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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
NOTES FROM SHOP E
By N. S. N.
A Happy New Year to all.

A Happy New Year to all.
And Jim says ''don't the day 60 fast!''
1t is all right boys, DR.. Newman has a
large bottle of castor oil ready.
c. G.. the latest spinner apprentice in
this shop, would appreciate reading matter.
Cell lob.
The weather prophet in this shop has re-
signed as his first prediction was COM
plete failure.
The perfect tests of Irvine in this shop
are coming so regular that they are the rule
instead of the exception.
A good resolution broken is better than
none; but good resolution kept is golden
and brings its own reward.
The Xmas edition of the Mirror was a
triumph, and the editor and staff are to be
congratulated for its neat and pleasing ap
pearance.
A white Xmas and merry one. Now
let us wash the slate clean and start the
new year with light heart and firm in
tention to do the best we can. For every
time you help the other fellow you help
yourself.
R. S. of shop B. thinks that shop should
be given part of the credit for the excellent
showing of this shop during the past
month, as we get our fibre from there We
think so too; but as shop B is in the posi-
ton of the fellow that carried the bricks
up four-story ladder remarked, "the fell
low at the top does all the work. We
fail to see how the laurels are to be divided.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
THE NIGHT HAWKES.
By J. L. F.

If you can't be resolute don't resolve.
Best seller: The Prodigal's Return, by
Walter Johnson. Washington American
Coz $4,000 net.
Because he who handles dead ones is
called an undertaken, should we call the
man who handles live ones an overtakerl
Peggy, the night hawks official Irvine
tester, has been occupying the position OF
officers tray during the midnight rush
hour.
Yes sir, he was contortionist by voca-
ton and juggler by avocation. How
about it Pistolhnger, did that baton spin
ming make you envious, as it twere?
You should bear in mind partner, that
anyone can read it, then write it; it's the
write-it-f1rst that counts. Also remember
we prison press circulates-vaudivillis
speaking, don't cop acts.
When it comes to being the engineer of
nice graceful set of spinners, Booker T.
Washington is there. The one word revo-
luton, when applied to said spinners, can
have two separate, yet distinct meanings,
viz: pyroscope, Mexico.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
BRICKBATS AND POSIES
By Uncle Goshdingit 1858

Happy New Year.
The geek that knows it all usually has
too much nose!
Xmas has wented-and so has the bulge
in the Xmas sock.
Maybe the girls are nicknamed 'chikens'
be cause they hatch excuses'
The pen is mightier than the sword
if you are in doubt, read the war reports!
If you get in bad it's up to you to try
| to get out good without whining about it!
One redeeming feature of the geek with
the bulged conceit is that the possessor of it
is unaware of his possession.
AS 'love begets love; so does your atti-
tude during your servitude) towards soci-
ETY. beget its kind in like measure.
The third grade tuxedos, if not a popular
style, at least compensates by causing the
wearer to look like stick of striped candy.
Bury the Ratchet, for the time being, in
snow bank where it will catch the croupe
and die from being tickled to death by an
icicle.
The geek with smile is welcome all the
time, while the geek with the whine makes
one glance at the door and stare at the
clock.
The man that boasts of being self made,
overlooks the fact that other mems ex-
amples and thot have contributed to his
manufacture.
While we are footing dirge for mill
tarism' let's add funeral 'skirl' for ma
valism' Both need to be planted where
the bulbul frisketh.
If you must knock, and if it's beyond
your cussedness to refrain therefrom, at
least wrap your 'mallet' in bale of cotton,
and thereby help the Buy Bale of Cot
ton movement
Do not be discouraged if envy directs
its bitter tongue at you; you probably are
of such superior worth that you have arous-
ed its anger. Envy is not given to attack
ing the inferior.
Yes, Duke, old sport, If we had to
mark time according to the electric clocks,
some of US would not have arrived that
have for some time past been the unlimited
guests of the State!
Why let soppy tears of disappointment
at not getting Xmas gifts from outside
friends -dampen the stiff and glossy front
of your b lied hickory shirt when you can
get the same effect with peellng onions?
A certain Compliant member of the band
has had his heart Tor is it his livery fouly
pierced by a dart from Cup,d's culver!
Uh huh. IT'S sad but true! The geek
has been detected using hair dye for his
pink whiskers; hair restorer for that daz-
cling spot from which the hirsuital vegeta-
ton has been exiled; eating complexion
waters; composing poetry to his loved one
and affecting that loss of appetite and pen
sive look of unutteraole misery that the
anguished lovelorne assume! He certainly
has bad Case-hls heart pit-a-pats to such
degree, that It looks as tho he is carryln a
kicking frog concealed in his inside coat
pocket over the region of his agitator. But
why say more? Words fail us, and the use
of choroform on the sufferer is prohibited
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
TO ONE RETURNING
By Beau Esprita

There was a friend went out from me
one day,
Into his glory and promised faith;
The sky was golden then Otis oft that
When we are chasing blindly after
wraith,)
And 1 had JOY to see him 60, yet
To lose cheering face from out my
ken;
How strange are Joy and sorrow; often
both
Shall meet in one, and yet return
again.
We know not what we welcome in
our joy,
How much of sorrow may be hidden
there.
We can not tell the gold from the al
10y
Until some rending shock has laid it
bare.
He went from me into the promised
With Joy upspringing in his heart, to
A mitch in which to lie, place to
And prove himself, unbroken in Iife's
test.
And from afar 1 watched him as he
strove,
AS best might with purposely dim
med eyes;
And sent him couragement of brother
love
When in the night woke and heard
his cries.
fought,
Has known the bitter longings of de-
feat
To win again; and with courage
bought
So desrly-ah, how dearly! goes to
meet
The selfsame foe on his own chosen
field,
Supported now by Victory's growing
The cannard lot that flies from shield
to shield
As each in turn shall hold the win
ming sword
When one goes thus, expecting at his
side
To find chosen few of loyal friends,
And meets instead but scoffers who
deride
A losers efforts, then the battle
ends.
An iron heart can so out unmoved by
jeers,
An iron will may not need earthly
faith;
But mortal heart and will at times
need cheer
The words brother to brother saith.
There was friend went out from me
one day,
Into a Joy which held too much of
pain;
How strange are Joy and sorrow,
strange the way
They meet in one, and yet return
again.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
OFFICERS DINING ROOM
By d. 1919

We certainly had lovely Xmas dinner.
Xmas services were conducted by Rev. M
Benson last Sunday.
Night officer La More escorted party of
friends thru this Dept. last Friday.
Mr. Amidon of the front office escorted
party of friends thru this Dept. one day last
week.
We wish you all happy New Year; May
the sorrows of the past year be buried with
the joys of the new year to come.
The chef must have had his shavng'ticket
for some time, by the looks of his beard. If
he does not have an operation performed soon
it will be necessary for him to have his beard
put up in curls in order to keep them out
of the soup.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31

sSpeed, the man with the Georgia
walk, is-very adroit when it comes to rope
ing, half-hitching and hog-tying fifty
Founders. When he returns to his old
home in Washington and meets his friend
Virgil Gin the shadow of the DOME he can
tell Virgil that he was in the wild and
woolly west, sure nuf.
To noiselessIy invade the cell hall at A.
80 a. M, is our intentions. We jewellers in
the apartments above must come to kno "
that 1t is the doors, not us, that cause your
premature awakening. If each night hawk
could be relied upon to close his door
tightly after entering, then the bars could
be thrown after we were in, not before; by
doing so, the day men could prolong their
slumber.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
CHAUTAUQUA sECRETARY'S REPORT
Meeting of Dec. ~.

The Circle met in regular session Sun
day afternoon, Pres. M. in the chair.
After rollcall, there being no unfinished
business, class leaders were appointed for
classes E. and D., and program taken up
Immediately afterward.
For the next meeting, Jan. 10th, the
program will be as follows:
Paper on The Tariff-By Mr.. ]. M.
Paper on Music-By Mr.. Ed. 6.
Paper on Minnesota-By Mr.. A. B. c.
Program for the day consisted of four
papers:
First-Luxemburg-By Mr.. J. w.
Second-The Monroe Doctrine-By
Mr.. c. A. r.
d-Love--Faith--L ife-By DR.. P.
M.
Fourth-Woman Suffrage in Slang
ByMr. P. D.
The Critic reported favorably on all pa
pers; and each was well received by the
Circle, Mr. DIS sketch making an espe-
cial hit.
Meeting adjourned.
R. ]. F., Secretary
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
NOTES FROM SHOP

Gone, but not forgotten, Ell what?
We received another new man last week.
The man with the x-ray eyes is always on
the job.
Tom and Jerry, was not in evidence in
our city Xmas.
What has happene: to Pussy-foot? We
don't hear anything more about him.
Hop, we take our hat off to you old top
when it comes to doing the funny act.
Officer Clayton has been assigned to this
shop for duty per Officer Johnson s transfer.
One of the brush artists was asked what
he was doing, and he said, ''Oh just fiddler
ing along"
We have the human talking machine in
our shop. If you don't believe it ask
Officer Clum.
Night Officer Lahore of cell hall B es-
corted patty of friends thru the shop last
Saturday afternoon.
Eighty-two men employed in this shop.
If we keep on it will not be long before we
reach the one hundred mark
The woman that makes the most noise,
and sheds the most tears at her husband S
grave, is the first to say; ooh what's the
use?' there are more men in the world.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
WRITING NOTICE

All inmates are hereby requested,
when writing, to place their register
number and page number on the
upper right hand corner of the en-
velope, in the space to be covered
by the stamp. Your page number
will be found written with a lead
pencil on all incoming letters.
Compliance with this request will
cause letters to be mailed promptly.
Also, inmates are cautioned against
writing between the lines. and be
careful to sign your full names to all
letters.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31

A party down east advertised for sale,
zone female billygoat. 1t is quite evil
dent that the owner of that goat considers
all goats as being billygoats regardless of
the fact that his particular goat is female
of the species.
'sWhen Germany WINS Such is the
subject of an article appearing in periodi-
cal that was placed in my fiat last week. l
would hate to have to stay here until Ger
many wins. Still am sometimes
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
WOOD SHOP SHAVINCS
By Slam
Butch ate too much candy Xmas.

Butch ate too much candy Xmas.
Occupant of 197-a would appreciate any
reading matter sent to him.
Another member of Guard Hastings
crew has left us. Good luck old boy.
At last we know what the Norske has in
the bottle; it is the Scandinavian navy bot
tied in saltwater.
Dad says if he don't stop making frames
for wind shields he II soon look like one
How do you mean pop, in color of struc-
ture?
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
NOTES FROM SHOP A
By Il. g. N.

A happy new year is extended to all, and
may it indeed be happy one fol- you all,
is my Sincere Wish.
Mr.. Binker, former officer of this Insti-
tuition, escorted couple of friends through
our Shop last Saturday.
Officer Sedeberg was on the sick list for a
couple of days last week. During his absen
ce, Officer Scully was looking after our Shop
My sincere thanks, to our Editor for the
Christmas Cad we received. 1t was one OF
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
POPULATION
Week Ending Wednesday, Dec.

Week Ending Wednesday, Dec. 80.
Number of Inmates at New Prison. .1133
Number in First Grade ..........S75
Number in Second Grade .231
Number in Third Grade. .............. u
Number of Inmates at Old Prison IS
Number in First Grade. ...................... IA
Number in Second Grade ............
Number in Third Grade ................. 0
Total Population of both prisons. ..1148
Received during week........................
Discharged............ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Paroled ................ ...................... 2
Last Serial Number.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
NOTES FROM SHOP D.
BY B. w. x.

And the show suited US just right.
No more Elevators Pickups, whys Lost
me auld job.
AS for that looking glass mystery-just
open that desk and behold. ?xyz
One of our men had the misfortune to
get bump on the top of his dome t'other
day blu. can't find out how or why it hap
pened but we are good guesser, however.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
Inmates Attention !

All inmates who buy or have
sent in to them socks, underwear,
nightshirts, bath towels, handker-
chiefs, etc., should send them to
the laundry and have your number
marked on them before using.
Write your name, register number
and cell number on slip of paper,
attach to articles and give to cell
hall captain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
Cell Changes

Cell Changes
Up to December ~
A to B. - 1857 375-301
B to A. - 372-118 231-476 355-343
All B. - 484-372 179-427 11-20
480 355 427-179 DOLL I0O-3S3 383-100
All A. - 1908 1926 5O.26 12l-
g 276-74 343-88 141-13O 368-5O
3 To Third 45-B
TOD. W. 391-B
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-12-31
the best we have seen in long time. Again
we say Thank You.

Attic our chimney is very small Good old
Santa Claus managed to get through all right
and filled our stockings with lot of good
things, for which we are very thankful.
A teacher was asking little boy to write
sentence with the word Diadem in it, and
this is what the little fellow wrote. If a boy
eats twenty five apples he Diadem site sooner
than if he only eat one.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21

from local institutions. but this. II
Gently received material assistance
now appears. was sufficient only to
meet a small part OF their needs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21

Nohtflbutofs--J, /. BatterhN, 50:
Mrs Carl WEIGH. $40. Mrs Amelia Rlcn.
ards, $40; Mrs Alice Rock. $40; J. q
Brockwen. $40. W. F.. Brockwell. $40.
Mrs. r. $, Whitlow, $40.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21
TALL STREET IS
ENCOURAGED BY
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
VARIOUS FxPEDIENTS DEVISED
FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS OF
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York, Aug 2o.--Wan Street
sentiment, generally speaking. was
sST1lewhat encouraged by the an
nouncement OF the various expedients
devised by the administration fer the
solving cf tn problems connecte with
the foreign exchange market and tho
foreign trade situation II is rehlized
that the present is a time for efuer-
eenCv measures and undue criticism is
not helpful, Nevertheless, whilc dis
posed 70 assume & hopeful frame OF
mind there was s. GOOD deal Of skapi
essrn g 70 how the plans adopted are
likely 10 work out.
The pressing problem 81 the day Is
If course. the looseninE Of the block
sie IN The export movement This
mas been supposed 80 hang on the
question Of providing adequate ship
ping facilities. II shipping be PRO-
vtsed. IL has been argued, the foreign
IKE hange des dock will solve itself,
The design of Secretary Of the Treas
ury McAdoo in proposing 10 place de-
posts OF government money n the
hanks tc aid the foreign exchange
situation Is somewhat obscure. But
his movement seems more to the point
tn that il IS evidently Intended TO
stimulate Tho actual undertaking OF
shipments by exporters Anps emily
lfalS move ~ @jflfAN Att ttAf ti@ A'tA' VI
especial assistance 20 the banks In
order that ey NAV extend credits
freely TO shippers SO far "a thls end ,
Of the tran&a elton is concerned, the
position Of the shipper is made cor
respondingly easier. Unfortu lHtely,i
the Other cad Of the transaction, that
~pgar riding ultimate payment r. the
shipment on the other side. has not
vet been effectively dealt with except
IN the case of transactions covered
nv special arrangements with the Erit
3sh government
In spite If tho fact that foreign hill1t
were IN increased supply today III" de-
fnand Tor exchAnge was so urgent as
70 cause 8 renewed advance in rate,
ne market C osing If 500 to 8 % for
demand.
Thr repr~s ma the government pro.
poses 10 allow s25 600 600 three per
cert loan in order 20 meet the gr wing
deficiency n government receipts
aroused verv little interest
The Bank Of Engl4nd's statc IT mt
exhibited as # was expected II could.
the effects OF the remarkable 'Xten- !
sion q ere Its
TIE huge discounting business con-
Quoted by the bank under the govern
ment guarantee resulted IN an increase
IN leans Of $4,000 coo, bringing the /
total w to the unprecedented figure !
of 81 700 % pounds ms compared !
with 27.sooDt0 pounds year ago.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PRODUCE.

Chicago. Aug, 2o-The grain mar
ket WAS active today. There vas con-
siderable pressure TO sell wheat snd
some sharp declines were recorded.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21
Caught 200 Rats in One
Month

Cleans building of Rats and
Mice in short time. keeps ii
cleaned for 1t is always ready for
use Made Of galvanized iron,
can get ont Of order, lasts for
years Large number can be
caught daily. Go TO Catcher
mornings, remove device inside,
which only takes few seconds,
take out dead rats and mice, re-
place device. II is ready for an
other catch. Small piece cheese Is
used. doing away with poisons.
Catcher is Is inches high, % inches
diameter. When rats pass device
they die, no marks left on them
Catcher is always clean. One Of
these Catchers set In a livery
stable in Scranton, Pa. caught over
200 rats in a month. One sent
prepaid to any place in United
States upon receipt of SO Catcher
in high. for mice only prepaid
81 On account Of shipping
charges being prepaid, remittance
is requested with order.
II. u. SNARTS.
Inventor and Manufacturers. Scran-
ton, Pa
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.

New York. Aug 2o-The willingness
of Liverpool to cooperate IN the iiQui-
da ton Of the etraddle interest between
that market and New York was plainly
demonstrated by an official cable re
ceiyed here today reporting that 4
committee had been formed which
would sail from Liverpool on saturday
for the purpose Of conferins. with
members Of the New York exchange
with reference to these accounts.
According to private cables, spot
sales in Liverpool since the he ginning
OF the month have asgreg gated As 0o0
bales Today's ofhcial cables reported
sales of 400 bales American
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21
REDUCED RATES TO
CAROLINA POINTS

Norfolk. Va, Aug. 20.-Existing
freight rates on fertilizer and fertil-
yer material from Norfolk to points
IN North Carolina east and north of
Hamlet We're held to be unrea sonable
oy the Interstate commerce commits
sion In Washington yesterday, and a
new tariff, effective October Is, was
prescribed
me question came before the COM
mission on the complaint of the Roys-
ter Fhaho company, OF Norfolk
against the Atlantic Coast Line rail-
way, in which it was alleged that the
railroads We're charging rates on fer
uizers from Norfolk to points in
North Carolina that were in excess Of
the rates for the same distances from
wilmington to the same points. and
that the rates were an unjust discrim-
ination against this city
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21
COMPARISON and CONTRAST
Continued from First Page)

be the The ANDY
continue to o would
dom are Durham citizens who would
is VIA the journal represented him a
North Carolina decidedly
II drinking has to
the responsibility o a whole lot people,
is a of what is going Pay whatever
canard.
in old Taylor of
The Virginan of
steadily the of
behind which the artillery and the infantry
It's preparing the
which
business,
The saloon is the issue Shall continue egaze
abolish
Who of
be possible misleading whc
intelligent likely be deceived in eitera
load the the Local
Pleasant Holt
irsc liquor lobbyists and experienced whiskey campaign
installed left And
Herald declares that praccaly all this literature with which the
flooded the profits Of the liquor
Mr. Reader Don't
What Is the o n
The Herald declares that
whether subscribing members
Of cavalry behind which the heavy artillery and the of in
ant the saloon and its friends the death grapp
Who the Fakes nd
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21
BETTER OUTLOOK IN
NEW YORK MONEY

New York. Aug 2o.-An interest
ing development in the financial situ-
alton today was the evidence that a
considerable portion or the money
taken from local banks during the
early alarm engendcred by The for
esgn crisis. Is flowing back into nor
maj chenneis- Much Of this money
was withdrawn by mereha nts and
manufacturers. who feared a possthle
scarcity OF cash to meet pressing OBJ
liEa tions, mainly pay rolls
This return flow is largely offset.
however, by the increasing demands
Of interior banks The West Is call
ing on this center for money to meet
It's crop moving requirements and
the south shows increasing insist
e1ce IN Its demands for cash to har-
vest cotton. Planters OF cotton re-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21
Murder Mt AshexilIc.

Ashcville y. c., Aug. 20-James
Butler was instantly killed Monday
when he was shot at his home IN the
temple and the police are searching for
Seth Whitaker, a boarder at the But
Ter home. who is charged by the wife
of the deceased with killing her hus-
band. Whitaker Ii reported to have
whipped his pistol from his pocket
and fired at his victim. following
short quarrel hetween the two men, in
which the dead man is said to have
charged that Whitaker had made i'm
proper remarks TO Mrs. Butler.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-08-21

RICHMOND PRODUCE MARKET.
(Reported by Woodhn a rcott, Com.
mission Merchants)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-21

this beautiful tub Davies used to splash around while rank
wereu Wolff
plant nvesga-
things that Davies seemingly couldn't fnd possibly
geng
40 changes
Wolff Company alterations
mediately
place many startling
place only twenty changes by
that rotten in their uncleanness He
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-21

In the sand blast room men are
supposed to wear helmets with out
side air pipes to protect them from
the sand. But as the men are forced
to work on the piece system they
often remove these helmets because
they work faster without them.
The Wolff shops are VIGOROUSLY
unfair to union labor Most of the
men employed there now are for
eigners, and instead of paying them
on a daily basis the company takes
advantage of them by making them
do piece work.
Inspector Nelson win charge the
company with violating the health,
comfort and safety act.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-21
TO HAVE HIS, KIDNEYS WASHED
MAY SAVE HIS LIFE

Thomas w. Evans, graduate of
the Mallory Bible Institute, who swal-
lowed 61s biohloride of mercury tab
lets by mistake, today gave his physi-
clan permission to remove and wash
his kidneys, an operation that recent
ly met with success on the Pacific
coast.
eff it doesn't save me-, the opera
ton at least win benefit humanity"
said Evans.