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The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20
MRS. THOMAS A. EDISON

Thomas A. Edison is sixty.six. II
he were to die now 1t would be diff.
cult to estimate the loss to humanity
He has given 1t the lightning's flash
for its tool. He has taken the very
soul Of harmony and imprisoned 1t
for Its toy.
Every day, every night he works
In his laboratory out In those quiet,
encircling hills. literally the wizard of
the new world. Think. Just for an
instant. what the conservation Of
health and energy means to such a
man. Loss Of time or strength to him
is loss to civilization. Disturb him.
worry him, divert his mind and you
may scatter a swarm OF thoughts that
are forming into one big idea. one
great working principle that will make
life safer and happier for your chill.
dren.
1t takes constant vigilance. unfail-
Ing patience. perfect love when you
have a great, white-haired boy Prone
theus on your hands to look after.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20
HIS SERMON AROUSES INTEREST

At the church congress the other
day the bishop OF London preached a
sermon which has aroused very ex.
traordinary interest. In the course OF
this, he said: Il would ask you to
turn your eyes from this world to
another; to look up from the heat
and struggle Of the stadium to those
tiers after tiers OF spectators who
look down upon the conflict which
they once knew so well. There they
are In their million and tens OF mil.
lion. During my visit to Russia. when
] had long conversation through an
Interpreter with the authorities OF the
Russian church. nothing seemed to
strike them more iorcibly than the
little connection which we seemed In
our church to have with that multi.
tude. They ended by saying: Sure.
ly. bishop. yours Is very unloving
doctrine: we love our dear ones In
the other world; they are close to Us;
our boys speak to their mothers In
paradise rs II they were In the same
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20
Governor Bitter at Auditor.

Denver.-Governo E. NJ. Ammons
threatened to call in United States
troops from Fort Douglas to suppress
any further lawlassness In the south.
ern coal fields Saturday. when he re-
ceived the news OF the clash between
guards and strikers at La Veta, at
which four were killed and other fatal.
ly injured. The governor placed the
blame OF renewed lawlessness entirely
upon the shoulders of State Auditor
Rhoady Kenehan. who left the state
without signing certificates Of indebt.
cdness for support OF the militia. In
2 statement outlining his position, the
governor severely denounced Kenehan
and appealed to the business men Of
the state to furnish credit to the state
until mandamus against the. auditor
can be served in the Supreme Court.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20

On the plains Of Moskva, by the
side Of the Chevardino Redoubt, the
monument here pictured was dedicat.
ed the other day to the memory OF
those 10000 soldiers Of the Grand
Army Of Napoleon who were victori.
Gus over the Russians at the Battle
OF Borodino on September I, 1872
The monument Is Of granite and Ia
topped by an eagle.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20
Mrs. Fulton Succeeds R.senlt,er,

Denyer.-Mrs. Maud A. Fulton was
appointed secretary Of the State Civil
Service Commission. to succeed Judge
Z. j., Regenitter, resigned. Mrs. Full.
ton has been clerk for the civil serv.
Ice commission for several months.
At the request OF Governor Ammons
the commission delegated Frank Nc.
LaughlIn. one Of the board members.
to proceed forthwith to Buena Vista
pid conduct rigid examination OF af.
fairs at that institution with a view to
determining Warden Stewart's fitness
Tor the position.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20
WANTS GOOD ROADS FOR FARMERS

So much headway has been made
by the good roads movement that the
main question now seems to be mere
,y whether the federal government
shall help provide business roads" or
touring roads" II Is evident from q
speech delivered by Congressman Dor.
sey w Shackleford OF Missouri. chair
man Of the house committee on public
roads. at the third annual American
Road congress at Detroit. that con-
gress and the Wilson administration
are disposed to consider first the In.
terests OF the farmers. who need good
wagon roads to bring them closer to
the market
The interstate. boulevard" idea Is
largely supported by the automobile
people. whose campaigning for good
roads has given the general move
ment much OF its impetus The 30
called touring class"-which. OF
course. includes automobile manufac-
turers and agents as well as owners
argue that the farmers would re-
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20
Alva Adams In Samoa.

Ava Adams IN Samoa.
Denver.-Governo Ammons has re-
cetyed a postal card from former Gov.
ernor Alva Adams. mailed at Pagosa,
Samoa. The card contains a litho-
praph OF Palm avenue at Pagosa, and
bears the following message from
Adams: This has a sort of Edenic
look, but we like Colorado best. Per.
haps the people have something to do
with our preference" Governor
Adams is making a tour OF the Antip-
odes as agent for the Panama.Pa Pacific
exposition.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20

We
claim Of the Jurisdiction do but should soe
belief the which allowed
the cloud bishop acknowledging d
cult which he said be faced
public
said 1T would strengthen line than know
those noble still think still
plead the church belief
doctrine saints Tho regarded
by Revolutionary"
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20

ceive benefits big highways
those living along the main highways would them the value
lands would be enhanced would build
better local thoroughfares There
foot One OF them the Lincoln Memorial highway
Another
the country
This plan is advocated the National Highways
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-11-20

Sixtysx old still reaching his
hands play with still lingering the marvellous
toys that he has plucked for himself the sky
And that what the life Mrs Thomas Edison
looking Prometheu boss that the wizard
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01
Our Friends.
Continued from 1st page

Your church and religion is founded on
confidence, faith and reverence, together
with spiritual love and without these es-
sentials your church and creed are a
farce.
Since Iclaim that friendship as well as
all other relationships are caused by conf
dence the only advice can offer for max
ing and keeping friends (if you will ac-
cept it) is to act in your future life as to
win the confidence and deserve the trust OF
other men. To many of US this is not GO
ing to be easy. People are not inclined to
accept us on our statements but must be
shown and it is entirely up to us.
A great deal has been said here in dis
cussion about the difficulties and discour-
agements we will encounter after our re-
lease. 1t has been suggested that we seek
other homes and build anew in some other
country, or as one speaker said: Forget
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

The Old Oaken Bucket-the scenes of
our childhood, etc., and using the vance,
ular advises us to "Beat it, This does.
not seem to me wise. You are now in
the best country in the world-under the
Ebest fiag-among people of the same
tongue, habits, temperament, etc. The
Pampas of the Argentine or the tropical
countries of the equator do not hold out
any promise of your being better man
or of your acquiring better or more stead
fast friends. When you leave here you
have paid your debt to society and have
receipt for same signed by the Governor
of your state proving that you and the
state of Minnesota have balanced accounts
and are square. You will meet lots of
people outside that should have such a
receipt.
Society is divided into classes-the
caught and the uncaught We, perhaps,
unfortunately belong to the caught.
There is no particular disgrace in being
| here. The disgrace was in doing that for
capped punishment or came here the dis
grace was the same. Go back to your own
| place-hll the mitch in the business, cleri-
cal or industrial world you did before, if
possible. You have made your mistake,
suffered for it, paid for it. You can do no
more. Christ said to the sinner: go
and sin no more The state says the
same to you. Your friends will not re-
mind you of your mistakes, if someone
else does he is not your friend and you are
in bad company. Be careful in choosing
your friends. A man is known by his
| friends. Practice the Golden Rule con-
tinually. Be square and insist on square
dealings in return. Put your heart in search
for friend, freely offer assistance to any of
the crowd who needs it and sooner or later
you will find hand outstretched towards
yours. Don't say "There are no friends
They do exist and you can be sure of it,
| but only for those who seek them through
confidence, respect and esteem. Love and
all the other relationships are but the per-
quisites of friendship.
In the beginning l made very broad
statement to the effect that you would find
you had practically no friends of the right
kind. ! may be mistaken-I hope i am.
You may have friends that are friends in
all that the word means. If so you are to
be congratulated and envied and would
advise you to follow Shakespeare's advice:
The friends thou has and their adoption
tried,
Grabble them to thy soul with hooks Of
steel,
But do not dull thy palm
With entertainment of each new unfedged
unmatched acquaintance
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01
AMERICAN ASSN.
Population

Total number of inmates. 49,. 941
Working at New Prison. ..... $40
Received during week. ....... Z
Discharged during week -. O
Number in First Grade ...... go
Number in Second Grade 49,. 248
Number in Third Grade 80. %
ParOled D
Last serial number ..4063
Cell changes: 1-3rd, 386-N. p,
336-3rd, 534-N. p, 500 35, 200,
96-211, 1929, 344-174, $4,000,
528-231, 211-96, 246-276. 276. 189,
589-23O, 94-142, 310-3rd, 72-C. G.
1910. c., 232-182, 2O9-147, 231-
81. 174-425, 247- 265, 492-3rd.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Pendennis." who has lately con-
tributed several excellent articles to
The Mirror, has sent in dissertation
on Master Workmen" which will
appear in our next issue. Penden-
mis- is man of wide experience in
the ways of the world, and some
thing of philosopher. besides. His
ideas are sound and his views Of life
optimistic. despite the fact that he
has seen the shadows more often
than the sunshine. His contribu-
tons to The Mirror are drawn from
his personal experiences and are
worth more than casual reading.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Prof Webb was promoted from
the print shop to job in the Dep
uty Warden's quarters last week.
A colored boy, lately arrived from
st. Paul, succeeds the professor in
the print shop. The new man is a
printer, and is not afraid of piece
of work flying up and hitting him
on the nose. Prison Mirror. ;.
Better hang onto that kind Of a
printer. Saltwater Gazette.
And SO we shall as long as the
law allows.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

According to the census, there are
only 125 900 idiots in the country.
There are that many in Arkansas
who know how a newspaper ought
to be run.-Batesville Guard.
And there are people in Arkan-
sas who think there are that many
trying to run newspapers in Arkan-
sas.-Arkansaw Gazette.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Mrs. John Plante, of Saltwater,
wife of Guard Plante of this insti-
tuition, and Mrs. M. A. Nichols of
Minneapolis were escorted through
the prison by Assistant Deputy
Whelar, last Thursday.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

That The Mirror will soon be
numbered with the missing at the
old prison, is now a forgone con-
clusion. The contract for QUILTING
our new plant was closed last week,
and within a short time we will
move subscription list, devil and all
to the quarters reserved for us at
new prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

No catastrophe is great enough to
get the best of your true American
Booster: Witness the following from
the Parkin, lark Sentinel: Yes"
says the editor, "Parkin will no
doubt be covered with high water
within the next week. What's the
use to worry? With all our mis-
fortunes we've got the best little
town in the country"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Shipments of farm machinery from
the prison warehouses have been
made in large numbers the last few
weeks. A greater part of the ma
chimes on hand are already sold,
and it is expected that the entire
output will be cleared out before
the season closes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Young Mr.. Willis Rosing, of the
new prison clerical force, called at
the sanctum on business, Monday
afternoon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

One Of the boys in describing the
depths of poverty he had at one
time or another reached. said:
When | first came east to Chicago.
l was in perfect rags; the smallest
hole in my shirt was the one
stuck my head through, and had to
have that, my only shirt, washed by
the dozen, as it was in twelve
pieces"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

O'C., The Mirrors star man at
the new prison, would make fam
Gus local man on a city paper. His
capacity for nosing out news items
is enormous. Should he follow up
the start he is getting on the Family
Journal, success wonld be his por-
ton from the start.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

When there is no one to boost
for you, the only thing left to do is
foot your own horn. Paddy, at the
new prison, remarks that There is
just enough grass growing in the
parks to keep me busy cutting it
If / had the job
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

put the ball on Lapp and Coombs
turned and ambled back to second
while Cady became more confused
and tossed tbs ball to the pitcher.
who was not in time to catch MUIR
ply going back to first. A moment
later all three runs crossed the plat e
to the great amusement of G.. Mack.
John King has affixed his sigma
ture to Cincinnati contract and
same awaits Pres. Hermann's APP
proval.
Vincent CAMPBELL has been sus-
pended by Boston IN. L. for fail
ure to report.
Box scores of the games are very
scarce in this vicinity. In fact
there is a paucity of dope which
may be due to the seasons youth
Long Tom" Hughes has his
bean ball working in good shape
this season. Tom thinks the best
way to keep batters from hitting is
to scare them away from the plate.
Wahoo Sam" Crawford is doing
his level best to make up for Gobbs'
absence by vigorous use of the
bludgeon. Sam never was rated as
weak hitter. but this year he is
excelling past records.
Pitcher Ed. Walsh made another
ninth inning rescue the other day,
striking out three Brownies in a
row. This is favorite stunt for
Edwards. If the sox were air tight
in the other positions Walsh could
twirl them to another pennant.
Pitcher Overall has reported to
Cubs. If he can come back, Man
ager Evers will shake hands with
himself more than once.
The Anvil Chorus has opened up
on Frank Chance. But the P. L.
will bear up under it and have these
same shrimps eating out of his hand
a few months from now. New York
expects to be first in everything but
it has never had a successful team
with the fans running it.
The Cardinals get an awful pen
ming at the hands Of the Mound City
serbs. One Of them walls: And
they are paid to play baseball" "
We are willing to wager the team g
salary list is the lowest in the league,
except possibly that of Boston.
You cant get first class work out of
second class man at a third class
salary. Baseball owners, the same
as anyone else, get what they pay
for. When ever the St. Louis peo-
pie put up the dough they can Sc
cure good players. They have tried
long enough to win a pennant with
second class material.
Iy Cobb has signed one year
contract and after conference with
President Navin declares he is ready
to get into the game. 1t is admitted
that the Georgia Peach comes back
to the Tigers at salary less than the
5000 for which he held out. 1t
is understood however that he gets
substantial advance over the $4,000
offered by the club and that he has
been offered enough bonuses to
bring the total up to $4,000 in the
event of his accomplishing certain
things. Now that the great contro-
versy is peacefully terminated we
will expect things to go on as usual
in the johnson league.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Prof. Webb was again singled
out for promotion the past week
and is now Bugologist-in- Chief in
Capt. Vollmer's crew.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Sherlock has ceased to be an
active contributor 10 the new prison
page, for the time being. Increase
of work in his place of employment
was chiefly the cause of his tenn
porary retirement. A few weeks
no doubt will see him back on the
job, as pert and optimistic as ever.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

A brand new excuse for having
showed up late for work has been
evolved by one of the men en-
ployed by the shoe company. The
cat forgot to wake me up" says he,
whenever called to explain his tard-
mess:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Out Minnesota way they have
lately discovered who put the Still
into Saltwater" says the Clinton
Local Editor in the Star of Hope,
and now we are hep" to the one
who put dan in Dannemora. Get
that? He also put NOR (e) into
Dannemora at the same time.''
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

The section of concrete sidewalk
between dollhouse, kitchen and
storeroom under construction since
last week has been completed, and
is first class piece of work:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

A series of stories about the Bal
kin War, written by Donald Hamil-
ton Haines, are appearing in the
twice-a-month Popular. They are
spirited tales, with plenty of hu-
man interest. The story in the
May month-end number is called
Islam''-the Inscrutable.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

General Office Mgr. Bourne,
Cashier Mcmillan and Buck
Fitzgerald are said to be head liners
in the game of horseshoe now be-
ing played at the new prison.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

The transfer of the executive
Offices to their fine quarters at the
new prison, did not make Warden
Wolfer forget those of us who were
left here. He finds time to make
daily visits to this institution.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

The occupant of cell ZIG would
appreciate reading matter of any
kind. especially trade journals. Don
ers are thanked in advance for what
ever they may send.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Paddy, our Street Commissioner
is great conversationalist, but un-
like most of his kind, he always has
an appreciative audience.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

The paperhangers arrived at the
officers barber shop, Monday, and
did very neat piece of work on
walls and ceiling.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

The tumbling mills in shop A,
where castings are secured from the
foundry and polished up before be-
ing sent to machine shops, have an
Arkansas freight train backed off
the map, when i: comes to noise.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Otto Mobile and Nil Desperandum
have lately joined forces with the
orchestra. We expect to hear from
them in the near future.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

A new guard, Mr.. VIM. A. Buck
ley of Saltwater, was employed last
week and is stationed on the wall.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Geo. Gibson, of the Pirates, is
out of the game for a week or SO
having been injured in going af-
ter foul ball at St. Louis.
Say, Gene, what makes you think
it's easy to pick winners so early in
the season? We will duly promal-
gate our humble representations
later on. How's that? We got it
from Prof. Webb.
The various Prison Leagues are
in full swing but dope is scarce on
these fellows. When they get TO
travelling a regular circuit we want
to go too.
The past week finds Washington
at the head of percentage table with
the Athletics in the running up po-
sition. Boston is near the bottom
but should readily climb into the
first division. 1t is quite probable
that the Red Sox will have to be
content with other than first place
this year. Some argue that Grit
fith's Washington team is built
around Walter johnson and if he
should blow at critical point the
team would go to pieces. This does
not seem reasonable to us. OF
course johnson is the most valuable
man on the team and Griffith would
sorely miss him, but the team would
continue to win games just the
same as it is doing now. for a lot
of young blood has been infused in
to the aggregation during the past
three years and in every department
is playing the kind of ball that wins.
The receiving department Is the best
in the league-composed of such
men as Williams, Henry and Ain
smith. The pitchers are as follows:
Johnson, Groom, Cashion, Hughes,
Engel. Gallia and Boehling. The
first four can be depended upon to
take their regular turn and make
things interesting for any team in the
league. In Gandel, Morgan, Nc
Bride and Foster the Old Fox has a
fast infeld, while Milan, Moeller and
Shanks take care of the outfeld in a
chain lightning manner. The prob
lem that confronts Griffith.is to keep
hitting the ball. 1t was slump in
batting that spoiled their chance of
a pennant last year. The team
looks dangerous and no less a
prophet than Cornelius McGillicud-
dy has said so. What do you
think?
The Athletics trimmed the Red
Sox five out of six incidentally CIV
ing them hard push down the per-
centage column.
Tom Seaton, Philly pitcher, has
pitched the team to three l to 0 vie
tories over Brooklyn and thirteen
inning % tie with the Giants thus
far this season. We would like to
see the Phils win the National Lea
que bunting, and on such perfor-
mances they are very good.
A queer play by catcher Cady.
of Boston, in one of the games with
the Athletics drew a lot of comment
from the scribes. 1t should be re-
membered that Cady became fa-
nous for his fine work in the last
worlds series. Anyhow Lapp was
on third base and Coombs ON Sec
ond when Murphy hit hot one to
Wagner who shot the ball home to
Cady in time to get Lapp by mile.
Cady chased Lapp back to third,
where Jack Coombs was snugly
perched, having in the meantime
run up from second while Murphy
was tearing for the midway station.
Instead of touching Coombs, Cady
D
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

In last issue we stated that the
fixtures in the turkeys Office had
received coat of paint and varnish.
We are requested to say that such
was not the case.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Can you spell rat. cat, hat. bat,
with only one letter for each word?
1T can't be did," someone says, but
just look here! r80, ESQ, hS0, bS0.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Three lusty young canaries put
in appearance at the sanctum, the
past week. From present appear
ances several more are scheduled to
arrive soon.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Mr.. H. ]. Earon of Buffalo, n.
Y, registered at the sanctum last
Saturday. He was accompanied by
Mr.. Soubier of the farm machinery
department.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

Mr.. Owens, of the farm machin-
cry sales force, was over from the
new prison Saturday morning, and
made few minutes call at the
sanctum,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

A considerable amount of new
sod has been laid near the entrance
to dollhouse, on portions of the
lawn where grass has refused TO
grow.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01

The heighth of impudence has
been defined to be seeking refuge
from rain storm in an umbrella
store,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01
--latest Baseball
News

Following are the percentage tables of
the three leading leagues up to and includ-
ing Tuesdays games:
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-01
NIRRORETTES
Just So.

When Homer smote his bloomin Tyre,
He'd card men sing by land and sea.
And what he thought he might require,
He went and took. the same as me.-C
mopolitan.