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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
If your hands cannot be usefully en-
ployed attend to the cultivation of your
mind.-SeIeCted.
RESEARCH

No lesson of the war has been more fire.
quently and more convincingly thrust upon
the attention of every government in the
world than that scientific research is of
inestimable and indispensable value; not
merely reseach with definite aim, to
prove some particular theory or to dis
cover some scientifically useful fact, but
research for its own sake, to discover
truth
Hundreds of illustrative examples might
be cited to support that contention, but
few will suffice. The experiments that re-
suited in the liquefaction of gases were
undertaken without any thought that if
they succeeded they might be of any other
value than to determine certain physical
laws. Nevertheless, they gave us liquid
oxygen, liquid air and solodifed gases that
are most useful in commercial and medi-
cal operations.
Helium was discovered in the sun be-
fore it was known to exist on the earth.
Study of the lines of the solar spectrum
disclosed it first; then chemical analysis
of rare earths revealed it as terrestrial
element; then study of its properties led
to the discovery that it is the best possible
filling for balloons.
The X rays were first discovered by
Rontgen when he was engaged in plain
investigation, and neither he nor anyone
else then suspected the wonderful benefits
to the human race that would result from
his discovery. Thousands of applications
of electricity have been made possible
through the researches of men who were
studying merely to learn the laws of ma
ture; and many of the dyestuffs, sac
charine and other coal-tar products came
to light in the same uncalculated way.
Such examples prove that some of the
most useful agencies for profit, for health,
for convenience, for improving mechani-
cal processes, have come from investiga-
tons that had no such purpose in view.
The lesson is obvious: research honored
as they should be, nowhere is their work
appreciated, nowhere has it the financial
support that it deserves. A few institu-
tons shelter few investigators, but there
should be many institutions, covering the
whole field of science, and throng of
keen searchers after truth, hampered by
no requirement that they discover useful
things. The truth is useful for its own
sake. If it yield ideas that are useful in
a material sense, so much the better; but
it is not essential.-Youths Companion.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
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 courses. 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,
to use the Query column. You are well
come to send in any queries Of serious inter.
est to yourself. The MIRROR with the kind
pervisor 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,
register number and lock number to all queries
Course. viii III not be- published only the Initials
OF each querist being used.-Editor.
O-What is seismograph?- J. L.
Avery delicate instrument for re-
cording earthquakes and other movements
Of the earth's crust due to seismic distur-
Dances. Such instruments which are in
stalled in scientific institutions in various
parts of world are capable of recording
earthquakes thousands of miles distant.
They have been very helpful in scientific
study and investigation of phenomena of
this kind.
Q:-How many negroes were in the mil
itary service of the U. S. in the late war?
w. A. S.
A:-Number is given as 100000.
Q:-Please give the complete quota
ton in which the phrase, sermons in
stones, ETC., occurs.-R. L.
A:-This passage, from Shakespeare's
GAS You Like IT., reads as follows:
"Sweet are the uses of adversely
Which makes the toad, ugly and veno-
nous,
Wear yet precious jewel in its head
And this our life, exempt from public
haunt
Find tongues in trees, books in the run
ming brooks,
Sermons in stones and good in everything"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

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 so 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, 1920-06-17

NOTICE-All 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
technical subjects. Consult the Reference.
Useful Arts, Literature, Chemistry, Biogra-
ply and Science divisions of our library cats-
logue for diversified subjects.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
READ AND PONDER
Never be idle.

Never be idle.
Make few promises.
Always speak the truth.
Never speak i'll of any one.
Keep good company or none.
Live up to your engagements.
Be just before you are generous.
Earn money before you spend it.
Drink no kind of intoxicating drinks.
Good character is above all things else.
Keep your own secrets if you have any.
Never play at any kind of games of
chance.
Keep your promises if you would be
happy.
Make no haste to be rich, if you would
prosper.
When you speak to a person, look him
in the face.
Save when you are young, to spend
when you are old.
Never run in debt unless you see way
to get out again.
Avoid temptation, through fear you
may not withstand it.
Ever live misfortune excepted) within
your income.
Small and steady gains give competency
and tranquility of mind.
Good company and good conversation
are the sinews of virtue.
Your character cannot be essentially in
jured except by yourself.
If any one speaks evil of you, let your
life be 30 that none will believe him.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

If a man stumbles it is a good thing to
help him to his feet. Every one of US
need a helping hand now mad then, but
if man lies down, it is waste of time
to try and to carry him.-RooseVeh.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

We are tired of life only when we can't
get the things we desir at a moments no.
tice, while the things that come easy we do
not appreciate-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

"Whom God loveth He chastizeth" but
He chatizes some of His choice so much
that the hateful ones get away with the
rightful belongings of the classified.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

"Anything we do not understand is not
to be understood, at least not at the time"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
CHURCH NOTICE

CHURCH NOTICE
Services in the Prison Chapel at nine o'clock
every Sunday morning, Protestant and Catho-
lie service cvery alternate Sunday. Rev. G. E.
Benson and Rev. FIR. Corcoran, Chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

THE MIRROR is q weekly paper published in
the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
in 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and
managed by them. 1t aims to be home news
paper; to encourage moral and intellectual i'm
the public with the true status of the prisoner;
TO disseminate pathological information and to
aid in dispelling that prejudice which has ever
been the bar sinister to fallen mans self-re-
demption.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

Serving two masters demands sympa-
thy for one, and to serve the command of
the other"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

at some time passed through the deep
waters and walked in the fiery furnace.
They have had bereavements and disil-
lusions, have been handed them. But,
God bless 'em, they made lemonade of
them.
And then tell me how many in your
acquaintance, who have been coddled and
pampered and prospered and favored all
their lives, are fit to live with. Of course,
there may be some. There are exceptions
to all rules, and some people nothing can
spoil. But the ranks of such are not
crowded.
The favored of fortune, the rich, those
that have never been sick nor lost lover,
never been knitted in the back or struck
in the face become, as rule, bored and
vain, selfish and unhappy, and find life
burden and death no relief.
The beauty of pour soul, the shine of
your character, come not from getting
what you want, but from adjusting your
self to what you did not want.
Give the devil his due. How could
there be any patience, if there were no
trials to make us impatient; how any
honesty if we had never been tempted to
crookedness; how any virtue, if never
any passion; how any courage, if there
were nothing to make us afraid?
: Our very merit in being good lies in
our ability, and often our inclination, to
be bad.
The thing that is going to make heaven
glorious is the fact that, at every step of
the way there, something was pulling us
toward hell and we didn't yield. 1t is
Ito him that overcometh," you know, not
to him that is pushed in a wheel chair.
Just make list of all the Lemons of
Life, and then set over against them the
very best brands of Lemonade, and see
how the latter are made from the former.
For instance:
LEMONS
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17
LEMONADE

And so on.
Not that Evil makes Good, but that by
struggling against evil we develop good.
Not that all things are holy and whole
some; for they are not; some things are
vicious and wicked; but that "all things
work together for good to them that love
God"
And then appears the Sugar. 1t is Love.
And the water is Work.
And with plenty of this Water, and
with Love and Hope and Faith, we can
make Lemonade out of the sourest Lemons.
Work, Faith, Hope, Love-and the
greatest of these is Love.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

Fear
Temptation to Betray
Disaster
Ignorance
Ugliness
Depression
LEMONADE
Courage
Loyalty
Faith
Wisdom
Beauty
Cheer
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-06-17

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 silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-01
OVERLAND TRAIL ON
ARMY'S ROAD MAPS

1t is not known just how the Carson
Appeal figures the Lincoln Highway
is SO far superior to the Overland
Trail. Perhaps the editor doesn't
know the Trail is now in better con-
dition than ever before and being
further made superior as rapidly IS
possible.
Anyhow, it is felt that the Lincoln
Highway has been sighted in a gov
eminent map, and as it appears to
focus an antagonistic of towns along
the Lincoln Highway, it may not be
amiss for people along the Overland
Trail to feel elated because of another
success. The Appeal says:
Maps have been issued by the San
Francisco Offices of the western army
department showing the route through
California and Nevada that has been
selected for the army transport SER
vice. And, strange as it may appear
the route selected is over the Over
land Trail. Placerville, Carson, Fal-
Ion and Ely have all been left out
but standing out in bold face type
along the route are the names of the
towns of Auburn, Reno, Winnemucca,
Elko and so on to Salt Lake City.
How the selection of this route
which by no means is the best across
Nevada, was accomplished is yet 4
riddle, but to all intents and purposes
it has been done. 1t suggests, how
ever, that some of the Lincoln High
way authorities have been asleep a;
the post.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-01
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF EX.
ECUTOR AND NOTICE TO CREDI.
TORS

In the Sixth Judicial Court of the
State of Nevada in and for the
County of Humboldt.
In the matter of the Estate Of John
Doherty, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned, r. II. Aikens, was on the
10th day of April, AID. 1920, duly ap-
pointed and qualified, on the 10th day
of April, AID. 1920, by the above
named Court al Executor of the Es-
state of John Doherty, Deceased.
All persons having claims against
the estate of said deceased are re-
quired to file the same, with proper
vouchers and statutory affidavits at
tached, with the Clerk of said Court,
within three months from the date
of the first publication of this notice.
Dated April 10, 1920.
r. H. AIKENS.
Executor of the Estate of John
Doherty, Deceased.
]. A. LANGWITH,
Attorney for Executor and said Es-
tate.
First publication, April 13, 1920.
Last publication. Nav IL. 1920.-Tues.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-01
duplication No. 603O
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PERMISSION TO APPROPRIATE
T!.E PUBLIC WATERS OF THE
STATE OF NEVADA

Notice is hereby given that on the
29th day of March, 1920, in accord
ance with Section SO, Chapter lao, of
the Statutes OF 1913, one Frank
Graeme Sterrett. of Jungo, County of
Humboldt, and State of Nevada, made
application to the Stale Engineer of
Nevada for permission to appropriate
the public waters of the State of Ne
vada. Such appropriation is to be
made from Springs, (unnamed) at a
point in the NWA of SWK, Sec. 26,
T. 81 ~, r. 80 E., NJ. d. B. & NJ, by
means of a small dam, and one cubic
foot per second is to be conveyed to
portions of SEA, Sec. q, T. 81 ~,
r. 80 E., NJ. d. b. & NJ, by means of
pipes, and bitches, and there used for
irrigation and domestic purposes from
April LIST until September Both of each
year. Water not to be returned to
stream.
(Signed) J.. G.. SCRUGHAM.
State Engineer.
First publication. April IL, 1920 .
Last publication, May Is, 1920.-Sat.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-01

First publication. April II, 1920
Last publication, May Is, 1920.-Sat.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-01
window in the place and the streets

window IN the place and the streets
were filled with refuse.
The condition of the civilians left in
the town was terrible. Out of a pre-
war population of 100000 there were
only about 80. O00 left, chiefly Jews. and
they were starving. Prices were out
OF sight. True the Bolshevist had a
fixed price for everything, but if you
wanted to buy anything you had to
pay dearly. For instance when we
captured Dvensk, | paid for a pound of
black bread-made of sawdust and
potato peelings-and a cup of black
coffee in the Hotel Brestal in Rigar
street. 10S roubles, prewar $50 Ameri-
can money. Sugar was 500 roubles a
pound, but l doubt if there was any
even It that price. Money had simply
lost its purchasing power. A beggar
on the street asked me 100 marks, a
sixth of my monthly salary.
This was my first visit to a town
fresh from B~olshevism, and / can as
sure you that the stories you read
in tho press of the way the soldiers
and commissars treat the people are
true.
All vestige Of civil government had
vanished and the police. lighting sys-
TEN, sewerage system, everything
was gone and how the people escaped
death from starvation and disease is
a mystery.
Be assured hat the ST )-ies of the
mismanagement of the Bolshevists
are true. The only people, Is far as
| can learn who benefit from the Boil
sheyist rule are the soldiers, the COM
missars and the Jews.
l have seen and heard plenty of
evidence in the part re%conquered from
the Reds to convince me at least that
the Jews gave all their support to the
Reds, and while not in the fighting
ranks of the Red army, certainly kept
things moving in the rear.
However, the great thing here to
day is how far the allies will back
Poland in her fight against Bolshe-
vism. The Polish army is steadily adj
vancing and the Bolshevists must turn
and fight someday and then if we do
not actually beat them, Poland, at
least. will remain a barrier between
them and Germany, so that everyone
who helps Poland today is helping the
allied cause as well.
I am serving with the first Polish
aerial squadron. which is attached to
the famous Polish Legion. Our avia-
ton is made up of aviators from all
the allied armies and, of course, the
enemy governments with whom the
Poles were serving until they won
their freedom, and so you will find
seven or eight languages SPOKEN in
our men.
The foreign officers in the Polish
come second and third British. ].
However. most of the Americans
and British are leaving. as the pay is
not sufficient and the difficulties of
language are considerable even In
aviation. the Polish language, in fact,
for an American is nearly hopeless.
However, none of us regret having
come to help the Poles for. while life
at the front lacks a lot of comforts
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-01
REBEkiH ASSEMBLY WILL BE
HELD AT RENO IN JUNE

The state assembly of Rebekahs Of
Nevada will owen in Reno on June
IA, 10, Is, when delegates from the
lodges all over the state will be in
attendance. The session has been
called by Mrs. Rosa Armstrong. presi-
dent.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-05-01


You can come about as near telling
what is going to happen in Europe
next with a ouija board as you can
is any other way.
n had in France, it is all very in
teresting and the Poles are very APP
preciative of the little we are doing
With kindest regards to any old
friends who may remember me,
am sir,
IRA S. WOODHOUSE,
/ Eskadra Lotnieya,
NOVA S~wieciany,
Poiyta Polorva 81.
Poland.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-10-14
CORNVILLE

c. S. Moody and wife and their
guests. Mrs. May Malbon of Haver-
nil. Mass. and Claude Dyer of Au-
gusta, arrived home Monday from
Greenyille Junction. where they were
guests of their daughter Hazel. Sun
day Mr.. and Mrs. Kilkenney accom-
panied them to Ripogenus.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Anna
zeen were riding down the Warren
hill the harness broke, the horse tax
ing them over the embankment 16
feet at the end of the bridge. down
on the rocks and the river runs very
swift Mrs. Amazeen knowing they
were going down on the rocks threw
her six months old baby and the lit
tie one came out all right. They
were taken the hospital Lawrence
the little boy was suffering from in
ternal injuries but IS resting com
Portable this Tuesday morning Mr..
Amazeen is suffering from bruises and
the ligaments of one foot are injured
so he cannot walk. Mrs. Amazeen
was pinned in between the rocks near
the horse but was rescued with only
a few bruises, but it was a narrow
from instant death.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-10-14
NORTH ANSON

Mrs Alice ]. Wilson nurse from
Haverhll, Mass. is visiting her son
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Pratt at North Arson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Emery were
at Madison Sunday afternoon to attend
the funeral of Mr.. Emery's cousin,
J. Russell Emery. who was accident
ally shot last week while hunting in
the Moxie region.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Bryant, Mrs.
Ella Bryant and Cyrus Moore mOtOred
to RangeIey last Sunday.
A regular meeting of Capt Seth r..
Hutchins Circle No. 90, Ladies of the
G. A. r. was held at Grange Hall,
Saturday afternoon, October 9, with a
good attendance and the degree was
conferred on four candidates. An in
vitation had been extended to Marshall
p. Hale Circle No % of Norridge
wock to be the guests of this Circle at
that time but owing to various rea-
sons the Norridgewock Circle couldn't
accept the invitation at this time. Re
freshments of sandwiches. cake, cook
les. doughnuts and cocoa were served
at the close OF the meeting by the fol-
lowing committee: Mrs. Viola Will
liams. Mrs. Susie Reed and Mrs. Annie
Pummer The next regular meeting
will be held Saturday afternoon Octo-
Der %. and a special meeting will be
held Thursday afternoon, October rs
for the purpose of inspection. The
inspecting officers this year are Mrs.
Rose Benson Minott of Lewiston,
Dept President and Mrs. Lola b.
Hayes of Foxcroft Dept. Inspector. 1t
is hoped that there will be a good
attendance at both of these meeting as
there will be degree work.
BERNARD J. Whitney has recently
been appointed Justice of the Peace.
The many friends Of Mrs. Parker
Paine of Upper Elm street will regret
to learn of her serious accident which
occurred Monday night, Oct. 4, on her
return from the North Arson fair. She
was the first to arrive home and find
ing all of the doors locked she at
tempted to climb in a window. She
fell and had to be in that position
until Mr.. Paine got home. The re-
suit of the fall is a broken hip. Miss
Bertha Caswell is the nurse caring
for her.
C.. Orlando Hooper, one Of the Civil
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-10-14

War veterans. whose home is in this
village, is gaining slowly from his Ill
ness of the past few weeks.
Bert Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. Theo-
dore s. Steward and Miss Sulloway
took an auto ride to Pleasant Ridge,
Sunday.
One of the late real estate sales
made bv the Strout Agency is that of
W. f. r Mclean to Elwood Allen or
Burtts Corner. New Brunswick.
Alice May Douglas of Bath, writ
or and lecturer was the guest OF Mrs.
Harriet Kennison. Monday night and
Tuesday she spoke in the schools.
Mr.. and Mrs Sidney Dunbar took
their little girl to Auburn last Thurs
day to see a specialist in regard to
her eyes. They returned home Mon
lay.
Mrs. Helen Prince who has been
visiting her sister Mrs. Geneva Hill
ton for the past few weeks, left for
Sanford Thursday of last week &C
companied by Mrs. Hilton and while
there they we're the guests of another
sister. Mrs. William Emery. Mrs.
Hilton returned home Friday night
and Mrs. Prince left for Massachus-
etts. Wednesday. much improved in
health.
Edwin Hilton is moving back on to
the farm on the Lake Embden road
known as the Luther Temple place.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Marston and
DR.. H. E. Marston motored to Pitts
leld and Cotaigan last Sunday where
they called on Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
H. Russell.
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hodgdon
have sold their place in Embden
where they have resided for the past
thirty-eight years to Mahlon Hewett,
son of E. S. Hewett of Lexington.
The local Farm Bureau Executive
committee held a meeting at the AGA
DENY last Friday evening. Plans
were made to encourage our farmers
to exhibit at the Seed Show in Skow-
hegan October %. If any farmers
are interested in the show or to ex-
hibit inquiries may be made OF wall
ter Mckinney, A. w. Reed George
Clark or Guy F. Williams. The farm
bureau extends a cordial invitation
to all agriculturalists to attend.
Grange meeting Saturday evening
Important to have good attendance tol
make plans for the visit to Bingham
Grange on the 22d All members
come prepared with clipping to read
in response to roll call
The Academy boys will close their
baseball work this week with a game
on Wednesday night with Madison
high school here and on Friday after
noon with Bingham high school at
Bingham.
The girls first and second basket
ball teams give a practice game in
Academy hall last Friday evening.
Mrs. Margaret Williams who has
been very in is getting better slow