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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

There is one potent power possessed
by prison that is seldom recognized
or mentioned: its effect on visitors.
There can be little doubt but that
visitors to an institution of this kind
are deeply impressed by what they see.
1t is strong inspiration to continued
honest living, and must act as power
full deterrent to any who may uncon.
scionsly be sliding into the meshes of
criminal folly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29
TO INMATES.

For the information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
we wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register and cell number
and send to this Office with name and address
of person to whom paper 10 to be sent. All
papers must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as it is when you receive it and
placed in your door every Friday night. All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

One of the inmates has in some way
lost book entitled "Out of the Sunset
Sea- Any inmate having this book
in his cell please leave it with the CELL
house keeper. The book is cherished
by the owner on account of it's being a
present from his wife.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

There has been a vague rumor
waited to our office that Geo. Lacrosse,
foreman in the shoe shops, has in
vented process of treating the sock
lining used in shoes that will hence
forth::and forever do away with corns,
blistered feet, "bicycle-foot," and all
other disorders of the pedal extremi-
ties caused by wearing new shoes. 1t
has been noticed that he limps consid-
erably of late, and his friends claim
that he purposely famed his foot in
order to prove the thorough efficacy of
his new "sock-lining" remedy. Some
other authority claims that George got
his lame leg from fall caused by an
attemptI to haul in box of sunken
bricks that he mistook for the bite of
sturgeon while out fishing last Sun
day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

j. A. McDermott, former resident
of this city, but now of Terre Haute,
Ind, paid our office a visit Tuesday,
accompanied by T. J. McDermott,
Jeanne McDermott, Agnes McGrath
of this city, and Miss Irma Hille of
Winona. The party was escorted by
Assistant Deputy Colligan.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Miss Lillian Weldon of St. Paul,
Miss Josie Agrill of Taylor's Falls, and
Miss Lulu Jewell of Houlton, Wis.,,
formed pleasant bevy of the fair sex
who were callers at our editorial hive
yesterday accompanied by Keeper For
roster
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

AS it is becoming quite fashionable
nowadays to have newspaper voting
contests with suitable awards to the
winning contestants, The MIRROR
will try to interest the Board of Man.
ayers and Board of Pardons in a vot-
ing contest for the two most popular
convicts, the prizes to be, first, an un
conditional pardon; second prize,
communication of sentence or release
on parole. If such arrangement could
be perfected we would guarantee that
The MIRROR would reach a circula-
ton of $4,000 in the first issue contain
ing coupons.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

The convict crow seems to take inf.
mite pleasure in using its boiler. foundry
"caw! cav" at a time when the bal
ance of the prisOn-even to the spin
ming machines-are profoundly silent.
Mr.. Crow should be put in the third
grade at once-or paroled.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29
Our Weekly GOSSIP.

Man is the same old kettle of greed
today that he was in the barbaric ages
of conquest by might. He will risk any
thing, everything, even unto his very
life, for money. When the passion is
aroused by glare of gold the human
race appears to be endowed with all
the instincts of the beast of prey, ex-
cepting its judgment.
*
Starve a wild beast, infuriate it by
every known means, and it will face
death in the open for the sake of allay-
ing its hunger or avenging its pain.
But with all its aroused fury and mad
dening pain it cannot be Willingly
driven into trap. This is where the
dumb brute shows its superior judg-
ment over the men who are being
worked into an uncomfortable frenzy
of greed by the tales of illimitable
wealth in Alaska.
*
"To Klondyke! to Klondyke" is
their cry. Most of them do not give
second thought to where Klondyke is
situated, or how they are going to live
after getting there. 1t will be but a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

1t is very consoling to a man in
prison to know that ice cream, root
beer, soda water, and all other cooling
drinks should not be INDUCED in dur
ing the hot days of summer. Had we
not read this item in paper we should
feel inclined to repine for a glass of
iced wind or refrigerated cream. AS it
is we feel grateful that Imprisonment
shall prevent our system from being
impregnated with the microbes and
bacilli of cooling drinks. But we
would like to test our will-power by
being tempted with tankard of ice
cream, just the same.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Warden and Mrs. WOlfer left yester-
day morning for visit to the western
part of the state. They expect to re-
turn Friday evening.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

We are now able to positively an
nounce on proper authority that Flower
Mission Sunday will be celebrated in
the prison chapel August 9Th. There
will be no change or postponementf from
that date,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Women are receiving $500 day
and board for driving teams in the
harvest fields of Kansas. 1t was found
necessary to employ women at this Ia
Dor as it was impossible to get men
enough to work in the fields. This
looks as if old-time prosperity was
really returning.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

State Agent Whittier was visitor
here on prison business Tuesday. He
was accompanied by his niece, Miss
Eliza McGregor Of st. Paul, and his
sisterin-law, Miss Lottie Cameron of
Hawley, MINI.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

John Cunningham is the name of the
gentleman who conducted chapel SER
vices here last Sunday. He is not an
ordained minister of the gospel, but is
an enthusiastic christian worker in
MINNEAPOLIS,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 900 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Rev j. H. ALBERT and Rev. FRI CORCORAN
chaplainS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Mrs. John G.. Nelson and daughters,
accompanied by the Misses Auerbauch
of st. Paul, were shown through the
Institution by Deputy Warden Lemon,
on FRIDAY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

j. t. Woodward of Indianola, Iowa,
who is visiting in this city with his
cousin, DR.. B. J. Merrill, was a caller
here the past week.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

VIM. G. Deacon of st. Paul, who has
recently taken the position of reporter
on the Saltwater Daily Gazette, was
shown the rounds of the prison by
Deputy Warden Lemon on Thursday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Clothes may not make the man, but
in prison they have the power of add
ing or decreasing privileges according
to the color and pattern worn.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

DR.. Robt. Wheaton of st. Paul and
DR.. E. S. Boleyn, city, were pleasant
callers at our editorial den on Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

1t is intensely interesting to pick up
an eastern weekly paper dated July
oath and read from it's patent insides'
of something that WILL take place
july 4th.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Prisoners received during the week
ending July 20, 1; Discharged, 7.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Leroy Oelkers of Davenport, Iowa,
was visitor here Saturday accom-
panied by L. j. Mainwaring.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29
BASEBALL.

Standing of Clubs in Western and
National Leagues on July 90.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Grade standing July 80: First
grade, 349; second grade, 154; third
grade, 9.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

An inmate of the Jefferson City, Mo-,
prison has presented an application
for pardon to the governor giving as
reason for his wish for freedom that
he wants to go to Klondyke. If the
board of pardons in this state will con-
slider applications on the same basis,
they may meet at once and we will
guarantee an abundance of business
for them.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Prison population July 90: Males,
SOP; females, 10; total, 512
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

very short time now until winter shall
envelop Alaska. The nearest sure
point of supply is really Seattle, Wash,
as people in other parts of Alaska feel
satisfied if they have sufficient stores
to carry them over winter of indef-
mite length, There is at present no
means of getting in a very large sup
ply of provisions to Dawson City as
six hundred miles must be covered by
small boat down the Yukon or by dog
train across a desolate expanse of
wilderness that is so vigorously cold in
winter as to make travel impossible.
*
How are those men going to live?
What will it matter if they have a
million dollars worth of gold dust If
there is no food to be purchased?
Those who do not bring in winters
supply of food cannot live. At pres
ent coffee is selling at $50 per pound
and is scarce at that; few dozen eggs
were disposed of at $3.50 each egg. In
less than three months from the pres
ent writing it will be found that flour
in the Klondyke region will be more
valuable than gold dust, and scarcer.
At present it costs, in money, $50 per
day to live.
*
Klondyke will turn out veritable
death-trap for thousands. There are
but three months of actual summer in
the region. Winter sets in firmly in
September and remains set until the
middle of May. The months of De-
cember and January are continual
night; not ray Of daylight penetra-
ting these sixty-two days of bleak,
midnight obscurity. June and July
are the reverse, being continued day
light each of the twenty-four hours.
*
1t is claimed that the revenue cutter
Bear, is on the lookout for all parties
going into the interior and will not al
low any to proceed unless pro-
visioned for nine months. Other fed
eral officials are following out the same
policy on the overland routes. This is
a truly humanitarian policy, but such
inspection, to be of any value should
be made at Seattle, Wash, where there
is chance for return to civilization.
1t is doubtful if one part of Alaska
is whit worse than another to be
stranded in.
*
1t will be an interesting study,
though perhaps painful one, to keep
track of this movement until next
June, and note the accounts that will
come of the rigors of the climate and
the suffering and starvation of many
who are now rushing buoyantly out
into this ice-glade of promise. The
conservative men who go out next
spring, fully prepared for years cam
paign, will be the ones to make money
in profiting by the experience of those
now risking their all.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29
Prisoners Received During the Week:

Lilly Green, Ramsey Co., assault
second degree, four years.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29
c. Local,
|r1SOnetteS Lucid
illogical.

Patients undergoing treatment in
hospital, Z.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

There should be no room in this
world for the personal grumbler. The
man who is always making poor
mouth about his individual condition
is a nuisance. 1t is very noticeable
that the persons who really deserve
sympathy, the ones who do run against
streak of hard luck, complain the
least. The ubiquitous grumbler who
finds fault at every step, who COM
plains about his poor health after eat
ing a meal sufficient for two, should
receive sympathy only from the bust
ness end of an active baseball bat.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

PRISON OFFICIALS.
MANAGERS.
JAS. S. O'BRIEN, President saltwater
EDWIN DUNN, EyOta
JOHN F. NORRISH, Hastings
F. W. TEMPLE, Blue Earth City
n. o. HALL Duluth
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
HENRY WOLFER, Warden
F. II. LEMON, Deputy Warden
GEO. BIXBY, Clerk
B. j. MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, MatrOn
j. II. ALBERT, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
F. A. WHITTIER St. Paul,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

There was considerable excitement
at the northern gate of the prison on
Friday afternoon. An engine while
switching cars to the Irvine warehouse
left the rails while partly through the
gate, tearing up the track and ties for
some distance. Deputy Warden Lemon
had to summon his local 'jerries' and
the aid of the state team to make a
clearing so that the gates could be
closed. The railroad company's crew
has been busy for some days since put
ting the spur in working order again.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Chaplain Albert was in Minneapolis
Sunday upon invitation from the Free
mont Ave. Congregational Church.
He held services there morning and
evening. His evening address was
devoted to discussion of reformatory
principles in prison. The subject of
the evening address having been pre-
viously announced, the church was
we'll filled with an intelligent audience
eager to hear of the latest develop
ments in the treatment of criminals.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-29

Mrs. Teal, the lady who had charge
of the stenographic and executive office
work connected with the late conven-
ton of Elks at Minneapolis, was Wis.,
itor to the prison on Friday last accom-
panied by large party of her friends.
Warden Wolfer took personal charge
of the party, showing them the various
points of interest in and around the
prison.
This prison is blessed with an abun-
dant supply of excellent spring water
that is envied by visitors from
metropolitan cities. There are eight
good springs inside the prison walls,
continually flowing. Two of the
main springs, near north and south
walls respectively, have recently been
enclosed with brick curbing which
adds greatly to their cool appearance.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-12

At times Of severe frost many per-
SONS not skilled in the use Of thermom-
eters report remarkably" low tempera-
lures. These are often due to the Their
inometrlc liquid having partly evaporat-
ed from the main column and condensed
at the end Of the tube farthest from the
tub, the thermometer then reading lust
as many degrees too low as there are
degrees OF spirit at the top of the tube.
Good thermometers are just as liable to
this error as common ones, and there
lore every n using "a spirit minimum
Thermometer must be on the alert. Cen
orally the owner can restore the Their
momrter without sending it back to the
maker. Grasp the Thermometer firmly,
resting a finger on the tubs so that there
lie 10 vibration, and, holding the bulb
downward, give several strong, pendu-
0 u swings. This viii usually send the
spirits from the top and send the index
into the bulb. Stand the thermometer
bulb downward for an hour, then re-
verse 1t aud very gently shake tie in
dex out OF the bulb and LET it slide TO
the end Of the column, when the thar.
mometcr Will be as good as uew.-Ney
York Ledger.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-12
Reason In the Lower Animals,

We have u fox terrier whose happi-
ness was complete until Dodgerfield
came. She is very affc%ctionate, onse-
quently very jealous. If looks and
growls would kill, Dodgerfield would
Gle many times a day. Both dogs eat
from the same plate, but not at the
same time. One day last week we fed
Dodgerfield first. The fox terrier was
very hungry and begged hard for first
dinner. Dodger seemed to eat more
slowly than usual, and Nettie watched
dolefully.
Finally hunger got the better of her
honesty, and she barked sharply three
short barks. Dodger left his plate and
sprang to the window, looking excitedly
up and down the road. Nettie looked
neither to the right nor the left, but
made straight for the plate of food as
coon as Dodgers back was turned. If
this was not an exhibition of reason and
human intelligence, then mankind in
general possesses a large degree Of ami
NAL Instinct. Dog Fancier.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-12
1t Shortened the Patients Leg Two Inches,
and 50 Affected The Nervous System
that He Continually Shook as
with the Palsy.
After Six Years Of Torment He Succeeds in Find.
ing a Remedy for The Horrible Disease.
From The EyyptiGn Prces, I.arion, Illinois.

There Is no name in this section Of the
connected with the medical world,
that is better known to the public than that
a nice, comfortable home, with a good farn,
about four miles west Of Johnson City, H.,
He is now fnty-eight years old, in a healthy
condition, and weighs one hundred and ninety
pounds. Not a more upright and honorable
citizen does our nation afford, and lie Is
looked upon with wonder, because of his
healthy condition after so long a period Of
misery and suffering.
The cause of Mr.. Peterson's long suffering
was a hurt which he received in a fall, while
running a drill in 1861, being a soldier ut
the time. He has been crippled in his right
leg ever since that date. Sciatic rheumatism
then set in, and his leg began to slowly
wither away and draw up in the joint, and
now it is about two inches shorter than the
other. 1t began to grow worse and. finally,
his whole body began to shake Xix a person
with the st. Nitus' dance. His first severe
attack was about six years ago.
There is no disease in the power Of human
endurance more awful in its pains and
Affections than sciatic rheumatism. Some
times its pain may be a slow, steady one,
while, ut other times, it comes with jerks
and wrenches that seem to twist the body
out of all shape Of recognition. 1t seems to
contract the muscles. drawing the body FL
most in a knot. While this is probably the
worst stage Of sciatic rheumatism, it is some
times found in milder forms. So it was
with Mr.. Peterson, but with it was associ-
ated a feeling and condition almost as un-
comfortable and unbearable. The boiy was
in a continual shake, rendering it impossible
for him to do anything. lie had lost al
control of his muscles. On application to a
physician for relief, he was told that the
affection might last him all his life, or, on
the other hand, it might leave him entirely
at an unexpected moment.
write a word, so severe was his shaking. lie
could not even sign his vouchers, thereby
having to make his mark and witness it. At
this time he could not walk n step without
aid, nor even sit down il a chair without
assistance. So severe was the shaking of
his head that it almost caused him to go
blind. lie could not distinguish q rcrscn O
rods distance il from. Of linn. lie came
very nearly losin, his mind, and lis friends
thought, as a last rcso't, that t. would lave
to he taken to n h~o%nittl. VIXEN lie was
taken to town for examination ~ q phyei-
clan. he hal to h. cI2mircd il the l""Cy,
so diff ault WIS it fr Lin to ct out. often
times it would Sem tjlt lifn was nearly OK
tinct, AM his feet and hands would Lave to
be blthed in warm w@tcr AMI rubbed in
order to restore t.. circulation. For two
table. His ever frithfdl end duti!Gl wife PIT
the fool to his mouth. Atni.ht l." world take
smothering spells and would have 70 lie
lifted up in bel TINT he micht regain his
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-12
BIRDS OF ILL NATURE.
The Cruelty of Swans As Displayed Toward
Other Fowls.

The Cruelty of Swans as Displayed Toward
other Fowls.
Among those birds which stay at
home, especially the most domesticated,
there is often an exhibition of unkind-
ness seemingly C~naccountable, says q
writer in The Cornhill Magazine. The
graceful swau, G. g., is one of the most
ungracious in its ways. Not only Tin
the breeding season) does q male bird
resent the intrusion of a strange gentle
man, but it will spend the day in driv-
ing of from its domain any unlucky
geese, which might be plainly assumed
TO have no designs upon its domestic ar.
engagements and have, indeed, no desire
beyond that for a comfortable wash and
swim. 1t will also pursue even the mos
innocent of newborn ducklings while
they unwittingly rejoice in an early
taste Of their common element.
When an only child has passed out CT
the cygnet stage of life and grown to
full physical if not mental maturity,
father and mother swans have been
known to fall upon and deliberately
beat 1t to death with wing and beak.
The grati1icd parents swan gracefully
about the mere in which they lived,
Will" the great white corpse Of their
son lay, battered and dead, upon the
shore. The following year, after another
had been born to them and III infancy
carried upon his mothers back, they be-
gan TO treat him so roughly that, not be-
.ng pinioned like them, he wisely flew
away and we saw him no more. Curl
ousIy enough, geese which have expert
enced rudeness from swans in the lusty
spring have been known to retaliate in
the calmcr autumn, when the fierceness
Of their enemy had become mitigated.
have seen "a gauder leap upon the back
OF "a once arrogant swan and pound
away at 1T III the full enjoyment Of
grained revenge. - San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-12

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