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Evening journal., 1918-01-05

sonable prices. Th e Sc
goods we now have on
sale at a saving of one
third from the actual
values.
All are in circular pat
terms, the cloths ranging
in size from 2x2 yards to
213x4 yards, and in price
from $3.50 to S16.50 each,
with eight different sizes
in between.
The napkins, 24x24
inches, are $3.50 a dozen.
4 MOTHER piece of
"A rare good luck in the
White Sale! $4,000
worth of fine S c 0 t c h
tablecloths and napkins
for $4,000!
Just received, six solid
cases of tn e m. Full
bleached, double satin
damask.
This order was made
up before yarns were so
costly as now, conse-
quently patrons of the
White Sale reap the good
fortune.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
Airplanes to Cross Atlantic

Speaking in Washington the other day
Maj. Gen. William Brancker of the British
air council, who is considered one of the
best authorities on military aviation in the
world, declared that American airships
should be crossing the Atlantic under their
own power within the next few months. By
using high-powered machine capable of
making about IS miles an hour the trip
could be completed in about 40 hours, he
said. After the feat had once been accom-
plished all the output of American bomb
ing machines can proceed to Europe by
air and save shipping space for other pur-
poses. Maj. Gen. Brancker discredited
standardization as being the best plan in
airplane construction. Quality instead of
quantity should be the aim, he said; high
standard of workmanship and hexibility
with which new types can be turned out
without overhauling the equipment of ev-
cry plant are conducive to greater prog
ress in aviation than big numbers of mach
ines. 1t is this feature of hexibility which
has kept the English types of machines
ahead of the German, he explained. Ger
many holds to standardization of every
thing and consequently finds it difficult to
keep abreast of the times with improve
ments and new developments in aerody.
namatical designs.-The Pathfinder
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
Two Local Teams Play
Continued from page one

Continued from page one
Summary-Three base hits: Brad. Two
base hits: Burn, Helm. First base on err ors:
second team, none; first team, five. Left
on bases: second team, seven; first team,
four. Double plays: Nc. unassisted to
Map twice, Bran to Jam to Add. Sacri-
fee hits, Bran. Struck out by Lee: eight;
by Wells, four, in two and two-thirds in
nings. Hits off Lee, nine; off Wells, five;
off Brad 2. Bases on balls: off Lee, one;
off Brad. S. Umpire, Lohr.
An answer to query that was published
in last weeks issue of THE MIRROR.
Yes, the Nd. S. P's winning percentage
is far above any previous years percentage
at this time of the season. Since April 13,
when the baseball season opened up in our
Silent City, the locals have participated in
twenty contests, including one game play
ed outside. They have won fifteen of these
games losing only five, this gives them at
the present time percentage of $50.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
TX. P"

A Training Camp Ballad with apologies to Bill
Leonardo
Oh, Kitchen Police is the duty that creases
A lot of new lines in your brow,
1t keeps guy hustling when detailed for
rustling,
The daily allowance of chow;
The murphies I'm peeling have set my
mind reeling,
I've done seven billion and three,
When get away from this job I'll be gray
from K. P.
But there's no escaping from scrubbing and
scraping,
The pans and the pots and the plates,
And bringing in fuel and ladling out Cruel,
And pairing the onions by crates;
My nerves are all shaken from smelling the
bacon,
The coffee, the beans and the tea,
My hunger's departed; who was it that
started K. p?
l thought I'd be fighting the Germans, and
Fighting
The wrongs that the papers portrayed,
And here l am wearing an apron, and
bearing
The task of scullery maid;
Why, drilling is easy compared to the
greasy,
Hard labor they We handed to me,
This cleaning of fishes and juggling of
dishes, K. P!
Say, when in drive at the Bosche, we ar
rive at
The widely known town of Berlin,
And Neutrality-suspicious. reach out and
gather
The Kaiser and Hindenburg in,
I've got suggestion to settle the question
Of what we shall do with 'em; Gee!
I'd thrill to be viewing the pairs of them
doing, K. P!
-Berton Braley
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
:. P o EFT RY :.
From Oar Exchanges

Something more than ink flowed from
the pen of Rudyard Kipling when he wrote
the poem elf" He looked about him and
saw the vanities and foibles of mankind;
searched into his own soul and saw the
shortcomings that were his and which are
yours and mine. Then he put on paper a
message so full of vital truth and helpful
inspiration that all who read and ponder
may also see and comprehend the things
that make or break man.
If poem has never touched the delicate
6bers of your being you should meet with
this experience when you have read cit. :"
Every line is a lesson and "setting up
exercise for sluggish brain or a weak
heart.
If you can keep your head, when all about
you are losing theirs
And blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men
doubt you,
And make allowance for their doubling too,
If you can wait, aid not be tired of wait
ing,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, dent give way to hating;
don't look to good:
Or talk to wise.
If you can dream, and not make dreams
your Master,
If you can think, and not make thoughts
your aim,
If you can meet with triumph and disaster,
And treat those two imposters just the same.
If you can hear the truths that you have
spoken
Twisted by Knaves to make a trap fol
fools
Or watch the things you gave your life to,
broken,
And stoop and build them up with worn
out tools.
If you can make one heap of all your win
nings,
And risk it on one turn of "Pitch and
Toss
And lose and start again at your begin
nings,
anu uStcI OIcdtuC d WOIu OOOut yOul 1857
If you can force your heart, and nerve and
sinew,
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in
you,
Except the Will that says to you Hold
On
If you can talk with crowds, and keep
your virtue,
Or walk with Kings, nor lose the Common
Touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt
you,
If all men count with you but none too
much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute,
With sixty seconds worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth, and everything that's
in it,
And which IS more, you'll be MAN, my
son.
copyrighted by Rudyard Kiplimg.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
Testing New Irvine

Yucatan sisal monopolists may awake
some day to find that their market for sisal
fibre in this country has been curtailed
greatly. Following the announcement that
experiments are being made in the use of
hemp for Irvine comes the announcement
that one of the large twine manufacturers
is experimenting with new type of binder
Irvine composed of half paper and half fiber.
Kraft paper is used for the paper part of the
combination. This Irvine is being tested
at number of points in the grain belt this
year, and the reports from the field are
said to be quite favorable. All of these ex-
periments in the use of new materials for
Irvine are attempts to escape from the out
rageous prices for sisal fibre fixed by the
Yucatan sisal monopoly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
Browning Gun Man for U. S.
Continued from page one.,

Continued from page one.)
attached a cord to the trigger and yanked.
Fortunately, it was long cord, because
the force of the gas knocked the rife half
way back across the room. This was the
basis of his famous Browning gun which is
now being turned out wholesale and shipped
across to France.
At the time Mr.. Browning made his test
he was asked about it.
''I'm trying to harness the kick" he
declared, solemnly.
They laughed. 1t was Zone of Johns
jokes they said.
1t was mighty important joke. Soon
he had utilized the power of the gas in such
a manner that part of this wasted pressure
was transferred to the breach mechanism and
made to operate the gun. One pull of the
trigger and the rebound of the force fired the
weapon the second time, this rebound fired
it third time, and so on until soon he had
a gun that, with single pun OF the trigger,
would fire six hundred bullets in less than
minute!
The outcome of these experiments was
the automatic hrearm. From that the fam
Gus old Colts machine gun, at the time one
of the best in the world. 1t was adopted by
the United States Army and Navy more
than twenty years ago. 1t was the only
machine gun used during the Spanish war.
During the Boxer uprising in China de-
tachment of our marines with only two of
these Colts machine guns-Browning's in
vention-saved the foreign legations from
destruction and their inmates from butchery.
In 1914, at the outbreak of this war, the
only plant in the United States for the man.
ufacture of machine guns was turning out
this weapon, and quantities were sold to the
Allied Governments.
Continued next week.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
What?

'Now that am ta'en away
And may not see another day,
What is it to my eye appearsf
What sound rings in my stricken ears!
Not even the voice of any friend,
Or eyes beloved world without end,
But scenes and sounds of the countryside
In far England across the tide.
"The gorse upon the twilight down,
The English loan, so sunset brown,
The bowed pines and the sheepbell' S
Glamour,
The wet lit lane and the yellow-ham-
mer,
The orchard and the chatting song
Only to the brave belong.
And he shall lose their JOY for aye,
If their price he cannot pay,
Who shall find them dearer far
Enriched by blood after long war;
Unknown
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29

-Crawford-' do you do when a
woman asks your advice?'
Crabshaw-"Find out first what she has
made up her mind to do. p"
-Dora:-"I'm surprised that you'd let
a man kiss you on such short acquaintance.
Betty:-"Well, he said it was my own
fault that hadn't met him sooner.'
We ke tempted, not in order to be
ruined, but in order to be made. Tempta-
ton is just mans chance to show his colors.
Thomas Phillips.
Thirty thousand women and girls of
Austria have been driven by hunger to join
the labor battalions working near the Aus
trian front.
Some boys who were burning mattress
thrown out of Brooklyn house uncovered
$500 sewed inside it by its former owner
who died shortly before.
To prevent heavy emigration after the
war, Germany has passed law taxing all
those leaving Germany ~ per cent of their
capital or property holdings.
Because a man fixed lock for a neighbor
and did not send her bill, she left him in
her will S., 900 that enabled him to leave
New Jersey almhouse.
There are two things about which one
should never worry-that which cannot be
helped and that which can be.
"A muscle from frogs leg is utilized
by French inventor in a device that re-
ceives and records wireless signals.
An electric fan and lamp have been
combined by an inventor in such a manner
that both can be operated from single
socket.
IF u fast U beat U boats,
If u feast u boats beat U"-Sel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29

Sugar in Treating tuberculosis. An I,al-
ian scientist reports remarkably successful
results from using sugar in the treatment
of tuberculosis. The bronchial secretion,
he says, is an indispensable medium for
the existence of the tubercle bacilli. Sac
charose when injected causes the secretion
to diminish and finally disappear and with
it the bacilli. He claims apparently radical
cures in some cases; most of the patients
-consumptive soldiers-showed rapid i'm
proyement under treatment, he says.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
6 | E A n | n 6 s
From Orr EXCHANGES

Opportunity is always looking for the
right man.
Manufacturing rubber tires will begin in
China presently.
-Nimrod is brother of Ramrod, and
they are signs in the Kodak.
Every body is willing to forgive his emf
mics after he has licked them.
The force of ideas is never felt till they
are voted down.-Theodore Tilton.
Australia has 800 movie theaters.
Prices of admission are high, from to 90
cents.
An electric grill has been invented that
cooks a steak when placed upon it as the
meat lies upon platter.
The man behind the times is apt to speak
i'll of them, on the principle that nothing
looks good from behind Holmes.
One can neither protect nor arm himself
against criticism. We must meet it def
antly, and thus gradually please it.
"A wheelbarrew which folds up COM
pletely is made to take up little storage
room when temporarily out of service.
Sweden was prosperous last year. The
number of failures was about one-half of
the 1913 total. Mining was notably profit
able.
Tungsten, which only in recent years
has come into general use, was discussed
exclusively by Spanish treatise written
in 1881.
True liberty consists only in the power
of doing what we ought to will, and in not
being constrained to do what we ought not
to will.-Jonathan Edwards.
Conscience, true as the needle to the pole,
points steadily to the pole star of Gods
eternal justice, reminding the soul of the
fearful realities of the life to come.
"A knowledge of right and duty only rem
ders one greater hypocrite unless he have
moral sense and moral life sufficient to con-
form to his own convictions.-J. B. Walker
All the while, did we only see,
We walk in the Masters company;
We fight but tbs he who nerves our arm,
And out of the storm He brings calm.
Lathe tools made of alloys of cobalt with
chromium and other metals have been found
to work satisfactorily at speeds greater than
is possible with tools made of high speed
steel.
The inventor of lawn sprinkler in
which the hose is directed against revolv-
ing wheel claims that it will scatter the
water farther and simulate rain better than
any similar device.
When the intellect moves to the work of
human elevation, the power which gives
the impulse and secures Pc rmanency is gen.
Grated in the heart and conscience.
j. B. Walker
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
Between Three Fires

"Alas, alack! 1t puzzles me,
The maiden coyly sighed,
(which lover to accept of three
William and John and Clyde.
civilian is in the Flying Corps;
love him, but don't care
To choose, when l might love John more
I'm all up in the air!
"And then there's John my navy love,
Who's handsome as can be;
Must take him or Will above?
Oh dear, I'm all at sea!
"And Clyde, my army hero, still
Has chances, though VOW
My heart holds love for John and Will;
I'm shot to pieces now!
81 think I'll have to compromise
And heed the Red Cross call;
Then if they're wounded, sormise
Ill get to see them all!''~
II. Benjamin Faucet
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
PiCk-Ups

Baldy's Service Flag. Badly, of the fam
Gus Darling team of dogs, driven by
"Scotty" Allen has a service flag of 26
stars, representing his sons and grandsons
now in the service on the Italian front.
Badly was the leader of the Darling team,
but was to old for active war service. His
descendants are among the dogs that have
been invaluable in carrying supplies and
munitions to Italian soldiers in the noun
tain passes, especially during the winter.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
NOTICE TO INMATES

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 will cause
forfeiture of privileges.
j. j. Sullivan,
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
Tomorrow May Not Come

Tomorrow may not come. What then?
Today would be my last with men;
From dawn to dusk, my final chance
To WELD for truth shining lance,
And these would be my last few hours
To prove my worth and use my powers,
And with the setting of the sun
My work of life would all be done,
And should be remembered here
Just as my record should appear.
Oh, let me live and toll today,
So that if am called away,
l need not pass and leave behind
A single deed or word unkind.
Detroit Free Press.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
The Battle Cry of Feed EN-

Yes we'll rally round the farm, boys,
Well rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of Feed EN-.
We've got the ships and money
And the best of fighting men,
Shouting the battle cry of Feed EN-.
The onion forever, the bean aud the corn,
Down with the tater-.it's up the next
morn
While we rally round the pillow, boys,
And take the hoe again,
Shouting the battle cry of Feed EN-.
Exchange
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
p o ET-T r EE :
Leaves From Our Poets.
Here are My Boys from the
u. S. A.

England, I've heard you calling,
Belgium, my heart has bled for you,
France, | am sending the pride of our nation
To help pay the debt we owe to you.
We are willing to fight for the right
Wherever we may stray,
And I'm proud to say to every one of you
Here are my boys from the U. S. A.
Chorus
Here are my boys from the U. S. A.
And l. m proud of them one and all,
Never one of them hesitated
But answered when called;
In battles they'll never falter,
But to Old Glory will be true,
Their purpose you cannot alter
For they are fighting for Freedom and you.
Belgium, tho many have fallen,
We will send help to build anew,
France, we are filled with admiration
For the way you have struggled thru;
Each day we are coming stronger
To help you win the day,
And, I'm proud to say to each and every
one of you
Here are my boys from the U. S. A.
R. T. B.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
An Excellent Program

Some wise man has said that we are all
children of larger growth, and that fact
was we'll exempliied last Wednesday eve
ming, when that incompatible little artist,
Miss Marguerite Clark, with her delicious
and wholly bewitching way, appeared on
our screen in one of the most human, orig
inal and refreshing plays it has been our
privilege to witness for some time. ''Mol-
ly Make Believe was all that one could
wish for in the way of good, clean, whole
some entertainment. 1t was a Famous
Players release of FIVE reels, and showed
Miss Clark at her best. Molly is a dear
little girl that believes in fairies and she had
most of her audience thinking the same
way before she got through with them.
The philosophy of life as depicted by
Molly is fact we all well know. That
subtle craving for sympathy finds Judgement
in the hearts of all. Molly believes that
she can supply this long felt want by open
ing correspondence school for sympathy.
She succeeds beyond her fondest dreams
and also gains the love of her Prince
Charming.
We are all familiar with the scenes of
the play as great many of US left home
under the same circumstances. The train
crew and the train wreck were very realis-
tic. The Grating of the dog for shipment
and the hiding of Molly in his crate was
comical scene and yet full of pathos.
Bobby, as the always dead tired mess
eoger boy won the applause of the house.
The educated bull dog saying his prayers
with little Molly was certainly splendid
piece of acting. Taking it altogether it
was play with plenty of good points, that
will leave an indelible impression on its
audience for some time to come
The orchestra furnished several appro-
pirate numbers for the occasion, among
them The Army and Navy selection which
was especially good. The entire musical
program was we'll arranged and thoroughly
enjoyed by the audience. Mr.. B. sang a
song entitled, eff He Can Fight Like He
Can Love-, which won for him the approba
ton of his audience. We are always pleased
when Mr.. B. sings and we approve of his
plan of repeating the chorus as il makes us
familiar with the song.
Below is affixed the musical program as
played by the orchestra under the direction
of Professor X. ]. Reichkitzer.-PercyV We're.
March-l5th U. S. Cavalry Band--Wyman
Selection-Furs and Frills 49, Silvio Helm
Song-If He Can Fight Like He Can Love
Goodnight Germany Clark
by Mr.. b.
Popular Fox Trot-Crow Hollow - Weber
Novelette-Snow Queen -Salzer
Fox Trot-I Hate To Lose you----Gottler
Flower Song-Spring Flowers ------ Wood
One Step-Pick Little Four Leaf Clover
----A' i>SSS
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
N |R R 0 R EFT ES
War Saving Stamps.

Buy War Saving Stamps.
oh horrors! III more days until Christ
mas and they move the clock hack Sept. 80.
Sergeant Major James Larkin, late of His
Majestys Royal Horse Artillery, who
spoke in our Auditorium a few weeks ago,
is now drilling soldiers of Company B.
Fourth Minnesota, in the art of handling
the bayonet. He will also appear at the
Minnesota State Fair which opens Sept. 2.
Miss Marguerite Clark, who furnished
the splendid entertainment on our screen
last week, was married August l6, to Lieut..
H. P. Williams of Washington, D. C.
Miss Clark gave her age as 81.
We have been so busy eating corn-nn-
the-cob, that we have forgot to talk the
last two "talk days.
DO not throw your library book in the
exchange basket, but place it at the foot of
your bed the morning they are gathered up.
The warehouses are both empty as the
shipping season is about over, and the har-
vest is on.
We are fortunate this year in enjoying
Saturday afternoons, as it generally rains
Wednesday and Thursday.
The most terrific electric storm in the
history of the New Prison occurred We'd
nesday night, August 81, starting about
O. clock and continuing until after 1870. A
deluge of rain accompanied the electrical
display.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29

Some years ago, when former Speaker
Cannon was plain member. he took some
of his constituents to dine with him at a
rather good hotel in Washington. 1t was
in the fall and MI. Cannon ate very hearth
ly of that American edible, Indian corn;
in fact, almost his >entire dinner consisted
of corn. The Westerner looked at him and
said: 'Say Mr.. Cannon, what does it cost
you 10 board here?'
"About SIS day." said Mr.. Cannon.
''I'll be darned, drawled his constituent,
''ef don't think it would be cheaper fer
you to board at a livery stable."'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29

Plenty of Gun Stock Wood. AS result
of the work the Boy Scouts of America
have been doing in the way of locating
black walnut timber, which is valuable in
the manufacture of gunstocks and airplane
propellors, millions of feet of this species
of wood have been reported. This is
enough to keep the manufacturing plants
going for months, it is said. the Boy
Scouts undertook the work at the request
of President Wilson.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29

Rivetless Ship Success. A new 275-ton
steel ship, the first to be built with welded
instead of riveted joints, carried full car
90 and weathered rough seas during her
maiden voyage with the greatest success.
By welding instead of riveting the parts of
such a ship together from Is to 40 per cent
in material are saved. Riveting will not
now give place to welding altogether, how
ever, because in some sections the former is
cheaper than the latter; it is considered
likely that riveting and welding will be
used largely in combination in the con-
struction of steel ships from now on.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29
Will Kill 800 Ostriches.

Will Kill 800 Ostriches. The Food Ad-
ministration in Arizona has permitted J. E.
Cogdell, manager of one of the largest os-
trich farms in America, situated near Phoe-
nix, Ariz., to slaughter 800 birds that are in
excellent condition for eating. They will
be dressed and placed on the market at Is
cents a pound. These ostriches represent
q, 900 pounds of dressed meat.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-08-29

Wisdom comes with years. The Older
man grows the more he realizes how
young he used to be.