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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
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SLANG is the twin brother of profan-
ity. Its use reveals vulgarity, weakens
self-respect and begets unwholesome
habits OF thought. First impressions
of character are taken from manner
of speech, and when the defect of slang
is detected other bad traits are believed
to exist and confidence is withheld un-
til their degree is fixed. Slang is useless
for emphasis and impressing convic-
ton. Little respect is paid an opinion
in language streaked with
the vernacular of vulgarity and vice.
Purity of diction is a good recon-
to favor, and the more close
ly it is cultivated the more acceptable
does character become.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

IN THE conduct of juvenile reform.
atories locks, bars and the other ap.
pendages of prison should be dis.
pensed with as far as possible. The
youthful mind is impressionable and
easily susceptible of forming wrong
ideas from suggestive surroundings.
Familiarity with the emblems of le-
gal restraint breeds a contempt for
authority and the lessons of obedience
it inculcates. In training their minds
their thoughts should be as far re-
moved from vicious associations as
their security will permit. To develop
a boys moral sense and intellectual
necessitates freedom from a
feeling of hard conditions, and when
this is present he accepts discipline
with better grace.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

CHICAGO is overrun with juvenile
thieves, whose boldness and the extent
of their operations have astonished the
police of that city. Boy robbers are
evolved from the pernicious flippancy
in which crime is discussed in the
newspapers. Instead of treating it
with the gravity it deserves, the aver
age reporter tinges criminal matters
with an opera bouffe levity that ap-
peals to the imagination of the giddy
and notoriety seeking youth, and
arouses in him feeling of contempt
for the hazards of crime. Before
reaching the age of responsibility a
boys mind is easily swayed by jocular
and immoderate comments on subjects
of which he should be kept in ignor-
ance, and when he feeds on the sicklv
mess served daily by weak minded
newspaper reporters, it is not to be
wondered at that he occasionally dips
into crime.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

ment and renders them unfit to in
diligently identify suspect. Bring
ing a prisoner before an interested
party and saying, "Here is your man"
is manifestly unfair. 1t implies GER
tainty and prejudices the mind of the
man who holds the future of the sus-
pect in his hands. 1t would be more
in keeping with common justice to
compel the complaining witness to
pick his man from a crowd, and thus
prove the accuracy of his Judgment
Inability to do this certainly bespeaks
extreme doubt of guilt, as far as cases
requiring Identification are concerned.
An officer, in the eagerness to make a
creditable showing of his shrewdness,
fails to perceive the value of circum-
stances favorable to the accused, and
in his efforts to procure eliminating
evidence, often goes to lengths but
little short of actual subornation of
perjury. To false Identification is
mainly attributable the frequent mis-
carriages of justice that dooms many
proud spirit to pine his life away in
captivity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

Ex-President Harrison will discuss
our national finances in an article on
"The Secretary of the Treasury
which will appear in the August
issue of the Ladies' Home Journal.
He will tell briefly of the origin
of our financial system; it's expansion
or development; how the nation
raises it's revenues, and disburses it's
moneys; and detail the faults of
our system of fnanciering. Referring
to the methods necessary to maintain
our gold reserve General Harrison ex-
presses himself with evident disap-
proval, and says that "the present sit
uation would be absurd if it were not
so serious" The increase or the dim
mutton of the gold reserve, the ex-
President asserts, powerfully affects
every interest, and the "mending of ex-
listing conditions will be task for the
wisest and strongest craftsmanship"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
FALSE IDENTIFICATION

A FEATURE OF police methods that
is in need of improvement is the rather
questionable system in vogue of iden-
tifying suspects. Police officials, as
the agents of the law, have vital in
terest in enforcing its DEGREES and
experimenting it's enemies, for on the
thoroughness in which this work is
done rests their reputation for eficien-
cy. Like other people they have a
pride in their work and the manner of
its execution, and, in the effort to
maintain freedom from crime and
effect the speedy capture of offend
ers, it is but natural that regard
for exact justice should often be over
ridden in the zealousness to promote a
feeling of public security. When a
crime is committed and positive
knowledge of the guilty party lacking,
someone, on whom suspicion can be
fastened, is brought before the grand
inquisitors to undergo examination
preparatory to formal accusation.
Circumstances, sequence, inference or
inability to dovetail his statement
with known facts may point to him as
the guilty party. Mental evidence,
formed by associating an accepted
truth with conclusions deduced from
the condolences of the moment, NAV
tend to base a conscientious belief in
his guilt, and to sustain it the all-im-
portant preliminary is Identification.
This necessitates the cooperation of
the injured party. The favorite meth
cd is to call and acquaint him with the
fact that the right man is under arrest.
and all that is necessary to secure con-
viction is the little formality of iden-
tifying the prisoner. He is told that
height, probable age and general ap-
pearance TALES with the description
furnished after the crime. Every ef-
fort is made to impress him with the
infallible judgment of the police in
wedding the guilty from the innocent,
and, with this idea uppermost in his
mind, he starts on his errand imbued
with the sincere belief that in obeying
the promptings of the police he ad-
heres strictly to the demands of Justice.
Brass buttons and the dignity of
authority have a powerful effect on
the discerning powers of most people.
When the prisoner is brought before
them the tremulous feeling arising
from the disagreeable part they are
called upon to enact warps their judy
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

McCtatres Magazine for August is
to be a midsummer fiction number.
with stories by Octave Thanet, Ste.
phen Crane, Clinton Ross, E. w.
Thomson, and Annie Eliot. Stephen
Cranes story will exhibit the hero of
his successful novel, "The Red Badge
OF Courage" grown an old man, but
still capable of fine act of bravery:
Clinton Ross's will deal with Perry's
historic fight and victory on Lake
Erie; and Annie Eliot's will depict a
sprightly love episode in a Yale and
Harvard boat race.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

A ST. PAUL policeman, in order to
obtain leave of absence, informed his
superior that a new arrival was ex-
pected in his household. After grant
ing the favor, the chief investigated
the truth of his excuse, and, finding
that the expected event failed to ma
terialize, dismissed him from the force.
This will teach policemen to have their
babies arrive on time hereafter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

The Reoiea0 Of Recieacs for August,
while largely given over to the issues
of the Presidential campaign, finds
space for the treatment of other i'm
portant topics. Besides the character
sketch of Mr.. Bryan, the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency, the Re-
CieaO has illustrated articles on Harriet
Beecher Stowe and DR.. Bernardo, the
father of 'Nobody's Children" There
is the usual elaborate resume of the
current magazines; and the depart
ments of ''The Progress of the World"
Record of Current Events" and "Cur-
rent History in Caricature" answer the
typical American demand for what is
up to date and dive
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
u LITERARY NOTES. ~

Among the notable features of the
San francisco Argoraout for July 9th
1896, are: "A Western Enoch Arden
Being the Story of the Home Coming
of Danl Jackson, by Frederick l..
Wheeler; "The Bohemians of Paris. !"
giving interesting particulars about
Henri Murger and his 'Vie de Bohe ne":
and letter from New York on bicy-
cling and bicycling accidents.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
THE MIRROR is 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;
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 surplus of funds the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

former habits would be followed by
the infection of the penalty would be
every inducement to forego tempta-
ton. The after effects of a penitenti-
airy term is what hurts most; the sore
will heal, but the scar of ex-convict
will always remain as a reminder of
its horrors.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

In HIS article on Security of Prop
erty," G. j. w. lays stress on the deter
ring value of suspended sentences,
This method of dealing with the less
serious offenses is in vogue in several
OF the eastern states, and almost in
variably is productive of good results.
Many cases arise where guilt is but
little more than technical, and where a
warning, and not punishment, would
better serve the object sought. With
a sentence hanging over his head, like
a Damocletian sword, the offender has
a powerful incentive to right living,
for the knowledge that a return to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
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Nv: -; s.
Tramp, tramp. tramp the tramps are
tramping.-New Paynesville Press.

Tramp, tramp, tramp the tramps are
tramping.-New Paynesville Press.
The dude and the rowdy are two
types of manhood which every intelli-
gent young man should avoid. They
are neither an ornament or a necessity
to society.-Boys' Lantern.
An Irishman in the Museum of Fine
Arts was looking at the Morse collec-
ton, and said to his companion: mike,
will ye LUX at all them pots from
Japan! What country that must
be for mustardv- Boston Transcript.
If you have read in some novel,
young man, of some industrious fellow
working himself to death, don't be
alarmed for your own safety and quit
your job to 60 out and recreate on a
street corner. Work never kills a man
-idleness is what kills.-Grove City
Times.
The signs of the times are signifi-
cant in very literal way. Here is one
in several shops saying: "Look at the
loafers in front of the window" It is
the symptom Of the lack of employ
ment for labor. 1t shows, as in Bibli
cal times, that multitudes are standing
idle in the market places, through no
particular fault of their own, saying:
mo man hath hired u.s. 1t is annoy
ing, no doubt, to have people darkening
the windows of merchants. But it is
pitiful to see the PROSTATE enterprises
that lack of confidence in fellow men
has produced and West.
An exchange says that some editors
receive salary Of $4,000 year, and
that barring the honor, it is as good to
be such an editor as to be president.
Barring the honor indeed" The sur
plusage of honor is on the side of tho
editor every time. The whims and
votes of an unclean mob can make
governor or a president, any day, of
the poorest material under heaven, or
above-the other place. The country
could get along without presidents;
without editors, never. A great editor
is cheap at $4,000 year. Some pres
idents would be high at fifty cents a
quadrennial, and board themselves.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
n o TIcE,

THOSE receiving copies of The MIR
ROR who are not subscribers will
please consider them as sample cop
les. If, after reading them, you should
conclude that The MIRROR is
worthy of your patronage, send one
dollar to this office and we will enter
your name on our books for a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

IF THE poor could understand the
cares and responsibilities of the rich,
and the rich consider the tie that binds
them in common brotherhood to the
poor, the forces of social unrest would
merge in wave of mutual sympathy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

DR.. Saulie, member of the Tasteur
Institute at Algiers, has just discovered
vaccine which will prevent sheep rot.
He has made many experiments, which
he declares to be conclusive. All of
the vaccinated sheep get very mild
attack of the disease and recover.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

Jenner's silver lancet.case and Ian
Gets, the former engraved with the ini-
tials and the latter with the name of
the discoverer of vaccination, have
been presented to the Royal College of
Surgeons by doctor who obtained
them from the grandson of Jenner's
assistant.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
THE MAGDALENS.

|
AT A reform meeting, recently held
in neighboring city, mission worker
stated that the average sum required
to rescue young girl from vice, teach
her the value of virtue and find her
employment of respectable character
is $7.31 But so apathetic is the feel
ing in favor of erring girls, that even
this pitiable average is denied the
moral aid societies in their endeavors
to assist this unfortunate class to re-
gain their womanhood.
No question affecting modern soci-
ETY., in its relation to morals and the
we'll being of the race, is deserving of
more earnest thought and deeper con-
Germ, than the custom of viewing a
young girls lapse from virtue as nec-
essary evil inseparable from the cruel
law OF the survival of the fittest. The
rigid standard of morality that society
establishes for the guidance of women,
and the inflexible social penalties that
follows their violation allows of no
atonement this side of the grave. All
the pathos that vibrates sympathy and
pity for every masculine misdeed re-
fuses to ease the troubles of poor
friendless girl. For her there is no
mentor to gladden. her cherries lot.
The temptations that beset her are
legion and ever.present, and when they
overwhelm her in a wave of shame
every vituperative bastard rises to
trumpet to the world the ignominy
of her fate. For her there is no guard
ian angel to protect from the me-
phitic breath of scandal or cloak her
shortcomings with charity for the
fraility of her sex. She is the child of
misfortune, the victim of vice, the
mark of the cynic and the prey of the
depraved. The remission that is freely
offered the meanest of thieves, the
most besotted of drunkards and the
vilest of libertines is scornfuIly denied
the struggling creature. Every effort
she makes to rise is resisted by more
determined one to keep her in her
place. Few women care to cling to
the allurements of moral dissipation:
the knowledge of its certain end is
too apparent to fascinate by it's fancied
charms. Probably no one cause is
more fruitful in leading girls astray
than the gilded "ladies entrance" sign
that decorates the side doors of the
call right" saloon. Once seen emery
ing from the curtained drinking boxes
duU d k1Il CudIdCCcT is Iu1leU UoyOQO
redemption. 1t is strange, but true,
that women themselves are the SLOW
est to aid their fallen sisters. While |
they are perpetually advocating re-
forms that teaches rules of conduct to |
be followed by men, they seldom deign
to notice the unfortunate sinners of
their own sex whose moral welfare
should appeal to them the strongest.
There should be an awakening on this
subject and measures devised to assist
young girls to rise from the slough of
dishonor to a plane of responsibility.
1t would require but little effort to
educate sentiment favorable to con.
certed action, and when the sentiment
is aroused means for accomplishing
the end are always forthcoming.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
CURRENT GLEANINGS.

At Muncie, Ind, two men were SEN
fenced to one year in the state prison
for stealing ten cents worth of tobacco
from grocery.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

A piece of pianoforte wire recently
tested at the Watertown Arsenal
showed the extraordinary strength of
POS tons per square inch in diameter;
large sizes gave a tensile strength of
135 tons and upward per square inch.
The metal contained O.S5 per cent. of
combined carbon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

PERHAPS the reason some people
have no time is because they have
not been caught.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

IT is now proposed to photograph
thought. Politicians who don't think
scout the feasibility of the scheme.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

In Sicily young men have to exer-
else extreme care in their demeanor
towards young unmarried ladies'.
Among the lower classes a vendetta
results it man pays attention to an
unmarried girl without marrying her..
and vendetta may have fatal conse-
Quences for somebody.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

1t is not now considered fashionable
to 60 on bridal trip to Europe. The
proper thing is to remain at home for
the honeymoon and when it is all over
and the little dovies are settled and Sc
date to HE to the seaside or mountain
top and pass the summer just like old
married folks.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week, notice should be sent to this Office,
and the matter will be attended to at once
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

Entered at the Post-office at saltwater, MIMI,
as secOnd-class mail matter
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

Robert F. Joyce, who has just died
in Washington, was retired from the
Federal Army few years ago, under
the thirty years act. He was on the
Star of the West expedition, sent to re-
lieve Fort Sumter, and was an officer
in command of regulars in New York
City during the draft riots.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

The dude and the rowdy are two
types of manhood which every intelli-
gent young man should avoid. They
are neither an ornament or necessity
to society.-Boys' Lantern.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

Contributions solicited from any and all sour.
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-11
PERSONAL MENTION.

Robert Horlock. Jr.. Of Navaso,a IS In
the city.
Sol Jacobs. n prominent travelling man
VIII leave Sunday FOR NV YORK.
Miss Annie solomon leaves for La porse
tomorrow TO spend her vacation.
Mr.. +. l.. Hood and bride have returned
from their bridal tour 10 Colorado spr,uss.
Mrs. c. Is. Martin Is IN Waco Visiting
relatives and VIII be absent two OF three
weeks.
Mrs. q. j. Palmer and children leave ti's
morning FOR Mi,nitou, Colo. 10 siani the
Summer.
Mr.. j. +. I.anier lef; last night fo- !,
tan on business connected vita tine ON .
Of the secretary Of state and attornsJ evn-
eral.
l,ob.rt Isoggs. representing Vim y.
Cleveland u Co, and Mr. \. j. Ramos,
of the blackwell Durham 1obag-p COM
pauy. are In the city 10 spend SAMMY.
n r. Graham. hcokkcsper ~ me F.r-t
National bank of Bryan ras- Through
tuc city last night en- route 70 Lou!sau =
ani Mississippi. IN which slAes Ae for
merry lived.
Iii Kaufman Of Austin. United states
INTERNAL revenue collector Allen Cameron
of Galveston, deputy JuH-i states rove
uflr collector, ANA H. W finlel o. A--t-..
stare comptroller, WEI. IA ti.e cliy yes
tartl.ty
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-11
YESTERDAYS RAIN.

The tlensc heat and the prolonged
dfouth VIZ broken Yesterday afternoon
al ui i.3o .o olo,k 10y u ccpapus dgwnpuut
ni rain Tao clouds came UP from tha
suuthenst au' l0p ahou, two hours the
iMntnll WIS nDlus daily heavy. After that
filnc, however, the clouds clcare! away
aud tlale WAS every Indication that IN
can WAS ouiy lptal one.
Tine shower, however. did considerable
- ga not rnlN "a lac an ps and the farm =
lat So ne gard sns aud yards. Neeeta-
uWl has .ftl srrAls rafrorhcd and Tn,
Afmn.nnnra ErnALlA .LnmluNNl.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-11

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was q rtrftntn ior .,ur candida. f.r of-
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every is,n ira-Is furl d ufefe.o0lt
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-11

What the travelling mei, ions know
about the qutlity of work turn-i out by
the different laundrles IN this State Il
hardly worth knowing. They have tried
thvni all and know fro,n eAperi,nae.
they are unanimous IN They statement
thai ~ Packard's Troy Laundry, VI: fies-
ION avenue, " tho on. Laundry IN Texas.
and It's Work Is standard. u you want
this GiSss Of work. cali up phone ~.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-11

residence On the hii A Murgun's poin,
wNhin iva blocks OF the steamboat land
ins several cool and ton.iori;,i,i,
bedrpome a large and coinmod Gus dininu
room With pure arteslan water and
modern ronvsni'ncer. ani Is prepared 10
accommodate boardsrs by the day. weoL
OF month with or without lodging. steam
gan's Point on Mondays. Wednesdays aud
Fridays at a.Sp a. m. and on Sund.ys al
4. m. Several comfor liable cottages also