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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-04-05

straight is often confronted with the question, Have
you reformed?' Says the REFoRMAToRY PILLAR in last
weeks issue of that breezy little contemporary: and
then asks, how man answer that question in
diligently unless he is fully acquainted with the prin
ciples to which the word reformed implies? Come,
let reason together. 1t is not our intention to
preach you sermon, but this is subject of vital i'm
portance to each of u.s. 1t is a common practice
for people to that they happy but upon being
asked to define happiness" they totally unable
to give any sort of satisfactory They think
because their physical satisfied that they
happy, but how long does that happy feeling last?
1t is only matter of time until they flung back
into deeper misery than they suffered before. TO
enjoy abiding happiness must understand that it
only come from that which is good But
deluded by false beliefs in regard to how to be
happy, will not knock the scales from our eyes
and see the Truth.
Now happiness and reformation closely akin.
The man who has not reformed never enjoy real
happiness until he does that which is right The
man who cannot find abiding happiness has not
yet gained vision of Truth. Reform comes by
understanding that there is rea abiding happiness
in doing evil, and also by gaining affection for
good-a sense of honor If we sincerely desire to
reform our lives to gain honor and enjoy ever
lasting happiness, must and act within
ourselves No outside agency reform us against
our desire to the contrary. We must give battle to
physical senses, pit the reasoning of our cons
ciense against false beliefs. Oh, it is not an
easy task. If it for their subtle and deceit
full nature, would be rid of the tempting of
our false beliefs. The fact remains, however, that
the allow ourselves to be deluded and de-
ceved by these false beliefs is that are not ready
to part with them. We still believe in some manner
in some measure. some degree, we shall get our
happiness from the physical sense Of things.
Fear of physical punishment never made any
truly honest. No make us honest men,
If we desire to REFORM must have moral courage,
which is requisite to meet wrong and proclaim the
right We must convince ourselves that we are mis-.
taken in efforts to gain happiness through doing
wrong Reason is the active human faculty.
Let that inform the sentiments and awaken our dor
mant sense of moral obligation and by degrees we
will learn the nothingness of the pleasures that are
derived from false The desire to live right
must be accompanied by some action in that direc-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-04-05

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established March, 1902, Burlington Route miles
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O:-Wil you kindly tell what is the limit of weight
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-04-05

Among the most useless propounders of rhetoric
are those which declaim about things of which we
already know too much, or, about things of which
we care to know little.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-04-05
-. co Nj Nj E n T S -.

Anyway, the jingo has time to worry about
the high cost of living.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-04-05

Did you notice that it is not wise to over
do things? Thus if you courteous, the ignor
ant will class you fawner; if eager to obey
trucker; if insisting that the call of parentage is
more dear than geographical sentiment you will be
deemed disloya if you over-hearty in laughing,
it is usually regarded idlotic be self controlled
and submit to sneers, jeers SANDER and you are
regarded as mollycoddle-as we said before, in
der to avoid the condemnation of the ignorant critic
whose judgment is of the brightest kndliest,
it is well not to overdo things.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-04-05

Whoever put the go in jingo made mistake,
for he is not the that will go" when put to the
test.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-04-05

Q.-Wll you please tell me how where 1 obtain
Correspondence School Instruction in bulletin and pictorial
sign paintngl-J. H. S.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-04-05
UNANSWERED QUERIES

The Mirror will publish and solutions following
queries due time and consecutive order and in the
string contribute solutions aren to do
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-04-05

ton. With such determination. we will have
started on the straight road and so long we keep
faith with our sense of moral obligation, we will con-
tinue down the straight PATH
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
KAISER TO HIS NAVY.
Visits Helgoland and Assures Fgf
 of Confidence.

Amsterdam, Aug. 20.-At the \ clusion of his visit to the German sea fleet at Wilhelmshaven, Emp William issued the following to- fleet:
 After having recently received announcement that a heavy attacl the enemy in an attempt to break our sea front in Flanders had been cessfully repelled 1 have today d visit to my fleet and the island fortl of Helgoland been enabled to convi myself of the strength and securitj this front. too. I express my w} appreciation to all the high sea fol on the water. under water and in air, and to the fortress of Helgold for the untiring, self-sacriflcing successful labor by means of wl they have kept firmly in view j attained this aim. May the fleet main conscious that the confidence myself and the fatherland rep. firmly on it.''
 The emperor distributed a nun of iron crosses His visit is repo to have been caused by threat strikes at the Wilhelmshaven arse
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
German Artillery Fails in Support.

Canadian Headquarters in France, Aug. 20 (By Canadian Press Ltd. ).- After capturing the last of the trenches and railway cuttings which form the last line of German defense in that quarter the Canadians have succeed ed in establishing strong posts along special trench which was the scene of desperate and indecisive fighting for two day ago.
 These new posts give command of the last bit of ground from which the defenders of the city could overlook our advance from the west. They are now in a hollow all around the front, which swings about Lens in semi-cir- cular form.
 German prisoners speak with bit terness of seeing their guns in proc ess of withdrawal while the infantry was sent forward with insufficient ar tillery support. The loss of guns still appeaRs to be more important In the eyes of the general commanders than the loss of men.
 The enemy has been very active in the air recently and has been bomb- ing our back areas more freely than for some time past.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
ATLANTA SENTENCES
 FOR DRAFT CHAPTERS
Two Members of New York
 Board No. 99 Given .---.. Two Years.

New York, Aug. 2O.-Dr. s. J. Bern field and Louis I. Cherey indicted members of exemption board No. 99, today entered pleas of guilty to a charge of conspiracy to obstruct the draft law when they were about to be placed on trial. They were sentenced to two years each in the federal peni- tentiary at Atlanta.
 kalman Gruber, not a member of the board but indicted with them on the same charge, elected to stand trial.
 Harold Sigel grandson of Gen. Franz Sigel. the famous German-Am erican Civil war general, has waived exemp- tion after. passing the physical exam ination here.
 The specific count in the indict- ment for conspiracy to which Bern field and Cherey pleaded guilty charged them with accepting a bribe of $500 from a registrant to exempt him. It was disclosed, however, by Assistant U. $. District Attorney Stan ton that the defendants had accepted s3,OOO in bribe money. He told the court they had paid back a portion of the money and had promised to make good the balance as soon as possible.
 The judge said that although the maximum penalty provided by the status was Imprisonment for two years and a fine of $10,000 the gov ernment did not wish to accept this sum of money in the form of fine.
 "These men," said the judge, "the indicted and plead guilty to having committed a most heinous crime against their government in time of great stress. They can be credited with only one act of decency in con- nection with this matter-paying back some of the money they ob- tained as bribes and promising to pay the balance"
 The defendants were allowed one week to arrange their affairs before taken to Atlanta.
 The task of obtaining jury in the charge against Kalman Gruher was begun immediately.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20

BERNARD V. FARRELL
 FOUND IN HOSPITAL
Piano Salesman, Who Disappeared on June ?, Reported to Be Men,
 tally Unbalanced.

Bernard " Farrell. the well known piano salesman, who disappeared from town on June 2. has been To- cated in the Hartford hospital hope lessly insane. Farrell was employed here as a salesman by c. l.. Pierce & Co.,. of 246 Main street and lived at 39 Walnut street. He was prom lnent in fraternal circles and at the time of his sudden departure it was rumored that he had absconded with $1,4O0 from the treasury of the Or der of Moose, although the lodge re- fused to admit the loss.
 The local police learned last week that there was a man at the Hart ford hospital that might be Farrell. The case is shrouded in mystery and the hospital authorities refuse to give out any details concerning the his- tory of the patient. Late last week Chief William J. Rawlings sent De- tectlve Richardson to Hartford to investigate the case and he is con- vinced that the man at the hospital IS Farrell although he is hopelessly insane and will soon be taken to state asylum at Middletown
 It. has, been learned that he was ad mitted to the Hartford hospital on Monday, August 6, but how and why he. was admitted remains a mystery.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
CLAIMS POIICE EXEMPT.
Bridgeport Officials Describes Their
 Use During Strikes.

Bridgeport. Aug. 20.-Assistant Su- perintendent of Police Charles Suck ley has drawn new form for police men seeking exemption from the draft, and the claims were signed to- day by the police commissioners and filed with the local exemption boards
 Mayor Wilson recently tried un- successfully to obtain the exemption of the police on the grounds that loss would impair the efficiency. Superin- tendent Suckley, in the exemption pa pers of which he is the author, as- serts that practically every great in- dustry in the country is engaged in making war munitions, that when wide areas have been declared under martial lay that the police are forced to cooperate with military authorities in protecting the plapts.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
C. I. A. U. CONVENTION

Rev. J. J. Fitzgerald of This City,
 President of State Body Offciates
 at Mass.
 Derby, Aug. 20.-The Catholic To- tai Abstinence Union of Connecticut, began its 18th annual convention to- day. Following services at St. Mark s church at which Rev. Father John J. Fitzgerald of New Britain was cele- brant of the mass. Father Fitzgerald presided as president and the dele gates were welcomed by Mayor Sulli- van.
 All the state officers and county directors were present. The report of Secretary Frank J. Kinney of Bran ford showed that the 119 delegates represented 118 societies made up of 31 mems 36 ladies, 40 cadet, IS league and one mixed societies, the total membership being 11,472, an increase of S94 over last year. The banner society for mem bership is the Young Mems of New Britain, and the banner cadet body that of St. Mary's of the same city.
 The treasurer's report was de- ferred until tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
New Britain Man Sees Airmen
 Play Tag With Death
APPROACHES FRENCH FRONT
Has First View of American Soldiers and Visits French Battery Concealed From Ehemy-Poilu and Boche Ex- change Shrapnel,

A graphic description of fatal bat tle between French and German avia- tors within sight of "No Mans Land' ana the casual meeting with two American soldiers, members of Gen. eral John J. Pershirgs plucky little army in France, is told by Howard c. Humason of POI Vine street, now in France driving an ammunition truck with the French army, in letter written to his mother and posted somewhere in France on July 22. This letter, written at the conclusion of the days work, tells of the most
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
SUPER-WAR ON U-ROATS,
 NAVY DEPARTMENT PLf
ENGINE CREW HURT IN
 VALLEY BRANCH WRECK
Locomotive and Tender Roll Down Embankment Near
 Colt Plant.

Hartford, Aug. 20.-The engine of the Valley Branch passenger train from New London on the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad due here at 8:57 this morning was derailed at the bridge over the Park river, 8 small stream which flows through the city and empties into the Connecticut river, and went down the embankment. It toppled over on its side together with the ender which had been dragged down. No cars left the rails and no passenger was hurt. Engineer Thomas Kane had cut on the forehead and Fireman Arthur H. Porter had a broken shoulder blade and internal injuries. Both were sent to the Hartford hospital.
 The cause of the derailment has not been determined. Engineer Kane's home is at 12 Tilley street, New Lon don, and Fireman Porter's home at IT Main street in the same city.
 New Haven, Aug. 20.-The official announcement from the office of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad company here as to an acci- dent to the 6:3S a. m. passenger train from New London to Hartford over the valley branch was as follows:
 '"The engine of the 6:3S a. m. train from New London over the valley branch was derailed in the Hartford railroad yard near the Colt plant at $50. The engine went down the bank. Engineer P. Kane and the fireman were hurt. No passenger was hurt. All left the coaches and took trolley cars into Hartford"
 After examination of the place En- gineer John F. Trumbull of the pub lie utilities commission gave it as his opinion the derailment of the engine was due to a loose board.
 There is grade crossing over which contra ctors have been haulin g material and they have been placing boards alongside of the rails to make it easier for trucks to pass over. One such board evidently was left on the rail itself, and it served to derail the engine which went into the rushes on the rivers edge.
 There was some excitement on the train but members of Troop who were coming up from Mantle quieted the passengers.
 The board responsible for the ac- cident was found after search.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
TO RE-EXAMINE REJECTS

First Exemption Board Calls Back
 Some Men Already Exempted Be-
 cause Washington Lowers Standards
 Both exemption boards No. 1 and No. 2 arc busy today preparing their lists of men for New Britain's quota to the National Army and in addition the second district is preparing to handle the examination of 500 addi- tional mon tomorrow, the last quota called. Examinations will begin at 2 a. m. and will continue until all the regjstrants have been examined. From this group the board is certain to secure It's full quota, although pre- vious exemptions which are sure to be turned down are expected to make it necessary to call on only 8 com paratively few of the second 600 for immediate service.
 Members of the first exemption board today went over their list of previously rejected men and found a, number who had been rejected by the war department. Second notices will be sent to each of these men order ing them to report for re-examination tomorrow or Wednesday. Since those in this class were examined the weight limit has been materially low cred by orders from Washington and so has the sight test as well as the hearing tests.
 Attention of the second exemption board was called this morning to the fact that some of the notary publics are continuing to bleed their patrons and complaint has been made against a Polish notary who Is charging his victims $3 for stamping their affi- davits. Each evening sees a score of more men and women visiting the Herald office to take advantage of the free notary public service given by this paper.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
S1,ooo,o00 STEAMER FIRE

NOFSVt1S1hh tSSsSCl SouVA
 Dock Damaged by Flames of Un-
 known Origin
 New York, Aug. 20.-The Nor wegian steamer Christian Bors of k.076 gross tons, was damaged to the sxtent of $1,000,000 by fire early to- day while lying at her dock in south Brooklyn. The steamer arrived re- gently from 8 South American port md had about completed the dis' charge of a cargo of hides. The ori- Iin of the fire has not been deter mined.
 The vessel was owned in Bergen and was under charter to the Prince dne.
 The British steamship Baron Jed Durgh, a vessel of 4,418 gross tons, Ascharging 8 cargo of sugar and glu- .ose also was badly damaged by the Ire.
 After an investigation the fire de- partment announced that reports that the fire had been caused by bombs were unfounded. Spontaneous com busition was responsible it was stated.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
Prisoners Being Brought In.

Paris, Aug. 20.-F'rench troops made an attack this morning on both banks of the Mouse, on the Verdun front. Early information shows that the battle has developed to the advan- tage of the French on a sector of II miles. Prisoners already have begun passing to the rear.
 At all other places over a front Of IA 3-S miles, the general staff reports, fighting is in full swing.
 The high command says that Talou ridge was given up by the Teutons be- cause this line of defense since last March had only been occupied by out posts.
 Forces of the Central powers on the Rumanian front have driven back the Rumanians on both sides of the Oituz valley and near the Trotus valley, 1t was officially announced by the war office.
 In the fighting in the Oitu valley region the Austro-German took 1500 prisoners and captured 30 machine guns.
 Stubborn battles developed at the Ma rasechti station, on the Sereth river, the Teutons capturing more than 220O prisoners.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
BANNACHT LACHT 69TH.
New York City Bids Goodbye to Fa- nous Irish Regiment Which Goes Into Camp at Mineola.


 New York, Aug. 2O.-New York city bade farewell to it's famous fight ing Sixty Ninth today, when the regi- ment left for it's training camp at Mineola, l.. l., after a parade through Fifth avenue and other thoroughfares lined with cheering thousands. The regiment will comprise part of the rainbow division" that soon will join the expeditionary force of Major General Pershing in France.
 The regiment, led by Lieutenant Colonel Latham Reed, second in com mand, marched from it's armory through streets hung with hundreds of small flags, the Stars and Stripes and the green flag of Ireland. A pie turesque feature of the parade was the escort of honor composed of Span ish war veterans of the Sixty-Ninth led by Colonel Edward Duffy, who commanded the unit in the Spanish American war.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-20
ONLY THING ON SH
 SUBMARINES Fl
All of This Type of Warships Can Be Gotten Out Will Be H Into Action-No More Chast Be Constructed-COn Builders Today-War Tax | Opens Third Week.

Washington, Aug. 2O.-1mmI expansion of building facilities United States to double or tr1p1 output of destroyers during the| IS months was the object of q ference today between Sec1 Daniels and representatives of more ship and engine builders
 "If we get what we want thI retary said, the United State1 have more destroyers than any power. They are the one thin4 a submarine fears"
 The secretary indicated that q destroyers the builders could prj would be ordered.
 Every aspect of shipbuildine' bears on destroyer produetionI taken up. There is no shortal material or plant facilities, but q culty lies in obtaining high engines, boilers and reduction Secretary Daniels said no tional chasers would be order present. The chasers are val for harbor and in shore patrol but the destroyers are far SUI even for these duties and have dition sea going qualities.
 Every suggestion that the sh engine builders had to make as to additional motive power ft destroyers was given close atte The possibility of making some new vessels with oil engines
 among the suggestions offered.' Secretary Daniels said he ia expansion of the plants now bu l destroyers as the most efficient l, ! of speeding up. 1 The third week of senate
 on the war tax bill opened today prospect that the bills passage , be delayed until next week. Several more days discussion promised on the important and putes questions remaining-in, war profits, consumption and ,pu] ers' tax.
 Senator LaFollette's speech in of increasing income and war D levies, planned for today, was poned until tomorrow