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The mirror., 1916-09-21
Profanity

Beware the profane swearer who de6es
God and his word. His oaths do not bolster
up his lies, his profanity prove his purity,
his swearing his sincerity, his godlessness his
gentlemanly character. Men swear and say
81 didn't mean anything by it," That S
the sin and shame. Don't use Gods name
unless you mean it, in alteration, prayer or
confession of sin. Don't be familiar with
the One whose help you will need when
you are sick, poor, bereaved of friends,
when you pass through the Valley of Death S
shadow or appear before the white throne
of His purity
A profane oath never helped anybody at
anytime. Some brave and brainy men have
sworn but they would have been bigger and
better if they had not.
Some sins have pleasure, if only for a
season. When a man steals pocketbook,
or drinks whisky, there may be some tenn
porary gain, but there is nothing in swear
ing for any one.-Masonic Observer.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
Things You May Not Know

The fishermen of the Gold coast of Africa
devote each Tuesday to the sea god, doing
no fishing, but utilizing the time to mend
their nets.
Sugar is extracted from Is varieties of
palms which grow in Ceylon.
Under normal conditions, France makes
26. 900, 900 pairs of gloves per year.
Pearls are steadily increasing in value;
they are now worth three times as much as
they we're ten wears ago.
The two edged weapons are found among
the earlier specimens of Japanese metal
work.
1t is said that lion will not attack a
trainer who has perfumed himself with
lavender.
London's inhabitants include ALI, 900 flat
dwellers.
The first lighthouse on the continent was
built in 1775, at the entrance of Boston
harbor, by the province of Massachusetts,,
and was supported by light dues on all in
coming and outgoing vessels, except coast
ers. Several other lighthouses were built
by the Col onies.
The divers boots weigh 20 pounds each
and the helmet 40. In addition he is other
wise weighted.
Some people talk long time before
you get at what they are trying to say.
Human nature is mysterious. Where
you except a rose you may find pickle.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
Riley Was Sensitive

'"As an illustration of Riley's sensitive
nature, said Melville E. Stone, s'Jm and
went alone to the theater to see Sol Smith
Russell, who also belonged to the Saints
and Sinners Corner. He was PLAYING
The Poor Relation In the play was
scene where Russell took young boy and
put him in barrel while he removed his
trousers to mend them. The audience
roared with laughter at the comic situation
Next to me in the box sat James Whitcomb
Riley, sobbing as if his heart would break.
lie saw no humor in the plight of the little
boy To him it was pathos.
HE, like Eugene Field, was devoted to
children. He loved them, but he loved
them artistically. am not sure that per-
sonally-that is mind you, hanging to a
mans coattails-they either of them wanted
children around. They lacked the pa
tence necessary for daily contact with
children. Riley and Field could write heart
breaking verse in respect to children and
put into them an inordinate amount of
human sympathy, but so far as know this
was at arms length from the youngsters
themselves, especially in Fields case Riley
was even exceedingly sympathetic. One
evening Jim was reciting his poem, "A
Happy Little Cripple, before large audi
ence. He had scarcely begun the lines
''I'm thist little cripple boy an never
going to grow
An get great big man at all, cause
aunty told me so.
When l was thist baby onc't failed
out of the bed
An got the curv'ture of the spine'-at's
what the doctor said
when he noticed man and woman in the
audience leaving the hall. He made in
quiry and found out that they had little
lane child of their own much like the one
he was describing. He resolved never to
recite that poem in public again. New
York Post.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
Filling A Niche
CONTINUED from page one)


For him who aims to secure the highest
development of his faculties, anticipates the
Joy OF achievement, has a worthy lite-pur-
pose, and makes it the grand goal of our
educational course to fit himself for up
building society and the state, no course of
schooling can be too extensive.
''Dost thou spread the soil, throw the
spear, swing the axe, lay thy hand upon
the plow, attend the furnace door, shep-
herd the sheep upon the hills, gather corn
from the fields, or smite the rock in the
quarry? Yet, whatever thy task, thou art
even as one who twists the thread and
throws the shuttle, weaving the web of
LIFE. Ye are all weavers, and Allah the
Merciful, does he not watch beside the
loom?''
Thus quotes Gilbert Parker in his book,
"The Weavers.' And how true. We
are all weavers, weaving the web of Life.
But are you weaving your web as you
should? Are you twisting the thread and
throwing the shuttle in the correct way?
Are you FILLING YOUR NICHE?
The mirror., 1916-09-21
= S M IL ES =

Visitor -"Well, Robert, how do you
like your new little sister?''
Robert-"Oh, she's all right, guess;
but there are lots of things we needed
worse.''
-"Prsoner, you are accused of stealing
watch. Is this your first oAense?''
"Yes your honor"
''But it seems to me l remember SEN
fencing you not more than year ago..
eyes, your Honor, but it wasn't a watch
that time. 1t was a diamond pin.''
-"Oh by the way DEAR said the mer-
chant, as he was preparing to leave the
house in the morning, eff find can't be
home for dinner will send note by mes
senge-.''
81" Don't trouble" said his wife, sweetly;
81 have already found it on the blotting-
pad.''
Mr.. Grimes with great indignation>
I've finished with that fellow Skinner,
absolutely finished with him. He's bad
one. He has lying tongue in his head.
Mrs. Grimes (sympa,hetically)-
me! And only yesterday his wife told me
that he had false teeth
Tramp, overtaking young Simpkins on
a lonely road: 81 say, young sir! Can
yer 'elp poor fellow wot's ard upa All
as in the wurld is this stick an loaded
revolver!'
The mirror., 1916-09-21
A Tribute To Laughter

Here's to laughter, the sunshine of the
soul, the happiness of the heart, the leaven
of youth, the privilege of purity, tine echo
of innocence, the treasure of the humble,
the wealth of the poor, the bead of the cup
of pleasure; it dispels detection, banishes
blues and mangles melancholy, for it's the
foe of woe, the DESTROYER of depression, the
enemy of grief; it is what makes kings envy
peasants, plutocrats envy the poor, the
guilty envy the innocent; it's the sheen on
the silver of smiles, the ripple on the water s
delight; the CLINT of the gold of gladness;
without it humor would be dumb, wit would
wither, dimples would disappear and smiles
would shrivel, for it's a glow of pure soul,
the birth cry of .mirth, the swan-song of
sadness. York Herald.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
WRITING NOTICE.
Corrected to Monday, Sept. Is.

All inmates are hereby request
ed when writing to place their
register number and page number
on the upper right hand corner Of
the envelope, in the space to be
covered by the stamp. If page or
registered numbersare not placed In
their PROPER position. the letter
will not be accepted for mailing
The page number will be found
written 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 a.
eainst writing between the lines.
and be careful to sign your name
to the letter at its close.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
Don't Rub

Otto Funke, famous German divine,
tells the story of boy who fell from lad
der and was mortally hurt. His fathers
grief was keen, and in his anguish he up
braided the lad. "Did 1 not tell you to
stay away from that ladder? Now you see
the result of your disobedience. We all
suffer on your account"
What was the need of thus rubbing it
in?'' The boy felt the pain and sorrow
he had caused his parents as we'll as himself
without the application of paternal chatting.
When sin is followed by inexorable suf-
fering nearly all of US have porus sensi-
bilities. cit penetra,es'' without rubbing.
There are those, to be sure, who need a
stimulus to feel the havoc they have
wrought, but in most cases our better
angels ought to admonish US: ''Don't rub;
it penetrates.
1t is SO with the prodigal, after he has
degenerated to the swine. If you have the
spirit of the elder brother, you will rub
hard, when the nerves of the sufferer are
over sensitive; but in the spirit OF father
you will speak of a new robe and new
life. Not that the father condoned the
rio,ous living. Not that; but he relied
that the school of sorrow had taught its
lesson.
When a brother suffers for his mistakes
silence is golden; his own remorse is loudly
eloquent. When your friend loses his
sight in consequence of nicotine poisoning;
when the spendthrift must do hard labor
because he has wasted all he had inherited;
when the cheeks of the young libertine
grow hollow and his eyes shine with con-
suming fi1e; when Samson-blind Samson,
must play IN the house of strange gods to
amuse his enemies -"don't rub; it pene-
trates.''
The prophets were stern in rebuking the
sinner and awful in warning the straying.
But touching, above all else, was their Ian
guage in wooing the wayward back to God.
There is no finer poetry anywhere than the
sublinly tender passages of Isaiah, in which
he comforts his people. When suffering
has opened lsrael's eyes to SIN, he sings of
salvation,
If your brother suffers because of wasted
vitality, he is taking his medicine. and he
needs your sympathy. And, therefore,
whenever we hear a self-appointed critic
excoriating sore spot by chatting and
chiding, let US kindly admonish him by
saying: 'Don't rub; it penetrates.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
I'm Sorry; I Was Wrong

There may be virtue in the man
Who's always sure he's right
Who'll never hear another plan
And seeks no further light;
But like more the chap who sings
A somewhat different song;
Who says, when he has messed up things,
'I'm sorry; was wrong
It's hard for any one to say
That failures due to him
That he has lost the fight or way
Because the lights burned dim.
1t takes man aside to throw
The vanity that's strong,
Confessing, "'Twas my fault, ] know;
I'm sorry; was wrong"
And so, figure. those who use
This honest, manly phrase,
Hate it too much their way to lose
On many future days.
They'll keep the path and make the fight,
Because they do not long
To have to say-when they re not right
m sorry; l was wrong"
Selected.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
When You Shall Choose

When you shall choose the course that you
would go
To reach the goal toward which your
powers bend,
Let naught your aim and purpose over
throw
But, whate'er comes. press bravely to the
When you resolve that something you will
do
That worthy is of brain and mind and
thought,
Whoe 'er opposes, still your work pursue
Until it is to full perfection brought.
When in your heart you something have to
say
That. if accepted, will some good bestow,
Speak it not once but ever, day by day
Until the world its worth shall come to
To sum up all, in every thought and deed
Be your own self, determined, firm, in
No matter who shall frown or who shall
heed,
Stand bravely up, dispite the consequence.
Thomas F. Porter.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
Ex cHAN ICE POEM s
From Here And There
Around The Bend

Around the bend there's lovelier view.
And the road may wind sweeter than
here;
With meadows each side that shall glisten
with dew,
And birds that shall warbIe their cheer
There are mountains, perhaps, with their
blue SUBMITS high
In the mist and the glory of light,
And far-away place in the blue of the sky
That shall comfort your heart for it's
night.
Around the world there's fairer land dear.
Than the road has yet shown by the way;
And the SUBMITS of glory may stand out so
In that golden and wonderful day.
The dust may be deeper above the sharp
stones
And the grass may be greener, who knows
And a wind may sing for the wind that
now means.
And instead of the thistle, the rose.
Around the bend there's valley, perhaps,
Full of rest. and of blossoms, and dreams.
Where the wave of the river of quetude
laps,
And the mossy banks slope to the streams.
There are shelters, no doubt, from the
storm and the strife,
And dancing and music and cheer,
And turn for the better in everyone's
life
Let us follow, and feel no fear! Boston
Post.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
G | f A N | N G S
From Our Exchanges

Very few deacons don't look like il.
There amt nothin' sleepier than some
of the sleepy Main streets.
Millions strive for wealth, thousands
for fame-and possibly dozen to be good.
Samson was the first actor to bring
down house-and he was killed in the
fall
There amt nothin' quieter and more
orderly than trombone player out of &C
ton.
They don't seem never to name any of
ther chewin' terbacker after the famous
folks.
-Ain't it funny you never hear nobody
sayin' somethin' mean about the mocking-
bird?
The more you put off answerin' letters
the more there amt no real need of an
swerin' 'em at ALL
-Jes' when fellar is lacin' 'en up in
hurry so as to catch train, then when
ther shoestrings bust.
Twenty years ago they started bein'
shamed of the name of Mary Ann. AS the
seasons fit by, less and less you hear of it in
perlite society.
There amt nothin' fancier than ther
names they give the Pullman cars less it s
the names of some Of the new collars the
dudes is wearing. Masonic Observer
The mirror., 1916-09-21
NJ IR R 0 R E T 7 ES
By Uncle John

We expect, ere this goes to press, that
night-school has been opened for the season.
Last Saturday was quite cold day in
che park, yet it was hot enough for some
baseball fans.
Several young men were added to the
band during the week, but there is still
room for few more.
Christian Science services were held in
the Auditorium last Sunday morning with
the usual attendance.
The monthly supplies ordered by the
inmates for Sept, were received last Friday
from the Steward department.
"A crew of painters is up at the old place
TO clean things up little for the new COM
pany that will do business there in the near
future.
BY the way, those heavy gray uniforms
we saw in the dining-hall last Sunday look
good these days. We hope Mr.. Nelson
has plenty on hand.
"A whole lot of time is wasted by men
who enjoy telling you something or are
explaining things to you OF which they
know absolutely nothing.
Visitors were scarce in the park last
Saturday owing to rain and cold weather.
but they did not miss much as the game
was called off at the Hh inning.
-"Whatever you do, don't expect too
much from your so-called friends, if you
do, you will soon come to the conclusion
that you haven any left
There are twenty-six letters in the
alphabet but there is not one of the 26 letters
loved so wei. as the capital letter 'I''-and
you know it is true!
If a man only had sense enough to
mind his own business and let other peoples
alone, he would be worthy of the highest
commentator.
-"The greatest mistake man can make
is by constantly trying to fool others, he
may not realize it but he will fool himself
oftener than he will Others
The vacation of the local chautauqua
circle has expired and the first meeting will
be open to the public next week. We ex-
pect the president will announce this fact
in his column.
An officer, who was conductinga party
of "Fair-week" visitors through cell hall B
was asked: els this the cellhouse where the
inmates make the twine?'' eyes" replied
the officer, "but as yet we haven't put in
the twine machines for them!"
The mirror., 1916-09-21
Speed Of Rifle Ball

Oues. Does rifle ball shot vertically
into the air come down with force equal
to that with which it left the gun?-Ans.
No; the air resists it in its upward flights so
that the distance it travels upward is nateri-
ally lessened. Likewise the air resists its
return to the earth so that it does not ac-
quire its full velocity in its downward
courSe-Fx
The mirror., 1916-09-21
Rocks Do Not Grow

Ques. Does rock grow?-Ans. No. New
rock is being formed by deposition of mat
ter held in solution, by volcanic agencies,
etc., but none grows; rock is inanimate and
can't "grow." Indeed, the rocks found at
the surface of the earth are constantly di-
minishing more or less in size, owing to
the action of frost, wind, rain and other
weathe.ing agencies.-Ex.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
Notice

All inmates desiring to write to the
State Board of Control will notify
their officer, who in turn is request
ed to send your notification to the
Deputy Warden's Office Friday
noon in order that special paper for
that purpose may be, furnished you.
Letters written on regulation size
paper will not be per mitted to 60.
c. S. REED,
Warden.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
AT E Mt | 0 N |!

Inmates are hereby cautioned not TO
use the margins of the Mirror for ad-
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.
]. ]. SULLIVAN,
Deputy Warden.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
P o E 7 R Y
Selected
To Thy Full Stature Thou
Shalt Grow

By thine own souls law learn to live,
And if men thwart thee take no heed,
And if men hate thee have no care;
Sing thou thy song and do thy deed.
Hope thou thy hope and pray thy prayer.
And claim no crown they will! not give,
Nor bays they grudge thee for thy hair.
Keep thou thy soul-worn steadfast oath,
And to thy heart be true thy heart;
What thy soul teaches learn to know,
And play out thine appointed part,
And thou shalt reap as thou shalt sow;
Nor helped nor hindered in the growth,
To thy full stature thou shalt grow.
Fix on the futures goal thy face,
And let thy feet be lured to stray
Nowhither, but be swift to run,
And nowhere tarry by the way,
Until at last the end is run,
And thou mayst look back from thy
place,
And see thy long days journey done.
Beatty.
The mirror., 1916-09-21
Chapel prngrar1,
Sunday Sept. II.


The following is the program rendered
In the Auditorium last Sunday, Rev.
Benson officiating.
March------C'oss Country -----O Orch.
Meditation--Swee Dreams of Home Orch.
Holy, Holy, Holy. Cong.
Invocation Chaplain.
6ioria -----.
scripture Reading Chaplain.
Hymn Precious Name Cong.
rrayer Chaplain.
Berceu$e -Rose Bushes Orch.
oeTWon ----------- Chaplain.
hymn Salvation Cong.
OeHeutCtioH -------- Chaplain.
March THE Bir h of the Nation Orch.
R. ]. Reichkitzer, Musical Director.
population
Number of Inmates at ..992
Number in First Grade
Number in Second Grade... 1855
Number in Third 30
Received During Week..
Discharged ...................... ........4
Last Serial Number. s34S
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-08-18
SUFFRAGE NOT MAIN ISSUE

Mrs. Helen Taboy is a practicng lawyer at Onawa, Iowa. She has
been prominent in the woman suffrage movement in that state, and has
served as president of the local suffrage society in Onawa.
Mrs. Ialboy is ne among many OF the members OF the suffrage organ
izations who resent the effort on the part OF a few suffrage leaders to de-
liver the influence OF. the suhragists to the Republican candidate for pres
ident In a letter received at the headquarters of the Democratic Nation
al committee in New York she enphatca1ly made her position clear as
women to play politics, ard petty politics at that, with the cause
when we realize that the issue is not even me OF suffrage or anti
suffrage" she writes about merely a question of method with the ad-
vantage at least dcbatabe both o the grounds of expediency and the
larger ne of justice, tn: issue ca hardly be said to be a vital one.
1T is grotesqucly bobmasic for a handful Of suffrage leaders to
announce that they an swing the vote Of ur millions Of women on such
an issue n such a campaign.
"Othcr issues will appeal to women voter as strongly as to men
voters. The issue, for instance, OF probable peace or a will appeal
to women probably even more strongly than to men Will women gen.
orally ignore the larger issues OF the campaign and consider only the
petty issue thus raised OF the method Of securing suffrage?
OF the worth OF the two canddates-stlN it would be unfortunate for
women to initiate their entrance in national politics or a large scale by
permitting 20 small a motive to obscure the large issues that are de-
handing settlement"
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-08-18

mot St good S We should have liked, but better than we expected"
This expresses the view of the National Field, organ OF the National
Farmers Union, as to the new National rural credits bill; and this opin-
ion is in line with President Wilson's own moderate declaration: 81 1ot
forward to the benefits of this bill. not with extravagant expectations but
with confident expectation that it will be OF very wide reaching benefit"
Says the Field:
THE system as proposed is not perfect. but it is a better n than
W e had hoped for. 1t has taken a great deal OF thought on the part of
congressman and others to give to the public this piece OF legislation, and
now we look forward eagerly to see. it put into operation. A few months
or years Of trial will necessarily prove the need of adjustments and
changes. The adjustments car be made by the Federal Farm Loan board,
which is to have a great deal Of freedom of action, and fundamental
changes will be made by congress, for nee it gets intoa action the farmers
will demand things for it in a way that cannot be ignored"
These expressions reflect the sentiment Of most agricultural leaders.
Here. for example is the view OF the Dakota Farmer:
"Carping critics and learned reviewers may find fault; biased n
thuIasts and earnest opponents may praise its provisions, but every crit
icism of whatever nature is a this time purely theoretical. There Is II
American experience upon which W. may absolutely predict the suc-
cess or failure OF this rural credits act.
Here is the point: We have it. Now let us make it work.
"f we find a weakness in actual practice, lets reinforce that spot. If
"f we find a weakness in actual practice, let's reinforce that spot. If
IS great a stride forward on the economic side of agriculture az wa
made in operative farming by the invention OF that first crude seH-bnier
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-08-18
Kellv & Lindsay

Ice cream all havors, fountain
drinks. Hot coffee and rolls, cake
and rolls at all hours. att
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-08-18
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