davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08
DIETARY STANDARDS.
What Observation Indicates to Be the
Average Mans Daily Food Need.

Accepting the daily dietary stand
ards which are based upon observa-
tions as to what people are accustomed
to consume. it is plain that the average
man doing from light to moderate
muscular work must take each day
approximately 116 grams of proteid
~, 1du'7l1S grams of nitrogen), with
sufficient fat and carbohydrate to Yield
a total fuel value of 3,O5O large calo-
ries. The usual proportion of carbohy-
drate (mostly. starchy food is about
300 grams to 5000 grams of fat. In
other words, the average man needs,
according to the above hypothesis, ap-
proximately 120 grams of proteid. 500
grams of carbohydrate and go grams
Of fat for his daily ration. In order to
obtain these amounts of nutrients he.
would require per day three-fourths of
a pound of ordinary roast beef. one
pound of boiled potato. one-half pound
of white bread and one-fourth of a
pound OF butter. Naturally much
greater variety of food might be adopt
ed with the same nutritive values as
the above, but these figures will suf-
fee to give some impression of the
quantities Of ordinary cooked food
stuffs required to yield the nitrogen
and the total fuel value called for by
the above standard dietary.
A more elaborate diet, one in large
measure free from meat and having es-
sentially the same content of nitrogen
and with total fuel value of approx
mately 5000 calories, would be as fol
lows: Fried homihy. six ounces; sirup.
three ounces; baked potato, eight
ounces; butter. one and One-half
ounces; baked spaghetti. ten ounces;
mashed potato, ten ounces; boiled tur-
nip, six ounces; bread, two ounces; ap-
pie sauce, eight ounces; apple tapiOca
pudding, twelve ounces; fried sweet po-
tato, eight ounces; fried bacon, one
ounce; fruit jam, four ounces: coffee,
one and one-half pints. and tea, three
fourths Of pint. Such a diet. owing
TO its vegetable nature and lack of con-
centration, is naturally quite vOlumi-
nous. a greater concentration of diet
is easily obtained by replacement of
q portion of the vegetable matter by
meat, and this the ordinary man, with
his highly developed palate. usually
prefers to do because Of the Increased
flavor which his acquired taste now
calls for. Further. the resources at
the command of the civilized man rem
der possible great variety in matters
of diet, but whatever the character of
the daily food or however great the
number and variety of the ingredients
1t will be found that the nitrogen con-
tent and fuel value Of the daily food of
mankind will in general correspond in
large measure to the dietary standards
usually adopted throughout the ciyiliz-
ed world.-Russell II. Chittenden in
Century.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08
FIDDLERS AND DRUMMERS,
The Two Classes of Insects That Pro-
duce Audible Sounds.

The Two Classes of Insects That Pro-
duce Audible Sounds.
Insects that produce sounds audible
to human ears have been roughly divid-
ed into two classes-fiddlers and drum
mers. The grasshopper is a fiddler and
makes music by scraping its fore wings
against the rows of spinelike teeth that
ornament its thighs. The katydid also
plays an chronological fiddle. 1t pro-
duces its notes by rubbing the inner
side of the hind legs over the front
wings
The locust, on the other hand. is a
drummer, and loud one too. His
drum is formed by Il membrane stu.
ated at the base of the fore wing. and
he can make a forest ring with it. The
cicada, or seventeen year locust, car
ries a drum at the base of the abdomen
and makes with it a noise that seems
to be quite as terrifying in the insect
world as that produced by the gorilla
pounding its resounding chest is among
wild beasts. 1t is said that the cicada
sometimes frightens away its enemies
with the rattle of it's drum.
There are other drumming insects
which make good music, but the violin.
lists, after all. carry off the palm, fol-
the great insect soloist, the cricket, is a
fiddler.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08
The Salt In the Ocean

If the ocean did not have salt 1t
would freeze somewhat more readily
than 1t does now, but there would be
no very marked difference. The ocean
is prevented from freezing not so much
by its salt as by its size and by its
commotion. On account of it's size
large portions of it extend into warm
climates at all seasons, and by reason
Of its great depth 1t is a vast store
house Of heat Its currents distribute
much warm water among the eold.-St.
Nicholas.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08
Indian Remedies.

The Indian pharmacopoeia comprised
thoroughwort, spurge and Indian hemp,
used as emetics; the bark of the horse
chestnut and butternut, used as cathar-
tics. They were also acquainted with
many poisons, most of which were used
on their weapons. For asthma they
employed tobacco and sassafras, for
coughs slippery elm, for dropsy the
wild gooseberry, for wounds powdered
pun balls. They treated boils with on
Ion pouItices.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08
DociIe Duck, of IN. Chinese

In China the duck is much esteemed
as an article of diet, and what may be
called duck farms are common on most
Of the rivers. The birds are taught to
hunt for their food, and the rearing of
them costs little. They are kept in
boats with a platform or deck extend
ing outward ON each side. These boats
are taken to the shallow, marshy parts
by the banks of the streams, and the
ducks are then driven ashore to enjoy
themselves in the mud flats. So well
are the birds trained that at q given
signal they cease eating and follow
their leader back into the boat, where
they lie during the night Ducks pre-
served by being salted are a favorite
food with the we'll to do.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08
A BROAD Hint.

Mamma" said a six-year-old girl
entering the sitting room one morning
recently, don't you want some can
dyT
The mother was writing a letter.
why, yes, DEAR" she replied. "Give
me piece"
81 amt dot any," came from the
child. ''an' l amt dot any nickel to
dit none"
She got the nickel = Kansas City
Times.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08
WenIfh of Wnrda

"He talks very interestingly" said
one girl.
"Yes," replied the other, "but in all
the stories | ever read the man who
used lovely language was always poor
and struggling 1t doesn't seem a good
sign to me" Washington Star.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08
LONG ENGAGEMENTS.
A WOman's Plan Tsy which to Bring
About Happy Marriages.

WOmans PIan fy which to Bring
About Happy Marriages.
Marriage is an institution of the
state; therefore she should put it out
of the bonds of possibility that people
can marry each other in two days or
a week. How many marriages would
be broken off if the state required a
three years engagement before people
are married? After all, if woman
wants to become Il nun in two months,
no convent in the world will accept
her. She must be a novice for two or
three years. During that time she has
to make an examination of her con-
science every day and to find out if
she has a vocation for nun. But
women and men marry without the
slightest preparation, without the
slightest thought of the future while
Dame Nature laughs at her most odd
pairings. She wants her world peopled
That is her part. The men and women
who are ill suited to each other are not
her affair.
Girls and boys at school should be
taught to look upon marriage as the
most beautiful, the happiest. the most
desirable and the most possible thing
in the world. Boys should be taught
to keep their minds and their bodies
pure for the state which they will
probably enter and to have a sense of
protection and loyalty to girls, and
girls should be taught industry, self
sacrifice and responsibility for the mar
ried state.-A1rs. t. 2. O'Connor in
Black and White.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08
Morally Improvine Habit.

The habit of dressing well grows on
a man like the opium habit. but its
consequences. instead of being disas-
trous, are delightful and socially as
well as morally improving. -Sartorial
Art Review.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08
An Angel once

docs it create a furore in your fam
lily when you 60 home late?" asked
Bjones Of HIS friend De Smith.
"No; It creates q fury" was the sug-
gestiv+ answer. hicago Record Her
aid.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-08

Bashfulness may sometimes exclude
pleasure, but seldom opens any avenue
to sorrow or remorse.-Johnson.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20

PROFESSOR LARK1N says that in the near future
new science will compel the attention of the world
This science is mentalism. As yet it is merely in
the embryo stage. Outside Of few well-known
scientists Of worldwide reputation, the theory Of
mentalsm is entirely new doctrine. But, accord
ing to Professor Larkin, it will not be long before
mentasm will surprise the world He predicts that
it will have a powerful tendency to revolutionize
present methods, especially educational depart
ments This will be entirely in the hands of exper
fenced mentalists, who will apply well-known
principles in order to test scholars mental capacity
Instead of trying to make lawyer out of man
whose intellectual abilities are better suited to
managing farm, the trained mentaist will avoid
considerable waste Of time and money by ascertain
ing at the start what his profession should be. All
students will be examined by competent mentalists
and their qualifications noted and then they will be
placed in charge Of teachers who will also be trained
mentalists.
If Professor Larkin's theory is feasible it will
obviate many of the present-day shortcomings At
ter one has studied for several years in order to
qualify himself for of the professions it is dis
couragng to he finally told that he has missed his
calling It would seem that there is room for the
mentalist If our scientists can make good their
claim they might advance step further. Humanity
is always ready to welcome new innovations. Why
not discover what foods best adapted to produce
good lawyers preachers, doctors, writer's, etc., just
as they do in the animal kingdom?
Each and every individual is mentalist to GER
tain degree. He knows his capacity before under
taking situation. OF course the mentalist will
inform him as to what that position should be. But
mentalist can check mans vanity and prevent
him from doing that which is decidedly beyond his
talent to perform. The mentalst can teach what a
person should do, but to compel him to do certain
thing is another question which scientists must solve
before their theory will prove practical
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20

@,a I71ebT1ety.
THERE is little volume in our prison library
entitled, Inebriety: Its Cause and Its Cure" Its
number is sos. This book shows evidence Of much
handling and that it had been perused by quite a
number of the prisoners. We have not read this
book but told that the subject treated in
exhaustive manner and that it contained many USE
full suggestions for the man who is determined to
quit the habit.
In the last analysis it all depends upon the kind
of will-power there is in the man who wishes to
stop the liquor habit. Ii man let's his will
power dominate his DESIRE the task will be easy of
solution. But if serious effort is made to control
ones desires, little can be expected No man likes
to have another tell him what he should should
not drink, any more than he wants another to tell
him that strawberry shortcake and pie is running his
digestion. When he finds out that liquor is doing
him injury, then, and not until then, will he begin
to consider the proposition from rational stand
point.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20

annual address of the Chauauqua president which pub
hed issue of The MIRROR pretty wasn't t
The president the "dgn6ed" L. when he
what would you call him when he writes his A. Rube articles?
TT IS high that invented huge machine for
taking the heat in hot weather and Jack Foss
surplus cold cold weather. these machines be placed
elevation above each city and town. and shoot cold blasts
down the buildings in hot weather and hot blasts in cold
weather.
WHENEVER publication adopts regular marked feature
w which proves be drawing card" how keeny the readers
feel the disappointment the that particular feature dscon
tnued temporarily dropped Mrs Kate Thyson Mari has
been writing for the St. Louis Star for the past Mrs
Mari views the world through broad and penetrating and knows
the world and from to She thinks thoughts and
not afraid to write them Mrs Mari has wonderful vocabulary
but her marked originality compe her. call spade
spade She neither crank pessmist but always aims at
the beye the center of the target and fails the bell
of that target
CA,uucs five
weeks couple weeks thereafter Mrs Mars contr
buttons and her picture ceased The Star good
paper without Mrs Mas it loses its best brand of
lose thousands Of readers Let hope however,
Mrs Mari only taking little vacation newspaper
yellow sensational Hearst ng in its makeup
does need a little ginger specie Of spice.
CPEAKN Of the ST. Louis recent issue Of that had
editorial the heads win and tails youose laws of
there impereons in the administration
the criminal law but most of them due to the lawyers The
legislation lawyers and the of this legislation
designed make business lawyers laws have
filed the mouth Of Justice with harpns technicaty that she's
peeche but takes who has given lifetime the study
tell whether she dead alive The
editorial lucky it. after mortgagng all he has, he live long
enough roll the big rock Of his proof the hill Of demues
and appeals while the guilty with pe pull
Justice to skin and until she hasn't strength
an arm for his castgaton Let's turn the rascals out
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
KILOGRAMS.
~BY T. NJ.

coat Of whtewash often multitude of grafters.
Chicago burglar has refused further his
old pals because they burn Standard Oil their dark
shiny pate may symbol wisdom look upon the
badheadd mosquitoes play sucker
The doctor who recently Portland Oregon
the reform ticket ought be able all the joints
Mr. Grove held up two
How long will the police that city have Pat?
To judge granted this country it
would tho the matrimonial knot develops
fools knot
young society by jumping into
bay after poodle dog She presented
medal, but should be leather
organized recently ar
rested in the west but his lawyer the
the organization but of the Individual
writer that have violent than
Now have become that he threw his hat the
floor and jumped but have jump her
bonnet.
boosted my good looks, pedestal
vanity posed he Venus but for the benefit of H. b.
who appears Jealous will that the solicitation of
lady admirers have than OCCASION entered
petition beauty show and always had the blue ribbon pinned the
lapel of my coat
One Of the inmates of the Ohio state prison objects being
cassed the equal with the burglar the ground that he
college graduate and is serving time for forgery Now can't
where Of this kind that the mgter than the jimmy
Sometimes college develops mems instead of
their BRAIN
penentiary escoing
lady visitors through the institution and when they the door
leading the dnngoom the ladies of the prisoners his
face and make the impression of half of pope
Turning the warden they asked him if the inmates The
seeing that his visitors ad Ladies'
afraid My charges perfectly harmless while feeding
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
RzhSSiN'S AMUSEMENT

iIILSSLLS amusement.
If THE political and administrative ofenses Of
the Russian government have been heinous and of
long duration, retributon at last in fair way
of being melted out with "reminiscences that should
satisfy the most ardent lover of poetic or prose JUS
tice. Recent authoritative dispatches virtually admit
that the big Muscovite empire has been beaten to it's
knees. Its army overwhelmed and its navy annihi-
lated by foe it had satrized as barbarian; reeking
corruption and incompetence revealed in high and
low places the fires of revolution lighted ia dozen
danger points, the most arrogant, independent and
aspiring of nations has been driven to that desperate
strait wherein it tacty pleads with it's enemies for
assistance to prevent the crumbling of the empire.
Atlanta Constitution
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
II Trusted .AdUiser.

II I|WSUH(I U7WULSHT.
Or LATE Secretary of War, Taft, has been
prominent figure in American politics. He is a
champion Of President Roosevelt and in the cabinet
his Judgment is held in high esteem few years
ago few people had heard of Mr.. Taft. Since Pres-
dent Roosevelt's regime however, his promotion has
been rapid. The president has implicit confidence
in Mr.. Tafts ability to accomplish results in an
honest and straightforward manner It is this char
acterstic which appeals to Mr.. Roosevelt When the
people on the Isthmus of Panama we're talking open
rebellion against this country, it was Mr. Taft whom
he selected to conciliate the natives. What secret
mission he carries with him to the Philippines is
mere conjecture. Whatever it may be it is safe to
say that it will be performed in satisfactory man
sner.
President Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft are friends Of
long standing Their ideals and tastes are similar
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20

The laws of Moses were for the Mosaics. Moses
lived three thousand years ago. and SO far as l can
see, he had no intention Of making rules for all
eternity We ought to reflect honor on Moses by
improving on him. Ebert Hubbard
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
BeiNS o. Good FeZIOW.

Being o. Good FellozU.
IT is said that Senator Mitchell owes his down.
fall to his excessive generosity to his friends This
is an old story Many man has risked his reputa-
ton and finances in order to be accommodating to
his friends. In the days of adversely these very
same friends often prove ones worst enemies It is
poor policy for man to risk his reputation for the
sake Of his friends. When Mr. Folk, of Missouri,
held his searchight upon Boss Butler the very men
whom he had befriended we're the first to cry stop
thief
1t is dangerous business to be good fellow
at the expense of other people. Those who would
thus take advantage of another's good nature, are
just as bad as the man who accommodates them It
would seem that age had not brought wisdom to
Senator Mitchell When man arrives at his period
OF life he ought to know something about human ma
ture and to be able to detect the genuine from the
false and hypocritcal No man can successfully act
the DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde dual personality
There is much difference between the man who is
pretending and the who is sincere, as there is
between milk and water. Unless man is blind and
deaf he need not be deceived
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20

Both are ardent champions of honesty and respect
ability in politics and its preferments. To be friend
of Roosevelt means more today than it did to be a
friend of Cesar When President Roosevelts sue
cessor is elected it tlngy be said that he found
the government dishonest, but left it honest
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
n 0 TIC E..

ALL PERSONS receiving copies Of THE MIRROR who
regular lists will please consider such
sample copies IT, after reading conclude that THE
MIRROR is worthy Of patronage send to this
trial subscription published
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20

In SWEDEN confession is necessary before cap
ital punishment can be carried out IT, however the
culprit persists protesting his innocence in the
face of overpowerlng evidence, the prison discipline
is made extremely strict and until the desired
confession is obtained-Ex
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20

MIRROR weekly published the Minnesota State
edited
them Its objects be home to encourage
cquant the
disseminate pathological
dpeng prejudice which been
sefredempon The entirely
If time there
surplus
interests of the prison library
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1905-07-20
Our BlrthdUu.

OCNS DU UCCNtAH.
WITH this weeks issue The MIRROR enters on
it's nineteenth year. During this period the paper
has frequently changed management, but it has
missed an issue. The present editor, like the
jority of his predecessors, has had training
newspaper man. In fact, during the eighteen years
of it's existence there has been only two three
on the paper who have had any previous experience
in newspaper work. This either indicates that
editors are phenomenaly honest, else they are so
rich that they need not depart from the straight and
narrow path.
The MIRROR takes pride in the fact that it is the
Oldest institutional paper in the country. Since it
was inaugurated almost every other penal
tive establishment has started paper along similar
lines.
We take this opportunity in thanking our many
friends for the kindly regard which they have taken
in The MIRRORS welfare. We also wish to extend
thanks to esteemed contributors who have so ably
assisted in keeping the paper entirely home print
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-02-07
Gin SiidOi Der i'd ielbit ein Mlmu:
len acipeuSet bat.

Sodiu'iter SEER Gabiealt, grSbi.
Idof pHt Spom. bate cine 10 groBe
2iebe 81 ben Mrmen, DdB or ibuell
nid)t MIR IacS ldenfte, mas er ent.
bebreu fonnte, ionoern lid oft baS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Oeriagte, I'M
linen beisuIteben. Sniolge bieier
MilbtbGtigteit fam e$ init linn io-
Deit, onB er iulr nod Sluei SemSen
bate.
@cnn oie Soipitali6pelteru, Die
eS iIbernommcn battell, ieine @Glda
5u belorgcn, Oelo BON linn pcrlmg,
terl, iml linn boiiir Seimpullo unl
Striinpic an5ulhniicn, 10 gnb eS i'm
mer eiren gtotbleibenOcn, Deu oer
luobltbGtige &ilhoi nidlt luarten lal'
icn Woltc.
Sic gl,ten Shlpeltern eriannen 90
Ter cine Git. Sic Itellten Dem 9i.
ld)oie zines Cages Dor, elm tr1tfli
der mo bejuhrter Serr lei ollrd) Nl'
uvoienlpenhen 10 pernrmt, oaB CT on
cine onit6noige @eiie nid,t metr pol
hen Serten crld)einen f6nnte, mes
balb lie Sen Serrn GrSbiid,pi baten
ibnen ein Nlmoieu al gebeiI, nm Die
lem perarmten Serrn ledS Seuioer
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1905-02-07
Cine omr68reifemOe
Gnti6eiomng..
Or. Ecter Sabrncg in Chicago wirO
i'm II. g. Siitriet Court elm
ltrtbei( 5n%seiprodeu.

Ser Hid)ter Senrp S. Slpon bonn
II. g. 9iItrict Court gab in einenr
Sale, in DeldJem Ser Heftsampalt
Ioolf Sloman pom bier ais Nnfl1ger
anfrrat, gegen Senri Senner & SO.
in Waribuu, Wtid)., ein lrtbeil ab,
Iueld)eS oieien oulternb perbietet, III
irgeno elmer @eiie slr5ueien, Ser,
padungeu uno &anbclsnumen beS
SlGgerS nad6uabmen.
Die Nngeflugten buttell baS tent
pcrGre &erbot oes @eri1tsbofes per.
lest uno muroen Sesbalb Der WtiB.
ahtllng zines rid)terlihen 9efebles
ldDllloig erfamnt nto b%eitraft.
9leid5eitig erfolgte ser GrIaB elmer
Gerfiiglmg, ipeld)e lie DEM @ei1ng=
nib OeS County @apue ~iiberlpe!i,,
menu @clobnBe ino Softer ltid)t IN
nerbalb 80 Sugen erlegt iperoen.
Scr EroScB, Deldler Orei Sabre
wabrtc. id,lob' nit einenr pollitGnoi.
gen Siege oes slnpnltes Slomon.
Or. Eeter Iabrlep hat bcreitS Der
ldieOene berartige aingm e~riolgreid,
Olrd)gefiibrt. Giniae Sale lin0 nod,
III Oen Ser. Staatcll unO in CANADA
IN DER SdJpcbc ober in Gprbe.
reitling."
Gr. Eeter Tabrmep lit poblbe-
tamnt ais Der syubrifant oeS Mlpen.
trduter Slntbelebers, ipeld)er pubr.
id)einlid) Oas ipeitberiibmteite dler
fertiggelrellten Meoisinen lit. Nl5
&eillltot Der groBeu HopitlaritGt Die
les Scilmittels bot er iih bereits bic.
len Observation-Disclosures allSgeleBt IN
@eitalt BON 9tadubmungen mo
lleberihreitingeu leiner Ged)te.
Ser edlte AlpenfrGuter lit in
einem Carton .perpadt. ipeld)er sic
lluteridyrift bes Ssabritmten Or. y.
SSabrneD trIgt. 0erlelbe lit auBer.
Dem nit elmer regiitrirren Nt1mmler
perieben. sails oieie gtlinmler alls-
robert oSer ir9enbmie perduoert
nur0e, 10 former Sic periifert lein,
Dab etWas uidt gdn5 rihtia lit.
Nid]ts als cine lhledte Abiid)t,
fann Selnau0en peranlallen, bieic
Nimnmer mls5,robieren ooer irgen0,
mie si perGnoern.