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The mirror., 1916-10-26
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pretty and pathetic story is told, with suit
able application, by Nashville (renn.) paper, to
the following effect:
"A father on coming home one evening, tired
and somewhat displrted, approached by his lit
tie daughter with her copy book, which she had just
finished wiring. 1t being her first, her young face
was REDEEMED with beautiful aud honest flush. as
she of receiving some word of praise and
cheer for her hard attempt. The pages indeed
neatly written. aud her father told her how well
pleased be to how careful she had been.
Presently coming to one page which had two small
bl",s the little girl laid her little hand upon them,
and ar,lessly looking up into her falherss face. sad
Papa, don't see the blots! OF course, he did not
but ben, down and planted kiss the little fore
head and felt thankful for The lesson be had learn
ed. lie thus expressed his reflections:
How precious it would be if, amid all the
nameless strfes and aud discords which fret and
chafe us, would just lay The finger the sullled
page of human lives and not see the blots.' When
liulenesses and meanesses and petty opposlions
noy and us, If we could only look away from
these to some brighter pages
In our own case, we are thankful and relieved
when someone whose right it is inspect our work
kindly Overlooks the bols.
so in our dealings with others we should re-
member what has caused us to be glad, aud turn
away eyes from those little imperfectons that
come into the best intentloned work. How much
happier the day is when that is the guiding and gov
ernlng principle in our relations with our fellow
men.
In fact the disposition to look at the blots is
which is to spoil life for ourselves and
others. Paying much attention to what is defective,
little else as it Is said of those men
whose business it is examine the coin as they are
struck off in the mut and to detect faws-lhey
come TO he able impereciOns where no one
else could perceive them. So the fault finder fails
to get pleasure from anything because he sees the
blots.
But human nature is bound to be faulty and
imperfect. The motive may be the purest. the IN.
ten,ion all right and good but the act nevertheless
may have some aspect that another person, looking
On, may find fault with and condemn. A charita-
beness IN judgement Is always wise; it is we'll to
study ones self before pronouncing adversely on
any fellow being, for fear that the surface NAV not
truly express the zeal significance of the action.
There will be bots here aud there on an other
wis., fair copybook of hte 1t is The part of kind
and wise eplrit pass the hand over the blots and
see rather what Is worthy of CONNIE mendaton"
The mirror., 1916-10-26
THE POWER OF SUGGESTION
The Effect of Constant Advertising
By Mr.. G. R. S.

By Mr.. c. R. S.
THE hen as you have doubtless heard.
Is counted a peculiar bird.
And yet there ways of hers
That other manufacturers
Should emulate. For instance, when
She doth egg produce the hen
Proclaims the fact in tones clear
And loud that fail TO hear;
With the result that the demand
For eggs is constant in the land;
And. though the output is immense,
Two fried still twenty cents.'
Even the hen knows how advertise. But
here is a good example Of the Value of Publicity
from 1t Pays to Advertise"
The value of publicity, be it space premiums
or both. is trely put in many lines fror, that
ry.making play, 1T Pays to ADVERTISE" that has
kept so many audiences convulsed with laughter.
Directly in point the following:
Peale: Say thing often enough, hard enough
and the other chap will not only believe you. but
he'll think it's his own idea. and he'll fight for
Some old professor of psychology showed forty
Vassar girls the other day samples of satin
one blue, one pink-same grade, same value, same
artistic WORTH One he described a delicate
warm old rose; the other he called faded blue. He
asked them choose their favorte. Thirty-nine of
the girls picked pink Why? Because they had
been told that it was warm aud d+licate-a fine old
rose' They wanted no faded blue for theirs! What
did il? The power of MISUNDERSTANDING"
Rodney: You seem to know something about
it.
''Peale: I not only seem to- do. Say, what
kind of CARERS do you wear?
Rodney: Why let me see. Boston,
"Peale: Exactly! What do you know about
them? Are they any better than any other kind of
garter? You donr know. l don't know, but all my
lfe every magazine I've looked into has the picture
of with a Certain kind of CARER on-so when
/ go into a to buy pair of gar,ers. just
naturally say: "Boson''-s 80 do you'll If l say to
you, K. & w." YOU don't think it is belt, do
you! If 1 say &C. b." you don't think it is a
collar.
Rodney: No. suppose wouldn't
Peale: And yon'd told solL ebody else and
he would have believed you. One time was down
at Atlantic City, sitting Youngs Pier.
stranger stepped up aud asked me if knew how
much it cost to light the pier each night had no
idea But l said four hundred and sixty three dol
breakfast SIX people asked me if knew that it ,st
four hundred aud sixty three dollars and thirty
three light Youngs Pier each night. Can
you beat it? Advertising, my boy, advertlsing."
The mirror., 1916-10-26

We read in press dispatches that Greece is
again i"v"ed." to JOIN the European melee--to us,
tue invitation looks like a club
The mirror., 1916-10-26

Nations like individuals, can always find plausi-
BILE excuses to get into trouble that always causes
relrlbulive walls for help aud succor
The mirror., 1916-10-26

Observation-Disclosures submitted to the Mir
ror for publication must be absolutely orsna;i not
original PROPER credit must be given. if known if
writer name is not known. it should be SO speci-
fed by said contributor Should contributor fail
to comply with this request he will henceforth be
dropped from the Mirrors contributing staff
Signed by Editor.
Abbroved by Warden.
The mirror., 1916-10-26

Temptation is not over particular who falls into
it's suare.
The mirror., 1916-10-26

You can't blame a man for abusing conf.
dence-if it deserves to he abused
The mirror., 1916-10-26
CHURCH NOTICE.

CHURCH
Services the Prison Chapel at nine o'clock Sun
dav morning. Protestant Catholic every alternate
Sunday Rev c. E. Benson and Rev. Fr Corcoran Chap
lans.
The mirror., 1916-10-26

As evidence that full-yrown, healthy. robust
ambition rec ,gnizes no boundaries, will swim the
river of Difficulty and leap the hurdles of Opposi-
ton, cite the of Jersey City hack driver
who, although unable to read, announced himself
candidate for surrogate, which Office provides sal
ary of $500 year.
The mirror., 1916-10-26

man in Montana desirous of
exploring at early date the mysterious of
the great beyond, that he lighted fuse attached
a stick Of dynamite and lay down upon it to await
developments. They came. Likewise, transporta-
tOn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
WEATHER FORECAST

New Haven, March S-Forecasts
Unsettled, probably light snow
and slightly colder tonight; Sat-
urday fair.
Connecticut: Probably snow
and colder tonight; Saturday fair;
strong north winds.
Disturbances are central this
morning ON the south Atlantic
coast and in the northern portion
of Lake Superior. They are caus-
ing unsettled weather with snow
or rain in the northern portion OF
the lake region and in the south
eastern districts. Pleasant weather
prevails between the Rocky Noun
tains and the Mississippi river and
in the northeastern districts. The
temperatures continue low east of
the Rocky Mountains except on
the south Atlantic coast. F7ree1-
ing temperatures extend as far
south as Houston, Tex, and zero
temperature as far as Kansas. The
lowest reported was 81 below
zero at White River, Can.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

ously but our packing had been so
well done that it took us two hours
before we got into the empty mine
chamber listened but the sound oE
firing seemed so far off that judged
there was thick layer of earth be-
tween US and the outer world. Then
drops fell upon us. Were we going to
be flooded? so much the better, said
Jean. we will die more quickly
Something trfckled down on my
lips and recognized the taste. Tt
was blood and 1 realized that if blood
was coming through we could not be
far from the surface. With renewed
hope we set to work again, but rather
clumsily for we started fall of earth
which nearly smothered us. We were
all injured, jeans head cut, Demands
leg broken and my left arm broken.
Despite our pain we continued our ef-
forts and after a while came on a
number OF dead bodies of Germans
which had rolled to the bottom of the
crater which the mine explosion had
made.
After an hour of digging ana
crawling among the corpses, we got
out into the air. Both my comrades
were so exhausted that they tainted.
watched over them, being sheltered
from shells and bullets by the steep
side Of the crater. After eight hours
waiting, ambulance attendants found
us and by that time we had but little
life left in U.s."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
BURIED ALIVE FOR
HOURS, SAPPERS AT
VEROUN GET AWAY
Three French Soldiers, Safe In
Paris, Tell Thrilling
Tale.

Paris, March 3.-TEe story of the
three French sappers who were buried
alive for hours during the battle OF
Verdun and who finally dug their way
out to safety is told in detail by one
of them who arrived in Paris on a
hospital train today. He said;
.eWith nv friends, Bernard and Jean,
I was posted in a, trench at the END OF
the VaucIae Woods. The enemy showed
a disposition to attack and, according
to orders, the three of us, with a
charge of powder, fuses and tools,
started down a mine gallery to fill the
mine chamber, to lay the wires and
pack the gallery behind it. We did
this without difficulty and were on
our way back when a. heavy explosion
shook us. Had our mine gone off al
ready? I hear stones falling, said
one of my comrades. We rushed for
ward The gallery was full Of gravel.
We realized the horrible truth; we
were walled in. An enemy shell had
exploded above the gallery, causing
the roof to fall in.
I'VE examined the walls in feverish
haste. we are done for said Jean.
We were not afraid of death-it was
all part of the game but we did not
like to die there in the darkness. How
long can we stay here?' Jean asked
again There is plenty of air and the
gallery is roony but there is nothing
to eat replied. wen, WHAT'S the
good of a few hours more or less he
said. why wait? I, for one, have al
ready made up my mind He took
out his revolver, but stopped him
and said, Don't be a fool. Let US
wait a while; we may hit on some way
out
1.-THE first horror having passed over.
we began to discuss ways and means.
Let us wait patiently for our mine to
explode. If it makes a big enough
hole we can dig through it, 1 said
I'VE sat down in silence and could
hear all the sounds of battle above US,
for the earth is a good conductor Of
sound. We tried to distinguish the
character of the various vibrations so
as not to miss the noise when our
mine exploded. Finally we heard it
and we rushed forward through a
wave of hot air. Hope strengthened
our arms and we piled our picks quer1-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
STRATFORD TOWN COURT
TAKES IN MORE THAN
$40 DURING FEBRUARY
Especial to the Farmer

Stratford, March Sat the meeting
of the board of se1ectnen held last
evening at the town hall it was vot-
ed to accept bonds of Sherman &
Nichols to the amount of $4,000 to
construct roads through Knowlton
park. The roads are to be finished
by March 1, 1917, and will have to
be inspected by the selectmen before
accepted as town oroughfares. The
work is to be done at the expense
of the real estate dealers who are
developing land in that section. The
town will be saved more than $4,000
by the deal. Nicholas A1brecht of
California street was appointed spe-
cia1 policeman to do duty at and
around the Stratford improvement
club, Nichols avenue. His term will
expire Sept. 1, 1916. 1t was also
voted to send to the Stratford Trust
Co. certified copies of resolutions to
request of the bank commissioners. A
building line and a, sidewalk grade
was established on Nichols avenue
from Barnun avenue to North ave-
nue. and California street from Booth
street to Nichols avenue. This pro-
ject met with no opposition by the
Selectmen.
ford town court for February shows
that nine cases were tried before
Judge Howard w. Curtis. OF these
eight were for breach of the peace
and one for assault The amount
turned. over to Town Treasurer Wal
ter s. Curtis was $144.O3.
Owing to the weakening of two of
the joists of the first floor of the
town hall, First Selectnan James
Lally has notified the Stratford bas-
ketban team that no more games will
be played until the flooring is re-
paired. Work will be commenced
in a few days.
At the Congregational chuch Sun
day there will be services at 1880
and 4. There will be the commun-
ion in the morning. An address will
be given by Rev. George c. Reynolds.
M D., upon the life and work of the
late DR.. Henry s. Barnun, so years
a missionary in Turkey. At 4, DR..
Packard will speak upon Christ in
the Camps of Europe" remarka-
BILE war poem will be read. There
will be a song service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

that the fear created by this rumo1
as to probable war caused him TO in
troduce this resolution. The Senator
is on perfectly good terms with the
President, is he not?"
Entirely replied Mr.. Gore.
why did not the SENATOR persist
ed Mr.. James, "go to the Prestd ent
and ascertain himself first hand the
facts!"
eff I had received an invitation to
accompany the Senator from Indiana
and others, twas overlooked,' re-
piled Mr.. Gore.
But, Mr. President" continued Mr..
James, this matter was of such press
ing Importance and so vital to the
Senator's cOuntry-the present Chief
Executive is the President of his own
party and he is one of the Presidents
closest friends-the question L asked
the Senator is why he himself did not
go-the President would have been
very glad to have seen the Senator
and ascertain from the President just
what he said and what he thought. -
SIN the first place. replied Senator
Gore, ST have no evidence of any con-
fidentiaI relationship that might lead
me to hope that [ might receive his
judgment or his impressions in the
matter. I acted, as I said, upon what
seemed to be a reliable report. OF
course, I may have been in error
about it. I realized that at the time.
acted in the lurid light of those inn
pressions. Certainly I do not under
take to quote what the President said
to Senators, nor did intimate that
the Senator had reported to me or
repeated to me the conversation with
the President, but assume that other
Senators received the same report,
and if it be untrue, of course, every
body must be gratified.
with these observations, and
merely suggesting that when the time
comes I will make an effort to pre-
sent the real issue to the Senate, I
may say that I have nothing further
to offer at this time, except that what
ever may have happened in the con-
versation between the Senator and
the President it is my hope that the
impression received by him and by
others was founded upon nothing that
actually TRANSFERRED.
ct possess only finite wisdom, and I
was doing my duty [ could see it
under the evidence and under the light
available. I have no disposition to
interfere with diplomatic relations
far as those negotiations do not in
fringe upon the constitutional power
of Congress to declare war. But am
not willing to be involved in war with
Germany or any other power on ac-
count of the particular question here
involved, although wheneEer the es-
sentia1 rights of any American citizen
are violated or outra ged, I shall go
as far as he who goes further to place
at the disposal of the Commander
in-Chief of the army and navy every
available man and every available
dollar, whether that power be Ger
many or any other power under the
sun. I have no choice of enemies
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
55s' ~ e. DILLONS 553 sp3 HA1s g.s zs
Hartford Paris
Wholesale and Retail Leading Milliners


We offering extraordinary values in New Spring Ni
merry Shi waists, Silk HeatherblOOm Petcoas
Spring Coats Angora Caps
linery practically your Prices
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
OUTLAW HORSE IN
DOCILE DISPLAY
AT ELK'S CIRCUS

A horse whose life has been for
feited as what is known as an "out-
law is seldom of either great value
to human beings or likely to become
a pet. Yet such is the strange career
of a beautiful stallion which was
saved from death and tenderly and
carefully trained by Edna Bradna, one
of the most noted bareback riders and
horsewoman of America and Aus
tralia. This horse today islt the most
docile of the ring-stock of a large cir
Gus and has been loaned especially for
the week of March Ali when it will
be seen at the big Elk's circus.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
Sued For SANDER.

Trouble which has been brewing
among factions of he italian people
in Torrington in the past few days
eliminated Wednesday in the arrest
Sica, editor of an Italian newspaper,
in a suit for SANDER brought by John
D. SuI1o, claiming damages Of 81, 900.
The writ alleges that Sica, caused to
be published an interview in which he
charged that SulIO circulated a false
translation of an article in his paper
and that he, SuI1o, is trying to dis
credit him with his advertisers in Or
der that they might withdraw their
patronage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
James Questions Him.

Now" said Mr.. Gore, ct made no
intimation that the Senator had re-
peated the Presidents conversatio on
with him.
THE Senator (Ndr. Gore) tells u.s.
interrupted Mr.. James of Kentucky
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03
THE MASONIC TEMPLE
ASSOCIATION.
Bridgeport, Conn. Mar.

Bridgeport, Conn. Mar l. 1916
The Board of Directors has decIar-
ed a dividend of four per cent, a
per cent? on the capital stock of
this association, payable to stock
holders of record April LIST, 1915.
Transfer books will be closed at 12
M, March 18th, 1916, and will re-
open at 10 a. m. April 1st 1915
PHILIP L. HOLZER, Treasurer
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

Germany has issued an order tenn
porari1y prohibiting the use of aIco-
hol in beverages, as the alcohol is
needed for technical purposes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-03

"Can't I speak?" He Asks
Almost At the Same Mo
ment That Rope Jerks
Him Into Eternity-Pre-
cedes Roe To Gallows But
Latter Fails To Make Any
Statement.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-11

Five room, frame, slate
roof cottage. nicely finish
ed, two cabinet mantels,
front and back porches,
good well, lot 5Ox135 #.
PRICE $4,000
$1,4OO cash, balance
$3.50 per month.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-11
REPUBLICAN
District Convention to Be Held
Wednesday, April TX,
1916.

Pursuant to u resolution passed by the
Republican Executive Committee OF narrI-
SOL County ut II meeting held April =, 1910,
mass cOn'-ntions OF tue nepuDncan voters
OF IiarrIsOn County are hereby called to he
held IN the several magisterial districts or
harrison County on
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 12. 1915.
at ~ O'clock 4. NJ, Tor the following
purposes, tO-wit:
vi 10 select two (e) delegates for each
maglsterial district except LIarK and Coal
plslIlctS, anu TO select six lUJ delegates
lOr Clark pistrlct, ANA TO select iiye lUD
delegates Tor LvAI District, to represent
HARRISON County at tue Republican State
delegate Cow entiOn 10 he helu ut Wheel
ing Un tne 18th may OF May. 1919, wnich
siuL Wheeling convention VIII he neld Tor
the purpose vi selecung four canuiuat.s
for d.Is ,LIcs ana IOuf candidates Tor III
teFnhIe delegates TO tue NALIOnaI kepuDII-
can Convention TO he heiu ut Chicago,
June I, 1919.
~ 10 select like number OF delegates
for each or tne several magisterial districts
to represent harrlson County at tue Re
publican Congressional district delegate
Convention for tue Third Congressional
District to be held Mt n place and time
lproUHDly May, lyl6.) hereafter to he des-
i.nalsd by the Republican Congressional
committee which said Congressional Dis-
trict Convention Will be held for the ppr-
pose OF selecting two candidates Tor Iele-
gates anu Two cnndidAIes Tor alternate
delegates TO the National Republican Con-
NcHklOu 10 ue utlu Ut NulchRO June 4, IulU.
Tue sad district mass conventions to be
held at the following named places In the
several magislerial districts. to-wit:
Clark District; court House, Clarksburg.
Coal district, Magistrate Starcher's or
ilce, Clarssburg.
Clay District, Opera House, shinnston.
Eagle district. Magistrate Wadsworth's
Office, Lumberp0rt.
Liz District School House. Romine,
Mills. ..........-
Grant District, Odd Fellows building.
sardis district, School House, Wallace.
Simpson District, Gas. Office, Dridgsport.
Ten Mile District, Council Chamber,
Salem.
Milford.
The chairman md secretary of such dis.
trict mrs conventions are urged to for
ward the names and postoffice addresses
Of the delegates to the secretary of the
This the Sth day Of April. 1910.
ROY L. PARRISH,
Chairman Harrison County Repubiiean
Executive Committee.
!. W. CoFFMAS. Secretary.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-11
cocoanut Oil Fine
For Washing Hair

If you want to keep your hair in good
condition, be careful what you wash Il
with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoo.
contain too much alkali. This dries the
scalp, makes the hair brittle, and is very
harmful. Just plain mulsificd coeoanut
oil (Which is pure and entirely grease
less), is much better than the most ex-
pensive soap or anything else you can
use for shampooing, as this can't pos
sibly injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with water
and rub it in. One or two teaspoonfuls
will make an abundance Of rich, creamy
lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp
thoroughly. The lather rinses out easily,
and removes every particle of dust, dirt,
dandruff and excessive oil. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and It leaves It
fine and silky, bright, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil at
most any drug store. It is very cheap,
and few ounces is enough to last
everyone in the family for months.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-11

If you want to upset your household
and start the day out wrong-here is
the formula. Deems Taylor. writer Of
musical lyrics. poetry and what not.
is responsible for the fiiendish outrage.
Dictate the following sentence to
any member of your family and see. if
they can spell 1t correctly. Ready
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-11
EAECUToR's NorICE.

All persons knowing themselves TO h,
indebted 20 the estate Of Frank Duffy. de-.
ceased. will please settle said indebted meas
with the andersigned executor within the
claims against said estate viii plea e mr..
ssnt them for payment, properly iten,izsd
and probated. to the undersigned executor.
Or 70 bis attorney, L. c. Grille, once sos.
" GEN Bldg, In the City Of Clarksburg,
p. J. LYpEN.
Executor OF the last will and tesament Of
Frank Duffy, deceased. -
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-04-11

Oscar Hammerstein, from his new
Offices over candy store. now watches
the corner which his genius made fam
GUS. On the old Hammerstein theater
site the new Rialto theater has ap-
peared but Oscar and his famous high
hat are persona non grata.
He is now suing the owners to
acquire his offices in the building. For
years Hammerstein both worked and
lived in his theater. When he turned
over the property to the new manage
ment he reserved for himself suite
Of offices on the third floor.
Now he discovers that even II he
gets the Offices the huge electric sign
on the building is directly In front
Of his window. And he has been in
formed that he cannot strew the place
with models of his Inventions or-most
narrowing hardship Of all-make his
own cigars. He signs for the palmy
days Of the drama.