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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-31
MAKE FRIENDS.

Boys, have you friend? When |
say friend, | mean human being
whom you can tie to in need, and who
you know will never desert you, come
good, come bad. If you have such an
one, then you are surely Of this worlds
elect, because they are very scarce. Of
course there is the dear old mother,
who will always have a soft spot in her
heart for her wayward boy. And the
sweetheart. one in a thousand. who
clings to your dear memory throughout
serve you, but these | do not mean.
| mean the man, the manly man, who
is your friend in need The man whose
heart you have Wen by brave deed, or
kindly act, whose affection has grown
with his years, and who now in your
extremity leaves nothing undone to be-
friend and comfort you. If you have
such a sterling heart as a friend, then
you are blessed. If you have not, then
you will never know the joy and COM
fort that would round out your prison
life. To my mind there is nothing in
the world its equal But do you think
you can compass that which kings
have sighed for in vain without effort
Not on your selfish life. You must
first give before you can expect gifts
from nature And, can tell you, you
can surely win such friends do you but
! try, and | can further say. that there is
no one thing in life | so glory in now
as | look back on blurred and cloudy
past, as the kind acts | have done my
fellows, and the good friends | have
made and kept. And finally, declare
from my heart, | would rather have {
mountain Of sins piled up against me
on the Judgment day, and crowd O
friends around me had helped an(
made happy, than the most snowy
empty, pious record in the world, ant
no such following. MEMO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-31
INGRATITUDE.

1t is said that it takes all kinds of
ours at the present time. Certain quail
ties of the mind of some are more
highly developed than in others. One
of the evil ones, one with which the
majority of mankind is familiar. is in
gratitude. If we do someone favor,
perhaps discOmmOding ourselves to do
so. what would be our feelings if we
found that it was not appreciated
Would we care to assist such person
again? This too often occurs because
we remember kindness only while its
benefits hold out This trait in man is
much cOmmoner than we are willing
to admit Ingratitude is seen in many
ways. Someone helps us to overcome
our trials and Immediately we look for
some selfish motive in the person. This
is wrong. Because the dispenser of
liquid refreshments sets up a free lunch
consisting of pretzels and dried herring,
we'll knowing whoever eats thereof will
surely ''take another" it does not fol
low that everyone doing us favor has
some such deep pit in the background
Favors should always be accepted
at par value. Very seldom are they
meant to do us anything else but
good. We should always remember
this and be ever ready to reciprocate il
it lies in our power to do so. If others
speak evil of our benefactor, we should
not lend our tongue to their idle gossip
thinking that thereby we make our
selves popular. Every kindness ad
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-31

ministered to us while sojourning with
in this penal institution should be
favorabIy treasured in our memory
even though it is nothing more than
writing an occasional letter to us,
which proves that we are still re-
membered and that they are trying to
make our sad lot as cheerful as possible.
When we are no longer under restraint
it will behoove us to live such lives
that our friends shall never have cause
to regret having shown us the favors
they did. We are all deSirOus to i'm
prove ourselves, let us begin by thor
oughly Kidding ourselves ofingratituqe.
{. l.. NJ,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-31

if he can scoff at any beliefs which he
himself does not hold
The truly educated realize that life
must be spent in strong, continuous
effort to find truth, no matter where
she may have concealed herself. They
know that they who are in earnest
have little time to spend in sneering
at the hiding places she may have Sc
lected. 1t is better to spend time in
praising the good than denouncing
the evil, for to teach one to love the
good is to teach him to hate evil.
In seeking an education, this ques-
tion must always be kept in mind:
Why do seek it?
If the motive be not good, we shall
never be well educated, in the high
sense of the word. If the motive be
good, and we have perseverance, the
education is possible, no matter what
our surroundings. A motive, to be
good must have this foundation:
must learn, that / may be useful
Minneapolis Housekeeper.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-31
LOOKING BACKWARD.

Many times during my stay here
have | looked around to see if there
was not something useful | could learn.
| must say that l have been very sue
cessful. What have l learned? have
learned to realize that have not been
living within Gods boundary; boun-
Diary that bushes the sobs of broken
heart and wakes the song of praise;
that soothes the sorrows of age and
gladdens the heart of the young; that
brands with shame the sin of idleness
and crowns with wreath the brow of
honest toll: that plants flower at the
cradle and lights lamp at the grave
I have learned that have not Travelled
the path on which | was placed by the
one who loved me SO dearly, the one
who bore me-my mother. | have
learned that this world does not owe
me living, and that | may have q
thorny path to travel before earthly
mortals will allow me to remain within
Gods boundary-the path on which
my mother placed me.
Ii every young man was forced tt
undergo for, say three months, wha
convicted men undergo, (that is. if i
would leave no blemish on their char
acter, away from home, friends and al
that is near and dear, | firmly believe
that in very short time "hell woul(
go into bankruptcy Nov.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-31
Vol. IX.-NO. Ii.
THE HELP THAT COMES TOO LATE.

'Tis wearsome world, this world of ours,
With its tangleS small and great,
It's weeds that smother the Springing flowers.
And its haplesS strifes with fate.
But the darkest day of its deSOlate days
Sees the help that comes too late
All! Woe for the word that is never said,
Till the ear is deaf to hear,
And woe for the lack of the fainting head,
Of the ringing shout of cheer;
All. Woe for the laggard feet that tread
In the mournful wake of the bier.
What b0oteth help when the heart is numb.
What bOOteth broken spar
OF love thrown out when the lips are DUMB
And lifeS bark driftetlI far?
Oh! far and fast from the alien past.
Over the moaning bar.
A pitiful thing the gift today
That is droSs and nothing worth.
Though if it had come but yesterday
1t had brimmed with sweet the earth
A fading rose in death-cOld hand.
That periSheth in want and dearth.
Who fain would help in this world Of ours.
Where sorrOwful steps must fall.
Bring help in time to waning powers
Ere the bier is spread with the pail:
Nor send reserves when the flags are furled.
And the dead beyond your call.
For battling most in this dreary world.
With its tangleS small and great.
It's lonesome nights and weary days
And its struggles fOrOrn with fate.
Is that bittereSt grief. too deep for tears,
OF the help that comes too late.
MARGARET +. SANGsTER, in Harper's Baza
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-31
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TO BE WELL EDUCATED.

We owe a debt to preceding ages that
can only be paid to those who succeed
as. What that debt is, and how it may
be paid is to be discovered by means
of education. knowledge should not
be sought simply that the individual
may know how to get the most pleas
are out of life. 1t should not be sought
that he may make the most Of himself,
as an individual but that, as an indi.
vidual who has made the most of him
self he may do his part in Gods great
plan.
Character is formed by knowledge
rightfulIy used. For that knowledge
we must depend upon the experiences
and the lessons drawn therefrOm, of
the preceding ages. If we transmit
less than has been given us, we retard
the progress of the world by so
much. Even if we transmit Just what
was given us, we have not paid our
debt. We must improve upon it, if
we are to gain from the lesson taught
in the parable of the hidden talent.
True education does not consist
merely in the requirement of the ment-
al wealth of the past; nor is it to be
found in the untried theories of the
present, more especially in those doc
trines that discard the past as having
been outlived. TO be truly educated
one must keep in touch with the pres
ent, knowing it's theories but not
accepting them without careful inves
tigation. aided by the helpful testimony
of the past.
A man may have ever SO much book
knowledge, but he cannot be called
we'll educated until he has a knowl
edge gained from personal experience
He must know men and things, a.
if he knows the authors Of the past
to the exclusion of those of the present
while to ignore the great literary work
of former generations would leave on
in ignorance of some of the best prod
uctS of the human mind He is no
we'll educated if he cannot make goo,
use of what he has acquired, not onl
for the betterment of himself, but O
all mankind. He is not we'll educate'
if he is satisfied with what he has. H
is not we'll educated if he have not tn
love of true excellence always compel
ling him to do his best in whatever h
undertakes. He is not we'll educate
when he is slave to public opinion, Q
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-10-31
A HOPELESS DIALOGUE.

The jury had found him guilty, and
he turned to his counsel and said:
81 would rather die than suffer i'm
prisonment for life
ooh, no. said the lawyer.
''Yes | would. Think Of the hopeless
horror of it-taking up every morning
anew lifes despair-loOking forward
every time you wake towards prison
ers career ended by a felon's grave; to
be always debarred from the embraces
of those you love; cut off forever from
the amenities of social life; feeling that
if you are ever to enjoy the society of
friends and dear ones it will be in
heaven, if there is such place, and if
they and you should be fortunate
enough to get there. That is daily
lingering death, and prefer the one
that ends in an instant and brings
sleep, blessed sleep, everlasting Sleep
"But, my dear fellow, you take toe
dark view of it, Statistics show thai
the average result of life sentences il
seven years."
''That may be true, but the difficult.
is to strike the average. Then, there il
a wide margin to the bad on the figures
for many life men die behind the bars
and don't want to give lifetime t.
verifying statistics. Besides, it woul'
be just my luck to reach the lonI
figures. Penitentiary News.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
A DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.

Not a great while ago a Northern
newspaper sent out circular letter
making a number of inquiries. One of
them was: fWho is the greatest man IN
the South2" Our reply, without hesita-
tation, was Senator Morgan, DR.. j. L.
NJ. Curry or Secretary Hoke Smith.
DR.. j. L. Nj. Curry, who was in Raleigh
yesterday, has devoted his life to the
educational uplifting of the children OF
the South, giving up an suspicious po-
Ltical career that promised him the first
place among Southern statesmen, to
preach and teach. In North Carolina he
is always an honored guest, and is re-
garded with an esteem and affection
that is seldom given any but citizen
of the State. He has lived among us so
much that he is almost a citizen and
could vote in Asheville, If so disposed.
The growth ard progress of the South
in the past, and its hope in the future,
depends more upon the education of its
people than upon any other agency, and
he who is most instrumental in diffusing
knowledge among all the children is the
South's best friend and truest son.
The presence of DR.. Curry at Wake
Forest last night, where he made the
opening address, was an inspiration to
the students. Young men are naturally
drawn to leaders who are big in brain,
broad in sympathy, and wise in counsel.
Much depends in young mans educa-
ton upon the ideals that are set before
him, and upon those who instruct him
The presence of DR.. Curry encourag-
ing words-his admonition to high en-
deavor and the example of his own
breadth and greatness will have per-
manent effect for good upon the students
who were so fortunate as 10 bear him last
night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
A FOE TO SILVER.

The Silver Knights of America, a Sc.
cret order organized by Senator Stewart,
editor of the Silver Knight, the new
Washington City weekly, has already
nine beautiful designs OF charms, badges,
labels, pins, &c. This new order has
been organized professedly to advance
the cause of silver.
When we consider the army of cranks
who have hung on to the silver move
ment, we become convinced that the
doctrine OF bi metallism is true and i'm
perishable. Otherwise the cranks
who have attached themselves to lit would
have utterly destroyed the cause.
The most effectual method of disgust
ing good men with any cause is to seek
to advance it by secret methods, and by the
imitation of the forms and ceremonies of
benevolent societies. There was much
feeling against the wholesale foreign en-
igration in the country when the Know
Nothings organized their lodges, but the
wise men of the country saw that
the secrecy might be used to
endanger the liberties of the pople, and
the mushroom was crushed in a short
time, many who believed in restricting
foreign participation in government re-
pudiating the attempt to organize par
ties by secret methods, signs and coun-
ter-signs, grips, pass words, &c.
No good cause needs any such aces
sorry, and no bad cause can live
long by means of it. Senator Stewart
and 1.-THE Silver Knights of Ameri-
ca" are doing more to retard
the progress of the bi-metallic sentiment
than all the gold bugs in the country.
A gold standard is more tolerable
evil than a government based upon secret
political organization.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
CONCERNING HON. MATT w.
RANSOM.
Washington Post.

Washington Post
1t is to be hoped that Hon Matt W
Ransom will now be allowed to return to
the scene of his official duties without
any further badgering. A great deal of
zeal and acumen has been aired at his
expense, and very likely he will in the
end lose several hundred dollars through
the failure of somebody to discover the
irregularity in time. We are not at all
sure that the officials who authorized the
payments to Mr.. Ransom previously to
the great discovery of which he has been
made the victim cannot be compelled to
refund the money. If it be illegal to
pay Mr. Ransom's salary now, it was
equally Illegal to pay him in April and
May; and if any wrong has been commit
ted it was certainly not done on his re-
sponsibility. He went to Mexico with
the Presidents commission, duly sane
toned by the Senate, and he has faith
fully performed the services required of
him. There has been no default on his
part, nor should he be made to suffer
for the default of others. If money has
been paid out improvidently the Treas
ury should look beyond Mr.. Ransom for
an accounting.
We pass this question for the moment,
however, and reiterate the hope that Mr..
Ransom will now be permitted TO pro-
coed to his post at the Mexican capital
with some assurance that no new compli-
cations and embarrassments may be
sprung upon him by the belated zeal of
officials who should have reached their
conclusions earlier Mr.. Ransom is en-
titled to better treatment than he has
received, even though the hardships may
have been Internationally afflicted He
has served his country honorably, with
fidelity, and distinction. For many years
he was member of the most august leg
islative body in the world, and in all
things that went to make patriotic and
useful public servant, he was the peer of
any member of that body. 1t seems to
US that he should have been protected
against such a blunder as that which has
been since unearthed. If it was any ones
duty to make the announcement that, a
fortnight or two ago, invalidated his APP
pointment and stopped his compensa
ton, the duty was as much in force last
March as it was at any later time, and
Mr. Ransom, at least, should not be
made to bear the burden of its neglect
And certainly, now that the error has
been recitified wholly at Mr.. Ransom's
expense), it is reasonable to expect that
he will be spared all further annoyance.
We should like to see Mr. Ransom
given place better suited to his health,
but thai we assume is not possible at
this time We content ourselves, there
fore, with insisting that the assignment
be not made additionally irksome by
other eleven hour discoveries, all the
evil consequences of which have to be
borne by gentleman who has done
nothing to incur them, but who, on the
contrary, deserves every honor and dis.
tinction at the hands of his country.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
Average per
WOMEN RIDING AsTRIDE.

A sensation was created in Abba, Iowa
a few days ago when woman, who is
an elocutionist, appeared in the street in
full dress knickerbockers. Later she
ordered a horse and astride in her
knickerbockers she rode over the city
aud made many calls on friends. Some
of them fed from her in dismay, and
none went to the pavement to greet her.
There is prominent North Carolina
physician who advises women to take
exercise in horse back riding, and to ride
astride. He says that when in the West
he saw women riding that way often,
and was impressed with its heathfulness,
grace, and propriety.
We are coming
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
PRINCIPLE BEFORE POLICY.

Assurances are given tonight that the
movement for the cooperation of the
Democrats and Populists is unquestlon-
ably spreading. A prominent man as
sures me that Senator Butler favors this
ARRANGEMENTS. in fact, DESTROYS OF see
ing it effected. 1t is alleged that Ohio
Wilson also is favoring it, 1t is also SAID
that some Populists are expressing dis.
approval of Russell as the gubernatorlat
candidate because they say that during
the last session OF the Legislature he
procured the introduction of bill to
provide for the lease of the North Caro-
lima Railroad. -Col. F. A. Olds IN the
Charlotte Observer.
One thing is certain. While the doors
to the Democratic temple stand wide
open to all honest men who followed the
Populists in 1892 and 1894, and while
they will be welcomed back home in
1896, the Democratic party will not have
any cooperation" or ''fusion" with any
other party now existing or to be formed
The principles of the Democratic party
are equal to any emergency, and those
principles have never been advanced by
fusion with another party. In Kansas
ard other Western States there was tenn
porary fusion with the Populists, and
the result was positive and permanent
injury to the Democratic party.
A party that has no principles can
afford to combine and fuse with any
crowd to win few offices, but a great
party with grand mission, like the De-
mocratic party. that has lived through
defeats as well as victories, cannot afford
to combine with any organization whose
creed involves either plutocratic or soci-
alistic principles.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
sATOLLI TO BE RECALLED.
Cardinal Gibbons Discusses His Eieva
tiOn to a CardinaIate.

BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 3.-Cardina
Gibbons, in discussing the elevation Of
Mgr. Satolli to Oardinalate. asserted
that the Papal delegate would be recalled
to Rome.
1T is the usual action in such case,
he added, 'and Mgr. Satolli will prob
ably be recalled within short time"
what relation will he now bear r.
the church in America
''He will be Papal delegate as now"
"Will it make no change, then in bis
authority or his relations to the church
in American"
"None whatever"
"Is allowing him to stay in America
after he has been elevated to the Cardi
nalate an unusual dignity"
"Oh, he will be allowed to remain but
short time and then will be recalled tc
Rome"
HE will certainly be recalled, thenn
eyes, he will be recalled"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04

IT has been suggested that the NEWS
AND OBSERVER is responsible for the ap-
pointment OF Capt Chas. NJ. Cooke in
this way: The Governor had under con-
sideration the names of strong men
when his eyes rested on the handsome
picture of Capt. Cooke in the NEWS AND
OBSERVER Sunday morning. This pic
ture suggested Capt. Cooke as fit dark
horse, and he was telegraphed to come
to Raleigh. If this is the correct sur
mise, no charge is made for the sugges-
ton.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
RALEIGH, n. c., Aug. q,

RALEIGH, n. c., Aug. 27, 1895.
Mr.. Cary J Hunter Supt Union Central
Life Insurance Co., for Va. andN. c.;
Raleigh, n c:
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00) in your most excellent company. The
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We have known a great deal of your
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it as being the best MANAGED mpany in
this country. 1t gives the insured the
benefits of the highest inter est and lowest
death rate, as the records have shown for
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advantage the company gives the insured
and earnestly advise the insurlng public
to examine the advantageous guarantee of
the Union Contra : policy contract. We
believe it has o equal and can have no
superior For several years four members
OF our family have had policies in the
Union entral.
[Si2nedl
CHAS. B. WALTON,
JOHN Z. WALTON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
Did You Ever Think

That you cannot be well unless you have
pure, rich blood 2 If you are weak, tired,
languid, and all run down, it is because
your blood is impoverished and lacks
vitality. These troubles may be over
come by Hoods Sarsaparilla because
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes pure, rich
blood. 1t is, in truth, the great blood
purifier,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
A HEALTHY SIGN.

The most healthy sign to day, in rela
ton to the condition of the Treasury is
the steady increase in the receipts of the
Treasury. When the receipts exceed the
disbursements the people can breathe
fceer. The following table shows the
steady increase of receipts this year, per
day, month by month:
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04

JUDGE STOREY, of Massachusetts, has
held that creditor cannot dun his
debtor by means of sending collector
dressed in green to promenade before his
door. This will be good news to those
who are in debt, but the creditors turned
green when they heard the decision.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04

Notice is hereby given that the copartner-
ship in the drug business heretofore exist
ing between Henry Il. Litchford, John III.
London and w. II. King, and doing business
in the city of Raleigh, n. c., under the style
and firm name of w. III. King Il Coz has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent.
The said King having bought the interest
of said Litchford and London in said BUSH
ness, is authorized to collect all debts due
said firm, and assume all the debts and LA
blities due by said firm.
This August 3lst. 1895.
HENRI +. LTTCHFORD,
JOHN III. LONDON,
w ii. KING.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04

THE press of the State, without excep-
ton, warmly commend the Governor in
the appointment OF Hon. Chas. M. Cooke
as Secretary of State.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-04
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NJ. U. Payne. who was appointed Sec
rotary of the Interior by Jefferson Davis.
but who never served, died in Iowa
Monday He left $50, 900 to the South
ern Methodist church.