The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1911-10-05

affect a printers lungs or other vital
Lorgans;s however. it may cause some
damage to his angelic temperament.
That God gave us two ears to hear
with and only one mouth to speak
with. Therefore we should learn
wisdom listen and say nothing.
That the census for 1910 give the
number of people in the United
States who are over 100 years old at
4,OO0>of whom $500 are women.
That Harry N. Atwood, the Avia-
tor, has recently broken the record
for flying farther thanany other bird
man has yet flown by 1O1 miles.
He flew 1866 miles in % hours and
% minutes. Thus averaging 44.44
miles per hour. He few from St.
Louis, Mo-, to Governors Island, N.
Y. but came very near losing his
life just before the trip was finished.
Flying is all right, however, we have
seen number killed or manned for
life in lighting.
That a one dollar paper bill is
made in part as follows: Part of
paper is linen rag from the Orient,
the silk comes from, Italy, the blue
ink is made from German or Cana
dian Cobalt, the black ink is made
from Niagara Falls, acetyline gas
smoke, the green ink is from green
colored paint mixed in white sui
phite of lead and is made in Germany,
and when the treasury seal is printed
in red ink, you can put it down
as coming from Central America.
That the printer has done much to
enlighten the world mo other craft
having or can claim more: Like Sir
Isaac Newton, when his little dog de-
molished a beautiful flower bed one
day while visiting park. Newton
exclaimed: "Oh, Fido, Fido, how
little dost thou know how much mis-
chief thou hast done!" We exclaim!
Oh, Printer, Printer, how little
you know how much good you
have done! Therefore, the follow
ing lines are dedicated to you:
Just some how or other. Idon't know just how,
Our civilization hung green on the bough
Some dozens of centuries refused to get ripe
Until Gutenberg made the. the movable type
It is strange how those versatile pieces of wood
Proceeded at once on their jobs to make good
How those characters. angled crossed. dotted |
and curled
In the hands of the printer enlightened the
world,
Spread knowledge abroad. as it were. on the |
breeze,
Through highways and byways DER mountains
and seas
Monopoly greatest the ages has wrought.
Since it owned the one line for the transfer of |
thought.
Yet it taught prince and peasant and pauper to
And reading. to think, and in thinking. to heed.
And so 1 assert the world never got ripe.
Till Gutenberg made the first movable type. |
The astronomers study. historians lore,
The geographer's knowledge of sea and of shore: |
The wisdom of sages, the epigram of terse,
The science of numbers the rhythm of verse;
Love tales of the ages. delightful to youth.
The novelsts fiction, philosophers truth;
Tales told by the genii of candle and lamp.
The glory of battle. the story of camp.
The sp1endor and power of the great of the earth
The pleasure. the passion. the sorrow and
dearth-
All of life. all of DEATH since creation began
And God breathed the first breath of life into
Nay! even the knowledge of God and His laws.
Are common to all. and are common because
of the Printer, embalmer of thought and
whose trade
Is due to the type DR.. Gutenberg made.
with his rule in his pocket his foot and his hand
This printer knight-errant roamed every land:
The giants of ignorance he knocked in the
head,
And set up temple of knowledge instead.
And with only stick for weapon. he made
The heaven-born rulers of Kingdoms afraid.
Raised Liberty up and pulled tyranny down.
Laughed divinity out of both king and his
crown.
Made lexicons. grammars, and Strengthened
our speech,
And then by his art placed them all within