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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-16
GoGd Watches.

Of course we expected to have some good news to tell you about solid gold watches at this time of year, but these two items tell of how we have surpassed our highest expec- tations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-16
Howe & Stetson's Daily
 Store News.

New Haven, Friday, Dec, 1s. 1898.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-16
Heaps of Things ia Toyland.

Seems hard tell what you'll find here tell what you'll fnd Most everything in the world of worthy toys is here and very few that known missing Mechanical Toys Dolls, Games, Go-Carts Express Wag- ons Chdrens Desks Musical Instruments and all of things that gladden. the heart of child
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-16
Pocket Books.

key, Mexican, and other fancy Leather limitations, with ster- ling silver and Gold plated sterling silver mountings. The handsomest display in town,
 15c. to S6 00
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-16
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RIVER.

Fishermen Preparing for Ice Fishing Funeral of Lucy s. Sprague Held Yes terday Anermoom-Om of Pulaski Chapter, R. A. nI., EIected-PersOnal and Social Mention,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-16
Local Weather Report.

L. M. TARR. Observer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12

Nor very large swath is ever
cut in this prosy world by the men
who think that without their spe-
cial knowledge and individual abil-
ity life for others would be one
dreary waste. There is some ex-
cuse for the sixteen-year-old boy
who struts about with an air of the
II am the great Indispensable" A
little worldly ''sandpapering" will
bring him to time. But it is the
quintuple extract of egotistic van
ity for fully matured man to nurse
the foolish notion that he is the
one particular spoke in the wheel
of progress without which the
world could not thrive.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
e-essential to the fulfllment Of

pre-essential to the fulfllment Of
any endeavor.
That self-confdence is a pre-
requisite to success was never
more aptly proven than in the re-
cent great naval battle in the
Philippine Islands. Did Commo-
dore Dewey not have implicit
faith in his vessels, his crews and
his own executive ability he would
not have had the courage to sail
right in to the protected harbor
of the enemy and there administer
such complete defeat to them.
There was not single element of
luck in his carefully prepared plan
of attack. Before entering on the
battle he ordered his men to keep
cool and obey orders at all haz-
ards, no matter how strange these
orders should appear to them. -
His subsequent maneuvering of
the fleet while in the harbor was
what gained the victory in such
short order. Had the Commodore
been lacking in confidence he
would have remained outside the
harbor and played waiting game,
probably to his own detriment.
In every line of business and in
all Individual effort it is the same
spirit of confident self-reliance
that begets success. If a man
once fully understands the neces-
sity Of confidence in himself he
will imperceptibly acquire the
habit of thoroughly fitting himself
for whatever he undertakes to &C.
complish. This, in conjunction
with the added power that is given
him by the knowledge that ''he
knows that he knows" how to best
attack the difficulties of life, is the
reason why it has ever been main
tanned that confidence in ones
self is the greatest assurance Of
success.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
CONFIDENCE BEGETS SUCCESS.

IT IS the record Of history in
the past and in our own time that
success, whether as regards vast
enterprises or that which apper-
tains solely to the individual, sell
dom if ever comes by chance.
Circumstances may occasionally
favor one, but it is rarely that
temporary conditions are the main
cause of success.
In speaking Of the success of
fellowmen it is customary with the
disgruntled to charge all success
10 good luck just as they attribute
failure to that UNREASONABLE
quantity, "hard luck" Others are
satisfied to look upon all favorable
turns in life as success, and there
let the matter drop without further
thought as to what produced the
favorable turns.
It is known to a certainty that
the surest harbinger of failure in
any undertaking is want of conf
dence in ones own ability. If you
go into any project in a half
hearted manner, the very lack of
self-reliance shown is a certain
presager Of failure. 1t is under
such conditions that, if one is sue
cessful, it may be credited to luck
To be successful is really to be a
hard persistent worker in what
ever you undertake. And to be
such it is necessary to have con-
siderable confidence in ones self
We sometimes hear of men who
are hard workers, but who, it is
said, have insufficient confidence
in themselves. These men are a
rarity, but the fact that they exist
and that their want of self-reliance
is mentioned as the hindrance to
their progress is but further evil
dence that confidence is the great
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
DEATHS PAIL.

LIFE at best in the seclusion of
a prison partakes almost solely of
the saddest phases of existence.
It has been fttingly compared
to living death, and would prac-
tically be such we're it not for the
contamination effected by the
flight Of time, and that ray of hope
that is the beacon-light to freedom
for all cases. When, however, the
angel of death singles out one of
our number the dissolution of
earthly bonds is made doubly sad
by the surroundings and the added
grief that is the bitter portion of
surviving relatives.
The picture that was to be seen
in our chapel on Tuesday noon at
the funeral services held over the
remains of a fellow-inmate was a
striking illustration Of the intense
sadness brought upon relatives I'M
der such conditions. The sister
Of the departed one as she sat on
the rostrum in her sombre robes
Of mourning brought unbidden
tears to many eyes long since
closed to all impulsive outbursts
Of feeling. What that sisters
thoughts were as she G lanced from
brothers coffin to the sea of SAL
low-faced unfortunates who were
his brothers in misery it is pitiful
to conjecture. What they were
we know not, for heavy veil very
charitably sheltered the lady's sor-
row from the gaze of the curious.
The brother of the deceased was
also present. and it was evident
that the occasion was a more than
usually sorrowful one for him.
But the picture Of the sister as she
sat throughout the sad service is
one that will not soon leave the
memory of those present. To
those among us who have mothers
OF sisters living it should be the
strongest appeal to US to hence
forth lead such lives as will at
least save them the agonizing grief
of mourning for us as doubly dead.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12

Two pages are given to the scene
of war in the Philippines; a view
of Manila extends across the bot.
toms of two pages, at the tops Of
which are the vessels of the Amer
can and Spanish fleets, drawn from
photographs, and the portraits of
the contending admirals are given.
The month Of April, 1898, has
taken it's place in American history
by the side of the memorable
Aprils of 81 and '65. April indeed
has been an eventful month, this
year, and nowhere have it's dra-
matte incidents been more ably
set forth than in the editorial de-
partments of the American
Monthly Review Of Reviews for
May. The diplomatic, financial,
political, and military phases of
the Cuban situation are exhaus-
lively reviewed in the illustrated
Progress of the World" and
Record of Current Events" down
to the outbreak of hostilities be-
tween the United States and
Spain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12

IT IS not often that we have
found it necessary to score a local
contributor for stealing his liter
airy thunder The article published
last week under the heading "Edu-
cate Yourself,' signed by IL. H.
was stolen almost bodily from the
letter written to the Iowa legisla-
ture some months ago by j. Wes-
ley Elkins, the young life prisoner
at Anamosa. Il. H." has expressed
his sorrow for the matter, and
while he now admits that he ''took
most of it from the newspapers. -
he does not seem to realize the
Nervousness of such dishonor.
able act. We forgive him and hope
that this will prove a beneficial
lesson to him, as he has hearo
from us directly in no uncertain
terms. A man who will knowingly
steal another's intellectual effort
would steal his cash just as read
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12

THAT it is SO easy to follow the
rabble. and that this habit of trav
cling in mobs and doing as the
mob does is an inherited trait
from our remote simian ancestors.
is probably the cause why a great
many of us mortals are afraid to
stand out as individuals when we
know we are right. It appears to
be the notion that to be wrong and
with the majority is better than
to be right with the minority
whereas the very reverse is by fan
the manlier course.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12

To ASK Spaniard to have roast
pork in these days ruffles his
honor and is apt to bring on a
deathly attack of nausea. To such
an extent have the Spanish news
papers been ridiculing the Ameri-
cans as pigs that they hate the
harmless hogs of commerce be-
cause they are the prototypes of
their caricatures on Americans.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12

Lillian Bell is now in Russia for
The Ladies' Home Journal, and
one Of her recent achievements
was to secure a photograph Of the
Gear with her own camera. This
is most difficult to do in Russia,
where every one with a camera
becomes a suspect. But the Rus
sian officers helped this bright
American girl. Miss Bell will tell
the story of her capture Of the
Car in the June journal.
A periodical that is making it's
way to the front among monthly
publications is ''Success." 1t bids
fair to soon outrival most of it's
older competitors in the list Of
mon thlies being sold for one dollar
a year. The front cover Of the
May number has very handsome
picture of President and Mrs.
Mckinley in the sitting room at
the White House. This number
contains large amount of valu-
able reading matter Of striking in
terest during these days Of watch
ing and waiting for favorable re-
ports from our naval fleets.
Writing Of Grants Career" in
the May number Of Donahoe's
Magazine, Mathew Hale says:
"Grant enlisted into the service of
the state, in the humblest capac-
ity, and a career as wonderful as
history records was begun Say
ing little, thinking much, acting
quickly, never hurrying and never
yielding, he went from one triumph
to another. Detractors came and
went and left him, the meteor, to
his own orbit. From Belmont to
Fort Donaldson, from Shiloh to
Vicksburg, from Chattanooga to
Appomattox, he remained the
same simple, self contained sol
der
The current issue of Golfers
Weekly is believed by it's pub
Usher to be the most largely illus
trated "war number ever made in
the United States. OF the sixteen
pictorial pages, fourteen are occu-
pied-most of them entirely COW
ered-by photographs or drawings
of troops, war-vessels, camps,
naval prizes, military and naval
officers, etc. The frontispiece is a
decorative piece of patriotic mo-
tive and showing portraits of the
three major-generals of the Army.
The double-page picture shows
camp of regulars at Chickamauga
| Park, drawn by w. R. Leigh.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
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, 1898-05-12
THANKLESS MAN.

INGRAT1TUDE is looked upon as
most unreasonable and uncalled-
for vice; yet if we take the trouble
to diagnose the past, it will be
found that the larger portion Of
the human family shows no due
gratefulness for the happiness it
is enabled to enjoy. We journey
along while all is smooth sailing
without a thought as to who or
what has been the promoter Of our
serene tranquility; but let the
slightest wave impede our onward
progress and Immediately we be-
gin to fume and fret. A conscious
self-suficiency delegates to ones
self all thanks for the smooth sail
ing on the easy stages Of life, but
when choppy sea is met we are
DESTROYS that the blame therefor
shall be charged to something or
someone else. A man will con-
tinue chewing, eating and drink
ing all sorts of trash without any
regard to his health, but if a slight
toothache comes on as a result OF
his carelessness then there is a
hue and cry and general condem-
nation of anything and everything
but himself. This disaster> could
not be of his own making-no, no;
to himself man is infallible and
incapable of doing wrong. That,
at least, is the private opinion Of
a great many Of us, though we
would not publically advertise it,
for the very good reason that we
know it is not so. although we are
DESTROYS to persist in believing
that it really is so, and will SO con-
tinue to believe regardless Of facts
to the contrary.
Nearly every mothers son of
us leads a double life to the extent
that we try to make ourselves be-
lieve that we are what we know
we really are not. 1t is purely an
imal selfishness of the order that
''the king Zones self can do no
wrong-not while there is the
"kingly'' opportunity of charging
the wrong to some other source.
While we are always prone to
charge up our failures and wrong
doings to others, is it not strange
that we should never think of ac-
knowledging the debt we owe to
others for much of the brighter
side Of life that we have njoyed
It is true that upon occasion when
a wave of enthusiasm sweeps over
one he will pay a wordy tribute
to parents, and Providence, and
sometimes to other persons and
agencies that have assisted in max
ing life pleasanter A "wordy
tribute alone is at best but a
poor acknowledgment; but even
that is usually given at a time
when the parents or ''creditors OF
honor" are no longer living. But
very few Of us here are in a posi-
ton to deny the direct allegation
that man as an individual is an
ungrateful being. Our lives prove
it, for, had we been sufficiently
thoughtful to give full outward
expression to the debt we owed
parents, that act of itself might
have been the means of avoiding
present conditions. It would have
inspired us with more compre.
hensive idea of the debt we oweC
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
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, 1898-05-12

them, and, mayhap, have bestirred
our energies to an honorable pay
ment of the debt. And the boy
or man who entertains an honora-
BILE purpose never seeks dishonor-
able means of fulfilling it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12

MOST mems hearts are in the
right place. The great trouble is
how to get right action on them.
The most unfailing method still
seems to be by the food line
through the stomach.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12

HANGING the single of utter
detection on ones face is no sign
Of repentance or a clean heart. It
may sometimes pass current as
good coin, but it is more often the
stock in trade of the hvpocrite.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12
5<dQKF g! H:eX4SlSESs:


Fighting Joe Wheeler and Fitz-
hugh Lee are major generals.
Spain can now see how much bet
ter we are at pacifying insurgents.
st. Paul Dispatch
It is lucky for some of these
people who are writing poetry
about Dewey that Dewey and his
guns are at the other side Of the
world.-St. Paul Globe.
The queen fears for her own
safety in the presence of the Span
iards, but she is willing to allow
Cuban mothers to be turned over
to the tender mercies of the same
tribe.-Chicago Record.
If the newspapers have the adj
miration and respect which they
claim to possess for Commodore
Dewey, they will cease perpetrat-
ing puns upon his honorable
name.-Minneapolis Tribune.
my heart seems cramped within
it's narrow cage" sings a Chicago
poetess. A little slack in her cor
set strings might not only relieve
her heart -cramp, but do a like
service for her lungs, liver, etc.
Denver Post.
One of the frenzied editors at
Madrid is anxious to learn the
occult cause" Of the defeat at
Manila. Well, perhaps Weyler's
thievery when he was military
commander of the Philippines
some years ago may be the expla-
nation.-St. Louis Republic.
Great Britain has once again
declined to intervene in behalf of
Spain, which goes to show that
Great Britain appreciates the fact
that there are two sides to every
thing, even to this sphere, and
that there is lusty young power
bossing the other side Of it.-Chi-
cago Inter Ocean.
The women of Concord, n. H.,
are said to have made a formal
protest against the enlistment of
any married men from that city.
AS it is we'll known that there are
no unmarried men in any we'll Or
dered New England capital, the
representation from New Hamp-
shire is likely to be small.-St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
The retreat of the Spaniards
under Pando from the eastern end
of the island is good evidence Of
the distress Of the Spanish forces
in Cuba. They will soon all be
penned up in Havana and be in
position to appreciate the joys of
the reconcentrados, being a species
of reconcentrado themselves
Minneapolis Journal.
The PRISON MIRROR has a new
departure in which the conundrum
asked is: "What was the happiest
day, or period, in your life, and
why was it SOP" Most of the news
paper men will reply that it was
the day when the largest amount
of delinquent subscription Was
laid on the editors table. Still
water Gazette.
Let us give the Spanish credit
for having fought bravely at Ma
Mia and Cavite. They did not sur
render ship. They died before
giving in. Praising the Spanish
in this way does not injure us. It
rather increases the credit due to
our ships and brave sailors, for
surely it is more glorious to defeat
brave men than it is to conquer
cowards.-Brooklyn Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12

The superstitious Spaniards of
the ignorant classes may yet find
it necessary to fall back on a trial
of the ancient abracadabra charm
for conquering theAmerican "evil."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-12

lily if he had the courage or good
opportunity. In saying this we
do not bar any one from the pres
ident down to the humblest citizen.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-29
DOOMED.
Has Bright's Disease and Famous
Phy ~ictans Have Given Him IN.
Thousands or Cases Cured.

Buffalo, Nov. %: Late dispatches
from Prkin, China, bring information TO
the effect that the Emperor is dying Of
Brlght's Disease. He is now under the
care OF a famous French physician. who
says that the Emperor's complain, is 'un
incurable kidney disease
The famous French physician is mis-.
taken. There IS no incurable kidney
dlsease. la this city where the only
remedy can positively ure Bright's dis.
eaee and all other kidney diseases. Is
prepared. and where umerou cures
have been effected by its use. the state
ment OF the famous French physician
reads strangely enough. Dodd's kidney
pills nav cured thousands OF cases OF
kidney disease that have been pronounce
ed "~incuraple" by doctors. They have
never scored a failure. II. J. Baxter, an
engineer on the Western New York Il
Pennsylvania railroad had Bright's dis
ease. He WAS reduced TO a mere skeleton
and was given mp by the doctors. He
says lat time / had prepared to die ITO
day he is a well and powerful man, and
is again running an engine. TO a re-
porter OF a Buffalo newspaper Mr.. Bax-
ter said. "A friend. also m engineer on
the road. told my folks OF SUR cure.
Dodd's kidney pills. l determined TO
make one final effort to regain health
and strength. l bought n supply Of
Dodd's kidney pills and began using
them. In a few DAYS my condition be-
gan 10 improve. Two mouths from the
day began using Dodd'a kidney pills I
surprised the W. y. & p. II. +. by 8p-
plying for work.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-29

A man must reap as he sows. If he sows
Ill health he will reap ill-health. If he
neglects his health the weeds Of disease
will grow UP and choke it.
1t is a daily and hourly marvel that men
will recklessly neglect their health, when
a moments thought should tell them that
they are counting death. It lies in most
every nan power to live to a green old
age. If a man would only take the same
care Of himself that he does of his horse, or
COW, or dog, he would enjoy good health.
When a man owns a hundred. dollar horse,
and it gets sick, he does not waste any time
about doctoring him up. When his garden
gets full of weeds, he doesn't delay about
roofing them out, for he knows they will
choke out his vegetables. When he is out
of sorts, sick, n%ervous headachey, has no
appetite and is restless and sleepless at
night, he pays little attention to it. The
result is consumption, nervous prostration
or ON serious blood or skin disease. DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is the
best Of all medicines for hard working men.
1t gives edge to the appetite, facilitates the
flow of digestive juices, invigorates the
liver and purifes and enriches the blood.
1t is the great blood-maker and flesh
builder. 1t cures % per cent. of all cases
affections, weak lungs, bleeding from lungs
and kindred affections. Do not wait until
the lungs are too far wasted to admit of
being cured.
AS you know, FIVE years ago the doctors had
given me up to die with consumption writes
Mr. +. G.. Mckinney, Of Deepwater, Fayette Co.,
w. Va. II took treatment from Or. X. v.
Pierce, and am entirely well now. I had taken
steadily as directed, his Golden Medical Dis
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. One little Pellet" 10 > dose.