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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-23

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal, March 1s-A
cable from Salvador says congress has
refused TO ratify the reciprocity treaty
with the United States Though the
cable has not been confirmed. 10 il be.
hsved to Ne true owing TO CERTAIN trade
movements known here.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-23

PITTsBUBeH, Pa, March 10 Robert
NJ. Blackburn, the oldest coal operator
IN Western Pennsylvania, having been
in the business for fifty-seven years. is
dead. The deceased was very wealthy,
and was known 60 rivermen from Pitts
burgh TO New Orleans
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-23
hat tnsu.hmea ihlnk ~ q. Nov.

The United states o. America. under
The influence 81 the Mckinley tariff and
increased home production. can NO
longer be considered as important
buyers Of steel and iron from tlds coun.
try, with the exception Of Nn plates.
and even this article Is now taken iu
reduced proportions
u was formerly an acknowledged
axiom that bal harvest in Great
Britain or ON The continent. which in.
yoivcd the purchase ~ large supplies
from che United states. caused "a great
demand from there for our manufactures
% steel and iruu-fhis rule has now.
however entirely ceased % hold good.
The deveiopm, % Of the mineral prop
critics in the southern states ID the
Union has during the last few years
been 80 phenomenal that they are now
fully able 90 make mp any shortcomings
winch formerly rendered it necessary
ipr the United States " order from shis
country. from Circular Of Boiling y
lowe. London.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-23

MADrssz, Ind. March fg-GeorQe
Crawford. IN Irish stonemason. died
here in poverty When the undertaken
was laying him at he tossed his rag
Rcd vest 70 one sOrner Of the hotel
a peculiar sound caus,d him TO examine
the vest and 81 500 was found I'm Il.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-23
sTRANoLER SCHNEIDER

Committee OF American citizens 5,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

If we all were millionaires-but we are
not, consequently we will have to work,
beg or steal our way through this world. 1t
would be impossible for every man or the
majority of men to be milliOnaires in the
sense that they are such now, for if one had
just as much as another everyone would
be poor and would have to 60 to tilling
the soil for his subsistence. Such a condi.
ton of things would not accord with the
plan of mans nature. Many good people
have believed that CO. partnership of all men
in the wealth of the world would bring
about cOntentment. This is because they
have in their calculations figured man in
simply as an autOmaton and have lost sight
of the fact that there are no two men alike
in the wOrld-nO two with exactly the same
characteristics or desires.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23
THE PRESIDING ELDERS EN-.
DORSEMENT.

Mankato. MIMI. June IA, 1892. Editor of
THE PRISON MIRRoR-Dear Sir: Inclosed
please find one dollar for The MIRROR.
1t has come to us from some one for some
time past; and thinking that the person send.
ing it may probably be Withholding it from
some of his nearer friends, l desire to send
my subscription for it. realizing that the
paper has become almost necessity in our
home reading. We have learned to value
THE PRISON MIRROR as one of the best pc
riOdcals among the Is or 16 that come to
our home, and it is among the first that is
usually read aloud in the house. The ability
with which it is edited, and the sprightliness
of its contents, make it worthy of support
and commentator.
The spirit of hopefulness it evinces. will
doubtless prove an inspiration to all who
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

Those few but very noisy persons who
are attempting to bring the modern refOrma
tory prison into disrepute seem to lose sight
of the fact that the new methods have been
adopted because of the hOpelessness Of the
old ones. The old manner of treating GRIM
inals has been thoroughly tested and there
is not a person competent to give an opinion
but will admit that it has proved failure
so far as refOrmatOry results are concerned.
The enemies of the new plan are not fair in
their criticisms. for, while they show how
superior is the treatment of the inmates,
they ignore the fact that on the other hand
the discipline has been made more rigid.
that more and better service is demanded of
the prisoners. So far as we have heard,
those who have raised their voices against
the refOrmatOry are not persons of practical
experience III prison management. While
they are not agreed on all the details, all
practical prison men endorse the modern
refOrmatOry as step in the right direction.
Those adverse critics are bent more on Sc
curing an indictment against the new sys
tenn than on giving it fair showing. They
find one of the new institutions mismanaged
and then hold it up as an example of the
whole system. or they find an imperfection
in the management of one and another re
formatory and putting them together speak
of them in such a way as to lead the public
to think that all the imperfections are
common to each reformatory. Undoubt
eddy the other has its lmperfections like
every other human institutions. but it will
stand until superseded by something better
than itself and its predecessor.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23
Our Library.

Mr.. EDITOR: l think that if Lacon
would look over the list of books in the Ii
brary again. he would find quite number
of standard works of fiction by the best
American and English authors, not to men
ton the many good biographies, books of
travel and of history. and some hundred
religious works. He seems also to have
overlooked the works of Shakespeare.
LOngfeIlOw, and other "unimpOrtant" poets.
But when he comes to class Dickens, man
whose fame as an author is indeliblv writ
ten on the pages of the book of time, and
compares him with M. A. Flemming and
Miss Braddon, it is enough to make Dick
ems turn over in his grave-"but l guess he
won't" He speaks of the books having
cheap appearance. Would he have them
bound in morocco, or has he yet to learn
that it is not the cover that makes the book.
l think could Lord Lytton have known
about that murderer spoken of. he would
have felt proud to know that his books had
such an influence on people. But | was
under the impression that there was strong
moral in the work he mentions, and that
Eugene Aram went almost mad through
remOrSe.
We can't all be mechanics. and there are
many we'll informed men in here who would
have no more use for some of the books he
advocates, ethan pig has for side pockets"
If we were to be continually reading on one
subject we should be like the boy who was
apprenticed to learn the building trade. and
was kept all the time building walls.
When he had served his time he found that
all he knew of his trade was how to build a
wall-simply that and nothingsmore.
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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23
Tobacco.

Is the use of tobacco injurious? DR..
Richardson, an eminent English physician,
in his pamphlet For and Against To
bacco." says: Before the full maturity of
the system is attained. even the smallest
amount of smoking is hurtful; subsequently,
the habit is. in most instances. only preju.
dicial when it is carried to excess. We
cannot honestly say more against tobacco,
than can be urged against any other luxury,
and of nearly every luxury, it is the least
injurious. 1t is innOcuOus as compared
with alcohol; it does infinitely less harm
than opium; it is in no sense worse than
tea: and by the side of high living alto
gether it contrasts most favOrably." Since
the introduction of tobacco to the civilized
world there have been many ways adopted
to eradicate the evil. The priests and sui.
tans of Turkey declared smoking crime,
Sultan Amurath ". decreeing its punish.
ment by the most cruel of deaths; the pipes
of smokers were thrust through their noses
in Turkey. and in Russia the noses of
smokers were cut Off in the earlier part of
the seventeenth century. King James l.
of England issued "COunterblast to To-
bacco." in which he described its use as
custom lOathSOme to the eye, hateful to the
nose. harmful to the brain, dangerous to
the lungs. and in the black sinking fume
thereof nearest resembling the horrible Sty-
gian smoke of the pit that is bottOmless and
still it's use is steadily on the increase.
In China the girls from the age of eight
or nine, wear as an appendage to their
dress small siken pocket to hold tobacco
and pipes.
Of the three modes of using tobacco.
snuffing is probably the least injurious, and
chewing the most deleterOus. Yet sailors,
who chew more freely than any other class.
are usually men in vigorous health. and
after prolonged practice the quantity they
can consume is enormous. In the Lancet
in 1S47. DIR. ArnOtt mentions the case of a
harbor superintendent, formerly sailor.
aged ga. in the almost uninterrupted enjoy
ment of good health. who chewed tobacco
for upwards of SO years. and at length ate
it. swallowing every particle of leaf and
juice. For many years he had been in the
constant practice of eating quarter of
pound of the strongest negrohead every five
days. LICINIUS.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

The nearest akin to the human is the
daily newspaper. In it we find good and
evil, justice and injustice, generosity and
selfshness; it lies and ISLANDERS. retracts and
apologies. The more virtue it has the more
modest it is. the less virtue it has the more it
claims and the greater its indignation when
accused. 1t is the most faithful reflection of
the human of it's day that we have.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23
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
e 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 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
it's inner life and thus aid the cause of moral ad
vancement and prison reform.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

PenolOgically speaking. Minnesota is one
of the most progressive states in the Union.
1t built refOrmatOry in 1889 at ST. Cloud,
and now it has commenced, by utilizing the
grading and parOling system, to turn it's
only state prison. at Saltwater, into all in
stitutiOn of similar nature. The st.
Cloud system costs the State S34 200 year
over and above the earnings, yet no obiec.
ton is made to placing the other prison on
a somewhat similar basis. Evidently. the
people are beginning to realize, as Mr..
Round would put it, that it is better to re-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

Grover Cleveland will undoubtedly lead
the Democratic host to victOry-or defeat
in the presidential race. His nomination
was almost conceded before the convention.
The first session opened in the great Wig
wan Tuesday. Hon. w. G. Owens, of
Kentucky. was made temporary chairman,
and Hon. William l.. Wilson, of West Vir-
ginia, has been selected as permanent chair
man. Hon. Isaac P. Gray will probably be
nominated for vice president.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

By the receipt of the biennial report of
the Louisiana state penitentiary we are re.
minded of the terrible disaster that occurred
there last July by which twelve men lost
their lives. The Board of Managers have
not forgotten the heroic conduct and valua-
BILE service of prisoners on that occasion.
In their report to the governor of the state
they say:
While the walls were down and during
the confusion and excitement that followed
after the cyclone struck the buildings. it
was all easy matter for many of the pris-
Oners to make their escape But instead of
trying to do 50. those that were able unset
ishly abandoned all thoughts of them.
selves, and manfully set to work to do all
the good possible. They exerted them
selves to wonderful degree and rendered
great assistance in rescuing their fellow I'm
fortunates and also aided the officers in pre-
serving order and saving the property of
the State. Their conduct was praisewOrthy
and highly cOmmendabe and we deem it
our duty to call attention to same. Those
who deserve special mention for the good
work they performed. are prisoners Thos.
j. Ford. VIM. H. Buckley. n E. LeRay.
Bev. O'Neil. James Lightfoot, E. A. De-
Witt, j. D. Wood, John Hessian. and we
respectfully and earnestly recommend those
of them that are still in prison for executive
clemency.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

form SO per cent. of the prisoners, at an
outlay of $34 900. than to reform only 20
per cent. with an income of few thou
sands.-The Summary. Elmira. N. Y.
The reasons for the St. Cloud reforma.
tory expenses being so far in excess of the
earnings are that it is new institution and
that they have been inhibited dong product
i've labor by the labor unions. The earning
capacity of the Minnesota state prison will
not be lessened in the least by the intro.
duction of the reformatOry system of dis
cipline. But ''penologically speaking. I"
also generally speaking, Minnesota is one
of the most progressive states in tie Union"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

If all the criminals in all the prisons of
the United States were to be put on an is
land and left to govern themselves, about
the first thing they would do would be to
organize vigilance committee to hang
those caught stealing. and about the first
substantial structure erected would be a
prison.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

Solomon's temple as described in the
Scriptures, would not be regarded as very
imposing structure in this day and age of
the world. Its length, 107 feet; breadth,
SO feet, and it was 81 feet in height. with a
pOrtico or veranda Sc feet long and II feet
wide. We have private houses here in st.
Louis that overshadOw such an unpretend.
ing structure.-St. Louis Republic.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

Three st. Paul policemen have lust been
fined for being found tilibustering in saloons
for refreshments. 1t is not likely that here
after they will frequently be found frequent
ing refreshment resorts. They will have to
maintain the dignity of the law on home
lined stOniachs.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

Col. Ell. Russell. late warden of the Mass
achusetts state prison, writes from WOrces-
ter, Mass. cOmplimenting THE MIRROR,
and concludes with these words: $50 l
incIose two dollars to help oil the machin.
ery of the Offce.''
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23
Force of Habit.

Judge: You are accused of stealing an
overcoat. Guilty or not guilty?
Prisoner: Not guilty. l merely adapted
it.
Judge: What is your business?
Prisoner: l am an American playwright.
Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-06-23

read it. whether outside or inside the walls
of the state institution.
May THE MIRROR ever reflect the good
and the true and the hopeful in human ma
ture! Fraternally Yours.
GEO. II. HAIR.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-02-25
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True to Their Democracy.

The 80 called industrial and farmers"
conglomerated mass now in session at
st. Louis is wholly an effort For the sake
of defeating the election of the repgbli-
can ticket in the fall. 1t is managed
for the benefit of the democratic party.
The hope of the managers is to draw
largely from the republican party in the
north. The southern members viii re-
main true to their party, This was
shown yesterday when resolution
looking toward third party was intro
duced. The southern members at once
announced their iltention to withdraw.
The reason given was that their seces-
sion from the democratic party would
only result in strengthening the repub
lican party in the south and therefore
in the Nation. The members from
Georgia led in the protest. Tho dele
gates from Alabama, Tennessee, Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia and
North Carolina all followed the leader-
ship Of the Georgia men. They an
pouncei lat if the scheme to run a
third party ket successful in tie
convention they viii withdraw. In
other wor Is they win refuse to be par
ties TO any moy that will weaken
the old party in The south. Democracy
must be maint .iusa. I is of FIRST i'm
portance. the Southern
Alliance are oFs o consideration
nth them. state REGISTER.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-02-25
Melville Movements.

Rev. d. n. Good passed through Mel
vile last week for Guthrie county.
Alb Hunt is building an addition to
his house. Mr.. Eddy of Audubon is
doing the work.
George Campbell has purchased the
Scott Parnham place and is busy NOV
ing his utensils thereon.
Robert Grieye, OF Elmira, ILL.,, and
fhos. Scott of Perry, were visitors at
rhos. divers last Thursday. Robert
is as frisky as youth.
VIM. Maxon is moving to Greeley
township.
The measles are prevailing around
Melville Center, hence the school is
mall in number.
John Doak was buying cattle in Mel.
vile last week.
j. G. +. Wicker, of Audubon is mov-
ing on to his farm in Melville.
No school at No. last week on ac-
count of sickness at the home of the
'cacher.
John Nailor attended church in Au-
lubon last Sunday evening.
Miss Aggie Andrews is visiting at
hOme this week.
Win Oliver and John Graham are
thinking of going to Ames college the
after part of March.
ID. o. Elicit hopes the measles will
Tot come around his family again. The
life of bachelor is very prevaricating.
Thos. Law has purchased road cert
md is up with the people now.
a social gathering occurred at the
:cSidenCe of ID. o. Elicit last Tuesday
'yening. Miss Pasha was much graft.
led and hope they may soon come
lgain.
Bert Keith will not return to Utah
but will work for J. c. i. Wicker this
season.
w. J. Kennedy moves to Audubon
next Tuesday, March list.
1t is commonly reported that the re-
orders Office at Audubon is used for a
Dall room.
John McCord will move to Nebraska
March 18th.
Mr.. Samuel Hunter returned from
seeing his brother VIII, of Nebraska
last Saturday. He reports him no bet,
ter.
Chas. Wilkins shipped cattle last
Monday. Chas. intends going to Chi,
cago.
Miss Clara McFadden of Atlantic is
visiting friends in Melville this week.
Arthur Farquhar will finish his
school in three more weeks and then
will commence farming, lie will oc-
cupy the place he recently purchased
of ID. o. Elicit.
| Fred Farquhar is juryman from Mel.
vile this coming term of court. Fred
will do justice in good style.
Id. CLARE.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-02-25
TO AUCTIONEERs,

An auctioneer told us the
other day that one of the hard.
est things he had to do was to
cry farm sales out in the open
air in the wind. The effort to
make himself heard by a con.
course of people was sufficient
generally to bring on an attack
of hoarScness that. if he did
not guard against carefully,
would give him severe bron.
chlal trouble, and unfit him for
work for several days. He
said that lately he had begun
using Reds German Cough
q Kidney Cure anc had found
that it worked like a charm.
This is not a fictitious state.
ment, but the absolute truth.
For coughs, colds ard bron.
chial troubles, it has no equal.
It contains no opiate or other
poison, but Is mild and safe.
while it acts at once, and will
relieve the most severe case q.
throat or Ing trouble. For
sale by all dealers.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co.,
Io7 Main ST., Peoria Ill.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-02-25

TIE prohibition discussion has dc
veloped the fact that license is not Ell
forced in Chicago. The claim for en-
forcement made by democrats was sub
stantiated by telegram from Mayor
Washburn stating that five thousand
licensed saloons were running, and that
not more than five violated the city law
Senator Mack inquired of the internal
revenue collector and learned that oyer
nine thousand government licenses haC
been issued in Chicago for the year
ending June 30, 1892. Thus it is seen
that about four thousand saloons or
festive boot leggers flourish to the dis.
credit OF the license system as admin.
istered in one of the best governed of
the large cities of the world.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-02-25
La Grippe.

No healthy person need fear any
dangerous consequences from an attack
of Ia grippe IL properly treated. 1t is
much the same as a severe cold and re.
quires precisely the same treatment
Remain quietly at home and take
Chamberlainis Cough Remedy as direct
ed for severe cold and a prompt aud
complete recovery is sure ia follow.
This remedy also aounteracts any
tendency Of IL grippe to result in
pneumonia. Among the many thous.
ands who have used 1t during the cpl
denies of the past two years we have
yet TO learn Of single case that has
not recovered OF that has resulted in
pneumonia. % and 30 cent bottles FOR
sale by A. II. Roberts,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-02-25
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula
of simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of con.
sumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma
and all throat and lung affections, also
positive and radical cure for nervous
debility and all nervous complaints, af-
ter having tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, has felt
it his duty to make it known to his suf-
fering fellows. Actuated by this mo.
tive and desire to relieve human suf.
fering. will send free of charge, to all
who desire it, this recipe, in German,
French or English, with full directions
Tor plsbaTiIg and uGing. Sent by mail
by addressing with stamp, naming this
paper. W, A. MOVES, $50 Powers
Block, Rochester, n. Y,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-02-25
Greeley News.


Public sales every day and properly
all selling well; COWS sell from $50 to $40
Mr.. Bartlett and wife of Audubon
moved onto section IL. Mr.. Bartlett ha.
everything new and a fine lot of furni
ture presented to his wife by her father
VIM. Mehle, Of Audubon.
The Steele gang have moved TO sec,
ton 80, Melville.
Thos. R. Egans is happy father OF
bouncing girl. Child and mother do,
ing well.
Frank Bierce: "What's the matter =?
Why don't you kaOy we had a IL pound
boy last night at our house AID that
that boy has two brothers, four sisters,
two grandmothers and two grand.
fathers?"
Link Lee has new IA pound boy at
his house that beats them all.
Mrs. Emery is visiting at John Egans.
Frank Rice has wound Up the tax as
sessment.
Elma Snyder moves to the Keith
farm. Elma is going to work by the
month.