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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
Notable March Dates

On March 1, 1880, the first bank in the
United States was chartered, and on
March /, 1887, William Dean Howells,
foremost American novelist, was born at
Martins Ferry, o. March 1 was chosen
by two states to come into the Union
Texas, 1S4s, and Nebraska, 1867.
On March 2 Sam Houston, than whom
Texas never produced more heroic fig
ure, was born, selecting Timber Ridge
Church, Va, for his birthplace, and 1898
for the year.
March 3, 1S15-war was declared
against Algiers, which gave Commodore
Decatur the inspiration to sloganize "Our
country, right or wrong!"
March George Washington was in
augurated (179s) for his second term.
March S, 1770-Boston's famous mas
sacre occurred, which even the most re-
dictionary citizen cannot say was caused
by the Bolshevist tendency of the Boston
police force.
March 6, 1S36-The big rumpus with
Mexico started. Mexican cutthroats butch
er the defenders of the Alamo, a mission
station near San Antonio, Tex.
March 8, 1916-Pancho Villa made the
biggest mistake of his life by taking q
little trip to Columbus, N. NJ.
March II, 1S32-Twenty-one pioneer:
left Boston for Oregon, blazing the sore.
gon Trail" Eight of them got there and
were the first white settlers of the north.
east from the east. 1t took 'em year t.
make the trip, and today trancontinenta
lists kick if their train is minutes late
getting to Portland.
March IS, 1797-Andrew Jackson wa
born. Andy was roughneck citizen, {
fiery warrior, possessed of a temper fully
as tempestuous as any other president en-
joyed, and inventor of the theory tina
spoils of Office belong to the victors.
Famous Americans who chose Marcl
for their birth are James Madison (bet
ter known as the husband of Dolly Mad
ison"), 1851; John C. Calhoun, 1882
Grover Cleveland, 1887; William J
Bryan, 1860; John Tyler, 1790.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
German Shield Keeps Eagle

The new German coat of arms adopted
by the national assembly consists of one
headed eagle, on yellow gold shield,
and without the old-time crown.
The eagle will be displayed in simple
heraldic form without any accessories.
The Hohenzollern coat of arms and the
chain of the order of the Silver Eagle, all
parts of the old Prussian coat of arms
have been omitted. The bill of the eagle,
the tongue and the talons are in red
Servants of the government are to wear
the device without the shield, so it can
be pinned to their uniforms.
Some of the pan-German papers ridi-
cule it, saying the skinny, homely eagle
with extended tongue" violates all the
rules of good taste.-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
How England's King Built Up
Great Power in Gaul

The British Isles, it may be remembered,
were part of the world as distinct as
many another more distant land, because
of the English channel and the attitude of
the English. But with the Norman con-
quest of England the isles became more a
part of the continent than they had ever
been before.
An interesting and Illuminating fact
that should be borne in mind when we
consider later relations between England
and France is that with the Duke of Nor
mandy, also King of England, the French
king was menaced in prestige more than
ever before. IF the king of the French
had previously felt that he was hemmed
in by his dukes on every side, he now felt
that his kingship was rivalled by the
greater power of the Norman dukes.
From this situation arose the rivalry
that for many centuries existed between
the kings of the French and the kings OF
the English. For time one of the ef-
fects was the maintaining of close rela-
tons between England and Germany, who
were both rivals of France. In fact the
English kings previously had been allied
with the then existing Roman empire
through marriage of the Franconian EN-.
peror with the daughter of an English
king.
Scotland later was more closely allied
to England by marriage, and still Later
there came into power in England king
who was descended through his mother
from the Count of Anjou. Thus there
came to the throne of England line Of
Angevin kings, who were neither English
nor Norman, except through the female
line. An English king then married thu
heiress of Aquetaine. Thus we see how
there came to be concentrated in one mar
the power of England and Normandy
and in addition a greater power in eau
than was held even by the king of tn
| French.
1t is important that we hold these fact
clearly in mind, for they hold within
themselves the causes for much of tn
rivalry between France and England dur
ing later years. Furthermore, they Civ
give new instances of that penchant tn
German kings had for allying their line
through marriage with the ruling house
of other countries. In a word, we her
see at work some of the tricks of wha
has been called "kingcraft," and the rea
sons for effects that have reached almos
to our time.-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
Youth Returned at II Years

The case of an old man, IL years of
age, returning to his youth, was brought
to light recently when Robert George
Laws, a retired broker of London arrived
in New York with this remarkable story.
"Back to the land of youth and pep.
THAT'S me-" said MI. Laws who walked
with step as light as that of an athletic
and who looked more like man of forty,
"and its all due to monkey glands. ]
claim to be the first man to demonstrate
the rejuvenating possibilities of these
glands"
Mr.. Laws explained that he was a
healthy fellow up to 10 years ago when
he began to travel great deal to regain
his health.
physicians and specialists had treated
me in vain. Finally went to adoctol
in London who viewed my conditions in
philosophical way. Then one day the
doctor came to me and said he had gained
possession of section of monkey gland:
prepared in capsules. Well, we discussed
the monkeys and their glands and tolG
him to 60 ahead and get box of 100 and
not to mind the cost, which he did.
took the first pill and joked grea
deal. kept taking them right along un
til I began to feel so well that wanted
to get up and walk out of the hospital
When took the fifteenth capsule
dressed, marched out of the hospital ane
feel like a man of 40 or 30.-Exchangs
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
To the Sun

Glory, glory to the sun
Who spends his being
Caring not what he shines upon
Nor for whose seeing.
In the furrow swells the wheat
And the chestnut leaf respires
Ouickened to life by the heat
OF his innocent fires.
Small thanks thte farmer allows,
Turning his hay,
But watches with reckoning brows
The fall of the day.
Clouds flame in the upper air;
The fields slip to the night;
But the rugged horsemen of Thibet still
To a finger of light.
They wrap their skins about
And spear in hand
Round up their Aocks and shout
And scour the land.
John Afford.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
How Berlin Would Have
Been Cassed to Death

Were the Germans aware, when they
suddenly agreed to the armistice, Of the
deadly weapons and liquids that the Al
lied Powers had at hand with which to
carry on their campaign in the enemy's
country? The writer of an article deal
ing with horribly deadly gas believes
that they were. The explosive is called
"Lewisite."
"Lewisite," says the writer, "has IL
times the killing power of the most deadly
gas used in the war, and when the Armis-
tice was signed the United States had on
hand $50 tons enough to kill the entire
German army-and was making it at the
rate of ten tons day. Today there is
none in existence, except few carefully
guarded samples. Even the buildings in
which it was made and the machinery
have been destroyed"
The Constituent parts of the explosives
are the invention of Professor w. Lee
Lewis, who left the chair of chemistry at
North Western University to serve as a
captain in the Oridance Department. To
inhale the smallest amount means death,
and single drop of the liquid on the
hand causes death in few hours, the vic
tim dying in fearful agony.
Lewisite was manufactured at Will
oughby, Ohio, in a plant called by the
workers ''the Mouse Trap" Each of the
800 workers signed an agreement never
to come out until the war was over. In
spite of the frightfully poisonous nature
of the stuff, not man was poisoned
After the war the containers were dropped
into the Atlantic.
Eight-inch guns with range of Is
miles were manufactured for hurting
Lewisite gas shells, but an automatic aero
plane was also being devised. Only one
was finished at the time of armistice, but
its success proved the possibility of con-
structing cheaply and speedily a fleet Of
aeroplanes which, without a human being
on board, could be relied on to drop poi
son gas bombs so or more miles from the
starting point within half mile of theil
objective.
Half dozen 800 lb. bombs, exploded
to windward of Berlin, would have killed
the entire population of the German CAPT.
tai. But it is not certain that the Allie:
had given their consent to the use of thi:
awful weapon of modern warfare.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
Winter Nightfall

The day begins to droop-
Its course is done:
But nothing tells the place
Of the setting sun.
The hazy darkness deepens,
And up the lane
You may hear, but cannot see
TIL homing vain.
An engine pants and huns
In the farm hard by:
Its lowering smoke is lost
In the lowering sky.
The soaking branches drip,
And all night through
The dropping will not cease
In the avenue.
A tall man there ip the house
Must keep his chair:
He knows he will never again
Breathe the spring air.
His heart is worn with work;
He is giddy and sick
If he rises to 60 as far
As the nearest rick:
He thinks of his morn of life,
His hale, strong years;
And braves as he may the night
Of darkness and tears.
Robert Bridge
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
k0' MI C kLIPS

Margaret-He sure is light on his feet.
Stella-Yes, he's evenly balanced. He's
also light in his head.
First Rooster-What's the matter with
Mrs. Brahma3
Second Ditto-Shell shock. Ducks came
out of the eggs she was setting on.
care you sure" an anxious patient once
asked-"are you sure that shall recover9
l have heard that doctors have sometimes
given wrong diagnoses and treated
patient for pneumonia who afterwards
died of typhoid fever"
"You have been woefully misinformed,"
replied the physician, Indignantly. eff I
treat a man for pneumonia, he dies of
pneumonia"
Two negroes were out under shell fire.
The shells were coming over at a lively
rate. Finally one landed perilously near,
and the older man said to his buddie:
"See heah, Jim, doan you all think it's
high time you jined de church,"
The other whispered back: "G'wan
away fun heah, Jackson, All dun jine de
church wen dat fust shell cum over"
"You're in bad way, my FRIEND" an
nounced the doctor to the young Irish lad
in the hospital. "Would you like to see
the priest"
"Did ye say have scarlet fever?" asked
the boy.
"You have, and serious case"
"Then send in rabbi. Do we think /
want to give the fever to a priest7"
An official of one of our city post Offices
relates story of the sad predicament of
an Irishman who entered that Office for the
purpose of mailing letter to his fancee.
He had paused in perplexity before
board containing three letter-slots bearing
the words "City," Domestic" Foreign"
"Faith," he muttered, "this is pretty
problem. Maggie's domestic, she lives
in the city, and she's foreigner. What
beats me is how I'm to get the letter in
three holes at wanst!"
Little Brother-I never can tell which is
I'd" and which is OBJ.
Little Sister-Thats easy! The "b" has
its stomach at the back.
Housewife Ito tramp): care you the
same man that ate my mince pie last
week?
Tramp: "No, ma'am, I'll never be the
same man again"
81 never see the cat washing her face
any more"
"That cat is progressive. She strolls
around in front of the vacuum cleaner
whenever I have it in use."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
Porter Had Fellow Feeling

The COB was on shore leave and happy
because he had found girl as affectionate
as he. His Joy was dimmed, however,
for bluecoat had forbidden spooning in
the park and his girl had tabooed it in
the streets. But life took a new turn when
he saw a man kiss his wife farewell in
front of the Pennsylvania station, New
York. He rushed his girl toward crowd
hurrying toward the Philadelphia express
and babe her fond farewell. When
the crowd thinned, they~joined throng
for Washington and repeated the act.
They repeated it again before the Chicago
train.
This was too much for a colored porter
who had been watching. He stepped up
to the COB. "Boss," he said, "why don't
you 60 downstairs and try the Long Is
land station? Dem local trains am
a-leavin' mos all de time !"-Everybody's
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
20 ETR r :.
Selected
Selected
Variety

Variety is the spice of life. This truth
you must admit.
Pm thanking Heaven every day for what
l owe to it.
Just think of how monotonous this world
would surely grow
If we had but one task to do! 'Twould
fill us all with woe.
Instead of which variety still cheers my
doubling soul
And when Pm tired of shoveling snow
start to shovel coal.
Fen so the elements conspire to keep a
man in trim.
They say one to the other: "Here's variety
for him."
So when the snow is piled upon the porch
and steps and street,
Why, that's the time the furnace calls fol
something more to eat.
So to my multifarious tasks right cheer.
fully go,
And when Pm tired of shoveling coal
start to shovel snow.
Monotony? There's no such thing! Al
cynics must scott!
Just now / have the water on-some day
I'll turn it off.
Ay, on and off, I'll turn it on each morn
ing bright, and then
Each evening, off and on, with glee III
turn it off again!
With such variety as this bid dull car,
begone-
I shovel snow and shovel coal and turr
things off and on!
Grief Alexander.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
Song

Love Love to-day, my dear,
Love is not always here;
Wise maids know how soon grows here
The greenest leaf of spring.
But no man knoweth
Whittier it goeth
When the wind bloweth
So frail thing.
Love Love, my dear, to-day
If the ships in the bay,
If the bird has come your way
That sings on summer trees:
When his song faileth
And the ship saileth
No voice availeth
To call back these.
Charlotte Mes0.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
Blow, Blow March Winds

Blow, blow, March winds blowl
Blow US April, if you please.
Blow away the cold white snow,
Blow the leaves out on the trees.
Blow the ice from of the brooks,
Set their merry water free.
Blow dead leaves from woodsy hooks,
Show the violets to me.
Do all this; twill be but play;
Then-please to blow yourself awayl
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
Motion Picture Show

Below we give the musical program
rendered during the motion picture show
of Sunday the 21st, which was Para
mount production of five reels entitled
"Prunella," with Marguerite Clark in the
leading role.
March-Virgin Islands Adams
Selection-The Velvet Herbert
Fox Trot-Mystery------------ Johnson
Jazz Trot-"O" (Oh)--------------Gay
Vocal solo-I know why (Mr. E.)--Davis
Waltz-The Beautiful Blue Danube
Intermezzo-The Dancing Nymphs
Waltz Moderate Dreamy Hawaiian
March-Its a Smart Little Teller Who
Stocked up his Cellar------------Ager
r. ]. REIcHK1TZER,
Musical Director.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25
INMATES ATTENTION.

Hereafter inmates are not permit
ted to receive wearing apparel of
any description from friends or
relatives.
Inmates buying socks, under
wear, nightshirts, handkerchief,
etc, should send them to the Laun-
dry and have their number marked
on them before using. Write your
name, register number and cell
number on a slip of paper, attach
to articles and give to cell hall
captain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25

A Peoria, ILL.,, mechanic has invented a
bit that will bore square hole-and more
than that even stars, crosses, hexagons,
ovals, triangles and many other shaped
holes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25

One of the latest innovations of the Bri
fish air service is that of dirigible bal
loon carrying its own airplane, which is
attached to the under side of huge
mother" craft and launches itself when
high in the air, speeds on its scouting mis-
sion and returns to its "home" when its
duty is performed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25

Many householders in Wyoming and
Nevada have escaped worry over the
coal shortage; they found heat and hot
water in the bubbling geysers near their
homes.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25

Revenue collections in the United States
leaped to $3,Ss0,1s0,07S for 1919 from
5000, 393, $40 in 1917.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25

Sometimes it's whole lot easier to
walk right up and meet trouble than it is
to try to dodge it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-03-25

There's no such thing as freedom fol
the chap who is always in debt.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24
Build House, Whether for Your
Own Occupancy or for Rent
JOIN THE COOPERATIVE PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT SERVICE

1t will make conditions better by provid-
ing work for the reliable contractors, car
penters, masons, painters, plumbers and
electricians who are a part of our oganiza-
tion, and which will create business for the
furniture dealers, the hardware stores and
indeed all kinds of business.
Building materials, paints and other
supplies and equipment are coming down
in price and now is the time to solve the
housing problem.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24
AUTO -INT0XICATION
A Scientific Discussion OF It's
Cause and Proper Treatment
With SarDraS.

Auto -1ntoxication, together with
!ts kindred ailments, Ptomaine pois-
ing and CholeraMorbus, are but the
intensified result of indigestion. I'm
proper and rash eating and neglect
OF the stomach, bowels and liver fire.
Quently produce this condition
practically all who are subject to
Auto-lntoXication are excessive eat
erS.
When the stomach is oyerworkod
the food cannot be properly digest
ed, neither can the liver be expected
TO perform properly.
Regulation of the habits will.
with little assistance to the stomi
ach and liver, remove the cause of
the trouble.
SarDraS, a scientific preparation
or medicinal herbs and roots, con
talns the proper ingredients to en-
ilven liver and kidney action and in
vigorate the glands of the stomach.
Contains no alcohol.
If you are suffering from auto in
toxication or other digestive trou-
bles, regulate your habits and take
tablespoonful of SarDraS before
each meal. The result is simple and
gratifying. 1t will do what the
common laxatives cannot. All deal
ers and jobbers.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24
EXCHANGE NEWS ITEMS
Chester Reporter.

Mr.. Sam T. Cassels, who was shot
a week ago tomorrow, is getting
along very nicely at the Chester
sanitorium. although he has had a
little temperature the last two nights.
The wounds are healing nicely, and
If he can escape pneumonia for a
few more days will almost without a
doubt get we'll
A combination baggage and pas
senger coach on the Lancaster G.
Chester's Railways train, No. IA,
due in Chester at $3.50 a. m, was
derailed three miles east Of here this
morning. The few in this coach, which
was the rearmost, were shaken up.
but not injured. The rest Of the train
proceeded on to Chester, after a short
delay, and General Manager A. p.
hcLure. who was on board, ordered
an extra engine over from Lancaster
to pull the car on the track.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1920-12-24

Only resident property owners in one or
the other of the counties below named may
become active members. This, however,
may include school trustees, and fraternal
orders or church officers who contemplate
building or improvements, but only per-
sons who are making or planning improve
ments in their property or preparing to
purchase are eligible for membership.
DUES.
There are no membership fees, or assess
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-16
FUN IN PLAYING OLD CHRIS
in lmpersonating Biustery,
Presentation Santa.

S@I5STl HERE is great fun in imper-
sSAg u sOnation and none more than
EN%IN6 in taking the part Of that
Y&Ikf.S prince of good fellows, jolly
old Kris. Several little
brothers, sisters or cousins should
make up the audience to be amused.
all of them young enough to believe
implicitly in the whole story Of the
journey in reindeer sleigh from the
North Pole toy country to ones own
particular chimney. Parents and 9th
er big folks must, Of course, be in the
scheme and coached to play an ac-
tive part.
You will be missed from the COM
pany, to be sure, and dad and mother
should search the house and look up
and down the street and make all
sorts of excuses for your absence.
And if your voice cannot be- contin-
ually and very successfully disguised
you had better not talk, but convey
your meanings by mods and motions,
not forgetting to shake hands all
round repeatedly and to laugh, silent
ly but heartily, with much shaking of
sides and bending over.
Santa may play at being late, and
after he has filed the stockings he is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-16


caught by dad, who loudly notifies the
household and insists that the old fell
low pay visit and distribute the
gifts. Questions are asked about the
sleigh, which is supposed to have gone
on without it's driver, so that the
youngsters won't want to run out and
look for it.
AT the end of the ceremonies, which
should not last over half an hour,
sudden disappearance may be ar.
ranged by calling the children to the
window with the supposed discovery
Of the returning sleigh, and Santa
may slip out of the room door, shed
and hide his buds and get out of the
house by the back way, returning
presently, with much noise, by the
front way, as though having been
gone for a long time and, Of course,
much disappointed to have missed
seeing Santa.
AS for the costume, that Is a mat
ter of varied opportunity, except that
the white whiskers and wig, the fun
ny little old tassled cap and the fat
stomach are essential.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-16


wise whittle stick to the given di-
ameter. Bore out the top of each fun
mel If you wish.
There are two gun turrets OK, Fig.
p and the size is shown in Fig. s.
Whittle the guns CD of the shape and
.size shown In Fig. 8, and glue their
ends in holes maze in the sides of the
turrets. Drill a small hole through
the center Of each turret through
which to drive nail pivot NJ Zig. p.
The secondary battery guns On, Fig.
p are the ends of burnt matches. Fig.
8 shows the length.
Cut the forecastle blocks 81 and
Gig. p square, of the dimensions given
In Fig. Z. nail them together, and fas-
ten to the deck with the peg ] Gig. y.
The spool wheels (P, Fig. p have
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-12-16
BattlrHhtp Tlrrt
al q 0hrtHtntaa HrpHrtt
Copyright by a. Nicely Hall.l
By A. NEELY HAIL


Make a fleet of toy battleships like
the model In Fig. 1. 1t will not take
long, because l have designed model
made of parts that can De cut out and
assembled quickly. Having built the
fleet, you will have lots of fun. Be-
cause the model is mounted on wheels,
you can run it upon land as well as
sail 1t upon water.
In Fig. is drawing of every part
of the toy battleship, end In Figs. 3
to 8 you will find the same parts drawn
to scale with dimensions marKed upon
them. If you build several ships, I
would suggest that you make all Of
the parts for one boat, first, and then,
using these for patterns, mark out and
cut the hulls (A) for all the other
boats, then the decks (B), then the
masts co.. and so on. The work OF
cutting and assembling will be simpli-
fed II you follow this method. A piece
of soft pine, cypress, or other soft
wood will be easiest TO shape. In
marking out the hull, draw center
line as shown in Fig. 3. and lay off
the measurements either side of it, to
get the sides alike. The upper deck
(B. Fig. ~ extends three-quarters of