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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

perfection, he is now willing to
unveil the secret, and in the
November McClure's will appear a
full account of the machinery he
has devised and the great mills he
has erected for digging up whole
mountains; dumping them, as it
were, into a hopper; grinding them
into powder: picking out from the
powder, by magnetic attraction, all
the iron ore down to the smallest
particle; and thereby working
gigantic revolution in the steel in
dustry. The article is to be fully
illustrated from special drawings
and photographs.
A territory of 271,OOO square
miles, comprising Washington,
Idaho and Oregon as they are to-
day, was saved to the Union by
one man. He had the courage and
heroism to ride on muleback for
three thousand miles. The ride
was thrilling, the trials and hard
ships marvellous, the result a glori-
Gus one. The whole story, beau
tifully illustrated, will be given in
the November issue Of the Ladies'
Home Journal, under the title,
"When Dr. Whitman Added Three.
Stars to Our Flag" the closing
and most intensely interesting
article in the Journals successful
series Of ''Great Personal Events. >"
The first women to cross the
Rockies figure in the story. which
proves beyond a doubt that they
preceded Fremont, the ''Path-
finder" by six years.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
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There is a very charming and
amusing story, entitled "A Wom-
ans Ruse in War;" in the San
Francisco Argonaut of October
25th. It is translated from the
French of Ludovic Halevy, and
tells with Gallo sprightliness how
French maid, pretending that
she is her masters niece, works the
conquests of the Prussian officers
who are quartered in his house and
saves it's contents from the usual
hard fortunes of war.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

The microbe has at last met it's
Waterloo. In late issue of the
Chicago Inter Ocean appears a
leading editorial headed Microbes
in Politics. We pity the poor
microbes and microbelets, for they
have now reached bourne whence
not even a microbe may return
with it's wonted pristine gayety.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
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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, 1897-10-28

THE fate of the young lady in
Paris who died from a disease con-
tracted by kissing her pet pug dog
should be a stern lesson to all
other damsels to confne their Os-
culatory gymnastics to the bipedal
anthropoid family.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
WHAT is YOUR TIME WORTH !

A FEW days ago while reading
the advertisement of a business
man in the east anda copy of letter
he sent to his advertising agent
one sentiment he expressed i'm
mediately gave the key to his
success. He had purchased a small
desk clock as sort of "pace-
maker" to hurry along his work.
The clock cost two dollars, and in
the letter to his agent he said: Il
figure that my time is worth about
$14.OO a minute, so it will not take
long for the clock to pay for itself,
provided it keeps the right time
Here we find a value put upon
time that a great many will con-
slider highly exaggerated. But
whether it is overdrawn OF not it
exemplifes the principle Of
placing an intrinsic value upon the
feeting moments. There was in
all probability a period in that
mans life when his time was
marked at a much lower figure.
but we feel safe in claiming that
it was by originally placing a
money consideration as represent
tative of his working hours that he
is today enabled to say my time
is worth S14.OO minute"
Too many of us are inclined to
place no value upon our time save
what we may earn from it in toll
ing for others. If you put in 600
minutes daily working for some
one else at compensation of So 90
per day. you will probably figure
that YOUR time is worth to YOU
One-half cent minute. Such cal
culation is incorrect. It is worth
that amount to your employer, else
he would not pay it. Personally
you may make that time worth
double or treble that sum to your
self. While earning $500 per day
you may by attention to business
acquire the ability to earn $1,000
per day, or much higher either in
the employ Of others or in bust
ness for yourself. Therefore, if
while working for others at given
stipend you acquire the ability to
earn a much greater per diem,
your time while attaining this
knowledge must be worth to you
what it will ultimately be worth to
the business man paying you the
increased amount.
What is your time worth while
here? 1t may only be worth
another term in prison (which is
as much less than nothing as a
mathematical nought can EXPRESS
Or you may make it worth any,
thing from $1.OO per day up as
your possible abilities will allow
of development. A great many
may sheer at this thought and say
that time spent in prison is prac-
tically wasted. If you conclude it
is wasted, then most certainly it
will be-in YOUR case. On the
same principle, all of your time
previous to reaching prison was
wasted, else you would not be
here. You will admit this latter
when in a sympathetic or reminis-
cent mood. And, whereas you
will receive no adequate cash value
for your time while here you may
make it the foundation of future
worldly success. By this it is not
inferred that you may learn any
trade or calling here that will
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

In McClure's Magazine for No.
vember is given the first authorita-
tive account of Edison's latest
and apparently greatest achieve
ment. It has long been under
stood that Edison was doing some
thing wonderful up in the New
Jersey Mountains, though just
what no one quite knew. Having
brought his enterprise to practical
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
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 of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
In dspelling 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 a surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

PROCEDURE BY PRECEDENT.
Go INTO any of our halls of
justice during the trial of either a
civil or criminal case where we'll
paid legal talent battles for de-
cision and you will at once notice
that musty tones Of ancient legal
lore form the offensive and defen-
sive batteries Of the contending
legal luminaries. It is not I'M
usual to hear an attorney quote as
a "precedent'' some decision rem
dered half a century ago and just
as often he will refer to a mass of
legal acumen laid down more than
a century ago. And such ''pre-
cedents'' were undoubtedly valu-
able in their day; but to think Of
using them in this age when every
surrounding circumstance is so
opposed to the conditions existing
when such decisions were rendered,
would be looked upon as the
height of folly in any business
procedure or any transaction what
ever save that Of the process Of
law as we know it today.
If ancient precedent is good in
law-the fundamental principle of
social progress why is not a like
precedent good in other lines of
worldly progress? Why not use
flint and steel instead of matches?
Why not use an OK and home
made cart instead of the horse and
wagon Of today? Why not use
the old horse power instead of
steam? Why not use the tallow
dip and kerosene instead of gas
and electricity? Our forefathers
in using all of the foregoing plain
ly laid down the ''precedent';. that
they fulfilled every need Of man
for that day and age and presum-
ably for all time to come. But we
do not follow any Of those old
fashioned methods though they
were as much the acme of perfec-
ton in their time as were the de-
cisions concurrent with them.
The ''precedent" that is looked
upon with the greatest awe in these
days is that derived from the we'll
worn doctrine of IAN eye for an
eye and tooth for TOOTH And
we are willing to state most en-
phatically that if the spirit of this
doctrine was adhered to or if it
were literally followed in it's broad
sense, that our courts would come
nearer to justifying the use Of pre-
cedent than they ever have as yet.
But you find this doctrine is APP
pealed to only in cases where the
extreme penalty of the law is in
voked. In this instance speaking
of capital punishment we will quote
the exact words of Thomas B.
Reed, a lawyer of fame, the &C
knowledged peer of parliamentary
ans and the present speaker of
the national house of representa-
tives:
"You propose by your laws to teach
the sanctity of human life and yet you
say to the people of this state that
under certain circumstances their lives
are not sacred. In other words, you
propose to educate the public mind so
that men will not kill by declaring that
YOU will kill. In one sentence of your
statute you demand that the criminal
shall reverence the sanctity of human
life, and in the next you show your
contempt for it. You DEMAND OF HIM
in the hot blood of hate forbearance
which in the cold blood of deliberation
YOU WILL NOT GRANT; and so the
awful lesson of killing is read from
your own statute book and you give it
its utmost sanction"
These words coming from a law
YER and statesman of national fame
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28
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He was a tender dudelet with microscopic
head
And Ger his milky features was look of terror
spread
The tears. like liquid crystals. studded both
his dreamy eyes,
And oft his heaving bosom was cOnyulsed with
windy signs.
He told his thrilling story in sob-mpeded
voice,
And oft his shattered feelings seemed to lose
their equipoise:
Each hearers heart was sorely rent with sym-
pathetic pain
Some howwid girls had held him up and
wObbed him of his cane
Denver Post.
A bonnet covered with birds
does not sing. but it makes a man
whistle when the bill comes in
st. Louis Humorist.
A young woman in Paris died
recently of hydrophobia contracted
while kissing a pet dog. A most
terrible punishment for an abom-
Unable habit Montreal True Wit
ness.
A man at Gainesville. Ga, pur-
chased the gallows on which a man
was hanged and built a hennery of
the lumber. He has never had
chicken stolen from it, and it is
said the colored brethren won't go
within a block of it if they can
possibly avoid doing so.-Centralia
MO- Fireside Guard.
Joe jefferson gave a temperance
lecture to the inmates of the Mas
sachusetts state prison the other
day. Doubtless it was good one;
and he really owes the public
something to counteract the bac-
chanalian influence of the capt.
waiting Rip.-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
A woman died recently in Bos-
ton who left S64 900 in her hustle
There was considerable of
hustle among her heirs when the
was made, for they didn't
think she was worth a nickel. You
can't always tell what's in hustle
any more than you can what's in q
(Va.) Observer.
1t is both surprising and refresh
ing to find a touch Of literature
emanate from the government
printing office. But Colonel
Richard Malcolm Johnston has
some chapters to the
bureau of education on "Early Ed
ucational Life in Middle Georgia
that have all the charms of history.
Constitution.
A Havana correspondent of a
paper at Barcelona, Spain, states
that the killed and wounded of the
Spanish army in Cuba since the
of the present insurrec-
ton, less than three years ago, ag-
gregate between $1,000 and 10000
men. This number is about one
third of all the forces sent to the
island. And yet Spain is con-
stantly making additions to her
food for powder. The Castillians
may have lots Of bravery, but they
lnquestionably are woefully lack
ing in common sense.-Chicago
Tr+or Oooor
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

IT is OUR honest belief that the
ranks of drunkards and dope fiends
are daily receiving their principal
accretions from the victims Of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

A bonnet covered with birds
does not sing, but it makes a man
whistle when the bill comes in
st. Louis HumOrist.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-28

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, 1897-10-28

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The herald., 1897-08-11
A Vest Pocket Revolver

A new departure in small firearms has
been placed on the market within the
last few days. 1t looks different from
anything of the kind ever made before
The bulk of the revolver occupies the
palm of the hand, SO that for rapid ac-
ton and close contact with robbers ii
is superior to all other arms. 1t cannot
be knocked out of the hand, the barrel
alone protruding beyond the palm and
fingers 1t is small enough to be car
ried in the vest pocket, but Is as effective
as any other revolver. 1t is also pretty,
being nickel-plated, with vulcanized
rubber sides, handsomely finished and
polished Some of the fancier ones-for
womens use-have pearl sides, hand
somely ornamented This is a double
action, 32-caliber seven-ehot revolver,
with a safety spring which is moved by
the pressure of the forefinger when in
action. 1t is impossible to fire it acct
dentally or drop it in such manner that
it will fire itself. Nor can it go off acct
dentally in the hand. The cylinder,
hammer and other simple mechanism
are incased SO that the cylinder revolves
forward toward the barrel instead of
from left to right 1t is as easily drawn
out of the pocket as a watch, SO that
the motion toward watch pocket can
not alarm any footpad or thief.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-08-11
A TAMALE vENDER's TROUBLES
He Drew Big Knife on the Wrong
Man

O. A. Johnson, an erstwhile colored
tamale vender at the corner of First ar
Main streets is in durance vile with a
charge of exhibiting a concealed weapon
against him. The trouble occurred at
o'clock last night. e. R. Worden, a
contractor, and who, by the way, is also
a deputy sheriff, drove up to a post near
Johnson's establishment and hitched his
horse while he went into jewelry store
to attend to some business. 1t seems
that one of Worden's horses imagined
that the tamale stand would be good
thing to scratch his nose against, and
proceeded to indulge in that luxury.
Johnson resented the use to which his
tamale cart had been put by the pre-
sumptuous animal, and when Worden
made his appearance started in to abuse
him. Worden "cussed" back and then
the colored man drew out twelve-i h
dirk and would have probably made
short work of Worden had he not come
to the front at the same time with big
shooter.
Just at this stage a policeman hap
pened along and escorted both men to
the police station. Worden exhibited
his deptuy's badge, which allows him to
carry a gun, and was allowed to go.
Johnson was less fortunate and was
locked up.
The herald., 1897-08-11
CURIOUS EUROPEAN ITEMS

A note of the Bank of England, twisted
into kind of a rope, can suspend
as much as 329 pounds upon each end of
it and not be injured.
The Vatican at Rome is the largest
palace that has ever been erected. In
length it is 1900 feet and in breadth 1000
feet. 1t contains 1922 rooms.
Spain has more sunshine than any
other country in Europe. The yearly
average in Spain is 5000 hours; that of
Italy, 2900; Germany, 100; England,
1400
A lock of hair of Agnes Sorel, the mis-
tress of Charles VII of France, a tawny
blonde lock, taken from her tomb at
Loches, was sold in Paris recently for
14Of
A Belgian gourmand of Mons has be-
queathed $4,000 to five friends for an an
nual dinner, which they must attend,
dressed in mourning, entering the room
with flag to the music of an accordion,
the bill of fare to consist of his favorite
dishes and wines.
Hamilton Aide corrects the impression
that Corsica is full of bandits. Murder
is not uncommou for love quarrels or the
vendetta, but a traveller may go from
one end of the island to another unarm-
ed and unescorted, without fear of vio-
lence or pillage.
The arship craze is said to be nearly
as strong in Germany and on the conti
nent as in this country. Prof. Hoffman
an imperial councillor, has invented
machine constructed on the principle
of dragon with steam propellors, which
he is confident will work all right
In some of the great department stores
of Paris there is in operation for the con-
venience of customers moving stair
case in the shape of an endless leather
belt transferring them from one story
to another. 1t is called transporting
carpet. Endless belts of canvas have
been used for some time for conveying
packages from one part of the store to
another
In France it is not necessary to have a
license to keep dog; but, what amounts
to practically the same thing it is neces-
sary to pay dog tax, which varies ac-
cording to the species-a watchdog pay
ing less than fancy poodle, and so forth
From the returns of this tax it is learned
that there are 100000 dogs in France
which brings in an annual revenue of
S,S00,000 francs.
In the kingdom Of Poland there was
formerly a law that a person convicted
of slander must walk on all fours through
the streets of the town accompanied by
the beadle, as sign he was disgraced.
At the next public festival the delinquent
had to crawl on hands and knees under
the banquet table and bark like dog
Each guest was at liberty to give him as
many kicks as he chose, and he who
had been slandered must at the end of
the banquet throw picked bone to the
culprit, who, picking up in his mouth,
would leave the room on all fours.
The herald., 1897-08-11

sons passing along the street to worl
saw the terrible struggles of the young
man suspended, as it were, in midair
and shuddered in momentary expectation
of seeing him dashed to destruction.
Young Smith is a clerk employed in 4
room directly under Senator Mason's
offices. His room fronts LeSalle street
and has bay windows filled with big
panes of plate glass. When he came to
his daily work as usual, between and
o'clock in the morning, he noticed that
the shade on one of the windows has
rolled up to the top. and that the string
by which it was raised and lowered was
gone.
He took the high stool with revolving
top, which he occupies at his desk when
at work. Climbing upon this he en-
deavored to reach the shade, but found
it just a few inches too high for his fin
gers. Raising himself upon his tiptoes,
he gave little jump to catch the shade,
but missed it. At the same instant the
revolving top of the stool whirled around
and the young man was suddenly shot
through the glass, feet foremost.
There was loud crash of falling piec-
es, and the next moment young Smith
was half way through, his thighs resting
on the broken edge of the pane, his feet
waving in the air and his hands clutching
wildly without success at the window
casing on either side. He did not
scream or cry out. He felt his body slid
ing forward, and the few seconds during
which he was undergoing this thrilling
experience seemed almost an age to him.
He made up his mind that he was lost,
and his whole life passed in review be-
fore his minds eye, like a panorama, as
is said to be the case when man is
drowning.
When 1 felt that 1 was going for
good" he said, telling of his experience,
Il made desperate effort to look be-
low to see how far 1 was to fall and
where I would strike. Just as my body
was losing balance for the plunge 1 shut
my eyes, gave up trying to catch hold of
the window casing and felt two strong
hands grip my arms and pull me back
into the room. 1t all happened in few
seconds, but it seemed to me an eternity.
Charles e. Kinds, connected with a
lumber firm in an adjoining room heard
the crash of glass and rescued Smith in
the nick of time. Kinds is an athlete six
feet tall, while Smith is young man of
slight build and medium weight The
young man was taken in cab to the
office of DR.. Liston H. Montgomery,
where his wounds were dressed. The
broken glass had cut cash in his right
thigh five inches long and over an inch
deep, and several stitches were taken
in the wound.-Chicag go Times Herald.
The herald., 1897-08-11
JAIL FIRST
And Then the County Hospital a
Constable Saws

There is a man in the county Jail who
says that he is there because he needed
medical attention and knew of no.other
way to get it. He gives his name as
Bert Wardell, and halls from Lancaster.
Wardell states that he was, taken Ill at
Lancaster and applied to the constable
to help him to get to the county hos
pital. He was told that the only way to
get there was through the Jail, and was
advised to commit some offense, so that
he could be arrested. Acting upon this
advice, he asked the constable for n
piece of money, and was in turn arrested
and convicted by the justice of the peace
for vagrancy, receiving a ten-day SEN
tence. On arriving here Wardell found
it impossible to get into the hospital, as
he has been confined in the jail The
facts of the case came into the possession
of Sheriff Burr only yesterday morning,
The herald., 1897-08-11
MAY REACH $4,000
Defaulter Blackman's Shortage Still
Creeping UP

Last Friday night Court Los Angeles
No. 80, Foresters of America, held a
meeting at which the books for the last
quarter, which have been in charge of
W. r. Blackman, acting as financial
secretary, were audited. The examina-
tion. showed that Blackman's accounts
with the order had been kept perfectly
straight, as it was possible to account for
every cent of the money which has
passed through his hands.
Judge Borden and Ben Goodrich have
been retained to defend Blackman. His
examination will be held before Justice
Young August 18th. Experts now ex-
amining the books of the Electric COM
pany state that Blackman's shortage
will run as high as $4,000. He has prop
erty valued at about $4,000. With the as
sistance of his friends he hopes to raise
the full amount of his shortage. If the
company is reimbursed it is doubtful
whether Blackman will be prosecuted.
The herald., 1897-08-11
ANGELES FERALD WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGUST

known as the Hague" or "Grewingk,"
with the almost simultaneous eruption
of Mount st. Augustine. in Cooks inlet,
Alaska, in 1888, indicate the possibilities
along the range of mountain heights.
which are studded with hundreds of
active, partially inactive or fully ex-
hausted rents, the lineal continuation of
which is carried through two continents
for upward of 1000 miles
1t is not alone in the region of its pres
ent high noun tains that the volcanic
forces have been active in the United
States. At close and distant intervals
between the Atlantic and Pacific and
between the Canadian boundary and the
Mexican frontier, the country gives tes-
timony to the rents and disruptions
which have fallen incident to the work of
the realm OF Vulcan. Over the placid
landscape of the Hudson river the tow
ering wall of the Palisades is one such
fragment from volcanic history-history
that was made probably not less than
100000 or 100000 years ago. The pill
lars of the Connecticut, Mount Tom and
Mount Holyoke are second, and the
Orange mountains of New Jersey third
In many of the cliffs of Lake Superior
the traveller reads the same epitome of
history. and further west, along the east
ern ramparts of the Rocky mountains,
in the scattered "chimneys," such as the
striking Mato Tepee of Wyoming the
same history is brought many pages
nearer to us.
In how far the occurrences of the past
may repeat themselves in these regions
is something that only the. future can
determine. Yet it would occasion little
surprise to the student of natural phe-
nomena if the events of the past were
again to be the events of the future, and
of future that may we'll be compassed
within the events of our own day