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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

Circassians as could possibly be deliv-
cred. Everything looked favorable for
tremendous squeeze when the time
for delivery should arrive, when we
were thrown down and ruined at one
fell swoop.
How was it?
Why, simply this way: The state in
spection department was in the hands
of the Grand Vizier, and when the
time of delivery came, we found that
the Sultan and the Grand ViZier were
the ones who had gone "short" on Cir
cassians, and they simply filled their
contracts with secondhand goods from
their own harems, and as they con.
trolled the inspection department we
were simply flooded with No. and re-
jected Circassians which were deliv-
cred to us as No. hard, and so 1t came
to pass that our entire holdings had to
be ''trusteed," and what had promised
to be very profitable investment
turned out disastrous. 1t was thus the
great firm of Yusuf & Casey of Con-
stantinople went to the wall, and 1
lost over 'steen million piasters, just as
the "boiler plate" factories had got
through publishing in the country pa
pers of Albania and Saloniki how
many millions we had cleared on the
deal.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30
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 Office 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 copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

We have in our sanctum wonderful
clock, made of wood. 1t was made by
a prisoner here. When Cap. Taylor de-
scribes the clock to flock of ladies, he
uses the following stereotyped express
ion: "This clock, ladies, was made here
by prisoner. 1t regulates the sun,
moon and stars, and needs only to be
wound once in four years. No one
should fail to inspect the works."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

The Summary, paper published at
the Elmira IN. W reformatory, creates
the impression that it is issued from a
model institution, where evidently d
large part of the time of the officials is
spent in efforts to increase the store of
useful knowledge of their charges.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

Isaac Staples, the foremost of the
pioneers of the st. Croix valley, died
Monday morning, after having passed
the eightieth milestone. He was a
capitalist who had made his money by
developing the immense natural re-
sourses of the country, and until the
day of his death he was actively en-
gagged in numerous and varied indus
trial enterprises, in which he gave en-
pIoyment to large number of men.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

reporter liar is a compliment, because
fine scientific lying is really the essence
of the business. Yes,but the reporters
in St. Paul have not gotten it down to
fine art yet.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

Willie Parker, aged twelve, the oldest
son of Mr.. Archie Parker, one of the
guards at the prison, lost his life last
Monday while bathing in the river.
Mr.. Parker has the sympathy of his
many friends here,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30
A PRISONERS FRIEND.

I1culy ". II. DOISCy, huUWu CUTOuSu
the United States as the "prisoners'
friend,'' died at his home in Pawtucket,
R. l., lately, aged seventy-fve. Mr.
Dorsey's life was one shrOuded in
mystery, but the latter part of it st
any rate, was given over to the good
of his unfortunate fellow men, to those
known as the criminal classes, and his
charity was as broad as the land.
Even Mr.. Dorsey's full name was
known to few. 1t was Henry Chew
Lewellan. He was a native of Ken.
lucky, the son of planter and he
lived in Louisville the early part Of
his life. His taste ran to painting, and
although not an educated artist, he
turned out fancy signs and other SINH
lar work that was IN demand. Trouble
with his father caused him to leave
home and he became confidential book
keeper for firm in western city.
While in this position, to save friend,
he fixed" the books of the firm, was
detected and went to state prison.
This experience developed the key.
note of his character. He came to be-
lieve that many men who were not bad
at heart, but "who had played their
hands bad," as he expressed it, were in
the jails and prisons of the country,
and he vowed, upon his own release, to
devote his life to alleviate their distress
and better their condition. He became
known to thousands as the man who
would offer bail for anyone charged
with crime, whether stranger or not,
and he personally investigated all cases
brought to his attention.
He made an offer to all the states in
the Union to furnish annually the
money for turkey dinner for the con-
victs in the state prisons. Connecticut
alone of the states formally accepted
his proposition by act of the legislature
and the dorsey dinner" has since been
annually given at the state prison
for nearly twenty five years. Mr.. Dor
sey turned over to the state about
ST. 800, the income of which has fur
nished the money for the dinners. Of
late years this has had to be supple
mented to slight extent through the
generosity of the warden, the number
of prisoners having increased.
1t was Mr.. Dorsey's original inten-
ton to have the dinner given only to
the long term men and the deserving,
but this could not be done, as it dis
eliminated among the prisoners.
Mr.. Dorsey did not come to the ''Dor-
sey dinner" last year, but it was some
time before his friends here knew the
reason. They found out, late in the
winter, that from abundant means Mr..
Dorsey had sunk to the direst poverty.
One by one his houses had gone, and
dollar by dollar his money had melted
away-and all for charity. When his
distress was ascertained, friend
wrote that he thought he could obtain
the fund he had given the state for the
dorsey dinners" Dorsey replied that
he spurned the suggestion. He said
he would sell his watch and coat before
he would take one crumb away from
the prisOners.-Hartford Courant.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30
@i0KF XeX1lSxsS
"Oh' bitter world! On, bitter wOrld!"
He cried in dark despair.
He'd kissed her shining locks and found
Much quinine tonic there.

The editor of the Purcell, lind. Ter)
Register bewails the fact that he had
to take bath in the Canadian river
the other day. He is working on the
eleventh volume of his paper, but says
it is the first time such a thing ever
happened. He also regrets losing one
of his socks. Condolences.
Every man who is the father of
bright son is firm believer in heredity.
st. Paul Trade Journal.
The Spaniards say they will give no
quarter in Cuba. We doubt if they
are able to give a dime.-Orange (Va.)
Observer.
The highwayman is kind of fellow
that holds up other people in order to
support misunderstanding Gazette.
With the high war tax on beer, the
man that gets drunk should be consid-
cred patriot.-Emmons Record.
More than likely when the head of
a woman was put on silver dollar it
was never thought that the woman
would want to get her hand on the
same.-Delavan Herald.
If the devil We're to take off his hat
every time he met hypocrite, he
would have long since died of exposure.
st. Louis HumOrist.
If Aguinaldo keeps on catching
Spaniards at the rate mentioned in the
Manila dispatches, he will soon have
that Cavite filled up.-Rochester Post.
There is too much struggle for
money and wealth in this day and age
and not enough honest strife after
friendship and happiness. Let US re-
verse the order of things and be better
natured.-Willmar Argus.
Gods true gospel is that sung by the
birds, blossomed by the flowers, and
sparkled by the stars. Man is the only
heretic.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
A Canon City young bud of beauty
wrote this upon Sunday school re.
ward of merit card and sent it to the
Post:
sent my dear one to the war,
With tears 1 babe him go.
Then chose another hemale star
To sOOthe me in my woe.
When Number One in faded blue
Comes marching from the army
l really don't know what to do
Unless they rattle for me.
Denver Post
We owe double-leaded apology to
Poet Kiser of the Cleveland Leader for
a grievous error in quoting his poem
beginning:
Here's the path that she trod,
By the side of the brook
There's the place where she sat,
With her pants and her book
The printer who made it cher pants
and her book" is now hot-footing it
across the plains of Kansas looking for
job in the harvest felds.-Denyer
Post.
When man finally succeeds in put
ting his past life to sleep he's always
afraid some one will come along and
wake it up.-Spring Valley Sun.
It is said that on board an American
liner a boastful Australian asserted
loudly and over and over again that
"the men who settled Australia were a
remarkably sensible LOTT
eyes," said an American quietly, II
have always understood that they were
sent out by the very best Judges
Youths Companion.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

Among the new war taxes is one of
500 per year on pawnbrokers. Even
war has its recompense. Why didn't
they make it strong while they were
about it?
The st. Paul Dispatch prints long
editorial to the effect that to call a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

The immense stores of Irvine which
have accumulated are being rapidly de.
pleted. Several carloads going out
every day. It is greatly regretted that
the supply is not greater, as it has been
necessary to refuse large number of
orders.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 900 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Rev. j. H. ALBERT and Rev. FIR CoRCoRAN
chaplainS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

Rev. G. D. Mcintosh, of River Falls,
Wis, exchanged with Chaplain Albert
last Sunday. He gave good sensible
sermon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

Mesdames G. Hallstrom, e. w. Shedd
and S. j. Kennedy were shown through
the institution by Dep. Warden Lemon
this week. Mrs. Shedd formely d.
rected the music here,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

Messrs. Jas. H. Ward and H. F. Viii.
son of Aberdeen, S. OAK, visited us
the other day.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

The ladies of the land are in session
at Denver for the purpose of taking
away what few "rights" the chivalry of
American lawmakers has left to that
brute-man. When ladies begin to talk
about rights it always puts me in
mind of my friend Softleigh. He
bought home in his wife's name and
put all his other property in her name.
Then his wife employed lawyer friend
of his to "run" the property, and finally
the wife and lawyer kicked poor Soft.
leigh out of doors and threatened him
with the heavy hand of the law if he
should come back. On, women have
no rights!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

Some of our institutional contem-
poraries no doubt wonder sometimes
at the total absence of "praising up"
of the Warden and management of
this prison in The MIRROR. We note
in one of our exchanges that the
warden OF the prison is continuously
praised, and no doubt, deservedly so.
Of course the editor of this paper
would very much like to "work" the
Warden and board of managers that
way, but unfortunately the Warden
has just put his foot down on that sort
of thing. So when we want the man.
agement praised up we have to depend
on the st. Paul Globe,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-30

The newest wonder in American en-
cheering has just been inaugurated
at Houghton, Mich. 1t is the Red
Jacket shaft of the Calumet and Hecla
the greatest mining shaft in the en-
tire world. It is 1890 feet deep and,
compared with it, the deep silver mines
of the Comstock lode in Nevada, or the
wonderful mines in Austria, worked
for many centuries past, are but shall
low pits.
By means of artesian wells and irri.
cation more than 100000 acres of the
great desert Sahara has been turned
into cultivated land.
The Press., 1898-07-07
Settled the Case.

''I wes called upon in 1878 to defend e man who was charged with the most unusual misdemeanor I ever heard of any clerk entering on court calendar, |" said 8 lawyer friend from the noun tains. "A young farm hand came to me at the hotel where I was stopping, my home being in another town, but my practice extending to the county seat I was then in. The swain told me he had been charged by girl, to whom he had been paying attention, with giving her measles, she claiming that the disease, which had been epidemic in the neigh borhood, had been communicated to her by kissing her repeatedly while the de, fendant was recovering from measles. The girls surly father sued the badly alarmed defendant for $50 damages, claiming he had expended that sum in doctors bills for the afflicted daughter. My client pleaded guilty to kissing the plaintiff, but said he couldn't "a helped it eff he'd be mind ter and insisted that he had never had measles tried the case before a kind hearted old squire, and after the court had heard the testimony he delivered long opin- ion in which he held that girl as pret- ty as the plaintiff would make a boy risk measles ard 'even dumb chills' to sip the sweets of her corallike lips The judges jolly put both sides in good humor, and the defendant two weeks later married the plaintiff and settled the costs of the suit to appease the wrath Df her father. r.''--Louisville Post
The Press., 1898-07-07
MOTHERHOOD.
Mrs. Pinkham Declares No Woman
 Need Despair.

There are many curable causes for sterility in women. One of the most common is general debility, accom- panied by a peculiar condition of the blood.
 Write freely and fully to Mrs. Pink ham. Her address is Ly mn, Mass. She will tell you, free of chs-ge, the cause of your trouble and what course to take. Believe me, under right condi- tions, you have a fair chance to become the joyful mother of children. MRS. LUCY LITTLE, 255 Henderson St., Jersey City, N. J. certainly thinks so. Shesays:
 "I am more than proud of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and cannot find words to express the good 1t has done me. I was troubled very badly with the 1eucorrhoea and severe womb pains. From the time I was married, in 1882, until last year, was under the doctors care. We had no children. I have had nearly every doctor in Jersey City, and have been to Belvin Hospital, but all to no avail. saw Mrs. Pinkham's advertisement in the paper, and have used five bot ties of her medicine. It has done more for me than all the doctors I ever had It has stopped my pains, and has brought me a fine little girl. I have been we'll ever since my baby was born. heartily recommend Mrs. Pinkham's medicine to all women suffering from sterility,"
The Press., 1898-07-07

thrown up near promising lick at an inlet of the lake. He had salled tho lick some days before and had since noted sure signs of moose. Against the judg- ment of the guide, who secuted his abil- ity to fool moose by 8 blind in the To- cation which he had chosen, the doctor had sworn that if he took one at all he would take him there, and his patience and repeated failure was a joke of the camp. Probably he had waited until darkness had fairly shut in before giv- ing up his. vigil and even then was stumbling homeward through the gloom.
 Still, while the boys variously &C., counted for his delay, they grew more and more uneasy, and at length the lan- terms were lighted and they started i'll a body for the lick. No man voiced his thought or his expectation or spoke word until we reached the blind.
 And there we found him, dead and half crushed under the weight of a moose of TOO pounds. The signs about told the story. The tracks were not two hours old, and showed that the hulking deer had come to drink and then had turned to browse along the fringe of tapping water. The doctor had taken side shot which, in the failing and de- ceptive light, had not been sure, and the moose had charged him furiously. a seo- ond shot failing to stop him. Beaten down and scattered was the blind, and behind it hunter and hunted had fought out their battle to the death of both. A broken antler told the fury of the on- slaught and splintered rife stock the desperation of the defense.-New York
The Press., 1898-07-07
Belgian and German Farming.

In Belgium a two acre holding is sufficient to maintain 8 farmer and his family. The typical two acre farm in that country contains patch of wheat or rye and another of barley. Another fair portion grows potatoes. A row of cabbage grows all round on the sloping sides of the ditches, with row of on- ions just inside, leaving bare walking room between them and the grain. The shade trees round the house are pear trees. Every foot of land is made to produce, and the farmer keeps pigs and chickens.
 In Germany, out of 5, 5,276, 900 farms, 1, ,223, 900, or 23 per cent of the whole, are each under 21a acres in extent, and of the farms above 56 per cent are cul- tivated by the owner himself, over 2S per cent partly so, or about S5 per cent altogether, leaving 15 per cent out of every 100 per cent that are let to ten- ants. In Germany, notwithstanding this small size of a large proportion of the farms, IFS out of every l, 1000 inhab- itants are nevertheless engaged in agri- culture, whereas in England no more than 52 are thus occupied, in Scotland only 61, though 195 per 1000 in Ire land being thus engaged raises the pro- portion ill the whole United Kingdom to 73 out of that number, less than half, however, the percentage so em- ployed in Germany.
The Press., 1898-07-07
I'm the House of Commons.

Members are not allowed to refer to each other by name in debate. The only member who is properly addressed by name is the chairman who presides over the deliberations of the house in con- mittee. On member rising to speak in committee he begins with "Mr. Low ther," and not with "Mr. Chairman, i" as at public meetings. When the speak CT is in the chair, the formula is "Mr. Speaker, sir
 In debate a member is distinguished by the office he holds, as "the right honorable gentleman the chancellor of the exchequer," or by the constituency he represents, as "the honorable gentle man the member for York" Some make use of the terms My honorable friend" or My right honorable friend |"
 In case of family relations the same form is usually observed. Occasionally My honorable relative' or My right honorable relative" is heard, but My right honorable father'' or My right honorable brother" though no doubt allowable, has not been hitherto used. Nineteenth Century,.
The Press., 1898-07-07

"At length, one day, Professor Bowman, our instructor in natural science, came to me and advised me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. They had cured him of an illness similar to my own.
 "I resolved to take his advice.
 The first box of pills did me good. The second box gave great relief, such as I had never experienced from the treatment of any physician.
 Six boxes of the pills cured me. feel better and stronger than for years. l cer- tainly recommend the medicine"
 To strengthen his testimony in the eyes of strangers the professor made affidavit to It's truth before Lyman J. Scudder, local Notary Public. il..0e.stsr {, ..ss.
 The cure of Professor Barnaby was ef- fected by restoring tone to the nervous sys- tenn, the weakness of which caused his in digestion, and was the reason for his break down. The pure, powerful vegetable in- gredientS of the pills supply the clements necessary to build the wasted nerve cells, and by purifying the blood, assist in the cleans ing and uPbuilding of the entire system.
 The almost miraculous power of the pills has been exhibited in thousands of eases like that of Professor Barnaby, prov ing them to be natures specific for the ner- voGs breakdown 90 common among hard workers.
 All druggists sell Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and count them among the most valuable medicines that scientific research has ever revealed.
The Press., 1898-07-07

Professor Alvin P. Barnaby, President of HartSviIle College, at Hartsville, Ind, has learned the method by which professional men or business men, or anyone whose duties arc too much for their strength, may repair their shattered health.
 Graduates of the college in all parts of the world will rejoice to learn that President BArnaby has fully recovered from the break down that threatened to end his useful career.
 He Is a new man, mentally and physi- eAllYJ energetic, enterprising, tull of vitality.
 He tails his own story. .4.r
 gro begin at the beginning,1 he said, q Etudied too hard while at school. "After completing the theological course I accepted the charge of United Brethren Church at a small town in Kent CO, Mich.
 "DIigent work and study finished the breakdown of my constitution, which be-
 Ny chief trouble was indigestion this with other affections, caused nervousness.
 Ny physician sent me away for rest and change of scene and improved somewhat.
 "Soon afterward came to the college as professor in physics and chemistry. My nervous trouble returned.
 suffered complete prostration.
 Another long course of medicines and physicians, and managed to get back to my work. Twas elected president of the college and the increased work soon told on me.
 hen followed a total collapse. Icalled in several doctors but none could cure me.
 My health seemed to be permanently impaired.
The Press., 1898-07-07
The Dome of St. Paul's.

We do not believe there is any truth in the alarming rumor that there is some uneasiness ill expert quarters in regard to the stability of the dome of St. Paul's. We imagine that the only substratum of fact is this: It is known that huge iron chain is imbedded in the stonework of the drum of the dome. An eminent architect some time since amused himself by describing the con- sequences which might ensue if the wa ter were to reach this chain. There Is no reason to suppose that such F thing has occurred or is likely to occur, and the newly appointed surveyors, Messrs, Somers Clarke and J. T. Middlethwaite, are fully alive to the desirability of finding and examining the chain. The first difficulty appears to be that its ex' act locality is somewhat uncertain. The second will be to get at 1t effectively when it is discovered. Satur. day Review.
The Press., 1898-07-07
ShOplifting.

Nothing has done so much to encour- age stealing (shoplifting) as the modern department stores and their methods. The problem presented is a difficult one with which to deal, but while mer- chants have 8 right to display their goods the public also has rights and duties in the matter. If banker dumps his cash on tables outside his desk rail ings and lets people handle 1t at will, he would not get much sympathy when he complained that 1t had been stolen, and if he continued the practice because these losses were more than offset by the increased profits which the display resulted ill. as is the case with the de- partment stores, there would be much justice in the claim that he had no right to make profits by any method which tended to debauch the public. In short, it may fairly be maintained that 1t Is a prime duty of every citizen to exercise reasonable diligence in safeguarding his own property, and that if he neglects this he becomes in a measure a menace to society. y.-International Magazine.
The Press., 1898-07-07
Loves Sweet Work.

A London paper tells this touching story of Professor Herkomer: "His aged father, who lived with him in his splen- did home at Bushney, used to model clay in his early life. He has recently taken to it again, but his fear is that soon his hands will lose their skill and his work will show the marks of inn perfection. It is his one sorrow. At night he goes to his early rest, and when he has gone his talented son goes to his studio takes up his fathers feeble attempts and makes the work as bcauti- ful as art can make it. When the old man comes down in the morning, he takes the work and looks at 1t and rubs his hands and says, 'Ha, can do as we'll as ever did. -"