davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-02-18
A Real Bargain

In order that you may be benefited during Pay-Up
Week. at the time offering real bargain, go
ing to sell well known H. S. coal at $3.50 per ton at the
bn every day during the week. 1t sells at $500 any
other time.
To the person paying the largest personal account
during PayUp Week, going to present with ton
of any kind of coal we handle.
To the person paying the next largest account, ton
of coal.
To the person paying the next largest account, 500
pounds of coal.
Geib-Carl Lumber Co.
Morris, MINI.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-02-18
The Monitor Caloric VentiIating Furnace

A combined warm air heating and ventilating system
constructed and scientific principles Guaranteed
to heat any building to and proper tempera
ture with considerable less fuel than any other cOnsruc
ton of warm air furnace, steam, hot water boiler
Many in use in Norris Come in during PayUp Week
and ask about this great furnace.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1916-02-18
Pay-Up Week Bargains

Pay-Up Week Bargains
Sc inch bleached Table Damask, regular SOC value 33c
26 inch Finetta Percale in Blues Greys and White
regular SC value, PayUp Week &c.
Boys Norfolk Suits in Blue Serge and Mixtures, Pay
Up Week. discount 2O%.
Wells-Bros Hanson Co.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
The Price to Pay

Ben Franklin's boyhood experience when
he emptied his pockets to pay for whistle
was perhaps the best investment that he ever
made. He paid too much for his whistle,
but, wrapped up in the package was lot
of experience which in later years formed
valuable asset for larger transactions.
We Americans are always paying to
much for our whistle. Thrift seems to be
neglected virtue and preparedness is a
paroxysm which means an enormously
large outlay without much to show for it.
We are young. We have at present the
inconsiderateness of children. But we are
learning, and doubtless in the future we
shall devote more consideration to values
and provide not only for present needs but
also for future contingencies. Who will
say that the experience will be worth
while.-Stray Shots.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
Industrial Niagara

The development of power at Niagara
Falls is one of those tremendous and as
founding realities which is very imperfectly
comprehended by the general public, says
the Electrical World. Enormous industrial
establishments of the greatest importance
10 natural life have been built on the basis
of power furnished from Niagara over a
comparatively moderate area, and if the
governments of the United States and Canada
extend the helping hand the power develop
ments will become of vastly greater value
to the public at large. The practical work
that has been done in the building up Of
great and extremely important industries Of
Niagara can hardly be overestimated. In
particular, the chemical industries have,
under the stimulus of cheap power, grown
to prodigious importance. There is still
one process which may find use for al the
power which Niagara in the future can
spare, that is the fxation of atmospheric
nitrogen, either as cyanide or nitric acid
directly, SO as to draw from the air for the
use of the farmer and the chemical manu-
facturer that nitrogen which is indispensable
to both Elk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
The Largest Flower

Can you-imagine blossom as large as a
carriage-wheell Far up on the mountains
of Parag, in the Philippines, $500 feet
above the sea-leveJ, some explorers were
wandering, when they came across flower
buds larger than gigantic cabbage heads.
Greatly astonished, they searched further,
and presently discovered full-blown bios
som, FIVE petaled and three feet in diameter.
1t was carried on low-lying, Iuxuriant
vine.
The natives call it bolo. 1t was found
impossible to preserve it fresh, so they
photographed it, and kept some dried petals
to press, and by improvised scales found
that single flower weighed twenty-five
pounds, You could not crown your Nav
queen with Aowers like that.
1t was afterwards found to be specimen
of rafflesia, first found in Sumatra, named
after Sir Stamford Raff1es. The new flower
was called Ratflesia Schadenburgia. in
honor of its discoverer, Doctor Schaden-
burg-a very big name for blossom.
Recorder.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
Why Not Be Friendly?

Less than third of the people in the
average American neighborhood are natives.
In thousands of cases practically all the
population was born elsewhere. So why
stand off when some one moves in from
another sectioni Why be niggardly with
neighborlinessl Of course, one may make
an occasional mistake, but for every un-
desirable acquaintance we find several good
people worth knowing. You, your neigh
Dor and the newcomer are problems of your
community, and as each of you may be the
other two the problem ought to be simple.
If you are an older resident greet the
newcomer. There is,a double blessing in
a welcome. In giving you get.
If you are the newcomer-well, your
duty was never better stated than in these
words of Ruskin
sit is good and safe rule to sojourn in
any place as if you meant to spend your
life there, never emitting an opportunity of
doing kindness or speaking true word
or making friend"
The way to fill the lonesome hours is to
be friendly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
Positive and Negative
Morality

"Well John, what can ! do for your"
Doctor Brown inquired cordially as he
came into his study and shook hands with
John Forbes.
81 am applying for position in bank,
sir. Some recommendations are required,
and thought you might De willing to give
me one,' John answered confidently.
The clergyman sat still, looking very
thoughtful.
81 certainly should like to recommend
you, john" be said at length, 'but have
a feeling that ought to be truthful about
what say in such matter, and l am won
derlng just what l can say truthfulIy that
will impress the bank in your favor
Johns face showed surprise. "Why, 1
can't think of anything very wrong that l
have DONE" he said, after pause.
"Thas's exactly as l had rated you,
replied the rector and must admit that
the rating does not impress me very favor
ably. Suppose, for instance, that you
wanted work as a porter, and the bank
wanted 10 know whether you were physic-
ally strong enough for the work? l might
be able to mention one hundred diseases
you did not have. l might make it two
hundred, or any other number, but that
would not answer the question. The bank
would not want to know how many dis
eases you didn't have, but how much phys
ical strength you did have. You might
have no diseases at all, and yet have almost
no strength.
81 like to believe that it was different
with you morally, but honesty compels me
to say l never have seen an intimation of it
in your life. l never heard Of your doing
anything very wrong, but neither have
heard of your doing anything very good.
can't say that you have moral character
just because you haven't any great vice.
You haven't been positively vicious, as
some of your friends have. but sometimes
fear that you have no more attained moral
character than they; its even possible that
some of them are nearer to it than you.
"You have only drifted. You have let
yourself float along the line of least resist
ance. You have frittered away your time
and your opportunities. You just barely
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10

escaped failure all the way through your
high-school course. So far you have escap-
ed doing anything very wrong. You also
have escaped doing anything very good.
In fact, you haven't done anything at all"
II might have expected some efficiency
expert to look at things that way, but
didn't think Christian minister wouldI''
said John sullenly.
"That's exactly the Christian point of
view and the Christian teaching" returned
the doctor. 'Jesus in one of His parallels,
told of number of people who suffered
punishment after death. 1t is a striking
fact that not one of them was condemned
for wrong things he had done, but for right
things he had left undone. John Forbes,
turn about and face the things squarely.
You haven been man-you have been a
kind of jellyfish. You haven't been posi-
tive. You have been a trailer, a hanger-on,
negative weakling. Let me see you fol-
one week positively do something that is
hard to do, something you are disinclined
to try and less inclined to stick at, and then
come back and I'll give you the recon-
mendation.''
I'm pretty mad" said John, tbut m
going to do as you say
IL want you to keep mad until you have
done it, replied Doctor Brown.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
:. AT r A N D o N :.
From oar Exchanges
Bees Knew Humane Farmer

Fred. Smith, Cadillac, Michigan, resi-
dent, has always been known as thrifty,
industrious farmer of the kind that believes
his horse is no stronger than himself and
that all animals physically are no more fit
to stand abuse than is the man who abuses
them. He is, in a word, humane farmer,
and withal an industrious and prudent one
who realizes the profits of good treatment
toward his dumb beasts.
A year ago the Smith farm presented a
most up-to-date appearance. Every device
known in the proper care and comfort of
stock was installed on the place and the
farmer found that it paid. Everything was
made as clean and sanitary as it could be,
and the result was that Fred Smith became
firmly convinced that the dumb animals
under his care appreciated his every atten-
ton. However, there was one thing he had
overlooked. On his farm there were many
hives of bees, which had proved to be a
very good source of profit when the honey
was taken every fall. Two winters ago a
disease of some sort spread among the hives
and the following spring not bee remained
alive. Then for the first time, Farmer
Smith S attention was drawn to the beehives.
They were very dirty and looked like de-
cidedly unhealthy quarters for even bee to
inhabit. Smith looked carefully around at
the rest of his fine farm equipment and
wondered if the bees could have died from
lack of care or from poor housing condition.
GA bee is only bee," pondered Farmer
Smith to himself, "but then maybe he'd be
better off and make more honey in clean,
healthy hive. Mavbe should have looked
after my bees. Perhaps they would have
been alive today
The bees were all dead, not one remained,
but, nevertheless, as Smith ruminated he
began an inspection of the hives and soon
found himself unconsciously cleaning them,
hardly knowing why he did it, except that
it should have been done before. He
cleaned, repaired and painted each hive.
In the autumn the hives were modern,
sanitary, little bee houses, but they had no
tenants. Smith didn't seem to care part-
cularly about that. He felt conscience clear
Just because the houses were clean and fit to
live in, even though there were no tenants.
Early last spring the houses were still to let
and when Smith improved his barns and
stock sheds, he also painted the bee hives
once more. Why he did, he didn't know.
One MONDAY, while the Smith family
were seated at dinner, they heard many bees
swarming. They rushed out of doors and
saw the air in the vicinity of the hives was
fairly black with bees, swarming, fighting
for chance to enter the newly painted
houses. Whose bees they were was mystery
but they took possession of the hives and
there they evidently intend to remain.
eyes, sir, asserted Smith, when telling
of it, 81 want to tell you that bee knows
when he is getting the right treatment. Let
me assure you that believe in bees when
they show me that they believe in me-"
Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
- MILES -
ssosessossoosesoseeeeesses

Rose had called on her afternoon out
to see her friend, Arabella. Arabella's
mistress had just purchased parrot, and
Rose was much interested in the bird.
''Birds is shore sensible" she observed.
"1 GU kin learn them anything, l ulster
work for lady that had bird in clock,
an when it was time to tell de time OBJ day
it ulster come out an say cuckoo jest as
many times as de time was.''
"Go along. You doan' say so," said
Arabella, incredulously.
ashore thing replied Rose, .and de-
mos wonderful part was dat it was only
wooden bird, too
-'I done heard it read in de paper"
said Uncle Raspberry, "dat some O. desc
here flynn machine gemmen says man
kin do anything bird kim
"That's what they say" said Aunt
Chloe.
"Well, when any o. EN- sees man sit
fas' asleep, holdin' On to tree branch wifi
his feet, l sho' wishes dey'd call me to
have a look" Crit.
-"There's no DANGER said the DOCTOR
''It's only carbuncle coming on the back
of your neck. But you must keep your eye
on it. Christian Register.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
G | E A N | N G S
From Our Exchanges

Gold is light with fool.
"A foolish word is folly.
"A good man is a wise man.
NO man is wise at all times.
The historian food is truth.
-Ideness is the desire of fool.
Everything is revealed by time.
Character is better than wealth.
Wisdom is better than strength.
The rare jewel is the most beautiful.
Woe to him who betrays his friend.
NO one is related to a man withou.
prosperity.
Properly fortified, any person can be
an optimist.
Clothes do not make the man, put
often they show the kind of man he is.
If mothers had perfect control of their
sons, there would be lot more preachers.
While confidence is great institution,
lot of mistakes are based on being too
sure.
If the men mad it to do, lot of the
visiting and letter writing would be neg
lected.
There are those who 60 around look
ing for an opportunity to be led into temp
tation.
"A boy appreciates company, if he
feels as is often the case, that it means
better food.
You are not carrying your full load un-
less you practice self-denial in some form
and to some extent.
If you aren't worrying about your own
affairs, the chances are worry won't make
you nervous wreck.
There is no such thing as monopoliz-
ing trouble, although some make strong
effort in that direction.
BY the time man gets through look
ing up answers to his 5-year-old child's
questions. he has acquired fairly good
education.
If man would show as much blind
enthusiasm in praising his wife as he does
in praising his motorcar there would be no
such thing as matrimonial unrest-perhaps
Electricity moves 288, 900 miles per
second, light 1856, 600 miles per second, a
rife moves 1000 miles in sixty min
utes, a hawk flies $50 miles in the same
time. Man has traversed the air at the rate
of 1885, SO miles per hour in an aeroplane.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
M R R 0 R E 7 ES
BY Uncle John
BY Uncle John

Christian Science Services were held in
the Auditorium last Sunday with the usual
attendance.
When it comes down to sweltering heat,
Minnesota will hold her own against any
state in the Northwest.
The energy wasted in postponing till
tomorrow duty of today will often do the
work.
If we could see into the heart of the
man we dislike, we would instantly sympa-
thise with and understand him-his likeness
to ourself would be so complete.
Tomorrow you have no business with.
You steal if you touch tomorrow. If is
Gods. Every day has in it enough to keep
any man occupied.
DO you know that one of the hardest
tasks in this life is TO be as good as you ex-
pect your neighbor to be?
The rain of last Friday was needed and
was blessing to the farmers. The small
grain and corn will now hasten on its way
upward.
Anyway, little Page was responsible
for the first run last Saturday. The manager
made good move in putting Page back into
the game.
Our boys clearly demonstrated last
Saturday that they can play the game. 1t
was one of the finest exhibitions OF baseball
we have seen in our old park.
The prattle of baby is like sweet mu-
sic to most men. There is no man so hard
ened who is not stirred when he hears little
baby's cry, or innocent prattle.
Miss Grace Reed, of Minneapolis, who
sang those beautiful solos is to be congratu-
lated for her sweet voice. The inmates
certainly appreciated hearing her beautiful
singing.
Mr.. Nicolas Nelson, Auditor of Wash
ington County, with a retinue of friends was
a visitor to our Silent City last Monday.
Being an ex-publisher and editor Mr.. Nelson
gave the print-shop look-in on the way.
Among the many visitors in our park
last Saturday was Mr.. Emory Lyon, of the
Central Howard Association, Chicago. He
was much peased with the good fellowship
among the many inmates, and enjoyed the
game very much.
The sermon preached to us last Sunday
nj orning by Mrs. B. L. Scovell, of Mime
apolis, was closely followed by the attention
of the inmates. The theme was: "What is
sin?" The speakers voice was clear and
easy to understand.
Mr.. Emory Lyon, President of the Cen
trail Howard Association, was on our platform,
last Sunday morning and at the end of the
sermon Rev. Benson called upon him
for few remarks, with which request he
complied, and said that he was glad to be
with US on this beautiful Flower Sunday.
Mr.. Lyon was invited two weeks ago, but
was unable to come. He will be with us
on future date and will then address us to
greater length.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
Saws Reset"

"There's one thing that's CERTAIN"
Says old Mr.. Peck;
"a boil on the stove is
Worth two on the neck"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Says wise Uncle Ben
(Uncie lives in fat;
ga stove in the kitchen
Is worth two in a hat.''
GAINESVILLE Signal.
And here is one spelled
By old Uncle Jack:
ga scrick' in the field
Is worth two in the back
youngstown Telegram.
Says old Mr.. Grumpy
Whose learning is wide:
"a stitch in the vest
Is worth two in the side.
Peoria Journal.
And here is another,
By old Uncle Joe:
ga corn on the stalk
Is worth two on the toe
Davenport Times,
And old Uncle Bing
l distinctly heard mutter,
GA hair on the head
Is worth two in the butter
Judge.
This one you may take
From old Doctor Cloak;
"a frog in the pond,
Is worth two in the throat
Saltwater Mirror.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10

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, 1916-08-10
AT E NTI 0 NJ!

Inmates are hereby cautioned not to
use the margins of the Mirror for adj
dresses of friends or other written
matter. Ifyou wish The Mirror sent
to your friends, you are required to
send in these addresses to the Deputy
Warden's Office thru your officer.
In this way the matter will be attend
ed to.
]. ]. SULLIVAN,
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
Cell Changes

From A to A 2-2l; 3-lS; 4-16; SIS; E.
~; 7-l3; 1876; 1877; 1875; 1914; 1873; 81
2; 25-19; 1925; 22-30; 1922; 344-61; Oh
1915.
From A 454-295-335 to Third.
From B to 2l3-2O6; 331-348.
From B 507-271 to Third.
From B 302 to Cot.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
What is Life to You?

To the preacher life's sermon,
To the joker it's jest;
To the miser life is money,
To the loafer life is rest.
To the lawyer life's trial,
To the poet life's song;
To the doctor life a patient
That needs treatment right along.
To the soldier life's battle,
To the teacher life's school;
LIES "good thing" to the CRATER,
It's failure to the fool.
To the man upon the engine
Lies long and heavey grade;
It's a gamble to the gambler,
To the merchant life is trade.
Lies picture to the artist,
To the rascal life's fraud;
Life perhaps is but burden
To the man beneath the hod.
Life is lovely 10 the lover,
To the player life's play;
Life may be load of trouble
To the man upon the dray.
Life is but long vacation
To the man who loves his work;
Lies an everlasting effort
To shun duty, to the shirk.
To the earnest Christian worker
LIES story ever new;
Lite is what we try to make it
Brother what is life to you?-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10

The only true independence is in hui
and can not be morti6ed-expects nothing
and can not be disappointed. Washington
Allston.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
PoET-TREE So:
Leaues from our. poets
Evetide's Glow
By Mr.. I. B.

By Mr.. ]. B.
When evetide's glow is falling,
Spreading fields with silken haze,
And the meadow-lark is calling
For its mate where cattle Craze.
Then thru lanes again wander
But my heart don't feel so light
For seem to see you standing
By the old gate, sad tonight.
can see you once so happy
Now teardrop dims your eye
For the old haunts seem so dreary
Where love came to you and 1.
! can see the old elm weeping;
Hear the mill-stream murmering low
And your hearts sigh comes back to
With the ewes sad waning glow.
But then thots again come flowing
Like sweet breaths Ger harvest grain,
And look into the future
Of a meeting once again.
And, dear heart, once more m dream
ing
Of meeting meath the skies,
When | once drank of that goodness
And the gladness in your eyes.
Where wild roses strew pathway
OF dream wood-tangled lane,
With harvest moon a-shining
Der the whispering, waving grain.
Oh, so long, it seems, this waiting,
But we II meet again know
When the birds are winging homeward
In the evetide's golden glow.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10

To be good man it is not necessary
to have good reputation or world wide
fame, all that is required of you is to be a
manly man.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-08-10
THE OLD SWIMMIN.HOLE
BY The Late James Whitcomb Riley

Oh! the old swmmn' hoe WHARF the cck still and deep
Looked like a babyrve that was laying half asleep,
And the gurge of the round the drift jest below
Sounded like the laugh of something onct know
Before we could remember anything but the eyes
VI angels ookin out left Paradise;
But the merry days Of youth is beyond controle
And it's hard forever with the old swimmin' hole
Oh! the old swmnn hole! In happy days of yore,
When ust to lean above it on the old ckamore,
Oh! it showed me a face in its sunny tide
hat gazed back at gay and glori6ed,
1t made me love myself, as eaped to
My shadder smiln up me with SIGH tenderness
But them days and gone and old Times tuck his toll
From the old man come back the old swimmin hole.
OH the old swmmn hole! In the long, lazy days
When the hum-drum of school made many run-a-ways
How pleasant the journey down the old dusty lane,
WHARF the tracks of our bare feet printed plane
You could tell by the dent of the heel and the sole
They was lots O fun on hands the old wimmin hole.
But the lost joys is Let your
Like the rain that u to dappe up the old swmmnhole
Thare the burushes growed and the cattails so tall,
And the sunshine and shadder fell all;
And it notified the with amber and gold
Tel the glad lilies rocked in the rppes rolled;
And the snake feeders four gauzy wings futtered by
Like the ghost Of daisy dropped out of the sky,
Or wounded apple blossom in the breezs controle
AS cut ochurd to ds the old swmmn' hole
Oh! the old swmmn' hole! last saw the place.
The all changed, like the change face;
The bridge of the railroad crosses the spot
WHARF the old divin log lays sunk and fergot
And strayed down the banks WHARF the
But again will theyr shade shelter mel!
And wish in my sorrow could strip the soul,
And dive off in my grave like the old swimmin' hole.