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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

its actions graceful. In an evil moment
it has been overloaded. The poor beast
strained every nerve to move onward,
but trembled, slipped, fell and failed.
From that moment it pulled no more
loads. Cruel drivers may scold, cruel
drivers may beat and curse it as they
will-frOm that moment it pulls no
more loads.
The discouraged man is seen at every
corner He is apparently agnostic. He
does not know how to get along any
better and is so discouraged that he
does not want to know. He has seen
better days. Everybody has for that
matter; but the discouraged man would
not go so far to see them again. He is
accused of being idle and lazy, and of
being deadbeat on his friends, and
on the public generally when he has
lost his friends. His clothes have
grown shabby and shining. He does
not remember when he bought his last
suit. He has no idea when he will have
another. Perhaps going to funerals is
his principal amusement, and even
then the corpse gets ahead of him. He
does not mind that everybody has been
getting ahead of him for ever so many
years.
Sometimes he is put into an office by
friends who have tired of stalking him
at the game of life which he is playing
80 poorly. Even then he is so dis
cOuraged that he expects to be turned
out at any moment He has lost his
youth and cannot go West and grow
up with the country. Besides, there
isn't any "West" anymore. He has
lost hope, heart, ambition. There is
no light in the window for him. He is
tossed on the waves of fortune and
there is no compass, no signal-not
even hencoop for him to cling to. 1t
is too late in life for him to become a
sot, and have the sympathy of all the
world and the good advice of the
philanthropists, and the praise of the
pious who would say, "What a splendid
man he would be if he didn't drink
He must go on just as he ls-perfectly
moral, respectable, virtuous, good-for.
nothing vagabond. The worst of it is
that he is resigned to his fate and con.
tented. The chariots in which other
men are riding to glory may run over
him 1t is all right. He is man dis.
couraged, and he makes the world
tired-Minneapolis Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

WOMAN, whether she be the old, neatly
clad in long flowing gown, or the new,
with dainty bloomers, is still, in the
eyes of all men, dear precious Great
ure. AS long as she is good, chaste
and true, she will look as lovely in her
boomers astride safety, as in the
nursery rocking the cradle. Because
woman is the only fit companion and
willing helpmate of man; because
woman is always ready to advise and
console the depressed; because woman
is little concentrated lump of
heavenly sweetness. Hence let us give
honor and praise to that woman, COM
posed of all the requirements of
genuine womanhood.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

One of the strongest numbers yet
produced by Donahoe's Magazine
comes to us in the July issue. 1t con-
tains several articles of a serious and
thought-provoking nature, as we'll as
the customary amount of lighter liter
airy sketches attractively illustrated.
DR.. Edward McGlynn makes power
full protest against the unequal condl-
tions between capital and labor in
America, in Large Fortunes and Low
Wages" making the unanswerable ar
gument that it is the unjust mOnopo-
lizing, under cover of law and custom,
of the natural bounties of the country
which creates the immense fortunes
Of the few and the widespread poverty
of the masses. The author has never
written more wisely nor more to the
point upon subject to which he has
devoted so many years of study and
observation. In "Catholic Summer
Schools Rev. John Talbot Smith
writes an article of splendid critical
force and helpful suggestion on this
growing movement among Catholics.
sin the Footsteps of Father Damien"
by Charles S. O'Neill, recounts the re-
suits of the heroic work of the leper
apostle, and the. labors of his sanity
successors in Molokai. The article is
beautifully illustrated, giving many
new pictures of scenes and persons in
the leper settlement. 'Catholic Church
Architecture in the United States by
Charles D. Maginnis, embodies much
healthy criticism of the manner of
building churches in this country.
Other interesting sketches, prOfusely
illustrated, are: "Historic Maynooth,'
by William A. H. Byrns; yachts and
Yachting, by Frank H. Sweet; st.
AIMS Day among the Micmacs," by
John HI. Wilson; "The Present Irish
Literary Movement" by d. J. O'Dono-
ghue; and GA Day in Venice" The
poetry and fiction are excellent remain
ing features. and the Editors Review
displays an able and comprehensive
discussion OF current topics. Dona-
hoes Magazine Co., Boston, Mass.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

AN ENTERPRISING butcher in Win
nipeg has been furnishing his patrons
with sausages composed of the flesh of
cats. The enterprise shown by the
butcher in furnishing this delicacy to
his customers is not receiving the en-
enlargement usually given to newly
established industries-in fact, the citi-
invoke the aid of the law to protect
their felines.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

THE following information received
in circular from the Auditors office
will no doubt be of interest to our out
side readers:
In the case of Hardin v. Jordan
40 Z. S. 81, the United States
Supreme Court says: THE meander
lines running along or near the margin
of such waters are run for the purpose
of ascertaining the exact quantity of
the upland to be charged for, and not
for the purpose of limiting the title of
the grantee to such meander lines.
In referring to the above decision the
Secretary Of the Interior says.
"It follows from said decision that
non-navigable inland lakes and ponds,
where the public survey shows the
same meandered, and the fact appears
that the contiguous lands or lots have
been disposed of by the government
that the land covered by such lakes
and within the meandered lines does
not belong to the government, but to
the adjoining proprietors under the
common law right of RIPARIAN owner.
ship" (XIII L. D. $751;
The Supreme Court of this State in
the case of Lamprey v. State (52 MINI
49, where the ownership Of the bed OF
an inland lake was in question, held
that:
'When the waters of any of them
have so far receded or dried up as to
be no longer capable of any beneficial
use by the public, they are no longer
public waters, and their former beds
under the principles already an
nounced. would become the private
property of the riparian owners.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11
The Man Discouraged.

Among the sad sights of the world
are discouraged men. They may have
had causes to make them lose heart;
but there they are, without interest in
current happenings, lingering by the
wayside while the busy current of life
is passing on. They are not in it and
will not try to keep up with it. Have
you ever seen broken horse? The
animal was once full of spirit, carried
itself proudly, it's speed was swift and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

The editor of the Up to Date, a
monthly paper published by the con-
victs in the Joliet, ILL.,, penltentiary,
announces that with the current issue
he will lay down the editorial pen and
go out into the highways and byways
of life to hustle for a living. We, too,
would gladly exchange our editorial
pen for number two shovel and lib
erty, but, to paraphrase, editors may
come and editors may go, but we stay
on forever,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11
The most carefully read publication

The most carefully read publication
that comes to this office is the Inland
Printer. 1t is no disparagement to the
other excellent printers journals which
we receive, to say that the Inland
Printer is at the head. Every num-
Der contains information which is in
valuable to the printer who wants to
keep abreast of the times. Should we
ever be cut off the Inland Printer S
exchange list we will mortgage our
press to raise the price of subscription
sooner than be without it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

1T Is said that Major r. w. Nc
Laughrey absolutely refuses to accept
the wardenship of the T. peniten-
tiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 1t
is believed that the appointment will
60 to Albert Garvin, and no better Sc
lection could be made, for Mr.. Garvin
stands without peer as an executive
of penal institutions.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

sure to have enemies. They are as.
necessary to him as fresh air; they
keep him alive and active. A cele-
brated character who was surrounded
by enemies used to remark: ''They
are sparks which, if you do not blow,
will 60 out of themselves 'Livs
down prejudice was the Iron Dukes"
motto. Let this be your feeling while
endeavoring to live down the scandal
of those who are bitter against you.
If you stop to dispute, you DO but as
they desire, and open the way for
more abuse. Let the poor fellow talk.
Elk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is a weekly paper published
Ia 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 the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
in dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemptOn.
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, 1895-07-11

THE special Fourth of July edition
of the Moorhead Daily Ne1cs, came out
in national holiday attire of red, white
and blue. The illustrations on the
first page depicted scenes usually as
ISOLATED with the day. One OF the
illustrations, which represented Uncle
Sam dashing over bunch of explod-
ing cannon crackers on dark blue
horse, proudly holding aloft the Amer
lean flag in one hand and the Declara-
ton of Independence in the other,
produced a striking and original effect.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

IT is the opinion of we'll informed
officials that war between Russia and
Japan over Corea will break out be-
fore the end of the next three months.
Those high in authority, by whose
mandate war can be declared or
averted, have resting upon them an
awful responsibility. Think of the
carnage that would ensue between two
powerful nations at war, equipped
with the modern engines of destruc-
ton. What a sad commentary it is on
our boosted nineteenth century CIV
ilization that arbitration has not
superseded war in the settlement of
disputes between nations.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

MONEY will not always make man
happy. Miserable is he, though he pos
sess millions, whose disposition and
temper is such towards his family as to
continually keep the cloud of disagree
ableness lowering over his home.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

MOST of our exchanges have chron-
icled the death of Mrs. Katherine
O'Leary, owner of the cow which caused
a blaze that burned up $19O,OOO,OO0
worth of property in Chicago, but they
do not enlighten us on what became
of the cow,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11
ACCOMPLISHED, indeed, is he who
can unhesitatingly dodge the bikes.

The current number of the Illus
trated Northacest Magazine is up to
the standard of former issues, which is
as high praise as can be bestowed on
that excellent publication.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

Do not bank too much on what you
are able to do. 1t is not what you can
do, but what you will do, wherein lies
your future welfare. Will you do that
which you are able to do? That's the
ruh
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

CHARLES DICKENS wrote: "Walk
and be happy: walk and be healthy"
We indorse this advice of the great
novelist. Nothing in this world could
give us such happiness as long walk
from here.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

The PRISON MIRROR has new
editor, and by the way he pushes the
quill we should judge that it is not the
first paper he is SO unfortunate as to
be editor of. Nevertheless we are al
ways ready to welcome new man in
our midst.-MOrris Tribune.
No, brother Stevens, you are mis-
taken. We assure you THE MIRROR
is the only. paper we ever had the mis-
fortune to edit. The Lord never in
flicts upon His children misfortune
which is beyond their strength to bear.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

The humblest individual who per-
forms his duty does WE'LL and he is
none the less worthy if he dies, known
and remembered only in the circle in
which he moved. The patient heroisms
of daily life is often more meritorious
than the valor to which monuments
are erected. Most of those who work
for praise and distinction fail to secure
it, and reap in their stead disappoint-
ment and misanthropy, while of those
who get their names sounded abroad
for time, but few are remembered
ten years after they are dead, and
much larger number are forgotten be-
fore death kindly comes to their relief.
Those who waste their time and ener-
gies in efforts to make themselves
famous when they might be usefully
employed in improving themselves and
helping others, and those who are
proud and vain of little momentary
notoriety which they have worked up
for themselves, would do we'll to con-
slider how ephemeral, how evanescent
is that for which they are striving,
while consciously losing their own
self-respect, which is more valuable
than any title or distinction the world
can give.-PhilOsOphical Journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11
@>dQKF kXeXSlSxs:

Counterfeit one cent pieces are in
Counterfeiting is now
getting down to basis where we will
have to watch ut.-Sioux Falls j Journal.
How dear to our hearts is the old
silver dollar. when some kind SUBJ
scriber presents it to view; the liberty
head without necktie or collar, and all
the strange things that to us seem so
new: the wide spreading eagle, the
arrows below it, the stars and the
words with the strange things they
tell; the coin of my fathers, we're glad
that we know it, for some time or
other twill come in quite well-the
spread eagle dollar, the star spangled
dollar, the old silver dollar we all love
SO Well.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

Should TIE 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, 1895-07-11

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

Entered at the Post Office at Saltwater Mimi,
as Second Class Mail Matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

Surgical science is surely advancing,
until there is almost no portion of the
human body, except the head, which
may not be successfully removed. In
a New York hospital, there has been
an operation performed that neces-
STATED the removal of a part of the
breast bone, portions Of five ribs, a
piece of one lung, the pericardial sac,
and section of the diaphragm, and
the patient is recovering. And yet in
the realm of medicine those old fash
Toned diseases of asthma. rheumatism
and kindred complaints are as I'M
yielding as ever.-Marshall Mimi
News Messenger.
Remember this, young man-Be
careful how you speak of a woman's
character. Think how many years
she has been building it, of the tolls
and privations endured, of the wounds
received, and let no suspicious follow
her actions. The purity of woman is
the salvation of the race, the hope of
future greatness and the redemption
of man. Wipe out her purity and man
sinks beneath the wave of despair
with not star to guide his life into a
channel of safety. Think, then, before
you speak, and remember that any hog
can root up the fairest flower that ever
grew, so the vilsst man can ruin the
purest woman's character.-Ex.
Have you enemies? Go straight on
and don't mind them. If they get in
your way, walk around them regard
less of their spite. A man who has no
enemies is seldom good for anything
He is made of that kind of material
which is so easily worked that every
one has hand in it. A sterling char.
acter is one who thinks for himself and
sneaks what he thinks, he is always
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11

Edited and Published by the Inmates
Of the Minnesota State Prison.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-05-18

effecting the changes OF commerce.
I'm conclusion, attention should be
called to the fact that heretofore no
president of the United States since 1873
has been a friend TO silver. The battle
to be fought and the important point
to gain is to secure a president who will
sign a free coinage bill If sent to him
and will not use the power and patron
age of his Office to prevent such bill
coming to him, but on the contrary,
will recommend such legislation. If
we can once secure such a president,
the battle is won. To this point, all our
energies in the future must be directed.
1t is not my purpose, and it would be
out of place in a non-partisan lecture or
speech of this character. to indicate
how that may be brought about further
than to express the hope that every
true friend of free coinage of silver
will make a firm resolve and stand to
it that he will not support In any man
ner presidential candidate. no mat
ter how nominated, or what party plat
form he stands on, unless that platform
and candidate give assurance of silver
restoration"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-05-18
DELAWARE AND THE sENAToRsHlP
II the Governor Appoints the senate VIII
Have Another Squahhie.


II the Governor Appoints the senate VIII
Have Another Squahhie.
Washington. May 1.-THE probability
that Governor Watson will appoint a
senator from Delaware TO succeed Sen
ator Higgins is considered sufficiently
strong in political circles here to cause
a general speculation as to what would
be the chances Of his being seated. The
history Of the senate does not furnish a
parallel case to that which would be
presented in case Of such action by the
Delaware governor, but It is more like
ly those of two years ago, presented
from the states of Washington, Mon
tana and Wyoming, than any other.
1t would be similar to those in so far
as 1t would involve the governors right
TO appoint when the legislature has
failed to elect. but it would develop
other questions. important among
which would be the right of the COVER
nor to act in the capacity of a state
senator while filling the executive Of
flee. The cases of the northwestern
states also differs from that which
would be presented from Delaware in
that there was no counter claimant in
any of them.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-05-18
EGAN PREDICTS A SILVER cYcLoN

Warns the Republican Party That the
Movement Is For From a Craze.
New York, May 11.-Patrick Egan,
ex-United States minister to Chill takes
issue with Chauncey NJ. Depew, who re-
Gently declared after a western trip that
the free silver craze was dying out. Mr..
Egan, who is known as an ardent re-
publican, sounds a note of warning to
the republicans who are over-confident
of a success in 1896.
Il doubt seriously" he said, that
Mr.. Depew on his trip came in touch
with the actual sentiment Of the peo-
pie. Having been a resident of the west
and knowing the people, I am free to
say that believe the silver agitation
has only begun and unless a reaction
sets in, will become cyclonic before the
fall of 1896.
Republicans should not be over-con-
fident 1t would not be a bad idea for
the party leaders to send some good men
to the western states and let them
learn the real sentiment of the people.
There may be a new formation of party
lines. New conditions may confront us
within a year, but the outlook now is
that the advocates Of free silver coin
age will demand a hearing at the nation
al convention or they will make trouble.
] find, too, that the feeling is not alone
confined to the west and south, but is
spreading eastward"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-05-18
IOWA FRIENDS ARE TAKING ACT
Call for State Silver Conference in De.
MOines June @.

Call for State Silver Conference in Dcs
Moines June @.
Des Moines, Iowa, May IA call for
a state silver conference in this city
June 6 has been issued by about 40
well known democrats, headed by ex-
Lieutenant Governor Bestow. The call
says:
1T can not longer be doubted that
a concerted effort is being made by
minority, but powerful minority with
in both the republican and democratic
parties, to foist on the country the class
doctrine of gold recommendation, as dis
tinguished from the genuine bimetal-
lism contemplated by the constitution
and advocated by democracy since the
birth of the party.
"This movement is backed primarily
by the money lenders of Europe and
secondly the class interests in this coun-
try that have grown up under vicious
legislation. Their forces, comparatively
few in number, but working in perfect
harmony for a central purpose, have
perfected their plans to control the tenn
porary and permanent organization Of
the state convention to be held August
Z. If the plans of single gold standard
forces are not bravely met and defeated,
the banner of European financiers and
/ the Wall street bankers. Let us face
the issue like true democrats and ac-
! quit ourselves like men, giving our adj
versaries no cause for just complaint,
but let it be fight to the finish. There
is no time for shrinking; no time for
silly compromises on vital issues, the
wrifare of the party for years to come
is at stake"
COLORADO'S NEW DELEGATES.
Denver, May 11.-Governor Mcintyre
today appointed Ex-Governor AlVa
Adams and e. B. Light, secretary of
the chamber of commerce of Denver,
delegates to the bimetallic conference
to be held at Salt Lake May IS, in place
of Senators Teller and Wolcott, who de-
clined to attend on account of other en-
gagements. The third delegate is Con-
gresham John f. Shafroth.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-05-18
RREsBYTERlANS SHORT Of FUNDS
pittshurg People III Quandary How 10
Entertain the Delegates.

Pittsburg, May 10-Although less
than a week will elapse before the open
ing of the general assembly of the Pres
byterian church in the United States,
the local committee which has charge
of the finances for the entertainment of
the delegates is in quandry. At the
outset the committee had decided that
a fund of SIS 900 would be sufficient for
its needs but it now finds that nearly
SIC, 600 additional will be needed, while
even the first named sum is not yet in
sight. OF the SEQ delegates, less than
one-sixth have been offered entertain
ment in private families, whereas it had
been expected that at least one-half of
the delegates would be thus provided
for. To make matters worse, large
number Of the churches in this city and
Allegheny have failed to respond to the
request to take up collections. The
committee, however, is in hope that the
patriotism Of the Presbyterians of Pitts
burg will make itself manifest during
the coming week and that the subscrip-
tions will be large enough to give it
smooth sailing.