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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

The QUESTION arises in every intel
ligent mind, "What shall we do with
our Indians?" The manner in which
they repeatedly go on the warpath and
kill the handwriting settlers of the
west is deplorable to say the least.
Our citizens should be protected from
these unWarranted onslaughts period
ically engaged in by these too willing
warriors, by subjecting them to such
discipline that future outbreaks would
be an impossibility. A plan to this
effect acted on and carried out by the
government would be boon to those
poor fathers, mothers and children
who fearleSsly populate the territories
only to become prey to the blood
thirsty Indians
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

A CHANGE has recently been made
in the editorial department of THE
PRISON MIRROR. The late pen pusher's
term has expired and he sought broader
fields. Another and more able man is
now at the helm and will preside there
for some years, as he is serving life
sentence.-Mazeppa Independent.
While we thank our brother wielder
of the scissors for his Gathering opinion,
yet in justice to ourselves we must
say that our bump of self-esteem has not
reached such an abnormal DEVELOPMENT
as to lead us to believe that we possess
superior attributes over the least capa-
BILE Of those who preceded us on the
rough pathway of prison journalism.
On the other hand, we fully realize that
we lack many Of the essential qualities
which enabled our predecessors to edit
THE MIRROR so successfully, and we
shall feel satisfied with our work if we
do not fall below the standard of the
least competent of those who have
in the past controlled the columns of
The MIRROR.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

HERE is case for the student of
criminology. In Chicago four boys are
to be tried for murder. The oldest of
these boys is negro Of fifteen, the
other three are white, the youngest
being only ten years of age, and the
other two under thirteen. What were
the feelings of these boys as they
kicked the rounds of the chairs in the
temple of Justice? Did these children
of the slums feel any remorse at the
crime they had committed? Did they
show any fear Of the result of the trial
they were about to undergo? No; a
bored expression, as though they ex-
pected the trial would prove uninter-
esting, with few enlivening episodes to
break the tediousness, seemed to be
their uppermost thoughts. AS one of
the officers of the court passed by, he
happened to brush against the
youngest, who growled out an oath of
protest against the officers careless
ness. They joked among themselves,
saying their relations would now know
where to find them at. night. They
alluded in terms Of disgust to the bread
furnished them in the jail-but not one
word, not one thought, apparently, Of
the victim they had stabbed to death
and for whose murder they were soon
to be tried. What spectacle to be
seen in our enlightened civilization!
Children, mere children, whose place
should be the home and the school
house, to be tried for the most heinous
crime known in the annals of criminal
jurisprudence. Children showing a
callousness of heart that one would
not expect to see even in the most
hardened criminal whose moral nature
is warped by hundred deeds of brutal
violence. Is it true that these boys
came into the world with an inherent
tendency to evil that will put them
forever beyond the pale of the good and
pure? Experience, we believe, will
prove the fallacy of this theory. Thou
sands of these children of the poor are
annually sent by benevolent persons
where they can grow up in the pure at
mosphere of the home circle, and sta
tistics show that not one in ten of these
children prove to be irreclaimable.
The child's mind is plant; it can be
nodded for good or for evil, and where
proper methods are employed life can
be saved, a soul snatched from endless
perdition. Is it not, then, the bounden
duty of every Christian to seek and to
save these waits of the streets?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

IT is pleasure for the editor of the
Journal to call at the office of The
PRISON MIRROR, and it is a greater
pleasure to know that the calls are ap-
preciated, fact demonstrated in
yesterdays issue. Boys, you have our
sympathy and good will, and we trust
that when the prison gates shall open
and admit you to freedom that you
may follow the path that leads to a
higher and nobler life, and thus prove
to the world that beneath the cloak of
sin lies heart Of sterling worth and
pure motives. Let the time you have
spent in prison prove a lesson far
richer in its results than any to be
purchased with glittering gold -
Washington County Journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

ANOTHER step forward has been
taken by the introduction of paper
cans to take the place of tin cans in
which preserves and fruits of our land
are yearly packed for consumption.
This will do away with the danger of
death from poisoning so often ex-
perienced of late years. These cans
being oil and water proof and able to
stand as much rough usage as the tin,
their adoption will, no doubt, soon be
universal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

natures, in whom self-respect is not
lost, short sentence is sufficient to
produce this impression, and a large
number of social scientists, including
many learned and able judges, believe
that, as rule, in this country and in
England the legal limit of sentences
for this class of offenders is too long.
1t is plainly against public policy for
the state to increase it's prison popu-
lation by OBTAINING cOnvicts longer
than is necessary to secure the object
for their punishment. 1t is tax upon
innocent industry to support them in
prison, and if kept there too long the
first vivid impression of the corporate
power Of the community over it's men,
bers is worn away, their ambition is
weakened and their capacity for USE
fulness to themselves or others. meas
urably destroyed.
Therefore, while it is difficult to
enact general laws to fit each indi-
vidual the state wisely reposes in the
executive a pardoning power to deal
with the exceptional cases. This
power is largely discretionary, but in
a constitutional government it is not
absolute and can never be rightfully
exercised to defeat the object of the
law IN infiicting punishment. No
offender should be pardoned and re-
stored to civil rights except upon
newly discovered evidence that would
have changed the verdict of the court
in his favor, or upon satisfactory proof
of complete reformation. Within
these limits it is an act of clemency
which may illustrate elements of jus.
tice, superior to that of the court
Tacoma Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01
The PardOnins Power.

The object of punishment, inflicted
by the state, is, in general terms, to
compass the reformation of the con-
victed offender, and at the same time
deter others from crime. There is
general agreement among civilized
people upon the true principles of
penal treatment, the first public enun-
citation of which was made in an act of
the British parliament in 1778-the re-
suit Of the consideration Of the SUBJ
ject by Sir William Blackstone, Mr..
Eden afterwards Lord Auckland) and
John Howard. It was hoped by the
system then adopted, through sobriety,
cleanliness, medical assistance, by a
regular series of labor, by solitary con-
finement during the intervals Of work,
and by due religious instruction to pre-
serve and amend the health of the un-
happy offenders, to inure them to
habits of industry, to guard them from
pernicious company, to accustom them
to serious reflection, and to teach
them both the principles and practice
of every Christian and moral duty.
The experience of more than century
has added nothing : to these, the true
principles of penal treatment. They
form the basis of every species of pris-
on system in England and the United
States since the passing of that act.
The question about which there is
more or less disagreement is that Of
the length of the sentence, whether it
should be fixed or left indeterminate
by the court, and whether longer or
shorter sentence is best calculated to
reform the offender and deter others
from crime. The golden rule taught
by history with respect to punishments
is that they should not afford an evil
example of cruelty to spectators. They
must express in some adequate degree
the adherence of the state for the in
jury inflicted upon it by crime. But
in its legal administration the most
enlightened view is that the punish
ment, except for capital offenses,
should fit the criminal quite as much
as that it should eft the crime" For
large class of first offenders, not by
heredity or other vicious faint habit
uated to crime, short sentence is
sufficient to make the dreadful i'm
preston that the state has power to
lay its heavy hand upon them, deprive
them of liberty, and, if necessary, of
life. 1t is this impression upon the
individual offender, and upon the pub
lie, affected by his punishment, as an
example, which operates most directly
as restraint upon those who are dis
posed to crime. To most sensitive
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

On OUR front page we give the adj
dress of Warden Wolfer before the
district convention of the w. C. T. [.
in this city. Warden Wolfer advances
no visionary schemes-everything con-
tanned in his address is based On facts
and practical knowledge. He makes
one assertion which, we believe, is the
keynote to prison reform. He says,
"No prison government is safe without
the support of its best disposed pris-
oners." Teach men to respect the law
in force in prison; teach them that the
proper enforcement of law is for their
best interests, and they will go out OF
prison with a determination to be
upholders, not violators, of the laws of
their country.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

orr Companion, a semi-mOnthly
journal published at the House of
Refuge, Cincinnati, O., announces that
it will no longer carry "free list"
Owing to Improvements soon to. be
made, and which will necessitate the
expenditure of considerable money,
the COMPANION urges on those who
have been the benefciaries of the free
list to come forward as subscribers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

IF THE crusade against the wearing
of boomers and knickerbockers by the
fair sex, inaugurated by the Young
Mems Christian Association of San
Francisco, is successful in checking it's
further adoption as tit wearing
apparel, those who possess this
bifurgated garment may be comforted
by the suggestion that they may still
be found useful and quite fashionable
next season as dress sleeves.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01
HEMERROR is a 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 a home
newspaper: to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquant
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
in dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemption.
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, 1895-08-01

THERE is an article in the San Fran
cisco ArgOnaut Of July 29th that all
Wheelmen and wheelwomen will read
with interest. It is "Hints for Bicy-
clists," and contains deal of useful
information on repairing the various
accidents that are liable to happen on
the road to even the most carefully
tended wheels.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

THE Letter Carriers Association of
the United States, which numbers four
teen thousand members, has asked that
Wednesday, November 20, be set aside
as their special day at the Cotton States
and international Exposition. 1t is
probable that on that date nearly two
thousand letter carriers from all over
the Union will visit the Exposition.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

The city council of Selma, Ala, has
passed an ordinance prohibiting per-
sons under eighteen years of age and
married men from being on the streets
after 8 o'clock P. NJ. This is rather
severe on the married men, but we
suppose the "City Fathers are in
position to Judge the necessities OF
the case better than we are.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01
WHEN a prize-fghter is whipped in

WHEN prize-tighter is whipped in
a ring encounter by another brute
having more Drawn than himself, it
takes columns of space for the van
pushed hero and his friends to tell an
anxious public how it was done. 1t is
now in order for COrbett to tell how
that little combination of wheels and
pneumatic tires knocked him out so
cleVerly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01
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Tacoma Herald.

AN exchange says that laying on OF
hands" for complaints, especially in
children, is now taking the place of
Christian science. A mother cured
her boy of the cigarette habit with one
dose. She laid her left hand on the
boys neck, her right hand on a sub
stantial slipper, and then laid the slip
per where it would do the most. good
1t effected cure, and a relapse is not
looked for.
At twenty when man is young he
thinks he knows it all; he likes to wag
his active tongue and exercise his gall;
he struts around in noble rage, the
world is all his own; he laughs to scorn
the world of age and lists to self alone
He wears a window in his eye to see
his whiskers grow; he thinks the ladies
pine and die because they love him so.
At forty, as you may suppose, he's
knuckled down to biz; tbs not till sixty
that he knows how big chump he is.
Elk.
Clipping from the South Africa
Cleaner: "This paper owes an apology
to our esteemed townsman, Col John
Doe. In our last issue we stated that
Col. Doe fled from St. Joseph, Mo.
US. A., to escape prosecution for steal
ing shot gun. On further investiga-
ton, we learn that Col. Doe is not guilty
of such grave crime. He admits that
he killed man in St. Joseph, but that
had nothing to do with his departure
from that city, as we learn that there
is no law over there against murder.
St. Joseph (Mo) Gazette.
Talk of changing the jury system
has been revived by the proposal of a
New York Judge to make a majority
vote sufficient for or against convic-
ton, and to have special panel of
$500, selected from the upper ten
bankers, lawyers, etc-from which a
jury shall be drawn on application by
either party to the case. The idea is
not meeting with general approval.
Shall man be tried, against his will,
by jury of his superiors, or shall
seven men only be necessary to con-
viction, are questions on which the
American people are scarcely ready to
answer Eyes," just yet. No doubt
there are occasional miscarriages of
justice in the present system, but these
are few and far between. Too few,
in fact, to call for any radical change,
liable to work such inequality as this.
Pine County Courier.
The population of the Saltwater pen
itentiary is 4S9. Add to that list the
number of lunatics and idiots which
this state has enrolled, then by con-
sidering that an average to go by, esti
mate the number of unfOrtunates,
omiting the tramps of course, which
we have in this country, and the result
is shocking. Before you say anything,
however, just review your own life,
checking off all the crazy things you
have ever done, all the foolish things
you have ever done, all the mean things
you have ever done, as we'll as you can
recall them, then see which of these
three great classes of public nuisance
you ought to have the most sympathy
for. After all there arn't any of us who
have anything to brag about, but the
worst one in the crowd and the one that
never gets shut up is the self-right-
sous customer Enterprise.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

The first Of Anthony Hopes new
series of Zenda stories, in McClaue's
Magazine for August, reciting a heroic
love passage between the beautiful
Princess Osra and brave Stephen the
Smith, is most charming. "The girl
was young, and the dream was sweet"
and the story is in full accord with
these attractive conditions. The new
Jungle story by Kipling is also notable.
Only one or two of tho previous
Jungle stories approach it in strength
and ingenuity. 1t tells how Mowgli,
under the shrewd direction of Kaa, the
rock python. lured the Red Dogs of the
Dekkan, whom the Jungle feared above
all other creatures, to destruction SO
complete that not one was left to tell
the tale. In the same number are
story by Stanley J. Weyman, wherein
good, hearty justice finally overtakes
an oppressive tax-gatherer; and Cali
fornia story by Bret Harte. Miss
Tarbell supplies a very interesting &C.
count of Bishop John II. Vincent and
his work in founding and developing
the Chautauqua Assembly, and also Of
the wonderful growth and usefulness
of that institution. Numerous por-
traits and other pictures accompany
the paper. The life Of the circus per-
former, as it shows itself behind the
scenes, is the subject of an illustrated
article by Cleveland Moffett. Moltke's
manner of carrying on war is described
by the English war correspondent,
Archibald Forbes, from the writer's
own observation of Moltke through
the Franco-Prussian war, and from
conversation, which he himself held
with Moltke on the subject. Ia illus
tration of the article there are historic
battle scenes and some interesting
portraits. The romantic story of this
robbing of the Northampton, (Mass.)
Bank of upwards of million dollars
in money and securities, and of the
long pursuit and ultimate conviction
of the robbers, is related from the
records of the Pinksrton detective
bureau.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

THE GraceviIle Enterprise announces
a change of editors. Andrew Sammon
retires and is succeeded by Thos. H.
Prowse, a gentleman of wide expe-
rience in newspaper work May luck
and shekels in abundance be your
portion, brother Prowse, is THE MIR
ROR's wish.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

WHERE is hell is the latest debata-
BILE question between certain disputants
who differ as to it's exact location.
Why should these people anticipate :?
Life is short: in brief space of time
the question will be definitely settled
as far as they are concerned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

MEssRS. Halvorsen and Luce are
bringing the Albert Lea Enterprise to
the front by charging it to an eight
column quarto and making it a first
class paper in all respects.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

IF CERTAIN people had ability in
proportion to their conceit, what de-
crease would be observed in the ranks
of the incompetents of this world
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

The La Plata, (Col.) Miner has dis
carded patent insides and comes out as
a six-column folio, an improvement
which its patrons will appreciate.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

MAN Is made from dust. Dust set
ties. Therefore to be in accord with
nature delinquent subscribers should
settle-come down with the 'dust" as
it were,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

THE grand jury of New York City
describes the condition of the Tombs
prison as "a disgrace to any civiliza-
ton and reproach to humanity
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

THE MIRROR is issued every Thursday at the
following rates.
One Year S1.OO
Six MODthS 30
Three Months %
To inmates of penal institutions, so cts. per year.
Address all communications,
Editor, The MIRROR.
saltwater, Mimi.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

Should THE 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, 1895-08-01

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

Entered at the Post Office at saltwater. Mimi,
as Second Class Mail Matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

The mother of Dora Valesca Becker
had, as child, the greatest craving to
study the violin, but her wish was
never realized, because her father, a
wealthy Hungarian merchant, was op-
posed to the idea of having a girl edu-
Gated in music. Mrs. Becker was there
fore determined, should she be blessed
with daughter, to have her learn the
violin, writes Frederic Reddall in the
August Ladies Home Journal. So it
came about that the little Dora began
her studies when only six years of age
She was born in Galveston, Texas, her
father being conductor of the Calves
ton Singing Society. AT the age of
seven she made her debut at the Gal
weston Opera House. At a second con
cert, given when she was only nine
years old, she won the hearts of the
people in such manner that they sent
her presents of jewelry and beautiful
violin.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-01
Literary Notes.
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Edgar Fawcett, in once Week for
August 1, expresses his opinion that
William Watson should be the next
English poet-laureate, ''for his conserv-
atism is thoroughly exempt from COM
monplace, and his breadth and strength
are the choicest refreshment to read
ers already wearied and disguised with
those poets of latter day whom our
own Longfellow, only little while be-
fore he died, so aptly and truthfully
denounced as the 'delirious dervishes
of song"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-01

yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Warson's
many friends Will be sorry to know
that ne has gone for good. He will
90 To Washington, ID. c., and from
there Will probably 90 to New
York City.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the board Of supervisors OF the Free
kindergarten and Children's Aid
Association Will be held at Emma
Hall at 1870 o'clock this friday
morning. The various committees
viii assemble at 10 o'clock a usual
for this monthly meeting.
\ meeting OF the Mission Chill
dren'z Society viii be held tomor-
row evening at the home OF G. II.
Atherton, King street. Professor
Richards of kamehameha viii have
charge Of the evenings proceed
ings. The subject 10 be considered
i: Early Education OF Hawaiian
Youths" Points regarding early
education and results derived there
from will be dwelt upon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-01

~G. X. Harrison, Practical Piano
and Organ Maker and Tuner, can fur
nish best factory references. Orders
left at Hawaiian News Co. will receive
prompt attention. All work guaran-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-01
High School Services.

Through an oversight on the
part OF the reporter for this paper
the dedication services Of the High
School were announced to take
place yesterday instead of today.
At 3 o'clock this afternoon the ex-
ercises will begin and it is expect
ed that a large crowd will be pres
ent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-01
3. BERG ERSEN
go Bedroom sets, WArdroDel

K~ Bedroom sets, WaIdroDes,
Ice Boxes, stoves, Hanging Lamps,
Rugs, Bureaus, Chiffoniers, Steamer
and Veranda Chairs, Bed Lounges,
sofas. Baby Cribs, Clothes Baskets,
Sewing Machines, Whatnots, Meat
safes, Trunks, ETC., sold at the lowest
Cash Prices at the 1. x. L., corner OF
Nuuanu and King streets.