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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
An Amphibi Diplodocidae

Natives of small island off the west
coast of Cuba were recently thrown into the
highest pitch of excitement and terror when
gigantic animal of the dinosaurs or dip
lodocus species suddenly crawled forth from
the sea and continued to MAKE its slow and
destructive way toward the principal village
on the island. The island is not more than
20 miles in circumference and is mostly
given over to the cultivation of grapefruit.
The monstrous creature, described as be-
ing more than 90 feet IN length, according
to its imprints in the soil over which it pas
sed and weighing many tons, has been pro-
nounced by scientists of this city to be
genuine and probably the only living re-
menant of the gigantic reptilians that pre-
vailed in the western part of the United
States in prehistoric times, the bones of
which are still unearthed from time to time
by scientists and archaeological explorers.
The monstrous specimen that has almost
6epopulated the island alluded to through
hasty flight of scores of natives by small
boats to neighboring isle, broke down
fences over which it crawled, knocked over
small outbuildings, uprooted palm trees and
cut big swaths through fields of crops.
While it has been pronounced to be the
only known living specimen OF the thought
to-be-extinct giganticus amRhibi diplodo-
cidae, so far as is known, and while it dis
appeared after crossing the narrowest point
of the island, those who saw it and so far
recovered from there fright as to be able to
discuss it, declare that it was the most terri
flying thing they have ever seen or wish to
see again, and all agree that it had eyes that
shone like searchlights, huge teeth and
mustache exactly like the kaiser's.
Its winnings and other noises as it passed
over the island were not as unnerving to the
natives as was its mammoth size, which was
awe-inspiring. Some of the natives de-
clare they will never return tosthe island.
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
The First Pneumatic Tires

]. B. Dunlop, an Irish veterinary sur
geon, is generally regarded as the inventor
of the modern pneumatic rubber tire. 1t is
true that, crude and imperfect though his
first tires were, they were the first to have
embodied in them the basic principles of
modern pneumatic tires. The honor Of
producing the first air-infated tire does not
rightfully belong to Dunlop. however, but
to R. W.. Thompson, British civil engi-
neer.
His invention consisted of rubber tube
incased in stout leather, we'll riveted togeth-
er and firmly attached to the felloe of a
horse-drawn vehicle. The tire was inflated
through tube which extended through the
hole in the felloe and was closed by means
of brass cap and leather washer. A econ
denser, apparently working on about the
same principle as the ordinary tire pump of
the present time, was used for filling the
tires with air.
Thompson believed that pneumatic tires
would make for easier riding and at the
same time would reduce the draft or pull of
the vehicle. He made his first tires in 1916
and in tests which were made on the streets
of London it was readily demonstrated that
they greatly lessened the jars and jolts in
cident to riding in carriage and that over
smooth roads they reduced the draft about
40 per cent while over rough roads the re-
duction amounted to considerably more.
Unfortunately for Thompson, the inven-
ton never amounted to much in a finan-
cial way. The new tires attracted attention
for a while and few vehicles were equipped
with them, but apparently because they
were rather clumsy looking and more ,ex-
pensive than steel tires, they shortly fell in
to disuse and at length were almost COM
pletely forgotten.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
Sammy's Part-and Yours

When Sammy's in the trenches at the call
of Uncle Sam,
A fighting for his country like brave and
noble man
On the deadly fields of carnage in the far
flung battle line,
Boldly facing shells and bullets, in weather
foul and fine;
What are you, my neighbor, doing, safely
sheltered from the foe,
To help your Uncle Sam and Sammy strike
the long awaited blow
That will drive the ruthless Teuton from
his stronghold in the earth,
Bring peace and JOY and safety to the land
which gave you birth?
When your Sammy lies a'bleeding on the
weary field of strife,
His pulses feebly beating with his slowly
ebbing life,
Far away from home and Kindred in a
strange, war wasted land;
Yearning for the ministrations of some
tender, loving hand;
What are you, my neighbor, doing, resting
quietly at ease,
To send succor to the fallen and to check
wars dire disease,
So that Sammy may be rescued from the
grim, dread jaws of death,
And restored to health and vigor, and to
her who gave him breathe
Oh, my neighbor, implore you, as you
love your Uncle Sam,
AS you cherish every Sammy meath Old
Glory in the van
Of the worlds great fields of battle for the
freedom and the right
Which alone enobles nations-gives them
power, and strength, and might.
Give. if need be, your last penny to the Red
Cross's crying need,
That her healing angels may go forth to
care for those who bleed.
Then, when this cruel war is over, and the
final victory won,
God in heaven may commend you with the
blessed words, ,"Well done.''
Professor w. F.. Ream.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
The Better Thing

1t is better to lose with a conscience clean
Than to win by trick unfair;
1t is better to fail and to know you'v been,
Whatever the prize was, square,
Than to claim the JOY of far-off goal
And the cheers of the stander-by,
And to know down deep in your Utmost
A cheat you must live and die.
Who wins by trick can take the prize,
And at first may think it sweet,
But many day in the future lies
When he'll wish he had met defeat.
For the man who lost shall be glad at heart
And walk with his head up high,
While his conqueror knows he must play
the part
Of cheat and living lie.
The prize seems fair when the fight is on,
But save it is truly won
You will hate the thing when the crowds are
gone,
For it stands false deed done.
And it's better you never should reach your
goal
Than ever success to buy
At the price of knowing down in your soul
That your glory is all a lie.-Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
G | { A n | n G S
From Our EXCHANGES

Even the moral struggle is in need of a
good many "range-fnders."
"A hundred years ago men married
younger than they do now-but women did
not object to doing housework then.
We know a man who is so stuck on
himself that he struts in his sleep.
Thrift Stamps will help stamp kaiserism
out of troubled world.
Some women are never perfectly happy
unless they are perfectly miserable.
Beauty may be only skin deep, but
that's deep enough if girl has beauty.
There's something radically wrong
with the man who isn't welcome at home.
Everybody who owns car admits that
the worst driver in the world is the other
fellow.
Some peoples idea of helping to win
the war is to sit down and hope that it
won't last much longer.
Some men will give almost anything
you ask or them to good cause except their
own time and effort.
Sometimes we get to wondering jus.
what kind of a war it would be if the tight
wads had the running of it.
One of the joys of spending four years
making garden is just as soon as the roses
begin to reward you for your labor your
wife decides to sell the place and move
somewhere else.
The road to knowledge crosses the
plains of ignorance.
Occasionally the man who refuses to
face the music follows the band.
The small boy who won't fight is always
nagging at little girls.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
M |R R 0 R TES

When in doubt it is good thing to
ask the Deputy. 1t saves trouble.
There was new moon last Wednesday
evening. 1t appeared very much like a
"wet" moon, as its position was perpendi-
cular.
"A correspondent of THE MIRROR, who
was modest enough to admit that he was
just "Filling Space" willis soon be mingling
with the outside world. The little thoughts
in prose<and poem from his pen need no
eulogy. Bright. witty, and above reproach,
they carried message to all. We wish
him success and sincerely trust that it will
be the "Last Form" from behind the bars.
Let us trust that the same motives that
prompted his writings will guide him on
the journey that is before him.
-s'In 1856 France gave to the State of
California her first prune trees. Now
California is to supply Northern France
with 100000 prune trees, which are ex-
pected to convert Is. 900 acres into bearing
orchards in two years.
There is no silver at all in German
silver; the metal is compound of copper,
zinc and nickle, the proportions of each
ingredient varying according to the use to
which the German ''silver" article is to be
putt
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
The ORIGIN of Music
CONTINUED from page one.)

one voice. A monk, Huchbald, who died
about $50, gave the first rules of how tones
and voices may be united and thus founded
the doctrine of harmony, which in the fol-
lowing centuries was further developed.
Only now, when rhythm, melody, and
harmony could unite into one grand whole,
music was enabled to furnish to the great
geniuses of our times that medium of ex-
preston which their God-inspired souls
needed.
The number of instruments in the course
of centuries has become smaller. AS early
as the seventeenth century the string-instru-
ments, such. as violin, cello, bass viol, re-
ceived their final shape. During the eigh-
teenth and nineteenth centuries the piano
reached that perfection which gave the COM
poser very wide range for the expression of
thoughts and sentiment. The most subtle
feelings, which for centuries had slumbered
in the human heart, could now find their
liberating expression. Only now could
music fulfill its destination to be the Ian
guage of the soul. Only now the hour had
struck when mankind, like Parsifal, could
approach the Holy Grail and enter into the
sanctuary of this great art, and men like
Bach, Handel, Gluck. Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven; Verdia, Chopin, Wagner and
other great masters, could lead music to
those heights which in all probability can
hardly be surpassed by any future musical
oenuS
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
For Humanity's Rights
j. III. w.

y. III. w.
In answer to the summons, they came ten
million strong,
Each one ready to sacrifice his life to right
wrong.
Leaving homes and loved ones, for their
country, all this they give,
A worthy tribute to their forebears, who died
that they might live.
And now on the field of battle, the horrors
of war will be endured,
Until ultimately victory is theirs, and the
rights of humanity assured.
A noble sacrifice indeed. which in future
history will shine,
Given for the greatest of all causes, without
selfish thought or design.
Wanton acts of a barbarous nation, continu-
ed without scruple or thought,
This change in peace-loving people, their
ruthlessness hath wrought.
And they who were not content, until our
country in conflict they'd drag,
Will find that we cherish, and with honor
uphold, traditions of our flag.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
S-S-S-Surrender?
C-C-Certainly Not!

About to be rejected at recruiting head
quarters of the Marine corps here because
he stammers, Soils Solomon O. Hanna said:
"L-look here, d-d-d'you w-w-want a
f-f-f-hghting m-m-man or a t-t-t-talking
m-m-man? I'm f-f-t-fghting m-m- man,
b-but c-can't g-g-get my words out
q-q-q-quick enough to s.s-s-say s-s-s-surren-
der if the whole d-d-d-d Coleman
army's on t-t-top o me-.
The recruiting officer was greatly i'm
pressed and took the case under Amusement.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18

Travel, besides being a most pleasant
mode of recreation and amusement, is also
educational providing one has well-6lled
purse and plenty of time. 1t broadens the
views and gives many pleasant hour for re-
trospective.study. But nowadays if one de-
sires to travel it is not necessary to have a
well-flled purse and plenty of time; the
motion pictures will take you to any part of
the earth at little if any expense and in no
time at all. So last Wednesday, July 10,
the inmates availed themselves of the Para
mount "movie route and took a trip to
Southern Italy-Naples, Sorrento and vi
cinity-where they became acquainted with a
part of Italy's 'crack" army, some curious
customs of Neapolitan life, view of the
imposing cliffs near Sorrento and a dance
staged at Sorrento, for which that city is
noted. The travelogue was followed by a
four-reel Paramount production, featuring
John Emerson in ga Bachelor Romance, +"
a playlet with not much of plot, and act
ing that appeared too weak to arouse much
interest.-B.
Following is the musical program:
March-Willow Grove Sorrentino
Overture-The Jolly Observation-Disclosures
Two Step-Thats Why Love You
Betsy Ross Reid and Rose
Waltz-Southern Beauties Evans
One Step-What the Use of Going
Home M onocO
Waltz-Dream Waltz Powell
March-King Afford
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
:. P o E 7 R Y
From Our Exchanges
Vive La France

The land of sunshine and of song!
Her name your hearts divine;
To her banquet's vows belong
Whose breasts have poured its wine;
Our trusty friend, our true ally
Through varied change and chance;
So, fill your flashing goblets high,
l give you, Vice La France!
Above our hosts in triple folds
The selfsame colors spread,
Where valor's faithful arm upholds
The blue, the white, the red;
Alike each nations glittering creast
Reflects the mornings glance,
Twin eagles, soaring east and west:
Once more, then, Woe La France!
Sister in trial! who shall count
Thy generous friendships claim,
Whose blood ran mingling in the fount
That gave our land its name,
Til Yorktown saw in blended line
Our conquering arms advance.
And Victory's double garlands Irvine
Our banners! Vive La France!
0 land of heroes! in our need
One gift from heaven we crave
To stanch these wounds that bravely
bleed
The wise to lead the brave!
Call back one captain of thy past
From glory's marble trance,
Whose name shall be bugle blast
To rouse us! Vive La France!
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
Mary's Lamb

Mary had a little lamb
And it ran far away,
From its mother and its friends,
Upon a stormy day.
Mary wept little weep,
The storm was such fury.
| couldn't bear to sit at home
l hate to see her worry.
| went out and got the lamb,
1t was all that l could carry;
| loved the lamb-that you know;
But also l loved Mary.
By Master Wallace Ross
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
PiCk-Ups

No More Liquor at Front. The French
army authorities have decreed that the SELL
ing or consumption of alcoholic liquors
shall hereafter be prohibited in the war zone.
Provisions are made for the strict enforce
ment of the order.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
The Philosophy of Life

In the struggle for existence
Fall the week and stand the fittest;
Even they in time surrender
At the throne where mercy stitch.
For the Ged, who watcheth over
Every little thing that groweth
Calls that spirit to His BOSOM
For what purpose best He knoweth.
So when the journeys ended,
Thro' this world of tears and sorrow
He who aids mankind in the world today
Finds Gods reward omorrow.-Ea.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18

Browning Gun Makes Good. The War
Department has announced that tests have
demonstrated the efficiency of the Browning
gun for use on flying machines where the
synchronized firing system is used; it will
be adopted, along with the Marlin gun, for
use on aircrafts.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18

Paris-London Mail by Air. Two French
aviators the other day flew in a hydroplane
with mail from Paris to London and back,
making the round trip in three hours and
ten minutes. An aerial postal service be-
tween France and England is being organi-
zed and this was the first trip in connection
with such service.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18

-"Another thing we can't understand is
how woman hates to wash the dishes and
how she loves to wash the baby
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
All EN- II0 n!

Inmates are hereby cautioned not to,
use the margins of THE MIRROR for adj
dresses of friends or other written
matter. If you wish The MIRROR sent
to your friends, you are required to
send in their addresses to the Deputy
Warden's Office through your officer.
In this way it will be attended'ts.
j. j. SULLIVAN
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
: p o ET.TR EE -.
LedUes From Our Poets.
Our Boys in Khaki

Our Boys in Khaki
oh.
The Kaiser in great conceit
Said he would rule the world,
And 'gainst the nations of the East
His legions they were hurled:
Then he badgered Uncle Sammy
Until he could stand no more,
So the trumpet it was sounded,
Calling US to war! to war!
And they come! They come!
To beat of drum;
From East and West,
In Khaki drest,
They come! -
Our boys in khaki. \
To the glory of our country
And the Germans sure defeat
We are mastering an army
That will never sound retreat;
They are gathering in the valleys,
On the hilltop and the plain:
As the trumpet has been sounded
So they answer its refrain.
And we greet! we greet!
With hearts abeat,
The marching throng,
Five million strong.
We greet!
Our boys in khaki.
In conveyed ships they are sailing
Acrost treacherous sea,
To battle on foreign soil
For mans right, for liberty;
And though death is their companion,
There is not sign of fear,
AS the trumpet is sounded
They all answer with a cheer.
And we cheer! we cheer!
Our heroes dear,
Who cross the wave,
Liberty to save.
We cheer!
Our boys in khaki.
In France, the land of the lily
And the home of Lafayette
They're now joined with our allies
To the Prussian's deep regret;
And though tears for them ale falling
Twould be treason TO complain,
AS the trumpet it has sounded.
They have answered its refrain.
And in France! in France
They now advance,
With hearts ahame
In freedoms name,
In France!
Our boys in khaki.
To the glory of our fathers
All our wars before we've won,
And our boys will do it this time
AS their sires before have done;
In the forefront of the battle
Dear Old Glory they'll maintain,
As the trumpet it is sounded,
They will answer its refrain. =
And they'll win! they'll win!
On to Berlin,
And overthrow
The Prussian foe.
They'll win
Our boys in khaki.
Then all honor to the mothers,
Sisters, wives and sweethearts true,
Who are sending forth their loved
ones
Beneath the red, white and blue:
So we all must do Our duty,
That to all should be most plain,
AS the trumpet it is sounded
We must answer its refrain.
And we vow! we vow!
Right here and now,
With hand and heart
To do our part,
With you;
Our boys in khaki.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
Chapel prnDra,,t
Sunday, July Ia

The following is the program rendered
in the Auditorium, Reverend Father Barry
officiating.
March The Jollier Orchestra
Hymn-There Shall be Showers of
Blessings ----------Congregatlo
oeiiP'uIe------ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES barry
Selection Simple Orchestra
Prayer ---------F Father Barry
Gospel Reading Father Barry
Sermon Observation-Disclosures Father Barry
Hymn-Yield Not to Temptation
--------Congregation
March-The Reliance Orchestra
X. ]. Reichkitzer. Musical Director.
Population
Monday, July Is
Number of Inmates at Prison.. 882
Number in First Grade..... .7O4
Number in Second Grade ..154
Number in Third Grade.
Received During Week.. ....................
Discharged NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .......... 2
Last Serial Number ................5 1897
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18

Books for Soldiers. About SO tons of
books and other reading matter are sent
every month to American soldiers in France
Over $50, 900 volumes have been sent abroad
and about 1900, 900 to the various camps in
this country. During recent book cam
paign more than 1000, 900 volumes were
collected.
''Mothers' Day. Mail. Approximately
1,425, 900 letters written by soldiers of the
American expeditionary force on May IL
(Mothers' day. and addressed to women in
America arrived at U. S. port few days
ago. Word was also received from France
of the safe arrival of some ], 400, 600 letters
and parcels for American soldiers. All of
this mail is said to be the result of the
Mothers Day letter-writing program.
Coal Men Refund 5000, 900. Found
guilty of profteering, coal dealers in New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, St. Louis
and Boston have been compelled by the
fuel administration to refund sums aggregat-
ing over 100000. The fines were imposed
after officials of the administration and the
federal trade commission had determined
the approximate extent of their overcharges.
Rome 2,67I Years Old. The 2,67lst
birthday anniversary of Rome was celebrat-
ed by its citizens a few weeks ago. The
mayor in his address remarked that at the
present time, as so many times during the
citv's long past history, Rome is obliged to
fight the ''barbarians of the north" who are
savagely seeking to enrich themselves at the
expense of their neighbors.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18
Yriant, @ffirials
Board of Control
Board of Parole

Board of Parole
c. f. Vasaly, Chairman
c. S. Reed, Sec'y for Prison
Rev. H. c. Swearingen
II. X. w. Scott, Sec'y for Reformatory
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18

Cell Changes
Corrected to Saturday, July IS
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-18

Inmates released during week.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-30

American flags and floral offerings
covered the caskets OF the two Am
orleans. In the attending delegation
Of officers and men from the Am
erican Red Cross were Major Lowell
head Of the military branch OF the
American Red Cross in Italy.
Long lines of soldiers and civilians
filled the streets. Funeral oratiOnE
were delivered from the steps of a
church by the mayor and a repre-
sentative Of the government, who re-
ferred TO the death Of the young Am
ericans.
Companions OF Fairfield and Plat
say they were killed while perform
ing an act Of bravery. They were
at a Red Cross camp far out of range
OF the raid and could have remained
there safely. But with two others
they decided to go to Mestre, where
the raid had already begun. and to
give aid and help to probable vic
Tins. Fairfield and Plat went ahead
on a motorcycle, while the ambu-
lance followed. 1t was just as they
reached the Mestre hospital to be-
gin their humane labors that the
bombs dropped and killed both OF
them.