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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-11-18
MILLINERY.

We offer this week one line of Ladies' Felt Sail
ors and Walking Hats. Were $lOO, $l.25 and
$1. 5O.r Reduced this week to 75c.
We have decided to clean stock of mems shoes of all
odd broken To gathered together
brands and prices and offer them for less than buy the
same shoe to-day
LOT l.
40 pairs Selz Schwab 81 shoe for 81 So
LOT2
pairs So makes this week
for $500.
LOT g.
So pairs s4 90 and 81 shoes, this $3.50.
LOT A.
rs pairs Pngree Smiths $3.50 and sOO shoes this sale for
81
LOT 5.
$500 shoes for $500.
LOT 6.
$500 shoes for s3.5
These good reliable shoes and sell them. That's
all
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
CRIMINAL NOTORIETY.

INORDINATE love of notOriety is
a factor in crime worthy of atten-
ton. Young men, morally and
mentally weak and whose excessive
vanity leads them to think that
they are smarter than those who
enforce the law. are attracted to
wrong-doing by the false heroism
which morbid sensationalism and
maudlin sentimentality throw
around crime. With an undevel-
oped sense of right and wrong and
highly susceptible to temptation,
they are led to believe that crime
consists more in getting caught
than in it's commission. They
read extravagant newspaper ac-
counts of the exploits, profits and
easy life of criminals and are in
fatuated with the excitement at
tending their operations and the
notoriety resulting from their de-
lection and capture: they see but
the gilded and inviting side of
crime, with its supposed pleasures
and freedom from the exactions of
honest labor, but never the real
misery and disgrace that follows in
it's train and which are it's inevita-
BILE penalties. The unreal has
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

more attractions for the cOnceited
than the real. They believe they
can improve on the experience of
others, that they can teach old
hands their business and en- JOY the
fruits of crime without suffering
the consequences: but the end is
always the same-they enjoy a
brief notoriety, then are remem-
bered only as the crime-stained
Outcast.
Much as they do to expose crime
and bring it's perpetrators to JUS
tice, the newspapers are yet largely
responsible for weakening respect
for law in the minds Of those who
are morally unable to resist an OPP
portunity to engage the public eye,
even in a criminal role. Reports
of crimes are treated in a jOcular
manner, the greatest possible prom
inence given to any of an unusual
nature, and in every account, deal
ing with the manner of commits
sion, all kinds of suggestions are
advanced as to how crime could be
done with success and safety. This
serves to familiarize the reckless
and unthinking with the ways of
crime. and from familiarity to con-
tempt is only a step. so to speak.
Every crime, committed under I'M
usual circumstances. finds imita-
tors. and this imitation is the di-
rect result of the publicity given
the original which creates the de-
sire in the imitator to revel in the
same notOriety.
Criminal notoriety is hardly re-
movable. but the evil effects of it
could be minimized if the dark in
stead Of the seeming bright side
was unveiled. The glare of pub
licity is always attractive to the
embryotic law breaker: it appeals
to vanity, and vanity, after all, is
responsible for great deal Of what
is usually attributed to courage.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

ing to strive for by ordinary
methods of endeavor. Chance, it
is true, is an element in human
affairs, but it's favors seldom fall on
any save those who are searching
for what comes to. them. through
the medium they help to create.
A days preparation is worth a
years trusting to chance, every
great achievement, every triumph
and every success which have en-
riched human knowledge, Or adj
vanced material progress, resulted
from careful planning, with watch
full supervision to guide to the in
Dictated goal. When trust is put
in chance, industry is forsaken and
all hope of success becomes but
visionary.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
TRUSTING TO CHANCE.

A COMMON failing with many
people is their habit of trusting to
the, uncertainties of chance. Mi
cawber-like, they are always wait
ing for something to turn up, but
never seem to possess the necessary
push and energy to aid in turning
it up themselves. They complain
of hard luck when their own shift
lessness brings them face to face
with necessity. whine at fate for it's
seeming partiality and are at all
times and in all places in dis
gruntled frame of mind over the
ill-fOrtune that is the natural re-
suit Of their lack of industry and
the qualities requisite to a success
full career. This class have no
sympathy with labor and make no
effort to advance by their own ex-
ertions, but drift through life as a
derelect in human affairs. viewing
it's realities as prizes or blanks dis
pensed by the goddess of luck.
The young man, whose ruling
trait is blind belief in the eff
cacy of luck, begins life with fatal
flaw in his character. 1t may not
lead him into the vice of gambling.
but it will prove drag-net on his
capacity for Independent and
thorough work. He will take
everything for granted, be careless
with details and proceed with his
work under the delusion that all
will be we'll in the end, overlook
ing the one central truth that moth
ing can end we'll unless intelligent
effort, reinforced by constant at
tentiOn, directs it to a successful
end.
No success. in it's true sense, can
be gained by trusting to the tickle
prospects of chance. That which
is of value, which is worth striving
for and which can be priced in
after life as something to awaken
pleasant memories or from which
happiness can be had, is to be
gained only by industry and close
attention to what engages ability.
Chance is an uncertain quantity
from any point of view, and to de-
pend upon it is to confess lack of
energy. It is the foundation for
the hopes Of the idle, the reckless
and the worthless, who daydream
of enjoying what they are unwill-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

The young man who prides
himself on being ''sport" has a
future before him that is anything
but brilliant. He will find the
appellation bar to every social
or business position worthy Of am
bition. It savors of low associa-
tons and habits destructive of
good character, is indicative of
want of self-respect and bespeaks a
fondness for the pleasures of vice.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

FLIPPANCY is the weakness of
the over-smart. By the use of
cheap remarks, labelled wit, they
endeavor to conceal their poverty
Of brain power. They are irrever-
ent in all things. have no regard
for the feelings Of those at whom
their offensive remarks are directed
and, lacking every sense Of propri-
ETY.. are as unwelcome in any COM
pany as a rainstOrm is to a picnic
party.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

HONE is the place Of not only
the boy, but the man. There is
something radically wrong in the
management of any household
when the head of it finds the saloon
more attractive. The influences
that surround a home should be
such as to make it something more
than a place for eating and sleep
ing. 1t should be to every member
of the family what country is to
the patriot, what heaven is to the
Christian first in thought. care
and affection, supreme in impOr-
lance and the object around which
all desires cling. Home is the
nursery of character and without
good example to guide, its good in
fuences lack an essential element.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

The arbitration treaty between
the United States and England
has been agreed to, and awaits the
ratification Of the Senate. What
is now needed is treaty between
the two countries providing that
the one shall keep it's titled nom
entities in English club houses and
the other it's silly heiresses in
American households.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

If THERE is any sure maxim of
duty. of morals and of humanity it
is that the strong should aid the
weak and defend the defenseless.
Yet the modern law of COMPETE
ton is directly antagonistic to the
spirit Of this principle. Wealth,
power and influence combine for
their own interest. with little if any
care for the rights of the humble.
the defenseless and the friendless.
Any industrial system that eXacts
ten hours work each day from a
poor girl and then rewards her
with a miserable three dollars per
week is as grinding. as heartless
and as exacting as the vassalage of
the feudal age. With all it's tri-
umphs, it's progress and it's boosted
humanity, civilization has yet to
overcome its greatest obstacle to
justice, best expressed in the motto
"Survival of the fittest.'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

PHILANTHROPY is noble only
when it can show that what it
gives in charity has been earned
through the medium of justice
The man who will grind down
those who work for him, giving
just enough to keep body and soul
together, who will resort to sharp
practices in buying and selling and
who is deaf to individual distress,
and yet subscribes money to
found charitable institution OF
promote reform, may be phil
anthropist, but he is an enemy of
justice.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

Those persons who have fewest
virtues of their own are lOudest in
condemning those whose sins have
found them out, and those whose
sins have found them out are ex-
perts at finding flaws in the char
acters of those whose stations in
life they can never hope to occupy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

WHEN a man loses ten dollar
overcoat by theft, he feels that as
a good citizen he must do all he
can to have the thief sent to prison
for several years, but when he is
swindled out of couple of hun
dred in a gambling game, he con-
siders it tuition money paid the
school of experience.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is 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 a fallen mans Self-redemptiOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

GOOD character is a good thing
with which to begin life, but a
good suit of clothes will be found
almost as serviceable: not that
clothes have any moral value, but
the world has a way of thinking
that what we are worth is reflected
in what we wear.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

The man who has no principle
himself. who never acts without a
motive of interest and who looks
upon every proposition from a
financial point of view, can never
understand why one man should
sympathize with the misfortunes
of another.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
N 0 TIC E.

THOSE receiving copies of THE MIR
ROR who are not subscribers will
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les. If, after reading them, you should
conclude that THE MIRROR is
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your name on our books for a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

CHARACTER is strong onl y in
proportion to the weakest trait in
it. Let this weak link snap and
the whole chain of character loses
it's form. it's usefulness and its
beauty.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
<<dQNF;q!:n!|6 A'eM''SNSESss:
When the farmers young son goes to college
He proves himself naught but goose:
While the old man is raising potatoes,
The young man is raising the deuce.
BROOKLYN Life

The holy passion of Friendship
is Of so sweet and steady and loyal
and enduring a nature that it will
last through a whole lifetime, if
not asked to lend money.-Denver
(Col. Herald.
What the Sultan needs" re
marks contemporary, is a per-
emptory calling down" What the
Sultan needs is haircut that will
leave nothing visible above his
shirt collar. Kansas City Jour
nal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

WHEN we strive to cultivate an
interest in what is honest. natural
and simple, we do all we can to
obey every law, human and divine,
laid down for right living.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

You need not brag about your
vices; they have an expressive
language of their own and will
speak out when you are most de-
sirous Of having them remain
silent.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
argO? Minneapolis JOurnaI.

dlSO. NnIIllItI 'oi1S cOullidl
Right living is. in one sense,
living without making mistakes.
To make mistakes. is human, how
ever, and mistake may at least
have in it the merit of activity
The person who does nothing may
escape laundering, but do-noth-
ing policy is not often a help to
progress Alden Advance.
Trust in the honor of our friend
once questioned and the beauty of
our friendship is married. You can
not bend COG in the smallest
wheel of your watch without III
iuring the delicate machinery of
the timepiece And friendship is
far more seriously marred by 3
seemingly slight cause. Farming
ton Tribune.
Il once brought down an Ameri-
can eagle which measured sixteen
feet from tip to tip" Dragged the
mighty hunter in the smoking com
partment.
Oats muffin : remarked the
quarter-master of the car. ''heaha
an American Nig'll measure d
hundred miles between tips some
times. -Up-To-Date.
In Kansas: How happy | ana
here on my claim. with nothing to
lose and nothing to gain: nothing
to eat and nothing to wear. and
nothing for nothing is honest and
fair. But here | am solid and
here [ must stay, for my money is
all gone and [ can't get away.
There is nothing that makes a man
feel hard and profane. like starry
ing to death on a government
claim. Zumbrota News.
The following is by an unknown
hero, but is nevertheless good
way to make money: Take d
dollar bill and fold it several times
each way. Then unfold it and yon
will find it in creases. Keep the
increase but send the original bill
to the printer who put you on to.
the scheme. Then take silver
dollar and drop it on the counter, y
and notice the ring it makes
Send the ring to your best girl and
the S to the printer and everybody
will be happy. Sparta (Wis.)
Democrat.
To bear false witness against
neighbor-that is, to lie about him,
to malign him, to defame his char
acter-is a sin. The moral law
puts it in the same category with
theft and murder. The common
law recognizes it as an otfense
against personal rights and social
order. The statute law of civilized
countries sets it down as a crime
against the state, punishable by
fine and Imprisonment, and as
wrong against the individual for
which indemnity may be recovered.
-Centralia Mo- Fireside Guard.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

The, january Donahoe covers
a wide range of subjects and must
meet with general appreciation.
Among the most striking features
of this issue are: ''Presidential
Administrations by Theodore F.
Benton, who in concise graphic
treatment of his subject contrives
to give much valuable information.
Readers will look forward eagerly
for the conclusion of this paper in
the February number. Fine illus
trations of the presidents add much
to the interest of the article. THE
Rights of Children have found a
vigorous champion in the Rev.
Mortimer +. Twomey, who pleads
the cause of the helpless with an
earnestness and kindness that are
more convincing than paragraphs
of denunciation The fiction Of
this number is excellent. ''The
Land Leaguer's Christmas by P.
j. Lynch: John the Beloved" by
Margaret Kenna: barbara Burch-
ards New Year. by Sarah Flint:
and 1.-TWO Under Dogs" by Blanche
Mccarthy, furnish a variety that
can not fail to be pleasing. The
illustrations are beautifully done.
the Departments replete with top
les of interests, and the poetry of a
very high order, particularly the
contributions from d. J. Donahoe.
and Chas. Beede.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14
y LITERARY NOTES. y

The st. Louis and Canadian
Photographer for January comes
with a new and attractive cover
and filed with valuable matter
pertaining to the art. Among the
contributed articles is one by
Abraham Bogardus entitled 1897"
in which a prospectus is taken of
the year. ''The Present State of
Photography" by S. Revnad
copyright and Reproduction
and panama to Mexico with su-
perb illustrations are articles wor-
thy of study. The pictures are
fine examples of photography: the
artistic lighting and soft, delicate
gradations, together with skillful
posing, make the January number
of the magazine one Of exceptional
merit.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

BY KEEPING constantly in view
that which pleases, that which dis
pleases takes wings and flies away.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

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, 1897-01-14

Entered at the POst-Offce at saltwater, Mimi,
as secOnd-claSS mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

When man suffers you will
hear people say that God is pun
ishing him for his sins. Would it
not be but fair to say that he suf-
fers because he has disobeyed
Gods laws-natures' laws?-Mon-
tevidiO Commercial.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

A would-be funny cuss asked.
''Where is the state of matrimony?'
and this is the answer he got. which
will do until a better one is manu-
featured: 1T is one of the Z. S.
It is bounded by hugging and
kissing on one side and cradles and
babies on the other. It's, chief
products are population, broom
sticks and staying out nights. It
was discovered by Adam and Eve
while trying to find northwest
passage out of Paradise. The
climate is rather sultry until you
pass the tropics of housekeeping,
when squally weather commonly
sets in with sufficient power to
keep all hands as cool as cucum-
bers. For the principle roads
leading to this interesting state,
consult the first pair of blue eyes
you run against" -Kasson Re-
publican.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-14

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-28

| returned from Provo whore he spent
| the holidays, The latest news from the
mine Indicates n very favorable show
ing and the miners think they arc
near the ledge owing To the bottom OF
| the shaft being into copper stained
formation.
Wyoming Press: AT meeting Of the
| Giant Chief Mining company last Mon
day evening at Col. Foote'S Office In
this city. DIR. w. Il Brewster was pre-
scented with n cut glass water service
of the very finest quality, with a solid
silver tray to bear the elegant mcinen-
TO. In appreciation of hisdevoted SER
vices in the Interest of the stockholm
ers of the Giant Chief
Evanston News Register: a. u.
Bradbury, superintendent of the Rocky
Mountain Coal & Iron company, was
in Evanston on Monday and left a
notice at this Office calling for fifty
miners before January list. With these
men secured. the capacity of the mine
win be increased from $50 to ITO tons.
with working force of 1f5 men. The
demand for men Is caused by n rush on
the Central Pacific road who are also
owners of the mine.
Payson Globe: Prof, j. j. Mcclellan
and wife came down from Salt Lake
and spent Saturday and Sunday Among
their relatives here. Mr.. Mcclellan
showed us some fine specimens of ore
taken from mine up near Bountiful
in which he is Interested. The property
is showing up fine and some Of the ore
assays as high as 10 per cent lead, be-
sides good showing in silver and
gold.
Silver City star: The leasers on the
buckeye on Monday finished pumping
the water out of the shaft aud night
shift was put on Monia5 night Work
OF sinking the shaft has been com
men "a and viii pio!,1b'v to c'.'',.ei
until he ~ ri -. is ,erri =.
There is some very fine ore in sight on
the 400-foot level showing values in
gold, silver. lead and copper and 1t is
expected that this ore body viii in
crease in size as depth is attained.
Silver City Star: The HomestaSe
shaft has now reached n depth If $50
feet and work of cutting tho station Is
now in progress. A crosscut viii le
run on this level to tap the vein and it
Is expected TO encounter large body
of pay ore. II Is probable that another
contract will soon be las and the shat
continued to the 600-foot level The
development work on the Iomestake
has been systematic and thorough and
will reward the owners for tn, money
which has been spent doing the work
The Monolith mine at shoup, Idaho.
has recently encountered one of the
richest bodies of ore ever discovered in
the state. Two weeks ago the main
tunnel ran UP against a dyke which |
seemed to cut the ore off. 1t was cut
through and found to be about seven
feet thick A winze was then sunk
from the breast of the tunnel about |
ten feet when 1t struck the ledge. A
round of holes was put in the ledge |
and when fred disclosed VEIN of |
quartz about two feet thick literally |
alive with free gold, which is estimated |
to 30 away up in the thousands.