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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

help? Go 10 llcrkclrHth & bentley. The EN-
pl1yment people, 100 east second South 81.
Telephone l64
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

A jag cure is said to have been dis
covered by western physician. He
gets the alcohol into his patient
through the veins of horse, whose
blood is used in incubation.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

The st. Petersburg Novostl says "all
the great powers arc Mt present ami
mated by pacific Intentions" IT
should have said dominated by pa
cinc necessities"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

Now another pigeon comes from
Andree. At least an Illinois man says
so. but he fails to tell how the pigeon
found the number of his residence.
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with crops being ruined by excess
sive moisture in Washington. and by
drouth in Missouri, some parts of the
country have an almost discouraged
population.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

REPRESENTATIVE OF RESPUNSI-
billy Nnd influence wanted everywhere by
New York Banking llmsc salary So he
sides liberal commissions allpWrI. Refer
cnccs required. Address Secretary" W.
l4th 81, New York.
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lions Herald. Methodist Boston,
says "The present outlook of the
kingdom of God is fun Of cheer for all
who are working toward its coming"
But how few, comparatively, there are
working for the actual coming of the
kingdom.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

and Real Estate Brokers. Tel. 35s'
Gray's Laxative Pellets cures Con-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

The tramp as a tax is figured out
in this way: \ hundred thousand
tramps, begging and stealing 500
each in n year,is a tax of S10,O0OOOO on
the American people. To change this,
the people ought to put on a 100 per
cent tariff payable in hard labor.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

Dr. Koch says his investigation in
India shows that the plague bacillus
there is very short lived, SO are its
victims when il takes hold.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

y. i. MORAN STEAM AND NOT WASIlhNn
heating aud vcntilating apparatus ~
west Sreond South.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

Very fond of fruit this yenr-the
worms
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08

AWNINGS AND TENTS.
TIN AND SHEET IRON WORK.
CRY scAyENGEn.
STEAM HEATING.

TuEDAVIDJ JAMES co, STEAM FlTElNSS
and plumbing in ALI thclf branches NJ
Main street.
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gi,t year. sept, a. Special advantages Ia ali
who arrange bcfoir sept. 49, Oulsurte
Dramatic Art. Piuno Dept under Nellie
Hall, See. g.. Chicago
DRUNKENNESS PERMANENTLY
cured by nr, lInrgrcuycs reliable treatment
Thousands of cures Home treatment
furnished. Also painless opium cure, Suite
3, s. state St, Chicago.
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Proper iona ely low rates from points
north and south of Salt Lake. Call at
oregon Short Line ticket Office for par
ticulnrs.
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T. i. HANSEN on ~ SOUTH WEST
Temple street wishes to buy a dairy witt
about 10 or II COWS,
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HAVE A uOliSE. ABOUT l.ioO POu Nps,t
wish 10 exchange for gond cow. q; uI IN,
~. Welfare street near Tenth south anu 0''
puu West
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
Written for The Prison Mirror
HOME MAKING AS SOCIAL ART,

The environments of home life, in all
probability, have more to do with the
social status of a country than any
other one thing. 1t is the home circle
that establishes our mental and moral
qualities. In the word home we in
clude the family and its residence with
all accessories.
A we'll built, we'll lighted, well ven-
tilated house containing all modern
improvements, and presided over by a
wise and economic mother who makes
the best use of every surrounding: tries
to make herself pleasing and agreeable
to the wage Garner when he comes home
tired and hungry, is sure to send out
into the world a pleasant, intelligent,
happy and moral set of young people
who will help materially to raise the
standard of social life.
The very furniture, adornments. and
brio brac in house indicate the
character and social standing of the
inmates. | do not mean the intrinsic
value of the furnishings but their
selection, condition and arrangement.
l have known instances of beautiful
pure and noble lives growing up in the
very worst surroundings: but such
lives are the exception and not the
rule. Take home where the house is
used only to eat and sleep in; it is bare
and untidy, with no attraction for
young or old; no books, no pictures, no
music, no games. The children spend
their evenings on the street, the father
his at some dram shop and the mother
gossiping. The domestic .miseries of
such a home are sure to make the
children rude, ignorant and unworthy.
| think it is the plain duty of every
one of the first mentioned homes to i'm
prove the conditions of all surround
ing homes. 1t is duty we owe to our
selves as well as to others. Our do
mestic circle may have all the elements
of a complete and happy home; but we
cannot live isolated from our neighbOrs
and it is very easy to infuse into others
the desire for bettering their surround
ings d. w. X.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
AN AGE OF IGNORANCE.

This is said to be an age of intelli-
gence. and, relatively speaking, it is.
There is a widespread sentiment in
favor of promoting education among
all classes in the community. This
sentiment is not wholly altruistic; it
rests largely on the belief that the
great prizes of life to-day in nearly all
cases go to the intelligent; and as even
the ignorant man would like to have
some of these prizes he naturally
adopts the one course that will make
him competitor for them with some
chance of success; he ceases to be ignO-
rant. 1t would be ungracious, as we'll
as unjust, to find fault with those who
improve their minds because they do
so either wholly or in part from a
selfish motive. But such people are
continually in danger of contenting
themselves with a merely superficial
culture, which yields no fruits of
profitable knowledge. And this is,
perhaps, the most conspicuous defect
in the popular education of the day.
There is, however, more practical
reason why we should not boast too
much about the intelligence of this
age, and that is the fact that the
people who are ignorant vastly out
number the people who are intelligent.
Reference is not made particularly to
those who are recognized as illiterate
and ignorant, although they are very
numerous. A multitude of people
who would usually be classed as intel
ligent are included in this term-peO-
pie whose knowledge is worse than
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
SALTWATER, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER H. 1897

completely transformed through proper
methods. An engine without steam
would be of little use, although it
would run down grade. 1t would also
surely collide with the stone on the
track; the engineer could not prevent
a wreck. N ow there is in every man,
civilized, semi civilized and savage, a
something, call it what you please and,
until this is used, the engine man has
no steam and will stop at the first
grade, jump the track at the first
curve, or collide with the first obstruc-
ton. After this innate influence is
brought to bear, his inward strength
is very much improved, if not brought
to perfection. He is now full grown.
Consequently that which was difficult
some time ago, is now easy, just as it
is easy for the athlete to perform with
forty pound dumb bells, after he has
learned to handle seventy-fve pound
ones
This is why some have succeeded.
after their barque of morality had been
on the treacherOuS reef of misguided
reliance, and abandoned by friends as
hopeless. They were drifting on the
trackless sea of error, in the open boat
of thwarted and deferred hope, with
out PROV or helm to guide or steer it.
But just at the time when they
thought themselves helpless, there ap-
peared on the dark shore OF destiny
the omnipotent power that sends forth
radiant CLEANS of assistance to those
cropping in the midnight gloom of
overpowering adversity, and they an
chOred safely in the harbor of victory,
and were changed from coward slaves,
to conquering soldiers. The inward
alteration that l have tried to illustrate
is the true reformation. No honest
effort made in this direction will fail
of result and reward. If you have de-
cided to reform let me leave two
thoughts with you, that have been
helpful to me: "It is always according
to the changes which take place in
men, that there is change in their
thoughts Again, lat first sight
very simple one) 'Power is real force,
that which does nothing is not
strength"
Helpless one, It's sweet to say!
That none who seek are turned away"
May our greatest endeavor, our
strongest passion, our fondest hope,
be for the reformation that is real
force. g. r.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
one who caught it was bound to

one who caught it was bound to
respond in some more verses.
While the Romans were less gifted
they were, nevertheless, intellectual,
and great lovers of entertainment. The
host would usually devise some form of
amusement to accompany the feast.
Those whose means permitted would
often employ beautiful Andalusian
girls to perform their famous dances
during the intervals between the
courses of the feast, accompanied by
the flute and castanets. Wine flowed as
freely as water and loOsened the
tongues of the guests; no pains were
spared to make the feast an event to
be long remembered. Sometimes there
would be choir of singers, a concert
of either players, or even farce. Din
nerS of less pretensOn would be en-
livened and prolonged with readings
of epic poems or other forms of enter
tainment.
1t is true that the social functions
held much less important place in
the lives of the ancients than with us;
but it held place marked by imposing
grandeur and rare intellectual attain
ments.
The cultivation of lassitude, that
amiable dullness assumed by us, hap
PLY had nc part in their social ethics;
but to us their pompous faring of
material wealth seems vulgar. They
also lacked the charm of that frank,
open conversation and the piquant
beauty of the camaraderie that mark
the social functions among all classes
today. A. c. r.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
Written for The Prison Mirror.
TRUE REFORMATION.

The question, how can the fallen
and depraved, be reclaimed? is one
that has stirred the minds of the good
and great through many decades of
the passing century. And, after ages of
toll and inquiry, it remains unan-
swered to those who reject regenera-
ton. But their efforts have not been
useless, nor their labor in vain. They
have taught us that persons OF Ger.
tain temperament are unable through
their unreliability to be uplifted by the
influence of friends, to live moral
life.
You can call to mind, men who are
or were dishonored, degenerate, pro-
fame, profigate, vicious in deed, un-
clean in action and thought, drunken
and lost; you know, or have read about
men of this kind trying to reform.
Some of them would get along all
right for months; others only for few
days. Their intentions were good;
they tried again and again to conquer,
but met with defeat and disaster every
time.
Why did they fail? Some will say,
through dissipation their will-power
had become weakened, their nervous
systems diseased and disordered. Be-
cause of this the struggle with the
beast nature within, was an unequal
conflict. The reason they failed is be-
cause they started wrong. The proof
offered is. we have seen the same men
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
Written for The Prison Mu7Or.
HEROISM.

We have all read more or less about
the gallant General Custer, the reputed
hero Of the battle of the Little Big
Horn. Custer has been subjected to
much harsh and probably unjust criti-
cism. He was determined and brave
man possessing desperate courage
But while bravery and courage are in
dispensable they can not and never
have taken the place of good Judgment
Custer attained some distinction as an
Indian fighter through the fact that he
was victorious in some half dozen or
more battles with the redskins. But
on this memorable day his actions ap-
pear to be unworthy of the gallant
Custer of former days. He became
ambitiously blind to the critical situa-
tion in which he was placed and walked
into the trap set by the willy redskins,
and was followed by as brave little
band of men as ever threw rifle to
their shoulder.
Clusters defeat and untimely end
may be attributed to his poor judg-
ment The greatest acts of heroism l
think that l ever read of were per-
formed by men who acted on the i'm
pulse or spur of the moment. They
had no time for meditation, no time to
study out and think of the glory and
fame that might follow their acts. 1
admire hero l like to read about
them; but at the present day 1 think
the supply of the would-be hero greatly
exceeds the demand. He is very num-
erOus, in fact, so much so that he is be-
coming a drug on the market.
In magazine of recent date, l was
reading of preacher residing in the
state of California, who has gained the
title of "hero" in what appears to me,
to be a very unique way. He is known
as the deep-sea parson. This latter
title he has acquired from the number
of eloping couples he has married the
necessary three miles from land. Those
young people intend to give banquet
in his honor, and present him with a
medal for heroism. This parson may
be brave and fearless man, but it is
not made plain to me where the medal.
deserving heroism comes in. 1t may
require more than ordinary nerve to
venture out to sea in small row boat,
with possible chances of being devoured
by whales. But is it not possible that
the whales mistake this deep-sea par.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
SOCIAL CONTRASTS.
Paper Read Before the ChdHdoQud Cucle. !

At the present time when society,"
the evolution of centuries-has become
of such complex nature; when it's
dictates demand that we almost Oblit-
crate our personality; when the ap-
pearance of being ignorant and wholly
without emotion is considered a mark
of good breeding, it is refreshing to
look back to time when social usages
were in formative state and devoid
of most of the conventionality of our
time.
Such was Roman society in Pliny s
time. The earliest social forms seem
to have been borrowed from the
Greeks, whose manners and literature
left beautiful and refining element
upon the social atmosphere of medi-
eval Rome. Later, when court was
set up in Rome, the advancement in
refinement and in social forms became
more marked. Social gatherings be-
came more frequent and imposing in
character. Emperors set the pace by
giving feasts at which the nobility
gathered in great numbers. The prin.
cipal characteristics of these social
gatherings were display of wealth,
pOmp, and intellectual attainment.
They were gotten up more as an eXhi-
bition than for the purpose of visiting
and there was little or no conversation
among the guests. The dinners sup
piled on these occasions were very
elaborate and were served in several
courses.
The entertainments given by the
nobility and the wealthy families were
modelled much on the same plan, and
were often exact copies, on a smaller
scale, of the magnificent feasts given
by the emperors. This trait, as prev.
alent then as with us moderns, of
mimicking the manners of those of
great wealth or station was we'll under
stood by the writer's of ancient times.
Plutarch tells us that "Sovereigns who
love music, make musicians" Claud-
ius, the poet. writes Gall men delight
to initiate their kings"
The Greeks improvised songs at
their feasts. The host would take a
branch of myrtle in his hand and
holding it above his head would give a
cOuplet, then toss it to his guests. The
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

The inhabitants of Iceland are COM
mended as truly honest people. Cases
of theft are almost unknown to them,
and murder does not happen in a
generation. There is only one police
man on the islands, who spends six
months of the year in the north, and
the rest of the time in Reikiavik,
where the only Jail is situated. Ac-
cording to the islanders, this prison is
magnificent building in that it is
built of stone, and they think it is a
direct invitation to wrong doing, as an
inmate of the prison lives in nice
room, enjoys the privilege of reposing
on real bed, and eating bread at
meals-luxuries in which the ordinary
Icelander scarcely ever has the oppor.
tunity of indulging himself. In spite
of these choice temptations, however,
the Reikiavik prison is nearly always
empty.-Phila. Sat- Eve. Post.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
Vol. XI.-NO. 16.
GRANDMOTHER.


She sits beside the window wide.
In wooden rocking chair.
Through cap of lace we'll can trace
The snowy waves of hair.
so white it shows, so warm it glOws.
AS sunbeams softly pour
Through window pane and try in vain
To make it gold once more.
/ love her eyes-dim, yet so wise;
And, ah, so quick to see
The pitfalls deep. the snares that creep,
The trials that threaten me!
l love her cheek. the lines that speak
of lifes long, toilsome day,
The tender touch that tells so much
Ofpatient love alway.
So old and bent, so weak and spent.
Yet keeping youth enough
TO help and cheer when skies are drear
And ways are steep and rough.
love to sit where shadows fit,
My head upon her knee.
And feel her arm, so soft and warm,
Close gently over me.
love to hear upon my ear
The broken voice. so mild,
The long, full day of work and play
Has wearied you, my child!'
A tender prayer is in the air,
Oh, sweet the hour and mood.
And sweet the tone, my little one.
I truSt Won have hean pOOd
The Toronto Globe.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
TERMS. $1.OO per year. in advanc-
Six Months so cents.

ignorance because it is perverted, or
distorted, or torn out of it's natural re-
latiOns.
An excellent illustration of this was
recently furnished in the examination
for candidates for the police force of
an eastern city. AS rule the men
who present themselves for such an
examination would naturally be classed
as fairly intelligent men; certainly
they would not belong to the class of
illiterates. And yet, though the ques-
tions which were given to them to an
swer were elementally easy, only 35 per
cent of them succeeded in passing.
The answers of the Is per cent who
did not pass showed an amazing ignor-
ance which can only be explained by
assuming either that these men cannot
think or that they were not taught to
think At the time of the examina-
tion referred to leading paper of the
city in question said of the applicants
for examinations:
Ont of 21O, fOrty-three could not tell
in what state Chicago is, one of them
declaring that "Chicago is state by
ITSELF Forty could not name one
New England state One named five
of them as follows: "Inglen, Irelan,
Soothing, Wales and Cork" and
another gave the same list except that
he substituted Belfast for Cork.
Ninety could not name one of the con-
federate states, and one wrote down as
five of them, "New York, Pennsyl-
vania. Massachusetts, Maine and Yer
mOnt.' One hundred and twenty-six
could not name the law making body
of the United States, one of them de-
claring it to be martial law" Forty
five did not know the name of the
chief executive officer of a state.
Among the other tests of intelligence
in this examination was one requiring
each candidate to write 125 words on
some practical topic-such as "The
Causes of Crime"-a test which fur
nished the most striking proof of the
mental vacuity of many supposedly
intelligent men. One candidate con-
tented himself with enunciating the
fact, "Crimes does be DONE" Another
gave the mysterious answer: ''The
most of the principles has been drunk
crazy and almost dead from their en-
durance.' Imagine the air of superior
wisdom and of perfect sufficiency
with which that particular candidate
must have risen from his literary
EFFORT
We may smile at all this; but how
much more creditable would be the
results of a similar examination of
Minneapolis able bodied patrolmen?
And yet this ignorance is not more
dense than that of many who have
gone to school, and are, therefore, sup
posed to be intelligent. There are
of such people in every
community today, and instead of in
dulging in spread eagle speeches
about our intelligence it is high time
for us to pay more attention to our
system of education which in so many
cases educates pupils to be more ig-
norant than they were before, because
it imparts to them facts without train.
ing their minds to retain and use those
facts in their right relations. Mime
apolis Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

son for Jonah and give him clear
field to operate in? The article did
not state what the material of this
medal of heroism was to consist of, but,
if it's value is in accordance with the
merits of the case, it should be a leather
one. f. NJ.
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