The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-10-22
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Than forty tons of brick.
Pity, Not Anger:-The trial of a
notorious old moonshiner was over
and he had been found guilty. The
Judge leclured him severely on his
long prison record and then sem
fenced him to thirty-six years i'm
prisonment, saying that the court
had no feeling of anger toward him.
but only pity.
The prisoner listened stolidly and
said as he left the courtroom:
We'll, suah am glad he wasn't
mad at me-"
What the prisoners say, in the
Ohio state penitentiary, out of l $50
inmates, 1,45S claim that drink
caused their DOWNFALL" And they
further say in speaking of the con
ditions in Ohio. The saloonkeep-
ers are licensed to trip up the un-
wary for profit. The more men they
can ruin, the more money they make.
The rumsellers want the people to
continue giving them the special
privilege of keeping up this game,
but the people of this state won't
permit it any longer"
A little girl was recently request
ed by her teacher to write compo-
sltion on boys" and here is what
she wrote: Boys is men that have
got as big as their papas. and girls
is young women that will be young
ladies' by-and-by. Man was made
before woman. When God looked
at Adam he said to himself: Well,
[ guess / can do better than that if l
tried again. and then he made Eve
so much better than he did Adam that
there has been more women than men
in the world ever since. Boys are a
trouble. They are very wearing on
everything but soap. If could have
my way. half the boys in the world
would be little girls and the other
aalf dolls. My papa is so nice-to me
that l guess he must have been a
girl when he was little boy"
Bad as Gov. Blease of S. Csc
say the people of Oklahoma. A few
weeks ago Gov. Lee Cruce of Okla,
had occasion to visit Seattle, WASH,
and left Lieut.. Gov. McAllister in
the chair. The first two days with
McAllister at the helm, fifty petitions
were presented for clemency-the
offenses ranging from life to steal
ing chickens, and as the Pardon
Clerk read the petitions the Lieut..
Governor signed the pardons for
the fifty. Having his hand in, he
called up the state prison officials
and requested them to furnish the
name of the life man who had served
the longest and upon receipt of in
formation sought he pardoned him.
At last accounts Gov. Cruce was
rushing for home. to keep McAllis-
ter from turning all the inmates out,
as he continued to pardon all who
applied.
Prison OF Silence:-Entombed in
a grim castle on the outskirts of Lis
bon are some of the most miserable
men on earth. These are inmates of
Portugal's prison of silence" In
this building everything that human
ingenuity can suggest to render the
lives of its prisoners horrible, mad
dening torture is done. The corri-
doris, piled tier on tier, FIVE stories
high, extend from a common centre,
like the spokes of a huge wheel.
The cells are narrow, tomblike and
within each stands coffin. The at
tendants creep about in felt slippers.
No one is allowed to utter a word.
The silence is that of the grave.
Once day the cell doors are un-
locked and the 500 wretches march
out, clothed in shrouds and with
faces covered with masks, for it is