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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-01

R1Ds FOR BUILDING POORHOUsE-OF-
~ fee Of tho County Clerk, Park County, Living
ston. Mont, April 4, 1so2-Sesled proposals for
the furnishing Of material and the building and
constructing VI the Park county poorhousc, sit
uated about three miles east Of the city Of Liv-
~inRston, will be received.
Plans nnd specifications are now ready and
can be seen at the Office of Galbraith d Fuller.
architects, in tie city of Livingston. Tho board
of count commissioners reserve the right 10
reject any or all bids or proposals. Bid shall
DO sent to the county clerk OF Park county, en-
dorsed ':Hids for building poorhouse," on or be-
fore ~ o'clock noon, May 10. A. u. 1882.
BY ordsr of the board of county commission
ers of Park county.
=. DEUTSCH.
(ountv CIorlt and Eecnr1nr
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-01

MONEY TO 3. PALMER. SEE
NJ adv. page ..
no LUAA-IN SUMS TO SUIT. LOW RATES
L. OF interest. Steele & Clements.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11
TO OUR FRIENDS.

This is the proudest Of all the days of
THE PRISON MIRRORS existence. To-
day, the sixth anniversary of it's birth,
THE MIRROR presents itself to it's many
friends in new attire. For five long
years it has had to appear before the
bubble in the cast off dress of an older
and more prosperous contemporary.
Those of you who in early life had to
wear the "reduced'' trousers of the "old
man. can appreciate what THE MIR
ROR's feelings were during the past
and what they are to-day.
We will not dilate upon the record of
the past or promise anything for the
future, for the one is Interchangeable and
the other unknowable. THE MIRROR
has proved it's right to existence by ex-
listing. Its present purpose is to con-
tinue along the way which the finger
on the guide post of experience points
out as the safe one for it to pursue.
The merit of the paper in the future,
as in the past, will depend largely upon
the efforts of it's staff of contributors.
Without the variety of matter contrib
uted by the inmates the paper would
be spiritless, spiceless 1t is to be
regretted that more of the boys do not
contribute than what do, but when we
take into consideration the fact that
whatever they contribute must be writ
ten in the evenings, after days of ten
hours hard work, we have to acknowl-
edge that they do even better than
would be expected. He whose privi-
lege it has been to act as editor takes
this opportunity of thanking the boys
for their able assistance always so cheer
fully rendered. We also desire to thank
the Board of Prison Managers, to whom
THE MIRROR is largely indebted for it's
new material, the local officials for their
many cOurtesies, the many newspapers
and other publications for exchanging,
but above all, the subscribers and adver-
Users in whom THE PRISON MIRROR
finds the source of it's existence.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11
Heavy Thoughts.

If you are in doubt as to whether man is a
fool or philosopher, try little f1attery on him.
If he continues to seek your company he is a
fool, if he avoids you he is philosopher.
When convict is honest enough to be trusted
with a freezer full of ice cream in dark cellar,
it is time the governor signed his release papers
he has reformed.
1 think the saying that "mOlasses catches
more flies than vinegar" is true, because never
saw mOasses catch any vinegar. Any fool knows
that vinegar can run faster than mOlasses, there
fore it would be fOolishness for mOlasses to try
to catch it.
If Henry d. ThOreau is right when he says
that 1.-THE only place in this country where an
honest man may be safe is within the walls of
prison. what are we to think about that much
quoted phrase, Honesty is the best policy?
Did it ever occur to you that saltwater was
the correct name for whisky?
The difference between the path of rectitude
and the path of vice, is that the farther you trav
ell on the former the easier it becomes, while the
latter continually gets more difficult and danger
GUS the farther you travel on it. X. M.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

1t seems that they are having con-
siderable trouble at the Charlestown,
Mass, state prison. The causes appear
to be several, the chief one being
an insufficiency of work to keep all
the men employed; and having nothing
better to do they manufacture trouble.
Warden Lowering is making an attempt
to gather up the ragged ends and the
result will probably be better order of
things in the near future. Perhaps if
he were relieved Of the valuable assist
ance of score or two of self-constitut-
ed advisory wardens, and left to act
independently he might be able to bring
about state of affairs that would be
more satisfactory to the public, himself
and the convicts. Give the warden a
chance once in while. T.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

Do you have any amusement here,
fellows? No? Well, do, regular old
fat-producing chuckles all to myself
of course. Every man has that bump
in his Uranium, more or less developed,
that will respond to the many funny
things he sees or hears every day, even
in this "institution." My bump may
be unusually large q believe 1 laughed
once at funeral, for 1 see things every
day that will make the laugh come were
l to lose my cap the next minute. l
like to hear man laugh right out even
in ''meetin'" The minister may frOwn
if the laugh is not provoked by his own
witticism, but he is in sympathy with
the laugher at the same time. OF
course it spoils good laugh to be COM
PEELED to smother it in your "buZZum,' -
but it beats no laugh at all.
S. MILE.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

Gen. o. O. Howard writes long let
ter to a New York friend in reply to
questions Of army discipline and the
punishment inflicted upon Private Iams
at Homestead. The general failed to
find any precedent in the regular army
records sustaining the action taken by
the officers in the Iams case. In cases
cited of even more aggravated breaches
of discipline the punishments inflicted
did in no wise compare in severity to
the punishment of Iams. While the
general is careful to not express an
opinion in the Iams case, his letter is a
strong condemnation of the whole pro-
ceedings.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

THE MIRROR desires to return thanks
to it's host of exchange friends for the
valuable assistance they have rendered
it, and for the reading matter they have
furnished the inmates, many Of whom
would otherwise have been without
newspapers because of their poverty.
We especially thank the publishers of
the following named dailies which have
regularly appeared upon our table: The
Journal, Eoe'aiaag Tribune, and Times,
of Minneapolis; the Pioneer Press, DIS
patch, and Neaos, of St. Paul; the Tram
script, of Little Falls; the Republican,
of Winona; the Gazette, of saltwater.
The dailies from other states are, the
Gazette, St. Joseph, Mo-, and the Neacs,
Joliet. Ill,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

The progress of prison reform may
seem slow, but it has travelled long
distance in the past hundred years.
The very worst prison in this country
to-day, and some it would seem could
not be much worse than they are, are
better than the best prison of the eigh-
tenth century. They may say, and
with many good reasons, keep the
prison out of politics; but take the pris-
on out of politics altogether and it will
not advance to another advantageous
point in thousand years. Political
agitation has produced whatever adj
vantage the penal system of to-day has
over the prison of the days when only
kings, princes and lords dabbled in pol
itics. Politics is the leavening that
has raised prisons from the condition
of pesthouses to reformatory institu-
lions.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

Here are the candidates for whom all
good Minnesota democrats out of jail
will cast their votes next November:
For governor, D. w. Lawler of Ramsey
lieutenant governor, Harry Hawkins of
Scott; secretary of state, Peter Nelson
of Goodhue: state treasurer, Joseph
Leicht of Winona; attorney general,
J. c. Nethaway of Washington; justices
of the supreme court, William Mitchell
of Winona, Daniel Buck of Mankato,
Thomas CAVITY of Hennepin. The can
didate for governor is young man, a
brilliant lawyer, and eloquent speaker,
and St. Paul is his place of residence.
You see, if the Honorables Nelson and
Donnelly are neither elected, Gov Law
Ter will be right at home, like our pres
ent chief executive.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

Leader Gustav Schurmann, who is
mentioned in the war records as the
youngest soldier in the army of the Po-
tomac, having entered the service as a
drummer at the age of twelve years,
has just been appointed as special agent
of the Treasury Department at a salary
of 81, 500 year. While President Lin
coin and wife were visiting the army
one time they saw young Schurmann in
the ranks and took great fancy to
him. Mrs. Lincoln persuaded the little
drummer to return to the White House
with them, and he became the playmate
of their son 'Ted;;" but at the end of
six weeks ne returned to the army.
Mrs. Lincoln thought great deal of
him and when he was of age she Sc
cured his appointment to West Point,
but his tastes had changed and he de-
clinod
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

Editor Langum of the Preston Times
speaks in superlative terms of the
prison-made binding Irvine, and he adj
vocates doing away with the contract
system and employing all the prison la
Dor in the Irvine industry. He says of
the Irvine:
The Times has taken considerable pains to as
certain whether or not the hemp binding Irvine
manufactured at the Prison in saltwater was
giving general satisfaction, and we are most
happy to state that the Irvine in question is all
that it is claimed to be. Made from the best
Kentucky hemp, manufactured by the most i'm
proved machinery it possesses great evenness
and strength and will answer every purpose for
which it was intended
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

On reading your comment on our
humble freetrader's article, the glad
thought comes to us, friend Paradis, that
perhaps you feel yourself about to step
into the millionaire ranks. lift is true,
accept our congratulations along with
our pardon for those cruel thrusts at
our poor free trade contributor. We
hope that when you come into your
million that you will still permit the
old friendly relation to exist between
the Mido0ay Neeos and PRISON MIR
ROR.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

Admirers of the stage will be pleased
to learn that Billy Seaman, the pop
ular comedian who has for long time
been confined at the Bloomingdale asy-
lum in what was believed to be state
of hopeless mental disease, is said to be
slowly but surely recovering his reason
ing powers. His recovery will be largely
due to the tender care he has received
at the hands of his devoted wife.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11
THE PRISON MIRROR is weekly pa

per published in the Minnesota State Prison. 1t
was founded in 1887 by the cOnvicts and is edited
and managed by them. Its objects are to be a
home newspaper to encourage moral and intel
lectual improvement among the prisoners; to
acquant the public with the true status of the
prisoner; to disseminate psychological informa-
ton, and to aid in dispelling that prejudice
which has ever been the bar sinister to fallen
mans self-redemptiOn. The paper is entirely
dependent on the public for its financial sup
port If at any time there should accrue sur
plus of funds the money would be expended in
the interests of the prison library.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

There is talk in St. Paul of establish
ing refuge home for drunkards' wives.
1t would be great charity; but what
would become of the poor drunkards ?
We doubt if it is legal to deprive man
of his lawful means of support.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

Uncle Sans big treasure train, bear
ing $3O,OOO,OOO in gold from San Fran
cisco to Washington, passed through
Chicago safely.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

Senator c. S. Crandall, of OwatOnna,
has been appointed a member of the
st. Cloud reformatory board to fill the
vacancy made by the death of Fred S.
Pillsbury.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11
A Mean Advantage.

"Chatterton played mean trick on
his wife while she was at the seashOre."
"How was that"
"He taught the parrot to scream:
You talk too muchr "-Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-11

A good newspaper is absorbed by it's
readers; poor one, usually by it's hated
rival.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-27
Norlso waRIIKE

a,toid shin owner Isnst .tfsn4d Of These
canNdi ~ ressels.
RrSrltol 4. "! Dec 28.-The three
Canadian cruisera baiit at owen Sound,
Ont, which are causing SO much var
like tail, are said By an old ship owner
one Of the few who have been allowed.
to. inspect, thatthesev essels are much.
smaller than have been represented
He asserts that they m armed Mltn
one small gun each and are IN fact what
sir Julian Pauncefote said they were,
mere revenue cutters. Besides sela
the captain, even fthey are 3SOsteny es
sells, q has been reported, what Goes
that signify when ills known thai NlIn-
in amonth past there have been launeh-
ed AZ Toledo two 550-ton vesaels IN
tended for lake trade but Purposely
contributed so that in avery few hours
time they can bee nvertedint tortntdas
bic meniof war, capable OF knoeklng
these Canadian cruisers into cooked
Ihat?p One OF the new Canadian cut
tiers Is the Georgian bay andthe other
two are in Nova Scotia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-27
gadfgfma
RgPuBIIoAN oITY TlOKET.
Tho PFcsident's Rerso1nlI safety


Tie careful watch kept over Mr.
Cleveland by men oftbe New York pos
lice force brings out some things not
hitherto generally known. II SNOW
reyeaied that alter MI CleyelandlseIec
ton in 1884 he was carefulI5 guardedin
the same way until he entered the.
Bhite House.
Alter that he never Went out alone,
almost never walked when he did go
out and took special precantionsfor his
defense while indoors He was il lear
Of ASSASSINATION by some disappointed.
otieeseeker
Although President Lincoln wa Is
s~asainated Presidents Grant and Hayes
went reely about Washington. Press.
dent Arthur came into the otie be-
cause his predecessor had been assass-
mated. yef he showed NO fear He
walked and drove about Washington as
though no President Of the gnited.
saaes had died aviolent death SOFT
Has been With President Harrison u
lie has feared violence he has ahoHnno
slg ofiE
Ii Mrs Cleveland is concerned Tor the
safefyol lis p9rson nobody WI find.
fsuIt if be enrround himself SfthM
tsse protectim.h he can command
IT'S to be regretted, however. that
anything has ever happsned % impress
1 President Of the United States with a
dread OF mixing freely Withsthe people
N the time.honured way.
No other land has SO peaceful and.
plentiful a Christnastide as ours.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-27
MORNING. sM1LEs.


Acountryminister upIthestate find,
ing the fire. in the parlor crate had gone
out asked his vile to bring in some.
thing dry with which TO relight IL. The
good woman went to the barn and
pulled from a barrel an armfulso OF her.
husbands old sermons.-Nnp York
Word.
Herei is a Religious Note" from the
Ditadee (Seotidndl gotfief: .phe mem.
Ibers ola Eesmahagowki kirk choir, which
came out on a strike recently have
been Sacked BY the kirk session, be.
cause they questioned tho right OF the.
minister 20 reprimandt them.
Theory and Practice-Well what
did you learn at school today aThat
two negatives make an Affirmative
lasEesed the little boy. And what
does that mean, pravp Dunno.
Teacher didn't have no timetoEteH U.s.
I-hdidngpots Jclrad.
Mamma (reproyinglY on Sunday
You told me you were going To play.
church, Little Dick-Yes,m.n .sTheni
I'D like TO know what all this loud
laughing is about. 0h, that's Dot
andm we i the choir. Good Neg
MaFy-.F-eIsmse-n ferment-to.
work. Manma=Nowy place it in q
sentence TO show me thatyou really.
understands Mary-eIn summer1
love to ferment III the garden. R-Ihe
Watabpry.
Mistress-Do you call this sponge.
scake2 Why, it's as hard as eau be-.
New CookZYes, mum; 3thatslthe way
asponge is before It's wet Soak It IN
your tea, mum9-NNp York Hed4N
Papa gave mea whole dollar today
to save We'll my papa gave me ten.
cents to spend; and that's better stlll.t'
I-HupHS KolNg People.
Teacher-wh hat Is aeitizen9 syoiee.
from the RaafZaPlease, mum.its q p6-
liceman with his clothes oG.n-Neg
YorkSQHI
The bunlon pilgrim Is the man who
doesnt mske the best progress in these
latter days.
0fal the hose hung up for Christmas
fireman. Is the longest.
kgadt spinstets are apt to yield more
AM more TO their telines.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-27
hecomine Woman.

The coming woman is come IN a
balloon,a and herconing Ii near q inland
She willnot sail through the realms Of
space because she comes in a balloon.
She will tread the earth as now, ride in
the street cars. go TO church, % the
theatre, give teas and perhaps wear a
bigger. broader, holder nat than now
She is not tosdawn on Us new-madet
only made over after the fashion Of the
oyerspreading criael line for she Is to.
come in hoops. The great moguls Of
fashion, those monarchs Of modes and.
final arbtters Of qultc-the-thing, have.
decreedlit
a street ear will not seat % many Of.
herinthoops, and an the men Will have
TO walk. II will be impossible tocrowd.
so many Of hefinto one new, andthe.
men viii have to wait outside There.
may have 70 be aspecial thsater night
for the men, 10 give them any show.
But she viii still be woman, lovely.
woman in spite Of her enveloping
tnuisasce OF a balloon. All hail the
woman in the baileoal
IN is interess ling 10 note how many
esteemed cotemporaries take their.
Christmas snap-shots from the English.
point Of view. e d6n runithe Yule
log very.strons inlthis country, and the
boar headisnoteyerwhelmingly in 1t.
We have an American Christmas made
chiefly Of American materials.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-27

gambling and coskdshts are NOT quite
Legitimate sunday sports, Whatever
they may be on weekdays.
The People party 70 establish i
central teleefaphtc news bureau OF
Washington. There are said TO be 1900
weakly newspapers that are interested
mall that Weaver, Peffet and Sock
less Jerry Simpson DO.
A tract OF land in Yorkshire, Eng
land, has long been known as Petti-
coat Hold became every year the
tenant must give q new retticoat TO
some poor woman by way offent.
a Animate Of an Armenian convent
has recently died, alter having been
there ninety-eisht years without once
going outside the convent walls Esr
recorded age was us years.
The Scottish Good pemplars have fol-
the example Of tine Salvation
Army and have Observation-Disclosures
savings this month to q "selt-denfall
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-12-27
LIFE Oh Il DESERT
|Ezperieaes ota souflsfn Paelfe Railtpad

sperienes ora soathssh Pacific Ratlrpad
VIZ lio4 EagineeE.
1dra
A Southern Pacific engineer told o
sto about his aexperience on the Colo
fadodesett as follow:
nYon don't know what not weatheris
here. IyeJust come in from una A,
y anatI can tell you that therlde be:
tween Beaumont and Auma-lW miles.
lin the hot season Is trip you viii
not soon forget. Remember that Is Q
hotconntry and no water.
Every train that goes over the road
takes along one or more water cars.
This il absolutely necessary IN more
than one sense. You probably don't
know this fact
Any traveller can signal any tram 20
ing either way o n this strip OF track
and seek and receive rom the water
itanks'a supply OF water. This Is the
rule of tile company, and pity the
engineer whowould disobey therulesl
and not stop at the signal. Idonst
mean to say Their lisa man who would.
refuse TODD this, eyenlit Il wasn't the
rule. Lean tell you Of more than one
case where the getting of awater supply
from h etrainsWas the preservation OF.
the lives Of tfavelers. !
Set me tell you something OF the
heat: When / was in India last the.
thermometer stood at 116 degrees inithe
shade at O'Clock inthe afternoon. II
did not fall much, Il any, below the 100
ldegfee notch during the night The
air is pure and dry, and the people.
lsleepin the open air. Theigreattronbla
one finds there is not only the heat but
the mosq1itos. They are very teroeions
REGULAR cannibals., People now com-
plain OF new species thatis even more
fond ii eating persons than the old.
,speciesithat We all know so well.
But ] am getting away from the
heat Run a locomotive into India or
Yuma and you can't tell what part OF
the machine issthe hottest, The jour
mails, drtving:bo1as, %eccenttics and pins
are no hotter than the other parts OF
the IRON work. Section hands viii drop
a crowbar on the ground in the sur.
In FIVE minutes they can't touch 1t with
the naked hand.
we NN0AAAA NAHI
Indians at Yuma during the hot
weather They will go TO the Yuma
river and scoop up a biglbatch OF wet
mud and plaster their heads all over
with the sticky substance Then they
will seeka lclnmpo oil greaseWood trees
and take ainap.
Another thing you would ind curt-
Gus and interesting This Is the great
desert otpure white sand. Its always
shifting and changing as the wind
changes! I've known of Its covering the
track to depth of from seven TO ten
feet inaide5dfa IN hours blow. You will
see at Seven Palms the telegraph poles
with the bottoms gouged out just as
.you5see the piles under Nh. Stearn's
house. You know the piles are eaten
away by species OF sea worm and the
,teredos butTthere are none Of these ant
imsls atSeven Palms. The sand Blow
ing against the poles is what does the
mischief, just az a sandblast Will gut
away the hardest glass;