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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29
South and West.

THE Kentucky State Democratic Conven-
ton at Louisville nominated ex-COngress-
man John Young Brown of Henderson, for
Governor, and NJ. G. Afford, of Lexington,
for Lieutenant-Governor.
GEORGE E. GERowE, Superintendent of
the Indian Agency at st. Stevenson, North
Dakota, has been arrested Oh a charge or
misapprOprlating Government funds.
Gerowe is an ex-Methodist minister, and for
merly lived at Sydney Centre, n. Y.
AN incendiarv fire destroyed eight stores,
aggregating a loss Of $50, OO0 at Lamonte
No.
DIR. THATCHER T. GRAVES was indicted by
the Grand Jury at Denver, Col, charged
with the muroer of the late Mrs. Josephine
B. Barnaby, by mailing to her a bottle of
poisoned whisky from Boston.
MAYOR SHAKESPEARE, of New Orleans,
has asked Governor Nichols to request that
the Government recall the exequatur Of Ital-
ian Consul COrte.
JOHN D. MORRISON, one of the known
killed his wife at San Antonio and then sent
a bullet through his right temple. Mr..
Morrison was trifie over fifty years old and
his wife nearly fifty.
NORTHERN OHIO was visited by frost IN
equaIled at this season in eleven years. The
mercury in some places went as low as
twenty-SeVen degrees, and ice formed to the
thickness of half an inch. Early fruit was
practically wiped out, and in many fields the
wheat was utterly destroyed. A loss of fifty
per cent. in the wheat crop is considered
a conservative estimate for Northwestern
Ohio.
PRELIMINARY trials of the dynamite
cruiser Vesuvius, off Newport News, Va,
showed good results in accuracy OF aim.
MUCH damage was done by tornadoes in
Texas.
The National Union Conference was he'd
at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29
THE NATIONAL GAME.

CLEVELAND needs pitchers.
RADBoURN, they say. is worth so, 600.
PITCHER EHRET is Louisville's mainstay
THE American Association Is prospecting.
PITCHER HUTCHINSON is still Chicayo's
mainstay.
NIKE LEHASE has been elected Captain Of
the Columbus team
PITCHER BRAHAM of Troy, n. Y. is said
to be ambidexToUs.
PHENOMENAL SMITH has been released to
Kansas City by Pittsturg.
ARTHUR WHITNEY is playing a great
game for the Cincinnati Reds.
THERE are nearly two dozen varieties Of
gloves and mits for ball players.
GAFFSEY has made n big sensation in the
Western League oy his fine umplrlng.
THE Rochester Club has signed Pitcher
Lev Shreve formerly OF Indianapolis.
NIKE SLATTERY has not so far given sat
isfaction to the Cincinnati League Club.
QUITE number of valuable Western As.
ISOLATION players are afflicted with grippe.
KANSAS CITY has larger proportion Of
lady enthusiasts than any other Western
city.
THERE hasn't been hitch or jar of any
kind in the Association since the break
away.
THE New York club has finally made up
its mind to retain Bassett as substitute in
fielder.
WHEN Kelly is on the bench George An.
drews is captain of the Cincinnati Assoca-
alton club.
JOHN CLARKsoN, of the Boston League
team, complains CT a weak arm and conse-
quently loss of speed.
MCALEER, Davis and Mexican, of Cleve-
land are certain to beat fly ball home from
the outfeld. All are speedy men.
The New York team is well equipped with
substitutes for any position. In that respect
It is better off than any League team.
THERE does not appear to be any doubt
that the national game has tumbled head
over heels back to its old-time popularity.
CoM1sKEY, of ST, Louis, says Hoy is the best
man to lead off he ever had. He stands at
third and Hoy follows his instructions to the
letter, never hitting until he gets the tip.
RUsIE, of the New York League, is q
wonder. Players in public all say so. He is
ready for work at all times, and would will
lingly, if allowed to do So pitch in every
game.
LOvETT and Tom DAILY, the Brooklyn bat
terry, first exchanged signs in 1888, when they
played together in the Willimantic team.
DAILY was Lovetts first catcher at the begin
ming of his professional career.
WHEN Glasscock, of the New Yorks, drove
a line ball over second base i'll the fourth in.
ming of a recent game in Pittsburg, Bier
bauer put up his right hand. stopped the
sphere, and it rolled down his arm and
dropped into his left hand.
In the National League there have been five
"whitewashes." The clubs to receive them
were: Boston, one; Philadelphia, two; Chi
cago, one; and Pittsburg one. The New
Yorks applied the brush twice and Boston,
Chicago and Cincinnati one each.
RUsIE's strike out record at the end Of the
season will be large if he keeps up his present
gait. In one Philadelphia game he disposed
Of eleven men-the best record of the season
and he also struck out the same number in
one of the Boston games two days after.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29

Ex-QUEEY NATALIE was expelled from
Servia Dy order Of the Regents and is sup
posed to have taken refuge in Rounlania-
HERR WERHUTH, member Of the Privy
Council and an attache OF the Ministry of
the Interior, has been appointed Imperial
Commissioner for Germany at the Chicago
Worlo's Fair.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29
RUSSIANS DROWNED,
Nineteen Workingmen Perish on
the River Dnieper

An accident by which nineteen working.
men lost their lives occurred on the Dnieper
River, st. Petersburg, Russia. a fatboat
containing number Of workingmen pro-
ceeding down the river came into collision
with steamer bound uD the stream, The
fatboat sank almost Immediately, drowning
nineteen OF ITS occupants. The captain Of
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29

MISS ALICE PARKER, attorney at law. or
Massachusetts, is endeavoring to amend the
existing State laws of administration of
estates. Her purpose is to equalize the right
of the wife in sharing property to that of the
husband and to set aside to the widow with
minor children the entire estate of the huS-
hand if it does not exceed 81, 200.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29

CxEMATToN flourishes in Japan. Toxic
has six crematories, in which the bodies of
at least one-third of the dead are burned. In
1855, II, O23 of the "a, 437 persons who died
were cremated. and since burial in the city
was forbidden the number has been in
creased.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29

Ten years ago Tennessee potatoes were
unknown in the Northen markets, while
now the crop brings into Middle Tennessee
from 81, 500, 900 to 81, 600, 900 per annum.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29

SENATOR STANFORD has decided to under
take the manufacture OF champagne on his
big vineyard in Tehama County, Cal: He
has hired a champagne expert from Lyons
to take charge of the experiment.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02
Classification of COnvfcts.

Warden Garvin stated to Messenger
representative that he is much in favor
of introducing the grading system among
the cOnvicts at the prison. He believes
that by 50 doing the discipline of the
prison can be kept at a much higher stand
ard than is possible under the present sys
tenn, and also believes that it would aid
greatly in reforming the men. His pro-
prosed plan is to furnish the first class men
suits of blue, second class men suits of
gray. and third class men striped clothing
as now. 1t is also his plan to pay first class
men IL cents day for work, second class
men 10 cents day. and third class men 8
cents day. This plan seems to be highly
acceptable one, as many men have by some
mistake found their way inside of the prison
walls, who are usually industrious and ex-
emplary men in prison, and it seems hard to
associate such people with the hardened
tOughs and confirmed criminals who care
nothing for themselves or any one else. By
this new plan these men would be given
first grade cells and be allowed comforts
that would be denied the tougher element.
The first grade men would be allowed to
write one letter every Sunday, the second
grade men one letter every alternate Sun
day, and the lowest grade perhaps one let
ter every three months. This would tend
to make the inmates industrious and careful
in their behavior for the sake of attaining
the highest grade. While prison life is
humiliatipg in any phase the new plan
seems to have points in it which should
commend it to the board of prison mana
gers ia whose power it lies to authorize the
change. The only expense to the state by
the change would be in getting the new
clothing, but this it is said would soon be
made up by the better work done by the in
mates. -Stillwater Messenger.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02
A Needed Reform.

It is time to discuss the wisdom of swear.
ing witnesses in courts. Every trial shows
that the custom does next to nothing. if in.
deed it does anything at all. towards secur-
ing veracity. People contradict one an
other under oath about as freely as they
would in the heat of quarrel. In most
cases the testimonies take the character of
a contest between the partsans of the two
sides. 1.-The truth, the whole truth and
nothing but the truth" means what the tes
filters wish to tell, or are compelled to adj
nit by adroit attorneys. 1t is rare person
who is free from bias in any case. and one
who is will be as truthful without being
sworn as an oath can make him.
Conscientious persons don't need to be
put under oath. They will abstain from
untruthfulness as scrupulOusly-rather. as
hOnOrably and righteOusly-as from per-
jury. If there are none whose enforced
veracity can be depended on. what sense is
there in holding that there is a God who
either helps men to goodness or judges them
for badness? Many thoroughly true men
revolt from taking an oath.
To make false person perjure himself
in swerving from the truth is to intensity
his badness. He believes in the solemnity
anu awful UdnR0T VI lying Ill Uou 3 Hdulo,
but his will is weaker than his inclinatiOns,
and he will leave the stand the more reck
less for the consciousness that he has been
led into swearing to untruth. The oath
did not help him in the least. A PERSONS
ability to be truthful can come only from
within him.
The panorama of perjury that our courts
are passing before the public view is terri
bly, demOralzng. Nothing is doing so much
to destroy mems faith in men and making
them unworthy of trust.
There is no reason why evidence that can
be proved to be willfully false may not be
punished as severely though not sworn to
as though sworn to. The oath administer
ing is only custom based on notions that
consist more of superstition than of religion.
Let action be on the fact that it is falsehOod
ITSELF not the manner of committing it. that
is criminal. Then men will feel that their
manhood. and not mainly dread of their
Maker, is appealed to when they are serv-
ing to aid in the administration of justice.
There is nothing to lose and very much to
gain in abOlishing the oath making custom.
st. Paul Dispatch.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

Another st. Paul murderer was sentenced
to states prison for life instead of being
hung. This substitution of life imprison
ment for the death penalty by the st. Paul
judges is not going to have good effect on
would be murderers and we would not be
surprised to hear of several more occurring
there soon.-Sibley County Independent
Editor Buck must have been little
sleepy while writing the above. In the case
referred to the Judge could not do otherwise
The man was convicted of murder in the
second degree the punishment for which is
fixed at life Imprisonment. The only de-
Tense the man had was such as the state
provided for him, therefore it is not likely
that justice was cheated.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02
THE TRUTH.

Friend. though thy soul should burn thee. yet be
still;
Thoughts were not lent for strife, tongues fol
swords.
He that sees clear is gentlest of his words.
And that's not truth that hath the heart to kill.
The whole world s thought shall not one truth
fulfil.
Dull in our age. and passionate in youth;
No mind of man hath found the perfect truth;
Nor shalt thou find it.; therefore. friend be STILL
Watch and be still. nor hearken to the fool,
The babbler of consistency and rule;
Wisest is he who, never quite secure,
Changes his thoughts for better day by day;
Tomorrow some new light will shine be sure.
And thou shall see thy thought another way.
Archibald Lampman. in Philadelphia Ledger
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

Undoubtedly the English and American
systems of criminal Justice are superior to
the French method. under which prisoner
is presumed to be guilty until his innocence
is proved. but we are little behind Nor
way. When prisoner is committed for
trial in Norway. he is at once relieved Of
all expense and trouble connected with his
defense. Counsel is assigned to him. and
his preference is respected. The accused
does not have to pay even the postage on
his letters connected with the case. Bail is
refused in very grave cases. when the evil
dence is strong; but when the evidence is
weak. if bail is not forthcoming. the magis-
trate releases the prisoner, requiring him to
report two or three times day at the police
station under penalty of re arrest. In the
event of acquittal the defendant receives
full compensation from the public treasury,
and if convicted the time he has been de-
tanned counts as part of his imprisonment.
The sentence, however, includes the Obliga-
ton of refunding out of the cOnvict's estate
the expense of the government for prosecu-
ton and defense. Even this brief outline
makes it apparent that the Norwegian sys-
TEN is an admirable One.-St. Joseph Daily
! Gazette.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

The bill to repeal the present law relating
to executions, and providing that all execu-
lions take place in this state prison. was de-
feated in the house. We are glad of it, for
prison life is depressing enough as it is. If
executions are demoralizlng to law-abid-
ing community we cannot see how it could
have good effect upon prison population,
yet it has been argued that it would have a
reformatory influence upon the confined
criminals. To express it in slang, criminals
are not built that way.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

The fertile brain of the lOQuaciOus book
agent is ever busy evolving new eXpedients
whereby to loosen the peoples purse
strings. The latest scheme was successfully
worked recently on an Ohio community. An
old. white haired book agent stationed him
self in the town in the guise of monk
Forty of the best years of his life had been
spent in the secluson of an European mon
astery. He had at last summoned sufficient
courage to cast off the yoke of fanaticism,
and had gone out into the world to gain a
precarous living by selling books. He fell
an easy convert to one of the local ministers
and took the step. which he had long con-
templated. of renOuncing the Roman catholic
church. This was a great victory for the
protestant community, and they could not
buy enough of the poor ex-monk's wares
When he had filled every vacant bookshelf
in that neighbOrhood he sought new fields
wherein to be converted again. But some
how the next community he struck with the
monk game out-played him, and he is once
more travelling as plain American book
agent
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

Yesterday mornings papers were filled
with rumors of war with Italy. This talk
of war is occasiOned by the recall of Baron
Fava. the Italian minister to Washington, by
his home government. The Italian govern
ment has taken this action because of its
dissatisfaction with the way our government
is acting in the matter OF the lynching of
the Italians at New Orleans. Our promi-
nent statesmen do not think there is any
danger of war.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

A number of bills bearing upon prison
matters were introduced in the legislature
last week. Senator Sanborn presented a
bill to abolish the present boards of mana
gers of the state prison and refOrmatory,
and to appoint single commissioner who
shall have the oversight of both prisons.
The commissioner and the wardens are to
be appointed by the governor. The bill in
troduced by Representative Trip is to
amend the law so that the board of prison
inspectors shall consist of three members
instead of five. to be elected by the people
at the next general election. A bill was
introduced by Representative McGrath pro-
hibiting for the period of two years the sem
fencing of any persons to the St. Cloud re-
formatory and removing all prisoners now
in the reformatory to the state prison at
Saltwater. The purpose of this bill is to
close up the reformatory until the contro-
versy with the stone cutters and quarrymen
in regard to the employment of the convict
labor at the reformatory is settled.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

Col. James, the lessee of the Louisiana
state penitentiary. recently appointed D.
P. Gayle as yard captain in the prison, vice
Capt. Phil Burg. Capt. Gayle was prom
nent candidate for chief of police of Baton
Rouge when appointed; he Immediately
withdrew from the race and accepted his
new office. After fair trial. State Clerk
Bates, the Board of Control and other Of
6cers say he fills the position admirably;
and the prisoners all are pleased with him
and praise his kindness and management
without stint
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

Probably the most elaborate official prison
report ever issued is that of the Board of
Managers of the Reformatory at Elmira, N.
Y. Besides the usual reports of the sew
eral officials and the statistical tables, there
is an illustrated descriptive appendix. This
appendix is wholly the work of the inmates.
The illustrations are from photographs and
drawings made by inmates, and the editor
of the Summary. the excellent news
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

Editor Matthews, who was here with the
legislative visitors. gives the prison good
wrlte.up in his paper, the Swift County
Monitor. He gives THE MIRROR Office a
rattling send off, and in conclusion says:
1--WE will just register the request now that
should we ever be sent to Saltwater the Of
fee of THE PRISON MIRROR is the depart
in which we want to be placed" Now,
brother Matthews. if you will just give us a
hint as to about the time you expect to be
here we will hold the first vacancy open for
you.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

paper of the institution, prepared the de-
scriptive matter. The typographical per-
lection of the report speaks the highest
praise for the printing department of the
ReformatOry. We will take our readers
through that model institution next week.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

Poor old Arkansaw, we never hear any
thing but i'll spoken of her. She is being
abused now because her legislature refused
to appropriate money for Worlds Fair ex
hibit. People forget that it was only few
months ago that her treasurer appropriated
all her public funds and went away.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02
Literary Note.

Mr.. Opper has the front-page cartoon in
this weeks Puck april y. 1t is entitled,
1.-Two Spring Styles-Good Tas te VS.. Vul-
gar Ostentation." The economical princi-
pies of the Democratic party are contrasted
with the extravaganza and reckless legisla-
ton of the Republicans, rather to the lat.
ter's disadvantage.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02
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 rrison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-04-02

Warden A. A. Brush. of Sing Sing
prison, has resigned and William R. Brown.
of Newburg. has been appointed his sue
cessor. Mr. Brush was an able prison man.
ager and was a prominent and practical
writer and speaker on pathological subjects.
Telegram-herald., 1891-10-05
RAND RAPIDS MICH, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER s. 1891

intendent. the building, the course Of
study, the books or the apparatus that
make the the school; ire the teacher.
Therefore do not have them learn st
the expense of the school and pu-
pils-" In CONCLUSION Mr.. Chalmers
Gays: at affords me pleasure 10 state
that the year covered BY this report
has been one of earneft and encourag-
ing progress IN the educational work OF
the city. Ii has been year OF gieat
interest 10 me in that l think some
seed may have been sown thai Will
blossom aud bear fruit IN the future.
The erection of nigh school buildings,
the establishing of 3 teachers training
school, aud the enlargement OF the kin
dergarten work have been made possl-
bic through the untirine Zeal OF public
spirited citizens and the lsbors of earn
est teachers who have been connected
with the board of education and the
schools during the years of the past
But know of no board of education
that has worked with more unity or
given their superintendent more cor
dial and hearty support than this board
during the past year. With this assur-
ance OF the cooperation OF the board
OF education and our efficient corps OF
teachers, / see an increased prosperity
for our schools in the near future"
Telegram-herald., 1891-10-05
DEATH AND DISTRESS.
A Stricken Coiored Family in Need Of
Assistance.


Miss Lucy Brogdsn died Sunday
morning at the residence of her mother
and stepfather, Mr.. and Mrs. Lemucl
Brown. The family are colored and
live in shaky old tenement house on
Canal-st. opposite Comstock's Row.
The young woman was l8 years old
and had been confined to the bed for Il
number of weeks with consumption.
The family consists of the parents and
half-doZen small children all depen-
dent upon the daily labor of Mr.. Brown
for their maintenance. Although ne
Is industrious and works most of
the time the reverses produced
by sickness have reduced the family TO
the condition that demands assistance.
The young lady was attended by City
Physician Wright for few weeks
prior TO her death and neighbors ad-
minlstered to the family wants as far
as they were able. A little boy FIVE
years old has been confined to the bed
monia and is now in critical condition.
The family have no means with which
to bury the dead and their supply of
the necessaries of LIE has become
materially reduced. asThey wish to
have the young woman buried on
Tuesday at 2 p. m. from the Fifth-ave.
A. NJ. +. Zion church If means can be
provided for the burial outfit. This is
a case of destitution that has not been
made public and a visit to the family's
quarters will convince the charitable OF
their wortbiness.