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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07

When we say we honor men like our Presi-
dent, Governor, national, state or municipal Of
fcers we mean we respect them we confer on
them the highest honor within our gift by placing
them in charge of our government, we fully trust
them and have confidence in them We honor per-
for noble self sacrifices, for deeds of heroism
and we applaud what they have done.
But in the use of the word Honor, as applied
to the Honor and Friendship Club there is an en-
tirely different meaning, for here we apply the
word as, mans honor, something possessed by
him, belonging to him, part of him. Say you are
extended certain privileges, and you put on
your honor as to how you will use abuse them
You are put to test to determine whether the
good or the evil within you will predominate your
integrity is at stake; it is an appeal to your very
highest sense of right or wrong it will be proof
of your gratitude, of what you consider duty, it
will be an appeal to your better self, to your man.
hood; it will bring to the surface many little
feeling that has been sleeping within you, for as
your heart is touched by some little kindness, if
there is spark of honor left in you, you will be
bound t. show it.
do not like to think of man as being devoid
of all honor, for man without honor is almost as
bad off as man without hope and man without
hope is lost This is my idea of what the word
Honor means as applied in this sense, and if every
here alike, will act as their honor dictates and
practice the Golden Rule just little Closer then
will we have reached condition where mans in
humanity to man. will be unknown, and we will be
living in the relation one to another that God in
tended we should.
By B7@91 In The Umpire.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07
=. e ID o R Al -.

In our last issue there appeared, under the
caption of ''Wayside Meditations" piece of poet
ry entitled. ''Fatherland." to which no credit was
given. The was noticed too late to be recti-
fed Credit should have been given to Hermann
Hagedon, in a magazine of verse;
We do not encourage such mistakes; but there
are those of our learned populace who cannot seem
to stretch their imagination far enough than to
think such errors as the aforementioned are pur-
posely made to appear without proper credit But
as such mistakes will happen in the best of period
icas, no matter how careful one may be-, anyone
supposing such practice is encouraged by the typos
herein is sadly mistaken indeed
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07
Stop and Think

Did you ever stop to think, as the evening
lights begin to wink, and you are on your way to-
your home instead of the hot and sultry streets to-
roam. How glad you feel as the dishes clink in
the kitchen sink that you are sure lucky gnk
You have wife on which to spend, the money you
receive at each weeks end. When you go home
you are free from care, and away from sins seduc-
tive snare. In this old world you have lot to do,
to shoulder the burden that is put upon you And
the question is have you done your part? Ali My
friend thought you would start for this little ar
row has pricked at your heart And you had bet
ter mend your ways before it is too late if you eer
expect glimpse of the pearly gate You may be
a doctor, or lawyer, CRATER, but success is
the thing that you all striving after If the top
of the ladder you ever expect to gain, you must
put your shoulder to the wheel and strive with all
your might and main. Don't let nothing daunt
you, keep right on striving and you will finally
succeed. Now take this advice from one who has
travelled lifes rugged ways and you will be happy
to the end of your days.
"A. T. Seay, In X. H. r. Neacs
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07
When Silence is Golden

When little things irritate you, be silent.
When some one speaks sharply or unkindy to you
be silent. To retort in kind would only make the
matter worse, besides causing a loss of dignity.
Remember it always takes two to make QUARREL.
When alone you refrained from answering.
words better left unsaid come back and grieve
US when we think them dead"
When SANDER is going on it's rounds keep
still. If you cannot say good word, be silent.
There are times when silence one of the greatest
virtues conceivable. 1t requires great strength of
character to remain silent in the face of some
things, but it is battle nobly fought and won-a
victory over self, and that is great victory To
speak is easy, but it often means defeat
Star Of Hope.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07
In The Afterglow

Mother O. mine, in the aftergIow
OF mothering year, love you so;
For loving me e'er life knew,
When next your heart a new life grew.
Loving me on into fair childhood,
When so little understood
The long, hard way we all must 90,
Mother O. mine, love you so.
Loving me, too, when life so sweet
Tempted my hayward. girlish feet
Away from paths of truth and right
To paths that lead to sins dark night.
Winning me back with loving tone
To ways that you had made your own
By struggle and stress and pain and prayer;
By loves own cords you held me there.
Mother O. mine, tbs mine to take
The burdensome load, the stress, the ache.
That comes in motherhood's fair years,
The JOY, the pain, the love, the tears:
lis mine to give you what you gave me,
Mother O. mine, would faithful be
To the highest note in the song you taught
My girlish lips, the music fraught
With all the mother hopes and fears.
That fill to the brim the mothering years.
Mother O. mine. in the afterglow
OF motherhood's years, thank you so
For gifts to me from out your heart.
At thoughts that rise my hot tears start:
God give me ways to make you know
How great is my love before you 90
Away to rest from your mothering;
would remove life's every sting,
And give you rest in the afterglow,
For, mother O. mine love you so.
BY Flora S. Rirola IN the Christian Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07
Forget

Forget the SANDER you have heard,
Forget the hasty, unkind word;
Forget the quarrel and the cause,
Forget the whole affair, because
Forgetting is the only way.
Forget the storm of yesterday;
Forget the chap whose sour face
Forgets to smile in any place;
Forget the trials you have had,
Forget the weather if it's bad.
Forget the knocker-he's freak,
Forget him seven days week;
Forget you're not millionaire,
Forget the grey streaks in your hair.
Forget the home team lost the game
Forget the pitcher was to blame;
Forget the coffee when it's cold,
Forget to kick, forget to scold,
Forget the plumbers awful charge,
Forget the iceman's bill is large;
Forget the coal man and his ways,
Forget the frost these winter days,
Forget, wherever you may roam,
Forget the duck who wrote this poem;
Forget that he, in social bliss,
Forgot himself when he wrote this.
Forget you ever get the blues
But don't forget to pay your dues!
The Better Citizen
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07
HONOR

desire to say few words on this small word.
Honor. There are many different meanings to this
word. In the commandment Honor thy father
and mother, the word means our love and respect,
our duty towards them
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07

eye, as for instance, staphyloma
of the cornea. In like manner one
particular idea or line of thot held
to or dwelt upon to such an extent
as to in large measure exclude 9th
err ideas or thots, will produce men
tai staphyloma.
One in the early days of the
Christian era had, I believe, this
thot in mind when he enunciated
this statement: We are blind and
cannot see afar off," Those whom
the speaker addressed evidently
had their minds engaged along one
peculiar line of thot, and were OBJ
livious to existing facts, and were,
also, impervious to reason and
truth.
A person afflicted with mental
staphyloma is to a certain extent
irrational. This because a certain
idea or line of thot holds abnormal
prominence in the mind, and to a
greater or lesser extent prevents
the mind from acting logically upon
questions which are in opposition
to the particular or peculiar idea held
by the mind thus afflicted.
A person may have a staphylomic
protrusion (obsession) concerning
one particular idea or line of thot
and be quite rational and clear on
other lines of thot.
There is, for instance, religious
staphyloma. Many thousands OF
persons have made long and tedious
journeys to Mecca to fulfill certain
rites and ceremonies, when they
could have rendered far better SER
vice by remaining at home and per-
forming daily those duties which
devclve upon every good citizen.
Still others place gravel in their
shoes, stick numerous pins in their
bodies, wear belts with metal points
affixed, and in many other ways do
penance," with the idea in mind of
appeasing the wrath of Deity,
who must be a monster indeed if
He requires that such fruitless suf-
fering be undergone by an lndIvid-
ual, that He may be propitiated.
This we would define as religio-
mental staphyloma. The short and
ugly" term would be religious zeal
OTIS, or fanatics.
The diversity of creeds and doc
trines pertaining to the salvation of
the human family is duel doubt
MOTTO staphylomic affection
which causes a person, or body of
persons, to hold to one or more ar
ticles of faith to the exclusion of
all others. The six hundred odd re-
ligious creeds and denominations
are founded upon one text book;
but numerous and diverse opinions
arise because one mans mind fastens
upon one particular line of thot,
and all else that does not harmon
ize with his Interpretation must be
either explained away or ignored.
Another man of different temporal
ment makes a different interpre-
tation of the same passage in the
text book; hence, the strife and d.
visions which are rending the body
religious. The trouble arises from
the fact that one man is not willing
to consider the question from the
standpoint of the other man. One
or both becomes obsessed with a
certain idea, and this idea often
times so obscures his mental per-
spective that he will not use cool
reason, nor fair and impartial
judgment in arriving at his con-
illusions.
We have in mind at present ouly
the Christian creeds and factions.
hence the reference to but one text
book.
1t has been said that: There are
none so blind as they who won't
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07


said that: Love is blind" and if
we Judge by results after all
are about the fairest criterion-we
would say the affection of the heart
had brot about a staphylomic con-
dition of the intellect.
All too often love- passion has
held full sway while reason and
judgment have been set aside
Love, unwise and all absorbing has
led forth it's innocent victims as
sheep are led forth to the slaughter,
and they have been sacrificed on
the altar of lust, and degraded at
the behest of conscienceless passion.
Love blinds those whom it en-
folds in its sacred embrace to the
moral or character defects of the
person beloved. Those afflicted
with Staphyloma d. Amour, will
not impute wrong to the person
whom they love, neither will they
concur with those who intimate
that evil motives possess and i'm
pei the object of their affection.
The mother loves her children,
and will believe no ill of them.
Other peoples children may be will
full and disobedient-but her boy or
girl, Never! The wife loves her
husband and believes that he is
honor and noble manhood persona
fed. Other women's husbands
may prove untrue to their marriage
vows and to themselves-but her
husband, All No! And so on, to
infnity.
Do you say it were better 90?
Well, perhaps; we may say with one
of old: IF ignorance were bliss
twere folly to be wise." But Oh
what rude and sad awakening is
the fate of those from whose eyes
the staphylomic protrusion is re-
moved, and to whom the truth con-
corning their beloved is revealed.
In conclusion we will cite that
other great class, or collective staph-
yloma- patriotism; a natural and
noble instinct in itself, but when
carried to extremes becomes fanat-
icism.
The Greeks recognized this men,
tai state and attributed it to the
God Pan. Pan it was who from
the handful of Mllitiade's soldiery
forged the thunderbolt of Marathon
and shattered the power of Xerxes
at Salamis. Pan it was who in
spired the soldiers of the little
Corsion" to deeds of heroism, and
the rabble to violence and assassina-
ton.
The psychologist recognizes it as
mass psychology, and in every CEN
ter of congested labor population.
some form of this shortsighted and
perverted patriotism" may be seen
in demonstrations, strikes and in
cipient rebellions.
This psychic infection sweeping
a crowd, assemblage, or nation, sub
dues Municipalities to soul-mass. re-
places reason with chimera. want
ing only common stimulus to ex-
cite it to deeds of lofty heroism or
the lowest tide-mud of degradation.
But as this mass-enthusiasm is Who'll
ly emotional in character it necess-
arily follows it is but transitory
and will not survive calmer reason.
My country right or wrong" as
a slogan for the famboyant stump
or political orator, is we'll conceiv-
ed in that it aims to substitute emo
ton for reason; policy or expedien-
cy for logic.
Fright, hysteria or staphyloma,
alike with the state or individual,
sets up a certain condition in the
brain" producing psychomotor
stimuli, resulting in violent emo
tions, or on the other hand. syn
cope.
There are many other staphylo-
mic affections of the mind. as for
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07

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to comply with this request he will henceforth be
dropped from the Mirrors contributing staff
Signed by Editor.
Approved by Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-10-07
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services in the Prison Chapel at nine clock every Sun
day morning. Protestant and Catholic service every alternate
Sunday. Rev. c. E. Benson and Rev. FIR Corcoan Chap
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-05-14
The Eyesiuht.

The eyesight is all important. and
one should preserve it as much as pos
sible when one is young. 1t is said
lots of people who wear glasses could
have avoided doing so had they been
careful in youth of their eyesight.
A strong infusion of tea when cold
makes splendid eye tonic, because
the tannic acid is an excellent astrin-
gent. For daily use, however, a solu-
tio of boracic acid and distilled wa
ter will keep the eyes clear and brill
liant. Have your eyes tested just as
you would go to a physician for any
other ailment
Please understand that all this is far
more important than 1t seems and,
above all, while you let your medicine
eyecup remain In the medicine closet
get another eyecup at once. add 1t to
your toilet articles, and use It every
day. If you do not need a lotion, wash
your eyes with clear, distilled water.
1t will work wonders.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-05-14

Our work in the South is absorbing
and interesting because OF what has
been done and because of what re
mains to be done. In New York
state. for example, each child In the
public school has spent on his educa-
tion about $26. In Alabama each
Negro child has spent on his educa-
tion from the public school fund sl.49.
In New Jersey each child has spent
upon 1t from the public school fund
s31 Each Negro child in Georgia has
spent upon him for his education from
the public school fund $1.i2. In lii
nois each child In the public schools
has spent upon him from the public
school fund s23. In South Carolina
each Negro child has spent upon him
for his education from the public
school fund s1-09.
In state like New York from seven
to nine years are required to COM
plete a public school course OF nine
months in the year. Under present
conditions. 1t win require IA years
for a Negro child to complete pub
lie school course of nine months In the
year In Virginia. In Florida 20 years
would be required; In Alabama "a
years would be required; In Louisi-
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-05-14
THREE DAYS IN ONE
Seeming ImpossibiIity Easily
Shown as a Fact.
Irregularlty Of Date Line Accounts for
the Paradox-Explanatlon Given
by Scientist In the New York
Sunday World.

Three days can exist at the samo
dmel 1t sounds impossible, but 1t Is
nevertheless fact that when It ie
very late Sunday night at Attu island
Ii is Monday noon at London and Tues
day morning at Cape Deshnef. Siberiai
II one travels westward, one loses a
day In going round the world; II ono
travels eastward, one gains a day.
writes Hereward Darlington In. tho
Sunday New York World Magazine.
Could one travel at the rate of Is
degrees day. one would lose exactly
one hour each day. In twenty-fonr
days the circuit would be complete.
Inasmuch as sun and earth are con-
stantly revolving and day merging in
to night. Sunday passing into Monday.
etc, 1t is obvious that at one point
on the worlds surface an arbitrary
line must be set, to the east OF which
In one day, to the west of which is the
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-05-14

When IL is Noon Monday In London.
s a. N. Monday In Chicago and
p. NJ. Monday In Calcutta. II ts sun
Sunday at Attn Island and 10 Al.
ready Tuesday at Cape Deshnef.
next day. This immediate Jump OF
a day regulates the calendar for one
circumnayigating the globe. This in.
ternatlonal date line as IL IL called.
passing north and south and dividing
our world into two equal parts. is tho
1s0th meridian and crosses the Pacific
ocean--where fortunately there IN very
little land-taking a slight bulge out.
ward to include Siberia, and one the
other way to include Attn island.
which belongs to Alaska geographical.
iy. The map will show this. West OF
thia line is Monday and east OF II 10
Sunday.
When IL In noon Monday In Lon
day. Tuesday has already begun AZ
Cape Deshnef. Siberia, but Monday
morning has not yet dawned at Attu
island; nearly half an hour OF Sunday
still remains there. We are thus con-
fronted with the paradox OF three days
co-cxiHtlng at the same time,
We must remember that every day
begins at midnight II we could travel
round the world al the same rate that
II travels, beginning our flight at noon.
II would be perpetually noon all tho
way roundl Yet We should lose day.
While at any particular point on tho
surface OF the earth day Ia twenty
four hours long. every day. as a matter
of fact. lasts forty-elght hours-some-
times even longer This seems another
contradiction. Yet it can be explained.
Any given day. say Christmas, begins
fas that day. Immediately west OF tho
160th parallel One hour later Christ
mas day begins rs degrees west OF tho
date line, two hours later 30 degrees
west OF the line. and so on round the
globe. Those living Just west OF the
date line would have enjoyed twelve
hours OF Christmas when II reached
England. eighteen hours when IL began
in the United States and twenty-four
hours "a whole day. when II began In
Alaska. Already Christmas had ex.
listed twenty-four hours on this globe,
but having just begun In Western
Alaska. II VIII last there twenty-four
hours longer.
We have Just seen that each day
lasts for forty-eight hours AS n mat
ter OF fact. n day lasts In some places
more than forty-nine hours. This Is
because OF the irregularify OF the date
line previously mentioned. Let us
begin an imaginary journey from Cape
Deshnef, Siberia, at midnight As mid
night sweeps westward successive
places see the beginning OF the day.
When the day begins In London II has
been that same day at Cape Deshnef
twelve hours and forty-five minutes.
When this same day arrives at Attn
island Il has been twenty-five hours
and twelve minutes since II began Of
flcially at Cape Deshnef. Since the
day win then last twenty-four hours
at Attu Island. before 1t is spent
forty-nine hours and twelve minutes
win have elapsed from the beginning
of that day until the time II closes.
Thus three days can exist at one time.
as before explained.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-05-14

ana &c years would be required, and
in South Carolina 81 years would be
required. These figures give an in.
sight into the work that yet remains
In Mississippi. for example. only SO
per cent OF the Negro children are en-
rolled In the public schools: in Geor-
gia, Alabama and South Carolina only
a little over 40 per cent OF the Negro
children are enrolled In many OF
the counties of the South from ten to
fifteen times more money is spent on
the education Of the white child In the
public schools than Is spent on the
education OF the Negro child. These
conditions must be changed in the in
terest OF the Negro and In the inter
est OF the white man. who cannot en-
JOY the highest degree of culture un-
til sense OF justice controls him in
the distribution of the public school
funds.-Booker Washington.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-05-14

MED Its truth.
He finally failed to be reelected
when the Democrats regained control
of this constituency in South Carolina
President Mckinley appointed
smalls Collector OF the Port of Beau
fort. and this post he held under sue
ceeding administrations until Presi-
dent Wilson displaced him in 1913. He
was always a staunch Republican and
was delegate to several national con-
ventions. General Bob" acquired his
title from his connection with his
state militia. In 1873 he was appoint
ed lieutenant-colonel in the Third regi-
ment and had risen to the rank OF
major-general of the Second division
when he was legisla d out of the posi-
tion in 1877.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-05-14
puse Refuses 70 Helm.

The New York Worlds correspond.
ent at Rome writes to that paper that
Eleanora Duse. who sits In a corner
and feels lonely while women Of her
age are making huge successes on the
stage" refused to take part I'm char
ity performances In aid Of earthquake
sufferers.
why should I exhibit my voice,
tired with emotion. and my face. lined
with care. to welI-dressed women in
stalls and boxes?" she asked. LET
them give the price OF their beautiful
jewels and gowns for the POOR"
And she wrote to the earthquake
committee to that eject too
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-05-14
WOULD HAVE MADE TRADE
Dlssusted Drummer Was Willing 70
Accept Joking Offer II the Law
Had Allowed II.

A travelling salesman for a Ganse-
WORT street wholesale grocery firm.
recently back from trip through the
rough lands of eastern Pennsylvania.
tells this possibly true tale:
One day on my last trip I had Q
six-mile ride 10 make to the county
seat, and the small village In which
] was had only one horse that could
hire and no other form of convey
ance. may say that friend had
landed me In the town that morning
from his car and | had sold goods
enough to pay the expenses Of tho
trip.
well. ! got away on the sorriest
specimen OF horse / ever straddled.
and / was to send him back by mall
carrier. though not as a parcel post
package. II took me two hours to
cover tho distance was sorry
enough | hadn't waIked-and az
passed tho county fall on my old bag
OF bones face grinned ut me from
between the bars of small square
window. was too sore TO smile. but
I nodded to the grin, and the prison
er called to me:
Say. mister he said. how'd ron
like to trade that critter for 30 days
In Jail7'
enough to have traded. but the law
wouldn't let mo. and rode on
New York Sun.
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-05-14

Not far from Lexington livea .
young farmer. Sam Woodbridge. who
found occasion To stop al the Phoenix
IN Lexington. Juat before Ar. wool-
ridge registered. James II. Haggin OF
New York. owner OF the beautiful
Elmendorf stock farm. walked 10 tho
desk aud wrote. James b. Haggin and
Valet. New York"
Mr. Woodbridge was the next TO reg
ister. and this Ia what be wrote: Sam
Woolrldxe and vallae. yersailies-"
Metropolis weekly gazette., 1915-05-14

Betty was milking tho COW when tho
mad bull tore ever tbs meadow, Betty
did not yfir. bat confipusd fnsiking.
Observers who had run into safety
saw, 70 their sstonishment. that the
bull stopped dead within few yards
OF tho maid and COW. turned around
and went away. sadly.
"weren't you afraidr Why did be
run awayf" asked every one OF Betty.
"He got scared" said Betty. This
COW 10 his motherin-iaw."