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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-25

That's nuthin' much ter do, by geel-
Nuthin much ter do.
TIL fences all down in tn lot
An let tn cows right through.
Thar hain't no use o. sowing wheat
TIL neighbors' cattle fer to eat.
I'd sooner sit an rest my feet
Thar's nuthin' much ter do.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-25
The whippoorwill.

o you remember,
father
1t seems so long
ago
The days we fished
together
Along the Pocono?
On the edge of dark
I waited
For you, beside the
mill;
And there / heard a
hidden bird
That c h a n t e d
. =
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-25

Upon the heels Of the announcement
" J. Pierpont Morgan's monster rail-
way combination comes the announce
nent that Carnegie has just organized
he greatest wire combination in the
world.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-25

HAIRS nuthin miuch
ter do, yer see
Euthin' much ter
do.
TIL shingles mostly
off tn barn
An let tn rain
right through.
That amt no use o.
stowin' hay
Right whar twill
mildew ev cry
day.
'TwouId be good la
Dor thro W Q d
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-25

II Boss Croker is out Of poiitioa,
what would be accomplish II hs we're
N politics?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-25

The other day l heard of boy who
was invited with his mother out to din
ner. At table he sat some distance
from his mother. and a lady next to
him offered to help him.
Let me cut your steak for you" she
said, "if can cut it the way you like
it,
THANK you" said the boy. 81 shall
like it the way you cut it, even if you
don't cut it the way 1 like it."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-25
IN THE ODD CORNER.
SOME STRANGE, QUEER AND
CURIOUS PHASES OF LIFE.

The No.t-nuildrnr 1n.srnos-A Marvel
GUS Mimic-A Curious South Aneri-
can Weapon-Church Of the Holy
sepuIchre-Monster Indian Basket.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-25

One saloon in Dawson has a ben
swung over the door outside for the
convenience of those liberal individuals
who may want to "gin up the whole
town" Any person so disposed has
but to pull the rope, ami the whole
population responds.-Chicago Chroni-
Gle.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-25
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
soME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WoRKMEN.

invention. Said to BE Ahead of Their
Tims-LRbOr Not Sufficiently Organised
to Take Advantage of the New Con-
ditIons-GeneraI Labor Notes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

style and swagger as the man with
unlimited means at his disposal.
The race of fashion has reached
such hot pace that men who have
sufficient income to live upon
modestly find that they are handi-
capped in life if they are not able
to furnish hired girl, piano and
bicycle to the woman Of their
choice. Women whose parents
were compelled to toll hard in the
lowliest callings now expect that
the man who aspires to THEIR
hand must have the wherewithal
to satisfy every fad of fashions
crazy round. The result is that
young men are attempting to live
up to standards of worldliness far
in excess Of their income. Jackals
aspire to be social lions, and the
plodding mule to be a blooded
racer.
1t is pitiful sight to watch the
course Of the cheap clerk who at
night and on holidays must shine
as brightly as the fortunate sons
of his rich employer. He will
spend his last cent to ''stand treat"
rather than appear ''slower'' than
his associates. It will not take
long before he must devise means
to supply this ever increasing de-
mand on his worldly standing"
A check, a forgery, blasted career
and state prison very often follow
as natural sequences to such lives.
It is one of the silliest foibles of
our social life that a man can pos
sibly be so crack Drained as not to
see the dire results Of such folly.
We approve Of young men having
a certain quantity Of self-pride and
ambition to shine in the world;
but no one can look complacently
on a ffty-dollar man striving to
live hundred-dollar life without
wondering what the ultimate out
come must be. Only too often it
leads to shattered life that can
be repaired only by starting at the
bottom of the ladder again.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
FIFTY.DOLLAR MEN LIVING AT A
HUNDRED.DOLLAR PACE.

The tendency of young men of
the present day to be ''just as good
as their fellows is paving the way
to prison for many a poor fellow
who at present is probably as
honest and upright in his inten-
tons as it is possible for mortal to
be. But he is gradually nearing
the door Of disgrace and only the
interposing hand Of Providence
can save him who expects to cut
the same swath with a $50 salary
as does he who receives 500.
The philosophical raise their
hands in holy horror and exclaim
"Why do not our young men get
married and settle DOWN. Those
who are able to, have not got time,
and those who are willing have not
got sufficient salary to live as the
young woman Of the period ex-
poets. The ones who are fortu-
nate enough to have a living salary
are prematurely killing themselves
in attempts to put on as much
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

of Mrs. Grundy are 10th to think
that they are committing a wrong
in manufacturing and circulating
the dainty morsels of gossip which
bring such "comfort; to them.
They would receive a terrible set
back if the horrible results of their
silly chatter could be brought to
their notice in a tangible form. A
story is going the rounds about a
certain pious woman who would
listen calmly to tale against one
Of the neighbors in her village,
and when the informant was
through would say: "Come with
me to our neighbor and we will
ask if that be true?" The effect
Of this interrogative was usually
startling to the tale-bearer. The
cabin-hunter would generally try
to hedge by saying that perhaps
it is not true; [ may have been
mistaken, etc. But the good old
lady would always insist upon
finding out the facts from the
most reliable source, and would go
alone to the house to find out the
truth regardless Of the begging APP
peals Of her informant.
What a grand missionary work
could be done in our day by few
men and women impelled by the
same honest spirit as that pious
old lady! No reliance should be
placed on the tales passed around
by confirmed scandal-mongers.
The man or woman who will carry
to you foolish story Of another
will also carry to that other like
story about you.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

something over S3OO,OOO-the
amounts Of the individual contri-
buttons varying from few cents
to several thousand dollars. The
smallest contribution ever made to
the Conscience Fund was received
in May, 1896, and consisted Of
two-cent stamp, which was inclosed
in the following letter of explana-
ton: i once sent letter in with
a photograph (unsealed,) which l
have since learned was not lawful.
[ inclose stamp to make it right
By curious coincidence the
largest sum ever contributed
reached the Treasury Department
about the same time that the
stamp was received. This was a
bill Of exchange for $14,225.15
which had been sent to the Sec
rotary of State by the Consul
General at London, to whom the
money had been given by a clergy
man on behalf of person un-
known, no name being given
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

appreciate the compliment thus
paid to one Of our local contribu-
tors, and we admire the good taste
shown by the graduate in his
selection. We shall set an eX-
ample of charitable forbearance by
retaining from publishing his
name or the name of the article
unless compelled to do SO to prove
our assertion. We wish him the
best Of luck in his path through
life and hope that his longing for
riches or literary fame will never
overstep this little mistake. You
may steal mans brains with i'm
punity but do not touch his
pocket book. State prisons are
erected for the special benefit of
despoilers of the latter class.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
SCANDAL MONGERS.

ONE of the most disagreeable
sides to the ordinary community
is the avidity with which a large
number of it's members will grasp
at every slight failing of a fell
bowman and herald it from neigh
Dor to neighbor as sweet morsel
of ambrosia. There has been more
trouble caused in the world by the
wanton conduct of the cabin
hunter than may legitimately be
attributed to any other single
source. In the politest society
as in the lowliest hut representa-
tives Of the scandal-monger are to
be found breaking the news of an
others error to a usually apprecia-
tive audience.
There are people in this world
whose principal enjoyment centers
in the pleasure" derived from
silly gossip that is uttered with
the sole intent of deriding their
fellows, either as class or indi-
vidually.
And strangest Of all is the fact
that the scandal-monger is the
first to resent the slightest word
said that may be construed as
deprecatory Of himself, no matter
how much truth there may be in it..
He is extremely sensitive to the
touch of idle gossip, yet he never
thinks of the feelings of others
when his own glib tongue is on
the same foul mission. The frail
vanity of men and women is graft
fed by the eagerness with which
their misunderstanding gossip
is generally listened to. It has
become such a common affair in
the world that the latest novelists
and short story writer's must have
the clubman telling the latest
salacious bit Of scandal" and their
female characters informing the
suffering heroine's friends of how
SO and so is 'gadding about with
strange stories of Lothario, etc"
Scandal-mongering it would APP
pear, has been implanted as an
"evil' that is necessary to the
abiding pleasure Of a complex So
cial system. Most of the disciples
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

1T is NO uncommon occurrence
to hear some sidewalk philosopher
with hands deep down in his
pockets, rail about the oppression
of the wageworker and the middle
class generally. He will rant
about the lack of opportunity and
the cruelty of monopolies and use
other stereotyped excuses to show
the impossibility of a man ever
amounting to anything in this age.
All the while you will notice that
he keeps his hands buried in his
pockets for rest, sweet rest. The
trouble with most of us is we do
not make any attempt to take adj
vantage Of the opportunities thrown
in our way. There is too much of
this seeking for soft snap" doc
trine about us. We are all anxious
to drive the spirited tandem of sue
cess but we hate to start in at the
hostler's duty connected Herewith.
All are DESTROYS to be the lionized
general, but few care to commence as
the modest private. Some of the
smartest men of the present day
started in life in the lowliest call
ings. None Of them found success
without making vigorous hunt =
and that hunt means work and pa.
tience.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

The Northwest Magazine, pub
lished by E. V. Smalley, st. Paul,
is an able exponent of the various
resources of the section of our
country indicated by it's name.
The June number contains an
especially good article by DIN D.
Wheeler entitled, "How To See
Yellowstone Park" Other articles
Of timely interest, and some we'll
written short stories Of typical
western life give a zest to the mag
azine that makes the most prosy
subject interesting. Its editor, E.
V. Smalley, is a well-seasoned
newspaper man who long ago
gained journalistic spurs on the
metropolitan dailies of the east as
we'll as in the section of his adop-
ton. The subscription price Of
the Northwest is $500 a year.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

The Almighty never intended
that any of us should make living
by stealing any more than that we
should subsist by eating hay. All
of us have a peculiar fitness for
one particular line of work more
than another. Take advantage of
this fitness and make an effort to
live as other mortals. If you feel
that you were only built for COM
mon laborer swallow your pride
and jump in at that labor. Honesty
adds dignity to any employment.
The street sweeper is as far above
a thief in true manliness as the
sun is brighter than match fame.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

The press Of the country are not
always aware Of the valuable as
sistance rendered embryo Grim
mails by publishing descriptions Of
crimes and labor saving" recipes
for business men in new methods
Of making transfer copies of letters
written with ordinary ink. But a
few days ago we saw in an eastern
weekly journal recipe that has
been used by expert forgers for
years but has not been known to
many outside that class. It was
published under the head of
"Things Worth Knowing" and
turns out to be the identical
process used in the great Bank Of
England forgery years ago, and is
now submitted to business men as
a valuable process Of making any
number of copies of circular letters
written with ordinary ink" There
are any number of impecunious
young men who would not require
a house to fall upon them in order
to see other and dishonest uses for
this valuable process
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

AS A STRANGE reminder Of the
frailties of human nature the gov
eminent statistics Of the past few
years show that the only two COM
modities that have not declined in
general consumption are whisky
and manufactured tobacco; the
latter has more than held it's own
in the form of cigarettes. AL
staple articles and bread stuffs de.
clined considerably in amounts
used; but whisky and the little
white coffin nails held their place
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

The PRISON MIRROR is thorough
ly appreciated by one of the
scholars Of the Red Wing high
school. A member of the late
graduating class took an article
from our columns, changed it
slightly, and hurled it with the
eloquence of a Demosthenes at an
admiring audience Of friends at
the high school commencement
exercises in that city. We highly
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

$50 strong is the influence
welded by conscience, and SO fire.
quently does it cause the. wrong
doer to atone for his sin, that for
the past eighty five years the Con-
science Fund has been officially
recognized as one of the regular
sources of revenue for the United
States Government, writes Clifford
Howard in the June Ladies' Home
Journal. During this time the
consciences Of the American peo-
pie have added to Uncle Sans
resources at the rate of about three
hundred dollars month, or a total
sum up to the present year Of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

At st. Patrice, near the ancient
church dedicated to St. Patrick,
which stands near the banks of the
river, there is a k-thorn tree
which blossoms and bears fruit in
the depth Of winter, says Donahoe's
Magazine. This extraordinary phe-
nomenon has been witnessed year
after year from time immemorial,
and always at the same period Of
winter; namely, at Christmas time.
Now for the beautiful tradition
which the inhabitants of St. Patrice
give in explanation Of phenom-
enon. Saint Patrick, while on his
way to St. Martin at Tours, passed
through this district; and, on COM
ing to the bank Of the Loire, he
sat down to rest beneath a black
thorn tree. It was Christmas time;
the cold was intense, and the snow
covered the ground and every
shrub and tree. But, even while
Patrick rested, the tree in his
honor expanded it's branches, shook
off the load of snow, and the next
moment appeared in full blossom,
forming a canopy as white as the
snow itself. Saint Patrick shortly
after crossed the Loire on his cloak;
and ever since, at the same time of
the year, the tree has never failed
to blossom in honor of Saint
Patrick.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
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 home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
tOdisseminate pathological information and to aid
in dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans Self-redemptiOn.
The paper is entirely dependent ON the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

The man who is thoroughly sin
cere in whatever he undertakes
never makes a failure he need be
ashamed Of. While he may not
receive the full need of success
aimed for he generally improves
his condition and is the better
equipped for further efforts.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
N o TICE.

THOSE receiving copies of The MIR
ROR who are not subscribers will
please consider them as sample cop
les. If, after reading them, you should
conclude that The MIRROR is
worthy of your patronage, send one
dollar to this office and we will enter
your name on our books for a
years subscription.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

SOME royal roads to success are
bestrewn with political crutches
and civil service rules cemented
with social Influence"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

ONE of the great troubles with
most Of us is that we purchase a
trunk in which to store our troub-
les and a cigar box to hold our
lows.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

To JUDGE by our own handi-
craft some of us are exceedingly
poor architects if "life is what we
make it."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17
@dQKF; kX@eX6lSxSs:

A man laughs from sense of
humor: a woman from a sense of
duty.-New York Press.
A man may not like his wife's
taste in the selection of neckties,
but he approves Of her choice of a
husband. -Up-To-Date.
It will be like having an eye
tooth pulled for Spain to have to
pay Uncle Sam an indemnity for
her barbarous treatment of Dentist
Ruiz.-St. Louis Republic.
There's a new protest against
the conviction of the defaulting
bankers and Doodle aldermen. The
prisoners at Saltwater object to
the admission Of these people to
their social circle.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
A daughter of Mary Elizabeth
Lease, following in the footsteps
Of her voluble mother, is about to
take the rostrum. Meanwhile old
man Lease continues to take care
of the house and raise the rest of
the children as best he can.-Min--
neapolis Tribune.
The Harvard student who painted
the statue Of John Harvard red has
been hunted to his lair by indig-
nant Harvard students and forced
to quit the university. A student
who will perpetrate such an out
rage should be shut out of every
college and university in the land.
Minneapolis journal.
ait-hold on, for heavens =,
sake!' cried George, as Amelia
was about to salute him in the
usual way.
He extracted two cigars from
the upper left-hand pocket of his
vest and laid them on the piano.
"Now, then," said he, "come to-
my arms!"-Harper's Bazar
Look about you, and study those
with whom you come in daily con-
tact and remember that he who
lives for self and self alone is a
failure, whilst he who renders
honest loving service to his fellows,
though he be poor and an outcast,
unhonored and unsung, is to all
eternity noble success. -Mazeppa
Independent.
A young lady who studied
theology and afterward concluded
"only to be a minister's wife" now
again comes to the front with ''the
broken health of her husband.
And the church says he can take
as long a vacation as he likes so I.
long as he leaves his wife at home
to do the preaching.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
When a mans airship drops
three or four thousand feet it has
a tendency to displace confidence
in the author a note or two. Re-
Gently professor" was up among
the little stars sailing around the
moon, and he took tumble with
his wonderful invention. He is in
a proper condition to receive acct
dent insurance and no doubt needs.
it, but the airship will be
"scrapped. "-Stillwater Gazette.
There are many colored justices,
in the south, and the airs they put
on are sometimes amusing.
A negro had been convicted of
chickens, and sentence
was about to be passed upon him.
The old justice put on his glasses,
and taking great pains to look over
the top of them in an impressive
said:
II finds de pris'ner guilty, and I
heahby sentences him to hard
work in de Jail TO- one year and
l9 months. youths Companion.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

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Entered at the POst-Office at saltwater, Minn
as SecOnd-claSS mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

Look about you, and study those
with whom you come in daily con-
tact and remember that he who
lives for self and self alone is
failure, whilst he who renders
honest loving service to his fellows,
though he be poor and an outcast,
unhonored and unsung, is to all
eternity a noble success.-Mazeppa
Independent.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

Edited and Published by the Inmates
of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-06-17

A young lady who studied
theology and afterward concluded
"only to be minister's wife" now
again comes to the front with ''the
broken health Of her husband.
And the church says he can take
as long a vacation as he likes so
long as he leaves his wife at home
to do the preaching.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12

great in its compile teness, its littleness.
He was an ideal servant, be possessed the
lackey's soul-that which values appear
ances only-and being by nature snob's 8
snob, he was naturally more orthodox
than the Pope.
gave luncheon one day. Julie says
1t was not on account of hospitality, but
that l was prom pied by the unholy desire
to prove to Oto that although we do not
live like the Crockers, we possess at least
a rudlmentary idea of the amenities of
what the French call "hish Iife."
1 like to think of Otto as he appeared
that last day, for it was his last day with
US. He was as king come to his throne,
Napoleon on the field of battle at last,
genius EN- bodying the invention that had
lived only in his MIND, a musician giving
tone to the divine strains that have
haunted and possessed him.
AT first he viewed our preparations with
incredulity, a calm but perfectly polite
scorn for our poor attempts. He scraped
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12

tried to raise us to the heights OF polite
living. He changed napkins and table
cloths three times a day, so that by Sun
day his lmproyidence had brought us to
the verge OF Japanese sim plicity, and we
dIned of a newspaper tabecloth with
tissue napkins. He had soul above all
small economies. We never had warmed
over meats for luncheon-he saw to it that
there should be nothing left to warm
over.
For himself, our Jap would eat nothing
that was not OF the freshest, the daintiest,
the most excellently cooked. His fas-
tidlous taste made me critical in doir Q
my marke ting and reused me 10 renewed
culinary exertion, so numiliating was il
to me to have OIo refuse a dish. When
ever our supply of tableware fell short of
what is entirely fitting and proper, Otto
improvised substitute. very funny and
altogether useless substitute at times, but
the proprieties were observed, at least
Otto knew no compromise; he wor-
SHIPPED form. His was a mind truly