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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

spots against chafing from his own COM
mon sense by bandages of false logic. such
as he would not charitably apply to protect
like sores in others. We have very little
sympathy for each others sore spots; and
when we discover their location we sooner
or later find occasion to strike them, and
then there is hallOOing. 1t matters not how
pure our friendships may be, we are ever
collecting knOwledge-it may be uncOn-
sciOusly-Of each others faults and storing
it away as weapon for offensive or defen-
sive use on some possible occasion in the
future. We cannot help this habit of our
nature to collect damaging evidence against
our fellows. The best we can do is to
weigh their bad against their good qualities.
Whenever the bad outweighs the good then
friendship ceases; but it takes a large
amount OF evil to outweigh little good in
the scales of true friendship. When friend
ship turns to hatred and open war, then we
make use of our knowledge of the location
of each others sores and begin prodding at
them with the spear of malice; and how it
hurts, and how we below at every jab!
We know just where to strike each other.
Who can give one another more telling cuts
than husband and wife or brothers or sis
tiers when they quarrel? They fairly wither
each other with burning truths. A mali
ciOus lie may madden man, but the mali
cious truth sets him roaring with maniacal
rage. More men are murdered for telling
damaging truths than for malicious lying.
Men will never cry liar SO vehemently as
when the disagreeable truth is being uttered
against them; and the criminal never cries
his innocence so loudly as when he is most
guilty. We hallOo when we are hit.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

About the most unprincipled man we
ever knew was so sensitive to any remarks
that might be construed as rejecting un-
favOrably upon his character that it was
dangerous to even joke with him. He had
been in the peniteDtiary two or three times,
and he seemed to think any remarks in his
presence about a prison was a slur aimed at
him that must be resented with blow from
his powerful fist. He served term in this
prison ten or twelve years ago and when he
was released he went to Minneapolis and
secured profitable work at his trade. A
fellow workman one day in the course of
conversation alluded to this prison in such
a manner that our sensitive man took the
remarks as applying to his former cOnnec-
ton with the prison, but the fellow knew
nothing of his having been here. Mr.. Sen
sitive man without the least warning struck
his fellow workman on the head with a
brick, and. supposing he had killed the man,
he fled from the city. But the man recOv-
cred after long time The sequel of this
super sensitive mans life may be told in a
few words. He was hanged in Southern
state few years ago for having murdered
his partner in crime for the purpose of rob-
bling him of his share of the spOils of a
burglary.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09
Contributed.
A Satisfied Man.

"A Sat1Sne0 MAN.
Can there be such person, one who is
entirely willing to accept the position he
may chance to occupy and be content?
The story of sick king occurs to me-.
When he found himself very ill, he sent for
tho "wise men" to examine and prescribe
for him. After going through with their
jugglery they withdrew for consultation,
and finally decided that if the king could
sleep in the shirt of satisfied man he
would be restored to health. The city was
searched for such person. without success
Runners were sent to all parts of the king
dom. City after city was searched, but a
satisfied man could not be found. At last
they gave up hope, and started back to in
form the king of their failure. On the way
side they discovered fellow gesticulating
wildly, laughing and kicking up his heels.
Surprising him to be insane. they ap-
preached him and asked what his trouble
was. He replied, ''NOthing at all. l am
happy, cOntented and at peace with all the
world. 1 have all that heart can desire-in
fact 1 am satisfied man.. "Well." replied
the wise men, ''you are the person for whom
we have been searching all over the kingdom.
Our king is sick, and in order to his perfect
restoration it is necessary that he should
sleep in the shirt of satisfied man. We
want to borrow your shirt for one night,
and it shall be restored to you" The fellow
replied, II should like to be instrumental in
the restoration of the king. but the fact is.
l have not a shirt to my back"
The question comes up, was there ever
satisfied man? Yes. Paul was one, for he
says. Il have learned in whatsoever state
am in, Herewith to be content" Notice.
Paul learned this. Like other men he had
probably had ambitions and aspirations. but
at last he learned to be content in whatso-
ever state he found himself. You cannot
say that Paul was not behind the bars. for
he was in prison. and was beaten with
many stripes, but in his several estates he
was satisfied. And so 1 say to those who
are deprived of liberty, do your duty. be of
good cheer. the time of your deliverance
may come sooner than you expect, but
should you pass your last days behind the
bars. Christ can break them down and take
you home to be with him forever. Be sat-
isfed. and ''Cast thy burden upon the Lord,
and He shall sustain thee"
gen. r. w. JOHNSON.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09
TO THE PUBLIC.

THE PRISON MIRROR is a weekly paper pub
lished in the Minnesota state prison. All matter
published in its columns is contributed by the
inmates. except that properly credited. Its sup
port must come from the outside as every inmate
Is given 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-
yancement and prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

THE PRISON MIRROR. the neatly printed,
ably edited paper that is published in the
Saltwater penitentiary. is credit to it's
editor. the institution in which it is printed,
and the State of Minnesota. The tone of
the paper is better than nine tenths of the
weekly papers of the state, and the dailes
will not bear comparison with it. 1t is
filled each week with ably written editorials
of class entirely different from those usu-
ally found in weekly papers. 1t is paper
that would do many of tie boys of our
country good to read.-Pine County Pho
neer.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09
WE HALLOO WHEN WE ARE HIT.


Every man has sore spot, and he will
halloo when it's hit. Perhaps there is not
man or woman living who is without a
serious defect of some kind which they
strive with jealous care to conceal from the
world. Some one has said that if a mans
thoughts were written On his forehead he
would go about with his hat pulled well
down over his brow. If such thing were
really the case there would not be many
lasting friendships in this world. We can
not control our thoughts to any great ex-
tent; but nature has wisely provided us
with the power of concealing them. If
people believed that the so called mind
readers were such in reality they would
avoid them as they would a person with an
infectious and loathsome disease. So, I'm
der ordinary circumstances. we are able to
keep our mental skeletons hid away in the
closets of our minds. But accidents will
happen; some one will strike the hidden
spring and the skeleton will jump out and
show itself. And then we will have to
make great cutlery to distract attention
while we are getting our skeleton into con-
cealment again. We see this performance
going on every day of our lives and each
one of US at some time takes his turn upon
the stage. Every man protects his sore
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

The senatorial committee appointed to
investigate the affairs of the state prison
MADE Its report to the senate Monday. The
committee finds that binding Irvine cannot
be manufactured in the prison except at
loss to the state. They recommend the
contract system as the best way of employ
ing the prison labor, and they advise letting
tne contract Tor period of ten years. In
dealing with the question of prison manage.
ment, the report recommends the abolition
OF the boards of managers of the state
prison and of the st. Cloud reformatorv.
and that the wardens be appointed BY the
governor and that they have the power to
appoint and dismiss all of their subordi.
mates. 1t is also recommended that instead
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

THE ARKANSAS PENITENTIARY.
Arkansas has always been notorious for
the bad treatment of it's convict population.
but the last biennial report of the manage
ment of the penitentiary shows that things
have taken turn for the better. Nothing
speaks louder of the improvements that
have been made in the condition of the con
victs than the table showing the decrease
in the death rate since 1885. The daily
average of men in 1885 was 557.96 and in
that year there were 60 deaths, or death
rate of 1914 per cent. The death rate has
been gradually lowering and in 1890 the
daily average of men was 673.9s and the
death rate A. per cent, a reduction of over
SO per cent. This reduction has taken
place mostly during the past two years. All
the officers of the prison, including the gov
ernOr of the state, are loud in their condem-
nation of the convict lease system under
it's abolition. Two years ago the General
Assembly provided for the appointment by
the board of commissioners of convict and
prison inspector, and the board seems to
have been fortunate in its selection of a
gentleman for that position. Inspector
Jno. c. Carroll assumed the duties of his
position two years ago and has ever since
waged fearless but prudent warfare upon
the evils which he found in existence. The
board of commissioners and all the officers
connected with the prison management
concede to Inspector Carroll all the credit
for the practical work of reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

Within the past two weeks five or six re-
cent inmates of this institution have been
arrested for serious crimes in ST. Paul and
Minneapolis, and the probabilities are strong
that some of them will be with us again in a
few weeks. Now, all of these fellows
are able Bodied men and could, if they
would. make good living at honest work,
a better living than they can possibly make
by stealing. Not one of them has proved
himself to be anything but a petty pilferer,
gaining less by his stealing than hodcar-
rier earns by his humble calling. They are
smart boys. but they are not smart enough
to steal living or to keep out of the fire.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09
Carl PretZel,s Philosophy.

Der Teller dot makes his tongue work harder ~
his hands, vas der Teller dot got water on his
prains as he got gelt in his pockets.
Der young Teller dot vas anchor for . shtreet
corner or beer barrels don't likely to been .
great succeed in dis Hfe.-National Weekly.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

addison Lee Mckee, The Lathrop Mon
itor Supplement No. g., born April 3,
1897 is the way Editor and Mrs. A. E.
Mckee announce, by card. the publication
of a new volume of humanity from their
publication office at LathrOp, Mo.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

whats in name?" Well, New York
syndicate saw enough in the name of a
noted brand of whisky to induce them to
give 1852. 1000 for the exclusive right of u.s.
ing it. Yet to the topper that whisky
''by any other name would smell as sweet. {"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

of the boards of managers a commissioner,
to have tho general supervision of prisons,
be appointed by the governor. The report
is considered very mild and its recommends
ations practicable.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

There are SOL cOnvicts in the Arkansas
penitentiary of whom 446 are negroes. 1t
is evident that black skin does not debar a
man from free entree to the prisons at least
of that state
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

THE MIRROR is indebted to Senator C.
K. Davis for file of the Congressional
Record of the fifty-frst congress- The
Senator has our thanks, and he will have
Office again.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

'Have you large staff of reporters to
gather the news for your"
Country Editor: No; we have wife,
Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09
A Snake Story.

HoOlihan: Youse nagurs hev no st. Path.
rick to cilibrate.
POintdexter: No, sab. IT 'u'd take a
bigger man N st. Patruck ter git way wild
nm OBJ our boa. cumstricturs.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09
Youth and Age.

Youth and Age.
When young he used to sing and play.
II wish from sin to steal away"
And when a man with yearning soul.
It was a railway that he stole.
philadelphia Times.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

''Passion Overcomes shame; bOldness,
fear; and madness. reason"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-09

It is misnomer to call one who has been
cast into prison an Outcast.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-02
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.

New YORK. April T. noon.-Stocks opened
dull but steady. Money easy at 2160l3 per cent.
Exchange-long. 81 S5a4Ge4 So; short 81 Ss@
4 $50. Government bonds neglected. State
The following were the 2 p. m. stock quota
tionS:
Erie ...;.;,..:... 1921 Richm'd 8 w PIT.
Chicago & North. 1044 TerminaL...... 17N
Lake Shore. ......10916 Western Union. 604
Norf. q W. pref. =. 58Z
NEW YoRK, April /, 500 p. m.-Sterling ex-
change closed quiet but steady at 81 $50
80; commercial bills, 81 $50 o. S71a. Money
easy at 20316 per cent, closing offered at 2
per cent. Government bonds closed dull but
steady; four per cents, ex-lnterest l2lA, four
aud a half per cents 102. State bonds closed
dull and featureless.
SubTreasury Balancss-Coin, S14s,62O 900;
currency, 81. 125.000.
The only new influence in affairs likely to
affect the stock market to-day was the Italian
mplication, but the effect which this had
upon the prices Of stocks reached no farther
than the opening The affair was regarded IN
Wall street as entirely insignificant and there
was no disposition shown In any direction TO
part with holdings, but the bears endeavored
to make some capital out Of the affair, and sold
and offered stocks down at the beginning OF
business. They were encouraged IN this course
by advices from London, and that center was
apparently seller of stocks at the opening as
well, but the subsequent course of the market
gives rise to the suspicion that foreign selling
had its inception on this side of the ocean. The
day was almost barren of news of character
to have any influence upon the market On the
street the majority of the people are bulllsh in
temper, though there is some disappointment
that the rise OF the last few days has not de,
veloped into something more substantial.
Western operators are giving the market no
support, finding the bulling of grain and stocks
at the same time hard task, and until specula-
ton in cereals is over, there is little likelihood
of western capital seeking the stock market for
employment. Traders. however, in consequence
of the dullness, favor the bear side, and affect
to believe that when local bulls give up the idea
of attracting outside support, they will let 90,
and decline of some magnitude must follow.
Neither side, however, is doing anything of i'm
portance in the market, and dullness still
mains the chief feature. and to-day, after a
little furry at the opening, stagnation was most
intense throughout the rest of the day. The
attack at the opening established a slightly
lower range of values however. and while the
! ack of offerings outside of manipIlators soon
caused cessdtion Of the p sure to sell, there
was no material demand Tor stoc IS, and after
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-02

in barrels. Parkors. 81 10; refined, All ports.
90 s097 20; refined. in bulk, "a IS. Cot
ton seed oil quiet. arm; crude prime 95G27c:
siGsSc. Wool hrm and quiet; domestic
fleece S44S7c; pulled s60ssc; Texas i7G2sc.
Hides dull and easy; wet sailed, New Orleans
50 to 50 rs, 70Sc. Provisions-Pork active
and firm; old mess 81 559l2 IS; new
mess SIS 75Gl4 90: extra prime sll 500
70 o. Bssf p %s az Em 30 family Py, q soc
firm and quiet at 81 so Tisrced beef
quiet and firm; city extra, India mess,
Sl4 O04l6 co. Cut meats firm aud quiet;
picked bellies 6Isc; pickeled shoulders 4l4e
4s4c; pickeIed hams slS1ss4c. Middles firm AMI
duh; short clear 80 50. Lard quiet and
firm; western steam 81 021k; city s. 400
livery 81 O5: June delivery 81 Il; July delivery
s.; August delivery $; refined quiet; con-
tinent 81 2007 so. South America IS 90. But
Ter quiet e lseaefc, Cheese active; light
unsettled: cotton, per steam. Esd; grain Id.
CHICAGO. April 1.-The starting price Of May
wheat was 81 045s. Some sales were made i'm
mediately thereafter at 81 0Sa4, and reaction
10 81 O5 took place before prices commenced 20
yield. The decline very gradual and hotly
contested. until sellers became numerous at
81 o4ss, from which latter point to 81 03}4 down
ward the pace was considerably accelerated.
Corn and provisions were weak, and helped to
unnerve the holders Of wheat. The corn deal
was lacking in interest and was allowed to drift
AZ lAo uAICCblou VI ptCpuuuCAohCo VI uutSlue
orders The opening price was about &c under
yesterdays closing prices, After hanging
around for brief time at 67S4c for May it
gradually sold down to 671sc, recovered to 67s4c
and closed at $3.50. There was a fair trade
in oats carly, but not much was done during the
latter part Of the session. There was an imme-
date decline of NC to 10c in the price OF May
pork when the market opened, and it made
further break of l71hc, but In the end recovered
the entire less aud closed unchanged from the
previous days ANAL quotations. Lard and ribs
acted in unison with pork. but fluctuations in
lard were less violent and the feeling considera-
bly, less bearish than in ribs and pork. The
price OF hogs was reported lower, but receipts
were under yesterdays estimates.
CHICAGO. April Clash quotations were as
follows: Flour quiet, firm; spring patents $4,000
40; winter patents 81 50615 90; bakers 80 500
IS. Wheat-No. 2, spring, 81 0234 oil 03; No.
2, red, 81 O34G1S1 "a. Corn, No,2, 673sc. Oats,
No. g 52SsG15256c. Mess pork, per barrel S12 90
OLE so. Lard at So 72l66b6 70. Short rib sides,
loose, SIS $500 05. Dry salted shoulders, boxed,
s. O0GD5 10. Short clear sides. boxed, 90 200
%. Whisky at 81 Is.
Leading futures ran yed as follows:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-02
CONSIQNEES.


Per Charleston add Savannah Railway, April
ELLIS, Y q Co. Baldwin q Co. GregR, & w.
Savannah Grocery Co, NJ Ferst's Sons & Co, F
Graham. City & Sub Ry p Shafer, NJ Belune,
II A Ulmo, @ Lopez II l. Virgins.
Per Savannah. Florida and Western Railway.
April 1-G w Tiedeman & Bro A Enrich g. Bro,
Champions Son, S Guckenheimer & Son. j
Rourke d A Altick's Sons, Savannah @ q w Co,
Savannah Grocery Co. Palmer Hardware Co, A
? Fitzsimmons Savannah Plumbing Co, Gull
martin & NJ, j 8 Collins & Co, w b Nell & Co, K
j Keiffer, Jas Douglas, ID Weed & Co, Byck &
Co, w D Simkins, Herman & X. e Schwarz,
W Lambright. J Rosenhem & Co, Lloyd & A, b
Dub, NJ Henderson, Appel & 8, Cornwell & G,
kirkland, Standard Oil Co. Ludden & b, Mrs
EA Smith, Lindsay & NJ, Heidi & S. Jno Dale,
s Allen, Edison g L Co. Mangard s 81 7 Co.
Per Central Railroad. April baldwin & Co,
Jno Flannery q Co, Maclean & Co, Butler & s,
W w Gordon & Co. Warren & A. JR Cooper,
j s Wood & Bro. II Conner & 90. II Traub,
j p Williams Co, Guckenheimer q Son, q A
wilkins J d Weed & Co. Neidlinger & r, Dixon
& l., Ehrlich & Bro, G. w Tiedeman & Bro,
Jackson, Dryfus Bros. Meinhard Bros q Co, z w
Agnew, Eckman & v g Eckstein & Co. Drum
mond & @. Savannah Grocery Co. Smith Bros.
Lee Roy Myers & Co Brush l. & Co, w H
Royal. Lindsay & Nj. Lippman Bros, j Goette,
N N stoddard. Mutual Trading Co. Mackay & Co,
w Breing. Boley & Son, Ellis. Y & Co, j b
Robinson. Peacock. II q Co. NJ s Byck. Savan-
nah Naval Stores Co,
Per steamship City of Macon from Boston
A K AltmAyer & Go. Byck Bros. N Boley Son.
4 S Byck & Co, Butler & NJ, Brush T l. & P Co
Collat Bros, w S Cherry & Co, w Cooper, Jno
Derst, City & Sub Ry, A Einsteins Sons, Cell &
Q, Epstein & Bro, Fretwell & N, Lloyd & A,
c Gray g. Son. q NJ Gilbert & Co, Lippman Bros,
j r LaFar, Il Lovells Sons, Mutual Trading Co
Meinhard Bros & Co, d Myerson. Mrs Nc.
Eally, McGillis & r, Mackay e. Co, Nichols,
n O'Keefe. Order Herman & K, Jno Rourke
n Paulsen & Co. ] Rosenheim & Co, Robinson
Pig Co. Savannah G & w Co, Savannah Guano
Co. Savannah Cotton Mills, Tyson Il Co. T H e
Co, Savannah Grocery Co A VonNyenheim, j j
" der ] D Weed & Co, Southern Elk Co. stmrs
Barker, Bellevue, Watson & z.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-02
CLOTHING.


Once upon a time, when
Jenny Wren was young, and
birds built their nests in old
mems boards, and
In days of old when knights
were bold and a spring out
fits consisted of a coat of mail.
a good broadswOrd and a
choice vocabulary of such
soul searching swear-words
as "By my Halidom," by
st. Dunstan," ''By the Beard
of Mahomet," and so on
folks didn't take much stock
in store clothes. In the DAYS
when a ready made suit was
about as imposing as an Ulster
on a Broomstick.
All is changed now. The
first-class Clothier is distin-
guished from the merchant
tailor by. no difference at all
except the Clothier's low
price.