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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-18
THE Y. NJ. c. AS THIRD CONCERT
Mrs. EppingnhOusen Bailey Enthust-
asticaIIy Received.

Mrs. EppingnhOusen Bailey Enthusf-
astieaIIy Received.
The third of the Young Mems Christian
Association course Of entertainments was
given last night at the Guards Hall.
Nine. Cecilia Eppinghousen Bailey. So
prano, assisted by Miss Bertha Epping-
housen, reader and Miss Dolly Williams,
pianiste, gave a very enjoyable concert.
Nine. Bailey though suffering from a Sc
we're cold acquitted herself thoroughly to
the satisfaction of the audience. The Pol
onaise from Mignon was given with much
strength and sweetness, and the jewel
song from Faust which was given in cos
tune was received with much applause
Miss Bertha Eppinghousen is an ex-
tremely clever and superlatiVely good
looking young woman. Nearly all of her
selections were awarded encores. Her
rendition of She Danced With Washing
ton" won a recall and she responded with
THE Hindoo Died" Nobody in the au-
dience had any doubt about the Hindoos
death when Miss Eppinghousen was
through with him. She evinced much dra-
matte force and fervOr in the potion
scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Miss Williams piano playing was a fea-
ture of the concert. Her rendition of the
opening number a Mazurka, was a delight
ful Inauguration of the evening. She is
a pianist of marked gift and rare accom-
plishment The programme was happily
varied, the first suite consisting of instru-
mental music, selections from eminent
composers, and select readings.
The audience was a large and fashiona-
BILE one and was enthusiastic Throughout
the entertainment
Oliver Doud Byron and Mrs. Byron will
be seen at the theater at to-day's matinee
and tonight in their new play Ups and
Downs OF Life The play is a melodrama.
The comedy portion hinges on a matri-
monial advertisement. An Irish servant
girl advertses for a husband and signs
lord. For a long time Mr.. Byron has
devoted himself to melodrama pure and
simple. Once or twice he has tried the
higher walks of the drama, but the public
has insisted upon the old order of things.
He for years played Across the Cont
nent" Mrs. Byron is a popular actress
and together she and her husband sup
ported by an excellent company are
drawing attraction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-18
DEATHS DURING 1875.
some RemnrL abfe Instances of
Longevity.

rr. vs.. p. Drummer is engaged in prepar-
Ing bis annual report as health officer Of
the city. He has completed the mOrtuary
statistics for the year just ended. The hg-
ures are u interest.
There were LES deaths in the city during
1895 OF which AZ were whites and SO coll
ore1 The principal causes Of death Were
as follows: Consumption. a whites and
la6 colored: pneumonia. no whites and g
c0lored; old age, p whites and . colored
heart diseases. is whites and II colored
dropsy. . colored no whites, apopleXy. l3
whites and li colored: asthma, whites
and u colored; underlined. II whites and
153 colored. The following table shows the
number of deaths occurring at different
auaa.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-18

The United States revenue steamer Ty-
bee sailed from Beaufort, N. c., Wednes-
day for this port, and may be expected
here in a day or two.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-18

The Office of the coast and geodetic sur
vey has decided to use city time, instead
of central time, in future tide tables pub
lished for this port. This will meet with
the approval of shipping interests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-18


The tug boat Violetta and two scows,
belonging to P. Sanford Ross, were blown
ashore below the quarantine station
Thursday, during the gale. The Propeller
Towboat Company's tug Forest City
happened to be going down the river and
went to their assistance pulling them off
ground The tug boat Emma c. Ross,
which is at work down the river, also
became disabled, by a chain getting foul
of her propeller. Capt. HaineS also lent
his aid to release her.
1t is reported from New Orleans that
there is a strong probability of a line of
steamers being established between New
York and Puerto CorteZ, Belize and other
Central American ports. The stringent
quarantine regulations at New Orleans
are given as a reason for starting a line
from New York.
The British steamship Loughigg Holme
Capt Millican, from Mayport, arrived at
Tybee Wednesday afternoon, and after
securing pilot steamed up to the city
yesterday morning. The steamship is con-
signed to j. F. Minis q Co, and is char
burg.
The Belgian steamship Iris, Capt. S.
Gerdes, from Antwerp, arrived at Tybee
Wednesday during the gale. A pilot
boarded the steamship yesterday morn
ing after she had been off the port thirty
SIX hours. She proceeded to the city yes
terday She has part cargo of cement
consigned to the Antwerp Naval stores
Company. She will load to return with
naval stores.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-18

The United States supply schooner
Phares, which has been at Tybee for the
past two or three days, departed yester-
day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-18
LOCAL Personal.

The ngureS show that the city has re-
ceived net income Of over $40, $50 from
the water works in the last ten years
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-18
RAIL AND CROssTIE.

The Chattanooga Southern railroad has
elected the following directors: H. A. b.
Post, Russell Sage, Thomas H. Hubbard
Henry S. Lamb, Newman Erb and Mr.
Davis, all of New York. The property is
now under control of one corporation or
ganized under the laws of Alabama, and
is named the Chattanooga Southern Rail-
road Company. Its headquarters will be-
in Gadsden, Ala, the terminus in that
state.
1t is not every day that a railroad goes
begging. The Jacksonville Times Union
says: The little railroad known as the
Florida Midland, which starts at Long
wood, on the South Florida railroad, and
passes through a rich fruit and vegetable
country and ends at kissimmee, seems to
be road nobody wants The road has
been ordered sold by the United States
court, but on two occasions Dennis Eagan,
the special master, has tried to sell, but
neither time has he received a bid Which
came within the limit fixed by the court.
In offering the road for sale at Orlando
last Monday, the master announced that
no bid under $4,000 would be considered,
and that each bidder would be required to
place with him, as an evidence of good
faith a certified check for $780, The
terms. of the sale according to the order
OF the court We're TO be 10 per cent cash
Certain claims against the road are still
district.
The Jacksonville Tmes-Union says:
''The indications arg that the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West railroad will be
sold under foreclosure by the holders of
the second mortgage bonds. On Dec p
Judge Locke ordered a sale, on condition
that the road did not pay $61,0 interest
due within twenty days The twenty
days expired last night, and the interest
has not been paid, so far as known There
IS considerable speculation in railroad cir
cleS as to what move will be made by the
holders of the first mortgage bonds. Two
courses are open TO them 20 let the road
go to sale and bid it in, or to apply for
receiver. Some conclude that they viii
not apply for a receiver; but these are
under the impression that the twenty
days limit Will act as a barrier against
the filing of an application for a receiver,
when such is not the case. The holders
of the first mortgage bonds can step in
at any time and ask that a receiver be
appointed
The National Editorial Association viii
DC given trip around the bay at Tampa
on the Plant steamship OliVette next
week. The steamer will leave Port Tampa
az 10 o'clock Monday morning and will
Visit st. Petersburg, Egmont Key Light
House and other points of interest
A special train with 125 of the Plant
systems hotel help passed throug Sa-
Nannah yesterday for Tampa.
Prof Earle, the eminent philologist.
has caused no small stir in England by a
proposal to omit photography entirely
from education. He maintains that COM
pulsory standard of spelling is mischiev-
GUS, mat II does not matter how any
BODY spells, provided that the meaning IF
tne language employed is clear and that
we should all be Spelling as we please ir
II Were not for the ''autocraey of the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

The AnOka Heyuld, in trying to jns-
tify capital punishment, says that So
ciety has the same right as an individ-
ual of self-defense, even to the taking
of human life. True. but no man is
justified in killing another, if he can
protect himself without doing so. So
ciety. represented by the state, can GER
tainly protect itself against an individ-
ual by keeping him in prison for life
Capital punishment does not prevent
murder, and this fact is well recognized
by the law makers, who surround the
execution of the law with all possible
secrecy. If the only argument in favor
of judicial murder is to make an eX-
ample of the murderer why not make
the hanging as public as possible, so that
all men may profit by it? There is not
a single sound argument favor of this
relic of revengeful barbarism.-St.
Cloud Journal Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

WEuAvE received the annual reports
for the wears IS93-4-93 of the st. .to-
seph's House for Homeless Boys at
Philadelphia. Pa, which have been
read with unusual interest. Taking
the waits of our large cities from the
streets and putting them on the path
that leads TO honorable manhood is
work that should appeal to every Chris
tan heart. st. JOseph's House was
founded by the Rev. Father McElhone,
in 1890 and the noble work he inaugu-
rated is being successfully carried on by
the Rev. - J FitZgibbOn. over hun
dred boys are clothed, fed and tanght
in st. .joSeph's House. but, unlike most
state and charitable institutions where
large numbers are provided for, the aim
is to study the individualtraits OF char
acter of each inmate, and. above all. to
make it. a verltabe "hOme" wherein is
cultivated hrotherly love for each other,
and respect and love. with an absence
of all fear for those iii charge. Were
there more such homes established for
destitute boys conducted on the lines
followed by the st. ,Iosephs Home.
there would be no need of enlarglng
our penitentiaries. Youth is the time
for instruction and the formation of
character. and as the habits formed are
good or bad so will the child grow up
! to honest. useful manhood OF be mum
bered with the criminal class.
From one of the reports we clip the
! following beautiful sentiment which
will find responsive echo i'll the hearts
! OF all charitably inclined people: To
smooth an0ther's path and to cheer the
; heavy laden and struggling. especially
if they be Young who SO suffer is di-
vine work and nOurishes with happi
ness. him who gives as we'll as hlm who
receives. TO raise even one orphaned
boy doWntrodden by opposing misfor
tunes. and to set his face toward holiel
and better things. and toward brighter
future is doing God S work most nobly
and Will he unSpeakably rewarded.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
Some Hope for the Life Term
Convict.

This journal. as its readers know,
entertains no maudin ideas concerning
the treatment Of criminals. 1t believes
in hanging men convicted of murder
in the first degree, in whipping men
convicted of crimes against the person.
in failing all trampS and Migrants. and
it believes in making ali of them muir
derers thieves. Migrants and trampS-
work But while We entertain and fire.
quentlv express these ideas concerning
criminals. we are free to say that we
think petition recently forwarded to
Governor Budd deserves his earnest
consideration. It's d petition from the
seventy men who are serving life SEN
fences at >an Quentin Prison. III 1T
they beg the governor to lnaugurate
the annual custom OF executive elem
eney to one life prisoner either by par
| don OF by communications of sentence.
They say that among their number there
are men who have been behind the bars
from Iifteen to twentv-fOnr years: that
/
! good conduct credits: that they have
nothing to live for: that their lives are
hopeless; but that if one life prisoner
per year be selected for clemency. it
| would give them all all incentive to
good behavior. and give them all the
stimulus Of hope.
Governor Budd referred the petition
to Warden Aull of the Folsom State
Prison. and asked his opinion. Warden
Aull replied. in substance, that the ele-
ment of hope was vital to the good con-
duet and reformation of criminals: that
the average life-term convict is a
chained brute. he is the embittered foe
of society without and the enemy of
authority within the prison walls: that
most of the life-term conylcts are men
convicted of homicide: that "such men
usually have more character than those
who commit crimes against property
that the fact that they were not hanged
''generally points to some eXtenuatine
, circumstance or lingering doubt OF
guilt" AS a practical man. engaged
for many years in handling convicts
Warden Aull closes by saying that ar
f annual act of executive clemency
4 would be an act of mercy which coulC
1 not be abused and would greatly ai(
= in promoting discipline, industry, anC
g correct behavior" The prison com
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

wear there were 40 prisoners: of this
number tO6 were males. and females.
The principal industry Is lute mill,
over one half of the inmates being en-
ployed III the manufacture of graln
bags hop cloth etc. the output OF the
mill for the past year being l,s1S,3'O
grain bags. at ali average cost OF 4.Sl
cents: 81. SIP yards of hop cloth and a
quantity of mating. oat bags and WOOL
sacks. During portion of the year
brick yard is in operation:l ,lOO,ooobrlck
were manufactured during the season.
There is large farm connected with
the institution, the chief productions
of which. according to the table OF the
report, are wheat and eggs. Religious
services are held once a month IN the
! prison ward.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

THE MIRROR is u weekly paper published
In the Minnesota state Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and Is edited ana man
aged by them. Its objects are 10 be a home
newspaper; To encourage moral ana nteliect'iai
Improvement among the prisoners: to acqIlalnt
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner:
to disseminate psychological information and to aid
IN diSpelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to a fallen man self-redenptlon.
The paper is entirely dependent on tie, r!hilcf"r
its financial support If at any time there should
accrue Z. surplus Of funds. the money would be
expended ia the interests Of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

SINCE 1876 it has been the custom in
Missouri for the Governor to pardon
whose conduct merited favor. In ac.
cordance with the custom Gov. stone
on Christmas pardoned John sheldon,
who had served twelve years of a forty
years sentence, and Albert Walker,
who had served ten years Of thirty
wears sentence.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

missioners agree with Warden Au!l.
and have urged Governor Budd to in
augurate this custom. 1t is believed
that he will do so Oh Christmas Day.
AS we said above, the Irgonnut is
not prone to excessive tenderness to-
ward criminals. But the plan suggested
seems to us adapted to remove the bit
terness of the life term convict and put
him more on level with the other
prisoners around him. AS matters are
at present, he is hopeless and there
fore desperate man. Nearly all of the
determined prison breaks have been
led by differs. San Francisco fCal.)
ArgOnaut.
During the past ten years there has
here who has made an attempt to es-
cape. nor do we remember OF single
case. during this time. of life term
prisoner having committed a gross vlo-
Iation of the prison rules. When we
take into consideration that life pris-
oners here average about ten per cent.
of the population. it speaks we'll for the
orderly conduct of this class Of pris
Oners. In the Minnesota penitentiary
under the operation of the graded sys-
TEN and parole law, there is an lncen-
tive for the convict serving a time OF
reformatOry sentence to adhere strictly
to the rules and make a good record
but the Iife-term convict receives nc
benefit from the parole law. Let us
take two cases suppositiOnal. Of course
but which will serve to illustrate the
point. Two men are convicted, one OF
murder in the second degree. the Other
of manslauShter III the first degree
the first receiving "a life sentence, the
second receiving "a sentence of twenty
wears. Let us suppose that they entel
prison on the same day and are put tt
work in the same shop: that both are
industrious. obedient TO the rules, an(
apply themselves diligently to thei
school studies: in short that each man.
conduct is considered exemplary by thu
prison officials. What is the result
At the end of ten years one is eligible
to parole. which means that he is glvel
liberty under certain restrictions Which
are not onerOus to one who Is disposed
to live rightly AS "a reward for gOO'
conduct his term of penal servltude /
diminished ten years, which is Wortl
striving for, and which was an incen
tive to him to live up to all that wa
required of HIM. But the life prisoner
without the hope Of future reward t
tighten his tasks. is no nearer llbert
, than the day he entered his prison
house Here are two prisoners. who's
crimes are nearly identical, and the lay
gives one convict something to hop
and strive for, but the other, no matte
how exemplary his conduct may b'
cannot hope to change the original sci
, tence by individual effort. Can anyOn
conceive more hopeless existence:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

WE HAVE received several calendars
for the year 1896 which we thought
were the he plus ultra of the printers
from the Office of the industrial school
Gem, at Louisville. Ky. is by far the
most beautiful. both in design and ar
tistic finish, of any calendar received at
this office
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

THE editor of the Sparta wis. lDem-
oc,at has made himself popular with
the manageable ladies of Sparta by
giving brief sketches of the eligible
young men in that vicinity, the descrip-
ton including age, weight, complexion,
accomplishments. etc. AS it will be
eight years before another leap-year, the
directory of eligible bachelors furnished
by the Dem0crat will facilitate matters
for the ladies in making their choice
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
N 0 TIC E.

THOSE receiving copies of THE MIR
ROH who are not subscribers VIII
please consider them as sample cop
les If, after reading them, you should
conclude that TIE MIRROR is
worthy Of your patronage. send one
dollar to this office and we will enter
your name on our books for a
years subscriptions.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

THE population of the state prison
is i4G males and one female. This is
d very encouraging report. and we be-
lieve that THE l'RIsON MIRROR has
something to do with the good conduct
and reformation of these unfortunate
brothers. st. Peter Journal.
On behalf of editors and cOntribu-
tors of THE MIRROR, both present and
absent. we thank Sister Perry for the
above compliment.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

There are certain! people who adyo-
cate working conVicts on public road
building in the interest Of labor. but
Would it not be as much TO the interest
of labor to put the unemployed thou
sands at this work and thus enable them
to be self-supporting instead of objects
OF charity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

HASTINGS thinks it has been ''thin-
ble-riggeds III the matter of locating
the insane hospitals nov you see it
and now Vou don't game as il We're
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

THE Princeton fEaiou has entered on
its twentieth year y good age for Il
paper and good, fearless paper
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

G. ". FODTE has taken control of
the " orthington .idruncr. Mr.. Foote
was formerly editor of the ST. James
Ptd0dtn}er and is an able newspaper
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

THE Tennessee convict lease system
expired with the old year, and hereafter
all convicts Will he employed by the
State
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

The Saltwater PRISON MIRROR is
one OF the best newspapers III the
lnited States devoted to prison news.
jefferson City Mo- Courier,
No matter how good the deacon is,
he will look pleased if anybody sug-
gests that he was d pretty lively young
fellow when he was a boy.-St. Louis
IfnmOrlst.
Here's Il woman wants to divorce her
husband because he bathes but once
year. That's what a man gets for HAY
ing steady. regular habits and sticking
to them. Albany Argus.
The London rhyouicIe refers con
tenn ptuonsIy to ''the bnmptiousness OF
the little shipload of English folks who
sailed to Plymouth on the MaytloWer
few years ago They bumped the old
country onct or Minneapolis
Journal.
Never imagine Yourself to be the
only man in town. Very often you
kick when you are the last man thought
Of If you keep still people might
, look over your smalness. but when
YOU make your little bark people are
sure to note what whiffet you are
Centrala Fireside Guard.
\ lawyer residing in the north OF
England, and noted for his lacOnic
style of expression. sent the following
terse and witty note to refractory
client, who would not succumb to his
reiterated demands for the payment OF
his bill: ''Sir if you pay the inclosed
you will oblige me. If you do not, |
shall oblige you."-Green Bag.
The chief Justice of Tennessee made
forcible expression of his contempt
for the dignity of law and order 10y
shooting large cold bullet into the arm
of a lawyer with whom he had profes
sional disagreement. Itlooks as though
the good old-fashioned 32-callber re
volver still outweighed Blackstone II
the Jurisprudence of Tennessee.-St
Joseph Mo- Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

WE ARE indebted to the courtesy of
Warden Thomas Mosgrove, of Walla
Walla. Wash, for copy of the sixth
annual report of the state penitentiary
of Washington. At the close of the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

Entered at the Post Office at saltwater. Mimi.
as SecOnd-claSs mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

Should TIE MIRROR fail to reach u subscriber
each week notice should be sent to tins oiflce,
and the matter will be attended to at once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
CHR @ltrrnr*

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

Contributions solicited from any and AL sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not he returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

no matter how good the deacon is,
he will look pleased if anybody sug-
gests that he was a pretty lively young
fellow when he was boy. Louis
HumOrlSt
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02
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The Saltwater PRISON MIRROR is
one OF the best newspapers III the
United states devoted to prison news.
jefferson City Mo- Courier
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-01-02

Here's Il woman wants to divorce her
husband because he batheS but once
year That's what man gets for hay
ing steady regular habits and sticking
to them Albany Argus.