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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-07
PLAGUE OF CRIME.
DIR. Talmage Says 1t is Rampant
Everywhere Destroying the Life of

DIR. Talmage Says 1t is Rampant
Everywhere Destroying the Life of
Cities.
We are all ready to arraign criminals.
We shout at the top of our voice, ''stop
thief" and when the police get on the
track we come out hatless, and in our slip
pers, and assist in the arrest. We come
round the bawling ruffian and hustle him
off to Justice and when he gets in prison
what do we do for him? With great gusto
we put on the handouts and the hopples;
but what preparation are we making for
the day when the handouts and the hop
Piles come off? Society seems to say to
these criminals, ''Villain, go in there and
rot" when it ought to say, ''YOu are an Of
fender against the law, but we mean to give
you an opportunity to repent; we mean to
help you."
Vast improvements have been made by
introducing industries into the prison; but
we want something more than hammers
and shoe lasts to reclaim these people. Aye
we want more than sermons on the Sabbath
day. Society must impress these men with
the fact that it does not enjoy their suffer
ing, and that it is attempting to reform and
OAO'"oS ohSHAs AhO hoJOAAUy VI
suppose that society has grudge against
them. and they in turn have grudge
against society.
They are harder in heart and more in
furiate when they come out of Jail than
when they went in. Many of the people
who 60 to prison go again and again and
again. Some years ago of 1.5OO prisoners
who during the year had been in Sing Sing,
400 had been there before. In house of
correction in the country, where during a
certain reach of time there had been 5000
people, more than 8. 900 had been there be-
fore. So. in one case the prison. and in the
other case the house of correction. left them
just as bad as they we're before. The Sec
retary of one of the benevolent societies of
New York says lad of Is years of age had
spent three years of his life in prison, and
he said to the lad, ''What have they done
to make you better?" "Well." replied the
lad, 1.-The first time 1 was brought before
the Judge he said: You ought to be
ashamed of yourself And then l COM
mitted crime again. and was brought up
before the same judge and he said: You
rascal!' And after while l committed
some other crime. and l was brought be-
fore the same judge. and he said: You
ought to be hanged.'" That is all they had
done for him in the way of reformation and
salvation. 'Oh." you say. ''these people
are incorrigible." suppose there are hum
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-07
Five Gents.
The Recent Crime Wave.

The city of New York and it's suburbs
have recently been startled and the atten-
tion of the public drawn thereto by an ap-
parent epidemic of crime.
On single day one of the more sensa-
tiOnal journals devoted two entire pages to
an appalling series of murders and suicides.
the record of the preceding twenty-four
hours.
So unusual a concurrence of tragic
events, group of widely scattered crimes
threaded as it seemed with common in
stinct, did not fail to suggest the possibil-
ity of ''crime wave"
A hasty dismissal of the suggestion may
be premature. We have not, indeed pro.
gressed so far in the pathology of crime as
to make accurate diagnosis of criminal
phenomena neither to predict nor even
group cause and effect. We are not, how
ever, wholly without data.
1t is well known, for example, that fol-
lowing the publication of 1.-The Sorrows of
Werter." GOethe's impassioned tale. there
was remarkable increase in the number of
suicides in Germany. 1t has been noted
again that notable murder or suicide oc.
casioned similar increase OF crime.
Another curious fact noticed in objection
to capital punishment is that hanging eX-
citing wide interest, so far 4rOm repressing
criminal outbreaks. has precisely the Op.
pOsite result, 50 much so that in the Scien-
titic view capital punishment is regarded as
crime incitant.
In Buckles remarkable history of civili-
ZatiOn cOgnizance is taken of the fact that
in wide lapses of time very notable varia-
tion takes place both as regards the general
morality OF the people and the tendency to
fragrant crimes.
These interesting phenomena have been
observed and noted to little purpose, if they
do not point to rational solution of this
criminal tendency. 1t is known, for exam
pie. that the number of marriages is di-
rectly dependent On the supply of bread.
that is to say, the condition of the times.
Again, that dram drinking decreases di-
rectly with gOOG times and conversely. 1t
is altogether probable that poverty and
crime have like relation.
There are considerations of the larger
tendency. And yet. it we shall accurately
determine the general laws of crime. it will
not be hard to push the consideration
further to an inquiry into special instances.
such as the recent outbreak in New York
city. What, for example, are the relations
of crime and disease? The tendency of the
prevailing epidemic. the grippe. we are told
is directly toward melancholia. insanity and
suicide. This latter has ragged with un-
paralIeled violence. Is here possibly the
genesis of the recent crime wave?
Again, how far do sensational newspaper
accounts of crime, vicious novels. and the
like act as provOcation?
1t is evident that we have here question
of profound and present interest, field
alike for statistician and sociolOgist.
Meanwhile it may be we'll to note that of
the violent crimes of the recent ''wave" in
New York. as we'll as of violent crimes in
general, the large percentage takes its rise
from our ignorant, debased, and menacing
foreign population Joseph Daily Ca
Zette.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-07
HOEING AND PRAYING.

Said Farmer Jones in q whining tone.
Ito his good old neighbor Gray,
"I've worn my knees nigh through the bone,
But it amt no use to pray.
..Your corn looks just twice as nice mine,
Though you don't pretend to be
A shinin' light in the church to shine,
An tell salvatOn's free.
..I've prayed the Lord a thousand times
For to make that ere corn grow;
An why yourn beats it so, an climbs,
I'd gin deal to know"
Said Farmer Gray to his neighbor Jones.
In his quiet, easy way:
when prayers get mixed with lazy bones,
They don't make farmin' pay.
''Your weeds. 1 notice, are good an tall
In spite of all your prayers;
You may pray for corn till the heavens fall.
If you don't dig up the tares.
"rd mix my prayer with a little toll.
Along in every row;
An work this mixture into the soil
Quite Wig rOus with a hoe.
"Au' I've discovered, though still in sin,
As sure you are born,
This kind of compost well worked in
Makes pretty decent corn.
$50 while I'm praying use my hoe.
An do my level best
To Keep down the weeds along each row,
An the Lord. He does the rest.
Its we'll for to pray both night and morn.
As every farmer knows;
But the place to pray for thrifty corn
Is right between the rows.
.'You must use your hands while praying. though
If an answer you would get;
For prayer.wOrn knees an rusty hoe,
Never raised a big crop yet.
.An' so 1 believe, my good old friend,
If you mean to win the day.
From plowing clean to the harvest's end;
You must hoe as well as pray
Christian Leader.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-07
One Thing Lacking.

Robin Rags (the tramp: Wot dye think
about this yer free coinage o. silver?
Teddy Tags: Waal. pard. hain't read
much bout it. but I'd like to hear o. some
purvision for the free delivery o. the stuff
Texas Siftings.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-05-07

factions speak louder than words. :"
We may never say die, but we've all got to
do it.-Puck.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

In China there is a root called Khe-
ki-ye, which often sells for from twenty
to n hundred times its weight in gold.
In Nanchuria the same root, under a
different name, If anything unpro
n~ounceable, sells equally as high. These
roots, which in order 10 be highly valu-
able must be Of a peculiar shape, are
bougt. only by mandarins, priests and
Others Of the wealthiest CLASSES. Single
roots Of this plant not weighing more
than the tenth of an ounce are said 10
often sell for from fifty to se~venty-fve
dollars each. What is still more re-
markable about this valuable eastern
root is the fact that il is a closely allied
species, if no Identical, with our com
uon ginseng st Louis Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

II seems that Buffalo Bill made, or
defended to make the late lsmented
sitting Bull q PRESENT. n horse. Now
Mr.. Bill, though not n Indian giver,
wants the animal hs K, a. lie sees in
the borse that might could, should or
would have been ? den by the late
lAmented an additi 1al attraction for
his greatest show O. earth. He sent
for the animal, a d the noble steed
was on the way, v zen some fellow cut
off the horses tai as a souvenir. That
was surely the unkinde-t cut Of all,
unless il was done by an Anglo.ma-
nisc TO please the other unknown
ss Mr.. John. The style for eguiues in
the east now requires tails 30 very low
necked that the animal might a. well,
like the rabbit, have no tail at 81,
Dut little bunch Of hair"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20
BIG MONEY IN A NEckTIE.
1t Cost Only Fifty Cents. bat II Wa
Worth Twenty Thousand Dollars.

1t Cost Only Fifty Cents. but It was
Worth Twenty Thousand Dollars.
Hi necktie was worth $4,000. 4
plain. black ordinary looking. every
day four finland, but worth go, 900.
He was a traveller who had just come
IN on the Santa Fe route direct from
Arizona, and he removed his coat and
yea preparatory 70 cleaning his cinder
speckled face in the lavatory Of q prom
tnent Michigan avenue hotel. With
tho carelessness of a western man he
hung his coat and vest on a contiguous
chair, but his necktie, his four-in-hand,
he carefully rolled up in a small COM
pa@ and thrust deep into his trousen
packet.
This unusual exhibition Of canton
excited the curiosity Of a friend, and
tbenatur1 query, Wherefore r deveL
oped a most ingenious device.
That necktie is worth just SD, 900
Plus the cost price Of the article itself
BabeT7
The smile Of ~incredulity brought the
valuable piece Of black silk 20 view
again With his penknife the traveller
opened the cam and. while unfolding
the ripped portions, dazzled the eyes Of
the skeptic with ten crisp, clean $1,000
bills. Ten thousand dollars on this
end and the same ante on the otheE
Beats a money belt all hollow.
Il wa held up by the James and
Younger boys in Blue Clay Cut one
time, and Jim Younger ran his hand
over my body and felt the money belt
and ! handed over just 2 1,2OO. But
what thief would ever look twice al a
fifty cent necktief TheS might corral
il if was red or yellow. or even sky
blue, but plain black is too unobtru-
sive. for those chaps run 70 high color.
This plan is better than the porous
plaster scheme too. Never heard Of iti
"'Well, next time you travel with
more ready cash than you care 70 have
ObUainabie. step into a drug store and
buy two porous plasters. Fold your
wad neatly and fat. wrap around it a
piece of oiled silk and stick a plaster
over it and on 10 the outside Of the
OsaSL ptaStfIr AurH sap LH7 uDuDlr
deck plaster on yOur chest and no ones
the wiser. But the fourin-hand rack
cts the best, - and the maj with the
$4,000 necktie gave IL a final twist as
be tied it around his collar, slipped on
his vest and coat and walked ont
serene and secure with twenty g. 900
bills snugly hid away in his queer
safety deposit vault-Chicago News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

One Saturday afternoon, according
10 their wont, two friends Of the noble
game Of chess sat playing together in a
Frankfort cafe. Suddenly one Of them
started up from his eat in a passion
and exclaimed:
You have taken Of my pawns!"
A glance at the board and men suf-
feed TO show that a pawn wa really
missing The excitement over the lost
pawn became 50 intense that a lively
alteration ensued, in which all the
other gentlemen in the Don took part
Quiet was at last restored, and the
player who had lost his pawn resumed
his seat and began 10 drink his coffee,
which was covered with thick cream,
when be all at nee got something into
his throat which nearly chOked him.
BE succeeded, however, in e~xtrcat-
ing the intrusive article, which turned
out to be the missing pawn. The chess
player, intent on the game, had thrown
it into hs cup in the place Of a lump Of
sugar.-Wiener Extrablatt.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

schemes Thcy work % Escape from Wear
ing Uniforms la Public.
While at parades the police captains
appear TO be proud of their spick and
spap uniform. set of with brass buttons
and gold lace, it is a curious fact that
in ordinary circumstances they seem 70
be unhappy when they are compelled
to appear in them in public. Var IS
reasons may be assigned for this = g
nance TO wearing the livery of the rec.
Perhaps in the streets and in public
conveyances it attracts attention TO the
wearer and eXcites comment, not only
in regard to him, but the force in gen
eral. A shrewder guess is that if for
instance, a police captain is summoned
70 police headquarters in a harry, he
may, when his business is transacted
there, wish TO go elsewhere and not be
conspicuous.
At any rate many lodges are resorted
to K escape uniform wearing in the
streets. One of them is TO forward the
uniform ahead to the Central Office
don it down stairs on arriving, and ship
it of when leaving. This succeeds IN
the main, but patrotmen are Often
delayed, and as often are untrustworthy
messengers, and instances abound Of
cape1ns arriving Just on time and FUN
ing because their garments have not
arrived, for the rule against appearing
before the superintendent, the commist
soners or in the trial room in mutt"
unless specially excused is Hgidly
forced.
Another scheme is an ingenious ona
The police tailors are all near the police
headquarters, and the rule was circum-
vented years ago by having dummy
Uniform coats handy and Of several
sizes ready for emergencies, o that a
captain summoned in haste could slip
into the tailor's a civilian and emerge
10 all the glory Of blue, brass and braid
Sometimes, however, officers have
been caught in a trap by the uniform
thar would fit them having been don
ned by another, and have had no al
tentative but 70 wait or put on gar
menLs too tight or too baCyy. Nobody
has eve been disciplined for this. but
both Mr.. Murray and Mr.. Byrnrs have
now and then 'reckOned up a subOr-
dinate in i'll fitting uniform in a fashion
that made him feel unhappy, while the
contrast between even a well fitting
eoat and Broadway promenade trou-
ssrs has been startling
Like accommodations are 10 To- found
for patrOlmen who DO duty in citizens
dress, and ara required il certain and
sudden circumstances 10 appear IN uni
form at the Central Office. Some Of
shem have been detected and guyed
into uLhappiness New York Times
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20
Tin Mining in England by the Roman.

Tin Mining in England by the Romans
As soon as the Romans made a con,
quest of Britain they formed in the tin
province camps and roads (still visible),
and left behind them vases, urns,
s~epulchers. and money that exhibit
daily proofs Of their having been a
stationary people in these parts, and
that Damnonium extended even 70 the
Polerian prOmenotory II the Lands
End, limited by the western parts OF
-Somersetshire. The Romans. as is well
known occupied Britain from B. c. s.
TO A d. 400, or 464 years, during which
period the Cornish tin mines were large
ly worked by the ancient Britains, pos
sibly for their own advantage, but more
probably as serfs, and in a. D. 400 the
Romans had to give way to the SaIon&
Boston Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20
A Parrot That seemed to Think

am inclined 10 fancy that parrots
learn and perhaps understand phrases
relating % eating and drinking almost
SOONER than my Others. One of my
feathered acquaintances was in the
habit of inviting visitors to take refresh
men Won't you have a cup of teal
Do have a cup of tea, she would say;
and sometimes il was really awkward,
as almost compelling the mistress 70 eI-
tend her hospitality 70 visitors for whom
such an invitation had not Prevlo1sly
been intended.
This bird was also fond Of saying
"GOodby," and never said it at the
wrong time. When the visitor was
about to depart he or she would Be
startled by a voice from a parsonage
hitherto unseen, saying, We'll good
by! goodby!" II that parrot did not
know that this was the proper thing to
say, and that this was the proper time
for saying it, l am no Judge of pa<ro2
This bird had been Taught TO count
up 70 six, but she could rarely say the
numbers all in order. She often missed
one-nOt the same figure, however;
three, four OF five were Cbut only one
at a time) her usual omissions Shs
was always conscious that she bad
made a mistake, and on skipping .
figure would give a shnn comical whis
tie and begin again Some kind of
thought and calculation must have
passed through her mind during this
performance. -Chamben' Journal
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

r Reed when he was entitled to recog-
milton. lie vas asserting his rights
when Mr.. Morse interrupted him with
The remark.
Your collar was so high that the
speaker couldn't see you"
Let me say to the gentleman from
Massachusetts,, retorted General Spin
ola, that if he had on a collar twice
- high as mine he would not be hid
den; it would not cover his ears. ~
New York Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

The angry tree. a woody plant
which grows from ten 70 twenty-five
teet high and whi-b was formerly sup
posed % exist only IN one state in the
Onion. Nevada, has been found both
in Eastern California and ia Arizona
II disturbed, this peculiar tree shows
every sign Of veXatTUu, even % rufaing
up its leaves ike the hair on an angry
cat, and giving forth an unpleasant
Dckening Odor. st Louis Republic
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

The scarcity Of corn in Germany,
the terrible drouth in the east, which
Is burning up the crops on the Atlantic
ssaboard, will enable the great west to
move to the front and supply the needs
of Europe and the eastern and middle
states from the abundant crops which
q most propitious season IN western
regions seem to promise al the present
outlook.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

Two or three members Of the Fifty
drt congress have occasion to remem-
Der the late General Spinola from the
thrusts he gave them whenever they
offered him battle at repartee. Elijah
Adams Morse. the Rising sun states
man from Canton, Mass, is one Of these
member tie, In common with many
other. i5ked the New York man about
his high collars One day General
spinola ha7 the floor and was making
a vigorous Dasch against some pariia-
ueurar- ruling of the speaker The
general had ben overlooked D. Speak
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

HENRY NJ. STNCLAIR OF New York,
will be one day an English baronet. A
great number Of American girls are
said to be ready TO marry him at sight.
He has S5O,OUO a year, and except that
be is much addicted to the bottle, is in
all ways a model. He is just six
months old.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

A CoNCENsUs Of publc opinion,
carefully coIlsted and rigidly boiled
down, points to the agreeable fact tnat
at the present time Custer county,
Montana, has the world by the slack
of the pants, to which may be added
the immeasurable advantage of a down
hill null.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

He (Amercanus)--What, you've been
here In Rome a fortnight, and haven't
been 70 the Sistine chapel yet!
She-No.
He-Care TO gol
She-Yes, if its high church. Who's
the rector anyhowELhe.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

THAT Wa- a true American WHO re-
fused TO Juy queen bees. No English
nonsense about him. He wanted
Presidential bees or one
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20

what would have happened II Hen
y Nv Of France had not been muir,
deredf asked a teacher Of a sharp
looking boy. The prompt reply wac.
"He would probably have dieJ a nat
u-al death n-CasselIs Journal
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-06-20
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