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The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-07-20

tia1 imitation Of st. Simon Stylites,
Durand now offers to remain for % days
in a coffin, in order to rest himself after
the fatigue Of his ordeal on the pedestal.
Nobody has as yet come forward to ac-
cept his wager, and his chance of main
tanning the notoriety which he gained
by the recent exhibitions of his powers
Of endurance is accordingly problemat-
ical.-NeW York World.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-07-20
His Trade.

Warden-We like to put prisoners to
work at what they are used to, What is
your specially?
Prisoner-I am the champion sprinter
Of the world. If you give me a fair show
Oh an open road, III do a mile i'll time
that'u make the eyes jump out of your
head. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-07-20
Plain.

Mary Jane-Why does the man in the
middle o. the diamond stanl ard hold
the ball so long and make 1ace' at the
man with the batE
Abner-Can'ti you see? Wants to
make him SO mad he cant hit it.
Cleveland Plain DEALER.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-07-20
r;4raS Derby Whine :

Lord Rosehery is not the first noble
patron of the English turf to win two
Derhys in succession. The Duke OF Port
land won it in 1880 y lth Ayrshire and
in 1889 with Donovan. Then there was
Lord Falmouth who wrn two, but they
were seven years apart. Boston Herald.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-07-20
Election Can Wait.

Unwritten law in England appears to
be niger than written law i'll some
otl "a countries. It is said chat III gem
era. election can take place there now,
beC4 use it would break up the London
''season," which society would not for
a moment listen to. -Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-07-20
OF A LIKENESS KEPT IN A BOOK.

Let thy likeness be
In the book most opened.
Thus with all dear thoughts
Making itself common.
Dearest face t. Ile
OF all the dear lead faces,
Vie spiritual aracos
OF men and minds that vera.
Of faces bright and sparkling
Thai still must somewhere shine,
Even as here thou shinest
In this face Of whine.
Edwin r. Champlin in New York sun.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-07-20
NotOriety Seeking FrenchmAn.

Durand, the Marseilles man who re-
Gently made q wager to stand for %
days ON a pedestal with occasional de-
scents for food, has discovered another
means for keeping himself before tho
public, Having accomplished bis par
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-07-20
The K3OcarOO,

As showing the force Of maternal love
among the lower animals there are lew
more pathetic incidents than the fol-
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-07-20
JUSTICE IN MONACO.

dDSCll(C coNNAt1Fih, hAIi-Dl", az tAiiy VI
Jesuits and divinity students moro nu-
merous than that of the prince, an ar
tillery the ordnance Of which is almost
rifed, an etiquette more elaborate than
that Of the late Louis XIV, principles of
government more despo5ic than those Of
William Of Prussia, and, in addition to
all this, a magnificent liberation for the
vices Of humanity.
On the other hand, let US salute this
v~irtuous peacefully disposed king, who,
fearing neither invasions nor reyOlu-
tons, rules TRANQUILITY over his happy
little people III the midst Of q court cere-
monial, III which is preserved intact the
tradition Of four r~everences, 26 hand
kissings and all the forms observed i'll q
bvgonc era il the presence Of great rul-
erS.
This monarch, above everything. is
neither bloodthirsty nor reyengetul,
and when he banishas-for he does ban
ish-the sentence is carried out with i'll
finite tact.
Is it necessary to produce proofs Of
this?
A pigheaded gambler, after a day Of
bad luck, insulted the sovereign. Io
was eApe41e1 nom 'he country ~ royal
ueglee'
EoL d lhoA'h ne [oa-4ed Touha th9
l~orp4udeI p@idu4Se' rearing 'lo naming
SWORD Oh the "cn%in8el IN the shape OF q
gendarme's saber, Finally he one day
plucAeu uP courage crossed me IRON.
tIeT' Salhe4 III % 'cohuS the Ie9NG u
'Le CN'-I'-J a-lt tI-@l1" 'uH Ci"7-l'o' D"V
Suo'stAl> III o-l-id- stopped MIN.
were Eoa not banlsAed' monSLe0rE.
Oe-lIih-y d was n~t / am gong
O"l@ 10y .-e "04V 'lt,-1'
J1' III e-il case 2V Is All 1!1ht' Ap0
al enter. to15ieul.
ANA every week 20 returned ana On
cacn occasion The sumo oHlciaI FuJ TO
nm the s2t2e question: winch he an
sWoIei III Jl9 same I9Silon'
DNJ Le" years ago ID S..l9o0 ana en-
tlfeIy mover case arose IL inc l-lnclla1
1ty'
q murder mad been colninl6teH.
y man. Aab-No o. NIohdto' nov 'He
OF the transient strangers OF whom one
meets regions nuO a lh1IL-ed man. ~ d
moment OK passion had Killed ms "lfe'
He had Killed her without reason
without any e~AteHu~tng circumstances
4hlo OPINION was unanimous through
out the Whole p~rlnGIanty.
Inc supreme court met TO Juu5e tLAs
exceptional case, Tor never before ilat'
murder been committed, Il the "IeVcL
was condemned 10 oeath'
The outraged sovereign SAShea 'h'
death warrant
1t only remained to execute the cGlil
mai. But mere olhiculty presented IL
@f. HI countfy possessed henhef OK
ecutloner ROT guillotine'
h was to be ooheF I'm the aoVic
of the foreign minister tle prince en
tered into negotiations VITA the rreiio
government to obtain the loan OF d IL
mover of heads and his apparatus,
Long deliberations IN the hllhisteil'
office at Paris. Flnally 'hey repl'eo "ni
forwarded a minute Oh expenses II
moving inc euiAio'!ne 'iit y y" 10 "a,
ices or the expert Inc toeaA was io''\
francs.
HIS majesty OF monaco thoushs u
ihe affair was gong TO cosG MN pref
dear; the asSuteuly was Il
worth SO hluoh money. 0iAteeli 'hoo@nl
francs Ior 'he hoch VI " i"So'' l.
devil!
re ,lloh lfeAoIlo" 'lio s'h'o A0,looS0
the lfahan government. "A KING
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-07-20
When the Luck Turns.

Lord Rosebery has won the Derby
twice, but it is generally believed that
the next Westminster handicap will get
away with him.-New York World
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10
<.sioNf X'eX!6lSESs:
Personal Influence.

Perhaps we do not estimate correctly
the extent of our influence over every
one with whom we come in contact,
because in the majority of cases we
are not trying to WELD any influence.
We meet casually with half a dozen
acquaintances in the course of day;
we talk on Indifferent subjects and
part, and straightway we forget all
that passed between us, or we think we
do. But the impression given and re-
ceived are as ineffaceable as they might
be slight, and we can never hold con-
verse for a brief half hour with any
fellow creature without leaving some
mark and carrying some away.-Our
Paper.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

fortuitously finds himself seated at
the table of Dives. AS class the rich
seem to thrive on the reviling that is
so bounteously accorded them; and not
only do their numbers increase, but
their slavish army of worshippers in
creases as well. Christ went so far as to
assert that it was easier for camel to
make the passage of needles eye than
for a rich man to enter Heaven, and
yet we rarely read notices of the Gould,
Vanderbilt or Aston families being de-
barred admission to Christian churches.
In the main, would it not be wiser, if
we have at heart our friends best in
terests, to eschew altogether the wealth
question, and wish him simply health
and happiness; if he can consistently
find the latter in superabundance OF
this worlds goods, he has our hearts
desire-without happiness he would be
richer in poverty's rags.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

The BLESSING of wealth. and what
is always intended when the wish to
friend of health, wealth and prosperity
is uttered, is the power for good that
great riches bring to their possessOr.
Surely no one ever uttered the time
honored wish with the unspoken pre-
vision that this wealth to come should
simply subserve to the selfish interests
of one mortal, or that it should be
boarded and sweated of interest solely
for the upbuilding of colossal fortune.
A man who possesses wealth and knows
how to rightly use it has power for
good in this world which is second only
to that omnipotence we religiously &C
cord to the Creator. He may not tran
scend his physical attributes by work
ing miracles, but he trenches so closely
upon the border line of finite power
that, morally speaking, he can effect
the impossible. What field lies ope1
to him in the ranks upon ranks of poor
oppressed and afflicted that cover thu
earth's surface as contrast of sorrow
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

PERHAPS no novel writer, at least OF
the lighter vein, had more readers than
Beadle. who died few days ago.
Twenty five years ago his yellow
covered productions could be found IN
nearly every young man and woman's
hand. The dime novel was fad, and
while this class of reading has had a
tendency to poison the minds OF many
bright young fellow, we can re-
member many very inspiring and dis
tinctively moral tales adjoining the
pages of the familiar "Beadle's Dime
Novel," They were in every way SUI
perior to the nickle and dime library
trash of the present day, the greater
number of which are perniclous ano
should be suppressed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

SOME OF our Inmates UillHh ullCy olo
the most cruelty treated lot OF human
beings on earth, when the truth OF the
matter is, they don't know what punish
ment is. We note in one of our eX-
changes, a description of the English
compulsory prison; where for the first
nine months prisoners are placed in
solitary confinement before they are
assigned to the hard labor department.
During all this time they are not per-
mitted to see friend, receive or write
letter; and it is only through the most
exemplary conduct that any amelio-
ration in their condition takes place.
Gradually they are permitted to write
letters and receive one letter every
six months, and see one visitor; then
the privilege is extended to once IN
four months, then once in three. Were
this the only punishment, how extremely
severe it would be to many of us here,
who are permitted to write to friends
every week. and receive as many letters
as our friends choose to write us. Every
sensible man knows that he was sent to
prison for punishment, and not to be
petted and handled carefully like some
precious piece of statuary, as we too
often fancy ourselves to be. To the
man who truly wishes to reform the
discipline of a prison is the very aid he
stands in need Of; for it curbs desires
that without some check would lead to
Watchful and alert to keep in the
right path, and when again in the world
and old temptations assail him, he viii
be stronger to successfully combat
= them. But, until we recognize Oul
greatest punishment to lie in the fac
that we have sacrificed the honor an(
! respect of our fellow man, disgrace(
i. our family and friends, and wrecked
l our own lives, through the commission
of acts contrary to the laws of God AM
, society, no discipline, any other punish
< ment can be of little avail towards on
: reformation. Let us get right down t
/ the fact, cold as it is, that we are on
e hardest task masters ourselves; W
IL alone are responsible for any severlt
we may be grOaning under, simpl
because we do not try to disciplin
o ourselves. When we recognize TIL
10 fact, and conscientiously determine
le make our lives better, we will realiz
l. that the discipline was made for SON
ar other fellow; it will not apply to u
n for we will be living along the line {
re it's provisions. Don't be the oth'
"a fellow, and we can turn every day
1t sOjourn in this institution to OF
he greatest good.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10
THE BEAUTIFUL ROCKIES.
,rhev Contain the (srandest Scenery
and the Richest Gold Mines in
the known world.

For unknown wealth in fabulOusly
rich mines of gold and silver and spark
ling precious gemstones, not to men
ton the lovely scenery, our own Rocky
mountains excel any region on earth.
The Illustrated Weekly, of Denver,
Colorado, founded 1890 illustrates the
choicest scenery each week and tells all
about the wonderful west. Also, true
stories of love and adventure. This
b agse f naaa Rapsr eonmns will fs Se
sent on trial three months thirteen
weeks) for only ten two-cent stamps;
club of six for dollar bill. Hand
some gold rings set with beautiful
Rocky mountain gems are given free
as premiums. Address as above and
mention THE MIRROR when you write.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10
AGREAT SUCCESS.

The recent change made by the New
York Weekly World in issuing two
papers a week in place of one is meet.
ing with great favor.
The people appreciate the change.
and are taking advantage of it.
Why pay a dollar year for WEEKLY
paper when you can get the New York
World TWICE week for the same.
price?
Keep informed of what is going on
in the world and particularly in your
own country. Congress is now in ses-
sion. Every movement will be of the
greatest interest. Keep abreast of the
times by reading the TwICE-A-wEEK
woRLD-two papers week-1O4 papers
a year for only $1.OO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

WEHAvE seldom seen a more tasty
calendar than that issued by the Hood
Sarsaparilla Company of Lowell Mass.
for 1895. The calendar represents sum
mer" and winter" 1t is heart shaped,
and on one side a sweet little face
peeps out from dainty cap, with the
snow flakes falling all about, repre-
senting the season of snow and ice,
while the sunshine of summer lights
up another face on the opposite SIDE
The usual information about the lunar
changes, and other astronomical
events is given, and the calendar is not
only beautiful but very useful every
day in the year, 1t can be obtained al
druggists, or for six cents in stamps
by ADDRESSING c. |. Hood and Co., pro
prietors of Hoods Sarsaparilla, Lowell
Mass
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10
POWER WITHOUT RESPONSE
RSIlITY.
to be proud of
GAMAHEL BRADFORD in, January
DOnahOe'S

GAMAHEL BRADFORD in, January
DOnahOe'S
The political reform of most pressing
urgency. is that of the working ma
chinery in our government. The most
threatening danger is the absorption OF
all the powers of our government by
one branch, Congress. The late General
Sherman, when asked to become a
candidate for the presidency refused,
saying that he did not want to be a
president without any power, and that
it is congress which runs this govern
ment. Experience had taught the keen
old soldier, what the country seems
not to understand at all, that positive
executive power is as necessary in civil
as in military administration.
If a government which depends for
the initiative Of legislation upon any
one of 356 members in one house, and
50 in another: which leaves the selection
between the many thousands of meas
ures thus intrOduced-all, whether
public or private, standing upon the
the same footing and the treatment
of those selected to standing commit
tees made up by a presiding officer
elected for the purpose III one house,
and by party majority in the other,
said committees being III no way re-
sponsible for the effect of legislation
when applied in practice, but being
actuated only by motives of party su-
premacy: in which the executive has
absolutely no voice i'll the guidance or
legislation beyond that Of any private.
interest which presses its CLAIMS upon
the committees through the lobby; II
such government does not sink into
the lowest depths, both Of lnetficlency
and corruption, it must be owing to
some extra ordinary redeeming qualities
either in it's people or its public men.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

The STUDENT a very neat little
journal edited by Miss Alice Freidlander
of San Francisco is among our ex-
changes this week. It's editress says:
at offers the most positive assurance
that what it shall see fit to print will be
clean and of a most respectful tone"
and the initial copy bears out the as
sertion. Its mission is to represent the
interests of the schools and colleges, at
whose shrine all must worship. 1t is a
bright crisp little paper and TIE MIR
ROR says welcome.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

WE are indebted to Mr.. Howard De
Mott, of the Michigan Mutual Life in
surance Company Minneapolis, who
through the kind request of Marder
Luse and Co.. has presented us with
several handsome calendars for 1885.
The calendar is printed on cardboard
size 12xl5 inches and contains highly
colored views of the St Clair Flats,
and Lake It. Clair, Belle Isle Park
Detroit River. Fort Wayne and Govern
ment Reservation, Detroit, and a mum
Der of Summer residences at Crosse
Point. Lake st. Clair. 1t is beautiful
design and well worth framing.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

THE Altruistic Review for January
contains an Grafton by Joseph Cook,
delivered at the celebration of the
ninetieth birthday of the great temper
ance apostle Neal Dow. We would
like to place a copy in the hands of
each inmate, and to accomplish this,
will. beginning with next weeks issue,
reproduce the Grafton in THE MIRROR
columns. 1t should be read by every
man who appreciates truth and the
cause of reform.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10
THE MIRROR is a weekly paper publlshed

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
in 1887 by the prisoners and is edited ana man
aged by them. It's objects are to be home
newspaper: to encourage moral and intellectual
Improvement among the prisoners; to acqualnt
the public with the true STATUS ofthe prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
in dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemptlOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the puonc LOT
it's fnancial support. If at any time there should
accrue a surplus of funds, the money would De
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

How frequently we read of men who
have squandered fortunes and made
themselves fit subjects for the insane
asylum in their efferts to perfect per-
petual motion: in fact, when we hear
of any one with this theory we won
der why they are at large. Now here
comes a convict in the DannemOra
prison in New York state, with what
he claims to have discovered to be the
secret of perpetual life. Wonderif he is
lifer? if not by all means never let
him escape with that discovery; clap
him into a mad house as soon as his
term expires. What would we do when
we reached the two million mark
some of these get there" men would
own the Moon, Jupiter. Mars, Uranus
and there would be war over the pos
session of Venus. The Hypnotists
would make the Egyptian mummies
stand forth and tell us all about it, anC
we know too much now In the name
of humanity let some of us die for 6
few centuries yet, at least. The WOrlC
is not large enough at present to give
us all slice, for some few are nov
trying to build a fence around tina
portion of it already discovered Wal
until the CHUMPs have told us wha
possibilities lie beyond the poles; i
there is wind and grass there in stuff
cient quantities to feed us all, let per
petual life come. To many of us con
fined in here, about two years of (thi
kind) of life satisfies every desire.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10
THE GOLDFLOWER.

This flower, so fittingly called Gold
Flower, was produced by NJ. Moser of
Versailles, France. and introduced in
Europe last season, the plants selling
at very high figure, only few plants
coming to America The flowers are
two to three inches across, OF bright,
shining, golden yellow and bearing
numerous handsome stamenS. The
plant is of low, spreading, branching
growth. with handsome leaves, the up
per side much darker than the lower.
1t is perfectly hardy, forms an excellent
border, or is grand for bedding, while
as single pot plant it is charming with
it's clean, bright green foliage as back
ground for the flowers, great, shiny
yellow disks, brilliant in their reflec
lions as FURNISHED gold.
This year an enterprising firm is of
fering it at the price of ordinary plants,
viz, % cents plant.
By sending 10 cents to James Vlcks
Sons, Rochester, \. Y. for Wick S Floral
Guide, (Which amount may be deducted
from first ORDER you will learn all
about this beautiful plant Aypericum
Moserianium, and also regarding their
offer of $500 cash for name for the
New Double Sweet Pea.
HvpnOtsm as an excuse for crime is
becoming almost as much of chest
nut as "insanity" Let few victims
of "hypnotism' be hung for murder
and imprisoned for some of their other
crimes and this plea will cease to be
heard.-Austin Democrat.
1t is encouraging to note the follow
ing:
The PRISON MIRROR printed ano
published By the inmates at saltwater
- is the neatest and ablest little Taper il
the state. 1t would be blessing t(
every home in Minnesota, if they hat
;, it, for they would find in it, perfec
family mirror The Morgan Messenger
Work, every hour, paid or unpaid
1 see only that thou workest. and thou
: canst not escape thy reward. Whethe
{, thy work be fine or course, plantln;
n corn or writing epics, so only 1t b
l. honest work done in thine own appro
t. baton. it shall earn reward to tn
n senses as we'll as to the thought. Tn
S. reward of thing we'll done is to hav
II done it.-EmerSOn.
e 1t costs $5O,OOO,OOO year to run tn
l. churches and $4OOOOO,OOO to run tn
tails. We pay eight times as much TO
running our fellow men down an
)r failing them as we do in trying t
S. make them better so that they will nc
n need the jail. 1t takes the world
j. long time to find out that men are nc
b. made better by force.-Elmira On. Y
ID Summary.
Il
ii A great man once wrote. "To
": trusted is greater compliment tina
RI to be loved" which may account II
IN so many people asking to be trustee
It. and perhaps the longer we trust thel
J." the greater will be the compliment, bl
lis our compliments of some people WI
nj get trusted would not have tendent
Id to make them balance up very we'll
50 the scales of trustworthiness
be bault Register.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

MEsSRs Frank Emerson and George
Howser who contributed SO largely to
the New Years entertainment at the
prison, are members of the Ida Van
Cortland Opera Company, and reside in
New York and not in saltwater as
repOrted in last weeks issue.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10
Literary Notes.

The Blooming Prairie Times, comes
to our desk this week in new pink
dress, and very neatly printed. we
are pleased to have the Times added
to our exchanges.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

are pledSoU 10 Have CuO AiiiiOo
to our exchanges.
The Christmas number Of the In
dustrial School Gem of Louisville, ky.r
is indeed gem, in appearance and the
character of it's contents. The outside
cover is the very neatest we have seem;
the print is perfection; and we heartily
say, success to you boys!
Want of space has prevented us from
acknowledging the receipt OF the
Christmas number of Our Companion
published by the boys and girls OF the
Cincinnati, Ohio, House OF Refuge.
We heartily endorse all the kind things
our contemporaries have said, and add,
that Our Companion, is second to none
OF our exchanges in point OF beauty and
good wholesome reading matter. 1t is
eagerly looked for by THE MIRROR.
Perhaps of all our penal or reform
atory exchanges none is so comprehen-
sive, so nearly approaches the secular
paper as the South Dakota Mail. Its
editor is always up to the times; dis
cusing freely everything that pertains
to the country's welfare, and especially
devoted to the interest Of the state.
Its columns devoted to the local mat
tiers clipped from penal exchanges, is.
unique, and is a newspaper in itself;
always moral in tone, it is a freside
companion. South Dakota has reason
to be proud of the Mail.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

WE acknowledge the receipt ofhand-
some calendars from Brown Treacy x
Co. Stationers St. Paul. Many thanks.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-01-10

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week, notice should be sent TO thlS ohlce'
when the matter will be attended to at once.