The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-10-08

and seek new location. The plant
was moved back to the tower-but this time
to the upper floor where it has remained to
the present time.
Let us now view things as they are to-
day. The plant. as we have said. is on the
upper floor of the cell house tower. This
floor is divided into two rooms the smaller
of which is about 10 feet square and is used
as the press room. The other room is about
12x24 feet square. and it is in this room
being. In this room are conveniently To-
Gated the business offices. the composing
and job rooms, the mailing department, and
the editorial and reception rooms. We
paper establishment in the state. Here the
editor may sit and dictate his matter direct
to the cOmpOSitOrs while he writes business
letters, reads proofs and looks through ex-
verbatim takes" mixed sometimes, but as
the public IS always on the lookout for
something cratic this is perhaps an advan-
tage. From the four heavily barred win
view of the side wall of the Irvine factory
and broad eXpanse of northern sky. The
strongly barred windows and doors give one
a sense of security that cannot be enjoyed
in the offices of any of our more pretentious
rivals. Besides the two rooms described,
there is all attic room for the storage of
stock. From this attic one may look out
over the beautiful city of Saltwater by the
the dimpling waters of Lake St. Croix the
eve may feast on the wooded hills of Wis
consin where nestles the quiet village of
pretty Holton.
So much for the migratiOns and the pres
ent home of THE PRISON MIRROR. 1t will
take but little space to detail the trivial
matter of its editing, publishing and circu-
lating. At present there are four persons
connected with the otfice-an editor. fore
man. a jOurneyman and a devil" Besides
getting out the paper, these do the job
printing for the prison. The editorial lou
tine the year around is about as follows:
On Sunday afternoons the editor is given
the freedom of the celroom. He goes about
from cell to cell collecting contributions and
information from the inmates. All the boys
are at liberty to contribute. and writing ma
ventilate their thoughts. Tuesday afternoons
the editor takes note book and pencil and
visits all the departments in quest of local
news. He is at liberty to visit all parts of
everyone connected with the prison. The
narrOwness OF the field makes the local
news department the most difficult to con-
duct satisfactorily. The Chautauqua de-
tary of the circle. and he will endeavor to
make it unusually interesting during the
present year. About $50 exchanges are re-
ceived each week and these are all care
fully examined and such matter as can be
used is clipped out. after which the papers
are distributed among the men. When the
matter for an issue is all up and corrected
the proofs are submitted to the censorship
of the Warden. 1t very rarely happens
that he exercises his power. and in the
whole life of the paper there has not been
enough matter scratched" to make two
columns. The printing and mailing is done
on Thursdays. and subscriptions are re-
ceived at all times. Now. patient reader,
your curiosity has been satisfied with a
short story long drawn out.
A Plain Case.
A fan lox /, 4