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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Weather-Lore Not all Fake

The vagaries of the mythical weather
clerk are not in the opinion of D. w.
Homer, writing in "Meteorlogy," so unde-
pendable as is generally supposed. He
maintains that the following rules are
founded on facts although he withholds
the main fact-to which part of the world
do they apply: eff rain commences be-
fore daylight, it will hold up before 8 a.
M; if it begins about noon, it will con-
tinue through the afternoon; if it COM
mences after p. M, it will rain the next
day; if the wind is from the northwest
or southwest, the storm will be short; if
from the northeast it will be hard one !;
if from the northwest a cold one, and
from the southwest a warm one. If it
ceases after IL a. m, it will rain next
day; if it ceases before IL a. M, it will
be clear next day. If it begins about p.
M, it will rain through the night. If
raining between and a. m, it will go
on till noon, and if not then ceasing will
60 on till evening.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Why Walk Outside Ladder ?

Why do people avoid walking under a
ladder? One will say, Because ill-luck
will dog the footsteps of whoever does SOL
Another, wishing to camouAage the real
reason, will affirm that "Safety first" is a
good motto. But, if we are to believe one
writer, the reason why we avoid the risk
is "the subtle call of ancestry in the blood,
directing and controlling our movements"
"You will fnd," he says, "the explana-
ton in picture at Sienna called the 'Des-
cent from the Cross In that picture you
will see the Devoil putting out all his
mental and physical force to prevent the
dead being taken from the Cross. The
figure of the Evil One is under the ladder
pulling and pushing against its holy sta
bility, and making the shadow terrible
and hateful. Of course, you have for
gotten this idea-you have never seen the
picture. But it was at one time part OF
the duty of all good Christians to remem-
Der it and pray daily against this force
which tried to upset the ladder of the
charitable act; and also to keep back from
a ladder under which the Evil One was
always to be found."-Exchange
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
In the Midst of Life

The jester won to the mountain peak
And turned to gaze behind
"Was that path for a step so weak?
Thank God that l was blind.
"The sunlit stretch where l laughed SC
loud,
Did it skirt that precipice?
The bridge where 1 stood to sketch the
cloud,
Did it span that black abyss?
when turned aside to the little stream
Was the somber tarn so near?
Was the eagles swoop in the evening
CLEAN
On the bones 1 see from here?"
He faced to the front again; his sight
Could scarce discern the track;
The slope on the left with mist was
white,
And the wood below was black.
In hollow just ahead
The pathway crept along
Enough is hid for mirth," he said,
And the curfew heard his song.
e. T. Hopkins.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
M R R 0 R E 7 TES
Mass was held in the chapel Sunday

Mass was held in the chapel Sunday
morning.
The flower beds are being put in
shape for spring planting.
The outdoor band concert last week
sounded good to us. The drum major
however was Conspicuous by his absence"
Rain at last. A very welcome rain
passed over this section Monday night.
We now look for change in weather
and baseball soon.
Last Saturday morning preparations
were made for an afternoon in the yard,
but the continued cold weather caused a
change in the plans. Here's hoping for
next Saturday.
Fire in the Irvine department pick
ing room last Monday, during the noon
hour, caused some excitement. Although
the basement filled with smoke not much
damage resulted as the sprinkler system,
together with water from one line of fire
hose quickly quenched the blaze.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Village For Lepers

The village for lepers at Chieng Nal
Siam, is named for Mary L. Stoner a
Pennsylvania woman, whose gift made
possible the erection of ten cottages as a
nucleus for the institution. Soon after
this beginning had been made man in
Chieng Mai provided the money for three
more cottages. Then a well-known physi-
clan in Bangkok gave another, and a Sia-
mese Christian followed in the list with
a gift of enough money for another cot
tage. There are fifteen in all. Intrest in
the endeavor has spread widely, and the
viceroy has already told DR.. Mexican that
he too wishes to erect building and tina,
he will also ask two friends of his each tc
put up cottage. All the leper people &C.
cupying the houses, about us, are Chris
tians.-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
PluCking Oranges is an Art

Orange gathering and packing is not
such simple business as is generally
supposed. The trees are high, and the
fruit is so tender that careless handling
at any stage will cause decay to set in,
and through one defective orange thou
sands may be infected and spoiled. Every
orange is taken from the tree by hand.
The pickers stand on high step ladders,
which enable them to reach the topmost
branches. Catching the orange in one
thickly-gloved hand, they deity sever its
stalk with sharp knife in the other, and
drop it into deep bag slung across the
shoulder. To pluck the orange away
would break the skin and allow decay
to set in. Various devices have been tried
for picking, such as long-handled knife
connected with a canvas chute through
which the orange slides gently to the
ground: but manipulating still holds its
own as the one satisfactory method.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Taken for TaxiCab Driver

While Representative Sweet of Iowa
was trying to park his rafting good"
little car of a well-known make near a
busy corner down town in Washington he
saw himself hailed by an impatient man
on the curb. Not going to the man, the
man came to him.
"WLy didn't you stop when 1 signaled
your" he asked. Without waiting for a
reply, however he climbed into the car
and demanded to be hurried to the capitol.
The congressman, without saying a
word, got out and walked to the back of
his machine, which he pretended to ex-
anime. 'T'm sorry" he announced at last.
81 am out of gasoline" And then he
walked away leaving the would-be pas
senger in the seat.-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Work of a Chinese Woman
Doctor

About twenty years ago Chinese wo-
man doctor went with foreign mission
airy to large interior town to attend a
patient. While there she was stoned and
driven into house for refuge. This in
cident so impressed her with the need for
Christian work in that heather centre that
few years later she came, with one
nurse and no financial backing, to start
work there.
What are some of the results after few
years of service? She has the finest pro-
perty and hospital in her Mission in Cen
trail China, and not only that but the land
was given to her almost entirely by the
people of the city, and she has a yearly
grant from them as well. When the local
Red Cross Hospital gets cut-throat case
from the police court which they dare not
tackle, they send it over and in a short
time the patient has recovered.
When. woman in the country over
forty Ii distant cuts her throat in most
CHASTITY fashion, the doctor is sent for,
and arrives on the sixth day with her
nurses, after Drawing a winter sleet, in or
der to succour the sufferer. Not only does
the doctor go forty Ii into the country,
but she has been known to go over four
hundred and fifty Ii, and patients come to
her from radius of over nine hundred Ii.
This Christian hospital furnishes an ex-
ample of what a mere handful of Chinese
Christian women can do for their COM
munity.-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
China's New Flag

The history of the national flag of the
republic of China (Chungua Minguo)
dates back, says the Christian Science
Monitor, 10 1912, when the fve-colored, or
rainbow flag, was adopted by the depubli-
can government as is national standard.
During the existence of the Manchu
dynasty the yellow dragon was the ma
tional ensign of the Tatsing empire.
While the yellow ground represents the
imperial color, the dragon symbolizes the
personality of the emperor Such imper-
ialistic sign was, of course, not adaptable
to republican ideas and institutions.
On October 10, 1911, the revolutionary
war at Wuuchang raised as its military
standard flag of blue ground and white
center, signifying white sun in the blue
sky. A flag with five horizontal stripes
of FIVE different colors was, however, used
by the provisional government, which was
set up at Marking on January 1, 1912.
But when the north and south were united
on February IL at the abdication of the
Manchu dynasty, the yellow dragon finally
passed out of existence, and the rainbow,
or fve-colored flag, became the national
ensign of the newly established republic,
representing the unity of the five great
races which live within its territory. The
five colors are red, yellow, blue, white
and black, representing respectively the
Chinese (Hanren), the Manchus, the Mon
gols, the Mohammedans, and the Tibetans.
The five stripes of five different colors
are also interpreted to mean the FIVE fun
damentals of Confucius, namely, benevo-
lence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and
faith.
The unique feature of the Chinese ma
tional flag is that its five horizontal stripes
of five different colors signify not only the
unity but also the equality of the five
great races brought under the republican
regime. 1t proclaims to the world that
the citizens of the republic are now firmly
united under democratic government,
cooperating to safeguard the interests and
promote the welfare of the Chinese ma
ton.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Finser-Nails 80 Inches Long

People the world over have hobbies
Some of them are commendale and great
deal of benefit and pleasure are thus de-
rived. In fact everyone should have a
worthy hobby of some sort to provide him
with wholesome recreation and to pre-
vent his spare time from being wasted.
But many of the hobbies that people
zealously follow are not elevating. They
weaken the mind and character and cheat
the plan of the Creator by robbing the
world of a life of service.
A chinaman whose ambition is to have
the longest finger nails of any human be-
ing on the face of the earth has about
realized his desire. One 70 his nails is
over 80 inches long, another measures 81
inches and third that he is cultivating
is over six inches in length.
He is very proud of his ornaments
and to prevent their breaking off he
keeps them encased in bamboo stalks.
Once year he gives them general over
hauling and cleaning AS may well be
imagined they get rather dirty in the
meantime and the process of cleaning
them occupies nearly whole day.
Speaking of finger nails, somebody
who has made study of their growth
reports that those on the right hand of
most persons grow faster than those on
the left. furthermore, he says, the longer
the finger the more rapidly the nail grows.
Thus, the nails on the two middle fingers
of mans hand show a more rapid
growth than those on the thumb and third
finger, while the latter grow more rapidly
than the nail on the fifth or little finger.
Study your nails and see if their growth
confirms these MISUNDERSTANDING.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Platinum Heaviest Metal

Platinum is the heaviest material in the
world. A cubic foot of platinum weighs
1,347 pounds. Pure gold is next. A Gu
bic foot of pure gold weighs 1000 pounds
while cubic foot of lead weighs nc
pounds, and that of silver 6s5 pounds
A cubic foot of ebony weighs Is pounds
This is the heaviest wood in the world. A
cubic foot of green live oak Fights s.
pounds, while that of willow weighs "a
pounds. The Highest solid and non-porous
substance is cellulose, which only weighs
pounds per cubic foot. A cubic foot OF
granite weighs 40 pounds, while that Of
limestone weighs 1870 pounds, and that OF
sandstone AS pounds.-Exehange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Labor is Less Efficient

A survey was recently made of one OF
the big railroad shops to determine the
amount of work turned out by the average
workman today for the purpose of making
comparison with the output of few
years ago. 1t was found that the output
of work per man in 1919 did not exceed
so percent of what it was before the war.
According to A. J. County, vice president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
this falling off is due to labor's indiffer-
ence, to a reduction, of the working day
from ten to eight hours and abolition OF
piece work, so that ten men are required
to do the work that six men performed
before the war.-Exehange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Motion Picture Show

rags" five reel Paramount release,
with Mary Pickford starring, was shown
at our regular motion picture show last
Sunday morning
The musical program by our orchestra
was of the usual high class, while the
xylophone solo by Mr.. A. J. c., was
splendidly rendered.
March-American Herman
Moderato-Dancing Honeymoon Jansen
Reverie-Think Love of Me--------Grey
Selection-Irene -Tierney
Waltz-Drowsy Roberts
Fox Trot-Sugar ---------------Be Bernard
Xylophone Solo
(a) Fantasia-William Tell----Kruger
(b) Fox Trot-Waitll You See, Kalmer
By A. J. c.
Valse Moderato-Beautiful Summer Night
Oriental Fox Trot-Desert Dreams, Levin
Novelette, Forget-me-nots--- Miles
March-Victoria -----------------Lo vell
r. ]. REIcHKITzER,
Musical Director.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Teaching Indian Girl

One-third Of the Indians in the United
States live in Oklahoma. From the eastern
to the western borders of the state you
can find red men living in almost every
stage of civilization, according to Miss
Bertha Eckert, Wellesley graduate who
has taught in Indian schools for several
years and has just given up teaching to
work with the Y. w. c. A. for Indian
girls in the southwest.
"The most difficult problem we have
with the Indian school girl" says Miss
Eckert, "is to help her hold herself true to
the principles she has learned at school
when she returns to her parents home.
In the western part of Oklahoma nearly
all the girls come to government schools
from homes where their mothers still wear
the blankets and follow many of the old
tribal customs.
at is very hard for such girl when
she goes home for her vacation and often
the conditions are dangerous. Tribal
dances and other customs, with the in
creasing use of the drug peyote, are at
tended with immortality of which she be-
comes the victim.
cat school she has many girl friends.
She goes back to her home on the prairie,
separated by miles, perhaps, from the near
est house. and she is lonesome. At school
she has had all modren conveniences and
congenial friends. Her little home seems
crude and bare and even her mothers
ways are strange.
The problems of the Indian girls in
eastern and western Oklahoma are quite
different" says Miss Eckert. Gin the
eastern part the girls come from the Five
Tribes the civilized tribes-Cherokee,
Choctaws, Creeks, Seminoles, Chickasaws.
These girls attend the public schools in
large numbers and have mingled more or
less with white girls. Their home condi-
tons are practically the same as those of
white girls and they are less subject to the
dangers that often threaten their Indian
sisters in western Oklahoma.
"In our Y. w. c. A. work among the
Indian girls we hope first of all to teach
them how to play and have good times to-
gether. Girls from some tribes know
nothing of group games and in their
homes sit for hours doing nothing. AS
they become accustomed to mingling with
each other we teach them how to conduct
club meetings. Through their club work
we hope to teach them that the Indians
have contribution to civilization, in their
folk lore, their wood craft and their ira
ditions. And finally, above all, we hope
to have these girls realize that they have a
responsibility to their own people and that
they should return to them as social
helpers and teachers" -Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Famous Waterfalls

The most famous waterfalls in the
world are: First; the Grand, in Labrador.
This wonderful falls is 1000 feet from
where the water starts its plunge to the
bottom. Second-Sutherland New Zealand.
The water falls 1904 feet. Third-Gavar-
nice, France, the water falls 1885 feet.
Fourth-Jakkakaw, British Columbia. The
water falls 1900 feet. Fifth-Staubbach,
Switzerland. The water falls 1000 feet
The upper Yosemite, in California, is
1876 feet, but cannot be properly classed
as falls, since there are three steps in
the water plunge. The middle and lower
falls of the Yosemite are 626 and 400 feet
respectively. The Vettis Falls, in Nor
way, is $50; like the upper Yosemite
there are three steps in the Fall.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22

A triAe of $3.50, 100000 was asked of the
United States Congress the other day by
an imposing deputation of Western and
Southern States Governors and business
men. The Westerners want Uncle Sam
to carry out irrigation schemes already ex-
amined and declared feasible by the fed
eral Reclamation Service; the Southerners
are more interested in the drainage Of
swamp lands; but both sections agree that
while Uncle Sam has done quite right to
advance Europe $2,s00,0O0,000 in credits
since the Armistice, he might at least in
vest say tenth of that in adding to the
productive area of his own country.-Ex
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Talents and Attainments

He is not what is known as a ten-talent
man,
And his learning is not very graf;
But he always is doing the best that he
And he plays the game honest and
straight.
He is never contented to drift with a
crowd,
Or to stay in rut or groove,
But he uses the talent with which he's
endowed,
And he heartily tries to improve.
He is not even known to have five talents
rare,
That would give him high place in a
throng;
But never complaining, unselfish and fair,
He has stuck to his work with a song.
And whatever talent with which he is
blessed,
He has cherished and used all the
while,
So he gets out of life what is finest and
best,
And he meets all the world with a
smile.
Leroy Huron Kelsey.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Springs Ballet

When Spring rolls up the curtain
Of rainbow-bordered showers,
Upon her stage of vernal green
Appear the dancing flowers;
The daffodil in yellow,
The violet in blue,
The velvet pansy cherishing
An amulet of dew.
In tints of palest purple
And azure, white, and gold
And every shade of dainty pink
The crocuses unfold,
Like rows of incandescents
That fairy fingers string
Across the lawn-the footlights
Of the ballet of the spring!
Nina Irvin.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22

When a regiment is under march, the
rear is often thrown into confusion be-
cause the front does not move steadily and
without interruption. 1t is the same thing
with business. If that which is first in
hand be not instantly, steadily and regu-
larry dispatched, other things accumulate
behind, till affairs begin to press all at
once, and no human brain can stand the
confusion.-Exchange.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
Too Bad
1919

1919
A sower went forth to sow,
Continued day and night
To fling Ubiquitous germs of youth
Midst music, laughter, light.
1920
A sower went forth to sow,
But the field was dark and dry,
It'll now he found he couldn't mix
His youths wild oats with rye.
IA. J. III, in Good Works.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
:. POETRY :.
Selected
Four Seasons

SPRING
A boy of ten;-the springtime of life.
No cloud upon life's sunny sky. No strife
To grief stranger, and devoid of care:
No tear, no woe, no sorrow or despair.
Yet was the boy content? Not he
A grown up man he wished to be-
SUMMER
One score and ten his wish come true al
last.
No cloud of sorrow did his sky o'ercast.
The summer of life was his to spend.
AS yet no grief or care did him attend.
Now was the man content? Not he
Ambition urged, "A great man be-
AUTUMN
Full three score years the autumn time
is here
With care, with grief; not every day is
clear.
The harvest of life is his to reap.
Oftimes his head is bowed in sorrow deep
Nor was he now content! He fain
Would call his boyhood back again
WINTER
Four score and ten the year draws to a
close;
The turmoil of life must seek repose.
Now winter has chilled the ardor of youth
Old age brought knowledge to fathom the
truth.
Content at last the man! Resigned
To meet the fate his God designed
"A. X. S
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
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, handkerchiefs,
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, 1920-04-22

The women of Santiago, Chile, have
started feminist movement with the aim
of securing equal political rights with the
men.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
kO MIC kLlPS

Employer-How much salary do you
want?
Applicant a week.
Employer-Good morning. The posi-
ton pays only salary, not wages.
Sunday School Teacher-Where do all
the little boys go who do not put their
pennies into the collection box?
Pupil-Please, ma'am, to the movies
Father" saidMolly, "don't you think it
is time l had new dress? I've had
this one a long time now"
"Why don't you turn it," replied the
father.
81 have turned it once" the girl ans
wered.
"Well," sighed the distracted father,
turn it again. One good turn deserves
another"
"How about the high cost of living"
"We're investigating it."
"But there's complaint that you are
getting nowhere"
$50 I've heard. Well investigate that"
A small boy was sitting on his fathers
knee watching his mother as she painfully
went through the very delicate operation
of doing her hair in that most becoming
wave effect. "No waves for you, pa"
said the infant philosopher as he fondly
polished his parents bald head. "You're
all beach,"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
CHAPEL PROGRAM
Sunday April is, 1920.

The following is the program. rendered
in the auditorium last Sunday morning,
Rev. Father Barry officiating.
March-Maneuvers of the Corps
-----------------O Orchestra
Selection-Thi of Orchestra
Hymn Rock of Ages-------Congregation
Scripture Reading----------Father Barry
Selection-Sweet get-Me-Nots
----------------- Orchestra
Prayer Father Barry
Gospel reading------------Father Barry
Sermon ----------------- Barry
Hymn-Consecration -------Congregation
March-American Beauty Orchestra
r. ]. REIcHKrTzER,
Musical Director.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-04-22
PRISON OFFICIALS

&NoAPu W. VuSCiOCAy NAAuuSdPOiAS
Downer Mullen, Secretary.
BOARD OF PAROLE
c. E. vasaly, Chairman
c. S. Reed, Sec'y for Prison
Rev. H. c. Swearingen
H. X. w. Scott Sec'y for Reformatory
RESIDENT OFFICIALS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-30
HARDING PLURALITY 7S9
IN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Recent Poll Was ,I33 to 247
Against Wilson League.

Special Dcspotch 70 THE NEw YoaK IiI;xslp
CRBANA. H.. Oct. 29.--University OF
Illinois students registered their prefer
ences in the coming election by a straw
vote to-day. conducted by the Doalp
Mimi and the Phllomathean Literary
Society. The lnciement weather kept
down the vote. only I.5ss-Students cast
ing ballots. The results as announced
to-day are ns follows:
Harding. 1.150; Cox, 361; Debs. so
Christensen. Watkins, 10: Bryan, 2
johnson. /.
Ratification of League of Nations a.
established by covenant OF Versailles
Yes. 247 no. 1888.
Ratification OF league with reserva'
tons: Yes. 67S; no. 726.
United States In association OF M.
tions as proposed by Harding: Yes. 735
no, 500.
Compulsory arbitration OF labor dis
putes Yes. Liza no. 215.
open shop: Yes 1.062; no. 37i.
Immediate repeal OF war taxation
Yes S04 no. 745.
Budget system for United States Yes
1928: no. 100.
Should California be allowed 10 deny
tho right OF land ownership TO japanese
Yes. 1899 no. 25S