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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Chinese Superstitions

Most of the homes in America are ruled
by the chubby fist of King Baby, but in
countries where superstition rules, the club
by fist can only beat impotently against the
cell of torture into which superstition has
thrust him. The innocent babies are sup
posed to have as many evil spirits as the
grown-ups. In Angola there were counted
fifty cuts. made in order to let out the evil
spirits. on baby only five months old |!
One wonders if the evil spirits needed so
many exits.
Unless the witch doctor varies his cures
he loses prestige, says Jean Price in World
Outlook. So he may assure the anxious
mother that the evil spirits can escape as
we'll through burns as through cuts. Blind
ly following the only medical advice they
know, the parents themselves will some
times heat an iron rel, hot and touch their
tiny baby over the head, neck and even the
abdomen, leaving only a small space be-
tween the burns. Then wrapping the little
form in clean or, as often, dirty cloth,
they leave it to recover or die.
If Chinese baby dies, the evil spirit
when released will enter the body of the
| next child born. In order to prevent this
calamity, the parents tie an egg and some
mustard seed to the body of the dead child
in the belief that the evil spirit will not
appear until the egg matches and the seeds
sprouts. The astute parents carefully boil
the egg and the seeds in order to postpone
the date indefinitely.
Superstition seems to US only another
name for lack of the commonest of COM
mon sense. Take, for instance, the African
parents who found their child's skull partly
torn away and its brain laid bare by the
attack of hyena. Did they rush the child
to even witch-doctor? They ran after the
hyena, for as long as the animal lived their
child could not recover In this case the
parents couldn't find the hyena, so they
brought the child after several hours to the
medical missionary. Fortunately, he was
able to patch up the brains and is now de-
veloping them in one of our foreign mission
schools.
There is one safeguard for babies the
world over, mother-love, the Esperanto o.
human emotions. but even that power i.
not proof against the force of superstition
Women who are now Christians admit tina
they have used heavy grub-hoe to teal
and cut to mincemeat the faces of baby
girls, thereby turning aside the wrath o
devils who curse their family with too man!
girl babies. Some of these women hav'
cast out even boy babies to be eaten by thu
village dogs with the idea that sick boy
are demons in disguise, bringing care
worry and debt.-Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
InbiCtuS

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
/ have not WINGED or cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head is bloody but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the honor of the shade,
And yet the menac of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
1t matters not how straight the gate,
How charged with punishments the
scroll
am the master of my fate;
am the captain of my soul.
William Ernest Heaely.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Negroes With Irish Accent

Southwark and westward from our newly
acquired Virgin Islands, lies the British
possession of Montserrat-a bit of tropic
land set in blue sea. Montserrat is re-
markable for possessing negro population
that speaks with marked Irish accent the
result of deportations of Irishman to this re-
mote isle more than century ago. Al
though you can see nothing remotely re-
sembling a son of the Emerald Isle in Mont
serrat today, your ear can still catch
touch of the brogue in the peculiar dialect
of the place, and many of the names are
Irish pure and simple-such as O. Hara and
Hogan and Ryan; there is even village Of
Kingsale.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
20 ET-TR EE =.
Leaves From Our Poets.
The Happy lrishman

AAS0 AASHN1 - @OA~@AASA~~
By Mr.. C. B.
Now me name is Paddy MCGEE,
And came from Donnaughadee,
Sure it's might fine ould world to be
aborn-in;
have got me little farm.
Where me childer around me swarm,
And we've fresh eggs for breakfast every
morning.
Whin the hens are on the nest,
Sure tbs Bridget does the rest,
Just as soon as the biddies give their warn
ing;
While ] am in the fields
Looking out for other yields,
A-hauling av the grain and all the corn in.
Now its Bridget takes me eye,
With the childer all near by,
AS they sit by our cosy fire Alarming;
feel better in the morn
When I'm out a-husking corn,
And there's nothing in all the world to me
alarming.
If we evercome on me farm
For to do ould Paddy harm,
Sure I'll knock ye down with divil a bit av
warning
But if We want bite to ate,
Thin jis tap at Paddy's gate
And I'll fade ye on eggs every marning,
We rise up with the lark,
Thin work from morn till dark,
And go to church when the weather isn't
storming;
Sure it's happy ye would be,
If ye we're Paddy MCGEE,
Getting fresh eggs for breakfast every
morning.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
N R R 0 R E 7 7 ES

The amount contributed to the United
War Work Campaign by the inmates was
$177.5U.
Our new dairy is doing its share in
supplying the population with substance.
Since the first of the month the receipts are
as follows: milk, Is, 7S4 pounds; butermilk,
465 pounds; butter, 500 pounds.
We are in hopes to report that all sick
inmates were able to 60 to the dining room
for their Thanksgiving dinner.
5000 pounds of pork has been received
from the farm since November LIST.
Our first snow furry of the season &C.
cured last Thursday morning.
Since November LIST, the following has
been received by the Steward from the prison
farm: 10, $50 bushels of potatoes, Sc tons of
cabbage, 400 bushels of rutabagas, $50
bushels of onions, $50 bushels of carrots
and 275 bushels of beets.
We have been accumulating an appe-
tite for our turkey dinner. Well be over
the top at the command.
The article from the New York Herald
about our war activities will be found on
page two.
IN ofo
1000 dead and 100, 900 wounded. Total
casualties to signing of the armistice were
236, ILL.
Last Thursday witnessed what will &c
down in history as the most humiliating sur.
render any nation has ever made. On thai
day the Germans turned over to the Allied
navies ten battleships, FIVE battle cruisers
and FIVE light cruirers; and up to date forty
submarines of the first class have been turn.
ed over. And not one good fight during thu
war. American Rear Admiral Hugh Rod
man with FIVE dreadnaughts assisted Admira
Betty (English) in receiving the ships.
-OomethIuk u Wohy aoous' uhe ga
kaiser has the influenza.
Supremacy of the air by the allies wa
due largely to American genius. A wire
less telephone which permitted scout captain
to give verbal orders to machines within
radius of two miles was in use, according t.
recent announcement. President Wilson
gave orders from the ground to feet o
flying air ships few days ago. This ha
been a military secret until the hghtin
ceased.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
A Purpose

The builder true is he who seeks the uni
versal good,
To whom life's purpose and its goal is
human brotherhood.
The helping hand, the loving heart. the
faith tbs God doth plan,
These are the tools wherewith to build
earth's paradise for man,
IT'S these, through all the ages past reflect
the light divine,
The conquest of the world forgot, loves
deeds still brighter shine.
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Trees

l think that shall never see
A poem as lovely as tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make tree.
Sergeant Kilmer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
Rebnth

The tufted tussock-caterpillar
Showed out of his stiff cocoon.
He did not see the blue sky,
Nor the sun-roofed splendor of the woods
He looked at his dogwood branch,
And he sighed, "What lot of work
For me to accomplish -
And he began to eat,
And he eat and Clement Wood.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
ATT ENT / 0 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, 1918-11-28

The Lords Prayer was different in 1883
as printed by Caxton, the first English
printer. This is how he gives it:
Father ours that art in heavens, hallowed
be thy name; thy kingdom come to US; thy
will be done in earth as is in heaven: our
every day bread give us TODAY; and forgive
us cure trespasses, as we forgive them that
trespass against US; and lead us not in to
temptation, but deliverus from all evil sin,
amen.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28

-'tOh, my DEAR said the minister to
six-year-old Alice, $50 you are the Oldest
of the familyf"
sob, no." said she solemnly, my
father n mother are older n am
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
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, 1918-11-28
Board of Parole

Board of Parole
c. E. Vasaly, Chairman
c. S. Reed, Sec'y for Prison
Rev. H. C. Swearingen
H. X. w. Scott, Sec'y for Reformatory
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28

First Age-Sees the earth.
Second Age-Wants it.
Third Age-Starts to get it.
Fourth Age-Decides to be satisfied with
half of it.
Fifth Age-Becomes still more moderate.
Sixth Age-Now,c to possess six
foot by two strip of it.
Seventh Age-Gets that strip.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
3griau,1 Officials

Board Of Control
Ralph w. Wbeelock, Minneapolis
c. E. vasaly, Little Falls
C. J. Swendsen, St. James
Downer Mullen. Secretary.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28

As troop train from Texas halted, big
dusky negro poked his head out of the
window and asked of c. r. S. ''Say, boss
what town you all call dis?"
est. Louis"
''And, boss, what state is dis heahl''
'Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri
"Well, we'll All dun been travelin' on
dis yere train TO- foah days an foah nights.
Where de debbil am dis hyah France dey
ALPS talkin' bout, anyhow"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28
H u N 0 R

Thompson-''I woke up last night with
the feeling that my gold watch was gone.
The impression was so strong, got up to
look"
Johnson-stWell, was it gonel''
Thompson-'sNo,b but it was going.
Sunday -s'Something has put me
eff my game this morning, caddie.
Caddie-''Its them church bells, mister,
they hadn't ought to be allowed
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28

MI. Brown-tI had a queer dream last
night, my dear. 1 thought l saw another
man running off with you.''
Mrs. Brown-"And what did you say to
him!"
Mr.. Brown-ssI asked him what he was
ruonino for -
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-28

Begger-"Please, sir, I've sick wife
could you help me out?"
Passerby-"I can give you job next
week..
Begger-"Too late She'll be able to
60 to work herself by them
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-05
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NOT A "cURE.ALL"
Hull's Superlative is not cure
ALL Neither Ia 1t a medicine in
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-05
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-05

IT'S the fitting desert for every
meal-always a big supply Of your
favorits kind can be found at any
Of our 8 busy fountains.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

WorKerB may prefer.
material should be flannel, outing
flannel or flannelette, and the color
preferably gray.
Boys blouse suits. made of serge or
any very strong warm material, in
gray, black, brown or navy blue. Nc
Call pattern 106-A Is for . 4-year-Old
boy, and the sizes run UP to 105-E for
12-year-old.
Pinafores, Mccall pattern size ss-A
for a <-year-old child and Dob for q
6-year-old. Material black sateen OF
checked blue and white Bingham.
Girls chemise, Mccall pattern
110-A for a 6-yearold. siss running up
to HOG for an 1S-year-old. Women q
chemise, Mccall pattern 162-A for q
36-inch bust and 1873 for q 8S-inch
bust. The materials should be heavy
unbleaohed muslin.
Girls drawers. Mccall pattern lila
for an 8-year-old, size running up to
lille for IS years. Women's drawers
Mccall pattern 161-A for a 26-inch
waist, 151-B for a 2S-inch waist, 1910
for a 30-inch waist and IBID for q
S4-inch waist. Materials. heavy un'
bleached muslin.
For the little ones at the creeping
age there are two dress patterns
wanted, Mccall pattern s0-A being q
6-month size, Dob for year and S0-C
for 2 years, while 91-A is the size for
year and BIB for the 2-year-old
child thio nattarYn having M nroVia i0u
for q smaller size,
Please order by numbers, and 70
member that all orders should come
through chapter headquarters to the
Bureau of Supplies,
MRS. EDMUND r. BROWN,
Director of Women's Work. South
western Division A. r. c.. 1917 Rail
way Exchange Building. St. Louis
Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

A new type Of United States
army steam field kitchen has just
been designed to furnish battalion
Of 1000 men three hot meals a day
The new outfit is mounted on a
four.ton motor truck to enable it To
accompany the troops Oh marches
and even move ahead Of tnem. So
that their meals may he ready when
they halt for noon lunch perioi or
at night.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

-
ters. or it can be done at home, as the
The garments made must above all
else be durable. 1t is useless to SEND
over articles made from flimsy mate
rials that cannot stand the very nara
wear they will get. For this reason
we are not asking for seconohaho
clothing. Partially worn garments
should be kept for the poor In TINS
country. and we should send abroad
only things made OF new strong ma
terials. =,
Materials for outer garments should
be OF dark colors. They may be tls'
ured, striped or plain colors' prefer
ably black, gray or navy Dlue-neVer
red and very little green. the french
people have a dislike Of bright eolors
In clothing, and at this time when
every family is in mourning they
seem particularly inappropriate Even
the clothing for the little cniioren
should be dark, excepting, OF course
that for the babies. 1t is almost I'M
possible TO get laundry work done
properly. There is no soap TO De mao
and little hot water. All these cono'
tions must be considered in selecting
the materials for the clothing.
There is need for about twice as
much underwear as outer garments
and this holds true in all ages. There
is a special need for clothing Tor the
children from ! to years OF age. II
your local stores do not have the Keo
Cross patterns they may be ordered
through your Red Cross chapter u
our supply service at SIT North Broad
way, ST., Louis.
Among the most wanted articles
are the following;
Girls petticoats, made with a waist
attached. Mccall pattern 1oS-A Is the
size for year-old child, l0S-B Is Tor
2.yearold. 1850 for years old, and sc
on up to 1903 H for girl of Ia The
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15
Soldiers request their friends at

Soldiers request their friends at
home not t. send any pathetic
bone and mothpr' music or litera-
ture, but something cheerful and
frivolous. Soldiers are. after all,
but plain folks like the rest of us
and desire in their entertainment
all the JOY OF living they can get
They have enough solemnity in the
days work
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

When you make up
your mind to which one
you are going, I'll be
glad to help you plan a
trip that will make your
1918 outing a memoir
able one. S. b. ThiehOff,
Ticket Agent, Til e
Pleasant Way to Travel
Everywhere West.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15
Famous Pixies Peak.

NO place III America Is OelleT
known to tourists than Colorad o
Springs, and no mountain is more
widely renowned for beauty and
grandeur than Pixies Peak. The re-
marka5le features of the Pixies PEAK
region might justify even stronger
expressions of appreciation, for
many a globe-trotter has knowlede-
ed that for scenic beauty it ranks
with the most attractive regions in
the world. Other mountains in
America are higher, more rugged in
outline. and more varied in sur
roundines, but for noble presence,
impressive dignity. and distinctive
character Pixies Peak is unsurpass
ed. 1t stands apart from other
mountains like a giant who with
folded arms looks calmly down up
on the pyemies at his feet.
A high mountain among noun
tains equally high is dwarfed by
comparison, but Pixies Peak stands
close to toe border of the Great
Plains and rises 5000 feet above
them. The observer on its summit
may gaze eastward with unrestrict'
ed vision as far as his eye can
reach. In other directions he may
see stretching out before him wide
panorama of varied landscape-of
mountain and canyon, crag and dell,
rock walled gorge and forested slope
An almost inaccessible high peak
can appeal only to the venturesome
mountain climber, for what does it
matter to most of US how glorious a
landscape may be seen from its top
if only a few can climb to it? But
the og road to the summit of Pixies
Peak now carries each summer
thousands of tourists. Especially
thrilling is it to stand on the sum.
NIT when the storm clouds hang
low and when the traveller may look
up to an unclouded sky and down
upon fierce storm raging below
him
At the foot of the mountain lies
the far. famed Garden of the Gods
OH whose flower-sprinkled floor
stand monuments of strange form
and brilliant color, carved by erosion
from upturned beds of red sand
stoke. These red beds once covered
large parts of the mountainous area
but have long been eroded away
They now extend TO considerable
depth underground and turn east
ward under the plains, where they
lie almost horizontal thousands Of
feet beneath the surface and are
covered by later sedimentary rocks
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

Uncle Sam has given notice en-
phatically that he is on the job of
winning the war and that he is on
the job to stay The foreign press
and public, allied, neutral and enc:
my are requested please to copy
aud take notice of same.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

The nature Of Col. ROOsevelt's
trouble since the operation on his
ear causes him to 90 sidewise. His
tendency to leave the middle of the
road manifested itself in 1912
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

Only the IL cylinder type of Lib
erty motor for airplanes is now be-
ing built, it having been thought
best in view of developments
aboard to concentrate on thr high
powered engine instead of the Gig t.
cylinder.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

When money is abundant is a
good time for fellow to cultivate
thrifty habits against the period
when a hen will have to lay eight
dozen eggs to make a dollar move.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

The young man thar warps him
self into some niceeasv place when
he l. eirihie tor military service is
not apt TO "cqnit himself with credit
now. and IN after, wears when he
stands before men expecting them
to listen To him, they will hand him
th,- nurse laugh chorus.
The Germans are said to have
trenches dug all the way back to
'D,' Rain, which shows that thew
ahnn' the possibility of retiring al
least thst far
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

On the general ground that China
has right TO get something back
from somebody her entrance into
the far. eastern squabhle NAV oe ex,
cused go
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

The health ct The men 10 the vari.
Gus army and navy training camps
has been the subject of an official
inquiry, and it is found to be excel
aent Don't believe all that you
hear" is good advice to people who
worry when alarming reports are
started bv enemy aliens,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15
The National
Parks
will be open this sum-
mer.
SCENIC
COLORADO

and all the other delight
full health, rest and
pleasure resorts in our
fascinating and glorious
West-America, will well
come you as usual--sum-
mer tourist fares will be
made.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15
Greatest Care
Lowest Prices

Your life may be endangered
by the slightest mi take, so go
where you know your pyeScrip-
ton will be handled in an abSo.
lutely scientific way We give
prompt service and YOU avoid all
needless delay.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15
WHAT THE
RED CROSS Il
is DOING
AND WHAT YOU CAN Do
WoMEN'S WORK DEPARTMENT.
is DOING


kofm akn
be
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1918-03-15

That the mOtortruck is rapidly
coming to its own is about to be
demonstrated on large scale by
the post office department. 1t is
contemplated TO have in operation
within the next three months motor
struck parcel post routes in various
parts of the country, aggreeating
between three Thousand and four
Thousand miles. One chain Of
motor routes will extend from Port
land, Me, TO New Orleans. Another
will cover much OF a large stretch
of territory in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and West Virginia. On the Pacific
coast routes will be established be
tween San Francisco and Sacra
mento, via Stockton and Fruildale,
and between RedIands and Los
Angeles, via 0Otario and Pomona