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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

meaning of the word home goes, is suf-
ficient proof of the value of real home
influences. Living in clearinghouse
or hotel can not be considered home
life. The word home presupposes the
fellowship of close relations and all
that is dear to man in life. There is
nothing around hotel life that can be
considered dear to man, except per-
haps, the charges. Many of the men
in prison have been so long away from
their native city that they know not
whether they have or have not home
still, although many are yet compare
lively young.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10
THE TOUCH METHOD" OF TYPE.
WRITING.

AS an example of the almost infinite
resources of human ingenuity we copy
the following account of the "Touch
Method" of typewriting, taken from
the February number of Success" a
40-page illustrated monthly magazine
published in Now Y ork at one dollar
per year:
Miss May E. Darlington, who is
employed by Childs & Griffin, of
Springfield, as bookkeeper and stenog-
rapher, now leads the world in type
writing Early in December, at Pierce
Building, Copley Square, Boston, Miss
Darlington wrote on the typewriter,
from dictatiOn, one hundred and eight
words of unfamiliar matter in one
minute, and one hundred and forty
four words of familiar matter. She
operates an unlettered keyboard, and
can write as rapidly blindfolded as
when she can see. Her method is the
"touch writing" which is now en-
ployed by some two hundred type-writ.
ers in Boston. The position of each
letter is fixed in the mind, and the
same finger touches the same key at
ali times, all the fingers doing duty.
BY this means ones eyes can rest on
her manuscript, no time being wasted
in looking from keyboard to notebook.
Miss Anne B. Kyler, of Boston, was
the first to use this method.
Touch writing is the method en-
ployed by many blind typewriters.
Helen Keller being the most illustrious
example. The Perkins Institute stu
dents all use this method.
In Hudson, Mass, touch writing is
taught in the public schools, and it is
expected that the Lynn schools, will
soon introduce it."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

There is no necessity for the special
naval committee now investigating
the Maine disaster to spend any more
valuable time in nautical research for
the cause of the explosion. We have
two sailors in this institution both of
whom know all about the matter and
are willing to give their expert infor-
nation to Secretary Long if he will
but ask for it, 1t may be added that
both OF these Jack Tars have been here
several years, but that should not de.
crease the value of their information.
This is the chance of a lifetime for Sec
rotary Long and he should avail him
self of it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10
MOVEMENTS OF OUR POPULATION
School attendance, l46.

School attendance, l46.
Patients undergoing treatment in
hospital, Z.
Prison population March 10: Males,
515; females, Z; total, 522.
Prisoners received during the week
ending March 10, 3; Discharged, 6.
Grade standing March 10: First
grade, 365; second grade, 148; third
grade, 9.
Prisoners received during the week:
Michael Murphy, Hennepin Co., bur-
glary third degree, three years and four
months.
Thomas Brown, Hennepin Co., grand
larceny second degree, one year and
six months.
A. F. Smith, Ramsey Co., forgery
second degree, reformatory plan.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

Though decree was passed by the
federal authorities a short time ago
prohibiting the use of the mails to GER
tain "philanthropic" advertisers who
"give free" the recipe of the medicines
that "made men of tbem," etc., it is
noted that the gentlemen still loom
up prominently in large ads that cost
no small sum per insertion. The suck
ers must still be biting with the usual
vigor, when they can afford to thus
defy federal authority.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

There are few people who get the
idea into their head that if man tries
to keep up a pleasant appearance in
prison he must be an incorrigible
or at least is not being treated with
enough severity. We might state per-
emptorily that any one capable of
forming such an erroneous opinion is
beneath attention. There are, how
ever, some well.meaning people who
arrive at such conclusion and we be-
lieve that if they would give the mat
ter serious thought they would be
convinced that such view is incorrect.
The only hope for man in prison is
his attempts to look on the bright side
of everything and feed continually on
the hope that springs eternal in the
human breast" There is always enough
of misery in prison under the most
favorable circumstances, and he is a
thorough idiot who will court more of
it by morose thoughts and pessimistic
winnings. Many of the men whom
people think are not affected by incar-
ceration because they keep up bright
appearance, suffer fortunes in the qui-
etude of silent thought that are far
greater than the causes that give per-
petual elongation to the visage of the
chronic winners who are looking for
slop sympathy in bulk on the strength
of the woe in their face.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10
TO INMATES.

For the information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
we wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register and cell number
and send to this offit g with name and address
of person to whom paper is to be sent. All
papers must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as it is when you receive it and
placed in your door every Friday night All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out a copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

Supt. Hanlon of the Irvine shops
came very near losing an arm Tuesday
afternoon by its coming in contact
with the flyer of one of the spinning
machines. While working about the
machine his foot slipped. In regaining
his equipoise his left hand was caught
in the flyer, decorating the thumb in a
manner that will keep his left arm on
the idle list for some time.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

1t has been very conclusively proven
that any man may acquire the very de-
sirable trait of preferring busy, active
life of work to that of one of cOmpar-
alive ease. A short time ago, in an
interview with prominent writer,
Edison the inventor upon being asked
if he hoped to soon retire from active
labor in the field of invention, replied:
81 hope l will be able to work right on
to the close. l shouldn't care to loaf"
1t must be remembered that Edison
has already patented six hundred in
ventions and has applied for three hun.
dred more. His is not life of mere
supervlsiOn-he sets the pace as the
hardest worker in his large establish
ment near Orange, n. J. He works,
as he says, because he likes work.
There are numberless others in the or
binary walks of life who would feel
miserable in idleness, even though they
had sufficient means to live in comfort.
This goes to show that work of any
kind may be made one of the principal
enjoyments of life instead of being
looked upon as mere harsh necessity
for the gaining of livelihood.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

This fine weather brings unusual
comfort to the heart of Nugget Joe -
In his prospecting in the yards while
going after drinking water for the
boiler room men, he finds that the late
thaw and the passing of the snow has
opened up fertile field for the pur-
suit of his search for discarded mug
GETS"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

Now that Luetgert has been assigned
to the position of sausagemaker at
Joliet prison, it is probable that the
inmates will get the cold creeps when
ever their molars descend upon the
small pieces of "sesamoid" that will
occasionally get into the best regulated
link of sausage.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10
THE BALLAD OF READING aAoL


This poem, published by Leonard
Smithers, London, Eng, bears as the
authors name &c. 49," 1t is supposed
to have been written by a well-knowr
prisoner who served a two-year sen
tence in that prisoner "gaol" as it il
called in England.]
With SLOUGH and swing around the ring
We trod the Fools Parade!
We did not care, we knew we were
The Devils Own Brigade;
And shaver head and feet of lead
Make merry masquerade.
We tore the tarry rope to shreds
With blunt and bleeding nails;
We rubbed the doors and scrubbed the floors,
And cleaned the shining rails;
And, rank by rank. we sOaped the plank,
And clattered with the pals.
We sewed the sacks, we broke the stones,
We turned the dusty drill;
We banged the tins and bawled the hymns
And sweated on the mill;
But in the heart of every man
Terror was lying still.
So still it lay that every day
Crawled like weed-clOgged wave,
And we forgot the bitter lot
That waits for fool and knave,
Till once, as we tramped in from work,
We passed an open grave.
The vilest deeds like poison weeds
Bloom we'll in prison air;
1t is only what is good in Man
That wastes and withers there;
Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate,
And the warder is Despair.
For they starve the little frightened child
Till it weeps both night and day;
And they scourge the weak, and fog the fool,
And gibe the old and gray.
And some grow mad and all grow bad,
And none word may say.
Each narrow cell in which we dwell
Is foul and dark latrine,
And the fetid breath of living death
Chokes up each grated screen,
And all but lust is turned to dust
In humanity's machine.
The brackish water that we drink
Creeps with loathsOme slime,
And the bitter bread they weigh in scales
Is full of chalk and lime
And sleep will not lie down, but walks
Wild-eyed and cries to Time.
But neither milk white rose nor red
May bloom in prison air;
The shard, the pebble and the flint
Are what they give us there;
For flowers have been known to heal
common mans despair.
SO never will wine-red rose or white.
Petal by petal fall
On that stretch of mud and sand that lies
By the hideOus prison wall,
To tell the men who tramp the yard
| That Gods Son died for all.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

Jas. H. Raleigh, of Plymouth, Mass,
has been engaged by Warden Wolfer
to assist in the management of one of
the binder Irvine shops.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10
Written for The Prison Mirror
PARAGRAPHED PHILOSOPHY.

PARAGRAPHED PHILOSOPHY.
On the outside people snap at all
kinds of quack medicines to reduce
their weight. Here it takes something
more than medicine to decrease our
swat"
Never make confidant of former
enemy. Nine cases out of ten five
cent glass of beer and a few we'll
chosen words will again arouse his
latent ire against you.
We are a firm believer in CO. cooperation;
but we object when it comes to giving
a worthless drunkard the wherewithal
to purchase liquor while his wife and
children are starving to death.
Charity, they say, should begin at
home. AS long as it receives kindly
treatment, we honestly believe that it
is the right thing in the right place.
There are a few people, in fact, very
few, by whom kindness is reciprOcated
by rascality. They expect others to
act the good Samaritan while they
practice the arts of Catherine de Medici
and Henry III.
People have some queer notions
about the fallen. Some think that they
are like elephants and have to be hit
on the head in order to make them
follow the right path.
The signs we make over our past can
be utilized in cutting down the crop of
wild oats we have sown in former
days.
Man does not always ape the man.
ners of barbarsm by his own inclina-
lions. Sometimes it is the brutal treat
ment received at the hands of others
that makes him savage.
He who imagines that his plans are
so deep and we'll laid that it will need
the assistance of an X-ray or diving
suit to reach them, perhaps never heard
of such a thing as stool-pigeon.
When several men are called upon to
judge man it is mighty hard for
them to come to a logical conclusion
when one side is governed by friend
ship and kindness, and the other by
hatred and persecution.
If we could approach that degree of
responsibility and honesty as our erst-
while enemy thinks we should, there
would be a decrease in millionaires
and brown-stone mansions, and an in.
crease of paupers and poorhouses.
X X
When your ideas border along the
line of deprayity, you will soon imag-
inc yourself and everybody else as de-
PRAYED beings. The longer this thought
is nourished and allowed to predomi-
nate, just that much nearer you be-
come related to the animal kingdom
and accorded the same treatment.
*
1t makes very little difference as to
how stringent and watchful the game
wardens are, there is always a plenti-
full supply of "fresh fish, received at
this institution, in and out of season.
X
If we had our life to live over again,
from the cradle to the present period,
it's very doubtful whether we would be
president of the United States or occu-
plying a prison cell as now.
JASPER.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

The Chicago papers of Monday pub
lished a highly sensational account of
an Illinois ex- convict who kidnapped
a child and was in the act of wrenching
the little ones leg when caught. The
criminal admitted that he wanted to
lame the child and take him away to
use as "sympathy producer" on a
begging expedition. Such character
as this should be hung, if people will!
continue to believe in the adequacy of
hanging as fit punishment for any
crime. 1t is the rare animals of this
stamp that give all ex-cOnvicts such a
name. And it is noticeable that news
papers will give up an entire page to
the recital of such an atrocity com
mitted by an ex-convict; but they
would not waste paragraph in men,
tioning the achievements made by for
mer convicts who have regained social
and business standing. This latter
might not make so readable" matter
as an account of the antics of a per-
verted wretch, but it would certainly
be more wholesome to all classes of
readers and would also be strong in
centive to lead others out of the slough
of crime.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 900 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Catholic services every alternate Sunday.
chaplalnS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

In the lexicon of workaday prison
life there is no such word as tongue,
not even boiled or picked tongue.
But on holiday occasions we have a
small installment of tickled tongue.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10
Local,
r1SOnetteS Lucid
! and
Illogical.

Judge J. w. Willis of st. Paul was
the guest of the officials Tuesday
afternoon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

A sufficiency of new hymnals have
now been distributed throughout the
chapel so that all who will may take
part in the congregational singing at
SUNDAY services.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

Louis Berry of ST. Louis, with B. B.
Smith, city, were among the callers
here on Saturday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

The fact that the larger number of
men in prison were, when free, practi-
cally homeless, insofar as the proper
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

At the March meeting of the Board
of Managers, held here yesterday, the
hearts of five of the boys were glad
dened by favorable action on their
cases. -Four men were given parole
and one received final discharge.
Following is the Warden's statement
of cash receipts at the prison for the
month of February, as audited by the
Board:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

From Union Shoe and Leather Co.'s 3,13S 80
Sale of school apparatus. 2S7 II
Board of United States prisoners ..... 1927 IS
Sale of empty bottles ............ 2 80
From visitors fees ............... 35 25
Rebate from Standard Oil Co. ......... lis SO
Convict labor in Irvine Shops. 1674 50
Sales and collections of binder twine... l,721 Is
Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SIS, 1853 80
Of this amount, S1,837.18 goes to
the revolving fund, and $6,326.21 is
credited to current expense account.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

PRISON OFFICIALS.
MANAGERS.
JAS. s. O'BRIEN, President saltwater
EDWIN DUNN, EyOta
B. F. NELSON Minneapolis
F. w. TEMPLE, Blue Earth City
N. o. HALL, Duluth
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
HENRY WOLFER, Warden
+. n. LEMON, Deputy Warden
GEO. BIXBY, Clerk
B. j. MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, MatrOn
J. H. ALBERT, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN Catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
F. A. WHITTIER St. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

On the outside people snap at all
kinds of quack medicines to reduce
their weight. Here it takes something
more than medicine to decrease our
swat"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10

Never make a confidant of a former
enemy. Nine cases out of ten five
cent glass of beer and a few well
chosen words will again arouse his
latent ire against you.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-06
Booked 10 Leave.

Per 8. 8. Doric for San Fran
cisco, May 10 - CS Desky, Rev
and Mrs s s White and family, E
Lindemau, Mr. and Mrs A M
Drake, J III Gaskins, Capt FL
Krabs, DR. aud Mrs Wight and 3
children, Mrs w G. Logan, Mrs
Admiral Miller, E A Brown, A l.
Gibbs and wife, Miss s Ames, Miss
Mary Brooks, Jos Marsden aud
Mrs Consul Gen eral Haywood.
Per s 8 Z-alandis for San
Francisco, May II = l. L Long,
DR.. j s Gibbin. the Misses Glib
bon, Mr. j e Fisher, Mrs P A
Bemis, Miss F "A Clarke, Miss A
@ Edwards, T j Birch, W b
Jones, r w Single, Frank An,
drade, N E May, II O Scott, Mrs
OF Fischel aud son, Mrs d "
McNicholl, Mrs @ j Mccarthy,
Mrs Cora Martin, Geo Ford, Miss
l. Crockett, L K James. L A Dris
coll, Mrs J M Driscoll, Miss q
Blethen, Mrs f M Mason, Judge
aud Mrs Caldwell, Mis- Caldwell
Mr. and Ms Il w Curtis and
Mr. Hawl y.
Per s s Rio de Janeiro, Nav Z
for Y koliama - Rev j r Elliott
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-06
Value For Value.

When you want to get the value
of your money go and examine the
large stock of carriages, wagons
and harness at Schuman's Car.
riage Repository, Club Stable
Block, Fort street. He has
Just received ex W. G.. Irwin a
new line of horse mi lioery also
a few of the celebrated Cortland
jump seat buckboards with cauo.
py tops, flushed in light colors
throughout. They are beauties.
Come and examine them. Prices
of all these goods are lower than
elsewhere.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-06

The Zealandia has brought the
usual supply of ice house goods
for Cana, mos Gal fornia Fruit
Market, corner King aud Alakea
streets. Leave your orders early
or ring up Tel. 378,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-06

House Bill 80, laundering OF
clothing, ETC., passed first reading,
a. did House Bill 70, relating to
the law of descent.
AT 1O:45 a. IN. the Senate ad-
journed to Monday.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-06
LOCAL And GENERAL.

If you want gasoline in hurry
ring up Teller hone 9O7.
Rev. j. r.. Elliott leaves in the
Rio for Yokohama tomorrow.
Samuel B. Rose left in the
steamer this morning for a bust
ness trip to Kau.
Wall, Nichols Go. advertise
the three big dailies Of San Fran
cisco for war news.
The steamer Paroo will sail for
Vancouver at IL m. tomorrow. T..
H. Davies & Co., agents.
Nicely furnished rooms at the
Popular House, 154 Fort street,
from $1.00 per week up.
viggo Jacobsen offered his Ger
vices free to the decoration com
mittee Of the Victoria ball.
Sam Marks, lately with the
circus, will leave for San Fran
y cisco in the Doric on Tuesday.
About a thousand spectators
AIsc wsre present at the reeimental
-" > drill at the parade grounds last
.nONeysains'
in the Marshal's Office, left this
morning for weeks vacation on
Molokai.
Wise housekeepers lay in sup
ply when prices are low. Prices
in towels are very low this weel
at Sachs Dry Goods Company.
Pearson & II ,bron sell Peerless
Typewriters and repair all kinds
Many years experience at the bust
ness has made them experts.
Our great towel sale closes on
Saturday. Only few more left
and those that come late will sure
ly get left. N. 8. Sachs Dry
Goods Co.
Invitations are out for a White
Lotus celebration to be given by
Aloha Branch, Theosophlcal So
ciety, at their hall, Foster block
on Sunday evening the g. h inst.
A. w. Carer and family ant
j. F. Brown and family were pas
sengers in the Mauna Loa TIL.
morning for Kaunakakai, Molo
kai, where they will spend tb'
summer.
Correspondent Stickney of thu
New York Herald, who was il
Honolulu some months ago, il
now doing war stuff for that jour
- nal in the Philippines, guest o
the United States fleet there.
A five mile match race unpacet
and from opposite sides of tn
track is being arranged by. tn
managers of Cyclomere to tax
place on the 14th inst. Whitman
and Sylvester will be the contes
tants.
Mrs Haywood intends leavin,
for Washington by the steame
Doric on Tuesday. Her friend
will please accept this announce
ment owing to the very short time
as Mrs. Haywood's original inten
ton was to leave by the Zealandia
The arrangements for gran,
time at the Healanis bop tonigl
= are complete. The decoration
are pretty as usual, the floor il
fine condition, the boats newl
painted aud in the water and tn
moon hung up at it's full. Ever
thing gives promise of an enjoy
able time.
Singers lead the world. Owe
13,OO0000 made and sold. High
est awards at the Worlds Colum
bian Exposition for excellence G
construction, regularity of motion
ease of motion, great speed, ad
Instability, durability, ease G
learning and convenience of al
rsDgement. B. Bergersen, agen
163 Bethel street.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-06
OAHU CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.

All owners of lots in the Nuuanu
Val ey Cemetery are urgently equest-
ed to attend a meeting of the Oahu
Cemetery Association, to be held at
the office of Bruce Cartwright, on
WEDNESDAY, May 18th, at 10
o clock a. M, for the purpose of the
election Of Trustees and other import
ant business.
A full attendance is desired.
w. M. GRAHAM,
9O6-2w Sec'y pro tenn.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-06
Children Relish It.

The price is low, a bottle con-
tanning many doses at 25 cents.
You cannot afford to be without it.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-06

Why make the little ones cry
and compel them to take a medi-
cine which is distasteful to them,
when you can accomplish the de-
sired end without itp
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05

Ing man Of broad mind who Is unbiased
In his consideration Of questions sub
mittcd, and rs a candidate for rc.elec-
ton he possesses the advantage Of ju-
dicial experience.
Jesse IIoldOm has been leading fig
IRE In Cook County legal circles for
many years. and the fact that he has
built up a large practice In the Probate
Court does much to fix his standing as
u man of honor and one to he relied
upon. His nomination for Superior
Court Judge came to him rs u surprise,
ana he Is willing to accept the dlstinc-
ton because he appreciates. the fact
that he should serve the people when
called upon to do 80. or platOOns of at
tOrneys interviewed every one indoors
cd Mr.. IIoldOm as an admirable candi-
date. ana there was not dissenting
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05

whose bringing up In the law" has not
been as precise rs that of the Judge.
As u member of the Superior bench
Judge Stein has no colleague surpass-
ing him In any good quality, and many
lawyers consider him the nblcst of the
superior judges. His sterling honesty
and rigid impartiality. together with
his energy and executive ability. have
listed him high among the public ser.
wants of the people. lie should bc rc-
turned to the place he has lOnorcd
while Il has honOrcd him.
George a. Trudc has made % most
favorable impression since his clcva.
ton to the Superior bench by appoint
mcnt to FIJI the vacancy caused by tho
death Of Judge Goggin. Among aitor.
ncys who have practiccd In his court
Judge Trudc Is looked upon rs n grow.