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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
Life of a Depot Agent

The life of railway agent is one of roses
and cinders for the most part. Some folks
think that about all he has to do is to sell
tickets and keep the extra cent when he
makes odd change, but there are other things
in the life of a railway agent besides franz
ing his face in a ticket Office window and
opening money drawer with doorbell on
it, and smiling when the folks ask him
what time the 1903 train will be here if it 5
on time.
From early in the morning when he starts
the day by looking into the coal bin at the
end of the platform to see how much btu
minous has been stolen during the plight,
until shutdown, when he starts out to hang
drug store signs on the switch posts, he is
an extremely busy man, says an exchange.
Between checking over freight receipts and
running the hay press for the carbon copies
of way bills, it's no wonder he hasn't time
to build fire in the waiting room or rub
off last weeks train schedule from the black
board, because he is busy man.
He listens to complaints with one ear and
the telegraph keys with the other, and has
been known to answer the phone, sell q
steamship ticket and put a bucket of coal in
the stove all at the same time, in order to
get his work done within the eight-hour
schedule.
About the only ones to envy an agent
his job are the girls in the town. and that's
because he has such q good chance to get
acquainted with the brakemen on all the
freights.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
Lost in the Desert

The late Maj. Gen. Funston was once
employed as botanist in the United States
Agricultural Department. He was one of
a party sent out to explore Death Valley in
California. The experience is said to have
been the cruelest in all Funstons life, and
it So nearly proved fatal that he always de-
clared that he could not understand why he
had not died or become mad.
He had started out one morning to ride
one hundred and twenty miles down the
desert to mail some IMPORTANT letters and
packages at post Office. All day his pony
trudged over the desert, breaking through
the crust up to its fetlocks and sending up
beneath its feet strangling smoke like clouds
of powdered, white alkali.
The thermometer rose that day to one
hundred and forty-seven degrees, height
no one there had evef seen it reach before.
The hot air blew across the waste, so dry,
so penetrating, that it peeled the skin from
Funston's face; parched his lips and made
them bleed, stung and . burned his nostrils,
and caused thirst Il at nothing could
satisfy.
He had only a quart of water in his can
teen, and no forage for his horse, and,
realizing that to 60 on farther meant certain
death, he decided to return. He picketed
his horse in the evening, slept until three
o'clock in the morning, then mounted and
started back. When the fiery sun rose over
the mountains his horse gave out and stag
gered weakly; and so Funston dismounted
and led it. For many miles he walked, de-
termined, in spite of his agony. not to give
up until life left him.
Suddenly he heard two distinct shots. He
stopped and looked in every direction, but
could see no smoke or sign of anything hu-
man on the desert. Three times he heard
shots, and then it dawned upon him that
they did not come from the desert or from
the mountains. The fever brought on by
the terrible heat had caused the swapping OF
the nerves in his head to sound like rife
shots.
At four O'Clock the next morning he stag
gered across the doorway of ranchman's
house and weakly cried for water.-Es.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
Watch His Laugh

The leopard cannot change his spots. nor
the Laughter his laugh. 1t is as Characters
tic as his nose or the color of his eyes. No
polish or educational veneer can alter the
laugh much in quality and tone, although it
may soften it. Yet, even then, in an un-
guarded moment the old laugh rings or
cackles, or explodes; and the show is given
away.
A man to be avoided, to be passed by on
the other side. is the man who laughs with
out smiling. The man who laughs like a
mask or ventriloquist's puppet. His face
wrinkles. He makes a noise. But he is
smileless as a rooster when cackling. Take
it from me, that man is hard, relentless,
cruel, malignant.-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
Be a Man

So you want to know, my laddie,
What would have you be,
When the worlds no more playground,
And you're big and strong like me;
When you've got your own free will, laddie,
When life's no more jest;
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
Which would please me best?
Ah!-When you're grown up, laddie,
When you're big and strong. like me,
To be Mana thorough man
The greatest thing of all:
Face and fight life's battles
Win them if you can;
But first and foremost, laddie,
Be man!-Be man!
Curly headed! Now don't you worry,
You needn't scheme and plan;
If you had your weight in medals,
1t would take more to make a man
So when you 60 a-soldiering, or a-sailoring
Over the land and sea-
Fear God and honour Mother,
And, ali! man you sure will be.
Ah!-When you're grown up, laddie,
When you're big and strong, like me,
To be Mana thorough man
The greatest thing of ALL;
Face and fight life's battles
Win them if you can;
But first and foremost, laddie,
Be man!-Be a man!-SeIected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
Gloria In Excelsis

Our lives are strangely linked by time and season
So deeply hid could give a reason
Yet Easter makes us sad
Our hearts are ill attuned to youths light laughter
The festal throng the music gay and sweet.
That like some joyous spirit flashes after
The dancers flying feet.
For some perchance, the old hearth fires are dying
And jostlng crowds hide friend and kin from sight
And some, alas! in far off graves lying
Who once made Easter bright!
Have we no share then in Angelic Praises?
No place amid the chdren's innocent glee?
No part in that great Hymn the church upraises?
For Christ's Nativity.
We miss its meaning in half blind fashion,
Wailing treasured hopes that feet so fast
Who deem the first act of that wondrous Passion
memory of the past.
The joy of Easter-tde is something deeper
AS real as when the heavenly host came down,
And eager shepherds reused toll worn sleeper
In Davids royal town.
Yelling in human flesh the Godhead's splendour
Today. as in distant ages dim,
The Babe of Bethlehem, with entreaty Tender
Draws all men unto Him.
What though we miss some sweetness IN Earth's
story,
For again the Holy Child is born
All human life is radiant with the glory
Of that first Easter Morn-Sshcxd
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28

The man who had built up the new
town was showing prospective settler
about the new place and pointed with pride
to pretty little church just completed.
edo you belong to the church," asked
the visitor.
81 should say not" replied the head
man with an air of injured pride; s'the
church belongs to me-"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
Just Wait for the ThaW

Cheer up, chillun, though the weather.
mighty raw,
Every time dar comes a freeze dar's gotter
come thaw.
1t takes little patience till de freezin' time
is done,
An if you lose yoh temper, why, it doesn',
help yoh none.
Cheer up, chillun, cause de weather's on
de move,
When de luck appears de hardest, it is GER
tain to improve.
Cold wave an warm wave, dey gotter mind
Every time you gifts a freeze, you gotter
have thaw.
Cheer up, chillun. and prepare to say
''Hurrah!'
De chilliest proposition by an by is boun'
to thaw.
Yoh hopes dey keeps a-droppin' you
let it make you frown.
So, cheer up, chillun, cause you sho'ly
might as we'll;
We all has our troubles. an dar's nothin'
new to tell.
Each botheration seems about de wust yoh
ever saw,
But every time you gifts freeze, yoh's got
ter have thaw. Washington Star.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
G | { A n | n G S
From Our Erchon0es

"A practical man is one who carries out
the plans of theorist.
Much of the bitterness of life comes
from swallowing ones words.
Shortly after marriage a man discovers
that he has been counting lot of trouble.
AN ounce of confidence in ones self is
better than pound of confidence in Others.
"A man who gets into the habit of never
making mistakes is entirely too perfect for
this world.
Uniformly kind. courteous and polite
treatment of all persons is one mark of the
true man or woman.
The true philosopher smiles at his own
misfortunes and tries to relieve the mis-
fortune of others. Such men are scarce.
Remembrance is the father of Wisdom.
-"I don't mind lending you this money,
Clippings, but I'm afraid you won't pay it
back
"My dear and only friend, insist on
your letting me worry about that
-"Whatever induced you to think that
you were an actress?''
"The reporters alluded to me as one,''
replied the young lady stifay, Throughout
my testimony in a murder trial.
"A certain young lady had been put on
the program at a concert to try her out.
After her song the audience was cold, and
she did not receive even hand. Not dis
couraged. seemingly, the manager an
nounced:
''Miss Ball will sing an encore, IF at
First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try
Again."
-Bacon-"Whale meat is good to eat,
you know
Egbert-"No, reallyl'
ooh, yes; people have eaten it for ages
'Do you suppose that's what Jonah was
| trying to do when he was taken in?''
-Redd-"Going to the automobile
show?''
Greene sob, yes.
"Are you going alone?''
"Well, want my car to go if it will.''
-'.John," queried his wife, eff some
bold man were to kidnap me, would You
offer reward?''
Certainly" he responded. 81 always
reward those who do me favor.'
Mr.. Younghusband reached home late
for dinner.
81 got caaght for speeding on the way
home," he explained rather sheepishly.
"Have to appear tomorrow morning and
get ten dollars or fifteen days.
Mrs. Younghusband fervently clapped
two blistered little hands.
"What providence" she cried devout-
ly. "Take the fifteen days, John. The
cook has just left!''
-"Can you tell me why clock is like a
vain, pretty woman
81 guess it is because it is all face and
figure, has no head to speak of, is hard to
stop when once wound up, and has strik-
ing way of calling attention to itself every
hour in the day
-Husband-"Are you teaching the cook
to saver
Wlfe-''What' the use? She will be
gone in day or so.'
Husband-''But consider, if you teach
all the cooks we have, what an effect upon
the country
Clerk Tin public charity Office, to rag
ged and starved looking applicant)-"Well,
we will inquire into your case and the re-
suit will be made known to you as soon as
possible. By the way have you a tele-
phone?"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28
ATTENTION 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 to.
j. j. SULLIVAN
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28

Most people pay too much for the
the things they get for nothing
Manager: -''What's the leading lady
in such tantrum about?'
Press Agent:-''She only got nine bou-
quets over the footlights tonight.
s'Great Scott! Isn'r that enoughf'
ono. She paid for ten"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28

1.-THE discovery of pearl-bearing oys-
tiers is interesting in view of theexperiments
of the Soudan government in the Red sea.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-03-28

Board of Parole
c. E. Vasaly, Chairman
G. S. Reed. Sec'y for Prison
Rev. H. c. Swearingen
H. X. w. Scott, Sec'y for Reformatory
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
STRENCTHSH0WN
IN SOME STOCKS

New York, Sept. 18.-Persistent ac-
emulation Of oil stocks which were
absorbed on The excellent trade con
ditions. attracted a big professional
following in the stock market today,
and this had a tonic effect on the
general list. Pronounced strength was
shown in marine preferred, Pullman,
Tobaccos, Smelling and the distillery
group, advances ranging from l to 3
points. Increased inquiry for south
ern and southwestern railroad shares
was traceab1e tt the excellent earn
ings being reported on the large di-
versified tonnage being handled by
these roads.
i After momentary hesitation the
more important shares opened with
prices fractionally lower than last
nights close, especially United States
steel, Canadian Pacific, Reading,
Baldwin locomotive and the oils, the
stock market today showed some i'm
provement al the end Of the first half
hour. Oils led the upturn, Mexican
Petroleum rallying from 103 IL to
104 7-8 and Texas company from
1853 Ia to 161. Other oil stocks also
actively bought, Royal Dutch
advancing 3 ga points and California
petroleum preferred and Sinclair
each about a point.
A pause in the buying led to some
profit taking during which Reading
lost al point but the list soon advanced
again with Texas company extending
its rise more than 2 points. News
of further progress of the Allied
forces apparently intimidated the
shorts into covering in the early aft
ernoon.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
The sd. Quentin ATTACK,

British Armies in France. Sept. 18.
-(By the Associated Press.)-Field
Marshal Haig's forces this morning
attacked the German positions on a
considerable front northwest of st.
Quentin. simultaneously French
troops carried out an operation onlthe
right Successful progress was made
on both fronts. 49,
The attack vas begun at $50
o'clock after a brief bombardment.
Coupled with the news Of the sue
cess of the Allied forces5in the early
stages OF the operations. came reports
that heavy fighting had developed at
many points, particularly about
Fresnoy, Ronssoy and Epehy, in the
where the French were attacking.
The towns named in the foregoing
reports indicate that the Franco
British attack is on a front Of at least
14.mues.
The section along which the assault,
Is being made is most important
one. The British prior to today had
worked forward until they had estab-
lished themselves In the old. support
line between Epehy and Veguier.
In front of them the Germans were
sitting on q dominating ridge in po.
sitions which represented the British
front line before the Germans
launched their offensive last March.
In addition the Germans held ths
Former second support line OF the
British. The crest Of this ridge domi.
mates the Hindenburg line which lie.
to the east. Hence. the value Of thu
possession Of this ridge tb either nd,
lis obvious.
For days the Germans. who Nh
doubtadly had expected q drive here
had been feverishly fortifying them,
selves along the ridge whose los
would bea serious menace to the Hin
denburg line In the rear. StifE fight
ing seemed probable.
The British army which Id making
the attack ID employing veteran troop
who have worked wonders In the Lar
few months.
Thef Germans In local attack 4 81
Moenvres last night forced the Britisl
! to withdraw Observation-Disclosures
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
DULUTH

Duluth, Mimi, Sept. 18.-Elevator
receipts Of domestic grain, Wheat,
$4,000 bushels; last year, 5000.
Oats. $500 bushels. Barley, 5000
Rye. $4,000 bushels; last year, 1880.
Flax. 10000 bushels; last year, II, 400.
Shipments: Wheat, 264,OOO bushels:
last year, $4,000.
Duluth car inspection:
Wheat, Nos. 1 and 2 northern,i sos;
No. 3, 81; smutty spring, $50; other
spring, SO; Nos. 1 and 2 durum, ia;
No. 3 durun1, 81; smutfy durum, &c;
other durum, 8; Nos."1 and q hard
winter, 4; smutty winter. /; other
winter y s; mixed smutty, 81; mixed,
a52: Flax. IS; year 1go, II. Mixed
ago, is. Rye. 6s; Year ago, 154.
Barley, 20; year ago. 81. Total of
all, 1.22; year ago, 731. On track, S41.
A complete reversal Of form was
shown in flax today. Prices broke
sharply with selling on the notice
that shipments embargo will not af-
feet this market. Crop news and
September closed 16 cents off; Octo-
Der Is cents off; November 16 cents
OFF and December Is cents off.
Oats closed 3-8 cent up for spot.
Rye unchanged and barley 2 cent
up to unchanged for spot. . Closing:
No. 1 northern wheat to arrive
and on track 2.22 10; No. 2 do on
track 2.19 1-2; No. 3 do 2.15 IL.
Linseed on track 4.21 to 4.24; arr
rive Ais; arrive in September 4.22;
September AL; October Ala asked:
November 4.12 asked; December
4.07.
Oats on track and arrive Toto II,
Rye on track and arrive 1.59 1-2;
october 1.60; November 1862.
Barley on track IS to IS cents.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
LIVESTOCK.

Chicago, Sept. 18.-(U. S. Bureau
Markets)-Hogs = Receipts 10000.
fully steady with yesterdays average;
top $20.S5. Butchers $2O.15@20.75;
light $20.40 @20.65; packing $4,000
to choice $3.50 @19.5O.
Cattle-Receipts 16, 900; western,
and best native steers steady; others
slow to lower; butcher stock and
calves steady; beef cattle good choice
and prime $16.5O@19.50; common
and medium $10.O0@16.50. Butcher
stock COWS and heifers $7.65@13.75;
Gamers and cutters $6.65@T.65;
stockers and feeders good choice and
mon and medium $S.00@11.0O; veal
calves good and choice $3.50 @19.5O1
Sheep-Receipts $1,000; NO to 25e
higher; no prime lambs Mere; top
western 1925 top natives $3.50.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
Y. N. c. A. WINS
WAY TOHEARTS
OF The SAMMlES
One Worker Goes Through
Trenches Giving Out Gig
arettes and Chocolate.

With the American Army on the
Lorraine Front, Tuesday, Sept. IL
(By the Associated Press).-The Y.
NJ. c. A. has won it's place in the
hearts of the American soldiers. An
instance of the service rendered by
these workers is given in a story Of
the recent fighting. On the morning
of the American advance against the
st. Mihiel salient a Y. Nj. G. a. man
appearing among the soldiers carry
ing a huge pack on his back. He did
not explain his presence except by a
whispered word to a company COM
mander who nodded approval.
When the order to advance came
he moved forward with the men. At
the first pause while the soldiers
sheltered behind a little rise of
ground. the Y. NJ. c. A.. man made
his way from soldier to soldier CIV
ing each a cake of chocolate and a
bunch of cigarettes. When his pack
was exhausted he returned to the
rear but re%appeared in a few hours
with another bundle. He repeated
his trips until his organization was
able to bring up supplies in larger
quantities.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
SENATOR LODGE
ATTACKS HOWE IN
SPEECH in SENATE

Washington, Sept. 18.-Frederick
G. Howe, the federal immigration
commissioner at New York, was at
tackled by Senator Lodge, the repub-
lican leader, during his speech ap-
proving President Wilson's rejection
Of Germany's peace feeler, as a writer
Of articles which the senator charac-
terized as pro-German propaganda.
Howe's book, why War;" and a
recent article by Howe in Harper's
Magazine, the republican senator de-
clared, were contrary to American
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18

1llingworth said thai whenever certain
schemes have been evolved to aid in
war work the authorities have said
the p%ostoffice will do it." And, he
fastened to add. cit does It,"
Among the achievements Of the
postoffice during the last fiscal year.,
Mr.. Illingworth~ detailed the paying
out of over one hundred million al
lowance of old age pensions, the man
ufacture of vast stores Of telegraph
and telephone apparatus for use in
the field; the construction Of a net
work of wires for the home defense
forces: the issuance of forty-nine
million food rationing cards, the dis
tribution> of, five million of national
safety enrolment cards and tons Of
leaflets for the economy campaign.
The large barn on the Ernest Gum
farm, near Devils Lake, was destroy
ed by fire Saturday night. The loss
amounts to about $4,000, with $500
insurance. 4
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
METAL MARKET.
New York, Sept. 18.-Lead I'M
changed; spot sos; spelter quiet;
East st. Louis spot 9.37 bid.

Threshing is now in full swing in
this section of the country, and re-
ports are coming in of wheat yields
in the neal vicinity of from seven
to fifteen bushels per acre. It is, ex-
pected that farther north and west
the yield will be eve greater. Rye
is running about the same. The con-
tinued drought ruined the crops here.
frost Sunday night killed the corn,
gardens and what flax was still UNI
cut. A. large acreage was affected in
that way. The grain which is being
marketed at the local elevators, how
ever. is Of an exceptionally excellent
quality, and the screenings are very
scarce.-Williston Herald.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
Hides, Pelts, Wool. ETC.
Furnished by the Redick Hide !
FIR .CO. "

ta.-ss E,.Fahra W. a--GsL.e.y
Hides-Prices have been set on
hides and skins for August. Septem-
Der and October. The prices given
herewith represent only q small mar.
gin Of profit.
Sheep Pelts-Full wool pelts are
bringing high prices. Short wooled,E
lambs. shearlings' and clips at full
values.
Tallow-The market remains firm
with high prices ruling. There are re-
ports that the government will set this
Wool-1F. war industries board
has fixed the prices Of the 1918 clip
Of wool as those. established July 80.
1917. at Atlantic seaboard markets.
The government allows licensed deal
ers to buy on the basis of appended
quotations which take into considera-
ton one and one-haH cents per pound
charges and shrinkage. We have a
government license to handle woods
ana they can be shipped Is us at
Grand Forks but only Greet from the
growers,
cured hides ......!!. 1shc .17H
Cured bulls :... a6c -
and July INC per pound less than
prices above. Mention must be made
OF the period OF take-on.
Cured calf ......... 32c .30hl
Cured Kip ......... zoo .18h
Cured kip. long. hair
Cured Deacon skins.
each ..:::...... 4-7s $50
i. size; each. .;::;,s.so to $500
s s.Ss 49, -: 1870 ..5o
each .::........:. 80 to 100
Ill, fuii wool. each 100 to $50
IClip and sheafling
Pslts :;..;:. .st e 100
s sssss'' ssss.tisa: .ss,. .sH { a; IA
Ichangese without notice,
semi brightDeediusn wool. SIC 10 Ste
Dark medium /. E2c to SIC
Coarpe woods ....52 &c to SIC
Fine medium ........ .48c to 500
Fine woods /. .Y.A2ctt TO A4c
The Nonpartisan league. Ia south
Dakota will start campaigping fof
1.-THE coming November ciectton III
earnest September ~, It is announced
from league headquarters. "A. G
lTownley 10 scheduled to speak att
number ofsmeetihgx
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
COUSIN OF o
GEORGE TO SPEAK
FOR LIBERTY LOAN

Chicago, Sept. 1S.-Arthur Malwyn
Evans, cousin Of Lloyd George, is
here to speak during the fourth Lib
erty Loan campaign, which will open
on September %. Discussing the loan
Mr.. Evans said:
Every American must say with the
wounded Yankee soldier who replied
to his nurse when she told him he had
lost his arm: II didn't lose it.; I gave
it,
You, too, must give, If not your
lives, your comforts, and sacrifice all
non-essentials until this, war is
brought to a victorious conclusion"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-09-18
MILWAUKEE GRAM.

Milwaukee,, Wis, Sept. 18.-Wheat
No. / northern 2.26 to 2.28; No. 2
northern 2.23 to 2.25; Nc. 2 hard
"' Corn NO No. ; ) yellow e i $50 to Les; No.
1.60.
Oats standard 70 IL to "a; No. 8
white y IL to 70 liz; No. 4 white
II to 70.
Rye No. 2, 1862.
Barley mailing 90 to 1903: feed
and rejected 80 to SO; Wisconsin 80
Hay higher; choice timothy $3.50
to $500; No. 1 31.O0 to 81.50. +.
Corn, Sept. 1.55 1-2; October, 1852
1-2; November. 1.49 Ia; Oats, Sep
TENDER, 72 SIS; October, 70 IL; No
vember, "a Id