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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28
In discussing the trouble in getting

In discussing the trouble in getting
a jury in the Meyers case, the New Y ork
Sun says: at is easy enough with the
aid Of the law to corral the tales
men and get them into court, but
when it comes to slipping them into
the jury box, there are so many loop
holes of escape that he is indeed an I'M
wary individual who can't slip out in
one way or another Even if he hens
himself in beyond apparent possibility
of escape by admitting that he is really
fit person to perform jury duty, one of
the lawyers in the case is likely to con-
ceive suspicion that he isn't, and set
him free with peremptOry challenge.
The loophole Of escape most used is
that legal curiosity known as conscien-
tious scruples. If one may judge from
the sworn statements of men empan-
eled for jury duty, the average Ameri-
can conscience is SO sensitive that it
must keep it's owner awake of nights
harping on his sins of omission and
commission. Or it may be that the
process of empaneling puts a sudden
edge on a conscience otherwise fairly
easy going. AT any rate, no sooner does
the average man get under fire of jury
questions from lawyers than his consci-
ence begins Matching out scruples fast
er than patent incubator can turn
chickens out of eggs. If one talesman
is to be believed, a man can have con-
scientious scruples with a conscience
Unfortunately for the psychologist, this
gentleman didn't linger in court long
enough to explain where his orphaned
scruples originated.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Mrs. Ignatius Donnelly died at the
Ryan hotel, in st. Paul, at 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning, of paralysis Besides
her afflicted husband, Mrs. Donnelly
leaves DIR. Ignatius Donnelly Jr., her
eldest son; Mrs. Mary Giltinan, her
second child, now the wife of George
NJ. Giltinan, assistant state auditor; and
Stanislas J. Donnelly, The youngest son,
who is assistant county attorney of Ram
sey county Stanislas married Jennie
O. Brien, sister of G. d. and Thomas
ID. O'Brien, and has three children; Mrs.
Giltinan has four; and consequently
seven grandchildren, as we'll as the more
immediate family, are left behind.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Mrs. Elenor Willis. wife of Hon.
John w. Willis died at 1890 Friday
morning at the family residence, 54a
Oakland avenue, St.Paul, of heart dis
ease. When notified of Mrs. Willis's
death, the associates of Judge Willis
held conference and adjourned the
general term of the district court from
Friday noon until Monday noon, out
of respect to Judge Willis in his sad
bereavement.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

We do not always fully realize what
we owe to others and at times do and
say things that may do our friends an
injury, though that Jesuit is far re-
moved from our thoughts. When we
think of the fact that our estimate Of
the character of others is made up in
part of things that we know and in
part Of things that we hear of them
from the mouths of others we can see
how easy it is to form an erroneous
impression. We may know a person
intimately for long time and still
not know him well, consequently aside
from the injustice that there may be
in a sighting remark we do ourselves
wrong in making it, for it may at best
be but matter of opinion and that
should not be given to others without
there is public motive to serve.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28
RETURNING TO BARBARISM

If Louisiana has real State pride it
will defeat, and by huge majority,
House bill 100, which Representative
Murphy has introduced to the General
Assembly of the State. This is a bill
that provides for the establishment
Of slavery. 1t ordains that all persons
convicted of misdemeanor-not felony
mind you, but just plain misdemeanOr,
such as is punishable by fne-shall, if
not able to pay the penalty affixed by
justice of the peace, be sold or leased,
at the rate of So per month for able
bodied males and $3.50 for women,
children, and aged men, to any person
who may bid for their labor. The
buyer of these human bodies is en-
powered by the act to "UsE SUCH DIS
CIPLINE AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO
SECURE DILIGENT LABOR. OR TO PRE-
VENT ESCAPE" This hardly can mean
less than the lash for the INDECENT and
the shotgun for the fleeing.
We submit, in all kindness, says the
Chicago Inter Ocean, that Louisiana
cannot afford to blacken the pages of
its statute books by such a law. The
LEASED convict systems of Missis-
sippi, Tennessee, and other Southern
States are disgraceful enough. But
the enslavement of petty misdemean-
ants is thing Of which English
speaking nations have not heard for
more than two and a half centuries.
Louisiana cannot afford to shock the
sensibilities OF civilization by any such
enactment as Mr.. Murphy proposes.
Emigration of capital or of labor will
be debarred from any State that DELHI
erately returns to conditions so bar
barrie.
The proposed law makes no specific
distinction between white and colored
misdemeanants. Men and women of
either color may be sold into six or
twelve months slavery, if unable to
pay fine of $50, the rate being SIS per
month for men and $3.50 for women
But there is cunning provision by
which the parish Judge may at his
discretion sentence to a term in jail
instead of ordering sale of the labor
of the person fined. 1t is safe to say
that the white misdemeanants would
be jailed, and the colored sold. But
even if fairly enforced the law is
ineffably barbaric, and, it is to be
hoped, impossible of approval by q
majority of body of men making
pretenSe of civilization.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

The Gimlet is the most recent jour
nalistic production to bore it's way
into the close confines of THE MIRROR
sanctOrum. 1t halls from Garden City,
Mimi, and is launched forth under the
editorial management of its proprietor
X. Q. Sandum. The Gimlet is bright,
newsy and ably edited paper and is
bound to augur its way into public
favor and success. We gladly welcome
The Gimlet to our exchange table.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

The mail robber serving a life SEN
tence in Oregon has made mistake in
basing his plea for pardon upon the
fact that he is a relative of the late
President Lincoln. A man with such
connections who commits crime is
deserving of far severer punishment
than one bred among criminals and
taught to regard deeds Of violence as
herOic.-EX.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Benjamin Franklin was lately whip
ped for stealing chickens, Thomas JEFF
ferson sent up for vagrancy, James
Madison fined for getting drunk,
Aaron Burr had his eye gouged out in
a fight, Zachary Taylor robbed widow
of her spoons, John Wesley was caught
breaking into a store, George Wash
ington is On trial for attempted out
rage, Andrew Jackson was shot in a
negro barroom, Martin Luther hung
himself on the garden palings while
stealing basket of vegetables, and
Napoleon Bonaparte is breaking rock
for So fine, all in New Orleans.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Fortune Henry, the father Of Emile
Henry, the anarchist recently guillo-
tined at Paris, was candidate at the
Legislative election in 1869 In his APP
peal to the voters he declared that he
would propose bill for the abolition
of the death penalty. He was not
elected, but in 1871 he was sentenced
to death, sin contumaciam," by court
martial; and his son Emile Henry was
executed in 1894.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28
THE MIRROR is a weekly paper publishe

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
in the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
in 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man.
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper: to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
in dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemption.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue a surplus of funds. the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

President CarnOt, chief executive Of
France, while on his way to the opera
house in Lyons, Sunday evening, met
his death at the hands Of a cOWardly
Italian assassin. Santo, the murderer
was captured. Great prevails
throughout France, and vengeance is
sworn on all Italians found within the
realms of the french republic.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Adjutant General Tarsney of Colo
RADIO was kidnapped at midnight from
his hotel at Colorado Springs by masked
men, who took him several miles from
the city in hack and then tarred and
feathered him. Governor Waite offers
$1,000 reward for the arrest and convic-
ton of the perpetrators of the dastardly
and cOwardly outrage.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

A Chicago judge has decided, says an
exchange, that woman who threw two
pounds of butter at neighbor was not
guilty of assault with deadly weapon.
That judge has apparently not been
compelled to live at the average Chi
cago boarding house, for he does not
fully appreciate the strength to which
butter may attain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

The temperance people OF Haverhill,
Mass, are trying new scheme to sup
press the saloons of their town. They
have put up saloon themselves where
they sell whiskey, beer and other liq-
uors at cost. By this means they hope
to secure all the custom and thus cause
the other saloons to close up shop.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Ulrich Fret a resident of Patterson,
N. J. was arrested in that town few
days ago for hitting Emile Probst with
club during quarrel. The assault
was admitted, but Fret claimed he was
hypnotized by Probst and commanded
by him to strike, and, being under the
spell, did as he was told. His story was
believed and acquittal followed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Georgia has 1900 male penitentiary
convicts, the lease of whom yields the
state a yearly income of $4,000. The
average cost of their maintenance is
1914 cents per day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Ida Wells is doing for the Southern
negro in Great Britain what George
KEENAN, did for the Siberian convict in
the United States. 1t is shameful,
though that we must be told we are
barbarians by ministerial bodies in
England. 1t is shameful because it is
trla
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

can Incident at Mackay: And the
Valuable Lesson Drawn There-frOm by
Uncle jerry is striking little sketch
in the San Francisco Argonaut of June
25th. 1t is from the pen of c. Overton,
a young lieutenant in Uncle Sans ser
vice, who is writing some very clever
sketches of army life at the frontier
nOStS
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

A man in Sioux City who was con-
fined in jail after the building had been
condemned as unhealthful has brought
suit against the city, laying his damage
at $4,000. The officials hope to escape
paying, however, because the man is
mortally sick. The case, however, is
one that excites much popular sympa-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

The Minneapolis Daily Times has
been purchased by the Journal Com
pany of that city. The Times will
henceforth appear as an independent
paper under the editorial management
of Col. W. +. Haskell
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

The discovery is announced Of organ
lied syndicates in Europe to furnish
money to titled paupers that they may
come over to this country and marry
American heiresses and then divide the
with the syndicate which furnishes the
outfit for batting American girls.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

A woman appeared at one of the Chi
cago police stations and tried to get her
self arrested for having two husbands
Sine did not succeed. Chicago police
men know when a woman has trouble
enOuUh
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Every one owes obedience to the
laws, but still higher obligation is due
to morality, and, if it so happens that
both cannot be complied with, it is bet
ter to do an illegal act than an immoral
One-EX
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

1t is said that several Colorado
editors absolutely refuse to take the
gold cure, for the reason that they are
free silver men.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Man wants a "whOle lot" here below,
and wants it right along; he wants a
a front seat in the show when Gabriel
rings the gong.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

A man couldn't get along very well
in this world says an exchange, with
out some enemies, and the editor of
newspaper who has no critics amounts
to very little.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

A Missouri man has figured it all out
and finds that the world will come to
an end in 1908. Prendergast's attorney
will apply for change of venue to an
other planet along in 19O7.--Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

If you can't smile when things are
going against you try at least not to
snap the head off of everybody that
comes within your reach.-St Peter
Journal.
That Chicago young woman who
married convict in the Joliet prison
recently will at least have the satisfac-
ton of knowing exactly where her hus-
band is every night. -Canon City. Colo,
Record.
Nothing could better prove the i'm
Partially of justice than the recent trial
in New York of Erastus Wiman. One
of the most inexplicable things about
the whole affair is that the prisoner, in
spite Of his own admission Of guilt, ex-
pected either an acquital, or, at the
worst, disagreement. This shows that
he did know athing or two about the
weaknesses Of our jury system. Boston
Budget.
The criminal lawyers and easy-going
courts of Chicago seem anxious to in
vite a repetition of Cincinnati's sorry eX.
perience some years ago; when the en-
ragged citizens, disguised with the chi
canery that made the law a protection
to crime, put the torch to the dishonored
temple of justice and ran several over
shreWed criminal practitioners out of
town. The Prendergast case is mock
cry of justice.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
If man were to give to another an
orange, he would merely say, 81 give
you this orange" but when the tran
saction is intrusted to the hands of a
lawyer to put it in writing he adopts
this form: II hereby give, grant, and
convey to you all and singular, my es-
tate and interest, right, title, claim and
advantage of and in the said orange, to-
gether with all it's rind, skin, juice, pulp
and pips, and all right and advantage
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

The commissioners appointed in Iowa
to revise the laws of that state will
commence their work September 1st.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

1t is tarnal hard to keep soul and
body together, but it is harder to keep
your mouth together.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Petitions are already in circulation
in New York asking for the pardon of
ErastuS Wiman.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

If all the devils were cast out Of some
people they would look like walking
skeletons.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

People begin abusing a person as
soon as he is born, and begin compli-
menting him as soon as he is dead.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

The cost of prison subsistence in
Colorado is eleven cents a day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

California cOnvicts each cost the
state thirty-two cents day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28
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If you can't smile when things are
going against you try at least not to
snap the head off of everybody that
comes within your reach.-St. Peter
Journal
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week, notice should be sent to this office,
when the matter will be attended to at once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-06-28

Entered at the Post Office at saltwater, Mimi.
as Second Glass Mail Matter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-16

fraud and injustice that was practieed and pefpetrated upon HIS i'll the late primary election we appeal to the Democratic county central committee of our Democratic party Of Jefferson county, to take some speedy action in the premises that will tend to re- store peace and harmony in the party.
 RESOLVED, Third, That we in justice to Our- selves and with all due respect to our party no longer feel ourselves in honor bound to support ticket that was forced upon us by unfair. unjust and fraudulent means and that we hereby absolye ourselves and hold ourselves free to act d. our better judgment may dictate.
 RESOLVED, Fourth, That our secretary for ward a copy of these resolutions to the sec that we demand an early answer.
 RESOLVED, Fifth, That our secretary fur nish copy of these resolutions to the three Democratic papers of Jefferson county and request their publication.
 RESOLVED, Sixth. That we invite all Demo- crats of Jefferson county to join lis in this move for fairness, justice and honesty.
 The meeting was then addressed by J. l.. Curl, another disgruntled can didate who was defeated for the nomination in the late Democratic primaries for County and Probate Clerk Out of ,934 votes east in the aforementioned primaries this same Curl received III votes.
 Mir. W. T. Henry then again told his little tale of woe and the meeting adjourned
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-16

There were twenty-iour of the Democratic voters of Whiteville township present at the meeting. The meeting had been called by Mir. W. r. Henry late candidate for Rep resentative, and others, with Il view of forming Il protest against the late Democratic primaries. When Mir. Henry saw that the crowd was against him he arose and said that the meeting would be deferred until such time as his side could obtain a majority of the meeting. Upon that suggestion Mir. T r. Blackwell arose and said that there would be noth- ing of the kind; that the Democrats would hold a meeting now and he moved that Dr. J F. Eaton be elected chairman. The motion was put and carried and Mr. O. G. Black well was elected secretary.
 After organization had been effected the above resolutions were offered.
 While vote was being taken, MT. Henry and two others left the room, and the resolutions were adopted unanimously, there being twenty votes in favor of them.
 It seems from the above that Mr Henry is not ill accord with the ma. iority of the Democrats of Whiteville township, and that the protest So extensively advertised was a huge fiasco. With the exception of Mir Henry, who was defeated ill the Democratic primaries for Represent atiye, and two or three friends, there is no dissatisfaction in Whiteville township over the Democratic pri maries or the straight ticket.-TEd
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-16
FAYETTEVILLE DEM0CRATS.l
They Meet and Unanimously Indorse the
 Straight Ticket.

Pursuant to call the citizens of Whiteville township met at Mace donia church Saturday July II, for the purpose of giving voice to their sentiments upon the political situa- ton in the county.
 Dr. J. F. Eaton was made chair man and 0. G. Blackwell secretary of the meeting. The following reso- lutions were introduced by Col. Blackw well and unanimously adopted RESOLVED, That the citizens of Whiteville township i'll mass meet ing assembled desire 10 express their entire satisfaction as to county ticket elected at the recent Demo- cratic primary election and we pledge our hearty support to it's election. Be it further
 RESOLVED. That we are satisfied and believe that the said primary election was held as nearly as possi. ble in strict conformity to the in. structions of the Democratic county convention, and was, we belierf q fair and honest expression, NY fte voice of the majority of " Hsta
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-16
THAT PROTEST MEETING.
Two Defeated Candidates and Few sympathizers Get Together
 and 'laesofute.'

As we have stated iii another column, the protest meeting an
 nounced to take place at Macedonia
 church in WhiteylIe township last
 Saturday afternoon did not occur
 for the reason that the crowd was
 against the kickers.
 They left the place of meeting and
 adjourned to Grace, where a meeting
 was held at s o'clock D. h.
 W. H. Mccarthy was elected
 Chairman and T. r Sorrells, Jr.,
 Secretary.
 The meeting was addressed by Gen.
 H. King White and Mr. w. T. Henry,
 the latter q late aspirant for the
 Legislature before the Democratic
 primaries, after which the following
 resolutions were introduced and adopted:
 WHEREAS, The Democratic central commit tee, pursuant to instructions of the Demo- cratic county convention of Jefferson county Arkansas, assembled at Pine Bluff. May F. 1894, made a call for a Democratic primary election, and that said Democratic primary election was to be held at the voting precincts of the several townships of Jefferson county Ark, on June 30, 1894. and that said Demo- cratic primary election was to be held and governed by certain rules and regulations as set forth in sections and of the resolutions adopted in said county Conventions. and WHEREAS. The county central committee ill their instructions to the judges of said primary election did explain t j said judges the rules and regulations governing said pri- mary election, as set forth by the resolutions
 adopted by said county convention, and WHEREAS, Said county primary election was held contrary to and in violation of said rules and regulations as agreed upon by the Democrats Of Jefferson county in convention 1 assembled, and
 l WHEREAS, It is a known fact that on ac- count Of failure on the part Of the judges ] Of said primary election to perform their duties as per instructions from the county central committee there was large number of votes cast in said election contrary to in- structions, making the election unfair, un- just and fraudulent, thereby creating just cause for dissatisfaction in the Democratic party; therefore, be it
 | RESOLVED, First, That we the Democratic voters of Whiteville township in mass meet l ing asse mbled declare our allegiance to and
 our determination, in the future as we have l ever been in the past, to be loyal, faithful
 and true to that time e-honored Democracy Of out f0refathers. that has taught us to frown I down all fraud and corruption at the ballot box and stand upas honorable men and do 1 battle for that which is honorable and right l in us and gives justice to all mankind To 1 stand by and protect our ballot box and hold 1 it sacred as being the only talsnan that in- sures q perpetuation Of this. our beloved 1 republic.
 l HEsOL vED, Second, That on account of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-07-16
DIED.

PARKER-At Laredo, Tex, Satur- day night, July II, 1S94, Mrs. Fox HALL 4. PARKER, aged 23years.
 The deceased was well known in this city by her ma ten name, Miss Agnes Bridges, and was sister to Mr. Charles H. Bridges. She was born and raised in this city, where she lived up until the time of her marriage some two or three years ago, since which time she has made her home with her husband in Texas. She was a beautiful and accomplished young lady, and by her sunny dis position and kindness of head and heart endeared to herself large circle of warm and admiring friends.
 The funeral took place in Laredo yesterday at o'clock D. m.
 In their sad loss and affiiction the bereayed husband and relatives have the deep sympathy of a multitude of friends.