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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30
DOGS OF THE NORTH

1t is commonly believed that the typical
Eskimo dog, the hAsky, is almost identical
with the wolf, but this is not the case.
The Eskimo dog is short and stocky, with
broad head and pointed muzzle. Cen
orally it is gray in color, says Mr.. Dia-
mond Jenness in Travel, and the hair is
close and long, while the furry tail curls
round over its back; the legs are short,
very stout, and covered with fur.
The shortness of its legs and the great
natural strength that the animal possesses
make it of excellent service on the hard
sea ice but almost useless in the soft snow
drifts of the interior of the continent
(The Indian dog is taller and less stoutly
built, with longer legs and shorter coat
of hair1. The arctic wolf, on the other
hand, is dirty yellowish white, larger
and heavier than the dog and furnished
with jaw of tremendous size and power.
Even our largest ST. Bernards would find
themselves overmatched by the wolf of
that region. No doubt the husky is de-
scended from a wolf, or at least from its
first cousin; but the difference between
them now is very great. Nor does the
Eskimo dog possess the savagery of the
wolf. Starved and abused, it can be
savage enough, but under the most ordi-
nary care and handling it is as docile
and faithful as any dog
1t requires but short acquaintance with
dogs to discover that they vary indi-
vidually in character and temperament
just as much as human beings do. A wild,
harum-scarum kind of dog almost always
settles down into steady worker, whereas
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30
YOUR LIBERTY BOND

The United States Government bor-
rowed money from you to finance the war.
You hold the Governments promise to pay
you back. This promise is called Ii
berty Bond or Victory Note. On this
Bond is stated the conditions under which
the Government borrowed the money from
you.
For instance: If you hold Bond of
the Third Liberty Loan, it states that on
April 18th and October 18th of each year
until maturity, you will receive interest
on the amount you paid for the Bond.
Other issues bear other rates of interest
and other maturity dates, all of which are
clearly stated on the Bond.
Now, if you keep your Bond until the
date when the Government pays you in
full for it, you do not need to worry if,
in the meantime, the price is low one day
or high the next. You and Uncle Sam
are living up to your agreement with each
other, and neither will lose by it.
On the other hand, if you sell your Ii
berry Bond now, you will find that the
man you sell it to will not give you
dollar for every dollar you paid for it.
The price has been brought down because
so many people are offering to sell their
Bonds If the market is flooded with TO-
matces, you can buy them cheap, but if
everyone is clamoring for tomatoes and
there are few to be had, the price goes up.
The same is true of Liberty Bonds. Short
sighted people are dumping them on the
market, and wise ones are buying them.
The best advice that can be given to
the owner of a Liberty Bond. is this:
Hold the bond you bought during the
war; it is safe and sound as the United
States Government itself.
Buy as many more at the present low
rate as you can afford. If you hold them
to maturity, you are bound to make the
difference between what they sell at now
and their face value. You will also re-
ceive good interest on your investment.
Hold on to your Liberty Bonds and buy
more.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30
CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT MONEY

While books of reference will say that
the first actual coming of money was by
Pheidon, king of Argos, in S95 B. c., it
must not be supposed that there had not
existed keen appreciation of the value
and uses of money for centuries previous
to the introduction of coinage. The ancient
Egyptians had a gold and silver standard
of currency, and their money was in the
form of gold and silver ornaments, rings
and nuggets, the value of which depended
upon weight.
The Greeks improved upon this by
marking the weight upon the gold and sill
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30

yer nuggets, so that it would not be
necessary to weigh them at every place.
Next came the gold, silver and copper
nuggets of graded uniform sizes and
value. After that there was the moulding
and stamping of disks made from the pre-
cious metals.
Some of the first coins were enormous,
the idea apparently being to discourage
the greedy from attempting to accumulate
and carry around too many of them.
There were copper coins as large as din
ner plates. This inconvenient style had
to give way to the demand for smaller
and more convenient forms of currency,
and the giant pennies soon dwindled in
size to meet the popular demand.
The earliest trace of the use of gold as
money is to be found in the pictures of
the ancient Egyptians weighing in scales
heaps of rings of the precious metals.
But there is no actual record that these
rings were known as coins with fixed
value.
Iron, according to Aristotle, was once
extensively employed as currency. Lead
has also served as money-in fact, it still
does in Burma. Copper has been more
widely employed as money than either of
the two last mentioned metals. The
Hebrew coins were composed chiefly of it,
while down to 269 B. c., the sole Roman
coinage was an alloy of copper.
Tin money was once used in England,
probably on account of the rich tin mines
in Cornwall. Early English coinages con-
tanned much of this tin money, principally
in the form of farthings and half-pence.
Silver formed the basis for the early
Greek coins, and used in Rome first in
269 B. c. Medieval money was first COM
posed of silver.
The Swiss people were the first to date
their coinage. They introduced the dated
coin four hundred years ago and the style
was adopted in all countries in very
short time.
The coin of the smallest value ever
issued is the mite" so-called, such as the
widow of the Bible contributed to the
poor. Its shape was hexagonal, and its
value about one-fftieth of a cent. 1t
would take five thousand mites to make
one American dollar.-The Dearborn In
DEPENDENT
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30
nd $lo,ooo,ooo for medical service and

and $10,OOO,OO0 for medical service and
aid.
1t is physical and financial impossi
biliy to make these children comfortable.
1t is merely proposed that as many of them
as possible be saved from starvation by
receiving only one meal day, and that
shall be given only to the neediest. The
Relief Council figures that a donation of
$1,000 will keep one child alive until the
next years harvest.
For every dollar contributed from these
funds that are being raised, two dollars
will be furnished in transportation, local
food supplies and labor by the Govern
ment of the country aided, and by the
local communities throughout that coun-
try
The American dollar, plus the native
two dollars, will give child one balanced
meal day for month.
Is this not worthy cause? Can we
sincerely deny these poor children the
right to live? Shall it be life, or death?
Those wishing to contribute will kindly
notify their officer at once
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES


For the benefit of any inmates who appre-
ciate and see the opportunity that their spare
hours give toward means OF self education
through correspondent school cohrses. study Of
good literature, acquiring an education in our
Night Schools, or, who need helpful informa.
ton in connection with their work in our var.
ious departments, win herewith be privileged
come to send in any queries of serious interest
to yourself THE MIRROR with the kind COL
alteration OF Miss Miriam =: Carey, Super.
visor Of Institutional Libraries, will gladly
endeavor to supply the requested information.
NOTICE-In order to regulate the conduct
OF this column inmates must sign their name.
submitted for publication. Inmates names, Of
course, will not be published, only the initials
Of each querist being used.-Editor.
(Which is the most correct of the fol-
lowing sentences and why: "You can
teach her." or "You can learn her7"-I. S.
A-The meaning of the words is en-
tirely different. To teach is to "impart
knowledge or information, as to teach a
child" To learn is Ito gain knowledge
of something before unknown by study,
investigation, observation or inquiry; to
acquire by receiving instruction" To
teach is ito give" To learn is ito ac-
quire."
Q:-Who were the war workers and
what salaries did they receive?-J. D.
A:-"War workers" was the name
given to those people who came to Wash
ington to assist the government in emer-
gency war work. Included among them
were many rich people who worked for a
dollar year and paid all their own ex-
penses. The majority, however, were
young people who received salaries rang
ing from SIS to 5000 month.
Q:-Are our forests on the increase or
decrease? Is there more cut than
grown ?-W. w.
A:-The present rate of cutting for all
purposes exceeds the annual growth of the
forests.
NOTICE-AI inmates using the Query Col
umn and desiring more detailed information to
their queries are invited to use the splendid
reference books in our library to be had on
request The International Text Books are
especially complete in their information on
techinal subjects Consult the Reference, Use
full Arts, Literature, Chemistry, Biography and
Science divisions Of our library catalogue for
diversified subjects.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30
SHALL 1T BE LIFE OR DEATH?

The European Relief Council, of which
Herbert Hoover is Chairman, composed of
the combined forces of nearly every chart
table organization in this country, is
urgently calling to the people of this ma
ton to contribute in money in order that
little children in Europe may be saved
from starving.
1t will take $33,000,000 to. carry this
project of child-saving through until the
next European harvest. OF this, $2300O,-
900 must be provided for feeding children,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30
NOTICE TO INMATES

Each inmate is accorded the privilege of
sending one paper home, or to friends free of
charge. To do this you should write your
own name and register number and the name
and address of the person you wish to send
the paper to. and hand same to your officer.
If you desire to send more than one paper,
each additional copy will be charged for at
the rate of so cents year.
The paper delivered to your cell each week
must be kept Clean and should be folded in
at the foot of your bed on the morning fol-
lowing the day which it is delivered to
your cell.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30

Observation-Disclosures submitted to THE
MIRROR for publication must be absolutely
original: if not original, proper credit must
be given, if known; if writer's name is not
known, it should be SC specified by said con-
tributor. Should contributor fail to comply
with this request he will henceforth be dropped
from THE MIRRORS contributing staff
Approved by WARDEN. Editor
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30

Beautiful is the year in its coming, and
in its going-most beautiful and blessed,
because it is always the "year of our
Lord."-Lucy Larcom. :.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30

A sound discretion is not SO much in
Dictated by never making mistake as by
never repeating it.-Bovee.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30
CHURCH NOTICE

CHURCH NOTICE
Services in the Prison Chapel at nine o'clock
every Sunday morning, Protestant and Catho-
lie service every alternate Sunday. Rev. O. E..
Benson and Rev. FIR. COrCoran, Chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30

No one is so utterly desolate, but some
heart, though unknown, responds unto his
own.-LongfellosV.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30

May 1921 be year of happiness for
all our readers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-12-30

NOTICE-In order to regulate the conduct
of this column inmates must sign their name,
register number and lock number to all queries
submitted for publication. Inmates names, Of
course, will not be published, only the initials
Of each querist being used.-Editor.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
BOYS ROOF FIGHT
ENDS IN SHOOTING
Youth Who Fired Rifle Saws
He Did 1t to Protect
His Sister.

Louis Merino Of 115 West 1Osth street
and half dozen other boys were hying
pigeons on the roof of the apartment
house yesterday afternoon when John
O'Brien, II, OF 50 West Tooth street.
climbed the stairs to the roof, together
with three other boys. one named MI
chael Earl According to Merino's story
TO the police Earl walked up to him and
said:
They tell me you're Dragging that
you can beat me up"
Merino told the police that he said
nothing, but that Earl struck hin.
Merino then fled down the stairs from
the roof, with Earl, O'Brien and the
other boys following and throwing
stones at him. On one OF the landings
he met his sister Louise, who asked
what was the matter.
Some boys have attacked me for no
reason" Merinto told the police he said
Miss Merino went to the roof to re-
monstrate with the gang. and one of
them struck her. Merino heard his sister
scream He told the police that he then
ran into his bedroom, obtained a 20
calibre rife and ran back to the roof
to protect her. When he reached the
roof, he said, he saw OBrien and the
other boys running. and he fired three
shots. One of the bullets struck O'Brien
in the temple and he fell, while Merino
returned to his apartment.
Detectives Shea and Brannigan of the
West Tooth street station arrested
Merino and locked him up, charged with
felonious assault and violation of the
Sullivan law. OBrien was sent to the
Knickerbocker Hospital, where it was
said that he probably will die.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22

merchants in the Fifth avenue and
Maiden lane sections. have reported that
none of the stones has been offered TO
them.
A squad of detectives under Capt. John
Duane. made another visit yesterday TO
Mrs, Palmer's home in 50 East Nine
tieth street, after calling on the friends
whose names she finally consented TO
give them on Saturday. They spent sew
eral hours searching for clews, and hear
ing Mrs. Palmer recite once more her
story Of the six hour stay of the burglars
who bound her and threatened her life
if she did not reveal the location of
diamond necklace for which they We're
looking.
The tale was the same she told re-
porlers Saturday. and neither its repeti-
zion nor the questioning OF the friends
she named shed light on the identity OF
the burglars. the detectives said They
are still inclined TO look for persons
familiar with Mrs. Palmer's habits
Thomas j. Corrisan, head of the
agency detectives investigating the rob
berry in behalf Of insurance companies,
added to the mystery by announcing
that he had evolved new theory toward
the solution OF the alleged robbery. He
thought so much Of his brain child, how
ever, that he refused to give an inklins
Of il to reporters.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
Have Scant Hope.

Their reasons for such a demand are
that the appearance of the Democratic
administration investigating itself may
be avoided az much as possible and
that any possible lenient attitude that
might conceivably spring out of political
utilization may be avoided La Guardia
and Curran are working. however, with
scant hope OF bringing the Mayor and
the Tammany majority of the Board Of
Estimate around to their point of view.
A representative of THE NEW York
HERALD called upon Judge Miller yes
terday and asked for his views upon
Legislative investigation of municipal
affairs, but he refused to be quoted on
the subject
The Governor elect however, made his
attitude toward municipal administra-
ton and the public welfare of New York
clear in his address before the Chamber
of Commerce of the State of New York
at the WaldorfAstoria Thursday eve
ming. Discussing the transit situation
in particular, and municipal affairs here
in general, Judge Miller said:
Il favor securing action. I believe
that the state must do everything pos
sible TO cooperate with the local govern
ment, but that the public interest must
be served. If action cannot be secured
in one way, then / am in favor of other
ways. l do not believe any precon-
ceived notion on the part Of anyone
should stand in the way of that solu-
tion 4"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
CHINESE, YEAR IN
j. S. ARMY; IS SLAIN
Shot IN Back in DOyerS Street
Murderer Makes His
Escape.
NEW TONG WAR FEARED
Leong Yung Had Been Ex-
PEELED by Hip Sing
Warned to Leave.

Leong' Yung OF 10 Pell street. who
during the war, was shot and killed
last night as he stood watching several
men play billiards in a poolroom near
the bloody angle" of Doyers street in
Chinatown. Pressing close to Yung as
the latter stood in a crowd looking at
the game, the murderer fired three shots
into his victims back, then ran through
the doorway and into a house across
the street. The pistol, with three empty
cartridges and three loaded ones in
which the bullets had been dum-dummed,
was found in the basement. under the
sidewalk grating. by Walter Ring. a
Chinese of II Doyers street.
Not since the Hip Sing and the On
Leong Tongs and the Four Brothers
Society signed a peace treaty almost
seven years ago has there been a muir
der of this sort in Chinatown and the
district last night .swarmed with detec-
tives who feared the shooting of Yung
was but the beginning of another war
between the tongs and a return to the
bloody days of Mock Duck and Tom
Lee.
SO far, however, the detectives have
not been able to unearth any evidence
connecting the tongs with the crime, al
though they learned from Yung's white
wife. Josie Meyers, that her husband
had been expelled from the Hip Sing
Tong last February and that he had
been warned to leave Chinatown.
"He would not tell why he had been
, warned" said the woman. but when
he awakened yesterday morning he said
ha ho hot 1i,,e~
was going to happen to him during the
day, and he told me again that he had
been warned to get out of Chinatown"
The version of the killing. which was
given by Mrs. Yung differed from that
told by the police. She said her friends
had told her that her husband was
standing at Pell and Doyers streets
watching two young Chinese wrestle
when another Chinese approached
through Pell street. Yung. according to
the story heard by Mrs. Yung. saw this
man and ran at full speed down Doyers
street, with the other in pursuit Yung
made for the poolroom. and had just
opened the door when the slayer fired
three shots. According to this version
Of the shooting Yung fell dead across
the threshold of the poolroom.
Detectives were trying last night to
learn why Yung had been expelled from
the Hip Sing Tong and whether this
expulsion had anything to do with the
shooting. The theory was advanced that
some of the tong men may have sus-
pected him of giving away their secrets.
and the detectives also were working
on reports that Yung had been suspected
by Chinese gamblers of being in league
with the police. Inspector Boylan, re-
Gently assigned to the district made
several raids In Chinatown and the de-
tectives believe that Yung may have
been suspected by the gamblers of hav-
ing told the police the location of the
gambling houses.
Yungs wife told the police he had
been a drug addict until he went into
the army and was sent to Camp Upton.
hut that he had returned cured He has
been working in laundry since he was
discharged from the service
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
MILLER WILL HAVE
HYLAN ACTS PR0BED
Continued from First Page.

ton of the school contracts begins this
morning, are preparing 10 "whitewash"
the entire matter. il is also understood
that Judge Miller is determined that
there shall be no withdrawing" of the
school building contracts affair. and
that. If necessary. that view will be duly
Impressed upon whatever agency the
Legislature deyises to make the lnvesti-
cation.
The necessity for Legislative action
for State investigation of municipal af-
fairs arises out of the fact that, accord
ing to Mr. Untermyer, the Lockwood
committee is instructed to deal specif-
ically with the housing and building sit
uation and is without authority to make
an investigation of municipal matters.
In addition to this, the Lockwood COM
mttee is so burdened with its present
responsibilities that it is doubtful
whether it would be free of them in time
to take up a municipal investigation
Independently.
SO the chances would seem that an
entirely new committee. instructed to go
to the bottom of alleged irregularities In
administration of the citys business and
to the top, IL necessary, for those respon-
sible for such Irregularities, will be the
means the Legislature will devise.
Further reasons for the appointment
Of legislative committee for an in
vestigation of city affairs is that it prob
ably would be regarded by the public as
more Statutory than the proceedings OF
the city administration investigating it
self. That situation is especially en-
phasiZed by the fact that the Board of
Estimate and the Mayor who are con-
Quoting the investigation into the city's
contracts, have direct responsibility for
number of the city's contracts the
court house contracts particularly, and
the Mayor as head of the city Is In
directly responsible for the conduct of
its departmental affairs.
Mr. Untermyer has made the repeated
declaration that the Board OF Estimate
investigation is going to be one OF the
greatest withdrawing" parties the
city of New York ever has seen. With
out impugning Mayor Hylan or John p.
O'Brien. Corporation Counsel. who has
been named to direct the investigation,
f. II. La Guardia, President of the Board
OF Aldermen, and Henry II. Curran.
President of the Borough of Manhattan.
Republican members of the board. will
make a determined fight for the author
ity to name counsel who shall direct the
inquiry.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
DEATH BY GAS AFTER
BRIDES FIRST QUARREL
Richmond Hill Couple Had
Dispute OUer Ponder Puff.

A quarrel over a powder puff, the
first quarrel of their married life. led
Mrs Frank Moss, Jr.. Il years old. TO
commit suicide yesterday, the police
believe. She was found in her room in
SOFA 10th street Richmond Hill. She
had inhaled gas.
According TO Mr.. Moss's father, with
whom the young couple lived, they had
just returned from two months honey
moon trip through the South. Frank
Jr., had invited friends to dinner. He
and his wife quarrelled and she locked
herself in her room. Later he smelled
gas and began the investigation that
ended with the finding of the body.
The shock drove the young husband
from the house and he had not returned
last night. Mrs. Moss before her mar
riage was Miss Marjorie Mooney n
telephone operator in the Whitehall
Building.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-22
3 LOCKED IN ICE BOX;
MARKET PLACE ROBBED
Four Masked Men Overlook
5000 in Queens Raid.

After locking three men in an iceboX
at a public market at Greed avenue and
Hampstead road, Queens, Saturday
night, four young men wearing masks
took sos from the cash registers and
escaped. AS they left. one Of the rob-
bers fired two shots into the iceboX.
which had the effect of silencing the
cries of the imprisoned men. The bull
lets were imbedded harmlessly in the
woodwork.
The men locked in were William Hem
pei, owner of a grocery in the market;
w. l.. Van Wart, dry goods merchant
who was in the, market talking with
Hempel, and Frank Ruoff, proprietor of
a meat market.
Van Wart had $500 in cash in his
pockets, but the robbers did not search
any OF the men. They overlooked also
$500 in cash in an envelope in Ruoffs
cash register.