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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11

1t is more convenient to make people
good by law than to do it in any other
way. Most Christians are too busy to
go about the work of reformation on
scriptural grounds, so they advocate
prison reform instead. 1t is thousand
times less trouble to kill a bad man or
lock him up for life than it is to make
a good man out of him. The best man
who ever lived never advocated the
killing of men or the sending of them
to prison, and his last act was to bless
a robber. And he was maligned, abused,
misunderstood and finally crucified by
the people he came to help. There are
not many of his followers who work in
his manner. They ask starving man
to do days work for scant meal
that is charity. They invent new crimes
in order to send ignorant men to prison
that is justice; and then make out of
them machines from which to draw
revenue-that is reformation; and fin
ally turn them loose with seven. dollar
suit of clothes and the brand "ex-con-
vict-that is restoring them to society.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11

share in the promotion of good legis-
lation for prison reform.
Third.-You can visit the state prison.
the public prisons, reformatories, work
houses, jails and lockups of your own
state, or at least of your own county,
and can become personally familiar
with the need of prison reform. You
can cooperate in the establishment of
wise measures for the supervision of
discharged prisoners after their re.
lease, and thus take away the stigma
which has justly attached to the Chris
tian community, that it is possible for
a man coming out Of prison with an
honest purpose of leading an honora-
BILE life to find himself without help
ing hand or an encouraging word.
PREVENTION.
In the study of this question your
committee is profoundly impressed
with the Importance of preventive
measures. 1t is far easier to prevent
ten youths from becoming criminals
than to reclaim one adult who has be-
come confirmed in criminal practices.
We would therefore advocate the fos.
tering of preventive measures by eff
forts to improve the homes of the
poor; by encouraging wise organiza-
tjOOc for bo roCouo on6 ooro Of boroo
less and neglected children, particu-
larly those who work, by bringing such
children into the friendly environment
of carefully selected homes; by i'm
proving the methods of juvenile re-
formatories; by the extension of the
probation plan which has proven so
successful in Massachusetts and in
Michigan as to greatly reduce the num-
ber of inmates of juvenile reformato-
rles.
In this connection we would quote
from letter received from Hon. Z. r.
Brockway in reply to request for
suggestions as to the contents of this
report. He says:
eff your paper at the National Con-
gregational Council in July shall serve
the high purpose to give direction to
the Christian altruism of the members
of the council, direction in sensible sci
entific methods of procedure for the
recovery of criminals in the penal es-
tablishments of the country, for the
reformation of criminal laws in the
states so as to make scientific reform
ative process possible and valuable, it
will serve its most useful purpose, un-
less more useful purpose might be
found to impress the council, not so
much with the Importance of rescuing
those already fallen as of the pressing
need throughout society for more ef-
fective, preventive measures which
shall sap and mine the germinal
sources of the criminal class"
All of which is respectfully submit
ted.
William J. Bait.
VIM. H. Warren. Dwight p. Breed.
H. brahms. H. H. Hart
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
Written for The Prison Mirror.
JOHN GROVE,

John was dead.
Among the little body of engineers
and their assistants who composed the
expedition which great American
company had sent to find way for
their railroad through the dripping for
rests and inaccessible mountain passes
of South America, there was no better
loved man than John.
Why was this? 1t was because he
had fought against adverse circum-
stances all his life and gained the ex.
periences which 60 with the struggle,
and still his temper was as sweet and
his heart as warm as if life had been a
continued pleasure excursion. So that
when any one felt particularly blue or
needed advice on any point, John was
the man looked to for help Whether it
was a case of fever or refractory loga-
rithms, John was the helper.
But how did he die?
Perhaps you think like hero. O.,
no. He died just trying to be good fell
low. The boys wanted some pineapples
and lemons for a bowl of Christmas
punch, and John volunteered to get
them from the village on the mountain
though the rain was pouring and had
been for days. He went up into the
high altitude, where the air was c. Id
and staid for two hours wet to the 81 IN.
1t was still raining when he retrfned
with two monstrous pineapples and
bag of small green lemons, besides
bottle of guaro, which is another name
for primitive rum. 1t made fine punch.
But it cost John his life, for a conges-
tive chill carried him off the next
morning.
So we buried him on hill, without
any other coffin than blanket, and the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-11
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written for The Prison MlfTOr.
White Ribbon Day.


Sunday last was white-ribbOn day
Behind Stillwater's gloomy WALL
And 1 with line in convict garb
Was marched to the chapel hall.
knew no sermon could reach my heart
A convict "under the ban,"
Who lOathed himself and doubted his God
And hated his fellow man.
heard the service and took the flowers
Which carried back to my CELL
And wrote on the card in cynical mood
"a letter from Heaven to hell"
placed them up on the little shelf
In battered old basin of tin;
And thought of Angeles Lady divine
Set in framework of sin.
lay on my cot and passed beyond
The bars and all jailers' powers,
For drifted away into dreamland sweet
And garden of beautiful flowers.
L was child again all joyous and glad
And the days we're sunny and long,
played with the brother loved and lost
And heard mothers lullaby song;
ran to her, there at the rustic seat
By the we'll remembered stream.
And clasped in her arms, she fondled my
hair
And talked to me thus: (in my dreamy
MY son-GOd has made them beautiful, all
The sunshine, the birds and flowers;
But He made only the pure and good,
The sin and the sorrow are ours.
My darling boy; grow up good man.
Be true to yourself and your name;
Remember; TRUTH honor and generous acts
Are better than riches or fame.''
1t was only dream from which awoke
To the wearisome round of pain,
But CLEANED therefrOm, and shall ever hold
One bright little golden grain.
The flowers are faded; are thrown away;
Watched them wither and part,
But the message they brought, will ever live
In the innermOst depths of my heart
HOP SING.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
Cowpeas and Sofa Beans.

Cowpeas and sofa beans have been
grown in New England to some extent.
The former crop has sometimes done
we'll In Connecticut, but seldom if
ever in Vermont. The latter crop has
proved quite successful on the Vermont
station farm for several years and has
been grown on large scale at the Mas
sachusetts station.
Results obtained at other stations in
feeding silage may be concisely stated
as follows: Cowpea silage is eaten read
lily by steers. The dry matter proved to
be little less and the protein little
more digestible than in corn silage
The vines make an excellent quality Of
silage, and the stock eat it readily. II
they can be cured for hay, it might pay
better.
Sofa bean silage has been fed in the
Vermont station stable long enough to
give assurance of its value. For milk
cows 1t has seemed to arrest the natural
decline in yield for time when fed aft
er a long period on corn silage. This
may have been partly due to other causes
or changes in grain and approach Of
spring. The dry matter proved less and
the protein more digestible when fed to
goats than does the average corn silage
when fed to cows. Two steers fed sofa
bean silage following corn silage con-
tinued to gain at a rate but little slower.
Corn and sofa bean silaRe proved equal
If not superior to hay in producing q
yield of milk Of equal quality at less
cost. Silage from sofa beans was eaten
by steers much less readily than that
from cowpeas. It's "digestibility cor
responds closely to that of clover hay" "
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27

Opinions differ as to the comfort de-
rived from thu different materials from
which underwear is made, but there is
one thing which admits Of no doubt,
and that is that while silk ia exceeding
ly warm, soft and pleasant to the flesh
it is at the same time by no means the
healthiest substance for the undergar-
ment In proof Of this practical obser-
walton has demonstrated that silk stock.
ings will make the toughest aud health
lest feet moist, wet and tender, until
walking becomes painful. A silk scarf
worn around the neck next to the shin
will in nine wearers out Of ten produce
sore throat. Silk makes the neck hot
and moist, and the first stray breath
Of cool air that strikes the skin feels
like drop of iced water and will pro-
duce q cold. Silk seems to have the
faculty, as contrasted with wool, Of
opening the pores and melting perspira-
ton, and il it will do this with the feet
and neck there Is every reason to be-
lieve that it will produce equal suscep-
tibility to cold when worn about the
chest and limbs. Those who wear silk
stockings invariably have tender feet.
The rule that applies to the male ap-
plies equally to the female. Silk under
clothing may be very comfortable, but
perhaps the advocates Of dress reform
would do as much good if they would
discuss carefully the hygienio value Of
the material, as we'll as the cut and style
Of the undergarment. - New York
T,o1oar
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
The Chrysanthemum.

When the plant was introduced, about
1910, it was only the small daisylike
flower, now only seen as rule in cot
tage gardens, which was highly priced
as novelty. The taste for growing and
showing it began early, and before 1860
there were many ohrysanthemum socie-
ties in existence, among them the Stoke
Newington, which formed the nucleus
of the National society. Yet it was not
until 1859, when the plants suffered Sc
verify from early frosts, that there was
any idea of growing it under glass.
The japanese variety was noticed in
1864 as novelty, Every curious and
interesting, but scarcely ornamental. I"
How little did the author of these re.
marks suspect what future was before
the plant he so summarily set aside !
Three years later, however, we find Jap.
anese varieties recommended with pom
pom and incurved, and since then they
have ever increased in favor.
The gorgeously colored, moplike
blooms now exhibited every autumn
would certainly astonish that writer Of
30 years ago. The golden and bronze
shades of the chrysanthemu,I suited the
taste of the promoters of the "hish art,
aesthetic movement of few years ago,
which, il it had no other merit, helped
to bring this flower more forward and
revived the culture Of sunhowers, which
were fast becoming extinct in our gar
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
THORNS TO SIT UPON.

Many people gather thorns by failing to
heed tho warming sent out by diseased kid.
neys-coated tongue-parched skin-frver-
ishness-dull dragging pnin-gencral feel
ing of weariness-is sure evidence of kid
ney and bladder trouble. Take Utah Kid
Deys Beans at once-thoy will cure YOU
they have cured thousands of others. TIE
TURNER'S OF PHILADELPHIA make Utah
Kidney Beans.
Il. B. Samuels, equity Clerk Of Hck-
man County, Clinton, Kentucky, testillcs,
that he suffered for years with horrible
pains in the back kidneys and bladder
was treated by many physicians-thoy gave
him no relicf-he got so that he could hard.
ly stand alone-Utah Kidney Beans, he
says, completely cured him. He gladly
recommends them to all sufferers.
WILMINGTON AGENTS.. G. McKeever,
H. c. Kimble, Wilmer c. Taylor, DR..
Bennett Downes, B. r. Voasey, West
Street Pharmacy, J. Harvey spruance
Central Pharmacy, j. j. Gallagher 81
Bro.
TURNER'S LITTLE LIVER TURNER'S
A very small pill. Turns your liver.
Cure Sick Headache iliousness-Indi-
gestion.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
NegrOea With Red Hair.

IA man sees lots Of funny things
while travelling around the country, but
the most peculiar sight ever saw was
in Omaha the last time I was there, "
said Charles Killinger of Cincinnati.
"While walking along the street there
recently I saw two negroes with hair as
red as any red hair you ever saw. 1t
was as kinky as the negro wool usually
is. 1t was funny sight, and stopped
to look at them as they went down the
street. A friend Of mine who resides
there told nae those negroes had come
from the south some years ago, and, as
far as be knew, were full blooded dar-
kies. Six fingered people are not uncom-
mon, but for freaks those darkies took
the cake. Denver Republican.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
Tho Water Supply.

The one thing lacking on many farms
is convenient and abundant supply Of
water. The supply should also be con-
tinuous. "When the supply cannot be
secured from perpetual springs or
brooks, the next best thing is well, !"
says Rural New Yorker. but the we'll
should be deep enough to tap an under
current that will not fail in the most
severe drought. The best way to get at
this underground stream is by means of
the bored well. These may be drilled to
any depth and to almost any desired size
in bore and diameter.
On the subject of wellmaking The
Farm Journal claims that winter is the
season for this work. Zone can soon
chop through the frozen crust The man
digging will be warm enough; the men
handling the windlass will be if they
put up a windbreak Of some boards or
corn fodder. There is more time for
wellmaking in the winter than during
any other season of the year. There is
not much water below the surface lay
or; hence if one gets strong we'll in
winter it is not likely that it will fail
him in time of drought. When the
ground is frozen, the brick or stone for
the walls can be hauled without injury
to the fields
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
GRASSES AND CLOVERS.

Varieties Most Commonly Cultivated In
the Eastern states-Nsefve Grasses.
The most commonly cultivated grass
es In the eastern states are timothy,
orchard grass, red top and Kentucky
blue grass, or June grass 1t would be
difficult to find farmer who is not ia.
miliar with these, and yet there are
comparatively few who have ever tried
to grow one Of the dozen or more valu-
able grasses which are constantly being
recommended by seedmen and progress
i've agriculturists. Nearly all are famil-
lar with white, red, crimson and alsike
clovers, alfalfa, the cowpea and the soy
bean, but many farmers are uniformed
as to the merits of numbers of species
which are veil known and which
might be profitably grown.
Jared G.. Smith, assistant agrostolo-
gist, United States department of agri-
culture, tells that there are greater
number Of native grasses in North
America than in any other one CONT
nent and there are as many in the
United States as n-Europe and Asiatic
Russia combined. There are more than
300 native clovers, vetches and lupines,
none Of which has been brought into
cultivation on an extended scale.
Many of these native grasses are, &C.
cording to the authority already quoted,
equal to those grasses which have been
introduced into cultivation because of
their commonness or perhaps because
their seeds were easily gathered. The
native species have the advantage over
the introduced ones Of being acclimated.
They are perfectly adapted to those sit
uations where they naturally grow and
need not be Immediately replaced by in
troduced sorts. There is need of every
farmer taking an interest in the wild
grasses and forage plants, and there is
no doubt that the cultivation Of the best
Of the wild grasses would benefit him,
both directly-to help fill out the grass
crop-and indirectly-by producing new
crops which would have money value.
All the cultivated cereals and grasses
originated from small beginnings-from
few seeds gathered in meadow or by
the wayside, which were taken care Of
and cultivated for q number Of success
sive years on an ever increasing scale. It
is work that can be done by the praoti-
cal farmer as well as by the expert
mental agriculturist.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27

E. Hoyt advises for Connecticut the
following peaches: Mount Rose, Craw.
fords Early, Stump the World, Old
nixon, Crswford's Late, Globe, Wheat.
land and Keyport or Lovett's White.
For plums he says: Abundance, Bur.
bank, Satsuma for Japan, and for Eng.
fish varieties, Shippers Pride, Brad.
shaw and Gueii.
The butter product Of the state Of
Maine is an insignificant matter com.
pared with that Of the dairy states of
the interior.
While the average potato yield Of
New York state in 1897 was only from
so to 65 bushels per acre the yield on
the agricultural experiment station
ground was over 800 bushels per acre.
The satisfactory results are ascribed to
the culture and treatment given.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
B. & O,
r.

Schedule in effect Nov. II. 1897.
All trnina Illuminated With Pinfsa
Light.
Express trains. -H
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON. DEn
AWARE AVENUE STATION. FOR
NEW YORK. week days, s3-1a. 80
1924 q. M: 'l21s. '2.34. 1883, '6.2l. TO
'll.OO p. m. Sundays. 'sls. 's.ss. TIA Z
m: 1859. '621, '741. '11.oo p. m.
PHILADELPHIA, week days, ss.f1. -
$40. '7.l5. 1855. "S.25, 800. '9.3s, '10.M nd
a. M; .12 10. L2O .2.s4, 1853. Alo. .51. a.
'7H. s.l5. "11.00 p. m. Sundays. '3n. II
$50, 1888. '11A q. M; $3.50. 40. '60. a
'74l, s1b '11.OO p. IN.
CHESTER, week days, '31s. 81. 90
els. 1885, 'S.2S. 800 1888. 1904 lies .. nj
I2O. '2S4 40. 1871. $50. '7.41, s.lb. >n.0e y
m. Sundays. 'sis 7S5. $50. 's.as. lila
ll,24 u. M: 'a.bs. 40. 'S.2. $50. 10. IN
'llOo p. m.
ATLANTIC CITY. week days. '7.is q
m; '12l9 '234 p. m. Sundays. 7.3s q. N,
CAPE MAY, week days. $50 a. m: IN
p m.
BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON,
week days. AIS, ITO. 1875. '1lol .. nj
'l257. 200. 8.o4. 400. H.b7. 's.ls. 1904 al
p m. Sundays. a.1s, 7.10 '835 .. nj
s1257, '209, 3.04, 4.57, 's0. '9.11 .. m
BALTIMORE AND WAY STATfON4
ITO a. M; 3.o4 p. m. daily.
NEWARK. week days. sis. 1.1A. IN
s1lol a. m: 'l2.57. s.o4. '4.04. H.67. &14
7.32. oil. 1O.55 p. m. Sundays. H.l2 ia
sS.35 a. M; '12.57, 304, H.57. 7.S2. 's.11 .. m.
PITTSBURG, week days. 's.Ss q nj
s6.ls p. m. Sundays, 1885 a. M; '4.57 .. m.
CHICAGO, daily. 's.S6 a. m; '457 p. m.
CHICAGO via. CINCINNATI and IN'
DIANAPOLIs. 1875 a. m. daily.
CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS. ~ ..
| m; 1887 and 's11 p. M, daily.
TOLEDO AND DETaRoIT. -S1l >. n.
daily TO Toledo and daily except SUNDAY
NEW ORLEANS AND MEMPHIS NJ,
pR ~ Week AIR Say. GaA sTi < H e. sAsus1s
Troul sleepers to Memphis and NeW
SINCERELY ACCOMMODATION. wess
days. ITO a. m; 3.O4. 1872. 1855 p. m. Sum
days. ITO a. m; 3.04, 1882 p. m.
LANDENBERG ACCOMMODATION.
week days. ITO. 1000 q. M: 3.o4, 457 .. %.
Sundays. 1000 a. M: AT p. m.
LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION
for .-...g
PHILADELPHIA. week days. $50 p. m
BALTIMORE, week days. 6.4S T. MI
2.55 b. m.
LANDENBERG. week days, s,40. 50
a. M; 2.55. $40 y. m. Sundays, s.55 q MI
$40 p. m.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR WILL
MlNGTON, week days, 1875, 610 TIC. 'S.oa
900, '10.26. 11.30 a. m. '122O 'l37. 200. $50
H.20, 49, '5.lb. $40, 500, $50. T.SO, 'S.s5
1000. 'll35 p. m. Sundays. '3S5, 800. 500
n.SO a. m; 1920 1877 200. 'A2O. SIS. $50
$50. 1875 1890 p. III.
Telephone No 1873.
Rates to western points lower than VIII
any other line.
W. NJ. GREENE, ID. B. MARTIN.
Gen. Manager. Man. Of Pass. Traffic,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
Pitiful Object.

eyes" said young Softleigh, II like
to see a smart, well educated woman,
but wouldn't care to marry one who
knew more than did.
"I'm very sorry" replied Miss Cut
ting, "to hear that you have resolved to
remain bachelor all your life. Chi.
eapo Record.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
"A MARVEL.

N Old astronomer there WEE
Who lived up In tower
Named Ptolemy Copernicus
Flnmmarion McGower.
Be said ~ can prognosticate
With estimates correct,
And when the skies contemplate
know what to expect.
When dark ming clouds obscure my sight,
think perhaps twill rain,
And when the stars are shining bright
know It's clear again."
And then abstractedly he scanned
The heavens hour by hour,
Old Ptolemy Copernicus
Flammarion McGower.
Carolyn Wells in st. Nicholas.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
:. NJ. Wier's, Fifth and King Streets,

% W. WITT u 'Ht" u"u N"K oueets'
is the place. Dundee oats, large 2.pound pack
age, first.class goods,7c. American greats large
2.pound package, firstclass goods, &c. Petit
johns breakfast food, the genuine bear brand,
lie package. All Of these goods ara fresh and
halves, make elegant saucc, 8 pound for Is cts
Extra fancy California peaches, big bright
halves, elegant goods, apounds for 25c Very
nice California npricots, good size, bright, no
dark ends, 70 a pound. These are hne and
make good sauce. Big. soft California muscatel
raisins, fine ones rs you ever saw, 8 pounds for
25c. Very nice muscatcl rnisins, good size soft
and clean, &c pound. Fancy layer hgs,big and
pound. These nre fancy small cakes 0 kinds,
mixed, and they are very fine. Honey jumbles,
I0c, cocoanut honey fingers, l0c pound These
are two hne cakes. fresh and good. We give
Trading Stamps at 4. NJ. Wier's, Fifth and King
streets. j2l6tl
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27

}, n TTENTICN- -HEFORE PURCHASING A,
"a. bsaye, 'g1 end nee those modern built
md Erocias streets. Open evenings
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-01-27
I PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal
timore Railroad.
Schedule In effect January II. 1898.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON AS


TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON AS
FOLLOWS:
For Philadelphia (express), 1.57. 500. 420
$50 742 $50, $50, $685. 1888, 003, 1913. II. %
lies Ills A. NJ 1916, l.37, 3O5, 3.ll. 4.5S
t.04, COG. 6.33 $50, sos and 9.16 P. M.
Accommodation, G.10. 70S. S.12. 11.02 A
NJ, 12,45, 22o, 400, 526 7.2O and 1910 P. M
For Chester (express). 1.57, 4.20. $50 7.42
$50, $50, SIS, 1903, lbs, 11.2S. Ills A. M.
l.37. 3.05, AUS, 606, $50 and SOC P. M.
Accommodation. 6.1O. 1908, S.12. lilo
A. M, R46, 23s, 400. 5,26, 6.33. 720 ant
10.4O P. NJ.
For New York Ohrough express), L57
500, 1888 Dining Carr. 1913. 11.45 A. M.
H 1916 Dining Carr. 1.37 Dining Carr, 81
G.O6, 1920 Dining Carr and $50, SIG M.
connecting via BROAD Street Station. Phil
adelphia, 4.20. $50, los. $50. 1903 A. M.
2.3S. 3.05. 45S, 5.o4 and 1910 p. M.
For Boston without change, lo.ls A. M
and 6.52 P. NJ.
For Newark Center and intermediat,
stations, 1888 A. NJ. and 6.3S P. NJ.
Baltimore and Washington. 4.35. 8.01
oil, 1918 and 100 A. NJ. 12.05. 1919. II Ill
l.5o. 3.5S. 5.23, @6.12, 100 1877. 8.u p. M. ant
1888 night.
Baltimore and intermediate stations
2.45. A.43, $50 P. NJ. 1900 night.