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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-27
BETTER FOOD
Supplied to the Scholars of Indian
Schools

Schools.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Mrs. NJ. A.
Dorchester. special agent for the Indian
schools, reported on the school build
ings and their general comforts. While
no improvement has been made in the
schools, great improvement has been
found in the manner and variety of the
food. 1t is thought to be the result of
employing more competent cooks. While
there is much to be done. the tone of the
Indian school service is good, the re-
port shows, and there is an earnest eff
fort being made to bring it up to the
standard, intellectually and morally.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-27
NOT COOLED BY AGE.

Matrimonial Relations Estab-
lished by Venerable Couple.
: SCRANTON. Pa, Nov. 26.-Thomas
Pembridge, eighty years old, and Mrs.
Sarah Won Storch. seventy years old,
were married here today. The groom
is well-to-do farmer Of Spring Brook
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-27

Senator Kenna Very Much Better.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Ex-senator Ken
ma is so very much better tonight that
his friends have strong hopes of his re-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-22

out with interest. When the highest
gift and right man can possess under
free government can be bought for
cigar, drink of whisky or few dol
lars in money or, in fact, anything that
represents value in dollars and cents.
is not worth much to the purchaser as
an article to ''hang OUT and should be
sold at once to realize the purchase
money. But says one, "YO Ou have made
a case out against all the people while
some of us are not to blame; we did not
drink his whisky, or smoke his cigars,
or take his money for votes or services
rendered" Well and good, then, you
are not guilty equally with those who
did, but did you raise your voice against
this corruption, or did you simply stay
at home and let things take their
course? If you did, you are at least
guilty of not helping by your earnest
protest in turning public opinion in the
right channel. How long do you sup
pose this state of affairs would last if
the people rose up in their might and
said, "We will have no more of this:
the candidate that wants our votes
must not use the cOrrupting influence
of money to get them. We will not
sell to you, sir, the highest and most
sacred right we have!" Public opinion
doing this, without any legislative en-
actments, you would then be in posi-
ton to require of your public officers
the honest and efficient fidelity to your
interests that should be given in the
enactment and administration of the
laws. Don't you see that if you keep
on selling your liberty in this way-a
little at time-it will soon be all gone.
and you will find you are a slave to the
power you sold out to? 1t will take
some time to regain what you have al
ready lost, but it can yet be saved if you
turn to at once. Our Legislators, con-
greSSmen, senators, governors, and even
the county and city officers are COM
PEELED by this cOrrupting influence to
go to their several public duties loaded
down with debts and pledges which
they have been compelled to give for
your suffrage; and, perhaps, they have
no other alternative but to be dishOn-
est in breaking their pledges, or be dis
loyal to the peoples interest. The only
question with them is just how far they
can carry on this bargain and sale with
out getting caught. And how merci-
less you are when you do catch them in
the act of selling your interests. But
'let him that is without sin cast the
first stone Well, have hung out the
danger signal in my weak way, and if
you do not take the warning it's not
my fault. A hint to the wise, etc.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-22
Books.

One of the most interesting and in
structive works in the ibrary-to my
minds, John Bryce,s "The American
Commonwealth work which should
never be allowed to accumulate dust on
the library shelves for lack of interest
in the subject treated. No one, who
has in his breast the least spark of pride
in the progress of his country, could put
in an hOur-or, half-dOzen for that
matter to better profit than by taking
a peep at the institutions of our country
as they appear to foreigner; and see
how favOrably they compare with SINH
lar institutions of other countries. NV
opinion is that comparatively few
Americans fully realize what wonderful
progress the United States has made
in the comparatively short period of it's
existence. However, it is not my inten-
tiOn to discuss the merits or demerits
OF MIR. Bryce'S, wOrk-even were COM
petent to criticise-but knowing the
pleasure and the much valuable imfor-
nation have received from it, take
this means of recommending it to the
consideration of those of our number
who have not yet perused it. That you
may receive as much pleasure and bene-
fit from it as have, is the wish of your
friend. FRANCIS.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-22

experiene would prove beneficial to
great many people who are at present
struggling with ignOrance.) For Christ
mas just imagine repetition of all the
delights of Thanksgiving day.
But what l wished to speak about is
regarding the events which come to
break in upon the mOnOtony of our
prison life. have no calender in my
cell neither do I want one; am salts
fed to know what month it is, and as
for the year / am not likely to forget
that. All this fuss abOnt the COlum-
bian Exposition does not bother me in
the least, and suppose great many
people will be foolish enough to go to
Chicago and spend their money and
come back very little wiser and great
deal poorer than before they went I
intend to stay in Saltwater and read
"Gulliver's Travels or VANITY Fair"
and improve my mind and save my
money. But there is an event approach
ing in the dim distant future $50 dim
and so distant that its shadow fails to
reach me as yeti in which am greatly
interested. But as probably it will not
interest any other person as much as
myself, will not mention it. But the
same event is approaching for all of us,
and the shadow it casts generally ap-
pears at first upon the upper lip. Can
you feel it yet? S. MILE.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-22
The Love Stories of To-Day.

Dr.. Samuel Johnson on hearing a
long drawn eulogy on some of his writ
ings exclaimed, "Pshaw. there are
many children who could do as WE'LL
| wonder what his opinion would have
been of the love stories of to-day. They
do not instruct or improve the mind
neither do they enrich the understand
ing. They are written by plagiarists.
Monte Cristo has furnished the plot
of more than One-half of these stories.
The herOines are not only bewitchingly
beautiful, but have captivating names,
such as, "Girtie May Little Goldie,"
"FredOra, and so forth. The heroes
are always handsome, of an athletic
figure, and they are often called upon
to rescue the heroine from a watery
grave or to stop runaway team. He
lis often pennileSS and compelled to
emigrate to some foreign country, but
he does not remain in exile long, as
these heroes have knack of turning
everything they touch into gold. He
returns modern CrHSuS-the naughty
father is recOnciled, and the heroine
who in his Punishment has been suffer
ing untold tOrtures, discovers that she
loves him and becomes his wife. These
love stories are no doubt interesting to
women, for very often whole chapters
are devoted to describing the heroine's
gowns, and there is also plenty of Cos
sip; but how they can interest a man is
more than | can comprehend. These
stories are usually dished up to the
public in weekly or monthly install
ments, and as we approach the end of
every installment the hero or heroine
always get into serious trouble: but we
have only to secure the next issue and
we find everything running smoothly
until near the end again when some
other predicament is in store for the
leading actors. And so on until the
author believes they have had trouble
enough, or thinks the reader will not be
held in suspense any longer; then he
permits the heroic AdOnis to lead the
bluShing Venus to the altar. This class
of fiction is as far beneath the writings
of the old school as is the noise prod
uced by pounding on an empty barrel
beneath the sublime music of Wagner.
The Egyptians called books "the me-
decline of the mind" and by the amount
of love stories the American public
consumes annually we should Judge
that the "Quack doctors" enjoy large
practice and fat fees. But it is graft
flying to know that there is more virtue
in handful of nutritious herbs than
in all the weeds in the universe.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-22
How to Achieve Success.

In this great and democratic country
of ours, where everyone has the same
opportunities to rise from utter Obscuri-
ty and attain wealth and even distinc:
ton; where class prejudice is not so
pronounced as in Europe; where en-
plOyer and emplOye associate with each
other, like man and man and not, as for
instance in Germany, like master and
slave; where every mechanic and brain
worker is paid his due according to his
ability-it rests, therefore, solely with
us alone, to make our way in life, i. e.
either obtain comfort and respectability
or sink below the level of the latter. To
achieve the first it is essential that we
should lead an honest and virtuOus life,
attend strictly to our duties in cheer
full manner, however hard it may seem
at times, and thus we will gain strength
to meet adversely and failure which
may attend our efforts.
One failure, however, should not in
fluence us to give up in dispair; on the
contrary, it should spur us on with
more energy and perseverance to reach
our object. We should be like the sa-
gacious ants, who, trying to reach a
sugarbOwl, suspended by cord from
the ceiling, to within an inch of the ia
BILE, endeavOr to gain the treasure by
standing on each others backs Fail
ing, however, to accomplish this after
repeated efforts, they will disappear,
only to scale the wall and ceiling, and
descending the cord finally drop into
the sugarbOwl. This is merely an
illustration to show what little per-
severance on our part may do to be sue
cessful. Unfortunately, however, it is a
fact much to be deplOred that the ma
jOrity of young men to-day, do not look
at it in that light, and instead of biding
their time and slowly working their
way up, throw themselves upon schemes
often of a decided questionable charac-
ter, in order to obtain the filthy lucre.
They may in some instances succeed,
but the most cases will be attended by
utter failure, often leading to depravity
and crime, which no doubt many of us
know from experience. Let all of us,
then, while we are here try to atone for
the past and show by our conduct, that
though we have left the path of virtue
we are not lost beyond redemption; and
that when we leave these walls, we will
have strength and courage to turn our
back to vice and become once more
worthy and respected members of So
ciety. HECTOR.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-22
Coming Events.

Now that the great question Of mus
cular science has been satisfactorily
settled between COrbett and Sullivan
satisfactory to the former, at least) the
next question though, perhaps, of less
Importance to a great manly of our
American citizens, but which neverthe-
less is creating great deal of excite
ment among another class of Ameri-
cans, and creating, besides excitement,
a great amount of guessing, and as in
the other dispute very large amount
of betting, is the great event to be set
tied between Harrison and Cleveland
on the political arena the eight Of
November next. These ordinary events
disturb the equanimity of our peaceful
community but very little. But in that
same month of November occurs an
event that even at this great distance
causes the heart under our hickory shirt
to beat with a sextuple movement as
visions of roast turkey, mince pie, plum
pudding and other triumphs Of the
culinary art go fitting before our minds
eye-the procession winding up with
half-dOzen "lOng-filler Havanas( p
And then following close on the heels
of Thanksgiving comes Christmas, only
thirty days intervening; but what thirty
days are in penitentiary no one but our
selves have experienced. I believe the
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-22
WHATEVER ISIS BEST.

l know as my life grows older.
And mine eyes have clearer sight.
That under each rank wrong. somewhere
There lies the root of Right;
That each sorrow has its purpose.
BY the sOrrOwing oft ungueSSed.
But as sure as the sun brings morning.
Whatever isis best.
/ know that each sinful action.
AS sure as the night brings shade,
Is somewhere, sometime punished,
Though the hour be long delayed,
/ know that the soul is aided,
Sometimes by the hearts unrest.
And to grow means often to suffer-
But whatever isis best.
/ know there are no errors
In the great eternal plan.
And all things work together
For the final good of man.
And | know when my soul speeds onward
In its grand eternal quest,
] shall say. as l look back earthward,
Whatever isis best.
-Elld Wheeler U'ilcOr.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-22
Something about Politics.
BY BOB. n. ROUND.
(COntinled.)

The only way candidate can posi-
bly, economize in using liquor in his
campaign is by buying and peddling
poor article. This has two good feat
ures for him, while it does not cost as
much. By giving you drink of the
rile stuff, he is enabled to shut off your
wind so that you cannot reply or say
word, in fact, cannot get back your
breath until he has got in his song and
dance" on you; and with the effect of
his liquor and smooth tongue goes away
with your promise of your support
which, perhaps, you will give him un-
less his opponent comes with bigger"
bottle when you will, perhaps, promise
him, too, and then shake dice with
some local politician to see which prom
Use you'll keep. But our candidate is
not through yet, he must donate to all
the fairs, and demands of charity; he
must hire scores of men to go to the
polls and peddle his tickets, and for
these he must pay from two to three
times as much as the man would be
able to earn at anything else, and then
only to find that some of his "lieute-
nantS" have taken money from the
other side too. But why continue, suf-
flee it to say that after hard fought
battle, in which our Mr.. Jones is out of
pocket hundreds of dollars, besides his
time, his character and a sacrifice of all
his good honest principles Gf he had
any, he is elected to the legislature.
He can now have honorable" prefixed
to his name; but he finds the salary
won't pay him back for what he is out
of pocket, and nine cases out of ten Mr..
Jones isn't the kind of a man that is
going to make foolish investment like
this for the sake of the little honor
there is in it. He is going to get his
money back again and that, too, with
interest. In other words, he is going to
sell your interests out to the highest bid
perfect right to do this-tO sell his vote
to either measures or men in order to
get the money back that he spent
among you. He doesn't owe you any
thing, nor is he under obligation to you
for anything. Did you not sell him
your birth right for mess of pOttage
and force him to pay G. o. D.? A poor
but honest man could not have been
elected, no matter how deserving, under
such methods of conducting a cam
paign, so you can expect nothing else
than impure and corrupt men in your
legislative halls, mOnOpOlies, and trusts
and plutocracy, and low wages, and
corrupt laws discriminating in favor of
classes of the rich against the poor I
say you are to blame-yOu have no rea-
son to expect anything else as this cor
ruptiOn started with you. You sold
the highest gift and right you have as a
freeman, and you must not blame your
public officers, or servants, for selling
the same thing they bought of you;
they have right to sell it, or get rid Of
it as soon as they can get their money
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-22

A young country editor fell in love
with the clergyman's daughter. Thenext
time he went to church he was rather
taken aback when the preacher an
nounced his text: My daughter is griev-
ously tormented with devil Selected.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-09-22
Wearing on Him.

Mr.. Scraggs: That man Jones never
pays his fare; he just travels on his face.
Mrs. Scraggs: | wondered what made
his features look so irregular.-Patck.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
Microbes from Old Graves.

1t is asserted that the efforts to abolish
infectious diseases, such as scarlet fever
and diphtheria, are frustrated by the
burial of infected bodies, for though the
microbes themselves may die theil
spores, or seeds, have very great vitality
Pasteur's researches have proved thai
earthworms bring up to the surface
microbes from the bodies of infected
animals buried several feet deep. Oar
win showed in one case that in fifteer
years they had accumulated worm mold
over three inches in depth, and in an
other case during eighty years had &C
cumulated an average depth of more
than foot.
In field in the Jura, where a diseased
COW had been buried at d depth of nearly
seven feet, Pasteur found that the mold
which he collected two years later con
tanned germs which on being inoculated
into a guinea pig produced death from
the same disorder of which the COW died
Ina Yorkshire village part OF a disused
graveyard was taken into the rectory gar.
den adjoining. On the earth being dug
over scarlet fever broke out in the rec
tory nursery and thence spread over the
village. 1t proved to be of the same
type as that from which, thirty years
before, the victims died who were buried
in that particular part of the churchyald
On the opening of smallpox buryin;
ground in Quebec, 150 years old, small
pox Immediately broke out among thu
workmen. .-Y Youths Companion.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
The Fashionable Calling Gard

There is no more important factor in
social life than the visiting card. Ac-
cording to the stern DEGREES Of fashion,
this bit of pasteboard plays tyrant's
part, and one might as well be dead as
out Of the fashion in visiting cards, to
say nothing of other less important
things.
This season the visiting card will be
nearly square in shape, slightly smaller
than those Of last year; pure white, of q
highly polished but not glazed surface
the name engraved in script through
the middle of the card; the address in
the lower right hand corner, and the
day of receiving in the lower left hand
corner.
The card should spell out the hus
bands given name in full and not give
initials, and never include a title OF
profession. A daughter the first yeal
of her going into society must have hel
name added ON her mothers card
After that, if the eldest, she may have
her own card, with Miss Jones or Miss
De Puyster, as the case may be.-New
York Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
The Sweat of His Brow.

A Sebec young man has demonstrated
what pluck and persistent work can do.
On one of j the streets of that village
stands good sized dwelling house, with
L, shed and stable. The house is two
stories, and the set of buildings is really
nice in design and finish-one Of the
best in that place. This fact is remark
able, because it is all the work of boy
(now twenty years old), who has had NO
means to start with. He has performed
nearly all the labor with his own hands
in spare time. When his money for
material ran short, he would work out
and earn more, thus not running in debt
for anything He is unmarried, but the
little wife, when he gets her, will have
home that ought to be famous as a
monument of her young husbands fore.
thought, thrift and industry. Bangor
Commercial
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
To Dissolve Rsnes.

Although bones can be reduced to
plant food by an easy and simple proc
ess, and when done make one Of the
most valuable of all fertilizers, vet OF
all matter on the farm none is more
neglected. Bones whole are not avail
able food for plants; therefore the
farmer takes no interest in them as q
means Of plant food and they are suf-
fered to lie about the farm unnoticed. ]
have practiced dissolving bones in ashes
for many years. collect all the bones
large and small, all beef and hog bones,
at killing time.
When winter comes and / am burn.
ing good wood put in box or barrel
layer OF ashes some two or three inches
deep, then layer of bones (you can
break them with an ak If you wish-l
never do), and then another of ashes
and then of bones until the vessel is
nearly full, then fill with ashes. l now
keep this wei with water, being careful
not to put enough to leak through.
use soapsuds as much as / can, as it is
better. am careful not to let this mass
freeze, as the process will stop while
frozen. l also save through the winter
hopper of strong ashes in the same
way it is done for making soap.
When spring comes, if the bones are
not dissolved sufficiently, put the bones
and ashes in a large kettle and then
pour on lye leach from this hopper of
ashes and boil them until they are eaten
up. When done mix it with dry earth
to make it better to handle. Put away
in barrels until wanted. 1 have thus
made fertilizer that gave better results
than commercial fertilizers for which
paid three dollars per hundred pounds.
To dissolve bones in sulphuric acid is
much the speediest process, but with
this great care and caution must be OBJ.
served, as the acid is very corrosive -
Cor. Husbandman.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
Rapid Transit in Berlin.
Especial Corr9spondence.1

Thirty miles Of underground electric
railway similar to the City and South
London line has been proposed for Ber-
lin at an estimated expense of $10,0O0,-
900. The plans describe two central
power stations, supplying current at 500
volts to forty-eight trains, each with its
own locomotive, carrying in all IA
carriages at one time. It is proposed to
run these trains at three minute inter
vals, littls over half q mile apart, and
at fare of az cents it is estimated
that the traffic will be abont five per-
sons per car Eaile.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
Curses and Chickens.

The old man had gone over to a neigh
boris to find his wandering hens, and he
was in such bad humor that his Ian
guage was, to say the least, not polite,
s'Don't swear so." pleaded the neigh
Dor, pious person. ''Don't you know
curses, like chickens, come home tc
roost?"
"Well," exclaimed the old man at the
end Of another string Of emphasis, ''ii
they are like my chickens they won't, :
and he used more language. Detroit
Free Press
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
0rave Mistnke.

Physicians frequently make mistakes in treat
ment of heart disease. The rate OF sudden
victims Of the ignorance Of physicians In the
treatment of this disease One in four persons
has a diseased heart, 6hortness OF breath, pal
pitation and futtefinr, irregular pulse, chok-
Ing sensation, asthmatic breathing, pain OF
tenderness in side, shoulder or arm, weak OF
hungry spells, are symptoms OF heart disease,
Dr. Miles, New Heart Cure Is the only reliable
remedy. Thousands testify to tte wonderful
cures. Books free. Sold BY @. n. Hsnce.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
she Fad Forgotten.

A woman nonplussed the information
bureau man at the railroad station in
Portland, Or, some time ago by telling
him she had forgotten her destination.
He called off the names Of q long list OF
stations, but she was unable to recognize
the name of her place. "A.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-26
Failing Hair

Produces badness. Tits cheaper to buy
bottle of skookum root hair grower
than wig besides, wearing your own
bair IL more convenient. All druggists.