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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Liberty Engine Gives Maxi
mum Horsepower


The Liberty airplane engine, developing
a maximum of $50 hip. at weight Of 825
pounds, or 1888 pounds per horsepower. is
fifty per cent more powerful and twenty-6v
per cent lighter per horsepower than the av-
erage airplane engine in service today, ac-
cording to statement issued by the Nat
ional Advisory Committee on Aeronautics.
In March, 1918, the Liberty engine devel-
oped 432 hip. at a weight of 808 pounds, or
1856 pounds per horsepower. In May, fol-
lowing improvements, the Liberty engine
developed $50 hp. at weight of 1875 pounds
or 1.X3 pound per horsepower. In 1917 the
Liberty twelve was sixty-6ve per cent more
powerful and twenty-eight per cent lighter
per horsepower than the average in service
for that year. Bethlehem Sparks.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Light Tanks Win Out

The armored caterpillar motor car or
"tank" which is now in high favor as an
engine of assault against the enemies lines,
almost fell into discredit in France in 1917.
The most successful type has been the new
lighter car with swinging turret from
which an inch and half caliber cannon or
machine gun can fire in any direction.
While the British were manufacturing
their immense, heavy tanks, the French,
without knowing the work their allies were
doing, experimental with lighter cars, one
type weighing IS tons and another o tons.
The 13-ton cars made their appearance in
April, 1917, taking part in the French Of
fensive between Rheims and the Aisne, as
an experiment.
The losses appeared to be excessive and
the report spread that they caught fire every
time they were hit by a projectile. The
death of Commandant Bossut while leading
an assault with one of the cars created a
profound impression.
Two laier operations, however, modif ed
military opinion regarding them and they
proved to be most effective.
During the winter other experiments were
made and toward the last of May, 1918. the
light tanks made their appearance on the
battlefield in great numbers. They we're
assigned to the defense of the forest of Viii
lers-C otterets when the Germans made their
rush between Scissors and Rheims. Dur.
ing the first fifteen days of June they made
more than twenty counter attacks and Kept
the forest clear of the enemy. The medi-
UNI weight cars in the meantime had help
ed the Americans take Cantigny.
Their first spectacular feat was in mob
ilizing in twelve hours south of Montdidier
to precede the infantry in a successful count
ter attack that stopped the advance of the
Germans on the Montdidier-N oyon line.
These and subsequent successes convinc-
ed the French military authorities that the
| light 'tank' was an effective and efficient
arm.-Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Thought Doctor was Cheaper

When someone at social gathering in
Washington happened to refer to the high
cost-ofliving question which is daily grow
ing more formidable Senator McCumber of
N. Dakota was reminded of story about
Willie, a10-year-old hopeful of a certain
family who had contracted the humps and
as result had face several times larger
than normal. While he was in this state of
swollenness neighbor woman dropped in.
"Ah," she said, as soon as she laid eyes
on the boy, II see Willie has the mumps.
What are YOU doing for him =
eve called in the DOCTOR" Willie's moth
er replied, land he gave us some medicine
for him.
'sMy, my, how times have changed since
was a child" the caller remarked reminis-
Gently. 'I remember when we had the
mumps the usual treatment was to cut off
strip of salt pork, sprinkle it we'll with
salt and pepper and bind it about the neck. -
eyes, we thought of trying that but
perks so high nowadays that we decided it
would be cheaper to get the DOCTOR
-Eschdnge
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
In The Same Boat

In one of the big base hospitals of the
army not long ago new librarian was set
to work by the American Library Associat-
ion. She was very charming young wom-
an, and very anxious to please all of her
customers, though some of them didn't
even want to look at book. In her rounds
she approached one of the patients and he
declined to be interested in her wares. At
the next cot she stopped and offered its &C.
cupant book.
What's it about?' the patient asked.
/"Oh, this is Bambi'" said the librarian
''It's about girl who married man with
out his having anything to say about it,
"Hold on there" shouted the man who
had declined all books. He raised himself on
his elbow and reached out his hand. ''Give
me that book. It's my autobiography.
Stories from Camp and Trench.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Daniels To Visit Berlin

Secretary of the Navy Daniels paid a Wis
it to the Eddystone Ammunition Corpora
ton plant at Philadelphia the other day to
celebrate with the workers their delivery in
one year of 1000, 900 rifles to the govern
ment. 81 came out of the plant better
American, he said afterwards: In stir
ring address to the workers he promised that
the United States would make no compro-
mise with Germany. son my calendar in
Washington, he said, ''there is recorded
an engagement, no date yet set, to GO with
the marine band when it marches in the tri-
umphal entry of General Pershing's victor
ious army into Berlin. ''-Eachange
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Autumn Sonnet

We in our sentimental alad-days
Loved autumn and the LEAKAGE drooping sere,
And the descent of misty grays
On gardens growing drear.
But these things now to man are dear:
The mighty sun that on the skyline sways
In glory; and the days in warm career,
The glow of earth beneath his feet ablaze.
When fearful autumn roves across the land,
And everywhere parlous mist is poured,
And every day purgatory SEEMS
We gladly clutch the wine cup in our hand
For there the ardor of the sun is stored.
Heat of July and bliss of summer dreams.
j. s. Machar
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Pick-Ups

Wonders Never Cease. An aerial observ-
er, before flight at one of the flying fields
recently, forgot to strap himself in. When
1000 feet aloft, the pilot suddenly turned
the nose Of the plane downward. The OBJ
server was thrown into md-air. As he fell
his left elbow struck the tail of the craft and
broke through the fabric. He chung on and
climbed onto the top of the fuselage while
the plane raced ahead 12O miles an hour.
Attracted by other airmen, the pilot thrott-
led the machine. The observer then scram-
bled forward and crawled head first into the
cockpit unhurt.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Over There

Some German Huns went out one day to
have bit of fun.
Now what these Germans wanted was to
see the Yankees run;
But the Yankees felt quite different, so they
turned the tables Ger,
And the Germans did the running while the
Yankees made the score.
sides fought for fair;
This made the Germans happy for they
thought the day was theirs,
But a southpaw Yankee gunner took a
bomb and let it fly,
And when the dust had cleared away, all
the Germans were on high.
Earl III. SorenSen
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
In No Mans Land

In No Mans Land black shadows spread
Across the still forms of the dead
Who sleep unto eternity;
And, shot thro with the star shells light,
The grim nigrescence of the night
Lies over all,
A sable pail,
The shroud of immortality.
Aye, CHASTITY is the crimson brand
That hate has set on No Mans Land.
But in the hush at break O. day
On No Man Land the peoples sway
And curtsy to the daffodils,
And death gives up his dark domain
Along the hazardous terrain
Dew gilds with gold
The greening mold,
And 10, the soaring skylark trills.
Give Us, O God, to understand
A lark sings hope DER No Mans Land.
Arkansas Gazette
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Canouflage

am very weary word. -
Quoth Camoufage one day.
'I'm called upon and must be heard
In every sort of way.
"Some fall upon me in rage,
And grimly call me 'cammerfage,'
And more who lack the scholars badge
Refer to me as 'cammyhadge,
While others through my letters dodge
And gaily mention 'commaAodge,'
With an assurance all complete
They link me up with every cheat.
A thousand voices sing the song
And most of them pronounce it wrong.
"Why must thus be filled with dread
Why can they not agree
To leave me to the fight instead
Of overworking me p
Washington Star
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Mirror EFT e S
By Hugh Manity

$50, 900 persons are employed in the
Shipyards of the United States.
We miss the regular trips of visitors
through the institution these troublesome
days.
Fifteen thousand German soldiers we're
forced into Holland last week by Belgian
soldiers.
German made toys bought in 1914 and
held in Holland until recently, arrived in
New York on Oct %.
1T was last week when some one OPEN
ed about 'steen windows that we had our
first attack of "cold feet.''
Anyway the "Flu" will very probab-
ly make fresh air ''fends'' of people-which
is benefit of inestimable worth.
Being soldier has its pleasing features
too. ''Kisses and flowers rained on British
by rescued Belgians'' says the daily press.
We know now the weather man didn't
waste any of the rain be withheld during the
summer. A generous supply has been fall
ing lately.
Something to worry about-navigation
closed on the Yukon river, Alaska, Oct. %.
The last boat down passed through fifty
miles of floating ice.
IF you are interested in music there is
a chance for you in the band or choir. Here
is an opportunity that shouldn't be overlook
ed if you are going to be here for awhile.
Neither the law of God nor the law of
men prevents women from wearing mems
clothes when engaged in war work, rules
Attorney General w. E. Reed of Nebraska.
Sunday, Oct. u, at 2 a. m. an hour
was dropped from our time, ending the day.
light saving plan for this year and leaving
us wiser and richer people-and also Civ
ing the folks who wanted it an extra hour
in bed that morning.
The Fourth Liberty Loan in Washing
ton County, which includes this institution,
has gone over the top $118, 10000. The
quota for the county was 1890, 1000. The
number of subscribers is 5940, while the
number for the third loan was 5, $50
America has turned out its first fabr-
Gated steel ship, the Ogawan, $500 dead
weight tons. The boat was constructed in
SOB days and required the output of approx
mately d steel mills. Sc fabricating plants,
and 200 foundries, machine pipe-joiners and
equipment shops.
eve never miss the water till the we'll
runs dry" We intra-mural folk have test
ed the truth of this age old adage. The
large place occupied in our Silent City life
by motion pictures, chapel services, chau-
tauqua meetings, school sessions, all those
touches of world activities that enter here
was never fully realized until force of cir
cumstances discontinued them for time.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
An Excuse

They taught me, when little child,
To finish things haled worst,
Postpone things l liked to do,
And do the hardest things the first.
This precept of my early youth,
Taught by my parents kind and true,
Is, as you see, the reason why
l am so late in writing you.
-Allene Gates, in Munsey's.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Real Winter

The coolest point in the United States is
Fairbanks, Alaska. During last December
the average temperature was 403 degrees be-
low zero. There were fifteen nights when
the minimum temperature was SO degrees
below zero, aud there were FIVE days when
even at noon the thermometer did not rise
above 40 degrees below zero.
-LGdiss' Home Journal
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
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A Farewell Toast

To my mother, ablest guardian,
Sublimely faithful, day and night
May the Gods send her all blessings,
While l am'off to do my might.
To my father, old and shaken,
BY the struggle Cover there
May he live and may he glory
With me when I've done my share.
To my friends-the true and faithful
Those who know me heart and soul
May their kind deeds spur me onward
Till reach the chosen goal.
Southern Buck
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Gle anings
Selected

The telephone was invented in 1861.
The value of ton of silver, $37, 7O4.84
Modern needles first came into use in
1545.
French and Indian war in America in
1854.
Coaches were first used in England in
1869.
French Revolution in 1899; Reign of
Terror in 1898.
The first newspaper advertisement APP
peared in 1852.
One million dollars gold coin weighs
3,6S5.S pounds avoirdupois.
The largest cavern in the world is the
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky.
The most extensive park is Deer Park
in Denmark. 1t contains 4, 200 acres. :
The first iron ore discovered in this
country was found in Virginia in 17l5.
jamestown, Va. was found in 1907; first
permanent English settlement in America.
Books in their present form were in
vented by Attalus, king of Pergamus, in
887.
The largest university is Oxford, in
England. 1t consists of twenty one colleges
and five halls.
The great wall of China, built 200 B. C.
is l,250 miles in length, 20 feet high and Is
feet thick at the base.
The first illumination with gas was in
Cornwall, England, 1872; in the United
States, at Boston, 1922.
Glass mirrors were first made by Venet-
ians in the 18th century. Polished metal
was used before that time.
Printing was known in China early
in the sixth century; introduced into Eng
land about l474; into America, 1886.
Because they hid themselves in secret
places the term "Huguenots' came: from
King Hugo, the grert hobgoblin of France.
The ''Valley of DEATH in the island
of Java, is simply the crater of an extinct
volcano, filled with carbonic acid gas. 1t
is half mile in circumference.
The city of Amsterdam, Holland, is
built upon piles driven into the ground. 1t
is intersected by numerous canals, crossed
by nearly three hundred bridges.
The tallest man was John Hale, of Lam
cashire, England, who was nine feet six in
ches in height. His hand was seventeen in
ches long and eight and one-half inches
broad.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31

Finnish Flag at Atlantic Port. A ship
formerly sailing under the Russian flag ap-
peared at an Atlantic port the other day fly
ing the red and yellow emblem of the Gre
public" of Finland. 1t is the first time this
flag has appeared in American waters. The
republic of Finland has not yet been recog-
nized by the United States nor by num-
Der of the allied countries.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
St. Patrick's Purgatory
Station Island, Tough Derg

Tradition states that St. Patrick promised thai
who with contrite hearts made pilgrimage tt
purgatory in Tough Derg, would hereafter be
red from the cleansing fires. a fearful vision Of
E is not so widely known as it ought to be-
stood upon its barren rocks
Amid its ruins grey.
And felt the centuries roll back
AS though 'twere yesterday.
That Patrick, praying in the cave,
Beheld that Vision dread
And saw and felt the cleansing fires
Which purge the hallowed dead.
And here down all the ages since
Have countless pilgrims trod
Seeking in silent solitude
Seeking and fnding-God!
Today in ever-growing crowds
They throng this calm Retreat,
Where world-worn spirits, tasting, know
The Lord is, oh! how sweet!
Yet dead not all-for sanity souls
Still sanctify each sod,
Seeking within thy solitudes-
Seeking and hnding-God.
By Eitkne, IN Irish Catholic.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
2 o E TT r z Z
The Original Farmerette

Maud Muller while she raked the hay
Said to the Judge who passed that way,
In tones quite confidential,
pass on. Your not in my set.
You see, am farmerette-
And you are non-essential -
Washington Star
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
ATT 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, 1918-10-31

Ex-Czarina and Daughters Slain. Form
er Empress Alexandria of Russia and her
four daughters, Grand Duchess Tatiana,
Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Marie
and Grand Duchess Anastasie, the last of
the immediate family of the late car, have
been put to death by the bolshevlki, reports
say. Red guards some time ago sought to
kill the dowager empress and her daughter
and son-in-law but sailors of the Black Sea
feet drove them off and saved the lives of
the three. The former empress was born
Princess Alix of Nesse in 1872.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31

Clothing for Fighters. England Will IN
dertake to re6t and clothe 1000, 900 Amer
ican soldiers and at the same time to meet
the demands of her own and Frances ar
mics. This will result in great shortage
of cloth for civilians and the prices of men S
clothes are expected to advance sharply.
Prices of standard suits for civilians, re-
Gently fixed by the government, will prob
ably remain the same, however.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Yriaurt @ffIrIaI.
Board of Control

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, 1918-10-31

Anderson, Oscar Kitty, C.. R.
Bernstein, M. Kienholz, Willard
Carlson. Hugo Macintosh, w. F.
Elfstrom. w. B. Miller, George
Elfstrom, R. L. Nelson, Walter
FITZGERALD, J.C. Parker, Donald
Haefner, J. R. Ryan, j. A..
Hood, B. F. Stanek, Thomas
Hurley, George B. Smith, Nv
johnson, Clarence label, Oscar
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-23
TYPHUS BREAKS OUT
IN RUMANIA AGAIN
The Victims Are Mostly Poor Peasants
and There Has Been Large
Number of Deaths.

Paris, Aug 23.-- Correspondence of
the Associated Pressl.-Typhus has
again broken out in Rumauia, particu-
larly in the part occupied by the Ger
mans, and there has been large num-
Der of deaths. The victims are mostly
poor Rumanian peasants, and little eff
fort is made by the German medical
authorities to combat the disease. There
is a serious shortage of food, and those
who do not die Of typhus usually sue
cumb to starvation. The Moldayian sec
tion of Rumania is practically free of
the epidemic. This information was
conveyed to the Associated Press to-day
by Herbert Mayer, secretary to Charles
j. Vopicka, American minister at Jassy,
who has just returned from Rumania
via Austria and Switzerland.
According to Mr.. Mayer, an American
physician, DIR. Breckenridge Bayne of
Washington, D. G., who was in Bucharest
for nearly two years during the German
occupation and who is now on his way to
the United States, was the only one who
had the courage to 60 into the affected
areas in Wallachia and fight the dis
ease. DR.. Bayne usually was accom-
panied by two or three German physi-
clans, who pretended to represent the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-23
BOLSHEVIKI DECLARES
VAR ON UNITED STATES
Consul Lowers Stars and Stripes at Pet
rograd-Yankees Warned to
Leave Russia.

Washington, Aug 23.-Because the
bolsheyik government declared state
of war between Russia and the United
States, Vice Consul Imbrie has lowered
the United States flag over the consulate
at Petrograd, closed the consulate and
placed the affairs of the United States
government in the charge of the Norwe.
gian government.
Americans in Petrograd of whom there
are approximately 20 have been warned
to leave the country by the vice consul
Their houses were searched, one of them
is under arrest and one is in hiding.
This information reached the state de-
.partment yesterday from Mr.. Imbrie in
"a telegram dated Aug. 2. The consul
said until he received instructions from
the United States state department he
would remain in Petrograd
1t is thought here that this incident
may have resulted from the situation
that arose in Moscow at about the same
time and which caused Consul General
Poole to close the American consulate in
Moscow. AT that time, after Lenine, the
bolshevik premier, had declared state
of war existed with the British and
French governments, Tchitcherin, the for.
eign minister, explained that it rather
was a state of defense" on the part OF
Russia.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-23
INCLUDED AIRPLANE
CUT MANY CAPERS
While Each of Two Occupants Thought
the Other Was Directing the Ma
chine-Both Are Alive.

Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. 23--An air
plane running wild in mid.air and cut.
ting all the daring capers that such a
machine is capable Of performing, while
two skilled French aviators sat calmly in
their seats each believing the other was
directing the flight, recently amazed
American aviation officers and cadets
here who watched its startling gyrations.
Eventually, after hair-raising loops,
dives and sideslips in which the airplane
almost grazed the earth, it dove nose
first into the ground, driving the engine
back through the fusilade up to where
one of the aviators sat, but injuring
neither of them.
The two French aviators who so mar
rowly escaped death were lie Maitre and
Soulier, who have brought down several
German airplanes in the fighting on the
western front in France.
lie Maitre was in the back seat and
took the plane from the ground. The
machine had climbed a few hundred feet
when Soulier raised his hands to his
head the usual signal of a pilot that he
viii take control of the plane. So lie
Maitre sat at ease.
Then for eight minutes the airplane
gave a performance the like of which
never before had been seen by the spec
tators. 1t comprised the whole known
category of stunts and added new ones,
with amazing suddenness. Those below
gasped in wonderment when the machine
suddenly diyed within few feet OF the
ground 1t seemed impossible that any
one would handle the machine with such
dexterity and reckless abandon.
The spectators, however, saw lie Mai
tire and Soulier smiling calmly.
Suddenly the plane crashed downward
and buried its nose in the earth. The
ayiators stepped calmly from under the
demolished plane and faced each other
''What do you think you are doing,
anyway; trying to scare me, chi" said
lie Maitre.
what was ! trying to doY" echoed
Soulier what were you trying to do
TO me ~
Then it developed that during the eight
minutes they had been in the air neither
aviator had touched the controls. Soul.
Ter had been merely adjusting his helmet
when lie Maitre saw the movement and
mistook it for a signal that Soulier in.
tended TO take control Of the airplane
While the machine was running Wild
each aviator thought the other was try
ing to have little fun at his expense
Il was determined not to exhibit any
feeling" said lie Maitre when the situa-
ton was explained. 81 thought Soulier
was trying some stunts to test my
nerve"
Il thought the same thing" said Soul
ier
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-23
TO RECORD EARTHQUAKES.
A New Device Will Greatly Change Ex-
isting Methods.

Honolulu, T. H., Aug. %. Professor
7. A. Jaggar, jr., director of the Ha-
waiian Volcano Research associations
observatory at Kilauea volcano, on the
island of Hawaii, assisted by Or. Arnold
Romberg, physicist of the College Of
Hawaii, has perfected device for the re
cording of earthquakes and earth yibra-
lions which, it is expected, will greatly
change existing methods.
Professor Jaggars invention, which
will shortly be given to the world
through scientific publications, employs
the principle of photography in record
ing eatrh movements 1t is said to be
much more accurate than seismogrsphys
now used and to record vibrations which
are not recorded by them.
So delicate is the new instrument, that
it registers the surf beats upon the Kau
coast, twenty miles from the observa-
tory.