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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
Goes to Kansas City

Rev. w. A. Shannon, for many years
pastor of the Trinity M. E. Church,
Minneapolis, and who has Of hate years
been permanently identified with the work
Of the Society for the Friendless. has been
appointed Superintendent of Minnesota to
succeed Rev. James Parsons. We quote.
in part, from his last report. published in
the Societys organ, "The First Friend":
81 know voice the feeling of the friends
of social and reform work in general through
out the state as well as the friends of the
Society for the Friendless, in Minnesota,
when say, it is with deep regret that we
part with our superintendent, Rev. James
Parsons. Ten years ago he came to Minnie
sofa and took up the work single handed
and alone. Through his wise leadership a
splendid body Of men, judges, bankers,
aud business men of wide experience, have
been gathered into board of directors,
whose counsel and hearty support of our
work has been invaluable.
Through his personal solicitation and en-
lightenment and appeals over the state, a
goodly company of friends have been en-
listed as financial supporters, whose gifts
have made possible most helpful work to
the people whom the Society seeks to help.
A very wide circle of friends from among
the helpers and from among those helped
will regret his removal from US. Only the
consciousness that he goes at call of duty
to field that in some respects demands his
aid more strongly than Minnesota, can re-
concile us to his new field, and at this writ
ing he is already doing splendid work.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
Two Mothers

It's your lad and my lad
Who marched away today;
You wore the garments of the rich,
/ wear my cotton gray,
l never dreamed you had heart,
l thought only poorcould weep
Till your face went white in anguish
And heard you try to speak.
It's then ventured near you
For my heart was aching, too.
saw naught of silk or satin,
| only thought of you;
could see the look within your eyes,
As only mother may,
Then 1 tried to clasp you in my arms,
As the marchers turned away.
It's your lad and my lad
Who will battle on the field,
Perhaps yours will be the favored
one,
And mine his life may yield;
But the same Lord watcheth over
both,
He weaves their destiny.
And He will guard our stalwart lads,
And give strength to you and me.
Josephine Byrme Sullivan.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
Flags of The Allies

Flags of the Allies, flung high in the air,
As proudly they float in the breeze,
Is it challenge or menace they bear,
While murmuring aloft there at ease!
Red, white, and blue, and tricolor too,
In unison now all are blended,
For liberty's cause, for me, and for you,
And for all that erstwhile we defended.
Flags of the Allies, this challenge they
bear,
As entwined now they float in the blast;
That in human rights all the world share,
Then the rule of the people shall last.
The menace they bear brings truce for
all time,
A truce for all nations at war,
And good will to mankind in every
cline,
Upheld by love, and maintained by law,
William III. Walsh.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
United We Stand; Divided
We Fall"

On July a, 1776, this verse, written by
John Dickinson, the American political
writer and statesman, man whose influence
counted for much in his day, appeared in
the Philadelphia pennsylvania Chronicle:
Then join hand and hand, brave Americans
all
By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall;
In so righteous cause we may hope to
succeed:
For Heaven approves every generous deed.
Some time afterward George P. Morris,
the journalist who wrote the famous poem,
''Woodman, Spare That Tree" alluded in
his ''The Flag OF Our Union" to the Oft
repeated second line of the stanza quoted
above:
A song for our banner! The watch
word recall
Which gave the republic her station:
United we stand, divided we fall!
1t made and preserves US nation!
The union of lakes, the union of lands,
The union of states none can sever,
The union of hearts, the union of hands
And the flag of our nation forever.
Morris's restatement of Dickinson's line
is now well-known and frequently re-
peated motto; in 1872 it was officially adopt
ed as the motto of the state of Kentucky.
Though we must credit Dickinson and
Morris for the modern wording, the idea
itself dates back to ancient times and for all
anyone knows may have been formulated in
some shape or other long before the Begin
ing of recorded history. Sallust, the Ro-
man historian (B. c. 86-34). wrote: "By
union the smallest states thrive, by discord
the greatest are destroyed. THE Pathfinder.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04

Wednesday evening, June IS, the regular
Motion Pictures gave place to a Musical
program rendered by the Westminster Pres
byterian Church Choir of Minneapolis and
short address by Rev. Bushnell, pastor of
the Westminster Church. The Choir was
directed by Mr.. Harry Phillips who is
Director of Music at Macalaster College,
St. Paul.
The program, in arrangement and rendi-
ton, was excellent. The Choir is perfectly
balanced and contains many voices of ex-
ceptional beauty and merit. The singers
show the effect of careful instruction and
training and too much could not be said of
Mr.. Phillips work as director.
The program was opened by an Anthem.
A solo by the Choir's Soprano Soloist with
two encore numbers and solo by the Ten
or Soloist with several encore numbers were
features of the programme so excellent an
entertainment may be said to have any fea-
lures above the program as a whole. A trio
by Mr.. Phillips and the Soprano and Alto
Soloists was beautifully sung. s'Keep the
Home Fires Burning" Tenor Solo with
full chorus reached the hearts of the audience
and received stormy applause. The pro-
gram ended with two solos by Mr.. Phillips
-"When the Flag Goes By and "My
America" and they were rendered with as
true an artists touch and feeling as they
were rich in patriotic sentiment and signi6-
canoe. A verse of 's'The Star Spangled
Banner" sung by Choir and audience closed
the hours entertainment.
Rev. Bushnell was introduced by Mr..
Phillips and spoke for few minutes. His
theme was the loyalty shown by the men
and women of this institution in supporting
war benefits and the wonderful transfer
nation such loyalty is effecting throughout
the land. His presence and words were not
the least of the inspiration and enjoyment
received from the hour. The next visit of
these generous people to the institution is
looked forward to with all the pleasure an
ticipation of something worth while always
gives.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
N ! R R 0 R ETTE S

France and Italy make July 4th leg
al holiday. Citizenship of Florence, will
be conferred upon President Wilson. This
honor is unprecedented in Italy so far as
honoring the executive of any foreign
country is concerned.
Another great War Savings Stamp Drive
starts this week. zach is measured now
for all time by his part in the struggle.
Bear your share of the fight. Deny your
personal wants to buy War Savings Stamps.
Deliver every blow you can in the greatest
battle you will ever know. Your Faith
can never be better shown. Fresh courage
take We will win the war. -
War Savings Stamps are the best invest
ments one can make at the present time.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
The American Flag
Incidents Of the Past

The flags first use in battle is believed to
have been at Fort Stanwix, New York, in
August, 1777, when the garrison was be-
sieged by British and Indian forces. Los
sing, in the "Field Book of the American
Revolution" says:
''The garrison was without a flag when
the enemy appeared, but their pride and in
genuity soon supplied one in conformity to
the pattern adopted by the Continental
Congress. Shirts were cut to form the
white stripes, bits of scarlet cloth were join
ed for the red, and the blue ground for the
stars was composed of cloth cloak belong
ing to Capt. Abraham Swartwout, of
Duchess county, who was then in the fort. -
1t has been generally admitted as a mat
ter of historic interest that the first salute to
the flag was given to the ensign flown by
John Paul Jones on the ship Ranger, but
William Eliot Grifis claims, with some
show of authority, that the first salute was
given at the Dutch island of St. Eustatius,
in the West Indies, to the Andrea Doria,
November II, 1776.
1t has also been claimed that Boston
man made the FIRST flag, but credit continues
to be given to Betsy Ross, for that achieve
ment, though there is little in the official
records to support the claim. But, though
her connection with the matter may be as
doubtful as the traditions of Barbara Friet-
chic, the story is one that will be accepted
and believed by future generations.
Flag Day, June IA, was instituted in 1889
by Professor George Bolch of New York.
who introduced in his free kindergarten the
practice of holding special exercises on that
day. This was in recognition of the adop-
ton of the flag design by Continental Con-
gress, June IA. l777, and not, as some peo-
pie continue to believe, in honor of the
writing of ''The Star Spangled Banner, =
by Francis Scot Key, for that was written
during the bombardmen of Fort McHenry,
September Is, 1914. The flag that waved
over the fort, the flag for which young
Key eagerly watched the next morning,
was unusually large. the stripes being about
two feet in width. The largest government
flag, and what is believed to be the Iarges,
in the world, hangs in the court of the post
Office department building in Washington.
1t is 20 feet long and So feet inches wide.
Each star is more than a foot across, and
400 yards of bunting were required in max.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
Rule, Britannica!

When Britain first, at heav ms command,
Arose from out the azure main,
Arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter. the charter of the
land,
And guardian angels sang this strain:
''Rule, Britannia Britannia, rule the
waves;
Britons never will be slaves
CHORUS
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rule the waves;
Britons never will be slaves.
The nations not so blessed as thee
Must in their turn to tyrants fall,
Must in their turn to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish, shalt flourish
great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.
"Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the
Britons never shall be slaves.
Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful from each foreign stroke.
More dreadful from each foreign stroke;
As the loud blast that tears the skies,
Serves but to root thy native oak.
"Rule. Britannica Britannia, rule the
waves;
Britons never will be slaves
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
:. oET-T EE :.
Leaves From Our Poets.
The Road to France
This poem was awarded the $3.50 prize in tn
National Arts Club Competition.]

This poem was awarded the $3.50 prize in the
National Arts Club Competition.]
Thank God, our liberating lance
Goes flaming on the way to France!
To France-the trail the Gurkahs found!
To Ffance-Old England $ rallying ground!
To Ffance-the path the Russians strobe!
To France-the Anzacs' glory road!
To France-Where our Lost Legion ran
To fight and die for God and man!
To France-with every race and breed!
That hates Expressions brutal creed!
All, France-how could our hearts forget
The path by which came Lafayette?
How could the haze of doubt hang low
Upon the road of Rochambeaui
How was it that we missed the way
Brave Joffre leads us along today
At last, thank God! At last we see
There is no tribal Liberty!
No beacon lighting just our shores!
No Freedom guarding but our doorsi
The fame she kindled for our sires
Burns now in Europe's battle fires!
The soul that led our fathers west
Turns back to free the worlds oppressed!
Allies, you have not called in vain!
We share your conflict and your pain
"Old Glory" through new stains and rents,
Partakes of Freedoms sacraments!
Into that hell his will creates
We drive the foe; his lusts, his hates!
Last come, we will be last to stay
Till Right has had her browning day!
Replenish, comrades, from our veins,
The blood the sword of despot drains,
And make our eager sacrifice
Part of the freely-rendered price
You pay to lift humanity
You pay to make our brothers free!
See, with what proud hearts we advance
To France
Daniel NJ. Henderson.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
Cuban National Air


o Bayamian hear your country
Calling you to fight her battles.
To arms! to arms! to arms!
o Bayamian!
Fear not meeting death so glorious
Glorious death like this is living!
To arms! to arms! to arms!
o Bayamian!
Chains, opprobrium and dishonor
Is this life, o Bayamiani
To arms! to arms! to arms!
Hark then to the bugle calling
Calling valiant sons to battle!
To arms! to arms! to arms!
o Bayamian!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04

Summary:-Thre hits: VIM.
Pauline, McGarry, Jam, Bush. Two-base
hits: Arndt. Double play: Helm to Jam
to Helm. Sacrifice hit: ]. Pauline. Stolen
bases: Garbey, Wm.- Pauline, Burn two,
East, Burns. Struck out: by Arndt two.
in one inning, by VIM. Pauline nine, in
seven innings, by Wells twelve. Hits: off
Arndt one, off VIM. Pauline four, off
Wells six. Bases on balls: off VIM.
Pauline two, off Wells two. Left on bases:
Visitors eight, M. S. P. FIVE. First base on
errors: Visitors four. M. S. p. two. Passed
balls: McGarry one, Helm two. Umpire:
Mr.. E. Strebel.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
Monday, July l

-Gladys:-'sJack is horrid! When we
were out tonight a little bug few right into
my mouth, and asked him of what that
was sign
Clytie:-ssWhat did he say it meantl'
Gladys:-''That l should keep my
mouth shut"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
Inmates AttsntioaI

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 slip of paper, attach
to articles and give to cell hall
captain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04

ing il. Popular subscriptions By employees
in the department paid for it. e =
It has been claimed that the designation
"Old Glory was given to it by Capt.
William Driver, of Salem. When he
commanded the brig Chas. Doggett, flag
was given him by citizens of Salem. which
is now preserved in the Essex Institute, and
it is said that he christeued it Old Glory.
Boston Herald.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04

DONE forget that we are fighting for
right, and therefore must win. Insert in
your morning prayer the now immortal
words, They Shall not Passl,"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
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.
J. J. SULLIVAN. Deputy Warden,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04

flames married magicians daughter
and found she understood her fathers art
Elbow sof
Gle had asked her hand in marriage, but
he found it in his pocket. =
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
PATRIOTIC SONGS :.
Battle Hymn of The Republic

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming
of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the
grapes of wrath are stored;
He hath loosed the fearful lightning of His
terrible swift sword,
His truth is marching on.
CHORUS
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on!
have seen Him in the watchfres of hum
dred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the
evening dews and damps;
can read His righteous sentence by the
dim and Aaring lamps,
His day is marching on!
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
priau,I 0ffirtaIs
Board Of Control


Board of Parole
c. E. Vasaiy, Chairman
c. S. Reed, Sec'y for Prison
Rev. H. C. Swearingen
III. X. w. Scott, Sec'y for Reformatory
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-07-04
G4a,prl Yrnsra,,1

The following is the program rendered
in the Auditorium, Reverend Father Barry
officiating.
March-Blaze of Honor Orchestra
Hymn-Cross and Crown Congregation
Scripture ---------.--------Fat Father Barry
Selection-Apple Blossoms Orchestn
Prayer Father Barry
Gospel Reading ------------- Father Barry
Sermon ----- Father Barry
Hymn-Abide With Me - Congregation
March, Coronation Orchestra
r. ]. Reichkitzer. Musical Director.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-05
DID WORK OF HIGH ORDER
Designs Wrought by Ancient Peruvian
, Dyers Have Been Given Much
I Praise by Experts.

! The ancients of Peru, by curious
'c0incidence-for there could not pos
'sibly have been any intercourse with
their contemporaries in India and
Egypt-seem to have used much the
same kind Of processes in printing
their designs upon the fabrics they
manufactured. Both Herodotus and
Pliny, among early historians, have
told us about the cloths of vegetable
fiber made by the ancients; but in all
likelihood the fabrics of the Peruvians
were of even q more remote date. In
some respects the methods of today
bear strong resemblance to the older
practice. The chief difference con-
sists in the patterns now being en-
Eraved upon copper rollers and several
colors being printed ut one time. Just
as today the coloring matter of dyes
Hs not affixed by merely printing 1t on
the material, but is secured by means
0f a substance known as mordant, so
did the Peruvians make use of prop
icrty which caused the dye to adhere
and to Withstand test of thousands
of years. wear and tear. Experts have
declared that in the direction of tech.
hical and artistic value the designs in
question have no equal.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-05
Monster Devil Flsh.

The announcement Is made that
monster devil fish weighing LOO
pounds. and measuring II feet from
tip to tip. has been captured three
miles out from Deer Island. near Bill
oh. Miss, by local fishermen. who
brought the fish to Biloxi and placed
II on exhibition. The fish, species
which is seldom seen SO close to shore,
was caught in trawl net by Pat
Moran, and it took three power boats
to haul the fish into port. It had a
mouth measuring four feet across, and
in order to pass rope through 1t,
fishermen had to use an immense oar.
When one vessel attempted to bring
the fish ashore it played with the boat
as with a toy, and two other power
boats came to Its assistance. Many
people viewed the monster.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-05
Powerful, Explosive.

The liquid oxygen explosive appears.
from notices In the German technical
press, to have been developed as min
ing substitute for nitric explosives.
which had been all taken for military
purposes. 2 It was discovered score
Of years ago that when a carbonaceous
material is saturated with liquid oxy-
gen and ignited by a fuse or electrici-
ty, the carbon and oxygen combine
violently, and successful trials were
made in blasting. This explosive,
called ''oxyliquit." is now doing duty
quite extensively in breaking up coal
and potash. In seeking combussble,
experiments were made with a mixture
Of gasoline and infusorial earth, pull
verified cork, dry wood pulp and dried
peat, but the best results were OBJ
tanned with lampblack. This is placed
in a suitable cartridge. In the pre-
ferred method the filled cartridge Is
immersed for half an hour In liquid
oxygen In special container, and
then, with an ignition system quickly
attached, is placed in the borehole,
tamped and exploded. The effects are
nearly equal to those from the same
weight Of dynamite. The serious dis.
advantage Of the method is the neces.
sity Of liquefying the oxygen at the
place where used; but a very great ad-
vantage is safety In transportation,
and especially complete lack Of danger
from unexploded cartridges. The OK
ygen evaporates in about ten minutes,
leaving simply inert lampblack.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-05

I improved in health 90 I could do nv
housework; we now have little one, Ill
Of which / owe to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Mrs. o. S.
JOHNSON. r. No. 8, Ellensburg, Wash.
There are women everywhere who
long for children in their homes yet are
denied this happiness on account Of
some functional disorder which in most
cases would readily yield to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
: Such women should not give up hope
until they have given this wonderful
medicine a trial, and for special advice
write Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass. The result of 40 yesSo
experience is at your service.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-05
FOUND HIS PLACE.
Younqster Who Made Good a.
Food Producer.
Factory Hand Lost, but a Massachu.
setts Community 10 Richer Dc.
cause Boy Decided That He
Would Take to Gardening.

Four years ago garden-club boy In
Massachusetts, faced what would have
seemed even to an adult hard prob
lem. Born in Italy, but thoroughly in
oculated with American ideas Of the
necessity Of education, James was
told by his father while in the eighth
grade that no longer could he be kept
In school. His future path was to lie
toward the nearby factory.
Believing. because Of his garden-club
experience under the auspices Of the
local leader for the United States de-
partment Of agriculture. that he could
earn as much by potato raising outside
Of school hours as he could In a fac
tory by devoting his whole time, he
finally obtained permission from his
father to try 1t. So successful was he
that his father was willing he should
enter the ninth grade in the fall.
The next spring the superintendent
let him have land to use for large
garden. To ten boys he had selected
from the upper grammar grades he
made the proposition to pay SO much
an hour ana to give each garden
plot. The following excellent advice
he offered them in addition: "If you
are going to quit. quit now while It IL
cool and not when 1t is hot next Au-
gust" III.
By fall he had decided that enough
could be earned In the summers to en-
able him to attend high school and the
agricultural college later. Now a
Junior In high school, he has good
sized dollhouse under lease, where he
raises cabbage, caulifiower and tomato
plants; he owns an auto truck to han
die his produce; has a bank account
and pays his bills by check. and owns
at least one government bond.
With all the school and business
cares. he still has time to look after
the school welfare Of his younger
brothers and sisters, visiting their
teachers and watching their progress.
A factory hand. probably only me-
diocre one, has been lost, but a good
food producer has been gained through
the vision given James by his boys ag-
ricultural club leader.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-05
Blank Check Ia slrd,s Nest.

A birds nest that had fallen from
Q tree in park near Baltimore, Nd,
after 1t had weathered many hard
wind, has Just been placed in the
North Carolina hall Of history in Ra-
leigh alongside war relics and other
things because the bird used local
building material, in the form Of q
blank check Of q Raleigh bank, In max
ing its home safe and snug. The dis
lance between Raleigh and Baltimore
IL about 1926 miles by ruil. but It ID
much shorter as the crow files. Orni-
biologists says the nest Is either that
Of q robin or thrush.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-12-05
The JOY OF
MOTHERHOOD
Came 10 this Woman after
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to
Restore Her Health
Ellensburg, After I was
married was not well for long time

1u0 = HOOQ OeA Oh
the time was not
able to 60 about.
Our greatest desire
was to have q child
In our home and one
day my husband
came back frem
town with Q bottle
Of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
mpound and
wanted me to try It.
It brought relief