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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-09
time money" and the aid of friends are

going into business of some kind for
themselves; or some other lofty land
praiseworthy, if it were justihable by
past experience) project is in view.
But how about the foundation, how
about themselves How do they recon-
cile their plans for the future with their
past actions? Let us devote more time
to the past and less to the future and
go forth with the firm resolution to go
to work, that IS the main thing. You
will find that the future will adjust it.
self, according to your abilities to pro-
fit by it. Turn on the light, scan every
dark nook and corner of your past
life, though it is disagreeable. 1t tries
ones vanity, and some of the dark, neg
lected byways give shock to ones
self esteem. But don't shirk the task,
soiled linen must needs be handled to
become clean again. Get your founda-
ton in order and you will find it easier
and safer to erect the superstructure
after you go from here. j. B. T.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-09
The Northern Indian.

The Indians mostly live in very
poor way. In summer they do nothing
but lie around and gamble. The poor
squaws have to do all the work neces-
sary for their wants. They have to
gather the wild rice for winter use and
set nets to catch fish. If they fail to
catch fish, there is no food for any, and
probable beating for the squaw. In
the fall of the year they go off to hunt
The squaws pack all the camping out
fit also the papooses that cannot walk.
The buck Indian gives no help, just
tramping along with his gun looking
out for game. Should he succeed in
killing deer, he will not pack it to
camp, but make the squaw do it. Nor
will he even gather wood for the camp
fire which duty also falls on the poor
Squaw. In the spring the naples are
tapped for sugar, again by the squaws.
Sometimes it the sap runs well and the
trees are plentiful they make quite a
lot. The lazy buck will not even help
her but when it is made he will do "a
full share of the eating. OF late years,
however, education and mixing with
the whites has made them see the folly
of their thriftless ways and they do
some work. The young men go in the
spring to driving logs. They have, every
spring, their medicine dances to which
gather all the sickly people. They make
a large wigwam, in the center of which
they place big pole and paint it all
colOrs, around this they dance Every
little while the oldest medicine man
prays to the God above and to the
demons of the earth to heal those who
are sick unto death. And every night the
great medicine men gather around the
sick and go through with certain mean
tatiOnS. But these do not seem of much
avail, for very few recover These
dances usually last week or ten days.
| used to be big medicine man my
self once till learned Christianity and
the folly of these old ways Then they
threw me out for an unbeliever, so I
threw away my old medicine drum
and bid "good-by to it ALL" One thing
more about the Indian: He never
gets satisfied with food, he will keep on
eating as long as you feed him till he
can eat no more; then perhaps he will
60 whole week without eating if there
is no food to get He is always hungry.
SHENEGA
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-09
Cuss Words.

Bob Burdette, whose quaint humor
and moral wit made the Burlington
HaaCkeye famous, was one of those
good men who walk quietly along life's
highway without any fancy advertise
ment on his back. He did not believe
that marriage was failure, though an
invalid wife long held him loving
prisoner by her bed side. Perhaps it
was this purging self sacrifice on the
altar of love that made truth bloom so
freely from his soul. We give here
some words on the habit of profanity
which are from his pen. Suppose you
are given to the habit of profanity. You
enter into conversation with man who
never swears or in other words gentle
man. BY and by you begin to perceive
that he is the superior man. Your own
remarks have tame, flat, feeble sound
to your ears. Your cheeks begin to
burn with a sense of your friends ex-
cellence. Your pert little damns sound
coarse and drop out of your sentences
ashamed to remain in company of good
honest English words, until, as you dis
cover that you are carrying on your
pal U VI CllC COllF w lCllOuU swear
ing, you feel easier, and your intellectual
stature is increased by foot. Just OBJ
serve this. my boy, and see if 1 am not
right. But you will rip out some time;
OH yes, in some way you will. l know
some good men-some of the best men
in the world who will "cOnfound it -
and in New England even deacon has
been known to condemn it." But as a
rule, my son, don't do it. Don't swear.
1t isn't an evidence of smartness or
worldly wisdom. Any fool can swear.
And great many fools don't do it. [,
my son? All, if could only gather up
all the useless uncalled for 'swears
have dropped along the pathway of life
l know | could remove stumbling
blocks from my experienced feet, and
my own heart would be lighter by ton
than it is to-day. But if you are going
to be fool just because other men have
been, oh, my son, what an awful, what
a colossal, fool you will be-
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-09

Why is it that so many fail to bring home to
themselves the cause of their hither coming? Is
it self-lOve or lack of moral courage to probe
old fostering sore spots? There can be no healing
of heart wounds if pus pockets are left poisoning
the moral blood. This is an age of investigation;
research, look in, root out, and relief will follow
Some of the prisoners were confused coming
out from breakfast Tuesday, at the unexpected
return to their cells. One man blocked the edi-
torial footsteps cellwardS by asking "Why?"
Being answered, he seemed to inquire why he
was not allowed to vote. But by that time the
editor had climbed past him and failed to hear
further.
The following are the grade changes for the
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-09

Third,

Received 10. Nov four from Calhoun Co.,
three for grand larceny End degree, years 8
months, years months, and reformatory plan;
one for forgery end degree, reformatory plan.
Nov. 3, one from Ramsey Co.. forgery end degree
refOrmatory plan; two from st. Louis Co.. as
sault End degree, reformatory plan, grand lar
ceny End degree years; two from Crow Wing
Co.. murder 3rd degree, 25 years each Nov. 4, one
from Ramsey Co., burglary 3rd degree, reform
atOry plan. Nov. 6, one from Hennepin Co..
murder 3rd degree, is years; one from Ramsey
Co.. grand larceny end degree, years months
Nov. Z, one from Ramsey Co., forgery end de-
gree, months.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-09

Talmage, the great Brooklyn preach
er, rebukes the aristocrat tendency of
Churchianity in the following vigor-
Gus language: UNLESS the church of
Jesus Christ rises up and proves herself
the friend of the people, as the friend
Of God, and in sympathy with the great
masses, who, with their families at their
backs, are fighting this battle for bread,
the church as at present organized will
become defunct institution, and Christ
will go down again to the beach and in
vite twelve plain, honest fishermen to
come into an apostleship of righteous
ness MAYNARD and GOdward.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-09
It Works Miracles.

Passer-by: thought you were blind?
Mendicant: Well, boss, times is so
hard, and competition is so great, that
even blind man has to keep his eyes
open, if he wants to do any business at
all-PIck
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-09
The Trouble.

Pike: | hear that number of bal
lots were thrown out in my district as
defective.
Dyke: What was the defect?
Pike: Cast for the wrong candidates.
PUCK.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-09
Her Literary Guide.

Suitor (p0ssionately): Read my face
and know my heart!
Beloved: Really, Mr.. Gilquiver, I
can not read anything until Mama has,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
An Ancient Article. Indeed.

THAT must be an antique re-
marked visitor to a collector of brio
a-brac, who was exhibiting his chief
treasure. a handsomely-carved oak
table.
Indeed it is" replied the other,
proudly. II believe it to be the finest
and oldest specimen of furniture ex-
tant."
1T may be finest, but not the old
est remarked the other. ''Why, |
have an Arabic table at home which
dates before the beginning of the Chris
tian era. In fact it is known to be
more than two thousand years old"
You surprise me" said the collector.
not little nettled by the remark. 81
had no idea there were any tables as
old as that. Is it history authentic:
What is its character
"Oh, it's very simple" added the
other Its the multiplication table.
Its history is perfectly authentic, and
as for its character, why. that is per
plexing-at least to the small boys. =
y. Y. Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
HAD WILL POWER AND WIND.
The Valuable Young Mans Narrative Re
IIaiI,dad liz. XSs.aIar I asix Of sGIaef laipc..

The Valuable Young Mans Narrative Re-
minded the Young Lady of Something.
The fresh young man had been talk
ing for two hours. The young woman
on whom he was calling had listened
until'she was tired to death, and still
the fresh young man worked his jaws
and talked and talked and talked.
Something was said about personal
courage and will power and that sort
of thing, and the fresh young man
took his cue. Il was down to
dentists the other day." he said, land
| t1atter myself that proved my cour-
age and will power perfectly. I've got
both. You see, it was this way: met
friend on the street one morning who
was suffering from terrible tooth
ache. His face was all swelled up and
he told me that he was on his way to
dentists. Now | had nothing to do
and determined to go along with my
friend and have my teeth fixed, too.
We hunted up man and went In.
My friends courage all oozed out at his
finger tips as soon as we entered the
door, and must confess that | felt
bit nervous. My friend sat down in
the chair, and, as soon as the dentist
began prying around in his mouth, he
began to yell Murder and he kept
it up until was ashamed to think of
him as friend. Finally the dentist got
through with the man who had little
nerve and stepped into the chair. firm
in the determination that | would not
utter a sound, no matter how much the
dentist hurt me. He took out one of
his instruments of torture and pried
around in nv mouth for time. Then
he announced that it would be neces-
sary to kill the nerve in the tooth
which he had located. and he said that
he would do it then and there. He did
it. lie hurt me as no mortal was ever
hurt before. He jabbed that elongated
crochet-needle of his clear up to the
| top of my head and twisted it around
as roughlyas if he were digging post
| hole All this time my friend sat and
watched me roll around in the chair.
9ut he didn't hear me say word. l
never opened my mouth. II took cour-
age and il took will power and for half
an hour ! sat there with tears running
down my face and suffering untold ag-
onies. But didn't give up. | didn't
whimpcr, and, would you believe it,
when | got down out of that chair
could not speak word. My voice had
lost its full, rich tone, and all could
do was to whisper unintelligibly. l
took it that / bit SO hard on the doc
tors instrument that the stain. COM
bined with the great eXertion of will
power, sort of paralyzed the vocal APP
paratuS. =
"Oh, Mr.. Fresshe"' broke in the young
woman, why don't you get your teeth
fixed every day."
And he never stopped to say good
night.-Buffalo Express.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
w. c. T. U. ELECT OFFICERS
Miss Willard Again Houo-ed with an Elec-
tiou rs President.

CHICAGO. Oct. 21.-The important
business before TIE Woman's Christian
Temperance union congress was the
election. All the old officers were re
elected or promoted except Mrs. Caro-
line Il. Buel. the corresponding score
fary, and Miss Esther Pugh, the
treasurer.
1t was intimated Mrs. Buel and Miss
Pugh were defeated on account of their
opposition to the temple scheme. Mrs.
Mary y. Woodbridge and Mrs. Barker,
both strong supporters OF Mrs. Carse,
were chosen in their places. Miss Will
lard was again reelected president.
receiving 35S votes out of total of so.
The result of the election was as fol-
lows: President, Miss Frances f. Will
lard, Illinois: secretary, Mrs. Mary A.
Woodbridge, Ohio: recording secretary,
Mrs. l.. y. Stevens. Michigan: treas
urer. Mrs H. VI. Barker, North Dakota.
The official roster was completed by
Mrs. Clara Hoffman, as assistant to
Mrs Stevens.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
MINOR ACCIDENTS.
A Number of Railroad Wrecks That Were
Bad Enough But Small Compared to
Other Horrible Ones.

A Number of Railroad Wrecks That Were
Bad Enough But Small Compared to
Other Horrible Ones.
WHEELING, w. Va, Oct 2l.-A special
to the Intelligencer from Clarl1sburg,
W. Va. says that a rear end collision
occurred near that place this morning
on the Baltimore & Ohio road, between
two sections of the Barnum & Bailey
circus trains.
The train was running in five sec
lions and the first section going up a
grade was running about three miles
an hour, when the second section, be-
| ing li--lL,t train, came around curve
! et twent, five nils ar hour and with
out minutes warning crashed with
terrible force into the rear end of the
| forward section, which was made up of
cages, with four sleepers in the rear.
The last two cars We're telescoped,
and the inmates were awakened from
their sleep by being violently hurled
to the front of the cars or pinioned in
their berths. A dozen We're hurt, half
seriously and one fatally.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL WRECK.
CHICAGO, Oct 21.-The New Orleans
limited over the Illinois Central rail-
road with every coach full of worlds
| fair passengers was wrecked by collid-
| ing with a coal train three miles be-
yond Kankallee and eight persons were
seriously injured and many more suf-
| fered from bruises.
The New Orleans limited was due
-. IL lnA
coaches and two sleepers. 1t was in
| charge of Engineer Smith and Conduc-
tor David Guchall. AT Otto Junction
| a branch of the Illinois Central crosses
| the main line at an acute angle and II
was at this crossing that the wreck
| occurred.
| Just before the crossing was reached
! the conductor of the limited saw train
approaching from the branch line. The
! signals showed a clear track, it is said,
and the engineer shot ahead supposing
! that the train on the branch was under
orders and knew of the approach of the
/ limited. Scarcely had the engine drivers
| touched the cross rails when the en-
| CINE of the other train, attached to a
! long string of loaded coal ears, and
! known as the Bloomington district coal
| train. crashed into the tender of limit
ed engine. tearing it loose and throwing
| the engine into the ditch. All the cars
I following were thrown off the track
and upon their sides. Seats and win
dows were smashed and the sides OF
! the cars broken in Most of the pas
sengers were asleep and the SHOCK
threw many to the floor. Splintering
of the cars and flying glass did the
worst damage. Those in the forward
car and smoker suffered the most
When the physicians arrived the un
! injured had extricated themselves from
! the debris and stood shivering in the
cold night air. The injured had also
been taken ont. Their wounds and
bruises were dressed when they were
put aboard a special train from Kan
llallee and brought to this city.
FIVE TRAMPs CRUSHED TO DEATH.
New YORK. Oct. 2l.-Five men were
killed in freight wreck on the Penn
+! sylvania railroad yesterday between
| the Center junction and Gardley bridge
! 4 mum her of box cars and one of the
/ engines were badly wrecked. The vic
A.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
FIGURES FROM CARLISLE.
The Secretary Replies to a Query from tn
Senate Regarding silver.


Senate Regarding silver.
WASHINGTON. Oct 20. - Secretary
| Carlisle sent to the senate a reply to
a resolution asking him to inform the
senate, as approximately accurately
as practica BILE, of the number of coined
standard silver dollars of our mint
age under the laws of 1873 and 1890,
exported and imported since February
| IS, 1878: the number of such dollars re-
coined in our minis and the number
| consumed in the United States indus
trial uses: the amount of gold taking
, the same course since 1870. and whether
the amount of excess, if any, of
such exports over imports and the
amount recoined and that used in in
| dustrial arts have been taken into ac-
count and deducted from the total
coinage in the estimates of such coins
in existence in this country.
The secretary says that the number
| of silver dollars coined under these laws
exported and imported is not known.
as returns of domestic coins exported
or imported are not entered at the Gus
tom houses by denominations. The
number of slollars coined under these
laws deposited at the mint for recoin-
age has been 132,01S.
No estimate has been made of the
dollars coined under these laws which
were used in the industrial arts, but it
| is believed that the number is very
small, as so much more bullion can be
purchased for dollar than it contains
and bullion would be used in lieu of
coin whenever it was practicable to OBJ
| tain it.
| The amount of United States gold
coin exported from January, 1870, to
October, 1893, was S51l, SSH The
amount of United States gold coin i'm
ported from January i, 1878, to October
1, 1893, was sl26, 9i3, $50. Prior
to January, 1878, the imports OF
| United States gold coin were not sepa-
rated in the custom house returns from
foreign gold coin.
The amount of gold consumed in the
industrial arts from 1878 to 1898, as esti-
mated by the mint bureau, was $751;
315, 900.
In estimating the amount of silver
| collars COlueu SiHCe IcbIudiN %, 1000
in the country, no deductions have
been made either for exports or for
use in the industrial arts in the
United States, nor has there been any
allowance for re-coinage, as it has here
tofore been believed that the number
of silver dollars re-coined in 1878 and
prior years in circulation exceeded the
amount of silver dollars coined since
1878 exported, re-coined and used IN the
industrial arts.
In estimating the stock of gold coir
in the country, the amount exported
and recoined, as well as the amount
estimated as used in the industrial art:
of the United States, is deducted from
the last estimate, while the amount
composed and coined is added.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
WORK ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The Treasury Department VIII Continue
Work All of Them.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 21-Assistant Sec
rotary Curtis. of the treasury, was
asked yesterday whether there had
been any orders issued recently stop
ping work on public buildings with the
idea of retrenchment. Mr.. Curtis re-
piled: There is no disposition on the
part of the treasury to stop in any
way the work on public buildings, nor
have any orders been issued to shut
down. On the contrary the secretary
recently asked for an appropriation of
$50, 900, in order that plans and speciti-
cations for new buildings can be
prepared and work be given the
people. There is no false senti-
ment of economy nor any desire to
prevent the employment of anyone in
order to make better showing in a
financial way Work on the various
public buildings in course of erection
is going on. as it will continue to do.
am not aware that anv change is con-
templated by Mr.. Carlisle"
Chief Clerk kemper, of the Office o.
the supervising architect of the treas
ury, said: There is no stoppage in the
work of this department throughout
the country and there will be none.
Everything is going on as usual and no
complaints are being received from any
uuartar''
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
New Pythian Officers.

ST. Louis. Oct. 21.-At its closing
session the state grand lodge,
Knights of Pythias. elected officers
as follows: James a. Reed, grand chan
cellor. Kansas City: James A. Frink,
grand vice chancellor. Springfield; Rev.
DIR. Gierlow. grand prelate, st. Louis;
Adam Thies. master of exchequer.
Hannibal: John II. Holmes, grand
keeper of records and seals, st.
Louis: Sam W. Davis, grand
master-at-arms, Richmond: DIR. j.
W. Ralston. grand inner guard, Cape
G;rardeau: John T. Davis. grand outer
guard. Willow Springs: Edward NJ. Hay
Der, supreme representative, lronton-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
IS DR.. GRAVES ELIVE2
Sensational story That the Famous Poison
err Is still Among the Living.


err Is still Among the Living.
DENVER, Col, Oct. 20.-The Rocky
Mountain News publishes sensational
story about the death of DIR. L.
Thatcher Graves, which is supposed to
have occurred in the county Jail in
this city. on September -, of poison
ing. The story is to the effect that
Charles n. Chandler, wealthy citizen
of Thompson Center, Conn, arrived
here Tuesday in company with Stephen
Morse of the same town, which is DR..
Graves home, and where the body is
supposed to have been buried.
These gentlemen told the hotel pro-
prietor where they stopped that DR..
Graves was not dead: that the caSket
was opened at the grave in Thompson
Center against the protests of the
widow and found to contain pine log
instead of dead body, and that the
supposed dead doctor is now enjoying
his liberty in a foreign country.
a rumOr has been current here for
some time past that the body carried
from the CELL of the county Jail on that
Sunday morning was wax and not the
flesh of the alleged famous poisoner,
and that this trick had been played in
order to give the prisoner his liberty
and deceive the public; that the parties
to the deception We're some high Off
cials and a secret organization. This
rumor was strengthened by the fact
that no one was allowed to review the
remains except the most intimate
friends of the Graves family, and also
that Mrs. Graves refused to allow the
body to be embalmed before shipping
il TO Massachusetts, but this is the first
time the report has appeared in print
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
4 Rather Queer Thing.

LYONS. Ia. Get. ia report Spread
like wildfire that skeleton had been
found in the attic of a house owned
and occupied by Mike Burke. Investi-
CATION brought forth 4 queer story.
Two paper hangers at work there
found human lower jaw and some fin
ger bones Burke, on being questioned.
admitted that nine years ago when he
bought the house he found the handful
of shriveled upper half Of a human
body minus the head in the attic. He
first threw it BACK OF his house, and af-
terward burned it. He says he did not
think it worth while to say anything.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
August
Flower

"Ihave been afflicted with bilious
ness and constipation for fifteen years
and first one and then another prep
aration was suggested to me and
tried, but to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the admiral
ton in which l hold it. Ithas given
me new lease of life, which before
was burden. Its good qualities
and wonderful merits should benade
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness. " IESiE
BARKER, Printer. Humboldt. kas. 9
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-27
Excitement In HaYti.

New YORK, Oct. 20.-The Worlds
Panama special says: Hayti's deputy
minister of the interior, it is observed.
was connected with the plot to over
throw the government He was i'm
prisoned and will probably be shot as
a traitor.
There is profound popular excitement
over the renewal of the question of ced-
ing the Mole st. Nicholas to the United
States, which it is said Hippolyte Sc
cretly favored. but dared not openly
accept. knowledge of this is thought
to be the cause of the conspiracy just
discovered