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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30

ignorance that fails to follow out the
results of it's own actions.
What, then, is the remedy?
If punishment does not protect, how
is society to protect itself?
DIR. Thomas has outlined the true
remedy: "Besides rOusing ourselves to
guard against the known dangerous
characters who unfortunately do exist,
it is the duty of society to do some
thing more. The neglected boys on
our streets, whose early lives are but
an apprenticeship to career of crime,
should be taken in hand and educated
to be honest and useful members of So
ciety. Our own safety and the safety
of our families and homes will COM
pei us to turn our attention to this
needed but neglected work.
| We must educate the criminal be-
fore he becomes criminal. 1t is not
enough merely to teach him to read
and write and use numbers; he must
be lifted up morally. An intellectual
education alone is not sufficient. We
should try moral education which
stakes in criminals, and turns them
out good citizens by the familiar
means that common sense recommends
by placing them in a moral atmOs'
phere, and keeping them in it till their
whole nature is changed, just as men
are made criminals by placing them in
criminal atmosphere, and keeping
them there until they are saturated
with baseness."
I believe with Professor Buchanan
THAT the ethica character Of {
!, teacher is more important than his in
tellectual attainments, and that his
most important qualification is thu
, power of securing the love, respect
, and voluntary obedience of his pupils
, "That special schools should be es
| tablished for the training of all chill
| dren of vicious parents, and all wh'
manifest their depravity in any form
l of frequent misconduct.
IndC UOlWtS DIS we'll DIS yOuCu oHou1'
: be subjected to reformatory education
: and that all sentences to Imprisonment
t should consign the culprit not to ce1
1 tain amount of confinement, but to de
1 tention in areformatory until reforme
e and fit for society, as the sick and in
4 sane are sent to hospitals until cured.
S Harriet E. Orcutt in the Banner O
a Gold.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30
DON'T LABEL THE CONVICT.

Many manly form in prison garb
has expanded his broad chest, smote
upon it and said, Eyes, mans man
for a that" and passed out into the
world again to find that this divine
given inspiration of the immortal
Burns was not written in the creed OF
this 10Th century civilization, and that,
though with a firm purpose and deter
mination to retrieve lost good name
and again aspire to place among men,
the world had decreed otherwise.
Society, she prates of reform, OF
charity, but it is the same old story OF
"man's inhumanity to man. Society
would provide employment for her un-
fortunate fellows and she would in
augurate system of reform for him.
but so label it all that the stigma
would ever cling to the outcast. In
short, she would ostracize him, brand
him as in days of old and set him
adrift, a wanderer no less hapless than
the tabled Cain. And then, after hav
ing driven him from pillar to post ant
from post to pillar, he takes refuge
again behind some prison wall to es
cape the ever pointing finger of scorn
society mods, looks wise, and says, g
told you So"
Perhaps there was that in the medi
aval ages after which we might pat
tern today as we step toward a reform
of this evil. Would it not save societ
itself an occasional qualm, would i
not be we'll for all of us, if the scandal
mongers, the busybodies, those WI
lures in human form to whose ear tn
rattle of a closeted skeleton is tn
sweetest, the divinest of music, wer
burned at the stake, as were their grea
ancestors? lCONOCLAsT.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30
LOAFERs.

LOafers are first cousins to tramps.
They consume the products of others,
and produce nothing in exchange. Hav-
ing no occupation or ambition they
spend their time boring the patience
and taking the time and attention of
those who are turning their energies
to some account. The busy man has
no time to waste on these barnacles Of
society. The loafer is nuisance. He
may not, like the tramp, beg dime of
you. but he will inf1ict his presence
and his gabble upon you and tax your
patience. He may not rob you OF your
cash. but he takes your time or the
time of your employees and leaves
nothing in return except a very un-
pleasant impression of his general
WOrthlessness. He comes into your
place of business when all hands are
| intent upon their occupation and dis
tracts their attention and delays their
work with some musty old chestnut OF
a story or some secondhand joke he
has picked up in his idle wanderings
and thinks he has compensated for the
time he has taken by being so agreea-,
ble(?). A tramp you can kick out ana
done with him and he comes not again
to vex you, but the loafer, we'll, you
have to tolerate him, not for his own
sake, but because oftentimes OF his
respectable connections. Loafers are
to society what ciphers are to system
of notation, possessing no value OF
their own, but giving increased value
by their juxtaposition.-Ex.
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Trome.( S1.OO per year, in advance
'eHmo Six Months so cents.

we do not mean mere inactiOn or self
satisfaction or even the attainment of
our dearest desires-then it may in
deed signify to us a source of inner re-
enforcement, quiet OF the soul into
which we may retire for strength to
take up again the eternal warfare.
We know friends who seem to enjoy
toward the end of life deep peace
which they have won out of living, a
rest earned because it rewarded and
did not precede the ache and restless
ness of earlier years; but, for those on
whom the demands Of life press hard
and close, the only real peace attain
able is that which comes in and
through the conflict, not by with
drawal from the disagreeable cares
and difficult problems which are al
ways ready to assail the man in earn
est.
Perhaps that is the heart of the mat
ter, after all. The man in earnest can
not understand, much less desire, the
death in life of those to whom life is a
long holiday, as devoid of struggle as
of achievement. Even failure would
be better than the nerveleSs will, which
feels nothing of the divine impulse to
attain for ones self and to set wrong
things right in the world. Better, in
deed, to be "crossed and thwarted as a
man. than to be left with CHASTITY,
smooth life, dead at heart, while yet
the brain is clear and the nerves
steady and the limbs strong. 1t is not
strange that a deep religious thinker
, has recently expressed the thought
that even in heaven there must be
something to overcome, something that
will call forth our powers of resistance.
In real life there is no stopping. Our
| hearts end one pulsation only to begin
another. A duty done points the way
} to one still ahead of us. TO desire alb
, solute attainment is to will the death
5 of the desire; and, rather than that, we
r prefer to be continually attaining, with
3 completion still far in the future.
= Emerson declared that there is no end
to which the practical faculties can
aim, whether it be the civil liberation
of the world, it's conversion into a
Christian church, or new division OF
> labor and land, that, if pursued for it.
self, will not become a WEAKNESS and
an offense. Then he adds, "Y our end
= should be one inapprehensible to the
Il Il senses; then will it be god always ap
preached, never touched, always giving
, health" The noblest and purest souls
u find out that there is no absolute full
Il fillment possible, even in goodness, any
more than there is in knowledge and In
love. It is the forever nearer, never
y near, to God" of which the poet wrote
long ago.-Christian Register.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30
FORGOTTEN IMMORTALS.

Not many of the nOblest and best
who have left their impress on the
world. are remembered. There are pic
lures, more or less smoothed down and
idealized of the great warriors; there
are the burning words of poet, here
and there-from Job to Whitcomb Ri
ley; there is short place in history for
the martyr who stubbornly resisted
power and who accepted death as
bringing with it a blessed crown; but
the thousands of immortals who have
striven to bring love and JOY into a
little circle; the unknown heroes who
have, bloodlessly, added word or two
to the code of humanity-these have
perished with their time and there is
no record of them.
How many loving and lovable men
existed when hunch-backed Richard
ruled? When Mazarin, with wicked
craft, held power over infant king and
his arrogant mother; when Rochefou'
cauld made cold maxims and the prof
ligate de Retz, with his ill-shaped fig
ure, staggered through Paris, there
were men and women, pure and tender
who chronicled no events for the scru
tiny of posterity.
But the sentiment of truth, of 10y
atty to mankind, of that universal love
which shall conquer at last, like deel
undercurrent was below the sea Of pol
itics, of war and statecraft, of whicl
the history has been so carefully pre-
served. The present generation ma
believe that the struggles of the ugl
coadjutor or the plots of the cowardl
cardinal, or the counterplots of tn
hard-headed Conde, comprise the his
tory of those times. It cannot be seer
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30
Vol. IX.-No. 80.
THE MERCILESS.

There are some shriveied souls and mean,
Who, puffed with Holy Writ, defame
Their neighbOrs doors, and cry unclean,
And raise their eyes to God in shame.
Poor foOlS!-in fraility all are kin;
The chosen Peter fell from grace;
The man who never shared in sin
Is traitor to the human race.
With scarce an impulse to control,
Without one passion to repress.
That sinless thing without soul
Is ever the most mercilesS.
Expand-enlarge your bigot bounds;
Embrace the brotherhood of woe;
Let slip no more your slander hounds,
But let the hunted sinner go.
Be large-be liberal; implore
OF love, that Heaven-freighted ship,
To anchor close beside your door.
That good may pass from lip to lip.
But there are men whose lives are broad,
Whose eyes flash forth soul-like ray,
Still proving something of the God
Is stamped upon our human clay.
1t is such men whose deeds repair
Our shatter'd faith, till so resigned,
In spite of all the wrongs we bear,
We cannot choose but love mankind.
H. F. O'Beirne in the New Bohemia
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30
THE WORTH OF CONFLICT.

One of the pathetic things in life is
to see how much noble effort goes to
waste, either because it is applied to
unworthy objects or because it is ap-
piled by wrong methods. 1t is often
easier to account for the sorrows of
life than it is to understand the ele-
ment of caprice which interferes just
where the most careful consideration
had prophesied success. 1t is one
thing to bear the punishment of our
own wilful faults, but quite another to
see our blunders, made through no
lack of good intentions, defeat our
most cherished plans, and bring about
the failure of our enterprises. One
feels inclined sometimes to stop try
ing, and to let his own life work itself
out as comfortably as possible, while
the world outside goes on it's way, un-
helped and unhindered.
Such moments of discouragement
come to everyone, whether he is work
ing for private ends, for the need OF
others, for abstract principles, or fol
the higher attainments of mental an0
spiritual life. The brave man knows
that these moods are temporary, how
ever. He must keep on, whether hi
would or not; and in proportion to thu
high-heartedness OF the struggle doe'
he wrest from the very obstacles them
selves the JOY Of the conflict.
We talk sometimes as if the bes
thing in life were peace; and we know
indeed, that peace is something we ar
all trying to achieve in one way or an
other. 1t seems to us like goal t.
reward endeavor, like state of min'
that will recompense us for the menta
conflict and unrest which often seen
to be the preliminary conditions o
genuine faith. Provided we defin
peace in such terms as do not forbi
} the recognition of the JOY there is i
overcoming, in the actual wrestle wit
circumstances; provided that by peac
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30

on the printed pages recording the do
ings of the bygone days, that there
were struggles toward virtue in humble
souls; that the man of this century
the man of purity of purpose and no.
bility of action-was in process; that
from other generations there had de-
scended traits and sentiments that
were to be still refined in the crucibles
of loving hearts, until the perfect
product was produced.
By the wayside fell these forgotten
immortals by whose work, and through
whose custody of the treasure, the
world is to be reformed. Dying in
darkness after a struggle through a
half light. Part of class of poverty,
creatures of the dust, unrecognized,
humble, yet carrying the sparks that
at last shall blaze into beacon, there
have perished miserably those who
may have been the unknown immor-
tails of a regenerate world. Occasion
ally that mist, called tradition, or that
fog, called history, lifts little and one
can see the true spirit of the bygone
times. And sometimes there have
been meteors-like Shakspere-that
could not be hidden with all the clamo1
of the king -worshipers and with all the
rubbish that the historian and chron'
iclers of intrigues have piled to bal
the way.
So that it happens that all of the i'm
mortals are not forgotten. And that
the transmission and passage of the
germ, through long line of the for
gotten, has not been delayed. And 81
it happens that the day Of humanit!
cometh; that the end Of the wealth
worshipers will come; that the age will
dawn when the true immortals will
have their place and future ages shall
not forget them.
Time matters not, so that there b.
certainty. The cost, the suffering, tn
days of forgetting and the period
when virtue was ignorant, count fo
nothing in the great result-in tn
final crowning of the forgotten
Fargo Argus.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-30
HOW SHALL SOCIETY PROTECT
ITSELF?

Can laws be passed so stringent, or
penalties made so severe, that crime
will be prevented? 1t is possible to
reduce crime, to limit it to some ex-
tent by reasonable punishment; but
does crime decrease as penalty in
creases? Whether we consider an
cient or modern times the pages of
history do not read that way.
Look at the history of crimes and
penalties of ancient Persia where
small crimes were punished by cut.
ting off the right hand, greater ones
10y decapitation, pressing to death be.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-18

Pillsbury's Flour mis- have = capac.
ity Of 1850 barrels a Cay. -
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-18

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-18
THEIR STEEL SHIRTS.
Prominent Men Who Wear the Cum.
bersOme Under. Garments.


From 1885 to the time of his death, the
late Gear Of Russia, Alexander III, never
appeared outside Of his bedroom and
study without a fine steel suit Of mail,
which would protect his body, back and
front, between his collarbone and his
loins, from the dagger of the assassin.
Excepting his valet and his wife nobody
had seen this suit Of mail, as 1t was
worn between the underclothes and uni
form, but the Cars unwillingness to 60
even to a cabinet council without 1t was
an open secret in all the courts Of Eu-
rope. Bismarck at one time wore such
a coat, as did also Stambouloff and
Crispi. The Italian premier indeed still
wears, for protection from the assassin's
bullet or knife, a light shirt or mail OF
double thickness over the heart. None
of these men, however. resorted to such
precaution until repeated attempts at
assassination had been made. Nicholas
II of Russia, has waited for no such at
tempt on his life. Ever since the ar
rest Of the Nihilist students at Odessa
he has worn a shirt Of nickel and steel
onerous as the garment must be to q
man of his inferior physique and lethar-
gic habits. Still stranger stories of his
fear and caution have penetrated the
walls of the imperial palace and gained
credence among the people of his own
capital. Although no dagger has been
laid on his pillow to unnerve him, and no
warning Of death has been put under
his dinner plate to plague him. the Gear
never visits his dinner tableo or bed with
out the company of trusted attendant
1t is this attendants business to ex-
anime every napkin and to turn every
plate on the table before his me1esty
sits down to eat, and to unmake and
make again the whole bed before his
majesty retires for the night. At every
door of the dining room and bed cham
ber stands Cossack guard, day and
night, and from every dish that Is served
at the imperial table a special watcher
in the court kitchen must eat mouthful
before it is served to prevent any chance
of poisoning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-18
SAVED BY A LIFE.CHAlN.
Connecticut Lads Rescue COmpan'
ion by Novel Means.

There is a newly made hero down In
the little post village Of Sandy HOOK,
Conn.,, says the New York World. He
is Stephen Keane, a bright lad Of fifteen
years. Stephen has been valorous
boy all his life. but it was not until
last Monday that he became a real hero
He and party of his classmates from
st. Michael's Parochial school at Sandy
Hook on that day went skating on MI
antic millpond. In the party was
Michael Heating, a boy Of twelve years.
Michael, venturing where the ice was
thin, broke through and fell into the
water. Stephen Keane cried:
Form 'life-chain.' boys, and we'll
save little Mike easy!"
Lying fiat. face downward on the ice,
as he had and hold tightly onto his
ankles. The ankles Of this one were
in turn grasped by another lad, and so
on until ''life-chain" Of six brave boys
was formed.
Keane wriggled his way carefully out
on the thin ice. Before him was poor
Heating struggling for life. Once he
went down and still the first link Of the
'1ife-chain'' was crawling slowly on the
ice far away. Down he went the Sec
ond time.
Hold tight. boys!" cried Keane.
Just as the drowning boy was disap-
pearing for the last time Keane seized
his coat.
Crack went the Ice and the first two
links of the life chain" We're also in
the icy water.
Finally all the boys were dragged
out. the worse only for wetting. u
When the crowd gathered about
young Keane and showered praises on
him for his forethought and pluck he
only said:
II read in newspaper how to do that
trick and thought I'd try it,"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-18
FUNERAL OF CAPTAIN QUAcKENBUSH
WelI.knOwn Naval Officer Buried ut
Washington, ID. c.


Washington, ID. c.
From Washington Star.
The funeral services of Captain S. w.
Quackenbush, y. S. NJ. c., took place
yesterday at his late quarters, the ma
rine barracks, Brooklyn, N. Y. The
prayers of the church We're read, fol-
lowed by a few eloquent words of tri-
butte by Rev. Father Nash in the pres,
ence of the captains family, after
which the remains We're escorted to the
navy yard steamer by full military es-
cort ell route to Washington, d. c., ac-
companied by his bereaved family.
At Washington the cortege was met
by q guard of marines acting as pail
bearers. The remains were conveyed to
Oak Hill cemetery, where after short
but feeling service by Chaplain Father
Rainey, Y. s. NJ, and last sad taps on
the bugle, they were inferred.
Captain Quackenbush was born in
Albany, N. Y, forty-six years ago. He
was the eldest son of the late Rear Ad-
miral s. p. Quackenbush, U. s. NJ, and
grandson Of the late Hon. Deodatus
Wright Of Albany, NY. He received his
appointment as second lieutenant of ma
rines on his twentieth birthday, and
was the ranking officer, of his age in
his corps.
He had completed his full tour of sea
service. Previous to his present as
slgnment to the Brooklyn marine bar
racks he served as fleet marine officer
Of the South Atlantic squadron. Cap
tain OuaCkenbush leaves a widow
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-18
PERSONAL.
Rev. w. H. Stubblebine is in Philade

Rev. W. H. stubblebine is in Philadel.
phia.
Congressman at Large Galusha A.
Grow was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. w. G. Shock, of Washington, d. c..
Is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. James Tay-
lor. of 800 Pine street.
DR.. Brewster is in Detroit Mich, at.
tending the sessions of the American In
stitute Of Homeopathy.
Charles Colbert has returned from the
University of Pennsylvania to spend the
summer at his home in thfs city.
William and Charles Fowler are at Mans
field attending the commencement exer-
cises at the State Normal school.
Colonel H. A. Coursen and the members
Of his family left yesterday for Cottage
City, Mass, where they will spend the
summer.
Mrs. Melville p. Craft and daughter,
Marion. of Brooklyn. n. Y, are visiting
Alrs. Crafts sister, Mrs. J. j. Rogers, Of
Gordon street.
At the commencement exercises of Le-
high university yesterday a prize for gen.
eral chemistry was awarded to George X.
Jackson, of this city.
p. Il. Rosar, late travelling salesman for
the Diamond Starch company, has been
engaged in a similar capacity by the Cook
and Bernheimer company, wholesale liquor
dealers, of New York city.
George Davis of Davis theater, and
Harvey Long returned yesterday from a
three days fishing trip. They were
guests at Lancasters hotel South Sterl-
ing. and brought home with them a large
catch of brook trout.
Daniel Davies. an extensive coal opera tor
from the state of Indiana. is a guest Of
Hon. u. NJ. Jones, of the West Side. Mr..
Davies participated in the marriage cere-
fnony Of his son. d. J. Davies, assistant
city attorney, which took place last even-
ipu
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-18
WONDERFUL IS THE vIrAscopH.
Pictures, Lifelike and Fun of Color,
Thrown On n Scrccm

Pictures, Lifelike and Fun of Color,
Thrown ON a Screen.
All Of next week Wizard Edison's
latest and most marvellous invention,
the vitascope, will be ON exhibition at
the Frothingham.
The first public exhibition Of the vi
tascope was given at Roster and Bials,
New York city, and it created a great
sensation The vitascope Is an i'm
provement on the kinetoscope. and adds
life and vitality to the figures shown
upon life-size scale. Some Of the
scenes which will exhibited at the
rockingham are the serpentine dance,
the fire scene, Herald square, New York,
the blacksmith shop. and the waves.
The breakers in the latter are SO nat
ural that everybody feels like running
away when they come dashing toward
the front of the stage. seemingly noun
tain high. In addition to the vitascope
a high class vaudeville show will be
given by New York company of re-
putable artists. 1t is wonderful to ina
gine that such a show can be given at
popular prices of 10. 20 and 80 cents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-18
THEY MAY ANTICIPATE,
Gross Price Of S4.25 Per Ton for
Stove for July Deliveries.


Stove for July Deliveries.
1t is by no means improbable that
some. If not all, Of the larger anthracite
coal interests may anticipate the ad-
vance in prices that is expected to be
deferred until July /. Some Of the
companies are said to be restless. owing
to shortage in various sizes. and It is.
in fact, asserted that in some instances
a gross price of $4,25 per ton for stove
has already been made for July deliver
les.
Estimates as to the probable increase
In production for July over the present
ratio Of output vary from SOC, 900 to 1000
900 tons. Friends of the Lackawanna
say that that company could mine and
sell without the slightest difficulty its
proportion Of an output Of 100000 tons
in July, If made, at an advance Of 25
cents over current figures. Some in
terests believe that the market will not
take more than 3,500,OOO tons in July
New York Commercial Advertiser.