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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-02

Speaking of such things, do you know
that, although the Civil War has been
over thirty eight years, there will be
seventy seven men in the Fifty-eighth
congress who served either in the Fed
eral or Confederate armies? AS most
of the men were in their majority
when they fought, their presence to-
day in active service in the national
legislative body Of the United States
speaks volumes for the sturdiness of
the American race.
"Of the Civil War veterans who
will occupy seats in the senate and
house during the coming session for
ty-seven fought on the Union side and
thirty cast their lot with the CoDfed.
eracy. In the senate the division is
equal, there being thirteen ex-union
aoldiers ard thir.esn x-Couscderates D;
In the house there sre forty.four 1h o
fought for the North and only seven
teen who fought for the South"
Seventeen for the Soulful" said
the colonel; "that will mean.
"My dear, interrupted the coloncl's
wife, rising and pushing back her
chair, this is all very delightful, but
1t we expect to get to the reception,
tis about time we were leaving"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-02
WAR STORIES.
First Soldier Killed in the War.
Augusta Chronicle

of Augusta, Ca, which was stationed
at Pensacola, Fla, during the early
days of the war of Secession.
THAT they were we'll acquainte d
with the circumstances attendant unon
the incident of the death of Bugler
Parkyn, in May, 1861, at Pensacola
Fla, resulting from the bite of a
snake.
That the death Of Bugler Parkyn
was the first casualty as far as they
are reliably informed, after Secession
during the war between the States.
THAT the snake enclosed in the
sccompan ying bottle, now in the DOS.
session of w. Edward Platt, of Au-
gusta, Ga, son of the late Captain
Charles A. Platt, who was in charge
OF the Company at that time, and sen t
by Captain Platt to Augusta, is the
snake inhicting the bite upon Bugler
PaiSyn which proved fatal"
SwoEa 70 aud subscribed before me
thls l2th day Of November, 1903.
"Wm. H. Crane,
John j. Miller,
"Peter G. Burum,
w. j. Freeman.
Geo. G. Jones,
Notary Public Richmond County,
Ca"
The above records are most highly
priced by Mr.. w. Ed Platt, and no
souvenirs of the Confederate war are
more interesting or more highly priced
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-02

1nman was 10 San Francisco on bust
ness connected with his profession.
While there he chanced to meet Mr..
Hamilton, with whom he became ac-
quainted. Hamilton one day men
tion ed that he was in the Confederate
army, and the relation of war expe-
rience began. It came out that the
Dir. Hamilton was the Captain Hamil-
ton whom Colonel Hamilton had been
ordered to hang. There were ques-
sions from Colonel Inman, of course,
and the story of the escape of the
young soldier was brought out.
On the night before the day on
which he was to be executed, he said,
after midnight, he was lyi,s on the
blanket in his tent, half asleep, for
the circumstances did not warrant
heavy sleep. He was aroused by the
entrance of some one into the tent.
A candle was burning dimly, and he
saw before him heavily built man
with short, stubby whiskers, wearing
blue uniform without any insignia
Of rank on his shoulders, q black
slouch hat pulled down over his eye.
He recognized General Grant.
The story does not go iuto details as
to the conversation which ensued.
The result was that the condemned
spy, after there had been ezacted o
promise that he would never again as
tune the part which had so nearly
cost him his life, was given the coan-
tersign which would enable him to
pass the sentries. Then the man in
the slouch hat went away.
And the man who was to have
hanged him at sunrise did the same
thing, and before the sun was set vas
within the Confederate lines.-N. Y.
journal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-02
A Rural FinencIero

II suppose you like to make about
thousand per eeHt on little invest-
ment while you're in the city," re-
marked the confidence man.
"You bet would" replied the
inancier from the farm.
swell, how much can you put into
the deal?"
The farmer gave the matter thought
full confederation.
SWELL" he said at last, "if it's @
sure thing there's no use goin' too
strong ct the start. "I'll invest q
dime now, an then I'll invest the
profit on that when I get it, an &c on
up as long as it works.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-02
A Little Dinner at the ColoneI's,
(Catharine Black in Augusta Chronic1

\O"0h"iio Diach III augusta Chronicle
Do you know the Colonel? If you
don't, you miss one Of the good things
OF this life. If you do, you know
what an invitation to his house means.
Strictly speaking, he does not care for
society, but he is the soul Of hospital
lty, and his house, perhaps more than
any other in Augusta, is the soone Of
informal gatherings. He gave party
last night, but it wasn't in the least
like any at which you may have been
guest. The people were not the
ones that were in the habit Of gather
ing around the Colonel's table. Some
of them had never met before; two of
them the Colonel did not know. He
had passed them on his way home,
and his Quick eve ne.ea u tho iuu5 that
they were strangers, at loss to know
what to do with themselves.
The little iron CROSS they wore pin
ned to their rusty coats was sufficient
introduction for the Colonel. And so
he took them home and gave them q
seat at his board '>7s,veen General,
who was their iso,her-iu arms, and
his daughter, whv devoted herself 20
them in way we'll calculated TO make
their old hearts flutter.
The Colonel's wife is woman who
believes in the eternal fitness OF things
80 che had the table laden with Grim
son and white roses and tiny Aags,
showing the stars and bars.
And the conversation! It was such
ss one hears in life time. There was
history and tragedy and mirth. And
the stories that were toldl The chap.
!s:a i VAS who put the ball in motion.
"When was in Richmca nd last sum
mer," he said, II heard good story
on General Grant"
"While Grant was in Charles City
county an old lady sent one Of her
grandchildren to him to ask where he
was going.
"Tell your grandmother said Gen.
eral Grant, "that am going to Rioh-
mond or Petersburg. or heaven or
HI"
In little while the boy returned
and said:
Grandmother says you cannot 20
to Richmond, for General Lee ia there:
you cannot go to Petersburg, for Beau
regard is there; and you cannot 90 to
heaven, for General jackson is
there"
General Grant very readily saw that
only one place was left to him in case
he wanted to 60 somewhere.
"And what did he do? Did he go
there?" asked the Colonel's daughter.
"Did he 80 there?" echoed the
chaplain, when the laughter had sub
sided. "Really, my dear young lady,
that is question em not at liberty
to answer. Maybe the general can
give you an opinion. He, I believe.
SAW something Of him."
The general smiled.
"What saw of him" he said. 're.
miaded me of story Of private John
Allen.
"On one occasion he stood Watching
greas parade Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic"
''That's fine lot Of men," he re-.
marked. s'There is something
strangely familiar about them. Il
seems that I have seen many Of them
before
"Do you mean to say" asked sena.
tor. Mason, Of Illinois, who etood
near, s'that you recognize any Of those
faces nearly forty years after the close
Of the war?''
"Not faces" said Allen, s'baoks." :"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-12-02
~ SLEEP aesH enough at right,
find tie Mameaest abbet1te
Eysz- mortal man b0ssessl

Eaer mortal man possessed"
Riley's farmer is the very picture of q
man advanced in years, yet in the enjoy
ment III OF perfect health, A good appe-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
Back to eden.

They say that woman first came from rib,
Sing two-penny buys her a ribbon.
Perhaps that is why she don't mind big fib.
And wears all her secrets exposed on her bib,
But when fullrigged she needs just ''a bit o. her
ji3.''
Sing two-penny buys her ribbon.
Now woman was born to be pleasing and fair,
Sing twO-penny buys her fairy,
Perhaps that is why when she steps from heI
4 lair,
She wears misft hats posed on top of her hair,
But watch her when hubby ''coughs up" naught
but air,
Sing two-penny buys her fairy.
No woman, indeed. should have shoes on hel
feet,
Sing two-penny buys her fetish,
Her hair should be left without hats, to be neat
Abolish the lacing ('twill make her more sweet)
But fig leaves alone would bemore than discreet
Sing two-penny buys her fetish.
ABA DAB.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
Eow to make a Center Cable out Of a
Pair Of Cbird Grade Pants.

A great many of us have wished
for a convenient center table in
our cells. In this paper I will ex-
plain how to obtain one cheaply
and with hardly any labor.
First get into the third grade,
and then some evening when you
are wishing you had not done so,
take your pants and cut off from
the lower end of each leg about
two feet. With Irvine which you
have secured from the shop tie the
bottom of each leg. You then stuff
the legs with straw from your mat
tress, packing it very tightly, SO
the pants will stand erect.
Take the top of your bench and
saw out circular piece of wood
80 that it will fit neatly to the top
of the pants. Tack the pants to
this board and your work is nearly
done. Take for top cloth cir
cular piece of your blanket. Third
grade materially. See that the
stripes run crosswise over the top.
A row of fringe to 60 round the
tOp of this all.made table can he
manufactured from a silk hand
kerch1ef. Now stand you pants OF
rather table (for they are pants no
longer), stand this table, I say,
close up to your door.
While you are waiting to sur
prise the night guard with your
mechanical genius, 60 to bed and
invent some excuse for appearing
at work painless. HARLEY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
eral tons Of this grass has accumu-
lated. Two hundred mattresses
for the Red Wing training school
will shortly be made.

Good Progress The crew of men
In the Park, under Guard Back
land engaged in leveling the park
is making good progress. About
half of it, starting from the south
side, has been filed in and sodded.
The dirt used comes from the ex-
cavations for the new buildings,
and the sod also comes from with
in the walls. When it is completed
the park will not be perfectly level,
but will slope from the south road
to the main street. AS soon as
cold weather comes top dressing
will be laid on the turf, and Mr..
Backland thinks it will be in good
condition again by the middle OF
next summer. The bed of rushes
will exist no longer, but the other
flower beds will remain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

The Mirror Those who registered
Register. in The MIRROR Office
during the week were the follow
ing: Cecil S. Burch, Emma c.
Burch, Baltimore, Md; Frank J.
Bawlin, st. Paul; Miss Clara A.
Palmer, Miss Kate S. Thayer, Miss
Mayme P. Brickford, Minneapolis;
R. M. Heath, Chicago; II. w.
Shephardson, D. Simon, Mime
apolis; j. 9. Hatch, st. Paul; II.
P. Stewart, E. G. Evans, John
Hayes, Kansas City, Mo-; D. W.
Lawler, John j.. O'Conner, st.
Paul; w. R. Dorr, Jr., Robert
Power, Phelps Ingersoll, Thaddeus
Jones, Jr., Ninah K. Jones, G. r.
Jones, George B. Power, Mrs
Hitchcock, Fletcher Graves, St
Paul.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

The Saltwater Gazette says: D.
L. Smith, formerly a foreman at the
state prison, is here on visit.
His home is in California and was
before he was employed at the
prison. He returned there lit
tie over two years ago and has
since been interested in mining
for quicksilver. He has with him
specimens of ore from which
quicksilver may be shaken.
Mr.. Smith says the mines are
profitable and are being developed
The demand for that article il
great and the mine will surely be
profitable.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

Movement of Eight prisoners
Prison Population. were discharoad
and six arrived during the week.
Those who went out were: J. w.,
$685.; w. OF, 851; F. M, 9O4; w.
II. De s., 5445; L. E. NJ, 1851; j.
L., 1874; w. H., 905, and A. R. s.
5166. The last register number is
I'LL.
There are 553 prisoners, graded
as follows: First grade, 1896; sec.
ond, al, and third, sixteen.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

Band practice was resumed re-
Gently and will be continued twice
or thrice a week from now on.
Since Mrs. Whitworth took charge
of the music the choir has been
considerably enlarged and is at
tempting more pretentious music
than it has heretofore. Last Sun
day the pilgrims Chorus from
"Tannhauser" was sung during
the chapel exercises, and a num-
Der of other selections from the
classics are under rehearsal. The
members of the choir and the
band are interested in their work.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

Anew The new mattresses that
Industry are being put in the
cells have proved 80 successful that
the Board of Control is consider
ing using the same kind in all the
state institutions. The mattresses
are stuffed with the ribbon grass
that comes wrapped around Manila
fibre. When it arrives here it is
woven into a mat and it has to be
separated and cleaned before it
can be used for mattresses. Sew
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

Warden Wolfer and Chaplain
Kennedy will leave this evening
for Louisville, KY, to attend the
annual congress of the National
Prison Association, of which
Warden Wolfer is president.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

Guard William Alexander re-
ported for duty Monday after a
two months furlough spent in the
South. He is stationed in shop
F. Capt. Alexander also returned
from his furlough. Guards Still
key and Philbrooks are away.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

Chief Of Police John O'Connor,
of st. Paul, and a party of friends
were the guests of Deputy Ward
en- Glennon Tuesday and we're
shown through the prison by him
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

John Grahek, employed in din
ing room No. 3, slipped and fell
while cleaning a window yesterday
morning, plunged his hand through
a pane Of glass and cut his wrist
badly. He is in the hospital.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

State Agent j. 2. Barncard was
here Tuesday and interviewed the
prisoners who are to be discharged
and paroled in the near future.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
LOCAL NEWS.

Chaplain Kennedy escorted a
party of young people from the
Twin Cities through the prison on
Tuesday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
HELLO CIR MS.
f.. M.

. The old topper never paints his
nose in water colors.
A man can't hide his misdeeds
under coat Of tar and feathers.
All tears that are shed over the
grave of a rich relative don't spring
from the fountain of sorrow.
A lady writer, who is evidently
an old maid, says that the model
husband, like the good Indian, is
a dead one.
A Jack the hugger has been ar
rested at Pittsburg. It is evident
that Jack, like the editors of Penn
sylvania, believes in free press.
The cheerful liar who tells you
about his imaginary riches is a
much more companionable sort Of
a fellow than the hard luck fend.
That Iowa man who sold his
farm and gave the money to Elijah
Dowie says he's as happy as a
clam at high tide. There's a lob
ster for you.
A county official in Nebraska
stole all the drugs from a poor
house. Now there is man who
sought public Office for the good
of his health.
Miss Kellar, the scholarly blind
girl who is to take an important
part in the educational features of
the worlds fair at st. Louis, is an
intellectual lantern without a light.
A roof garden church is being
built in Chicago. It's pastor says
that the spiritual seed sown in
this garden will yield an abundant
crop of good without the aid Of
irrigation.
| A ladies' organization in Kansas
whose object is to purify politics
recently opened one of the meet.
ings with the hymn, ''Pull for the
Shore" and closed by pulling each
others hair.
For the benefit of new arrivals
who wish to become members o.
the local Chautauqua circle, I viii
say: Get your hair cut short o.
the president may take you for {
poet, which will bar you from ad
mittancA %-+r-s.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
' filaStcdcn
Skeletons.
An indispensable part of truly liberal education con
of training in the science and art of Interpretation


grading of the Norfolk Western Railroad
Blue Ridge Springs, Va While of the fell
handling the borers who
the other fell
eight inches diameter teeth
condition. inches
almost straight behind
No effort collect the Skeletons Philip Brown
a portion of the finest specimens
valley through which the railroad mountain
biologists Wild
having
conditions different the
the flood that the valley evidence
the mammals possibly drowned in Tx.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at 800 O'Clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and
Rev. 8. J. Kennedy. and Rev. FIR. Corcoran
chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

Answers to ''Please give me
Correspondents. the name of the
weekly paper with the colored
comic pictures in it, also the price
per year.
"What is the address of a Den
yer weekly and the price?
Cell 1885,"
The .Owatonna Journal issues a
comic supplement with it's weekly
edition. The Globe of Utica, N.
Y, is illustrated with colored pict.
ures. The price of each is ST pei
year. The Denver Post and the
Rocky Mountain News each pub.
lish a weekly edition at ST. pei
year.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.

PRISON OFFICIALS.
BOARD OF CONTROL.
j. A. MARTIN, Chairman st. Cloud
8. w. LEAVETT, Ltcnneid
o. B. GOULD, Winona
H, w, WRIGHT, secretary
RESIDENT OFFICIALS.
HENRY WOLFER, Warden
j. 8. GLENNON. Deputy Warden
M. G. COLLIGAN, Asst Deputy Warden
81. w. DAVIS, Clerk and Accounting Officer
F. M. BORDWELL, Steward
b. J, MERRILL, Physician
MISS MARY MCKINNEY, Matron
8. j. KENNEDY, Protestant Chaplain
CHARLES CORCORAN, catholic Chaplain
PRISON AGENT.
j. 2. BARNCARD, : st. Paul
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
"What is a Gordian Knot?

"What is a Gordian Knot?
S. T. A."
Anything difficult. The peasant
Gordius when he was chosen king
of Phrygia, after dedicating his
wagon to Jupiter fastened the yoke
to a beam in such a manner that
no one could unite the knot. It
was prophesied that whoever should
unite it would reign over the East.
Alexander the Great cut it with
his sword.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
FACTS AND FICTION -
- FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

| - FROM OUR EXCHANGES. /
Language indispensable part truly
Study of training the art of Interpretation Lam
guage the dllnctlveiy human means OF communication
knowledge language which essentially different that
the fluent languages
literature meaning
The studied training the and
best thoughts feelings activities
TO acquire the science and art the prolonged and careful
language only Indispensable college
student this
than divide the time He
facility which
which may
language shall
Interpretation language
foreign the student Indeed much doubt whether possible
considerable kind without
careful attention meaning their position the
attempt learning necessity bring about lie who compelled study
first little nothing somehow
his wav familiar and native when the
at all likely be successful English therefore, be substituted for
Among
use by the teacher for training the and art This
especially to the exceedingly
antiquarian illustrations
B en recently pointed out that the time for the fuhlme of the
ruics still believe
that the hour of Btains need he will
his
Portugal Denmark Belgium and Holland Thousands French
Napoleon sleeping
Mr. Newbot has enhrned the
listening for the drum.
peasantry eady refuse to believe that Mr. Pan
that
Mohad will
Chico
ALEXANDRIA and that one day he viii awake the Moors rulers
King the
family
will their
:, freedom of the land.-London Chronicle.
wonderful somnambuic always
left doubt mind but this
81 and beyond question.
writing
and unfortunately had
publisher
he the following day.
asking
allowed laughed
clever
habit prodgal with her capital letters them
the writing from mind
strange thing
myself
article Raley
bed but the click of that
= ltinued o until broad daylight
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had actually composed forty
publisher said the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

All tears that are shed over the
grave of q rich relative don't spring
from the fountain of sorrow.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

A lady writer, who is evidently
an old maid, says that the model
husband, like the good Indian, is
a dead one.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

A Jack the hugger has been ar
rested at Pittsburg. It is evident
that Jack, like the editors of Penn.
sylvania, believes in free press
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

The old topper never paints his
nose in water colors.
A man can't hide his misdeeds
under coat of tar and feathers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01
The prison Mllrrcr.

THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1903.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

The cheerful liar who tells yor
about his imaginary riches is {
much more companionable sort O.
a fellow than the hard luck fiend
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-10-01

That Iowa man who sold hi
farm and gave the money to Elijah
Dowie says he's as happy as {
clam at high tide. There's a lob
ster for you.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-03-16
NO NEED OF EXTRA SESSION.

will OF congress
pnd entirely the action of the senate on the Cuban re
pocy treaty The sentiment of the country well
clearly voiced section and
opposed session which the
will the senators do their
plain duty trouble that the reciprocity treaty reported by
effective only when has been approved by
the house after by The amendment injected
wholly and would be promptly
iected nexpcabe have
puer panic their right to aty such
without the formal and OF the coordinate
branch of congress.
Nothing than the exclusive constitutional right OF the
ray Furthermore exists legal obstacle
president putting ratified into effect
the rejected and the
treaty ratified stands present without exaor
dnary Fyegh congress become operative for at
in by the house representatives
and approved a second time by the Cuban congress.
certainly danger such delay for the Cubans
without reciprocity they likely
without Perhaps the
would be valuable for the history OF republic
striking example efficacy adversely teaching
sereiane failure settle the reciprocity
question and settle right cannot fail to exert injurious in
relations the United States and Cuba Thus far
this nation has rprehensby datory fulfilling promises
republic there further delay the Cubans
blamed they believe careless OF national
honor and needless of our national pledges
Already Cuba disposition commercial
laon with nations other than the United States and she denied
longer small reciprocity there is little doubt that
fixed policy In such there will be
for with strained relations between the republics there
evitaby of which this
Cuba needs help the reciprocity and Cuban
would be distinct benefit to this country.
settled
ate Senses emancpate sugar
influences raty Cuban approve
Panama Canal treaty and then adjourn.