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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
The Release of Death

Death opens before me today
Like health before one who has been sick,
Like going forth into garden after sickness.
Death is before me today
Like the fragrance of myrrh.
Like sailing forth upon the waters before
the wind.
Death is before me today
Like the coming of the rain-streams upon
the desert,
Like his returning home to a warrior from
the war.
Death is before me today
Like the thought of his own house
To one long in captiyity.-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
M. S. Ps. Down S. Stillwatel
BURNS THREE BASE DRIVE
IN SIXTH WITH BASES
FULL WINS GAME
BIZ s'BobbLes''

After an intermission or interruption of
three weeks due to cold and disagreeable
weather, balmy Indian summer afternoon
was vouchsafed US last Saturday and baseball
was resumed to the huge delight of the
local fans.
Though the seasons showing of the locals
has not given us much to enthuse over (13
won; Is LOST much may be forgiven the M.
S. Ps. for the last wallop handed to South
Stiilwate, our dearest foe. Wells and Lee
pitched good ball, keeping the visitors to a
few hits well scattered while Burns oppor-
tune clouting settled the issue beyond a
doubt. A review of the local season may
be forthcoming later on.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
The Mountain of Life

There's a land far away. mid the stars, we
are told,
Where they know not the sorrow of time.
Where the pure waters wander through val
leys of gold,
And life is treasure sublime;
It's the land of our God, tbs the home of
the soul.
Where the ages of splendor eternally roll;
Where the way-weary traveller reaches his
goal,
On the evergreen Mountains of Life.
Our gaze cannot soar to beautiful land,
But our visions have told of its bliss,
And our soul by the gale of its garden are
famed
When we faint in the desert of this;
And we sometimes have longed for its holy
repose,
When our spirits were torn with temptations
and woes
And we've drunk from the tide of the river
that flows
From the evergreen Mountains of Life.
The Castle.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
What Your Face Tells

If you stop to think about this TO a few
moments, you will see what tremendously
important thing it is. As sure as you have
face, the story of your life will be written
on that face. If you are mean and Grabbed
and disagreeable, your face will settle into
disagreeable expression and everybody will
avoid you. If your disposition is sunny
and kind and gracious, your face will beam
with goodness, and everybody will know
at glance that you are lovable. And the
older you grow the more distinctly your
face will tell the story.
When you go out into the world to earn
your living, the first thing that people will
ask is this: What kind of boy is hel Or,
what kind of girl is shei Under our pres
ent industrial system the employer has to
teach young persons their trade after he hires
them. So he is more interested in the ap-
plicant's character than in his present abili-
ty. And the character he will learn from
the face.
1t is just director of the employment
bureau of great department store said to
me: owe base our choice largely on the
applicants looks. To be sure, the faces of
boys and girls are not deeply marked.
Many applicants have only begun to out
line on the blank page of their cheek the
picture that will eventually appear there.
But even sketch tells much If then
our faces have so much to do with our future
success isn't it worth while to try to make
them as attractive by being attractive our
selves?-Er
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
If We Were Never Weak

Ii 1t were easy to be good
And easy to be great,
If every mortal living could
Be master of his fate,
If man could reach perfection here
And pick and choose his lot,
Then all the fine could rightly sheer
At brothers who were not.
If it were possible to be
Without single flaw,
From blemish absolutely free,
Then at the faults we saw
We might in justice loudly raise
A harsh complaining voice
And sayahat men in errors way
Were victims of their choice.
If we could rid ourselves of blame,
If we were never weak,
Then of another's bit of shame
We might, in fairness, speak.
If we were as we'd like to be,
Without fault to mar,
We might condemn the wrecks we SET
For being as they are.
But since we seldom master fate
And faults with US remain,
I'm sure we all should hesitate
To mark another's stain.
We should his faults in kindness scan
And all his virtues see,
For no one ever is the man
He'd really like to be.
Detroit Free Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08

SUMMARY:-Left on bases-Visitors 9,
M. S. P.s 9. First on errors-Visitors 5,
M. S. P.s 4. Stolen bases-Dreschler 2,
Beyers, Alvin g, Underwood, Anderson.
Lee. Two base hits-Burn, East. Three
base hits-Beyers, Burns. Double play
Bran to Brad to Lohr. Hits-off Beyers
8 in innings; Anderson 8 in innings;
Wells 2 in innings; Lee in innings.
Struck out-by Beyers Z; by Anderson S;
by Wells 2; by Lee 6. Bases on balls-off
Beyers 8; eff Anderson 8; off Wells l.; off
Lee 2. Hit by pitcher-by Beyers (Lohr);
by Wells (Berger). Passed ball-Beyers.
Time of game, l:5O. Umpire, Goulette.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
6 | E A N | N G s
From Our Exchanges

Pay everything you owe except grudges.
Words are tools of thought
Mot all is aristocratic that cocks its
little finger when eating.
When Fashion enters the door Econ
omy flies out the window.
The bigger the work, the greater Joy
in doing it.
Experience effects fool as water effects
ducks back. Not at all.
Empty heads, like empty cans, make
more noise than full ones.
Anyhow they had TO pass law to keep
us out of the army.
Those with sharp tongues will natural
ly ask pointed questions.
Some fellows are like an open book
one that is full of blank pages.
Some of them appear to be morally fit
but physically unwilling.
Use we'll an inch before you ask for
mile.
"A man in his consciousness. He is the
expression of the thoughts he entertains.
-AH that belongs to you is yours and
yours only. Your motive is your property.
Is it worth owning.
The man who said, ga woman always
has the last word" knew what he was talk
ing about.
When looking over the shakers, and ex-
emption claimants. it is sufficient to fill the
''morally unfit with cynical laughter.
Opportunity is now knocking upon a
locked door, and we cannot find the key.
Let us hope they have not thrown it away.
-Agent:-''Is the boss of the house mr.
Proud Father--'Yes, he's asleep up
stairs in his CRADLE
One able bodied fly buzzing about your
ears will do more to overcome that tired
feeling than all the tonics in the country
Some fellows reminds US of dog who,
every time it catches its masters eye, wags
its tall
Fortune has frowned on us so often that
when she makes up her mind to smile in
our direction the chances are good that we
shall have become a confirmed misoganist.
'-Liliuokalani, former Queen of Hawaii,
sends $100 monthly to the Red Cross of the
United States. In her last letter to the
Governor she states: 81 will send this to
the end of the war, if it lasts for ages.
After all there are lot of things that
man without an income doesn't have to
worry about. No prying official is going
to come and take his excess profits away
from him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
Desirable Habits

The habit of work.
The habit of honesty.
The habit of attention.
The habit of politeness.
The habit of happiness.
The habit of cleanliness.
The habit of promptness.
The habit of appreciation.
The habit of thoroughness.
The habit of thoughtfulness.
The habit of accomplishment.
The habit of correct speaking.
The habit of neatness in work.
The habit of enjoyment of work.
The habit of telling the exact truth.
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
:. ? o e I ny
A Birthday in Middle Life

Upon the road another stone,
Another hard-won boundary passed,
And youths dim unimaginable goal
has grown
Instant and vast.
The end was far, undreamed of then,
In life's first clear felicity:
1t was fate that called sometime for
other men,
But not me.
| drank the gladdness of the grass,
The rapture of the woods 10 May.
l was immortal as they are, serene, alas
And young as they.
What in the hurry hours remains?
What faded blossoms linger on
To mock, as they recall the joys, the
joyous pains
That now are gonef
All in life's barren desert lands
This may lift the heart and be
A crystal well amid the bare rocks
and the sands
Monotony.
Nhis-that no agonizing dies,
No hoping and no strife in vain,
That IN the garnered harvest of a man
they rise
And live again.-Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
? o Z TT r Z Z
To a Friend Cast Down

Be hopeful dear friend
The blue sky's above you
The earth to your feet
Is hrm and secure.
There's one friend at least
Who will ne'er forsake you,
Whose love will forever
And ever endure.
The love of that friend
Is more than all others,
His love is Almighty
And all things can do.
A word from His mouth
CONCEALED the deep waters.
And made the way safe
For you to pass through.
Your bread and your water
He says will be certain.
He II clothe you and guide you
The wilderness through.
The wild birds He feedeth
For lilies He careth,
He careth far more
For me and for you.
The beautiful lily
In garments of splendor,
More gorgeous than monarchs
OF earth ever knew.
As pure as the light
A truant from Eden.
As lovely as Angels
An emblem for you,
His family of birds
He daily provides for,
< In mountain and forest
Where'er they may be,
He opens His hands
And feeds all His creatures,
And never forgets
The fish of the sea.
Let your faith then dear friend
Pierce all your surroundings.
And find in them all
The hand that's divine.
His wisdom is perfect
His love is around you,
To His will may you ever
Your own will resign.
Then calm and secure
You will 60 thro life's duties,
NOT utter murmur
AS onward you go.
With heart full of song
And praise to your Father,
Admitting His wisdom
Who ordered-it so.
And when your time comes
To cross DER the river.
That parteth-the world
Of darkness and light.
You will give your farewell
In tones of real gladness.
And find that your sadness
Is lost in His sight. N
William Colbert.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
N 0 7 | c E

All inmates desiring to write to the
State Board of Control will notify
their officer, who in turn is request
ed to send your notification to the
Deputy Warden's Office Friday
noon in order that special paper for
that purpose may be furnished you.
Letters written on regulation size
paper will not be per mitted to 60.
c. S. REED,
Warden
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08

-"Sambo. did you ever see the Cats
kill mountains
''No, sab, but I've seen 'em kill mice. -
The young lady across the way says
so many people are beginning 10 cook by
electricity that she supposes it won't be
many years before gas-tronomics 60 the way
of the old-fashioned coal ranges.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
School Report
c. S. REED, Warden.

The following is the school history for
the month of October 1917:
School attendance at opening session
October 1, 1917
No. of school sessions Is
Average attendance during month 9Ol
Highest --9O4
Average compulsory attendance - o
Average voluntary attendance $500 81
No. excused by Medical Dept. during
month-Temporarily ------------- 90
No. excused by Medical Dept. during
month-Permanently ---- l
No. excused by Deputy Warden dur
ing month-Temporarily -- IL
No. excused by Deputy Warden dur
ing month Permanently
No. excused by School Superintendent
during month-Temporarily o
No. excused by School Superintendent
during Permanently o
No. enrolled during month Is
No. (who attended schooD discharged
from Institution during month"; 8
No. pupils reported for breach of In
4stitutional rules during month"; I
No. pupils reported for incidence and
lack of interest in school work. O
Illiterate Average during month l4O
J. j. Sullivan,
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08

You are hereby directed to place
your copy of THE MIRROR at the
foot of your bed on the morning
following the day on which it is
delivered to your cell. Non-com-
pliance with this order win cause
forfeiture of privileges.
j. j. Sullivan,
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
Chapel Yrngraal
Sunday, November 4

The following is the program rendered
in the Auditorium last Sunday, Reverend
Father Barry officiating:
March-Army and Navy Orchestra
decentralization" Orchestra
Hymn-What A Friend We
Have In Jesus Congregation
oCiPtuTe----- -------A------F ather barry
observation-disclosures Orchestra
1rayef- -----------------Fa Father Barry
Gospel Reading Father Barry
Sermon Father Barry
Hymn-Abide With Me Congregation
March-U. S. S. Rhode Island - Orchestra
r. ]. Reichkitzer. Musical Director
BnpnIatinu
Up to November
Number of Inmates at Prison..... 919
Number in First Grade..... .......729
Number in Second Grade 1853
Number in Third ID
Received During Week..
Discharged 6
LAST oerlal Number ....................... 5693
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
Monthly Library Report

The Librarian has furnished the following
Library report for the month of October,
1917.
Readers ISL ...
rlClon .............................
history Isl
Biography.
1ravel
Essays, Poetry, Drama ............---...... 4
Miscellaneous
sociology
Religion ............ .........................Z ~
Philosophy and Ethics ..................... IL
Periodicals.
Oounu
Unbound ......1 54O ,.
NeIeTeuCe
Foreign Books ............................-
Total 1906
Newspapers ............38, 900 ...
World's cresset., 1917-03-15
Your End. Question.
BY ALBIN PERKINS
Continued from page 8.

They are all kings. all over
seers. (a)l rulers) all electors.
every one of them, every man in
this nation, unless he has for.
feited his right soma way. But
then. while we are the ruling
power, IL is not convenient for US
all to meet togather to enact or
make lava: so we elect fifty
thousand servants to make our
laws for US.
1t may be, that they are not
always good ones. but they
ought to be, and they rule over
US. We are under their control.
and inside of their government,
and they are under our control
and inside of our government or
control.
We are over, above. and out.
side of them, as far as power is
concerned. for we put them in
their position. They are under
our control, and we are under
their. The out side wheel is the
inside. any Way you turn it.
The government is full of eyes.
the whole living creature.
In a government like this, we
ell watch or ought to, for
the general welfare of all. We
look back and draw instruction
from the past; we look forward
for dangers that may be ahead
that is, the people, do ought to.
And the old prophet told US
the time was coming when the
four living creatures, or four
quarters of the earth, would
have their laws or government
all alike, I am glad of it, and it
is when the Word Of the Almigh
W has raised them up to the
high portion that the God of
heaven intended they should oc.
cupv in the millenial age.
There IS a mighty revolution on
hand just now, such as never
was before upon the human
family since timet began.
We had better open our eyes
and look, open our ears and hear
tie warnings Of the God heaven,
and work in his vinyard, that we
may receive the reward and hear
the welcome plandit, We'll done
thou good and faithful servant,
enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord,' The opportunity is
granted 20 the Lord people to
proclaim the word of the Lord,
TO bring about this tima when
the four quarters Of the earth
shall have their governments
alike. and not one man power
and the saints shall rule at the
ballet box all over the earth, and
righteouness shall cover the
World's cresset., 1917-03-15

neither in anger, nor in BATTLE"
)Dan, 11-2O)
Now we have the tax raiser,
please let's see what Luke says
about This tax raiser.
And it came to pass in those
days, that there went out a
decree from caesar Augustus
that all the world should be
taxed.
(And this taxing was first
made when Cyrenius was COVER
nor of Sy ria and all vent to be
taxed every one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from
Galilee out. of the city Of Naza.
reth; into Judaea u nto the city
OF David which Is called Betble.
hem; because he was Of the
house ana lingeage Of David.
To be taxed with Mary his
espoused wife, being great with
child.
And so it was, that, while
they we're there the days were
accomplished thai she should be
delivered.
And she brought forth her
irstborn son. and wrapped him
in swaddling clothes. and laid
hiul in manger; because there
was no room for them in the inn.
St. Luke. 2-1-2-3 -4-5
-6-7w
Here we have the tax raiser
in Caesar Augustus, at Rome,
and then we must ask who does
the prophesy say must take his
place? well please read.
And in his estate shall stand
up vile person. to whome they
shall not give the honour of the
kingdom: out he shall comt in
peaceable, and obtain the king.
dom BY batteries. Dan. 11-21D
Yes. it says vile person shall
take The place Of the tax raiser.
and Low with his own language
we shall leave no room for doubt
to know who the character was.
that come up out Of the sea, that
John saw and the man who Paul
spoke Of as the man of sin Pleas e
read.
But of all the spiritual king
doms or Churches upon earth,
there is only one that can boast
of possessing the true success
sors Of Jesus Christ, and also a
true successor to ST. Peter.
That one is the Roman Catho
lie Apostolic Church, !.
mission Book page 446)
Continued till next week.
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Explained by William
7. Ellis in the
TOLEDO BLADE DEC, Z. 1915.
ON OF THE BEST OF PAPERS
ALSO
T.. G. SAITH in REVELATION
EXPLAINED -
Continued from nage 2.

-'oV W. "i CllDR upOu UDe
third perIoa Of the churches
his'ory since the time OF the
Apos les. The character who
ht .ds the sharp sword with two
;dess, said to john, write and
saY I to the church OF Perga.
mos, L know Thy works. for
tLou dWeliasi where satan's seat
is, d you uolo fast to ny name
anH AsC Dot denied my faith,
-ven IL tDose days wherein An
tlpas my faithful martyr. who
was slain among you, where
satal dwe. .leth:
First we must find a church
where satan's seat is, anu we
must fud a church that satan
gave his seat to- And to do this
we sosll ask you to read.
"And l stood upon the sand Of
the sea, and saw a beast rise up
out OF the sea, having seven
IA. ads and ten horns, and upon
hls horns ten crowns, and upon
his heads the name Of bias phemy.
Ard the beast which I saw
was Ike unto q leopard, and his
ieeL ere as the feet OF a bear,
hnc MS mouth aa the mouth of a
4lou: and the dragon gave him
rs powers and his seat, and grea.
aulnorlOy." lRev, 19-1-2.]
here W. have a beast that rose
up uut OF the sea THAT is the sea
Vi I limal magnatisnl) c"Science
lalsely 80 called with seven
beds tseven cardinals) and ten
horns lten arch bishops when
organlzed.| The effort of the
beast Is to try to EN- olamize this
nan spoken of in prophesy.
Please read.
And this man shall be the
peace, when the Assyrian shall
come into our land; and when ne
Shall tread In our palaces, then
saall We raise against him seven
shepherds and eight principal
men,"(Micah. 5 -5)
You can plainly see that the
beast tried hard 20 EN- b.amize
lhis man of Micah. but failed.
he got ten horns IN the place of
eIgnt. The man of Micah, as far
AS .Ae seven shepherds goes
embiamizes ZeruODable, as you
Nay read.
For who hath despised the
day OF small tnlngsy for they
snall rejoice, and shall see the
..u.Imet in the hand OF Zerupba
w. n tnose seven: 'Lney are
- eyes Of The Lord, which run
~ Ind tro through the Whole
Ga Ia. "(Zecn. i -lO)
Ps4e is Jne SlTen spirit spoken
=. IN hes, IL this Manner,
e ld ! Oeheld. and, 10, in the
midst oi the throue aud of the
4our teasts, and IN the midst
OF the elders, stood d Lamb as i,
mad been slam having seven
horns a2d seven eyes which are
the seven Spirits OF God sent
1Orth into all the earth. Rev s.
81
From this you will learn why
tie beast who came up out of the
sea tried to emblamize this man
Zerubbable. And in trying tc
40 this, Paul set him forth as
lne man OF sin. Please read.
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earth, and the wicked no longer
rule. when the nations shall learn
war no more. Lord Help us to
WORK for that glourious result.
And wher this time comes,
then the twenty. four elders will
bow and worship-says some
one' ! don't know about that
You don't? Do You know that
l am right in saying. when this
time comes, that the nations
have their governments all alike
IA Democratic ic-Republic, rails.
ed to the high position Dy the
Bible-is the time when the
elder bow and worship on the
earth9 When the four quarters
of the earth bow Lefore the Lord
and acknowledge Jesus as king,
then the twenty four elders bow
down and worship. Who are
they? Just the Lords. fami.
ly-the Lords Church On earth
the Jews and Gentiles united
in one family of the Lord all over
the earth. The Jews will ac-
knowledge Jesus; the twelve
tribes of Israel will unite with
those who are buil5 upon the
foundation OF the twelve apostles
making out the twenty. four
names, or tha twenty.four elders
They are saints; they say; they
had crowns Of gold; If they have
crowns of gold, they are genuine
disciples, They had the prayers
of the [SA;1ts] to offer and say
With these four beasts. we are
kings and priests. and we are
to reign on the earth, not up in
heaven, These twenty four say
they are all redeemed of God,
by the blood Of Christ. and made
kings and priests, and are to
reign on the Iearth. There are
Christians in the four quarters.
How do I know9 because the
LORD tells that: l know nothing
but as | have learned it from
the Bible. John says" l saw
seven lamps of fire burning be-
fore the throne which are the
seven spirits Of God" Fourth
chapterl What are the seven
spirits of God? God has seven
Spirits working in this world.
What are they? They are the
seven lamps that are burning
before the throne there are
seven spirits, but what are seven
lamps? The Lord said, these are
the churches, and all the spirit
God works with to convert and
save dying mortals, is in the
congregation of the Lord. l ex-
pect to prove before i an done,
that seven is full num- ber and
in Gods Word it mean all.
And all the Spirit God uses in
this world, to conver. the world
's in his people here-the chur.
ches and congregation, Woe to
the man that folds his ar ms; woe
to the congregation that loses
It's first love, and in the way o.
Balaam's doctrine and of its
riches and honor; woe to them
that become carelass and uncon.