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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
A Convenient Rule

The editor of newspaper published in
central Pennsylvania tells of articles that he
frequently receives from certain citizen.
They are always pertinent and worthy of
publication, says the Saturday Evening Post
Magazine, but they are punctuated in a
most peculiar way.
Meeting his correspondent one evening at
friends house, the editor said, "That was
an excellent letter 1 got from you this
morning, and ! am going to print it Sa-
turday. But tell me. what rule do you
follow for punctuation3''
"Why," said the gentleman, ''the same
rule that l learned when was boy. l
put semicolon every twelve words, and
two commas between each pair of semi
colOns "--Er
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
In The Midst OF Life

The Jester won to the mountain peak
And turned to gaze behind
"Was that a path for step so weaki
Thank God that was blind.
"The sunlit stretch where / laughed so
loud,
Did it skirt that precipice!
The bridge where stood to sketch the
cloud.
Did it span that black abyssi
"When / turned aside to the little stream
Was that somber tarn so near?
Was the eagles swoop in the evening
CLEAN
On the bones l see from herei''
Into hollow just ahead
The pathway crept along
Enough is hid for mirth," he said,
And the curlew heard his song.
E. T. Hopkins.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
Shoes Worn IN Early Days


High-heel boots were worn by ladies for
three parts of the eighteenth century. They
raised their fair wearers some inches, render
ing walking difficult and running impossible.
But these fashions were confined to the
rich. The poor wore shoes of wood, reeds
and untanned leather. The Highlanders
made brogans out of Unframed deer hide,
and the southern nations wore cloth sandals
and slippers. 1t was not until the year
1900 that an Englishman invented rights
and lefts;'' previously both shoes were shap-
ed exactly alike. So far as we can discover,
the aboriginal tribes of America never went
barefooted. They always made and wore
moccasins, the easiest shoe ever invented.
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
Plain Tales From The Bible


Continued from page two.]
to use to the utmost the possibilities about
US. Let those who will hold to the fatal
fallacy that cit is all of life to live and all of
death to de- But mark you, none of
such self-deluded mortals ever hold rank or
honor among men.
There is something about firm belief in
Immortality that quickens our spirits. 1t
frees our visions until nothing seems inn
possible and naught too Insignificant to
merit our thoughts and attention. Perhaps
it is because we realize that what we do to-
day may produce results million years
hence-results that we, ourselves, may use;
or it is, perhaps, the assurance we feel
gained how we cannot say and beyond our
power to express-that Death is but the
guardian of the treasures of the infinite uni
verse and we are favored when His sum-
mons comes to us. Whatever the reason,
the fact remains that it is those folks who
have no fear of death who gain the most
from life. When we have reached that
vantage ground where Death cannot mock
or trouble US all our energies are applied to
the need and cause of the moment and our
lives come to have weight and influence in
the affairs of men and the world. And,
greatest boon of all, we are able to make a
reality of the poets vision:
sustained and soothed
BY an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the drapery of his
couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant
Dreams
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
Put Away The Hammer

Put your hammer in the locker, hide the
sounding board likewise;
Anyone can be a knocker: it's easy to
criticise.
Cultivate manner winning, though il
hurts your face to smile
And seems awkward in beginning-be a
booster for awhile.
Let the blacksmith do the pounding, that's
the way he draws his pay.
You don't get cent for bounding saint
and sinner night and day.
Cultivate winning manner, give YOU
grumbling tones shake,
And with grim determination throw your
hammer in the lake.-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21

When a Chinese editor rejects a manu-
script, here is how he does it:
We have read thy manuscript with in
finite delight. By the sacred ashes of our
ancestors, we swear that never before have
we reveled in so enthralling a masterpiece.
If we printed it we should henceforth be
obliged to take it as model, as standard
of quality and achievement, and henceforth
never print anything inferior to it. As it
would be impossible to find its equal in
10, 600 years, and we have to go to press
with our poor, uninspired paper once day
we are compelled, though shaken with sor-
row and blinded with tears at the necessity
to return thy divine manuscript, and for
doing so we ask thousand pardons.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
America Forever

America forever The champion of right.
Liberty and justice she upholds with her
might.
To the oppressed and enslaved her strong
hand she extends;
The smitten and helpless she protects and
defends.
For the autocrat's reign, with repressions
that blast,
Now belong to an age and time that are
past.
To the tyrant and .despot the challenge is
hurled
When the Star-Spangled Banner to the
breeze is unfurled.
'Tis in this sign we conquer lin the flag
of the free;-
Which is Liberty's emblem, on land and on
sea
Yea in this sign we conquer, say her sons
true and brave,
And the flag of the free cen forever shall
wave
'Tis not mad ambition impels her great
deeds;
IT'S not selfish aims, neither glory nor
creeds;
But the rights of mankind she maintains
with her power,
That Hopes star may increase; that Free
dom may flower.
America The land where Freedom had
birth
Shall carry its blessings to the ends of the
earth.
IT'S for this she shall ever dare unsheathe
her sword,
And do battle for right in the fear of the
Lord.-The Nesc Age.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21

"A tired Tommy, loaded with equipment,
climbed into a crowed London bus. No
from his haversack small bomb.
''This is one of the things we use out
there. you know" he remarked to two OF
three passengers. "See this pin here? When
pull it out like this it should explode sc
seconds later. If put it back again the
thing is harmless Then, beginning 10
search frantically: ''Where on earth did
put that pini''
Within one minute the bus was empty.
Tommy watched the passengers leave.
Then putting the bomb back in his haver-
sack, he stretched himself full length on the
cushioned seat.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
The Clock Plant

One of the most wonderful plants in the
world is what is known as the clock plant,
so named on account of the strong action of
its leaves when the sun shines upon them.
1t is native of Borneo and never grows
more than three feet tall. 1t has three
leaves "a large one extending forward and
two smaller ones pointing sideways. These
move like the hands of a clock-the larger
one traversing the space assigned it in forty
five minutes, the smaller ones going for
ward and backward in the same length of
time. An American college is the possessor
of number of fine specimens of this
unique plant.-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
The Piper

The Great God Pan had lost his pipes,
And believing with pain
He thrashed the forest through and
through
And stormed across the plain.
He even searched the heavens blue
But searched all in vain.
At last, in his wild wanderings
He found battered drum;
And in his rage he beat it loud,
Until the world was dumb;
And, rumbling like thunder-cloud,
He heard the armies come.
When first he saw the armies clash
Above the bleeding lands,
He leaped on his hoofed feet with glee;
But now dismayed he stands,
Dismayed at the worlds grief, cen he,
And weeps between his hands.
by N. Il. X. Macrsady. in Harper
Magazine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
p o TT r EE
Leaves From Oar Poets.
Rest


When the Sun and the Golden Day
Hand in hand are gone away,
At your door shall Sleep and Night
Come and knock in the fair twilight;
Let them in, twin travellers blest.
Each shall be an honoured guest,
And give you rest.
They shall tell of the stars and moon,
And their lips shall move to glad,
sweet tune,
Till upon your cool, white bed
Falls at last your noddine head;
Then in Dreamland fair and bIest,
Farther off than East and West,
They give you rest.
Night and Sleep, that goodly twain,
Tho they go shall come again;
When your work and play are done.
And the Sun and Day are gone
Hand in hand thro' the scarlet West,
Each shall come, an honoured guest
ana Orlng you rest.
Watching at your window-sill,
If upon the Eastern hill
Sun and Day come back no more,
They shall lead you from the door
To their kingdom calm and blest,
And farther off than East or West,
And give you rest.
R. X. Leashen.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
The Man Behind The Man
Behind The Guns

When we meet the enemy
In our own Artillery
Well we try to give the Huns merry hell.
When our guns begin to shoot
Y can bet the Prussian brute
Kinda fahcies that the noises his funeral
knell.
An our biplanes in the sky
With humor kinda dry
Gives the Boches all bitter dose O. fear,
Tho we seek but to repay
For their air-raids yesterday
When they killed bunch of kids without a
For tn birdman in tn sky
Is our one and only eye
An we shoot tn precious shells as they direct
Oft we hear a mighty roar
Which shakes cen the dugout floor
And we know a pile o. German shells is
wrecked.
But tn man we're trusting most
Amt the soldier on his post
But guy back in tn good OIL U. S. A.
Should he lay down on his job
Like a coward or slob
There'd be, mighty sudden, fiery hell to pay.
He's tn guy that makes tn shells,
Makes them plenty, makes 'em well,
He's tn man benin tn man benin tn gun.
An he does as he is bid
With missus and q kid
He must do tn work that hasn't got no fun.
Should he stop week or two
Well, / leave it up to you
1t would mean tn same thing Tommy had,
before.
For our guns would soon grow cold
And our faces, haggard-old,
With one lousy shell to Fritz's twenty -four.
Well, he don't look spick and span
With his shiny dinner can,
But he fights tn Huns as much as you or 1.
And want to tell you-Pard,
He will get his just reward,
When it comes time for him to up and die.
Mickey Flynn, in The Labor Digest.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21

To Bring Bodies Home. The War De-
partment has made provision for the return
to the United States after the war of the re-
mains of officers, enlisted men and civilian
employees who died in France. 1t is also
provided that the remains of men who die
States shall be embalmed and returned to
the United States on the ship on which the
death occurred"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21

An Irishmau suffered from a stomach all
ment The doctor was called in, and on his
second visit questioned his patient.
"Have you been drinking hot water an
hour before each meal, as directed If
so, how do you feel nowi''
''Doc," said Pat, 81 tried hard to do it.
it, but had to quit. l drank for thirty
five minutes, and it made me feel like
balloon
Bessie came running to her grandmother
holding a dry, prest leaf, obviously the
relic of day long gone by. 81 found it
in big Bible, grandma, she said. Do
you s'pose it belonged 70 Ever
Law examiner in ladies' seminsry-"Miss
Jones, state the chief impeachment to mar
rage
Candidste-''When no one presents
himself
care you the head of the family?''
"Not exactly" replied Mr.. Meeton.
''My position is rather that of the man
higher up who gets blamed when anything
goes wrong
Little Daughter (reading)-'sIn winter
every animal puts on new fur coat
Father-''Don't speak so loudly, my pet.
Mamma is in the next room.
Mistress-''Is that young man l saw you
with yesterday your lover, Elem
Maid-'Not exactly my lover, mann.
He walks out with me, but it amt got to
waistin' YETI
Inquiring Henderson-''Paw, what is
single blessedness?''
Father-''That's when the doctor says it
isn't twins
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
:. 20 ETRY :.
International Holiday
November IL, 1918
D.. IL ~ ID
By Mr.. q. B.

+.
The nations of Earth will always remember
The greatest of holidays, Eleventh of No
vember,
Marking the downfall of military autocracy
And commemorating International demo-
cracy.
Among other incidentals, if you please,
Murderous Hindenburg on his knees
Before Marshall Foch, our great war lord.
Presenting his bloody Prussian sword.
1t tells of time that nations were taught
The loss by destruction that wal has wrought
And that swords and spears, told by the
Good Book,
Shall be beaten into plow-shares and prun-
ning-hook.
1t reminds US forever, that wars must cease
And all nations learn to live in peace.
And learning to love our fellow man
Will form the greatest epoch since the
world began.
As fire takes out fire and frost takes out frost,
So against the war monster we marshalled
our host.
We fought, bled and conquered, and will
remember always
The international Holiday as the greatest OF
days.
Hail to the day that we unfurled "Old
Glory
And told to the world Democracy's story,
Shout it DER mountain and through every
glen
Peace for the whole world and good will to
men.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
Inmates Attention.!

Inmates will observe the following
rules to insure prompt mail service.
Place register number and page num-
her in upper right hand corner of
envelope in space to be covered by
stamp.
Your future page number will be same as
shown on all incoming letters.
Do not write between lines.
Sign your full name to all letters.
~. SULLIVAN. Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21

U. S. Town Shelled. Residents of City
Island, N. Y, rushed panic-stricken from
their homes some days ago when six-inch
she'll suddenly landed in the town and ex-
ploded, wrecking one of the residences.
The shell, it was learned, came from Fort
Totten across the Long Island Sound. A
police Inquiry at the fort brought out the
explanation that imperative orders had been
received to stop steamer which was leav-
ing the harbor and the shot had been fired
across the vessels bows for that purpose.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
Inmates Attsation!

Hereafter inmates are not permitted
to receive wearing apparel of any
description from friends or relatives.
Inmates buying socks, under
wear, nightshirts, handkerchiefs, etc.,
should send them to the Laundry
and have their number marked on
them before using. Write your
name, register number and cell
number on q slip of paper, attach
to articles and give to cell hall
captain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21

"Many young man returning from his
vacation at the seashore leaves his heart be-
hind-also his trunk
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
P | c K U P s

Seeds, 1000 Years Old, Grow. An an
Gent wooden idol of Vairavana, the god of
treasure. in a temple in Japan wa. opened
few years ago and within it was found .
bag containing some rice seed with piece
of paper on which was written in Chinese
characters. "This image has been engrav-
ed for the peace of the world. If anyone
of later generations opens it he should put
in new seeds The seeds were planted
and though, according to the testimony of
experts, they must have reposed in the inn
age fully 1000 years, they grew, producing
an abundant harvest of rice quite similar to
modern varieties.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21

Siberia summers are hot.
Siberia has one university.
The Philippines have 1870 bridges.
French factories are planning rebuild
ing.
Siberia was conquered in 1880 by Rus
sian Cossacks.
An American federation of manufac-
turers is being planned.
English railroads are cutting down pas
senger train service.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
m ! R RIO R E TT ES

We went to press early last week so we
announce now that we finished the celebra-
ton mentioned. Monday the 18th was a
big day for everyone--the kaiser, ct al, ex-
cepted.
Conditions are about normal again.
The eau" is abating after taking its toll.
Many cars of sisal are being received
at the Irvine plant.
The leaves have about all fallen and
now heavy fall of crowns is taking place
in Europe.
Mail by air line between the Twin
Cities and Chicago soon. Then you may
be able to get an answer "while you wait. -
Will Mr.. Hoover please answer this:
ia person swore forty years ago that he
would starve before he would ever eat cot
tontail rabbit again, can he recall the oath
without violating his good faith with him.
self?-Er.
1T is suggested that all monarchs now
forge their scepters into golf clubs.
Nov that the war is over the pessimist
is worrying about what to worry about.
The kaiser did not leave Germany
through fear, but to give the new govern
ment chance.
The weather man is beating Hoover
this fall on the coal question.
Sixty per cent of the Inhabitants of
Nome are down with in influenza.
Something to worry about. Press re-
ports say Hindenburg is still at the head of
the German army.
The annual football game between the
Minnesota and Wisconsin Universities was
played Saturday the 10th. Minnesota won
s to 0, scoring the lone touchdown in the
fourth quarter.
The American Armies are to be the
first to occupy German soil. The French
are to occupy Metz.
The inmate population may be glad to
know that what they have done to help win
the war is widely published and appreciated.
Next week we will print excerpts from an
article that appeared in the New York
Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21

Board of Parole
c. E. 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, 1918-11-21

Garfield Statue Unveiled. Impressive
ceremonies attended the unwilling of a
bronze statue of President Garfield at Long
Branch, N. j., recently. Two of the
martyred presidents granddaughters, Miss
Lucretia Garfield and Miss Margaret Brown,
and a son-Fuel Administrator Harry A.
Garfield -were present. Fomer U. S. Sen
ator T. E. Burton, of Ohio, and Governor
Edge of N. j., were among the speakers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21

A Liberty Day Stunt. Thousands of
spectators in Jersey City, N. j., watched
Robert Simpson, soldier in the army signal
corps, climb FIVE story building and to the
top of a hagpole on the roof, lbs feet from
the ground, lose his hold, plunge to the
street, and escape death.
He landed on the cloth top of a moving
automobile.
The driver sped with him to hospital
where it was found he was injured, but not
too seriously to jump from his bed and
salute an officer who came to ascertain his
condition.
Simpson climbed the building as Liberty
Day stunt.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-21
Yrian,s 0fftrtaIs
Board Of Control

Board Of Control
Ralph w. Wbeelock, Minneapolis
C. E. vasaly, Little Falls
c. ]. Swendsen, St. James
Downer Mullen. Secretary.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-11
Three WAR MEDALS
BESTOWED ON "Y"HERO
Red Triangle Worker Wounded by
Hun Machine Gun at Scissors,
Toul and Chateau Thierry

New York, August 25.-Flat on his
back in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, w.
A. Roberts, who has been awarded
three French war medals for bravery
in the fighting zones, is enjoying
well-earned rest, and is talking freely
of almost anything but why the
French government showsred honors
upon him.
Mr.. Roberts, Y M. G. A. worker
in France. had bestowed upon him the
Croix de Guerre, the badge Of the
Legion Of Honor, and the Medal Mill
taire. He won them all in three
months.
Roberts was assistant auditor of the
Michigan Central railroad before hs
was selected to be auditor Of disburse.
ments for the Y. M. c. A. in France,
and to handle more than a quarter OF
million dollars day. He left for
overseas service February II, was
wounded by a Hun machine gun at
Scissors, rescued "Y" secretary amid
hail Of bullets in the Toul sector
and was touched up by German marks
manship again at Chateau Thierry.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-11
PICK COTTON EARLY AND CLEAN
Care In Handling Will Mean Higher
Grade and Better Price, Says
U. S. Bureau of Markets

Washington, d. G. Sept. 11.-Cot-
ton producers throughout the cotton
belt are urged by the Bureau of Mar
kets OF the U. s. Department Of Agri-
culture to pick their cotton as early
and as clean as possible, under ex-
listing labor conditions, and to pro.
tect it properly from the weather
after 1t Is picked. This is in order
that here may be no larger portion of
low-grade cotton than absolutely nee
essary Ginners also are urged to gin
cotton as efficiently as possible. u.s.
Ing cleaning devices when desirable
Cotton picked late, says a state
ment by the Bureau, in all probabil.
ity will encounter rainy and damp
weather and frost, which cause
spotted, off-color and low-grade cot.
ton and often weaken the staple.
There is a scarcity of high.grade cot.
ton and a great demand for it.
A large part of the cotton carried
over into the season of 1883 is o.
low grade, the Bureau cotton special
lists have found. Under normal con.
ditions foreign trade furnishes outlets
for cotton of low grades. AS these
ton of the better grads with rsulting
such cotton sells at price much
lower in comparison with the price
OF middling cotton than is usual un.
der normal conditions.
On the other hand, there has been
created an abnormal demand for cot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-11
CASH FOR OLD FALSE TEETH

Don't matter II broken. I pay $500
to $500 per set, also cash for old
gold, silver, platinum, dents gold
and old gold jewelry. viii send
cash by return mail and will hold
goods 10 days for sender's approval
Of my price. Mail to L. Maxer, 20O7
8. 9Th st.. Phiia., "a.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-11
YIN. CA. NEEDS MEN
IN SOUTHERN CAMPS
While Red Triangle Continues to Call
for Overseas Workers, 1000 Are
Wanted for Home Service

Atlanta, Ca, August 26.-Men en-.
dowed with the element Of leadership
are needed by the Army and Navy
Y. M. G. A. to serve in the camps Of
the Southeast.
DR.. W. W. Alexander, general re-
cruiting secretary for the War Per.
sonnet Board Of the Y. M. c. A. War
Work Council. declares that there is q
pressing need for home service, and
that this affords splendid opportun-
ity to the man Of middle age who 10
not able to 60 abroad under the Red
Triangle.
THE Y. M. G. A. needs men for
overseas service, Of course, but the
home camps must not be forgotten
explained DR.. Alexander. From now
on until the first Of the year the
Southeast must recruit 1000 men for
the home camps. This means that
each state will be called upon to fur
nish rs men per month per state to
serve the soldiers in camps such as
Gordon, Jackson, Wheeler and the
others. The constant growth Of the
home environments and the growing
demand for the Y M G. A. work
makes 1t necessary to recruit "Y"
workers for this side"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-09-11

ton of better grade with resulting
scarcity of such cotton The Govern
ment under war conditions is using
large quantities Of cotton goods and
many mills are running entirely or
part on Government orders Such
mills, in order to make suitable fab
RIGS for Government purposes under
war conditions, are using the better
grades of cotton. Our export trade
at present also requires an unusually
large proportion of high-grade cot.
ton.
The abnormal demand for cotton
of the better grades and the subnor-
mai demand for cotton of the lower
grades has affected the stability of
the cotton market and has resulted
in extraordinarily wide price differ
ences between the higher and lower
grades.
Early and clean picking and the
proper ginning and care of cotton not
only will result to the individual pro-
ducer's financial advantage, says the
Bureaus statement, but also will help
to stabilize the cotton market and
thereby will be of very great benefit
to the trade and to the entire coun-
try during the present emergency.