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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-08-10

lance that words may go with us.
But, and if the words sink into
the heart, deep into the heart,
deep into oul. If you have
'teal1y and truly determined BY
grnce. and 4heAid Of Gods az
powerful PROMISES, to turn@oyer
thiss neville tobegin anew, then
the world is fulEof. sweetness and
we viii begin tostaste Of the FIRST
fruits Of the beyond, rthat home
of the soul lot rnal life: and this
is the Church Of God: That Christ
Jesus came into the world, not to
call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance. - T. 3
SOD -g-sg3 Ia.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-08-10

is to be found on earth, or any Joy
in life, it cannot be by closing up
the gates of feeling, which admits
us to the loftiest and most vivid
realization of a future existence,
in that heavenszwhich >WBy must
auicffydhoose or lose our hope
ii entering into;that heaven which
is' ths E Abods=''o'f. our oreat9f.
Therefore, these words come di-
rectly home to the, soul, and we
will say = I
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willin' to give up the chance o.
learnin' somethin' if Bend only
happen along the way with his
gun. But Sniverly he KEEP on
elimbin', and when he got within
reach O. the critter with his COON
stabbe1>he gave it a jab, and
socked thegkpife clean to the hilt
in he Aildeats side. Accordin' to.
an idees Of the place where Sniv-
,erly. used To- huntthe eson and'
chaseshe hog-noss snake and the
.perairie RATHER, that wildcat ought
to sprung cat O the tree the mi
mute it got the jab, and let the
dogs jump on it. But this ,bein'
only Knob country wildcat, that
was way behind the times in it's
idees. It turned quicKer'n flash
oily nddEmar1fe @iittsway
lords the ground Z over what 2
netur.ly~woald .@heen=the.tr trunk
O. the tree if, 5Sniverly's body
hadn't been -occupyin' mostso that
part the treee,lso the cri1aer
had to do the best It klnowed= how
and jest elum right down over
rSniverly, Maumee coon-stabber
and all, rippin' things so every
which way and promisououslike.
that if L hadn't been keepin my
eye on him I'd "a took Sniverly.
for q telegraph pole that had been
in the way when lighnin' struck, :
be looked SO sort Q. ragged and
splintery. But he hadn't let go
Of his coon-stabber, =, = and he =
clutched it high in air as he glared
back over his shoulder at the wild
cat that had turned to and busted
all precedent il, setch cases made
and provided in the coon-huntin'
and hog-nose snake and perairie
rattler chasin's deestricts where -
Sniverly had sucked il knowledge,
by startin' to=leave tree theI way
it did, and then not leavin' it at all
but jest stoppln' on hmbinot far
below 'Sniverly, where it was
glarin' up at him, not durn bit
ashamed of itssignofance.G
"'By the crawfsh~snoopin' mud
puppy Of old Masking um's agur-a
bottomsP says :sniverly, = this. iss
disgustin'! What kind - bull
headed dogs be them that'll i tree
setcha critters as this here?]1 And
what kind Of a bull headed critter-
is this here that won't tumble out
O the tree when it gifts, : the
Maumee coon-stabber socked into
it?' he says Dog on your ugly
pictur'?' he says to the wildcat,
griffin his teeth. IF you re bound.
to climb down out of a tree in that
inconsiderate way I'll give you an
other hft!' he says, and he turned
his Maumee coon-stabber on the,
wildcat ag'in and give it another
jab. - '-'''- " ~. ......r
: I'll Ito Discontinued in hext issue.] '2Do1AI
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5-L f- zu.W i 3nd ...{r-2Vli 81
Il Mabel = Say Lena, did you ever
know doctor to- take his own
medicine. n9Gr 59iJ7s5a SO bib E9-
Lena "No, don't think. ~ 81,
Mabel-s'Well / know a doctor
who takes his own medicine" tna
LENA = well / neyers5aSay who
isit213o sill adt baaDao doidw ,do0Ilac
Mabel IoasWhy othe Doctor he
5agss&yss sHps5 sah55aESI IL
takes tl H9Appd at Pet nG(9pleKss aaod,
tsLena7r GQh YOU stapidq uthings
You4meanbf Gin4fzsiH iitn0 no emi1
81 .s1Ulis1 dii4 tala I'D bad noitnsYni
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THE MIR Is a weekly paper published

THE MIRROR Is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. It was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and Isl 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 psychological information and to aid
in dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans selfredemptiOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
It's financial support. If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
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|g-2NOTICE.LAi letter j signed
Ed, addressed to Mr.: @: Biz;
dick, Vandale,, Mimi. and two
letters; ! addressed B to Miss Rose
Outlet, Minneapolis, MINI, are
held by. the Usher until the writ rit:
ers names are known. --~ an ~
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/ To The EDITOR OF The Sun
Sir Why divorce? Forgive!
There can be no divorce for those
who have ever loved. Separation?
Yes. But absolute parting, never.
/ Love is not love .rsl1 ta{cqet Is ad Lit
80 Which alters when it alteration finds; ~.
Love is an ever fixed mark,
The hope Of every wandering bark. } d
Those who love : will follow on
through shame and gloom down
to the portals of@the tomb. Such
is the 'mothsn 7loye,'5 1 next 70 t the
love Of God, and such should be
the Hove = which binds the hearts
of husband and wife, who, for
saking all others, tread the path
way Of life-be it rough, be it
smooth together to the end.
"Wbither, thou goest 7 viii go,
and where thou ,lodgest I will
lodge; thy people shall be- my
people, and thy God Q my Ged.a'
Sacred tie! Marriage sanctiied. al
No No. decree. can can separate the
hearts 81 love, bound. in welded
ties. for. ike5sweet-m memories, love
ends only with their ives!@ Free
dom from the bond, I cannot But
think, is sought only by those
who never felt the depth Of love-
In joy or sorrow, sickness or health, In pow
erty or wealth, till death do us part. -4f+1e
Then keep your vow-pardon,
pity and forgive. Do not turn
from your side the man who won
you for his bride, SO that little
children cause you pain as their
lisping voices speak his name.
You would not desert your child,
and as I love the child SO does the
father seem to me-a hayward
child, who needs a.: true wife S
heart and hand to lead him back
to heaven and to home, and pray
that at that bar beyond he may
find peace and forgiveness 1zataz
Z ---fL-- coca frrt cr.4.a~ s4vFEr 49ri f(
When first saw your face, my own dear love,
4 dreamed not of disgrace, my own dear love,
aBut had one more life to live, 3l.1 RI =. 4
1 would as surely an as truly be ~z9- xf- 81
Your own dear love. .....
'''.~..>- 81 s'-->'' gu ISL . A WIFE. . "a
Tarrytown, July FL. z,.sr,, .~-
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heaven loves ! hate :;
Shut from mo is heavens gate

1 -
| If we try to make ourselves be-
lieve that there is no@future, and
whilst living in this far off plane
from God, should we die, that
then nHntnreM would be entry
into the Kingdom Of Shades,
Observation-Disclosures
place devoid Of love, and in which
fGod abideth not. Such dreadful
future seems to us appalling. FL
Now. Just to demonstrate, we
will say, that to day we will give
you twenty dollars, and additional
promise to do the same thing in
ten years; we will love the giver
for the sake of his gift, and we
will continue to. love the giver
for the sake of his. promise, and
this will apply because today we
have life, and in Gods promise
we will have life in the next world.
Therefore it seems to us that we
ought to love the giver Of life,
because we have it1now; and If He
/ is able to give us life now, He is
also able to give us life in a thous-
and, years =, hence, eternal life,
Therefore ought we to love him
fer what, we have and also for
what we may receive and will
received q if we love him as we
ought. Il 1. ,7y! '@--'s - 81 Il -'1' ~ L
In the second verse we read a.. -
Endless sin means endless woe,
into endless sin 1 CO. yic T.. a,,f
This then clearly shows that a
continual denial of God and His
love, as continuation of sin
which will lead Us in a path Of
continual misery The kingdom Of
~
shadessis a place Of continual mis-
cry because we are continually
absent from God, and God is love,
and without love there is not any
thing worth: 49,. -..-, ,t..4.-..
Light obeyed increaseth light
Therefore if we confess that we
have received light, which is life,
that then we must also admit that
that light which is life, comes to
us from a higher power, and that
power is our God, because that
power is our Creator and therefore
we must admit His sublime au-
thority. ~-- 49,. .,--.-.. 80
while thy God prolongs grace.
Haste thee to His holy face
The foregoing will show US just
one broad proposition. .s.~g -
In the matter Of spiritual saliva
ton we must go to the Almighty
one. We must go to the Divine
Lord. We must 60 to the Blessed
Redeemer. And we must say unto
Him: Lord, be merciful unto me
a sinner, and if we do this in
spirit and in truth, then we will
live up to the mark Of perfection
required of us and if we live up to
the mark of perfection then there
is newness Of life The old
things will have passed away, and
all things will become new. Our
immediate surroundings will
change, and a betterment in our
personal and social condition will
take place. There is only one
way to enter into this new state
and that one and only way is by
the broad and open door Of doing
better in the future than we have
done in the past, and mark well,
and forget not that by your daily.
works We shall be known. sa1 20 ii u
We must each travel alone and
without aids. as the traveller has to
climb alone when he nears the
summit ofsthe mountain oNe.beast
Of burden cam help. him there; i
neither can the gross and vulgar
senses 81 81 i1aaf anything that touches
grpssg7,4eEt 7guu4gas7rs g IF help
him here. Its but for little dis
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-08-10

- Choose mustyand soon must choose To-
Holiness or heaven lose.
If what heaven loves hate, - -
E-4J Shutfrom me is heavens gate. = a1I
Endless sid means endless woe, - ISL
"a Into endless sin 60, G@ID ~ 3~1-@S@
IF my soul from reason rent (. s9-se~ &
.-wo Taken from sin its final bent -. -
su As the stream its channel grooves go -
s.r And within that channel moves,
So does habits deepest tide l.
IaGrobvei its bed and there abide. IL
> Light obeyed increaseth light, ~ So i
.l3S Light resisted bringeth night - Tc@5T
who shall give me will to. choose, G.z2U.
.!-;2 If nelove Of light loose. J,,o .s~~sc
=: Speed my soul thisinstant YIELDS IL .9I,
g.ce Let the light its scepter- wisld.s re- s~e'
While thy God prolongs grace. -. 49,.
@'+' Haste thee to His holy face.' 80 -'->
-'i~e i4S The Parliament Of Religions.
Choose we must, and soon
must choose Holiness or heaven
lose.'' And. truer1 words never
have been written, but how long
do we carry such sentiments in
our thoughts, If our mind was
always centered on it, then we
would not be long in attaining to
that state, in which we could sing
with cheerful heart, Nearer my
God to thee.'' But the ways of
the world, in this wide wide world
are such that we think we cannot
attain to this state of perfection,
and for the purpose Of helping
each other we will briefly 60 over
the old and the new forms Of
thought. We wish you to read
this article slowly SO you may
grasp the fullness of the sentiment.
First we will ask, why do we live?
and we say, that we live because
it is pleasant even to have the
sensation Of pain. We must have
sensation or we. could not enjoy
life, and without life the human
family would taste Of the deep
waters Of oblivion and become
extinct. Our emotions, our i'm
aginations and sensibilities, all 20
to make up the delicate network
of the life of man, and we must
look forward to that life as a con-
tinuing life, not only in the flesh,
but also in the future, beyond the
limit of the time allowed for flesh
to live, or, we become
Respondent, at the thought that
our life is not real. We must
admit that our life is a fallacy,
if we say that there is no life
beyond the grave. When our
divine Lord was in this world in
the form Of man, he said: cal
though we should do all in our
power l al and d act ee up up to the COM
maadments Of God. to the full
lest,oextent, that even then I'VE
wereo but unpreftableR servants:
Thereby Showing s i that tthe invest
meanat tr required, tt t. says Us for future
use was ofso priceless value THAT
do all we could even then. Ifpeace
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-08-10
IContinued from last week

IContinned from last week. ~ ~
ssGood enoughr says Snivefly,
Ithinkin' about his bein, from Ohio.
They've freed. coon for me- he
Says. -: -. -
With the idea that Z was only
Ia sort Of victim q the ignorance
that was stalkin through the Knob
country, cordin' to the idees o
the=feller4hat% had=the~advantage
oa1tbeiin@ffroG04hiio-f
lgive my opinion in the case a
IeetIe timid Ike, and I says:
| -~sfsIt sounds to me, Sniverly, ,
/ says, as if they had freed Wild
cat,' I says. .r ..,-~:~s. ~ - :. ..s :.
| "sPoofp says Sniverly, glarin at
me with a. look that seemed to ask
me if I had forgot that he was
from Ohio. Come on with me, ,
he says: I'll show you somethin'
| you don't know he, says s,Ics.s IA. .
"Willin' to learn, I went along
We came to where the dogs was
I gethered under a big chestnut
tree, and they, was crazy Wild. I
shot my eye up in the tree, and
up nigh the top + g see a wildcat,
scroochin', sure enough 'Sniverly
he looks at it a while and he says:
"'I'Q have to say that it amt a
coon,' he says, docs anybody in
this country knowswhat it is?' he
says. ' ''''' . ''' .'-.~- : $500
eyes, I says. It's only jest a
wildcat. I'll go over to Ben's
and git a gun and lid. fetch thee, esr:iitter
down. says, x2zx1oa1o
"'Poof! says Sniverly:: Waste
O. time. Keep your eye. on me-
he says s-1<4s-G ss@. = sat -lc1s a..'o~ ina
"Of course, bein' there and
wantin' to learn things / Kepss my
eye on him. He cut somethin'
like hoop-pole,. %mmebbe SIX ST = foot
long, and took out his jackknife,
opened the biggest blade in it, and
strapped it onto the aend 1o'' the
pole, with the blade p'intin'
up'ard. ---'""--
Nom Now, says he,3, keep your eye
on me and the....Maumee COON
stabberp he says. I'll climb the
tree and. shove the stabber in what
you have an idee is a wildcat.
He'll see at -wunst where I hail
from, and he'll tumble out O. that
tree so amazin' quick that unless:
your dogs is wide awake you'd
never believe he could "a been in
the tree. If your dogs is wide
= : Z -
awake he says they'll snatch.
him when. he lands, and I'LL come.
down and help 'em finish him.
That's the way he says, that We
gether IN coons out where 7 come
from a,,a ~rls~4e4,} .-a-,osf~,, s,lfu
stsstsBut, Sniyerly,''.. says19I, .haye5
you considered that this amt a.
coon and that this ain = the place
where you come from? This is,
the Knob country I says, and
this a Knob country wildcat
These Knob country wildcats. L
says, don't have habits exactly
like coons, not that I ever heard
on says. -~. ~s,l -r;r ~ -oq-.a
but Sniverly he only grinned,5
KNOWN as could be, and made me
feel how durn little we must know
in the Knob county. 4, "
"'Jest keep your eye on me- he
says. I'll show you somethin' you
don't know. But if you don't care
about stayin' here and keepins
your eye on me- he says, and amt
anxious to learn, you kin scamper
over to Ben's. tn lug in this
thing you think is aawildcat,' thet
says 9aj ii oaa 'hoa.Tq %, 10 aisi2@Ao|
1'sBut I was p9inin' t to learn, and md
50 IIs5 thought ia q stay 70 and keep
my eye on Snivegly, lille felHm
the tree.w Eheawldcat seemedito
bind his t41ifflk L All j II cal
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Watts just listen to that truck
man. You can't swear that way to
save your life. @ 8
Potts but when I do cuss
I'll bet it does me more good than
he is getting out Of his remarks
Indianapolis journal. r.aas- &C.
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BASEBALL.

Standing Of the clubs in Western and
Wis National Leagues August 8. otaI
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Grade standing as follows: first,
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OHIO FARMERS THEORY.
He Would FIT MAUMBE COON
TACTICS TO A WILDCAT.

Visitor to the. Knob Country Who
Started to Teach the Natives Things
z subsequsat Trouble in Being 1denti-
Aed at His Bank-some Very Contfaly
- 6f1aff1f Baaat ss..=4-s.ss=ssssss$$ - ~
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To The EDITOR OF The Sun
Sir: Why divorce? Forgive!
There can be no divorce for those
who have ever loved. Separation?
Yes But absolute parting, never.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-08-10

Advertise in The PRISON MIRROR.
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Total population, sos. I H.
Males, 1876; Females, 9. aH
Discharged 7 during the past
week, - a.s..-sszz sz---
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MOVEMENTS oF1oUR POPULATION
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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
Sparks from the Engine.

Commercial gent L. e. Hunt of the
S. 2. is out again in Ariz )na on c0m-
pany business.
r. S. Thompson, local chairman on
the Tucson division of the Order of
Railway Telegraphers, was in the city
yesterday.
The G.. 81. west bound this morning
was 40 hour and forty minutes late,
aud was held here for the Texas aud
Paclnc conuectlon. --s
The city delivery track of the G. b.
is crowded with shipments In of wood,
hay, canned goods, and winter sup
plies. Merchants in all lines are stock
ing up.
Charles Strauss, formerly of Ell Paso.
was injured yesterday while at work in
the S P. shops at Tucson. A heavy
bar fell on his feet, fracturing a toe
and bruising one foot.
Three cars were set on fire at Wilcox
on the Southern Pacific. The work
was done by hobos, and the cars were
consumed. A wrecking crew
from Tucson went out after the trucks
and iron work.
The advance car of the Walter
Mains circus with William Dale in
charge is in the S. P. yards, coming in
last night from Deming, and will re-
main here few days while the town is
billed by its crew of IL men.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
NO RESERVE LINCOLN COUNTY
The FL paso And Northeastern Is
Happy Over Its Success In Head
ING Off the Arbitrary Establish
ment of One On Its Road.

White Oaks offici ais are elated over
the recent decision OF the interior de-
partment at Washington in regard to
establishing forest and other reserva-
tions hereafter.
SIT has been the custom, said At
torney Hawkins of the road today, "for
government agents located on various
parts of these western territories, be-
fervor in the interests of nation al
forest reserves, quietly to suggest to the
department the advisability of estab-
fishing such reserves in certain dis
tricts of their territory.
Just keep quiet they would say
TO a few intimates. and we'll put this
thing through And the result would
be that the first intim alton the people
living in the locality and naturally
most Interested would have of it would
be the act which, by one sweeping
stroke of the presidents pen, took for
ever from the public domain thousands
and thousands of acres which might
otherwise be made fertile and profit
able by settlers and investors.
This was attempted in Lincoln
county, along our road. Naturally we,
with many people living there, protest
ed to the department, aud that the
right and reason OF the protest is ap-|
preciated is shown by their decision of
a day or two since in which it Is de-
clsred that hereafter no forest reserves
shall be created until the people living
in the vicinity, and most vitality inter-
ested, shall have had a hearing"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
New Facts About Bean,,,n, Snow

"Sos Aoout Beautiful Snow.
mat eminent medical authority, the
Lancet, has just discovered that snow
water will penetrate the ordinary boot
and that the only sure way to pre-
vent this is to grease the boot. This
ancient and honorable custom of the
Yankee farmer is set forth in the Lam
Get fully and scientifically-and Is
news to no one. But some of the Lam
Gets remarks upon beautiful snow
may be new.
1t is stated that few actions of ma
ture clear and purify the air as does
a fall of snow. An analysis of newly
fallen snow shows an enormous pei
centage of organic impurities and SAC
terra. These have been swept OFT of
the air by the falling flakes, leaving
the atmosphere we breathe pure and
wholesome. Again there is so much
friction engendered from snowfiakes
slipping through the air that it gives
rise to the formation of ozone. 1t is
stated that so much ozone is formed
by the descending flakes that to those
familiar with it there is a marked
smell of that element in the air after
q snOwstorm.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
Best Au-Year Route to California

Is the Southern Pacific. The travel
ing public can easily understand this
when it is known that this is the only
line running coaches through to Cali
fornia points without change, the only
line running tourist sleepers direct
from FL Paso to Los Angeles and San
Francisco, the only line running Pull
man palace cars direct to the above
named cities without transfer and the
only line running buffet cars thus en-
abling passengers to obtain their meals
at hours convenient to themselves.
Seventeen hours shorter time to Los
Anee than by other lines.
Noe angling cars during nights, en-
route.
Parties going to the Pacific Coast
for q rest should make q note of these
facts
T. E. HUNT
Com1 Agent.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-02
VIA pASO AND pECOS
A rizona Cattle Shipped To Kan
sas City Through This City and
the peCos Valley Road

Five cars of cattle came through on
the S. P. today from Bowie, Ariz., and
were handled here and delivered to the
T. & P. These cattle are consigned to
Kansas City via the Pecos City and
the new Pecos Valley road, and mark
the'. first. shipments via this route,
which have eretofore gone over the
Santa Fe by way of Deming.
This diversion to the new route OF
business originating in the Santa Fe's
territory shows conclusively that It's
short distance and consequent each
time will be an important factor in the
shipment of cattle from even Arizous
and New M exico territory to eastern
markets. Ell Paso will be slightly
benefited by handling of shipments
here.