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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-18
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Crime and Nationality.

The large prevalence of crime of all
degrees among the cOlOred race, which
has been familiar in general way, the
census figures given by the last bulle-
tin from the Census Office confirm in
most unpleasant manner In the United
States there were in 1890 S2,329 prison
ers, of whom 24,277 were of African de-
scent. That is to say, the crimes which
have been serious enough to cause i'm
prisOnment are more than three times
as prevalent in the whole country
among the negroes as among the whites.
In testing the prevalence of crime
among our foreign as distinguished from
our native elements, we can hardly do
better than make the comparison on the
basis of the five New England States
outside of Main, where we lately with
great care computed the foreign classes,
including the first generation born from
foreign and mixed parentage. They
had about one prisoner to 4O1 of their
population, while the native race had
one prisoner to about 9O6, the foreign
showing being thus more than twice as
bad as that of the native race. Taking
finally that interesting group, the Chi
neSe, it will be found that in California
the 72472 of that nationality supply one
prisoner to 256 of population, while
outside of California 81, ,0O3 Chinese have
one prisoner to 282 of their population.
Even allowing for the residence of our
Chinese in the large cities and local
feeling against them, a ratio of crime
which about matches that of the ne
grOes goes far to dissipate the common
idea Of the MOngOlians as aw-abiding
class. 1t remains clear from the census
reports, that the great mass of our crime
comes from exotic sources, and that
their, in the evolution of our criminal
as of our political system, our national
problem of the future lies ahead.-NeU
York Eoening Post.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-18
AFTER THE COWS.

The pasture reached to the bleak uplands where
the sugar NAPLES grow
Firmly rooted amid the rocks, at the edge of
the great pine wood;
The brook from the spring in the forest leaped
downward in clouds of spray,
And the tall ferns dropped and nodded their
heads above the bOulderS gray.
The hush of the summer evening fell, restful and
The FREELY in the buttercup meadows lighted his
And high the Hare Of the sunset climbed up the
dome of the blue;
AS three little children went after the cows
barefOOted through the dew.
The whippOorwill sang in the alders that fringed
the bank of the stream;
And, like the mystical music one hears in a
The tinkle of cOw-bells blended with the ripping
waters below,
And the full red moon in the shadowy east on
the horizon hung below.
The air was sweet with the clover bloom from
the banQueting grounds of the bees.
And the wOOdsy scent of the mOsses that hid in
the shade of the trees;
The cOW-p path wound through the hemlOckS and
round the high lodges curled
Where. gazing out through the distance. we saw
to the ends of the world!
We called the COWS through the goaming-Ruby.
and Bessie, and Floss.
Cherry, and Molly. and Dimple, and Bounce
"CO', boss! CO.. boss! CO.. bOSS.'
Knee-deep in the gurgling river they crowded
and pushed as they drank:
They reared and rubbed each other as they
climbed the slippery bank;
They plunged their heads in the clematis as it
hung in its tangled net,
And tossed on their horns the eel grass so snaky
and green and wet.
Three little children followed them close. all
fearless and happy and free.
Holding the tanned brown hands of each other
three little children. three.
Through the soft cool damp of the shadows and
under the light of the stars,
Driving the cows with their tnkling bells home
to the barnyard bars.
Wide AlCOfe.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-18
Statistics of Homicide.

The new census bulletin on homicide
is about the most complete and inter
esting investigation that has been pub
lished by the bureau. Among the
eighty odd thousand inmates of Amer
lean prisons, over seven thousand are
charged with homicide. Taking the
country over, the negro population is
but One-seventh the white population,
yet the negro hOmicides are four
seventhS of the white homicides. When
we analyze the white hOmicides we find
that thirty-twO hundred of them were
native born, against twelve hundred
foreign born. AS matter of fact, the
statistics show that we native Amer
leans have nothing to boast of. The
reason the foreigners appear to furnish
more hOmicides is because their chill
dren are generally counted among our
native born population. The last cen
suS showed three million foreign born
men over twentyOne as against eight
million native born men. If only
adults are taken, therefore, the cOmpar-
isOn is less satisfactory to our National
pride. Our forcing born citizens fur
nished fewer hOmicides than this adult
population entitled them to. In the
matter of hOmicideS, however, stock
seems to count for less than grass. 1t
makes less difference what race man
belongs to than how well educated he
is and how well fitted he is to earn an
honest living More than four -fifths of
the hOmicideS have no trade and thirty
eight per cent of them cannot read and
write. Never, perhaps, have statistics
brought out more sharply the greater
criminality of the illiterate. Less than
one-sixth of the people of this country
are illiterate, and yet the illiterates form
nearly forty per cent of this criminal
class. Every year prison statistics are
making it clearer that weak minds and
bad educations, instead of being con-
ducive to goodness, are almost the
regular Accomplishments of crime
NeaO York Commercial Advertiser.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-18
Religious Snobbery.

There is a tone in the manner in
which some men preach religion that
may be called demagogical. 1t is, as it
were, an ignoble bidding for votes, an
appeal to something not the best in the
man who is listening in order to win
his sympathy and suffrage. 1t is spir-
it that ignores the decent instincts of
human nature; that does not hesitate to
offend the refined listener, while cater
ing to the prejudices and vulgarities of
the more ignorant and brutal. 1t is a
kind of preaching that has not even the
excuse of being based on the dangerous
principle of doing evil that good may
come. 1t is the preaching Of vulgari-
ans, who naturally express themselves
in terms that are coarse, and who are,
moreover, bent upon making effects by
fair means or foul. They are them
selves vulgar by nature, and their de-
termination to be effective carries them
into OratOrical eXceSSeS, unmitigated
either by taste or conscience. l could
give numerous and recent examples of
demagOgical preaching of the Gospel but
[ should then be compelled to disfgure
my page with vulgaritieS, and even
with shameless blaSphemieS
On the other hand, there is certain
kind of religious snobbery which is not
altogether unknown in America, but
which has hitherto taken no very deep
root here. That it is not widespread
or serious social disease in this country
may be inferred. from the fact that our
fiction does not even deal with examples
of this sort of snobbery, though the
thing is, of course, by no means un-
known, and is perhaps yet to receive
the treatment it deserves at the hands
of our stOry-Writers.
Native religious snObbery does not
flourish among us very vigorously, nor
does the plant give signs of powerful
growth in the exotic varieties. 1 am
led to this statement by the compare
tive nOn-success, on this side of the
water, of one who had been called in
England "the apostle to the genteel."
This apostle famous not only socially,
but by means also of the glamour
wrought by the pen of an eminent ro-
mancer) came among us several years
ago and began at once public career
of interviewing and lecturing. In the
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-18

Hunger may be an evil, but it is the
cause of nearly all the industry in this
WOrld.-P,ck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-08-18

Smash without disaster-Break of day.-Mail
and Express
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
How To Manage A Wife.

The prize article contributed to the
MeU York Eyeming Worlds call for
opinions on aHow to Manage Wife.
was written by Rev. DIR. Charles
Francis Deems, who said Manage I
What is that !? Does it mean to con-
troll We manage horse. We use
our superior human intellect to control
and guide his superior physical
strength SO as obtain the best results.
But q wife is not horse. Where two
persons are we'll married, the wife is
superior to her husband in as many
respects as he is superior to ber in
others. Ifhappiness is to be the re-
suit Of the union, the first business OF
the husband is to manage himself SO
as to keep himself always his wifs'a
respectful friend, always her tender
lover. always her equal partner, al
ways her superior protector. This
will necessarily stimulate the wife to
be always an admiring friend, always
an affectionate sweetheart, always q
thrifty housewife, always confding
ward. And this will SO react upon
the husband that his love for his wife
will grow so as to make it easy for her
husband, with all his faults, to bear
with the infirmities Of his one and only
wife,"
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

sand dwiches. Keep the rolls {, you
needn't eat them if you get the sand
wiches. Another point-avoid con-
flicting contusions upon your next
neighbor by grabbing wildly at the
olive dish. you thus grab for it he
is likely to do the same thing at the
same moment. Cruel bodily injuries
have resulted from this course Of
action. The danger arises from the
fact that olives are the staff of life at
picnics. Gentlemen in waiting upon
ladies, should occasionally furtively
bolt a sandwich as q matter of provi-
sion, since the eatables may all be
consumed or the inevitable rain storm
come up before the ladies are fully
waited upon. Anyone can get
through o picnic day safely and com-
fortably without ice cream, macaroons
frosted cake or other delicacies /; but
sustenance Of some sort he must have
For this reason, as one passes behind
tree in the course OF his admirable
struggle to see that the ladies have
everything, he should rapidly swallow
a sandwich. With attention to a few
prudent details such as these, picnics
may be deprived Of fully one.half Of
their terrors.-Boston Transcript.
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
She was All Right.

"Well, of course I cannot contra
dict o lady" I heard gentleman say
to lady the other day, and then |
heard her retaliate with vengeance.
They had been discussing some point
relative to the departure Of trains-l
don't know what point-and when he
said in an heroically helpless way that
he couldn't contradict her, she asked !:
"Why not: I know what I am talk
ing about. I invite the discussion
and promise not to get angry. | be-
lieve I am right, but desire to find out
if I am wrong. As it is, I have prov.
ed my case and now, just at the inter-
esting point, you hide behind my
skirts and whine" I didn't wait to
hear the rest Of the argument because
l didn't think it proper to do SO, but
I'll wager the woman was right
Detroit Free Press.
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
Rules for Picnics.

There are certain principles Of con-
duct with regard to picnics which it
is well to observe. Fer one thing,
never go early to picnic. If you do
60 early you will have to carry tubs
containing ice cream freezers packed
in ice, pals Of water. rugs and garden
seats and perform great many other
laborious tasks. A picnic is q good
deal like coasting, except that it is
the other way around-the hard work
comes before the fun intsead Of after
it. When Q picnic is over and most
Of the things are eaten up it is not
much work to sweep dishes together
any carry them away. But the get.
ting Of them there is terrible. So it
is point Of reasonable conduct to
come O little late. Another point is
to decline nothing that il offered in
the way Of food. Don't refuse rolls
on the expectation of getting sand
witches, because you may not get the
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
The silence OF the Plains.

We speak of darkness which can be
felt. Similarly We may speak oi
silence which can be heard, aud this
is another impressive element Of an
experience of the plains. On the sea,
except in calm, and in the forest and
among the places Of human habitation.
there is always sound, even Of night ;
but on the treeless plains. in the midst
Of normal activity, there is silence as
Of the grave. Even hurricane is
comparatively inaudible, for there are
no waters to dash, no forests to roar,
no surfaces to resound, while the short
grasses give forth no pereeptible
rustic; and there is something awful
in the titanic rush of contending
natural forces which you can feel, but
c,nnot see or hear. The wind may
sweep away your breath on . current
Of sixty miles an hour, and the clouds
may rush through the sky as in tor
nado, but no sounds confound the ear.
A winter blizzard, which carries on
its frigid breath destruction to life.
which blinds the eyes, and VIII ch
drives the particles Of ice and snow
with cutting force against the frozen
cheek aud through all but the heaviest
fur clothing, is comparatively inaudi-
bic, and the traveller appears to him
self to struggle vainly with an impla-
cable, ghostly force which fills the
whole creation. When, also, nature
is undisturbed in tranquil summer
mood, and the sky is blue and fecked
with aeecy clouds floating far aloft,
all sound seems to have died out Of
the world, and a mantle of silence
enfolds everything. Partaking of the
predominant natural sentiment. man
becomes silent also he ceases to talk
to his mates and becomes moody and
taciturn. The merry song Of the
voyager, re.echoing between wooled
shores, the shout, the joke ofthe cheer.
ful traveller here are stilled-stifed
you might almost say-by the immea.
surable muffle of silence. Here are
no woods to give back the answering
shout, ami the crack of the rife is
insignificant. The cry of the passing
wild-fowl in the darkness, as you lie
awake in your tent at midnight, comes
to you with weird, faint, tar.away
sound as if heard in a dream, and even
the rare thunder breaks impotently
on the continent Of silence Ka com
rade is lost, and you wish to make
some sign to direct him to the camp,
no noise which you can make with
voice or firearms will be Of any avail,
for such noises will penetrate only
few rods at farthest. By day the only
resource is flag on some elevation or
a smoke of burning grass by night
rockets must be sent up as at sea. or,
if these have not been provided, fire.
brands from the campfire may be
thrown up with some hope of success.
No one can know. until he has exper.
fenced it. the longing which takes
possession Of one who has been for
weeks practically separated from
speaking msn, once more to hear the
sounds of common life, the roar of the
city streets, the sound Of bells, and
even the Growing Of the cock in the
early dawn.-Century.
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
Fer Over Flrsyys.rs

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has
been used by millions Of mothers for
their children while teething. If dis
turbed at night and broken of your rest
by sick child suffering and crying with
pain Of Cutting Teeth send at once and
get bottle of 'sMrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" for Children Teething. It will
relieve the poor little sufferer immediate
ly. Depend upon 1t, mothers, there Ia no
mistake about 1t. It cures Dirarhae, reg
ulates the stomach and Bowels, cures
Wind Collie, softens the Gums, reduces
Inflammation, and gives tone and energy
to the whole system. "Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup" for children teething is
pleasant to the taste and Is the prescrip-
ton of one of the oldest and best female
physicians and nurses in the United
States. Price twenty-five cents a bottle.
Sold by all druggists throughout the
the world. Be sure and ask for "Mrs.
windows Soothing Syrup" m-5-1y.
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

The wrong way Il full Of danger.
The right way is proved one It's with
Dr.. Eage's Catarrh Remedy. It cures, per
fsctiy and permanently, by its mild, sooth-
ing, cleansing and healing properties, the
worst cases Of Chronic Catarrh. 1t has
proved itself right, thousands Of times, when
everything else has failed.
And this makes its proprietors willing to
prove that it's the right thing for you, no
matter how bad your case or OF how long
standing -,
II they can't cure your Catarrh, they'll
pay you $500 In cash.
They mean it
They're certain Of their medicine.
You pay only for the good you get
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

NDaily. sDaily except Sunday
"a Stops to leave passen gers from VII
mington and points north, or take passen-
gers for points south of Delmar.
!" E" Stops on signal, or no notice to con-
ductor.
8. b" Stops to leave passengers from viii
mington or points south.
"p" Stops to leave passengers from points
south OF Deimar, or take. passengers for
st" Stops to let on passengers from points
south of Harrington.
NEwCAsTLE A0ooMkoDAT1oN NTRAlNs-Leav
Wilmington at l206 9: m. and $50 p. M. daily.
and II. % a. M, ESQ 4 40 and 6.l5 D. m, week
days. Leave New Castle at 6.3U a. m. and
lO.l4 p. m: daily and l.so. 4l5, 5.S5 and 7.2s p.
Express trains leaving Harrington $50 a.
m, and arriving at 6.3I p. m, week days,
run through solid to and from Baltimore,
via POrters and Newark.
BRANCH ROADS.
DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA r
B., Leave Harrington for Franklin
and way stations at 1870 d. m. weekdays
6s5 p. m: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days. Returning, train leaves Franklin
600 q. m. weekdays, 200 p. m. Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown, ano
leave i iewes eve; 7,s5 a, NJ m, $50 D. m.
For Rehoboth leave Harrington, 1913 a. m
and 6:35 p. m. weekdays. Returning,
lesve Kehoboth 7.2o a. m. 315 p. m
For Berlin, leave Harrington 1O.ss a. m.
week days and 6.35 p. m. Tuesdays, Thurs
day. and Saturday. Returning, leave Berlin
7.02 a. m. weekdays, 259 p. m. Tuesday,
Thursday, and Saturdays.
For Chincoteague Island, train leaving
Harrington 10.38 q. m. weekdays, connects at
Franklin City with steamer Tor Chino tea
que Island. Returning, steamer leaves 500
q. m. connecting with train arriving at Har-
rington 9.0l a. m. weekdays.
QUEEN ANNE s. KENT r. R.-Leave Town.
send for Centreville and way stations s.25 q.
NJ, ard 5.35 p. m, weekdays. Returning,
leave Centreville 7.3O q M, and 800 p m.
weekdays.
Clayton tor Oxford and way stations 9.42
M. 5.55 p. m, weekdays. Returning teave
Oxford $50 a. m, and $40 p. m, weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE g SEAFoRD r. R.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations
l1.20 O. m, weekdays, and on Tuesdays
Thursdays and Saturdays, ITO p. m. Return
ing, leave Cambridge $50 q m, and on Tues
days, Thu .sdavs and Saturdays at 800 d. m
CoNNECuoN.-AtP Porter with Newark q Della.
ware City railroad. At Townsend, with Queen
Anne's and Kent Rail Road. At Clayton, with
Delaware and Chesapeake RAN Road and Bal
timore and Delaware Bay Railroad. At HaFs
rington, with Delaware, Maryland & Virginia
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge and
Seaford Rail Road. At Delmai, with New
York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Nicomico q
Pocomoke. and Peninsular Railroads.
CHAs. E. PUGH. General Manager
j. r. WOOD. Gen. Pass. Aren't.
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
An Only Daughter Cured of oonsump

an ouAy O1uSHt tcr Curcu VI NOuhuAnp
tion.
When death was hourly expected, all
remedies having failed, and DR.. H.
James was experimenting with the
many herbs Of Calcutta, he accidentally
made preparation which cured his
only child of Consumption. His child
is now in this country, and enjoying
the best OF health. He has proved to
the world that Consumption can be
positively and permanently cured.
The Doctor now gives the recipe free,
only asking two 2-cent stamps to pay
expenses. This herb also cures Night
Sweats, Nausea at the Stomach, and
will break up fresh cold in twenty
four hours. Address CRADDocK & Co.,
1882 Race Street, Philadelphia, naming
this paper.
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

New reporter, tired out-"To-day
ID Saturday, and you know this State
now has Saturday half-holiday law
wh;chD
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
FOR SALE OR RENT.

A COMMODIUS and conveniently located
n dwelling on the corner OF Broad and
Crawford Streets, with garden attached
Immediate possession given. For terms
apply to THE MISS
MIDDLrowN, Dec, 1891,
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

City Editor-'fBy Jinks | near
ly forgot it. Rush out and get up a
five-column article on how the day is
being observed F"
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

We place before daily Bargains in every line we
Don't these prices please you
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
The .urong way,

The tUrossg tcay,
with Catarrh, d
to stop it without
curing it. Tha
poisonous, irrita-
ting snuRs, STRONG
caustic solutions,
"creams,n +" balnls
and the like may,
perhaps, palliate
Tor q time. But
they may drive
the disease to the
vvrw~u
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

1c Best Needless per paper lc Spoo
Darning Needles Carpet tacks, dozen papers,
&C. S5 Good Envelopes IA sheets Note Paper Sc Fools Cap
Pencils 12c. per lO0 GOOD Lead
1c Shoe Strings per School States, to &c. Lamp
t sfor Best Shoe Buttons Bone Col
lar Buttons Safety Pins large per dozsn &c o 1900 D wards @ Of
Bows per see Ladies oorset sc to @ SO
Fne H &C. Cotton &C. steTap Best Thread
&C. to &c. a5 Shirts 100 to 32 Is Dozen Mems Shirts 19 to
S92
Jackets 5 dozen pair Of Mems and Boys
ais 500 yards Cloth &C. to 7c yard Big stock Glassware Of all
BrushesWhte Wash
PAINT and Scrub than cheapest Tnwar q coffee
and Bur cut Nails 24c
a @ nonnd Hinges Pad Locks to 9c Anger Bits
1S 22c Bolts
nen b OJ 7c per dozen Hog M Mnn' Axes 56c
Wrnches to 39c
Hnas s Spring Balances lbs &C. Horse Clippers S15 Garden
Rakes. 10 teeth, 19c
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

Easterner-"I hear the lines are
drawn very distinctly in Chicago soci.
etyi
Westerner-"Yes, I've noticed at
the stock yards that the cattle and
hogs are kept in different Enclosures
entirely"
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

"Miss Rox made proposal to me
last night"
',Ha! You're in luck"
"She proposed that ! spend my
evenings elsewhere, as she expected
soon to became engaged. New York
Sun.
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

Weakness Debility Impaired Memory and Decay Stricturss
all diseases resulting from yoata from overwork
Old, Young sr Middle Aged don't tsufer any longer.
cure ccrtan experiment. have everything known 70
medical and obstinate and old soeed
matter who failed relief Fresh cured In
to 10 dAys European Hospital experience In Germany, Eng
iand France and certificates and diplomas prove
End practical experience. cured yearly
SIS 900 VIII Be psiA 10 hdyer,isins aGs,Sr Vie
experience who many patients
cured can after quneks and advertising doctors mad
ruined them. Send stamp book TRUTH snt sworn
testimonials exposing quacks and advertising doctors With
their false and fraudulent an trs:monals thtir
experience they 60 and er srime OF reundirg
friendly talks and er cheap sn worthless drug.
neither which used decnys and result
In thousands Il cohndng virmA. OPpIc- HouEs.
Every day frO "a. tosP evenings tos Wednesday
and Saturday Evenings 5lo, sundays from 10 Ia t
References wedhesday ami Satnris- Phla. Times
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
Ghe Grarflfr.
Plila, Win. and Baltimore R. R
Delaware Division.

ON and after juno 20. 1892, trains will
1nnrr "a follows
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
IT, A. HAYDEN,
TAYLORs' BRIDGE, DEL.

Sales of every kind called at short notice
and at reasonable rates. Has had the bene-
Mt OF many years experience.
To save expense and Inconvenience of
persons residing in this neighborhoodI have
made arrangements with W. R. Reynolds
corrective orders and give particulars ut his
store in Middletown. novi9
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
DR.. TheeI

Mouth, Throat, lrritstions. seald
inss. ln;iarimations, Kidneys
Bladder. Lost vitality, Weak baek
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04
sJ5listellantons advertisements.
e81istflantons Sduerisenlrnts.
MINI uTH The Bargain Store of
nv n "a AUs Middletown.

ss.sa.ss,.s,
Middletown transcript., 1892-08-04

CHAs. e. PUGH. General Manager
j. r. WOOD. Gen. Pass. Agent.