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Newark post., 1920-07-21
MORE SUGAR
is SWEET MESSAGE
OF SPECIALISTS
Increased Production of $685..
600 Tons for Coming
Year,, They Say

People who have soft pedaled
the sugar bowl for six years may
be interested in the statement that
crop conditions on July l promise
an increase in next falls sugar
production in the United States, an
increase amounting to, approx
mately, 100000 tons, or enough to
load train of freight cars 70 or
Is miles long, allowing 40 tons per
car. This prospective crop is equal
to more than % pounds of sugar
for every man, woman and child
within the United States, and the
increase over last year equals
more than six pounds per person.
The sugar-beet crop this year cov-
ers almost million acres as
against the 5-year average of
about two-thirds of a million; and
the growing condition on July l
was above the 10-year average.
There is more than half a million
acres of sugar cane this year,
about half of which is intended for
sugar and the other half for sirup,
after deducting considerable
amounts for planting the next
crop. There is a substantial in
crease in acreage over last year,
especially in Louisiana, where
nearly all the cane sugar of the
United States is made. The grow
ing condition of the cane in Louis
lana is much better than last year
but considerable under the aver
age for the past nine years. The
Department Of Agriculture, which
has carried on a number of pro-
jects looking toward making this
country self-sustaining from a
sugar standpoint, is cooperating
with other agencies in protecting
the crops from insects and disease
and otherwise promoting the pro-
duction and utilization of bump
er sugar crop. 1t should be borne
in mind, however, that the forecast
for 1920 is based upon conditions
on July l, and the actual outrun
would be above or below this fore
cast according as condition be-
tween July 1 and harvest are bet
ter or worse than average.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
LIFE OR DEATH?

TO hope is life, to fear is death,
And life is blissful to the grave,
While towards scent IN June's
breath
The noisome odors of the grave.
The hope of life is life in truth;
The fear of death itself is death,
And hope or fear, to age from
youth,
Delights or blights each mortal S
path.
Hope knows no fear, fear knows no
hope,
And earth is heaven to those
who trust,
While sunless skies shroud those
who grope
For wisdom in confusion's dust.
Hope is the ever-faming star
The orb of life's supernal seat
Blazing the trackless spaces far,
To homeward guide faiths eager
feet.
The craven fool who daily dies
The hero's one triumphant death
Resigns to fear life's only prize,
And barters heaven for breath
Howard N. Fuller in New
York Sun-Herald.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
JUNE

1t is June! / know it by the
faint roses of sunrise made beauti-
full by the thorns of fading star
points; feel it in the fragrance
of the sweetened airs around me !;
| hear it on the hills that are re-
hearsing choirs for the festival of
day; l see it in the valleys that
are awake so early to mother a
household, a family of daisies.
The pulsations of May in the
activities of the meadows and
woodlands seem to me the heart of
the year beating musically, making
all Nature healthy, circulating it's
rich, red blood, while June in the
spread wing, the bud laid bare, the
children-outdoors, the leisure of
the grown, the romance of the
courting, the bridal song of the
welded, the worship of divine af-
fection is the soul of the year, so
very impressive in it's magnificent
spirituality.
Who does not like the gypsy of
the robin, wandering everywhere
with his many colored coat and
tambourine Of song weaving with
his neW-found straw a basket on
! the oak wherein to place the young
and telling to all, for the silver OF
the dew, in a voice that is most
/ persuasive, the immense fortune
and the golden future of the lives
that use the mid-year to advant.
age?
Who does not welcome the negro
the bee, making merry with his
hidden banjo, very slave tt
music and the servent of the
flowers?
He has an endless song to match
his endless labor and awakens by
his happily industry the drone-of
the-heart that searches not the
blossoms of grace that brings
neither sweets nor gold to the
Master.
He who knows our hands are
short to reach to the blue of HEAVIER
has dropped better armament o.
violets beneath our feet-who car
pass these dainty petals withou
lifting them to the breast in an ex
quisite bouquet adorning oneself
with their loveliness?
To me, the twelve months art
like to, the Apostles, each singing
Gods praises, hearlding His gos
pels, working His miracles ant
June is no other than the Beloved
John reclining on His Bosom o.
Beauty, resting, indeed, having
written we'll of Him with the mani
fold quills of the time.-Mary A
Gallagher.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
Mothers Column

Twenty-third article of series for
T1ther's Column contributed By
the Medical Consultant of the State
reconstruction Commission. Sub
mitted by the Commission through
tho Clearing House of the Delaware
state Program.
Diarrhea
This is one of the commonest
and one of the most dreaded con
ditions of infancy. Summer COM
plaint is the name by which it is
most commonly known, and this is
a misnomer, for the condition is
not peculiar to any one season of
the year. The number of infants
suffering from diarrhea is always
greater during the hot weather,
however. So closely is the milk
problem linked up with this COM
plaint, that few words must be
said concerning it. A good, clean
supply of milk for bottle-fed
babies is essential at all times, but
particularly so during the summer
months, for the growth of bac-
teria (germs) is greatly increased
bv the heat. Therefore, milk
supply which during the winter is
fairly safe oftentimes during the
summer is unsafe. All milk fed to
infants during the hot weather
should be pasteurized before being
given to the baby. Directions for
this process was given in previ-
Gus article of this series. While
the proper modification of cows
milk is important, it is absolutely
futile if clean milk is not used. An
ice box is essential during the hot
weather in order to keep the milk
cool and thus prevent the growth
of bacteria.
Abrupt changes in the weather
will frequently produce diarrhea
in infants, particularly if they
have been badly fed previously.
Every baby should approach the
hot weather with his digestion in
perfect condition. Intelligent feed
ing before this season as we'll as
during the hot months is, next to
the milk supply, the most i'm
portant preventive measure that
can be taken. The baby must he
clothed and cared for intelligently
during this period. He should be
kept as cool as possible at all
times without chilling. This can
be done by keeping him in shady
spot with few clothes on, and dur
ing excessively hot weather by
tanning or sponging in alcohol and
water. Cooled, not chilled, water
to drink is to be given at fre
quent intervals between feeding
during the hot weather to replace
the moisture lost by perspiration.
The diarrhea may be caused by
any one of several things, the
most common of which is imprope,
feeding. In diarrhea the stools
may be exceedingly frequent, Of
normal odor containing curds, fa1
and sometimes mucus. Fever may
not be present, but in the more
severe types it is. The stools may
be frothy, foul or sour in odor anc
contain large amounts of mucus.
There may be severe constitu
tional symptoms consisting O.
vomiting and high fever, and II
some of the most severe case
blood is found in the stools. Alb
dominal pain may be severe.
will not take up the treatmen
Of these cases, as physician
should always be consulted a
soon as the first symptoms ar
noticed. The possibility of seriou
results is too great to warrant an,
treatment without the advice of
doctor.
Newark post., 1920-07-21

Socks-Er--perhaps l ought to
mention I shan't pay for that suit
I've ordered till the 30th OF June.
Shopman-That won't matter in
the least, sir.
Socks Good! When shall
come to try it on?
Shopman-On the 1st of July
sir.
Newark post., 1920-07-21
PICkNICKERS BEWARE
OF POISON IVY
Is One of Many Plants that
Have Means Of Self
Defense

Beware OF poison ivy!" is a
timely warning now when picnics
are the order of the day. Every
person who has been at any time a
victim of this dread poison will
echo the warning right heartily.
"To know the poison ivy is to
avoid it, yet to admire it, for it's
sturdy self-defense," says com
munication to the National Geo.
graphic Society.
"The poison ivy is member of
the Sumac family, having as rela-
tives the vinegar tree, the smooth
Sumac, and the smoke-orush. It's
range reaches as far north as
Nova Scotia, as far south as
Florida and Texas, anc as far
West as Utah and British Column
bia.
MANY people confuse the Vir-
ginia creeper with the rascally
poison ivy, confusion which
nothing but carelessness in re-
membering the characteristics of
plants could bring about; for the
Virginia creeper is careful always
to put forth five leaves where the
poison ivy has only three.
"The Virginia creeper is con-
demned as being poison ivy Of
tener than poison ivy is accredited
with being Virginia creeper.
Many Virginia creeper has
reached an untimely, end of mat
took execution by the erybr, and
not a few people have received a
painful reminder of their mistake
when they have failed TO observe
that three leaves spell foe in the
ivy vine and five leaves friend
"The poison ivy, or poison oak,
as some call it, is a prodigal climb
err, inclined to run over all in
sight. Even the oak sometimes is
almost smothered when the poison
ivy reaches it's topmost branches
and spreads it's dense foliage over
them.
"It begins to blossom in May
and June, is flowers being small,
fragrant, yellowish green, and ar
: ranged in densely clustered spikes.
Toward fall these develop into
smooth, white wax-like berries
that often hold tast the winter
! through. The three leaves are
shining green, short-stemmed and
oval-pointed.
"The poison of this ivy is a
= powerful, non-volatile oil which
penetrates the pores of the human
skin and develops hosts of tiny
r itching blishers, followed by q
burning swelling of the affected
parts.
= "While we very naturally dis
like plant that poisons us wher
we touch it, yet if we investigate
e the reason for it's poison we dis
r cover that vast number of plant!
S develop poisons and near poisons
f and when we look over the list WI
t find that we would be rather badl.
Y off without them. 1t is true tha
e most of them are poisonous onl!
y when eaten, and that few arr
d poisonous to the touch, but the.
have all developed these qualitie
: in self defense.
f "Some of them store their poisol
n in their seeds, others in thei
S root-stocks and others in thei
J. roots to protect their progen,
from harm. They do not go abou
It looking for trouble or seeking, lik
n the devil, whom they may destroy
S but they are prepared to resist in
e vasion of the rights of their chill
s dren. Nux vomica and aconite ar
y two of many such illustration
a that might be cited.
"Others develop alkaloids, lik
the nicotine of tobacco, the qul
nine of the cinchona tree, and tn
4Lo;,o of too to nrotpct them
Newark post., 1920-07-21

."Are you in favor of votes for
women?"
"Why ask such a question at this
late day." inquired Senator Sor-
phum in return. "How can a
statesman hope to get 'em II ne
isn't in favor of 'em?"
Newark post., 1920-07-21

Recruit-"Shall l mark time
with my feet, sir?"
Lieutenant cally)-"My
dear fellow, did you ever hear of
marking time with your hands?"
Recruit-"Yes, sir; clocks do
it."
Newark post., 1920-07-21

The Critic-"Rimejinx Is bring
ing out his works in style. Have
you seen the new deckle-edged edi-
ton of his poems
The Observer-"No, but notice
he's still wearing the old edition
of his deckle-edged pants"
Newark post., 1920-07-21

Twenty-third article of series for
U1ther's Column contributed By
the Medical Consultant of the State
reconstruction Con,n,issiom. Sub
mitted By the Commission through
the Clearing House Of the DelaWare
state Program.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22
without losing the force of the power has
a fortune waiting for him.

without losing the force of the power has
fortune waiting for him.
Why? Because he will have made it
possible for us to cease worrying about
the possible or probable exhaustion of our
coal Git has been calculated that fuel will
be exhausted within one hundred years
if the present rate of increase of consump-
ton continues) and allow us to harness
and use the water power from waterfalls.
There are four waterfalls alone that can
supply far more than enough power to
turn all the wheels in the world. These
are the Victoria Falls, of the Zambezi;
our own Niagara; the La Guayra Falls,
of the Parana River; the Iguassu Falls,
of the Iguassu River, both of the latter
being close to the frontier of Brazil and
Paraguay.
The total horse power derived from
burning coal and oil, direct and indirect,
is not more than 3O,OOO,OO0.
The Victoria Falls is alone capable of
furnishing 35,OOO,OOO horse power.
Iguassu Falls, it has been estimated by
an Argentine engineer, can supply at
least 100000 horse power.
La Guayra Falls can furnish about H.
100000 horse power.
United States Government hydrogra-
pliers calculated that the streams and
rivers of the United States are capable of
giving 23O,SOO,OOO horse power.
1t is estimated that all the rivers in the
world could furnish from S50,000,OOO to
1,2OO,0O0,OO0 horse power.
The difficulty in the way of utilizing
the giant falls is that most of them are
miles from the points to which power
would have to be carried. When we can
carry that power we will cease to use coal
to generate power.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22
MAKING AMERICANS OUT OF
IMMIGRANTS

In her biography Mary Antin points
out that the AUGMENTATION of her fam
lily began as soon as they moved into an
American neighborhood. Yet just as her
mother was gladly learning the American
ways from these neighbors the native-born
moved away, BECAUSE as they said, "they
did not want to live next to a Russian
Jew"
So instances Mr.. F. c. Butler, director
of Americanization in the Federal Bureau
of Education, in his just published bulle-
tin on Community Americanization."
We have decried the failure, he points
out on the part of the new Americans to
adopt the ways and standards of our land,
quite forgetting that through our own
aloofness they were not getting into con-
tact with those customs.
How shall we atone for our aloofness?
By community AUGMENTATION. Say
John J. Mahoney and Charles NJ. Herihy
in their "First Steps in AUGMENTATION"
III CoiILllullltlcS WHcIC TIC AIuCIlCdH pun
lie has come to know the immigrant for
what he is the problem of Americaniza
ton has been stripped of much of its diff
fculty."
To bring more such communities into
being several, things must be done.
One is to improve environment. This
can be brought about by enforcing law
requiring not only proper construction of
dwellings but their proper maintenance;
also by efficient municipal government
putting sewer and water main extension
into parts of our cities and towns now
neglected and by enforcing house connec-
ton with those sewers and mains; by fire.
quent and regular collection of garbage,
etc.
Another stage of progress is to provide
for recreation. AS Mr.. Butler afirms one
of the great by-products of recreation is
that "it brings not only the various for
eign races together, but it does or should
bring the native American into the melt
ing-pot" Mr.. Butler proceeds:
Nothing will cause the latter to lose
his deplorable exclusiveness and unfriend
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22
STUDY AMERICAS GLORIOUS
HISTORY

The greatest stimulus to the spread of
AUGMENTATION today can be found in
the study of the history of America, ma
ton founded on the highest ideals in
every fundamental particular.
Example is always more convincing
than precept, and the example of Ameri-
can progress from the beginning down to
the present strenuous period gives guar
antee of still more glorious future. De-
spite the surface indication of unrest and
discomfort, caused largely by the overflow
of radicalism from the troubled shores of
the old world, there has never been an era
in Americas history when her normal,
sane citizenship-still largely in the ma
jority-stood more firmly for the princi-
pies of liberty, justice and equality of op-
portunity than now.
America still looms large as the only
genuine democracy on the face of the
globe; still deserves the credit for afford
ing the widest opportunities for indivi-
dual and national progress; still offers
asylum to the -trodden and oppressed
of all nations, who seek such asylum with
the sincere desire to better their condition
and to adjust themselves to the ideals and
principles which the country's founders so
clearly enunciated and which their de-
scendants have so staunchly supported
even to the present day.-Ralph W.
Wheelock, State Board of Control.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22
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 namo 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 q year.
The paper delivered to your cell each week
must be kept clean, and should be folded in
the tS fo61 m as you i've it,
lowing the day ON which it is delivered to
your cell.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22

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, 1920-07-22

"Some folks make me think O. one-legged
milk stools" sage Uncle Cy, "they 'aint
much good less they're sat upon"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22

A penny's worth of mirth is better than
a dollars worth of anger.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22

All the worlds stage, and most of us
sit in the gallery and throw things at the
performers.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published in
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, 1920-07-22
CHURCH NOTICE

Services in the Prison Chapel at nine o'clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and Catho
lie service every alternate Sunday: Rev. G. E.
Benson and Rev. FIR. Corcoran, Chaplains.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22

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 cata-
logue for diversified subjects
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1920-07-22
FOUR WATERFALLS COULD TURN
THE WORLDS WHEELS

The electrical engineer who is able to
insure the transmission of electricity for
hundreds, possibly thousands, of miles
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-08
BOOTH FISHERIES ..- COMPANY MAKES
 GOOD PROFIT IN 1919

Net earnings of the Booth Fisheries Company of Chicago, owner of the Northwestern Fisheries Company which have their headquarters in Seattle, totaled $1,433,23S,S1 in 1919 it is revealed by the annual report of president K. l.. Ames, just received here. The report points out that the company is selling fresh and frozen fish and sardines at prices only slightly higher than in the pre-war periods
 The net earnings were higher than the earnings in 1915 but lower than the figures for 1916, 1917 and 1918. From the 1918 total of $1,433,23S.Sl is deducted $725.510.65 for interest on debenture bonds, cold storage bonds and borrowed money: also$293,675.8l which was reserved for the depreci- ation and sinking fund and payment of the federal income tax, leaving net profit of s431 1S34.S4, from which the company paid S344,947.75 in div idends. This left surplus of $S6,- SS709. The large size of the in- terest charges is explained by the de- lays of the government in returning the canned salmon it communicated from the company.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-08
AMERICAN MACHINERY MEN COMPLAIN AT
 FRENCH TREATMENT
May Make Regulations That Will Practically Stop American
 Export

PARIS, April 7.-Importers of Am erican machinery have become ar oused by the prospects that the French Parliament may enact law requiring that all foreign products, raw or manufactured imported into France must be marked or labeled with the name Of the country show 'rg where if was produced. Import PTS of American, Canadian and Eng ish harvesting machinery say this law would seriously affect them and hat it wiuld be impossible to mari. $ required, all the spare parts of ma 'hinery ship7ed from those countries 0 France
 The American and British Chambers If Commerce and the Importers In. on have appealed to the Finance Minister to make an exception in 'avor of harvesting machinery and sewing machines. The law is still Nendng in Parliament, the two houses having failed thus far to agree upon ts provisions.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-08
SOUTH SEA WATER
 SPOUT lNVADES TAHITI
 ISLAND; DOES DAMAGE

PAPEETE, Tahiti, March 10-(By Mall-)-While water spouts are fairly prevalent in the South Seas, espec tally during the rainy season, it is seldom that one comes inland. On January 23 one of these swept over the barrier reef into Papeete harbor and struck the steamer wharf. carry. ing away a part of the roof of the sheds. The water spout broke up after whirling about the roofing iron for minute or two.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-08
RECIPE TO CLEAR,
 4 P|MPLY SKIN
Pimples Are Impurities Seek ing an Outlet Through
 Skin Pores

Pimples, sores and boilS usually result from toxins, poisons and im- purities which are generated in the bowels and then absorbed into the blood through the very ducts which should absorb only nourishment to sustain the body.
 It is the function of the kidneys to filter impurities from the blood md cast them out in the form of urine, but in many instances the bowels create more toxins and i'm purities than the kidneys can elimin- ate, then the blood uses the skin pores as the next best means of get ting rid of these impurities which often break out all over the skin in the form of pimples.
 The surest way to clear the skin or these eruptions, says a noted au- thorfty, is to get from any pharm- acy about four ounces of lad Salts a9d take a tablespoonful in glass of hot water each morning before breakfast for one week. This will prevent the formation of toxins in the bowels. It also stimulates the Kidneys to normal activity, thus coaxing them to filter the blood of impurities and clearing the skin of pimples.
 lad Salts is inexpensive, harmless and Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with iithia. Here you have a pleasant, enervescent drink which usually makes pimples disappear; eleansesI the blood and is excellent for thel kidneys as well.
 -(Advcftisement)
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-04-08
AMERICAN GENERAL
 NOT RESPONSIBLE
 FOR ANY CRUELTIES

WASHINGTON, April [. Gen. Farts. former commander of Amer lcan troops at Paris, told the House invcstigating committee that he was not responsible fer alleged brutali- tics committed by officers in army zfisons in the Paris district He said that if the conditions were as charged hc was unaware of their existence-s Chairman Royal l.. John sen reported that it was his duty to know if the conditions existed.