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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01
TEpMs. Shopper year. in advance
Six Months so cents.

it destroys his hopes, his aims, his am
billions; it robs him of wealth, reputa-
tion and morality; it incites to de-
bauchery and crime; creates more pov-
erty, supports more social drones, fills
more jails and prisons, ruins more men
and women, more homes, more lives,
and more property than any one other
cause and, in return, gives few mo-
ments of doubtful pleasure. And so
it is in every case. Money is demanded
to crafty some pleasure, some desire
or ambition; to stimulate some un-
healthy appetite, and for such we bar
ter honor, labor or liberty to receive
passing pleasure. deserved disgrace
or lasting infamy. LEONARD.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01
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GETTIN' RELIGION.

j aint much on religion, nor prayer meeting
beside.
I've never jined the church as yet, nor aint been
sanctified;
But tender sort of feeling draws me nearer to
the skies,
Since got a peep of heaven through pair of
trusting eyes.
Time was when nothing moved my thoughts
above this sinful world:
No preachers word could stir me up in wrath
an fury hurled
But lately I've been drifting higher to the better
land,
And the force that leads me upward is little
dimpled hand.
Seems that the bad thoughts sneak away with
that wee chap hard by,
And cuss-wOrds that were handy once wont
come when he is nigh;
Fact is it sort O. shames me to see those clear
blue eyes
Look at me (when I'm gettin riled) in pity an
surprise.
don't know much about heaven or angels an
such things;
But somehow, when picture 'em, it ant with
harps and wings
But with yeller curs. all tangled, and tender
eyes that shine,
An lips that's soft and loving, like that little
chap of mine.
Then, when he folds his dimped hands. in his
little bed at night,
An, whispers 'Now lay me-. why thar's some-
thing as my sight;
An my throat gets sort of husky when he blesses
me, and then
I'm dead sure I've got religion by the time he
says "Amen!''
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01
A GOOD MOVE.

An art class has been formed at Sing
Sing, New York, for the education and
refinement of prisoners. That is well.
We most heartily believe in doing any
thing for the convict which will uplift
him. Every thought of the beautiful
tends to displace thought of the ugly.
This is true whether in art or morals
There is no such thing as successfully
contradictlng this statement It is
truism. We believe most emphatically
in punishment, but punishment can
only be such when its infiictiOn tends
to reform. Penalties imposed in any
other spirit is vengeance. The convict
is product of society, and society
should act nationally, and seek to recon-
struct its ill-shapen offspring, by an ed
ucatiOn, physical, intellectual, and
moral equal, to the greatest possible
extent, to the complete uprooting and
destroying of the inherited and &C
quired tendencies to do evil. WewOuld
teach the most hardened criminal the
way VI I'll ulu dINt UCduUy 1IIUO UuC
happy experiences of intelligent and
honorable industry we would initiate
him. We would sing harmony into his
soul, and we would teach art, and all
the sciences, when by so doing the poor
weak unfortunates of society's breed
ing can be made better. Society's duty
is to help its own. The occupants of
the asylums and hospitals and prisons,
are sOciety's own, just as closely as are
those who honor, as this age certifies,
the race by their achievements. 10 be
rational, is to be just, and justice will
yet, not only suggest the way to prop
erly treat our weak, as we'll as our
strong. but will point out the way to
eradicate the conditions which foster
the weak even to the creation of Grim
inals.-The (Minneapolis) Progressive
Age.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01
NEVER TOO LATE TO LEARN.

AS rebuke to those who consider it
foolhardy to attempt to learn after
their schoolboy days have passed, and
as worthy inspiration to others who
are making attempts to rectify the
carelessness of youth we quote from
the Pittston, (Pa.) High School Annual
the following instances, which will
speak more effectively than our words:
Cato, at eighty years of age, began to
study the Greek language.
Socrates, at an extreme old age,
learned to play on musical instruments.
Plutarch, when between seventy and
eighty, began to study Latin.
DR.. johnson applied himself to the
Dutch language but few years before
his death.
Ludovico Monaldesco, at the great
age of one hundred and fifteen years,
wrote the memoirs of his own times.
Ogilby, the translator of Homer and
Virgil, was unacquainted with Latin or
Greek until he was past fifty.
Franklin did not begin his philosoph-
ical studies until he had reached his
fiftieth year.
Dryden, in his sixty-eighth year, COM
menced the translation of the Eneid,
his most pleasing production.
Boccaccio was thirty years old when
he began his study of light literature;
yet he became one of the greatest mas
ters of the Tuscan dialect, Dante and
Petrarch being the other two.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01
Written for The Prison Mirror.
NIL DESPERANDUM.
Do not Worry About the Past.

When we meet the adversities of life
and lose the society of loved ones and
friends, our liberty and the confidence
Of the public, and confined in a penal
institution the ordinary individual
finds it very difficult task to keep
from getting discouraged. On his en-
trance he experiences complete
change in the everyday affairs of his
llfe-a change that requires patience,
fortitude and self-control-with no
ten days vacation, no evening at the
opera, no musical entertainments or
the privilege of enjoying social game
of whist to break the routine of his
life. The loss of recreation naturally
causes him to brood over his condition
until his imagination produces all sorts
of evil forebOdings and impossibilities,
and to commit acts that would cause
an Apache Indian to feel small in COM
parison. While in this Quixotic di-
lemma he will view the world and his
surroundings as they appear in their
darkest moments. His past and pres
ent life comes fleeting across his mind
like grand panorama, and the longer
he dwells upon his condition just in
that proportion will his intellectual
faculties run in groove-like channel
and prevent him from looking forward
to the future, with its hopes, bright
anticipations and love greetings of
wife and little ones and a truer con-
ception of the value of that liberty
which our ancestors sacrificed so much
for.
Although we may keep our eyes con-
tinually dimmed by going over the
past and brooding over its heartaches
and disappointments, we can never
alter it. Common sense must teach us
that it is far better to direct our en-
ergies toward solving the most i'm
portant question to us-what is our
future career, instead of wasting them
in useless endeavors which are beyond
our control to remedy. No one de-
sires more sincerely than the writer of
these lines to make amends for the
past, but when that is impossible we
should perform the next best thing
within our power, that is, to strengthen
the weak parts in our nature so as to
avoid being relegated back to the place
which enables us to ask our fellow
boarders the pertinent question, "How
long have you got?"
We eshould never become discouraged,
for it is not only dangerous to our
mental faculties, but it is continual
wear and tear upon the whole physical
structure. Our present environment
is such that it extracts all the sunshine
from our nature by it's dull monotony
and discipline, without our assistance
Those of us who have wife and chill
dren depending upon them for the
maintenance of life, must suffer all
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01
Written for The Prison Mirror.
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.

Who among us can look backward in
imagination six thousand years and
stand beside our great ancestor, Adam,
as he gazed for the first time upon
the going down Of the sun? What
strange sensations must have swept
through his bewildered mind, as he
watched the last departing ray of the
sinking orb, unconscious whether he
should ever behold it's return! Wrapt
in a maze of thoughts strange and
startling he suffers his eye to linger
long about the point at which the sun
had slowly faded from view. A mystic
rious darkness creeps over the face Of
nature, the beautiful scenes of earth
are slowly fading one by one from his
dimmed vision. A gloom deeper than
that which covers earth steals across
the mind of earth's solitary inhabitant.
He raises his inquiring gaze toward
heaven, and 10, silver crescent of light,
clear and beautiful, hanging in the
western sky meets his astOniShed gaze.
The young moon charms his untutored
vision, and leads him upward to her
bright attendants, which are now steal
ing one by one from out the deep blue
sky. The solitary gazer bows, wonders,
and adores. The hours glide by. The
silver moon is gone. The stars are ris-
ing, slowly ascending the heights of
heaven and solemnly sweeping down
ward into the stiffness of a coming
night. A faint streak of rosy light is
seen in the east; it brightens; the stars
fade; the planets are extinguisbed.
The eye is fixed in mute astonishment
on the growing splendor till the first
rays of the returning sun dart their ra-
dance on the young earth and it's soli-
tary inhabitant.
But what change in realization.
The curiosity excited on this first
solemn night, the consciousness that in
the heavens God had declared His
solemn glory. The eager desire to COM
prehend the mysteries that dwell in
their bright orbs, have clung through
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

the torture of Dante'S Inferno if they
do not place check-rein upon their
imagination when thinking of the
probability that they may be enduring
ridicule and starvation. Nevertheless,
when we take all things under careful
consideration, we must admit that we
accomplish absolutely nothing toward
our welfare by getting discouraged. On
the other hand, all amiable disposition
will impart added cheerfulness to our
manners and conversation, and be the
means of making ten friends while the
discouraged and chronic kicker is gain
ing one. 1t commands respect and
adds stability to our assertions while
the kicker is usually scoffed at. His
sarcasms are sent hither and thither
regardless of the wounds they inflict;
but they are ineffective and are like
firing mud out of howitzer on an i'm
pregnable fort. The chronic kicker
becomes despised by enemies and
friends alike; for his Benedict Arnold
ism and puSillanimouS nature betrays
him when called upon to display his
courage.
However discouraged we may be, we
should never impart the dark side of
our life to those at home, nor the pro-
liabilities of living only a short time
longer when afflicted with slight cold.
This, instead of producing sympathy
and speedy release from prison, only
adds fuel to the flame and intensifies
their suffering; for each complaint is
like dagger pidrcing them to the
heart. If the discouraged man would
scan the pages of history and note a
few of the illustrious men and the
stupendous obstacles that they had to
overcome before posterity could record
their brilliant achievements, he would
feel ashamed of himself for losing his
courage on account of the little trou-
bles that beset him. Would France
have recognized us as belligerents if
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
had become discouraged and announced
their resignation when enormously &C
cused of treason to their country
Would the independence of the thir-
teen colonies have been declared if
Washington had become discouraged
while being maligned and maliciously
abused by a coterie of jealous, am
bilious, would-be generals of his time
Would four millions of slaves have
had their shackles knocked off and
been given their liberty if Benjamin
Lundy and William Lloyd Garrison
had become discouraged in misfortune
and stopped sending out the first news
paper advocating the emancipation of
the colored race; when the former
suffered from ridicule, insult and in
cendiary, and the latter imprisonment ?
Let us calmly ask ourselves the cues
tion: Does it pay to get discouraged
If we consider both sides of the matter
fairly we must most emphatically an
swer, No. JASPER.
The herald., 1897-07-20
ALASKA AND THE GOLD FIELDS

The Herald's prenai n atlas (given
away with years subscription to
the daily edition) contains a fine map
of Alaska and the Yukon country in
Northwest territory. Seekers after in
formation about the new gold fields
will find it useful document to con-
suit. The atlas is furnished in sep
arate parts, and with a subscription
for three months the subscriber may
select any two of the parts he wishes.
Or, with subscription to the Weekly
Herald (S1) the subscriber is entitled
to one of the parts. He may take that
containing the map of Alaska if he
wishes.
The herald., 1897-07-20

The report of the land committee was
presented and adopted by unanimous
vote.
A supplementary report of the board
of public works on the petition asking
that the zanja on the south side of
Adams street be allowed was presented
and the recommendation allowed.
The usual petitions were read as to the
erection of wires, etc, and the same were
allowed.
Councilman Hutchison moved that the
street be removed, which was adopted
AUDITORS REPORT
Auditor Nichols reported the city funds
for the week ending July 18th as
follows: Overdrawn, salary, $S71S2;
common school, s55.SS; library, 61S1.6S;
general park, $16323. The following
funds are still sound in amounts as
noted: Cash, $1256.43; fire department,
S1013.50; East Los Angeles, Park, $3S. 81;
Westlake Park, s69.35; Hollenbeck Park
S42 20; Echo Park, $1,000; Elysian Park
$3.50 10; Park nursery, $500.
Summary: Treasurer's balance, July
10TH 500, 1853; receipts to July 18th, $3S53. 0S;
demands audited to July 18th. s4SS1.25;
Treasurer's balance, July 18th, S95, 1926.
Adjourned to Monday next.
The herald., 1897-07-20

the sprinkling carts that the streets
would not at any time be made muddy,
as is the case now. The sprinkling carts
should be made to go over the streets in
warm weather three times each day."
In the matter of lighting the city, the
committee suggested a more definite
mite and consistent means of measuring
current, as some reliable method of
metering as is used for gas or as is used
for electric power. Such metering should
be continuous and not an occasional ap-
plication by night or week or month
to determine mean average.
President Silver stated that citizens
were always welcome, and whenever the
taxpayers have any suggestions to make
concerning the health or happines sof
the people the council would gladly take
cognizance of all such. Just now it was
tfnpracticable to do anything, for the rea-
son that all the contracts had two years
to run.
President Silver expressed the belief
that there was no law by which the
council could order any resurfacing done
The herald., 1897-07-20
street and Thirty-second street. ordi-

street and Thirty-second street. Ordi-
nance adopted.
In compliance with your order Of July
6, 1897, 1 herewith present ordinance OF
intention to establish the grade of TWEEN
ty-ninth street between Hoover street
and Vermont avenue. Ordinance adopt
ed.
1 herewith present final ordinance es-
tablishing the grade of Pico street from
the west patent boundary to the west
line of Hoover street, south of Pico street
Ordinance adopted.
Also, final ordinance establishing the
grade of Thirty-fifth street from Figue-
roa street to Jefferson street. Ordinance
adopted.
Also, final ordinance establishing the
grade of Twenty eighth street from
Vermont avenue to Budlong avenue.
Ordinance adpoted.
In regard to the protest against the
grading, ETC., of Macy street between
Howard street and the Los Angeles river,
The herald., 1897-07-20

Spring and Main streets, Mrs. Edwards
has brought suit to determine the title
to strip of land at the northerly end of
the proposed alley. This suit is now
pending and for the purpose of enabling
the city to open the alley Immediately
we have prepared an agreement which
has been signed by Mrs. Edwards and
her husband and which we return here
with with the recomme nda ton that the
council authorize the city by its mayor
and clerk to execute. So ordered.
CITY ENGINEERS REPORT
The city engineer presented the follow
ing report:
| In compliance with your instructions
I herewith present an ordinance of in
tention for the construction of a cement
curb and walk six feet wide on each side
| of Vignes street, between First street
and Also street Adopted
| have estimated the cost Of grading,
| etc., Twenty-first street from Central
| avenue to the east line of George Dalton
Sr. tract, as follows: Grade and gravel,
55 cents per front foot; cement curb, 80
cents per front foot; cement walk, five
| feet SO cents; granite crosswalks, 5
cents per front foot; total, S1.40. AS. this
| meets the requirements of the bond
act, I herewith present ordinance of in
| tention to do the work as above. Or
dinance adopted.
| Following is an estimate of the cost of
grading, etc. Twenty-second street be-
tween Naomi avenue and the east line
of the George Dalton Sr. tract: Grade
and gravel, So cents per front foot; ce-
ment curb, 80 cents; cement walk, five
feet, so cents; granite crosswalks,
| cents per front foot; total $1.40. AS this
amount meets the requirements of thu
bond act, I herewith present the ordi-
nance of intention to do the work as
above. Ordinance adopted.
AS instructed, 1 herewith present or
dinance of intention to lay cement walk
FIVE feet wide on the east side of Fickett
street from First street to Brooklyn av.
enue. Ordinance adopted.
The proper contract and bond beine
on file in the office, herewith present
an ordinance granting permission tc
property owners to grade Twenty-secont
street between Union avenue and Hoov.
er street, by private contract, the natu
raj soil of the street to be used Or.
dinance adopted.
I have estimated the cost of grading
ETC., Adams street from Congress ave
nue. to the west city boundary as fol
lows: Grade and gravel, SLY per from
foot; curb, 80 cents per front foot; gut
ter, IA cents per front foot; granite cross
walks, 5 cents per front foot; total, 81 sc
AS this meets the requirements of tn,
bond act, I herewith present the neces
sary ordinance for the work as above
Ordinance adopted.
l herewith present ordinance of in.
tention to establish the grade Of the ives
side Of Hoover street between Adam.
The herald., 1897-07-20
Afternoon Session

The council met at 2 o'clock, with
President Silver in the chair and quor-
UNI present.
In the matter of the petition of o. La
Grange, wherein we were instructed to
prepare lease for two years of the land
described in said petition, would report
that the city clerk informs me that the
city does not own said land and has no
interest therein. Adopted.
In the matter of the opening of the al
ley from Fifth to Sixth street between
The herald., 1897-07-20


LAWRENCE-In this city, July IS, 1897,
Gustaf f. Lawrence, aged so years.
Members of America lodge I. o. o. F. are
requested to attend the funeral of Brother
Lawrence at the parlors of Orr & Hines,
CAT South Broadway, at p. m. today.
RALPHS-In this city July is, 1897 Leslie
Ralphs. beloved son of o. N. Ralphs,
aged II years.
Funeral from parlors of Orr & Hines, 647
South Broadway, Tuesday, July 90 1897,
at 10 o'clock a, m.
Friends and acquainta invited. In
terment Rosedale cemetery.
The herald., 1897-07-20

Now offered for sale-control of the Vol
canic copper mines. Are we'll developed
and ready for smelters. $4,000 will handle;
greatest bargain; largest copper PROPOSE
ton in the country; owner sick. Pros
pectus and full particulars by calling on
the Volcanic Copper Mining and Smelling
company. 1856 South Broadway.
The herald., 1897-07-20

On Saturdays, July nth, oath, S1st and
August 18th, special train. with observa-
ton car attached, will leave La Grande
station at 7:15 a. M, making a complete
circuit of the track, stopping two hours
at both Redlands and Riverside for drives
and sightseeing, returning at 6 p. M
Round trip $40 Particulars at Santa Fe
office, 200 Spring street.
The herald., 1897-07-20

On July 18th, Ath, 31st and August 7th
a special train, with observation car at
tached, will leave La Grande station at
7:15 a. m. A stop of two hours will be made
at both Redlands and Riverside for sight
seeing. Round trip, $2.75. Particulars at
Santa Fe ticket office, 200 Spring street.
The herald., 1897-07-20
and no remedy was at all feasible except
to work all parts over
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
The following proposals were received.
opened. examined and publicly declared.
to wit:
| To improve Park View street from
Ninth to Eleventh streets-Gray Bros. &
Ward proposed: Curb S5c per linear foot;
sidewalk lie per square foot.
A. B. Hogan proposed: Curb 3Sc per
linear foot; sidewalk 11Ac per square
| foot.
Frank Whittier proposed Curb SOC per
| linear foot; sidewalk 91ac per square
foot.
C. L. McCombs proposed: Curb 261ac
per linear foot; sidewalk &c per square
foot.
Frank Gillespie proposed: Curb soc per
linear foot; sidewalk &c per square foot.
Referred to the board of public works.
To sidewalk and curb Eleventh street
from Union to Burlington avenues
Gray Bros & Ward proposed Curb zoe
per linear foot; sidewalk 9a4c per square
| foot.
Referred to the board of public works.
To construct 30-inch cement pipe on
Fremont avenue from First to Second
streets-B. Lorenzi proposed for the sum
of $107 per linear foot.
w. A. Prick proposed for the sum of
$1.14 per linear foot.
| c. NJ. Baker proposed for the sum of
81. 40 per linear foot.
w. L. Riley proposed for the sum of
s1-40 per linear foot.
Referred to the board Of public works.
| To sewer Park View street.-The fol-
lowing proposals per linear foot for
sewer complete were received: B. Lor
emf, 94c; S. ]. Edwards 771sc; George
Banaz, 7Sc; A. P. Pusich, soc; c. L.
Powell Use; w. A. Prick TIE.
Referred to the sewer committee.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
The board Of public works, to whom
was referred petition No. 100 from Ellen
S. c.. Bowker ct al, asking that the
cement zanja and walk on the south side
of Adams street between Orchard and
Vermont avenues be allowed to remain
as at present until such time as use of
the zanja shall be discontinued, beg
leave to recommend asfollows:
That the request be granted. That
present proceeding under the ordinance
be abandoned and said ordinance re-
pealed, and that the city engineer be in
structed to present new ordinance for
cement curb and sidewalk on Adams
street from Hoover to Congress streets,
exempting therefrom the south side of
said Adams street from Orchard to YER
mont avenues
The herald., 1897-07-20

Maier & Zobelein's lager, fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery. 440 Also street;
telephone 81.
The herald., 1897-07-20

Aug. 9Th and It'll; tickets good returning
within 90 days; round trip, So. Nowhere else
are there equal opportunities for an enjoy
able vacation. Plan to spend your vacation
at this delightful resort. Special rates at
hotels for the summer
The herald., 1897-07-20

New Laws for Mine Locators aud Stockholders
Price Is cents. N. A. Wolcott & Co., prin-
tiers and publishers. 1928 S. Broadway, Los
Angeles, and all booksellers. The new
blanks conforming to the laws are now
ready.
The herald., 1897-07-20

Agents Victor. Heating. World AM
March bicycles. Hawley. King & Co.
The herald., 1897-07-20
DEATHS

Everything on wheels. Hawley, King &
Co. cor Fifth street and Broadway
The herald., 1897-07-20

Largest variety Concord business wag-
ons and top delivery wagons. Hawley
King G. Co.
The herald., 1897-07-20
IOTTINGS

Drink Glen Rock water Address F. L.
Smith. ZIG South Spring street. Tel. IS.
The herald., 1897-07-20

Hawlcy, King & Co., cor. 9TH st. and Bwy.,
agents genuine Columbus Buggy company
buggies and Victor bicycles
The herald., 1897-07-20

All prices of wall paper greatly reduced.
A. A. Eckstrom. 234 South Spring street.