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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
Fun at The Zoo

| If you are fortunate enough to strike the
Washington zoo about three O'Clock, feeding
time, you will find plenty to amuse you.
The bears manifest great signs of hunger,
striding back and forth in their dens, set
ting up great bear cries and striking theiI
long claws across the bars of their cages like
giant ukulele players.
When the keeper comes, with his wheel
barrow of bread, the fun begins. The keep
er's aim is to give an equal number of loaves
to each bear, but the pig in the bear some
times upsets this calculation.
When one big hog-I mean bear-grabs
twice as many loaves as is his due, it is up
to the keeper to make him give up the extra
loaves. This is not an easy task, especially
when it must be done from the outside OF
the cage. But with the aid of long iron
bar, with which sundry thumps are admins
tered on the seemingly concrete head of the
bear, the unlawfully seized bread goes to the
right bear.
The baby hippopotamus, growing bigger
every day, is another favorite animal. Dur
ing the recent hot days both baby and ma
NINA enjoyed themselves eating hay SEEM
ingly unmindful of the heat.
One day last week young woman with a
scientific turn of mind experimental with
potato chips and their availability as animal
food. With big bag of potato chips she
went through the zoo trying them out" on
the animals. Some animals liked the chips
and others turned up their noses at them.
Animals, it may be remarked, really turn
up their noses at food for which they do not
care.
Some of the monkeys eat potato chips,
the experiment showed, while other brands
of monkeys will have nothing to do with
them. The exact result of the experiment
the young woman refused to make public.
She said she was saving the information
for an article, in which she would incorpo-
rate further experiments with pickles.
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
The Soldier Sings

When behold the tense and tragic night
Shrouding the earth in vague. symbolic
gloom,
And when 1 think that, ere my fancy's
flight
Has reached the portals of the inner room
Where knightly ghosts, guarding the secret
ark
Of brave romance, through me shall sing
again,
Death may engulf me in eternal dark
Still have no regret nor poignant pain.
Better in one ecstatic, epic day
To strike blow for Glory and for Truth,
With ardent, singing heart to toss away
In Freedoms holy cause my eager youth,
Than bear, as weary years pass one by one,
The knowledge of a sacred task undone.
by Private William 1. Gywndish Of the
10th Fnginsers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
M ! R R 0 R E 7 7 ES

Read the article on page two under the
caption Omitted War Work Campaign
then do your bit.
Business is business. And the bust
ness of the country at the present moment
is war.
The great peace hoax caught this in
stitution last Thursday and although the
report proved untrue it gave everyone few
hours of great happiness and shows how
strong the desire for peace really is. We
are going to finish that celebration soon.
The world, being little bit particular,
wants only peace worth having.
Our farm is real adjunct. In another
column is shown what has been received by
the Steward during the past season.
"A good farmer is as important these
days as a good soldier.
1t is being suggested by the press that
Thanksgiving Day be designated as day
for celebrating the ending of the world war
The average citizen is willing and
anxious to stand by his country, but he
wants to be able to stand by his coal stove
too.
Holland has had enough trouble with
out having the ex-kaiser. ex-crown prince
and Won Hindenburg wished on her.
We are beginning to realize wha,
General Sherman meant by his historic re-
mark.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14

Road Surveyed at Night. Because of the
dazzling, binding light from the fields of
salt and alkali and because of the Pickering,
dancing heat waves it was found impractic-
able to do surveying work during the day
time in laying out the 17-mile tangent of
the Lincoln Highway across the U, ah desert
so the line was established by signal fires
after the sun had gone down. Construction
work on the new, direct route which will
cut SO miles from the route is now under
way.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
Riding Lights

After the long, long voyage
Rest in the landlocked bay,
Night and pale stars without number
After the glare of day.
Yellow shore lights family glowing,
White city lights up beyond,
Riding lights sleepily rocking
Here in the big black pond.
Long lazy swells from the ocean
Silently lift and let fall,
Later in foam to awaken
White by the low city wall.
Dreams of storms and of danger.
Dreaming of life on the deep,
Shadow ships lying at anchor
Drowsily stir in their sleep.
Softly the wind in the rigging
HUNS at an old, old tune.
Lightly rap-rapping, the halyards
Follow the rime and the rune.
Yellow shore lights family glowing,
White city lights up beyond.
Riding lights sleepily rocking
Here in the big black pond.
Herbert J. Hall, in The Literary Digest.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14

1t is with deep regret that we announce
the death of two of our employees:
Mr. ]. ]. Glennon died at the Emergency
Hospital Sunday, from complication OF
diseases following an attack of influenza.
Mr.. Glennon, who was guard for num-
Der of years was store and cost clerk at the
time of his death. He leaves wife and
daughter.
MIR. Floyd Orf, an employee of the
machine shop, died Sunday, also from in
fuenza. Mr.. Orff leaves wife and three
children.
THE MIRROR extends the heartfelt sympa-
thies of officers and employees of the in
stitutlon to the bereaved families.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14

Record Flight. Carrying IFS pounds of
mail one of the air line mail planes recently
completed the distance between Philadelphia
and New York in ~ minutes, travelling
most of the way at the rate Of 12O miles an
hour. This is the fastest time that has yet
been made. Ensign Barnes of the American
naval air forces, now operating in European
waters, established a new worlds record for
sustained flights by remaining in the air 80
hours.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14

Another landmark has passed in Mont
ana. The mail stage line through the
FIathead Indian reserve, has given place tc
the locomotive. On November 1, Uncle
Sam began sending letters and package:
over the new Dixon-Polson branch of the
Northern Pacific railroad.
The mail stage line was organized in the
widest and wooliest days. The driver!
usually carried two guns-one for red mer
and the other for white men, and they used
one about as often as they used the other.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
Not Worth While

It's not worth while to tinker with deal
that isn't straight
It's not worth while to lie and cheat your
way through victory's gate.
Oh, boy of mine, whate'er you do, whate' er
the prize you d claim,
Be honest in the way you strive and keep
your hands from shame.
Remember when temptation comes to lure
you with her smile
That if you have to cheat to win, the goal
is not worth while.
It's not worth while to sell yourself for any
thing on earth,
Life judges us by what we are and not how
much we're worth.
And men have pawned themselves, for gold
and conquered by a scheme,
To find at last the honor lost they never
could redeem.
If ever you are moved to lie or win by cum
ming vile,
Remember that temptations pay has never
been worth while.
The tempter cannot bring you Joy nor
happiness nor friends,
His path that seems so smooth to tread in
sorrow ALWAYS ends.
His money and his fame are base, but thinly
gilded Ger,
And cheap and tawdry things for which to
bartar honor for.
Take failure, if you must, my boy, plod
YEARLY mile on mile,
But keep your seH-respect unstained; that
only is worth while.
This lesson once the Master taught when
Satan proudly came
And offered Him the world if He would
only stoop to shame.
cts not worth while," the Master thought
and spurned him there and then;
Yet in thousand different ways still Satan
comes to men.
Oh, boy of mine, when you are moved to
actions that defle,
l pray you'll have the wisdom, too, to say
they're not worth while.
Edgar II. Guest.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
P | c K u P S

Rides Fish to Death. The water in Fox
river, Wisconsin, was low. One day Hiram
Beveridge, of Appleton, saw a 6-foot stur-
geon in shallow pool. He tried to latch
it by the tail but was not successful. Then
he leaped on its back and battle royal en-
sued. With the aid of stone he finally
managed to beat the fish to death. Hiram's
knees were scraped raw and his legs were
badly cut.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
Good-By Honey. Good By

We're all dressed up in uniforms,
So proud, so proud;
Done heerd Uncle Sammy's call to arms,
So loud, so loud;
Done heerd dis was white mans war,
But reckon we're all gw;neter get our share
Gwineter tex US all to conquer Bill,
And send him kitin' down de hill
So good-by, honey, good-by!
Done had some hard knocks in dis lam,
Oh yes, honey, oh yes.
Some things mighty hard to STAN;
But all right, honey, all right.
Gwineter bury our troubles till de wars all
done,
Kase now we got ter whip them Huns
An smash ole Kaiser wild his big guns.
So good-by. honey, good-by!
Gwineter leave our Tub ones all benin
Too bad /! Too bad
Gwineter leave EN- here to mourn an pine
So sad, so sad.
Whar de "Western Front is we don't
know,
But inter dem trenches Yves boun' ter 90
Don't know how we'll understan'
Dat Frinch gineral's orders in dat strange
Ian;
An eff he writes 'em we can't read
But we'll foller whar de old flag leads
So good-by, honey, good-by
When dem big shells come crashin' by,
Den farewell, honey, farewell!
Oh, many O. us must sink an die
Good-by, chillen, good-by
But we'll lif' our faces toward de sky,
See our ole flag a-hoatin' high;
An fore our eyes wild death grow dim,
Well see her wavin' Ger ole Berlin
Oh, glory, chillen, glory!
But some O. us is coming home
Sech few, sech few;
Comm back home when de vict'ry's won,
Sayln' '.Howdy, chillen, howdy!"
"Shot all to pieces" in body an mind,
Shall we be met with look unkind;
Or shall we find you nation true
To your own black sons who have died for
your
Oh, shall we, honey, shall WEI
Oh, yes; Uncle Sans gwineter walk up
trim
Say, "Howdy, chillen, howdy?'
With de eyes O. de whole worl' fixed en- him,
Waitin', waitin',
He'll put lynchin' an mob law outen dis
lam;
Make equal justice fer every man,
Sayin' tortures an lynchin's an burnin' S
must GO,
Fer they re only fit fer de Huns to do;
An black an white an rich an pore
Shall brothers be on this fair shore.
Den our gran ole country indeed will be
A glorious lam of liberty
So good-by, honey, good-by!
R. B. Gales.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
Hunor

A raw recruit who had Just been enrolled
in crack cavalry regiment, was paying his
first visit to the riding schaol. ''Ere's your
'orse's said the instructor. The recruit adj
vanced, took the bride, and examined his
mount. "What's it got this strap round it
forf" he asked, pointing to the girth.
"Well," replied the instructor solemnly,
"you see all our 'orses ave sense of 'umor
and, as they sometimes have sudden fits of
laughter when they see the recruits we put
bands round them to prevent 'em from
burstin' their sides -
A distinguished theologian was invited
to make an address before Sunday School.
The divine spoke for over an hour and his
remarks were of too deep character for the
average juvenile mind to comprehend. At
the conclusion, the superintendent, accord
ing to custom, requested some one in the
school to name an appropriate hymn to sing.
''Sing Revive Us Again" shouted boy
in the rear of the room.
A Scotchman in London stood by the
bedside of his dying wife, who had been
born in the Highlands, and had retained
strong affection for her native country.
"Promise me, Tammas,'' she said, ''that
you will bury me in the Hielans, for /
could not rest quiet down here!'' Tammas
shrank from the expense of the business; so,
after bordering for moment, he replied
"Weel, I'll just see. If find that We Gamma
rest quiet here I'll hae We removed to the
Hielans.'
Sandy had come into the city to see the
sights, and his attention was attracted to
big building, where an attendant at the
door was shouting for everybody to come
in and view the place. Seeing Sandy hesi-
tate the attendant said-"Come on, walk in.
You have nothing to pay Thus reassur-
ed the Scotchman was walking past when
the attendant remarked, sJust leave your
umbrella in the stand there at the door.
ooh, no. said Sandy, as he wheeled
around and began walking out again, Gam
no just as daft, ma man. I ken there wis
a fraud ABBOTT this free business some
whaur."
Mrs. McSmith was on her first ocean
voyage.
s'What's that down therei' she asked the
captain.
''That's the steerage, madam he re-
piled.
Greatly |" exclaimed Mrs. McSmith in
surprise. docs it take all those people to
make the boat go straight
A tourist travelling in Ireland and wish
ing to 60 to Dublin came to point where
two unmarked roads diverged. Stopping
his car, he called to a native by the road
side:
ssPat, which is the road to Dublini''
Elbow did you know my name was Pat?''
ooh, guessed it,
"Well, since you're so good at guessing,
guess the road to Dublin
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14

Dress suits and stiff collars are disappear
ing in London and they're going to econo-
mize in rubber by discarding suspenders.
There are quite few lovable features
about war after all.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14

ssWhat's the matter with your wifel She
seems all broken up, lately
"Well, she had terrible shock"
ssWhy, what happened?"
'sShe was assisting at rummage sale.
She took off her new hat and somebody sold
it for thirty cents. -
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
NOTICE TO INMATES

You are hereby directed to place
your copy of The MINOR 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 win cause
forfeiture of privileges.
j.. Sullivan,
Deputy Warden.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14

Eleven husbands before she was A years
old is the record held by one DR.. Mary
Spencer, her first marriage having taking
place when she was only Is years old.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
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Selected

ssSome wait ever for the morrow
!, Present hours slip by;
So little can be done today
What's the use to try?
Notice, he who grasps the moments,
Every one that flies,
Is the man in life's short contest
Who obtains the price
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
r o ET-TREE :.
Leaves From Our Posts.
When The Tassels on The
Corn

fl1SI4 lis ldSS0l 5 on Inc
Corn
The springtime has it beauties
When earth's with verdure clad,
And everything in nature
Leaps with life's renewal glad
but spring is but promise
OF season that's unborn
The time of sweet fruition,
When the tassel's on the corn.
When summers golden glories
Deck Missouri's wales and hills,
And the clover laden meadow
A sweet perfume distills,
And the ringdove in the woodland s
Cooling with note forlorn,
These are heralds of the season
When the tassel's on the corn.
When the farmlands smile with plenty
And the grapes in clusters grow,
And the peach and apple ruddy
Reflect the suns bright glow,
Then's the season when with blessings
We hail each glorious morn,
Natures time of full fruition,
When the tassel's on the corn.
Missouri hIesf hv nafnroi
With wealth of land and mine,
Thy fields with grain are burgeoned,
And with fruit of tree and vine.
We long not for Arcadia,
Hold all other lands in scorn,
And bless thee, bounteous mother,
When the tassel's on the corn.
When autumn tints the woodland,
And the goldenrod's in bloom,
The corn in serried columns,
Like knights with sword and plume,
Stand guard 'gainst want and hunger,
In its camp is plenty born,
And Missouri's next to heaven,
When the tassel's on the corn.
n. l.. Kanet.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-11-14
All EN- | 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, 1918-11-14
Prian,l Wffirtals
Board Of Control
Board of Parole

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 Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1918-11-28
The Texas Motor Sales Go.

Thanksgiving year will be thankful
the oil. There s,oud -
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oil boys end others.
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Our mechanical force Is here Tor the express 81 helping
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assured viii be- done and well mod
and reasonable
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To be serve mcto @ be-
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The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-12-05

and suffered SO that she was take
to Shreveport, where an operate
1ad to be performed to save OF
Of the chubby little legs. She
joing very nicely now, and if q.
continues we'll She viii be able to y,
aome by Christmas.
AIr. Marcus Goldburg Of MAJ
oaez, who is attending the $. "A
I. c.. at Marshal, Texas, and y.
given a five day Through to ca
JOY the Thanksgiving holidays g
home, spent Saturday III town VII
his sister, who attends the Norma
and who accompanied him homo.
10 spend Sunday with the,.
parents.
MI Natchjtoches is very prou#
ri the distinguished honor paio
g. Keyser, youngest son OF il
Ring old citizens, Mr.. and N
] c. Keyser, who has been ceco
rated while still in a hospital j.
France, for bravery on the field o
5attle. The d. 5. &. and wouno,
lie bears but mark him as the Wor-
III, son of his worthy parents.
1t is worth while going to thy
Aandy Kitchen to see the hahu-
>3me and exceptionally sanitay
achinery, the first of its kind !.
his part of the country, turn Gu.
the delicious and wholesome bug-
Jer-klst popcorn, that all grown
ups as well as kiddies, love. Il
really a handsome ornament for
any establishment, of mahogary
and plate glass, so that all the IN
mr. workings are visible, and is
run by electricity, with capacity
Of 30 bags AN hour, SO You can get
fresh. butter-kist popcorn win
YOU wait.
DR.. and Mr.. Z. G.. Lawton ar
in receipt of news announcing the .
,afe arrival overseas Of their soD.
-ergeant Gamaliel Lawton, Of the I
motor truck service. This you're
nan will have a wonderful oppor- .
unity of not only being of service .
IN the reconstruction and seeing
Europe, but meeting his father .
English relatives in London. !
Mr.. Alex. Greene reachedhome /
Monday night from Camp Taylor, !
KY, where he was sent from Tu-
ane to get his commission, and
which training camp was among /
,he first to disband its men.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-12-05

Charlie Greene, Jr., will sci
you a nice up-to-date home, Wiz
all modern conveniences, in de
sirable neighborhood. If
John H. Keyser left Friday WI
DaRidder, to till a fine position
manager of several big BUSH,
interests. His wife and childre.
will ION him there as soon
( suitable house can be secured.
/ Own lot! Have somethinz &.
2niId on! See Hedges. --Jeffersof
Highway Realty Co.
Mr.. s. X. johnson of Los An.
geleS, Calf, who was called tC
North Dakota by the death of hi.
father, and took the remains Z.
Jennings, La, for inferno u
spent Thursday here with rela
tives.
Miss Fannie Nelken came in :
urday night from Shrevepor
where she left the State Board d.
Health car, on which DR.. DOWN.
was making a tour of North Lou
lana, to spend a few days wis.
home folks, reioining it Wedncs-
day night at Campti.
The family and friends are re-
joicing oyer the news receivnd
from the bedside of Miss Emu
line Prudhomme, who recently IN
derwent a serious operation IN
New Orleans, and for a while her
life was despaired of. Now she
is convalescing very comfortably.
attended by her devoted mother
and sister.
FoR RENT--A residence with adj
the modern conveniences, in desjr.
able locality. Apply to
r. j. PHILLIPS.
Mr.. j. w. Payne and Chief d
Police Anderson returned from
Shreveport Saturday, and on.
worthy sheriff Immediately wentin-
to retirement with the fiu(0, while
Mr.. N. Knight, who was also one
of the Natchitoches candidates for
the Shriner's degree, went to a
in that city. But which
one of the two, the degree or flu,
really laid both low. deponent
sayeth not.
The friends of the family have
been sorely distressed about tie
accident that occurred to Alma
Eulalle, the attractive little four
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Irving Cloutier, who had a fall,
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-12-05


Mr.. w. ~. Airey 81 Clarence
spent Friday II 'o""'
Mr.. Albert C!oa'ier n Campti
was business visitor Er.day.
D,,n:. il. CoIfox
visited relatives here last week.
e.t;.,.-, 90 5;ab haeLots
. ''o'a'' Son rlalrre.-j !rersoa
HIGHWAY Realty J3.
MIR. L. Z. Chaplin, ~hois teach
ino Of powhataa sppn. Sunday a.
,'s a.
NJ ana Mrs. r, r. vhilds are
4ho nrond naranrs Of i fine boy.
Iann ~ Tbonl,eriv;nr 7rrpbt
II you "a "a; :, ~ ~, 80. = oanarv bird
good singer, from Mrs. L, r.
Hedges.
Mrs Katie Dismu;es and d1ugh-
4or Miss Mary. Of Alexandria,
,oro racent guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. L. DlsmukeS.
A., ,o;o Iovoona went TO
=, - T,l,,,rsdor n;oht 70 en-
fet;,;t;o. bo;pg o;van in
~ ~ trahn;no.,
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The Natchitoches enterprise., 1918-12-05

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The Clio messenger., 1918-06-14

| Nearly 100 Socialists. /. w. w. mem
bers and slackers are being investigat'
ed by federal agents at Ashtabua, o.
The men were rounded up in a series
of raids in which a quantity of lit
erature was seized.
After +. III. Maryland. alleged pro-
German clothier. had been attacked
by a mob of 800 men at Muskogee,
Okla. United States officers in a
search of his clothing store found 5OO
pounds of -four hidden in suit boxes.
Experimental airplane mail service
between New York and Boston was In
augurated when Lieut.. Webb, United
States army, started on the initial
flight from Belmont Park, l.. l.
More than 1000 persons were made
homeless by fire of undetermined ori-
gin which swept through the Mexican
district in Jerome. AriZ.. and de-
stroyed more than one hundred
houses.
Lieut.. Georges C. Flachaire, the
French ace, completed flight from
Washington To Montreal Wednesday.
He started from Washington Tuesday
morning, and his route was via Buffa-
10, Toronto and Brockville.
The Chicago stock yards strike OF
about 1,500 cattle handlers was called
off Thursday. The men returned to
work after the union leaders succeed
ed in having Federal Judge Alschuler
appointed arbitrator.
Almost twice as many volunteer
harvest hands were signed up in Kan.
sas City, Mo-, Wednesday as were re-
ported at tabulation Tuesday, wheE
1.093 were listed. The total was over
5000.