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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Written for The Prison Mirror
PLEASURE AND HAPPINESS.

Some wise man has said: SCANNING
the surface we count the wicked hap
py; we know not the frightful dreams
and visions that crowd about bad
mans pillow" And he says truly, but
happiness is not the proper word to de-
tine the enjoyment of the wicked; the
word pleasure is the more proper term.
The wicked find pleasure but not hap
piness. No one knows the difference
between pleasure and happiness so
we'll as he who has had surfeit of
wicked pleasure. Different persons find
pleasure in different things; some in
gambling, some in wine, some in lewd
debauchery: others in the prize ring,
the cock pit, and many other evils and
brutalities Those who have sought
happiness in any of these have failed.
If happiness could be bought as pleas
ure may be, then the wealthiest would
be the happiest: which we know is not
the case. Pleasure may be bought or
stolen, but happiness is a jewel whose
price is noble deeds and generous self
denial. Moments of happiness leave a
record upon the brain that time cannot
efface while memory keeps house in
the skull, and when distress overtakes
us and we hunger for comfort, the
careful hOusekeeper sets these before
us and our souls are refreshed. But
pleasures. wicked pleasures, they are
the pleasures in memory's closet that
mar all hopes of true felicity; and their
contemplation can afford us no conso-
lation when they can no longer be in
dulged in. The convict knows this.
He finds no comfort in the recollection
OF the wicked pleasures he enjoyed
when free man; they have no power
to mitigate his mental sufferings, but
they do have the power to add to his
punishment if he allows his mind to
dwell upon them with anticipations of
renewed indulgence on regaining his
freedom. Such hopes will prolong the
days of his sentence beyond their nat
ural length and will unfit him for ef-
forts of self-improvement; and he will
think more of killing time than of
making the best use of it, which will
result in his leaving prison weakened
in mind and devoid of laudable aspi-
rations. No; there is no comfort to be
derived by recalling wicked pleasures,
but ofttimes much to bring regret and
bitterness, for in many instances those
pleasures were the direct cause of our
present unhappy condition. But when
the happy moments of the past are re-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Written for The Prison Mirror.
THE SOCIAL SERPENT.

The bane of mans existence is his
own fellow creatures, and, paradoxicaI
as it may seem, it is nevertheless true.
In the everyday transactions of life a
man is uncertain of the acts and in
tentiOns of his nearest neighbOr or CO.
laborer towards himself: and he often
suffers detracton at the hand of those
in whom he has placed his confidence
and in whom he would have every rea-
son to expect different feelings to-
wards himself This is caused by that
inordinate and contemplate desire for
selfadvancement; and, as rule, it is
at the expense of peace and good will,
and is often the ruin of friend or
neighbor.
To believe one person will traduce
the character of another for selfish
end, and that it is often willfully done,
one has only to dissect the average
mind of humanity. 1t is more often
done by covert actions and the many
by-ways known only to those who de-
sire to accomplish the end sought, and
that it is done from the rising to the
setting of the sun every day the year
round must be evident to all. Now it
is natural and laudable prerogative
of every one to advance their own in
dividual interest in life, socially, tinan-
cially and morally, but with this dis
tinction-that it be done with a
religious and rigid fidelity to honesty
and integrity irrespective of legal
authority. But when one must pass
over the quivering form of friend or
fellOwman to attain the end sought,
the law of God and humanity, if no
other, must cry halt. The merchant
in his store, the clerk at his desk,
fathers and sons at the work bench,
wives at home and children at school,
the high and the low, the rich and the
poor, all are subjected to the sword of
envy by more or less number of their
fellows. The mechanic who has steady
work in dull times and owes his good
fortune to tried abilities or other polit-
ic reasons, engenders enmity and envy
from that fact alone; and while he is
diligently working to earn his scant
wages, his less fortunate neighbor is
trying to suprlant him, and is under
mining the foundation on which he
stands in order to obtain his place.
The politician seeks in all the devious
ways known to the art to undermine
the man who fills the Office he desires
for himself. He visits by stealth the
haunts at which his pride, but not his
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
TERMS S1.OO per year. in advance
Six Months 80 cents.

oppose the wrong and selfish interests
of a person or of persons they will
laugh in his face, then turn to the
public and ask, 'Who is this man that
he should be believed? He is rascal
and we can prove it" 1t was not
George Washington's great general
ship that carried him successfully
through one of the most unequal wars
in the history of warfare and won for
him an immortal name, it was the con-
fidence his tiawless reputation inspired
in the breasts of his countrymen.
T.G.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28

called we find comfort and consolation.
for they are the results Of good and
pure acts the remembrance of which
puts us in better humOr and causes our
heart to bound with gladness and sat-
isfaction. Happy remembrances will
never cause us to regret their occasion,
but will be the bright golden links in
the leaden chain stretching backward
to the happy days of innocent child
hood. Tony,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
THE POISONED ARROW.

Against Slander there is no defense.
with shrug, with look, smile. 1t is
pestilence walking in darkness, spread
ing contagion far and wide, which the
most wary traveller can not avoid: it is
the heart-searching dagger of the dark
assassin; the poisoned arrow whose
wounds are incurable; the mortal sting
of the deadly adder: murder it's en-
plOyment, innocence its prey and ruin
its sport. The man who breaks into
my dwelling, or meets me in the pub
lie road and rObS me of my property,
does injury. He stops me on the way
to wealth, he strips me of my hard
earned savings, involves me in diff
Guilty, and brings my family to penury
and want. But he does me an injury
that can be repaired. Industry and
economy may again bring me into cir
cumstanceS of ease and affiuence. The
man who, coming at the midnight hour,
fires my dwelling, does me an injury
he burns my roof, my pillow, my raj
ment, my very shelter from the storm
and tempest; but he does me an injury
that can be repaired. The storm may
indeed beat upon me, and chilling
blasts assail me, but charity will re-
ceive me into her dwelling; will give
me food to eat and raiment to put on;
will timely assist me, raising new
roof over the ashes of the old and I
shall again sit by my own treside and
taste the sweets of friendship and of
home. But the man who circulates
false reports concerning my character,
who exposes every act of my life which
may be presented to my disadvantage,
who goes first to this, then to that in
dividual, tells them he is very tender
of my reputation, he enjoins upon
them the strictest secrecy, and then
fills their ears with hearsays and ru-
mors, and what is worse, leaves them
to dwell upon the hints and suggestions
of his own busy imagination-the man
who thus "filches from me my good
name," does me an injury which nei-
ther industry, nor charity, nor time it.
self can epair-Fraternal News.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-01-28
Vol. Mo. 27.
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7 IMPRISONED ROSE
| BY f. W. BUTCHER.


TBY f. W. BUTCHER
What do you here within these walls?
What crime makes you to blush?
Why did you seek the pits and falls
Amid the worlds mad rush?
came not here by foul misdeed.
But cheer bring to those
Whose hearts are homeless and in need:
/ own. a prison rose.
But here my life of sweet perfume.
With friends distressed | share.
Because misfortune is the loom
That weaveS the garb they wear.
They pass me by in measured tread
| wait to greet them here;
For loss give them hope instead.-
A mothers kiss and tear.
live to cheer: no place is mine
In desert or in town:
l grew by will of One divine;
He sends my sunlight down.
And as this place is given me
For such unseltish ends.
i gladly greet each face see
My fellow priSOn-friendS.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01
PEARCE GROUP.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFIcE,l Tucson, Arizona,
 August 9, lS97J

Notice is hereby given ,ha; THE COMMON WEALTH MINING AND
 MILLING COMPANY a corporation duly organized and existing by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona by its attorney in fact, William Herring whose postofhce address is Tucson, Pima county Arizona. has filed it's application for 2 patent for the Pearce Group of Mining claims comprising the following to-wit.
 1900 linear feet of the Ocean Wave lode and 6so feet in width.
 1900 linear feet of the Silver Wave lode. and 6oo feet in width.
 1900 linear feet of the Common WeAlsh lode and Goo feet in width.
 1900 linear feet of the One and All lode and Goo feet in width
 I53o linear fee, of the North Bell lode. and 6oo feet in width.
 1900 linear feet of the Silver Grown lode, and Goo feet in width.
 Said lcdes bearing silver and gold; the Ocean Wave Mill-site which IS one thousand aao forty.tws fee, and twelve one tundred,hs of s foot in length and two hundred and nine fee, in width; the One and All Mill site, whi oh is ons thousand and ferty-two feet and twelve one hundred;hs of foot in length and two hundred aud nine feet in width.
 Said lodes and said mill-sites are situated or the unsurveyed portion Of the United State. public lands in the Turquoise Mining district in the county Of Cochise, in the Territory o Arizona. and are designated by the official helc notes and official plat on file in this office a. Survey No. Ia4e A & 5. being described as fol- lows:
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01
SILVER GROWN LODE.

Beginning at corner No I. identical with cor. ner No of location and with corner No q North Bell lode of this survey; post scribed C M C No I-Ia4oA. From which U S L M No Ia4s A & B bears N so' 30 W. "A it distant. Thence 5 I2' o7 w Variation I7' 70 E 300 feet to corner 10 2, identical with corner No of location, and corner No of the North Bel! lode Q! this survey; Pcs: sc:;5c3 SC G C No 7-I2%o 4, Thence 67' 37 T.
 Variation Iz' % E
 1890 feet to corner No 5. identical with cor ner No of location; pine post { 6 ft long. { ins square, set I8 ins in ground. surrounded by a mound of stone q 1t at base, zH 1t high, scribed NJ C No 3.Ia49A.
 No bearings available.
 Thence N ra' o7 E.
 Variation I9' 90 E
 300 feet to corner No {. identical with corner No sf location; a pine post S- 6 fl long. { ins square. set 10 ins in ground. surrounded by a mound of stone 41fft at bass, az fl high, soibed tC M C Nc 4-Isi9A
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01
COMMON WEALTH LODE
Beginning a, corner No I.

Beginning at corner Not.
 Identical with corner No Silver Wave lode. pie post feet long inches square set I5 inches in ground. surrounded by mound of stone
 { feet at base. ah feet high scribed M w M C No I-I24o A.
 From which U I'M No 1a4s A ( B bears
 s S7' ca w sss.o fee. distant. Thence Iz' o7 W Var. I2' 70 300 feet to corner No q, identical with corner No of location and corner No s Silver Wave; corner No Silver Crown and corner No s North Bell lodes all of this survey; post scribed CIV MIG No 2-rz4e A. No bearings available. Thence $. 87' 37 E, Var. I2S 70 E 1900 feet 10 corner No 3. identical with cor ner No 2 of location and corner No One and All. and corner No 5 Silver Crown lodes of thi { l survey. pine post 4 6 feet long inches square set I6 inches in ground. surrounded by mound l of stone AZ feet at base. aH feet high, scribed C w NJ C No 3-I249A. No bearings available. Thence N I2' o7 E Var. I2' 70 300 feet to corner No I. identical with corner No4 of location. and corner No One and All lode of ti is survey. pine post @.o feet long 1 inches square set IS inches in ground sur | rounded by mound of stone ~ feet in diam.
 eter. az feet high, scribed C w M C Nc 2 < I249 A. No bearing available. | Geo fee, to corner No 5. identical with corner | No of location and corner No Oae and All l lode, of this survey. pine post 4.o feet long, | 4 ioches square, set I8 inches in ground sur
 rounded by mound of stone 4h feet at base. aK feet high scribed C. w. Nj. C. No. 5-I24e A. Thence x. g. 37W | Varation Is' 70 F.
 Along the northerly slope of hill. Isss feet tc corner No. 6, identical with corner No. o
 location. and corner No 5, Silver Wave Lode
 of this survey. Post scribed C. ". M C Nc 1 6.I2Io A
 Thence s. I2' o7' w Varation I2' 70 F.
 300 feet to eorner No I. the place of begin uinl l Area, 20. 36& Acres
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01
ONE AND ALL LODE.

Beginning at corner No
 Identical with corner No I of location, and corner No 4. Common Wealth lode of thls SAT vey, pine post 4.o feet long.4 inches square mound of stone. 4t feet at base, 7H feet higt scribet 0 & A NJ C No I-I24e Whence. U L NJ No I24s < bears s3' e w, Io83 feet
 ThenceS I2' o7' w
 Variation I2' 70 F.
 300 feet 10 corner Nc identical with corner No of location. and corner No Common Wealth and corner No 5 Silver Crown lodes oi this survey. Post scnbed Q & A M No ?. I249A
 Thence s g. I7E
 Variation I2' 40 U 1900 feet to corner No 5. idcstical with cor. ner Ne 5. of location. immediately in front oi perpendicular bluff g feet gh. . pine post 4.e feet long, 1 inches square, set I2 inches to bed rock, surrounded by a mound of rock. 4 feet al base. at feet high, scnbcd o x A NJ C No ,-I24s A. Upon face of bluff and inches Easl of post. l cut with B Q above as a witnes: to this corner. Thence \ I2'o7E E Variation I2' 40 Descending the nor,herly slope of hill 800 fee, to corner No 4. identical with corner No ol location. a pine post 4.o feet long. inche: square. set IS inches in the ground, surrounded by a mound Of stone. A feet at base. zH feet high. scribed o & A NJ C No 4-I749 A. No bearings available. ESQ feet to foot ot hill. bears E 6 w., 6oo fee, to corner No 5. identical with corner No 5 oi location. pine post 4.6 feet long, { inche. square. set IS inches in the ground. surrounded by a mound of rock 4K feet n base, sh feel high. scribcd o < A NJ C No 5-Iz4sA,
 No bearings available.
 Thence N 8+s I7W
 Variation I2s 4s F.
 1900 feet to corner No 6 identical with cor. ner No of location. and corner No Common Wealth lodes of this survey. Pest scTibed o { 4 Nj C No 6-I2@9A,
 Thence Iaso7' w
 Variation I9' 70 E
 300 :eet to corner Ne I, the place Of beginning
 Area, 20. 55a acres,
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01
OCEAN WAVE LODE.

Beginning at Corner No I, identical with Corner Ne [ of the location, and with Corner Nc Silver Wave lode. pine post 4. 6 feet long { inches square set Is inches in ground and surrounded with mound of stones, 5 feet at base anc aH feet high. sSibed NJ o W M C
 USLM No. 1ase A | bears s,' 45 | IIs5 feet.
 fhenoe N ra' o7 E. Var. r2' 70 E. geo fee, te corner No 2, identical with corner Nc O! pine post fee, long. { inches square set Ie inches in ground surrounded with mound of stone H feet at base and zH feet high, scribed OW NJ C a-r2is A.
 Nc bearing. available.
 Thence sr 2o' w. Var. la' 70 E. aI4 feet. the north end of Standard Meridian established fer this portion of this district. Isoe feet to cor. square, set sinches in ground, and surrounded with mound of stone AZ feet al base and 9X feet high. scribed O W M ( 3-I24o A.
 No bearings available.
 Thence Ia' o7 w, Var. Ia' 70 E, 300 feet to corner Nc. 4 west center end of claim iden- tical with Corner No of location, a pine past 4 6 feet long, inch.s square set I3 inches iR ground surrounded with mound of stones AZ fee, at base. aH feet high. scribed o " M ( No 4-I24eA
 No bearings available.
 Goo feet ,) corner Nc. 5. identical with corner No of location. pine post 4-6 feet long, { inches square set Ia inches in ground. surround high, scribed O W M C No S-I24oA A.
 No bearings available.
 Thence x 87' 29 E. Var. Ias 4e' E 1900 feea to corner No 6. identical with the SW corner Silver Wave ard NV corner North Bell lode claims. pine post 4.6 feet long inches square. set Is inches in ground. suTroundedby a mould of stone 4 E feet in diameter and 2H feet high. scribed O w M C No 6-I24o A.
 No bearing. available.
 Thence N I2' o7 E, Var. r2' 70 E 800 feet ts corner No I. the place of beginning.
 Area, Ie. ooI acres.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01

ME are suppl,edwith prepared; goods Of all klnd ''- for use during this hot weather consisting of. Bonea Turkey, Boned Chicken 2,ast Turkey, Roast Chicken, sardines of all kInGs. tanned Soups ID v'arity French, Enelsh and American Mackera n cans Brook Trout in either Tomato or Mustard sauces, Devled Turkeu Chicken, Tongue, and Ham, Ham
 burger Eels in Jelly, Boston
 Baked Beans plain or
 Tomato Sauce, And
 many other Goods
 too numerous
 .to mention. ~ Also tr regular receipt of Holland LimDmRei and American Cheese.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01
OCEAN WAVE MILL SITE

Beginning at corner No T. identical with cor ner No of location and corner No of On, and All mill site. pine post 4.6 1t long. 4 in: square, set I8 ins in ground, surrounded by 2 1 mound of stone # fl at base. zH it high. pos scribed O W M s No I.I249B. From which corner No 2, Ocean Wave lsds bears 58' 32' W. Q5z feet. USL NJ No r24s A & B b.ars $ 6 I7' E. 1900 feet. Thence N 7 36 Variation I2s ICE Io3a I7 feet to corner No 2, identical with cerner No | of location, winch is also corner No sf One and All mill site. pine post < 6 {, long. { ins square. set IS ins in ground, sur- roundad by a: mound of stone 4H fl at base, ak it high, scribed O W M s No 2-Ia4S B.
 Thence N sz' "A W
 Variation I2' 40 E
 2oo feet to corner No 3, identical with corner No 3 of location, pine post 4.6 fl leng. ius square, set IS ins in ground, surrounded by a mound of stone 4k 1t at base, 2b fl high, scribed o w NJ $ Ne s-Ia4ss.
 Thence 7 5SW W
 Variation Ias 70
 Io42. Is feet 10 corner Nc {, identical with cor ner No of location. pine post 4 6 it long, ins square, set Is ins in ground. surrounded bya mound of stones 4H it at base, aH 1t high. sc1ibed W NJ s No 4-Ia49s.
 Thence 5 sa' 2f E
 Variation I2' 70 E
 sos feet ts corner No I, the place Of begin. ming.
 Area, acres,
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01
No bearings available.

No bearings available.
 GOO feet to corner Nos. identica, with corner No of location. and corner No 3 of the Com mon Wealth and corner No | of One and Al lodes of this survey. post scribed C Nj Nc 5-I24S A.
 Thence N s7' 37' W
 Variation Ia' So
 1900 feet 10 corner No 6, identical with cor ner No oflocat;on and with corner No 2 oi Common Wealth and corner No Of Silver Wave snd corner No of North Bell lodes all of this survey. pos, scribed s C NC No 6-I24oA. Thence s I2' o7 w
 Variation I2' 40 E
 300 feet .te corner Nc I, the place of begin ming.
 Area, .s64 acres.
 The surveys of the foregoing mining claims are identical with their respective locations.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01

set Is ins in ground. surrounded by . mound of stone 4H it at base, ak ft high, scribed o NJ No 3-Ia4ss. | Thence 7'5SW Variation I2' 70 E
 Io42.I2 fl. to cor No 4. identical with cor Nc 4 ef location, pine post 4.o fl long, ins sqr set Is ms in ground, surrounded by a mound of stone 4h ft at base, ak fl high, scribed 0 6 A M No 4-Ia4e B. Thence N 62' 25' w | Variation I2' 70
 aoe feet to cor No I, the place of beginning. From which well 6xs fl, over aso 1t deep bears a3' O E, 4sa.7 fl. Area. acres.
 Total area of said mining claims, 1az xxs acres. ffo Total area of said mill sites, To acres. The locations of said mining lodes and mil sites are recorded in the office of the County Recorder oi the County of Cochise, as follows: Ocean Wave Lode. in Book B. Records of Mines, page I35
 Silver Wave Lode, in Book "a Record. of Mines. page I24
 Common Wealth Lode. in Book Is. Re. cores Of Mines. page IzS.
 One and All Lode, in Book n. Records of Mines. page I24.
 North Bell Loce, in Beck Ia. Records of Mines. page TBS.
 Silver Crown Lode, in Book Is. Records of Mines. page I36.
 Octa an Wave Mill Site, in Book of Mil One and AT NH Site. in Book T of Mill Sit. s. page 344
 Adjoining claims are, Sierra Nevada Mine Any and all persons claiming adversely any portion of said
 Ocean Wave,
 Silver Wave,
 Common Wealth,
 One and All.
 North Bell, or
 Silver Grown lodes or surface gronnd. or any portion of said Ocean Wave, CT
 One and All Mill Sites. are hereby notified that unless their adverse claims are duly filed. as accordisr to law and the regulations hereunder, within sixty days from the date hereof, with tbe Reeis- ter of the United States Land Ofhce, at Tuo, son, in the County of Pima. Territory of An- rona, they will be barred by virtue of the prsvi- sions of the Statute.
 EUGENE ]. TRIPPEL.
 Register First publication. August Ie, Isoz.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01

The Flagstaf Sun-Denoerst says that frsfssssr See, of the Lowell eb- ssrvatsry, has discovered the cause of she twinkling of the stars, which has puszled sstronsmsrs for ages. He says it is caused by the presence in the atmosphere of innunsrabls lissle air currents or waves, ssne no larger than . mans hand, which dart through the air and causs break In ths light thrown sf by the star, 70 thst ts behsldsY on earth it has . familiar appearance Of twinklilg.
Tombstone prospector., 1897-09-01
SILVER WAVE LODE,

! Beginning at corner No | Identical with corner No I of the location and corner No I of Ocean Wave lode. post scribed I'M s W M c 1-174o A. UsLM Ia4s A & 3 bears 6s' 4s E. | II3s feet distant.
 fine NE oorrer assay office bears S 70 se W
 fhenee 1s.o7w Var. I2' 70 E. ass feet to corner Nc 2, identical with corner No of location and corner No Ocean Wave, and corner No North Bell Iodes of this survey, No bearings available. Thence Ssa'a a<E Var. I2s 70 E Gradually ascending westerly slope of hill at HOO feet. cross top of hill, 1900 feet to corner No on eas:eriy slope of hill: identical with corner No of location and corner No of Common Wealth: corner No 6 Silver Grown and ,, corner Ne of the North Bell lodes; pine post 4,6 feet long, { inches square. set Io inches in ground. and surrounded by mound Of stone x feet at base sH feel high scribed VIM C No SIa4s A
 No bearings available.
 Thence N Is' o7E
 Var, I5s 70 E,
 300 feet to cornsr No {. identical with loca- ton corner No { and corner No T. Common Wealth lode. pine post S-6 feet long { inches square. Set Is inches in ground surrounded by mound of stone. x feet at base, aK feet high, scnbed w NJ C No A-Ia4e A.
 No bearings available.
 6oo feet to corner No s. identical with cor ner No of location and corner Ne Common Wealth lode upon the northeriy slope of hill, . pine post 6 feet long inches square, set Is inches in ground surrounded with mound of stone 4H feet in diameter aK feet high, scribed s SWING No s.I24o 4.
 No bearings available.
 Thence N 8s' a<W,
 Var. Ia' co E
 Along the norsheriy slspe of hill 1890 feet ts cdfneT No 6, identicai with cosner No ( of loca- ton and cosner No Ocean Wave lode of this survey. post scribed VI N C No 6-Ia4e A.
 Thence s ysso7W
 Var. I7' 4s' E, .3oe feel to eoEA9 No ,, she placec of 0bsgin- ! aing.
 XTsa sasH sasa