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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-31

Came to Sandy Bar, it brought to me a
message of the rich veins of human
kindliness to be mined from rough ex-
teriOrs. The Outcasts of Poker Flat
reveal the herOiSm common to all hu-
manity when circumstances call for
sacrifice of its divine incense. The
Fool of Five Forks gives one side Of
the boundless self-sacriflce love is capa-
BILE of, whilst M'liss shows us it's mar
velOuS refOrmatOry influence and Mig
giles displays its tenacity in faithfully
clinging to the most hopeless human
wreck. All through is woven that
quiet, subtle humor, like silver thread,
frightening all to the broad level of a
common humanity, J. B.
Xxx
Oliver Goldsmith, first, last and for
ever. In The Vicar of Wakefield we
catch glimpse of him in his struggles
with fortune. Wandering through
Europe unknown and penniless he eked
kOut an existence, sometimes as muSi-
clan, again as valet. The fruits Of
this period of vagrant existence are to
be found in his wonderful masterniece
The Traveller His descriptions of the
lands he visited during his wanderings
have no equal in verse or prose- His
easy style and simple language charm
and soOthe the reader. There is tinge
of melancholy in all of his poetry that
tells of genius struggling with adver-
city. There is plenty of power in his
prose writings Though not a deep
reasoner, he had the gift of placing his
argument in such light, as to make
it easily understood. AS writer of
comedy he attained level above the
average of his time. She Stoops to
Conquer is still admired Goldsmith
was one that loved his fellow-men. He
gave all he possessed while he lived to
the suffering, and bequeathed to pOSteri-
ty those gems of his genius, that have
immortaliZed his name. &C.
Charles Dickens was perhaps the best
delineatOr of character that ever existed
among story writer's. So human, life
like and so faithfully portrayed are they,
that while reading, one can call to mind
having met, sometime in their existence
be it yesterday or in the almost forgot
ten past, just such beings. How truth
full and vivid are his pOrtrayals of the
villainous Quilp, Sykes or Fagin; the
underhand dOings of the hypOcritical
Pecksniff; who, under the cloak of reli-
gion endeavors to hide a multitude of
sins. How natural seem the characters
of the good natured Mark Tapley, the
happy go lucky principles of Dick
Swiveller and the easy going Micawber.
Then, again, how pathetic is his delinia-
tion of Little Dorrit, whom, loving and
gentle as she was, the worst hardships
could not subdue. Call to mind how
she clung to the father from whom
nothing could part her; For good com
ing out of evil, recall the Marchioness;
reared amid vice and squalOr' but in
whom laid dormant nobility of charac-
ter that time awakened. Then comes
Dame burden, bringing peace and love
to all who come in contact with her.
Throughout all of his novels are por-
trayed such life-like characters, and
his creations will ever remain my
favOrites. A. F. L.
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MY FAVORITE AUTHOR.
Few Favor any Particular Author.
Strong Opinions Given of
Those Mentioned.

Aliens History of Civilization opens
up profitable field of thought from
e-histOric times to the civilization of
to-day. Presented in concise and en-
tertaining manner, not at all egOiStic it
carries the evidence that the author is
not controlled by any ism. 1t leaves
enough to the imagination of the the
student to encourage further investiga-
tiOn in that ever interesting field of
literature II. II. S.
Xxx
If it was my misfortune to be de-
prived of all books but one, and had
the privilege of choosing that one. it
plete Lectures of Col. Robert IngersOll.
In it is the expressed thoughts of a
virtuous, noble and talented man, writ
ten as he undoubtedly thought them,
expressed with unsurpassed elOquence
and defended with unanSwerable logic
In it may be found scientific research
and philoSophy,-i ,-in fact, everything used
in the literary world but that which is
most common-and by me the most de-
teSted-theOry. SUNOL.
After considerable cogitation have
concluded to nominate Mary Agnes
Fleming as the author who has gained
my franchise. She is one of the most
strikingly interesting nOvelists of to-
day; her books are not carried to the
point of impossible or unnatural ele-
ments, but are compounded of materi-
ais, constantly presenting themselves
to the public. Her characters are true
to nature and her fiction is woven into
clean, bright, statement of facts; her
books once opened and commenced,
command steady peruSal to the end.
/ have never tired of her wonderfully
natural pen pictures; and it is evident
that her abilities have been directed to
do away with that feeling of fatigue so
predominant in us at the present day.
Taking this fact into consideration
with her evenneSS of composition, book
after book, l give her my whole vote.
P. A. F.
"A philosopher says: l can tell what
you do by the company you keep and
the condition of your mind by the books
you read. am skeptical on that point.
But in picking up the pen to name one
of the many authors who have helped
me pass many hours of profit as well as
pleasure, | am compelled to select
Shakespeare, and what shall 1 say of
the miracle worker 1t is vain to try
and tell a tithe of my debt to him, and
once touched he is hard to leave. In
youth the millennium is near, with ad-
vancing years it recedes-I do not know
what more could be done amid this
worlds miseries and anarchies, than
what Shakespeare has helped us do.
An ideal created world which will over
lay the hard face of necessity with it's
enchantment has aided me in emanci-
pating myself from a controversial
spirit and rejoice in the fruits of good
mind. Who can understand his errors,
if they be such. BRIGHAM.
***
For varied literary diet give me
Byron. He appeals more to the COM
mon everyday man yearning for some
thing better than any other writer of
poetry or prose that 1 have ever read.
Childe Harold is the work of disap-
pointed life yearning for tenderness and
love. Lara expresses that scorn of his
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Magistrate: The case against you
looks pretty dark.
Johnson: "a culled gem'an) OATS all
right, jedge; can prove an albino.-
Puck.
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where business falls off and there is
no employment for large number of
men, but that cannot be helped.
If a man is discharged by the order
of his superior when there is work
and some other man must take his
place that superior must have the very
best reasons for his act before that dis
charge can be justified
| had peculiar illustration of that
in England last summer. The most
successful railroad man in England is
Mr.. Forbes. He asked me to go with
him for an inspection on his line. I
saw him pull ont watch-a nickel
watch-oEe | should think was a
Waterbury worth about FIVE dollars.
with which the purchaser would ex-
pect suit of clothes before he would
take it. l said: That is an extraor-
binary watch for a railroad man like
you to carry ] never saw one on
railroad man before" But" he said,
that is the kind we give our conduc-
tors" But" l said. IAN American
conductor who had watch of that
kind would be discharged from the
service"
He said: There is a HISTORY con-
nected with that watch which has had
great effect on the railroad service in
England The story reached France
and had an influence on the railroad
service there. A conductor came to
me and said: The manager of the line
has discharged me and I have been
unjUstly turned ont ] said to him
that it was question for him TO take
up with the manager alone This man
said: 1 was discharged because | was
rot at the station TO take nv train
when the time came, and the reason
was not there was because this watch
that the company gave me was wrong
l then said: Il viii investigate your
case. Give me that watch So
! called the manager. The man
eyer said: It was impossible;
those watches are all right
j do not like the man any
hnv and would not have him ON
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BRINGING UP CHILDREN.
Importance of a Proper Development OF
the Brain.

Importance of a Proper Development of
the Brain.
Most of this unloveliness, strange as IL
may seem, is thought to be the work of
a badly developed brain, the eye ard
spine especially declaring this, but
leaving 1T an open question whether an
EVIL soul lodging in body reduces it to
pts own likeness, or whether an lifted.
wrongly developed body cramps and
dwarfs and hurts the soul. The meas
fure round the skull of the criminal.
taken horizontally. is always less than
that round the skull of the upright
rnan, and his brain is found to be light
GER; his constitution is feebler, too, and
Ihis heart is weak. But even among
culpritS themselves there are great diff
ferences: thus the highway robber is
naturally found to be taller than the
picls-pocket. and the bones Of his skele-
ton are stronger; he and the murderer.
when they write at all, write a large
round hand with MANY fiourishes: the
thief writes with effeminacy small
hand. These people are apt to give the
student surprises; he finds. for instance,
that they are not habitually cruel: wan
ton murderers will be kind to a pet:
where they are cruel il is the
women who are the most so.
and who discover the most Shock
Ing forms of cruelty; and although
Few have talent, they are all wanting
In the ability to use their talent to adj
vantage; but the most of them have
treat stupidity. They are Eighty and
faithless always. clinging long to moth
ing. And with it all they are extracr-
dinarily superstitious. The one salts
Factory thing shat comes out of all this
investigation is the esta Adjustment of
The fact that education diminishes the
tendency TO crime. and that as by slow
negroes the day shall come when a
whole generation is educat ted. the chill
dren of that generation will be born
with less and less tendency 10 crime or
TO crime made easy. For education en-
lsrges. strengthens and refines the
brain. gives 1T closeness. determines its
growth: and inst so far as criminalitv
has anything 70 do with the insufficient
brain. education viii abate it. and the
malnutrition of the system. with its re-
hex action on the nerves viii he over
como by the work and wages that edu-
cation will increase. 1t is not agreeable
20 dwell upon this dark side OF hllnau
nature, but If VIC know nothing abou.
It we shall do nothing for it; ana surely
there Is not dark spot upon the earth
10 whose publication we should not set
our minds and hands.-Harper' Bazaar.
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---------------------
Matrimonial Item

Mr.. Morris Pa-ke-How are you and
your wife coming on?
sir. Westside-I can't stand II much
longer. She is the boss
Well, my wife only demands three
things"
VIVA, are they?"
''She insists on having TIE money.
the latchkey and the last word Tex
as Sif.invs
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years ago, was a station agent at
Springfield, III. My earliest recollec-
ton of the president of the Michigan
Central railroad is in connection with
a subordinate position held by him on
the Chicago, Burlington G. Quincy in
Chicago. The president of the Cleve-
land, Cincinnati, Chicago & ST. Louis
Railroad company was an obscure
young lawyer twenty-five years ago,
who with unusual ability has concen-
trated into successful and compre-
hensive system number OF lines OF
railway, most of which were previously
unremunerative. The president of the
Louisville 81 Nashville Railroad COM
pany, ripe in experience from nearly
forty years service, sprang from
the ranks The chief executive officer
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railroad company was fifteen years
ago struggling in Cairo, ILL.,, with
the varying fortunes, or rather
misfortunes, of the Cairo & Vim
cennes road about one hundred and
sixty miles long. The president of the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad company,
formerly president of the Illinois
Central, drove team on the tow-path
of a canal, then worked as a track
hand, then fred and subsequently ran
locomotive engine. The Pennsyl-
vania system furnishes many ex-
amples of executive and department
officers growing up nearly from boy
hood in that great railway family and
being transferred from the ranks of
the workers to the sphere of large re-
sponsibilities where their experience
and training might be of mutual bene-
fit to the company and its men. The
New York Central & Hudson River
railroad has been controlled and di-
rected by substantially one interest for
long term of years and in many
instances is differed by those who
have virtually grown up with it and
its vast army of workers. I might
multiply these illustrations and show
that the practical operations of the
greater portion of our railway mileage
are directed by men who have risen
from the ranks and who are familiar
with the details Of railroad life and
railroad work.
It is because know so much about
and am so intimate with the miseries
that come from unemployment to the
family of the man who is unfortunate
enough to be hurled out into tho cold
that take the greatest care and have
given rigid orders that no man shall
be discharged unless there is good
and sufficient cause for it. 1t may be
that unfortunate conditions arise
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the road again. I don't want man
ho l. ,rho,, ho1

the road again. I don't want man
back with whom had a dispute"
So Mr.. Forbes said he put the watch
in his pocket. He had a summer house
in the country. and he wished to go
to fulfill business engagement at his
Office in the city involving great con-
sequence to his company. AS he drove
up to the station all was quiet and no
one standing around. He said to the
train comes?" The agent said: 1.-The
train left here ten minutes ago" "You
must be mistaken. Your clock is
wrong" The agent said: THAT
clock is all right
Mr.. Forbes pulled out his watch and
found it was fifteen minutes slow.
Then he went back to the Office and
did a lot Of telegraphing, postponing
the engagement and making explana-
lions.
Then he sent for the general man.
ager and told him the circumstances,
and wanted to know who was to blame
for that watch being wrong, but the
RcueIdi udidSeT SdIu lc SuppoScu eAGt
the district examiner was to blame.
He sent for the district examiner, but
he said it was not his business to look
after those watches. He finally called
on the electrician for an explanation
the man was getting $4,000 a year,
and it was his business to frequently
call in and examine conductors
watches-and he said: "What is The
matter with that watch?' 1.-THE
trouble is have not looked it over
for year" 1.-The rules require you to
look them over every ninety days, do
they not?" "Yes, sir" Then you
nearly caused the discharge of this
man; you might have caused a great
injustice to be done; you are dis
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feel that you are my superior officer; I
am an old Central man."
''1fow did you get here?" I asked
81 fired on the New York Central. I
| stood on the footboard as an engineer
on the Central. While locomotive
engineer, l made up my mind to get an
education, believing that mechanic
could go anywhere if he had a good
education. / studied at night and fit
ted myself for Union college, running
all the time with my locomotive. pro-
| cured books and attended as far as
possible the lectures and Rotations.
kept up with my class and on the day
of graduation l left my locomotive,
washed up. put on the gown and cap,
delivered my thesis, received nv di-
ploma, then put away my diploma. put
the gown and cap in the closet, put on
my working shirt, got on my engine
and made my usual run that day"
Then l knew how he became Prof.
Morris
man cannot be too well educated,
no matter what position in the rail-
road he may occupy. We have in the
Offices of the Grand Central depot thir-
ty young men who are graduates of
Yale and Harvard. They are getting
on an average thirty-six dollars per
month, but they are coming on to take
places as heads Of departments, and
they will ultimately reach positions
of profit and power in the railroad as
they demonstrate their efficiency and
ability
Some forty or more years ago when
the Queen of Song. Jenny Lind, was
in this country. she stopped in Albany
to give 4 concert. Early in the even
ing telegraph boy called and handed
her telegram. Its contents must
have been pleasing. for in her kindly
way she said to him while waiting
to learn If there was reply: Would
You like 10 hear me sing Tonight" He
politely and promptly answered in the
affirmative, whereupon she wrote
upon her card admit the bearer" and
handed it TO him.
Chicago friend of mine who knew
the circumstances told me that some
years ago he called on Jennie Lind at
her home in England for the double
purpose of paving his respects to her
and recalling to her mind the circum-
stance | have recited She remem-
hered II, and SO the gentleman said to
her: Would you like to know what
has become of that boy?"- She replied
that ii would interest her very much,
whereupon my friend said: lie is the
president and executive officer of the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway com
pany, which operates one OF our larg-
est systems Of railways in America"
During years of toll with energy and
ability the boy and ma passed through
many OF the practical stages of rail-
road work. eonscientiously familiar
izing himself with the labors. hard
ships, duties and responsibilities OF
nearly all classes of railway employees /
Twenty-cight years ago the presi- /
dent OF the atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe systemic nearly ter thousand miles. /
was the store keeper ct the principal +
locomotive shops of western railway.
Thir-r-seyen Years ego the president .
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.. the r,alSs s,,or. 3; MICHIGAN South

OF the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern Railroad company was division en-
gineer upon the northern division OF
the Illinois Central railroad and prior
to that time carried rod and chain.
Thirty-three years ago the vice presi-
dent and general manager of the
Southern Pacific company was pas
senger conductor upon the Chicago.
Burlington & Quincy railroad. Thirty
eight years ago the president of the
Chicago & Alton railroad was an assist
ant engineer in the construction of the
Illinois Central railroad and served
his apprenticeship with the rod and
chain, and his vice president, thirty
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TO RISE IN RAILROADING.
Hon. Chauncey NJ Depew Writes
Of the Opportunity.
Breaking In Thirty College Graduates
They Are Now Getting SO Week But
They Will Soon Find Places OF
Trust If Competent.
COPYRIGHT, 1897

| ICOPfE'GdT. 1875
In 1885, only ffty-eight years ago
and within the memory of many bust
ness men now in active business life,
the United States contained but about
LOCO miles of railway; was composed
| of twenty-five states. and its popula-
ton did not exceed l5.O00,0 600 souls.
The valley of the Mississippi was its
western horizon. and the great west
and north west were unknown and I'M
explored except by the trapper and fur
trader. To-day more than 172, 900 miles
of steam railways are in active opera
ton within its borders NEARLY one
fourth that of the entire world: Civ
ing employment to nearly one million
persons, representing money invest
ment Of more than $4,000, o00,0o0 and
giving a gross earning of over 81, 000,-
00o. 600 per annun. The four-whecled
open car with its boz seat for the con-
ductor and the tiny engines of
five-ton weight have grown into an
equipment of 30, 600 passenger, baggage
and mail oars, 1875, 900 freight cars and
$4,000 engines: while the little group
of travellers who fifty-eight years ago
with fear and trepidation tried the ex-
pertinent OF being whrled along at the
extreme speed OF thirteen miles an
hour upon the ncwly-invented railway
have multiplied until in 1892 they
numbered 600, 600, 900 The sisterhood
Of states extends from the ST. Law
renee to the Gull of Mexico and from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, while the
population has increased to more than
o. 600. 000.
There is plenty Of opportunity in
our railroad systems of to-day for
young men TO win fortunes. ! will cite
some examples of men I know who
have achieved success in railroading.
was out last fall making political
speeches They instructed and amused
large audiences but did no good. One
OF the places which visited was Ith-
lea, \. Y. Before the train started the
next morning ! went up for an inspec-
ton of Cornell university. l found
there the best plant for the teaching Of
mechanics which l have ever seen.
The theory was perfect the processes
were perfect, everything about it was
perfect. They had every appliance
which would send out boy who could
build a locomotive or an electric mo-
tor and do everything required where
Skill of hand and accuracy are needed.
Prof. Morris, who is at the head of
that institution, said: "hr. Depew, I
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.oThat curious quality of conside

THAT curious quality of considera-
ton for the rights of others evinced by
the travelling Englishmen l saw exem-
plifed the other day said the tourist
just back from his overland trip. Zone
of the passengers in the Pullman sleeper
OF the train eastward bound from Cali
fornia was an Englishman, who natur-
ally was absurd in appearance and be-
havior, but seemed inoffensive. We
came up the Rio Grande Valley in the
night, and at Albuquerque the passen-
gers in the sleeping car were called
that they might prepare for breakfast
at the next eating station. When the
ladies in the car wished to make their
toilet it was found that their lavatory
was locked from within Through the
sransom the porter discovered the En-
glishman standing above the marble
basin taking most leisurely bath
For an hour and half, until long
after the train had arrived at and left
the eating station, he occupied the
lavatory. to the exclusion of a dozen
ladies. Upon leaving the train at Las
Vegas he gave the porter ten cant&"
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HIS Name.

A Detroit man took friend of his
out to see flock of sheep he had, and
the friend was particularly interested
in a fine ram.
What is hep" he asked.
"A Southdown."
"What's his namef"
"Oleomargarine."
"Oleomargine? What do you call him
that for?'
because he is such rank butter"
and then they went in and took horn
apiece.-Detroit Free Press.
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4 Nearer Relation.

Teddy-Mamma dear. what relation
Us my new papa going TO be to me?
Msmma-He is going to be a good
s.epfathcr 10 You, dear.
Teddy--And are YOU going 70 be a
step nearer, mamma?
Mamma = Yes, darling. - Harper's
0oung People.
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