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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
Movies in a Country Town

There's writing on the pavement
In letters big and white;
There's going to be Picture show
In the "opera house. tonight.
Of course we have no opera house
The town is much too small;
But we enjoy the Play as we'll
When shown in our town hall.
We kids are all excited,
And beg our folks to go.
We seldom any of US miss
A Moving Picture show.
And Baby Myra, scarcely two.
Likes it as well as we;
She gazes on the moving scenes
And claps her hands in glee.
We surely get our moneys worth
With baby at the Play:
She takes such keen delight in it,
And doesn't have to pay.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
Spirit of The Rural Press.

Mr.. Carlson, who resides on West Putnam
street, has lived in Princeton for over so
years. During nearly all of that time he has
been taxpayer and loyal citizen.-Princeton
Republican.
Mr.. Hissinger broke his right arm above
the elbow, was also bruised severely about
he city.-Rochester Post
An imitation of Villa war was initiated
over near E. M. SheIman's in Pomfret
recently by Jack Hanley being the adviser
in the mIx-up. No one killed; Villa was
captured SO reported.
Henry Barlow's store was burned week
ago. Seems to me same must have caught
fire by the timber cutters over head.-Wind-
ham County Observer.
Lucy de Static, aged 81 years. married,
of Revere, is alleged to have stabbed Mary
Sacco, % years old and married FIVE times
during quarrel. Salem News.
The Rev. J.. Nj. Lewis is now pastoring
three of the finest Baptist county churches
in the Pee Dee section, namely, Mt. Roma
at Scranton, Mt. Carmel at Timmonsville
and Meadow Prong near Ef6ngham. He
is succeeding nicely. -Richmond Planet.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
Help

So many get to the brim of the bowl,
To the edge of the fields of clover,
With only the need of little more
help
To help them climb up and jump
over.
So many ger to the foot of the peak,
To the base of the throne of glory,
With only the need of little more
help
To finish the golden story.
And there help fails. and the helpers
That they tried to help their bravest
But only the help that doth never die
Is the help that really savest.-Sel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
Don't

Do you feel you'd like to quitl
Don't!
Get to feeling you don't fit?
Don't!
Do you want to yell "All in!''
Cause your winds little thin
And you think you II never win?
Don't!
There's kick you want to make?
Don't!
There's head you want to break?
Don't!
Do you feel you want to whine
Like genuine canine
And send the blue streaks down the
line?
Well, don't!
When you see chance to duck,
Don't!
When you want to chuck your luck,
Don't!
Keep right on without stop,
And you IL sure show up on top
If just when you want to flop
You on't-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
To Which Class Do You
Belong

The other evening while on my way to
bed after tattoo passed a room in which
the occupant was sitting porting over small
book. 1t was not a library book, but a
book of fate, far more important to him,
and to all who have any interest in his
career, than any other book can be. In
other words, it was his conduct book, re-
cording perchance, many ups and downs,
victories won here to be thrown away there.
In glancing over the records chronicled
in such conduct book, what an insight we
gain into mans character! How we can
gauge his capabilities and his possibilities
The revelations these little books make
to US are of three-fold character.
In this book we see pictured before us
the man who is persistently running his head
against brick wall which is in its proper
place. Such man can never understand that
he may be in the wrong, and that the views
held by others in opposition to his own
may be right. So whenever anything oc-
ours, he is positive that it couldn't be his
fault; some one else is to blame for the
mischance. And so he continues placidly
running his head against the brick wall
Notwithstanding the troubles and difficult
ties into which he constantly falls, through
following such course.
Casting our eyes over the leaves of
another of these little records we find that
lieves in "luck.' He lets himself drift
idly with the current of events, makes no
efforts to steer clear of the obstacles which
lie in the path of every man. When any diff
ficulty occurs. "God is against him. 9'the
Managers are against him." 1.-THE Officers
are trying to down him. its ''no use his
trying to get along when every ones
against him." but he takes no precautions
towards preventing it happening again,
makes no stand against the evils into which
he is drifting day after day, and week
after week.
There is yet another character to whom
these books introduce US. 1t is the man
who can see and acknowledge his errors.
One who takes a broad manly view of
things-who can say when he has gone
wrong. s'I'm fool to do such a thing"
and, what is more, can l profit by his
dearly bought experience, and avoid such
pitfalls in the future. One who is willing
to acknowledge that others may be better
and wiser men than he that they may see
more clearly what is best for him than he
can himself, and is not above taking advice
which is for his own good.
We all belong to one of these three
classes. When you sit bordering ovef the
results attained in previous months, you
can decide for yourself to which class you
belonged in the past. You can also make
the more important decision-to which
class you intend to belong in the future.
-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
population
CLEAN|N CS
From Our Exchanges

Lead horses, as rule, do little pulling.
Slower speed sometimes spells surer sue
cess.
One simply can't get away from facts
and bores.
If dogs bark is fierce enough, he
doesn't need to bite.
''It is Vanity to desire to live long, and
not care to live we'll"
''The lucky man is one who sees and
grasps his opportunity"
Because the world moves some people
| think they are pushing it.
eve all claim to love truth, but many
of us truly trifle with it,
Needing warning is the most difficult
performance for some men.
1t never does any good to advise people
with ready cash not to spend it.
cit is not by mans purse, but by his
character, that he is rich or poor.
Unless man has scored at least one
failure, he is unable to appreciate success.
Just because you're nice to some folks
they think it's because you're afraid not
to be.
Happiness is what we might have had if
we hadn't preferred pleasure. Ohio Peni
Tertiary News.
When the average man finds it is time
to take care of his health he finds the
patches won't hold.
Constant dripping of water will wear
away stone, but you ought to speed up a
little more than that.
They say that the earth was created for
man, and the average fellow labors under
the delusion that he is the man.
A broken resolution does more to weaken
character and to enervate moral fiber than
one uniformed. View Point.
Shall we dim the brightness of the morn
ing sun with the black thoughts of the good
things we missed the day before?-The
Summary.
Only two kinds of people in the world
the man whose troubles are bigger than he,
and the man who is bigger than his trou-
bles.-The Pioneer.
At no time has the world been more in
need than now of those who can uplift
and inspire others instead of those who
decry and discourage.-The Empire.
Few men can resist those who seem to
take an intelligent interest in their concerns
this is the strong, sure means of seduc-
tive fattery. But if it does not proceed
out of sheer goodness of heart, it will soon
appear for the artihce it is.-Reformatory
Record.
The man who leaves prison with the in
tention to be square with his fellows and to
work manfully towards his own betterment
stands an equal chance with his fellow free
workers to win in any OF the ordinary
walks of life and some few of the higher
The Prison Monitor.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
EXCHANGE POEMS
From Here Ind There
Housecleaning Day.

Things about the house today
Are not just as they were
j. A week or SO ago, because
The furniture astir.
The sofas piled with bric-a-brac,
Ny easy chair is where
The dining table used to be
And all the floors are bare.
My footsteps echo through the halls,
A deep, sepulchral sound.
The books l used to love to read
Are nowhere to be found.
The pictures that adorned the walls
Adorn the walls no more.
The clock has left the mantel and
Is ticking on the floor.
The beds that yesterday were where
All decent beds should be
Have been removed, so l am told,
For sake of purity.
The smell of varnish's in the air.
And in her eager search
For germs and flies and things like these
From off its lofty perch
The lady of the house has knocked
The cooling dove of peace
And given unto happiness
An absolute release.
l sat me down today to dine
Close by the kitchen range,
Mid pots and pans and other things
Equally as strange
To one who never learned to cook
Or do scullion's work,
And ate such odds and ends of food
AS in all larders lurk.
l hope that some time shall live
Forever and for aye
Where time is never marked by what
We call housekeeping day.
Unidentified.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25

There can be no secret in life and morals.
because Nature has provided that every
beautiful thought you know and every pre-
cious statement you feel shall shine out of
your face, SO that all who are good enough
may see, know, understand and appreciate.
You may keep things only by giving them
away.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
:. POET--TREE =.
Learss From Our Poets
A Song of Hope
By Mr.. ]. B,

10y lNls j De
0, sing on We merry songsters
To your fullest song give sway,
Altho the day seems dark and dreary
You would help to make it gay.
Oft I've heard the lark and wren
From the wood when skies were clear,
But ne'er sweeter songster like you
On day so cold and drear.
0, sing on ye full-voiced songster
For thy days are not too long,
'Twere best pretend you are so gay
Than the world not hear your song.
Methinks meaning from that strain
catch, as it breaks on air
And hope rides on your ariel song
Where the morrows are more fair,
And l hear in the dying echo
AS it wings toward its lair.
To morrow, morrow, morrow,
To morrow will be most fair.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
Cell Changes.

From A to A 29S-254; 255-353; 3O9-342
From A TO l8-472;
From A 114-377 to Cot.
From A 40 to Hospital.
From A 459-238 to Third.
From B 341-417 to Third.
From B 19-60-37 to Cot.
From B to A 115-255; 489-256.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
AT 7 E Mt 0 n!

Inmates are hereby cautioned not to
use the margins of the Mirror for adj
dresses of friends or other written
matter. If you 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.
j. SULLIVAN,
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25

What has been the cause of your failures
Booze, false ambition, ignorance, fear,
illiteracy, environment, bad temper, de-
ceit or your inner self Find the cause and
make the change that will put you on your
way to success.-The Index.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25
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, 1916-05-25
GHapfl Hrnpra111
SUNDAY May 9th.

S0Muov way E1t0s
The following is the Program rendered
in the Auditorium last Sunday. Father
Corcoran officiating:
March National Emblem Orch.
Novelette, Basket of Roses Orch.
Hymn Simply Trusting Cong.
Scripture Corcoran
Reverie- Melody of Love ----- Orch.
IIayeT--------------- CorcOran
Gospel Reading --------- Fir. Corcoran
Sermon Corcoran
Hymn Yield Not to Temptation Cong.
March----American Conquest Orch.
r. ]. Reichkitzer Musical Director.
population
Number of Inmates at Prison. .lO16
Number in First Grade.
Number in Second Grade ..225
Number in Third Grade. .................. %
Received during eek......................... IL
Discharged. 8
Last oeriai Number.......... ,...............5Z1I
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-05-25

The following is the Program rendered
in the Auditorium last Sunday, Father
Cnrcnran off ciafinn.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
The Bette. Wavs,

Let it be said once for all that it is
better for both body and soul to be
obliged to go hungry sometimes than
to be full always; it is wholesomer to
be weary frequently from hard work
than to keep on dead level Of COM
fort or to know WEAKNESS only from
the spinning dance and the daily pleas
ure; it is cleaner to be dusty and bathed
in the blood and sweat of battle than
to be SO sheltered as not to know the
meaning of hand to hand conflict with
real problem or fierce temptation; it
is grander to break the shackles of ex-
clusiveness and walk free in the dingy
city Of social unpopularity than to be
the idol Of men and women who do not
count for, but rather against, the prog
ress of the race.-From 1.-THE Inspira-
ton of Responsibility" by Bishop
Charles II. Brent.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1916.

Rumors are constantly bobbfng
up that Germany, France and Eng
land are considering the appoint
ment of joint commission for the
consideration of peace. And these
rumors seem invariably to be fol
lowed by iercer fighting than ever.
Following the latest rumor, came
news of the greatest naval battle
ever known in the worlds history
And thus this senseless war goes
on. The people of every nation,
even those at war, ardently hope
these rumors may, at an early date,
come to realization in fact. The
world is satiated with the unspeak
able horrors of the wholesale bar
barous murder going on, and wants
peace, and it wants it to continue
unshattered until the crack of
doom.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
Farming As A Business.

The principles which underlie
profitable farming are not unlike
those which underlie the profitable
conduct of any other business. The
difference is merely in the applica-
ton. The one fundamental prin-
ciple underlying all successful bust
ness undertakings is that the cost
must be less than the selling price.
In the operation Of this principle
agriculture is no exception. Farm
ing, however. is such complex
business, and the different enter
prises making up the farm unit are
so intricately related, that it is
often well-nigh impossible to deter
mine the true cost or the true selling
price of a farm product. However,
the relation of any factor in farming
to the profits of the farm as a whole
by the study of a large group OF
farms, can be fairly accurately de.
termined. This relation of the in
dividuaI enterprise to the profits OF
the whole is perhaps the best guide
to successful farming and to an
understanding of the principles upon
which good farm organization is
based.-"S outstanding factors
in profitable farming" by j. s
Gates.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
HAINES & KIRK.
Catarrh Cannon BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fuenced by constitutional conditions,
and in order to cure it you must rus
tarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous sur
faces of the system. Halls Catarrh
Cure was prescribed by one of the best
Is composed of some of the best tonics
known, combined with some Of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect com
bination of the ingredients in Hairs
Catarrh Cure Is what produces such
wonderful results in catarrhal condi-
tions Send for testimonials, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo. o.
All Druggists. Zoe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
THIS FISH IS A BUTCHER.
And He Carries His Saw In His Ugly
Mouth at All Times.

MouIn at All timSSs
Moral of this fish story is: The value
Of anything depends on how it is used.
A safety match used to light beacon
lamp and another match used to set
IRE to city have widely separated
ranks In the realm Of utility. On the
same principle of values the sawfish
belongs near the bottom rank in the
ocean kingdom.
His saw, the presence of which you
may have guessed already, consists of
a long, beaklike mouth decorated with
many sharp. firm spines. 1t varies in
length with the size Of the fish, some
monsters twenty feet long carrying
saws six feet long and foot wide.
A saw, like match, varies in value
according to the way it is used. That's
where the sawfish makes fizzle of
life. Think how much good he could
accomplish by using his saw on har-
bors choked up with weeds, channels
blocked with logs and lagoons crowded
with trees and underground.
Instead of carpenter, road build
er, farmer, the sawfish becomes
butcher. He swishes his saw this way
and that quite recklessly and cuts up
smaller fish into steaks and sausage;
then he eats the pieces Philadelphia
North American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

Great Britain is now paying
daily over twenty million dollars
for war expenses. Her National
indebtedness thus far for war pur-
poses is now over twelve billion
dollars. The war expenses of
Russia, France, Italy and her
smaller allies, Belgium and Servia,
will probably aggregate $780,
600, 900 more in daily expenses, a
total of a S1OO, 100000. The daily
cost Of Central Powers, Germany,
Austria, Hungary, Turkey and
Bulgaria, arc probably as much.
If SO we have $2OO,OOO,OOO spent
daily on the battle fields of Europe.
If the Indebtedness incurred by the
other great Nations for war pur-
poses is as great as highlands, as il
probably is, the enormous sum Of
one hundred billion dollars is the
coat of this wicked war to date, not
counting the destruction of life
property and business, with nc
prospect of an early cessation Of
hostilities, and no advantage tc
any Of the belligerents in sight.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

All eyes are turned toward
Chicago this week, where the Re-
publican National Convention is in
turbulent session. The usual SQUAD
bles over seating of delegates, plat
form planks, etc., have been had,
but the one big thing that is
causing strife is the picking of the
right man for nomination as Preei
Dental standard bearer.
There are a host of "favorite
sons" but the storm seems to
center about Colonel Roosevelt and
Justice Hughes, with the bitterest
OF feeling manifested between the
opposing factions.
All sorts of predictions and
counter predictions are being made
as to who will be nominated, and
it will be much easier for us to tell
who it is after the convention has
closed, than it is at the present
writing.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

Stop grumbling. Get up two
hours earlier in the morning, and
begin to do something out of your
regular profession. Mind your own
business and with all your might let
other peoples alone. Live within
your means. Sell or give away
your dog. Smoke your cigar
through an air stove. Eat with
moderation, and go to bed early.
Talk less of your own peculiar gifts
and virtues, and more of those of
your friends and ne1ghbors. Be
cheerful. Fulfill your promises. Pay
your debts. Be yourself all you
would see in others. Be good, do
good, and stop grumbling.
Before marriage some men take
their best girls out and scatter
money to the winds. But five years
later WHEY often yearns for the price
of stick of gum.
They say that some facts are
stranger than fiction. But what
modern male wants to worry his
noodle over just plain facts?
It is comparatively easy to get
anything within reason that you
want. The only difficulty is in
making up your mind to go after it.
Some fellows are always looking
around to see whether the other
fellows are working or not. And
that is always why the boss is watch
ing them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
Bowel Complaints IN India.

In a lecture at one of the Des
Moines, Iowa, churches a missionary
from India told of going into the
interior of India, where he was
taken sick, that he had bottle of
ChamberIain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy with him and
believed that it saved his life. This
remedy is used successfully in India
both as a preventive and cure for
cholera. You may know from this
that it can be depended upon for
the milder forms of bowel complaint
that occur in this country. Obtain
able everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

The United States, which is the
richest agricultural country on
earth, is finally to have farmland
banks. Measures creating such
banks have passed both branches
of Congress, although these bills
vary in a number of particulars.
The main features, however, are
identical in principle. Generally
speaking, the House measure is the
more liberal. One excellent point
in it is that loans of 800 may be
made. The Senate bill minimum
for loans is 5000, which is too high
Broadly speaking, the proposed Il
land banks will be scattered
throughout the country, and they
will lend money to farmers at not
more than 6 per cent. interest,
Loans will be made through Local
loans associations, which will place
mortgages upon the land of the
farmers who borrow. These mort
cages will be taken by the banks
which in turn will advance thu
money.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
should SLOANE Ltniment Go Along?

OF course it should! For after a
strenuous day when your muscles
have been exercised to the limit an
application of sloan's Liniment will
take the soreness and stiffness away
and get you in fine shape for the
morrow. You should also use it for
a sudden attack of toothache, stiff
neck, backache, stings, bites, and the
many accidents that are incidental
to a vacation. I'VE would as soon
leave our baggage as go on a vaca-
ton or camp out without Sloan's
Liniment." Writes one vacationist:
1--WE use it for everything from
cramps to toothache." Put a bottle
in your bag, be prepared and have
no regrets. 2
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

Pensions will cost the American
people $6,OO0,OoO less this year
than last under the annual pension
bill, as reported by the appropri-
ations committee. The total is
$15S, 0e5, 900, two and one half
millions less than the estimates
submitted. The country's annual
pension budget has decreased
steadily since 1918, when it reach
ed a high mark of $l74, 900, 900.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
Look Gond-Eeel Good.

No one can either feel good nor
look good while suffering from con-
Get rid of that tired,
draggy, rffeless feeling by treat
ment of DR.. Kings New Life Pills.
Buy a box to-day, take one or two
pills tonight. In the morning that
stuffed, dull feeling is gone and you
feel better at once. csc. at your
druggist. 2
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
Forethoubht.

People are learning that a little
forethought often saves them big
expense. Here is an instance: e.
w. Archer, Caldwell, Ohio, writes:
ST do not believe that our family
has been without Chamberlain Is
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy since we commenced keeping
house years ago. When we go on
an extended visit we take it with
u.s." Obtainable everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09

Louis D. Brandeis, whose nomi.
nation for Associate Judge Of the
Supreme Court was sent to the
Senate last January, has finally
been confirmed by vote of AZ to
%. Mr.. Brandels is the first Jew
ever appointed to the Supreme
Bench.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
The Modern Moses.

whats your idea of party leader?"
"a party leader" replied Senator
Sorghum, sis a man who finds out
what the people want
"And then gives it to them?'
mo; promises Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-06-09
wfthou+ an Effort.

Jack-Did your friend, Miss Howler,
ever reach high G? Maud-Yes; one
day at the dentists believe she did,
Boston Transcript.