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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-31
Battle of Waterloo
Until the present great

NllL the present great
~ European war broke
out, perhaps the most not
ed battle in modern history
was that of Waterloo, in
Belgium, June l6, 1915, be-
tween the combined Brit
ish and German armies
under the Duke of Well
ingtOn and Marshall Blu
cher. and the French army
under Napoleon.
There have been a good
many conjectures as to
what would h as e really
happened If Napoleon had
won that battle. Not q
few seem to think that it
would have placed him in
q position to have con-
Quered the world. The
moral effect of q victory
for him would have been
very depressing on the rest
Of the nations of Europe
for a time, but physically
they would have yet been
in a far superior condition
to him. France was drain
ed Of her last man and
was placed at the end Of
her resources otherwise, to
equip this army in order to
stay the advancing hosts
of the allied nations. And
II the battle of Waterloo
had gone against the al
lies, they would still have
had tremendous resources
Of both men and food (as
compared with France) to
continue the war in
definitely. But q victory
at Waterloo for Napoleon
would have only meant a
temporary respite. and
would have left him in no
condition to continue q
long war, in the end of
which he would have been
crushed anyway.
The British army, under
the Duke of Wellington,
was composed of 67,66l
men and l56 guns. The
German army commanded
by Marshall Blucher, con-
sisted of $4,000 men and
l04 guns; making a total
for the allied army Of
ll7.66t men and 800 guns.
Opposed to them was
Napoleon's army Of II ,o47
men and 246 guns.
The allied army lost in
killed. and wounded re ,076
men. The French army's
rout was SO complete that
it was nearly impossible
to estimate the loss. but it
was placed in the neigh
borhood Of $4,000. B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-31

bacheIOfS u U y 3-
M. S. P.s 20 0 4 o o o 8 2 80
sUMMARY-Left on bases-BacheIors S, M.
S. P.s s. First on errors-Bachelors l.
M. S. P.s 2. Stolen bases-Oliver 2, Zorn
2, Kelly z. Two base hits-Peaslee, Bran,
Lew, Nor. Three base hits-Oliver,
Huelsman Lew. Home runs-Brad., 2.
Double plays-Frawley unassisted. Innings
pitched by Wells 8, by Lee 8, by Nor. 8.
Hits off Wells, none, off Lee 2. off Nor. S.
Struck out Rice by g. by Wells 6, by Lee A,
by Nor. 5. Bases on balls-Off Rice l, off
Lee 2, off Nor l. Time of game, 1:50.
Umpire Peterson.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-31
Baseball Notes

Danny Shay has been suppressed
ed as manager of the Milwaukee
team by the appointment of Will
liam wild Bill) Friel. The Brew
ers made good under Shay and
fans generally will regret to learn
of his trouble and unavoidable de-
tention at Indianapolis. 1t is said
all the clubs of the Association
will assume the financial end and
generally look after his defense.
The Sporting News says: One
could hardly guess what Charles
A. Comiskey considers the funda-
mental of successful baseball.
1t is just horse sense. and he
gives this one instruction to every
manager who works for him. The
rule is never to allow bag to be
uncovered. This includes home
plate. Here is Commy's logic.
when the ball is hit there Is
no reason for a bag to be left va
can't longer than momentarily. If
one of the basemen is fielding ball
or relaying a throw there is a
pitcher and a shortstop to cover
the bag. The men should not be
elsewhere, because a base runner
is not going to cross the infield or
run into the outfield. He is going
from base to base consecutively by
the shortest possible route. When
those corners are constantly guard
ed the chances for put-outs are in
creased.
Faithful observance of this
rule will almost keep a poor club
in the first division"
The greatest play. from the
standpoint of quick thinking, that
I have ever seen,'' says John 10.
seph McGraw of the Giants, was
one made by Mike Kelly years ago.
It illustrates why they called Mike
the King.
Kelly was catching in a close
game. In the ninth inning his
team led by a run, when the other
side-stepped to bat. Two men were
retired easily. Then a base on balls
and an error put the tying run on
second and the winning run on
first.
The next batter shot a single
to right, and the man on second
tore for the plate. The outfielder's
throw came in true enough, but to
Kelley's left, on his gloved hand.
As the ball was in the air Mike saw
that he had to take it with his left
hand. If he used two hands he
would miss the runner. Yet tax
ing the ball with the glove. and
swinging into a sliding man, he ran
the chance of dropping the throw.
Kelly figured this out quicker
than it takes me to tell it. He
flung off his glove, caught the
bounding ball with his barred left
hand and touched the runner out.
'I've seen many great plays in
my twenty-seven years in base-
ball. This one has always stood
as the headiest play of them all"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-31
By "Bobbles''

IH6S66a seemed certain our ath.
IHEs&M1B letes would win this
u&gsZg game because in the first
three innings only nine of the vis-
iting team faced Wells. Six of
these struck out and the other
three we're retired on easy infeld
taps.
Lee went in the box in the
fourth and in the three innings he
presided pitched to thirteen bats
men, allowing one run on tWo hits,
issued two bases on balls and
struck out four.
Nor. pitched the last three in.
nings and issued one base on balls,
struck out five, allowing five hits
and three runs. 1t was in the last
inning, after two were out that the
visitors made four successive hits
and three tallies before the third
man was put out.
For the visitors, Huelsman led
the hitting, getting a triple and
single. Oliver made triple in
the eighth. Peaslee hit nice
double in the ninth. Altogether
the visitors only collected seven
bingles during the fray. Zorn
caught nice game, having eleven
put-outs to his credit-three of
which were high fouls. Rice
struck out eight. Frawley made
the star play of the day for the
visitors in the eighth inning when
he got credit for an unassisted
double-play. Nor. hit to center
for two bases and had taken long
lead off second when Bran. lined to
Frawley who quickly touched sec-
ond to complete the double.
Good Stick Work in Fourth
The work of the home team was
commendable, as they gathered
fourteen hits on the offense and
but one error was made on the de.
Tense. Nothing worthy of men,
ton happened until the fourth.
Then Wag. drew a pass. Wells
singled. Bran. doubled, scoring
both. Bran. caught off secord,
Rice to Frawley. Brad made prob
ably the longest hit of the season,
sending the ball clear over to the
entrance near the Deputy's Office.
1t was a clear home run. Della.
out, Frawley to Hart. Lew. doubled
to center. Fan. singled through
short, scoring Lew. Vos. bunted,
but Har. went out. short to first.
Four runs.
In the seventh inning the locals
collected three more tallies on sue
cessiye singles by Della, Lew. and
Fam, followed by an error on
Vos'. weak pop-up. Three runs.
In the eighth, East. lead off
with a single and Nor. followed
with hit to center. East. scored
on bad throw by Zorn. Fraw-
Iey's double-play accounted for
Nor. and Bran. Then Brad,
whanged out his second home run
of the day; the ball went to deep
center and was relayed quickly,
but Brad. managed to beat it home.
Two runs.
The weather for baseball was q
trife chilly, but some of our play
ers managed to work up good
sweat at that.
Owing to the fact that five Hast
ings players were hurt when a train
hit their machine the Hastings
team did not appear for their sched-
uled ball game.
The Score,
Bachelors AB R H Po FL
Hart. 1---------4 0 0 6 0 II
Oliver, ct f---------3 o l o OIL
Frawley, 2-----------.-3 90 3 2 Il
Zorn, i IL. q
Kelly, ss-----3s O o 0 1 0|
Lindquist, 3-.4 O. L IL
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-05-31

/
two lunger," then four-cylinder
car. Now, when or where the first
horseless carriage was invented the
writer has not the least idea. and if
l was to put the question to say
100 persons, / would be safe in
saying 95 per cent would not be |
able to give correct answer; but
Mr.. Rieman tells,in his very inter-
esting article, that the first horse
less carriage is found in the ancient
Chinese records, which give an ac-
count of the kite carriage. These
vehicles were drawn by the wind
blowing against a sail attached to
the carriage. In the time of King i
James l of England a patent was
issued to Hugo Upton. Some
claim that Upton got his idea from
the kite carriage in old China.
Away back in 1850 Sir Isaac New
ton proposed a steam carriage to
be driven by the re-active effort of
a jet of steam issuing from noz-
zle at the rear of the vehicle. Then
again in 1895 an Englishman built
a car and advertised it to carry
four or five persons and to travel
at the rate of elk miles an hour
some speedl Coming down to our
10th and Goth century records we
find that along about 1886 Carl
Benz invented bis single horizon
tai cylinder, water packet engine,
which he applied to a three wheeled
carriage.
The first practical gasoline auto
mobile built in America Yas con-
structed by Mr.. Duryea in 1892
but it was found to be underpow-
cred. So you can readily see from
this article that it is question of
opinion which country has the
honor of inventing this wonderful
machine. We have to- day the
pleasure car, the truck, the taxi;
in fact it is put to all manner of
use. But the car as a racer is what
l wish to mostly call your attention
to-. We have the pleasure car that
can run off 40 and so miles an hour
and if there is not a traffic or mo-
tor cycle ''cop" to stop them, it
would only be a question of how
fast they could make their cars 60.
The High Speed Racers
Every firm, if it 50 wishes, can
and do make certain car that, in
their opinion, will stand the wear
and tear of hard usage, so as to ad-
vertise their car as the one and
only car that you can afford to
have. Every year in the city of
Indianapolis, on May 30th, the
grand big race of the year is
pulled off on her speedway, and
the fastest cars that can be built
are made ready for this great
event. 1t was an old saying that
the sport of kings was horse rae
ing, but horse flesh has to stepl
aside. for motor car racing is now
proclaimed king. Poor old Dobbin
has seen his day. Just the same
as the motor car will have to stepl
aside for the flying machine one of
these days. Probably not in our
generation, but if you could look
ahead so or 100 years you would
see them taking not only the place
of the motor car but, as some
writer's claim, our steamships. |
Remember Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under tee Sea-" a book
fof fiction written by Jules Verne,
but to-day it is almost a certainty.
! Along about 1905, if the writer's
memory is not at fault, Barney
Oldfeld, then king of auto racers,
]; drove car at the rate of rs miles
an hour. He wore heavy auto
goggles to protect his eyes, besides
being protected by a heavy wind
shield. This record was made at
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-24
Cross, containing valuable and useful
facts for the students Information in
forming chapters in their home towns.
WHY GO TO CHURCH
This column IL contributed and written b.
the Ministerial Association OF Brookings.


This column is contributed and written by
the Ministerial Association OF Brookings.
The Christian church. whether we
like it or not, has been a force Of un-
paralleled power in human affairs; a
prophesy that it will no longer be
so, an allegation that by now it has
ceased to be so, are now never made
by cautious thinkers. = = Jesus re-
mains the very heart and soul of the
Christian movement, still capturing
m~en-against their wills very often
changing mems lives and using them
for ends they never dreamed of. So
much is plain to the candid observer,
whatever the explanation.
For those who believe, as we all do at
heart, that the world Is rational, that
real effects follow real causes, and
conversely that behind great move
ments lie great forces, the fact must
weigh enormously that wherever the
Christian church, or a section of 1t,
or a single Christian, has put upon
Jesus Christ a higher emphasis
above all where everything has been
centered in eJsus Christ-there has
been an increase of power for church,
or community, or man. Where new
value has been found in Jesus
Christ, the church has risen in power,
in energy. in appeal, in victory. Paul
of Tarsus progressively found more In
Christ, expected more of him, trusted
him more; and his faith was justified.
II Paul was wrong, how did he cap
ture the Christian church for his
ideas? II he was wrong, how Is 1t
thai when Luther caught his meaning,
r~e-interpreted him and laid the same
emphasis on Jesus Christ
once more the hearts Of men were won
by the higher doctrine of Christ's per-
son and power, and a new era fol-
lowed the new emphasis? How Is 1t
that when John Wesley made the same
discovery, and once more staked all
on faith in Christ, again the church
felt the pulse Of new life?
The real secret is that human nature
Is deeply and intensely spiritual, and
that Jesus satisfies 1t at its most
spiritual point.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-24
AS GOOD AS CASH

In some ways the Liberty Bonds are
even better than cash-they are in much the
same class as United States Bank Notes
are almost as liquid as a checking account
at our bank-and they pay you 49, per cent
interest. Your banker will take your bonds
as security for a loan.
No investment you hold can be safer, and
no other bonds enjoy such a broad and ready
market in case you wish to sell. You can get
your money practically as easy as you can
withdraw it from a savings bank and the
right to convert it into higher rate bonds
gives you absolute protection of income.
Bono of every issue the t. 5. Coy
eminent has put out at some period sold far
above the issue price. SO it is almost GER
tain that if YOU continue to hold your bonds
you will not only get 3Ia per cent tax free
income. but also have an opportunity to
realize a profit on their sale.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-24
SUBSCRIBE NOW

Subscribe for your Liberty Bono now. 1t
is as patriotic an act as Won can do. Secrc-
tary of the Treasury McAdoo says. "The
greatest immediate service the American
people can render in this War for universal
liberty throughout the world is 10 furnish
the means for its vigorous prosecution. This
bond issue is the first step | earnestly be-
speak the cooperation OF every citizen
throughout the length and breadth Of the
land in this great service Of patriotism
Dc not purchase from solicitors or agents.
Any bank, trust company, bond house, de-
partment store or poStoffiCr will take our
subscription for your Liberty Bond. Make
the best financial and patriotic investment
Of your life today.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-24
EXEMPT FROM TAXATION

Our Government has made these bonds eX-
empt from all state or federal taxes Except
ing, of course, estates and inheritances) and
thus it affords an income of 315 per cent alb
~sOlutcly net to you. regardless Of the amount
of your income.
You may have bonds of 500 denomina-
ions registered thus eliminating any loss
from theft and making it possible for YOU
to receive your interest direct from the GOV
eminent rather than presenting coupons at
a bank or bond house for collection.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-24
GREATER PROSPERITY FOR YOU

GREA Elk IlNOSITRll l FUN 1Ol
Most of the proceeds of this first Offering
will be loaned by our Government to the
Allies-but not a dollar will leave this cOun-
try or pay for other than American products
This money will be used to extend credit to
the Allies that they may continue to enter
our markets and pay us for the products of
our farms and of our factories. 1t will come
back to us finally in payment for labor and
materials. 1t will broaden the market for
our goods, increase the demand for what we
have to sell, speed up production and yet
guard against Over%-prOductiOn.
Later on, it will make our Government
the worlds biggest customer for our Own
products because practically the entire s.
900, 900, 900 will come back for re-depOsit in
our banks to be used in payment for what
our farms and factories produce. In short,
this great loan will quicken our industrial
pulse and make for Bigger, Better Business,
not only throughout the Northwest, but also
throughout the entire country.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-24
IN MULTIPLES OF $50

Liberty Loan Bonds may be secured in
m%ultiples of $50. This makes it possible for
every earning person to share in this great
investment. The bonds will bear 31h per
cent interest and will be dated June 10.
1917. with interest payable semi-annually,
December Is and June ID. Bonds will be-
come due in 80 years and be redeemable in
10 years.
Should the Government put out any fu-
ture issues at an interest rate higher than
312 per cent before the close of the war, the.
"Libertv Loan will Immediately become
convertible into higher rate bonds.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-24
Professional Cards

PHYSICIANS
&. c. MILLER, M. D.-Physician and
surgeon. Hours: 9 to 1880 a. m.
1880 to 4:30 p. m, Z to s p. m.
Phone, office 70; residence 275.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-24

AS Good as Cash
and Paying Interest

In asking you to subscribe to the Liberty
Loan" your Government does not ask you
to spend you money Instead it holds out
to you an opportunity to save and invest. It
merely asks for the use of your ready cash.
It offers to pay well for the privilege and to
give you in return the safest investment in
the wOrld-a United States Government
Bond.
When you invest in a elderly Bond you
get a signed 'prOmise to pay" backed by the
total resources of the richest nation on the
face of the glObe-a nation whose wealth is
recorded at the astounding figure of $3.50
100000 900, or only $45 ,0OO, OOO, 900 less
than the combined wealth of Great Britain.
France, Germany and Austria Hungary.
You get the bond of a nation whose yearly
income is estimated at $50, 600, OOO, 900, or
twenty-five times the present lOan-One
whose per capita wealth of 50, 500 is larger
than that of any other power and whose per
capita debt, even after the present $1,000
600, 900 loan is sold, will be about $50, or
less than One-tenth that of either Great Brit
ain, France or Germany. To bring the debt
per person in the United States up to that of
Great Britain ($376 per capital it would be
necessary to increase our debt to the as
founding total of $40 900, OOO, 900. or twenty
times the present loan.
Our last big government loan, the 5000
OOO, 900 of 3 per cent Spanish-American War
Bonds. was sold in 1898 at par and by 1900
the price had risen to 11034.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-05-24

DR.. A. w. HYDE-Physician and SUI.
geon. Office in Hyde-Harris block.
Office hours: 10 to IL a. m, / to 2
p. m. Phone, Office 81.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-29
Pointed Paragraphs

a fat'ea calf has no love FOR fhe
prodigal son.
Even when the worst comes make
Tho best ~ &C.
Cray hairs need be- horored only
when they adorn honest hoads
Cold cash warns a marble heart
bat the sneC s temporary
Sometimes woman cries orr
hef inability 20 find something 10
laugh %
4 married man may have his oau
way after bis wife decides on thr
direction
some people never seem 10 tir. boz
their efforts To- make ofhor people
weary
'fir carly bird may gobble tts
worm. bat n doesn't look Ike %
square del for nc worm
The brand Of faith thar aame mon
6epecf 10 move fnoH1tairs with
uldnt n'1,a mole hill
~ lumring a. conclusions were
ply lcai culture most women would
Doc athletes
woman may fool her husband
into believing ho fhe bead Ii fhc
lousc, bat she can't fool The neigh
bors
Prohnbiy Delnaha hair was got
ling shin and she became engaged
AZ samson because he refused to
name the brand o., hair tonic Dr.
used.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-29
Low Cost of Saving Souls

1t cost the PresbyterianS $2661 to
-conuer- heather - christianity Last
year.
To gain $4,000 converts in non-Chris-
tian lands $2,525, 1863 was spent, says a
report just made public by the Presby
terrain Board of Foreign Missions
This sum, however, includes education
al work in foreign lands, maintenance Of
hospitals and dispensaries, the purchase
and repair of buildings and equipment.
The number of converts is known, but
no statistics are given of the number
Of minds frightened in mission schools
nor Of the lives saved in hospitals.
Irrespective of the great good accom-
plished along these more material paths.
ii is only fair TO admit that S26.61 is
mighty cheap for saving a soul.
Why, in this Christian land Of ours
many a man spends more than that in
one evening sending his soul to perdi-
ton.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-29
Tight Autocracy

1t is somewhat significant that Berlin
publications are just now devoting much
space to discussion of Germany's future
trade, by her distinguished economists
and great manufacturers.
Big business in Germany is, apparent
ly, beginning TO miss the four and quar-
ter billion dollars worth Of export trade
il enjoyed before the war.
That there has been no concerted and
loud yell for peace from this quarter is
the strongest evidence as TO the thoro-
ness with which Germany was militar-
lied
When all those billions Of dollars suf-
fer that way without shrieking, it indi-
Gates the finest, tightest little autocracy
this side Of kingdom come, but even such
an autocracy may crack, in time.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-29
A Better Lot of Men
For the Grand Jury Could
Not Have Been Selected

We may take heart at the calling Of
q grand jury when we are cognizant Of
conditions, from surface indications,
that grand jury investigation is the
thing needed.
The calling of grand jury, however,
merely suggests a housekeeping.
The summoning of good men TO sit as
the grand jurors makes US sure Of it.
Wayne county is to be congratulated
upon the character and representative
qualities of the men whose names came
out In the first drawing.
A better selection could not have been
made had the men been chosen openly
instead of in a blind drawing.
And we feel that every one of them
viii feel it his duty to serve the county
in this important capacity.
There is an excellent opportunity for
Wayne county to be redeemed from poht-
ical ring rule and ofiiceholding in per-
petuity under law of ascendency.
That our affairs in the county build
Ing have been disgracefully mismanaged
is known 70 us all.
We have the Kloka case for an eye
opener and sample.
A thoro probe is needed and the very
men to do the job have been selected