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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-24
Expedition to Porto Rico.

Washington. June 2i.-The Porto Rico
expedition will not be delayed after re-
Inducements have been sent to General
Shafter. The plans made a month ago
have not been altered. Next Monday,
II is believed, will witness the embark
alton Of the third detachment of troops
for Manila. The plan is for General
Merritt to go with this expedition and
for General Otis to follow him in a few
days with the fourth detachment. The
first expedition is believed to be al
ready at Manila and cooperating with
insurgents to occupy Luzon and Manila
without delay
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-24
Russian Ambassador Presented.

Washington, June 24.-Russia's first
ambassador to the United States, Count
de Cassini. was formally presented to
the president at IL o'clock by the secre-
tary Of state. The ambassador, who
was accompanied by his secretaries and
ether attaches, was received in the blue
psrlor of the executive mansion, where
he delivered to the president his let
ter accrediting him to this government.
All were in complete court costume.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-24
Ed,,or. and peput,e. Sentenced.

Milan, June 24-Nineteen editors and
members of the chamber of deputies,
charged with having been connected
with the recent revolutionary outbreak
here, after trial by court-martial, have
been sentenced to terms Of imprison-
ment varying from one morAh to six
years.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-24
SEM GOES TO SANTIAGO.
Chicago's Noted Surgeon Detailed tc
Hurry to Skaters Army.

Hurry to Skaters Army.
Washington, June 24.-Dr. Nicholas
Sem of Chicago has been assigned to
unusually important special work under
the surgeon generals department Of
the army at Santiago He was sum-
moned by telegram from Chickamauga
Park to report at once to Surgeon Gen.
eral Sternberg in Washington. When
he will arrive is not known, as no reply
has been received at noon.
The character of DR.. Senn's work Is
not disclosed, but he will probably be
at the head Of the hospital work with
General Skaters army, being chosen
at the suggestion of General Miles on
account of his wide experience. 1t was
admitted at the surgeon generals office
that 1t was the intention to have DR..
Sem depart for Santiago with the re-
inforcing expedition for important spe-
cial work at Santiago"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-24
Covernor pinrrce at TAMPA.

Tampa. Fla, June 24.-Governor Pin
gree of Michigan has arrived here. The
entire Michigan regiment and band es-
corted him TO military headquarters.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-24

East Boat Load Was Landed at O'Clock
I'm the Morning and at Daybreal< the
March Toward Santiago Was Begun
Landing of the Troops Covered by a
Heavy Fire from Portion of Admiral
sampson's Fleet.
New York, June PA special dated
at Playa del Este. Cuba. says that at
o'clock Thursday morning the last of
General Skaters army of invasion had
landed at Baiquiri
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-24

Washington, June 24-The war office
Is notified that, sleeping Wednesday
night on Cuban soil, General Shafter's s
army of invasion Thursday morning
promptly began moving toward Santia-
go. No details of the advance are OBJ
tainable here, but it is fully understood
General Shafter expects to capture the
city and the Spanish army by assault
before three days pass.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-24

AS still another diversion the battle-
shin left the convoy and returned to
the feet, Sampson leaving Schley in
command, with orders to smash Ger
vera II he came out OF the harbor.
Sampson steamed down to Bacanoa
TO superintend the naval part OF the
operations The gunboats continued a
rakIng fire. and the Iowa took hand
and engaged the water batteries be-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

God-given talents that make us so
different from other animals.
Looking at this question Of the
mind in it's omnivorous sense it
may be compared to certain species
of the brute creation that prefer
special foods but will eat anything
from luscious grass to barbed wire
or preserve-can labels. The intel
lect is so formed in it's higher es-
tate that it must have matter to
continually feed upon. At times
it works even while all physical
senses are dormant. While it's
seeming preference is for that
which is ennobling, if good mate
rial is not presented it will work
on the bad. Idleness is out of the
question, inactivity impossible
with it.
All that we read and hear is the
staple food of the mind. It lies
with us to select and retain that
which appeals to our higher ma
ture, else we must abide by that
which will conjure to the loosen
ing Of the lower animal traits with
in us.
Feeding upon the impurity Of
thought that is inspired by erotic
literature and the associations Incl
dent thereto is as harmful to the
mind as would be poisonous food
to the body. Did the mind possess
the same functions as the stomach
for ejecting nauseous foods, there
would be an appreciate slump in
the demand for many Of the novels
that are called good ''home read
ing" in this age, but which really
cause that mental hunger that is
only satiated by a surfeit of vice.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17
reversed.

The dissertations by theoretical
criminologists on the ''markings
and peculiarities Of criminals
would make interesting material
for humorous skits if the subject
were not such serious one. If
criminals, or even noticeable per-
centage of them, are to be identi-
fed by the receding foreheads, un-
calmly ears and other bodily and
facial distortions, why is it not
possible to pick them out BEFORE
they are convicted Of crime? None
of these ''markings'' are noted lex
cept in isolated cases) until a man
goes through a process Of hair
trimming and dressing that would
make an Adonis or a Beau Brum-
mel look like an Indian cigar sign
nodded with oleomargerine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17
MENTAL HUNGER.

That proper food for the intel
lect is as much Of a necessity to
the welfare of the human family
as are the tri-daily meals to phys
ical happiness has long since been
admitted by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., soci-
ologists and the other learned
savants who have delved deeply
into the why's and whereofs Of
physical and mental culture. The
mind has the advantage of the
stomach in that it is more omniv-
Orous in it's own line and will feed
as readily on the bad as the good.
1t is fortunate for mankind that
natural restrictions are placed upon
the variety Of edibles the body will
receive, else we might see the in
dolent fighting with Illuminating
animals for the grass of the fields
and refuse of the kitchen. The
mind, unfortunately, is not re-
stricted to particular limits, al
though it's original tendency is a
seeking after that which is best.
Unlike the stomach, the mind
will not go without food even for
a short time. If that which is best
adapted to it is not furnished. it
will feed upon the bad thoughts
that are always present when not
crowded out by the good.
Were the mind regulated by
well-defned natural laws as is the
stomach, man would not be man.
We would all be mere machines
going through a fixed mental and
physical process daily. We would
] not be in a position to use the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

A WRITER in the March 9th issue
of Printers Ink shows up half a
dozen of the fake and semi fake
advertisers whose enticing offers,
unreasonable and foolish as some
of them are, have been the means
Of drawing immense sums, in
dimes and quarters usually, to the
Golfers of the schemers. He Sc
lected the astrological doctor; the
vendor Of racy pictures; the gen.
tleman who gives away recipes;
circular distributors and "writers
to do copying at home.'' The an
swers received to all his communi-
cations proved the concerns to be
rank frauds to whom it was neces-
sary to pay stated amount as a
membership fee'' before becom-
ing eligible to the possible "ben-
efits'' of what they advertised. Re-
ceipt of the membership fee set
tied your dealings with the con-
Germs. It would be a noble work
Of charity if some philanthropist
would purchase million copies Of
that issue of Printers Ink and dis
tribute them among the fools who
bite at such advertisements. It is
not the loss of the few cents that
counts, but the lesson of duplicity
that is taught to the ''biters" who
consider fraud on their own part
no worse than that advertised in
public prints.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

A STREET railway company hold
ing valuable franchises in Wash
ington, d. c., was mulcted in S., 900
recently to discover that even the
street newsboys have rights that
must be respected. The court de-
cided that the business of the
newsboy is not only a Legitimate one
but public convenience, and held
that a newsboy has the right to
enter street cars for the purpose of
selling his papers. In the case in
point the conductor kicked the
boy off his car and the little fellow
was run over by car coming from
another direction. His leg had to
be amputated. The company
should feel that they were getting
out of the matter very cheaply.
Five thousand dollars is poor re-
Enumeration for the loss of limb
to boy with a bright future be-
fore him. But small as the amount
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

to speak. It is the men who have
been convicted" Of being bad,
who know the world will look upon
them as such whether or not thew
are-it is these men, when they
are sincere, who can gaze from
their present degradation and note
the real beauties of the moral
heights from which they have
fallen. Men writing such articles
from prison cell do not attempt
to convey the idea that such is a
reflex of their own life; but it is a
picture of what they know that
life could and should have been.
1t is the natural plant Of our
own wronged soul pointing out the
beauties of the bright path that we
forsook for the temporary pleasures
to be gained by giving free rein to
vanity, idleness and greed. It is
for this reason that the fallen are
occasionally able to write learnedly
and sometimes eloquently upon
moral topics that false prejudice
would assume was beyond the ken
Of those whom our goody-goody
brethren love to call :'felons.'
We are now down in the social
mire, but we must at some time
have stood on the same plane as
the ordinarily good citizen, else we
could not have fallen. It is from
our present low stage in this social
mire that we are enabled to Judge
and tell others Of the value of the
happiness we have lost. We have
experienced both sides of the ques-
ton and are thus in a position to
intelligently estimate the folly of a
vicious life. We have been near
to the pinnacle on the mountain of
happiness and are now in the dread
valley Of ignominy whence we may
still cast lingering look on that
which was and again may be our
happy state. It is for this and no
other reason that the ostracised
''immorals'' may still teach lesson
in morals to those who have expert
enced only the sunny side Of life.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

THIS week we publish an article
on "Criminals,' taken from the
Minneapolis Housekeeper, that
comes nearer to striking the true
key than most articles Of that ma
ture built purely on theory and
deductive reasoning. The temper
ate discussion of this problem of
crime and means to reduce it's raw
ages is deserving Of more atten-
ton than is given it by the secu-
lar press. Were the people in
general willing to deal with this
problem in the calm, deliberate
manner that is necessary in hand
ling subjects of immediate import,
it would be feasible to expect an
early diminution Of the population
of penal institutions.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17
MORALS FROM THE IMMORAL.

THERE are still large number
Of people in the world who seem
unable to convince themselves that
it is possible for any one possess
ing more than a passing CLEAN of
intelligence to get into prison.
They seem to reason that, if by
due process of law such do get
into prison, some imaginary de-
mon thenceforth divests them of
all the better qualities they may
have possessed as free men. This
is not a pretty fiction-it is the
actual belief of no small number
of well-meaning people who seem
thoroughly in earnest in their be-
lief that some curious phenomenon
must rob the so-called "bad men,
of all that ever was good in them
and they can not conceive that it
is possible for the prisoner to
speak intelligently of or encourage
that which is best in life. AS a
matter of fact you may say that
such theory would not appeal to
their better reasoning. It must
be remembered, however, that not
even all the ''good' people in this
world wear out their reasoning
faculties unless it is in a matter of
bread and butter to them. If the
social-politico complexion of the
world was so arranged that men
had to, and willingly did THINK
FOR THEMSELVES, many an one
now spouting politics and ques-
tons pertinent thereto would be
happily employed working the
soil instead Of working the people.
And now let us return to the
matter in hand Not few people,
among them some of our friends
of the newspaper fraternity, have
Of late been making psychic
guesses as to how it is possible
that the immoral men in prison
are able to write highly moral
articles. One of the reasons they
implied was that man in prison
was free from all worldly care;
nothing to trouble him; no bills to
pay; no home worry, and lot
more stuff of 9is nature that
would lead one to believe that
being in prison was the ante-room
to heaven. It will be admitted
that in the solitude of a cell
smaller than horses stall it may
be possible to concentrate ones
thoughts with ease. But the real
reason, gentlemen, is that a man
can not fully appreciate heaven
until he has had a taste of hell, so
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

is, it is safe to wager that the COM
pany will appeal and re-appeal in
the hope Of having the amount re-
duced to fifty dollars. They will
have the pleasure (?) Of knowing
that the boys family had to spend
most of the amount in lawyers
fees to keep the verdict from being
reversed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

The number and quality of
stale jokes of the vintage Of 81
now being revived and published
with Klondike trimmings, is a
source Of endless worry to graders
and scalers in the humorous de-
partments of the "boiler-plate" syn
dictates.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

A QUARANTINE in the interest of
morals and truth may have to be
declared against some Of the "yel-
lowaniacs'' in New York if they
do not soon begin to water the
sensational war reports being is
sued through their papers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

THE MIR ROR 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 a 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 dspelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to a fallen mans Self-redemptOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support If at any time there should
accrue a surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17
N 0 TIC E..

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of
THE MIR ROR 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, 1898-03-17

THOSE imitation-story, patent
medicine ads with lurid BARRED
Out OF Home as a heading,
should also be barred out of all re-
spectacle papers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

OPPOSITION may be the life of
trade but it is positively the death
of morals.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

@sdoNl 1EKe!H,'HISSs:
AZ::zz:; -; ~ SGe
When you get married remem-
Der it is a life sentence, and you
don't even get good time. st.
Paul Dispatch.
Mans nature makes him prefer
to be a successful fool rather than
an unsuccessful genius. Orange
(Va.) Observer.
Life imprisonment beyond the
pale of pardon would make saw
age out of a saint, and lunatic
out of philosopher.-Ohio Pen.
News.
A Massachusetts murderer de-
livered temperance lecture from
the scaffold, and then destroyed it's
force by taking a drop at it's con-
u." L
There are lots of smart men in
the world, but we never knew any,
one smart enough to tell in simple
words why thunder causes milk to
sour?-St. Louis Humorist.
A man should never be ashamed
to own he has been in the wrong,
which is but saying in other words
that he is wiser today than he was
yesterday.-Elgin Free Press.
A Chicago alderman recently
acted as timekeeper at a prize fight
held at Hot Springs. Straight
merit always appears on top sooner
or later.-Lake City Republican.
Four sleeping car porters have
gone to the Klondike; which shows
that no matter how much wealth
an accumulation accumulates he
still yearns for more.-St Louis
Post Dispatch.
If the employer and employe
could get a little closer together
and study each others conditions,
and learn to love one another, the
world would be very happy in
few years. Bede's Budget.
Mrs. Spaulding, wife of the
banker who has taken quarters at
Joliet, and halves and whole dol
lars previously, has been granted
a divorce. Five minutes was all
the time necessary to unite the
not.-Stillwater Daily Gazette.
There is a rumor that the
government may close the minis
for a time. Well, it doesn't mat
ter much. With such profit to
counterfeiters in the making of
silver dollars, the supply is not
apt to run shOrt.-St. Paul Globe.
"A Young Mans Three Swift
Ways to Help' is the title of a
certain minister's latest lecture.
If he is anxious to add five or six
more to his route book there are
young men in this town who can
put him on Minneapolis Times.
On the theory that man who
h. hi ~ II oh
take any great pains to appropri-
ate the troubles of some other
people, Kaiser Wilhelm does
wisely in denying that he ever
said he would back up Spain
Chicago Record.
There has seldom been a time
when the world was beating so
many pillow shares into swords, and
so many pruning hooks into
spears. The white dove of peace
seems to have taken high flight.
Things may look better before
blowing time Chicago Inter
Ocean.
A decision very important to
women so unfortunate as to be
married to sporting men has just
been given by the Indiana Supreme
Court. It has ruled that the wife
of one who loses at gambling may
recover his loss at civil suit, and
has ordered judgment in the test
case for $5,414.8O.-The { Wash
ington) Woman's Tribune.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

A gossipy letter from Berlin in
the San Francisco Argonaut of
March IA, discusses :'Press Gen.
sorship in Germany" and the ar
rest Of the editor Of Kladderadatch.
''In Smoky Bend" by J. Austin
Schetty in the March number of
Donahoe's is a particularly fine
character sketch, depicting the
quiet heroism of a young girl, and
her devotion to home duties.
In the department entitled "The
Progress Of the World' the editor
of the American Monthly Review
of Reviews reviews the De LONE
incident, the Maine disaster, the
lola trial, and other important de-
velopments of the month at home
and abroad.
Wilson's Photographic Maya
zine is a publication of unusual
interest to the amateur as
we'll as the professional photogra-
pher. The March number con-
tains illustrations in posing that
are we'll worth the yearly cost of
the Magazine.
Gan author may SIM" says
Edgar Saltus in Golfers Weekly,
"and often does. Yet his sin is
human. It is due to innocence,
sometimes to ignorance, often to
both. The real criminal is the
publisher. It is through him that
the spawning is effected"
Thomas G.. Allen, Jr., who trav-
eled across Asia on a bicycle,
shows, in the March Ladies' Home
Journal, that we hold many erron-
eous ideas regarding Siberia and
her people. There are fashions
and fashionable people even in
Siberia, and according to Mr..
Allen one meets as well-dressed
women in Siberia as are to be
found in any European city. The
social forms that exist in the large
cities of Russia are observed in
Siberia, and the fashionable peo-
pie Of that vast province enjoy life
to the full. Mr.. Aliens pictorial
article on "In Fashionable ST.
IBERIA" will present a really attrac-
tive picture of land which the
public mind has always associated
with sterility, perpetual cold and
unrelieved human suffering.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

Should THE MIRROR fail to reach a subscriber
each week, notice should be sent to this office,
and the matter will be attended to at once.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

Entered at the POst-Office at saltwater, Minn.,
as second. lass mail matter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

Contributions solicited from any and all sour
ces. Rejected manuscript will not be returned.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17
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A gossipy letter from Berlin in
the San Francisco Argonaut of
March IA, discusses :'Press Gen.
sorship in Germany" and the ar
rest Of the editor of Kladderadatch.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

Edited and Published by the In
mates of the Minnesota State Prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

''In Smoky Bend" by j. Austin
Schetty in the March number of
Donahoe's is particularly fine
character sketch, depicting the
quiet heroism of a young girl, and
her devotion to home duties.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17
@doKFa:;'n!!R kX1:'eX'StSESss

When you get married remem-
Der it is life sentence, and you
don't even get good time" st.
Paul Dispatch.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

There are lots of smart men in
the world, but we never knew any,
one smart enough to tell in simple
words why thunder causes milk to
sOur?-St. Louis HumOrist.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

Mans nature makes him prefer
to be successful fool rather than
an unsuccessful genius. Orange
(Va.) Observer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

A Massachusetts, murderer de-
livered a temperance lecture from
the scaffold, and then destroyed it's
force by taking drop at it's con-
clusiOn.-Denver Post.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-17

A decision very important to
women so unfortunate as to be
married to sporting men has just
been given by the Indiana Supreme
Court. It has ruled that the wife
of one who loses at gambling may
recover his loss at civil suit, and
has ordered judgment in the test
case for $5,414.SO.-The wash
ington) Woman's Tribune.
DR.. Taylor, the social settlement
man of Chicago, condensed a
whole volume of practical reform
into this brief sentence: "The
only way you can get rid of your
saloons is to offer men something
better. Do that and the saloons
will close. If you can not do that,
you don't deserve to get rid Of
them" What wonder is it that
the saloons are successful in at
tracing the multitude when they
are more hospitable and provide
more attractive places in which to:
spend hours of idleness or leisure
than can be found elsewhere.
Minneapolis journal.