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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15

Three paroled prisoners were
returned last week-two males and
one female.
Billy Sullivan has been ap-
pointed manager of the Chicago
American League baseball club to
succeed Fielder Jones.
Cell changes: 358 to 2F; 90 to
25; IS to G. c.; 102 to Gel; 105 to
662; third grade to 254; N. P. to
251; 256 to 252; It's to 378; G. G..
to Il; G. G. to 95; So to N. P; N.
P. to 1896; 81 to Hosp; SIG to N. P.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15

The Board of Pardons met at
the State Capitol in st. Paul on
Monday and Tuesday last and con-
sidered TO ty applications fol-
pardon or Communication.
A large number of applications
were laid over for future considera-
ton.
At the close Of the last session
it was announced that one pardon
was granted and one commute
tion.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15

The park gang is growing larg-
Sinbad's grape fruit plants are
looking fine.
The baseball season opens ofhci-
ally in the various leagues this
week.
The occupant of 363 will be
pleased to receive papers and mag
azines.
Papers from Todd county and
viciAity will be atefully received
by the party in SOS.
Tim has received his walking
papers in the form of discharge
"a most wonderful tonic.
Deputy Warden Backland and
family are now occupying the
Deputy Warden's residence.
The occupant of number = would
like to exchange New York and
st. Louis papers for Leslies'
Weekly.
Superintendent Williams says
he is equal to any emergency now
so far as the demand for Irvine il
concerned.
Deputy Warden Backland il
keeping himself busy mastering
the finger print and Bertillon sys.
TENS of his office.
The park is still soggy and &c
are the parkways. 1t requires q
pair of seven-league boots to be
safe from dropping through.
The Mirror office has beer
graciously favored with some
magnificent potted plants by Sin.
bad, the local florist and gardener
81 would like two hard-boiled
eggs-boiled. for half an hour
said a party to House Steward
Anderson. They're no good boilec
that long," he replied. "But
they're for the canaries," was thu
response. "Oh, that's different,
he CALCULATED.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15

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 your own name
and register number and send to this
Office with name and address of person to
whom paper is to be sent. Each paper
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 inmates are requested to comply with
or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15
Population.

Total number of inmates. 725
Working at New Prison. 49,. 81
Received during week. 1885,. IL
Discharged during week -. 4
Number in First Grade. 49,. 525
Number in Second Grade. -. l9l
Number in Third Grade. -, 5
Last serial number. 2103
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15
A word of advice to contributors:
Spell all proper names correctly
and see that they are we'll written

i
and see that they are we'll written
-,..cc sc. e-.e.s ce.aees:.;en 81 !
Thirteen inmates in all will be
discharged during this month.
If some of them fill again they
can lay it to the fact they were in
the thirteen bunch.
Special Easter services were
held in the chapel on Sunday morn
ing last. The platform was gaily
bedecked with Easter lilies and
potted plants Of various kinds.
.The Mirror is now the New
York World, jr., for these parts.
said one of the gentlemen in the
front Office. Nothing like having
an appreciative constituency.
Guard WestIund was superin-
tending the unloading of carloads
of leather last week. He did not
have any pontoon bridges handy
80 he built some OF straight lum-
Der.
The prison population is higher
now than at any time in It's history
with the exception of the month
of February, 1906. The total
number of inmates last wee kin
Guiding both places-was 722.
The prince of the printery has
been appointed teacher in the
local night school and is very hap
by over his selection. He will
make good-more than good-in
the opinion of those who know him.
The Mirror is in receipt of a
of a communication from Mr.. A.
B. NJ, on the subject9o Of Social
ism. The lack Of space prevents
its publication in this issue. It
will be printed at the first oppor-
tunlty.
The occupant of GIL desires to
exchange the Omaha World Her.
aid and the Cosmopolitan Maya
zine for the Detroit Journal, Sat
!, urday Evening Post, Salt Lake
, papers, Munsey's.Magazine, World
a To-Day and McClure's.
The legislature adjourns this
i week. The earnings bill for pris.
, oners had not been passed up tc
the time of going to press. The
DILL has passed the Senate and has
: been reported out of committee in
the House. 1t is on the calendar
Q for passage,
Superintendent Williams lose,
his good-looking bookkeeper thi'
8 week probably-as he has beer
paroled. Mr.. B. leaves with thu
. hearty good wishes ofhis numerou
friends here officers and inmates
No doubt he will make good il
:, every way.
III A letter addressed to Mrs. Gee
Thompson, Idaho Falls, Idaho, i
being held by the Deputy Warden
. on account of not being properl
y signed. If the writer will dis
close his indemnity to the Deput
u and sign the letter it will be fol
le warded to it's destination.
Mr.. A. B. L., chief clerk to tn
q Deputy Warden, left on Monda
a on expiration Of sentence. II
. says he will relocate in the cit
from which he came. His success
ys sor, Mr.. G. W., Is thorough
W familiar with the routine of tn
is Office and will no doubt fill the bi
most acceptably.
is The Payne tariff bill has passe
lg the House Of Representatives ,
s. Washington. The duty on te
and pretoleum has been removed
20 The bill now goes to the Senat
"a where many of the schedules wi
De probably be changed. From til
Senate it may go to a conferent
IN committee of both bodies befo1
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15
Besmilchin5 a reputation is not
necessarily ruininga life.


Besmilching reputation is not
necessarily ruining-a life.
Tie white lie Of society is one
of Miss Innocent's handy weapons
to ward off curiosity.
A mans conception of show
where there are no lovely feminine
players is similar to a girls idea
of social where there are no men
uninteresting, for short.
Davy says he doesn't mind hav-
ing boquets and oranges thrown
at him-but he does draw the
line on hen fruit. Positively re-
fuses to catch any more eggs.
The Keeper of the Pearly Gates
leading to the Golden Street must
have an easy task fitting crowns
on baldheaded men-if any Of
them get as far as the Pearly
Gates.
Judging from the many out
siders who attend our chapel ser
vices Sunday mornings Saltwater
should have several additional
churches-or few Solome dam
GERS to satisfy the curious.
[ intended to accept Aviso's re-
quest to explain the following:
Writing is used to conceal ideas,
truths and facts" which he terms
a Startling statement" But |
overheard two persons discussing
the point and one said: poor,
lean, Aviso! Erid evidently had
one of Aviso's paragraphs in mind
when he made that startling state
ment" Next!
! Socialism is an interesting creed.
The tronble is few persons COM
prehend it's crudeness. All law
abiding citizens are socialists,
forming a grand, national conf
munity intent upon communism
designated by statutes, ordinances,
customs and established for the
: best interests Of people, irrespec-
: tive of color or creed. Fifty per-
sons may form colony. sharing
: the fruits of their labor equally ;
may pose as living examples of the
l Socialist doctrine but-they could
: only be properly termed narrow
y minded fanatics. Uncle Isaac
e defines Socialism as communism
: "whose object is an equal distribu-
e ton of wealth among ALL" D. M.
4 comments thusly: "This defini-
: ton serves only to make manifest
the writer's (Uncle's) total lack
y Of knowledge of the Socialistic
a doctrine" Nevertheless Uncle is
Q peculiarly, irrefutably,. correct in
!. his asserted statement. Socialism
n cannot don stripes, be confined in
a prison cell, even though individ-
d ual ideas be relegated to narrow
i minds. Socialism is coordinate
r. with existing society; society ex-
e lists because of Socialism. It is
not even a theory, rather an actual
t, daily demonstrated reality. While
n human laws remain, SO will the
practical, proved, comprehensive,
Socialism of the great National
confederated, welded, society
: and vice versa. Its object il
''equal distribution of wealth"
not narrowed down to dollars
= pounds, gallons, etc., of daily pro-
O duction. ealth-the nation
wealth-is equally distributed
@ among citizens aud foreigners sc
o far as human minds can distribute
o it. The laws, the atmosphere
= freedom of action, mind-all blend
) ed into one grand fountain of nft
for the equal benefits of man
Socialism is too broad to be APP
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15

The white lie Of society is one
of Miss Innocent's handy weapons
to ward off curiosity.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15
CHURCH NOTICE.

Service in the Prison Chapel at nine
o'clock every Sunday morning. Pro-
testant and Catholic service every
alternate Sunday. Rev. c. f. Benson.
and Rev. FIR Corcoran chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15
LOCAL NEWS.
Chapel Service.

The following is the program of
the service held in the chapel
Sunday, April 18th, Rev. G. 3.
Benson officiating:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-04-15
Ole Mirror
Thursday, April IS. 1909.
PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.


LA. ROSING Cannon Falls
p. NJ. RINGDAL Crookston
c. Z. VASALY Little Falls
]. d. Mills, Secretary
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
HENRY WOLFER. Warden
J. BACkLAND, Deputy Warden
il. SULLIVAN, Asst. Deputy Warden
H. w. DAVIS, Clerk and Acct. Officer
T. w. ALEXANDER, Steward
b. ]. MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, : Matron
CHAS. CORCORAN, Cath. Chaplain
c. E. BENSON, Protestant Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
J.Z. BARNCARD, ST. Paul
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
The KIM of Rome.

To teach his son obedience to nurs-
cry rules Napoleon gave strict orders
that be never be admitted to his apart
mentS~if he came thither alone. One
morning the little king of Rome came
trotting along the corridor and, look
ing up at the tall officer on guard, i'm
periously ordered: open the door for
me. want to see papa
The officer. true to his instructions.
answered gently. but firmly. Sire, L
cannot open the door to your maj
esty."
"Why not?" demanded the little
autocrat. Il am the little king"
At the gentle reminder But your
majesty is all alone" the golden hair
ed cherub seemed somewhat nom
plused. but, his governess appearing a
moment later. he seized her hand and.
thus protected. stamped his tiny foot
and cried: open the door! The king
wishes it,
This time. all being in ORDER the tall
officer flung the door wide open. SOL
EMMY announcing, 1.-The king of
Rome"
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
Curious Old London Clubs.

The days Of quaint and queer clubs
are days of the past. We do not hear
at present of a mo Nose club" or
"Club Of Beans" or a Man Killing
club" whose titles are suggestive; of
the ''Surly club" whose object was the
practice of contradiction and of foul
language, SO that the members might
not be wanting in impudence to abuse
passengers on the Thames; or of the
MAN Hunting club established once
by young limbs of the law; or of the
Lying club" every member of which
was required to wear blue cap with
a red feather in it; or of the Scatter
Wit society" consisting of wits; or of
the Hum Dunn club" whose members
were to say nothing till midnight: or
Of the ''Twopenny club member Of
which. if he swore, was 10 be kicked
on the shins by the other members; Or
of the Everlasting club" which has
not lasted long: or of the kit Cat
club known after its toasts of odd
Cats and Young Kits" or of the Beef
stead club" of which the following
amusing description was written by
one Of its illustrious members:
Like Britain's island lies our steak.
A sea Of gravy bounds 1t.
Shallots confusedly scattered make
The rockwork that surrounds it.
London Scraps.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
Ostrich Feathers of Tripoli.

The usual kinds of ostrich feathers
known to the trade come into the
TripoM market. These are whites,
blacks. femiDas. byocks. spadonas,
boos. drabs and floss. The Arab deal
ers bring them in unsorted packages
containing feathers In various qualities
of each kind, and it therefore requires
expert knowledge to buy advantage
ously from the natives. The goods are
sold by the "rotI" Crhe Iripoli rotl is
about eighteen ounces.D
The feathers are washed and sorted.
but not dyed or curled. They are
washed in soapy water. and when still
wet are beaten. A handful Of them
are taken by the stems and slapped
against the floor with force that to
the uninitiated would seem to be
enough to break them to pieces. This
is done to bring out the fues or bar
bules. the miniature feathers extending
from the barbs. and gives the plumpS
a fuffier. richer appearance. A good
ostrich plume will have two or three
layers of feathers; its tip should De
perfect, and it should have no trans
verse cuts along the vane. For the
retail trade two plumes are usually
mounted together.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
outraaes of the Telephone.

That the telephone has blessed many
man, saved many lives and helped
pile up fortunes is true. but has ii not
cursed some women, ruined more lives
and FASTENED domestic misfortune.
1t has. Has it not become the favorite
pastime of the women with nothing
to do? 1t has. Does it not accelerate
gossip and aid the fiirt aud the way
ward constantly: 1t does. Self IN
dulgent women waste their husbands
money by ordering food over tue leo
handy telephone rather than bother 10
dress for the street. thereby losing
both their wholesome morning eXPr-
else and their chance thrifty to Sc
cure the best there is for the price at
market or at stores from which the
family arder is supplied The time
wasted by women i'll foolish phOning
can never be offset by time gained by
forehanded men in business. for what
shall it profit a man if he gain the
whole world if his world" is LOST
through folly:
Telephoning, from habit, finally be-
comes vice and menace to the cour-
tesies. 1t has destroyed the fine art
of social correspondence. 1t has
crowned Haste with Courtesy's laurel.
-Minna Thomas Antrim in Lippin
colts.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
From Game to Game.

He was afraid to tell her right out
and out that he loved her, so be began
in roundabout way. hoping she would
catch his drift. then betray. by her
confusion her own feelings. He didn't
dream but that she loved him. but
thought that she. like himself. was
afraid to demonstrate it,
Heart trouble" she repeated. Are
you sure you've heart trouble. Alfred?
You know indigestion is very like it
at times"
"Oh, know I've got heart trouble.
all right l--can't you see it yourself:"
why. how silly. Alfred. No one
can see heart trouble They have TO
feel it. Have you taken anything for
it,"
NO. not yet. But IL want to. don't
you know
Then why don't you?"
IL would-that is. if could get
it."
Cant you get it. Alfredo"
ell don't know"
Have you tried?"
mo. not yet"
(Silence for two provoking moments)
ALFRED" (coldly).
ayes"
LETS have a game Of checkers
Boston Herald.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
ci6bon's Great History Of Rome.

Although the idea was conceived
when Gibbon was twenty-seven. ne
was thirty -one before he set himself
seriously at work to study his mate
rial. At thirty-six he began the COM
position, and be was thirty-nine when.
in February. l1I6. the first quarto vol
ume was published. The history had
an immediate success. My book he
wrote. was OH every table; the his
torian was crowned by the taste or
fashion of the day" The first edition
was exhausted in a few days. Il second
was printed 11I6. and next year a
third. The second and third volumes.
which ended the history of the west
ern empire. were published in 1881.
and seven years later the three vol
umes devoted to the eastern empire
saw the light. The last sentence of
the work. written in the summer house
at Lausanne. is: 1T was among the
ruins Of the capitol that | first con-
ceived the idea of work which has
amused and exercised nearly twenty
years Of my life. and which. however
inadequate to my own wishes. finally
deliver to the curiosity and candor OF
the public Scribner's Magazine.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
Burke as a Bore.

The most eloquent essay carefully
prepared beforehand when delivered
by one wanting the orators gifts may
as a speech be an utter failure. Burke
is perhaps the most striking example
of this. He simply drove everybody
away. This is well and amusingly de-
Scribed by Lord Erskine to the Amer
lean ambassador, Mr.. Rush. who had
asked him about Burke's delivery.
1T was execrable," said he. II was
in the house of commons when he
made his great speech on American
Cancellation, the greatest he ever made.
He drove everybody away. 1 wanted
to go out with the rest. but was near
him and afraid to get up. So
squeezed myself down and crawled I'M
der the benches like dog until | got
to the door without his seeing me. re-
joicing in my escape. Next day went
to the Isle of Wight When the speech
followed me there, l read it over and
over again. 1 could hardly think of
anything else i carried it with me
and thumbed it until it got like wad-
ding for my gum Westminster Ga
znftp
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
Euphcnious Female Names.

Referring to recent note on eupho-
NOUS female names. it may be said
that the eccentric Christian name at
tains its ripest vigor in the highlands.
There the natives have a few names
natural to the sex. such as "Barbac'
though Barbac may be the name of
the family cow-''the dear one, the
dun one" The great majority of fe-
male names are, however, frankly
compounded from male equivalents.
"Wilhelmina" is known in the south.
and on the same principle Andrew
finds its female counterpart in An
drewina." while "Malcolminas" and
''Donaldinas" are as thick as blackber-
ries. One unhappy child among the
relations of the present writer was
mercifully known as Ava" and Ava
she will be all her life. Her real name.
when msgnificently set forth. is Alex
andrina Victoria Andrewina." and the
abbreviation is formed from the initial
letters.-London Standard.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
IIeefuJ n;,,ere;ore

There is an affection ID every en-
ployment, and it gives the spirit ener-
gy and keeps the mind intent upon its
work or study. This, if it be not re-
Taxed, becomes dull, and its earnest
ness flags-as salt that has lost its
SAVIOR, so that it has no pungency or
relish; or as a Bonded bow, which, un-
less it be unbent. loses the power that
it derives from its elasticity Just so
the mind. kept from day to day in the
same ideas, without variety. So the
eyes. when they look only at one OBJ
ject or continually upon one color.
For, to look continually at a thing
which is black. or continually at red
or at white. destroys the sight, Thus
if one looks continually at tie snow
the sight is destroyed. bat it is en-
livened if he looks in succession or at
the same time upon many colors~
Every form delights by its varieties
as a garland of roses of different colors
arranged in beautiful order Hence it
is that the rainbow is more charming
than the light itself.-Emanuel Swe-
denborg.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
A CUTTING Retort,

Before dinner, at the house of a. rich
banker in Florence. Colonel (afterward
the Earl of Dundas had said some
sharp things about the crudities of
Americans. Notwithstanding this
rudeness it fell to his lot to take Nine.
Bonaparte Betsy Patterson in to ia
BILE. He impertinently asked Nine.
Bonaparte if she had read Basil Halls
book on America, in which he pro-
nounced all Americans vulgarians.
Yes. Colonel Dundas," she an
swered. but it did not surprise me in
the least. If my compatriots were de-
scended from the Italians or Spanish
any display of low breeding might as
tonish me; but. being the direct de-
scendants of Englishmen, it is natural
enough that they should be vulga-
rianS."
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
The Meredith Cocoanut.

George Meredith may not have been
an altogether familiar author to the
ordinary reader who Graves for quick
sensation. He never came down TO
the simplicity Of Sherlock Holmes or
Captain Kettle. Meredith required ali
acute and trained intellect before he
could. be appreciated.
1t was once mentioned. in referring
to the difficulty which some people ex-
perience in reading Meredith's novels.
that the Meredith "cocoanut" was
very hard but that the milk when
reached proved to be very sweet.
This joke got into the papers.
Two days afterward we'll known
firm of fruitererS had an inquiry after
these cocoanuts from a country Gus
toner. The letter was to the effect
that, having read somewhere that
Mereditbs cOcoanuts have had large
sale lately and that the milk was
fashionable. the writer would like to
have few TO try.-London Tatler.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
The Eternal Feminine.

1t would seem that the six-year-old
daughter of Washington official is at
times harassed with doubts touching
his own future conduct of life.
Father" said she, I'D like to have
your advice about something"
well. daughter" answered the ia
Their. with the solemn air and speech
he affects at such times, upon what
point am. to be taken into your con-
fidence? Whatever it may be. prom
Use that shall give it my earnest con-
Sideration.'
Its this" said the child When
get through school, what would you
advise me to do while I'm waiting to
get married:"-St. Louis Republic.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
Kelvin as pamocIes.

A characteristic always of Lord Kel-
vim was his absolute faith in figures.
and this ruling passion once led to his
experiment as a Damocles. When he
once solved a problem in mathematics.
he was willing to stake upon its cor
rectness not only his reputation. but. if
necessary, his life. Taking an i'm
mense heavy cannon ball. he calculat-
ed with the utmost accuracy the size
of the smallest wire which would bear
the weight Of the load Of iron. He
then procured a length of wire of just
the requisite strength and to prove the
truth of his figuring had the cannon
ball suspended over his lecturing plat
form at the very spot where it would
be most likely to strike and crush him
should the wire give way. and it re-
NAMED there for weeks.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1909-08-25
The Sailors Hands.

A visitor who prides himself on his
knowledge of nautical affairs was
chatting with friend outside the Flat
iron building See that man com.
ing" be asked. Can. you tell what
he is by the way he walks"
why, no." replied the New Yorker
who was with him.
Hes Il saiIorman of some sort.
Look at his hands. No iandsman ever
walked thai way. A sailor always
walks with the palms of his hands
turned behind him and the backs
turned forward the way be is walk
ing. Look "''that landSman over there
He swings his arms with the palms
Of the hands turned toward his body
and the backs out. You can always
detect Il man who is accustuned To the
sea that way
Whats the explanation? inquired
the other.
why, there isn't any thar know
1t may be because the sailor gets thu.
habit of balancing himself in rough
weather by the use of his arms. but !
don't believe that's the reason It's
just one of those things you cant
account for New York Press.