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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-03-22
We Must Be Just.

A good man may impart vital good
ness to bad man, as a healthy man
can endow sick man with his healing
magnetism: but bad men are not made
better by the evil processes that an
inharmonious society evolves from it's
ignorance and passions. The laws that
criminals make for other criminals, will
always be in accordance with revenge
and punishment If society was not
murderous, it would not want to kill
the murderer: if it was honest it would
not steal the cOnvict's labor; if it was
virtuous, it would not condemn the
victim of the libertine while inviting
him to its homes; if it was just, it
would not bow down to the robber of
millions, and give long term of i'm
priSOnment to the unemployed man
who steals a loaf of bread to feed his
starving family; if it was merciful, it
would not want to grow rich on a war
that slaughters its foreign neighbors;
if it was generous, it would not apprO-
pirate all of natures riches and ask
excessive toll from the industrious
brother man for permission to earn
living. Worlds Advance Thought.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-03-22
Something For Nothing.

'The darkest hour in young mans
life said Horace Greedy, lis when he
sits down to plan how to get money
without earning it"
There are more ways than one of MAX
ing this fatal mistake of trying to get
something for nothing. The criminal
way is the worst morally, though not
the most common.
Almost as demoraliZing to character,
though not positively criminal, are the
many ways of trying to increase ones
wealth at the expense of Others-by
gambling. Still third way of getting
something for nothing is to hunt. for
sinecure. The new mayor of Brooklyn,
elected on strong platform of muni-
cipal reform, returning home from a
short trip just after his election, found
three bushels of letters from applicants
for office, most of them, it is safe to say,
from lazy young men who wanted an
easy place
This incident has led to the quotation
of President Linc,ln's apt saying: "If
ever this free people this government
is utterly demoraliZed it will come
from this human struggle for of1ice-a
way to live without work
Value for value is the only rule in
business, politics and morals. y outh's
Companion.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-03-22

would be, could be but farce-yet, as
long as no jury has convicted him, no
Judge pronounced his sentence, he is as
sacred as one Of the ewe-lambs, as free
from stain as a vestafs robe!
Is murderer any the less murderer
because he escapes conviction? Is a
thief less guilty because uncondemned
You answer, No. Public sentiment
says, YES, with much heartier empha-
sis. Else, why does it embrace bood-
Ter and spurn a convicted thief? Why
open it's doors to the successful bank
wrecker, and close them to his less fortu-
nate brother who has atoned for his sins
by years Of penal servitude? The solu-
tion of the problem is found in the edi-
tors qualification: "Criminals dis
charged from pe1aitentiaries.' ''Public
sentiment is arge-hearted; is willing
to take into it's fostering arms success
full criminals, but it draws the line at
eX-cOnvictS. A SUBSCRIBER.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-03-22

world, it will then be time enough to
mould our true character; time enough
then for us to repair any little irregu-
larltieS in the structure OF our charac-
ter, arguing, as we do, that some of the
greatest and most able men of the world
have, in their day been little fast ard
careless in their mode of life, that such
all experience only serves to make a
person the more sympathetic and true
in after life. Alas! young man, be
warned; such an idea such doctrine is
as false as Satan, from whom it en-
anated. 1t would be just as sensible and
reasonable to assert that soldier who
had come forth from battle riddled
with bullets and covered with saber
wounds, could again be as strong and
perfect man as he was previous to the
cruel and painful wounds of battle
Sin and crime are not playthings to
be carelessly tampered with, without
leaving their marks upon the heart and
character of the wrong dOer. The sore
ness of the wound may heal, but the
scar remains. Whenever a young man
carelessly and thoughtlessly steps from
the narrow pathway of right he imag-
ines that it will be an easy matter for
him to retrieve the past and tear away
from the evil influences with which he
has become surrounded; but again he
is labOring under a false and mistaken
hypothesis. Experiences and every day
associations have taught us the fact
that it requires a manhood and charac-
ter of no mean strength to retrieve and
reclaim a character which has once
been injured and polluted by crime 1t
is true, we may REFORM and in certain
measure, reclaim our manhood, yet the
shadow of the past will ever hang as a
dark cloud upon our memories, thus
obliterating to greater or lesser ex-
tent, the otherwise, bright, pure sun
shine of the future. Those Sears
There are thousands upon thousands,
who would give the whole world ifit were
possible, to remove the scars and blem-
ishes which a thoughtless deed or act
in former life stamped upon their char
acter? 1t is never safe to experiment
with sin and crime; and the danger is
great that those who once depart from
the paths of recltude and right. will
keep on decending the beaten pathway
which leads only to disgrace, shame,
death and hell. But perchance we do
cease our wayward career ere sin has
completely fastened its relentless grip
upon us. we can never Obliterate the
past nor recover the purity of thought
and character which we have once lost,
nor again become possessed of an un-
blemished reputation, as in the morning
of life, because of the scars. c. f.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-03-22
re,,o 81 90 per year, in advance
'enMo: ! Six Months so Cents.
Prevalence Of Crime.

Very likely there is no more wicked
ness now than there was century ago,
nevertheless, there appears to be great
deal more. This is owing to the press.
Even within our own recollection much
publicity was given to the moral obliq-
uity Of mankind. Nowadays there is
not much else in the papers except de-
tailed accounts of the crookedness of
citizens of high and low degree
1t would seem as if there were no
place where stealing was not in full
blast. Crookedness has been unearthed
in penitentiaries and lunatic asylums,
as well as in state capitOls and the halls
of Congress.
Even in making horse trade an hon
est man is not entirely safe. There are
800 known ways in which horse can
be unsOund, and yet when you buy one
you will find one not yet catalogued.
\ prominent clergyman once said
that angels held their noses when they
looked down on Wall street man.
Instead of holding their noses, which
have no value. they should hold on to
their pOcketbOOkS.
Not everybody who steals is called a
thief. 1T is only the man who gets
away with dollar who is denounced
as thief" says the Pittsburg Chronicle.
"When man steals $4,000 he is de-
faulter; 100000 entities man to figure
as Canadian tourist, while 81 100000
bestows on the genius who steals it, the
title of "brilliant tinancier." "-kaW's
Mouth.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-03-22
He Left His Verdict.

Jurymen are sometimes quite uncOn-
sclous of their own determination of
spirit. One Of them, says the London
Illustrated News, CrOake James tells
us, once explained to the Recorder, who
had noticed his popularity, that his
behavior was entirely understood. NO
man, sir, is more open than am to con-
victiOn, and to do what is right in every
case, but | have not met with the same
consideration from 9th hers. 1t has gen
orally been my lot to be on jury with
eleven of the most obstinate men i'm
aginable, who will not listen to reason -
1t is fair to say that once in hundred
times or so, this minority of one proves
to be in the right. Lord Lyndhurst
mentions case in which, through the
opposition of single individual. the
jury, who were otherwise all for YER
dict of guilty, could come to no agree
ment; but the prisoner being tried
again, he was unanimously and, as it
turned out, justly acquitted. On the
other hand, some jurors have too low
an opinion of what some philosophers
call the ego, and are willing to depute
their duties to an alter ego. When JUS
tice Gould had been about two hours
trying a case at York he noticed there
were but eleven jurymen in the box.
"Please, my lord" replied the foreman,
in answer to the judges natural in
quiry, ''the other has gone away about
some business he had to do, but he h is
left his verdict with me-"
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-03-22
CRIMINALS AND CRIMINALS.

To Accomplish their Reform, a Radical
Change in Public Sentiment is Nee
essary.
There appeared last week in one of
our great metropolitan journals an edi-
torial directed toward the establishment
of another penitentiary or reformatory
within the confines of our state. The
writer treats his subject with such gen
uine heartiness. and goes SO minutely
into detail. that nine out of every ten
of his readers $50 suspicious is the aver
age man, when philanthropy is advanc-
ed as motive) is wondering what object
he has in view what is his ''lttle game, =
and who is to be benefited in case his
project materialiZes. In the body of
his editorial is found one little gem of
pure. unadulterated truth, which is, to
say the least, worthy of better setting.
"In our Judgment, he says, there
must come radical change in public
from peujtenti0ries will have any
members of society," If philanthro-
ions in a word. any and all who are
interested in the reformation of crim-
nails will study this one utterance quoted,
they will find therein the real key to
their difficulty. public sentiment is
not antagonistic to criminals; it only
bars its doors against such criminals as
have dwelt within prison walls: it
refuses the hand of fellowship only to
criminals whom the law has smitten,
and thus purged Of guilt through pun
ishment. In word, let his guilt be
ever SO patent. society will still cling to
the criminal. and throw over his Shout
ders its mantle OF protection, as long as
the law fails to punish or the prison
claim its own. Public sentiment
cares nothing for the truth or falsity Of
charge: the object of it may be the
vilest sinner that ever went unpunished
the crimes alleged against him SO noto-
rious and undisputed thata fair trial
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-03-22
Look At This.

At the recent anniversary of the
Society for the Prevention of Vice, Mr.
ComstOck gave a partial report Of
crimes arriving from gambling in this
country in 1890. We give facts which
produce an impression of terror like a
hideous nightmare. One hundred and
twenty eight persons were either shot
or stabbed over gambling games. Four
were stabbed and five shot at poker.
Twelve stabbed and twenty-fOur shot
over the game of craps, game of dice
much played by bootblacks and news
boys upon the sidewalks and by fast
young men and negroes. Twenty eight
were stabbed and tifty-five were shot
over the gaming table or directly re-
suited therefrom. Besides these, six
attempted and tWentyfour committed
suicide, and sixty persons were muir
dered in cold blood; while two were
driven insane. SiXtyeight youth and
persons have been ruined by pool gam
bling and betting upon horse racing.
Two burglaries, eighteen forgeries, and
eighty-tive embeZZlements were COM
mitted to get money to gamble with,
and thlrty-tWO persons holding posi-
tiOns Of trust in banks and other places
of merchantile life, abScOnded
The enormous sum of SS2,S9S,372 is
shown by this same record as the pro-
ceedS of these embellishments and de-
falcatiOnS. To these crimes must be
added the long list of thefts, rObberies
embeZZlements, larcenies and defalca-
tiOnS which are never known except to
the Immediate friends or persons eSpe-
cially interested In this city the broth
er OF publisher, a young man OF 20
years of age, lost $4,000 at gambling,
part of which did not belong to him.
Two clerks embeZZled funds from their
employers, one of whom beggared his
wife and three little children. A young
lawyer besOught the secretary to close
a place where he had lost ALL The sui
eide of the late cashier of the pOstOffice
in New York, who stole a large sum
in small amounts. which he sent out by
bOOtblacks and others to be staked in
bets upon horse races with the book
making sharps Only few days ago
this community was shocked by the
account of the downfall and suicide
Of prominent society man in Albany.
He resided in beautiful home with
his tive motherless little children. He
was in position of high trust and re-
sponsibility, and enjoyed the confidence
of his employers. After embeZZling
over 100000 he was discovered, and he
took his own life leaving his little ones
so destitute that neighbOrs had to con-
tribute for the necessaries of life.
Murders and suicides occur frequently
as the direct harvest of this kind of
seed dsowing.-Christian Advocate.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-03-22
Written for The Prison Mirror.
HIDDEN RICHES.
By A. H. H.

Amidst weird wilderness, a mountain rises,
Clad with Scant herbage of most hardy kind
Warning 'gaiHSt foes that Nature there deviSeS-
Fierce summer heat and winters cruel wind.
Nought is seen anywhere about inviting
The traveller to pause awhile or stay;
No promise there of floral feast deliShtng
The eye aweary seeking out the way.
But to the prospect0r, with full intention.
Searching with earnest look, and preScient eye,
Lurks there on every crag. in each indentiOn,
Hidden a wealth his soul to satisfy.
OutcrOps vein by lichen growth concealed.
WOrmng its way into the mountains deep.
Riches untold it holds. unworked. cOngealed
AS a fair river in its wintry sleep
Now comes the iron; forceful entry making
Into the bowels of the Sulen rock
Into the inmOSt treasure houses breaking;
Asking nor leave, nor license for the shock.
Forth to the sunlight Natures ores conveying.
Takes the strong hand its load of treasure trove;
Nor for a moment ruthleSSneSS delaying
Yet, must the furnace fire the richness prove
So within man-oft drear and rugged mountain,
Lies garner'd deep a treasure all untold;
Which shall flow forth. pure and gushing
fountain,
Released from bondage of long winters cold.
But must the iron hand of grief and sorrow
withhold.
And from affiictOns fires purging borrow
To loose from drOSS the unallOyed gold.
Pierce the receSSeS of the bound soul
TO bring its fragrance to his incense alters
To purge from drOSS-to make it clean and
whole.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1894-03-22
It Leaves a Scar.

One of the most dangerous habits
predominant among the young men Of
the present day, is that of procrasti-
nation in the matter of leading true,
steady, upright lives: thinking, as is
general, that after we get older and
farther advanced in the ways of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-08

II is exceedingly pleasant 10 hear how re-
spectacle London workingmcn treated the
hl'hy and malignant rantcrs at the Hyde Park
meeting on Sunday. Anarchists were in force
on the platform. but they soon found that Great
urcs of their kind were n small minority in the
crowd before them. They were listened 10 with
curiosity while they talked in general way
about The hIdcouS dcformitcs of the social
structure, but when one Of them proclaimed the
possible necessity Of numbering Mr. Gladstone
and Lord Salisbury lie was promptly dragged
down and was glad TO escape into the arms Of
the police. His colleagues did not appropriate
the lesson ut once. and it WAS necessary to re-
peat II. Several speakers were kicked into the
background for their sentiments, and those who
did not get quite 50 far were Missed and dcrded
The asscmblagc probably included great many
persons whose IDEAS with respect to government
and property are not entirely sound. but Il
hearty dctcStaton Of the bloody creed to which
they were asked to subscribe evidently pre-
vailed
1t is an encouraging sign. Anarchists are
able 10 make din with their mouths, and I'M
happily modern science has given them pos
session of far moro destructive weapons; but
they are numerically few. and society is com
ppl'Hi 10 pIo'''l ltS'll iIuH lH'ln though Inul-
vidualS may be victims of their dcpravity
Great masses of men. distressed by circum-
stances and respondent about the future. can
be- led into folly by dcmagogues only to be
cheated with false hopes, but an overwhelming
majority of them are inrinsicay honest and
can be trusted to reject the doctrine of assas-
sinaton with horror and hatred. There is no
reason to believe that the Anarchist propaganda
is gaining ground Occasionally II seems to be
making more noise than usual. but it is not
corrupting the fibre of citizenship In any
country