The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-09-04
TWINE DEPARTMENT.
By Hemp.

IWINI ULT HI MIUIs
By Hemp.
When the big door swings outward for
us, let sremember the old proverbs: tSay-
ing and doing are two things
Owing to Labor Day news, space will not
permit us to publish the solution to the at
mospheric problem, but we promise it in
an early edition.
All the machinery in the different shops
is inspected and cleaned each Sunday
morning by force of men especially as
signed to this duty.
Four concerns in the United States manu-
features ninety per cent of all tobacco
used. News item. We wonder just where
Hugo ranks in the mighty four?
Long ago we heard the late Senator
David B. Hill say: "Men are nothing;
principles are everything" Just stop and
think of the philosophy of those words.
Warehouse D, with its enormous ca
pacity, is gradually assuming an occupied
aspect. Over one million pounds of bind
er Irvine has been stored in this spacious
storeroom.
Quite number of changes among the
men are constantly going on by reason of
transfer and promotion to outside positions.
We regret our facilities are so limited we
cannot enumerate them from time to time.
One ball of binder Irvine is a small item,
but when you consider that days output
represents over twelve thousand balls, it is
almost unbelievable that so few human
hands could handle such large number in
one working day. They're some boys,
Ell?
The bulletin board, in the Irvine Office,
shows the MANUFACTURED product for Aug
ust to be as follows: Standard Irvine, 54l,-
| 800 pounds; White Sisal, 1856, QUO; Standard
Manila, 377, 900; Manila, 900 feet, 342,-
| $50; total output for the month, l, 600, $50
pounds.
We have been wondering if our friend,
Mike, one of Tailor Nelson's proteges,
could doctor those ever-failing time pieces
| that beguile our vision so persistently? But
l presume Uncle Johns sole needs mend
ing, SO Mikes services could not be
| spared.
'What de use!'' exclaimed Artist j.,
the man who prints the scenery on the
Irvine sacks. Here Use done gone countin
sacks all month, til my heads just split
tin with hggers; now that big man,
what boss, comes long an says: Moth
| in doin', Jack, we got de fggers in de
| Office Note:-He painted over Al 900
scenes.
SHOP H.-BY F. H.
Thanks Mr.. Editor. We thought the
waste basket would get ours.
No! "Steve,'' we were not practicing the
''tango," just keeping in step with the
man in front of U.S.
We confess to hankering to get peep
at Mr.. Williams "baby' nipper. Hope
soon to see it tried out in our shop.
If Nc. D., doesn't stop making fun of a
certain machine of his, we will take the
| flies out and put in the old ''icewagon.
| No? we'll then be good.
Having worked long time in the best
s'kept-up' shop in the Irvine department,
we are, naturally, interested in that bulletin
Quantity and quality mentioned in last
weeks Mirror.
T. M, our balling machine repair man,
| drew parole at last meeting of parole
| board, which accounts for that Shadow
| he is displaying on his upper lip. Good
| luck to you old chap.
| If Mr. Olson will do little ''gum shoe
work around or in shop H., we believe he
will uncover a clue. None of us believe
| half the things said about his old ice wag
on-beg pardon-limousine, anyway.
Mr.. Gurley, asst. supt. of the Irvine
department, visited us the other day, and
| took away with him a piece of one of our
| spinning machines, to be used as pattern
| for moulding. Same has been returned and
| machine is now in use again.
| If the lady who lost piece of er-ribbon,
| while passing through our shop recently,
| will purchase car load or two of manila
''six,'' we believe same can be recovered
We were curious to know if cit would
pass through the nipper without choking
eft did.
| Some one once said that it is hardly
possible to eat corn on the cob and appear
dignifed. If he ever tried doing so,
with a moustache decorating his coun-
tenance, such an absurdity would have
never entered his mind. Oh no, we don't
pass up the corn, we pass up the dignity.
Will Sherlock please look the other way?
Several visitors were seen to slip while
passing through our shop recently. Coming
up the fre-proof stair way from shop G.
they are taken unawares by the slippery
ness of the floor. AS they enter the shop
turn is made very close to one of the spin
ninu machines: il is there that an accident