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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11

FOR RENT-SEVEH-ROOM BRICK, MOD
ern, ,0la Peostn avenue. $yh. elegant brick
cottage, No. 02O Peosta avenue, SIS; seven-room
modern, Spruce street, $s5; two-room dwelling.
Eighth avenue. va: others Mt various prices.
Matheaon u Co., Denver block.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11

WANTED - $500 OR 1900 SHEEP ON
dress a. Sellers, Helena. or W. T. Neill, Ubet.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11

EOR .RENT-FURNlSHED HOUSE, Is
\ rooms, on Rodney street; steam heat. gas,
bath room, all modern conveniences. Steele &
Clements.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11
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WANTED IMMEDIATELY A YOUNG
w lady apprentice To learn the millinery
trade. Inquire At No. u Warren street, Helena,
Mont.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11

WANTED "A GIRL To DO. GENERAL
w housswork. Apply at i16 Ewing street.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11

SITUATION WANTED--BY YOUNG GIRL
~ to work night and morning and attend school.
Board or small wages. Address G., this office.
SITUATION WANTED-TO BOARD AND
~ care for children under ten years of age, Adj
dress G., this office.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11

TOR SALE-NEW6-ROOM HOUSE IN BROAD
1 water addition, only one block from electric
motor; small payment down, balance install
ments, Steele d Clements.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11

EOR SALE-.$1, 200 CASH; $1,000 ON TIME
Buy business property; twenty-five feet
front on Lower. Main street, near the Steamboat
block, is offered for . few days on these terms.
Apply to H.B Palmer, room 10, Merchants Ma
tional Bank building.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11

WANTED-A FURNISHED HOTEL IN LIVE
w Montana town.. State rent. number of
rooms, etc. +. y. Burch, Great Fall. Mont.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11

Tor .REkT-TO FAMILY WITHOUT
l. small children, n seven-roomb brick house,
FURNISHED. on fifth avenue, $50. Matheson &
Co., Z Denver block.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-11

FOR SALE-s2.sOO, 5Ox1iO FEET, BROOM
/ frame house on III nth avenue; $780,, 50x1tO
feet, Groom brick houfe on Eighth avenue;
$4,000, 42xlo feet, 5-room frame house on Broad
way; "a 200, 45xl0OO feet, broom. brick house.
corner. Broadway. i. \. French Il Co.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28
"DOing Tine.o

| Yes reader am prisoner doing time,
the bell rings. the gangs are formed in line,
to the workshops and other duties we go.
Again the bell rings, all hands quit work,
the dining room is reached, supper is
served. to our quarters we then march there
to be counted, and the days work is done.
But bark! the door is unbOlted, and see!
it is our good friend and comforter. our
teacher. ''All ready for the temperance
meetingw To the meeting we go. there to
| find consolation to our SOrrOWful hearts,
and our dOwncaSt spirits are raised by those
| glorious hymns and temperance songs. Oh!
how much happier we feel on returning to
our quarters-a heavy load has been lifted,
and now for the peaceful slumbers of the
night.
| But bark! the clash of keys, the opening
of doors, and the night Waterman enters to
| take his nine o'clock count. "All right,
| lights out" he says. All is quiet. peaceful
| slumber begin. Such is doing time'' as a
prisoner, at Harris Island RefOrmatOry
But cannot sleep, l have an attack of
Insomnia sleepessness. and what has
caused it? On the morrow is the day of my
freedom. and singularly it is the anniversary
of nay birth, think of home, of wife. of
children. and dear. loving aged mother and
all the comforts of life that ! have enjoyed
it seems my whole career is pictured to me.
the disgrace and dishOnor that has befallen
me. the last of a generation lies in prison,
that went to the grave with name unfair
nshed, all seems like a panorama to me.
on the morrow l am to be born again, can
live down this disgrace and dishOnOr?
Yes l can. j will. for Where there's a
will there's way" and 1T is never too late
to mend"
Well when am released and again enter
the outer world am not still doing time?
yes. we are all doing time; the months or
years the Supreme Judge has not commu-
nicated to us.
I'VE have work that no other can do.
and that work is as truly our duty to per-
form as though it were exacted by prison
overseer. The hours and amount of labor
must be accounted for just the same out
side of prison as inside.
There is really no difference, you can and
it is your duty to do faithful work where
ever you are. either outside or inside prison
walls .-NemO-Inmate, in Sprays from the
Sound.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28

A Triumph of Christian Forgiveness.
We quote the appended characteristic in
cident from James Jeffrey Roche's forth
coming Life of John Boyle O'Rellly. Cas-
sells. New York:
At one of the stations to which he was
occasionally sent with messages there was
an Overseer. warden. or watch. dog of some
sort, who chose to be an exception to all
human kind. by cOnceiving. at sight, Bit
ter dislike to young O'Reilly. On their
very first meeting he looked hard at the
new conner. and said:
young man, you know what you are
here for" adding. with an oath, Il will
help you to know it," From that time ON
he watched his victim sharply. hoping to
catch him in some infraction of the many
regulations governing the convict settle
ment.
At last his time came. ORelly. one day,
was few minutes later in making his trip.
He found the Overseer waiting for him,
watch in hand. You are late-sO many
minutes" he said; 'you are reported"
Among the penalties OF being reported"
was one that the offender should not be
allowed to send or receive letter for six
months. A few days after this incident,
the overseer called O'Reilly into his office.
He held in his hand letter. heavily bOrd-
cred in black. which he had just perused.
O'Reilly knew that his mother, at home in
ireland. had been dangerously ill for some
time. The letter probably bore the news
of her death. but it might contain tidings
of a less bitter loss. Nobody in the place,
except the overseer, knew its contents.
He said: 'O'Reilly. here is a letter for
YOU" The prisoner said THANK yOu,"
and held out his hand for it. The Overseer
looked at him for moment, then, tossing
the letter into drawer. said: You will
get it in six mOnths!"
When at the end of six months he re-
ceived the letter, he found that it confirmed
his worst fears. The mother whom he had
loved and idOliZed was dead.
Listening to this story, years afterward,
from the lips of its victim, l asked him
why he had never published the name of
the cold bloOded wretch. for the execration
of humanity. He smiled and said that he
did not bear the fellow any malice; that a.
man who would do deed of that kind
must be insane and irresponsible-a being
toward whom one could not cherish ami
mostly. To a request that the name might
be given to somebody of less magnanimous
soul, he replied: Il do not know his name
now; have forgotten it," For that reason
the name does not appear in these pages
Boston Pilot.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28
Chapel Services.

This character and works of Christ formed the
subject of Rev. ]. H. Abert's discourse last Sun
day; and his text, behold the man." the
words of PLATE to the Jews concerning Christ.
The chaplain said that the whole of our
knowledge Of Jesus Christ is contained in the
New Testament. Mention Of Christ is not found
in any Of the other historical records of the world
before. during or until long after His time upon
earth, with possibly one exception, that found in
the works of Josephus. Substantially all that we
know of the character and works of Christ we
learned from the four gospels. The writer's of the
four gospels all speak of Christ in the strain
and assign to Him the same attributes but each
brings out some one of His characteristics with
more prominence than the other writer's do. The
first three start with the human and move up to
the divine. John starts with the divine and de-
scends to the humaa. We are told but little of
Christ's history from the time of His birth until
He begins the public fulfllment of His m ission as
a divine teacher at the age of 80 years. So we
know next to nothing of Christ ordinary
man. During the three years of His public min
istry see Him being superior to man. No
where in the gospels is He presented mere
man. His birth was miraculous. and He was de-
clared the Son of God. After His birth He de-
| veleps in wisdom and in power with God and man.
After His baptism He is led into tn wilderness to
be tempted by the devil. His whole bearing there
is of a nature more than human. So throughout
His life He is never thrown off His balance. nor
surprised nor driven into any extreme. He never
had any mistakes of life to correct He was the
most religious of persons. Good men begin by a
confession of sin. yet Christ never acknow lodged
single sin. He prayed. but never for forgiveness.
When the Jews wished to have Him condemned
they could not ird single witness to swear that
He had ever done a wrong thing. No man ever
| lived who would claim that he had never done
wrong. His whole conduct during the last terrible
events of His career on earth was not that of a
man. Jesus Christ proclaimed Himself the equal
of God, and the Savior of the world and the COS.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28
For The Mirror.
Helpful Thoughts.

Despair of the future is diSloyalty to God.
No one can really enjoy God till he has
got to the bottom OF self.
We do not really pray till we ask for
something we honestly want.
Faith is shown quite as much in what you
ask for, as in the earnestness of your ask
ing.
God makes a promise: faith believes it,
hope anticipates it; patience quietly waits
for it.
What we want in places of trial, is not
change of circumstances, but victory over
self.
Either cast your care. great or small, to
Him that careth for you. or cast it away
from you altogether. If it is unfit for His
sympathy. it is unworthy of you.
Leave off morbidly looking to see exactly
how much you love Him. (which is like try
ing to warm ourselves by thermometer,)
and look stl aight at His love for you.
Gods ways seem dark, but or late
They touch the shining hills of day.
The evil cannot brook delay,
The good can well afford to wait.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28

One of the bitterest pills the demagOgues
of the labor organizations of Massachusetts
have to swallow contains as its principal in
gredient the fact that the inmates of the Re-
formatory at Concord. over which Hon.
Gardiner W. Tufts holds the reins of gov
eminent, are taught mechanical and manual
trades in practical way. A most strenu-
Gus effort was made this spring to induce
the General Court of the Commonwealth to
enact bill forbidding chronological instruc
ton in the RefOrmatory and one of the most
blatant supporters of the measure at the
committee hearings was certain plumber.
By curious combination of incidents that
certain plumber" is to day putting the
finishing touches on his own trade educa-
ton at the Concord Institution. having re.
Gently been convicted of crime and COM
mitted there That plumber no doubt has
profound respect now for Bret Harte's
propositions:
1t is not decent for scientific gent to call
other one an ass,
and he probably endorses the added lines:
Nor should the individual who happens to be meant
Reply by heaving rocks at him to any great extent
The Summary.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28
LOCAL PICKINGS.

Ramsey county has added six to popula.
ton this week.
The tub and pail factory got in a car load Of
hoop iron Tuesday.
Decoration Day. May 30 will be observed
holiday in the prison.
The choir has admitted to its melodious ranks
another sweet singer.
Postmaster John Mccarthy was looking
through the prison with friend yesterday.
Henry Gamble. of Republic, Mich. was in the
prison last Thursday with Foreman Mcclellan.
Deputy Sheriff Ryan brought in fifteen
months prisoner from Hennepin county Thurs
day.
The usher holds letter addressed to Robert
]. Skier. The owner can have it upon applica-
ton.
There is growing demand for our prison.
made binding Irvine. and the farmers cash is roll
ing into our Golfers.
Statement of population May 81: Working for
Thresher Co.. ITO; working for state, 1906 sick and
infrm, Is. Total population. 3l5
The Thresher company has been at work the
past week adjusting new combined grain eleva-
tor and measure to its Chief separator.
THE MIRRORS one time poet "Josiar'' is
writing dramas and selling soap for living
at Kansas City. So says the cruel press.
We advise Gate Guard Flannery to keep an
eye on that old dray mules ears or the next thing
he knows some one will be missing at the evening
count.
If some of our good subscribers don't settle
up pretty will have to send out our night
collector with his Jimmy" word to the wise
should be sufficient
Warden Garvin went to Heron Lake yester-
day morning to inspect some Minnesota flax fiber
with a view to its purchase if found suitable for
making binding Irvine.
Alex Richards was in the prison last Friday
with Travelling Passenger Agent w. B. Chandler,
and Mr.. Richards. as usual had his friends name
placed upon subscription book.
Geo. H. Hayes. clerk of the ST. Cloud reform
atory, and Dr. ]. C. Boehm. of Minneapolis, vis'
tied our walled.in community Monday, and were
shown the elephant by Guard Cilley.
Steward Benner's truck patch looks very
promising since the rains. but he is very uneasy
lest the chinch bugs locusts grasshoppers or cut
worms come along and eat up his hopes.
Guard Austin received word Saturday from
MS son george, VINO mas Deeu SICK LUZ ScVerdA
weeks at Butte City, Mont. that he is much better
and hopes to be able to come home in a few
weeks.
Last week made editorial mention of the
Sunday ginger bread. but the said bread failed to
materalze at the next sabbath MONDAY meal.
and now we are accused of being "hoodoo.' -
We call upon Steward Benner to vndicate us.
MIR. E. j. woolf, of Minneapolis. and supt.
swensen, OF the thresher manufacturing works at
Hopkins. MIMI. were through the prison last Sat
urday with Foreman Sutton getting pointers. we
suppose, upon how to make first.class separator.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28

Our butcher split his hand open from the fin
gers almost to the wrist one day last week. The
cook says he mtstOok his hand for ham, but
others say it was unavoidable accident.
Mrs. Osborne. mother of Mrs. Frank Berry
died last week at her home in Adams, Mass Mrs.
Berry, who has been attending her mother will
remain in the east for a part of the summer.
Sheriff Braley. of winona county. added three
new members to community Monday morning;
two of whom will stay with for three years
while the other will serve the state five years.
Foreman Carlgren and his crew are at work
with pick, shovel and Paddy's unicycle carving
out pathway on top of the sandstone bluff.
One of these days that sandstone will give way
under some guard and there will be badly
shaken up man.
Dan, the champion pensman and all.reund
good fellow who presided over the big books be-
tween the gates has taken his departure for past
ures new. Not man about the prison, officer or
convict, but was glad to see him regain his we'll
earned freedom.
Misses Estella and Josephine Meyers. daugh.
tiers of Supt. Meyers. of the ST. Cloud reformatory
guests at the Warden's home several days of
the past week. The young ladies were shown
through the prison Saturday afternoon by Warden
and Mrs. Garvin.
John H. Pierce, adopted of Hon. John
F. Norrsh, died of acute pneumonia on the even.
ing of the 81 inst. Mr.. Pierce head book
keeper of the German.Amercan Bank. of st. Paul,
position which he had won by faithful and dill.
gent attention to duty.
The night school of our state prison has been
closed for the year. to be reopened in the autumn.
In the matter of order, the report was more cred
liable than could be made of many evening
schools outside of prison, the record showing not
an instance of disorderly conduct.-Minneapols
Spectator.
The Warden was accompanied to Kentucky on
his late trip by Manager Temple They were sue
cessful in contracting for all the hemp fiber
necessary to keep the factory running for several
months. While they were in Kentucky they Wis.,
tied the state prison. concerning which they
brought away very unfavorable Impressions.
We went out in quest of local pabulum yes.
terday, and to each officer. guard or foreman met
the question was put, what do you knowr' and
the unvarying answers were: "Nothing-very
busy" We crawed back to the sanctum weary
of life, and there, after ponderous reflection, the
conclusion was reached that either we had been
made the victim of fell conspiracy that we
had met the greatest aggregation of know-noth-
ings ever brought together under one canvas.
We have a letter from old associate in
prison journalism "Ronda," and he gives the
following terse account Of his present condition
in the far west: II am out here in the miserable
prairie with nothing to divert my limited leisure
save keeping sharp lookout for snakes-not
they of the spirit fermenti creation-and nothing
to but few ilsmelling Indians and large
number of peace-loving soldiers. But con.
tent to stand anything for the present so long as
am able to enough filthy lucre to take me
home decently in the fall
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28
Literary Notes.

The June number of the st. Louis Magazine is
an interesting issue. The leading article for the
month is Marion Lydyard' by Harry Lowther,
and among the Timely Topics are number of
subjects discussed by able writer's.
Puck's good things this week. are 1.-THE Ro.
nance Of Spotted Man." by William Wallace
Cook; 1.-THE Afternoon Tea" pantoum. by Harry
Romano; A Decoration Day sketch, 1.-THE Divided
Hero" Paul Pastnor; and. S. B. Griffns comic,
"She Leaves Them Alone.
1t will probably be agreed in all directions that
the most unique and noteworthy magazine article
of the year 1891 is the character sketch of the
present Pope, Leo, Kill, and the account of his
life in the Vatican, which appears in the June
number of The Review of Reviews. This sketch
is in two parts. the first and longest by Catho-
lie editor in Rome, and the other part
by Mr.. Stead. the London editor of The
Review of Reviews. The account of the
Pope's personal life and methods of work
was prepared with the lively interest and express
appreciation of Leo, who. as is we'll known, is a
man of great reserve about whose private life lit.
tie has hitherto been known to the public. Leo's.
undoubtedly. is one of the master minds of the
century, and this article will be read with intense
interest by Protestants and Catholics alike. The
Italian gentleman who furnishes the first half OF
it is upon the most intimate footing in the vat
can. and knows whereof he writes. as almost nc
other man living. The article is well illustrated
with portraits of the Pope himself of leading
cardinals who surround him, and of other person.
and subjects of interest
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28

pels tell that He fulfilled all that He undertook
for mankind. You may say that the writers of the
gospels fixed up character for Him. Possibly the
best answer is that of Rousseau, one of the great
est Of French intdels. He said For these writ
ers to invent such character would be greater
miracle than for Jesus Christ to possess it,.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28
Carl Pretzel,s Philosophy.

Der teller dot wants goot character must
vhent to work und chisel it oud vonce.
Der troobles nit goot many fellers vas. dot
obey didn't know when to leave off-dheir shirt or
dheir tongue.
A goot Teller in der day time of his PROSPERITY,
entitled to plainly considerations in der mite
time of his adversely National Weekly.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28

The cow lets who toll in Siberian mines,
Where hope never dawns and the never
shines,
Will soon be permitted petitions to give
To the czarowitz asking in freedom to live.
Let us trust that the glorious day is not far
Ahead when the czarOwitz must like the car,
To those convicts in craven humility kneel.
And for his own valueless carcass appeal!
Pioneer Press,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-28

At recent meeting of the Academy Of
National Sciences of Philadelphia. shoot
of Japan plant was exhibited sxty-fiv
feet in length. the whole of which had been
produced near that city between May 1st
and September 1st.-Selected.'
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-26
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
An old settler-quicksand.

An old settler-quicksand.
Virgil was the son of porter.
Cervantes was a common soldier.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 1873
feet high.
A regular figurehead - the ac-
countant.
When a woman does not do good
she does harm.
A boy can often make an earring
with a whistle
When the truth pleases least, then
is it most effectual.
The pope received congratulations
on his S0th birthday.
The Fort Worth Gazette favors
an appointive commission.
You always displease a man when
you mention his opposition.
The first saw.maker's anvil was
brought to America in 1919.
Any man can acquire a habit, but
few men can relinquish one.
A thriving mining camp in Cali
fornia is named Gimletville.
Know yourself thoroughly, but
avoid knowing others SO well.
1t is better to hold back truth
than to speak it ungraciously.
Thoroughbred dogs are said to be
less Ineligible than mongrels.
We believe we never knew black
guard who was not very critical.
You will seldom find genius and
truth in the same advertisement.
Blows are not always exchanged
when you strike an acquaintance.
The Australian dog and the
Egyptian shepherd dog never bark.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-03-26
BRENNAN School Statistics.

The following is the statistical
report of the city schools for the
month ending March 10, which
shows the number of pupils entered
in each grade since September LIST.
CENTRAL ScHooI-(white). 1stgrade,
IS; ID, "A; Bird, 81; 4th, SO; 5tR, SO;
9Th, so; It'll, A; Sth, %; 9th, II
10th or senior grade, II, total 435.
THIRD WARD-1st grade, 81; End,
Is: 3rd, 16; 4th, Is; 5th, IS; total
white, SGT.
CAMProwN (colored) 355; and Wat
reusville, 91-total 446.
No. of pupils in primary grades,
1856; Grammar grades, 173, and high
school SO, white; and in the colored
schools, primary grades, 354, and
Grammar grades, 80.