The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-02-23

eScOrtlng him TO his CELL
Mr.. Kruger faithful employee of the
ThreSher company. was injured by one of the
thresher cylinders falling on him while trying to
remove it from one point to another. He was
removed to the city hospital with bruised leg.
but the injury will not prove as serious as it was
at first thought.
Old JaysOn. says: De greatest symptom of
Free Suffrage, in institution an place oh dis
kin, am de Shawn ticket; an when you sees a
group oh boys, all standin' roun' a man. am adj
mirin' he's whiskers--it am not fO' de intrinsic
worth OBJ de whSkerS much. as it be han
KERN arter de symptom
Our warden can rest assured that the boys
appreciated hugely the outing - that he gave
us on WashingtOn's birthday Then came, too,
the appreciation of the excellent remarks of DR..
S. G. Smith which will be long remembered by
the prisoners; and we hope most sincerely that
the Doctor will visit Oftener, bringing sun
shine to us from the outside world
The prison management has organized a fire
department. Deputy Lemon is in receipt of his
commission captain of the Tiger Hose Co.
No l, and has for pipemen the wel-knOwn non
commissioned officers O'Meara and Forester.
Asst Deputy Glennon, assisted by aids-de-camp
Hose Co. No.. The rules and regulations gov
ernng the department. and the names of the
guards that compose the same. have been.neatly
executed by Leo on cardboard. the carved
frame being the work of Eugene
We congratulate Eng. Jones. as will, also, his
numerous friends, for the satisfactory results
that his % inch electric arc lamp has been giving.
This is an invention that Mr.. Jones has been ex-
,,.,rin, fpr 1lNA, Of
patience is to be crowned at last with success
The arc lamp does away with a carbon-rOd the
carbon being put in tubes (hence, the name
breach-loader' given it,. replenishing them
selves automatically. The lamp is 1900 candle
power. 26 inch. and weighing complete with
globe T. pounds against the old 80 inch lamps of
the same candle power. weighing % pounds.
The lamp can also be trimmed from the top OF
bottom. Mr.. Jones has already shipped two of
his lamps to Chicago capitalists, who are desr-
Gus of placing the important invention on the
market.
Last Friday the board of prison managers,
assisted by our warden and deputy warden, and
prison agent Col. Clark Chambers. entertained
the Minnesota legislature. and those who accom-
panied them, in their visit to this prison. 1t is
claimed that. by actual count. ago were the num-
DeE OI our NlSllOIS, Dut DIT ClIHeS
and elevators were crowded with those ascending
and descending, to visit this that place of inter-
est, the greatest order prevailed. OF course the
Irvine factory was the center of attraction, and
all seemed reluctant to tear themselves away
from the fascinating process which the hemp goes
through before it is converted into twine All
were given samples of Irvine to carry home as
souvenirs of their pleasant visit to our walled
no, he Of lori Iof,,c
greatly pleased with the discipline of the prison.
and cOmplimented Warden WOlfer highly for the
interest he has taken in the management of the
institution. Our steward about this time was
called upon to do his duty and promptly COM
piled by ushering the visitors to the dining
rooms where tempting dishes were laid out to
cater to the most fastidious taste, and to which
ample justice was DONE Among the visitors
were Lieut-GovernOr ClOngh. Secretary of State
Brown and Speaker Lee
The treatment of criminals and the punish
ment of crime deserves all the attention they are
getting When society becomes aware of its
rights and duties, the opportunity of the GRIMM
al will be over. Society has a right to protect
itself. When it is thoroughly organized it will
do two things. 1t will give to every one of its
members a fair chance to learn to work, to
Joy life. 1t will see to it that every boy and girl
has an opportunity to make the most of himself.
With warm sympathy and wise methods, it will
make the good life possible Then, having done
its duty, it will hold every member to strict ac-
count. Crime will be punished with unsparing
severity. 1t will no longer indulge itself in a
futile effort at the suppression of crime by in
Vulnerable imprisOnments and minor punish
ments. 1t will treat the incorrigible villain in
such a way as to protect itself against him. 1t
will make it impossible for him to propagate his
kind. 1t will strike at the roots of hereditary
depravity. 1t will root out the witch-grass of
vice in degraded families, and cleanse every foul
spot. That is to say, society will be wiser and
strcter, more sympathetic and more stern, more
tender to the weak, more implacable to the
wicked, more helpful to the ignorant, and more
of a terror to the stubborn and the wilful. If it
cannot tame the man who shows the ferOcity of
the wild beast, it will take measures similar to
those by which it subjugates the beast, and
either destroy him or make him the harmless
servant of society.-Christian Register.
The German emperor has had piano
forte constructed for him made entirely
of bits of stags' horns.-ET.