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

The agency of the railroad companies in
promoting temperance is not generally ap-
preciated. They employ 6S9.912 persons.
not counting those who mine the coal and
iron. make the rails or locomotives. or build
the cars and carriages used by the road.
The freight and passenger traffic of the
country is practically controlled by 600 of
these corporations. and Of these 600 no
fewer than 375 prohibit the use of intOXi-
eating liquors by their employees. among
the number being most of the largest COM
panies. The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers uses its influence in the same di-
rection. "Whenever a member of the order
is known to be diSsipated," says Mr..
Arthur, long the head Of the organization,
I'VE not only eXpel or suspend him. but
notify his employers" and during the last
year 375 members were expelled for this
cause. This is only one illustration of the
way in which practical business considera-
tons are operating to promote the spread
of temperance. 1t is purely a matter of
business with the railroad companies They
simply cannot afford to employ man who
is liable any day to get drunk and precipi-
tate some terrible disaster. The average
man thus comes to see that it is money in
his pocket" in more senses than one. if he
keeps out of the saloon; and the moral is
not lost upon him.-The Nation.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25

When rebukng their flock. cIergymen
have often been caustc in the extreme. and
we can well imagine the mortified feelings
of the congregation to which Dean Swift
said: my brethren. there are three sorts
of pride-Of birth. of riches, and of talents
shall not speak of the latter. none of you
being liable to that kind of vice." This
was bitter enough in very truth. On an
other occasion he prayed for those of his
congregation who we're ''too proud to kneel
and too lazy to stand. "-Selected.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25
An IOta.

When you use the common expression,
Not ali iota OF it,; do YOU stop to figure
out what the supposed quantity of an iota is?
Not having time ~ spare in waiting for the
readers of Notes for the Curious" to reply
to this question. we will play the Persian
and give the answer without being asked
for it. An iOta is the smallest letter of the
Greek alphabet. corresponding favorably
with our letter j. 1t was derived from the
Hebrew jOd and the Syriac judi, and en-
ployed metaphOricaiIy to express the merest
trifle. The expression mot single iOta" is
one of the several metaphors which have
been used forages. and, as above mentioned.
was derived from the alphabet. as when al
pha and omega, the first and last letters OF
the Greeks, are employed to express the be-
ginning and the end. as in Rev. l., 2. where
we read: Il am Alpha and Omega. the first
and the last" And, again. as ''One jOt
God or one little (pOint or dot shall in no
wise pass from the law"
Some curious examples of the use of let
tiers as metaphors may be found in the
works of Lightfoot and Wetstein. We
often hear of person having stigma
upon him." A stigma was formerly the
branding iron used by the Greeks for mark
ing their criminals. 1t was in shape not
unlike small figure 5. and was usually APP
piled upon the forehead. cheek or back of
the hand. where it would not fail to be no.
tced. The Hebrews are said to have used
their final letter. tau. for similar purpose.
See Ezekiel tx, 4. In the Talmud it is
tabled that the Book OF Deuteronomy came
and Frustrated itself before God and said:
SO Lord of the universe, Thou hast writ
ten in ME Thy law, but if a testament is
defective in some parts it is defective in all.
Behold, Solomon endeavOrs to root the let
ter jod out of me. Neither shall he multi
ply wives.'' See Talmud (Sanhed., Xxx. 2.
Bible. Deut. xviii. ~. Then" says
the Talmud. 1.-THE Holy Blessed God ans
wered Solomon and thousand such as he
shall perish. but the least letter shall not
perish out of Thee. st. Paul Dispatch.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25
Chapel Services.

The singing of the newly REINFORCED choir as
sisted by Mrs. Gish was unusually pleasing. The
sermon. by Rev. j. H. Albert, struck the congrega.
ton upon one of its most vulnerable points. The
text was from Luke xvi 8: "Then the steward said
within himself What shall l do? for my lord
taketh away from me the stewardship: l cannot
dig; to beg am ashamed" The chaplain said, in
brief that the Bible is the most practical of all
books. and one that every man might study with
profit to himself. The parable of 1.-The unjust
steward" illustrates the characteristics of the
men of our time just as we'll as if it had been ut
tered but yesterday. The steward had misman-
aged his rich employers affairs, had been found
out and ordered to make accounting and re-
linquish his stewardship. He was dishonorably
discharged and the future looked dark. He be-
gan casting about in his mind to how to make
the best of a bad matter He went out and COM
muned with himself saying Now my reputation
is ruined and nobody will give me employment
such as am accustomed to; l cannot do common
labor. and to beg am ashamed" So he resolved
to make friends among his masters debtors by
classifying their accounts in such manner as to
relieve them of a large part of their indebted.
ness. Thus he hoped to put them under such OBJ
legations that they would be bound to provide for
him when he was cast out of his Office. Just so it
is with men to-day. Under such circumstances
the first question man ought to ask himself is
not what shall 1 do?'' but, "what should dor
At such points in a mans life he should resolve
that come what will he would act the man. That
point having been fixed upon the way out of the
trouble is thenceforth straightforward. Such
turning points come at intervals in the lives of
all men, just as the crisis comes in the financial
ffoir If no 1uho
the future is safe until something happens again
to break up the even flow. One of the great fail
ings of the men Of to-day is that they are more
anxious to be successful in business social af-
fairs than to preserve their manhood unblem-
ished. To get up in the world is their sole aim.
1t is right that all should strive for success but
that is not success which is gained at the sacrifice
of manhood. The first thing to do is to resolve to
act the man. the second. take in all the crcum-
stances of the case far possible. and lastly.
take things as they come.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-06-25
LOCAL PICKINGS.

Three men got their walk ing papers, during
the past week.
Mr.. Peter Begg and wife were among the Wis.
itors last week.
Mr.. P. E. Burke. of saltwater. was in tine
prison Saturday.
The orders for binding Irvine coming in
more rapidly this week.
Guard Cayou. who has been i'll for a week.
returned to duty Monday.
The cap stones for the unfinished portion Of
the new wall are being received.
Mr. Robert Blank, citizen employe, had his
foot badly mashed in the engine shop Monday.
Prof. w. M. Steavens and wife, of Chicago.
were through the prison yesterday with the
Warden.
"A new street commissioner installed the
other day and he supports his dignities with per-
feet equanmity
Mrs. S. NJ. l. Henry, prison secretary of the C.
l.. s. c., has written that she will visit this insti.
tuition next Sunday
-Supt Dixon, of the Thresher company, re.
turned last Thursday from Kansas City where he
had been on business
we offer thanks to Capt. d. p. Gayle of the
Louisiana penitentiary, for years subscription
and note of commentator.
Professors Garfield and Andrews of the Still.
water business college, accompanied by their
wives, were visitors Saturday.
When convict gets shot in attempting to es-
cape from the Louisiana penitentiary the boys call
it case of lead poisoning"
The question agitating the minds of the
inmates is. .sWOnder what kind of a time W are
going to have the FourthH'
Statement of population June "a: Working for
Thresher Co., us; working for state. 1876: sick and
infrm, 20. Total population, 321
Editor Scott, of Hayward, Wis. who visited
this institution short time ago. gives the prison
alengthy write-up in his paper, the JournalNews.
MIR. c. G. Roosen and Mrs. Fuhrer. of Delano,
were visitors Tuesday. Mr.. Roosen formerly
cashier of the Northwestern Manufacturing & Car
Co.
Mr.. c. V. Carson of the Glencoe Register, and
Messrs. B. F. Allen and ]. H. Dorsey, all of
Glencoe. shown the sights of this state
community last Thursday.
"A large party of st. Paul Odd Fellows visited
the prison yesterday afternoon. They came over
to the funeral of August johnson whose body was
recovered from Bass Lake.
-Four prisoners were received during the past
week-two from Hennepin and one each from
Ramsey and Olmstead counties. Their terms
range from one to six years.
"A fresh fish" was asked the other day how
he liked his new home. and the enquirer smiled
from here to there at the reply: "Oh, pretty we'll
but the bed rooms are rather small"
The solitary has been receiving the attention
of the masons for the past two weeks and is now
again in good repair. The frosts Of the past win
ter greatly damaged the stone floor and it was
necessary that it should be relaid.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-18

Old Bullion--Ah, my boy. often long
for the good old times.
Friend That's very strange. You are
rich now, but in those old days you were
an oyerworked, barefooted plowboy on =
farm. What had you then that you haven't
nowi
Old Bullion tsadly) appetite. Good
News.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-18

Jacky--W We had thirteen pound turkey
at our house yesterday.
Jim-Oh, that's nawthin. We had one
that weighed fifteen pounds.
Jackyr-I don't care 4 your old turkey
was bigger. ssoI'l1 bet You didn't have no
doctor come to see you twice In the night,
the way did. Boston Post.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-18
The Dreadful Infant.

Tommy Mr.. Wilkinson. amt you shaped
Just like other menf
Mr.. Wilkinson suppose 80, Tommy.
Whyi
Tommy-Papa says you amt exactly
square and Belle says You seem to be al
ways 'round.--New York Herald.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-18
A. Large FolIowinI

"What was the most successful funeral
you ever saws''
well, think the best attended one was
that Of man who had spent most Of his
life practicing the cornet with his windows
open. Kate Fields Washington.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-18
Overheard st the club.

Xxi. FelIowszMr whitehead, what
makes you look 20 respondent this even
inRs Is
MI. Whitehead Well, Fellows, the fact
Il, I'm in trouble. rvs been contesting my
wife's will.
Mr.. F.--Your wife's willt Why, didn't
know your wife was dead.
Mr.. W.-Deadl No. That's what makes
the contest SO hard. Boston Budget.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-18

He-How happy both Of us arel But
how much happier we shall be when we
are onel
Shell don't know. Harry. Don't you
think there will be too much happiness for
pnel- Boston Transcript.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-12-18

Head Mistress Miss Balfour, saw you
kiss that Tableton boy. What is the
meaning Of THAR
Sweet Girl Undergraduate can spell
1t. Miss Grayson. but can't define it,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-10
Just the Same.

A writer in the New Orleans Picayune
gives an interesting portrait OF an old
negro who describes himself as "mos'
er hundred" and is devotedly attach
ed to the people who once owned him,
and with whom he still lives. He de-
clares that nothing can shake his be-
lief that, in some way, he does belong
to his beloved mistress. Though she
has married, and brought up children
OF her own, she was still Miss Carrie"
in his eyes, and one of his pet theories
is that she looks exactly as she did
years ago, when she and her little
bondman were children together.
One day he was looking on at
dance, and declared proudly to one of
the younger members OF the family:
"Miss Carrie could dance better
than that when she was young"
"Do you remember how she looked
at ball?" some one asked.
"Oh, yes, honey" he said, "Miss
Carrie looked jes' as pretty as a rose,
she wus jes' beautiful"
'Well. isn't she beautiful now"
go long, honey, cam yo' see how
yo' mar looks? she looks jes' lax she
always did"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-10

1on, was accidentally killed by q loaded
gun which some member Of the family had
nung on the wall. Tt was accidentally
shocked .Il'. down, the charge, heavy one
stantly. - II $500 2 - a 19
a Wahpeton special saws: The Weld 81
wheat is considerably above the estimates.
The smallest yield reported in this county
is 20 bushels, the largert IS, the average
about "a. Frosts have done no damapa fo
small 81 grains. They were in shock before
the first frost. Corn and tender vegeta HI "a
We're killed by the frost.
hon. T. M. Elliot of Lisbon discharged
one OF his harvest hands. The man went
OH TO distance and set fire to the prairie
50 that the wind would carry it to Mr..
Elllott's farm. 1t took Elliott and all his
men Two hours to fight the fire, and thew
only succeeded in putting it out after it had
burned over 200 acres of prairie.
Extradition proceedings against Patrick
Bonett at Grand Forks wanted at Winni-
peg tor larceny of S., 200 worth Of iewelry.
We're continued, attorneys being in doubt
as to whether grand larceny is extraditable,
assistant Secretary of state Horton wires
tnat the state department knows nothing
OF the case, as the authorities at Ottawa
nave never applied for extradition.
y. M. Towner, manager of st. Paul SYM
dlcate, formerly manager of the Elk VAL
icy farm, Larimore, has purchased Is, 600
acres OF land that has been considered
worthless in slough lying east of the Red
River, opposite the northern part of Walsh
county. They intend to drain this tract
this tall and are getting steam plows manu-
featured at Racine, Wis, to break the en-
tire lot to put into crop. They will build
malt n RI: house and use the whole product of
the extensive farm
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-10
SPORTING TRIPLES

THE date set for the double scull race he
tween Hanlan and O'Connor and Teene,
and Wise at the Pointot Pines is Saturday,
Sept. -. 49,
CAPT. JAMES franklin, owner of the ia.
nous Kenesaw stud, is lying at the point OF
death at his home in Sumner county, Tenn.
Capt. Franklin bred Luke Blackburn.
George Kinney, Stuyversant and other turf
celebrities. -E- ..E.a -"
JOHN TEEMER has agreed to form a row.
ing partnership with Hugh Wise of Toron-
to to row Hanlon and O'Connor for big
prize to be given for a double scull race to
be rowed at the Point Of Fines at a date
that will be fixed later. p 49,
A PRIZE fight has been arranged between
Dick Hollywood of Ogden, Utah, and
Frank McBeth, colored pugulist of New
Castle, Wyo. Articles of agreement have
been signed for the men to fight for ST. 900
and the feath er- weight cham pionship of
South Dakota. The fight is to take place
at Deadwood, Sept. 26. s.,-.....
President Noel, of the Olympic club,
New Orleans, sent a telegram to James Cor
bett, offering him purse for $11, 900 for a
fight to finish with Charlie Mitchell OF
England. Corbett made an immediate re-
ply to the offer, and cablegram has been
sent to Mitchell with a request for an early
reply.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-10
IN GENERAL,

The Galveston, Tex, Warf Company will
erect first class grain elevator of 200 900
bushels capacity.
The exact population of the United
States on June 1, 1880, was g. 622. 2eO-at
least SO the census bureau reports
OTIS STAPLES OF Saltwater is apnointed
chief examiner and slisbursing officer of the
board OF appraisers Of Chippewa pine lands.
REroRTs from the greater portion Of Ala
bama indicate full corn crop, but cut
ting off of cotton of at least Is ner cont
Rust t's :! has as been the destroying element.
The Cambria Iron Company, of Altoona,
Pa, announced that their Hohdaysburg
No. 2 furnace, which has been idle for some
time, will not be again blown in.
The steamship Columbia, Of the New
York Steamship line, stranded in Hell
Gate. The steamship Ontario, plying be-
tween Oswego and Cuba, is reported dis
sabled in the Gulf of st. Lawrence.
CAPT. JOHN NJ. PALMER, commandments
chief Of the G. "A. r., has made the follow
ing staff appointments: Senior aid de camp.
~ Hull Grant; ID. e. Quick Of Brookivn.
assistant adjutant general. 8
The exports Of specie from the mort Of
New York last week amounted to 1900 no.
OF which $13, $40 was in gold and $oOs 74e
silver The imports of specie DURING the
week amounted to sol, 1856, Of which Sig..
9ao was in gold and $72,S45 silver.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-10
CRIMINAL.

SISTER BEATRICE, the notorious bogus
nun, is under arrest IN New York
AT Dayton, Ohio, Robert Wieland com.
mitted suicide in a boarding house bv mt.
ting two bullets in his head. -
AT Clearwater, Mo-, during an alterca-
ton Ben Bolton, a business man, was
stabbed in the abdomen by farmer named
Ward, and has since died.
AT Carderra, Kan, recently two men On.
tered 9 bank. held up the cashier and Sc
cured $500. The men escaped without fir
ing shot.
ALFRED MocKEREL, of Claremont. Va.
whose wife died, suicided. His body was
found in bed beside that of his wife, He
was very wealthy.
FRANK scoF1ELD, residing near aCold
Springs, N. Y, shot and killed his father
and brother while quarreling over pickle
crops.
Hon THOMAS NcGREEvY, the Canadian
boodler, who fled to the United States to
avoid telling what he knew of the public
works "boodling," has been located at
Portland, Me. ~
On the Red River, I. T., Poland, Kiowa
chief, was shot and instantly killed bv Bob
Boohelr, a Cowboy The slayer went to
Mangum and surrendered. Trouble is fear
ed and troops have been sent for.
"sHEENY GEORGE" King, one of the silk
thieves we'll known in criminal court fame
and by the police, is now arrested in Kan
sas CITY, tor robbing the Guenther dry goods
store OF SIS, 600 worth of silks
GEORGE DuRNEAU, foreman on Gen. e. F.
BeaPs farm, near Washington, D. c.. was
shot and killed by Matthias Robinson, who
was recently discharged from Gen Ra.l,s
employ. The men quarrelled over some
pasturage charges. 49, - -. ''''A
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-10
CASUALTIES,

FIVE thousand acres of hay are burned
over in North Dakota. .
/, WEIDENBoRNER's carpet store, st. Paul, is
damaged $50, 900 by fire.
TEN men were killed and dozen injured
by an explosion in a colliery near Bedmin-
ster Eng, recently.
GEORGE BATHMANN and Henry Lamonty,
of Lyon Mountain, N. Y, are supposed to
have been drowned in Merrilrs lake.
FIRE at Pella, Iowa, early the other
morning, destroyed fourteen business and
residence buildings. Loss nearly $50, 600;
partly insured. ...,t
The body of Mrs Marsh, who with her
husband, special officer of Haverhill,
went out to sea in an open boat from Sails
bury Beach, was found in the water off
Plum Island. The body Of Mr.. Marsh has
not yet been found.
PATRICK McGAUGH of Railway, N j., while
walking on railroad track was picked up
by the cowcatcher and carried to station
20 miles away before he was discovered
The only injury is a severe scalp wound
that leaves him in dazed condition.
DR.. j. H. COPELAND, of Eufala, Ala, was
thrown from his buggy and struck tele-
graph pole with such force that both legs
were broken. The bone of one leg was
driven into the post and b ad to be cut out
with an axe. 1t is thought both legs will
have to be amputated.
AN unknown three masted schooner was
sighted off Kitty Hawk life saving station,
Virginia, water logged and abandoned.
She was drifting south toward shore and
Will be total wreck. Neither the name of
the vessel nor number of her crew nor their
fate is known. : 80
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-10
OTHER SHORES.

GERMANY raises the embargo on Ameri-
can products. Il. 3D.. ~
= GERMANY, it is said will remove all re-.
strictions on American pork.
Ten men were killed in colllerv eY.
ploslon at Malaga, Wales
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch says that vast
herds of. cattle have persisted and are
perishing in the Ural provinces.
AN immense landslide is in progress in
the valley the Drave forming q dam
across the Lienseer Gorge The inhabit.
ants OF the mountain slopes escaped.
N. juno RAc1NEs, photographer Of Bo-
COLA, Columbia, has been employed ~ the
government to take 1000 photograpbic
views throughout the country for 'sexhibi-
ton at the Worlds Fair.
MAIL is sent from Japan to England in
less than twenty one days, crossing the Pa.
chic and Atlantic oceans and the North
American continent. !
N. RIBoT, French foreign minister, has
advised Servia to adopt pacific attitude
and to refrain from offensive demonstras
tons against Bulgaria.
The speaker ofthe Canadian house has
issued all order for the arrest Of Supt. Sene-
col, OF the printing bureau, who was
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-10
SOUTH DAKOTA.

Jerry Atkins residence at Michel, was
burglarized. Jewelry and money were
| taken. a 49," s" ...'
The Milwaukee stockyards and the Hunt.
ing d Co., elevator burned at Tyndall
Loss $4,000. Incendiarism is suspected.
Rev. W. J.Cady. of Chicago, has accepted
a call to the Congregational Church OF
Anoka r'.
| The postofice of Granite Falls was burg
larized recently and $500 in stamps and $500
in money was carried away. No clue to
| the criminals has been obtained.
! J. A. Ross, who was short several hum
dred dollars in his accounts as township
treasurer in Kingsbury county, was iaile ed
here in default of 81, 600 bail.
| The teachers institute at Anoka, con-
Quoted by w. r. Rocheleau, of Moorhead
and E. R. Sheppard, Of Minneapolis, is be-
ing largely attended by the teachers of the
| county.
y. r. Havens, founder and for seven
years editor of the Woonsocket Times, died
at Huron, aged thirty nine. He was book
keeper in the ,Huronite office the past two
years. and was well known in St, Paul and
Minneapolis.
Harry Sanders, a Y. NJ. c. A. young
man Keeping books for Bcggs & Ferris at
Sioux Falls, confessed to having en-
bezzled his employers funds. The short
age may reach 81, 900. He was arrested
The land officials at Pierre, decided
IN favor of homesteader named Jen-
nlngs in the suit for the possession of valu-
able quarry land near that place brought
hxy ho
pany.
0. Converse, who represented Jerauld
County, in the last legislature, sui
cided at Crow Lake, by hanging, in
consequence of financial embarrassment
and ill-health.
A young man named Coleman, while
driving with young lady near Mitchell,
pulled a shotgun out of the buggy,
and the trigger catching under the seat the
gun was discharged, taking two of Cole
mans fingers off:
The first state convention of the South
Dakota Y. NJ. c. A. will be held at Mitch
ell. A feature will be the report of James
Carrie on the progress of the society among
the Sioux Indians, who have fourteen as
sociations.
Hutchlns q Davidson, who made the
two artesian wells at Letcher, have taken a
contract to sink 6-lnch we'll for the city of
Mitchell and are moving their machinery
from here to commence work. When that
one is finished they will put down 3-inch
we'll for E. R. Locke, on his farm two miles
from Woonsocket.
George F. Rhodes, large cattle owner
in the vicinity of Blunt, was arrested by
United States Marshal A. s. Guthrie,
charged with selling government cattle
belonging to Crow Creek agency. Mr..
Rhodes asserts his innocence and says he
will have no trouble in proving himself
wrongfully charged.
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