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The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-10
Want Bids.

Bids are wanted for building 40
lockers in the Rltlemen's armory.
Send sealed bids to r. E. Dart, captain.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-10
Attention, Naval Militia.

The First division will assemble at
armory tonight, Wednesday, March 10,
Business of Importance.
By order of
FRANK d. AIKEN,
Lieut.. Com.
G. L. ELLIOT,
Lieut.. and Executive Officer.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-10

All favors of delicious soda water
and the refreshing warm weather bev-
erages at w. j. Butts.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-03-10

The ladies know that Liberty Bell
Baking Powder makes fine bread.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

AWAY down deep in the heart Of
every human being, no matter how
sullen or depraved, lies a strata Of
good, originally implanted there as
the foundation of conscience.
Years of dissipation and multitu-
dinous vices may hide it; we may
smother it with the riff-raff of in
fanny and crime, but we can never
obliterate it entirely. Even at the
last ebb of our mortal tide it calls
to us to raze the load of ignominy
that it may yet fulfill it's original
duty as our only guide to happi-
ness. And only too often do we
delay until this last call when it is
usually too late-when no further
vestige Of character is left for the
trying ordeal
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01
SELF RELIANCE.

If A man has no faith in his own
ability it is ridiculous for him to
expect others to place dependence
in him. The want of confidence
in our own power of accomplish
ing a good purpose has been and
is the great stumbling block to
thousands. If the end we have in
view is a good one it is always safe
to make the attempt to reach it,
though we feel somewhat shaky as
to our qualifications to succeed.
1t is surely more manly to make
the effort than to stand in doubt
like an awkward, bashful boy at
his first airing in society. The
world always admires the man who
aims high and diligently labors to
reach the goal.
It matters not in what station of
life our natural talent may place
us, we can gain respect and prefer
ment only by seeking to excel in
that particular line. And to do
this we must be thoroughly self
reliant, confident that we can place
our name at the head of the list.
Confidence in self makes us
stronger in body and mind. We
all remember often of seeking an
appetizer before meals when not
feeling just right. That is exactly
what confidence is. It will sharpen
your appetite for labor Of body or
brain, and enable you to enjoy it.
Think you we would ever have
had the marvellous inventions that
are the wonder of the world, the
browning glory of the century, if
such men as Edison, Westing-
house, Roentgen, Pasteur and a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

Do NOT look at list of virtues
and think what terrible task it
must be to cultivate them all.
Just pick out one good quality
that you always respect and adj
mire in a fellow man, and use your
best energy in acquiring that par
ticular one. You will then dis
cover that it is unnecessary to lie
awake nights trying to be man.
One good quality begets another.
Be sure that the first one has been
properly nurtured and it will take
care of the rest: for virtue, as we'll
as vice, is contagious.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

NEVER cherish the notion that
you are a whit better than the
world is willing to consider you.
If you do you will find unwelcome
surprises at every turn in life. If
you are not an angel the most con-
summate skill will not enable you
to pose as one for any length of
time. The world appreciates an
open, frank character more than all
else. Admit your faults and show
desire to correct them, and you
have the world at your feet to help
you. Pose as an angel and be
found out a demon, and the same
world will be at your head with the
sledge hammer of disgust.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

The daily papers of the west are
now on par with any of the best
established eastern dailies and, as
a rule, excel the latter in the read
able manner in which matters of
interest are dealt with. Among the
bright dailies of the Twin Cities,
the Minneapolis Journal justly
merits a need Of praise for general
excellence and the thorough ex-
pressiveness of it's daily cartoon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

IMPULSE in it's natural form is
always for good, for the simple
reason that it is the voice of con-
science, the ever watchful monitor
of our heart, of our very existence.
When you hear a man extenuate
crime by saying it was ''com-
mitted on the IMPULSE of the mo-
ment" just have that particular
word expunged from the sentence.
Usage has already desecrated it's
proper meaning to a great extent.
But as long as we have a conscience
not entirely blunted we need not
fear the bidding of impulse. If
conscience is in a state of coma
through our own depravity then
it's handmade, impulse, may lead
us astray.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01
SLANG.

MANY of the best people of our
land, people of education who are
not above taking an interest in the
welfare of their fellow beings are
eXerting their knowledge and best
abilities toward the prevention of
crime among the youth of the land.
They are having considerable sue
cess, but not as much as should
reward their earnest efforts. We
are very sorry to have to say that
in many cases parents Indirectly
retard, if they do not entirely dis
courage, the unselfish efforts being
made in behalf of the youth of our
land. Fathers and mothers do
this by wanton carelessness in not
imbuing their children with a
thorough respect for what will be
manly traits in them at their ma
turity.
How often you will hear people
laud the qualities of children apt
at picking up slang phrases? They
do not directly encourage children
in this. They may sometimes
chide them, but it is done in such
haphazard manner as to really
encourage them to other breaches
of parental discipline, and the
''smart'' child grows up to con-
slider slang vocabulary little
Bit wrong but yet very clever as
he ofttimes hears pa and ma in
dulge in the same line of repartee.
1t will be admitted that this in
itself may not be adverse to the
child's development into worthy
man. But how often, as many
know to their sorrow, it is the
cause Of bringing them into the
atmosphere Of slangy companions
among whom the faint of crime is
already noticeable. And if one
rotten apple will in time spoil a
full barrel, it must be apparent
that this barrel full of tainted
youth will very quickly defile in
dividual accessions to it's numbers.
Do not allow your children to
ever acquire the notion that re-
pertory of slang is anything but
harmful. Convince them that it
is disgraceful instead of showing
prodigal cleverness. No matter
how innocent the phrases may be
in themselves, continuance in the
habit will tend to the acquisition
of grade still worse. The higher
you go in the slang vocabulary the
worse 1t grows, tor 1T has It's origin
innonsensical vanity and it's highest
development only among criminals
and in the jails of the world.
That literary class whom we hear
of urging the necessity of a slang
dictionary are but placing them
selves in the same category as pub
fishers of the lowest of lurid
literature. There can never be
anything refining in slang. Plain
English is sufficiently expressive
for any one and should be good
enough for all.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

host Of others started out in a half
hearted, happy go-lucky fashion to
attain the ends that have made
their names famous? We cannot
all expect to reach the apex of
fame attained by them, but in our
own little sphere of usefulness,
whatever it may be, we have the
power to shine among the first in
our class by bringing confidence
in our own ability to guide and aid
us to that end. Show your indi-
viduality: rely on self, and you can
surmount obstacles of which you
now stand in feeble awe. If you
show determined effort to climb
a hill you will find good people
who will help you with the task
just as readily as you found the
evil ones who gave you the neces-
sary momentum to reach your
present level on the downward
course in life. What is needed
most in the upward journey is the
substantial cooperation of Conf
dence and Self-Reliance, the only
firm of reputable leaders in single
combat with the world.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

THE MIRROR is a 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 dissemnate pathological information and to aid
in dispelng 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, 1897-04-01
N 0 T IC (

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, 1897-04-01


it's head.-Orange (Va.) Observer.
A Houston, Texas, man says he
is living on one lark day. He is
more fortunate than the common
run of mortals who cannot afford
more than one a week.-Lake City
Republican.
"You are the most worthless
man that ever made woman's life
intolerable, John"
And a week afterwards she sued
a railway company for S., 900 dam
ages for killing John.-St. Louis
Humorist.
browning, DEAR" said Mrs.
Emerson to her husband, what is
the cutaneous pastime?"
"A cutaneous pastime, love? [
never heard of such a thing
"Well, [ heard two men on the
street car talking and one of them
spoke of a skin game. Brooklyn
Life.
At Granite Falls. this state, on
the same day, a man was sentenced
to fourteen years imprisonment for
stealing a toy watch and knife
from a boy. and another was sent
to Jail for fifteen days for stealing
a horse. Either justice is truly
"blind'' or horses are very cheap
at Granite Falls.-The (Minneap-
olis) Progress.
Bill the Burglar DE warden f
dis penitentiary amt got bit f
feelin'. [ told him dis mornin'
dat dis wuz de tenth anniversary
of de day I came in here
Petey the Pickpocket- ''Wot did
he say?''
Bill the Burglar HE wished
me many happy returns f de day"
Puck.
Three very swift boys in New
York who had the spring fever or
some other dangerous disease,
burned school house in order to
hasten on the much desired vaca-
ton. They are now taking their
meals in a safe and secure Jail with
prospects of forfeiting the entire
summer Observation-Disclosures Ga
zette.
The attention of the rest of the
world is called to the astounding
fact that policemen in plain dress
in this town are encouraged to
fiirt with young girls as means
to convict the girls of Irritation
and send them to the penitentiary.
It is as if these guardians of the
law were to do burglary by way of
a trap for burglars; not to men,
ton the power for evil that is thus
placed in very unclean hands,
Judge.
The workers on the great Oxford
English dictionary have promised
an increase Of speed. Who knows
but that there are children alive
today who will live to see the
volume containing "Z?" It is only
some thirty years that the work
has been going on, and it is said
that I'D" is practically finished"
But what an invaluable book the
big dictionary will be when it is
finished, if English is still spoken
then. Springfield Mass. Repub-
lican.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01
FASCINATION IN CRIME.

L HE CHILLI 10 IIl6ttlo ny UI1oOI1SUS
that there is a fascination in a
criminal career. This may be
true, but, to our mind, it depends
on what construction may be put
on the word Fascination" It may
be very fascinating to fall and
break a leg, though our meager
brain fails to see it in that light.
1t may be fascination in the same
sense to get hung, but the bewitch-
ing portion Of that operation also
fails to impress us. There GER
tainly cannot be anything inter-
esting in a career that does not
and never can appeal to the higher
manhood dormant within.
The life of criminal is built on
the tinzelled glitter Of our lowest
animal appetites, governed by a
brain that must always be bolstered
up by falsehood and treachery.
There never was and never will be
any excuse for crime in any form.
There are a great many instances
where men, through unfortunate
circumstances, have been led to the
cOmmital of crime and been over
punished for the same. There al
ways will be such cases until our
laws look up to a goddess Of JUS
tice with both eyes open instead
of the blind delusion we are now
supposed to honor.
In the ordinary stages of thiev-
ing, swindling and forging there
can be nothing interesting; and it
is decidedly senseless to parade
the theory that there is a fascina-
ton in crime. 1t might be said
that there is fascination to many
in reading ACCOUNTS of crime.
That is the sum and substance Of
the whole matter. The great army
of newspaper readers seemingly
demand that every minute detail
Of crimes be published in full No
matter how we'll conducted a news
paper may be if it should stop the
publication of racy descriptions Of
crime it would soon have to close
up shop, as it would lose patron
age to such an extent as to BIS use
less for an advertising medium.
Just as long as their is a demand
by readers for the miserable de-
tails of extraordinary crimes will
there be fascination in crime.
When this morbid demand ceases,
respectable editors will be onl y too
glad to give just 'plain statements"
of crimes and not heroize the par
Elephants. We have no doubt but
what many editors would be only
too pleased to allude to ''fascina-
ting" criminals as what they usu-
ally are, sneaking jackals preying
on the labor of others. Look at
crime as crime whether committed
by the rich man or the common
vag and there will be some chance
Of further decreasing it's foul re-
suits. Stop lionizing criminals
and they will begin to look at
themselves in their true light and
your theoretical fascination will
vanish.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

That winter resort on the tropi-
cal side of the river Styx must be
a busy place for well-intentioned
voter to dwell in if all the politi-
clans who receive peremptory in
vitations to go there ever reach it
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

AN EXCHANGE says can Ithaca
woman has had a needle drawn
from her finger by a magnet"
Female Divorces fail to see any
thing novel about that, they are so
accustomed to having gold bands
drawn from fingers by easier
methods.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

WERE the women of the land
inclined to be as mean and reck-
less as their lords and masters, this
world would soon return to the
mode of life enjoyed by our OAR
winian ancestry.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

SOME state legislatures are hard
after the gigantic rubber trust. If
the concern is in any way con-
nected with the manufacture of the
rubber neck phrase we hope the
trusts neck will receive a severe
twist.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

AT A recent murder trial in st.
Louis the jury acquitted the pris-
oner on the ground Of insanity.
They gazed at each other in mute
establishment, however, when he
very sanely thanked them gra-
ciousl y for their verdict.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

DISHONESTY may be likened to
man trying to light on the foot
board of locomotive jogging
along at fifty miles an hour. He
has one chance Of getting there
and ninety-nine of going towel,
to prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

The National Printer-Journalist,
published monthly at Chicago, is
an able exponent of the art pre-
sentative. It should be in the
hands of every printer who takes a
personal interest in his work. Au-
thors and others of literary taste
would also profit greatly by a pc
rusal of it's we'll written pages.
A series of hitherto unpublished
letters written by Gen. Sherman to
young girl who applied to him
anonymously for information re-
garding an army officer of whom
she had once been the correspond
ent, is the most novel feature Of
the April number of McClure's.
There is touch Of humor and a
touch of romance in the story the
letters unfold, and one is moved
both to sigh and to laugh at the
posture to which the generals good
nature finally brings him.
The story Of Grants life as a
farmer and business man in Mis-
souri,, after he had resigned from
the army and before the civil war,
is related by Hamlin Garland in
the same number.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

This paper will be forwarded to subscribers
until ordered discontinued and all arrears are
paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

"Up-To-Date," the ever welcome
humorous weekly, is redolent with
that bright, scintillating wit that
forms the true spice Of life. We
consider it most delectable lit
erary condiment, as much a neces-
sity to the mental epicure as is.
salt to the more prosaic gourmand
'The Newsboy" is the title of a
striking story which A. P. Stanton
contributes to the Argonaut Of
March 22nd. It tells how bright
lad, a native son of the golden
west, raised himself from poverty
to affiuence, and incidentally shows
something of the famous mining
excitement of "Con. Virginia"
Ex-President Harrison, whose ar
ticles in The Ladies' Home Journal
are creating such widespread inter-
est, writes about ''The Social Life
Of the President" in the April is
sue of that magazine. The ex-
president tells of the dinners, re-
ceptions, ETC., that are given by the
Chief Executive, and details the
great social demands upon him.
He also gives peep into the
White House dining-room and sill
yer closet, and notes the beauty of
the service used for state dinners,
which was bought at second hand
He also pays heed to the oft-re-
peated question, How much of
his salary can president lay
aside?"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

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, 1897-04-01

Entered at the P0St-Office at saltwater. Mimi.
as secOnd-class mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01
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It takes a smart phrenologist to
tell what is in a barrel by feeling
it's head.-Orange (Va.) Observer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-01

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-29
Daring Bank Robbery.

-Four masked men entered the
Butte county bank at Belle l'ourche
South Dakota, Mon lay morning and
holding up the bank officials and GUS
toners present with drawn revolvers,
robbed the safe and counters of all
the cash. Carshier Marble was a. lit
tie slow about putting up his hands
and bullet from one Of the robbers
pistols clipped off piece of his right
ear and made him hurry up. An
alarm war given and armed men start
ed in pursuit of the robbers. The
pursuing party came up with the rob-
bers a few miles from town and a
fight took place. One of the robbers
surrendered, but the rest escaped.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-29
Mckinley Prosperity.

ANDERSON (Ind.). June 2s.-The
National Tie Plate Company today
posted notice for shut down on
Thursday morning, as per contract,
for the REIMBURSEMENT Of the wage
scale. At the same time all the
union tin plate factories in the coun-
try will close. The conference Of
manufacturers and workmen wage
committees will be held in Pittsburg
next Saturday.
The union window glass factories
are preparing to.close down Wednes-
day next for re-adiustment of the
wage scale. On account of the fac
tional fight between the blowers and
gatherers on one side and the cutters
and fatteuers on the other, some de-
lay i'll the settlement is anticipated.
Among the union flint bottle man
ufacturers there will be no shut
down as usual. The union men will
sacrifice their vacation in order to
fight the non-mion plants which Go
not close.
The window glass shutdown will
cause $1,000 men to lie idle, while the
tin plate closing lays off about
$4,000 men.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-29
Uses of Water.

Nothing so promptly cuts short
congestion of the lungs, sore throat or
rheumatism as hot water, when APP
piled early in the case and thorough
ly. ...
A proper towel folded several times
and dipped in hot water quickly
wrung and applied over the site of
toothache or neuralgia will generally
afford prompt relief.
Hot water taken freely haitian hour
before bedtime is an excellent cathar-
tic in case of constipation, while it
has soothing effect upon the stom-
ach and bowels.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-29

Preserve Your Poll Tax Receipts.
Under Il law passed last Winter by
our legislature the production of a
poll tax receipt for 1897 and 1898 will
be necessary before voter can be
registered for the election next year.
So preserve your poll tax receipts
and save trouble. A good many poll
taxes are collected through mir ing
company Offices by being deducted
from a mans pay at the end of the
month. This is according to law and
the poll tax receipt is delivered in
the place of three dollars and is some
times so contemptuously regarded as
to be Immediately thrown away.
They will be worth saving hereafter.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-29
Mound Valley Celebration.

The Good Templars of Mound VAL
ley will celebrate the 12lst anniver-
sary of American Independence at
John SCOTS beautiful grove on Mon
day July 5th. An elaborate pro-
gramme has been arranged consisting
of literary exercises, reading of the
Declaration of Independence, horse
racing, base ball games and other
amusements. A gaund ball will be
given in the evening at the hall.
Good music has been engaged. Tick
etc, including supper, $500.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to come and celebrate the Ma
tons birthday with us.
by Order of the Committee.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-29
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Will Hold the Train.

Messrs Mayhugh and Wheeler re-
ceived letter from Superintendent
Agler this morning stating that No. 4
would be held here ten minutes over
schedule time on the Cd of July in
order to give Mr.. Bryan an oppor-
tunity to address our people on that
day. While no reply has been re-
ceived to the dispatch sent Mr.. Bry-
an, we do not believe there is any
doubt but that he will make speech
here on the ID.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-06-29
Yankee Imperturbability.

A small company of fishermen
were seated in Cardiff hosiery.
They were telling fish stories.
"The most exciting days sport 1
over had" said one Of the company,
an American, "was when I was off
Labrador. l was with two others;
each Lad two rods, and we were simp-
ly pulling out fish as fast as ever we
could put in our lines. 1 forgot" he
added, in IL thoughtful mood, "what
those fish were,"
"WhalesP' suggested an English
man with an attempt to be sar-
castle,
"Whalee!" said the Yankee, with a
deprecatory wave of his hand,
why man we were batting with
whales"