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The mirror., 1896-10-01
Trpme. $1.O0 per year. in advance
'G'"o' Six Months so cents.

his. irritable, fractions, fussy neigh
Dor has worn himself out, or retired
from cares and labors for which he
was untitled.
There are employees who cannot be
active, but are steady and honest;
others who cannot work at plodding,
heavy tasks, but have originality, taste,
tact and activity; there are faithful,
gruff old servants, and pleasant, but
shifty and uncertain ones. There are
customers who never kick, but who
seldom or never pay in full; and there
are others who kick every time, shave
every account to the skin it possible,
but who buy largely and always dis
count their bills.
To all men come vexations, losses,
sickness and death in due season; and
every man must account with these
things, although they may not appear
in day book or ledger. Only true cour-
age and a cheerful fortitude, which
recognize the inevitable and protean
troubles and anxieties of life as things
to be certainly met and borne with an
even temper and serene endurance, can
give the man of business his greatest
measure of manhood, reserve power
and perfect success.-St. Paul Trade
| Journal
The mirror., 1896-10-01
SYMPATHY.

Sympathy is one of the noble traits
of manhood. By it the human race IS
bound together in one unbroken chain.
1t serves as one of the marks of dis
tinction between the human race and
the brute creation. A man or woman
bereft entirely of sympathy, is lost to
all kindness; and is dreaded by the
members of their immediate family
circles, but, nevertheless, at times there
is great deal of sympathy misplaced,
or in other words bestowed upon unde-
serving subjects, who are not only un-
grateful but do not need the attention
OF the sympathetic person. The able
bodied tramp may be numbered with
the latter class, who, with his un-
kempt person, tramps from place TO
place, begging his daily bread. Sym
pathy for these people is thrown away,
and the small gifts handed out to these,
not only provide for this worthless
class of humanity, but offer induce
ments for others to take up this mode
OF lie. lru0, dC UllllcS, oOlIlO OAO0OA ' 'AAiS
person, who has met with reverse CIR
cumstances, has been and will contln-
ually be met with, but they are few
and far between. So proficient has the
professional tramp become in his art
that it is almost impossible to distln-
guish between worthy subject and
worthless object, and charitably in
clined persons render aid to all callers
of this numerous army for fear that
one in real need may be turned away.
No one knows this more than pro-
fessional "Weary Willie and rest as
sured this fact is worked to his advan-
tage. To help one of this class is aid
ing worthless character, and it would
be better, were the sympathies and
charities bestowed upon some dumb
brute. The Boys Lantern, Nashville,
Tenn.
The mirror., 1896-10-01

Some people seem to be under the
impression that they are cut out for
no other purpose on earth than to
accumulate money. They will put
aside every enjoyment, either for them
selves or family, in fact make life
burden for money and nine times out
of ten it will all end in some disaster
or disgrace and they are reduced low
er than at the beginning and stigma
attached to their name which can never
be erased. Honor is one of the many
things that is far more essential to
happiness in this world and the next
than is money. Guard it carefully at
all times -Montevideo Commercial.
The mirror., 1896-10-01
SELF-CONTROL.

every observing man must finally
come to the conclusion that the most
important acquisition in life is self
control. He finds himself admiring
not the repose that comes from inanl-
ton, but that which emanates from
fullness of vitality and faith controlled,
held in bonds of reason and good man.
ners. This is a storehouse of power
Not only in public effort, but in the
privacy of the home the element that
ministers most to peace and success is
self-control Vitality is often wasted
in acquiring habits that detract from
personal appearance, or even come un-
der the head of bad manners. Voice,
feet and hands, when uncontrolled,
have been the bars that have kept
many men out of desired fields of en-
joyment and employment. So with
the mind, if it has been ungoverned
The mind that will not harness itself
has acquired its uncomfortable free.
dom in the first years in home and
school: it's antagonism to order and
obedience is inborn or has been &C
ouired in childhood. No matter how
richly man may be endowed by ma
ture, if the training of home and school
land self has not made him master Of
his own body, endowments unframed
uncontrolled, unguided, are of no mor'
value to a man than the power O
speed would be to horse who hat
never known any harness.-Counci
Bluffs Qa.) Word and Way.
The mirror., 1896-10-01

learning that which he cannot apply
when he gains his liberty? Let the
government understand what kinds OF
special skill are called for from liber-
ated men, and then become teacher,
not with the sole object of deriving
profit from the work done, which is an
entire mistake, but for bringing about
radical reformation of the criminal
classes, and for combining with whole
some instruction, system OF discl-
pline in which the idea of punishment
may merge into the nobler task OF
training the mind, and, through the
mind, the hand, to work in such sys
tematc habit that labor shall become
real pleasure.
There are societies for aiding dis
charged convicts but they cover only
few cases. Many discharged prison
ers are suspicious; their prison train
ing makes them so, and they shun any
kind of inquiry or surveillance and re-
| fuse to avail themselves of the prof
| fered aid OF the SOcleCleS. Iney WanI
fair field and no favor or disfavor.
AS things are at present, the dis
charged prisoner has either to be sub.
jected to an inquiry he dislikes, to re-
ligious observances and tests which to
him have no meaning, or he is cast out
handicapped by the stigma of his past
Offense.
Many of the so-called criminologists
have not spent twenty-four hours OF
their life conversing with convicts
Their Investigations have been made
entirely through prison officials ant
their opinions or suggestions have M
value whatever towards improving TIN
condition of prisoners or decreasing
F crime. G. j. w.
The mirror., 1896-10-01
THE RIGHT COURSE.

What best can be done with our dis
charged convicts? They (the criminol-
ogists) all say, in justice, the convicted
man must be punished; they all say, in
humanity, the convict who has served
his time of punishment must not
starve; they all, or nearly all, say,
From all discharged convicts and
prisoners preserve us, for we will have
none of them" There are not three
opinions on which the majority OF
people are more thoroughly unanimous
than these; and there are not three
opinions that are less likely to undergo
modification.
What can be done to remove from
the discharged convict the stigma OF
his past life, and to give him start
again, free and unshackled by what
has been in the past? Some may be
found who will say that the contumely
of society is part of discharged pris-
oner's burden, and he must bear it.
This opinion is expressed and enforced
upon discharged convicts who are al
ways bounded by the police and ar
rested upon trivial pretexts.
To the convict, this treatment is a
positive incentive to commit crime
anew. The contumely they bear is
part of their sentence and is inexora-
BILE. What can more forcibly show the
depth of desperation to which crimi-
mails may be driven, than for them to
be thrown out into the world to fight
the battle of life anew, handicapped
and weighted down by the stigma
which attaches itself even to theil
purged Offense?
They should be employed while II
prison in various occupations; the!
should be paid fair wages and treated
so long as they behaved themselves
with the same respect as other work
men. If this were carried out, it coult
hardly fail to bear good fruit. 1t woul'
render the law merciful, because i
would remove the pleas POWERFUL
urged by many offenders to the judge
prior to their second or third sentence
that they were cast out upon tn
world without money and the stigm
attached to their previous punishmen
had prevented their obtaining regula
employment, and they had, therefor'
been driven again to break the law.
would afford every willing man
means of securing small competence
it would give him opportunities of b.
coming skillful and even distinguishe
in his particular trade, and, by bringin
him in contact with respectable an
reputable superiors, would present
him means for entering upon indepen'
ent plans for his own advanceme1
and for restoration to the goodwill
society at large.
At present that which is taught
prison is irregular and objectless. WI
should prisoner take all interest
The mirror., 1896-10-01
EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTS


Within the little babe, as the giant
within the tiny acorn, lie EMBODIED all
the possibilities of the future man or
woman. No new faculties are added
after birth. Aside from the influence
of inherited tendencies, what the future
man or woman shall be must be deter
mined by the development and educa-
tion of the faculties with which he was
endowed at birth; for inherited tenden-
cies NAV be more or less modified by
training.
The conditions which surround the
child and under which he develops
exerts most powerful influence over
the direction of his natural tendencies.
The physical, mental, moral and spirit
ual atmosphere which surrounds the
child constitutes one of the strongest
factors of his education. Favorable en-
vironment promotes retinements, self
respect and general upward tendency,
even in adult life; how much more sus-
ceptible to its surroundings must be the
impressionable babe?
In order to develop the child to the
utmost of it's possibilities in right di-
rection, it is necessary to be able to
rightly control and regulate all sur
roundings which may effect his phys
ical, mental and spiritual welfare.
Proper sanitary and hygienic condi-
tions are of weighty import in this con-
nection. Sir Edwin Chadock, writing
of the causes OF drunkenness in Lon
don, says: II have found that to a
large extent the habits of drunkenness
> among the London poor are due to the
conditions of filth by which they are
t surrounded" Says another writer
r "Place even the highest minded philoso
, pher in the midst of unwholesome sur
t roundings, immortality and vileness
a and he will insensibly gravitate toward
i; brutality"
: 1t is the duty of the parents in select
ing home for their children, to guart
q against a choice of location where tn
influence of their surroundings will
o have deteriorating effect either upo1
l. the physical or moral welfare of thei
t children.
f 1t is exceedingly desirable that tn
home of the young child offer some aC
n vantages for the freedom of nature, an
Y that trees and flowers and green gras
n surround his home. It is remarkabl
The mirror., 1896-10-01
cHEERFULNEss AND FoRTITUDE

The ability to preserve an even ana
quiet confidence under all circum-
stances is one of the most desirable OF
all possessions, and when coupled with
a fair amount of physical and mental
force and originality, make a man
truly great, and almost impervious to
the assaults of weakness from within,
or foes from without. The power of
carrying on business with due at
tention to matters of detail and dis
cipline, without being agitated by
petty annoyances or depressed by ap-
prehension of dangers and losses to
come, is possessed by but few, and yet
can be measurably acquired by almost
every live business man.
Those men who do possess this
quality are by no means unaffected by
the petty annoyances and real dangers
which do so oppress their fellows, but
they reckon these things as ever pres
ent factors of mortal life and business
experience, to be estimated as surely
present sources of an average loss or
deficit. which must be reckOned in the
years account of profit and loss, but
which may be reduced by reasonable
care, and borne cheerfully where they
are inevitable.
There are chances which every man
must take if he would acquire wealth
rapidly; there are golden opportunities
for profit which he must foregO; he can
take the bold leap, or the plodding
tortoise pace, as he will, but he has nc
right to repine and be angry, if he
meets with loss, or must be content
with moderate profit for long con
tinued labor.
Every merchant may extend hi:
trade indefinitely, and will owe hi
prominence and success largely to hi
own character, effort and originality
E He may, however, have all the advan
, tages of long established house, wild
, acquaintance and high financial stand
= ing. and still be unable to hold hi
former prominence. No man or firn
/. can count on what it has been, as
9 claim on the continued patronage of
Q community; and the price of continu
J. Gus growth and ever increasing success
e is never ceasing effort and energ!
e Age cannot bear the strain of this enc
j. less task, and eventually must la
, down hurdons and anxieties too heaV
d for failing vitality; but the man wh
d has learned to value things Alright, an
n little vexations at their true wort
will be able to do business long aft'
The mirror., 1896-10-01

Two great bores-The man who con-
tinually gives you advice, and the man
who continually wants you to give him
advlce.-Franklin
The mirror., 1896-10-01
Vol. X.-NO. 9.
DRIFTING.

Over the sea and out of sight.
Silently from the bay,
The ship that builded at morning light,
At twilight has drifted away.
Out in the grey of the twilight hour,
Only the masts see,
There, silently drifting beyond my power,
Drifting-away from me.
Many the ships have builded at morn
Sailed e'er the evening grey.
Oh many ship with hope newborn
Silently drifted away.
Over the water and out of sight,
What a white fleet is there,
Awaiting my passing the grey twilight,
The harbOr-"Sweet Hour of Prayer"
Fannie Fullerton in Minneapolis Progress.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-10-27
Our Game.

In a previous Issue we called atten-
ton incidentally to our game laws in
connection with Col. Woodward's effort
to stock his county with the Pheasant.
The quail. Il sOcalled partridge, is
native here and notwit standing bad
treatment and destr, q practices
manages to survive. 1t the greatest
luxury u farmers enjos---it Is one at
their doors, II they take steps to pro-
tect the birds. Besides all small birds
to destroy insects are of great concern
to farmers and those who grow trees.
The game cannot be preserved, nor the
small birds, except by enforcing the
laws. This will not be done by indiv-
iduals. What is every body's business
ts nobody's business. We suggest
therefore that the gunners and sports
men with the farmers form clubs in
every neighborhood in the comfy tor
the purpose OF enforcing the game
laws of the State. 1t will help the
sportsmen because game will soon be
plentiful. The landowner will readily
enter into the arrangement and will
be glad to have his friends pursue the
game on his grounds--but he would
like to have the selection Of his friends.
In o few years the woods would be full
of turkeys and no more complaint of
insects destroying II corn and fruit
trees.
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500 Rewah 800

The readers of tits paper will be
pleased 10 learn that there is al
least one dreadfd disease that
science has beenhble to cure In all
it's stages, and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure fnown to the medi-
cal fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
st%itutional disease, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The prOprietors
have 80 much faith in its curative
powers, that theyoffer one hundred
dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
f. j. CHENEY g. Co Toledo, o.
Ga" Sold by druggists.
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TATE OF SOUTH
COUNTY OF LAURENS.
Court of Common Pleas.
f. M. Game VS.. Il. L. Cooper.

Pursuant to a decree Of the
Court in tho above stated case, /
will sell at Laurens, G. H., S. c., on
Salesday in November, 1896, the
same being the I'd day Of the
month. at public cutlery, to the
highest bidder, all that tract "r
parcel of land lying, being and
situate in the County of Laureps,
State Of South Carolina, contain
ing TWenty-four and th~ree-fourth
Acres, moro or less, bounded by
lands of Pink Neeley, Mrs. Nancy
Dondy and others.
Terms--One-half cash; balance
on a credit of twelve months from
date Of sale, credit portion to be
secured by a mortgage, and bond
Of the purchaser. If the terms al
not complied with, the land may
be re-sOld on the same day, with
ont further order Of the Court, ut
the risk Of the former purchaser,
Purchaser has the right to pay his
pay Tor papers.
j. II. WHARTON,
G. G. G. u. AND G.. g,
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To The LadIes.

Now is the time to look we'll after
your strawberries. BY the 10Th Of No
vember the plants should be in the
ground. Select a loamy soil. Manure
very highly and when you think you
have been generous add more. Pre-
Eighteen inches In rows two feet apart.
Three hundred plants will supply an
ordinary family. Get the largest
varieties and this will save time in
gathering. 1t is the surest Of our fruit
crops. Ii Bryan gets in we will have
sugar free. Mckinley also is friendly
to sugar. Think Of great oval red
luscious berries smothered in cream
about the ides of April. BY the 10th
of December mulch but not deeply
with partially rotted leaves of last
winter.
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oI"Co oe South Carolina,
COUNTY OF L"pENs.
Court Of Probate,

Copy Summons for Relief. !
?. B. Wilcut as Administrator Of the PER-
sonal estate Of Joel b. Wilcut and indi::
1idually, Plaintiff against Johi II. WIZ
cut and Mary Il. Thompso,, Defen.
To the Defendants John X. ~.
Mary e. Thompson. ~
You are hereby summoned and required
to answer the complaint in this action,
which was this day fileG in the office OF
the Judge of Probate for the said County,
and to serve a copy oyour answer to the
said complaint OF the Subscribers at
their office at Ldlrens Court House,
South Carolina, Sithin twenty days al
ter the service he'eoi, exclusive of the day
the complaip within the time aforesaid,
the Plointi1 in this action will apply to
the Courtbr the relief demanded in the
DateI6ct. 10th, A. d., 1896.
BALL, SIMKINS e. BALL.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
ToIary f. Thompson, Nonresident De.
Iendant.
Please take notice that the Complaint
in this action was filed in the Office of the
Judge Of Probate for Laurens County,
State of South Carolina, on the 10Th
day of Oct. 1896.
BALL, SIMKINS d BALL.
Planting Attorneys.
Atiest;--O. G. THOMPSON, J.P. l.. G.
Laurens, s.. G., Oct. 16, 1S06.--Gt
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF LAURENs.
Court of Cannon pleae


Court Of Common Pleas
j. H.. Wharton, as C. C.. G. p and G.
s., administrator, ETC., Of J. H.
Irby and others, In Re G.. M.
Irby, as Executor of VIM. Irby,
VS.. Marcy r.. Irby and others.
Pursuant to a decree of the
Court in the above stated case, I
will sell at Laurens, O. H., s. g.,
Salesday in November, 1896, the
same being the Cd day Of the
month, during legal hours of sale /,
at public outcry to the highest bid
Ger, all that tract or parcel Of land
lying, being and situate in the
County of Laurens, State of South
Carolina, containing one hundred
and sixty acres, more or less 4,
bounded by lands of q. IF. Terry,
Robert Mcdaniel, Joel Mcdaniel
and others.
T'erms--.One-half cash; balance
on a credit Of twelve months. from
date of sale, with interest from
date; credit portion to be secured
by a mortgage and bond of the
purchaser. If the terms of the
sale are not compiled with the
land may he re-sold on the same
day at the risk Of the former pur-
chaser. Purchaser to pay for pa
pers.
j. III. WHARTON,
&C, o. p. AND q. e..
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Alliance Meeting.

The Lisbon Alliance will met at
New Prospect School House on Ne 18th
day of November next, at 1 80 Fclock
p. M. Hon. G. w. Shell and Hot. o.. p.
Goodwin will deliver addresses upon
said occasion. The public is Cordially
invited to attend. Let the farmers all
come and bring their families, and dis
cuss and hear discussed what is best
for their interest.
JARED ID. SULLIVAN,
"A. r. Holmes, Sec'y. President.
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

LAURENS COUNTY.
In Court Of Common Plcas.-Ordcr Of
Foreclosure and Sale.
Joseph A. Bailey and p. S. Bailey,
partners in trade under the name of
NJ. S. Bailey 81 Sons, plaintiffs,
Against
William II. Bryson and Robt.J .Bryson,
Bryson. Defendants.
BY viriue of Il decree of the
Court in the above stated case,
will sell at Laurens; G. H., S. c.,
on Salcsday in November next;
hcing the I'd day Of the month
during the legal hours Of sale, ali
that tract, piece or parcel Of land
situated in Cross Hill Township,
county and State aforesaid, con.
tanning One hundred and forty
three Acres. more or less; known
as the John Bryson place, bounded
on the North by lands Of VIM. Fl
and Wistcr w. Bryson, East by
lands Of Samuel Austin, South by
lands Of David Reed Estate and
West by lands Of r.. a. Austin.
Terms of Sale---Onc-half cash
the balance on a credit Of twelve
months from date Of sale with
leave to bidder to pay his entire
bid in cash, credit portion secured
by a bond Of the purchaser and q
mortgage of the premises sold. II
forms Of sale are not complied with
land will be re-sold on same or some
subsequent Salesday at the risk er
the former purchaer. Purchaser
to pay for papers.
GEO. S. MCCRaNY,
Sheriff.