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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-25

Bridgton Public Library was recently
made the recipient of check of $500
from the Trustees of the residuary estate
of Hon. Joseph Walker.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-25
Annual HHeetikas

ft'h = annual meeting of the Portland Saco
portsmouth Railroad Company. for the
cholce OF directors Tor the ensuing year, and
may legally be presented, will be held on the
hrst Monday, the first day Of June, 1895, at l l
o,olock III the forenoon, in the company's hall
in Kittery
BY order Of the Directors
L. IL. BARRETT,
Clerk VI the Company.
Portland, Me-. May 7. 1886. may7dtd
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Vandals enterd f. II. Berry's chalet at
Juniper Hill near Rookland and smashed
the furniture.
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22
INSANITY AND CRIME,
DIR. f. H. WINES in Boston Herald.

Crime is sometimes represented
as a species of insanity. which it
is not. Where the acquittal Of the
culprit on the score Of mental alb
CREATION is sought, the old test ap-
piled to him in law was the en-
quiry: "Does he know, and did he
know at the time of the act with
which he is charged, the difference
between right and wrong?" Many
lunatics do not, but some do.
Hence the new enquiry which is
gradually superseding the other:
"Was he able, at the time of the
act in question: to control himself,
or was he under the influence of
irresistible impulse?'
The answer to one of these in
quiries is supposed to be test of
intelligence, the other of volition.
Perhaps neither is conclusive.
Lack Of intelligence certainly in
wolves lack of responsibility; but
it's presence does not necessarily
imply responsibility, if the alleged
criminal acted under duress,
whether external or from within.
On the other hand, if the irresist-
ible impulse to commit homicide,
for instance, or arson, was an i'm
moral impulse, not the result of a
diseased brain, but of depraved
desire for illicit satisfaction, in
the form Of pleasure, profit or re-
venge, the stronger the impulse
the greater the criminality.
[ refer to these abstruse meta
physical problems merely for the
sake of emphasizing the real dis
tinction between crime and insan-
ity. The fact that the courts apply
any test Of moral responsibility
for criminal actions is proof of the
recognition of this distinction.
Mental alienation and moral per-
version are not identical. The one
is the product Of disease, while
the other is not. If crime was
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22
THE OLD HOME.

Boys, do you ever sit down and
talk for an hour over the scenes,
the universities and the successes
of childhood? Do you ever take
time to look back over the hill of
life and call up the days of ye old
en- times when you were at home
under the protecting care Of a
fond father and devoted mother?
Do the early days, spent possibly
in pioneer home, ever occur to
you as the happiest home Of your
eventful life?
These questions are for the
"Old Boys" those who have passed
the meridian of life and are now
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22
IMPROVEMENT.

improvement is the watchwOrd
of nature. All material things are
tremendously blended. The one
draws sustenance from the other.
The acorn that falls from the oak
sinks into the ground and appears
as a sprout. It draws from the air
and earth food, which it appropri-
ates for it's maturity. A tall, lofty
oak, capable of defying thousands
of whirlwinds and living for CEN
turtles, is the result.
From the sample page Of nature,
if we will only look and read, we
can obtain many useful lessons.
Consequently it becomes our par
amount duty to take cognizance
of things about us and utilize
those things which appertain to
our advancement and full fruition.
He who does not improve should
hardly be called an American.
Some fail because they do not
work. May it ever be remembered
that there is no improvement with
out exertion. He who expects to
rise to eminence and WELD the
scepter Of authority or astonish
the world by his marvellous genius
must necessarily be constant and
energetic in his efforts which tend
to make him successful in his call
ing. The great men of the past
had not the opportunity which we
have today.
The broad field of nature was
mostly uncultivated and unexplor-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

they represent only part of the
expense. They approximate only
the amounts paid directly in the
shape of taxes; they do not include
the large sums paid as costs by
those convicted, nor do they in
clude the large sums expended in
various other ways in connection
with our criminal procedure.
Such is the size and the cost
which a mere glance at our penal
machinery reveals. It is immense,
it is costly, and it's victims are
counted by millions. Surely one
would suppose that in this country
crime were repressed, that life and
property were protected; and as
the terrors Of the law are scattered
so profusely in the shape Of nu-
merous arrests, one would sup
pose that the hardened criminal
were perfectly restrained, and the
young deferred from the paths of
crime.
But, strange to say, quite the
opposite seems to be the case.
The young are not deferred, nor
are the vicious repressed. Revolt
ing crimes are of most frequent
occurrence in all parts of the land,
and the feeling is spreading that
from some cause our penal system
does not protect society, In short,
it does not seem to be success.
1t does not deter the young Of
fender, and it seems not to reform
nor to restrain the old offender.
This being so, one is naturally
led to ask whether there is not
something wrong with the system;
whether it is not based on mis-
taken principle; whether it is not
a great mill which, in one way or
another, supplies it's own grist, a
maelstrom which draws from the
outside, and then keeps it's victims
moving in a circle until swallowed
in the vortex.
For it seems, first, to make GRIM
inals out Of many that are not nat
urally SO; and, second, to render
it difficult for those once convicted
ever to be anything else than Grim
inals; and, third, to fail to repress
those that do not want to be any,
thing but criminals.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22
RESPECT FOR WOMEN.

How sad a person feels when
he regretfully observes that his
friend has fallen into the unmanly
habit Of speaking disparagingly
of women! The story he tells of
woman's failings may produce
smile for an instant, but it is soon
followed by feeling of disgust
which has no other effect than to
sever the ties of friendship and
respect.
When a man habitually speaks
slightingly Of any woman, or of
women as class, he betrays him
self as attempting to injure wom-
en-. It is related that at certain
gathering a short time ago at
which no women were present, q
man Of this ilk was called upon to
respond to the toast woman"
He dwelt almost entirely upon the
weakness of the sex, claiming that.
the best among them were little
better than the worst, the differ
ence being in their surroundings.
At the conclusion Of his speech,
one OF the guests arose and said:
81 trust that the gentleman, in the
application of his remarks, referred
to his own mother and sisters, and
not to ours" This answer turned
his weapon against himself with a
vengeance.-Green Bay wis.,
Hypocrisy can never veil truth.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

ed. But the man of science went
to work. Consistency in this line
or that was his motto; excelsior
his cry His love for his work en-
abled him to overcome all obsta-
cles Who is it that can be sue
cessful unless he is in love with
his work? What are the results
of such mems labors? All our
wonderful inventions are his fruits.
The man of today has many ave-
nues to distinction. The present
age is advancing. What man or
woman can remain inert while it
is marching onward?
Even the faint glimmer ought
to allure. Board the sweeping
train as it passes. Work with all
your might and soul. Collect
energy and utilize it to your best
advancement. Inactivity is found
nowhere in nature. Therefore be
not inactive. Inactivity in man
ultimately ends in decay of body
and mind. Hence he is alert.
1t is the duty of every person
to find out their adaptations and
bring their work in mutual har-
mony with them. No person can
be good lawyer and doctor and
merchant. Our life is too short
for several occupations or pro-
fessions. To do one thing at a
time and do it we'll is the only way
to augment the productiveness of
our work. Full development
without perfect cultivation is i'm
possible. just as the plant re-
ceives food and good cultivation
at the proper time, so will it grow.
Mankind improves likewise. No
man or woman can have good work
ing faculties unless they receive
due cultivation. AS food and
raiment are necessary to the body,
so is thinking to the mind. A mind
that develops must think. How
necessary is improvement. The
intellectual, moral and physical
powers are tuned by improvement.
And when the body begins to play
upon it's well-tuned strings har-
monious, blending sound occurs
which awakens it's stored-up en-
ergy to enhance it's further devel-
opment and multiply it's produc-
tiveness.
Out on the broad sea of devel-
opment there is room for every
person to hoist their sails and stir
their bark over the rolling pillows
Of opposition into the port of adj
vancement. May they who think
this is true be ever ready to ap-
the opportunities given
and adapt means to ends, so that
they will be a blessing in their
country and bask in the sunlight
Of improvement Cincinnati En-
quirer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

1t is impossible to estimate the
amount now actually invested in
prison buildings and equipments
throughout the land. There are
nearly fifty large penitentiaries
supplied with workshops, machin-
cry, etc. Then there are 22OO
jails, besides numerous police pris-
ons. Perhaps $4OO,OOO,OOO would
be low estimate of the cost of
these improvements. This is all
dead capital, Nobody thinks of
getting any return on it-even in
those prisons that are said to be
self-supporting, nobody thinks of
paying interest on the investment.
Placed at five per cent, the interest
on this sum alone would be $780,
100000 per annum.
The above sinks into insignif-
canoe when compared with the
yearly expenses. While a few Of
the penitentiaries have, for short
intervals, been ''self-supporting"
the most of them must apply an
nually to the legislature for large
appropriations. Then the ex-
pense of keeping up the jails, the
smaller prisons, and the police
force, may be called dead loss.
In 1880 the average cost in H.
linois of every prisoner in jail, in
Guiding expense of arrest, etc.,
was about 1927. Assuming this to
be a fair average, it would make,
on the present basis of population,
a total yearly expense of $4,O87,-
800 for jail prisoners.
For the year 1882 the expense
of the police department of Chica-
go was little over 100000, max
ing an average of about 1924 for
each Of the $4,000 arrests. AS the
police department of Chicago is
run as economically, and the force
is as effective and we'll managed
as any in the land, this is a low
average. and yet if this sum was
multiplied by the total arrests
throughout the land, it would
make $36,OOO,OOO as the amount
paid annually by the government,
simply for arrests; and to this
amount most of the Jail expenses
the cost of prosecution and con-
finement in the larger prisons
must be added.
These sums are large; and yet
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

on the down slope, as it we're, and
who, from natural causes will soon
pass into the unknown beyond,
where they are to enjoy the rewards
that come of a we'll directed life.
Boys, think Of the old home
where were father and mother and
the charming sisters and brothers
whose whole aim was to keep home
happy and make life a pleasure
rather than a burden. You remem-
Der fathers corner behind the
great fireplace, do you not? See
him as he sits and mods in the
twilight of the dim fire and dreams
OF the days when his boys will be
senators and not have to stand the
bitter trials Of the dark forest or
the treeless prairies.
Perchance he has toiled all dav
in the clearing vigorously battling
with nature for the ascendency of
the arts of man. He did these
things, you know, and all for you,
too. His trials were bitter His
aims were noble. His object was
happiness, prompted by a motive
of love. The home was crude as
compared with the gorgeous pala-
ces of these days. But joy was
there because father was, and love
because mother was. Yes, see her
as she sits at her work over in the
other corner. She is the perfect
embodiment of happiness. Her
boys and girls are all at home.
They are yet in their innocency
and she knows their every thought
and observes with pride their every
act.
Father and mother, brothers
and sisters. The Old Home. What
depths Of meaning lie in those
words! There is comfort in them.
They recall all that builded up in
to noble men, whose lives are an
honor to the hearth made happy
by our presence. They recall the
innocent prattle of younger broth
ers and sisters, and the kindly di-
rected efforts of. the seniors to Sc
cure the joy and peace that comes
from the fraternity of home with
it's bonds Of affection.
The dim old forest and the wide
prairie are there, too.
The low murmuring rill, with it's
beautiful song, is there. What is
not there? We were all there when
We were young, but now we are
Did and all that we can do is to re-
call, recall, recall.
Do this, boys, and see if you do
lot appreciate more fully all that
you are and have. It is but just
hat you should affectionately look
lpon the past.-Howard (R. H.
Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22
SUPPLEMENT TO
Ene 9rison Mirrpr.
Saltwater, October %, 1896.
THE TOILERS.

issssssssssssssss
The tOilers of the nation,
A brave and brawny band,
With honest. sunburnt faces,
The hope of freedoms land.
lis said the average granger
Has hayseed in his hair,
And falls an easy victim
In the early sharpers' snare.
sBut he earns an honest living
BY unremitting toll,
The trueSt wealth of nations
He digs from every soil.
He feeds the hungry paupers,
He feeds the millionaire,
Nor stops to ask him questions
About his ways unfair.
No congress nor convention
Are armed in his defense.
His earthly all in peril
They, cody on the fence.
DuG WHICH, OtiI IldtIOu cIlSlSn
lung low in dust and smoke
Mid deadly roar of cannon,
And Saber'S savage stroke,
The sun with eye of crimson
Looked down upon that day,
And saw those Sunburnt faces
In thickest of the fray,
Among the brave defenders
OF the flag of freedoms soil
None Drawer, trner, nObler,
Than the honest SONS of toll.
A fair and proud republic
Fell. crushed by its own weight,
With Virgil loudly calling,
A call that came too late.
He pleads for agriculture
In splendid. matchless verse.
His plea was unavailing,
Rome ordered out the hearse,
Guard we'll, We masterbuilders,
COlumbia'S vast domain,
If our foundation crumbles.
The builders build in vain.
Beware, We sturdy yOemen,
Guard we'll your sacred trust;
Lest freedoms gorgeous temple
Shall crumble into dust.
Dubuque Io.) Telegraph.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

what some people believe it to be
"a disease-it would be SO much
more nearly assimilated to lunacy
than it is, that the two would
practically be COMPOUNDED, and
the criminal could no more be
held to be responsible before the
law than the lunatic. Yet every
expert in crime or insanity knows
that criminal lunacy is a complica-
ton of partially opposite charac-
tiers. The superintendent of lun-
attic hospital objects to the pres
ence in it of the insane who are
also criminals; and the warden of
a prison wishes to have removed
from it such criminals as are also
insane. If there were no real diff
ference between the criminal and
the non-criminal insane, or be-
tween sane and insane convicts.
how could this common desire on
the part of the medical superin-
tendent and the warden be &C.
counted for or explained?
Yet the analogies between in
sanity and crime are most numer-
Gus and striking. Precisely the
same acts are often committed bv
lunatics and criminals murder,
arson, rape, theft; but under diff
ferent circumstances and from
different motives. Moral deterior-
alton is a frequent accompani-
ment or result of disintegration
OF the brain. It may not show
itself in actual crime, but merely
in profanity, obscenity, and abu-
sive language, or in self-abuse.
10 give an account of the Pc
culiar modes of thought, DISPOSE
ton and conduct of the insane
would be task Of immense diff
Guilty. Most Of us have suffered, at
one time or another, from nervous
excitement or partial nervous ex-
haustion. We ought, therefore, to
be able to picture to ourselves
states Of body and mind which ap-
proximate incipient insanity, and,
by intensifying such states in our
imagination, to form a more or
less realistic conception of degrees
Of suffering which we have not
personally experienced.
Among these may be named
acute physical pain, especially
headache, backache, and fixed or
shooting dolors along various lines
IF nerves leading from the brain
20 the extremities; restlessness,
inability to concentrate the atten-
ion, the desire to be perpetually
n motion; inability to sleep, and
tendency to dreams of an agon-
zing sort, from which we wake
With start, and sense of suffo-
'ation about the heart; possibly
alking incoherently while asleep
II even passing into a somnambu-
istic state; self-absorption, indif-
erence to external expressions,
to distinguish between
'ur imagination and the realities
Il life; alterations between intense
mental activity and profound stu
'idity; irritability, venting itself
lpon others or upon ourselves; de-
'ression, with thoughts of suicide;
ncoherence of thought, wrong
incapacity for form
ng and executing rational designs;
general feeling Of maladjust-
nent to the world, and conse-
.uently of discomfort and impa-
fence.
Insanity may be described as a
dream, ending in stupor,
{ one does not awake from it in
lme.
TTJE nTn u0~E
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22
THE COST OF OUR JUDICIAL
SYSTEM.

JUDGE JOHN p. ALTGELD, of Chicago, Ill.,, in
"Penal Machinery and Its Victims
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-10-22

Hypocrisy can never veil truth.
The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-08-26

There will be a grand social dance at
Ohman's hall this evening.
The Peoples wharf company, of Ju-
neau, received 400 tons of coal yesterday,
ON the steam schooner Signal. The coal is
double screened, and, on the Sound, sells
for 81 per ton more than any other coal on
the market. But the price of coal is the
same in Juneau as formerly, s11.
The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-08-26
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Frank Kane is spending a few days near
Sumdum.
A large number from Douglas are out
prospecting.
A. Lillistrand is out on prospecting trip
for a few days.
Edwards creek promises to be the richest
gold producer in Alaska.
Slim Burch is spending few days at his
claim near Salmon creek.
Extensive Improvements are being made
at the Mexican mill.
The Treadwell will soon have its new
dynamo in working order.
William INLAND brother of Pat INLAND
arrived on the |; st Topeka.
Workmen are erecting new assay office
in front of the rreadwell store.
Jack Ross has returned from prospect
ing trip at the lower end of the Island
Order your tailor-made clothing from
P. H. Fox, agent for the Royal Taiors of
Chicago.
Items of news from the different mining
camps will be thankfully received by THE
MINER for publication.
With new wharf, good sidewalks and
pIanked streets, this city will soon be
the finest city in Alaska.
Geo. Mason was severely bitten on the
hand, recently, by pet bear which is
1>or> in f1,o off 1,o 1rnr
Frank Kane has been a sufferer from
rheumatism for some time but is rapidly
getting into his old-time form again.
Mr.. A. w. Corbus and his two sisters
who arrived on the last Topeka made
short visit to Sitka, going AMI returning
on the Topeka.
1t is not true that Gomez suffered defeat
in battle recently fought near Santiago.
He vanquished the foe with no serious loss
Smoke the Gomez cigar.
Kane's hall formerly the fashionable
dan &c hall of this city has been partitioned
off into large and airy rooms and is now
known as Kane's lodging house.
P. H. Fox is the Alaska agent for the
Royal Talors of Chicago. Suits, made in
the latest fashion, and of the best goods,
and good fit, are the guarantees of this
firm.
Frank Bach and family returned a few
day ago from Berners bay where they were
spending few days camping. Mr.. Bach
has valuable mining property in that vi
The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-08-26

L. A. Jones, a former teacher in our pub
lie school, will not teach this winter.
Mrs. Hardy, who has been seriously i'll
for some time past, is much improved at
this time.
girl baby came to brighten the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kane, on Thursday
last.
Call in and see H. Macarthur at the
Glasgow music hall. Mac will treat YOU
right.
The Topeka returned to Douglas from
Sitka, yesterday at p. m., and sailed for
Sound ports at midnight.
Two teachers have been appointed for
the Douglas schools, but we were unable
to learn their names for this issue
Steamer Yaquina arrived in Douglas at
o'clock yesterday. with cargo of pow
der for the Alaska-1readwell company.
A pleasant party was given on Friday
night, at Ohman's hall, in honor of Mrs.
Nestler, the occasion being the anniversary
of that lady's 18TH birthday. Music cards,
dancing, and a delightful supper were fea-
lures of the evening.
BY some mistake the glass ordered for
the front of the new Campbell building, on
Second street, was too small and will have
to beexchanged. 1t will probably be two
or three weeks before the front can be fin
ished.
The Standard music hall is being ex-
tensively improved. This place under the
personal supervision of H. Osborne, is
fast becoming the leading resort in Doug
las.
The Douglas Island meat market will
remove from their present quarters on
Front street, to the new building on Second
street, in a few days. When located in
their new home the boys will have the
handsomest meat market in Alaska.
The Douglas miner. [volume] (Douglas, Alaska) 1896-1897, 1896-08-26
LEAVE GOING NORTH

Connecting at
Port Townsend and
Victoria B. {. with
steamers leaving as
follows.