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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-02-08

President Plaster. of the Ioboggan Ci'lo IS
on the war path on account of some party. or
parties unknown who felOniOusly. mallciously
and with malice aforethought did. with an AK.
Ratchet or other sharp and destructive lnstru-
ment. cut. chop. haggle and mutiate the tobog-
gan slide on West Willard st. causing the same
to be useless for the purpose aforesaid. ana
therefore contrary to the peace and dignity OF
the aforesaid President Plaster. hence, he KICKS.
Mr.. Charles Alvin Gillig, Manager OF the
United States Exchange, London. England, s. r
Holbrook. F.. T. Mann. Minneapolis and editor
Nelson of the Wash. Co. Journal, Guy, III
company with Deputy Warden Lemon visited
the prison Monday afternoon. paying THE
MIRROR Office very pleasant call Mr.. Gllle
very kindly increased the surplus in our treasury
and ordered our paper sent to his address Al
London, England thus THE MIRROR becomes
an international publication.
Engineer Jones at the prison takes consider
able pride in showing visitors little elec1rl'
DYNAMO and motor, the product Of his own skill
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-02-08
Our Prison School.

Last Saturday evening we paid our first WISH
to the prison school, which we found to be one |
of the most interesting and praise worthy 1eat-
ureS of this institution. This school is under the
supervision and tuition of Prof. c. Aylard, OF
the Saltwater High School, a most courteous ana
genial gentleman of high educational stand
ing, assisted by corps of eight competent teach-
ers selected from our ranks. Our schOOl no"
numbers one hundred and sixty-four pupils VINO
are divided into five distinct classes. CLASS NOl
numbers eighteen. and is the first IN advance
ment This class is under the tuition OF Pro1.
Aylard in person. the principle studies Dehg
Masterpeices of American Literature. mathe-
MATES, bookkeeping and penmanship. Class
No. 9, is composed of thrty-eight members anu
is divided into two sections, each having COM
petent teacher. Class No. 9, is well advanced III
their studies which comprise the Fourth READER
| mathematics. penmanship and other branches
| of learning This class is doing finely and the
| Professor views its progress and advancement
with no little satisfaction and pride. CLASS NO..
g. numbers thirty-three pupils divided INTO TWO
| sections with a competent teacher III cnarSe Oh
each section; the principal studies OF THIS class
are reading. arithmetic and penmanshlp' Ill
which studies the class is making RAPID advance
ment. Class No. L. may be termed the advanced
| luVonlle CLASS, anu Is COHlPooCu VI hA'J A""A
members, divided into three sections, each
section being supplied with a teacher; the studies
of this class are principally reading, spelling ano
the lower branches of arithmetic. Fully one
half of this class were unable to tell one letter
from another when they began; all are now able
to read and spell quite we'll and are advancing
! rapidly, Glass No. s. which we may term TN
4 juvenile GLASS; is composed of those who are Jus
= entering school and who can neither READ no
write this class is now composed or thlrteei
:, members Promotions of scholars in all classe
@ are made as fast as their progress Will pefml'
e Prof. Aylard speaks very highly of the progress
o of the school, and the interest and earnestnes
II manifested in the work by both teachers an
pupils.
,, Every inmate of this institution should tax
q advantage of this splendid opportunity to procui
~ an educaton; especially those of our numpt
i who are entirely illiterate, as an opportuhl'
,s like the present to procure educational adVa
Il tages may never come to them again,
A coincidence in respect to our school Is note
nv Prof Award in the fact that the attendant
~ at his City High School and the prison scho
.. are Identical
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-02-08
A Needed Warning.

At Newark n j.. the other day. Judge oepue
laid before the Grand jury some suggestions DIS
to the decentralization which is wrought IL tna'
region by pernicous literature. He commenced
briefly on the fact that a lad of sixteen IN MS
court convicted of murder in the lrSt degree,
had been educated to be a criminal by reading
the lowest and traShieSt sort OF Storles-tne
cheap and vile kind that sells for nickel copy.
He had found out that at least twenty persons
in the city were making their living by the SAFE
of such publications to boys and girls ana lhoi-
Gated his conviction that the increase OF crime
among the young (the statistics OF the courts III
his district showing that over sixty per cent 81
those charged with theft and burglary were
under the age of eighteen and as one ol us
chief producing causes the influence of this read
| ing matter He urged the Grand jury TO make
this tonic the subject of official investigation
and report.
This action of Judge Depue ought to be imi-
t.tad in every CITY, Pastors will find the theme
-PerniciOus Literature-one OF the most ehec.-
| i've and wholesome and needed topics on when
| to preach There are no schools. and there are
few families which are not threatened, if not TAIN
fed nv this evil Some schools for young women
have found it necessary to discontinue the
nractice of printing the names OF their pupils III
the annual catalogues. because the agents OF the
nefarious traffic had used the mail whereWlth
70 send low stories and enticing advertisements
announcing their publications to the girl SUI
, dents. This evil is one of the most dreadful IN
, the land and it is amazing that so few MINISTER'S
of the gospel have been found as yet to discern
and proclaim the dangers that arise from IT,
Hardly a week goes by in which the d;tii'es 40
not contain an account of a boy or a Sir' RUNE"
p by vile literature.
" We urge our pastors and parents ana teachers
: everywhere to make themselves acq"'h.eo WIZ
the sort of cheap literature sold at their news
stands and read in enormous quantities by chill
u dren everywhere. Buy quarters worth for eX
animation and YOU will have a sample of the poi
. sonous stuff that will bring any sensible person
to realize the dangers in the case; theh t''ik
preach. waken public sentiment lit up yol'
voice like a trumpet and help to save tue flsii,s
generation from this curSe.-EX
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-02-08

1,,;s is tbe story of a 2O-year-old lad who was
sentenced by Judge MARITIME to IA years ihlpriS-
0nment in the state prison for the larceny o. If
cents. Harry Franklin is the name OF the iad.
He was arrested June 90. Five days later the iao
WAS led to the bar of the general session. lie
WAS without money or friends and there was no
lawyer present to plead for him.
Are YOU guilty or not guilty." asked the clerk.
II don't know was the reply. Il was drunk
and fell in with bad companions.
..If Won plead guilty. explained the clerk. you'll
get off with light sentence. What do you want
to do?''
The lad hesitated moment and then said: Il
plead guilty.
No matter how hardened a criminal may be, he
is assigned a lawyer by the court II he mas not
the means to get one. This wretched lad was
not given the opportunity.
Fourteen years in state prison. came from
the lips of Judge MARITIME.
Half dazed. the lad was handcutfed and taken
back to the TOmbs. and the very next aay he was
taken to Sing Sing. where he still remains.
! From his cell in Sing Sing comes a pti'ul ap-
| neal from the lad. He has written TO friehds Ill
this city and asked them to help nm. MS Is Tie
letter:
.Dear Sir. I was arrested Saturday. June q
! 1893. charged Will FODUcIy. fSe IuC CoA"OA Va -
and Pell streets was intoxicated at the tlile
Five DAYS later was sentenced to states prlsol
for a term of IA years. The complainant STATED
at the time, in the Elizabeth street station. thai
he had been robbed of IA cents. When l was
brought to the general sessions five days laeer
to plead an indictment, man who Represented
himself as an assistant district attorney. ohefe'
to give me a lesser degree if 1 would plead guilty
Not knowing the penalty attached TO the dihel
ent degrees of robbing, and having no couhsei u
defend me, L pleaded guilty to the charge rea'
. by the clerk. who assured me 1t was " iosNo
degree. as he had been assured by the asssIah
district attorney. From the sentence l foun
/ that had been deceived and that l had pee
s sentenced for the highest degree OF robbery.
..The circumstances prior to my arrest al
these:
II was a comparative stranger in New YORK
had been employed as assistant stage hand az I'll
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-02-08

Gaiety Theatre and lost my employment. ana.
being without funds and consequently despond-
ent. got into bad company, which resulted so
disastrously for me. Previous to my arrest L
was an honest man, of honest parents and not Dy
nature thief My whole future will be one long
endeavor to Justify the confidence you place IN
me.
..If released | shall return to my father lh
Maine and my remaining years Will be spent III
retrieving the one fatal mistake of my life
Very gratefully,
'PS. There were two others III the AFFAIR
that sent me here Those two were not arrest
ed"
Judge MARITIME recently sent another lad TO
Sing Sing Prison for 10 years for stealing small
sum of money The evidence in that case was
not very strong against the Observation-Disclosures
! ( Mich Illustrated Sun.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-02-08
A Prisoners Teeth.

4 well-known firm of bankers i'll London mas
inst made a profitable investment. some liie
ago a man who had defrauded them OF a large
SIM of money was taken into custody, convicted
,pd sentenced to a long term of penal serytude
As NAV be imagined, the prison fare dld not
agree with one who had lived on the TAT OF the
land The change affected him In many ways
but he complained more particularly Oh The
iniury the food caused to his teeth. lhey were
neither numerous nor in good condltloh WHEN nc
was sentenced. and as they rapidly pecaihe
worse he applied to the governor OF the prison
for a new set. Being told that the government
did not supply prisoners with artlIclal leetll' at
the first opportunity he wrote to the banking
firm in question. offering, if they would SEM
him a new set. to tell them something to their
,axantaye Thereupon the bankers. thinking
| the offer might be a genuine one, sent the COVER
| nor Of the prison check for IS. and asked nm
to provide the convict with set OF artiiicial
| teeth.
| In due course the convict kept his promise anu
| Sant the bankers certain information. by means
Of which they were enabled to recover no less
than 81 800 of which they had been de1raooeo'
They naturally regarded this as the pest invest
ment they had ever made but 1t proved even
better than they had anticipated, tor they nave
| inst received from the prison authofltes d
remittance of 81, the teeth having cost only ~.
London Telegraph
| II NAV be said without eNaggeratlon thaI
| swearing forms an important factor III TIE
masculine vocabulary of nearly every clVlilzeo
nation. Great writer's like Shakespeare knew
this. A collection of Shakespearean oaIhs anu
enitbets with their etymOlOgy would I'LL a
volume. Shakespeare realized that they were
nseparable from faithful portrayal Oh Vir'ie
human character; that no truth1ui picture vi
common life would be possible without 'ne use
of the strong. vehement language in which men
exnress their emotions But conventionality
forhds to nineteenth century writer's what the
Eizabethan age not only tolerated. but approved.
e Philadelphia Press.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-02-08

The dynamo is capable of furnishing light Tor 5
sixteen candle power globes, and the globes are
distributed in the engine and boiler rooms.
When asked what use he made OF the lights ne
replied that frequently on cloudy days IL gre" SO
dark in the boiler room especially, that IL was
necessary to have some light, and rather IMAM
turn on the large dynamo. he built the small one
for use at odd intervals. All of the work was
done at the prison, and he will soon begin max
ing another one.-WashngtOn Co. Journal.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-02-08
PRISON OFFICIALS.

PRISON OFFICIALS.
MANAGERS.
ea, ~ DNnPRISH Hastings.
JQnN Tc;,pPIEN - saltwater
yAS; q S;,UUH pp y ~ Blue Earth City.
NJ O. HALL............ -. .'......'''' D''i'''"'
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
= u IEM0N Deputy Warden.
Z: A. OBRIEN .......... ...... Clerk.
B. j. MERRILL. ny si t
NJ ATRERT' Protestant Chaplain.
CHARLES CORCORAN. 49,. Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
CLARK CHAMBERS. .........O watohha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10

During the Easter holidays a party starts
from the college, with tents and camping
paraphernalia in huge wagons, and camps
along the picturesque banks of the Upper
Potomac. They say that they employ their
time in eating. sleeping. washing and fish
ing AS 1t is scarcely mild enough at that
season to discard heavy clothing. their
baths under bridges, where the water
rushes cold and clear. must be in the line
OF heroic treatment
AFTER the Easter holidays are over they
settle down to study again and look forva I'd
ahAIousiy 70 presentation day, so called be-
cause the degrees are presented on that dav
anu 10 the seniors ball, which follows close
on On presentation day, as a rule the
grounds and buildings seem to gather ali
tne sunshine and the green in the universe
ABOUT tnen 1t Is seldom cloudy on that
eVent1ul DAY In early May, and the large
ana distinguished audience that focks TO The
commencement Is more than Charmed with
the beauties of the place. ~
few nights later the seniors are tendar.a
a ball by the unders raduates. The hail 10
usually held IN the gymnasium where the
bright nghts reflect gaily on the highly
waxed floors and the flowers and the bufY
and blue-the college colors-with which The
hall is decorated. What memories cling
around those college balls, The music is ex
cellent. the programs tasty, the partners
charming: then that lovely walk through
the green grounds over to the main build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10

The gymnasium is situated in charming
green spot, a little apart from the main
buildings and the homes of the faculty. On
the lower floor of the building are the i'm
mense swimming pool and the bowling all
ley. on the upper floor are the main gym
nasium and the visitors gallery.
The muscle developed in the gym" shows
itself when the hills around the college are
covered with deep snow. 1t Is then the
young men and the young women enjoy the
pleasure of coasting. We do not have
coasting often here, but when we have 1t,
we make good use of it. To the east of
the college grounds Is an estate known as
Brentwood, and Brentwood presents a fine
hill which is dearly beloved in times like
this, and in years after for memories 1t
brings of college coasting. AS this hill
overlooks the city of Washington and
shows 1t lying like cup in the circle of
low hills which surround it, 1t is a beauti-
full sight to rest once in awhile from all
the frolic and watch the thousands of diff
ferent colored lights that CLEAN beyond
and then to take the mind a little back to
the woods beyond where the wind is howl
ing like furies.
Sometimes the college clock booms out IL
before the students and their friends can
tear themselves away from the coasting.
AS a rule. the young ladies Of the college
are not allowed to be out at night, but on
such an occasion as this they are chaper-
oned by some of the teachers, and go in
for fun like the boys.
The fairer sex are greatly in the minori-
that women were allowed to enter the high
college here. These young women do not
have as many ways of amusing them
selves as the men. but their pet society,
called THE Owls" seems to scout the idea
that they never bother their minds about
such trivial matters.
Besides entertaining the outside world.
the students have pleasure clubs among
themselves. The close-cllpped green lawns
are the finest one could wish for tennis
playing. and any evening in fall or spring
the tennis fends' can be seen at work
The good roads in and around Washington
have induced a bicycle club to be formed
Then they have their literary clubs, their
secret societies-some of the latter l imag-
me- are intended to take the concet out of
the freshmen, just as is done at other COL
leges. only in milder form. Their fine foot
ball team also has succeeded very often with
local and other teams. The college pos
sesses fine field, and it would be q favor
lite place to hold a great many more match
es than 1t does, If 1t were not for the fact
that 1t Is forbidden to charge a fee for any-
thing given on the grounds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
CREATURES THAT TUMBLE UPWARD.
Deep Sea Fish Face q Danger Cn-
known to Other Idvfag Thinga.

Deep Sea Fish Face q Danger Cn-
known to Other avf~g Things.
II is only reasonable 80 suppose that the
ability to sustain an enormous pressure can
only be acquired by animals after genera
lions OF gradual migrations from shallow
waters.say a writer In the Popular Science
Monthly. Those forms that are brought up
by the dredge from the depths OF the ocean
are usually killed and distorted by the e.
crmous and rapid diminution Of pressure
In their journey to the surface. and Il 10
extremely probable that shallow water
forms would be similarly killed and crushed
out OF shape were they suddenly plunged
into very deep water. The fish that live At
these enormous depths are. In Consequence
OF the enormous pressure, liable 70 q cur
ious form Of accident IT, In chasing their
prey. or for any other reason, they rise TO
a considerable distance above the noor Of
the ocean, the gases OF their swimming
their specific gravity very greatly reduced.
Up TO a certain limit the muscles OF their
bodies can counteract the tendency to float
upward and enable the fish to regain its
proper sphere Of life at the bottom; but be-
yond that limit the muscles are not strong
enough to drive the body downward, and
the fish, becoming more and more distend-
and involuntary journey to the surface Of
the sea. The deep sea fish, then, are ek-
posed to a danger that no other animals IN
the world are subject to-namely, that Of
tumbling upward That such accidents DO
occasionally occur is evidenced by the fact
that some fish which are known to be true
deep sea forms, were discovered dead and
before our modern investigations were CON-
menced
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ct III E o w LIS. !"

enacted his part. that It had the effect of
making the audience almost historical.
cluded. the mourners repaired to the college
campus with the coffin, while the guests
watched from the windows their antics, as
they danced and pranced and yelled around
huge bonfire, which threw fantastic
shadows on the college walls and almost
made one forget the silver moon, which
shed Its rays over the college ground that
night
Dumb Players.
The students have theatrical organiza
ton under the name of the Saturday
Night Club. About three times during the
year they invite their friends from outside
to witness these plays. Their manage
ment, as rule. is excellent. and shows
great painstaking. In these plays (as in
all exercises to which outsiders are invited)
some one familiar with the sign language
and able to speak is on hand to interpret.
sometimes great deal is left to the i'm
agination OF the hearing part of the audi
ence; but Ii 1t is the version of a we'll
known play or book that is rendered all
seems plain. IL one Is on the alert to watch
the motions of the players. Big hats, SO
much condemned by the ordinary theater-
goer, are especially out of place on such
occasions. The pantomimes presented by
this club have been stars of their kind, and
have caused old as well as young to wipe
the tears OF laughter from their eyes. The
club has presented some heavy plays, like
Rip Van Wrinkle. the Courtshp of Miles
Standish and Pygmalion and Galatea, but
the opinion of many is that they excel in
comic productions, and would do we'll to
adhere to the playing of such. Rip Van
Wrinkle seemed to be a dismal failure. The
accessories and acting were good, but the
play was an example of sweetness long
drawn out" The college clock doomed out
the hour of IL, and old Rip had not yet
gone up the mountain, and, of course, had
not taken that sleep of twenty years.
have often wondered how long that play
lasted, but when l speak of 1t to any of the
students who were present they smile
knowingly. but do not reveal anything. 1t
was the nearest to the interludes. so fam
GUS in the history Of literature. that have
ever witnessed.
Another way they entertain their outside
friends is by their exhibitions held in their
magnificent gymnasium. On the night Of
the annual exhibition. held usually in Feb
ruary, contests are in order. At the con-
clusfon of the program the genial presi-
dent, who Is a boy with the boys, on such
occasions presents the prizes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
WHY WILLIE WAS SO FAT.
The Doctor Found n Remedy for the
Trouble Right Away.

The Doctor Found n Remedy for the
Trouble Right Away.
people have been telling me for a long
while that my boy Willie was getting too
fat" said Mrs. Peyton to a friend of hers
yesterday. Il paid no special attention to
such remarks. because foolish persons have
way If telling you that you are getting
fatter or thinner. They seem to enjoy in
dulging in that sort Of personalities.
But, one morning last week. when Willie
sat down to breakfast, 1 was suddenly
struck with the fact that he was certainly
becoming fatter. One does not observe
changes that take place In members of
ones own family. If they are altering in
any respect they do 1t so gradually that
one does not take notice. But Willie was
unquestionably growing fat.
"As he was engaged in consuming q plate
of buckwheat cakes I gazed upon him crit
ically and found myself becoming alarmed
He seemed 70 swell visibly before my eyes
His very cheeks were pulled out to such
an abnormal extent as to make his mouth
l1ok like mere quicker. That however.
did not interfere apparently with his con-
sumption of the buckwheats. At length I
said:
willie. am afraid you eat entirely too
muchr
why, mamma?" he asked.
Because you are getting too fat.
feel SO worried about 1t that 1 am going
to take you to see the doctor this very
morning
Il took him to see the doctor, and ex-
planned to him my alarm. My grandfather
l told him, had died Of apoplexy, which, as
l understood. was a complaint that was
likely to attack stout people. Was there
rot, l inquired. some anti-fat medicine
which would make Willie thinner?
THE doctor looked Willie over carefully
punched him in the cheeks and in the
stomach with his forefinger, looked at his
tongue, and asked him how he felt. Willie
explained that he did not feel particularly
well. l said that l supposed 1t might be
cakes.
No. madam said the DOCTOR 1t is
not Indigestion; it is the humps Give
him this medicine for three days. keep him
in the house. and this appearance Of fat
ness which has alarmed you will depart {"