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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07
THE MIRROR is a weekly paper published

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;
todisseminate 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, 1895-03-07

THE papers have given every little
detail of the French Count and his
wealthy brides, habits, wardrobes, etc,
even to the size of the shoes, but failed
to state whether he parted his hair in
Do not rob the dear people of this
necessary information.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07

terest in the Press, and of which he
will Immediately take charge, is a
young man of ability and whole
souled and genial gentleman, and the
Brookings Press is to be congratulated
in getting into such competent hands.
Success go with you, brother.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07

The consolidation of the Chicago
Herald and Times into the Times
Herald will make one of the largest
and best daily papers in the country
Editor Scott of the Herald will be
editor-in- chief of the new daily which
speaks for its success.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07

THAT there is always room for a
progressive newspaper is amply dem
onstrated in the rapid progress and
growth of the Washington County
Journal The issue before us marks
the first, of the third volume, printed
on tinted paper; and in announcing it's
birthday, among other things it says:
ut is no longer an experiment." with
which we fully agree. The Journal
ranks at the top of Washington County
papers; fearless in tone, it is always on
the side of justice and fair play, and
the staunch advocate of every measure
that would be of benefit to saltwater
and the state of Minnesota. The Jour-
nal is bound to grow in circulation and
usefulness, and we wish its editors,
Messrs Nelson and Neumeier, I'M
bounded success.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07
Literary Nofcs

OF Poes genius as writer of short
stories Dr. Doyle cannot say enough.
He regards him as pre-eminently the
master of this literary form, and as the
inventor of the detective story, to
which the sherlock Holmes series
makes the most definite and extended
English contribution. The imaginative
quality, the intellectual skill, the keen
adaptation of means to ends, the sub
tlety of insight, the management of
dramatic effects upon all these quail
ties DR.. Doyle delights to dwell by way
of emphazing his own Indebtedness to
Poe and his recognition Of POes great
abilities March Ladies' Home Ou17nl
once Week for Feb. 20. 1898, con-
tains the following articles: Mrs.
Elisha Dyer, Jr., by ellison Willets.
with portrait; The Pearl of the Desert
with illus of Biskra and Algiers. How
the japanese will go to Pekin, by
Alethe Lowber Craig, illus. The Cen
tennial Celebration of George Pea
body's birthday, illus. 'Through a
Glass, Darkly," by Ruth Lawrence
The new Bridge over the Harlem, illus.
Poems, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox and
Dufield Osborne. The New Home of
the Authors Club, Illus. The Late
Archduke Albrecht of Austria, with
portrait. Our Congressional Gallery
American Comic Journalism, sixth
paperD illus. by 7. B. Connery. formerly
editor of the n. Y. Heyold. The latest
Foreign Fashions. Announcements
The issue of once Week. for March !
will contain the initial chapters of a
story by Edgar Fawcett, entitled The
Best Match in Town" The same mum
Der will contain bright paper on The
homes and daily life of Queen Victoria
by Mary Spencer Warren, with many
illustrations. Another interesting feat
ure will be the music of The Greater
New York Grand March, by the cele
brated composer, Charles Wells. AID
dress. once Week, 523 w. 18th Street
New York City. Price 10 cents.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07

The Brookings S. Oak. Press will
hereafter be under new management,
that is, the mechanical department.
Mr.. A. P. Allen, who has for several
years been foreman Of the OwatOnna
Journal having purchased half in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07

Now that Annie Gould and her mil
lions have gone to France, without
bankrupting the country; that congress
has adjourned, and Queen Lii. is in
prison: what next?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07

THE Biennial Report for 1893, and
'94, of the managers of the Pennsyl-
vania Industrial Reformatory at Hunt
ingdon, has reached us, and it is the
most complete and neatest gotten up
report we have seen. 1t is illustrated
with views of the several departments
and touches upon every feature of the
reformatory work. The Typography
and press work, is the work of the in
mates and reflects great credit upon the
boys. The Reformatory Record, the
institutional paper printed at the same
place, is one of our valued exchanges
always bright and full of good things
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
maid
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07

Entered at the Post Office at saltwater, Mimi,
as Second Class Mail Matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07

Should TIE MIRROR fail to reach a 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, 1895-03-07

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-03-07

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-07-17

The hotel or restaurant waiter Is q
meek and lowly person when dealing
with a dyspeptic guest, but there is q
limit to his endurance. He knows that
the restaurant or the hotel dinilg-room
is the place that many people choose. to
show ill-temper, and he considers 1t
part of his duty to take all the unkind
things said to him and pretend that he
likes it. He also knows that the man
who never gets anything better than a
badly burnt rump steak at home will
find fault with properly cooked ten
derloin at restaurant, and will attract
the attention of all other guests by the
emphasis he puts upon his remarks.
The waiter, we say, from long associa-
tion with people whose digestion is bad
and whose manners are worse, knows
all this and is prepared for it. But he
must draw the line somewhere, and
it is we'll to know where it is drawn.
A New York man found fault with a
dish of strawberries, and to show his
displeasure threw q glass Of water in
the walters face. Thereupon the wait
er pushed in" the guests nose and in
other ways intimated that he thought
the limit had been reached. 1t had.
There can be no question about that in
polite circles. Shout at the waiter if
YOU will Swear at him, growl at him,
complain at him. But don't throw
things at him. T. isn't polite. 1t isn't
even wise.
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IF the latest claims Of chemical ex-

If the latest claims Of chemical eX-
perts are true, there seems reason to
believe that the evidence is untrust-
worthy upon which Carlyle Harris was
convicted in New York for poisoning
his wife. and, later, that on which DR..
Buchanan was convicted of the same
crime. \ New York physician and
chemical expert has been experiment.
ing with ptomaines for some time and
now claims that the color tests used to
demonstrate the presence of morphine
in a body are practically valulcss. He
saws that the State should have chem
lists office, and in every case of poison
the work should be done by these
officials, and if poison be obtained II
should be exhibited to the jury, thus
avoiding contradictory expert testl'
mony. 1t will be remembered that DR..
Buchanan alleged that his wife died
from apoplexy, which was the disease
the attending physician certified she
had. Chemical experts for the prosecu-
ton said that by color tests they had
discovered morphine in the stomach
of Mrs. Buchanan, and it was their tes-
timony that clinched the case against
the prisoner. 49, .-~ 49, >---.
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SUMMER STYLES.
WHAT WOMEN WILL WEAR IN
THE HEATED TERM.
Trimmed Skirt Fronts Are Coming
Grass Linen Lawn Outfit
Changes in the Shirt Waist
--latest In Collars.
THE day of the trimmed skirt
front is coming to us slowly

T7HE day of the trimmed skirt
front is coming to us slowly
| but surely. 1t is as yet only
dimly foreshadowed, but
it is there all the same. Some skirts
have merely a double fold at the sides ;
others have long A-shaped panels ;
and others are trimmed with some
elaborate garniture set on either in
plain or irregular rows from belt to
hem. One dress has double rows of
large buttons down the sides; another
has wide band of single passemen-
terie ornaments set on in waved lines
others have scarfs of silk or ribbon
fastened in ut the belt and dropping
to the hem of the skirt, with loops,
rosettes and large bows set on at in
tervals. One very elegant dress has
the entire front wrought in embroid-
cry, and others have the front made
of crimped material or some contrast
ing fabric, either in figured or of
plain goods, covered with any of the
popular ornaments of the day.
The dressmakers say, Gas soon as
we learn to make the godet skirts per-
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fectly-they nearly drove US mad at
frst-they will go out of fashion. !"
There are no signs yet OF diminishing
skirt breadths, however, and all the
steel wires, horsehair and generally
expensive things used to make skirts
stand out indicate that the tendency
is to increase the voluminous instead
of to decrease it. But it is all too
true as soon as one phase of fashion
captures the public, Nine. Ia Mode
sends forth a new conceit-a variation
only, perhaps, of the style that pre-
ceded it-but different enough in de-
gree to have the ever-alluring charm
of novelty.
We were all swathed in white linen
lawn early in the spring-or should
have been, of course, according to the
canon of modes. AS soon as volant
fingers fashioned dainty cuffs, collars
and broad collarettes of the whitest
lawn, in comes with q swoop grass
cloth linen. Everybody must get
grass linen if she wants to prove she
is in the current. 1t is adaptable to
|, be sure to any sort of gown, and as it
can be washed and is durable, it is
really very sensible and commend
able substitute for the dainty white
large collars that seem hardly suitable
to wear in dirty streets, exquisitely
fresh and attractive as white always
seems.
It is q fiat, therefore, that every
woman who aspires to be we'll and
modishly dressed must have at least
one outfit for neck and wrists of grass
linen lawn, and she must boast of at
least one summer froek in black,
white or shot effect-in alpaca. Al
paca runs a close race with crepon; /;
the former is now in the lead.
Polka.dotted taAeta is popular for
waists, aud comes in all colors and
combinations. A skirt of black clair
cite with waist of polka-spotted
surah makes pretty and useful cos
tune. In the making of capes there
is no end, and the variety sometimes
becomes almost weariness to the
flesh. There are so many that one can
never tell which to choose. A popu-
lar pattern is very full and short, just
reaching the waist-line. Itis of cloth,
and IS used for comfort rather than
any special beauty. The collar is a
very full ruching of silk, either plated
double or with outside Of the cape ma
terial and silk lining.
Ribbons are used in the greatest
profusion indeed, one might fancy
that designers sat up O. nights in try
ing to devise places where they might
be put to advantage.
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CHAPTER XII.

Above all things Paxton desired to
prevent the betrayal Of his presence to
Levi KIedge and his sister, for he was
well aware that the moment suspected
man knew that he was the object Of sur
veillance the difficulty Of watching him
was increased tenfold. He did not wish
the janitor to know that no was al OBJ
ject of suspicion.
Remain where you are, the detective
whispered to Stanmore, and thus speak
ing he silently glided back along the
narrow passage to the street.
A few feet from the entrance to the
passage he encountered man who was
traver5ing it. He had produced his
pocket lantern, and its light revealed
the face of Kemp, the night watchman.
Hist" uttered the detective, warn
lngly, as the other was about to speak.
Il am in pursuit Of information. Leave
the passage or you will spoil my plan. "
The watchman comprehended the
situation, and he instantly obeyed Pax
ton, gliding silently out to the street.
The detective crept back to Stanmore.
The latter whispered:
In answer to his sisters question as
to how the murder Of John Oakburn
profted him, heard Kredge reply,
never tell tales out Of school, my dear
sister,
Again Paxton listened.
But now Levi Kredge dropped his
voice to whisper, as his sister did also,
and they conversed for a Few moments
with great earnestness, though to his
chagrin the detective was unable to hear
o word.
But presently Levi elevated his voice
-~ewhat.
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PLAIDs ARE POPULAR.

Plaids are popular. and wool dresses
and those of crape.surfaced goods
especially are exceedingly pretty with
this combination. A crape-surfaced
skirt has a waist with the Grape at the
sides and back and forming Il very
deep collar that turns over to the
sleeve. tops. The vest and full sleeves
are of plaid. A handsome visiting
dress is of Grape cloth with passemeu-
terie panels on either side and plain
front breadth of the material. There
are very full sleeves almost covered
by deep lace rutHes; the close-fttins
body has an elaborate yoke OF lace
and passementerie and a hiyh'collar
rolling out from the throat, making
the head appear as though set in a
haring cup.
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Ayerted Ruin.

Several years ago there was O long
dry spell along about the time when
corn needs big drink every day.
The price Of the cereal kept mounting
upward, and at last reached point
where q certain bear trader who had
sold large quantities for future deliv-
ery before the advance began was at
the end of his rope. Margins had
been called on him several times, and
another cent advance meant ruin, be-
cause he could not secure another
dollar. The drought continued, but
the bears were shifting the air every
minute with the hope that rain would
come. There were predictions of
showers, but the actual water held
back. This bear trader knew that
something must be done or he would
ego broke" before the day was over.
Suddenly happy inspiration seized
him. He quietly slipped out to the
washroom, and, avoiding the notice
of anyone, sprinkled his old white felt
hat with water. Rushing into the
corn pit he fourished the sprinkled
hat wildly over his head and yelled:
"She's come, boys. It's beginning
to rain. Look at that hat"
There was tremendous rush to sell
corn. Everybody thought the drought
had been broken, and there was no
time to question the evidence 80 sud-
denly sprung. Corn broke cent,
and the trader who knew how to make
rain without any dynamite was saved
from being q ruined man.-Brooklyn
EAGLE.
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PITH AND POINT.

A crank is q person whose enthusl-
asm we do not share.-Puck.
Doing right doesn't come as hard as
getting credit for it.-Atchison Globe.
The eyes of the cynic are too far
back in his head. Plain
Dealer.
Be man! Find the right thing to
do-then urge some fellow to 60 and
do it.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
| Indeed, think know why knots
Are always found In trees immense;
IT'S 30 that there may be some holes
For small boys in the baseball fence.
Puck.
Nell-'I wouldn't be in your shoes
for anything" Belle (sweetly)-"You
couldn't get into them, my dear. -
Somerville Journal. =
Miss Elder-"M,ss Flypp, will you
kindly tell me whether my" Miss
Flypp (interrnpting g)-'fYes, your wig
is on straight. Truth.
"What's Jim a-doin' of sence he
graduated?" "He's a-workin' for the
man that wrote his graduation
speech. Atlanta Constitution. i
In this peculiar year we are learning to
The mixing OF temperature horrid.
When 1t is cold, it is very, very cold,
And when it is warm. it is torrid.
-Plttsburg Dispatch.
She "What a fine talker your
friend is" He-"Yes; he inherited
it." She-"How so?" He-"His
mother was O woman."-New York
Herald.
"Cholly shows great lack OF self
confidence" said one friend. eyes,
and right. there he shows o great
abundance of good judgment. DE
troit Free Press. ....
Maude-"And when are you going
to get married? Do tell me-"
Maude (ecstatically)-"Just as soon as
Charley ia promoted to the ribbon
counter. Truth. s
In politics the maiden took hand,
But since her words lacked ring, her
speeches wit,
But little influence could she command
All, too, it seemed she put her foot in it!
Judge.
Johnny-"Papa, what do people
mean when they talk about your con-
stituents?" Mr.. Jenkins, NJ. Ga
constituent, Johnny, is man who ex-
poets you to get him job. Puck. Z.
Slowly and painfully, with her hand
erasping the stair rail, the New Wo.
man is ascending to the attack to join
the roller skate, the pigs in the clover
puzzle and "Trilby. ."-Atchison
Globe.
Dinwiddle-'I hear that Van Braaln
WIS overcome by the heat yesterday"
Hiland-"It might be called that. He
asked Shingles if it was hot enough
for him, and Shingliss knocked him
down" "-Detroit Tribune.
Owner-"I want you to sell these
horses for me-" Auctioneer-"I see
their tails are docked. Well have to
sell them at wholesale. e." Owner
"What!" Auctioneer-"Well, 1cant
retail them. ."-Philadelphia Record.
Colonel Brown-'By Jove! Miss
Lilyblow, how the costumes and make
up alter people. ! hardly knew you"
Miss Lilyblow-"DoI [ look fright,
then?" Colonel Brown---"On the con-
trary,you look charming. ."-.-Judge.
"Have you ever noticed what a dis.
tinguished air Professor Baretonl
has? asked the soulful girl. 81 have
noticed an air of garlic, if that Is
what you mean," said the SHARP. .nosed
girl, and the soulful girl looked dis
gusted.-Indianapolis Journal.
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CHANGES IN THE SHIRT WAIST.

The most characteristic difference
between the shirt waist OF to-day and
that of last season lies in the sleeve.
The full bishops sleeve with narrow
cuff has superseded the shirt sleeve on
all English shirt waists. These waists
are generally finished by o group of
little tucks below the straight band at
the neck. which is not SO becom ing
as the rundown collar of last season.
The pouch-pleat, as the large, sagglng
box-pleat worn in front is called, is
not only used on full waists, but on
close.ftting waists as we'll. 1t is some
times made of some material or color
in direct contrast to the bodice. Thus
a tight fitting bodice OF Oriental silk
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How a Rat Emp,ied Restaurant

A Larkin street restaurant was
nearly wrecked yesterday by a most
peculiar incident. AS it was the noon
time, the business was lost for at least
one day.
The proprietor, who had been out
on the street somewhere, went to O.
closet, donned his black alpaca coat
and started to wait on couple of la
dies. He drew napkin from the coat
pocket to brush o crumb from tho
table cloth, when out jumped q rat
nearly as big as a grounding. Tho
women were on the table in second.
Men upset chairs and tables trying to
stamp on the animal, but it escaped
all the blows aimed at it and chased
around and around the place looking
for some avenue of escape for fully
five minutes. By the time the restau-
rant cat woke up and caught the rat
the place was sorry wreck and half
the patrons had disappeared. San
Francisco Post.
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THE END OF THE DAY.

There is quiet hour When day is done
And the blue sky is darkened, gray and cold
And stars come forth unto their nightly
watch
When the old sights my eyes once more boz
hold.
There is dream that oft and oft recurs
OF perfect days that never have been yet
When We shall do the things that make lifo
sweet;
7 dream this dream again-again for6et.
Edgar Monson, in Youths Companion.
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with Valenciennes lace, inserted in the
front of waist of summer silk. Little
Paquin points of lace and batiste fall
over the collar of the blouse, and there
may be a quaint cuff of the same sheer
materials dropping over the hand. In
sertions of butter-colored embroidery
or of heavy black lace are seen in 9th
er blouses. Thus q waist of black
surah has q square yoke and sleeve
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puHs, reaching to the elbows, Of pale
blue silk, striped with black guipure
lace. Or waist of pink silk is striped
lengthwise with heavy insertions of
inch-wide, butter.colored embroidery.
There are eight of these insertions
down the full front, and five down the
upper part of the sleeve. which is
pleated to bring them into special
prominence ct the shoulder. A row
of from five to six or eight shirrings
is often used at the top of the expan-
sive sleeve Of the hour. This SUCCESS
fully holds it down SO that it cannot
stand erect above the shoulder. The
blouse seen in the accompanying
sketch has q yoke and rutfles set in,
iabot- fashion, of butter.colored lace.
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LACE FOR DRESS DECORATION.

The dominant note of dress decora-
tion is lace, and nothing but the most
severe tailor-made coat and skirt es-
capes O touch ofit. How the feminine
side OF humanity ever achieved any
dainty or picturesque success in dress
without the aid OF lace and chiffon is
difficult question to answer at time
when both seem indispensable addi'
tions to almost every article OF dress
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new design for a homemade collar
will no doubt prove very useful. The
figure can easily be worked on silk,
net or null, with Honiton braid in
the second, or even smaller size.
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China has given us 1O6,OO0 men,
mostly laundrymen.
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THE LATEST VAN DYKE COLLAR.
Van Dyke collars are SO much used
on capes and dresses that this simple