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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
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Prosper Merimee was among the
greatest writer's of short stories,
and one of the best examples of
his work is printed in the San
Francisco Argonaut of February
%, under the title "Lucrezia
Borgia's Ghost" 1t tells the adj
ventures of young Frenchman in
Rome, where a mysterious woman
calls to him from deserted house
at No. Ii in the Street of the
Borgias, and the reader is very
cleverly kept in suspense until the
happy denouement.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
THE MIRROR is a 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, 1898-03-03

IT SEEMS rather odd that highly
moral and semi-religious publica-
tons will take so much of theil
brightest literary thunder without
giving any credit to the author OF
publication in which it appeared
originally. This may not be an
offense according to some est.
mates; but from the standpoint Of
a convicted thief it looks like
robbery Of a more heinous degree
than abstracting coppers from the
optics of an unlive man.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
N 0 TIC E..

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of
THE MIRROR 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, 1898-03-03
GETTING EVEN WITH YOURSELF.

UNSELFIsHNESS has ever been
recognized as the brightest jewel
in the casket of human virtues.
It may truthfully be added that it
is, generally speaking, the rarest
jewel in the worldly diadem-the
ruby of character.
To speak of another as being
Thoroughly unselfsh" is to give
him the highest recommendation
in the simplest language. AS it is
worldly virtue that may be ac-
quired under almost any circum-
stances without the slightest ap-
pearance of possible hypocrisy, the
method by which it may be nour-
ished should appeal to the most
worldly-minded.
If you admire the quality Of I'M
selfishness in others and are de-
sirous Of being likewise, you will
find the gate thereto by immedi-
ately beginning the "selfsh" Office
Of getting even with yourself"
We all know what a seeming
pleasure is engendered by the
mere anticipation of ''getting even"
with those we imagine have
wronged us. The average man
will pace up and down his room
for hours fairly gorging his bump
of enjoyment with the 'schemes"
he evolves to "get even" with one
he is pleased to temporarily con-
slider an enemy. If the ordinary
mortal, outside of prison as we'll as
in it, wants a life-like picture Of
his own worst enemy he needs but
gaze in the looking glass of COM
MERGE at any time. Individually
we are our own bitterest enemies,
as all must admit, upon looking
fairly and squarely into the causes
that lead to any and all of our mis-
fortunes. The fact that an in
fnitesimal number of exceptions
to this rule may be cited does not
alter the general truth Of the state
ment a particle.
If, then, we deem it such a
necessity to get even with our
enemies, it will be found that we
have the quintessence of the foe
ever present in our own person
atty. By the time one gets half
way through the effort to "get
even' with himself it will be found
that he will have a higher regard
for the feelings of others. He will
also discover that the "schemes"
concocted for the purpose of irri-
tating others, for his selfish gratifi-
cation, will work wonders when
applied to himself. The general
result will be that in getting
even'' with himself-his worst
enemy-his time and thought will
be used to such good advantage
that he will have none to waste in
anger upon othesi imperceptibly
he will be grooming himself into
unselfish habits, as it will not take
him long to discern that the milk
of human kindness" is the safest
rebuke as we'll as being the only
method of drawing the good out of
ones self or others.
How to "get even with yourself
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

JUSTICE tempered with mercy is
punishment inflicted with a dig
nifty that commands the respect Of
the one punished. Law vindic-
lively enforced creates a revenge
full spirit in it's victim.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

If WANT has never driven you to
do wrong do not fatter yourself
upon having been righteous. A
shingled roof will keep out water
as good as one of slate; the differ
ence between them is that the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

ONE infallible method of pleas
ing a woman is to let her see that
she has the power to anger you
easier than can anyone else.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

zone touch of nature makes all
the world kim" one ''touch'' Of a
dollar often sewers lifelong friend
ships.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

Regarding the Zola- Dreyfus af.
fair Golfers Weekly says EDITOR.
ally, ''The idea of using the popu.
lar prejudice against Jews to avert
the consequences Of a possible er-
ror did not probably occur to the
War Office until the suspicion
dawned that the wrong man had
been condemned. We do not hes
itate to say that if Dreyfus had
been Christian and the same
reasons had been brought forward
for holding that a mistake had
been committed no power on earth
could have prevented him from
obtaining a new trial"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

The more sunshine permitted
in prison the more sons shine in
honesty when released therefrom.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

WE CAN never be truly happy un-
til we feel that our efforts to make
others happy are succeeding.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

The excessive drinking Of lager
is undoubtedly the cause of so
many people being at loggerheads
with the world.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

The passage to mans stomach
has side-door to his heart.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03
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M. lola has the consolation of
knowing that some of the worlds
best books were written within
prison walls.-Duluth News Trib-
une.
There is reason to believe that a.
great part of the Havana news has.
no more Cuban foundation than
has the ordinary Havana cigar.
Chicago Record.
Nothing makes man much
prouder than to say that he never
took dose of medicine in his life
and he says it, whether it is quite
true or not.-Preston Times.
Unless some arrangements can
be made for cultivating the space
between the tracks the trolley in
dustry seems likely to drive Mich
igan out of agriculture. Detroit
News.
Every time he breathes, Mr..
Rockefeller is fifty cents richer.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Rockefeller, like.
the rest Of us, will some day stop,
breathing.-St. Louis Post Dis
patch.
The British flag has been planted
in Alaska fourteen miles inside of
the American boundary line. This
calls for-but, come to think about
it, perhaps it would be just as we'll
to tell a policeman.-M Minneapolis
Times.
Society should never make it
easy for a man or woman to sin:
but it should never make it impos-
sible for him or her to find their
way back to real manhood or
womanhood.-New Hampton (Ia.)
Courier.
The worlds great advance in
hygiene is attested by the fact that
while in the seventeenth century
the average duration of human life
was only thirteen years, it is now
thirty-siX years. - Minneapolis
Tribune.
In neighboring town a man,
named Coffee, has applied for a
divorce on the "grounds'' that his
wife roasted" him and kept him
in "hot water" The defense that
his wife offers is that she knows
no other way to make Coffee good.
That "settles'' it.-Pine Island
Record.
An attempt to abolish our jury
system should be frowned down
as a blow at certain class of our
citizens? The abolition of juries
would take bread out of the
mouths of men who haven't
enough intelligence to earn a liv-
ing through other avenues of bust
ness.-St. Louis Humorist.
A Frenchman sleeps in italics,
snores in small capitals, talks in
thunder, gesticulates in cyclone
and acts in tornado. He feels it
all, and means less than tenth
Of it. Not that the -tenths are
hypocrisy, but that they are dra-
matte froth, discounted in final
solution at the bank Of efferves-
cense.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Soldiers that are we'll treated,
we'll dressed, we'll fed and we'll
armed, will be found much differ
ent proposition for Spain to go
against than the half-starved Gu
bans who have been fighting for
their homes, their wives, children
and lives for the past thirty years.
No matter whether we have war or
not, Cuba will be free.-Stillwater
Daily Gazette.
There is not even one per cent
of the criminal class but what
would reform and lead honest
lives, if the conditions favored.
The most disheartening thing
about this fact is, that society is
organized against belief in refor-
nation for the fallen man or
woman. If God took the same
view ofisinners hell would have to
be enlarged!-Ohio Pen. News.
"What, do you think of that
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

The March number of the
American Monthly Review of Re-
views is another achievement in
monthly journalism. The topics
treated in this magazine are such
as occupy much space in the daily
press, but the Review is able to
treat them more deliberately and
in a more carefully adjusted pro-
portion. No other illustrated
monthly appearing on the first
day of March will have SO much
as reference to the De LONE let
ter, the Maine disaster, or the
lola trial in Paris; but these great
themes of the hour are fully dis
cussed in the Reviews pages.
The Reviews readers expect to
have them discussed there, SO ac-
customed have they become to the
essential qualities Of timeliness
and comprehensiveness i'll the
"busy mans magazine"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

"For five months of the year a
Siberian man of fashion lives in
the open air, either at the mining
camp or in the hunting field, "
says Thomas G.. Allen, Jr., writing
of Questionable Life in Siberia, -
in the March Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. "He is an early bird under
all circumstances, and invariably
rises between seven and eight
o'clock although he may have had
but couple Of hours rest. Nearly
every meal is succeeded by nap
However dressing operations do
not take very long, for when he
retires the Siberian only divests
himself of his coat and boots.
Shirts are unknown in Siberia,
and in many houses beds, also.
The samovar is set on the dining
room table at eight A. M. together
with eggs, black and white bread,
sardines, jam and cakes, etc:
Breakfast is eaten, and washed
down by five or six glasses of tea
stirred up with sugar, cream and
sometimes jam. At one o'clock
dinner is served and at five in the
afternoon another small meal
much like that of the morning is
taken. A meat supper follows at
nine O'Clock"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

An attempt to abolish our jury
system should be frowned down
as a blow at a certain class of our
citizens? The abolition of juries
would take bread out Of the
mouths of men who haven't
enough intelligence to earn liv-
ing through other avenues of bust
ness.-St. Louis HumOrist.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

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, 1898-03-03

Entered at the POst-Office at Saltwater, MINI.
as second class mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

In neighboring town a man,
named Coffee, has applied for a
divorce on the grounds that his
wife 'roasted' him and kept him
in "hot water" The defense that
his wife offers is that she knows
no other way to make Coffee good.
That "settles" it.-Pine Island
Record
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

A Frenchman sleeps in italics,
shores in small capitals, talks in
thunder, gesticulates in cyclone
and acts in tornado. He feels it
all, and means less than one-tenth
Of it. Not that the nine tenths are
hypocrisy, but that they are dra-
matte froth, discounted in final
solution at the bank of efferves-
cense.-Brookly n Eagle.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

Edited and Published by the In
mates of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-03

The worlds great advance in
hygiene is attested by the fact that
while in the seventeenth century
the average duration of human life
was only thirteen years, it is now
thirty-six years. - Minneapolis
Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-07
MTLFO RID.

July 7-The case against Conductor A. Christianson did not come up in court to-day. Christianson, who had been released to appear to-day on his own recognizance, failed to make his promised appearance. He will be rear rested tomorrow, when he will either give bond or be shut in durance vile to await the day of his trial,
 Mrs, E.J. Bray and children of Brook lyn are the guests of MT. and Mrs. J., w. Beach on North avenue.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Benjamin, for merly of this place, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Lewis Beers, the mother of Mrs. Benjamin
 Arthur Clark, son of ID. B. Clark, has returned home from the Oberlin (Ohio) preparatory school. He will spend the summer with his parents, and in the fall will enter Yale.
 On Sunday afternoon Michael Kee- gan, employed on the farm of Ferdi- nand Baldwin at the west end, borrow ed horse and buggy of Herbert Beard ostensibly to visit his sister in Bridge port. He did not show up again until to-day, when Officer Brown arrested him. The horse and buggy were miss ing. Keegan claims that the horse was frightened by flrecracker and ran away, and that he had been looking for the runaway ever since. He will be held a prisoner until something more definite can be found out by the detec- tives who are now working upon the case.
 Augustus Russell was arrested to-day for being drunk and disorderly. He will be tried tomorrow before Judge Henry c. Platt
 MT. and Mrs. E. B. Holloway and others attended the moonlight excur- sion to Port Jefferson this evening on the steamer Park City, given by Sea side council, R. A. The excursion left Bridgeport at 8 o'clock and returned in time to catch the midnight train fo1 | home.
 The following is the list of unclaimed letters remaining in the postoflice: Mrs A. F. Anderson, Sophia Burgason, J R. Campbell, Bertha Snively.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-07
TAKEN no I1pCHFIDI,D JAII,.


 The Winsted Citizen of Tuesday says: Chief Wheeler was summoned to the residence of Charles Seeley on Torring- ford road about o'clock Monday morn ing to arrst Nelson Dillon. Upon ar irving there the chief found Dillon on the floor with his arms bound to his side with a heavy rope and one or two men holding him down, Dillon is the coming prize fighter of New Ha- ven and was one of the principals in the fight in New Haven when so many Yale students were arrested three years ago. Dillon was taken into custody by the chief on the charges of intoXica- ton and breach of the peace. His friends had bound him because they knew of his record and were afraid he would do some violent injury. Dillon was tried before Justice Simmons Mon day morning and sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined $1 and costs. He was taken to Litchfie,d that morning by Chief Wheeler.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-07
1123-1H09.
Society of the One Hundred
 and Fifteenth Annniversary.

Society of the CinctnMati-OneH Hundred
 and Fifteenth Annniyersary.
 The Connecticut state branch of the Society of the Cincinnati met at the senate chamber of the cap- itol at Hartford July 4th, 1898. Several new members were admitted, among them the following Connecticut men: Hon. F. ]. Kingsbury of Water- bury and Roger s. Newell of Bristol.
 The following officers were re-elected: President, Colonel George Bliss San- ford U. $. A., Litchfield; vice presi- dent, General Henry L. Abbott, U. $. A. Paris, France; secretary, Hon. Mor- ris w. Seymour, Bridgeport; assistant secretary Charles Hobbie Pond, New York city; treasurer Charles B. Gill; bert, New Haven; assistant treasurer, Charles Isham, New York city; chap lains, Rev A. N. Lewis, Montpelier, Vt, and Rev. Timothy Dwight, D. D., ILL. D., New Haven.
 The Society or Order of the Cincin- natl was founded in May, 17SS, by Washington, Knox, Steuben and some 2,50o commissioned officers of the Con- tinental army. Branches or state so- cietfes' were established in the thir- teen original states. The Connecticut society was organized at West Point, N Y., July 4, 17SS. It numbers fifty odd members, and has a fund of about $9, 000
 Membership in the order is heredta- ry, descends from father to eldest son, or, in failure of the eldest sons line, to the next sons, the eldest daughter s, and so on The eldest Hneal male de- scendant of Continental commission ed officer who served these campaigns with credit, and was honorably dis charged, or died in the service, is also eligible.
 Any information concerning the so- ciety will be cheerfully given by Rev. A. N. Lewis, Montpelier. Vt. He may be addressed until July 15 at 26 Alden avenue, Westville.
 Many of the French officers, Marquis De Lafayette, Marquis De Rocham- beau, Count De Grasse, Viscount De Noailles and others, were admitted, and the Cincinnati eagle was worn at the court of Louis XIII. beside the cross of the Order of St. Louis, and was more highly prized than any other order. An attempt was made a few years ago by the late Marquis De Rochambeau and others to revive the French Branch of the Cincinnati but certain laws stood in the way and the movement thus far has not been successful
 At the organization of the society in 17s3 Washington was elected president general and held the office until his death. He was succeeded by Alexander Hamilton. The present president-gen- eral is William Wayne of Pennsylva- nia-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-07
RECEIPTS FROM LICENSES AND
 PERMITS.
Statement Filed With the Mayor by the
 Tax Collector.


 Tax Collector.
 Mayor Farnsworth yesterday received from Tax Collector Anthony a state ment showing the receipts of the tax collectors office during the year ending June 30 for licenses Exclusive of Iiduor licenses) and various kinds of permits. The statement showed the following: Water connections, $1,O51.5O; sewer con nections, $265; building permits, $5S6; use of street in building, $S7; plumbers. s47O: kerosene permits, S7450; junk dealers, s32S: vehicles, $77450; pawn brokers, $120; night soil removal, SIS; milk dealers, $6O1; amusements, SIPS; total, s4729.50.
 In comparison with this it is interest ing to note that the city of Denver, of which the population is about the same as that of New Haven, received last year for licenses Exclusive of liquor licenses) and permits about s1O1,- - 100. Denver received from junk dealers $500, from pawnbrokers $4, 500. from sec ond-hand dealers (not licensed in New Haven) s2,S25, from vault cleaners S500, from auctioueers (not a cent received by New Haven) S1 1,450, building permits S1,5SO, dog tax s4,1s5.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-07
Etmamr,al.
TI,e Nlncls ntnrltct.

New York, July 6.-The sentimental was entirely dissipated to-day and the stock market dropped back into the condition of lethargy and of waiting for developments which had marked it for some time previous to this week. The quick satisfaction of the demand aroused by the victory is striking demonstration of the fact that the war is little taken account of in the stock market. Many observers believe that it's successful termination has already
 been discounted and the only develop
 ment in it's progress likely to effect prices of securities would be something
 unfavorable to the success of the Unit
 ed States. The financial collapse of
 Spain is felt to be inevitable and the
 longer the strain is maintained the
 greater the damage that will be infiict-
 ed by the final disaster The bank ruptcyo of the Spanish government must
 inevitably have far reaching effect in
 the financial world and is bound to be
 reflected in this country even In face
 of triumph and of prosperity, for fore ed liquidation will seek the strongest market to realize in. The effect of the government loan on the money market is also an unsolved problem and begets hesitation in speculative ventures. There is bound to be continued uncer- tainty as to the country's prosperity for the coming year until the present
 crops are finally harvested or at least
 until the dimensions of the crops and the prices they will bring are known. The expectation that a naval victory
 would awaken speculative activity hay ing been disappointed, to-day's dull and sluggish market was the natural
 outcome, with the bears nibbling to find weak spots, but with so little sue
 cess as to be led to cover most short | contracts before the days close. | Changes as rule were therefore small
 and unimportant.
 1 The volume of business in bonds was small and there was no important 1 change in price. Total sales, $1, ,785, ,O00. l United States new fours and the old | fours registered advanced Ii in the bid ] price.
 ! NEV FORK STOCK M1RRBT. | tSpanfpp Htuhest. I.oxyest 0uot, tfo,,s
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-07
MRS. SARAH LARGER

Mrs. Sarah Harger, a we'll known res- ident of Quaker Farms, Seymour, died yesterday morning at her home in that place at the age of fifty-eight years She lost her husband some years ago and those who knew her best believed that she never recovered from the shock. She leaves three sisters Mrs. s. R. Dean of Seymour, Mrs. S. P. San- ford of Oxford and Miss Fannie Fair child, who resided with her. She also leaves one son, E. B. Harger, a civil engineer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-07
OBHU4RY.
Clark Ford of Seymour.

Clark Ford, a respected citizen of Seymour. aged seventy-three, died on ter, Mrs Theodore N. Crowther. He was a veteran of two wars, having served for two years and eight months in the Mexican war and eight months in the Rebellion He was extremely in- terested in the present struggle and his great desire was to live to see America victorious.
 He leaves three children, two daugh- ters and son, they being Mrs. T. N. Crowther, Mrs. John w. Evans and Vincent Ford.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-07
DIR S. c. WHITNEY ILL.

Dr. S. c. Whitney, a dentist with an office in the Exchange building, was taken to Springside home yesterday suffering from temporary alteration of the mind, brought on, it is thought, by overwork. It is thought that he will quickly recover.