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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

ETERNAL vigilance is the price
of iberty-this was spoken by one
of Americas great men, and it is
the truth. The science of truth
is called metaphysics, and when
ever we speak the truth we are un-
wittedly a metaphysician. If we
say that two and two are four, then
we say what is truth. It is true
in high heaven, it is true below in
the bottomless abyss of a fathom-
less deep, it is true here and there,
and being true it is divine, because
all truth comes from God, and
everything that emanates from
God is divine.
If our people would consider
this how long would it take to
convert a corrupt world? How
much better is it to be divine, if
only for a moment of time, than
to plod along day by day in per-
petual darkness? The holy bible
says: IF a man speak, let him
speak as the oracle of God. To
do this we must speak that which
is true, and if we speak as the
oracle Of God, then we are divine"
So under this rule, we may become
the divine oracle of God, and this
station in life, is for all who will
say that which is true, and this is
the pinnacle of manhood, namely
to do the will of God and keep
His Commandments, and under
these commandments all men are
equal. For the purpose of bring
ing these facts home to every one,
[ quote portion Of Ex-Governor
McKinley's speach which he made
at the Chamber of Commerce Ban.
quet, and which was published in
the annual report of the St. Paul
Chamber of Commerce. He said:
"Our government, national and
municipal, rests upon public opin-
ion. Public opinion however good,
if Indifferent, has no vital force:
when aroused it may check an evil
in public administration, but the
evil will resume its sway the mo-
ment the public sentiment which
arrested it lapses into Indifference.
public opinion, to secure real
reforms and hold them, must not
be ftful and spasmod1c; it must
be vigorous, vigilant, steady and
constant, and as sleepless in it's
activity as the enemy of right is
known always to be. Swift as
public judgment sometimes is,
and Justly is, in the condemnation
of public officials and public po-
licies, sometimes more than this
is required execution of the pub
lie will must follow the public
judgment.
Government of the people is the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
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such as sample copies. If, after
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MIRROR is worthy of patronage
send your name to this Office for a
trial subscription at rates as pub.
lfshed above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

Fortnightly Review gives many of
the details of this remarkable en-
terprise. It shows that while the
Siberian Railway is of deep sig
nifcance to. the United States.
this canal is the more important
of the two for Europe.
Though the waterway will be a
thousand miles in length, it's esti--
mated cost is only $1,000 5000,
and an official report plac the
time of construction at five y ars.
It seems that the ease of the
project lies in it's utilization of two
great rivers flowing north
into the Baltic and the other
south into the Black Sea. They
are the Duna and the Dnieper,
with their tributaries. By deepen
ening and connecting these rivers,
there will be a continuous deep
waterway from Riga on the Baltic
to Kherson, near Odessa, on the
Black Sea.
The canal and tributaries are in
the Province Of Lithuania, and
the route Of the proposed water
way follows the old boundary line
Of Poland a large part of the dis
lance. It would appear that that
line is possessed of mighty fort
resses, and some of which are of
great antiquity. For instance,
those of Borosoo and Bobenisk, on
the Beresian River, are noted for
having held out successfully
against Napolean on his historical
march to Moscow.
"FOr Moscow was ablazing
And he lost the bonny of: Roses"
Now both ends of this mighty
waterway are capable of holding
the strongest Notifications that
modern engineering can devise.
These Notifications lying abso-
lutely within Russian territory,
will provide secure communication
for Russian warships between the
northern and southern frontiers in
time of war, and this Russian
supremacy may be looked for.
The real obstacle to be overcome.
it is said, is the granite barrier,
forty miles broad, that forms the
rapids of Ekaterinoslav which is
situated 200 miles above the mouth
Of the Duleper. It seems there is
already an old canal connecting
these two great rivers, and when
the granite barrier is removed,
Russia will have one Of the most
important waterways in the world,
and she will Of necessity become
one of the most powerful by
reason of these mighty defences.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
THE MIRROR is weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
in 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man.
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemptiOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
Read and pass The MIRROR to a friend.

THERE seems to be some diff
ference of opinion in the Demo-
cratic ranks. Ex-Governor Will
liam J. Stone of Missouri acting
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee is taking sharp
issue with William j. Bryan, and
other supposed leaders Of his
party.
Speaking of a Merchant-Marine
he said, while being interviewed
at the Auditorium Annex at Chi
cago few days ago:
I'm this connection there is no
one single factor which I consider
of more moment then the upbuild-
ing Of a great merchant marine.
England has become the great
commercial power of the world, and
London has become the clearing
house of the world simply because
of Englands supremacy on the
sea, I firmly believe. With the
exception of the marine we have
all the essential elements which
make for this supremacy in a far
greater degree then England, we
have a natural ingenuity and skill
in a mechanical way, we have the
capital and industry and raw ma
terial, and all we need is the
vessels.
LAS case in print, I am in
formed, as I believe, that only 20
per cent of the cotton crop grown
in this country is fabricated here.
The remaining eighty per cent
going abroad to be made up, and
the greater part going to England.
Now, if this 80 per cent can be
fabricated here and then shipped
to the markets of the word instead
Of being manufactured and ship
ped from abroad, it does not take
an especially keen mind to appre-
ciate the manifold advantages to
follow"
And on being asked if he would
favor the granting of subsidies by
the government he said:
Il would favor whatever was
necessary to put the American
merchant marine where it belongs,
to the 'front.'"
This shows that Ex-Governor
Stone is in the right and loyal
road, he is willing to lay aside the
stunted virtues Of bigotted party,
and he comes to the front as an
American should do for America
He said:
"Thus if England and Germany
should operate any scheme where
by their merchant marine pos
sessed an advantage over ours
that he would advocate going them
one better"
Now this is just what ought to be
done and it shows that he is will
ing to support the National Ex-
ecutive to that extent at least.
In the matter of the Philippine
Islands, he declared strongly
against the anti-expansion plea
which Mr.. William j. Bryan
wishes to make a party plank in
the coming Democratic National
platform. It is clear that Ex-
Governor Stone and Nh. Bryan
are at variance on this very i'm
portant subject, and a dividing
line between the great party men
shows that the Democratic party
are not at one. Love of country
indicates that no matter who may
be in power at Washington the
duty of all true Americans is to
the authority of the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06
Written for The Prison Mirror.
July Four Ninety-nine.

The day dawned clear and bright and fair;
All nature was sublime,
And all the boys we're eager for,
July four mir ety-nine.
At nine O'Clock the gong rang out,
To call the men in line;
We then began to celebrate,
July four ninety-nine.
First came the hand-shake all around
Each man some friend did find,
And straightway went and sat him down
July four ninety-nine.
Then races they did run, and leap
For joy, 1 do Opine,
That all we're very happy on
July four ninety-nne,
But when the band came marching up
The street in martial line,
o! how the boys did cheer and shout
July four ninety nine.
The human serpent then did show
How he could bend his spine,
We thank him for his presence on
July four ninety-nine.
Our colOred friends we'll not forget,
For surely they were kind,
To entertain the prisoners on
July four ninety-nine.
And when the whistle blew at n0On,~
We all went in to dine,
And or the dinner that we had
July four ninety-nine.
Dinner over they pass ed around
Havana's (?) they were prime,
And every man enjoyed his smoke
July four ninety-nine.
July four comes but once year
OTIS hard to find a rhyme),
But I'm sure none here will forget.
July four ninety-nine.
Although our lot is not the best,
We should not now repine,
But thank those who made us happy on
July four ninety-nine. ZEKE.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-06

Blueiackets in charge of sight
seers aboard the. Victory )-"Here 4.
Nelson fell!".
"OldaLady-"And. don't won
der at it, poor dear man, it's
nasty slippery place. Why. I
nearly fell there myself.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

be necessary to keep them out. They
come up through Mexico and down from
the Puget sound country in defiance of
law, and in numerous instances are as
sisted by corrupt officials who have
reaped fortunes in this underground
traffic. There will no doubt be trouble
when they begin to- swarm to these
shores in large numbers; and more es-
pecially if they are assisted by the jap
anese. The Japanese are more COM
bative, and, as allies of the Chinese, the
Eruption may be a very formidable one.
The disintegration of this vast en-
pire, containing one-third of the hui
man race, will set in motion large
enough number of Asiatics to not only
overrun the Pacific coast, but may in
time change the aspect of affairs in the
United States. And, in the course of
centuries, this Eruption may make a
marked difference throughout the
world. This great empire has stood for
centuries, and has refrained from en-
tering upon a career of conquest, de-
spite the ambition of her statesmen
and the weakness of her neighbours
Considering the large possessions of
the European powers in Asia, and the
repeated demands for more, it is evident
that the end of the Chinese empire is
near. Then will begin the immigration
of immense masses of her 100000, 900
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Drawn Mt NIGHT,

The architect and his friend the
builder were driving back to the
formers office. They had been out to
the edge of the city to look at some
wor k on which they were engaged. AS
they drove by certain house the build
er looked up at it proudly, saying:
''There is a house that I built myself.
I not only built it, but drew all the
plans. Every bit of work in it is NINE -
The architect looked at the house and
smiled in approaching way. The builder
noticed the smile and looked at the
house in a new light. Glow hard I
worked on that!" he said. I'm the day
time I had to do something else, but
every night I would sit up late drawing
on those plans. I drew on 'em every
night for a month"; The architect
looked at the house again and smiled
once more, and the builder saw him.
Again he turned his eyes toward the
product of his brain, twisting his necl;
to squint at it after the carriage had
passed it. Then he looked at the archi-
tect with humility. 1T looks as ifthose
plans were drawn at night, doesn't it?,
he said, and there was pathos in his
|voice-Worcester Gazette. " ~ e>1S
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.OUTL Look rs OMNIBUS,
Pacific Coast Now Squarely Faces
the Eastern Question.
The Partition Of China by the Euro
pean Powers May Have Serious
Consequences for Us and
Our Institutions. "a
Especial San Francisco Letter

l0PSSA0A, 0ckAA CIa1lC1SCO ASIteTsJ
The Pacific coast now squarely faces
the eastern question:" both from q
military point of view and a peace
ful INVASION that must come sooner or
later. The recent rise Of the United
States as naval power and the in
vitation for the first time in his
tory to take q hand in oriental
affairs has brought the Pacific coast
forward as an important point for de-
tense and offense. The coast line and
the islands in the bay are being heavily
fortified with the largest mortars and
disappearing guns in existence, a dry
dock costing $2,0o0,000 will be con-
structed at the Mare Island navy yard
for the repairing of warships, and a
training school for sailors for the west
ern navy will also soon be established.
While this western barrier is being
thus prepared for war, the people are
looking forward with no little concern
to that peaceful INVASION which must
surely follow the dismemberment Of
the Chinese empire True, we have an
exclusion law, but even now the Chi
nese are Struggled into this country at
the rate of nearly 1000 month. When
their country shall be carved up by
the concert of Europe" they will flock
to this coast in much larger numbers,
and standing army on our borders will
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26
ON THE REBOUND.

OF course. we'd met the winter through
At balls and teas, but then, you know. ::
thought the world of Ned Carew,
Who'd been devoted, and I knew
Tom was in love with Kittie Snow. s
So Tuesday night. at Kittie's ball,
When they announced she was engaged
To Ned Carew, thought I'd fall
Or faint-I really can't recall 10y
When I've been 50 stunned or enraged!
She's such ~scheming girl-and then,
Oh, lots of times, I've heard Ned say
He thought she looked SO silly when
She tried to flirt. Oh, dear, some men
Cant keep the same mind through the
day!
Well, Wednesday came, and as twas Lent,
And was blue about 1t all. XIII,
I thought the day would be best spent
In some good work, and so went ..t.}
To take flowers to the hospital.
And passing by, who should I see
AS at their door, with all my flowers
I stood, but Tom! He said that he
Thought time best spent in charity
] said those were my happiest hours.
Well, that began it. Then we found
Our tastes alike in everything.
We think respects the proper ground
For love, and ours is strong and sound.
Mines twice as big as Kitty's ring!-
beatrice Hanscom, III Ladies' Home
Journal.
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AI,RERr T. .HoPKINs

masterful man who now voluntarily re-
inquishes the power of exalted station.
In all fairness and candor it should
be stated that no little injustice, has
been doloe Speaker Reed by the news
papers which have disseminated The
idea that he was the author of aacode
of imperial rules. AS a matter Of fact,
Tom Reed administe the rules which
were made by. the house of REPRESENTA-
tives; and administered them autocrat-
lcally. lsut he only introduced tworules
which may be termed distinctively
Reed rules. In the first place, he count
B ed asquorum VIII en- members sat in their
seats declining to vote, and claiming to
be ahsent. Everybody now comedies
that Reed was right in taking that
stand. In the second place, he intro
duced the policy of declining to5enter-
tain what he automatically decided to
be dilatory motions. He took this stand
in order that business might proceed.
Hi course dn this Respect u now in,
dorsed By all good har1i amentaridns.
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mains, and the results Of that labog
continue to increase after they nave
been gathered to their ancestors.
Other foreigners also send money out
of the country. IT should be reIne1.l-
bered that a laborer, especially Chi
nese who works so cheaply, has very lit
tie to send away after paying his living
expenses, and, perhaps, taking hand
in his favorite game Of fan-tan or lot,
terry.
The Chinese originated the manufac-
ture of cigars in California. Up to the
time of the Cuban uprising, about .
quarter of century ago, nearly ono
half of the cigarmakers on the island
were Chinese. We then imported our
cigars from Cuba and Manila. Not rel
ishing war, especially the Spanish
mode, the Chinese came to California
and introduced the manufacture of
"Havana" cigars, and now furnish at
least half the quantity consumed ON the
entire Pacific coast states. Chinese
factory hands are paid about one dol
lar a day, while the few white laborers
who attempted competition received
two dollars and $3.50 day. The Chi
nese have continued in this MONOPOLY,
Z In addition, there arc about 5000 Chi
nese i'll this city engaged in the manu-
facture OF boots, shoes and slippers.
The same corresponding difference IN
wages exists. From these examples It
is easy to foreten the result of large
migration of Chinese to the Pacific
coast. They excel the white man in
light labor, and, while they are imi-
tative, they are not inventive. They are
more patient, persevering and faithful
to their duties than the white man, as
rule. It is with this class of steady
plodders that we are now to grapple
when the great mass of Asiatics begin
to move. Naturally they will cross over
to this coast, where they already have
q colony, and where the struggle for
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-05-26

Fifty cents for this beautiful little vase
called the auetIoneer; "goIng, going for 30.
do hear 30 for this beautiful little vases''
and no one thought anything about the
auctIoneer or the vase which went for 30
cents until another one was put up, an i'm
mense affair of cIoisonne Now we Will
show you an exquisite piece, not to be du-
pl1cated IN this country" he went on An
exquisite cloisonne varse-' and there the
Wellesley girl said excitedIy to her com
panion: Now, that is what I call true
Boston culture. Would you expect man
OF that kind to make such delicate dis
tInctlon? He must have been educated at
woman's college When he is selling a
5O-cent article he says vase in the orII-
nary way, with the long sound of "a but
when he comes to big piece of e!oisonne,
it is varse, with the broad "a every time.
That is according to rule. Over ten dol
lars IN price you find a varse, bat under
that nothing but an ordinary, everyday
vase."-N Y. Times.
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a livelihood is not so hard. And we will
have different material to contend
against. Heretofore we have hac MAIN
~, the adventurous poor laborers whose
poverty drove them to this strange
country; but in the ultimate ,Iisinte-
grafton a better element will core. The
exclusion law does not prohibit "mer-
chants, or men travelling for p easure
or educational purposes" and many Ia
borers can, and do, come in under this
clause.
For number of years China has been
sending students to our colleges, and
learned men of all trades and profess
sions visit this country to study our in
situations. Her statesmen have awak-
ened to what is going on in the ''outside
world and perhaps they trace her
destiny in the harsh notes of tina. ssEu-
ropean concert
1t is not the old China that now con-
fronts us, but the newer China, a,rak-
ened by her contact with that 'ciyil: "a
ton" which we forced upon her. For
centuries this oldest government in ex-
istence has remained impervious to OFT
side influences, content to improve anil
adorn what she had, as did the Atheni
ans, rather than enter upon a career of
expansion" But the partition of her
territory will arouse that 1ethargio
mass of humanity and start it on ca
reer of peaceful conquest" The Chi
nese are intellectual, and capable of
competing with the Caucasian, as is
shown in the cigar and shoe industries.
Economical and content with small
wages, they are the most dangerous of
any competitors. The migration is slow
and under control, but events are
fastening that inevitable irruption
which, within the next few decades,
may prove very serious problem to the
United States.
Though under our jurisdiction, the
Chinese in the United States are prac-
tically governed by their own laws.
They maintain government within a
government, and disregard the one I'M
der which they live. They also aid the
smuggling in of their countrymen
through their so-called aid societies.
The outlook is ominous for the future
of the Pacific coast.
r M SCANTtNn
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Modern Gave DweIlers.

Cave jewellers, or, to be exact, earth
or rock jewellers, are not yet extinct. A
traveller who visited the prehistoric
cave dwellings near Halberstadt, in the
Harz mountains, found in the nearby
village of Langenstein ten caves hewn
in the rock and occupied by 40 persons.
This little settlement lis built ON 4 the
slope Of a rocky hill near tie village.
The fronts of the dwellings were made
by cutting a.vertical face in the rock
Each 'house" has a door and one win.
dow. The first house was constructed
only 40 years ago by q young married
couple who were too poor to pay their
rent in the village. The rock houses
are warm in winter and cool in sum
mer. Theyar quite healthful, accord
ing to the testimony 81. their inhab-
itants, whose stout limbs and red
cheeks, vouch for the truth Of their
statements.-N.Y Y. Herald. = =.
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Inc ~11A0 0Oo0GDDS
Intensely modern is the new murder story
Bind Goddess There Is, It seems, evoIu-
ton in murder stories az well as In every
Those who read Tylers -Four Months
After Date" and said the book was clever
though perhaps weighted down with BUSH
ness transactions, will find in The Blind
G es ust i i.sped a ossi dram EN-.
70 bring home the thoughts it contains to
many who never read murder stories, m
cldents are used familiar to all who have
followed the recent poison cases.
The prosecuting officers theory Of the
crime, the appalling accusations OF the m
nocent daughter of one of the murdered
men, the web of circumstantiaI evidence
around and against a man of unblemished
character, who is also accused, the defense
less position both of these people occupy
before the coroner, the subsequent IndIet-
ment without a hearing before a magistrate
all these things make the reader think
The underlying motive for the crime m
PRODUCES diversion IN the person of an adj
ventures, for whose presence 10 apology Is
offered, as 1t turns out that she is the real
culprit.
The occasional gIimpses of an exclusive
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Brownell, the strong wilIed but intensely
human Sanford Crane, offer opportunities
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ing which he has not neglected; even the
adventures challenges admiration at times
by the holiness and GOODNESS of her method.
The title, as will be readily understood,
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