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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

The old saying that ''everything hap
pens for the better is apt to be mis-
construed by one who is unable to
deduce grain of comfort from the
misfortunes that come in varying de-
gree to all mortals. The king and the
peasant. the millionaire and the
labOrer, have their individual worries
in this life and it is through the forth
tude and endurance with which they
overcome these trials that existence is
soured or made the pleasanter. The
average prisoner is prone to look upon
himself as the most miserable object
upon this globe But by a little
thought we may easily reason that
thousands of our fellow mOrtals would
be glad to be in our position with the
knowledge that time limit is on our
misery. Many free men suffering the
fortunes of living death from disease
or crippled body envy our position,
bad as it is. And many of us, proba-
bly,, had we not been jerked up short
in our career, might have had even a
worse fate awaiting us on this sphere
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

Rev. L. &. Sykes of Mimic, n. d., &C
companied by F. c. Wing of this city,
was an interested visitor to the insti-
tuition on Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

That forty act farce "Sausagenia; or
the Mystery of the Potashed Sesamoid'
is billed to play return engagement
in Chicago, commencing Monday next.
A complete outfit of new experts and
properties have been secured for the
occasion. The same old bones and in
terlocutors will be seen in the minstrel
specialties.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

The board of managers of the Ohio
state prison have recently parOled two
men confined as habitual criminals.
Upon the future conduct OF these two
will depend to great extent the man.
ner in which the board will deal with
the balance of so.called "habitual
criminals in the Buckeye state. 1t is
very probable that the influence of the
parole system in giving these two men
proper start in freedom will accom-
plish more good to them and to society
than half dozen more terms. A man
once getting started properly is more
apt to live straight than if left entirely
to his own resources and merely
thrown back into prison when he fails.
1t is like starting a person out to
learn to ride bicycle without help or
instruction, and condemning him to
punishment for each fall. If you give
that man reasonable instruction and
aid him during his first "wobbling"
days of hiking, he will certainly
make more progress than would be
effected by thoughts of punishment
for failure. 1t is so in real life. Just
as many man can learn to ride a BIZ
cycle without help, so also many are
successful in life; but there are always
a number who require training and
aid on the straight track-the more so
after they have made one or two signal
failures.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
Photographed Philosophy.


eff ''mOney is the root of all evil" it
will require only few more years, at
the present rate of concentration of
capital, when crime will be confined to
few individuals.
Do not Judge others too harshly be-
cause they commit errors in the same
calling in which you are an expert. In
their own field of operations they may
be considered men of ability while you
would be looked upon as an ignoramus.
Circumstantial evidence is like a
three card monte game. There is moth
ing positive about it.
Experience is an excellent though
costly teacher. Some four hundred
''odd' men here are taking lessons from
it and the chances are that they will
not need can-Opener to help them de-
tect their belongings from that of
others when again at liberty.
He who will continually impress upon
others the fact that he is a very bril-
liant man, would save himself a great
deal of unpleaSantness and be much
more highly thought of if he would
nj TO Ai,t
"brlliant' points.
When you run across a man who is
downhearted and respondent, remem-
Der human life hangs in the balance
A CHEEKY word may help to dispel the
gloom, while a sanctimOniOus express
sion and a command to move on would
increase the darkness.
The young man who spends the
greater portion of his time lOaling
about, smoking cigarettes or standing
on some street corner studying astrOn-
omy instead Of going to school, may, in
after life, be president of the United
States, but the indications point strong
ly toward his being third grade pris-
oner at ali institution similar to this
one.
There are few persons in every COM
munity who honestly believe that they
can bluff their way through life They
may succeed in intimidating others for
time, but there invariably comes a
period in their career when their ''blutf7
may be as large as mountain and still
not accomplish anything.
How useless it is to argue a question
with some men. Between their preju-
dice and what they believe to be right,
they are undecided and as stubborn as
mule.
Never reprOach yourself on account
of your shortcomings. No man is ell
ClIcly ptIltCl. L. c utSlI0 W UtCOII0 |
nearly so is laudable one; but do not |
imagine that you can become abso-
lutely perfect. If your aspirations are
centered along this line, why, you have
struck earth a generation or two ahead
of schedule time.
The reason some men find it diff
cult matter to be honest is because the
limited capacity of their head is filled |
with dishonest methods. Their good |
inclinations are destroyed as the
thistle and noxious weeds choke the |
wheat in the field.
Some mems ideas are as changeable |
as the weather. This class of people,
on changing the clothes that proclaim
the gentleman to that of the despised |
prisoner, act as though it was mere
matter of form.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

A Paris jury in recent trial inaug-
urated an unusual precedent by acquit-
ting two criminals who had virtually
confessed their guilt in open court and
whose lawyers merely made a plea for
a light verdict. The Parisians were I'M
doubtedly bent on getting scoop on
the sensational papers that find men
guilty without trial.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

What pretty visions of what man
might be by honest methods come to
him when he has been arrested for an
offense that will surely land him in
prison. 1t is at such time that one
fully realizes the value of freedom and
the good purpose to which he might
devote his life with pleasure and
profit to himself and society. If we
would only thoroughly impress this
thought upon our mind there is time
enough yet to make up somewhat for
the misspent past. Life is too bright
and altogether too short to be wasting
it in prison for few paltry dollars
that in most instances could be earned
with more ease than they are stolen.
If we could keep these thoughts in
mind as strongly when free as we now
do, there would be small chances of
any of us playing return engagement
here. But few glasses of whisky
will wash away the best resolutions
ever formed
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

These are the days when the attrac-
tive advertisements of clothing houses
bring a sigh Of mingled misery and
regret to the heart of Algernon as his
limpid eyes gaze upon the crumpled
pawn-ticket that now represents last
winters chnchilla overcoat.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

Mrs. DR.. Tennyson, Mrs. Molly Cobb,
Mrs. Alice ROsche and Mr.. Frank
Rosche, were a party of Minneapoli-
tans who visited our exclusive social
municipality Tuesday afternoon. The
party was in charge of State Agent
Whittier.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

.Percy w. Donovan of Minneapolis,
and Martin p. Rendlandt Jr., Waite
vile Wis, were visitors here Monday,
accompanied by Supt. Weld.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 900 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Catholic services every alternate Sunday.
Rev. j. H. ALBERT and Rev. FIR CORCORAN
chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

Hon. Edw. J. Schumacher and his
sister Mrs. Gertrude Grewe of st. Paul,
were callers at the institution on
Sunday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

The wise man is wise through the
knowledge of his ignorance; the ignor-
ant man remains Ounce through the
false estimate he has of his own wisdom.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

Theo. Bost .Jr., of the st. Paul Globe,
was caller here yesterday in company
with Editor Nelson of the Washington
County Journal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Prison Managers was held
here Tuesday. Three paroles were
granted, and the following statement
of receipts for the past month was
audited
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

II. F. Higgins and S. F. Haskell,
two representatives of the Minneapolis
Times, were shown through all parts
of the institution by Warden Wolfer,
on Monday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

The man who concerns himself about
his own affairs as cautiously as the
average human watches the missteps
of others is the one most apt to succeed
in making his actions a power for good.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11
Local.,
Lucid
and
Logical.
)r1SOnetteS

Dr. Beebe, our former assistant
physician here, was visitor to the
institution Saturday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

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
RESILIENT OFFICIALS.
HENRY WOLFER, Warden
+. H. LEMON, Deputy Warden
GEO. BIXBY, Clerk
B. j. MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, MatrOn
J. H. ALBERT, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
F. A. WHITTIER ST. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

From Union Shoe and Leather company
for convict labor. ....... 80. .....S 3.O45 40
Convict labor, Irvine shop. ........ LAG 90
Sale of school apparatus. .............. 1S9 90
Sale of meal tickets. Observation-Disclosures. II 80
From sale of rags Observation-Disclosures. Sc
Sale of empty barrels ........... 80
From visitors fees ................. 80 90
Interest on Irvine notes. .......... % OF
From refund lumber returned East Side
Lumber Co.,. Observation-Disclosures. 81 So
Sales and collections of binder twine.. 40 1876 73
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S45 POI "a
OF this amount $4,771.92 will be cred
tied to current expense and $40, 1882
to the revolving fund
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

The following handed us by one of
the inmates is a sample of how even
man in prison will express his satisfac-
ton over the success of his favorite
candidate
He holds his head high in the air,
Mark Hanna is his name;
He hasn't many votes to spare,
But he got there just the same.
But he put in as dreadful half
hour as did one MIR. COrbett last St.
Patrick day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

eff ''money is the root of all evil, it
will require only few more years, at
the present rate of concentration of
capital, when crime will be confined to
few individuals.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-11

Do not Judge others too harshly be-
cause they commit errors in the same
calling in which you are an expert In
their own field of operations they may
be considered men of ability while you
would be looked upon as an ignoramus.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-12

ready for business. Immediately behind the
dogs
Here we are. in the meadow a. last The
trlu2ing OF the horses hoofs in the soft
ground bruises the grass. and the hounds
bay as the fragrance OF mother earth rises
"a their eager nostrils.
Look out fer that hedge, II is stiff
jump, aud unless you hold your horse
we'll together you Will come 10 grief.
The hounds have made their way over
or through IL. md the hurtsman with
splendid Flying leap. is over with
them. Miss Blank young woman who
captured The brush twice last year fol-
lows The huEtSman. her skirts ripping
IN the breeze as she holds her seat with
the hFmness Of veteran Two men are
over the hedge one Of them shaving the
top with a swish that breaks away
shower of twigs and brings an inyalan-
tary shrek from the gir! with the scar
let feather
Tally no, There he goes bawls the
huntsman. and the next instant "A small
: red animal. whose hushy tail drags be-
hind him, darts through the hedge and
rustles across the meadow.
The fox is found
Far 4 moment the hounds are confused
Eeynard has doubled them while they
were smiling about the thicket aud his
plunge through the hedge was master
stroke that took them unawarss Not
long does the fox remain in sight He X
gone on the o.her side or fence. while
the party OF hunters who had baked At
The hedge ara turning their horses But
moments Sre Sslua bic - the hunting feels
and fun well the auntsman knows IL last
ore long blast on bis horn 70 tell every
one that the fox has been started, and
then be and Miss Blank and Miss Scar
lee Feather with all the others behind
them. are dashing after the quarry. The
hounds have recovered themselves and
are boun-ting along with their noses 20
the ground on hot scent. They are SO
close together as the hqn.Sman re-
marks adufYingiy TO Miss Scarlet Feath-
er As they ride side by side. You could
cover them with tabiecloth"
out Of the meadow. up the road for
quarter Of a mile and then short turn
20 the left takes them over some rocky
ground. with tree stunaps scattered about
IN make Il more interesting. The course
Is straight over Gamblers mountains and
GOOD stiff country II Is. The little red
animal has tot been seen since be cleared
RaA meadow, but the scent In hot ard
the hounds have settled down to kusl-
ness.
Hello. here Is a brook rust wide enough
20 b. nasty The hounds DO not hesitate
for the scent Is too good TO he broken By
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-12

dropped In his eye. He was very hungry.
and SO the story unrolied until the women
began to go into their pockets for coin.
Then Mr.. Jerome took the placard from
the mans breast and amid storm Of
Misses tore it up. Nov you get down 10
Rleecker street, where You belong, he
said. and the blind beggar suddenly found
his sight and started down the avenue on
a dog-trot. Possibly some Of the women
who witnessed the incident took II to
heart but M doubt most OF them will
open their purses 10 the next beggar who
whines at their heels.
A case which came up before a New
York police magistrate recently Illus
trates the fact that indiscriminate char
ity not only supports beggars. but makes
them. A man arrested for begging told
the officers that he could make s. a day
at his trade. but as he could make 81 3
day begging. and spend only three hours
out of the twenty-four at that occupation,
he preferred to beg. A beggar woman
named Mary Lyons, arrested for asking
for "a nickel to ride up town with" was
found TO have a pocket fun of nickels.
given to her by charitable persons
The average earnings of the successful
professional beggar are 81 to S. a day.
The young beggars spend their days
asleep in Bowery lodging houses. At or
8 o'clock they come out 10 work men who
are going home from their offices. At s
o'clock they beg food from door to door.
Al 80 they begin TO work the theater
crowds, combining their efforts almost
wholly to men who are accompanied by
women. After the theaters they work the
home going crowd, and before l o'clock
they are back in their dens. where they
spend the remainder of the night drink
ing and gambling.
Through the winter the arrests of pro-
fessional beggars In New York average
2l1 a month. For the first offense the
heggar gets five days Imprisonment and
for the second. third and so on, he
should receive 10, 50. 16o days. and finally
six months But as he comes up under A
different name each time. five days is his
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-12

usual sentence. AT the end Of that short
period he is preying on the community
again.
New York has the most perfect system
In America for the care Of homeless men.
The police station lodging house, which
still exists in other cities, was abolished
two years ago, and in its place a free
lodging house was opened. Here any
homeless man can obtain bread and cof-
fee and bed. The only condition is that
he shall take bath before he goes up
stairs and leave his clothing to be dis
infected. clean nightshirt is provided
for him, and he sleeps on a spring bed
equipped with blankets and a pillow But
II man applies more than twice for
lodging. his case is investigated. and IL he
be found to be vagrant, he Is sent to
the workhouse.
The tickets for these free lodging houses
are given out almost entirely by the Char
ity Organization society. This society
Is the parent of about a hundred organi-
cations in the United States. formed for
the protection of the charitable against
imposition and for the distribution Of
aims to the deserving poor. There are or
CARNATIONS In Chicago. Washington Bal
timore. New Haven. Buffalo. Albany,
Denver. Omaha. Richmond. New Orleans.
Philadelphia. Portland, San Francisco,
Rochester. Worcester. Louisville. Boston,
Los Angeles. Grand Rapids, Brooklyn,
Cambridge. Scranton. st. Paul, and many
other cities, and societies somewhat sim
iar In st. Louis. Kansas City and Toledo.
There are also societies In Great Brit
ain. France. Austro- Hungary. Belgium,
Russia, Sweden. Switzerland Italy, Ger
many. Denmark. Greece Holland, Tur-
key. Egypt, Spain and India.
All OF these societies are in correspond
ence. and through their efforts il IS posi-
BILE now to test appeals for charity not
only locally but all over the world If
an appeal for aid came to man In Chi
cago from some one In Paris. he would
be able to investigate the case and learn
whether the applicant was worthy or un-
deserving by sending an inquiry to the
bureau OF charities. Chicago.
This combination of the chief cities Of
the world is extending to the smaller cit
les. and Tivoli, N Y. with only 1852 in
habitants, now has its charity organiza-
ton society and follows the methods OF
investigation adopted In New York
This system Is going to break up the
business of the begging letter-writer. A
few days ago one of New York's million
aires received a very touching letter from
Baltimore requesting a loan. He re-
ferred the letter TO Secretary Devine Of
the Charity Organize ton society. Mr. De-
vine wrote 10 the Charity Organization
society OF Baltimore, which replied
promptly that the man was a fraud. He
was accustomed, said the report, To write
to rich men in every part OF the country.
telling of his large family. pleading pow
erty and asking a loan of So for a few
months. The man really has large fam
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-12

spite of the whole hunt club. dogs ana
all Now comes the tug of war Just
one little creature fighting for his lifa
against some twenty-four men and wonn-
en- and pack OF hounds. But IL looks
as IL The fugitive would be the victor nm
less the horses can put on more steam
In the excitement the hunters forget IN
consider their animals and there Ia =
marked quickening OF the pace as the
FOX gets nearer to the black shadows ~
the forest
A dozen leaps will see him safe. An.
he fs tired now, In spite of his air OF
Jauniy bravery He has nothing Ike the
activity that characterized him at the be-
ginning OF the run, while the wiry mus
cies of the dogs, thoroughbred from
strain OF famous hunters In England. en-
able them To keep up the struggle almost
without tagging.
Miss Scarlet Feather Is breathing
quick and hard. and Miss Blanks teeth
are closely set. The men. too are all
intent upon their work. and there II hard
~ word spoken as everyone watches tha
fox making for cover.
Six bounds he has made. Seven!
Eight.
The hounds are close upon him.
Sine' Ten' Eleven,
Gone, by heavens" mutters the hunts.
man. as the fox disappears among the
trees
He is or HIS horse in moment. and.
whip in hand. riunges Into the WOOD.
There IS rustIing, tearing OF branches.
and cut runs the fox. right under the nose
OF Miss Scarlet Feathers horse The
hounds are upon him. SIX az once. and
before the huntsman can get at them
they have laid Door Reynard out az dead
as last summers cornstalk The hunts
man picks NJ rhe corpse. kicking the
hounds away az he does 60 Then ne
whips out his knife and Miss Scarlet
Feather has the brush
The party turns houseward 10 the club
house and before O'Clock all are seated
al dinner. with the provsrh5at hunters
spg'etissz The hunt dinner af the County
club Is as important an institution as the
breakfast In good time every oge In on
TIE way 10 hts or her respective home as-
ter discussing the days run from every
possible point OF view
A glorious dsT and glorious sport,
Among the hest known hunt clubs In
the Fast are the Meadow ErooE To which
many OF ths arsstocracy OF New York
belong: the Lynchburx Ea} Fox club
Tire Essex Hunt. the Phoenix Hunt the
Green SpTtng Valley club and The Rich
nloLa County Hunt Of staten Island
GEORGE c. JENES.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-12

iy-six children. all grown. of whom
three are married and doing we'll He
receives pension of so a month from
Inc government, and he never paws less
than SD month rent.
NOT long ago "A man went about New
York collecting contributions for a col
ored home in Little Rock The Charity
organization society heard of him
through one of it's members, wrote TO
leading citizens of Little Rock. and
learned that he was a fraud Then, hear
ing that the man had gone Ia Boston. the
secretary wrote to the Boston society a
letter of warning.
AT intervals men or women apply for
relief In New York with stories about the
good homes they have left I'm PhiIadel-
phia or st. Louis or Denver A letter OF
inquiry is written at once and sent tn the
corresponding society in the other city
1t yerifies the story or proves the appii-
cant cneat- Similar letters of inquiry
come to New York from other cities.
In time there will be a complete network
OF these agencies for investigation cover
ing the whole country. They reach every
city of Importance now, except some in
the South.
There has been good deal of sentiment
against the ''red-tape' method OF the So
eieties. Ii is the popular belief that a
societies investigate his case. This is not
the fact, however. The truth Is that in
an emergency the man Is helped first and
investigated afterwards. But the ready
sympathy Of the thoughtless always goes
out blindly to the applicant for aims.
The society does not investigate every
applicant. Many are referred to other
societies. which look after special cases.
Thus Germans may be sent To German
societies, and Scotehmen To ST. Andrew :
society. But of the cases which have
been investigated since its organization
nfteen years ago IL has on hand more
than 100000 records These records are
kept on cards which are arranged alpha
beticaliy in boxes, and the information
they contain Is confidential. except TO
recognized charitable institutions when
are investigating individual cases. ANY
person belonging to the society can have
case Investigated; and this. in fact. is
one OF the socisty's chief occupations The
wealthiest people of New York as a rule
are the most charitable. They receive
an enormous number OF applications for
assistance, and where they cannot look
into them personally they send inquiries
to the society. and the investigation Is
made for them. Last year 1874 new rec
ords were opened by the society. and re-
ports were made In 5,s3s cases
AS In the Baltimore case many of the
applicants for charity proved to be
frauds. Here are some typical cases Of
fraud which the society has investigates
A professional begpar. who asks infiu-
ence 10 get his wife into home or hos
pitai: does not ask for money. but says
there is no food or fuel In the house: