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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16
THE UNANIMOUS VERDICT.

A MOVEMENT is now being ag-
itated in several states to revise
the rules Of criminal procedure so
that the decision of three-fourths
or fve-sixths Of the jury shall be
sufficient to settle the verdict in
all criminal cases. We believe
that even the criminal element
would be in favor of such law
providing that other portions of
the law governing the selection Of
juries be also revised to allow Of
an admittedly intelligent man get
ting on a jury occasionally. We
do not mean by this statement
that intelligent men never form a
part Of a criminal jury. But we
will state most emphatically that
the majority Of panel who openly
avow their intelligence when being
examined as to fitness are always
rejected. In selecting a jury it
would appear that a premium is
placed on ignorance as the great
est essential to the modern juror.
And the professional" juryman
should be entirely ignored by
officers in drawing a panel. In all
large cities the professional"
juryman abounds in the corridors
and around the sheriff's office dur
ing court terms. These men are
in the jury business for revenue
only They are the would-be
ward heelers and broken down
politicians who consider it a dis
grace for one with ''political ten
dencies'' and ''infooence" to have
to work as ordinary mortals; they
are the same gentry you find in
public parks during state or
national political campaign dis
cussing "our political Destiny"
Do away with the politico-profes-
sional juror and the average de-
PENDANT will be satisfied with the
verdict Of even two-thirds of the
jury.
The erroneous notion is afoat
that the criminal element is the
one mostly benefited by ignorant
juries. A short conversation with
nine-tenths of the men convicted
of crime will easily dispel this
fallacy. If a man be guilty he
prefers to have the extent, the de-
gree Of his crime passed upon by
intelligent men; if he is innocent
he has faith in the discerning
power Of twelve intelligent men
not apt to base their verdict upon
the eloquence Of the contending
attorneys in closing the case.
Eliminate the laws debarring
really intelligent men from jury
duty; avoid the professional juror,
and it is fair to assume that both
sides to a case will abide by the
verdict rendered and assented to
by nine Of the twelve men selected
to try case.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16
THE MIRROR is a weekly paper publishe

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 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 self-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, 1897-09-16

The world has yet to hear of
the first man who has peen unsuc-
cessful in search for trouble.
Like interest, it piles up even
while you sleep.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16
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Another man has taken poison
by jumping into the Chicago river.
Chicago Record.
Kansas claims that Kansas butter
is going to Europe. Will it walk?
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Luetgert murder trial will
scarcely boom the sausage business
in Chicago.-Minneapolis Weekly
Mirror.
A St. Louis Irish giant lifts
1922 pounds of stone. They are
real, full-weight rocks, too.-St,
Paul Globe.
A restless man in bed is like an
attorney, in that he lies on one
side and then turns and lies on the
other.-Appleton (Mo.) Herald.
De Wolfe Hopper is figuring in
a divorce case. Mrs. Hopper
should get alimony enough to keep
De Wolf from the door.-Minne-
apolis Journal.
The summer girl and the silly
season go out together, but it
doesn't follow that the summer
girl will cease making the men
silly.-Fulda Republican.
Dickens left S5OO,OOO to his
children, but all of his descendants
are said to be poor. Not a writer
of frst-class ability has appeared
among them.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The boy that ran away from his
home in New Ulm and made his
way to Klondike, where he has
claim worth $4,000 will not get a
whipping when he gets back.-St.
Peter journal.
If parents and teachers did their
whole duty by children under
their charge it would not be long
before Jail wardens and hangmen
would be out of their jobs.-Ward
Co. IN. d. Reporter.
With Andree sailing around in
the air in search of it and Messrs.
Peary and Wellman scooting north
ward over the snow, the North
Pole must soon surrender or move.
st. Louis Republic.
If some morning General Weyler
should find himself behind some
of the iron doors where he has
hidden many illustrious Cubans he
would have time to. think over his
long list of crimes and read how
the civilized world expressed it's
satisfaction in the change.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean,:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

THERE may be no royal road to
success, but there is a short and
fast route to prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

lost. Rice and shoes are no longer
omens of good luck. The modern
thrower Of them has transformed
them into missiles with which to
annoy and mortify the bride and
groom. The better class of people
have already begun to substitute a
shower Of rose petals, and this new
and far more beautiful idea is
rapidly being followed.
"Having once been enriched and
exalted to frst-class power by
immense continental possessions
which have almost entirely slipped
from her hands, Spain reluctantly
yields the last vestige and tenaci-
ously, frantically, almost suicidally,
clings to what must soon escape
her grasp unless she will consent
to their assuming a connection
with the mother country similar to
that which exists between Canada
and Great Britain,'' says J. L. M.
Curry, in American Monthly Re-
view of Reviews for September.
"A history lustrous with brilliant
military achievements and great
prowess makes it difficult and NOR
tifying for her to accept or submit
to the present condition, inevitable
as it appears to be-"
The most widely known general
family newspaper is the Toledo
Weekly Blade. For thirty years
it has been a regular visitor in
every part of the Union and is
we'll known in almost every one Of
the 10000 postoffices in the coun-
try. 1t is edited with reference to
a national circulation. It is Re-
publican paper, but men of all
politics take it, because of it's hon.
esty and fairness in the discussion
Of all public questions. It is a
favorite family paper, with some
thing for every member of the
household. Serial stories, poetry,
wit and humor; the Household de-
partment, Young Folks, Sunday
School Lessons, Talmage's Ser
mons, the Farmstead, etc. Only
one dollar year. Specimen copies
gladly sent on application, if you
address The Blade, Toledo. Ohio.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

In the September Ladies' Home
Journal Edward w. Box notes the
abuse of the pretty custom of cast
ing a small parcel of rice or
dainty slipper after a departing
bride and groom-an unspoken
Godspeed. "The dainty slipper,
he also says, ''has been transformed
into the old shoe Of doubtful
origin, and thrown with force and
accuracy, causing no end of dis
comfort. And this is what two
pretty customs have degenerated
into. They have been vulgarized,
and, therefore, the sooner they
pass into disuse the better. The
sentiment of the customs has been
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

Col. George 3. Waring, Jr., con-
tributes to McClure's Magazine
for September an article on "The
Cleaning of a Great City, that to
readers who have not carefully con-
sidered the subject will be simply
revelation. Reciting the story
of his own experience as Commits
sioner Of Street-Cleaning in New
York City during the last two
years and a half, Col. Waring dem
onstrates that it is quite possible,
at comparatively small cost, to
keep the streets of great city as
clean and wholesome as well-kept
house.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

A restless man in bed is like an
attorney, in that he lies on one
side and then turns and lies on the
other.-Appleton (Mo.) Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16
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"The Convict is the title of a
powerful sketch by Bart Kennedy
which is printed in the San Fran
cisco Argonaut Of September 18th
It tells Of a prisoner who escapes
and is tracked by blood-hounds
and for a time is saved from the
savage beasts by the G host Of the
man he killed.
One Of the most popular of the
regular features Of The Home
Magazine is the department Of
book news and reviews, which is
conducted by Editor Vance him.
self. These reviews are different
from the ordinary, and for their
originality and strength in treat
ment have attracted considerable
attention in the literary world.
"How Church is Rugged on a
Man-of- War" is the title of an I'M
usually interesting article by
Chaplain Chadwick, Z. S. N, in
Donahoe's Magazine for Septem-
Der. ''The naval regulations about
the proper observance of Sunday
are very strict" says the author,
"and command that captains Of
ships to which chaplains are at
tached shall have divine service
offered on all Sundays when the
weather and circumstances will
permit"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

De Wolfe Hopper is figuring in
a divorce case. Mrs. Hopper
should get alimony enough to keep
De Wolf from the oor.-Minne-
apOlis journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16

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, 1897-09-16

A St. Louis Irish giant lifts
4 ,222 pounds Of stone. They are
real, full-weight rocks, too-St,
Paul Globe.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
Annual Meeting.

The Red Jacket Congregational church
held their annual meeting last evening in
the church parlors. Reports from the
clerk, treasurer, Sunday school, Christ
ian Endeavor, Junior Christian Endeayor,
Womau's Home Missionary society and
the pastor were given anG showed the
church to be in a prosperous condition in
all these departments. W. f. Parnall,
j. j. McLaurin and W. j. Reynolds were
reelected trustees for three years. W.
lies was elected clerk for one year and
f. S. Stringer was reelected treasurer
Tor one year. II. T. Lewis was re-
elected Sunday school superintendent for
one year.
Ii. T. Lewis and J. j. McLaurin we're re-
elected deacons. L. s. Stringer was cleo
ted chairman OF the music committee.
The clerks report showed that fifty.six
new members were added to the church
during the year, making the present mem.
bership $50.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
GoldDugs.

The most remarkable goldbugs in the
world are found in Central America.
They belong to tho genus Plusiotis,
and one might easily imagine "a speci-
men to be the work Of some clever artif-
icer in metal. The head and wing cases
are brilliantly polished, with luster
as of gold itself. To sight and touch
they have all the seeming Of metal, and
it is hard to realize that the creature is
a mere animal. Oddly enough, there
is another species Of Plusiotis from the
same region, which has the appearance
of being wrought in solid silver, freshly
Furnished. These gold and silver beetles
have market value. They are worth
from $50 to $50 each. The finest collec-
ton of them in existence today is owned
by Walter Rothschild of the English
banking firm. Though young man,
only 90 years Of age, he has already
spent $500, 600 on beetles. Every year
he sends two men to Central America
to gather beetles. One of the most beau
tiful bugs in the world is small beetle
known to science as the blue Hoplia
Its back is an exquisite iridescent sky
blue, and the under part Of its body is
Of bright silver hue. The notion that
it contains silver is widely entertained,
and attempts have frequently been made
to extract silver from it.-Buffalo Gem.
mercial
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
Henry j. Vivian left on this morning
train for Chicago on a short visit.
Spoiled n Sale.

A friend of mine was in one Of the
emporiums the other day and there ran
across very swell acquaintance sit
ting in the shoe department, where she
was buying 50 shoes for her daughters.
The naughty one seemed quite flus-
tered when she saw my acquaintance
and stammered out:
"I-I just came down to get some
shoes for my servants"
Then, as she saw that the intruder
was greeting one of her daughters, who
was just in the act of trying on the
aforesaid plebeian shoes, she hastily
added:
"Addie is trying them on for her, as
she has the same sized foot as Bridget.
But this struck Addie as little too
ridiculous, and, as she was plain. ev-
eryday American girl, without frills,
she laughed aloud, much to her silly
mothers discontinue.
"Oh. don't mind MAP she said.
That's just one Of her jokes. These
shoes are for me, and l wear twos.
Bridget wears skies, guess.
1.-The shoes are very good here, F" said
my acquaintance, land very much
cheaper than on Broadway"
But the silly mother would have none
of it.
She was furious with her plain spoken
daughter and handed back the shoes to
the amused and amazed shopwoman.
"I'll send our servants down." she
said shortly. THAT will be better.
Come, girls Hope to see you again,
Mr.. -"
And she swept ont. with her nose in
the air, followed by her giggling daugh-
ters
"You spoiled SALE" said the shop
girl as my acquaintance sat down, "but
she'll come back again. She's regular
customer. Polly Pry in New York
Recorder.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

William L. Woods. a prominent citi'
zen of Princeton. Ind, aged 70 years
Is dead. He was born on the farm upon
which he died.
Andrew G.. Sollman, prominent cit
izen OF Princeton. Ind. was found with
a bullet hole in his brain. He had
taken his gun to kill hawk. and In
getting over a fence the gun was dis
charged.
The holy synod of Russia has con-
demned some of the books of Count
Tolstoi as detrimental to the Orthodox
church. and Procurator Pobiedonost-
Jeff is DESTROYS of having the novelist
tried by the synod for heresy.
Mortgages closed the wholesale house
of the Standard Paint and Glass COM
pany at Lincoln, Neb., on claims ag-
gregating $1,000. Assets and liabilities
are unknown.
James l.. Berry. a switchman, had a
leg crushed at Princeton. Ind. Berry
is master Of the Brotherhood of Train
men of that city. Amputation OF the
leg will follow the injury.
Mr.. Gladstone is gradually transfer
ring the bulk of his library to the in
stitution of st. Deinlol, at Hawarden,
retaining only a few books which he
treasures for personal rather than bib
liophilic reasons.
A London occullst has applied ball
bearings to the mounting Of eyeglasses
and spectacles, preventing the rigid
contact of glasses and metal. and rem
dering them less liable to fracture.
While attending a dance in Rowan
county, Ky, Gus Springer and Mack
Mullen got drunk and engaged in q
fight with knives. When the fight was
over both men lay exhausted. terribly
mutilated and almost dead.
Statistics just made public show that
in Massachusetts, in spite of the advent
of the trolley car and of the popularity
of the bicycle. the number of horses is
greater by 3,0S5 than in the preceding
year.
Charles Barrett, colored. who disap-
peared from home at Columbia, Mo-,
some days ago, was found frozen in the
ice in Hinkston creek.
The Green Springs, o., bank has been
closed, and Mr. Stinchcomb was APP
pointed receiver. The firm disagreed.
and the depositors will be paid in full.
John Griffin. horseman of Abba, Ia,
was struck by train while walking
along the track and was instantly
killed.
w. c. Smith, Big Four conductor.
whose home is in Anderson, Ind, was
instantly killed while trying to board
train at Niles, Mich.
1t has been estimated that over O.
100000 acres are devoted to the mainte-
nance of deer in Scotland and that
about 5000 stays are annually killed.
The Clark building. a large tenement
house on the levee at Cairo, Ills, was
completely destroyed by fire. The ten
ants escaped.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13

The Rev. DIR. Todd, pastor OF the Pres.
oyterian church at -caraba, will deliv-
er an address at the First Presbyterian
church Wednesday evening, January 20,
under the auspicts Of the young peoples
society OF the church. His address will
DE on the subject Of christian evidences.
On the following evening he will give an
entertainment which will interest all
Scotch folks. 1t will consist for the most
part OF readings from that favorite book
oil ScotchmeD, THE Bonnie Brier Bush -
DIR. Todd il Scotchman and has CON-
pletely mastered the dialect, 80 his read
ings will be rare treat.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
Inexpens!re Inaugl. :

Denver, Jan. 1S.-Wl'hc ~ r''-r
or display, and at an c'- % $
than s. to the state, Gov -i.,r Aaatss
was inaugurated governor CT Colorado
at noon Tuesday. He walked from hi.
residence to the capitol, where, in the
presence Of the legislature in joint seq
sion, and large number of friends. the
oath Of office was administered by Chief
Justice Hayt. There will be no public
reception or demonstration Of any de-
scriptiOn
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
Fell from the Elevated Tracks.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-John Gardiner of
Detroit, Mich, who was injured by fall
ing from the Lake Street Elevated
railway structure at Fifth avenue, died
Tuesday. The man sustained a tract
ure Of the skull and did not recover
consciousness after the accident. Just
how 1t occurred the police have NOT
been able to learn, but 1t is thought
the mar was on the tracks and fell at
the approach of train. The motor
man was not considered 20 blame
Gardiner died at st. Luke's hosp ia.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
The Michigan Branch
of the National So
Ciety.
Has Done Some Good Work
support OF Upper Peninsula Resi-
dents-MetropOIItan Haps.

A great cry has been going the rounds
Of the Upper Peninsula press as TO the
propriety of our people helping along the
above institution upon the ground that
there was a children's home in the Upper
Peninsula and that consequently in order
TO bear out the adge that charity com
mences at home" the Upper Peninsula
people should first support that. The
NEWS was almost prepared to look upon
Mrs. Lamplng, the collector for the
above home, % an ogress and was there
tore much surprised when a very mild
spoken and appearing young lady. who
announced she was the yeritable Mrs.
Lamping, waited upon us in the interest
of the Michigan Home, which has many
patrons and life members in the iron and
copper countries. From the conversa-
ton with Mrs. Lamping we find she is
about to establish local board in this
place and from the fact that during the
past thirteen years homes have been
found for upwards OF 1000 children by
the National ChildIen's Home Society, of
which the Michigan Home is an auxil-
larry, it would look as if the efforts OF Mrs.
Lamping were worthy OF support b. the
people OF this neighborhood, and, from
the list she already has, it would look as
il she were likely to receive it.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13

At regular meeting OF Court Star, No
IL, F. OF A.. held January 8, 1897, the
following officers were installed by Court
Deputy Richard Hill, G. T.:
=. @. Joseph Reep.
G. X. --Gustave Donald.
5. y. R.--Edward Edwards.
Treasurer--Josiah james.
Financial Secretary Richard Rosskilley
Recording Secretary--samuel Sleep
5. W.--William II Lobb
j. W.--Joon Gipp
$. b. --George Wilson.
j. B.-Horace Carley.
Physician-John A. Bobb.
Organist-John Francis
Trustees William George, Henry, William
Moore
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13

The Ladies OF the Maccabees will en-
tertain their friends at the Calumet
Light Guard Armory on Monday even.
ing, January Is, at a Shadow social and
dance. Admission so cents; ladies free
The social will commence at 8 O'Clock
sharp. During the evening two quilts
Will be rallied, one Maccabee quilt, the
other Yankee notion. Karkeets Idea
orchestra will furnish music during the
evening; dancing to begin at 1890
Turkey supper % cents plate.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13

The annual meeting OF the Sacred
Heart church congregation for the cleo
ton OF trustees was held last Sunday af-
ternoon, when Martin b. Kuhn, James V.
Gaul, John Sloan and Joseph Hermann
we're elected trustees for the ensuing year.
Reports oil the work for the past year
were read, the principal item which was
the cash balance Of over 81, 900 on hand,
which makes very good start on the
fund for the new church.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
Illinois Firemen's Association.

East st. Louis, Ills, Jan. 13.-The
ninth annually convention of the ILL
nois Firemen's association met in Music
hall here Tuesday forenoon, with some
200 delegates present, and more are ex-
pected to arrive. The convention was
called to order by President M. j. N.Y.
ers, and after a speech of most cordial
welcome by Mayor Bader and the trans
action of some preliminary business. adj
journed until afternoon.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
indian Agent Resigns.

Atlantic City, N. j., Jan. 13.-The res
ignation of Major II. A. Byrnes of this
city as Indian agent at the Uintah res
ervation in Utah has been forwarded
to Washington. Major Byrnes is home
on his vacation and says he has tired
OF his post. He has been agent fol-
seven wears
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
DISCOURAGED.

eat any rate, it pays to be polite and
accommodating.
mot always. In leaving train the
other morning saw that lady of my
acquaintance had left an umbrella in
her seat. In my haste to pick it up and
run after her to restore it left my gold
headed cane behind, and I'm out 90. rs
ON the transaction. n-ChicaRo Trihuna.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
a Cure for Lame Nae X.

"My daughter, W hen recovering from
an attack of fever, was great sufferer
from pain in the back and hips" writes
Louden Grover, OF Sardis, Ky. "Aiter
using quite number of remedies with.
out any benefit she tried one bottle Of
Chsmberlain's Pain Balm, and it has
given entire relief" Chamberlain's Pain
Balm is also certain cure for rheuma
tism. Sold by Sodergren & Sodergren,
druggists.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
Francis Nomination ravorah,v -,

washington, Jan. 13.-The nomination
oi non. David r. Francis to be score
tary OF the interior was favorablv ac,oa
upon by the committee on finance Tuas
gay, and afterwards reported to tho
senate In executive session. Tho .ne
ination had been held up in cow,
~ tyr na s,nce ,he beginning of the session
Vest vi senator
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-13
The Sins Of the Father.

She wrung her hands. "Alasl' she
moaned. Here are the bitter fruits
Of my foolish marriage. ! have lived to
see my son follow in the footsteps of his
unhappy father and choose absolutely
the wrong make Of bicyolsp'
In all nature there 10 nothing like q
mothers grief. Detroit Tribune