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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-14

woman in the Uuited States, perhaps. who
has done so much practical work for the
benefit of prisoners as Mrs. d'Arcambal has
since she became interested in it twenty
years ago. She is known as the ''Prison-
ers' Friend" name that she has as hon
estly earned as every general won his title.
She enjoys the friendship of all prison Off.
Gals. governors of her state and hosts of
the best people of Michigan cheerfully CO.
operate with her in any charitable enter
prise she undertakes. The Home of Indus
try is the browning work of her life and it
is to clear this noble institution of indebt-
edness that "Pebb!es and Pearls'' has been
published. Everyone who is at all inter-
ested in philanthropy should secure copy
of this book. We appeal to our readers to
contribute towards helping this noble
woman in the completion of her work.
The book is deeply interesting and the
reader will feel fully rewarded for the out
lay. The price is so cents for paper cover
or IS cents cloth cover. Address Mrs.
Agnes L. d'Arcambal. 259 Willis Av. East,
Detroit. Mich.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-14

RefOrmers are. as a class. dangerous peO-
pie. OF course they always mean we'll and
try to be honest. The trouble is, they are
too honest tor every day people. They live
under the hallucination that theirs is spe-
cial mission; that through them the worlds
wrongs will be righted and all men made
honest. Alas Occasionally you find a
practical refOrmer who succeeds; but nine
times out of ten you will find that the re,
form mask hides the greatest rascality-
st. Louis Truth.
We do not think the writer of the above
considered we'll what he was saying. We
do not believe that Performers are, as a
class. dangerous people," not in the sense
here meant. 1t is true they are dangerous
to the established order of things. They
we're dangerous to the institution of slav-
cry, to religious moderation, to tyranny;
and they are more dangerous to day than
ever to the many evils that cause weak hu-
mainly to cry to its Creator for deliverance
Who are refOrmerS? Is not every human
being that labOrs in any field for the i'm
prOvement Of the race reformer? Is not
every honest politician philanthropist
just as truly as every man or woman who
labors for the improvement of the condition
of the morally and physically defective?
Philanthropists. like politicians. are good
and bad, but without them we fear this
would be very anarchic dwelling place.
Truth, Truth. be truthful.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-14
TO THE PUBLIC.

lished in the Minnesota state prison. All matter
published In its columns is contributed by the
inmates, except that properly credited. It's 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-
vancement and prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-14

&C. w. H." in his article on convict la
Dor in this issue, stops just where the real
problem begins. If there was nothing
more to do than to manufacture goods and
put them on the market, then it would be
easy enough to run prison on the state
account plan. but then there is the matter
of disposing of the prison made article in a
manner satisfactory to free labor and yet
not at losing price to the state. Making
the articles as good as those produced by
free labor will not give them an equal Show
in the market. Convict made goods are
boycotted in degree everywhere and if
the state should undertake to sell its goods
for what they would bring there would be a
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-14
The man who likes to publicly express
his contempt for the police force should be
extremely discreet in his habits.

One of the most fatal mine disasters of
late years occurred in the Krebs coal mine
at McAllister. Indian Territory, last Friday
evening just as the 400 men were about to
leave the mine. The disaster was the result
OF an explosion the cause of which has not
been ascertained. but is supposed to have
been due to the carelessness of miner in
setting off blast at an improper time.
Sixty dead and 1T wounded men were
taken out of the mine. Many of the injured
will die.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-14

Tewfik Pasha. the khedive of Egypt, died
of influenza on the 9th inst. His death was
entirely unexpected. He was 40 years of
age. and had been ruler of Egypt since 1879
Besides being man of superior intelligence
he was humane ruler. 1t is said of him
that during the outbreak of cholera in 1888
he made personal visits to the sick and
dying. administering such aid and comfort
as laid in his power. He will be succeeded
by his eldest son. Prince Abbas Pacha, who
is now IS years of age. 1t is thought that
the rulers death will cause new compiled.
tions in the Egyptian question.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-14

Is it evidence of criminal nature in a
man to belong to the church and teach a
Sunday school class? If church member
happens to turn out to be bad egg. the
newspaper never fails to allude to his con-
nection with religious works. We see here
the account of a county treasurer's embez.
Elements in which a summary of his mis-
deeds closes chucklingly with, HE is a
Sunday school superintendent and alleged
devout Christian" just as though to be such
was part of his criminal career.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-14

For fifty years Hon. Richard Vaux has
been an inspector of the Eastern penitenti
airy of Pennsylvania. He relates that only
three of the present one thousand and fifty
inmates of the prison have trade. and
nearly the same ratio has existed during his
service. Satan has piled his arts among idle
hands with great success, though this
Renaissance sets more to his credit than
generally supposed.-St. Paul Daily News.
The above statement went the rounds
two or three years ago and was generally
discredited. The Minnesota state prison
with population of about $50 inmates can
show larger percentage of tradesmen
than that given by the Eastern penitentiary.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-14

greater cutlery from free labor than has ever
vet gone up. Free labor will not concede
the state even the right to use convict labor
in doing its own work. Minnesota pur-
posed to utilize convict labor in the con-
struction of new capitol. but the labor
organizations cried out against it as an out
rage. Free labor will never be satisfied
as long as convicts are permitted to do any
kind of productive labor.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-01-14
STOP THE PRESS!

The book publishers ought to lay off for
catch up with the press. If not another
book were to be printed between this and
190Os and half of the books now in print
were to be culled out and reduced to pulp,
the public would begin the new century
with fuller and better disciplined minds
than it will at the present rate of indiscrimi-
nate stuffing. Of course we would not stopthe
production of such books as are made nee.
essary by new discoveries in science and
art. The hundreds of thousands of books
that line library and booksellers shelves are
not half read nor never will be. The pub
lie eye cannot follow fast enough to keep up
with the pages as they come from the book
press day by day. But. it will be said, the
supply is regulated by the demand and that
as soon as the market becomes glutted the
presses will stop. But they won't; the
publishers create the demand by tempting
the avidity of some, by pandering to the
depravty of others. by forcing their
wares upon a complaisant people through
tenacious agents. seductive prospectuses
and-most effective of abby prices so low
as to tempt purchasers for the sake of the
bargain" For ten dollars one may have
a dray load of STANDARD authors dumped
at his door. The. crafty publishers keep
Turing the public on from the new book it
has paid for to the one that is for sale, never
giving it moment for reperusal and ref1ec-
ton. The poor public has become victim
to the vice of book Swimming and is as
much in the power of the book publishers
as the opium fiend is in the clutches of the
deadly drug. Wise persons tell us that we
should discriminate in the choice of books
and be judiciOus in the amount of read
ing we do. This is good advice; but who
needs advice even in matters far more dan
gerous? The book-vice as we'll as alcohol
ism has its wrecks. There has been many
a naturally strong. clear mind rendered
fmsy and befuddled by indiscriminate
reading. There is not too much reading
done nor is the quality generally bad. but
there is too much changing from one kind
of matter to another. The average reader
is continually fitting from one book to an
other filling his mind with everything which
in the end amounts to nothing. or worse
confusion. This fitting from book to book
is not the vice of the fancy-free reader,
alone, it is common in the public schools.
A man of large family remarked the other
day that the expense of supplying his
children with school books was consider
able burden, because nearly every year the
school board adopted some new system of
text books. The garnet of his dwelling
was filled with school books that, though
good as new, were rendered useless. In his
early days one school book would answer
for several generations of school children,
and it seemed to him that children learned
to read. spell and cipher as we'll then as
now. Many of the greatest men of our
country, men whom the world calls edu-
Gated, had fewer text books in their whole
school course than scholar of to day has
in year. But chuckling voice says.
''What are you going to do about it?"
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13
ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS.

Through the kindness of Max Ty-
ron, the proprietor of the Delmonico,
formerly the Red Corner Market, we
are enabled to publish an extract of
the Chicago Herald, in which he re-
lates some of the adventures, etc, of
the Greedy relief vessels.
1--WE started in April" said he,
"and reached home in November of
the same year. The ert,which was
contributed by the British govern
ment, and the Bear were our com
panion ships. w. S. Schley, now of
the United States ship Baltimore, was
commander of the Thetis." After
these preliminary remarks, Tyron
exhibited show case full of relics
and curiosities gathered during the
trip in that far northern country.
They included photographs of the
rescued explorers. Greeley, Brainard,
Fredericks, Beiderbeck, Long and
Council; stones from the graves of
explorers who had been frozen to
death, seal oil, tanned duck skin, fish
bone needles, blue fox fur, whales
gills, an Esquimau doll, model of an
Esquimau fishing boat, walrus teeth,
elder ducks nest, dog harness,
shrimps, spears, knives, etc. "I'll tell
you of that odd land and people just
as they struck me-" he continued.
"The strangest thing was that we had
no night for five months. After this
followed thirty days in the glOam.
ing or twilight and then another
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13

of being pinched between ice foes
the fisherman can Chamber up on the
ice pull out a brace and fold the boat
like a crushed SLOUGH hat. The boat
is driven with one paddle. Fitted
around the seat is tanned sealskln,
which looks a short distance away
like a half barrel, with the head,
shoulders and arms of the fisherman
reaching above it. This is to protect
the body from splashing water. 1t is
fastened over the shoulders with sus-
pender strips of sealskin, attached
not with buttons and buttonh oles,n
yet with hooks and eyes, for such APP
planes are unknown, but with bits
of walrus teeth. The boat is rugged
with a harpoon with steel or iron
barbed point and heavy wooden
shaft. The aim in hurting this shaft
is made true by guiders of ivory and
wood on all sides of the shaft, which
steady its flight as do the feathers on
an Indians arrow. Running along
this shaft is stout sealskin line vary
ing in length from fifty feet to half
mile, according to the kind of fishing.
Strung on the line at fixed distance
from the harpoon barb is the buoy
an entire sealskln, five feet long, air
tight, tanned and inflated. The line
is securely attached to the reel which,
in itself, is a curiosity. 1t is formed
of fish bones and rises from either
side of the boat in front of the fish
erman, and forms half circle, ten
inches above the deck. The line is
not reeled as in brook and river fish
ing, but is folded over in a peculiar
way much as a washerwoman winds
clothes line from hand to elbow.
This reel is so adjusted that by touch
ing single bone it drops flat to the
deck, to which it is held by stout
cords, and the entire line falls into
the sea-"
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13

day five months long was due. Away
from clocks, of which there are very
few in Greenland, our time was reck-
oned by our stomach and our eyes.
When hungry We knew it was meal
time; when sleepy that it was bed
time. The Esquimaux have the wan.
dering habits of Indians. l believe
they are cross between Indians and
Chinese. Every family has boat.
They have no personal effects except
fishing and hunting outfits and their
clothing, all of which is on their
backs. When moving from place to
place the women row the boats and
the dogs draw the sledges. The
males, like the red men, rest and
urge forward the women and the
dogs. The homes of the poorer
classes are under the ice and very
warm. You enter the cave home
through door opening into a tunnel
two feet square and about fifteen feet
long. As you crawl on hands and
knees this leads you to the cave. In
this there are no holes for stovepipes,
light or ventilation. The natives
have no stoves. They use seal oil
lamps for lighting, heating and cook
ing. The smoke, and there is plenty
of it, is inhaled by the family or al
lowed to escape through the tunnel.
On the caves roof are beds of moss,
on which the dogs make their home.
"The scenery is made rugged by
spire-topped glaciers that pierce the
sky and are thousands of years old.
The glitter in the sun like colossal
mountains of diamonds. We'd climb
up glacier, put on snow shoes, get a
good start and slide for miles. The
Exqulmaux are great fishermen.
Their queer little boats for fishing
are from twelve to fourteen feet long
and three feet wide, shaped like
rowing shell, pointed at both ends
and capable of great speed. They
are made of tanned sealskin, sewed
together with seal gut thread and
needles made of fish bone. They are
water tight and decked over except
in the center, where the fisherman
sits. They are very light and can be
readily carried on the shoulders when
one is travelling over the ice. The
ends are hinged, so that if in danger
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13
Hot Griddle Cakes.

DIR Prices Cream Baking Powder possesses peculiar
merit approached by that of any other baking powder
1t produces the hot buckwheat Indian wheat cakes hot
biscuit doughnuts waes mullins Any of these tasteful
things may when hot with mpunty by persons of
the delicate digestive organs. Dr. Prices Cream Bak
ing Powder eavens without fermentation decomposition
In preparation but the Pures of of tartar
d. is used and in such exact equivalents to always
guarantee perfectly neutral result thereby giving the natu
and flavor peculiar buckwhea and other -four
may used the natural flavor much desired and ap
precaed all The oldest patrons of Dr. Prices powder tell
story that they get the results from any
other leavenng agent that their grdde cakes biscuits ETC.
light and taste sweet good
when raised with DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13

Here are some statistics from the
Silver City Sentinel which we doubt
not are correct, and they are of such
a startling and informing nature that
they ought to be known by every
taxpayer in New Mexico:
When county Offices are worth more
in New Mexico than state offices IN
the older states, there is something
wrong. The Office of sheriff of
Grant county is worth more in two
year term than the governor of New
York gets out of three year term
as governor of the wealthiest and
most populous state in the union.
Can there be any wonder then that
the scramble for the Office is dis
graceful? Here is a county with less
than 900 inhabitants and a prop
erty valuation of less than S., 900, 900,
which pays a sheriff more than the
state of New York pays its governor
with more than 100000 people and
a property valuation which is en-
tirely beyond the comprehension OF
the humon mind.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

The New York Herald says ed
itorially:
"When the Republicans are divided
by factional hostility as they are
today, there is greater need of har-
mony among the Democrats.
"If Harrison and Blaine see fit TO
split one party, there is no reason
why Cleveland and Hill should split
the other. If they would both retire
from the race a western man could
carry New York. That would mean
the inevitable defeat of Harrison. If
neither Cleveland nor Hill sees this,
the convention at Chicago ought to
see it, and TO act accordingly"
The World; "Mr. Harrison is a
much better representative of his
party ideas than Mr.. Blaine would
have been. How strong a candidate
he will be we must wait to see. Mr..
Blaine has friends of staunch loyalty
and long memories, and the issue
between him and the president has
left them resentful in an unusual de-
gree"
The Tribune; "Merit wins. The
people recognize and gladly reward
faithful and effective service. In 90
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13
A special to the Globe-Democrat
from Santa Fe reads follows:

A special to the Globe-Democrat
from Santa Fe reads follows:
Interviews with Gov. Prince, the
surveyor general, the internal reve-
nue. collector, and all federal and
state officers and all leading politi-
clans reveal the fact that all are
pleased with Harrison's nomination.
The manner in which the six New
Mexican delegates stood by Harrison
is source of much congratulation
among all classes in this territory.
The nomination is received with APP
probation, since it is fact unques-
toned that no president has ever
shown the interest in New Mexico
as has President Harrison. He is
generally here regarded as a stronger
man than Blaine, end Republicans
count on his election as certain.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13

Denver has a society called "Some
of our Best Society,"" but one lady
in it has commenced a SANDER suit
against two members, one for $780,
900 and another for $40, 1000 damages.
1t looks as though they had better
change the name or be more exclu-
siye.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13

The denomination of President
Harrison is received with satisfac-
ton all over the territory, though
there are many Blaine men here.
Had Blame not written the letter he
did in February, he could easily have
had the nomination, but that letter
was the stumbling block.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13

years no president, except Lincoln
and Grant, has rendered by wise ad-
ministration such exceptional service
to the people as to secure reelection.
All the efforts of jealous friends
would have been of no avail had not
the Republican millions have believed
that President Harrison, by really
rare sagacity, fidelity and firmness
had deserved at their hands excep-
tional condolences and honor"
The Cininnati Commercial Ga
zette, Rep, speaking of the oppon-
ents of Harrison, says they were hon
est in their preference, and adds:
"Those who twenty-four hours ago
were for Alger, Mckinley or Blaine
are all now with one accord for Ben
iamin Harrison. The Commercial
Gazette would have preferred the
nomination of James G. Blaine.
Under his leadership, in our opinion,
the victory in November might have
been easier. Victory is no less Ger.
tain under the lead of President
Harrison, simply bearing in mind
the successful campaign of 1888 and
the magnificent administration of af-
fairs during the past four years"
The San Francisco Call, Rep,
says: ave regard Harrison's nomi-
nation as signal victory OF the bet
ter element in politics. The people
have stood by the man who has
served them well.
"The conditions never for a mo.
ment existed which would justify a
vote for any other candidate than
Harrison while he remained before
the convention. The political at
mosphere is clearer for the action of
the convention. The better element
of the Republican party is now in
charge of the campaign"
The Chronicle, Rep, says:
"While it would be idle to deny that
the sentiment of large majority of
the Republican party of California
favored Blaine, it is equally true that
no Republican who has the interest
or his party at heart has any right to
feel dissatisfied with the action of
the convention in nominating Harri-
son."
The Chicago Inter Ocean, Rep,
says: "Blaine and Mckinley, above
all others, are the names to kindle
enthusiasm of the people, but the
convention was not to be lifted into
the air and dashed to earth again by |
a cyclone, whether natural or manu-
featured.
"The deliberate judgment of the
country, duly expressed, favored the
of Mr.. Harrison, and
that settles it. All the arts and de-
vices of professional politics could
not stay the execution of that judg-
ment."
The Tribune, Rep, says: at
matters little now by what methods
he (Harrison) secured his high honor,
or that his following in the northern
states was reinforced by strong,
but impotent, contingent from the
south which can not aid him in No
much as it may have done
for him in June. He is the leader,
and every true Republican will rally |
to his standard with the same deter
that would have been
shown had Mr.. Blaine been the stan
dard bearer"
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13

Albuquerque will have a grand
Fourth of July celebration, and as the
rates will be low it will be a good
chance for citizens to go down and
nssist them, if there is no celebration
here, and so far no steps have been
taken in that direction.
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13

XSVSys;EVESsSSsSsSSs.S'S Nan
1t''I1Er|LirgHtI Industries
A few evenings since our report
er's attention was called to the beau
tifully illuminated buildings of the
Smith Premier Typewriter works on
Clinton street, and upon investiga-
ton found that owing TO a large in
crease in business they were obliged
to run twelve hours day, operating
between 800 and 400 employees. Con-
sidering the rapid growth of the
business referred to it is very appa-
rent to the proprietor that it will be
absolutely necessary during the sum.
mer months to build another factory,
and in fact the plans are nearly ar
ranged for the construction of new
building of dimensions 6Ox14O feet,
seven stories high. This new struc-
ture, in addition to the present build
ings, which have every nook and cor
ner filed with operatives, will admit
of working at least 600 people, and
if the business continues to increase
in the future as it has in the past it is
very certain that the company at no
distant day will require all the type
writers that 600 operatives can pro-
duce. We are informed that no other
typewriter manufacturers in the state
at present are pressed to fill their or
ders to the extent that they are
obliged to work neutrality-suspicious.
Journal, March IL.
RAM0AY r. HENRY
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-13
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1892.

Jay Gould is still stoppinga at Pueb.
n.