The Mirror

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 10, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 44.

The Mirror is the title of a bright weekly journal edited and published by inmates of the Minnesota State Prison at Stillwater. In editorial ability, typographical appearance, and moral tone it is considerably above the average of newspapers. After eight years of existence it announces a good paying business, having a circulation in every State and Territory in the United States, and also in some foreign countries. From an editorial on the subject of "Self-Dependence" we clip the following paragraph:—

"The most unfortunate day in the life of any man is the one on which he fancies he is able to get a living without working for it, or there is some easier method of obtaining money than by lawfully earning it. This is the first step toward crime, for when a man allows himself to become possessed of this idea he is ready to adopt any means to prove that he is right. He neglects his work and takes to loafing at the grocery or saloon, where he finds others who think as he does, and so goes on in the path that leads to ruin."