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The times., 1898-09-14
MEMS GOODS.


"MEET NE ON THE DEWEY BENCH"
And be sure TO attend c. Auerbach's. 4
Great Semi-Annual Reduction Sale, and save Soc
on every dollar. Imported Madras one dollar
Outing Shirts go at 4ec, with Extra Collars
and Cuffs. S1.5o Shirts SOC, now. 81 so Jerseys
all coIors. $1.49. All 25c Summer SILK NccI.
wear, &c; for 25c. Beautiful Designs Fine
Madras Neckwear &c now; for 25c All our
25c Imported Half Hose. plaids. dots stripes
and plain black and tan with white feet 15e
now 2 pr. 25c; pr. zoe. Summer Underwear
soc goods. 21c. Fine 4-ply Linen Collars. tbs
25c kind, &c; for 25c now. Mems Fine DC
Linen Hemstitched Handkerchief DC; 8 for
25c. Woven Cheviot Shirts, wear Ike
buckskin; cheap at soc; our price.
zoe now. High-Grade Goods only New
Reliable Sewing Machines Made by the Domestic
s. NJ Co. Regular Price, Si5 Price this month
s22. 70. au20-tf
The times., 1898-09-14
STEAMBOATS,.
Norfolk and Washington
SteambOatCO

roe, Norfolk. Newport News and all points
south. by the superb, powerful steel palace
steamers. Newport News" Norfolk" and
Warrington" On the following schedule:
The times., 1898-09-14

NANTED-Ycung man 10 elevator; must be
o9pcrienc d. SAMUEL FRIEDLANDER & CO..
successors New York Clothing Hou-e, 81 9TH st.
NV 1t
The times., 1898-09-14

WANTED-bis opportunity for energetic sales
n.cn; sumsilii-s entirely new; max
ing from 3 to 3 daily Apply, Thursday. 15tl
inst. 10 X. !. DIGGES, ST. James Hotel, between
8 and O'Clock 1t
The times., 1898-09-14

LOST Between Sd and C and 4th and NV.
Sunday eve, silver mounting; initials. ]. G.
r.; reward. Return to ]. C. REISINGER, 235 G
NV. seI3-3t-en
The times., 1898-09-14
wANTED-HousEs.

WANTED-A 8 or 7-r. modern b. house, either
Capitol Hill NV; good monthly
payments; small payment down; no broker need
answer. Address OWNER W., this office.
sel3-
The times., 1898-09-14
HELP wANrEp-rEMALE.

WANTED-White cook and assistant, $25 and SIS;
white chambermaids and white lunehroom
mattresses; today. EXCHANGE BUREAU, FOG
18Th st. 1t
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

what of this genius? What great
head he possessed! He must blush
red as turkey gobbler whenever
he looks at the head Of a pin. The
plot should not be spoiled the
guest" should now marry Har-
riet and write the story out in yell
low-back form, under the title:
Beauty Exconned; or Saved by a
Hyphen.
Oh, yes, it is the easiest thing
imaginable for an ex-convict to
regain his standing. Some
detective should now follow up
Mr.. Nidy and arrest him at har-
vest time for stealing wheat from
Mother Earth. We thank the
kind Dispenser of brains that
narrow-minded people of this par
ticular hoosier stripe are becoming
rare. Robert Nidy- should also
thank kind providence for saw
ing him from a lifelong partner
ship of this nature that the French
have very aptly called marriage
de CONVEYANCE. He has escaped
something worse than his term in
prison, and should raise callouses
on his knees by protracted seasons
Of earnest prayer for his deliver
ance from Harriet and her papa.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

The good people who wear
themselves out in pessimistic mis-
cry because there is so much evil
in the world should remember
that there is superabundance of
good in this world that we never
hear of for the apparent reason
that goodness is of itself sufficient
reward. The prosy tales of kind
actions that are performed daily
do not reach the people because
the performers are honest and be-
lieve in the biblical Injunction to
not let the left hand know what
the right hand doeth, etc. But
never the smallest bit of evil is
enacted that does not see the light
Of day, generally in box-car letters
that it may not escape the vision
of any. If the good deeds per-
formed received a similar notice
they might easily crowd out the
evil ones and tighten many heart.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

The gossiper-that wholesale
dealer in trivialities, manufacturer
and vendor of other peoples
troubles-is now the only living
representative Of the dark days of
enforced ignorance. And he, she,
it or "thon'' bids fair to be in good
repair at the end Of another half
century, regardless of the benign
influence Of general education.
The gossiper is of necessity an
ignorant being, hence, talks of
persons rather than Of general
news or problems Of the day.
Scandalous gossip is as repulsive
to an educated person as would be
ill smelling material refuse. It is
INDUCED in and encouraged only
by the ignorant, for the pertinent
reason that the uneducated mind
becomes foul just as the uncared-
for house becomes dirty. When
an acquaintance comes to you
gleefully with a sweet morsel Of
scandal you may mark such one as
an ignorant jackal gorging his i'm
pish appetite with the food it
loves best, for he tells you, not for
your information nor through SYM
pathy for the victim, but simply
for the ghoulish pleasure the
recital gives him. If you are in
the habit of carelessly spreading
scandal about others, remember
that in such capacity you but ad-
vertise your own ignorance.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

They are in the same position as
the saloonkeeper who points with
PRIDE to the many strong-willed
men who drink whisky withoutany
apparent demoralizing results.
But, regardless Of such one-sided
reasoning, it behooves a man to
think for himself and think very
seriously-when choosing his
silent companions. There is as
much danger in associating with
the depraved in literature, as in
forming companionship with the
arch-fends of everyday life.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

SOMEBODY has very wisely said
that "only the true and the brave
have implicit faith in others A
man can not be brave without be-
ing honorable. And only the man
who himself is honorable recog-
nizes such virtue in others. The
sneak never has confidence in a
fellow man for the good and suffi-
Gent reason that he knows honor
only insofar as it means bread and
butter for him. He can be hon
orable to a certain extent as long
as he is being paid therefor The
really honorable. mantle one
who believes that others than him.
self are fit to be trusted-possesses
that virtue at all times, and is ex-
pecting and looking for straight
forwardness in others. The man
who himself is of a mean DISPOSE
ton is always hoping and praying
that he may find in others that
which is the dominating trait Of
his own character.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21
GROOM HAD BEEN IN PRISON

The following dispatch to the
Chicago Tribune, dated April 16,
shows how easy(?) it is for an ex-
convict to regain a standing in
this world.
MUNCIE, IND.--Robert Nidy, a rich
farmer of Bluffton, O., came here this
evening to marry Harriet Jones. Ev-
erything was ready for the ceremony
when a guest recognized Nidy as a
man who had been sent to the peniten.
tiary. The BRIDES father quickly de-
tanned the ceremony, sent Geographic
inquiry, and received reply that the
guests statement was true. The Rev.
HOdgen, the Quaker minister, read the
telegram and declared the wedding off.
Nidy acknowledged he had been in
prison, but said he was convicted to
shield his wife, who passed a forged
check on bank. He later secured a
divorce. The bride refused to accept
his story, and the guests dispersed
Nidy returned home on the next train.
Note particularly that the groom
was a erich farmer" Not word
is said against his character now,
the presumption being that there
is nothing, or it would have
adorned the report in poster head
ing. But he had been a convict
there's the rub. Had he simply
been an everyday idler of the
snob class going about the coun-
try robbing, not money, but virtue;
had he been a bouvelard trotter
or cane-sucking fop of the erotic
school Of Wildeanism, Papa Jones
would have slobbered all over
himself in the ecstatic bliss induced
by the presence of a son-in-law
of the cigar-store-indian brand.
But an ex-convict! Ugh! How
Mr.. Jones must have shivered at
his narrow escape from paying
the freight on his daughters mis-
take! And the guest who recog-
nized Nidy as "a man who had
been sent to the penitentiary"-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21
The death of Rev. Edward Allen,

The death of Rev. Edward Allen,
which occurred recently at liver
ton, Eng, at the age of 1O1, recalls
the odd fact that Mr.. Allen was
given up to die, by prominent
physicians, as the hopeless victim
of an incurable heart ailment
when he was forty years old. But
Mr.. Allen kept on living with a
grim fortitude, and attended the
funerals Of all the doctors who
"had given him up" The main
cause of his having lived to such a
ripe old age is said to have been
due to the fact that he was re-
signed to the several medical dag
noses made, and refused to poison
his system further with bottled
drugs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21
OUR SILENT FRIENDS AND
ENEMIES.

WORDS fail to express the lofty
bounds to which the innert man.
hood is raised by the reading of a
good book. By a good book is
not necessarily implied that it
must be dry and uninteresting.
It is not true that taste for good
reading must be acquired. Is it
necessary to "acquire' taste for
good food for the body? Any
sane person knows that one will
exercise the greatest care insofar
as their purse will permit when it
comes to selecting bodily nourish-
ment. Yet it is not uncommon to
find those whose appetites become
so depraved that food must be
seasoned and spiced beyond recog-
milton of it's original form before
they can properly ''enjoy'' it. The
same principle applies to mental
nutriment, for reading and social
converse are as much of neces-
sity to the we'll being of our intel
lectual life as are material edibles
to bodily comfort.
Healthy reading appeals to our
higher sense Of "the eternal fitness
Of things with as much force as
will wholesome food to our ami
NAL nature. The question arises,
whence comes the craving for
slippy-sloppy. Observation-Disclosures
trash? The answer will be found
in reply to whence comes the
animal craving for the sharp,
dyspepsia provoking seasonings
used in our material pabulum and
which are so repulsive to an unde-
PRAYED taste? It is known that
to the aboriginal Americans the
taste of pickle or any food of
similarly unnatural flavor, caused
a deathly nausea; and it is also
we'll known that previous to the
advent of the white man and his
"concoctions," the American In
dams were typical specimens of
physical perfection; now they are
being slowly but surely eliminated
as they have acquired all the white
mans vices and but very few of
his virtues.
In catering to or making false
appetites for the redmen the first
traders were in search of CONNER
cial plumber. In our civilized
communities the Traders in lit
erary trash are inspired with the
same desire for plunder-they are
simply after the victims cash, and
create degenerate appetites in
order to get it the easier. No one
thinks for moment that the pur-
veyors of rank reading matter are
prompted by immoral designs; on
the contrary, they are very often
of quasi-religious turn of mind
and make the claim that their pub
locations are purely business
venture, that they are designed
solely to amuse and SHOULD have
no evil effects upon the readers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

If YOU possess the ability to
control your temper, and have the
good sense not to be too hasty in
jumping at conclusions, you are
the owner Of a worldly capital
that never depreciates in value.
AS a means to success, such quail
ties are of greater worth than the
cash capital you may temporarily
possess.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

THE Americans God save the
mark } who last week sold coal fo1
the use of the Spanish navy.
would also, if they had them, sell
war vessels to the same govern
ment for that margin Of profit
they love better than their God,
their country or their home.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

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;
to disseminate 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, 1898-04-21
N 0 TIC E..

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of
THE MIRO who are not OH our
regular lists will please consider
such as sample copies. If. after
reading, you conclude that THE
MIRROR is worthy of patronage
send your name to this office for a
trial subscription at rates as pub
lished above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

The art Of living within ones
means does not mean to live mean,
but to cut expenses to the mean
and in the meantime always ap-
pear of gentle mien.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21
LEAVING THE VILLAGE FOR THE
METROPOLIS.

The spirit of restlessness that
actuates the major portion of the
human kind leads to no small por-
ton of the distress to which men
are the undisputed heirs. It is
true that it is next to impossible
to find a contented man; and it is
also a verify that it is nearly as
hard to find man who is willing
to TRY to be contented.
The onl y men who attain to ripe
old age in the full enjoyment of
all faculties are the ones who be-
gan early in life to plant the seeds
of contentment by making the
most of the then surrounding con-
ditions. They did not hop, skip
and jump from one town to an
other, nor did they grumble at
fate. They went to work with
merry song in joyful spirit that
kept them in better health than
gallons of drugs; they looked upon
their several callings as the most
honorable, and were as proud of
being known to be good farmers
and blacksmiths as some of their
descendants today are elated at
being counter-hoppers in the
Getty"
To one who knows metropolitan
life and it's mockeries, it sounds
like the dwellings of lunatic to
hear young men and women COM
planning Of the dullness of village
life and expressing the desire to
Ego forth into the metropolis to
conquer fame and fortune It is
a nice play Of words, perhaps, to
laud the glories of city life, but
that is all there is to it. To the
man who knows the vagaries and
the hardships of city life, this
notion of fleeing from the village
to battle in the city is like fleeing
from a heaven to enter hell.
It has been proven that eighty
per cent of the young men and
women who are attracted from the
peace and comfort of the farm by
the glare of city life make an utter
failure in the change. Of the re-
naming twenty per cent but half
have materially improved their
condition; the other ten per cent,
from financial standpoint, fare
no better than they did in the
village, and they lack the indepen-
dence of country life.
Nothing on this earth is so con-
ducive to real happiness as country
life. Even the large business men
look back longingly to the happy
days of early village life that was
the lot Of a number Of them.
While it is true that numbers of
our smartest statesmen and bust
ness men were born and raised in
the country, it is also true that
these men achieved their first fame
at village meetings. They did not
run heller SHELTER into an aimless
city life as soon as able to care for
themselves. Some Of our best
men will keep coming to the marts
of business and halls of congress
from country towns, but in all
cases it will be the men who are
satisfied to grow up amid the
pastoral scenes Of country life.
The young men and young women
who have the right stuff in them
can develop it better in the village
than in the city, and when des-
tined for a successful life in the
latter are usually the ones who
prefer to remain in the country,
where they may commune with
Nature and Natures God far
from the jealous turmoil of the
mockery called metropolitan life.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

This paper will be forwarded to
subscribers until ordered discontinued
and all arrears are paid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

Entered at the Post office at saltwater, Minn.,
as second lass mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-21

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach a 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, 1898-04-21

Edited and Published by the In
mates of the Minnesota State Prison.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-04-29
MANIFESTO.
Issues u Call To tho spNni.rds In Cuba
says lie Counts on Them.

HAVANA. April 23.-The official ia.
@ct,c publishes an extra containing
the following manifesto:
"Thc gen.rJl government of the island
Of cuba, 20 the inhabitants of CUBA:
Without any r.asOl or legality, without
the least o.fAu>c On our part. ana at a time
when they have received from rs only
proofs of frie ndShip. the United States are
forcing uS into war Just At the momcn Mt
when puictudc began 10 settle over the
country. taking courage and
peace approaching, with the cooperation
OF al classes and all IA rites under the new
Institutions granted 10y the mother country
"S!Ch Il proceeding IL without precedcn mt
in history. /, tvid"ltIy mallfcstS the boy s
p~o,iticS at the rcpablic. demonstrating the
tricky plans ald plrpo,cs that have always
been nourisned against SPANS sovereignty
In tubL. which the enemy has been con-
sp!rlHG for nearly 4 centu v to destroy.
our foes now carry their hypocrisy and
fa.scho3d to the extent OF demanding i'm
mediate peace in l war provoked and suS'
Ia ned by Themselves
II the United state wan the island Of
Crbl, let them come and take It Perhaps
the hour Is not far distant when these Car
thagcnian' OF America will find their Fam.
In this II ana OF Cuba. which Spain discov-
cred, peopl.d and civilized. and whi.h Will
lever be anything else bu. Spanish.
tits our turn to hav, the honor OF de-
''''S 49, A'N w 49, e''' 'S' w Wv -
with dec sion and al effort many a time
put forta. l count upol yoI for this with
az absolute certainty. l believe there Is no
s~iCri.ce you are not prepared to make in
defense of the national territory, whose
integrity is sacred to all SpaniardA OF
whatever origin. I am sure that every one
In whose veins runs Spanish blood Will re-
Npond readily to the call which. In these
solemn moments, l address to all, and tn t
al wall group themselves around me to
contribute a. much az thew can to repel a
foreign invasIoa. wit, out allowing dangers,
suficrlnGs or pr.yationS to weaken the
heart OF courage.
To arms. then. fellow country men. to
arms There will be a place for all in the
night, Let all cooperate and contribute
with the same frmaes, and enthusiasm TO
fight the etsr al enemy of the spanish
name, emulating thu exploits of our an
cestors who always exalted high their
,ountry's fame and honor. To arms! Cry
a thous md times viva Espanl.' Viva FL
lssy Alfonso XIII Viva La Regent viva
cuba Always Spanish Your governor gems
cral. RAMON BLANCA
Havana. AUril ri, 1898"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-04-29
A ON CUBA
Tho President Issues . Proclamation Ca
tho Nations.

WASHINGTON. April % The Prcsi.
dent has issued n blockade prociama-
ton. 1t a blockade Of all
ports upon the north coast Of Cuba
and the port Of Cienfugoes on the
south coast.
The following is the proclamation
announcing a blockade:
by the President OF the Uaited States
A proclamation.
"Wherca,. Bv 4 Joint resolution passed
by the Congress and approved April %,
1898. and communicated u the govern
mcnt Of Spain IL wasdemandcd that said
government al once relinquiSh its author
ity and government In the island OF Cuba
and withdraw Its land and naval forces from
Cuba and Cuban waters: and the President
OF the United States was directed and en-.
powered to use thu entire land ana naval
forces of the United s atcS and to call into
the actual service Of the United states the
militia OF the several states TO such IN cX-
tent as might tie necessary To carry said
resolution into effect ana.
"WncreaS, in carving INFO effect tho said
resolution the President OF the United
States dee ms IL necessary to set on foot and
maintain a blockade of the north coast of
Cuba, including ali ports of slid coast be-
tween Car caa' and Bahia Honda and the
port OF CienfucSos uron tae soIth coast OF
Cuba
Now, therefore. | William M.Klnlcy.
President of the Unlted states. in order 20
enforce the said resolution. do hereby de-
clare and proclaim that the u ted = atcS
OF America have Instituted and will main
tain a blockade Of the north coast Of Cuba.
including ports On said coaSs between car
dcnds and Bahia Honda and the plrt OF
Cientuegos upon the south cost of ruba
aforesaid, in pursuance of the laws OF the
United States and the laws at nations ao-
plicable to such cas.S. An crncient force
VIII be posted so as TO prevent tlc entrance
and exit OF vessels from the ports aforesaid.
Any neutral vessel approaching off said
ports or at emptlng to Lave the same with
out the consent or knowledge of the estab.
lshment of such blockade will be duly
warned by the commander Of the blorkad
Ing forces, who will indorse on her register
the ftct and the date of Slch warning,
where such Endorsement was made, aud II
the same vessel shall again attic MP. To en-
ter any bloCkadea port she will be- captured
and sent 10 the nearest Conys1 cnt port for
such proceedings agains. her and her cargo
as prize AZ may be deemed advisable.
Neutral vessels lying In anv OF said ports
at the time OF the establlshmen mt OF such
bic, kadc will be allowed thirty days 10 is
sue therefrom.
In witness whereof I have herclnto sci
my hand and caused the scal of ne United
States TO be aMxed
Done az the city ot Warrington on this
22d day of April. 4 u. 10 q, and OF tke IN
dependence OF the United S.i:cs Ia, Onc
hundred and twenty ,econd
WIIiLAa MCKIH.Ev.
nv the President-John Sh-rm IN, Sec.
rotary of State.