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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-27
PURPOSE.

Look up. and not down, my brother;
Faint not meath the burden of life:
That you live is a hope for the future;
Yield not like a coward the strife.
In the purpose and plan of all being.
There's place and a meaning for you;
And the thought that can shelter the sparrow
Remembers the wanderer, too
Not an atom that dwelS in the mountains.
Not tiny stone crystal that glOwS.
Not blush on the cheek of a maiden,
Not hue in the heart of a rose,
Not ripple that ruffleS the river,
Not bird song that floats to the sky,
Not night wind that kisses the lilies.
Not bright star that wrinkles on high,
Not dewdrop that shines in the meadow,
Not flash on the fair dawn above,
But breatheS of the hope of creation
And the infinite purpose of love;
But you who are bowed with your sorrow,
Regretting the hour of birth,
Are more than the glory of Nature,
The SplendOrS of Heaven and Earth.
For you have a soul that can suffer,
A soul that can think and can pray,
And through suffering, wish for the higher
And look for the light every day;
And there's help in the Universe dwelling
Oh, brother. you need not despair
For the wisdom that follows the atom
Holds you in the clasp of his care.
Ida EsteUe Crouch. in Dencer Ne,cs
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-27
Alexander the Great.
BRIGHAM.

Can Alexander of Macedon properly
be called "great?" What did he do to
deserve that title? Did he anything for
the advancement Of mankind? Did he
rise above his surroundings? History
tells us he was far beneath them. He
did not unite Greece, for his father had
already done that and provided the army
that Alexander destroyed after commit
ting innumerable causeless and arbi-
trary murders. Was his greatness
shown by brutally dragging the gov
ernOr of the captured city of Giba,
hooked by the heels to his chariot in
full sight of his victims friends, till
life became extinct? Surely not. Did
he crown himself great when he accept
ed from the heneficiaries of his surplus
plunder the title of god? He only re-
ceived sought after and unmerited
aggrandizement. l do not mention this
incident as slight upon the ancient
PRIESTHOOD as body believe them to
have been as sincere as their anti-typeS
of to-day. / do not think they were
bribed to this act Of glorificatiOn. When
we speak of God, we refer to power of
good. When the Greeks of old spoke
of a god, they were just as liable to re-
fer to malevOlent as benefcent pow
er. / think, therefore, that the willy
priests reserved mental right to style
him what we call devil; and, what 1
think he really was. Was he not known
as promoter and patron of new vices
Can such man be called great? We
must select some other word to dis
tinguish him from Washington and
Lincoln. SUNOL.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-27
Public Schools.

A school supported by the state,
where everything is open to the poor
est child from the primary department
to the university, might we'll fascinate
us. But the managers of these schools
overlook at least two important consid-
erations: First, that only small por-
tiOn of all the children of state ever
do, or can, avail themselves of such Op-
pOrtunity: Second, that system of ed
ucation that can only be finished by the
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-27
Consolation.

Let not your heart be troubled nei-
ther let your minds go astray after the
things that have brought us into cap
tivity of the law and its punishment.
Let us rather study things that will do
us good in the time to come. There is
let let us sso now put in time building up lS our
mind and character so as to begin to
regain our lost inheritance when we re-
gain our liberty. A desire to get riches
which was not ours brought most of us
here, let us then not seek after riches
in the hereafter, let us study content
ment ever bearing in mind our MIRROR
motto at is never too late to mend
II. T. w.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-27

university cannot be adapted to the
majority. Is it not true that those who
do gain this higher education for the
sake of entering on some professional
life are generally aiming at personal
ends. The man who is preparing him
self for the practice of law is looking
only to make money for himself, then
why should his bills be paid by the pub
lie any more than he who is trying
to learn the machinist's trade? 1 think
the public would be better served by
fewer lawyers and more mechanics and
l fail to see why my poor neighbor
should be taxed to pay for my boys
learning Greek any more than | should
be taxed that his son should learn the
carpenters trade. One is as private and
personal an end as the other. AS to the
second consideration; graded system
of teaching that begins with the pri-
mary and ends in the university, is not
the best one adapted to the needs of the
great majority who hardly ever get
through the grammar school. The re-
suit is they get smattering of the first
part, which is of very little practical
value. The simple truth of the matter
is that only a small majority ever get
through the grammar school, and only
portion of that fraction ever get
through the high school. Those then
who share the advantages of univer-
sity can be easily estimated.
BRIGHAM.
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CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Friend and Foe-Justice and Prejudice
Express Opinions of the
Chinaman

Express Opinions OF the
Chinaman.
Men who talk of the hardships that
the Geary law imposes on the Chinaman
should stop and consider the restric-
tionS that are imposed on foreigners in
China. Which are the most severe? 1t
may be harsh, but it takes harsh meas
ureS to accomplish such an end as was
contemplated But there are one or two
things Which we ought to bear in mind
A Chinaman never becomes citizen.
There is not one in five hundred who
makes and supports home. They
swell that large class which is the curse
of America that is, the floating popula-
ton. The Supreme Court, however. has
settled one great question right of
exclusion. Even if the law is not en-
forced the knowledge of possessing the
legal right is consolation. MAC.
Xxx
The Geary law, while of recent origin,
brings to mind picture of the past
which would seem to question its mod
ernity. The picture presents the ghost
ly outlines of parsonage whose life
was so brief, whose reception so stormy,
and whose exit from the worlds ken so
sudden as to have left scarcely trace.
GA truculent demOgogue. A brawl-
ing, SeditiOn-f fOmenting fanatic =. "A
riOtous disturber of the public peace,
whose utteranceS should condemn him
to prison walls were there no question
of his sanity 1t was thus we greeted
Dennis kearney when he came into
mOmentary prominence and proclaimed
from the Sand Lots: The Chinese must
go!" Thus antedating few years the
bill that has made Mr.. Geary famous.
The confession is humiliating, but we
are forced to admit that we, as we'll as
Jerusalem, know how to stone our
prophets. J. F. r.
l think the exclusion law should be
enforced as far as the fund appropriat-
ed will allow, and then. when congress
meets, let them appropriate sufficient
means to deport every Chinaman who
has not complied with the law. Princess
Eulalia had her expenses of $500 per day
paid without appropriation being made.
The American people also raised fund
of 100000 to relieve the financial en-
barraSment of the Duke of Veragua
think the American people are too
willing to assist foreigners, instead of
looking to their own interests. [ wish
the whole Chinese population OF the Pa
cific states could be placed in the Eastern
and Northwestern states, then some
thing would quickly be done to force
the Geary law. The Chinese must GO,
We don't want them. If China retail
ates, we'll and good. This country can
get along as we'll as it did before it
made any treaty with China A. E.
Xxx
The combined force of the vast army
of missionaries, assisted by the majesty
of the law, would fail to make the
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-27
An Unpopular Improvement.

Clerk: Now, these shoes have the
improved shoe-lace warranted not to
come united.
the old kind in them, please.-Puck.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-21
summary School Convention.

The West Virginia State sun
day School Convention viii be
held at Clarksburg, on Wednes-
day and Thursday, the 18th and
18th of May, 1893, the first session
at 8 o'clock a. m.
Pastors of churches and super
intendents Of Sunday schools will
please see that their schools shall
be represented by two delegates
from each school, in addition 10
ministers, who are regarded as
delegates.
Arrangements will be made
with railroads for reduced rates
Of travel. Delegates will please
report to the local committee, at
Golf chapel, NJ. E. Church. on
their arrival.
We trust we may have earnest
cooperation, large attendance,
and a good convention. Local
papers please copy.
On behalf Of the executive com
mittee. B. f. MARTIN,
President.
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tn aIEMnRI,M.

w. Burtice Ogden is no more;
he died April z, 1893.
Little did we think the last
time we met and shook the hand
of our cordial and highly es-
teemed schoolmate and friend.
that ii would be our sad and
solemn task to review his short
unsuccessful careerwith mufied
pen and in mourning.
Mr.. Ogden was born in the
year 1867, of one of the most
highly respected and christian
families in our community. He
prepared himself for the work OF
teaching school. Obtained means
and attended the West Virginia
Normal and Classical Academy,
at Buckhannon. he afterwards
attended the w. Va. Business
College at Clarksburg, and
graduated with highest honors.
He has taught the home school
at Prospect Valley for some
years, but the death angel
claimed him for its victim, but
not before he was prepared. He
was converted last winter and
lived a happy christian life until
God called him home. Today
he is happy with his friends in
heaven. He is dead but still he
lives IN the hearts and minds oil
all who knew him. He was
young, '.but never was there a
nobler, manlier man.
G. ELLIS CHALFANT.
Prospect Valley.
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Bucklannon Briefs.

Hon. A. B. Clark was in Clarks-
burg on Tuesday.
]. A. Crisiip was at Clarks.
burg the hrst of the week.
Capt. A. M. Poundstone ac-
companied A. 81. Winchester on
a trip to Virginia.
An accident occurred at Alex
ander on Monday which came
very near being fatal. DR.. Kemp,
the company doctor for the
Alexander Co., was standing on
the log train when sudden jolt
of the train threw him off and
bruised and lacerated him severe
ly. AT this writing he is getting
along nicely.
Miss Lelah Phillips, the ac-
complished daughter of ex-
Sheriff Walter Phillips, and DR..
G. o. Brown, were married at
French Greek, at noon on Thurs
day. -Delta.
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Fairmont Whispers.

. Will L. Nuzum is recovering
from a severe spell of fever.
Mrs. Carrie Bowman, nee Elem
ing, has been dangerously i'll this
week.
Last Saturday the home of
John Linn, a resident of Grant
district, was totally destroyed by
fire. All his household furni.
ture and papers of value were
destroyed.
Rev. Shott, who has recently
been installed as pastor of the
First Baptist church ofthis place
as it's regular minister, says that
he expects to shoot up the new
church this year.
Geo. F. Leonard. whose family
has been residing in Clarksburg.
has moved them to Fairmont to
a home in the East End. Mr..
Leonard is employed as foreman
of the Fairmont Machine Works.
Press.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-21
ST.. GEORGE. UTAH

Apru 10, 1915.
On the 10, November wemarched 20
miles as We were nearing camp one 81
my mess-mates slipped out OF ranks and
killed fine antelope and brought TO
camp. Our cooks lost no time in pre-.
pairing sumptous supper for mess
Of nine men.
Il was risky piece Of business onthe
part Of my comrade to do, Us lie did.
without permission, for orders hnd been
give by the colonel that no soldier
should leavsthe ranks except those who
had lilies.
Game was plentiful aud for beauty
OF landscape this part ofthe country can
scarcely be excelled- table land country
the soil good but no timber.
The next day camp did not move, The
guides had been ahead and reported
there we're no signs Of water, except at
one place - miles ahead and in their
opinion there was no more to be had
short Of the ella River. about 100 miles
distant.
This was discouraging news.
AT this the colonel called 4 council
with his officers, and in the mean time
ordered a smoke to be made on m
eminence near camp. to attract. If posi-
bic, an Indian from whome some infor.
nation might be had in regard 10 4
route or pass through the mountains To-
the ella River.
Perhaps it wonld he well TO tell the
meaning why smoke is made on 4 hill
or mountain. have heard It said by
who pretended to know that among all
tribes Of Indians, a smoke on hill or
mountain was signal Of want or dis
tress or OF war and a smoke made in a
valley was for peace and on this occa-
sion our colonel wanted mn Indian or
some one who might be able 70 pilot rs
through 70 the Gin by some routo
where there were both grass and water,
and for this reason q signal smoke was
made on the hill which indeed brought
to camp some Mexican movers, they.
came dashing mp on their steads. fright
sening ono Of our men. who happened
to bea little ways from camp gathering
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MIS-. BeIYa Lockmood.

The curiosity to see and hear
Mrs. Belva Lockwood, added to
the fattering but truthful things
which the Eagle said about her
yesterday, sufficiently accounts
for the great throng that awaited
her coming at Everett Hall last
evening. The auditorium was
crowded to its utmost capacity.
Brooklyn Daily Eagle. GUY
81, 1889.
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Doddridge Dots.

Miss Ada Brown, of oxford. is
attending the West Virginia Bust
ness College at Clarksburg.
+. Robinson Coffman was re-
Gently married to young lady
near Fairmont.
John Ritter aud Miss Jennie.
the daughter of Squire j. N. Dor
son, were united in marriage at
the home of the bride on Thurs
day. j. A. Davis TO Miss Maggie
Davis, and John Detterman 10
Lena Kreynbuhl completes the
list of recent marriages in bod
bridge. Record.
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get, W. P. Camp, Nathan Callahan.
Lee Marstiller, John Bowyer, Richard
callison, Harrison Waller, Bradford
Campbell, Stephen osgood. " ID
Wilson, Frederick o. Lacey, p. Nj. Har.
per, NJ NJ Peterson. Granville Stout.
Eugene Brown. NJ. W. Smith, George
Siers.
Judge Thomas w. Harrison was
unexpectedly called away on
Thursday evening and Mr.. Benz.
=. Stout was named by Judge
Golf to take his place as foreman
of the grand Jury.
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he was making them perform a large
black and white tom cat appeared and
went 70 cycling the lively rats Johnny
tied his little team to the prop when he
heard the cars, and the tom cat sat ON
a tie with his tail across the rail,
worked his stneilers and glared at the
rats. While he was watching the hop
ping animals the wheel OF d car cut on
his tail two inches from his body, and
he instantly went yowling and splitting
toward the mule barn. The cats an.
tics made Johnny roar, "Bet he won't
watch my rats again very soon, . he
said. Soon the trips stopped coming,
1t was the quitting hour, and Johnny
turned the four rats loose, and said to
the visitor:
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WESTON WAVES.

M. NJ. Peterson is attending o.
S. court at Clarksburg as a petit
juror.
R. L. linn, who has typhoid
fever, is slowly improving.
Chas. Thompson, of Clarks-
burg, was in town Monday.
Assistant Postmaster Troxell
and ]. B. Finster went to Clarks-
burg Friday night to see Ada
Gray's East Lynne.
The Mountain State Gas com.
pany has not finally decided
whether they will pipe natural
gas to Weston or not. E. Strong,
the manager, is sick in Florida.
A couple of very valuable
horses belonging 10 George Sing
Teton we're stolen from his stable
at Salt Lick Bridge a few nights
ago. Weston World.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-21

oberdill dock and crawa Of cipli-
ment
Compound Car pills.
Please Send me lpct. Worthe Of Love
drops. Truley yours,
Bitter Apple Zoe. Sweet caporal Gig
arettes, SC. Chunc Gum, Sc
zoe. glycerine with little carbolic
acid, amonia. florida water, barume
ebay RUM.
wants cents Of Moline pills, the
little ones.
dine Of pot ash.
Pleas send Ine . dimes yortiof yur-
bin whisky.
&c. FAX seed the hole ones.
Ascideased tacetlc acid.
Please send me 15c Worth Of 3grain
quine capssuls please put them up
fresh.
Please Send Me poseof cnlonci for
an agsble Person. and tiyo Hoses o.
Catholic Pills. pharmaceutical Era.
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the iltrkering light from the smoking
OIL lamps the foreman dumped tho
provendcr intothcir managers. Present.
" Won could hear the rats climbing
up and tumbling into the hangers. and
Mt that the mules struck Mt the feed
robbers with their noses and gruuted.
The boh-tniled tom cat bounded ont Of
o stall with a mammoth rat in his
mouth, and Johnny seized the cnt and
took u away but tho rat had re-
ceived fatal bite. and the boy gave it
back 70 the eat.
The next thing Johnny did was TO
reach In q mnngcr and bring out q
lsiclting rnt In ench hand. Ho gave.
thcin free swing over hrs lap, put them
IN his pockets, let them crawl over his
shoulders and then tossed them into
the hay. He caught two more prcscnt-
", held them up by the tails in front
OF the cats and stuck them In his
pockets when The cats sprung at them.
afterward placing them In the one Of
the mangors
~ don't know Why the rats never
bite me- said Johnny. unless IL Il
because they know won't hurt EN-.
u like rats better than do cats or
dogs, and don't think ever killed
ONE. I've caught and played with rats
ever since was little boy. They nre
SO bright;eycd aud slick that like to
handle en- and harness EN- up. and /
guess they all tell ono another that
never hurt en- when | catch EN-. ~
M. " SIM.
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The ASYLUM,
CHANGE or OFFIo1ALs
80 George, Utdh.

Times
The Board of Directors for the West
Virginia Hospital for the Insane con-
vened Tuesday afternoon. Present:
Messrs. A. q. Gifiin, Jacob Flyer, An
drew Edmiston. Jno. B. Floyd, O. l..
Thompson, J. s. Sweetland, Robert
Armstrong and E. 8. Smoot. The Board
organized by the, election Of Andrew
Edmiston President, and Robert A.
Haines Secretary.
Considerable surprise was manifested
whenit was learned that Drs. Lewis,
Brown and Warder would not be retaln-
edin their present positions.
DR. NJ Edmiston and DIR. T. NJ. Hood
were retained, as first assistant physi-
clans, and were elected for two years.
DIR. Brown will be succeeded by DIR. Jno.
s. Burdett. of Charleston; and the office
held by DIR. warder was declared vacant
and in the future there will only be
three assistant physicians
Superintendent Lewis will be sue
ceeded by DIR. W. P. Crumbacker. Of
Cambridge, Ohio. The New superin-
tendent is a former West virginian was
connected with the Athens Insane Asy-
ium for several years, and was superin-
tendent oft during Gov. Campbell's
admins tration.
Mr., N. w Harrison. who has served
the Hospital long and faithfully as It's
Treasurer, was unanimously reelected.
Mr., Chas O'Hara was elected chief
clerk without opposition. The offices Of
matron, assistant ,aatrpn and superyi-
sors have not W been filled.
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MoRGa.N7OWN.

Judge Hagans has returned
from Baltimore.
Col. r. E. Fast mustered in a
new company of State guards at
Martinsburg last week.
Miss Vandelia Varnum, who
tlectured at Clarksburg for the
past week. is here conducting a
series of lectures.
The party of wealthy Pitts
burghers. who were here last
week looking for a tract OF. land
to be used as a game reservation,
have their eye on a large tract
10 miles from town on Cheat
mountain.
Morgantown is still coming to
the front and business is quite
active in real estate.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-21

A woodsman from an interior
county, while on the witness
stand was addessed by Judge
Golf and created a smile around
the room by frankly turning to
the Judge with the remark really
stranger, ] can't say just how it
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1893-04-21
pETIT JURORS.

Homer Waters, Brent Maxwell,
7. NJ. jackson, Alpheus Swiger,
Thomas swiger, Kelso Thompson,
Alloytus Reynolds, S. N. Floyd,
@. N. Swiger, j. L. Davis, John
A. Fleming, w. B. yanhorn,
George CASTOR, o. I. Stuart,
Charles Peck, Edward Conley
Harrison Fletcher, Solomon Day,
Thomas Flowers, @. A. Borgess.,
Napoleon Richardson. Irwin Nut
ter, John Dunkin, Taylor Griffin,
j. W. Morris, Joshua Boggess,Jr.,
N. B. Holden, William Dawson,
F. w. Martin, NJ. NJ. Goodwin
Russell Stark, Henry q. Rada-
baugh, Joseph Barnett, Charles
A. Short, Charles Smith, w. B.
Wilkinson.
GRAND JURORS.
Jesse Martin, James Drum
mond, John D. Martin, F. NJ.
Clifford, D. w. Boggess, Luther
w. Elliott, John NJ. Holmes, J.
w. Borgess., Geo. A, Custer, Wes-
ey NJ. Bird, Benjamin. s: Rey-
nolds, Sanford Nuzum, Herman
Ladwig. Lafayette Allen, John
Lowe, Lloyd Smith.
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THE LATEST MdRKErs.
NEW YoHK. April ii, 1893.
ouorArroNs 81 nInryrs.

+ T.
QUOTATIONS. or BREyEs
Good to prime .s5 35@s5 rs
Fair to good 3. 81. s 200 : IS
Common to medium U.s. 3 $50 5 is
Oxen and stays. ~ 2 500 4 s.
Bulls and dry cows $50 4 25
Average to-day, estimated 5 l5Q0
Extreme range Of prices 3 $50 5 10
Good to prime steers sold one year
ago at "a 5O@s4 40. the average price
estimated at 81 80.
BEEyES Receipts fortwo days have
been e7e cars 2aS cars for slaughterers
direct, . cars for export alive and Is
cars to be sold. Trade was slow at about
steady prices and all the offerings were
finally disposed d,
sHKKP AND 1iAsrBs
In the sheep market prices were firm
all around. lambs and clipped sheep
showing nm Improvement Of lO@i5c per
10Oib, About all sold aud the market
closed bnoyant Common to prime
wooded sheep ranged in price from IS
to SO 20 per 100 ib clipped do sold at
s4GDs5 40; unshorn lambs at So $50
81 50. and a bunch Of very common do
at IS 10; do at IS 5OcpS0 IS; no spring
lambs sold. Dressed mutton steady at
bloc per n. and dressed lambs firm at
1o@1ic
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List Of Jurors.

The following names have been
drawn as grand and petit jurors
for the May term of the Circuit
Court:
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THE MOEMONS.
How They Were ExiIed From
Illinois in 1916.

These historical sketches are written
Tor fhe TELEGRAM by II Mormon minister
who many years ngo lived in Clarksbnrg.
but who lsnow residento Utah. En-
No 10, Continued from NtlN5er &
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-
dead ruts lay on
| Il Q floor. and
Johnny haidthnt
the eats always
luRged the rats
10 the feed box.
no matter how
far away in the
minothoy caught
them. All tn .
mules " crc in
the stalls. aud In
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NO. 1877

Come with me to the barn. mister.
II You want 10 SEQ some fun. .
Eleven well-fed cats mud lot OF
kittens We're purring around tho mule