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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-04-21
RETROSPECTION.

The following beautiful lines from the pen
of lady resident of Boston-an intimate friend Of
the poet Longfellow when he lived. He was very
solicitous to have some of her poems published
but she has never done so. Through fortunate
circumstance copy of "Retrospection" was taken
from the original manuscript
Our watch is ticking off the seconds which make
time;
Our spirit ticking off the heart throbs which fill
time.
The one is heard: the other, audible only within
the deep recesses of the soul.
Yet each performs its mission;
Seconds make minutes-minutes hours, and hours
elOngate into years.
S6heart.thrObS time loves.
Each heart beating responsive to another heart
Evokes some ministering spirit to its end.
And straightway moments multiply;
Are bright with some ideal happiness
,Tis we'll; but here old familiar friend taps on
our shoulder;
And we can but turn. and give the friendly
greeting
'Tis RetrOspectiOn!
Turns she not away but peers into our eyes;
Her look so Joyous. neither one gaze is dropped.
or hand withdrawn, but an electric thrill.
Fen such as lovers know full we'll. draws us in
closest sympathy.
Our recognition Of our pensive visitor. Lighting
ones eyes with smiles,
Has thrown reflected back, answering SMILE
And as heart answereth unto heart,
Our smile creates the angel,
Where fear would have provoked the fend.
She bids 60 with her: and straight the swift
cherub,
Bright winged Thought. tar1ies not instant
Till all the years are gathered up, and broken
into moments.
Then Retrospection waves her hand and we're
alone again.
Blossoms and sunbeams of experience
Plucked on our journey,
To make the present joyous and the future
radiant with hope
Tie our hands; and answering spirits all along the
route
Echo the same glad strain;
Tell me not Retrospection is a cruel foe,
Taking advantage in most defence less
moments;
o nj y this is she to him who finds
s n sbarbed arrow deeply pierce his heart,
And self.reproached. knows well who placed it
there. e. S. K.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-04-21

nature is diamond in the rough. and it is
worth polishing and setting for its own
sake. God having beQueathed such a mag
niicent treasure on man, he is guilty who
does not put it to its intended purpose. and
return it to its author approved and devel
Oped to its best extent
Another fine idea of the Chautauqua
University is to educate all at their homes.
Massing students together in great inStitu
tiOnS is dangerous business. Humanity
heats and corrupts when put into crowded
institutions. be it in prisons or colleges.
Some of the worst disorders perpetrated on
society take place in schools and univerSi
ties where the people are herded together in
great numbers with the influences of home
and society largely thrown off. This
scheme is to carry on the work at the fire.
side. on the farm. at the shop. at the work
bench and within the walls of the prison.
Carry education to the people instead of
carrying the people to education. And still
further it is the idea not to take people
from their usual occupations after they are
educated. not to take farmers, mechanics.
housewives from their present callings and
put them in the learned professions. but to
leave them still where they are, and start
them on course of mental and moral i'm.
provement which they can conduct all their
lifetime at their homes, and while still en-
gagged on their several industries This is a
capital merit of the SYSTEM, and deserves
especial cOmmendatiOn.
So planned and engineered, Chautauqua
is the university of the common people. of
the great middle class that constitute the
strength and glory of every country. and
especially of ours. Its numbers are prOdig
iOus, its extent is world wide. 1t sets a
splendid example for all nations. 1t strikes
the keynote for the education eventually of
the whole human race. In our land it is
destined to do more for the perpetuation of
our free institutions than many another
time hOnOred school or college that limits
it's benefits to some privileged class. sex,
color or section. Chautauqua blows a
trumpet to every quarter of the compass.
and says to all. 'Come We and buy wine
and milk without money and without
price" RAMEoUs.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-04-21
81. Saltwater Minn, Thursday, April 81 1892.

man. and people will not be apt to ask you
if you are hunting for work. The reason
why so many of us fail to get employment
is that we fail to look in the right way and
in the right place. Around the saloon
stove is poor place to find employment
other than that of toasting your toes. And
now one thing more. We all agree that in
every man there is good and evil. or, in
other words. two distinct persOns-the good
and the bad man. Let me ask you, my
friends. what are you going to do with this
bad part" of you that has caused your
better self so much trOuble-are' you to take
it out with you? If you do, don't care
how good your purpose may be. this old
crooked man" will ever be in your way
if you don't cut clear from him. You have
often noticed two horses hitched to load;
one is good willing horse. while the other
is a lazy brute that will not help pull the
load in the right way, but always holding
back and making the other drag him along
as we'll as the load. That is just the way
with us. we start out to do right, our better
half does its best, but we fail simply be-
cause we take the old crooked man" into
business with us instead of cutting him
adrift. You can't do it. boys. it has been
tried over and over, and l have yet to learn
of the man that has made success of it.
NOW, Wnon Lno Oay COMES IOr you 10 loaVo
us just say to yourself that you will leave
the old crooked man. behind. as this is
the right place for him. Take the lazy
plug out of your team and give the other
horse chance. Do like the quaker sailor
when his ship was engaged in sea fight.
The enemy sent boat loaded with men to
board him but shot from one of the guns
wrecked the boat; but some of its crew still
intent on victory swan to the ship and one
of the fellows took hold of rope that hung
over the side and began to draw himself up
by it, but the quaker saw him and ran
knife in hand and cut the rope. saying,
Friend. thee can have the rope" So cut
clear from your evil part and 60 out of here
a free man.
And now let me add that the young man
that have told you Of was an eX convict,
just out of San Quentin prison. 1t was
discovered after he had been in the mines
some time, but no one thought any the
worse of him for that. He was a good fell
low and all the miners in the camp liked
him. When l left the camp he was getting
along first rate-he had cut clear from all
evil. DEXTER.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-04-21
He Was Looking for a Job.

1t was in little mining town in Califor-
MIA where 1 was working. that a young
man came up one morning and put up at
the only hotel in the place. He was de-
Gently dressed, and seemed to be in easy
circumstances. No one at first paid any
attention to him as it was not an uncommon
thing to see visitors at the mines. But
when three or four days had passed with.
out the young fellow moving from the no.
tel. some of the miners became curious as
to what his business might be. He was a
very quiet fellow, speaking only when
spoken to. and showed no desire to cult.
vate acquaintances. Some thought one
thing about him, and some other things.
A few limited that by the way he was act
ing, he might be detective. but the major
ity could not agree on anything. Finally
one of the miners made up his mind that in
the evening he would ask the stranger what
he wanted around there. So, after supper,
he watched his chance and when he got the
young fellow alone he walked up to him
and said, ''Stranger. if it is no 'fense.
would you mind telling feller what your
business ar around hereabOuts?" The
young fellow. after moments hesitation,
answered that he was looking for job in
the mines. Looking for job in the
mnes?" roared the old miner. ''Well. I'll
be dOgarned if you don't beat them all.
Looking for job in the mines, and why in
h did't you say so week agO?" "Oh,
l was stranger and did not like to-" was
the only excuse he could give. Well. as
soon as the boss knew what he wanted he
gave him job and he went to work next
day.
Now, boys. doubt not but that there are
many of us when we get out of here that
may feel like that young fellow did. We
shall feel that as strangers and ex- cOnvicts.
that everyone whom we meet will know
our past. and that they are only waiting
for an opportunity to show their contempt
for us. hence we are 10th to ask any one
for employment But. my friends. that
will never do. If you want work you must
not keep it secret. for when you go out of
here you will be pretty we'll dressed and
will not have the appearance of working
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-04-21

That the reading of books is either an in
calculable benefit or positive injury no
one will deny. The influence they exert on
the human mind is measured and gradual;
they direct our thoughts and actions in an
'imperceptible way, for good or bad. accord
ing to the standard of the usual line of lit
erature we pursue.
Man may be turned from his usual paths
of life by the emotional appeal of some sue
cessful Evangelist or temperance orator.
but it does not strengthen the will and de-
velop the intelligence and is less profitable
and less likely to succeed as the appeal
to the reason through the medium of good
books.
The characters one becomes. acquainted
with during progressive system of reading
so inculcate themselves into his nature that
it will take years for him to OutgrOw.
1.-THE soul becomes aSSimiated to that on
which the mind thinks continually" and the
minds of men in prison are almost wholly
absorbed with what they read, work and
other routine occupying very little space in
their minds. They live in the spirit of
what they read, and no one can rise su-
periOr to the spirit OF the world in which
he lives.
When one thinks of the airy dreams of
youth, that are incapable of realization. and
then compares the better state preceding
manhood, which he soon OutgrOwS, he can
easily discern why he has not been more
successful and happier in after years. In a
majority of cases it will be found that he
spent the time preceding manhood in read
ing trashy and trivial literature. There
must be suitability of mind and purpose
between the reader and his book before he
can thoroughly imbbe therein. If there is
any disparity the reader must lower or raise
himself to the level of the book, and it is at
this time that we elevate ourselves or sink
deeper in our own degradation. and we
show by the reading that the book is to our
taste and at the same time it pOrtrays the
vices or virtues of the author and his reader.
If there is any one work of fiction that
would stir me on to hold life as meaning
something more than bread. that work is
HugO's Lies Miserables." There is great
deal in common between Jean Valiean and
men in prison; his nature is assimilated to
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-09-09
Murdered BY His VIE and Daughter.

VALPARAISO, Ind, Sept. 4.-Near
San Pierre, small town in Stark
county, Nicholas Gerarty, an old Ger
man farmer. had misunderstanding
with his wife. She left him and went
to her married daughter, Mrs. Charles
Kersting, who lived on an adjoining
farm. Gerarty went over and tried to
she refused to do SO. Mrs Kersting
knocked the old man down with an axe
and the two women dragged him into
the front yard. Mrs. Gerarty then
held him while her daughter stabbed
him to death with a butcher knife.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

very exhaustive. 1t includes in
struments from all the nations of
ancient history, and was gathered
from the various museums of France,
Germany and England for the Wien
| exposition.
AS date and order Of the invention
OF these Instruments is purely a mat
ter OF conjecture, reDroductions OF
many have been rendered necessary
Tor the purpose of completing an ex-
hlblt, and will bemade from the most
authentic sources obtainable.
BACK TO THE FIRST MAN.
This collection goes back to the first
mention Of musical instruments. as
found in the fourth cnapter ofGenesis:
"Jubal, he was the father of all such
as handle the harp or organ" Genesis,
w., Ply.
The phraseology OF this sentence
does not Indicate the order of time in
which the harp or organ was invented.
The harp mentioned is probably syn
onymous with the Tyre, or lyra, which
IS acknowledged to be of Asiatic in
Tubaps "organ" must be clearly al
w viz ~ AiAA-NJ oiAO VI
which and the theory of wind instru-
ments are described by Ovid
Many specimens OF Hebrew, Assy-
rian and Egyptian handiwork will be
shown at the Fair. This portion of
the collection will be particula rly large
and certainly of great interest.
The British collection which is to be
brought to the Fair contains speci-
mems Of violins and other instruments
OF that family from the rebec to the
most noted productions OF the Gre
| mona artisans who hourished in the
seventeenth century. The rebec was
undoubtedly the parent of viol
and violin, also of the once fashion
able but now absolete viol-de-gamba.
The latter day violnoceAlo is the Off
spring OF the gambia.
The rebec is the originator of all this
class OF instruments, and is said to
! be of Ara bic origin. In general form
\ it resembles the mandolin. It had
Nthree strings and emitted a sound
Uboth loud and harsh. It was chiefly
FUSED, however, in orchestral accom-.
Ipaniments to dancing.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
An Electric Hotel,

An hotel in New York is run on the
principle OF "You touch the button
and we do the rest.' Electricity
furnishes the light, heat, and power,
required. @~
A servant can be called by electric
lty, but a guest has little need OF one,
for he has his room lighted, heated,
cooled or ventilated, simply by press
ing a button. :
Eggs are cooked ard dishes are kept
hot on the table by means OF an cleo
trio coil; a wire connected with a
storage battery keeps the sadirons IN
the laundry at a uniform heat; thu
elevator is called and operated BY
electricity; an ammonia refrigerator,
supplied with an electric current.
freezes cream, and cools water and
vine. A patron Of this hotel does
everything by electricity except
tipping the waiter and paying his
bill.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
SOLID FACTS FOB FARMERS
USEFUL INFORMATION ON VA.
RiOUS FARM TOPICS,
sweet Glover Experimental Poultry
5 ror the Farm NAV Potato
notwithstanding Farm
Ing Statistics..-Mlk
.'-.... 80. Powder, ..,.
Sweet Glover Experiment,

Many persons have noticed the
habit OF the sweet or Bokara clover,
Meli!otus alba, of growing in the bot
tom OF brick yards and in places
along the roadside where the surface
soil has been scraped away says the
Orange Judd Farmer-these unprom-
Using situations apparently being
chosen in preference to more fertile
soils. Acting on the hint thus given.
the Ohio Experiment Station in 1883
plowed up, carefully prepared and
seeded to melilotus a piece OF stiff
clay land, part OF which had been
stripped OF it's soil some years pre-
Vlously for brick making, and which
had since been very unsatisfactory
for tillage. The meliIotus was al
lowed to grow up and fall down, re-
seeding the ground, until the Autumn
OF 1891, when a. quarter acre of the
original patch was plowed and sown
TO wheat, the same quantity Of SINH
lar land adjoining, which had been
kept under rotation OF corn, oats and
wheat, being prepared and sown at
the same time and in the same man.
ner. The result was a yield of 1876
bushels OF wheat per acre from the land
which had been cropped in rotation,
while that which had grown melilotus
yielded at the rate Of 26, 8 bushels per
acre, and it is again self seeded with g.
dense growth of melilotus This ex-
pertinent alone is not conclusive.
Probably the wheat crop would have
been increased as much at the end of
one year as for four years growth
OF melllotus, but it was desired to
study the body OF the plant in other
respects, especially that of self-seeding
and continuous growth on the same
land; thereforei it was left undisturbed
uflt1l 1T had demonstrated it's ability
to maintain itself. The result NAV
serve as q guide to farmers who have
unproductive clay soils which they
may wish to ameliorate cheaply. It
must be remembered however, that
the mellEotus has the habits of a
weed and must be kept in check, but
this is easily done. As the melilotus
belongs to- the same family of plants
as the clover, it will be understood
that its growth probably adds actual
fertility to the soil, in addition to
the physical, improvement produced
by It's deep growing roots. It may be
sown broadcast in the Spring or in
July, at the rate of eight or ten pounds
seed to- the acre.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

IThey Use the Threads in Their Webs
L Like So Many Telegraph Wires.
4 In a paper in Longman's Magazine
Grant Allen gives the result OF some
personal observations OF the COM
mon garden spider. Last summer
1.-TWO of those creatures, both females,
lIspun theif geometrical webs outside
MIR. Aliens window, and he prevailed
upon the hOusemaid, though with
Asome difficulty, to leave the webs alone.
tWhat struck Mr.. Allen most forciblv
was the barbaric bloodthirstiness OF
! the spiders. One of them even de-
voured the male companion. But to
see the fieTcer of the two destroy a
wasp was a sight to behol@. Mr.. ALL
en- grows eloquent on the business like
fashion In which the wasp was rolled
round and round and swathed rapid
ly and efectually in a dense network
OF web, the spider meanwhile, taught
by ancestral experience, keeping out
OF the way OF the wasps sting Some
times the wings were sawn off to pre-
vent further struggling and conse-
quent damage to the precious web.
The blood OF the insect was then suck.
ed to the last drop.
Large humble bees the spiders seem
afraid to encounter, but humming bird
moths, in spite OF their size and quick
ness, would be killed immediately.
Mr.. Allen thinks the spiders did not
trust to their many eyes to tell them
when catch had been made, but
kept one foot on particular thread
Of the web, which thus became
kind Of telegraph wire. One might
ask how there could be any certainty
that the eyes were not used, but the
minuteness of Mr.. Allen observation
can be judged by his positive asser.
ton that ne could tell when one of the
spiders was smiling.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
Summer Travel,

The extremely humid weather made
the past summer on the Atlantic
coast an exceedingly uncomfortable
one for sufferers from rheumatism. A
gentleman who had been completely
laid up with it was asked by an &C
quaintance, on his reappearance on
the street: ..aa - a........
"Have you been travelling this sum.
mer?"
'Not exactly" said the other. 'You
see my rheumatism did all the travel
ling this time
What do you mean?"
"Why, one day it was in my neck,
next it was in my legs, then it went to
my back, and thence around to nv
hlp.joints. Oh, it took regular ex-
curslon every day, Iassure your"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

ceeded in securing the entire Britisl
collection shown there, the exhibit Il
the Paris Conservatory; and is no7
negotiating for the famous Stein L.
collection in the Smithsonian Inst
tuition at Washington, which contains
specimens OF nearl y every instrument
known. Mr.. Wilson is correspondin,
with many antiquarians interested IL
the evolution OF musical instruments
That his task is gigantic is demon
strated by the fact that much doub;
exists as to what the first instrumen;
was, and the multitude of differeh;
ones that seem, theoretically, to hay,
been the first invented. 7
1t is unanimously agreed upon b.
ant1quarlans that the first know
instruments were those OF percussion
the untutored ear being quicker t,
perceive rhythmical accentuatio1
than variations of pitch. From. thliis
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
Milk Preservatives.


1t may be set down as a sound prin-
clple that amy drug capable Of prevent
Ing the fermentation of milk is I'M
safe to take into the human stomach
as "steady diet" Some of the most
eminent chemists in this country have
testified that the use OF such drugs is
detrimental to the public health.
And yet we fear that the use OF them
is considerable, the temptation being
great and the knowledge of their de-
leterious effects not being so general
as it should be.
Steps have been taken in England
to make the subject familiar to the
public in a very forcible way. A milk
dealer in London was recently prose-
cuted for selling milk containing
preventative drug. The official
analyst, DR.: Rideal, being called to
the witness box, testified that the pre-
ServaUive used was a drug, not afood,
and that it was used by medical men
as a, drug for special cases. It had.
ne said, an injurious effect upon the
kidneys by producing a secretion OF
albumen, and there was abundant
medical evidence to show that it was
very Injurious to infants. The small
est quantity, he added, would render
the milk injurious.
The result OF the trial was that the
offending milkman was fined about
three pounds and costs, although he
pleaded ignorance OF it's presence in
the milk, and expressed himself as
sorry that he had failed to obtain
written guaranty Of the purity of
the milk before purchasing it. This
did not, however, soften the heart of
the judge, who remarked that, while
sorry for the defendant, he was p
good deal more sorry for those who
had drank the adulterated milk.
1t appeared in the course of the
trial that the preventative was being
used extensively in milk and butter,
and theLondon authorities have deter
mined. to proceed against all offenders
under tn" Sale Off oodand Drugs act"
The excellent Dairy World, of Chi
cago, which is vigorously waging war
upon all shams and wrong-doing in
dairy business, especially that colos-
sal wrong, the oleomargarine fraud,
remarks that it would like to see
some OF the British article of prose-
cution initiated on this side of the At
!antic. We heartily second this wish,
for we are inclined to think that it is
very much needed. There is nothing
that ought to be more carefully guard
ed against than the adulteration of
milk, which is so largely the food OF
infants and invaids.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
Some Short Rows,

Turnips are natural feed for sheep
and may safely be pastured, permit
ting the amin ais to eat all they want.
Coal ashes worked into q stiff clay
soil make it more friable and
easily cultivated. Wood ashes, help
the soil to retain moisture.
Put a jacket of straw paper about
the celery punches before banking up.
1t will bleach better and be more free
from rust and worms. Is. H..
II you wish to make q speciality of
very early lambs for market, use a
cross OF Southdownupon Dorset. The
lambs Of this cross will be hornless.
The very best butter is still made
in the. private dairy, bat the largest
amount OF good butter, and the high>
est average product, are from the
creamery.
The growing of mutton sheep wlH Of
ford profitable employment for every
acre Of good grazing land in the coun-
try. THERE'S no use letting it remain
idle. g
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13

belongs to the same class, and are
described as inserted in the
shoes of the performer, used bv
Grecian fute-players probably to beat
time. The cymbals to be exhibited
at the Fair will comprise specimens in
the original, and reproductions Of
those used in the Bacchic orgies at
Rome, and in the worship OF Cybele
and Juno in Greece. One pair ofthese
instruments was brought from Etruria
by the Trojans, and was found in the
excavating OF Herculaneum.
Under this head the systrum also
belongs, it being amystical instrument
used by the Egg ptians in the worship
OF Isis, and also supposed to have
been used to call together troops, as
is the modern kettle-drnm. The sys-
trum is obsolete. Probably the one
formerly belonging to the library at