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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
FIREARMS AND CRIME.

READERS of newspapers can not
have failed to notice the frequency
Of highway robberies during the
last several months. This class of
crime has, apparently, become
popular with the criminally in
clined, and, in spite of the severe
penalties sure to follow conviction,
it still continues to occupy the
greatest attention in criminal mat
tiers. In the majority of cases,
where arrests have resulted, the
participants have proved to be
young men just entering manhood,
who, it would seem, have but little
conception Of the gravity of this
class of crime, and the fearful pun
ishment that follows in it's train.
The cause of these sensational
crimes is traceable to the ease in
which deadly weapons can be pro-
cured by irresponsible parties.
While the law is jealous in mini
MIXING the evil influences of the
haunts of vice, it is yet strangely
silent on this prolific cause of
crime. AS things are now, it is
easier for a minor to buy revolver
than a glass of beer. No matter
what the appearance or character
of the purchaser, the deadliest of
weapons are sold without even the
formality of questioning the pur-
chaser as to their intended use, nor
is the slightest legal restrictions
placed on their sale, unless the law
relating to carrying concealed
weapons can be so construed.
Their cheapness and quality are
widely advertised, inducements
held out to invest in them and, in
many kinds of business, are actu-
ally given away when other kinds
of merchandise are ordered. This
has a tendency to make the pos
session Of dangerous weapons
fashionable, teaches their use and
renders the possessor menace tc
self and others, for when owned
the temptation to make use of them
is always present.
The selling of firearms to parties
who can not show good and suf6.
cient reasons why they are in neec
of them, is constant invitation tx
every desperate character to en-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

INGRATITUDE embodies the full
measure of everything mean and
contemplate in human nature.
Everything in the long list of hui
man faults can be at least partially
justified but this supreme violation
of confidence and lack of apprecia-
ton on the part of one upon whom
charity or sympathy has been be-
slowed. All other bad traits may
arouse pity. but ingratitude calls
for nothing but resentment and
contempt. The migrate recognizes
no obligation as binding, accepts
no trust but to prove false to il
and knows no friend but to betray
him, and wherever found, be he
humble or proud, exists as the
target for the execration of al
lovers of justice.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

punishment does not really begin
until he has served his time and
has been turned out to begin life
anew. Branded by the damnable
prison pallor and attired in an ILL
fitting suit Of shoddy clothes
and a cheap hat of the cast-off
style Of three or four years ago, he
is recognized by every policeman
and detective and old time crimi-
nal, and last and worst Of all by
every friendly Fagin who reaps a
rich harvest by disposing Of the
spoils gathered in by criminals.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

The quiet people who have little
to say. who are reticent when their
ability is alluded to and who re-
frain from recounting their past
achievements are the ones most
likely to prove valuable in an
emergency. Boosters waste their
energy trying to convince people
what they have done and what
they could do, but when the time
for action arrives it is the quiet
man who is summoned into the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

OF the making of magazines
there still continues to be no end,
but no one is likely to overlook
the Christmas McClure's. It pre-
sents itself in a special cover which
one can scarcely fail to see, and,
we may add, scarcely fail to adj
mire. It is decorated with line
drawing by Henry McCarter in in
depreciation of well-known paint
ing of Botticelli's, and is richly
printed in colors. Moreover, the
number overf1ows with pictures,
and yields a generous entertain
ment for a mere turning Of the
leaves. In the names of it's con-
tributors, also, it makes an imme-
date claim on ones attention not
easy to resist. There is a Christ
mas poem by Mrs. Harriet Pres
colt Spoford; a Christmas Drum
tochty story by Ian Maclaren; a
second installment of the Kipling
serial and Kipling short story; a
characteristic humorous story by
Frank R. Stockton: the first of
Hamlin Garland's papers on Grant;
and mot to attempt to note all that
is notable,) a most clever and
graceful story by Henry Seton
Merriman. The frontispiece is the
earliest known portrait of Grant,
lately discovered, and never before
published; and there is also pub
lished for the first time portrait
of Washington painted from life at
Valley Forge by Charles Wilson
Peale.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
PERSONAL APPEARANCE.

Personal appearance reflects
personal worth and indicates the
measure of self-respect residing in
individual character. The greater
care taken in maintaining a neat
and engaging personality, the'more
favorable will be the impression
created on the mind of an observ-
er, and the higher will be the
opinion formed of ability and char
acter. A tastefully dressed person
invariably inspires confidence.
Careful dress, free from gaudiness,
bespeaks orderly habits and atten-
ton to details, indicates pride of
character and suggests the pos
session of moral worth. 1t is a
recommendation to consideration,
attention always being shown neat
ness where slovenliness would meet
with but scant courtesy.
While an attractive personal APP
pearance largely depends upon
neatness of dress, the essentials to
it are manners. address and the
qualities that command respect for
sincerity and faith in personal
worth. Clothes are but a thin
veneer to mask strength of char
acter. The vulgar always go to
the extreme of overdressing, and
in so doing magnify their lack OF
what constitutes gentlemanliness
Nothing is so offensive as an ig-
norant boor arrayed in the broad
cloth of the cultured. Behind all
dress must be good breeding, which
can conceal displeasure at the mis-
takes of others, which knows the
rules of propriety, good conduct
and good society and which is free
from the offensiveness Of forward
manners and proneness to intrude
where presence is distasteful
Without these equipments, person
al appearance, as far as clothes car
give it attractiveness, has little
value.
Personal appearance, to have in.
trinsic value, must have persona.
worth. Manners adorn individu
atty, graceful address recommends
it. but worth is it's substance, anC
in every phase of character it viii
reveal it's strength and qualities Of
goodness. The cultivation of char
acter is the real foundation upo1
which to build an attractive per
sonal appearance, and the stronger
the character, the more winning
the personality.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
weakness

The habit of thinking is the
homeopathic remedy for the ills Of
bad habits. Pondering over their
evils begets a dislike for them, and
when dislike becomes fixed the
resolution to conquer them is
formed. AS the benefit derived
from one good habit becomes
manifest, the desire to form an.
other is awakened, and the more
thought given to it's value the
more it grows into character.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
THE MIRROR is a weekly paper publishe,

THE MIRROR 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 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-redemptOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue q surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

If A looking-glass should be in
vented that would enable people
to see themselves as others see
them. the inventor would doubtless
be strongly tempted to conceal the
result of his genius when he sees
himSelf
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
n 0 lice

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, 1896-12-03

BETWEEN courtesy and ceremony
there is the widest difference in
point Of excellence. One is the
sincere expression Of politeness,
the other the gilded mask of n.y.
pocrisy; one is strength the other
weakness.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

If MOST of us were as good to
ourselves as we are to those who
tell us we are ''good people, the
probabilities are we would always
have an extra suit of clothes fol-
Sunday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

On the planet Jupiter the nights
are only five hours long. This re-
duces the business hours Of cats
to one-half of what they are on
the earth.-Orange IVA. )Observer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

THOSE who are readiest in at
tributing the success of the in
dustrious to good luck are always
very careful to avoid doing the
work that brought this same good
l,,ck
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

The Christmas Ladies' Home
journal far surpasses in general
excellence and attractiveness any
previous issue of that magazine.
Its delicate-toned cover most ar
tistically symbolizes Christmas, and
the sentiment and spirit of the
holiday season are reflected in its
pages. An appropriate opening is
characterization of '"Scrooge, .
from Dickens "Christmas Carol, .
the first of Charles Dana Gibson S
series Of sketches of the great nov
elist's best-known characters. Not
less interesting. and revealing the
humor and pathos Of the Christ
mas of the children of the very
poor, is page of NJ; F. Woolf's
waits. In sharp and bright CON
trast is an article by Lady Jeune
telling what Christmas Means to
Queen Victoria,'' and a feature OF
romantic interest is a delightfully."-
illustrated article on the Creoles OF
New Orleans, by Ruth McEnery
Stuart. Quite as interesting is
''The Garden Party of an Empress,
an American woman's description
of great social function given an
nually by the Empress of Japan
The current Journal is exception.
ally rich in illustrations and inter.
esting in every line.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

IF YOUR expenses do not meet
your income, lots of trouble will
be met at the outcome.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

The world is hard debtor. It
owes every man a living, but makes
him work to get it.-Peck's Sun.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
" LITERARY NOTES. "

Among the notable features of
the San Francisco Argonaut for
November 3Oth are: "Biddy's Big
Game: Being the Inside Facts Con
corning a Dead Secret by G. B.
Durham: "A French Mrs. Caudle
Setting Forth the Unexpected
Close of a Wedding Anniversary"
an amusing skit from the French
"Arditi and the Divas," an anec-
dotic review of the famous orches-
trail conductors "Reminiscences"
The Review of Reviews for De-
cember publishes a fac-simile re-
production of President Cleveland
famous telegram to Indianapolis
in September last forbidding con-
sideration of his name as a candi-
date for denomination. This mes
sage has been generally misquoted
by the press. It is worded as
follows: my judgment and per.
sonal inclination are so unalterably
opposed to your suggestion that ]
can not for moment entertain it. :
The telegram was addressed to the
Hon. Daniel G.. Griffin, chairman
Of the New York delegation. The
Review now presents the original
autograph as a ''footnote to his
tory"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

Entered at the Post-office at saltwater, MINI.
as secOnd-class mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

A fellow feeling makes us WON
drous kind-unless he happens to
be feeling for our pocketbooks.-
Up-To-Date.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

Two Chicago robbers used a gas
pipe in a hold-up. From their
ability in that line it is a plain
case that they were plumbers.-St.
Paul Globe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

Edited and Published by the Inmates
Of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach a 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, 1896-12-03

Major Mckinley has been pre-
sented with fighting cock, pair
of eagles, a raccoon and a flock OF
turkeys. Some people evidently
suspect that he is the president of
a livestock association. Mime
apOlis Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

Truthfulness, both lin word and
action, is jewel of never-fading
brilliancy; although it's value may
often fail to be appreciated by
those whose minds are too common
to realize it's fneness. st. Paua
Broad Axe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03

Life is serious. It is a battle
ground, or a race course if you
please, where fools and sluggards,
are out of place. Life is trial Or
dained of old and the ordeal is not
passed through by all with song
on the lips and song in the heart.
Happy, indeed, is the man who
goes through life himself one grand,
sweet song. First to be desired is.
the song in the heart. Without it
the song on the lips is mockery.
It will turn to discourse on vanity
like Solomon's. The deceitful
tongue will taste gall and ashes at
the end.-Lancaster CO., School
journal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-06
DEATH BEFORE DISH0NOR
Two Armenian Women Drown
Themselves When Stolen
by Turks.
Pitiful Sufferings of the Race De.
scribed in a Letter to a
Seattle Man.

SEATTLE, WASH, June 5.-"My mother
and sister forfeited their lives to save their
honor" writes an Armenian to his cousin,
K. J. Philippe, another Armenian, of this
city. After visiting Palon, formerly city
of 80, 900 people, but which by the Turkish
butcheries has been reduced to about 800
souls, IN quest of his mother and sister,
the writer says he found that after having
been stolen by the Turks the two women
had thrown themselves into a river and
were drowned, "preferring death to dis
honor" Continuing, the writer says:
Little the people of peaceful natio n
realize the terrible privations the Armen-
ians are subjected TO. Being the weakest
of the many tribes in Turkey and the
especial butt of Turkish savages, every
mans hand is turned against them. They
eternallv sleep over a slum bering volcano.
They know not at what moment their
houses will be pillaged, their stores looted
and their wives, daughters and sisters
dishonored."
Describing the ruin and destruction at
Palon the writer concludes: cat first we
were stunned and paralyzed at such scenes
of carnage, ruin and devastation-scenes
of wrecked business, blighted hopes and
dear relatives lying in the cutters welter-
ing in their own Dlood-but now we are
so used to such scenes that when God s
hand is laid upon US instead of raving and
lam enting our condition we quietly go to
work, bury our dead, mourn our stolen
wives and restore our homes. Sometimes
my faith in an all merciful God is almost
shattered, but | suppose in his own time
he Will make all clear"
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-06
Hedne. Mine Reoeirer.hir,.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, June SIN the case
of the Golden Cross Mining and Milling
Company VS.. James Spiers, ct al, in which
the plaintiff prayed for the appointment
of a receiver to take charge of the group
of mines at Hedges, on the desert in this
county, and alleged mismanagement of
the property on the part of defendants,
who had possession of the mines as trus-
tees for the benefit OF the creditors, Judge
Pierce to-day granted the temporary in
junction prayed for and appointed w. w.
Stewart Of this city as receiver, fixing the
required bond at $25, 900.
Mr.. Stewart, who in times past had con-
siderable experience on this coast as a
practical miner, will be compelled to go to
Hedges and give the valuable properties
his personal attention. The mines are ex-
tensive and are considered to be very
valuable. The mill at Hedges has lao
stamps and, according to report, the
mines have produced a fortune in a
months run
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-06
BETRAYED BY HIS SHOES,
Captain Darlington Found One
of the Regulars in the
Militia Ranks.
Captain Warren to Be Court.Mar-
tailed for Making False
Returns.

The rank and file of the First Regiment,
N. g. c., is all astir over the trouble OF
CAPTAIN Frank w. Warren, commanding
officer of Company H of that regiment.
The cause of this commotion among the
militia boys is that Captain Darlington of
the United States Army, detailed by the
Secretary of War at Washington to inspect
the State militia and report it's condition
to headquarters, in d1scharging this duty
detected one of Uncle Sam s regulars in the
ranks of Company 81 when that company
mustered for inspection at the reg gimental
headquarters on Page street on the even
ing OF April 3.
In passing along the rear rank the
trained eye of Uncle Sans commissio ned
officer lit on a pair of Government shoes
on the feet of one of the men.
This caused the inspecting officer to
make a more careful survey of the man
and the shoes. His further observation
convinced him that the uniform worn by
this individual had a peculiar cut and
makeup, little different from that of
the clothes worn by the other men on
parade.
Captain Darlington was seen to stop
longer in front of this soldier than in
front of any other, but nothing was said
by him at the time.
He passed on, and when the inspection
was over and before the company was lis
missed a consultation was had between
the captain of the regulars and Major jan
sen, who was also in the inspecting busi-
ness, representing General Warfield.
Captain Warren was also consulted re-
garding the personnel of his company, and
what followed can be surmised, as the pri-
vate from the Presidio was called to the
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-06
TWO TOURISTS GET HOME.
DR.. Williams, a Boston Nimrod,
With His Trophies of
the Jungle.
Fred Thoener Completes His Tramp
Around the Globe-Attempt.
ing Siberia.

DR.. Williams, a wealthy Bostonian. ar
rived from the Orient on the Pacific Mail
steamship Peru Yesterday. For fifteen
years the doctor has been wanderer on
the face of the earth, but. unlike the COM
mon run of globe-trotters, he has sought
the wilds.
From bagging bears in Montana to hunt
ing tigers in India and kangaroos in Aus
tralia he has passed from jungle to jungle.
He holds that sport to be interesting
must possess an element of danger as
well as variety, and he has tried both.
DR.. Williams has spent some time in
the southern part of Asia and has brought
back the skins of three tigers as the tro-
phies of several hunts along the Ganges,
Notwithstanding that the royal Bengal
tiger has been the prey of The sporting
British officers, there are plenty of him
left in the jungle, and he is just as fierce
and as much of a man-killer and man
eater as ever.
The Boston tourist took part in num-
Der of pig-sticking hunts, which he de-
scribes as inte nsely exciting and perilous.
In Australia and New Zealand the doctor
chased kangaroos and wallabies, the only
large animals of the southeastern CONT
nent. Up in the northern wilds sof the
Rocky Mountains the worldwide sports
man sought pelts among the elks and griz-
zlies and a number of these big animals
fell before his rifle.
He is on his way to his native city to
rest awhile before starting out again to
hunt over the globe.
Another of the Peru's passengers Is the
transcontinental tramp, Fred Thoener,
who lett this City two years ago to walk
around the globe. He footed it across to
New York, where he took the steamer for
Europe. He went through Russia and in
tended to cross over Siberia TO the Pacific,
but was halted ON the frontier and his
passports confscated. He made great ef-
forts to continue his journey, and came
very near succeeding beyond his expecta-
tions.
The officials of the Czar could not un-
derstand why man should care to tram p
toward the prison horrors OF Siberia, un-
| less he was a nihilist with designs upon
the convict colonies there, and came near
helping him thither in chains.
He was permitted, however, to go south.
and left the Russian dominions by way of
Persia, Afghanistan, and hence passed
into India. He had many escapes from
the perils that beset a lonely traveller
among the wild and savage people that
roam the plateaus of Southern Asia. At
Singapore he caught the regular steamer
| for Hongkong and was enabled to take
passage on the Peru for this port.
The San Francisco call., 1896-06-06
MACHINES ARE TABooED
The Labor Council Last Night Passed
Strong Resolutions in Favor OF
Hand TYpesetting.

at the regular meeting of the Labor
Council last evening five new delegates
were sworn to seats from the Typographi-
cal Union in place of the five who re-
signed. Owing to the action taken by this
union regarding type-setting machines the
following resolutions were adopted by the
council:
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 5, 1896.
WHEREAS, The Introduction of typesetting
machines in this city has had the effect of
throwing out OF employment large number
OF working gmen-typeset tters-who have been
heretofore among the highest class of wage
earners, and whose wages were spent among
the grocers, bakers, butchers, landlords and
merchants generally to the amount of at least
$3.50 900 yearly; and whereas, large portion
OF these Workmen-skilled mechanics-are pas {
the age when they can take up another trade
thus being driven into the already over
crowded ranks OF unskilled labor, therefore
be it
ResoEved, That it is the sense of the San Fran
cisco Labor Council that all workingmen
should give their patronage only to those
othces-book, job and newspapers-Where the
typesettlng Is done by hand to the end that
means OF livelihood.
ResolUed, That copy of the above preamble
and resolution be furnished to the daily press
with request that 1t be published.
The following are the newspapers in San
Francisco In which these machines have
not been introduced:
The DAILY and WEEKLY SAN Francisco CALL,
the Daily and Weekly Journal OF Commerce,
the Daily Commercial News, the Weekly
Herald OF Trade, the Weekly Star Hayes Val
ley Advertiser, the Monitor San Francisco
American, American Patriot, Breeder and
Sportsman, Coast Seaman's Journal Voice Of
Labor, News Letter
By patronizing the papers and offices who do
not use the machines you will benefit the COM
munity by keeping men in employment and
increasing the money circulation. They are
entitled to your assis tance in the unequal
struggle they are waging in the interest OF the
wageworker and the printers trade. By
assisting us, with no cost to yourselves, you
simply retain $250,O00 annually in the
community.
large number of job printers are also men.
toned as non users of machines.
A communication was read from the
Trades Council asking the Labor Council
to indorse the strike which they have in
stituted on the entire Parrott building.
This matter was referred to the execu-
tive committee and the secretary was in
structed to communicate with the Build
ing Trades Council that committees may
confer for further enlightenment.
The Brewery Workmen's Union sent a
communication thanking the council for
the action in connection with the patron
age of two union breweries.
JUDGE WALLAcE's prosecution demanded in
Barry's STAR Red-hot issue. Five cents.