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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10
What is Crime?

MiSdemeanOrS in a pathological sense, are not
crimes; and. in any sense, they are far different
in relation to the man and to society from the
whole line of Ofenses against person and proper
ty which are known to the law as felOnies Mas
SachuSettS, as with Searchght, examines the
conduct of all her people, and brings alleged
wrong deeds, great and small, under statutory
prohibitions, and enrOlls persons not offenders
as criminals. 1t finds the stubborn boy i'm years
below his teens, arrests him and imprisOnS him
for StubbOrnneSS for the term of his minority. by
the same process and manner that it does the
murderer; excepting that the murderer has trial
by jury, while the stubborn child is condemned
by single person. The law reaches down to the
little girl of tender years who is in condition of
want or exposure, and makes her Il prisoner by
the same process of law for the term of her mi
nOrity. Neglected children are taken by the law
of Massachusetts and dealt with, as far as pro-
cesses are concerned. as criminals are dealt with;
and such figure in the statistics of criminality.
In the pursuance of the 'quantitative system
of Furnishing miSdemeanants or felOnS, one man
becomes ten or more criminals a year. the same
individual figuring ten times in the statistics of
crime. although only single individual misde-
meanant at any time. Startling criminal Stats
tics must appear when the statute makes chill
dren who have committed no OffenSe subjects of
trial and Imprisonment: and where a system
of fines and short terms of Imprisonment enable
single individuals to appear within a few years
as more than a hundred criminals. Those who
believe in the punitive rather than the refOrma-
tory system of dealing with offenders quite gen
orally are supporters of the fine and the "quan-
titative system of punishment of Otfenses:
which has illustration in the army of FOUNDERS
who are the multiplers of criminal statistics.
Every advocate of the refOrmatOry system con-
dennis the fine and shOrt-term methods.
The punitive system deals with Offenses rather
than with offenders and endeavOrs to fix meas
ure of punishment of adequate quantity for the
degree of Offense. Over and over again is the
same offender dealt with in like manner for ev-
cry repetition of Offense. though the number be a
hundred.
The refOrmatOry method deals with the often
der rather than with his Offense, and the plan is
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10
Habit.

Allow me to say through THE MIR
ROR that | owe the Rev. Mr.. Albert,
our worthy chaplain, much gratitude
for his most excellent sermon, delivered
in the chapel a few Sundays ago, in
which he said much about habits. That
discourse made an impression upon my
mind that | cannot (nOr would not if
cOuld) forget. Indeed it has led me to
believe that habit is mans best friend
or worst enemy; it can eXalt him to the
highest pinnacle of virtue, honor and
happiness, or sink him to the lowest
depths of vice, shame and misery. We
may form habits of honesty, or knave-
ry, truth or falsehOOd; industry or idle
ness, frugality or extravaganza; pa
thence or Impotence; Self-denial or self
indulgence: kindness, cruelty; polite
ness, rudeneSs; prudence, perseverance.
In short, there is not virtue or vice,
nor an act of body nor of mind. to
which we may not be chained down by
this deSpOtic power. | believe there
are but few people that form habits of
wrong doing deliberately or willfully
they glide into them by degrees and
almost uncOnsciOusly; and before they
are aware of danger, the habits are con-
firmed and require resolute and per-
sistent effort to effect change. There
is many poor creature now crawling
through life, miserable himself and the
cause of sorrow to others, who might
have lifted up his head and prospered.
May we yet in the prime of life, pitch
upon that course in life which is the
most excellent, and habit may yet rend-
er our lives most delightful and happy.
A A w
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10
Nelson the Man.

According to the Republican papers Knute
Nelson is elected governor of Minnesota by a
large plurality-abOut 10000. The Democrats do
not claim LAWYERS election. and that if Nelson is
elected it will lie with small vote
In fact the returns, as we go to press, are COM
ing in slowly and it is difficult to estimate the
vote.
ORegards DOnnelly the returns indicate, says
Chairman Baker, that the party has gone to
pieces. The Democrats further say that they
have not given up Lawler and claim the returns
will change the complexion of everything.
All was dark about the Peoples party head
quarters last night and exact figures could not
be promised
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10

Do Severe Punishments Decrease Crimee-
1t is popularity supposed that the pre-
valence of crime is chiefly due to made
quate punishment, and that the remedy
for it is to be found in harsher laws
and more vigorous administration of
them by the courts.
If this were so, then there should be
less homicide, relatively to the popula-
ton, in the South Central division than
in any other. The percentage of sen
fences for twenty years and over is,
there greater than in any other division.
and the average sentence pronounced
by the courts is longer In these re-
spects, the Western division stands al
most side by side with the South Central.
let the ratio of prisoners charged with
homicide to the total population of
these divisions is much higher than else
where; it is more than double the ratio
for the other three divisions taken to-
gether.
The lowest average sentence is in the
North Atlantic division, where there
are also the fewest death sentences. ex-
cept in the South Central, and yet the
ratio OF prisoners charged with hOmi-
eide in the North Atlantic Division is
less than in any other.
The ratio of prisoners charged with
homicide in Rhode Island. where the
death penalty has been abolished, is
lower than in any other state in the
North Atlantic division, except in
Massachusetts,.
The number of executions in 1889. as
reported by the sheriffs, was relatively
largest in the Western division. where
it was in 17S,O95 of population. Yet
it was in this very division that the
ratio of prisoners charged with homi-
eide was also greatest.
The next largest ratios of executions
to the population were in the South At
lantic Il in 2O5,99S) and South Central
Il in 215, 1861 divisions. Yet these are
the divisions in which are also found
the next largest ratios of prisoners
charged with homicide.-Re r. II.
Wines.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10
Prison Romance.

I'm going to join the army and will
be gone three years. Thus wrote
young man to his dear old mother and
sisters at home. The boy was under
sentence to states prison when he
wrote the letter that he supposed would
quiet all inquiries as to his where
abOuts: He had been found guilty of
forgery, and the Judge, in prOnOuncing
the sentence upon him, gave him three
years at hard labor, says an Oregon pa
per.
This was several months ago. and the
young man is by this time well ac-
quainted with the mOnOtOnOuS routine
of prison life in the Oregon state pen
itentiary. On Sunday afternoon
couple of young ladies, sisters, new ar
rivals in Salem, visited the prison.
They arrived too late to be admitted
to the services, but were given seats III
the Waiting-rOOm. At the first sound
from the choir they were interested,
but as the music of the song iiie,i ne
chapel and resounded throughout the
corridors they recognized a familiar
sound in Sweet-tOned voice that car
ried the air.
They advanced nearer to the chapel.
impelled by they knew not what, and
glancing through the barred doors re-
cognized among the singers wearing
the stripes the absent brother whom
they supposed to be serving his country
in the army. The recognition was
mutual and it was pitiful. The shock
was more than the delicate nerves of
the young women could bear. But it
is only one incident of the many The
prison is full of sad romance and eX-
pectatiOns that are never realized.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10
It Was an Accident.

Il understand" remarked the polite
reporter to the close mOuthed manager
of western road noted for it's poor
time, that there was an accident on
your road last night.
"Oh, do you?" was the sarcastic re-
ply.
"Yes, sir.
"DO you know anything about it?''
which was due here at 8:15.''
THAT train came in promptly on
time SIR said the manager, firmly.
Are you sure of that -
"Of course am
Thanks. That must have been the
accident referred to-" And the reporter
lodged out safely.-Ea,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10
Mustard and Cress.

In our case it is not the coat that distinguishes
man. No! it's the cap
Newcomers must bear in mind things are diff
ferent here Gin some respects) than outside
here, the more useful, and valuable man makes
himself, the sooner is he liable to lose his job
In nothing does our PRISON MIRROR bear
favorable comparison with outside journalism
more than in the absence of acrimonious con-
troversy and personalities in its columns.
The great question which is troubling the ma
orlty of the boys here. is not one of politics. or
social economy, but is one which might be
strictly classed as domestic economy. 1t is SIM
ply, Will the first grade men have sugar in their
cOnee?" wonder how often the Omniscient re-
porter has had that question put to him within
the past MONTH
Its the little things that better us the most, -
remarked No. 5000 to his chum, who replied
mOurnfully: Eyes, 1 have noticed those big,
bloated, OvergrOwn bed-bugs don't bite a little
bit compared with the little ones which are
scarcely visible
There are many ways in which a man can tell
a lie. l am led to this profound remark by read
ing something of which the following is but a
slight eXaggeratiOn. A gentleman visits pen
itentiary about supper time. He afterwards
writes an account of his VISIT and as a result
gives his opinion that cOnvictS are too well fed.
He mentioned the fact that the air was redOlent
with the delightful perfume of ham and eggs.
beat steak, French fried potatoes, and mocha
coffee, etc. All this was quite true; the
lie, or deceit was in the omission to state that
the officers kitchen was i'm close proximity to
the cOnvicts' quarters.
AS the night school is now opened here's lit
tie sum to practice with. On Columbus Day we
had coffee with our dinner. The gallery men
who served it had supplied them quantity suf-
ficient to fill 800 cups-1 cup per man. Each cup
holds pint-55O cups were pushed outside the
cell doors to be filled. First, what percentage of
cups could have been filled; and. second. had
each man received 2 pints as far as the coffee
went, how many men would have had to "go
without
AS soon as a man reaches the first grade, he
begins to think the worlds growing better.
l have been getting shaved regularly once a
week for nearly twelve months, and have not
once been told that my hair was getting thin OF
that needed a shampoo. Yet there are those
in our midst who say the world is not growing
better. Fact
Bon sOir; when the cold Frost is approaching
IFS time tO turn in I1NCJE PHI
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10

QJudge Patterson of the Supreme Court of New
York rendered a decision last week sustaining
the action of the Sing Sing authorities in arrest
ing an escaped prisoner several years after his
maximum term of sentence had expired and in
holding him to serve the full term of his original
sentence. This law applies also to reformatory
nriSOnerS.-The Summarize
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-11-10

to hold the offender long enough and to deal with
him in such manner as to change the wrong
purpose and tread of his life, so that he will not
again appear as an offender, or a multiper in
criminal statistics.-COl Gardner Tufts.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03
THE CALL
For a Republican State Convention
TO Meet at Fort Worth.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE REPUBLICAN

HEADQUARTERS OF REPUBLICAN,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF TEXAS,
AT ANDERSON, Grimes County, Tex,
August Is, 1892.
Acting under Instructions from the Re-
publican Executive Committee of the
State of Texas, communicated by letter,
|, as chairman of said committee, hereby
call a general convention Of the Republi-
cans of Texas, TO meet in the city of Fort
Worth. on the 18th day of September, A.
D., 1892, at IL o'clock m, for the purpose
of electing a chairman OF the State Re-
publ IAN Executive Committee, of nom
mating candidates for all state offices,
and such other business as may be
brought before the convention.
The chairmen of the various congress
sional districts of Texas are hereby in
structed, after having given twenty days
notice thereof, to call congressional con-
v~entionS at such points within their re-
SpecCive districts, most convenient to the
Republicans of their respective districts,
for the purpose of nominating candidates
FOR congress, and the chairmen of the
various county Republican executive
committees of Texas are hereby instruct
ed after giving ten DAYS notice and within
not less than ten DAYS before the said 18th
day of September, 1892, to call within
their respective counties a delegate or
mass convention for the purpose of select
ing delegates from their counties to
the state convention as above called
to meet in Fort Worth, September -,
1892. Basis of representation to he fixed
by the state executive committee at a
meeting of the said committee at the city
of Fort Worth, Monday, the 18th day OF
September, 1892, at 10 O'Clock a. IN.
County chairmen of all counties are re-
quested to forward lists OF the delegates
elected from their respective counties TO
the convention above mentioned, ad-
dressed to William E. EaSton, secretary
of the state Republican executive com
mittee. at Fort Worth, as soon as possible
after the holding of the county cOnven-
tionS. Very respectfully,
[Signed1 Lock MCDANIEL,
Chairman State Republican Executive
Committee of Texas.
Attest: WILLIAM Z. EAsTON,
Secretary
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03
Pears
Soap

1t is a wonderful soap
hat takes hold quick and
does no harm.
No harm! 1t leaves the
skin soft like a baby's; no
alkali in it, nothing but soap.
The harm is done by al
kali. Still more harm is done
by not washing. So, bad
soap is better than none.
WHAT'S bad soap? Imper-
fectly made; the fat and al
kali not well balanced or not
combined.
What is good soap?
Pears.
All sorts Of stores sell it,
especially druggists; all sorts
of people use it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03
BITTERS.

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men
ton. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise. A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guaran-
teed TO do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver
and Kidneys, will remove pimples, ooils;
by impure blood. viii drive Malaria
from the system and prevent as well as
cure all Malarial feers. For cure of
Headache, Constipation and Indigestion
try Electric Bitters. Entire satisfaction
guaranteed. or money refunded. Price
soc and sl.O0 per bottle at Adolph Dreiss,
and Dreiss, Thompson & Co. S27 3
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03
Farming in Free-Trade England

Farming in Free-Trade England
Governor Mckinley.
How DO sgriculturists fare in free
trader England? Let Mr.. Gladstone
answer
I'VE have IN many parts of the
country not only a stationary but a
decreasing rural population. There
are no just sacrifices that ought not
TO be encountered in order TO stop
the process which leaves the rural
laborer IN a condition where he can
hardly hope 10 keep his wife and
children even with an insufficient
supply or the necessaries of life"
Cardinal Manning wrote a year and
q half ago that land was going out Of
cultivation in parts of England.
Fair play, an English publication,
gives the rate of wages paid to agri-
cultural labOrers at Berwick, Carlisle,
Whitby and Thirsh, the four princi-
pal agricultural centers Of England.
The wages paid to young mel run
from SIS to SS7 so a year; to men, or
binary laborers, from $40 to $50 q wear;
for managers of farms, from $50 to
$50 a year; plOwmen, $50 to $50 a
year. For girls, S25 to $50 q year;
female managers OF farm-hOuses and
diaries, $50 to 500 a year.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03
New Lawn Game.

WoOdmopt Conn Letter.
The new lawn game, alertos, has
made its appearance here. Six per-
son are required to play the full
game, which is quite complicated,
and demands considerable skill and
activity. The players are divided in
to three parties, or sides, of two
each. While the reds are having
their innings the whites and the
blues jointly oppose them, and so on
in due rotation. The object of the
play on the part of the fins" is to
toss q set of small balls into u of
three large, net pockets, hung be.
tween two uprights, n partner
tossing the balls; the other, station
ed behind the pockets, wards off
with a ''cstch-pocket' the "stop-
balls" thrown by two of the oppon-
ents for the purpose of preventing the
small bale from passing through the
pockets and thus scoring. At the
same time the two other opponents,
armed with "catch pockets" and
standing at the right and left of the
large pockets, aim to capture the
small balls which may deviste from
a middle course. The small balls or
'itoss balls" are thrown from q dis
lance of % feet, and the 'stop balls''
are thrown from the right and left OF
the position occupied by the tosser.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03
American and English Wages.

N. Y. Recorder.
Are yo3 a carpenter, In England
q carpenter earns on an average Sl!6s
per day. A carpenter in the United
States averages 1915 per day. The
tariff does not protect you. and you
have no interest in lt."Are you so sure
about thar7 How many months we're
you employed in helping TO built that
pig factory? 1t would never have
gone up we're it not tor protection, and
you would have heeu so many months
out of q 'io5." Perhaps you are now
at work on the houses around 1t in
which the employees will live.
Those hoGses would not be built If
there were no tariff. When the free
trade crank tells you that you are not
protected and have no interest in the
tariff tell him he does not know what
he il talking about. Vote this fall
for a STEADY job" during the next
four years.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03
Ir SHOULD BE IN livery HOUSE.

j. b. Wilson, 37l Clay street, Sharps-
burg. Pa. says he will not be without
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, Coughs and Colds; that it cured his
wife, who was threatened with Pneu-
monia after an attack of la Grippe"
when various other remedies and several
physicians had done her no good. Robert
Barber, of Cooksport, Pa, claims DIR.
Kings New Discovery has lone him more
good than anything he ever used for Lung
Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it. Free
Trial Bottles at Adolph DreisS, and
Dreiss, Thompson 81 Co. Large bottles,
SOC and Sl.00. s y D
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03
BurIesdue on Cleveland.

Indianapolis News.
When Andrew Jackson Nensble, of
Skidmore, KY, sent to the Hon
Grover Cleveland a moleskin money
purse with the assurance that, al
though a Prohibitionist, he intended
to vote for Mr.. Cleveland for Presl-
dent, he hardly expected to receive q
prompt acknowledgment OF his gift
IN the following letter:
BUzzARD's BAY, Mass. Aug. 8. 1892.
Mr.. A. J. Venable Skidmore, Ky.
Ny Dear Sir-It gives me pleasure
to acknowledge the receipt OF your
letter of recent date containing a
moleskin money purse, fashioned by
yourself, which you ask me to accept
as a token of your regard. L do so
unhesitstingly, because Judge from
your letter that your beautiful gilt Is
entirely disinterested and free from
the selfish motives that too often &C.
company even small offerings. In
contemplating it, my reflections are
divided between admiration of the
ingenuity which could construct so
handy an article out Of such unpro-
missing materials, and the perfection
OF NATURES methods in fashiOning the
material itself. This is, l think, the
sleekest moleskin / have ever felt.
The animal itself, though ose of
the hum6lest among animated crea'
lures, nevertheless has al important
function to perform in the great sui.
soiling operations of NATURES econo-
my and in preparing the earth for
those rich returns which make our
country so favored among the nations
of the earth, in spite of vicious legis-
lation, which roDs the hardy hus-
bandmsn of a large part of the pro-
ceeds of his toll. Thanking you
again for your beautiful gift, and for
the promise OF your vote, which /
have no doubt will be q potent factor
in the coming contest, l am yours
very truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03
A NEW KIND oFoINsURANce,

For twenty-five cents you can insure
yourself and family against any bad re-
suits from an attack of bowel complaint
during the summer. One or two doses of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy will cure any ordinary
case. 1t never fails and is pleasant and
safe to take. No family can afford to be
without it. For sale at 25 and so cents a
bottle by +. Kalteyer & Son, bowling &
Flood, Fl. Schuchard. Cohn e Co, LIS
Harrison, and Kalteyer & Schuchard,
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03

j. r. Hacklett, Houston; f. C. Blain, Del
Rio; e.. w. Hain, Rosenberg; w. T.
Fisher; j. w. Butler, Tyler; J. b. Schnitz,
Denton George Armstrong, Lamar; Wal
ter Davis, Ell Paso.
Amoril
Official Journal - San Antonio Daily
LIGHT
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03

Mr.. j. A. Lander, a prominent citizen
of Cl~arksburg, Mo, and widely known in
that state, says of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea remedy: Il have
seen its good results and can recommend
it," For sale by L. KaIteyer & Son,
Bowling & Flood, A. Dreiss, H. Schuc.
hardt, r. Cohn q Co., J. T. Harrison and
Kalteyer & Schnchard.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-09-03

efforts TO lessen n prevent the evils Of in.
temperance and promote morality.
PENSIONS.
Ever mindful of the services and sacrifices
of the men who saved the rife of the nation,
We pledge anew to the veterans soldiers OF
the Republic y watchful care and recognition
OF their just claims upon a grateful people.
HARRIsoN's ADMINISTRATION.
We commend the able, patriotic and thor.
oughly American administration of President
Harrison. Unde II the country has enjoyed
remarkable prosperity, and the dignity and
honor of the nation, at home and abroad, have
been faithfully maintained, and we offer the
record OF pledges kept as a guarantee of faith
ful performance in the future.