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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-02-02
HONOR TO WHOM DUE.

the New Brunswick, N. j., FREEDMAN,
the following article relating to the
worthy achievement of one we'll known
to most of our people:
1t has not unfrequently happened,
in this nefarious and uncertain world,
that great benefactors have been
robbed of the honor and fame to which
they were justly entitled, by some
filching and unsconscionable rogue,
who sneaked in, and stole their moral
livery. They have generally had the
grace, however, to wait until the man
whose honors they purloined was dead
and presumably forgotten before set.
ting up the claim to his achievements,
but once in a while some more auda-
cious member of the tribe undertakes
to snatch such laurels from o live
mans brow. This has often been the
experience Of Hon. William A. Newell,
the venerable and honored ex-Gover-
nor of New Jersey and Washington, in
connection with his Inauguration of
that benehcent feature of modern
American civilization, the Life Saving
Service. Every few years some ignor-
ant or mendacious writer will solemnly
attribute the inception and establish
ment of his service to somebody who
had no more to do with it than the
Man in the Moon, and the lie, being
interesting, will travel with Seven
league boots. while the truth comes
plodding painfully and slowly along
far in the rear. 1t was recent spe-
cially exasperating sample OF this kind
of lie that drew an energetic protest
from the Freehold Transcript, and
moved it to the following righteous
and timely suggestion:
1t is doubtless largely due to DIR.
Newell's repugnance to self-seeking
and self-glorification that he has in a
measure suffered from lack of proper
recognition of this great work of his
earlier years, but il not now fully in-
invested with all the honors due him
they are sure to come, whether he
lives to see the day or not. 1t is a
shame of shames, however, that no
genuine effort has been made in Con-
gress to commemorate his achieve
ment and engraft it with appropriate
conspicuousness upon the record of
his times; and for our own part we
sometimes wonder that our capable
New Jersey delegation in that body
have not taken the matter up and
urged the bestowment of fitting me.
mortal upon the Doctor while he is
still in the vigor Of his maturer years,
able to appreciate the compliment
and manifest pleasure at receiving it."
This would certainly be a graceful
and fitting recognition OF the great
service TO humanity rendered by DR..
Newell, and it would also be highly
creditable to the government itself.
1t is time We got away from the an
cient, senseless and cruel habit of wait
ing until man is dead and buried be-
fore we gave him the honors that are
his due.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-02-02
OLYMPIA, WASIINGTON FRIDAY EVENING" FEB 2 1900

Country are citizens OF their respective
States aud not citizens of the United
States" This position being assented
to, Mr.. Davis was not tried. The Of
hcer asserts that Mr.. Chase's discov-
cry led to the adoption of the Four.
teenth amendment. If that is true,
then the States rights" that Davis
had been clinging to all the time
saved him at last.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-02-02


drunk. He returned to the post with
the announced intention OF razing it
to the level of the desert and firing q
volley over its ashes. The captain
had him lassoed as he was entering
the post. He ordered that a hole suf-
ticiently large to receive the upright
body of man be dug in the sand OF
the parade ground. When the hole
was dug the captain ordered that the
| hard case soldier be stood in it up to
his neck, and that the sand be then
repacked around him as tightly as
possible, covering his arms and shoul-
ders and leaving only his head pro-
truding above the ground. The cap
tain's orders were obeyed. The Of
Tending soldier, still more than half
drunk. was packed in the sand hole
his head alone catching the rays OF
the semi-tropical sun, and a sentry
was placed over him. The sun was
nothing compared to the desert ants.
The ants sent out their couriers to the
highways and byways and dunes and
hollows, and it was no time at all be-
fore some thousands of them, big, red,
spiderlike and ferocious, were running
over the soldiers head. They crawled
into his ears and his nose and his
mouth, and they caused him such un-
speakable agony that he shouted in
frenzy. The sentry finally revolted
against this punishment, and his COM
rades joined him. They threatened
the captain, and the latter, from fear
of summary punishment, permitted
the prisoners release. The prisoner
was taken to the hospital, almost
maniac. The case was reported at
Washington, and the result was re-
vision of the military code.
Although the new regulations ex.
pressly forbid the punishment of
"bucking and gagging," men have
been bucked and gagged in the United
States army within the past dozen
years. Bucking and gagging consists
in tying a refractory soldier-general-
ly soldier who is maniacal with
drink and very abusive-hand and
foot with cords and gagging him with
a block OF wood whitfield to fit his
mouth. The gagging part of this
punishment came near choking a
Number OF soldiers to death, which ac-
counted in part for its erasure from
the punishment list.
One punishment much affected in
the light artillery was called "tying
ON the spare wheel" Springing up
ward and rearward from the center
rail of every caisson was fifth axle,
and on it was spare wheel. A sol.
dier who had been insubordinate WAS
taken to the spare wheel and forced to
step upon it. His legs were drawn
apart until they spanned three spokes.
His arms were stretched until there
were three or four spokes between his
hands. Then feet and hands were
firmly bound to the felloes of the
wheel. If the soldier was to be pun
ished moderately he was left bound in
an upright position on the wheel for
five or six hours. If the punishment
was to be severe the ponderous wheel
was given a quarter turn after the SOL
der had been lashed to it, which
changed the position of the man be-
ing punished from an upright to a
horizontal one. Then the prisoner
had to exert all his strength to keep
his weight from pulling heavily and
cutting on the cords that bound his
upper arm and leg to the wheel.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-02-02

Port Townsend has funded 5000 OF
floating indebtedness by the issue OF
l6 new bonds, each of which was
signed 33 times by the Mayor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-02-02
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31
TO INMATES.

For the Information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
we wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register AMI cell number
and send to this Office with name and address
of person to whom paper is to be sent. All
papers must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as it is when you receive it and
placed in your door every Friday night. All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

A tremendous large zinc trust
has been organized in Chicago
recently with capital of $lO,OOO,-
600. If it will "zinc" the other
trusts out Of sight the masses will
be with them to a man.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

1t is reported that when the
Boer ENJOYS attempted to inter
view Mark Hanna in Washington
the other day, that they wore ear
laps. They must have heard of
Mark, consequently they were pre-
pared for frost.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY.

Although this is national holi-
day-a holiday devoted to render
ing eulogies and decorating the
graves of departed heroes, our ex-
ercises here in chapel hall were of
an entertaining nature. The GUS
tom of furnishing amusement for
prisoners on these days, is OBJ
served in almost every charitable
and correctional institution in the
United States. This is a god-send
to the prisoner, as the monotony
Of prison life between holidays
requires stimulating tonic of this
character to give buoyancy to his
oppressed feelings.
Among the few privileges al
lowed prisoners none are more
highly appreciated than those ex-
tended on a holiday. On these
occasions the management not
only endeavors to furnish good
entertainment, but grants the men
a few hours of recreation in the
park and provides special dinner.
To be given the freedom of the
park is treat that very few in
mates would care to miss, con-
sequently their conduct on these
gala days must be exceptionally
good in order to allow their con-
tinuation on future anniversaries.
At nine o'clock the prisoners
marched to the chapel. Warden
Reeve personally conducted the
program and announced that the
exercises for the day would be
opened by song from the choir.
The Warden then made a few
remarks to the inmates, thanking
them for their good behavior in
the past and promised them as a
reward for future good conduct to
remove that relic of barbarism, the
bench, from their cell and place in
it's stead a chair. The Warden's
remarks we're attentively listened
to and warmly applauded.
The program throughout was an
intensely good one. Hanna Lea
sang by a member of the choir,
was rendered excellently and the
applause which the singer received
at its close, was most generous.
The outside talent, however,
carried off the honors as far as the
entertainment was concerned. Mr..
and Mrs. Hill made the hit of the
day and kept the audience in a
continual uproar of laughter. Mrs.
Hills songs were all dialect, of a
witty nature and accompanied by
gestures that not only improved
their rendition, but was immense
ly enjoyed by the audience. The
lady who sang the several solos,
possessed an unusually we'll cult
waited voice which was we'll re-
ceived. Chapel exercises closed
by the prison choir singing Cap
tain Dockerty.
After the chapel exercises the
men filed out of the chapel and
formed in line in the dollhouse.
and then marched to the park
where conversation and renewing
old acquaintance were the order
of the day. When the whistle blew
the men again formed in line and
marched to the dining room to
partake of a specially prepared
dinner, which was heartily relished
after enjoying the outdoor exer-
cises.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

One of our inmate students
writes and asks us what is a good
remedy for sweat feet. Our "horse
editor" is trying to solve the
problem and we will announce the
cure later on.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

The hardest lesson for some
people to learn is to attempt to
find out whether prisoners are
made out of the same kind of clay
which they are made of.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

There was no working over time
in the Irvine department last
Saturday. The stoppage was due
to delay in transportation in re-
ceiving sisal fiber.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

It makes little difference how
slow man is in getting to church,
in paying his bills, etc., he can
always manage to keep the pace
when in fast company.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

The rhetoric dash that General
Roberts is making toward Pretoria,
was eclipsed the other day by
Governor Taylor in his haste to
get across the Kentucky border.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

One of the boys down in the
kitchen has strong weakness for
a snap. The way he can figure on
getting an easy position, would
cause even Colonel Sellers to blush
for shame.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

A large consignment of sisal
fiber was received at the prison
last Saturday evening. It ar
rived none too soon, as the supply
was completely exhausted.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

Twenty-one prisoners are booked
to be discharged on expiration of
sentence during the month of June.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

James Sibbitts, who held the
position of Usher at this institu-
ton several years ago, died at the
city hospital in Saltwater last
Friday morning.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31
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MAIL BOX.

No. O58:-Admiral Montgomery
was engaged at Perry's victory on
Lake Erie, with Decatur at Algiers
and commanded the Pacific squad
ron.
No. 48O1:-San Salvador, or
Guanahani. is now one of the Ba-
hamas.
No. 4856:-There are 100000
acres under cotton in the United
States.
No. 5118:-Halcyon days is a
name given by the ancients to the
seven days which precede and the
seven days which follow the short
est day, on account of fable that,
during this time, while the halcyon
kingfsher was breeding, there
always prevailed calm at sea.
From this the phrase of halcyon
days has come to signify time of
peace and tranquility.
No. 5OS:-The Hays River, in
Asia Minor, is only $40 miles in
length.
No. 4559:-The Brogue Irish
and Gaelic BROG.) is light
shoe formed of one piece of hide
or half-tanned leather, gathered
round the ankle, which was former
ly much in use among the native
Irish and Scottish Highlanders,
and of which there were different
varieties. Whence comes the term
brogue signifying the peculiar
pronunciation of English that dis
tinguishes the natives of Ireland.
No. 4371:-Instead of saying
che was a man notorious for his
benevolence," say she was noted
for his benevolence."
No. 1867" Stobaeus'' may be
his proper name, but remember
that it is only ''Stubbs" Latinized.
No. 4134:-Factor is an agent
appointed to sell goods on COM
mission.
No. 3778:-Mollah, among the
Turks, is the title of a superior
judge having jurisdiction in civil
and criminal cases of the greatest
Importance.
No. 5493:-Some of the wealthy
Romans had as many as 10000
slaves. The minimum price fixed
by law was $50, but after great
victories they could sometimes be
bought for a few shillings on the
field of battle. The days wages
of Roman gardner was about
sixteen cents, and his value about
$500, while a blacksmith was
valued at about $500, a cook at
$4,000, an actress at $4,000, and
physician at $11, ZOO.
No. 91:-Acrostic is term
for any given number of verses,
the first letters of which, in their
order form a given word, phrase
or sentence.
No. 5O4O:-The "Stars and
Stripes" Of the United States of
America are said to have been Z
suggested by the coat of armoral
of the Washington family, but it
is hardly possible to reconcile this
supposition with the actual history
of the American flag. The ear
Hest flag consisted of horizontal
stripes, with the earlier British
union device in the place it oc-
cupies in the British ensign. Soon
after the Declaration of Independ-
ence congress resolved that the
flag of the United States should
be thirteen stripes, alternately red
and white, and the British union
device should be superseded by a
blue field with thirteen white stars,
the number, both of the stripes
and stars, correspondent to the
number of states. In 1903 it was
enacted that the stripes should
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31
Written for The Prison Mirror.
SNIPES.

In point Of ignorance and gener-
al stupidity the average section
hand would score about IS out of
a possible 100. Section men are
known amongst the craft as
''snipes." The section boss is re-
ferred to as the king snipe, and
his wife as the queen snipe.
A king snipe is almost invari-
able from the "ould' sod. If he
didn't emigrate from Ireland him
self, it is pretty safe to assume
that his immediate progenitors
did.
Snipes are perfectly self-satis-
fed, and more in harmony with
their environment than any other
class of people you can mention.
They never aspire to any occupa-
ton higher than hiding the dirt
under the ties. l doubt if the
typical king snipe could be induced
to change places with Wander
bilt.
Jim Hill says the greatest gift
you can possibly bestow upon them
is to give them a new hand car.
Build them a new snipe house
(hand car house, and they are as
proud Of it as millionaire is of
his steam yacht.
Many humorous stories are
told concerning these snipes. It
is said that two section gangs
we're putting in a diamond rail-
road crossing, and the two king
snipes of the two different rail-
roads became involved in an ar
gument as to the best method of
building the crossing. The Sc
quel is that they at last settled the
matter with their fists.
One of the queen snipes mar
rated the incident and concluded
her remarks by saying: ut
wouldn't 'av been so bad if the
min we're fightin', but the head
officials of the road, mind ye." If
a section hand offers any sugges-
tions or criticisms to the king
snipe, the king receives it as a
deadly insult.
A wielder of the shovel once as
sumed the responsibility of giving
the king snipe few pointers, but
his suggestions we're received with
indignation; and, it is said the
king gave the following orders:
"Put the cawr on the thrack. Take
the cawr off the thrack. Put the
cawr on the thrack. Til show We
who's boss here
This same king snipe became so
arrogant and puffed-up, that the
section crew, barring three men,
threw up their jobs in disgust.
The kings ideas Of computations
involving division were somewhat
limited, for he gave the three re-
naming men the following order:
"Half of We SHAY up the thrack
and half of We come down the
thrack."
In little town in Arizona,
Hungry Higgins hied himself
to the kitchen door of the
section house and accosted the
queen snipe with pitiful tale Of
restitution and want and concluded
by requesting that she should give
him his dinner.
eyer a railroad mon, are YEP"
inquired the queen.
eyes, Madam, that's my pro-
fession,' responded Higgins.
"Come out on the thrack wild ye:
I'll soon be after seein' whittier
yer a railroad mon, or not. Jint
ahead, there" The bum walked
to the first point. "Cinter back"
Hungry put his foot on the center
of the rail. Quarter back" The
tramp walked to the quarter.
"COme on in and have YER din.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

When the average man goes to
the dogs, SO as to speak, he usually
makes bowling success of the trip.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31
V11tten for The Prison M,rrOY.
O'RURlCK AND THE
SOCIETIES.

wur frae bohrn Amirikin an cud
lape up an crack me heels tegither
fur McKinly, Bryan ar ony uther
Jim dandy who wanted to lade the
band waggen, an draw tax money.
But, bejabers, OF have been sadly
undacaved."
'Wurra Jan, OF know the coun-
thry is goin' to rack an ruin. But
phat's the truble? Sure an they
diden't challenge yer vote did
they?"
'Challenge me vote? Nav; but,
be jabers, they'r stealth me liber-
ty. Lasht noight as OF wur sitin'
out on me varanda spin me beer
an takin' me avenin saista, along
comes Cronin the cop, an he saiz,
saiz he:
"'Mr. O'Rurick, ye must ramove
thot GROWER an drink inside if We
must have it atall, atall, an not be
ladin a bad Example to the ma
bours.'
"'By phat authority do ye arder
me?' saiz OF.
"'Be the law an arders of the
chafe of polace, saiz he.
"'To the divil wild ye all, saiz
OF.
"'Then DILL take ye in saiz he.
"Tuch me if ye dare,'' saiz OF,
as OF showed him the can wur
Imply. DILL have We sued for
damages, fur OF can prove OF wur
only drinkin' rain water fur me
complixsun.'"
Faith We had him thur JAM
"Yis, Dan, but me bad luck
wusen't inded. Mkt day as OF wur
atein' some fruit an wur throin
the palms on the strate, a copper
comes up to me an saiz he: 'Oi
artist ye fur throin banana pal
ms on the strate.'
"'The divil ye do saiz OF, 'phat
else will OF do with thin? Do ye
ixpict me to ate thim?'"
"Well he took me in, Dan, an
as luck wud have it he took me up
before me frind McCabe, who is
Justice of the Pase in the furth
ward. McCabe after hearin' the
charge, saiz to the cop: Pliers
the ividince?'
"'Faith he has none, yer honor,
saiz OF, fur OF ate the lasht one
comm along wild him.
The prisunor is discharged,
saiz McCabe, as he winked at me
an NODDED towards Casey's bar, on
the cornor.'
"Musha Jan but ye wur lucky,
fur Pat Dolan wur foined tin
bucks fur only throin panut shills
an the strate lasht Chusdayr'
"Well, DILL till ye phat it is,
Dan. The first thing the Amir
kin paple knows they will git up
some marnin an foind some trust
society has gobled up all the water,
an some timprince lague shut up
all the saloons. Of course there
well be no milk since the water
will be shut off. An there will be
no mate, because of the cruelty to
animals syciety. There will be no
bread, because of the Sanatory
Society fndin' microbes in the
whate an earn falds. An begob
whin the Pure Food Society gifts
thro wild the frae Amirikin grub
stake, faith there will be nothin' lift
but olemargerin to live on. An
ye call this a frae country?
Musha olive CRATE moind to
wrote to that Sulu of the Philip
pines, an see if OF can git
enough space to build mesilf a
praty patch and kape a bit of a
goat. But only Dim afraid he
wud want me to turn Mohamiden
an take more trouble in the shape
of wolfe or two. Well ony how
OF will stand it tell Donnily is
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 800 o'clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Rev. S. j. Kennedy. and Rev. FIR. COrcoran
chaplalnS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

Henry Wolfer, late warden of
this institution, has been appoint
ed a member of the police board
of St. Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

The way the boys remained
stationary out in the park it looked
as though they were hypnotized or
else afraid to move.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31
Total population for the week
ending May 80, 488.

Habits are like small puddles of
water: they are easily formed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

Mr.. Merry, the dentist from
down town, was operating upon
some Of the inmates last Friday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

A malevolent spirit ruins self
more often than it wounds others.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

When a man has a good reputa-
ton and friends he need have no
fear for the law and it's minions.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

The dinner hour on Sunday has
been changed from eleven to
twelve O'Clock.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

It is reported that prosperity is
getting SO fat in Cuba that it is
becoming stupid.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

Our gardeners are great weather
prophets. They sprinkle the lawns
Just before it rains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-05-31

If men could read each others
thoughts, some men would have to
filter their brain.