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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-11-10

D.M.o'HARE,cLERK OF COURT ELECT
he was successful. He will make
a good and careful Clerk of Court,
as he was Recorder. The retiring
Clerk of Court Mr.. Lappen, has
made IA model officer aud was so
much in the good confidence OF the
people that he has served them in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02
CONVICTS AS ROAD
BUILDERS.

IN VARIOUS journals and at some of
the conventions held in the interest of
the good roads movement, among the
suggestions offered is the employment
of convict labor. The principal argu-
ment of those in favor of such labor
on the public highway is cheapness,
and that it would be solution of the
problem Of the competition between
free labor and convict labor. Such as
sertiOns are not borne out by facts
AS regards competition it would be
simply transferral from the skilled
to the unskilled field, and there can be
no question but what the skilled class
! is better able to meet this competition
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

The St. Louis Globe Democrat, in
making the announcement of the
death of Capt. VIM. II. Bradbury, the
veteran deputy warden of the Missouri
penitentiary, who died recently at his
home in Jefferson City, has the follow
ing to say:
He was one of the best known prison
disciplinarians in the country, and al
together was connected with the prison
here thirty eight years. He was born
in Augusta county, Va, September
4th, 1927, and came to Missouri in 1887.
At the age of sixteen years he was an
officer of the prison and resigned in
1847 to go as volunteer soldier to the
Mexican war. Serving in the army
until the fall of the City of Mexico, he
returned to Jefferson City and was ap-
pointed deputy warden of the peniten-
tiary, position he resigned in 1857
During the year 1861 he served again
as deputy warden, when he retired an0
went into the mercantile business al
Versailles, Morgan county, Mo. Ir
1871 he was again appointed deputy
T. warden and filled the place continu
ously up to the time of his death.
! During his long service Capt. Brad
bury gained wide reputation TO
, courage and skill in handling danger
Gus and desperate criminals. In al
probability he has had charge of NOR
: of the dangerous element of societ
than any other prison official in tn
country. The discipline of the priso
was directly under his care for man
J. years. He was a man of splendid ply
/ sique and cool, calm courage that ne1
l. er failed him in an extremity, an
during the stormy period of the prison
when it was under the lessee system
# in the 7Os, his presence quelled severe
# riots of dangerous character.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

THE new editor of The PRISON MIR
ROR took charge of the editorial pencil
last week and forthwith issued salu-
tatory. One omission that occurred in
the article was the failure to repeat the
time-honored statement, ave have
come to stay."-Swift Co. Monitor.
The fact was so obvious that it would
have been entirely superfuous to call
attention thereto. If Bro. Matthews
doesn't think so, let him 60 "contrary
to the form of the statute in such cases
made and provided, and against the
peace and dignity of the state of Min
nesota,' and be convinced.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

SOME of the standard and we'll known
periodicals are becoming simply ad-
vertising mediums instead of being
magazines; one of the latter for the
current month has almost twice the
number of pages of advertisement that
it has of reading matter.-The Prison
Mirror.
The people demanded cheaper pub
locations and the above is the result
1t costs money to properly conduct
high-class illustrated magazine
Spring Valley Sun.
There is decided difference between
standard and cheap grade periodicals
and because the former have never
made reduction in their price OF sub
scription, it makes the imposition OF
the public the more unjust.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

harsh things of them. But the genial
man of education gets kind word
from everybody. His learning broad
ems him, and his kindly attitude to-
wards others makes them soften to-
wards him. His knowledge will not
be the prey of thieves, trusts or presi-
Dental campaigns, and the getting of
it will be daily drill making him
stronger, Drawer and better. He keeps.
up with the procession while the rich
man gets rusty, penurious and fossil
ized.-New Paynesville Press.
People sometimes think they can
turn their backs to old friends and
make new friends at will, only to find
when it is too late that there are no
friends like the old friends. If you
have friend stand by him; he has
spoken good word for you when you
act when you did not perceive it; he
has extended helping hand to you
when you needed help; he has thought
kindly of you when no one knew it
save our God. No, don't go back on
your friends because they may not do
exactly as you would have them, or
agree with you on every point. One of
the most common sins of these times
is the sin of ingratitude. Many people
not only forget their best friends, but
even go and speak evil of them to a
common enemy, adding treason to in
gratitude. If you will not stand by your
| friends who will stand by you in your
darkest hour? Certainly not your en-
emies.-Cannon Falls Beacon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

THE PRISON MIRROR has had a
change of editors. Who got up from
the editorial chair of that best of prison
journals, and who sat down in it we
know not. The old pencil-shover was
a good one, we know, and the new one
appears worthy successor. May heav-
ems blessings 60 with the wanderer
from the editorial fold, and may the
new one be successful to his own com
plete satisfaction.-The Riverside.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02
Divide the Prisoners Earnings.


The Times is in receipt of a touching
communication from woman, whose
husband has frequently been sent to
the wOrkhOuse for drunkenness, COM
mending a recent editorial in this pa
per, recommending law setting aside
a part of the earnings of such prisoners
for the support of their families. This
wife and mother says truly that she and
her five children are the real sufferers
by her husbands Imprisonment, and
when his support is taken away from
them, they must either beg or starve.
She proposes even more radical meth
DDS of dealing with the question. She
would compel the saloon-keepers who
sell liquor to men like her husband,
who are habitual drunkards, and have
been in the workhouse, to contribute
to the support of the latters wives and
children when they are in prison.
There is justice, however, in the
proposition to divide the prisoners
earnings between the city and his de-
pendent family. There are scores of
habitual drunkards in Minneapolis
who contribute to the support of their
families but few weeks in year,
the most of the remainder of the time
being spent in the calabOose or work
house working out the fines and costs
imposed upon them by the police court.
Some of these men are almost constant
inmates of the workhOuse, preferring
to spend their winters there, knowing
that their families will be taken care
{ of by the charitable public. Now, all
f their earnings are applied to the pay
ment of their fines and the costs OF
prosecution. TO divide the earnings
with the prisoners family would
lengthen the time required to work
r out given fine, but the punishment
would then fall upon the real offender
and not upon his innocent wife ane
children. Indeed, such division OF
l the earnings would be in the nature
: of godsend to many poor women
}. whose husbands give them nothing
q but abuse and neglect when they ar
:, out of prison, for it would insure then
a measure of support which the.
. would not otherwise receive from thei
IS sworn protectors and defenders.
n A law giving half or two-thirds o
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

WITHIN the past few weeks in two
of the largest cities of the state persons
have been picked up in the street and
locked up as common drunkards. In
the morning when the officers who had
made the arrests went to the cells to
take the prisoners to court, both were
found dead. one with bullet in his
head, the other with fractured skull
Physicians who made the post-mortem
examinations found no traces of alco
hol. Someone should be held respon
sible for such gross negligence. Il
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

the prisoners earnings to his family
would not only have salutary effect
on drunkards and other misdemean-
ants, but would at the same time re-
lieve the charitable organizations of
large share of work of poor relief
they now do. The subject is worthy
of the careful consideration of our
lawmakers, and we trust it will be
brought before the next legislature
Minneapolis Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

\ new editor has taken charge of
THE PRISON MIRROR, which is one of
our brightest and best exchanges, which
shows that though confined within
prison walls, much of interest may be
coined for readers of all classes. We
believe THE MIRROR to be most
helpful uplifter to the inmates as well
as others.-GOOd Thunder Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02
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 Ofthe prisoner
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
IN dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to a fallen mans self-redemptlOn
The paper is entirely dependent ON the puonc LOT
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, 1896-04-02

these persons had received prompt
medical attendance, their lives would
in all probability have been saved.
Isn't it about time that only such men
as possess sufficient intelligence to en-
able them to distinguish between a
sick. injured or drunken person be en-
ployed as zone of the finest?"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

always exist competition as long as the
wards of the state are employed in any
productive industry. The idea that it
would be inexpensive is fallacious
one, for no method of employment
could be devised that would prove
more costly than this one. Instead of
having one or two centrally located
prisons there would have to be one for
every county in the state, and these
would of necessity be of such con-
struction as to be easily removable, for
if built permanently they would scarce
ly be available for the purpose de-
signed. AS the work progressed the
distance would be increased daily and
the alternative would present itself of
either transporting the men back and
forth to their work, which would cause
an enormous outlay for this one item
alone, or else the erection of temporary
quarters. The cost of maintenance
would be increased to an extent scarce
ly realized; supplies would either have
to be purchased in small quantities at
retail prices, or else the distribution,
if purchased in large quantities, would
add considerable to the original cost.
In place of one or two corps of officials
there would be as many as there were
institutions. The principal objection
to this plan of employment is that it is
dramatically opposed to all modern
ideas of prison administration, viz.
the reformation of the criminal, and
it is return to the punitive system in
vogue years ago. If there is anything
in the world that will cause man tt
become utterly hardened and lost, it is
the chain gang, the exposing of hi:
degradation to the world at large
The employment on the highway
would of necessity include this reli
of a bygone age. So, aside from tn
; main objection to the plan, the finan
cial burden would in short time con
vince the most enthusiastic supporte
that it would be far cheaper to emplo
free labor instead of convict labor
. Because the plan has proved success
full in one or two southern state
does not make it a criterion to judg
=: by, for the conditions and circumsta1
ces are entirely different in the Nortl
and the South is commencing to adol
northern methods in prison matter
this of itself should be sufficient proc
!. that the plan is impracticable.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

\ MISSOURI editor has lost his mind
in an effort to solve religious prob
lem and is now confined in an asylum.
This should be a warning to editors to
leave the solution Of religious prob
lens to the clergy and confine them
selves to news and facts occasion
ally fiction.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

THE good people of the state of Iowa
are divided into two factions over the
contents of the bottle that is to be
broken at the christening of the new
battleship. Why not compromise by
having two compartments in the bottle
one to contain wine, the other water
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

THE Pitchtork is the title of a re-
Gently established publication at Nash
vile, Tenn. The Pitcztork is bright
and sharp and it's mission is to insert
a tine in all shams and prod every
thing un-American with vigor
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

THE Republican Press Association
at meeting held at the Windsor no.
tel, st. Paul, adopted a resolution to
the effect that all official notices of the
primaries for the party conventions,
ETC., should be paid for by such party
organizations.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

THE Sentry, monthly journal pub
lished at st. Paul, devoted to the in
terest of the g. A. r. and allied orders
has been received. All veterans who
wish to keep posted in regard to such
matters should certainly subscribe fol
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02
organizations.

EVIDENTLY the hard times have not
affected the pockets of Editor Griffin
of the Good Thunder Herald. 1t comes
to our desk this week in an entirely
changed form and with new and ar.
tistic heading. May it's thunderings
continue many days.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02
N 0 TIC E..

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 Tor a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02
y LITERARY NOTES. "

Among the notable features of the
San Francisco Argonaut for March
Both, 1896, are: 1.-The Bad Man of
Boomopolis A Veracious Account of
the Trouble between Jenkins and Dun
lap" by William NJ. Tisdale; "Bsmarck
at Home" a long review, with frequent
extracts. of Charles loves new book
on the Iron Chancellor.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

The new Anthony Hope romance, be-
gun in the April number of McClures
promises to supply the most attractive
company of people and the most en-
thralling series of adventures that the
fruitful author of The Prisoner of
Zenda," has yet created. Opening
chapters are usually little slow-mov-
ing, but here interest is fully aroused
almost from the first paragraph. One
of it's authors best achievements also
is the new Kipling ballad, Soldier an
Sailor Too" 1t has the fundamental
vigor and wide suggestiveness that only
genius is capable of.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

LII giving Gill PIIdOlO w GIL e'i oiCAS wv
dressed to young men, "The Young
Man Entering Life" in April Ladies
Home Journal, Rev. Charles H. Park
hurst, D. d., employs these bright bits
of philosophy:
Nobody ever drifts up stream. Kun
ming water never stops till it gets to
the bottom, unless something dams 1t.
Likewise drifting boat never stops
till it reaches the sea, unless it foun'
ders, runs aground or drops anchor.
We are all loaded with responsive
ness and harnessed up with gravlta-
tions. Everything is magnetic needle,
and everything else magnetic pole end
lessly plucking at that needle. Life
without this arrangement would be
death, but life with it is all the time
on the edge of disaster and continu-
ally getting over the edge.
There are great many meaningless
men in the community, and what that
means is that while they have the in
telligence to understand an idea, and
the heart to feel it, yet the idea never
gets so close to them as to have its re-
atty tremendously experienced by
them. We do not win our strength
and stability by mastering ideas, but
by being mastered by them, held III
their grip.
One of the most expensive and dis
astrous mistakes young man ever
makes is in supposing that a decision,
resolution, contains in itself the
means of working its own execution,
and that something beside power will
suffice to overcome power.
The art of living is not matter OF
resolution, but it is a genius for play
ing off successfully favorable energies
: against those which are adverse, meet
ing energies with energies, only with
| energies that are little bigger.
7 One needs to be great man in order
, to be able to become great wreck. 1t
requires a great deal more counter
2 energy to recover rowboat that is slid
1 ing down the Niagara rapids than 1t
= does to recover cockleshell.
V TO have magnificent purpose, and
Q to be thoroughly welded to that pur-
S pose, is three quarters of salvation. 1t
4 is sad to reflect how much niOtlveiess
S insipidity there is around among us
y that is steadily resolving itself into
l. ethical rot for no other reason than
v that it has never been awakened into
l. vigor and electrified into effect by the
y touch of a supreme purpose.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week, notice should be sent to this ONCE
and the matter will be attended to at once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

This paper will be forwarded to SUBSCRIBERS
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02
Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.

Entered at the Post Office at saltwater, Mlnn.'
as secOnd-claSs mail matter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-18
CANADA FEELS NO RANCOR.
a cANADIAN VIC Is cERrtN or rnr aoon WI

CANADIAN WHO Is CERTfIN OF THE GOOD WILL
OF HIS COUNTRY TOWARD THE UNITED STATES
To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir; "A Canadian ask for a little Of your space
70 comment on the letter Of TX" from Montreal in
your issue Of the 81 ult. with reference TO the
feeling on the part OF Cana Hans toward this coun-
try. and to state what find to be the expression
or opinion on the part OF many Canadians regard
ing the political future Of their country
* says. Here in Canada the feeling toward the
states has long been ranc9rous in the extreme"
MY experience is chiefly among the people Of On
tario where find such feeling: and Il seems 10
me that the fact that at the monster meeting held
in the Champ De Mars in Montreal a few years ago
for the discussion Of the political future Of the Do
mnion the majority declared for union with the
States. indicates that TX" is under a msappre-
hension regards Quebec.
find no bitterness toward this country except
among a few descendants OF the A. Z. loys,ists.
On the contrary. such sentiments particularly
with Americans. the following are frequently
neard: Having the same ancestry traditions, lam
practcaHy me same people In Tact. We feel more
at home among them than among the English
and Isolated position the Canadians occupy they
survey the question from every point Of view Many
pression--a great deterrent to mmigration-that
Canada's Government IS moparchial would quickly
to be peoped; that it would also greatly assist and
the West; that the great mineral resources Of the
country would be quickly developed by the energy
and accumulated wealth OF Americans. and that
the expense of government in both countries would
be vastly losscnel. besides making war impossible,
as IT would. between the combined countries and
Great Britain All investments from foreign cOun-
tries would be much more secure. thus lassenns the
rate of interest, which would be productive OF
course OF vast benefit And lastly, they think II
would be a long step toward an alliance of all
English peaking people
In conclusion | would say let all barriers be re-
moved that prevent the closest commercial inter-
course between the countries. and then when all
The peonle get thoroughly know each other. they
viii he in a position TO determine II political union
,s iesirahle Yours truly w. ii. LAIRD.
New-York, Jan. II, 1895.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-18
A NEW COAST DEFENCE BILL.
1T APPRoPRIATEs 500 600 AND CREATES
BOARD OF NOTIFICATIONS

1T APPROPRIATEs lco,OoOc0o AND CREATES A
BOARD OF FORTIFICATIONs.
WASHINGTON. Jan. II (SpecisD.-The latest prOpo-
sitlon to improve the coast defences comes from
Representative Woodman. who has introduced
bill on the subject In the House The first section
OF the measure provides that for the purpose of es
tabllshing Notifications and other defences and
adequate protection OF the coast cities of the United
States there shall be appropriated the sum Of
100000 The whole any part thereof IS 10 be
Immediately available II so ordered by the Presi-
dent 4 beard is created. to be known "a tie
Board OF Forthcations 1t is to consist OF *
members I'm addition to the Secretary OF War. who
shall be ex-offclo cha rman o. the Board TWO Of
the members are to he officers Of the Army The
rema ming four are he civilians. OF whom one
is to be engineer and one an attorney law.
The members OF the Board to be appointed
and detailed by the President. with the advice and
consent OF the Senate. They are 10 hold Office until
Their SUCCESSORS qualify. Those members not on
clals Of the United States are TO receive salaries
OF $500 a year. The Board is TO have fun power
with the consent of the President to cause the
necessary surveys to be made at or near the ports
hereinafter mentioned. and at such other points as
they may deem advisable or as they may be di,
reced by the President or Ivy Congress The Board
proposed for each Of the various ports. with estl
thority to cause the work 10 proceed. on the APP
proval OF It's plans and estimates by the PRESIDENT
The appropriation OF 100000 is 20 he available
only as follows. unless otherwise ordered by the
President: For the nsca year ending June 30 1886
100000 for the fiscal year ending June %l lM
100000: for the fiscal year ending June 30. lsgS
100000 and for the fiscal wear ending June 80
1870 1900 and 1901. s25 C00.oo0 each year Said sums
NAV be expended under direction of tho Secretary
OF War as reromrend ed by the Board OF FOrtihca-
tons The following ports are TO receive considera
ton in the order Of he'r most urgent needs. az de-
ciod bv the Board: Newly DIRK Boston. san Fran
cisco. Chicago. Washington. New-orleans. phia-
delphia HAMPTON Roads Newport News. baltimore
Rhode Island noris IN Narragansett Bay. Key Wcst
Charleston Mobile New-i.ondon savannah. Gal
vesion Portland Ore) pcusacOlP Wilmington.
Portsmouth. Fort Crnch. Fort Popham. Kew Bed
ford porta on the PcrchgC0' River. Fort Knox
and New-iInven Comm San Diego, ports on Puget
Sourd Duluth. SAUL Ste Mare Detroit. Toledo
rlevelarl cuffalo and ar" other pors either on
sea or lake coasts OF the United States which the
D. larf