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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
Written for The Prison Mirror.
A JOKE.

In the fall of '67 l was working my
passage" at the Galesville University;
that is was performing the duties of
janitor in the building to pay my tut
ton and board. One night a half dozen
of the mischief loving students con-
cOcted a plan to have little fun at my
expense. Their plan was to get into
the belfry, turn the bell upside down,
and fill it with water so that when l
went to ring it in the morning / would
get shower bath.
Three or four pailfuls of water were
carried to the upper landing of the
tower, and one of the students. Garvin
by name, was selected to climb up a
ladder which led to the bell, fix the
bell and fill it. He had just turned the
last bucketful into the inverted bell
and commenced to descend when
rung of the ladder broke and in trying
to save himself from a fall, he unluck-
lily caught hold of the bell-rope and of
course received the contents of the
bell. The circumstance became known
and it was some time before Garvin
heard the last OF his shower BATH" A
former warden of this prison Can
vouch for the truth of the above item.
r F. d
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
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The Soldiers Dream.

Our bugles sang truce-for the night-cloud had
lowered,
And the sentinel stars set the watch in the sky;
And thousands had sunk on the ground over
powered
The weary to sleep and the wounded to die.
When reposing that night on my pallet of straw
BY the wOlf-scaring fagOt that guarded the slain;
At the dead of the night sweet vision l saw.
And thrice ere the morning dreamed it again.
Methought from the battle-field's IS dreadful array
Far, far had roamed on a desolate track;
Twas autumn-and sunshine arose On the way
To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me
back.
1 flew to the pleasant fields Travelled so oft
In lfe's morning march, when my bosom was
young;
heard my own mOuntain-gOats bleating alOft,
And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers
Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly
SwOre,
From my home and my weeping friends never to
part;
My little ones kissed me thousand times DER.
And my wife Sobbed aloud in her fullness of
heart.
''Stay, stay with us-rest, thou art weary and
worn''
And fain was their war-brOken soldier to stay:
But sorrow returned with the dawning of morn,
And the voice of my dreaming ear melted away.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
Written for The Prison MurOr
AD0LPH SUTRO, MAN.

A few weeks ago there died in San
Francisco man whose grand life has
been an inspiration and an example to
his fellow citizens, and whose memory
will be blessed as long as the city of
his adoption graces the gate of the Pa
cific. This man had no overshadowing
talents which placed him beyond his
fellows. He had intelligence beyond
the average and perseverance of such
unfinching kind as to amount to mul-
ish obstinacy when his plans were
thwarted.
In his life he completed the famous
Sutro tunnel, a work which required
enormous energy and persistence, and
later he became the greatest owner of
real estate in the city of San Francisco
His investments there made him an
immensely wealthy man and it was the
way he used that wealth that distin-
guished him from other men of wealth.
Adolph Sutro was idolized in his
adopted city and when he stood for
election to the office of mayor he was
triumphantly elected. In this office of
chief magistrate he was as readily &C.
cessible to the poorest beggar as to the
richest millionaire.
A feature of his private life which
will go far to show his nature was that
his servants used to eat at the same
table with himself, and in later years
when the demands of society forbade
this the food of the servants table
was still the same as on his own.
No deserving person ever went un-
helped from his door. And when in
his capacity of mayor, men came to
him and asked, not for charity, but for
assistance to get work, it was the sor-
row of his life when he was unable to
help them.
GA man has a natural right to the
work needed for the support of him
self and his family" said Sutro when
several thousand unemployed men
were making demonstrations in this
city. "1t is the duty of the state to
see that the men who will work can
get it. Conditions are wrong that pre-
vent men from doing productive labor"
Allow me to call the attention of
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25

rather have gone to the state home
than to be penned up like this"
The above happened in Denver, Col,
and is taken verbatim from the Denver
Post, one of the best and most fearless
and independent papers in the West.
Denver is the state which has distin.
guished itself by admitting women to
equal rights with men, and as conse-
quence we do not lay the above episode
or the conditions which make it possi-
BILE to happen on the corrupt police,
but the women of Denver, who now
have it in their power to prevent, must
also be held responsible for conditions
by which the life of young and igno-
rant woman is allowed to be corrupted
and forever blasted by the hounds of
the law.
From reading daily the accounts of
the doings in the police court of Den
yer it is very evident that things are
being done there which should bring
the blush of shame to the cheek of
every citizen of Colorado.
Two policemen 60 out together they
arrest woman in her home, claiming
she solicited them by signs across the
street. The next morning the woman
is placed in the "bull-pen" among the
otf-scum of the city, then her husband
demands the right to speak to her and
is refused by the police. Upon insist
ing, he is yanked before the police
Judge and fined S25 for disturbance and
on the unsupported evidence of the po-
lice, the woman is fined S1OO.
l know very well what would happen
if that was my wife. Denver would be
short two policemen, if ! could get
them both. Any judge who will &C.
cept the unsupported evidence of po-
lice to blast and brand a woman is
either fool or scoundrel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25

When | see five gentlemen of your cal.
ibre, sub, sitting around table with
five glasses of watah-yes watah- it
can be nothing less than a calamity
that has befallen, sub, the sovereign
state of Kaintucky." Many innocent
dogs have suffered death and distress
on account of this disease, which, in
fact, has nothing to do with water.
For the Russian and Kentuckian
species there is no cure. The New
York Voice was tried once on Ken
lucky colonel, but the only result was
that he began calling for blood instead
of whisky.
A French gentleman named Pasteur
has Invented cure but l always con-
sidered it a kind of graft"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
Written for The Prison Mirror.
HYDROPHOBIA,

Hydro (water) phobia (fear) in other
words, fear of water. This remarka-
BILE disease is by many considered pure
ly nervous, while others contend for
the presence of specific poison. All
over the world it attacks the small boy
with great partiality. 1t so affects
him that unless under great mental and
physical stress, he will altogether
avoid water.
In some parts of the world the dis
ease is hereditary. Such is the case
among the Cossacks of the Don. T
have seen fifty of these sturdy warri-
ors congregate in great astonishment
to see one small drummer boy take a
ood wash when there was snow on
the ground, and exclamations such as
"He is crazy" and "Wonderful, he
washes himself in the middle of the
winterr and others to the same effect
would be heard.
In old Kentucky this disease appears
in another form. But there, too. it
seems to be hereditary. Here, however,
they are by no means afraid to use it
externally, but as beverage it is
Stunned. To what extent this is true
may be inferred from the story of how
Maj. Slaughter was fooled. Some of
the Majors friends wanted to play a
joke on him, so as five of them were
sitting around the table with glasses
and the Major was expected, they or.
dered the waiter to remove everything
from the table except five glasses of
water. When the Major arrived he
was Hospitality invited to a seat and
another glass of water called for. The
Major, however, stopped the waiter and
inquired in sepulchral voice:
''Gentlemen, what has happened d?
Has the sovereign state of Kaintucky
gone for prohibition, sub, or have the
main stay of our manufactures, the
distilleries at Frankfort and Lexing-
ton, suspended, sub, or have the Amer
ican arms suffered a reverse in this
cussed wah, sub, or has Kaintucky
thoroughbred been left at the post,
sub? Gentlemen I fear the worst
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
Written for The Prison Mirror.
THE GREAT LAKES.

If we look back fifteen years, and
read the statistics relating to the COM
merce on the great lakes, and read
them today, we will be surprised at the
increase and improvements of the YES
sells engaged in it. Fifteen years ago
almost all the vessels were schooners
or sailing vessels and about the only
vessels that were propelled by steam
were tugs used for the purpose of tow
ing vessels through the rivers, when
the wind was ahead and for wrecking
purposes. There were few steamboats,
used for carrying freight, but the sail
ing vessels were largely in the majority.
These were the palmy days for the tug
companies and the sailors. Some of
these companies cleared hundreds of
thousands of dollars some seasons. If
schooner went ashore the company
generally had almost the value of her
paid to them for wrecking her, as they
termed the job of pulling her off or
raising her. The sailors on the schoon-
ers go to work in the spring at two
dollars day and board and these
wages gradually increase tilllate in the
fall when they would sometimes raise
to as high as five dollars a day. The
most of the sailors were very thought
less with their money, scarcely ever
saving anything until the last two
trips and then came ashore for the win
ter with enough money to keep them
in comfort until spring. Men that
saved their money often invested it in
a part share in a schooner. Then they
would ship in the same boat as com.
mon sailor and sometimes by the end
of the season be able to buy her COM
pletely. In fact, some of the wealth..
est ship owners of today got their
start in this manner. These men could
easily save FIVE or six hundred dollars
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
WTltteN TOf Tie Prison MUTOr.
ILL-ADVISED MARRIAGE

On July Z last Mrs. Ward of North
Denver reported at the police station
that her 16-year-old daughter Jennie
Ward had run away from home. That
night the daughter was found in a
dance hall at Twenty-first and Market
streets and sent to jail as an incorrigi-
BILE. She told the police that Oscar
Spohn, hanger-on and tout for the
dance hall, had induced her to go to
the place, Spohn was arrested on the
charge of vagrancy and sentenced to
serve out fine of $50 and costs in the
county Jail.
Then a policeman Informed both
prisoners that if they got married they
would be released. OF course neither
of them liked the idea of being locked
up and they readily consented to the
marriage program. A policeman &C.
companied them to the county clerks
office, where the licence to marry was
granted upon his instructions. The
ceremony was performed and they were
released
SpOhn went back to his old haunts
at the dance hall and in very few
days Mrs. Spohn was working" there.
They call it working" because they
get paid for each dance, and then it
sounds better. The police assert that
Spohn, instead of trying to make liv-
ing for his wife, allowed her to support
him. On July 25 Mrs. Spohn was ar
rested in the dance hall and in the po-
lice court the next morning was fined
800 and costs for vagrancy. Having
no money she must serve out her fine.
Her husband was not molested and
still hangs around the dance hall.
Mrs. Spohn is frail, delicate girl,
and does not look very intelligent. She
is confined in corridor with a dozen
women who are aged in crime and har-
dened in everything that is criminal,
low and debasing. In fact, her present
surroundings are equally as bad, if not
worse, than they would be had she
been left in the dance hall.
"They told me if 1 would marry
Oscar could get out of Jail and would
not have to 60 to the state home" she
said this morning. "They told Oscar
that he would not have to stay in Jail
any longer so we got married. 1 went
down to the dance hall to see Oscar,
and then the police got me and here 1
am, serving sentence of 500 for va
grancy.
81 did not want to marry Oscar, and
he did not want to marry me; but
it was the only way we could get out of
Jail, so we got married. l was given to
understand that L could do anything l
wanted after was married, and this
is the way they treated me. 1 would
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25
ENGLISH VIEWS.

AT time when much interest is be-
ing taken in the treatment of criminals
and IN our present prison system it
may not be uninteresting to make our
selves familiar with, at least, few of
the opinions held by one who is excep-
tlonally we'll qualified to speak on the
subject, viz, Mr.. w. Tallack, the secre-
| tary of the Howard Association. Bish-
opsgate street. This gentleman has
for many years studied the problem of
how to treat our criminals, and having
done so carefully and scientifically
good deal of Importance may be at
tached to his utterances. We ought,
he said in the curse of an interview
with representative of Great
Thoughts, to secure the separation of
prisoners from each other only and
for duly limited periods. The Roman
Catholic Bishop Ullathorne wisely rec
commended system in accordance
with human nature, and in this respect
he was in agreement with Elizabeth
Fry, who advocated confinement which
excluded from the vicious, but allowed
of frequent intercourse with sober and
well-cOnducted persons. This is the
system which the Howard Association
has been recommending for years.
With regard to prison labor Mr.. Tai
lack holds that the first thing to be
considered is the result to prisoners
themselves. The argument in favor
of prison labor is, of course, that of
economy, but it has been repeatedly
forgotten the truest economy is that
which eventually reduces the num-
ber of offenders to a minimum.
A nation, by congregate labor in pris-
on, might gain $4,000, but through the
increased criminality occasioned by
corrupting association in these gaols
has to to pay millions in consequence,
so that the profit on prison labor be-
comes utterly fictitious. The compe-
tition of prison with free labor, Mr.
Tallack thinks, is not so great as might
be supposed, for as rule the labor of
cOnvicts is less skilful than that of
free men. AS to the question of prison
labor he has come to the conclusion
that cellular separation with hard Ia
bor is the best solution. Turning to
the official side of prisons working
Mr. Tallack attaches much Importance
to the selection and training of officers.
When old soldiers are employed in
prison administration they should only
constitute minority of the staff. Civ
ilian common sense should be largely
called into requisition in the manage
ment of criminals. Chaplains, Mr.. Tai
lack continues, should be men feeling
deeply the responsibilities of their posi-
ton. Christianity is the chief basis of
moral reforms. Christianity and pray
er have effected results in the reclama-
tion of criminal, vicious, and miserable
lives as marvellous as any miracles
recorded of old time, and as demonstra-
BILE, in point of fact, as any matters of
physical or mathematical science
London City Press.
Evening journal., 1898-06-18
New York Markets.

FLOUR-State and western weak and
nominally lower to sell; city mills pat
ents, nominal; winter patents S5ot5.50;
city mills clears, nominal. straights,
Si75@49O.
WIlEAT-No. 2 red weak and lower
following bearish crop news and better
cables; July, S3QS5c.; September 73 1875
G75hc
RYE Weak; No. western, 53c.. f. o..
b., ahoat.
CORN-No. . weaker on the improved
character of crop accounts July, 35#W
37hc: September. 37$l GSShc.
OATS-No. 2 inactive and weak;
track. white. state. SllA@57c.; track
white. western. 3iiAM3lc.
PORK-Dull; mess, SlO25Ql0-75; fam
lily. Sl2G12.50.
LARD-Steady; prime western steam.
S6.05. nominal.
BUTTER-Steady; state dairy, 12ia@
15i6c.: state creamery, 13AWlIc.
CHEESE-Quiet; large, white, $50
6@c. small. white, &c.
sUGAR-Raw quiet; fair refining,
3%c.: centrifugal. SO test, 45-16c. re-
fined quiet; crushed 57sc.; powdered,
5ssc.
EGGS Steady; state and Pennsyl-
vania. 12Gl2ikc; western. 11h@l2c.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY; New Orleans,
2SG33c.
RIcE-steady; domestic, 5k07hc.;
Japan, 57s06c.
TALLow-Easy; city. age country
sss0SAc.
Evening journal., 1898-06-18
uohnrt stIII Wlnninr.

LIVERPOOL. June 1S.-In the lawn
tennis championship games at Aig-
burth yesterday Clarence Hobart the
American player, beat r.. r. Allen OF
Cambridge university--6-3 49, 6-2, GA
Hobart IS to meet II. l.. Doherty today
TO decide the championship.
Evening journal., 1898-06-18
EXCURSIONS.
PhIIadeIphIa and Chester Steamer
CITY Of Chester and Brandywine.

Schedule Ia effect June &C. 1886.
Leave Fourth street wharf daily (Sun-
days included. at I30. 1890 o.. m., LOO ais
and 200 p. M.
Leave Philadelphia, from licr s, North,
400 and 200 p. M
Fare TO Philadelphia. 25 cents; excur-
sion, 40 cents.
Freight received all day at Philadelphia
and Wilmington, and carried az the low
uf fln
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

While cable news that comes from
Spain passes through some thousands
Of miles CT ocean. there's none the less
wisdom in taking IL with a grain OF salt
when it gets here.-Philadelphia Tines.
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

A wealthy and responsible firm guar
antees its goods that are advertised.
Who stands sponsor for the substitutes
said to bd"just as good?"
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

Take your trade to the storekeeper
who sells what you want to buy, and
does not wear out your patience trying
to make you accept something you do
not want. agIR =
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

There is town in Indiana called
I.oogootee. The state must have had
a narrow escape some time from run
ming completely out of something to
call its municipalities.-St. Paul Globe.
Evening journal., 1898-06-18
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BUTTER, EGGS AND POULTRY.
Mccarthy, VIM. H., Third St. marke.
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.
Rudolph, @. r., 4th and Market SH
Baynard, S. H., Fifth and Market Sta
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

BUILDERS SUPPLIES.
Charles Warner Co., foot Market ~
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

CHINA AND GLASSWARE.
Lawton, william, Gil Market street
Row, l. Lewis, 41s King street.
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

BICYCLES.
Hartlove, w. H., cor. 3rd and FrencA
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

WHOLESALE LIQUORS.
Kelly. Francis S. a. Co.
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

PHOTOGRAPHERS.
Cummings, 302 Market street.
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

DRUGGISTS.
Danforth, N. B., 124 Market street
Evening journal., 1898-06-18

PAWNBROKERS.
Harris. ~. 126 Market street.
Evening journal., 1898-06-18
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Taxes on Beer, Tobacco, Flour, Telephone
Messages, kilograms, Railrosd Tickets,
Patent Medicines, OIL, Sugar, Bills
of Exchange, ClecISs-BOnd and
seigniorage Provisions.
seigniorage Provisions.

The war revenue bill passed by con-
gress after two weeks of continuous de-
bate and after a protracted conference
between committees Of the two branch
es received the presidents signature at
3:05 D. m. on Monday, June lS, and is
now a law.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-31

Another Of the tax inIormer cases
came up yesterday morning in the court
OF Justice Haberaeld, and as in the other
cases already partially heard, there was
NO declslon. and the whole tax informer
transaction remains in Sta4u quo. a. Il
were,
II was the case Of Bird (infoTmeF) va
Alice Birch. Bpr the defendant. Cap
tain DoyenAr appeared, and the pialHt-
if's case was conducted by Ar, MccuI-
ley, Colonel Arnett again falling to ap-
pear. The informer, Bird. was put upon
the stand, and was cross-ezamlned by
Captain Dovener. who drew from him
names Of the places where he has re-
sided in the recent past, which were
Pittsburgh, Erie, Cleveland and Buffalo,
Captain Dovener made two motions.
One was that the case be dismissed be-
cause OF lack Of Jurisdiction by the JUS
tice, and the other that the defense
give security for whatever costs may
arise out of the case. Justice Haber-
field decided neither motion. instead
taking them under consideration until
September u. when a decIsiOu win be
announced.
Interest in the tax iniormer matter
becomes, If possible, more general, and
on every side is heard but one senti-
nent. that of condemnation for the en-
tire proceeding.
It's now said that Colonel Arnett Will
not appear at any of the hearings in the
justice courts, but that in the event of
the cases being carried up to the circuit
court. he Will appear as the principal
lawyer for the informer crowd.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-31

Last night some trouble was OCCASION
ed on the South Side by n gang of ten
or flfteen tramps. They were chased out
of tie Sixth ward by the police. but
when they reached the Wheeling rail-
way power plant, Rt the foot of Forty
second street, they declined to move on
out OF the city officer Meyer called for
assistance. and Lieutenant Supler and
Officers Schraeder, Devlnney and Mich
aels responded Before they arrived.
however the tramps had moved on to
Benwood. Shortly after midnight ten
OF them were arrested by the BenwOod
police and Jailed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-31

on Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway. CT
fectlve Sunday, August IS, 1898,
No. 4, cleveland & Chicago Flyer"
leaves Wheeling daily at $50 q. M, city
No. 6, Toledo & Detroit Special"
leaves Wheeling daily, except Sunday.
at II q. m.
No. 3, "CIeveland q 6inssillon Ex-
press" leaves Wheeling daily, except
Sunday, at $40 p, m.
Passengers using train No. 4 for
Cleveland have 1--WE hours In Cleveland
and return 10 Wheeling same evening.
Trains No. and run into Union depot
Toledo, connecting with Lake Shore.
Wabash, Michigan Central and other
lines for all points west, southwest aud
northwest
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-31

Captain Dovener win not open his
campaign formally for few days yet.
but viii put In his time until he is ready
to enter upon regular Itinerary speak
ing at such points TO which he has been
especially invited. He expects to be
present at the DOddridge county con-
ventlon. to be held at West Union to-
county convention on Saturday on
both OF which occasions he VIII deliver
nddrnsseH