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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-25

ARE YOU GOING EAsTI-
ARE YOU GOING EAsTT-
ARE YOU GOING EAsTf-
Be sure and see that your
ticket reads via
THE NORTHWESTERN LINE
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1HE NORTHWESTERN LINE
The
CHICAGO, ST. PAUL,
MINNEAPOLIS AND
OMAHA RAILWAYS
This is the
GREAT SHORT LINE
Between
DULUTH. SAINT PAUL. CHICAGO
And all Points East and South.
Their Magnificent Track. Peerless Vesti-
buled Dining and Sleeping Car
Trains and Motto:
ALWAYS ON TINE"
Have given this road a national reputA.
tion. All classes of passengers carried
on the vestibuled trains without extra
charge. Ship your freight and travel
over this famous line. All agents have
tickets.
f. c. SAVAGE. 7. F. and P. A.
W. H. MEAD. General Agent,
PAS Washington St.. Portland. Or
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
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MARINE NOTES

The British steamship, Omba, wheat
iuien Tor Europe, arrives down from
Portland yesterday.
4
'fNG Columbia left out yesterday morn
dng for san Francisco carrying from this
port 9OD eases OF salmon. and 10 sacks
Of oyrtvs,
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Thee Aoskan steamer Elder, from Ju-
ncau ana way ports, arrived yesterday
morning ana proceeded up % Portland
at ~ o'clock.
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PORTLAND,
ARRIVE.
LEAVE.

LIE Il.
OVERLAND EX-
PRESS, for salem,
ROseburg Ashland,
900 P. NJ. Sacramento, Ogden, -s;soA.A
san Francisco, Mo-
jave, Las Angeles,
NJ Paso, New Or
leans and the East.
$3.50 A. NJ. Roseburg passenger 1880 p. N.
Via Woodburn, for
Daily Mount Angel, Sll- Dally
except vefton, West SciO, except
sunday Brownsville, Spring Sunday.
field and Natron......
1850 A. Nj. Corvallis passenger. 1850 P. M.
t4.50 P NJ. Independence pass'gr 1925 A. NJ.
sDaily. tDaily except Sunday.
Connecting at San Francisco with oc-
cidental & Oriental Pacific Mail. and
Oceanic steamship lines for
JAPAN. CHINA. AUSTRALIA. AND
HAWAII.
LOW FARES. EVERY DAY
PORTLAND TO SAN FRANCISCO
$500, Second Glass: 5000. First Class;
including berth.
Similar reductions to Los Angeles.
Fresno and other California points.
Baggage checked to destination.
R. KoEHLER. C. II. MARKHAM.
Manager. G. F. and p. A.
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a loaded, ship supposci to be the Drum
burton, from Swansea July s. was re-
ported outside yesterday morning and
the tug Relief, Captain Hcwes. went nut
and put a pilot on board
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.


Chester v. Dolph. Richard Eixss
DoLPH & NIXON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Portland. Oregon. a. q, & and 81
Hamilton Building. All legal and col
lection busin SIS promptly attended TO
Claims against the government q Sps
lialty.
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The following are payable In install.
mcnts. the hnst installment January ;.
jsas.
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sry 8, ib9s, ard II not 70 pah NJ said time
tho common council win order warrants
issued for tho collection of the same,
the agsmsmeni IL ao foii0gs;
Bracker. Theodore, lot 2, block q
N r
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A. d. CHARLTON

Asst Gen'l Pass. Agent. Portland, Og
255 Morrison ST.. Cor. Third.
c. W. STONE. Astoria
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

body they hate to acknowledge
any good qualities in prisoner Of
whom they have formed a poor
opinion. It was noticed in the
case in point that at the time Of
the trial there were those who per-
sisted in the statement that the
woman was a fraud, working on
the sympathies Of Col. johnson to
avoid punishment. The ease with
which a disgruntled police officer
may give a malicious report to a
press agent follows as the reason
for the base report. We are now
doubly pleased to know that this
young woman is living up to the
better opinion formed of her by a
conscientious man whose official
maxim as given in the part of his
letter we quoted is worthy of deep
consideration by all men holding
official positions similar to his.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

MAN is indeed a wonderfully
adaptable piece of mechanism. So
much so that it seems possible he
may with ease conform himself to
live in the most filthy condition
and surroundings in an apparently
satisfied state. This illustrates
fully the power habit has upon the
human species. A life that is re-
voting to all our instincts be-
comes bearable by familiarity
Herewith. This very suggestively
accounts for the apparent ease
with which many persons acquire
the most disgusting habits. It
further illustrates the necessity of
eternal watchfulness in parents
over the habits and associations of
children. The Familiarity that
breeds indifference in matters of
small import is ever at work in
accustoming children to look upon
more repulsive habits with as
senting complaisance. The neces-
sity, therefore, Of surrounding the
young with an atmosphere of moral
and physical cleanliness is plainly
apparent, and should be impressed
on the many thoughtless parents
who "have not time to waste on
the children" as they so often
claim.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

OUR institutional contemporary,
the Ohio Penitentiary News,
comes to us this week as a gala
edition with sixteen pages of we'll
written matter interspersed with
views Of the prison and pictures Of
the board Of managers and prin-
cipal officers. The Ohio boys feel
greatly elated over the changes
made under the present officials.
The editor and his associates are
to be commended for the excel
lence of their special number.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27
THE TRUTH is OUT.
claim.

SOME few weeks ago we pub
lished an editorial highly COM
mending the conduct of Col.
johnson, assistant prosecuting
attorney at St. Louis, for the meth
DDS used by him in the case Of a
young girl arrested for stealing
twenty cents from a poor box in a
church. A little later we were
chagrined to see a news item stat
ing that the young woman in
question had proven to be as bad
as the police in their unnecessary
zeal had attempted to picture her.
We have before us letter from
Col. johnson clearly proving the
falsity and righteousness Of this
statement. He says:
Miss v is now employed
in one of the best families in St.
Louis, "a place [ secured for herr
and she is an exemplary woman in
every way. She is one of the ex-
amples I can point to in carrying
out my ideas as practiced in my
official life: Punish crime when
necessary, but do not make Grim
inals.'"
It does one good to get at the
real truth in such matters. and it
shows how utterly contemplate
the person can be who will circu-
late reports derogatory to the
character of a woman, merely for
the sake Of giving to the public
the idea that the original "police'
estimate Of the woman was cor
rect. It appeared strange to us
that the st. Louis papers did not
at the time mention that the young
woman had proven false to the
confidence placed in her by Col
johnson. The matter is quite
clear to us now. Any one who has
ever had dealings with the police
Of a large city knows that as g
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27
BOOK REVIEW.
The CriminOlOgy Series of Books
Published by ID. Appleton &
Co., New York.

Juvenile Offenders" by w.
Douglas Morrison, is the latest
valuable publication in the Grim
inology Series issued by D. Apple
ton & Co., New York. It is a book
that should be read by every prison
official, penologist, and humani-
tartan. An earnest perusal of it's
pages by the general public would
give them information unthought
of at present in regard to criminal
tendencies as acquired by juveniles
in varying surroundings. The au-
thor is certainly thoroughly posted
on his subject, and gives most ac-
curate statistics Of juvenile crime
in this and other countries. The
price, in cloth binding, for this
work, or any other of the series,
is $3.50. Those interested should
write to D. Appleton & Go. for a
list Of the Criminology Series. We
give below a part Of the authors
words which should appeal to all
who are interested in the reforma-
ton of criminals and the proven
ton of crime:
All attempts at dealing with criminal problems
which take no account of the conditions which
tend to produce the criminal population are pre-
destined to failure. One of the principal rea-
sons our penal laws have hitherto been so in
effective in diminishing the proportions of crime
is that these laws have practically ignored the
individual and social conditions on which the
movement of crime depends. An enactment
directed against a certain kind of crime will in
the end have comparatively little effect in dlmin-
iShing its amount if the antecdent conditions
which produce the crime remain untouched.
In the same manner mode of punishment di-
rected against a certain form of crime will do no
good if the punishment has the effect of intensi-
flying and aggravating the adverse individual and
social conditions of the person who has CON-
mtted the Offense. In order to reduce the pro-
portions of crime we must first of all diminish
the adverse conditions which produce it. In
these circumstances the first thing to do is to as
certain what the individual and social cOndi-
tons are which produce the criminal popula-
ton. If we know what these conditions are we
shall be in a position to see how far they are
capable of being removed or minimiZed. In the
same proportion as they can be removed or
minmized the criminal population will decrease.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

her majesty's institutions. It is
doughnuts to piccoloes that if the
original accumulation of the Aston
millions could walk the streets of
London this summer with the
same musical instruments in hand
that payed his passage from that
port to America he would play a
parental tattoo on the pate of one of
his descendants reminding him
that the land that made the grand
sire's fortune should be good
enough for his posterity to dwell
in.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

Do not give him any floral bou-
quets or sachet powders. Offer
him honest labor with honest re-
enumeration therefor. Give him
your moral sanction by words of
approval, if you cannot do more.
Keep ever in mind that in this
world we are all made Of the same
material with the same rights and
the same end in view which latter
can best be reached by helping
one another instead Of each striv-
ing separately.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

The Saturday Evening Post
published since 1921 at Phila-
delphia is high-class weekly that
should be read by all who take an
interest in a genuine family paper.
Its solidity is vouched for by it's
age. Thoroughly interesting to
high degree it yet refrains from
all sensationalism. It deals with
the topics of the day from healthy
business standpoint, and is brimfull
Of bright stories and philosophical
comment.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

WE SINCERELY hope that nc
bankers or aldermen will be sent
to this institution. Plain. una
dorned thieves are welcome to the
hospitality Of our social circle
but we must draw the line some
where and have decided that the
expurgative ban shall be placed
on post-graduates in loose fnan.
ciering and beer-hall politics.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

The possible sublimity of the
ridiculous is forcibly impressed
upon us when we read that "The
queen regent Of Spain offers am
nesty to the Cubans, in honor of
the eleventh anniversary of the
birth of her son, the king to be-
1t is about on a par with some
prisoner here offering free man
the privilege Of taking his place
in prison, ''if he will only be
good"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

WASHINGTON, D. G.. is running
close race with Minneapolis in
the treatment of "aristocratic'
criminals. Minneapolis sends he1
swell offenders home with a "now
be a good boy and do it slicker the
next time" At the national CAPT
tai they convert two cells into one
for Broker Chapman's use, and
furnish refrigerator 10 keep his
champagne cool. It's nice to be 6
sugar broker and take sugar not tc
"squeal."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27
MORAL INVALIDS.

WE NEVER propose to offer any
excuse for crime or criminals
through these columns, but we
shall persist in keeping hammering
at the fact that a person in prison
is as apt to have the proper in
gradients of true manhood in his
makeup as is the average mortal.
If upon his release he makes an
effort to prove this fact then why
in the name Of manhood do you
not leave him alone and give him
chance to do so? Five times out
of ten, the remotest allusion to a
mans having at some time been
in prison is sufficient to make all
his proven good qualities as
naught in comparison.
If the world is to jog along pro-
gressively and attempt to improve
social conditions it must start in
by recognizing a moral sickness
as equally prevalent as the phys
ical ailments of mankind. You
symyathize with the sad lot of a
bed-ridden physical invalid; the
grand profession Of medicine has
hosts of the ablest and most learned
men of our day spending their en-
ergy, ability and education devils
ing means to alleviate the condi-
ton Of the physical invalid. The
world fairly worships the medical
savant who contrives a cure for
obstinate diseases. But when it
comes to dealing with moral in
valids the cure is, ''to prison, to
prison with him before others are
infected with his vile disease!"
And that is quite right, my friends;
a prison is the proper place for
such. But always bear in mind
that you are sending him to quar-
antine for cure as much so as
for prevention of contagion. When
he is cured do you accept him as
such? Somebody answers 1--WE do"
Yes, you do; about one person out
of ten does. The balance are care
full to keep continually reminding
him of his past, and with the ex-
ception Of men Of good family
connections or great force Of char
acter the lot of the ex-prisoner is
somewhat as pleasant as that of
the exiled leper.
We again reiterate the statement
''do not waste sympathy or senti-
mental poesy" on the released
prisoner. He has been a moral
Invalid and you have had him sent
to your sanitorium for the eradica-
ton of his particular defect The
experienced managers Of such in
stitution have returned him to you
in apparently sound condition.
Make the invalid prove that he is
morally sound; but do not retard
his chances Of doing so by contin-
ually reminding him Of the in
famous nature of the disease he
has just escaped from. Remember
that he is made of the same mate
rial as yourself, and may develop
the same good qualities of man.
hood under favorable conditions.
The widest animals have been
tanned by kindness and judicious
treatment properly combined. The
most reckless man may be re-
claimed in the same way. Kind
ness does not necessarily imply
any slippy-sloppy sentimentalism.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

1T IS TO be hoped that Queen
Victoria's sense Of "the eternal
fitness Of things" will cause her to
give a deserved snub to the rene
gade Americans who are seeking
personal notoriety through the
medium of the coming English
jubilee, by Haunting their names
and the millions acquired by theil
sturdy American ancestors in an
effort to gain the smiles of royalty
by a Cash Memorial' to one Of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man.
aged by them. Its objects are to be a home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS 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 surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27
N O TICE.

THOSE receiving copies Of The MIR
ROR who are not subscribers will
please consider them as sample cop
les. If, after reading them, you should
conclude that The MIRROR is
worthy of your patronage, send one
dollar to this office and we will enter
your name on our books for a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

AN EXCHANGE asks, "Who are
the Greeks?" From late war re-
ports we should judge they are the
"Corbetts" Of the latest hippo
drome.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

IF GIVEN our choice we would
rather be bank official with ten
indictments to face than a petty
thief accused of the larceny of
S25.O1.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27
@.dQNf;al;lQ!|6 EX@:'eX'!stSESs*
Before we were married,
With kiss and with VOW
She chung round my neck:
She walks on it now.
Judge.

She chung round my neck:
She walks on it now.
It seems the Kentucky Legisla-
ture became SO demoralized by
the long deadlock that it elected
a man Senator who never took a
drink of whisky in his life.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
There are no more new ideas
Whenever we think we have one
the Chinese bob up and say they
knew all about it 'steen thousand
years ago.-Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
An Omaha ex-city officer has
gone to prison On a 19-year SEN
tence for stealing 100000. He
missed it by not coming to Hen
nepin county for mis-trial.- Min
neapolis Evening Press.
Although the anti-cigarette law
is supposed to be in force, the st.
Paul boy continues to take his
cabbage rolled up in rice paper in
stead of with the accompaniment
of corned beef.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Washington jail by it's lib
eral policy with Broker Chapman
seems to be making a bid for the
business of ex-bankers and gentle
men of refinement who are patron
izing the jails more than ever this
summer Chicago Record.
Every crowned head in Europe.
except the sultan: is the descend
ant of one or the other of two
sisters who lived about $50 years
ago, and they still keep on inter-
marrying. 1t is no wonder that
the whole outfit are a scrofulous
and half-crazy lot.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
A Georgia town decided that
Chinaman is white man and adj
mitted him to church membership.
Then he married a black woman
and is now required to go to the
African church. It strikes him
that the color line in America is
complicated.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Ex-President Harrison is taking
bicycle lessons. He has ordered a
bicycle suit and intends buying q
wheel. Now, if ex-President Cleve-
land could be persuaded to ride
also, another step would be taken
toward the solution of the problem
as to what is to be done with our
ex- ents.-Springfeld (Mass)
Union.
A prisoner Of the sessions had
been duly convicted Of theft, when
it was seen on "proving previous
convictions that he had actually
been in prison at the time the
theft was committed. "Why didn't
you say sop asked the judge an
grily.
"Your lordship, [ was afraid of
prejudicing the jury against me-.
Household Words.
Mrs. Strongmind.- And for what
are you incarcerated here, my poor
man?
The Prisoner married new
woman.
Mrs. Strongmind (astonished)
Impossible! You couldn't be put
in Jail for that.
The Prisoner.-But l was. [
married a new woman, and the old
woman [ already had put me in
here for bigamy.-Civil Service
Review, London.
It is related that Jay Gould, in
pinching poverty and distress from
want, recently met George w.
Childs walking among the shades
in that hidden and mysterious
realm from which even reporters
seldom return, and asked the phil
how he was able to
bring SO much from earth. To
the question Childs is said to have
Il have brought moth
ing with me here that [ had not
freely given away during my life
there. National Printer-J ournal-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

IF WE were all honest there
would be no necessity Of calling
attention to the oppressive tactics
of the law in particular cases.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

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, 1897-05-27

Charles Dana Gibson has made
great hit with his Dickens illus
trations in the Ladies' Home
Journal. In the June number we
have a rare opportunity Of seeing
what great illustrator can do in
one picture with four famous char
acters in fiction. Mr.. Gibson pre-
sents Mr.. and Mrs. Micawber,
David Copperfeld and Traddles.
The long, quaint curls of Mrs.
Micawber, and the characteristic
of her gloved hands as she ''lays
the case" before David Copper
field, have been admirably caught
by the artist. Mr.. Micawber, self
poised and satisfied, wears a calm
judicial expression as he balances
his glass in his hand.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

THE MIRROR is issued every Thursday at the
following rates.
One Year $1.OO
Six Months so
Three Months .25
To inmates of penal institutions, so cts. per year.
Address all communications,
Editor, PRISON MIRROR.
Saltwater, MINI.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

"Some Famous Persons is the
title of collection of anecdotes Of
famous musicians and writer's
which is printed in the San Fran
cisco Argonaut of May Oath. It is
based on the "reminiscences Of Max
Muller, the famous Oxford pro-
fessor, and presents characteristic
sketches of both men and women
who have been prominent in
Europe in the present century.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

William Allen White, the young
Kansas editor, orator, and story
writer, who makes a distinct chit
whenever he speaks or writes, be-
cause there is blood and reality in
whatever he is moved to say, has
written a new short story of Kansas
life-a Decoration Day story
which will appear in McClure's
Magazine for June, with abundant
illustrations.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

It seems the Kentucky Legisla-
ture became so demoralized by
the long deadlock that it elected
a man Senator who never took
drink Of whisky in his life.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

There are no more new ideas.
Whenever we think we have one
the Chinese bob up and say they
knew all about it 'steen thousand
years ago.-Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

Entered at the Post-office at saltwater, Minn.,
as secOnd-claSs mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

An Omaha ex-city officer has
gone to prison On a 19-year SEN
tence for stealing 100000. He
missed it by not coming to Hen
nepin county for mis-trial. Min
neapolis Evening Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-27

Although the anti-cigarette law
is supposed to be in force, the st.
Paul boy continues to take his
cabbage rolled up in rice paper in
stead Of with the accompaniment
of corned beef.-St. Paul Dispatch.