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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-21
Test Cashmere,

Cashmere, that unobrusive, graceful.
hanging material, conspicnously the
genLewomaa's fabric, is with us again.
and word Of warning as to the purples
ana blues may not be out Of place. a
iste purchase at reliable shop after
being made up somewhat e1pensivelv
was found after one wearing TO be stain.
ed down the front breadth with some
drops OF water that had accidentally
fallen upon il Moral, apply water tests
to samples OF the cashmere before pur-
chase
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-21
Mondays Session.

After the roll call OF delegates this
morning reports were received from
the various colleges. and Rev. Mr..
Thomson spoke on Bible Study
Methods, followed by Ethan T. Cotton,
who read paper on practical Meth
DDS OF Personal Work" both OF which
were decidedly Interesting. The ses
sion was continued this afternoon. a
reception will be held at lhe chapel this
evening
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-21
Young Ladies Eject omcers.

The executive committee for the
collegiate young women's Christian as
sociation was elected as follows. they
having finished their work Wednesday
President = Lillian McDononsh,
Mitchell.
Vice -president-Mabel Barlow, VI auk-
ton.
Corresponding Secretary - Helen
Smith. Nermillion.
Recording retary-Minuie How
kins, SieuN Falls.
Treasurer = Gertrude Blanchard
Mitchell.
Agnes Fenenga, Yankson: May Far
rell, Mitchell.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-21
THE ATHLETES ARE DONE.

II Was Great Meeting and Some Splend-
i'd Events Were Noticed
The athletic contests in tie inter
collegiate association came 10 finish
Wednesday evening with game OF
ball between Yankton and Nermilliop
the fore part OF the day being spent in
disposirg OF the finals in several events
OF the day previous. The events OF the
afternoon were witnessed by a large
crowd, and were as follows:
In the 100 yard foot race Burkland
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-21
A Good Judge.

Editor in Chief-I think our ne"
dramatic critic will fill the bill exactly.
Managing Editor-Why:
Editor i'll Chief-He tells me he spent
five years in the diamond trade. Phil
adelphia North American.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-21

Anol rule of civility says, Z" 'Tis nc
less disrespectful TO bite the nail OF
your thumb by way of scoIn or derision,
and drawing your nail from hetwl2t
your teeth, to tell them that you value
not this what they can 10 >
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-21
OrQitbolppy-

Ionmy-A bats bird. amt it, ma:
Aa-Yes, Tommy.
Tonmy-An it's a great deal bigger'u
q eagle, amt ii. ma:
Aa-"ha1 makes yon think so, nv
boy:
Tommy-'Cansa heard pa say be an
ar. M JlnSlns was On one last night
Richmond Dispatch.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-21

The drs1 submarine telegraph wire
Vas Laid IN 1850 fI'an England 10
France. Two years laiel Scotland and
iceland were connected
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-05-21

W. Il. Webster has some extra fine
Minnesota seed corn from the 1895
crop for sale.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-19

aMother,s FRIEND Is the greatest remedy ever
r,t ~, market and MI our customers praisett
hirhiy."-W. II. KISo 4 Co., whitewriGht, Tex.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-19
Bryan. Mi.taken Policy.

Aren't Bryan and his friends making
a great mistake by continuing the dis
cussion of the silver question at this
timer It is nearly four years until the
next presidential election, and the peo-
pie can learn whole lot about silver
and the effect Of cheap money upon
wages and savings in four years. They
learned much that Bryan didn't want
them to know during the four short
months of the last campaign. 1t is no.
ticeable that in the states where the ques-
ton was most discussed the MAORI
ties against Bryan were heavy or his
majorities were unexpectedly small.
If the silverites will think Of the great
amount of work done in the states west
of Pennsylvania, east of Colorado and
north Of Tennessee and reflect upon the
result Of the election, they will, If they
are wise and want to win in 1900, con-
clude to drop educational work and to
proceed on some less dangerous line. If
Bryan and his friends would stop talk
ing about silver for three years, itwould
be difficult for the .'goldbugs" to get
people to listen to their convincing argu-
ments. If our hard times should unfor-
tunately continue, Bryan might step out
"a few days before the 1900 election and
say, II told you SO, " and q majority Of
the voters, without having given the
matter much thought, might conclude
that perhaps the "crime Of 1878" was
responsible for the lack Of prosperity.
But il they study the question for four
whole years they will be certain that
neither silver nor any kind of cheap
money ever brought prosperity to any
country, though they have often brought
hard times. The wage earners will un-
derstand that 10 to is an undetermined
scheme to lower wages and the farmers
that they cannot by juggling with cheap
money, get any advantage Of the rest OF
the world in the matter Of prices Of farm
products. This educational work must
be stopped short, or the cause of free
silver is lost.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-19


II smali national bauls are to be en-.
ccufaeed In TIA moro eparsely settled
poft lions Of tho country tho question
arifes whether they should be purely
local organisation or branches Of the
great metropolitan banks The old Unit
ed States bank had branches which. by
virtne Of their connection with large
central institution. had some adynn-
tages over the local banks with which
they Competed. hut were in more than
one instance the objects Of adverse state
1s6islation. This spirit Of local hostility
tor bank located In another city, and
perhaps another state. left memories
which still survive and which account
in part for the opposition to branch
hanks.
But the experience of England and
Scotland, Canada and Australia. is
strongly and uniformly in favor Of largo
central banks with many branches. The
banks Of Canada are able to maintain
singular uniformity in the rates Of in.
terest in the great commercial centers
and IN the remote agricultural regions
because the banks of Montreal aud To-
ronto have their branches in Manitoba
and the Pacific region and can transfer
the surplus capital of one locality to
meet the deficiency in another as it can
not be done by wholly independent
banks The conditions in Canada are
very much like those Of the United
States, and the success of the Canadian
banks in doing what we recognize the
Importance Of having done is entitled to
great weight in our considerations. In
Scotland it is well known that the
branch system has greatly favored those
agricultural interests which in our own
country are so much in need Of financial
accommodation.
The preponderance Ct financial testi-
mcny is decidedly i'll favor of the branch
system, most of the opposition to which
comes, or would come, from local finan-
cial interests jealous of strong outside
competition. There is u feeling Of dis
trust of all banks which is born Of ig-
norance. It increases rapidly with the
increase of banks capital and the ex-
tension of its operations. which are sup
posed to prove tho bank to be q monop-
oily. Iron Age
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-19

The free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer, when it does not preserve its parity
with gold, cannot be condition in true
because i'll its effects it is
directly antagonistic to the system.
Whenever practiced, it always results in
monometallism, and silver ut that. Such
is the case now in all silver countries.
as Mexico aud China, and such was the
case in the United States in the 40 years
prior to 1884.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-19
DON'T Tobacco Spit aud smoke
Your Life Away.

Do you want to quit tobacco using
easily and forever. be made well, mag
netic, full of new life and vigor, take
No-To. Bac, the wonder worker that
makes weak men strong. Many gain
ten pounds III ten days. Over 100000
cured. Buy No-To- Bac from your own
druggist, will guarantee cure. Book
Lot and samples mailed free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New
York. 6-ly.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-19

Ifyou have ever seen a child in the
agony of Group. you can appreciate tns
gratitude of the mothers VINO Know
that One Minute Cough Cure re!ieves
their little ones MS quickly as u Is NJ,
ministered. Many homes ~ tnis 'isS
are never without it. r. j. Crlss'
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-19

Smoke your meat with Liquid
Extract OF smoke, and protect it
from insects. For sale by Aoer
Y. Smith, druggist. 14'tf.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-19

on druggists nc ST. 90, or sens by mail on receipt
81 uricss Write for book containing valna-
bic Information for all Mothers, mailed free
The Bradasld Regulator Co.. Atlanta, Go.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

no criminal intent, just as other
men have committed more heinous
offenses under conditions that
temporarily unbalanced the mind
and left them morally irresponsible
for acts, the very thought of which
less than an hour before the COM
initial, would have made them
shudder. The great trouble is
that men who are justly entitled
to either of these defenses are sell
dom in financial position to pro-
cure the expensive legal talent
necessary to properly exploit the
real facts in the case. And they
find relief only in taking the ju-
dicial medicine with the poor con-
ISOLATION that if their innermost
heart was laid bare the world
would acquit them.
AS prisoner, we do not care to
be considered radical; we avoid
being SO as much as possible. And
as we have said in these columns
on previous occasions, it is our
honest belief that presiding Judges
do their utmost to render impair
tial justice to all. But they-or
rather, cheaply defended clients
are continually handicapped by
being unable to procure the grade
Of testimony considered 50 essen
tial in the trials of aristocratic
"Bucleighs.'' If Pauper Jones
was financially prepared to fight
possible legal battles he would in
vest such funds in -four, instead
OF making pretty precedents to be
taken advantage of by the counsel
for the Bucleigh faction. Under
such circumstances he would NOT
steal; therefore, Jones, unless poor,
does not require the defense of
''no criminal intent,' so there you
have the matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

other remarked that if she had kept
her mouth shut he could have saved
her neck. Why should it be lawful for
lawyer to save from punishment a
person who has committed crime, the
lawyer knowing that his client is
guilty? If |, "a layman, know that a
man has done murder, and protect him
from the pursuit of justice, l am his
accompllce according to law, and am
liable to the same punishment. Why
should the situation be changed by the
murderer S paying me money to do the
same thing? Yet it occurs hundreds
Of times every year that criminal law
yers do defend persons whom they
know to be guilty: and instead of
being hanged or imprisoned for it, they
gain fame and fortune. OF course it is
difficult to prove that the lawyer knew
his clients guilt: and there may be
hair-Splitting over such questions as
whether confession unsupported by
outside evidence is to be believed, and
SO forth. But the fact remains, and is
often cynically admitted by the law
yers themselves, that they did know,
and yet sheltered their client behind
faDsehOOdS and technicalities, so that
guilt went free and the injured were
unavenged. 1t is difficult to see
wherein this differs from criminal con-
spiracy: the criminal on trial gains his
freedom, and the lawyer defending
him gains money and business. The
community has the criminal returned
upon its hands, with his reputation
vindicated, ready to commit more
crimes. The abuse seems incOutest-
able; why should not lawyers, like
witnesses, be put on their oath. and
liable to punishment for perjury com
mitted in their clients interests ? This
old superstition about assuming in
nocence till guilt be proved is carried
too far. and is taken advantage of by
the evil-minded. The hanging of one
criminal lawyer would stop the abuse
at once and forever
Mr.. Hawthorne might have in
Guided in his ''necktie social" some
of the ambitious gentry who pride
themselves in the statement that
mo crime is committed in their
territory without SOMEONE being
punished for it, He is living in
a city where this is practised to
the entire satisfaction of statisti-
clans.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16
DOES LAW DEFEAT JUSTICE!

IT IS becoming a recognized
''precedent'' with lawyers to con-
slider no law binding until every
trick known to practitioners has
been exhausted in attempts to de-
feat it. The omission of comma,
the unintentional misconstruction
of a phrase or other typographical
error is sufficient to make any law
void. The art of discovering errors
by which the object of wholesome
criminal and civil laws may be de-
feated has been reduced to a
science The legal luminaries who
achieve the greatest success in this
line are the envied heroes of their
plodding brethren.
Another question that has been
brought up regarding the methods
of certain lawyers who attempt to
defeat justice by concocting a false
defense for clients is receiving the
attention of some of the bright
writer's for the press. On this
subject we quote the following by
Julian Hawthorne which appeared
in a late issue of Golfers IN. "
Weekly:
During late criminal trial, one of
the two accused persons confessed to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

IT HAS always been contended
that an earnest man may feel GER
tain of having his highest antici-
pations verified-that is, if they
are properly within the limits Of
reason, and he has the proper
gumption to overcome the disap-
pointments Of life that are such a
deadfall to most of us. In this
connection a good story is told of
a French carpenter who was no.
ticed to take extraordinary pains
in repairs he was making to the
district magistrates bench and
desk. When asked regarding it
he said: II desire to have it in
good condition again the day [
may occupy it, And that carpen-
ter in years afterward did occupy
the same bench that was the ideal
of his earlier anticipations. The
reason that so many Of us fail to
be anything or anybody is because
we do not exercise the energy and
will-power that is necessary to at
tain any end worth having. We
want to reach the top of the hill
but we have not patience enough
to climb or endurance to overcome
the wounds made by the jagged
rocks of adversely that are in every
path leading to the tableland of
prosperity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

WHEN you feel that everything
is against you and the world is
chasing you too hard, just duck,
like you did when a kid, and let it
roll over you while the momentum
is so strong that it's force will carom
off instead Of crushing you. The
spine of reputation will be some
what strained in the fray but not
beyond repair. We in prison are
undergoing the result of this over
due ''ducking" process and it re-
mains to be seen. how severe has
been the collision with character.
Some Of us were so aged in crime
that we did not have the youthful
buoyancy to duck lively. There
are others now travelling on moral
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

The editor of the Brinkley
(Arkansas) Times in his issue of
December 4th lays down the law
to one of his contemporaries for
failing to credit some wisdom said
to have been taken from the
columns of the Times. Wonder
if the gentleman alludes to the
half column of Photographed Phil
osophy'' he originally stole bodily
from this paper, and which APP
peared in his editorial column
Nov. 9th? We would advise him
to follow the policy adopted by
other editors (God save the mark }
nearer home: that is. when he
makes haul from our columns,
fail to send his paper to us for that
week. We're good fellows. you
know, and will not punt: but we
still believe in honor among
thieves.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16
acter.

IT IS very hard to help being
good when your stomach is full
and your form we'll clad AS a
prominent western minister of the
gospel said in a discourse few
weeks ago: George Washington
in continental coat cuffs and pow
dered hair fronts the world with a
Virginia look. But let him hit
the road. sleep in haystacks, eat
cold victuals, and the father of his
country will not be recognized by
his child"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

A NEGRO by the name of Jack
son, serving time in the Missouri
penitentiary is said to have re-
fused a pardon offered him on
Thanksgiving day. His published
reason was that he had no home,
no friends etc. And with all this
prima facie evidence of insanity.
we will wager that it will be years
yet ere he is summoned before a
lunacV commission.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16
CRIMINAL INTENT.

CAN a man steal openly and con-
tinuously without terminal in
tent?" If we are to believe the
pretty, paid-for-in advance rhetoric
of some attorneys such is possible,
even though the wording of the
question implies negative reply.
Kleptomania as defense in such
trials is now out of date save in
the cases of fashionable ladies of
an economical turn. In the cases
of men where mo criminal intent
is the defense offered, it is re-
markable that only aristocratic
offenders whose main ''graft' is
the savings and annuities Of wild
ows and orphans prescribe such a
plea. Could one of the herd of
common workingmen steal a sack
of flour to keep aglow the embers
of life in starving little ones
could he do this without criminal
intent? 'Sdeath! Perish the I'M
holy thought! The idea Of Pauper
Jones stealing a sack of -four from
Millionaire Bucleigh without
criminal intent? The idea is pre-
posterous. Any ten-dollar law
quack Offering such a plea would
be laughed out Of court, and his
client receive an extra years i'm
prisonment as a memento of such
a huge joke.
But if Mr.. Bucleigh controls
Pauper Jones savings, and be-
tween puffs Of his fragrant Habana
informs Mr.. Jones that declining
market has eaten up his savings,
what then? All! that is so entirely
different, you know. There was
positively no criminal intent on
the part of our friend Bucleigh.
Of course it was ill-advised Of him
to purchase such costly favors for
his lady friends; but, really, if
there had not been a slump in
cotton he would have made a mil
lion on the side.
Mr.. Jones says something harsh
about slump in temperature; Mr..
Bucleigh puts on his sandwich
sign: mo Criminal Intent-Use
Bears Hope" and HES him to his
stock ticker.
Soberly speaking, this pretty
fiction of no criminal intent bids
fair to out-rival insanity and KEEP
tomania as a formidable weapon
in the hands of attorneys with an
eye for a good thing and will. to
push it along. There are many
thefts committed by men who had
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

The Spanish offer of autonomy
to Cuba has been formally rejected
by the Cuban insurgents for two
sufficient reasons. one being that
no one believes that any Spanish
official knows the meaning Of
autonomy, and the other is that
the Cuban leaders long ago swore
to accept nothing short of indie
pendence and to kill such men,
bers of their own party as might
suggest any form Of compromise.
AS the Cuban armed forces are
under orders to hang any Spaniard
who may bring offers Of terms that
do not concede Independence, COM
munlcation between Spaniards and
Cubans would seem to be difficult.
j ohm Habberton in Golfers
Weekly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

THE WkbtksOR is a weekly paper puDnSned
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 Ofthe prisoner;
to disseminate psychological information and to aid
In dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans sef-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, 1897-12-16

crutches who delay the ''duck"
until forced to it, knowing we'll
how serious will be the contact on
their deadened cushions of char
acter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16
N 0 TIC &.

THOSE receiving copies of TIE 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 Oh our books for a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

MANY a man with soft white
hands has callouses on his heart
that would be acceptable in refut-
ing the charge of vagrancy before
the average municipal Judge.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

TAKE the epaulet of authority
away from some men and there
remains a peacock without the
feathers-a neither useful or orna-
mental commodity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

The man without money should
be the happiest being in the world ;
he has dead cinch on becoming
an angel if he will remain in his
moneyless condition Just one
month.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

WHEN you throw Prudence to
the wind, you most generally re-
ceive the ashes of folly in the eyes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

A BIBLE in one hand and sword
in the other will not convert the
heather at home or abroad.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-12-16

A NOTED divine asks the ques-
ton: us Robert G. Ingersoll in
sane?" We do not know, posi-
lively, but he's in Chicago and that
is nearly as bad.