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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-12-03

of New England thrift and comfort. Now,
if we look around us we shall, in the light
of this New England example, learn why it
is so many men and women drop into pau
perism with such fearful rapidity on the
first stOppage of income. We know very
few men of fixed incomes who do not live
up to the limit of these incomes whatever
it may happen to be. A man who this year
has a salary of So. 900 uses it all, and when
it gets up to So. 900 or $4,000 he uses it all
in the same way. 1t seems to make no diff
erence how much he receives-the style and
cost of living expand Immediately SO as to
absorb all that comes. Those who have no
fixed income. and are engaged in trade.
adopt the style of the prosperous men
around them. and strain every effort to
bring up their income to meet the require
msnts of that style. Every family, instead
of endeavoring to see how small they can
make their expenses, endeavor to see how
large they can make them. or how large
their income will permit them to be. The
fixed purpose to save something out of
every years income, and SO to graduate
expenses that something shall be saved
the policy of rigid self denial for the pur-
pose of accumulating property. even though
it be slowly, does not apparently exist in
this community. So, when the bread win
ner is disabled, or dies, his family drops
into abject and utterly helpless poverty in
day, and all life is embittered thencefOr-
ward, simply because no self denial had
been practiced while the worker lived. or
was able to work.
The man of small or modest income looks
around him and sees many who are rich and
who are not obliged to think of every penny
they spend. He regards himself as their
social equal, and wonders why it should be
spendings and so plain in his surroundings.
He does not consider how much, and eX-
actly what, the wealth which moves his
envy has cost. He may be sure that some.
where, at the foundation of all the wealth
he sees. there was once man who prac-
ticed rigid self denial, and studiously lived
within his income, and saved money al
though his income was small. All fortunes
lave their foundation laid in economy.
The man who holds the money to day may
have inherited it through the accident of
birth. but it cost his father or his grand
father years-perhaps life time--of econ
Omy and self denial. There is no royal
road to wealth any more than there is to
learning. IT costs hard work, and the re-
linquishment of many pleasures, and most
men may have it who will pay it's price.
If they are not willing to do this, why, they
must not complain of their lot when their
day of adversely comes; and they ought to
have the grace to make themselves just as
little of nuisance as possible to those who
have secured a competence and paid the
honest price for it.. RAMEOUs.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-12-03
Does Imprisonment Reform?

Does Imprisonment reform? Able prison
managers have been trying to solve this
problem for the last twenty-five years.
Although making great deal of progress
they have fallen short. AS an eminent
prison chaplain has said. "Put yourself in
the prisoners place." He had tried it very
often, but could not succeed. To have the
same thoughts, trials and hardshps as a
convict has is impossible. Put a man in
prison, assign him to his work. and then
leave him to himself-what can be expected
of him? He has nothing to work for, no
object in view, except that of gaining the
diminutiOn of sentence allowed by the law.
Society says the convict is treated too we'll.
That is all bosh. Take our Southern pris-
Ons where they have razor-back hog and
corn bread three times 365 days in the year,
eat. sleep and work in the same clothes un-
til they drop off with filth. never hear of a
church and forget what Bible looks like,
the punishment a strap-seldom used if
enough work is performed, but if not, ''39"
hard. There are more prisoners in those
states in proportion to population than there
Does punishment reform? One Southern
railroad built by prisoners has good sized
convict graveyard strung along its right of
way.
Kindness and humaneness lift up the
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-12-03
LOOKING FORWARD.

We always look for better things
And hope the futures gilded wings
Will bring the joys for which we've sighed,
Which fit for ever from our side.
To-day the clouds hang dark and low.
We hope the evening sunset glow
Will end this misery and pain.
Foretell of days we sought in vain.
o. will the coming days bring cheer,
Uplift our souls, silent from fear?
Or will our cherished dreams pass by
And light and hope within us die?
If hope be dead this life were drear:
But hopes not dead, an angels near
And bids us forward, onward 60. {
The sun will shine e'er long know.
The mists shall rise and float away,
The flowers will bloom, and joys will stay.
And earth be fairer than before
For all the trouble which we bore.
We murmur at the same dull sound;
Some day our hearts shall leap and bound:
We shall be free, and storms be o'er
When earth and time shall be no more.
And then the hopes for which we've sighed
Will bud and bloom and there abide,
And then we'll know the reason why
The clouds arose and filled our sky.
IN. B. Fowles. in Minneapolis Spectator.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-12-03
Personal Economies.

In this country, we naturally 60 to New
England, and. alas! to an earlier time, for
examples of personal economy and thrift.
Almost any New Englander can recall a
country minister who. on his little yearly
salary of three or four hundred dollars.
managed, by the help of his wife, to live
respectfully and comfortably, educate a
large family for self support and social use
fulness. and lay up something every year
against the rainy day which comes in all
mems lives. We have wondered how it
was done. but we know it was done. and
little property. New England has been
noted for its hard soil and it's hard condi-
tions generally, yet there is no other spot
on the face of the earth that contains so
much human comfort to the square mile.
Every man born on New England soil tries
and expects to better his condition during
his life. and he goes to work at the begin
ming with this definitely in view. The rich
men of New England are men who began
their prosperity with humble savings.
Whatever their income was, they did not
use it all. Twenty five or fifty dollars a
year was considered quite worth saving and
laying by. These small sums. placed at in
terest, accumulated slowly but surely, until
the day came at last when it was capital.
to be invested in business with large profits.
A fortune acquired in this way was cOhe
;sive. strong and permanent.
We are quite aware that something was
lost in the habit of these small economies.
Men grew small quite too often. and pinched
and stingy, by the influence of the habit of
penny savings. This has been brought
against New England as reproach, but
New England has replied. with truthful
ness and pride. that no people of the cOun-
try or of the world have been more benevo.
lent than her own economical children.
She points to the vast sums she has ex-
pended on Christian missions, and to the
great public charities whose monuments
crown her hill tops, and shows that at the
call of Christianity and humanity her purse.
filled with'such panstaking and self denial.
flies open and empties itself to fill the meas
ure of the public need. At any rate, we
know that there is not state in all the
West that has not gone to New England
for the money to build her towns and her
railroads, and that if she has ever been lag
gard in her hOspitalities, such as she has
practiced have been at her own expense.
and not at that of her creditors New
England is rich-and this. after all, is what
l am trying to ay-notwithstanding hard
soil and an inhospitable climate. Circum-
stances were against her from the begin
ming, and economy was what enabled her
to conquer circumstances, and to lift her.
self to the commanding position of wealth
and influence which she holds to day. The
men who had an income of $500 year, at
the beginning lived on 5000. Those whose
income reached $1,000 lived on half that
sum. and so on. They practiced self-de-
nial. They had no great opportunities for
making money. and knew that wealth could
only come to them through saving money.
The old farmer who. when asked what the
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-12-03

Some years ago a member of the noted
Savage Club of London was standing on the
steps of the club house. A man stopped
and asked, docs gentleman belong to
your club with one eye named Walker?"
Il don't know" was the reply. "What
was the name of the other eye?"-Seected.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-12-03

Professor Ia little dlstracted): "Tm very
glad to see you. How's your wife?" II
regret it, professor; but Pm not married"
"Ah. yes: then, of course. your wife's still
single?"-Solected.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
The Dayton Will Contest.

ST. PAUL, Sept. ia special to The
Pioneer Press from Alb. rdeep, 8. D.,
says: Proceedings in the Mary I. Day
ton will case we're concluded before
Judge Adams this afternoon, who, upon
motion of General. Hahn of Mime
apolis, attorney for James G. Red Of
New York, proponent, dismissed the
objections of the contestant on the
ground that there was not sufficient evil
dence in support of the same. The
evidence was taken in support of the
petition for letters testamentary, and
the will of Mrs. Dayton was admitted
to probate and letters Issued to James
Q. Reed. Lyman G. Dayton,
contestant, Immediately gave notice
Of appeal to the circuit court.
Reed swore that he was born in 1888.
that he went into the army and his
mother heard of his d ath ard mourned
him as lost; that his l. tiers to her were
missent. going to the dead letter office.
That he did not see her for twenty-seven
years. His father died several years
ago: Reed departed for New York to-
night after perft ctipg hi. bond as
executor. The estate in question
amounts to about 5000. 600. Reed waf
the private secretary to President Arthur
during his administration at Washing.
TOP -
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
A DEAD SHOT

right at the seat of difficulty, is accom-.
plished by the sure and steady aim OF
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Don't
fool around with a pop-gun, nor q
"Flint-lock." when this reliable "Win.
chester" is within reach!
DIR. Sage's treatment of Catarrh in the
Head is far superior to the ordinary, and
when directions are reasonably well
followed. results in a permanent cure.
Don't longer be Indifferent to the veri.
fed claims of this unfailing Remedy.
The worst forms of Catarrh disap
pear with the use of DR.. Sage's Catarrb
Remedy. Its mild, soothing, cleansing
and healing properties effect a perfect
and permanent cure, no matter how bad
the case, or of how long standing. It's
= remedy that succeeds where every.
thing else has failed. Thousands Of
such cases can be pointed out. That's
the reason its makers back their faith in
1t with money. They offer $500 reward
for q case of Catarrh which they can.
not cure.
It's a medicine that allows them 70
take such a risk.
Doesn't common sense lead you %
take such a medicine?
can advertising fake" you say.
Funny, isn't it, how some people pre-.
fer sickness to health when the remedy
Il positive and the guarantee absolute.
Wise men don't put money back Of
"fakes." And taking" doesn't pay.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
One Pure Baking Powder.
Like Telling a Secret.

"A story is told and it is a true story that over seventy
per cent. of all the baking powders sold contain either alum
or ammonia, and many of these powders contain both. The
i'll effects upon the system of food raised by alum or ammo
mia powders are the more dangerous because of their insidious
character. 1t would be less dangerous for the people were it
fatal at once, for then such food would be avoided, but their
baneful action because imperceptible at first and slow in its
advances, is no less certain.
Dr.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is declared bv all
authorities as free from alum, ammonia or any other adu1.
terant. Its purity has never been questioned, and while it
does finer and better work, it costs no more at retail than
many Of the adultsrated POWDER.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Chicago.

Chicago.
Chicago. Sept. l6.-Mhea opened decided,
lower this morning on weaker cables and the
collapse OF the European war scare. There was
freezing at the outset. Decemb r going at ethc
put the Sharks who have profltcd by recent ex,
periences In wheat have been badly squeezed
but they waited too long. THEIR buying soon
began to lake their profits freely and put the
price up to 979sc. and a weakness was developed
December sold to 96Ac. Later there was a re.
coyery. and during the last hour a report from
Duluth that 300, 900 bushels had been taken there
for exp rt assisted in an advance. December
sold up to 97hc. then broke to 96st on weak
Closing cables. Improved some, and closed STEADY
figures OF J esterday. Corn weak.
WHEAT No. 2
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
THE ONLY ONE EVER PRINTED
c.n You Find the word7

There is 8 inch display advertisement
In this paper, this week, which has no tvs
words alike except n word. The same l.
nom The Dr.. Harter Medicine Co. TIL,
house places Q Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for It, send
them the name of the word and they viii
return ye0 BOOB, BkAurI5uL Llf1oo1ASA1 q
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
A Few Pointers.

Salt in the water when boiling old
potatoes improves them.
Wetting the spot and rubbing with
soap and soda will take out grass
stains.
To beat eggs quickly add a pinch Of
salt. Salt cools and cold eggs froth
rapidly.
Put bits of camphor gum in trunks
Or drawersto prevent micefrom doing
any injury.
Raw oysters applied to a bruise re-
move the swelling and pain and leave
no ugly discoloration.
To freshen leather chair seats,
valises, bags, etc, rub them with the
well-beaten white OF an egg.
Soak clothes that fade overnight in
water in which has been dissolved
one ounce Of sugar OF lead to u pailful
OF rain-water.
Long bags, the full length OF dress
or cloak, with hanging loops at top,
save from creasing as well as from
dust and moths.
Cement for stoves, asked for by
subscriber: Mix equal with ashes and
salt, wet with cold water and apply
while the stove is cool.
Raw meat should be placed on a
dish before putting into the ice chest,
and never laid directly on the ice, OF
! left in brown paper.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
A Wisconsin Blaze.

EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Sept. 12.-Fire
partly destroyed the shingle mill of the
Northwestern Lumber Co., at Porter
Vile, this county. yesterday. The loss
is fully covered by Insurance, and is
S15. 600. The entire village was threat
enei with destruction.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Oh No. 2.
Flax seed Z

Minneapolis.
Minneapolis. Sept. 1G.-The market was very
weak today, in sympathy with outside markets
ank weak cables. The marAet opened at 9O,lc
under last nights closing, gradually moved to
Ole. and at noon was holding firmly steady at
9IAc. But little business was done
Close: Wheat - No. 1 hard, on TRACK.
91@9ltc: No. ] northern, September. ssc::
October, SsAc; December. 9lkc; on track, 500
s9hc; No. : northern, on track, S5@81c.
WOOL.
Minneapolis, Sept. 1.-THE following are II 6
quotations on wool delivered in Minneapolis,
and for good. bright lots the outside prices are
pald:
unwashed medium and 1ne medium ....i70lec
y l4t111c
T :" onn : sno....... . 4. cocoon. .........19919c
Black Sc less.
There is not much change in wool, but yor
will be Informed of any difference in quotations.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
FARGO MARKETS.

Fargo, Sept. lo.-whea,--Tne following will o,
the opening quotations for the Fargo marke
Thursday morning. furnished by the Nortl I
ern Pacifc Elevator Co.: No. l hard. 1s;. NJ.
1 Northern. s6.: No. Q Northern. 49,: No.. 5s..
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
How to Stop a H,ccouah.

A very good authority in The
Ladies' Home Journal, gives a simple
remedy for hiccough;-a lump ofsugar
saturated with vinegar. In tencases,
tried as an experiment, it stopped
hiccough in nine.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Going Round the World.

The advent OF women travelling
alone dates from the early part OF
this century. Ida Pfeiffer, a Viennese
lady, may be accounted the first
woman globe trotter. Between the
years OF 1910 and 1912 she twice
went round the world, penetrating
Borneo, Java and Sumatra. Going
to these places was then an unheard-
of feat. And Ida Pfeitfer was as well
known as ourrapid transit all-around-
the-world women tourists OF today.
Long before this Lady Mary Wortley
Montague did a great deal oftraveling
all by herself, and her example was
followed by a few other society ladies.
Going unaccompanied in their ease
meant merely that they had no man
with them, because at least two
women servants always went along,
and in many cases there was a small
court of ladies and ladies' maids.
Now Mrs. Grundy has freed the wo-
man globe trotter from the necessity
OF being accompanied by anything
save her clothing, her purse and her
senses. Would it not be interesting if
agood account could be obtained OF
all the women who have within the
past five years, made voyages all by
themselves?
Single Flowers Coming Into Favor.
Single flowers are coming into favor
again. The single dahlia has now Sc
cured a firm footing in our gardens
and a writer in the Field nnts in 6
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
A Watered Silk.

They We're shopping.
"What shall | get for IL new dress,
Clara?"
81 am sure ] don't know; I've al
most thought myself into the grave
getting up my W wardrobe. Ask the
clerk to show you some stylish
goods"
The clerk proceeded to unroll pack
ages ofsilk. AT last he took her eye
and she asked to see it nearer the
light.
"Will that do9" inquired the clerk,
as they drew toward the window.
ooh, no." said she: chat is wine
colored, and my husband is Il strong
prohibitionist."
"Well madame," continued the
clerk, eve have some green watered
silk; would you like to see that?"
'Yes," said she.
The silk was unfolded. She liked 1T,
purchased it, and walked away hap
Ply.
She never saw the point. 1t was as
well, probably.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
A Cool Cloth Without Ice.

One OF the most useful hints for
sick-room attendance is very seldom
known outside OF a hospital ward,
and not even there in many cases;
the hint is how to obtain a cold cloth
without the use OF ice. Every one
knows that in %fevers, or weakness, a
cold cloth on the forehead or face, or
base Of brain, is one Of the
most comforting; things in the world.
In the tropical hospitals, and where
ice is scarce, all that is necessary is to
wet a linen cloth, wave it two and
fro in the air, fold it and place on the
patient. Have another cloth ready,
waving it to and fro, just before ap-
plying it; these cloths have a more
grateful and lasting GOODNESS than
those made so by the burning cold
produced by ice.-The Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
ord for more extended cultivation of

word for more extended cultivation of
single roses, not necessarily for rose
buds, but as climbers on rough banks.
Indian wild roses are already among
us. The variety sold in some nurse
ries as the musk rose is said to be the
first July shrub we have this year
growing in very poor, cold soil. Ameri-
ca, too has fine wild roses, of which
some are known here. The many
lowered Japanese wild rose is de.
scribed rs very fine in war soils and
Gotten a fountain OF blossom"
Throughout the continent OF Europe
wild roses are priced, but with us the
only wild rose that is familiar in gar
dens is the s%weetbriar. While wild
roses have thus found a friend, the
common native honeysuckle which
wreathes our hedges also comes in for
a word OF communication. 1t is a ma
tive plant. but that, observes it's
champion, is no reason why w SHOULD
not have it in the garden upon com
mon trees, shrubs, or hedges, where
they will grow freely, flower ~profusely,
and shed their fragrance all around
London News.
Perfumery Manufacture For Wom-
en-.
A practical chemist says that with
in the last twelve months he has
taught perfumery making to several
women, some OF whom learned it only
for amusement, while others mean to
apply it to the purpose OF money
making. Women, he says, are be.
coming much interested in this sub.
ject, and are better equipped in every
respect than men to make successful
perfuners. One OF the most import.
aut requisites is q nice sense OF smell.
which is possessed by the majority OF
women, as their o%lfactories have not
been dullcd by smoking. Women as !
rule, love flowers, and are fitted fol
the delicate mamipulations reqniredil
the work, tiv~e-sixteenth OF IL drop o
too much or too little often material
ly changing the ohor. The field is q
wide one, for pure cooking extracts
are difficult to obtain, and the max
ing OF them also offers Il chance fol
the enterprising woman a point OF
which the chemist dwelIs particularly
is that the work can he carried on in !;
parlor as easily as in a laboratory, as
it requires little space and is eNquis-
itely clean,-Boston Herald.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Duluth.

Duluth.
Duluth, Sept. 16.-Followllg are the closing
quotations: Wheat-No. / hard. cash, 9sc; No. /
northern. 9lAc; No. g northern, sac; September
Der No. l hard. 94I C; No. / norlhern. 92X,
Receipts-40O,048 bushels; shipments, al, BIS
bushels; cars on track, 4l3.
The Dickinson press., 1891-09-19
Laundry Work..

One of the most troublesome things,
especially for the woman who boards,
is to find a laundress who will do her
work properly. Fine undergarments
do not require to be rubbed heavily.
They + best rubbed through the
hands, rather than on the board. 1t
is exceedingly difficult to get the ordi-
nary laundress to understand how to
wash such garments. The unskilled
hand may tear holes i'll the sheer lawn
and ruin the garment in the first
washing. Above all things, the la,n-
dress should be cautioned against the
use Of starch in all garments except i'll
a petticoat. Some laundresses have q
fatal fancy for the use Of starch in all
kinds OF u%nderware. Never allow a
laundress to wiring clothes by hand.
The wrlnger does the work with less
wear and tear than any hand wiring
ing. Where silk underware Is worn, it
should be washed quickly andrapidly,
with some kind OF white soap, in
warm water, thoroughly rinsed, wrung
as dry as possible, and pressed out
before 1T is thoroughly dry. Flannels
should be washed in exactly the same
way, except that careshould be taken
to keep the water at the same tenn
perature as the room.-Good House
keeping.