of lime
stone. On asking an old miner one time
what he considered the best indication of
iron he remarked 1.-THE presence of jas
per-"
At some future day l may follow with
another paper giving you history of the
ore from the time it leaves the mine through
all its various channels until it reaches us
in it's perfected state through the avenues
of commerce.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25
Americas First Coins,

The earliest coins for American use are
said to have been made Of brass, on the
Bermuda islands, about 1912. Capt. John
Smith appointed Daniel Tucker as governor
of Bermuda, and in his history states that
this governor enforced labor, and that the
cOlonists had "besides meat. drink and
clothes. a certain kinde of brasse money,
with hogge on one side. in memory of the
abundance of hOgges that was found at
their first landing.''
Previous to this time Sir Thomas Gates
and party of $50 had been wrecked on the
islands, and for nine months they subsisted
chiefly on the flesh of wild hogs. The graf
itude of these people knew no bounds. and
they stamped the image of their benefactor
in brass and used it as money-the most en-
dearing form it could possibly assume
From first to last the hog has been
faithful friend to the American people, and
whatever estheticism might have been
urged to the contrary. it was but simple
justice to allow the hog the honor Of taking
the lead in furnishing the device for Amer
ican cOins.-COmmercal Advertiser.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25
A British Circular.

If American criminals know how, excel
lently we'll off they are, they will make it a
point to always fall just far enough short
of good behavior to insure them permanent
residence in the institutions where their
penal lines have fallen. At least that is
what one would infer by reading the cir
cular lately issued by the Howard Associ-
alton for the Promotion of the Best Meth
ods of the Treatment and Prevention of
Crime and Pauperism." The circular is
headed 1.-THE Collegiate and Hotel Prisons
of the United States" There are some
things in it that are true enough; at least if
census statistics can be relied upon. But
there are other statements and deductions
that are absurd and unfair to American in
stitutions as they could we'll be.
1t is funny, for instance, to hear the Ell.
mira reformatory arraigned for providing
tor its inmates ''sumptuous dietary" 1t
is this particular institution, by the way,
which furnishes the writer of the circular
with a text, and the ''sumptuous dietary"
consists of the following bill of fare: Break
fast. beef hash, potatoes, bread. coffee,
sugar; dinner. soup and meat three times
week. mutton stew twice week, beef and
turnips, and roast beef and gravy each once
week. Such menu for criminal house.
hold might, it is true. have furnished Mr..
Bounderby theme for discourse on the
unwisdom of feeding the lower classes on
turtle soup with gold spoon, but it can
hardly be regarded as ''sumptuous diet
ary." IfpOor and insufficient food has
been discovered by the Howard association
to be among ''the best methods of the treat
ment and prevention of crime and pauper
ism," then their researches have been of
little value to criminals and paupers. An
other criticism made against the reformatory
Is the introduction of military discipline.
that addition to the system being regarded
by our British friends as a move purely for
the entertainment of the criminal. to act as
a diversion in the loneliness and confne.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25
UNSELFISHNESS.
MARGARET SEATON.

We say unselfshness is shown
BY good to others freely given,
And that. in parting with our own,
We Lay treasures up in heaven.
But in the giving we may find
Some pleasure and internal favor
Which to penance-se-king mind,
Of purest martyrdom doth SAVIOR.
So, oft tits selfishne5s to give:
And sometimes more unselfish truly
To take from those with whom we live
All that they fain would offer duly.
A lesson learn from yonder stream
Which pours itself into the river,
And in its fullness does not seem
Recipient as we'll as giver;
Yet so it is. By rain and dew
All that is spent it takes again,
And in this fact we have clew
To unselfsh living among men.
More blessed tits to give than gain"
But by the very act of taking
Thou dOst return still more, tits plain
The rich reward thy friends right making.
Saturday Evening Spectator.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25
One of the Finest.

Officer Phalen: Crime is on th' increase.
His Cousin Grady: 1t is thot.
Officer Phalen: But fwhat shtumps me,
is fwhy thaves should hov sich preference
for binches!
His Cousin Grady: Fwhat meks We think
they hOv preference for binches?
Officer Phalen: Oh. nothink. Only
thin binch warrants. Yez ID be surprised,
Grady, at tn tragmenjus soight av thin
lately! CHARLES LIE FURsT.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25

If you want knowledge. you must toll fo.
it; if food; you must toll for it; and if pleas
ure. you must toll for it. Toll is the law.
Pleasure comes through toll. and not by
gets to love work, his life is happy one.
Joliet Daily News.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25

Capital and labor could get on we'll enough
together if there were not so many men try.
ing to get capital without labor.-Texas
Siftings.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25

What an amazing amount of virtue has
its birth in envy of other peoples fun!-
Puck.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28
HOW OFTEN TO FEED.

After once commencing to feed to fat
ten, it is an item TO see that the stock
are fed regularly, and that they are
given all that they will eat up clean at
each meal in order to secure the best
gain at the lowest cost. To fail to feed
enough is TO fail to secure the best gain :;
to give more than they will cat is to
rive the largest profit IN feeding stock
it is necessary to take every advantage,
and neglect to do this will lessen in pro-
portion the profit. With nearly all
classes o. stoc., in feeding to fatten bet
ter results Will be had by feeding three
times day, but it is important that the
feeding be done regularly. To feed part
of the time three times each day and
then miss few days and feed only twice
is not good plan. Better results will
be secured by feeding twice regularly
every day than three times part Of the
time and only twice the rest.
That is, REGULAR feeding twice day
will give better results than irregular
feeding three times day. In determin-
ing the number of times to feed the farm
work must be considered. II the other
work will not interfere with the feeding,
it is usually best to feed three times, but
it must be done regularly. The feeding
should be done at regular hours, and,
when possible, it should be given in
daylight, dividing the time as evenly as
possible. Animals soon learn their hours
OF feeding, and if they do not get their
meals at this time, even when they are
well fed they will fret and be loosing to
some extent at least. A good plan is to
look over the work that is to he done
while the stock is being fattened, and
arrange the time and manner of feeding
so that it can be done regularly with as
little interference as possible.
If it can be done three times a day
regularly, all the better; but if not, feed
only twice. Begin gradually to increase
the fattening rations until they are given
all that they will eat up clean, and then
sec that this is supplied every day.
Hogs and cattle are the principal stock
fattened at this season; it Is best to push
them as rapidly as possible and then
market rs soon as they are rcIdy.-S.
Louis l,tDuj!ic.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28
Drill OF Russian Cossacks:

We saw horses bounding like panth-
ers and men jumping like monkeys.
We saw cavalrymen booted with their
carblnes across their backs and their
sabers IN their hands, charging while
standing upright upon their saddles.
Others would pass at full speed beside
Cossacks stretched upon the ground,
pick them up ike pocket handkerchiefs,
and carry them off across the groups OF
their saddles. Others again would
pivot upon their soddles and play all
the antics of circus clowns. One horse,
tripping npon some obstacle, apparently
rolled over the rider. We thought he
was killed upon the spot, but lie jumped
up, laughing heartily while he rear
ranged his damaged trousers.
When the maneuver was finished the
defile began. Thrice the squadrons de-
flied before their colonel, first at walk,
then at 4 trot, and lastly at q charge.
The charge was something terrific.
The Cossacks armed and equipped in
such manner that at distance it is
impossible either to see or to hear them.
The uniforms are somber, the scabbards
are of leather, and their weapons are
darkened. There is no flashing or
clashing of steel, and little or no sound.
And vet the whole troop of men and
horses pass noiselessiy by at full speed,
like n living squall. The colonel scruti-
nized the appearance of each squadron,
and satisfied with the performance,
shouted: "Karacho!" every good!") to
which the double row of Cossacks re-
Piled: "Rady staratza, vasche ryesoko-
blagorodie" eve will do still better
yet, your lordship!") Aud the squat
passes off.-ChicnQO Herald.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28
FACTS ABOUT FOTHs.

There are probably more LG&ozl
Plymouth Rock, and Light Brahma
fowls bred throughout the United States
than of any other three breeds, and pos
sibly of all breeds. The Leghorns will
rank first in number, the Plymouth
Rocks and Light Brahmas following
very closely.
Upon the attention given to growing
chicks during hot Gays Will determine
largely the success at the close of the
summer season. In hot weather young
growing chicks suffer from heat, and
need certain foods that do not produce
fat, but more that bring bone and mus
Gle.
Eggs when they command only eight
cents per dozen in the market should be
carefully packed in salt and stored away
for higher prices. This method will
keep eggs nicely, and by October they
will bring at least twenty cents per
dozen. Certainly the margin Of profit
at this figure is ample.
Many who have failed to make 4 sue
cess in other pursuits in life go at poul-
try-kceping with the idea that it is pro-
l.ta5le and easy, with little or no labor.
They learn after time what it means
to hatch and rear oae thousand chicks.
One Or two years experience dis1els
their first IDEA, and they axe glad to
quit.
DHcks are not as good field foglgcr5 as
chickens or turkeys; their short LEGS and
flat, web feet relard their movements.
On pond or other water they make up
for their awkardness on land, and 90
through much exercise that is good for
them. The duck is exempt from many
prevailing diseases to which other poul-
try are subject. They are usually ex-
cellent layers, the Pekin duck leading all
in this respect.-Americn 1griculturiSt.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28

Select your COWS according to true
line OF dairying chosen.
Pumpkins boiled and mixed with bran
make good poultry food.
Poultry will readily digest bones if
they are broken fine enough for them 10
eat.
Well matured fowls with small combs
and wattles make the best kind to winter
over.
When hawks bother the chickens 8
few brush piles will afford a good pro-
lection.
Having the nests darkened and using
china nest-eggs will, in measure, pre-
vent egg eating.
If properly managed the hens that are
moulting now can be made to lay nearly
or quite all winter.
Paris green is the standard remedy for
potato bugs, and when thoroughly tried
is always effective. A dessert spoonful
Of the poison TO a bucket OF water is
enough. \ dilution of p>,stes of Paris
is sometimes used for fesy of injury 10
animals and human beings.
The milk tester is opening the eyes of
d,nrymen to the vast differences existing
in the milking qualities of cows of near
kin IN the best milk giving breeds. In
the majority Of herds may be found in
dividuais that do not pay for their keep,
and yet their performance is sufficient TO
pass muster until subjected to an investi-
ton by the tester or by analysis.
Dead limbs on trees are not unsightly,
but useless to the trees. Cut them Of.
On the peach tree it is not difficult to Sc
cure new growth in a year or two in
place of the dead limbs, as the peach
tree will renew itself in short time and
will endure severe cutting. Dead limbs
may be the signs of disease, and in dc
stroying them the disease may Sometimes
be checked.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28
kaOlin.

Kaolin is the Chinese word given to
the clay from which hard porcelain is
made. This material is found in some
granite rocks in IN advanced stage of
decomposition, the fel1spar, their most
important element having lost the great
CT portion of its alkali and become con.
ve:tcd into kind of earth. By agita,
ton in large quantity of water it dis
solves readily; the refuse, composed OF
quartz, mica and undecomposed fcldspag
sinks by its own weight to the bottom
of the tank, while the kaolin is carried
into other receptacles from which it i,
removed and dried for use. In this state
it is very white, and though not SO
plastic as ball clay, contains little more
alumina and less iron, which account.
for its resisting much better the action
of the fire.
Pottery is divided By eminent author
tiles into three classes. The fist is that
of soft pottery, which may be scratched
by iron. The second are hard opaque
potteries, which cannot be scratched by
iron. The third are hard potteries, but
Observation-Disclosures Record.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28
ErankiaccRse and Myrr,i.

10th arc gum resins obtained from
trees. That from which frlnkinccnse is
derived grows chiefly in Arabia, though
it is also found ii certain parts Of India
and elsewhere. Ga the coast of Alci It
is said to be found sprou.ing from be-
tween marble rock, without soil, appear
irg to spring from q mass Of substance
resembling a mixture of lime and NOR
tar. The purer the marble the finer tAc
growth OF tie plant. Young trees fgr2-
ish the gum, to obtain which a deep ill.,
cision is made in the trunk, milk-!ikc
Juice exUdinc. When it his had time
to harden, tic large, clear g,O5ulcs are
scrlDcl OF into baskets, and the inferior
quality that has run down the bark IS
collected separately. Ancicntly it WAS
reported that the land which pro-
duccl frlnkinccnsc was one OF fOgs
and darkness, where slaves, rs punish
mcnt, where compelled to collect the gum
from trees infested by winged scr9cnts OF
various brilliant colors, which could only
be driven away by smoke. These beliefs
were probably circulated by Arab spice
producers OF fertile Imagination, WHO
were DESTROYS to avoid competition. FL
teen centuries before Christ, an Egyptian
queen named Hltasu made an expedition
to the Arabian coast Of the Red Sea, and
brought back with her thirty-o incense
trees. The gum was much employed OF
old in sacrifices, its use arising primitive
ly from thc belief that pleasant smells
were agreeable to Gods in general. OIc
thousand talents weight OF frankincense
was brought every year to Darius as Il
tribute. As much as this was burnt an
nualiy in Babylon on the great altar 70
Bel. 1t was used by the Egyptians in
their religious rites, aad was IN high re-
pute for medicinal purposes. Sometimes
blazing Jumps OF it were employed Cor IL
Elimination. In China it has always been
considered remedy for leprosy. Myrrh
is the gum OF tree that grows in south
western Asia. Until within the present
century its botanical source was in some
degree a mystery. The plant in question
is scrubby, not exceeding twelve feet in
height. 1t is from what is called the
Somali Country that the product is
chiefly obtained, being sent to great
annual fair at B.rbera, were it is bought
up by agents of East India merchants.
Bombay and Alden are the chief ccnters
of the trade. At these places it is sorted,
the best quality being sent to Europe and
the poorer kind to China. Once a year
the Queen of Great Britain, on the oc-
casion of the Feast of the Epiphany,
makes an Offering of gold, frankincensc
and myrrh at the Chapel Royal, London.
This custom has been pursued since the
time of Edward I.-B3Ston Transcript.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28
Els stopped FIRE. hrDr. HINES Grr.r

san Francesca has 1000 saloons.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN,
DESTROYING FARM TOOLS.

1t ruins farm tools about as quick to
be left exposed to the hot sun of mid
summer as to be lett out in the rain or
snow. Heat dries and shrinks the wood
work so that tools and machines become
shaky, and it makes openings for the
moisture to GET in and complete the
work of destruction. If you must leave
the tools out at least keep them well
painted. The paint fills the pores, and
to some extent will prevent spreading
and cracking. Paint is good prcserva-
i've, and coat IA 49, ~-,@1- srrEg or
tall will double thQ sc CO & AN al-NeD
York Herald.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28
EAEN AND GAKpEN NOTEs.

Clean straw is good for the hens to
scratch in.
One advantage with ducks is their
rapid growth.
Put turpentinc in the drinking -a:ar
to prevent gapes.
Some recommend soaking corn in ker-
osene for cholera.
Decide your line of dairying-butter
or cheese, or both.
Scald the chicken feed at night and let
stand until morning.
When convenient change the material
IN the nests weekly.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28
II goes back

1t goes back
all the money you've spent for
tiff there's neither benefit nor
cure. That's what ought to be said
of overy medicine. 1t acould be
if the medicine were good enough.
But it IS said of only one medicine
of its kind-Dr. Picrce's Golden
Medical Discovery. It's the guar
anteed blood-puriticr. Not only in
March, april and May, when the
sarsaparillas claim to do good, but
in every season and in every case
it cures all diseases arising from
torpid liver or from impure blood.
For all Scrofulous, Skin and Scalp
Diseases, Dyspepsia, Indigestion
and E!liousness, it is a positive
remedy.
Nothing else is as cheap, no mat
ter how many hundred doses are
offered for a dollar.
With this, you pay only for the
good you get.
And nothing else is "just as
good"
1t may be "better y for the
dealer; but you are the one that's
to be helped.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28
HOW f. WINE the Face.

Thousands of people, when drying
their faces after washing, wipe them
downward-that Is, from forehead to
chin. This is a mistake. Always use
upward--from the chin to tie forehead
-aaj outward-towarI the ear
motions. Never wipe any part of the
face downward. - hiiaId3t.I Record.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1891-11-28

How ARE things down at Long
Branch" aid one business man to his
tI:eHd. We'll. the general condition
seemed to be long on telescopes and
short on bathing suits"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-10-24

agrees to come to Caldwell with an
outfit and sink for artesian water.
The gentleman who will have charge
OF the work is one of the most expert
enced artesian we'll men in Utah, hav-
ing sunk over thousand wells in that
territory within the past five years.
The plan of the home company is to
sink three wells, and they will begin the
FIRST one on the Strahorn ranch.
The outfit, weighing about 10000
pounds. will be here within the next
ten days and will be immediately nut
in operation. Sixty feet a day in ordi-
nary soil is the average work the
apparatus.
The outcome of this experiment will be
watched with considerable interest by
the people of Southern Idaho and the
Water company are entitled to consid-
cradle credit for their action in the
matter.
They are going to give the matter a
thorough test and have commenced
right by placing it in tho hands of
experienced operators.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-10-24
FALK'S STORE.

Mrs: J. Patton, of Caldwell, is visit.
ing friends at this place.
Both plasterers and carpenters are
now busy on Mr.. Stuart's new residence.
Wagon loads Of salmon trout pass
through this place frequently.
Mr.. Cave has had new stock of
goods placed in his store.
Gov. Stuart can justly boast of a new
granddaughter, little Miss Katie Ellen
McCrossin, of Emmett.
Mr.. Ryalls, the county superintendent
OF public instruction, visited the school
today and made few brief remarks
to the pupils.
Oct. Il. FALK's STORE.