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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
Every Item Tells

Always make your life as thorough
AS the day itself is made,
Though your work is in the borough,
Or in quiet village laid.
Be your station first or second,
Flowing fields or sinking wells;
When the totals to be reckoned,
Every item tells.
Do your duty to the letter,
Stamping nothing great or small;
What is good can yet be better,
Aye, and then be best of all.
Work as though the worlds own plau-
dit
Filled the air like silver bells,
Knowing, when there comes the audit,
Every item tell,.
Here touch and there another,
Here smile and there deed,
Just to help a struggling brother,
Who so sorely stands in need.
Here and there love unfolded
From the hearts most inner cells;
In the life that's to be nodded,
Every item tells.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
Word of Honor

One of the best tributes that we can pay
man of his word. A man cannot be
manly man unless he also is an honorable
one. There is no manhood without honor.
no character without integrity. no life
worth living unless it is based on the fun
damental principles of honor, sincerity,
and loyalty. Make it your ambition to be
man of your word. Never make prom
Use that you are not absolutely able and
willing at all times to stand by to the end
The world has no use for liar, it despises
deceit and hypocrisy. The only man who
can gain and maintain the confidence of
his fellow-men is the man who at times is
truthful and honest-the man who is man
of his word.
The time will come, when your worth as
man will be tested. Shall it find you
wanting? or. shall the test prove that you
are man of your word. 1t is up to you
as an individual. The choice is yours,
choose as you will. To leave this institu-
ton on parole you must give your word of
honor that you will live up to your parole
obligations. Once you have pledged your
word never break it. The most contempt
IDLE act that any man can be guilty of is
breach of confidence. Society abhors and
despises traitor. There may come time,
while you are serving your parole when
temptation will strongly assail you. when
Satan will try his best to induce you to
prove false to your trust. Don't prove
yourself false and mean enough to break
faith with men who trusted you when you
were down and out. Others have done So
to their everlasting shame and sorrow; but
don't you do so. Follow your nobler in
clination, your higher aspirations, your
better impulses, not your baser ones. Have
you ever thought over, seriously, Just what
it means to be man, TO be granted his
parole? 1t means that somebody, despite
his past record, believes in him sufficiently
to grant him his conditional freedom flor
the granting of which he is largely response
ble) on his promise his word as a man that
he will do as he agreed TO do-live up to
his parole Obligation
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
Waiting

Serene, l fold my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind, or tide, or sea;
l rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
For, 10! my own shall come to me.
l stay my haste. | make delays;
For what avails this eager pace?
l stand amid the eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my
face.
Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The friends | seek are seeking me:
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide of destiny.
What matter if | stand alone?
l wait with Joy the coming years;
My heart shall reap where it has sown,
And garner up its fruit of tears.
The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tidal wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor
high,
Can keep my own away from me.
John Burroughs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
Our National Flag.

Our first display of the national Flag at a
military post was at Fort Schuyler, on the
site of the present city of Rome, N. Y.
TIE fort was besieged early in August, LIT.
The garrison was without flag, SO one was
made according to the prescription of con-
gress by cutting of sheets to form the white
stripes, bits of scarlet cloth for the red Stripes
and the blue ground for the stars was made
from piece of the blue cloak belonging to
Captain Abraham Swartwout of Duchess
county, N. Y. This flag was unfurled over
the fort on August 3, 1777.
The national flag was first unfurled in
battle on fine banks of the Brandywine, Sept.
IL, 1777. The flag was first hoisted over a
foreign stronghold June %, 1878, when
Captain Rathbone of the American sloop of
war Providence captured Fort Nassau, on
the Bahama Islands.
Captain Paul Jones was the first man to
display the American flag on an American
vessel. This flag was made by the women
of Portsmouth, N. H., for the Ranger.
which was fitted out at that port for Captain
Jones. The Ranger sailed from Portsmouth
on Nov. l, 1777.
Exchange
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
How to Win.

If your seat is too hard to sit upon, stand
up. If rock rises before you, roll it away
or climb over it. If you want money, earn
it. If you wish for confidence, prove your
self worthy of it. 1t takes longer to skin an
elephant than mouse, but the skin is worth
Don't be content with doing
what another has done-surpass it. Deserve
rise like rocket, or go down like bullet
fired from gun; slowly but surely it makes
its round, and never tires. 1t is as easy to
be leader as a wheehorse. If the Job be
long, the pay will be greater; if the task be
hard, the more competent you must be tc
do it. And what's great and good is done
just by patient trying. Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
Elk CHAN &c POE N s
A Rhapsody

How dear to my heart is this thing
they call Latin
When fond Rotations present it to view.
The clauses, The phrases, all dressed in
their satin,
And every loved ending that makes us
feel blue;
The high sounding doo-dads and out
landish diet,
The slave with spear and the Roman
who fell,
The verbal gerundive, the noun crouch
ing nigh it,
Are hidden in Latin which l love so
we'll.
The time -honored Latin,
That iron bound Latin,
The moss covered Latin
Which hangs on so we'll.
The subject, the verb and the bow-leg-
ged compound
The flexible gerund and subjunctive
mood,
The clauses of purpose encoura se the
pronoun
To take the poss. and silently brood;
The loose jointed supine and verbal de-
auctions
Join hands with coniunctives and joyful
ly dwell
In temporal clauses of Gothic declensions
And cen in the Latin which loved so
we'll.
This moss covered Latin | hail as a
treasure,
Its magical value brings peace to my
soul,
1t raises Old Ned with my fleet footed
leisure,
And hurriedly causes the moments to
roll.
How gladly seize it with hands that are
eager,
And quick to my st udy l scamper pell-
NELL;
In scanning its pages l dodge all the few
er,
The measles, the shingles and small
pox as we'll.
tenderly open my mind to receive it
AS poised on my table it joyfully drips,
No hair-raising ball game could tempt
me to leave it,
Tho filled with things which America
sips;
Their fuss from the diamond fills all the
creation,
In tribute to home runs they noisily yell,
| close down my window in anticipation
And cling to my Latin which love so
WE'LL
Nos disco Latham
Nos vedent ad stellam,
Nos bibo some aquam,
lnod inhuo adsum.
Selected
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
The Effect of Books Upon
Character

Perhaps there is no one thing which
enters more deeply into the warp and wool
of ones character, than the book one reads.
One of the greatest blessings that can come
to young life is the love of good books.
The practic of keeping before the young,
growing minds, beautiful and uplifting
images, bright, cheerful, healthy thoughts
from books, is of inestimable value.
The difference between the future of the
boy who has formed the habit of good
reading, and the one who has not, is as
great as that between the educated and the
uneducated youth, between the boy who is
brought up in a comfortable home amid
pleasant surroundings, and the one who is
reared in overty-stricken district.
Next to the actual society of noble,
highminded author, is the benefit to be
gained by reading his books. The mind
is brought into harmony with the hopes,
the aspirations, the ideals of the writer so
fed with low or ignoble things. The
horizon of the reader broadens, his point of
view changes, his ideals are higher and
nobler, his whole outlook on life is more
elevated.
The importance of having great models,
high ideals, held constantly before the mind
when it is in plastic condition, cannot be
overestimated. The books we read in
youth make or mar our lives. Many a
man has attributed his first staff and all
his after success to the books read in his
boyhood. They opened up to him his
possibilities, indicated his tastes, his ten
denotes, and helped him to find his place
in life. They permit men and women to
form examples that are useful in carrying
out high ideals, and they bring pleasure
and contentment to all.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15

In trying to retain peoples confidence a
reporter nearly always falls down on the
news.
The monthly supplies for June ordered
by the inmates were distributed in the cell
halls last Friday.
Christian Science Services were held in the
Auditorium last Sunday morning with about
seventy FIVE inmates attending.
1t would be we'll for us all to beware of a
man who is at all times trying to make us
believe what good fellow he is.
Four cars of chestnut coal were received
and dumped into the bunkers under the
rack for the use of the Power house.
The baseball game last Saturday was the
best we have seen for some time. The last
catch being the best ever; it won the game.
The Band gave concert in the park after
the baseball game last Saturday which was
very much appreciated by the many visitors.
There were a good many visitors in our
park last Saturday watching the baseball
game between the M. S. P. and the visiting
team.
This war game beats baseball games all to
a FRAGILE; if you don't believe it just cast
your peppers at the score board in the dining
hall.
1t is quite job to wash several thousand
winter uniforms; yet our winter uniforms are
all ready for winter use.
Two cars of steel and one of iron rods
were received in the yard during the week
which will keep the blacksmths busy for
some time.
A large selection of new marches were
received during the week for the M. S. P.
Band. They are all of the best up-to- date
band marches obtainable.
When a man gets too lazy or too tired to
use his brains he is apt to talk lot of nom
sense which sounds very foolish to wide
awake man.
Supt. Williams presented the M. S. P. S
with a baseball bat for which the team
members take this occasion to Individually
and collectively thank the donor for his
gift.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15

From oar Exchanges
The Stored Strait.

What wealth of classic myth and ancient
legend lies behind the pomp and wreck of
history that the shores of the Hellespont. or
the Dardanelles, have witnessed!
Whv is it called the "Hellespont" Be-
cause ''pontus' means sea, and because
the Greeks named this particular sea for
Helle, the goddess who fell into its waters
while she was riding through the air above
them on the ram of the Golden Fleece.
Through the same strait at later time
sailed Jason and the Argonauts. in search of
the Golden Fleece.
WHY "the Dardanelles"? In honor of
Dardanum, city that Greek colonists
founded on the strait not far from ancient
llium, the Troy of classic history. Ilium!
The walled city of Priam, the descendant
of Dardanus, that the Greeks captured by
craft after the ten years siege of which
Homer sang.
The plains where Agamemnon led his
Argive hosts echoed recently to the thunder
of guns on the British battleship Agamem-
non. Near by towers Mount Ida, where
Aphrodite won the golden apple, the prize
of beauty that led to the wars and woes of
Ilium; and where the gods gathered to watch
the embattled Greeks and Trojans.
Farther along stood Abydos and Sestos.
facing each other on the mile-wide strait
that Leander swan once too often to meet
his sweetheart Hero, who found his body
on the shore. Thither, in 334 B. c., Alex
ander the Great led the Greeks who sought
more worlds to conquer; and there, century
and half before, Xerxes had crossed on the
famous bridge of boats, with his Persian
Millions force that, year later, went
Struggling back in overwhelming disaster.
There also, in 1855. the Turkish torrent
poured across into Europe.
"The sea! The sea!'' cried the Greeks
who, under Xenophon, had retreated from
Persia, and who at last had reached the
''Pontus Euxinus," the "hosptable sea"
as the Greeks euphemistically called the
Black Sea.
Not less grateful is the sight of the Sea of
Marmora to the English and the French as
they leave the demolished forts of the OAR
danelles behind them.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
From Our Exchanges

81 count life as just stuff to try the
souls strength on
Every one of us wastes enough time to
make us famous if the time were applied
to study.-The Reformatory Pillar.
A friend is a useful institution if you
don't use him too much.-The Summary.
The lucky man is the one who sees and
grasps his opportunlty.-Reform Re-
cord.
Some men carry their self-confdence to
point where they'll dispute the dictionary.
-RefoI matory Press,
"To err is human out the constant repeti
ton is-well, foolish-just plain foolish.
The Howard Times and The Pioneer.
Prison bars lose their foreboding aspect
to the man who has hope; for him the
future has roseate hue instead of an omi-
nous cloud.-Ohio Penitentiary News.
ed be mighty sorry, your honor, if
the young lawyer you assigned to me was
ever called upon to defend an innocent
man."-The Key.
Circumstances change; our opinions
change; our passions fade out; our hopes
fall and vanish; the pulse of health dies
down; but will remains, that unconquerable
force of will which in the maturity of life
corresponds to the passions of youth
Bohemian.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
He Is Your Friend.
Exchange.

If he gives you recognition
When your clothes are patched and torn,
If he comes to see and cheer you
When you are lying sick and worn,
If he takes your hand and lifts you up
When you re on the downward track
If he says the same things to your face
That he says behind your back
If, when odds are strong against you,
He fights for you to the end,
Bind him tightly to your heart
For that man is your friend.
Exchange
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
Cell Changes.

From A to A 353-255; 1913; 1854;
s2-78; 10S-338; 1908 23-114; 369-353;
1868 343; 372-36S; 365-257; 1885; 334-
10; 114-1O8; 343-334; 373-369; 492-479.
From A 65-326-65-173-25O to Third.
From A to B 128-275; 257-190; 255-363
From A 343 to Hospital.
From B to B 1886; 135-2OO; 1888 s9.
From B to A 1892; 469-23; 282- 372;
190-343; 200-358.
From B 386-3O3-319 to Cot.
From B 224-246-98 to Third.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
M ! R R 0 R E TIES
By Uncle John
Morning Delights.

How sweet to awaken in the morn,
When the sunbeams first begin to creep
Across the lea, and then to turn
Right back again and 60 to sleep.
youngstown Telegram.
How sweet to rouse at l a. m.
And bid long farewell to slumber;
And fall across chair to tell
Some chump he's calling the wrong
number. Houston Post
How sweet to waken in the morn
Without one bit of fear or doubt,
And then to quickly realize
The furnace fire is all but out.
--Ashtabula Star.
How sweet to waken in the morn
For column men what greater bliss
Than browsing through the news, to find
A "filler'' that as long as this.
Birmingham (Ala.) Age Herald.
How sweet to waken in the morn,
Reused by the dread alarm clocks blast,
Crawl from your bed, and dress find
The blamed Old things two hours fast.
Judge.
How sweet to waken in the morn,
Reused by tn infants lusty screams;
And tread the tack with shoeless foot,
While "Better half's' composed in dreams.
Just Us.
The Saltwater Mirror.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
S M | LIE S


"Breddern,'' said the colored preacher
one Sunday morning, 81 hab decided to
divide NAH sermon dis manning in three
pants.
De fust paint Ah'll understan' an yo-all
won't.
De second yo-all will understan' an All
won't.
De third paht nobuddy will understan'."
Gillian" said mother severely, "there
were two pieces of cake in the pantry this
morning, and now there is only one. How
does that happenf'
81 don't know" replied Lillian regret
fully. cit musta been so dark didn't see
the other piece"
A conscientious young Sunday-school
teacher had been telling her class of little
boys about the crowns of glory and the re-
wards in heaven for good people.
"And now tell me, she said, .''who will
get the Biggest CROWN
There was moment of deep silence and
then a little voice piped out:
"Him what's got tn biggest head,
In silence, the boarding-h house mistress
listened to Johnson's complaints. But as
he grew in eloquence, she lost patience.
"Don't l know every trick of your
trader He said with considerable heat.
''Do you think have lived in boarding
houses for fifteen years for nothing"
81 shouldn't be at all surprised" re-
turned the mistress icilv.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
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, 1916-06-15
NOTICE

Before presenting themselves to the
dentist for the purpose of having
their teeth examined and treated all
inmates should procure a tooth
brush and have their teeth as thoro-
ly clean as possible.
C.S. REED, WARDEN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-06-15
Renaissance of Mind
By Mr.. ]. B.

By Mr.. j. B.
There was a time but then did know,
Or feel the Joy of life as do now,
Nor the beauty in all things that grow,
Or pause to delve in words of why or how,
That time was when letters barred life's way,
The time when youths wild spirit set free
To roam in gens where zephers play,
That stirred the silver haze of youth's dream
But then l did not know, all seemed delight,
Care-free, youths spirit reveed in its dream,
More like the bee that gathers in its flight
The honey. leaving beauty all unseen:
But now, when bolts strong on iron doors,
1 gaze through mists of life's great WATERFALL
l wing with spirit of youth more,
And see and feel the beauty of it all:
feel the grandeur, the immensity
The all powerful hand working unseen.
And mind of man spiritually free
Fu6ls vague thoughts of youths bright summer
dream.
Meath life's waterfall still. / stand and gaze
wing'd creature high in dusky sky,
Now wake these worlds and blaze
And conscious mind is asking, ''Who am r.
The mute solemnty of the darkling grey
Doth fill with tranquil peace the quest ming heart,
And know, from these worlds that to say
The Joy of life is fulfill some part.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01

Forty-Acre Fruit and Berry
Farm Selling at Auction on
the Streets Of Durant, Okla
homa, next Thursday, Octo-
Der the Fifth, at 2 o'clock.
This farm is positively selling to
the highest and best bidder for cash
less a $500 loan with eight years yet
to run at G per cent. The owner has
personal reasons why he is forced
to sacrifice this nice new orchard
and improvements at whatever they
will bring. This property is newly
improved, having been set out in
500 assortment of different kinds
Of select fruit in the last three years,
houses have been built and remod-
eled, fenced with five acres sweet
clover and eight acres Bermuda,
good well, barns, etc Original cost
of the forty acres was 81 500, the i'm
provements put on since he pur.
chased over $4,000, making his ac-
tual cash outlay in the past three
years about $4,000, and he is posi-.
lively selling this property to the
highest and best bidder on the
streets of Durant, Okla, next Thurs
day at p. m. Grapes are bearing
now; owner says buyer should get
$l,5OO out of them alone next year.
This is (like all other sales we
make) real auction and your bid
will buy If the highest. Go look this
over before Thursday and be in Du-
rant, as we are sure someone will
buy big bargain. This is the
Charles Bohnke farm located one.
half mile north OF Mead on the Fris-
co, eightmiles west of Durant. We
will be at Harris Real Estate office
in Durant Wednesday and will be
glad for you to visit this farm with
us. Sale conducted by o. X. Auction.
c. 7. Afflack, Auctioneer,
Oklahoma City, Okla.
See us about Your Auction
Sales-We Get Results. !
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01
OIL AND COAL LAND
OIL PEOPLE AND SPECULA-
TORS.

OlL PEOPLE AND SPECULA-
TORS.
We are selling at Auction on
the streets Of Henryetta, Fri
day, October 6, 2 p. m., fifty
acres of oil and coal land, To-
Gated two miles northwest of
town.
Being NV of NV and W. OF W. of
SWi of NW4, Sec. ?, r. IL, II. Il.
The owner, Mr. Bohnke, has ar
ranged with us to sell this land to
the highest and best bidder for cash
regardless of price, subject only to a
5000 loan due in about three years.
Look this land up and be ready as
We positively will sell If you bid.
Sale conducted by O. X. Auc-
ton, Oklahoma City.
G. 7. Afflack, Auctioneer
Let us make your auction sales. We
get results.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01
Don't Neglect Your Cold.

Neglected colds gets worse, instead
of better. A stuffed head, a tight
chest must be relieved at once. DR..
Bells Pine-Tar-Honey is Natures rem
edy. Honey and glycerine heal the
irritated membrane, antiseptic tar
loosens the phlegm, ou breathe easier
and your cold is broken up. Pleasant
to take DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey is
an ideal remedy for children as well
as grown-ups. At your Druggist, 25c.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01

SALESMEN-Selling restaurant, ho-
tel, cafe, cigar. pool. drug, general
store trade can do big business
with our new live pocket side
line. All merchants towns 100000
and under want 1t. 5000 commits
sion on each sale. No collecting.
No expense or risk to merchant.
We take back all unsold goods.
Garfield Mfg. Co., 2Os Sigel St,
Chicago, Ill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01

UNDER statesmen WANTED ....
WANTED-Three statesmen for per-
manent connection with old estab-
lished. highly rated house. Meri-
torious Advertising service for re-
tail merchants. Positian worth So
10000 annually or better to pro-
ducers. General store experience
advantageous. References and
small bond required. Address Ell,
Box AIS. Iowa City, Iowa.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01

AM IN POSITION to provide money
for drilling operations for gas or
oil on geologically approved ground,
on the usual or any reasonable
basis. Give particulars, number OF
acres procurable and make PROPOSE
tion. DR.. b. b. Ralph, 529 Highland
Ave. Kansas City. Mo.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01
OIL LANDS AND LEASES

LEASE in great Fox field; 10 acres
close to big Fox well, SEA, SW4,
section 16, 2 south, west. $4,000
per acre If taken at once. Box PIG,
MARROW, Okla. 1-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01
EMPLOYMENT WANTED

WANTED-Family washing by white
woman; good work guaranteed.
Phone blue 412 or call at 1918 w.
Main st. IA
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01

LOST-Wednesday in Third Ward, a
lady's gold watch, Elgin movement;
has fob souvenir OF school OF law.
Reward for return to Ardmoreite
office. 2s-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01

FOR RENT-Newly furnished rooms;
good home cooking at 2l5 A street.
N. L. 2S-3
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-01
POSITION WANTED

GOOD COOK wants work as house
keeper. Address Star Rooms. Phone
1122. 2S-3