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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05
Amateur Athletics
IS PREP.

The Richmond League met last night
at Howell brothers and completed its
contamination. John t.. Rose was
elected president. and tn. following
clubs Will bc represented in the cir
cult this season: kach!cr Motor Com
pauy; Capitol camp. Modern Woodincu
OF America; Fowlcr's Cherry Sma sh
Clarke Springs Burk " co. and the
standard oil comr:ny. These teams
are all in shalc. NOW and are ready
for the opening games On Saturday
nounccd as soon as IL is completed.
The regular monthly meeting Of tho
. Richmond Amateur Commissions Will be
held at the National state and CITY
requested TO be present,
The Commercial League representa-
tiycs Will meet this evening at W II
Eaues's, 1905 West Main street ri $50
o'clock
ON account Of rot being able 30 50"
cure Broad street PAM; for their game.
the baseball mines OF John Marshall
High School and I:cncdicjiuc College
will open the prep league season On
| Friday afternoon ut Byrd Paris. The
game viii start at o'clock. aud fol
lowers Of the prep team viii most
likely see Il BATH" ROYAL
The Beneiictnc team ala no, play
the Richmond college scrubs v"strr-
day afternoon rs WAS scheduled coach
Amos decided that the Cadets needed
more practice after their fracos ,yitn
the Union Theological Seminary team
on MondaE afternoon. tn" boys arc II,
high spirits over their FIRST victo.,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

The Commercial League representa-
tivcs viii meet this evening at " II
Eaues's, 1905 West Main street. ri G3
O'Clock.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

Coach smith deserves much credit
70! ~" showing made by the team. rs
he worked faithfully every afternoon
Tor the past month. and it seems that
at last he mas struck tn" right COM
iIln;,tlnn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

The public school lads. ON the other
hand. have u record a. thrc. Victories
and no defeats, aud can see noth:Hs,
bat victory ju sight The last victims
Of tn" MarShalljtvS w-r" the McdicalS.
ssh" were defeated 10y thu Scor, Of 10
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

90 tn" season and the MarshalIitcs ~ill
~ i.iv"r y hard hatt!. from start 20
lt--iL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

GA Saturday AFTERNOON tho Fork
Union huTG Viii az, as hosts to tn"
Iohn Marshall team The MARSHALL
ties defeated tho Cadets last year. aud
~" soldiers are planning 10 atone by
defeating the MarShaliitcs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

Smithdcal BUSINESS College will en-
gage the Red and Black team in a
battle on Friday afternoon at Hyrd
I'ark. These teams were scheduled to
play last week. but rain put an end
10 the game
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

Coach Hcdgepcth has been working
the Pen PushcrS ut top speed. and If
his pitchers are going right. they will
make the Mcclure boys hustle.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

chali<lsy, who has been performing
hchind the bat Tor tho Red aud Tlaclt
* fIS; Developing into :, seasoned re
ceivcr he Knows how To steady his
pitcher. ana also keeps M q lot Of
chatter all dUriug the game.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

Turner and Kuyl< were the hitters
- the day. the former landing for a
triple while the latter secured
double.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

The Richmond Academy team hand
ed the Chester A"gieS a 1-to-l defeat
yesterday afternoon on the latter'S
grounds. Monk Brown was up to his
old tricks. He famed eleven men
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

ThirG Easeman Horsley. OF the Nc
Cures. haas developed into a iinc Held
since the game with the Marshall
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-05

Buy Prince Albert euc.y.
where tobacco is sold in
foppy red bags, Sc; tidy red
tins, Zoe; handsome pound
and hoif-pound Gin hunai-
dors-and-that corking fine
pound crystol-gtass huni-
dor with sponge-n,oistener
top that keeps the tobacco
in such cleUerfyi1a-aiways!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
CHURCH NOTICE.

CHURCH NOTICE.
Services in the Prison Chapel nine clock every Sum
morning Protestant and Catholic alternate
Sunday. Rev. c. f. Benson and Rev. FIR Corcoran, Chap
lains
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
Set a Mark in Life

Work for something, not for nothing, 1t Is
no: to live just for the tleeting just
for today. Without some aim. ones time and work
go for naught. The years 60 by and he has nothing
to show for them. If not advancing, we are falling
back. If not keeping alive, growing to something
better and higher, becoming weaker and of
less worth. Even though never reach the goal,
we have made some advance in striving for it, A
good aim real purpose in life makes worth of
character. All have not the same tastes. There is
a wide field from which to choose what one will
work for. And this is we'll. The universal aim
is the same, to live truer better lives from day to
day. n life without purpose is like ship without
a rudder Want of motive makes life dreary and
monotonous. Nothing satisfies. Better little tai
ent and much purpose than much talent and little
purpose" Aim for something worth while and
keep your mark steadily in view. Life will
much more to you. You will be more useful to the
world, you will find more satisfaction in living.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06

the of it far distant till of forceful cere-
braton brought the parallel rays together bending
them problems Then we saw and were
sustained by the enkindling
1t is the fashionable stil-hunt these days that
goes quesng for epigram a catch clause some
thing that shall arrest and hold the eye till the
tongue cries How witty!' or How wise!' How
shall we give the tired business man the rib-jab or
tickle to make him sit up and take notice? By boil
ing the yerbum sap down into the reshable sugar.
as bees turn murmurng field tree of blossoms
into little honey. Infinite riches in lutte room"
The world exacts the pith of men and things. An
able lawyer dives into weller of stories half
heard and very badly told.' and out of them he
weaves brief and wins case. An engineer spid-
all the landscape and then with few rolls
of paper thumb-acked on drawing board brings
months of sweat and fever under the magnificent eve
of the at the top. AS surely as steel rail is
the congalation of the mill that made it, this
squad admirable act of yours contains the man
you
Many are at large from cradle to the grave
without doing thing that counts they never get
anywhere because they never start, and they never
rise high enough to fall The long of goose
eggs their scoreboards through the years is set
there because they learned nothing profoundly, be-
they desultory, because they did the
heavy sitting around and the matchmaking while
others rolled logs and 1oated them downstream and
sawed them and made bats and clouted the ball over
the fence for home run. To see the thing through
to the end from the beginning to 90 behind the pro-
duet to the process. to set ones mind at work and
hold it plant. resilient, indefatigable the track of
truth is to come not far from the switchboard in
the powerhouse of all creaton.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
DON'T BE A BOTCH

Nothing kills ambition or lowers the life stand
ard quicker than familiarity with nferiority-that
which il slovenly, the cheap John" way of doing
things. We unconsciousy become like that with
which we are habitually associated. 1t becomes
part of us, and the habit of doing things in in
feror slovenly way weaves its fatal defects into
the texture of character. Every half done
soveny job that goes out of your hands leaves its
trace and Generalization behind, takes bit from
your self respect. After sighting your work, after
doing poor job, you not quite the man,
you rot so likely to regard your word sacred
before. You incapacitate yourself from doing
your best in proportion to the number of times
you allow yourself to do inferior, slipshod work.
The mental and moral effect of half doing or
careessly doing things, it's power to drag down,
demoralize, can hardly be estimated because the
processes gradual, subtle. No think
we'll of himself who habituay botches his work.
and when sefrespect drops confidence goes with it;
and when confidence and self respect have gone, ex-
celence is impossible. There are many sp1neless
people who must be showed and pushed, who need
the constant inspiration of somebody elses work.
Left alone, their standards drop. Keep up your
standards. Sci.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
Self-DisCipline
BY DR.. Frank Crane


1t is bitter medicine. but the one thing most
needed in the human soul is discipline.
1t is well to have force, genius, vigor, enthu.
sasm, power; but you may have them and be
criminal, maniac, cad; you become great only
when you add self control
You may attain to the true aristocracy of the
world. These are over-comers. These they
who have passed through the cleansing fire. These
are they who rule their stormy passions, their
own mighty ambitions and boundless longing with
will of tempered steel.
And these are the beloved. You know them
in every walk of life you have met them-soldiers
of the light, the old guard of the best things of
humanity.
How, then, can learn the art of self-mastery
you ask. Here few suggestions:
First, it comes only by practice. You must
learn it as you would learn to play violin. 1t is
matter of patience and persistence. And surely if you
are willing to exercise to develop your muscles, you
ought to be willing to exercise to develop your
character, your power to enjoy yourself and your
ability to be of happiness to others. Don't
make a resolution. Just begin doing it. Whenever
you have conviction, whenever your reason points
out certain thing to do, do it at once.
Then, when you see clearly what you ought to
do, do it cheerfuly Don't pity yourself Don't
advertise your virtue.
Don't wrestle, fight and pray. The essential
element of a strong personality is quiet power.
Those who fight weak. Do what you have to do,
dismiss the matter and 60 ahead.
The first of all insurance policies, insure
oneself the maximum of happiness and efficiency is
to learn how to make oneself what he knows he
ought to do, yet what he hates to do and to learn
this smoothly, without struggle or self-torture.
Without that life is to turn bitter
The contented people those who have them
selves in hand. The qualification of desire is an
endless task. 1t is like attempting to fill the bot
tomless pit with water from tin cup.
But the control of desire is a sure road to full
and joyous life. The who has disciplined HIM
self can be happy whether rich poor. He is the
master of the world, not slave.
Your vision must be clear You must see
plainly that to let your desires master you
sef-contempt and degradation. And you must learn
whenever you have commanded the fierce of
passion to be STILL when you have resisted the
of fierce and evil longing, and the waves and winds
have subsidized, baffled by your strength, you must
learn then to laugh in pride, to realize how good it
is to be
You know them, the real men Of the world.
real gentleman not by heredity of endowment, not
by display or cheap vanity but by the open. free,
happy, strong life that comes from sef-dscipline
constantly exerted.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
The Focus of the mind

What does it mean to put ones mind ones
work? 1t means inclusion of fixed obiect-ex
clusion of all else In concentration there is strength
The successful specialize. The who arrives
keeps bammering down the dusty pike, steeled
AGAINST the enticements of the orchards and the by
paths This thing do" Happy is he who in
early life knows the role that be is for and ad
heres to the part. Others with sense that all time
lies out before them like the open dawde and
drift, veer and haul, on the way to decision.
Time is no object and money will somehow:
and we wake from long spring fever. and the
afternoon has marched the dial to the
shadows, and magnum opus is not begun, and
our dream is still Of what we to do to-marrow
in the more convenient hour.
A burning glass makes dazzling point of light
on the back of your hand and you amused; but
in short minute pain stings there and you snatch
your hand away for it cannot withstand the essence
of the SUM- Turn that convergent fire dry and
brittle timber and you will have confagration to
warm and feed company. 1t is so with the power
of mind. The light of lives was diffusive, and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
-. G. o Nj Nj e n # s ..
Character Credit

Do you recognize the value of having credit of
a material kind upon which to draw when the need
arrives And do you realize that this applies to
character credit which is acquired by efforts de-
velope SELF, we'll? DO you stop to think how
humiliating it is, when such character credit is
gently needed, to find you have none on which to
draw: We are prone to neglect this most impor-
tant asset while hurrying and scurryng along won't
ed and haphazard way thru life, only to recall in
hours of adversely that disregard for character
worth has accrued credit with which to re-
build spon the ashes of nsspent opportunities to do
good
We neglect to lay by bits of friendly action to-
ward others. of service for the common good, or
courtesy and obedience, or thrift and sobriety upon
which to draw from the BANK OF CHARACTER
PRESTIGE when the need arises.
1t is folly to expect credit in the BANK OF
CHARACTER to accumulate by omission of help
full charitable, and friendly of sympathy toward
others-foosh to conceitedly expect others to come
aid in times of trial when we have no credit
that stands for having done unto others as we
would have others do unto u.s.
1t is true that the kindly meant counsel, the
gentle reionder, the willing aid sometimes brings
no return from the ungratefu. or appreciation may
not be immediate; but the final result of doing the
just, kind and opportune deeds, will be credit to
our good, that when misfortune ntrudes we cap
draw therefrom in moral, charitable and help
fal dividends that may be our salvation
Resolve to increase your credit in the BANK
OF FRIENDLY DEEDS, by doing the things that
will bear fruitful dividends in the hour Of stress
Resolve to deposit deeds of worth in the BANK OF
CHARACTER SO that your moral worth will in
crease in value,-put aside a NEST EGG OF
CHARACTER for the rainy day''-as it were.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
F [ A s H | | G H 7 S
BY BEAU ESPRITA

friend, whose gentle voice is sometimes tim
idly raised the local ball ground remarks that
wild pitch is any ball delivered to the batter which
is far out of reach that the catcher cannot handle
it.
Sec. 10, Rule IS of the official playing rules for
professional baseball clubs, reads: "A wild pitch is
a legally delivered ball, high, low wide of the
plate that the catcher cannot or does not stop or
control it with ordinary effort, and a result the
batsman. who becomes baserunner such
pitched ball, reaches first base the adj
vances"
That is, with no one on bases, pitcher may
throw three balls the grandstand fence, if he
wants to- without being charged with wild pitch.
Under the same rule catcher may let balls 90 by
without trying to stop Them if there is
bases and not be charged with passed ball unless
the batter reaches first safely such pass. On
diamond with ninety-foot space back of home base
fast catcher can sometimes retrieve wild pitched
passed ball in time to put the batter at first,
to hold runners their bases, and in such
no error can be charged against pitcher catcher
On the local field field rule makes this rapid
work abortye and therefor unnecessary.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06

Under caption: "Discouraged?' from the COL
smns of PERSONAL EFFICIENCY we take the
following:
Discouraged son! Why? man is never beat
till he's licked; he's totally beat till he quits
When good general finds he can't get through the
enemy's lines at point he tries another Most
successes weren't successes from the start. They
learned how to succeed by failing few times
Encouragement is mental disease You can
Danish it by wiling Let me be your doctor and
write you prescription. 1t will be simply this:
Read an inspiring poem every day. Commit it to
memory
What inspiration there is in poem like K1sers
'Unsnbdued" for example:
have dared and reached only disasters
have batted and broken my lance;
am bruised by pitiless master,
That the weak and the tmd call Chance.
am old, l am bent, l am cheated
OF all that Youth urged me wins
But name me not with the defeated,
Tomorrow again, begin
The only real failure, lad, is the gutter read
a story the other day of knight who watch
ed the prince equipped with splendid armor who
said: What can do with my poor iron sword?'
So he broke it and ran away. And later the prince
pressed disarmed, defeated, wounded, but in
domitabe in will despite it all, found the knights
broken sword-and with cry of joy rushed back to
the battlefeld-and victory.
The world hates qaitter Are YOU going to
quitl'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
The Fourth Celebrated Here

Our great national holiday, the Fourth of July
LIBERATED this institution in BETTING the
The weather everything that could be wished for and
with the exception of few drops of an had just the right
temperature and humidity to make it enjoyable to all.
The ball game between the NJ. S. P and the Oak Park
perfect in every respect and expected
last Saturdays hot battle with the old time league players
won by the Prison to the tune of to 4.
The other, and by far the greater attraction the lemo
made stand where several baenders dispensing that
luscious beverage thirsty and questions asked about
the price In ALL there about barrels lemonade
sumed by the inmates.
The bagame terminating the band rendered few patriotic
selections until the whistle blew 1115 after which the in
marched the dining hall and there enjoyed bounteous
dinner. --"B''
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
: WRITING NOTICE

All inmates are hereby requested when writ
ing. to place their register number and page
Der on the UPPER right hand corner of the envel-
ope. In the space to be covered by the stamp. If
page or register numbers are not placed IN their
PROPER position. the letters will not be accepted
for mailing The page number will be found writ
ten with lead pencil on all incoming letters
Compliance with this request will cause letters to
be mailed at an earlier date Also. inmates are
cautioned against writing between the lines. and
be careful to sign your to letter at its close
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
o L E II I ES
NOTICE TO INMATES


~>~~~~~~~~~~~oo~~~~o.~ observation-disclosures
pounjy that their
ing in Night schools who helpful
with be privieged to the Query
Send in ANY Of serious interest to yourself The Mp with the
d @ to supp te
Sign with initials register
NOTICEIn order regulate the conduct of this column in
mates sign their register number and lock number
to all queries submitted for publication Inmates names, of
course will not be published only initials quest
being used. (Ed.)
O-Please tell me the present population of Ireland and
the present Irish inhabitants of the U. S.-P.G.
A:-According o a of Ireland taken in 1911
total population of Ireland 95 The of 1900
gives the population of the Irish inhabitants u
LOIS 232.
O:-What the present strength of the Mexican Army
r M. S.
A-The Mexican Army has peace strength of 49, 800;
total strength 742; available strength
3;Ol3,595
O:-Will you please give the various mariners
of length?-C. B. A.
A:-Folowng table of Nautical Measures
feet fathom
12O fathoms l cable
6,OS6.4 (5O72 90 x y feet 1 knot at sea
knot l geographic mile
geographic miles l league
20 leagues degree
O-Can you tell me when Gibraltar came into the poses
sion of Britain?-Ox
AThe possession of Gibraltar by the English
ed by the peace of Utrecht in 1913.
OWill the Mirror please inform of the location of
Bafn's Bay Also when and by whom discovered?-L. L.
ABan's Bay is large inland sea, $50 miles in length,
Southeast Northwest varying in width from 100 miles $50
miles. situated between Greenland and the Northeast
of America.
To Robert Byot commander of an expedition fitted
in 1916 and William Ban, pilot of the ship, belongs the
honor of discovering Bafan's Bay.
The first attempt discover Northwest passage to India
made in 1897 by Sebastian Cabot his approach being
parallel 7S Martin Frobisher
made three unsuccessful for the In
81 Davis also made three trips proceeding far
68 degrees North latitude.
For period 200 doubts entertained
the authenticity of their and Bans Bay if
actually their charts laid down in the greater
doubtful Later discoveries, however, have
how these doubts and today the of
Ban Bvo placed in the first class of eneprising and
trustworthy navigators
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
To All Inmates

A new library catalogue is being
compiled, and you are instructed to
turn in all library books which you
have read and which are still in your
CELL
Note carefully in the old library
catalogue you nowhave, the rules Gov
erning the time during which any
inmate may keep a library book.
Two weeks is the time allowed
any inmate to keep an ordinary Ii
brary book.
Turn in all books you have had
longer than the time allowed you to
have book in your CELL
j. j. Sullivan,
Deputy Warden
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-07-06
UNANSWERED QUERIES

solutions the following
in the meantime all de-
string to contribute solutions are invited to do.
Q:-(D Please inform me if pension is payable the
widow of Civil War Veteran.
(2 Has widow just right to pension whose husbands
appears the War Dept. rolls being absent without
leave?
(3) In the Civil War youth enlisted drummer boy;
wounded the battle of Seven Pines and hos
pta While there peace declared Later on, this man
left the hospital and omitted proper military author
y Now the question Does this forfeit his pension
assumed he dserter? Can his widow obtain
pension from the Government If So how?-C. L. K.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-09-23
Relatives Employed.

Probably only Il few votes viii be
made by showing that sons or sons-in
law or other relatives are employed
by men i'm congress and in the federal
departments. That has been going on
long time. Neither party Is free
from men who look after their rela-
tives in these government positions
At times there has been an outCry. but
IT does not get many votes. "Nepo-
tism" was made feature in politics
years and years ago. Both parties
have used Il.