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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20
POLITICAL ETHICS.

A PRESIDENTIAL campaign is a
school Of observation in which to
study phases Of character that re-
main quiescent in ordinary times.
Fewpeople, comparatively speaking,
think deeply on political questions,
the great majority being satisfied
to adopt the views of others as
their groundwork of belief. Po-
litical shibboleths seldom rest on
truth or honest opinion, but are
framed to appeal to prejudice and
enthusiasm rather than reason or
judgment. Some catchy phrase
with a rhythmic sound is set
afoat, taken up by the unthinking
rank and file of a party and herald
ed as the multum in parvo of po-
itical wisdom, with little thought
of it's logical value or the moral
character of the cause or interest
it is designed to advance. It serves
as a basis for argument, weapon
of dispute and mask to hide ig-
norance of the great questions of
the day. The most abstruse ques-
tons of political economy, on
which even the brightest minds
can have but an imperfect knowl-
edge, are glibly covered by Dor
rowed expressions and the sincerity
of conflicting views questioned by
sophistical circumlocution.
Party spirit is fatal to rational
argument, destructive Of good feel
ing and an obstacle in the way of
intelligent action. The respect of
opinion that graces the interchange
Of views on the generality of sub
jects is foreign to politics. The
creased tongue of SANDER is ever
ready to malign every principle,
every motive and every fact.
Truth, honor and personal charac-
ter, with their implied realities of
moral beauty, dignity and self-re-
spect, are subordinated to duplicity,
fattery and the lust for power.
Self-interest, believed to lay in
the success Of a party or system
of government, is the controlling
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

A man who will adorn the fiat
side of a beer barrel in front of
grog shop nine hours out of twelve,
when his wife, whom he has SO sa-
credly promised before God and
man that he would provide and
care for, is at home caring for a
half dozen neglected children, is
another being that the world has
no use for, and he is of still less
value to the family he is attempt
ing to bring into the world. He
does not think, after his boys grow
up and are occasionally locked up
for petty grievances, that the ex-
ample set them at home was not
what it should have been. There
was no place laid out for this fell
low in this busy world. -North-
field News.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

GRACE Of action is the best finish
of culture. Knowing how to per-
form with nicely the common du-
ties of life in manner both pleas
ing and acceptable, is the result Of
self-study and mental activity,
strengthening the faculty Of tact
to the needs of circumstances.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

The executive committee of the
Minnesota Editors and Publishers
Association, with a fine sense of
humor, has sent to this Office a
Barmecidian invitation to the ed
itor to accompany them on their
annual excursion, which this year
embraces four days outing
around the lakes. We must de-
cline with the same grace that the
fox left the overhanging grapes.
Next year we will be in better
shape to consider invitations.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20
" LITERARY NOTES. "

The first magazine article on
William Jennings Bryan, at pres
ent the most talked-about man in
the Democratic party, is a charac-
ter sketch by a personal friend,
Mr.. Willis j. Abbot Of the New
York journal, in the August Re-
view of Reviews. Mr.. Abbot's
article, which is fully illustrated,
is not only entertaining, but really
helpful to the formation of an in
telligent estimate of Mr.. Bryan's
capabilities and resources.
Among the notable articles in
the San Francisco Argonaut for
August II, 1896, are: ''TOther
Dear Charmer: Showing What
Propinquity and Opportunity Will
Do a story by Gwendolen Over
ton; "The Royal Marriage
London letter on society topics;
women in. War; an open letter
by Ida A. Harper, Chairman State
Suffrage Press Committee; letters
from New York and Paris: and a
long review, with frequent extracts,
of ROchefort's memoirs.
Ian Maclaren's new short story,
the last he will write until after
his American visit, has been Sc
cured by The Ladies' Home Jour
nal, for publication in the October
and November issues. 1t is called
"The Minister of St. Bede's," and
is said to be in the brightest and
cleverest Maclarenesque vein. Be-
sides it's charm as a delightful ro-
nance, the story is said to be nota-
BILE for the admirable character that
the author has created for the chief
personage-the minister OF st.
Bede's, as the loyal lover Of an
humble Scotch lassie.
McClure's Magazine for Septem-
Der will contain the first report
ever published Of Abraham Lin
coins famous "Lost Speech" de-
livered at Bloomington, before the
first Republican State Convention
held in Illinois. II never witness
ed such a scene before or SINCE"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

The North St. Paul Sentinel has
completed the ninth year of its ex-
istence, and celebrates the event
by dressing up in brand new typo
graphical raiments. The Sentinel
is a newsy up-to-date paper and
deserves the support of everyone
interested in the future Of the
Capital CITY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20
Capital Punish ment.
occasion.

Another lesson is given this
country in the confession Of Fred
erick Whitney, who was a convict
in the Maryland penitentiary. The
lesson comes in dispatch dated
Baltimore, Aug. 3, which says:
"a convict known as Frederick
Whitney committed suicide at the
Maryland penitentiary Saturday.
He appears by his own confession
to have added murder to his long
list of crimes. Friday afternoon
Whitney sought out Warden Wey-
Ter and intimated that he meant
to end his miserable existence. In
the course of his conversation with
Mr.. Weyler the man said his real
name was Frederick Hildebrand,
and that his home was at Detroit,
Michigan.
The "Hold-up'' Of City Council
man Swindell, for which Whitney
was serving an eighteen years SEN
tence, occurred on March %, 1895.
In his confession he said that
while fleeing from the Baltimore
detectives he killed and robbed a
man in Altoona, Pa, in April of
last year ''While we were in AL
toona," said he, II assaulted man
on the street, murdered him and
robbed him of his money, quite a
large sum- For this murder an
other man was tried, convicted and
sent to the penitentiary for life
The warden tried to gain more
information from his prisoner. but
failed. He set apart an hour for
further conference with Hide
brand, but the opportunity for
which the prisoner had long waited
presented itself Saturday, and the
unfortunate man threw himself
from window and dashed out his
brains on the tagging, thirty feet
below.
Information from Altoona states
that April 5, 1895, Henry Bonnie
ka, reputed miser, was murdered.
A man named Wilson was az
rested and convicted of the crime,
mainly on circumstantial evidence.
John B. Williams, who was i'm
plicated in the Swindell ''hold-up"
in this city and is serving an 49,
years sentence in the penitentiary,
confessed to Warden Weyler that
Hildebrand's statement was true.
"Hildebrand killed Bonneka," he
said, "and secured $11, 900. I helped
him count the money. We buried
it near Altoona
It has happened many times, in
this country that innocent men
have been punished for crimes
they never committed, and circum-
stantial evidence should not be
taken when a life is at stake. In
this case the guilty man, after
making his confession still refused
to give the name of the innocent
man who was suffering punish
ment for crime committed by an
other, but, fortunately another man
was found who was able to testify
to the truthfulness of the murder
er's confession, and, in time the
innocent man will undoubtedly be-
released.
But the state owes this innocent
man reparation. It has deprived
him of his liberty. 1t has threat
ened him with death for crime
of which he was innocent and it
owes him a heavy debt, and he
should be able to recover heavy
damages. The state itself, is
guilty Of a crime and should be
made to suffer for it. The state Of
Maryland should take this man
Wilson under it's care and see to-
it that he regains all that he has
lost by his false Imprisonment
Peck's Sun.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

EVEN the much abused tramps
can produce a Jean Vatican oc-
casionally. Back in Connecticut
one of the fraternity, while being
driven out of a barn where he had
sought nights lodging, told the
farmer that he would some day re-
turn good for evil. The next day
he rescued a young lady from
drowning and afterwards discovered
that she was the farmers daugh-
tor
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

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 a 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 sef-redemption.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
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, 1896-08-20

The burning Of a white man by
a Louisiana mob illustrates the
thin crust that separates civiliza-
ton from barbarism. The horrible
details of the awful punishment
inflicted on the victim echoes the
latent savagery of man that needs
but the flame of passion to en-
gulf every human virtue in a wave
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20
THE ALTRUISTIC SPIRIT.

CERTAIN writer's are in the habit
of using the term ''criminology" as
though it embraced an abstract
and exact science. There is no
such thing as crime and criminals
in the abstract. The criminal is
not a distinct type Of the genus
homo and is not a separate order
of being but is simply an unfor-
tunate member of mankind's broth
erhood, whose previous environ
ment and training were defective
and neglected. Crime is not a
thing in itself but is merely the
expression of a relation and when
people have come to more gener-
ally recognize the fact that in the
criminal they behold a brother
whose moral education and train
ing has been defective, the spirit
Of humanity will demand that
greater opportunities be given for
upliftment to those who, perhaps,
were unconsciously lead into Grim
inal acts and who have within
them the possibilities Of making
good citizens.-Minneapolis Mir
rOr.
The above has the true altruistic
ring, free from maudlin sentiment
and the cobwebs Of theoretical
rubbish. Erring humanity must
be viewed through the reflections
of human nature and corrected
with the aid Of practical common
sense. Crime is a reality and not
an abstract creation, and cannot be
studied or judged from idealistic
standpoints. Many people. view
prisoners as Unconditional creatures
of a depraved order, hostile to
the social fabric, incapable of
moral improvement and with no
aim in life but the qualification of
evil desires. They refuse to be-
lieve that social outcast can re-
spond to sympathy, be swayed by
gratitude and humanity or feel the
pride of self-respect, of honor and
loyalty to principle. In his rela-
ton to society, and common hu-
manity, the prisoner is dominated
by the same hopes, fears, affections
and sympathies that actuate his
free brother. The actualities of
life, with their difficulties, interests
and common obligation of duty
between man and man, and the
motives and impulses that prompt
human endeavor, together with the
rules of conduct and systems of in
tercourse that guide them, con-
Germs the bond as deeply as the
free. The prisoner is largely the
creature Of unequal conditions Of
life that denies opportunity and
creates the necessity that drives
him to wrong. Necessity refuses
to obey conscience or fear remorse
To reach the responsive chords Of
a prisoner moral nature, his in
dividuality must be studied il
order to appeal to his manhood
Character may be masked with de-
ception, but it's idiosyncrasies viii
reveal the hidden traits and theil
susceptibility of improvement. A
knowledge Of habits Of thought il
Of vastly more Importance than al
acquaintance with past habits O.
living; the latter can readily bt
abandoned under changed condi
tons, but the other indexes future
conduct. Among prisoners the
, phrases of theoretical reform arr
subjects Of ridicule, and thei
coiners objects Of distrust.
, If the science Of criminology, so
called, would drop it's idealisti,
nonsense of crime and recogniz,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20
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 for a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

of pitiless cruelty. With all it's
victories. truths and lessons Of the
past, civilization has it's greatest
work before it in Graduating from
the minds Of men the last vestige
of the spirit that sent Beatrice
Cenci TO the stake.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

says Joseph Medill, editor of the
Chicago 'Tribune,'' who was
member of the convention and
writes an introduction to the re-
port of the speech describing the
occasion.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20
PRAISE is the reward of worth.
hattery itscounterfeit; one strength
ems, the other weakens.

IT may be put down as an axiom
of politics that the man who is Of
the least value to society, is the
one who has the greatest faculty
for discovering something to con-
denim in the existing order Of
things.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

No man is so insignificant as to
be sure his example can do no hurt.
Lord Clarendon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

Entered at the Post-office at saltwater, Minn.,
as SecOnd-clasS mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach subscriber
each week, notice should be sent to this office,
and the matter will be attended to at once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-20

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-20
YOUR TIRED STOMACH.

sT have no appetite" you say anu tne
little do eat does me no gooi. ~ me-.
4, feels cold and dead In my stomach sno
by and by I have aches and pans 'hat
sometimes go TO my chest anu pacN'
feel weak. low spirited and out OF SORT
an o,cr fancy the demon OF dyspepsia
h.s cot me That's the way you talk and
no wonder. But wait moment. Let US
,oasor torethcr Perhaps thus far your
s,,mach IL merely tired. You have been
eating too much eating the wrong things.
ard lrrerularly You have given II too
much 10 do. and like all living things.
when ovcrworkcd. ~ stops a. length from
sheer exhaustion. There may not be an
actually diseased condition as yet sun
A. Is natures warning, and you must hceu
II or worse will follow. But ! must eat
or starve.' you say. True enough, Dnt
safetv usually lies in middle courses
Here IS one for you. You don necu
drastic purces or exciting stimuanis.
Your condition is one easily relieved n
we 60 about IL gently and senaibly. The
tired stomach won't work under whip and
spur IL has probably had too much or
that already. What you require is some
thing that IS at once a food and diges-
ter OF food Such an article Is IN.
Shaker Digestive Cordial. discovered ana
prepared by the Shaker Community q
Mt. Lebanon. y. Y. Taken right after
eating. so as 10 mix with the FOOD ~
does tho stomachs work for II. gives
II the advantage Of further rest strength
ems you I'm a natural way. and soon en-
ahlcs the stomach 10 do fun duty. There
is nothing else like this simple. safe Ger
tain and palatable remedy. Yet the
Shakers respect your douhts. and au-
thorize druggists 10 sell a trial bottle for
ten cents
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-20

At 1850 o'clock yesterday morning Of
floer Sowcl discovered that one OF the
u. buchanan. AT i'll east Broad street.
had been broken. AIR Buchanan was
Immediately notified. and upon iuvcsti-
CATION found that siX Trump watches
had been stolen. The value al the time
pieces was several dOliats each
Tho Second police station was iinme-
diatciy notified. but no arrests have
yet been made.
The burglars were evidently acquainted
with the movements of the officer ON
the beat. aud went 10 work while ne
was some di lance away. an the Valu-
ahles carried by MIR Buchanan ATE Kept
in safes and the robbers had no time
TO operate on these.
Tho window was broken lv q stone
wrapped in cloth. The police believe that
the work was done by local crooks.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-20
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.

SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE NAY "A. 1896.
Trans LEAVE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
DEPOT.
500 4. NJ, Arrive Petersburg s.3l A NJ,
Norfolk u - A. NJ. stops only
at Petersburg. Wayerly ana
suffolk. Va.
s.e5 A. NJ, Arrives Petersburg $50 A. st..
Weldon 1888 4. II. layotte-
Willie 4.3O Il. NJ. Charleston
lib +. 81. Savannah 1910 A.
NJ. Jacksonville 800 a. 81.
Port Tampa $40 r. 81.
Connects at Wilson with no.
A. arriving GoidstorO 3l5 T.
NJ. Wilmington 515 T.. IT.
Pullman Sleeper New York TO
Jacksonville.
2:55 p. NJ, Local. arrives Petersburg 3.R
= NJ. Makes all stops.
$50 L. NJ, ArrINes Petersburg 1.ls =. NJ,
Norfolk $50 T.. d. Makes Az
7:5o p. NJ. Hrn,es Peterspurs s.oiP. p.
Emporia $40 tcounects Win
A. & ID. for stations between
Empors and LaNrcnceviilel.
Weldon 9.fs p. VI. Fsy~tte-
Vile l.Ol a. NJ. Charleston
$40 A. NJ. savannah SOC A.
NJ. Jacksonville 1890 T. A.,
Port Tampa $3.50 p. NJ.
NEW LINE no MIDDLE
GEORGIA POINTS -AruNine
Aiken 4.22 a. ~. Augusta : 90
A 81. Macon n A. M, At
lanta l2.l5 =. ~. Pul'.nan
Shoppers Now York 10 VIII
minstou. Charleston. Jackson
vile. Port Ii mpa. Aiken. Au-
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IN ~ = Arrive Petersburg 1885 A. NJ.
- Nv f.ynchburg 900 A. NJ, Roa-
noks 7.6 a. st.. Bristol l %
=, ~ pullman Sleeper Rich
mond 10 LJuchburG.
a Arrives Petersburg 10 4. N
I-''' - Weldon 300 \. NJ. Henderson
4Oi A ST.. Raleigh 5.l7 A NJ
rlberlOn z.0s =. n. ~tianfs
tB =. N. pullman Sleencr
Washington TO Atlanta.
Tor A N sunday Accommodation. ar.
Makes all stops.
4.o y NJ sunday Accommodation or
Nv rives Petersburg S.2S r. AZ
Makes an stops
TRAINS ARRIVE RICHMOND.
$40 A Nj. From Jacksonville. savannah
Charleston. Atlanta. A.acou'
Augusta, and all points South
$40 A. NJ. Atlanta. Athens. and Raleixn'
Iynchburg, ana the West
IS f: Is 4 4 81. Norfolk. suhSi H% and Peters.
burg.
go p. NJ. Jacksonville, savannah.
Charleston. Wilmington. Colds,
boro, and all points south
100 Il. NJ, Norfolk. suffolk. Waverly, and
Petetsbnrs Lynchours. ana
s23 u. NJ, Petersburg Local
$40 A. M, SUNDAY Accommodation from
7:25 p. NJ, SUNDAY Accommodation from
Petersburg
T. NJ. EMrEsoN.
J. r. kENLY, Traffic Manager.
lFJ4t G. s. CAMPBELL.
s~<~A>~ PASSENGER AganA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-20
LEGAL NOTICES.
-NOrfCE TO
TIE CREDITORS
OF THE
Richmond & DanViliG R, R. Co.
AND
TOTHE CREDITORS
OF THE
Receivers Of Said Company.

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cause. on or before Tie first day NJ DEE
cenbl- 1s1e and that ON the failure
of fha holder of ary such claim t0 f'o.
The same within said time. such claim
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narfiainarirc- in fro proceeds of tne sale
III tit sad road and nreciudaI from any
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-20

Creasie. the youthful fugitive from Lau-
rel fefOrmatOrv. whose escape was de-
scribed In Yesterdays Times. was cap
trrel Iuesl day night. not more than two
miles from the school.
The point where he WAS found was
near tue road which would indicate that
he WAS making ready 90 place greater
distance between himself and his for
mer homo as soon as the shades OF might
should make 30 safe 10 travel
Roy Wadden. the young man from
Boston. has not yet been apnreheuded.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-20
EDUCATIONAL.

Nj ISIS ELLET1'S SCHOOL FOR
wi GIRLS The fall term OF this school
will open SEPTEMBER the 2ith. Be-
sides the teachers already employed, there
WIZ be kin1ergartner. a specialist In his
tory. and two trained instructors. For
those who desire IL there has been maze
ready college preparatory course under
Miss blett and instructors from Harvard
ana Johns Hopkins universities. one
or these, a married man and an expe-
rienced teacher will be In school from
q until 3. Little children will be taught
by tho kindergartner, Miss Louise G.
Blair and Miss Filett. Mr.. l.. u. Haslen
Will have charge OF the French classes.
The terms Will no. be increased. Ine
school VIII be- limited IN every depart
ment After August Goth circulars may
au16.,0 D. 1880
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-20

John Houscman was haiore Justice
G.. G.. Vincent Of Hcurico. yesterday
morning, when the charges preferred
against him 10y Constable Cyclone Sam
uel and his son John were Investigated.
John Samuel charged tho prisoner with
rohbing his watermelon patch. while tGc
Constablo's complaint was that House
man had threatened 10 waylay aAl as
sault him The first charge VS. disc
missed on payment or costs. In the lat
Ser case llouseman was recognized 90
keep the peace and admoushed not 10
waylay the constable.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-20

on Thursday and Friday OF this week
delightful lawn party will Do given
on the large green of the Male Orphan
Asylum FOR the benefit of the institu-
ton. Arraugomcnts have hd,n made
with tho street car company for trans
poriatiou from 8 90 ~ o'clock.
on "Wednesday. the Nth Mrs GIN will
run another excursion TO Old Point. Nir-
finla Beach, Ocean View. and Buckroe
Beach. FOR The benefit OF tho Male Or
phan Asylum.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-20
Re.umption of Passenger Service.

on and after Saturday. August lst, he
elegant steamer Virginia" Will resume
her tri-weekly trips from Richmond 10
Baltimore. leaving Richmond every Tues
day. Thursday. and Saturday about p
Nj. arriving Baltimore next morning about
$50. Fare 81 10 Baltimore. state-rooms
from u cents up. and meals on the Euro
pean plan.
Corrcspondngly low rates 10 Washing
ton Philadelphia. Wilmington. and New
York.
For further information apply TO
H. NJ. BOYKIN. General Agent
S3G cast Main street