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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

professional thief is not dismayed
when captured, and, in the majority of
cases, exhibits not the slightest degree
of shame. He attributes his detection
to lack of foresight on his part, not to
the shrewdness of the police, and he
mentally resolves that he will be more
in the future and not fall
into the same snare again. Incarcera-
tion, even for long term, does not
cure this man. He may have an abso-
lutely perfect record while in prison,
but this does not prove that he is in
the slightest degree reformed. The
most dangerous man to be at large, so
far as security of property is concerned,
may be the one with perfect prison
record. Without discussing in detail
the different systems employed for the
reformation of criminals, the sole aim
and purpose is, obviously, the proper
protection of society and, as far as pos
sible, the curbing of crime. If it is
true that crime is increasing, it is evil
dent that none of the systems in use,
adequately protect property or reform
the lawbreaker. In England, lenient
methods show the best results. The
terms OF Imprisonment have been
shortened, and recent legislation en-
powers the Judge to withhold sentence
on first offenders, who escape all pun
ishment unless they lapse second
time. In our country, many who have
made study of criminology advocate
shorter terms of imprisonment, in
creased police surveillance, and invest
ing judges with authority to suspend
sentence on first offenders. 1t GER
tainly does not decrease crime to SEN
tence first offenders to prison. A man
who is weak enough to commit an
offense against society will be further
weakened by serving term in prison.
Would not justice be better served
by probationary sentence than by
running the prisoners reputation by
sentencing him to prison, to be turned
out, after serving his term, branded an
ex-convict, and if not mentally inca
pacitated, at least with a feeling OF
bitterness in his heart against society
To increase the police force to such ar
extent as to make detection almost
certain, would cost no more than t(
keep man a long term of years as
the ward of the state. After being
; detected a certain number of times
he would probably see the impossible
ity of violating the law and escaping
it's penalties. If not, after the thir(
offense, sentence him indefinitely.
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upon tina. splendid mental equipOise
that results from good health and
steady nerves. To acquire it, it is of
first Importance to divest the mind of
worry, haste and excitement, by pre-
occupying it with peaceful and pleas
ant images. 1t is necessary to relax
both mind and body and work leisurely
and contentedly. Impatience and zeal
Gus, tumultuous effort are incompati-
BILE with habit of enjoyment. 1t is nee
essary to have regular diversions, and,
above all, to free the animal spirits
from too strict and constant depres-
sion. The sight of children romping
often stirs in the hearts of their elders
a sympathetic impulse, which is
promptly and methodically checked,
instead of being heartily INDUCED as
it should be. To adapt familiar
adage:
"a little nonsense now and then
Is needed by the wisest men,"
1t is great art to learn to abandon
ones self to the spirit of play.
There are many reasons for cultivat-
ing this habit. Not only is enjoyment
an object in itself, but it tends to pre-
serve health and youth and prolong
life. 1t, moreover, makes one more
agreeable and companionable. Ex-
actly in proportion to our capacity to
enjoy is our ability to please. We can
not radiate enjoyment that we have
not first felt. It is those people who
take lively and pleasurable interest
in everything whose society is most
sought.
Women commonly need this doctrine
more than men. And it is this very
faculty for enjoyment that men mean
when they preach of the charms OF
good. fellowship. There are, however,
men who are as monumental in their
surly and pompous dignity as women
are in their anxious and fretful pas
sivity. All sorts and conditions Of
men might we'll take lessons OF chill
dren in spontaneous enjoyment.-Min-
neapOlis Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
SECURITY OF PROPERTY.

Of all the causes which make the
establishment of government neces-
sary, one of the most important is
security of property. The desire to de-
prive another of his property is univer-
sal, and so strong is this criminal
propensity, even extending to the di-
recting powers of nations, that there
could be no security of property with
out the aid of organized force. This
criminal inclination, or involuntary
prompting to deprive another of his
property, is evidenced in childhood,
when one child takes from another his
cake or anything else he may covet,
and sometimes does it surreptitiously,
thereby showing that he knows he is
doing wrong, but is only obeying an
instructive desire to increase his pos
sessions, without regard for right. The
money-lender who makes loan at a
usurious rate of interest, but protects
himself by a skillfully drawn mort
gage to keep within the pale of the
pocket or confidence man. Security of
person is more easily maintained than
security of property. What will lessen
offenses against property? This class of
crime is increasing in spite of severe
punishments, which would indicate
that the methods in vogue are ineffect-
i've. They are worse than ineffective.
They make criminals and aggravate
all the vicious inclinations in mans
nature instead of developing the good.
When arrested, he is subjected to the
jeers and taunts of detectives, accused
of being an "old-timer," driven along
the street with his wrists manacled
while being taken to photographer.
He is subjected to the gaze of the
public, disgraced as much as possible,
and then sentenced to prison for sew
eral years. He might have earned sew.
eral thousand dollars at his trade OF
profession during the length of time
he serves in prison, had he been free
His family or relatives may be suffer
ing or his whereabouts unknown tc
them. His reputation is ruined; the
time spent in prison is irretrievably
lost; the person he defrauded has not
been reimbursed for his loss; and hi
has not even the satisfaction of know
ing that he is self-sustaining All this
suffering for the theft of a few dollars
Of course, there are many criminals
who cannot prove that they ever earned
an honest dollar; but there is little dis
elimination made between the profes
sional and non. professional thief. Th'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
THE HABIT OF HAPPY THOUGHT.

Many persons who fully appreciate
the force of habit as regards action,
fail entirely to estimate its power of
thought. One reason of this is, doubt
less, the fact that the acts of men are
in plain sight, while their thoughts are
hidden from all eyes. We see clearly
that each effort to use the fingers, for
example, as in writing, sewing, etc.,
tends to produce a repetition of the
act with greater ease and skill, until at
length the habit is formed and it be-
comes almost automatic. But we can
not see what is, however, continually
progressing in the same way-that each
thought of the mind tends to repeat it.
self and to form at length habit that
is involuntary and, perhaps, even in.
eradicable. Parents who are conscien-
tiously striving so to regulate the con.
duct of their children as to form good
and useful habits in the future, often
forget that the thoughts which are con
tinually filling their young minds are
just as surely shaping themselves an6
becoming habitual, and that the direc
tion which they now take will, in al
probability, be the same which they
will follow in after life. So, also, il
our personal efforts at self-control; i
is the deed which we endeavor to per
form, or to avoid, while the Thoughts
are seldom called upon to render al
account of themselves. Yet habits O.
thought are no less strong and less diff
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
THE HABIT OF ENJOYMENT.

The habit of enjoyment is not among
the moral excellencies usually recon-
mended to the young. Nevertheless
it deserves a place among the habits
worth acquiring. Few know any
thing about this phase of virtue, and
those who do are happy-natured peo-
pie, who understand it by instinct, not
by education.
The mere indulging in recreation at
stated intervals, important as this may
be in it's way, does not constitute the
habit of enjoyment. The latter is some
thing deeper and more far-reaching.
1t is the constant disposition to enjoy
everything that presents itself. Peo-
pie put off the attitude of pleasure as
they put off their fnery, and don their
work-a-day minds as they don their
work -a-day clothes. Malcontents never
lay aside prison uniform. This daily
marching with eyes upon the ground
is by no means necessary. A sober
spirit is essential to sober undertak-
ings, but this does not demand the
closing of the senses to the gratifca-
tions that constantly surround them.
A stoical, morose, slavish spirit does
not tend to the best effort. On the
contrary, as Quick observes: "The
mind will not act during any depres.
sion of the animal spirits" If this be
true, how the achievements of the
world are minimized by lack OF
healthful enthusiasm!
Enjoyment, instead of being rele
gated to holidays and vacations, should
be the rule of life. The employment
of any faculty should be-and is, under
proper conditions-pleasurable. Ant
every situation not positively painful
may yield enjoyment either material
aesthetic or humorous.
This habit, like all others, is not t.
be acquired without effort. 1t is base'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30
HELP ALONG WITH KIND WORDS.

CHEEKY words cost little, but how
much good they do; how they drive
away melancholy, Danish gloom and
alleviate pain. The man who goes
about saying them is the worlds bene-
factor. Society is the better for his liv-
ing. He does more for his generation
by the simple fact of his CHEEKY dispo-
sition, and his habits of stirring up the
moody, and imparting courage to the
forlorn, than can be done by hundred
liberal men who have not genial way
of dispensing their liberality.
Many time life seems hardly worth
living to the hard beset, who have found
trouble and sorrow, to whom the winds
of fate have brought loss and wreck, or
who have parted with their faith in hu-
manity. At the period when they can
scarcely lift their eyes from the ground,
along comes, with his smile and his cor
dial hand, and his look of genuine in
terest, one of the blessed souls whose
errand seems to be to uplift his fellows.
I10 OOOS IrOU soy VOA uuOA, AOSAAN6 w
haps which can be remembered or re-
corded, but he leaves an impression of
good comradeship, of sympathy. The
man he meets is encouraged, and passes
on with renewed strength to meet what
ever there may be to encounter.
In the immortal "Pilgrim's Progress"
there are certain characters who always
enlist our pity, among them Mr.. De-
spondency and Miss Much Afraid.
They have no outlook beyond the pres
ent disaster or the impending calamity.
It is sorrowful to watch their stumbling
and delayed progress, and to realize
that they are typical of a throng OF
men and women handicapped by diff
dence or encountered by hardships, so
that joyous confidence is lacking to
them. To these persons the speaker of
the CHEEKY word Is true missionary,
frightening the dark day and giving
them moral and sometimes what is
equivalent to physical support.-St'
Paul Dispatch.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

he said: GAIL who would win joy must
share it; happiness was born a twin"
The sunny nature is both cause and
effect; those who scatter seeds of joy
in other hearts will reap harvest in
their own; and the chief delight of that
harvest will consist in feeding the null
titude.-Public Ledger.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-30

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Written for The Prison Mirror.
A BROKEN PROMISE.
[BY FANNIE FULLERTON.]
A broken promise
A fragile thing!
Broken and all unclaimed
But tone was lost from the bells deep ring,
An angel fluttered with broken wing;
And the world seemed crippled and manned.
A broken promise,
So long ago!
Was it but yesterday?
But know an eye with trembling lid
That hides tear that is all unshed,
And heart that is sad today.
A broken promise,
SO Slight thing;
To life so full of joy;
But to one it held all the love she knew,
EnvelOped the good, the pure, the true,
But when broken-alas, faith fed too.
broken promise,
wasted life,
Wretched and gone astray.
But the voice was true, with the sweetest ring
Her soul scared high on hopeful wing,
Till you broke your promise that day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-24
NEW WOMEN AS CLOWNS.
Sells Bros Snow Has Women for
Clowns and Ringm asters.

Columbus, o., April 24.-SeIs Bros.
show which is an institution" Of this
city being owned by Peter and Eph
Sells of Columbus opened the season
here yesterday. The show is now COM
bined with Forepaugh's-
1T is estimated that fully 10000 per
sons Witnessed the parade. The roll
ing stock is newly painted and decora-
ted. the tableaux wagons, animal dens
and band wagons being respondent
with new gold leaf. Three bands, a
drum corps and Scottish bagpipers,
together with a calHope. furnished
nusis all along the line and many
open cages added to the interest of the
street display. Prominent features of
the animal exhibition are the two hip
popotami, two big herds of trained ele-
plants. one Of which includes the
famed Forepaugh eight that do any
thing but talk; the largest polar bear
in America; a horned rhinOcerOs; a
flock of Ostriches, a cage of Australian
kangarOos, horned horses. tapir, a pair
of the Bengal tigers, is lions, including
three cubs born at Elyria last summer,
and so other cages of animals, whose
aggregate monetary value runs up in
to q fabulous sum.
One especially noteworthy feature
was the appearance of lady riders in
each of the three rings with lady ring
masters and clowns.
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WEYLER OFFERS PARDON.
For All Rebels Who Surrender
Within the Next 20 Days.

Havana. April 24-Captain General
Weyler has issued the following pro-
clamation, called out by the condition
of affairs in Pinar del Rio. After the
usual heading and preamble the pro
clamatiOn says
1T has reached my knowledge that
rebel parties in the province of Pinar
del Rio are in distress, through constant
pursuit by the troops and the impossi-
bility of breaking the military line be-
TWEEN Mariel and Majana, and through
other insurmOuntable difficulties, and
being fearful Of surrendering under the
fear of death sentence. the certainty of
which has been falsely disseminated
among them, L proclaim and command.
Clause THE rebel leaders who sur
render within twenty days from this
date with their arms, viii be at once
pardOned.
Clause zThose who are not lead
ers, but who surrender under the same
conditions, with their fire arms, viii
also be pardoned.
Clause 3-Th0se Surrendering without
their arms viii be likewise pardOned.
but the military authorities viii desig-
nate their place OF residence in the is
land.
Clause 4-The surrender must be
made to the military authority Of the
columns operating i'm the field
NALERIANO WEYLER
April %, 1885,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-24
DISCIPLINE FOR MEMBERS.
Important Action to Come Up at the
M. z. Conference.

Cleveland, April 24.-It is not imprOb-
able that there viii be a spirited de-
bate at the general Methodist confer
ence which is to be held here next
month over the question of discipline
for the younger members of the church.
In 1872 the conference enacted rules
against dancing, card playing. theater
going, attending circuses and horse
racing, or patrOnizing dancing schools.
The young people of the church now
want this rule modified. 1t is argued
that the existing rules keep away
young people who would otherwise be
regular in their attendance at church
While this movement amonar the
younger members of the church has as
yet assumed no tangible shape, it is re
garded as almost certain to come up
before the conference. A prominent
local clergyman said today that the
progress of the church for the past de-
cade indicated that no change would be
made in the present rules
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-24
LITERARY SOCIETY CHAT.
a Conversation That Is Liable to Occur
Anywhere st ANY Time.

Anywhere st Any Time.
Tims-Now.
PIace-Nowhere
Dramatis PersonGe-Y Young man, who
reads Sunday papers and has the nerve to
take chances on talking books to a young
EOnAn.
Young woman, who Doesn't read any
thing and has the wit to fancy the young
man doesn't know any more than she
does.
He-Have you read Mr.. Hewells' last
book?
She You mean Bonnie Brier BushP"
He-Yes. Charming story, isn't it2
She-Exq uisite.
He-I think HowelIs is one of our best
writer's of fiction. I mean good, whole
some fiction.
She-Yes, and he makes his characters
so true to life. Take, for instance, the
leading man IN the 'Brier sh"-um-
er-um-how silly of me to forget the
name, Isn't it
He-Sherlock Holmes, I think, you re-
fer to.
She-That' s it. I have such a poor mem
DRY for names. Quite unfortunate isn't it?
He ughing)-Yes, but we are all that
way, more or less. It's a wonder I was
able to recall the name.
She-As I was going on to say, I think
that character is in some particulars one
He-And still it did not strike me as
favorably as that Of his gentle and forgiv-
ing wife.
Substantially the woman would be
moro interesting TO you than the man.
He-Possibly that has something to do
with my opinion, but still you must admit
her character Is IA fine one and that Mr.
Howells understands the feminine heart.
She-Of course he must. How could
he write novels if he didn' E?
He-He couldn't, I suppose.
She-DO you think novels are instruct
ivo9
He-Of course they are. They teach US
a great many things.
She-AIamma says they teach US a great
deal we shouldn't know.
He-Thats the old fogy idea. Modern
ideas are quite different.
She-I do wish 1 had time to read more.
dearly love the companionship of books.
He-I think you are quite well read,
don t you know.
She (mOdestly) as well as I should
be. I fancy you have read nearly all the
new books.
He-ReaIly, you Aatter me. try to
keep abreast OF tho times in literary mat
ters-at least sufficiently SO to talk in
telligibly on the subject.
She-That's what 1 try to do, and pre-
sumo if we do that much 1t ought to be
all that should be expected of US
He-Indeed, think SO too Miss Car
ter was only saying yesterday
She Excuse me for interrupting you,
but did you know she was engagedP
He-To Jack Strong?
She-Yes.
He-Wonder what she is thinking abopt2
She Marrying, 1 presume.
He Qaughing)-That' 8 good. III make
a note of it, Really, don't you know,
that's bright enough to have come from
one OF Mr.. Huwels stories. Is it your
own?
And the conversation continues indef-
nitely Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-24
AT AUNT sUSAN,S.
An Idyl of Childhood That Gould Not BE
Duplicated at Any Club.

Ia AQNA OF Childhood LnAE Could NOR 49
Duplicated at Any Club.
Speaking of things tasting good, - said
the nice old gentleman as he surveyed his
bird critically and glanced around at the
other five nice old gentlemen who always
lunched at the same table, at the same
club, at the same time every day in the
week; speaking of things tasting good, I
wonder if any of you fellows ever toiled
along q hot, dusty country road, with
your brother, about three miles home from
school, along in the neighbOrhood Of half
past 4 O'Clock, on the afternoon of a sultry
summer day, kicking up the dust with
your little bare feet and feeling hot and
uncomfortable and forlorn.
''And if any of you ever did I wonder If
you ever went about half of a mile out Of
your way to go round by Aunt Susan S
and Uncle Ezras. Rover would come out
and sniff at you and wag his tail, go back
satisfied and lie down under the trees, and
you 60 round by the shady side door
step. Aunt Susan was always certain to
be standing in the door, and she'd say
Land sakes, boysl Bless me, If you don t
look hot and tired enough I know what
you want
s'And she'd go right down into the cool
cellar and come back with two blue bowls
full of nice cold milk, right out of the pan
that was on the cellar bottom, and then
she bring out lot of slices Of her salt
rising bread, and you 60 and sit down
on the big we'll stone in the shade OF the
apple tree and let your little, tired, stone
bruised feet play with the water in the
trough, while breeze, so refreshing that
it must have come all of the way from tho
lake just on your account, made you take
of your little chip hats so that it could get
in among your hair.
"And you watch the big chunks of
bread soak themselves full of the cold,
white milk, and then you load them
away where they belonged with the funny
little silver spoons that Aunt Susan got
when she was married, while she looked
on with a smile that only Aunt Susans
and Aunt Narys and Aunt Hannahs and
one or two others have. And most likely
you'd drink out of the bowl SO often that
there be some of the bread left, and
Aunt Susan would go down cellar, laugh
ing, and I'LL the bowls up again out of the
same cool pan, and
ALEX, said one of the other nice old
gentlemen, suddenly breaking in, 'just
bring me a pitcher of iced''-
Don't do it, Henry, - said the first nice
old gentleman, with a tremor in his voice,
don't do it. I've tried it, and it isn't
the same-it isn't the same
And all of the nico old gentlemen at
tackled their cold birds savagely, and it
was quite a long time before any body said
anything Truth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-24
eePOYERTY CURSED,
The Parting Sermon of Rev. Mr.. Cleve-
land at Chaumont.

Chaumont. N. ", April 24.-"The
press says I occupy a country charge
of $500 year. Yes. that is very true.
The newspaper is right. The ministe-
rial profession has furnished before this
the occasion of many a byWOrd and
jest. Poverty cursed and parish-damn-
ed is the old English saying that de-
scribed a parsOn-''
So spoke Rev. william n. Cleveland
to his congregation in the Presbyterian
church. Every pew in the edihce was
filed and standing room was at a pre-
MUM 1t was his final sermon to his
Pensioners. and he was expected to
state his side of the unfortunate state
of affairs
Mr. Cleveland concluded his sermon
by saying.
This ministry in this place gives me
soul satisfying honor such as no
place of worldly glory could afford. AS
once years ago. I remember my Wor-
thy brother. the president of the Uni
ted States, said to me: After all there
is no calling like that of the ministry.
The poorest country pastors are among
the men who hold the highest of all
places-sO let every man take account
of US as ministers of Christ and stew
ards Of the mysteries of Cod
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-24
ANARCHIST HRONEK OUT.
The Man Convicted of Attempted
Assassination of Judge Gary
Released

Chicago, April 24.-John Hronek, an
alleged anarchist, who was convicted
in July, 1888. on the charge of conspir-
aey to kin Judge Gray and Julius s.
Grinneu and sentenced to twelve years
in the penitentiary has been released
Hronek, it was claimed, in order to
be revenged upon Judge Gray and Mr..
GrinneI for the part they took in the
conviction of the Haymarket anar-
chists. made dynamite for the purpose
of blowing them to eternity. His SEN
tence, owing to the time made by good
behavior, expired Saturday. He ex-
poets to make his home here with his
wife. He is SO years old.