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The mirror., 1921-01-27

They depend upon some one else to tell
them when a thing should be done, and
oftentimes how it should be done. They
like to lean upon somebody rather than
to take the initiative. They say, eff I
get into tight place l will ask someone
what to do. Why should 1 worry to work
out the plan myself"
In business there are many alarm clock
men. If they are told to do a piece of
work, instead of figuring out themselves
the best way to do it, they will ask some
one else. Everything they do is by rule
of thumb. If the whistle was not blown
at noon the probability is they would not
60 out to lunch. They want to be called
and not to do the calling.
Isn't it splendid thing to think for
yourself? To decide for yourself? To
act for yourself? To feel that through
your own efforts you are building char
acter, and business, and prosperity? To
know that, although you may take counsel
of older and wiser heads, the final decision
in any matter is yours, and yours alone?
To have the courage to do without wait
ing to be bolstered up by someone else
whom you have learned to lean upon?
Try it for week and see how it turns
out. Let every day of the seven be day
of "derring do" Relegate the alarm clock
of your mentality to the dust heap of
failures to be found along the road of
life. Look up and get your time from the
sun, and let its rays guide you, and at
the end of the week you will have forever
done with the alarm clock habit.-Selected.
The mirror., 1921-01-27
THE ALARM CLOCK HABIT

A young man who always depended
upon an alarm clock to awaken him in
the morning one night forgot to wind it.
In consequence of this he oversight and
missed an appointment in regard to an
important position it filled; another had
been on time and secured the place.
'It was all on account of the alarm
clock" he said to his friend when relating
the incident. "No," reioined the other,
"it was because you depended upon the
alarm clock and not upon yourself"
There are many people, both men and
women, who have the alarm clock habit.
They no not like to think for themselves.
The mirror., 1921-01-27

the Liberty cap in symbolic use on our
Americans coins today.
Throughout the centuries the career of
the hat has been varied with touches of
the humorous, the picturesque and the
grotesque. 1t rose to the warlike curves
of the richly crested helmet. 1t took on
fantastic shapes, gorgeously decorated with
plumes and jewels, in the hats of the trou-
badour and the cavalier. 1t assumed the
stateliness of the cooked hat, badge of
aristocracy, at the time of the French
Revolution.
The Babylonians and the Assyrians
knew of felt, and the Greeks are said to
have used it in their hats. For several
centuries after the fall CT the Roman En-
pire however, the art of felting fur was
apparently lost in Western Europe, al
though Chaucer mentions fur-felt hats,
and beaver hats appear to have been made
in Flanders in 1890. According to an old
tradition, felt-making was rediscovered by
a wandering monk, St. Clement, who was
promptly made the patron saint of the hat
industry. It was told that he hit upon the
discovery when, having put rabbits fur
inside his sandals to ease his feet, he
found to his surprise at the end of
journey that it had been transformed into
felt.-Youth's Companion.
The mirror., 1921-01-27
THE HATS OF LONG AGO

A certain hat-manufacturing concern,
anxious to prove to its customers that it
knew all there was to be known about
making hats, hired an expert to discover
how long ago the common, everyday hat
was worn.
The historian did not find out when the
first hat was worn, says the New York
Evening Sun, but he managed to compile
number of exceedingly interesting facts
about hats that have been worn in the last
six thousand years.
The results of his findings have been
published in phamphlet form, and after
reading the booklet, you develop consider
able respect for your own two-dollar
straw; for you learn that, instead of being
mere article of apparel, the hat has been
symbol round which great dramas Of
history have been woven. In fact, you
learn that man has been identified by his
hat ever since he wore a headpiece.
For example, the hat marks US as free
men instead of slaves. Among the ancient
Romans when slave was freed his head
was shaved, and he was allowed to wear
simple hat or cap, which thus became
a symbol of freedom. In the Middle
Ages opposing armies distinguished their
leaders by the colors of their headgear.
In the thirteenth century Pope Innocent
w made the hat the distinctive symbol
of the cardinalship. The French Revolu-
ton was a war between the red cap and
the cooked hat.
Perhaps the most peculiar mark of dis
tinctiOn that the hat conferred upon its
wearer was in France in the early part
of the sixteenth century, when bankrupt
Jews were compelled to wear a green hat
so that people might avoid losses in trad
ing with them.
Hats were made six thousand years ago.
Egyptian art portrays the Pharaohs sur
mounted by imposing headgear, and
depicts the preparation of material for
hats. In Assyrian bas-reliefs are shown
rulers wearing upon their heads tower
like structures that seem to have been in
tended to overawe their enemies. Ira
velers hunters and shepherds in Greece
two thousand years ago wore broad, low
crowned hats similar to modern wide
brimmed slouch hats. The pointed Phry-
gian cap of that age had its descendant in
The mirror., 1921-01-27
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
and address Of the person you wish to send
the paper to, and hand same to your officer
II 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 same manner as you receive it, placing it
lowing the day on (which it is delivered to
your cell,
The mirror., 1921-01-27

2 God has made no one absolute. The
rich depend on the poor, as we'll as the
poor on the rich. The world is but a
magnificent building; all the stones are
gradually cemented together. No one
subsists by himself alone.-Feltham.
The mirror., 1921-01-27
SOME STRATLING FACTS
ABOUT MILK

Do you know that that fery-looking
milky way" which we see stretched across
the sky on clear nights could easily be ex-
tinguished if the milk crop of the United
States for single year could be splashed
upon it?
Turn your imagination loose for
moment and try to picture beautiful
river of rich creamy milk 1877 feet in
width and an inch in depth encircling the
world at the equator.
Such a river could easily be possible if
all the milk given by the cows of this
country in one year could be, converted
into single stream. And by reducing
the stream to twelve feet in width and an
inch in depth it would reach from the
earth to a point some distance beyond the
moon-which, contrary to the usual idea,
is only 23S,S62 miles from the earth.
The dairy business of the United States
has developed into extraordinary proper
tions and is now looked upon as one of
Americas greatest and most valuable in
dustries.
More than 90 billion pounds of milk
were produced by the cows of this country
last year. Based upon the average price
received throughout the country, this vast
quantity of milk had cash value of more
thanstwo billion dollars to the producers.
According to these figures, the accuracy
of which are vouched for by the United
States Department of Agriculture, enough
milk was produced during 1919 to furnish
$50 pounds for every man, woman and
child in the country-practically two and
third pints day for each.
Butter is an article that is used by
pretty much the entire populace for break
fast, dinner and supper every day in the
year. To furnish the years supply of
S75,OOO,OOO pounds of creamery butter re-
quired 1S,17s,OOO,odO pounds of milk. The
dairy butter aggregated 6ss,oOo,O0o pounds
which consumed 1885, 100000 pounds of
milk.
The manufacture of cheese consumed
the enormous quantity of 4,200,000,000
pounds of milk. 1t takes 10 pounds of
milk for every pound of cheese, the total
production being ,42o,oOo,ooo pounds for
the year.
1t is somewhat astounding to realize that
1925, 100000 pounds of condensed milk
were manufactured in 1919, requiring
4,S13,OO0,O0O pounds of milk, or 2.5 pounds
of milk for each pound of condensed milk.
The output of whole milk powder totafed
100000 pounds, consuming eight pounds
The mirror., 1921-01-27

NOTICE-Contribution 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
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., 1921-01-27

"Next to the perfumed man, the half
burned dead cigar probably is the most
offensive odor."
The mirror., 1921-01-27
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
sood % literature. acquiring an edacstion s' in our
Night Schools, or, who need helpful informa-
tion in connection with their work in our var.
ous ,sn win herewith be privileged
come to send in any queries Of serious interest
to, yourself. THE MIRRoH with the kind col.
vsor of rIR Fl ors ssS1
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
submitted for publication. Inmates names Of
course, will not be published, only the initials
OF each querist being used.-Editor.
OWL you please answer the fol-
lowing questions regarding Winston
Churchill, the novelist, and also include
whatever other interesting and general
information you may find: (a) Where
born? (b) When? (c) Citizen of what
country? (d) Is it true that he holds
rank in England? (e) What are his best
known works? (f) Where does he live
at the present time? Etc.-A. M. H.
A-(a) Saint Louis, Mo. (b) Sept.
10, 1871. (c) United States. (d) No.
Winston Spencer Churchill, an English
statesman, son of Lord Randolph Churchill
and Miss Jerome of New York, is not the
novelist. (e) "Richard Carvel;" "The
Crisis" "The Crossing;" "Coniston;" See
page 40, library catalogue. (f) Cornish,
New Hampshire; postoffice, Windsor, Yer
mont.
Q-Kindly advise name and location
of British or Canadian Council for this
district.-O. B.
A-Hon. Chas. Edward Hamilton is
Vice Consul of Great Britain. He lives
in St. Paul but exact address unknown.
~
The MIRROR was slightly in error in
the issue of Jan. goth in answering the
question relative to the "Dog-watch."
The "Dog-watches" are from to and
from 6 to 8 in the evening There is no
"Dog-watch" in the morning as stated.
Sailor.
NOTICE-An inmates using the Query Col
umn and desiring more detailed information to
their queries invited to use the splendid
reference books in our library to be had on
request. The national Text Books are
especially complete in their information on
techinal subjects. Consult the Reference, Use
The mirror., 1921-01-27

CHURCH NOTICE
Services in the Prison Chapel at nine o'clock
every Sunday morning. Protestant and Catho.
Lie service every alternate Sunday. Rev. @. E.
Benson and Rev. FIR. Corcoran, Chaplains.
The mirror., 1921-01-27

"Many man who talks of his lost op-
portunities never made one to lose"
The mirror., 1921-01-27

NOTICE-All inmates using the Query Col.
umn and desiring more detailed information to
their queries invited to use the splendid
reference books in our library to be had on
request The Intern ational Text Books are
especially complete in their information on
techinal subjects. Consult the Reference Use
Science divisions Of our library catalogue for
diversified subjects
The mirror., 1921-01-27

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 Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-27
A MODERN GHOST

In spite of advances science the development of the Xra wireless certain of the old hoodoes still exert less power Surprising evidence this is shown in the excitement by ghost in the Concord section of Staten Island
 This ghost conforms nearly to the traditional type except for the practice taking his headstone along his back This account for of the unusual epidaon the neighborhood of the Emerson Hill Cemetery whenever the ghost starts out with his uncanny pack
 The description of this particular member of the ghost fra member of the male persuasion, clad Wilde shirt and having of intense might result aggravated attack dolce far nente"
 ghost through trolley and barns ap parnty with the utmost according to the which also tell of motorman who tainted at sight of him and nineteen young who demolished all the windows of troll bricks effort to get either the ghost the headstone.
 interesting for it's novel features and the amount of consernaton which raises, however question concerning the status of the Egh teenth Amendment Staten Island The could fly taken that the amendment had not reached and that the Staten Islanders making the most of their shorved immunity could with equal be the Vostead Act being enforced with efficiency and the unfortunate people had of the bites of the mosquitos which breed in the great swamps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-27
A SUPER FAKE

bottle containing scrap of with the last desperate message of wrecked captured has time figured largely fiction The bottle appearing and disappearing and seized picked the tide had cast it. always described great detail and seldom failed to make impression
 be doubted however H in fction large to such find followed the discovery develops to been deliberate hoax North Navy.
 old bottle and bit of paper with it's fake story of Soviet pirates which set the Department State the Secret Service of the Department of of the Navy to bustlng with activity
 difference though between this bottle and the Carolina bottle has been demonstrated to be fiction furnished such pleasant dslusiunment
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-27
PREMlER'S REPLY TO DE VALERA

augura1 address They were spoken by him on the brink of the American civil war, which he was striving to avert:
 Physically speaking, he said, I've cannot separate. We can tions from each other now and build an impossible wall between them. It Is Impossible then to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfac- tory after separation than before. Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and sides and no gain for either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of inter course again are upon you-'
 do not think it can reason- ably be contended that the re- lations between Great Britain and Ireland are in any different case.
 thought had made it clear, both in my conversation with you and in my two subse- Quent communications, that we can discuss no settlement which involves a refusal on the part of Ireland to accept our invitation to a free. equal and loyal part nerSnlp In the Br1tlSn common wealth under one sovereign.
 I am reluctant to precipitate this issue, but just point out that a prolongation of the present state of affairs is dangerous. Ac- ton is being taken In various di- rections which. if continued, would prejudice the truce and must ultimately lead to it's ter imitation. This would indeed be dep1orab1e.
 While, therefore, prepared to make every allowance as to time which will advance the cause of peace, we cannot prolong a mere exchange of notes. It is essen tial that some definite and inn mediate progress should be made toward a basis upon which fur ther negotiations can usefully proceed. Your letter seems to us. unfortunately, to show no such progress.
 In this and my previous letters I have set forth the considera- tions which must govern the attitude of His Majesty's Gov ernment in any negotiations which they undertake. If you are prepared to examine how far these considerations can be re- conciled with the aspirations you represent, I shall be happy to meet you and your colleagues.
 LLOYD GEORGE.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-27
Red Tape In New York Law
 Balks Officials

(Continued from Page One) information over the telephone since the fee for search must be paid in ad- vance,
 What Stoecke1, representing Con- necticut thinks of this "co-operation"- is revealed in his reply.
 Enclosed herewith find our check for s25 Will you please place this amount to the credit of this depart nent and give the necessary order so that, upon application by telephone, letter or telegraph we may, without delay, receive the Identification of Nv York cars and please charge the six cents per car against this fund.- giving us due notice when the same is exhausted.
 "Words fail to express what I think about your New York state law on thsi subject. It apears to me to be q retrogression into the dark ages. Without any question whatever it makes it impossible to promptly ilen- tify a stolen car ercept through m cans s,Nh as I am now proposing to you.
 T am very glad that the state of Connecticut is able to say to you through this commission that infor- nation about Connecticut cars is at ment of any fee and that this depart ment will be glad to assist you and your disposal instantly without pay all of the New York enforcement of ficers without more formality than a simple request.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-27
Health Talks
 By JOHN B. HUBER, A.M-;M.D.
Good health Is good cheers therefore always look to good health
 WATER REORGANIZATION

Good health Is good cheer; therefore | always look to good health WATER CONCENTRATION. Hypochlorite of lime (calcium) will
 drinkab1e, though it will not remove turbidity, or queer odors-which lat ter are best removed by filtration and
 are, in any event harmless. Our Government at Washington has per ] fected for our soldiers an arrange nrent by which the smallest conven- l tent amount of calcium hypochlorite q gram, 15 grains) Is dramatically
 of a fountain pen, so that the chlor- i inc, the sterilizing element in the
 compound, will remain active and po- l tent for at least ten months. if kept | in the dark and at a moderate ordin-
 ary temperature. The specifications | call for a chlorine content of 30 to 52 per cent Such tube can be pre- pared by any chemist, and should be
 most druggists at a cost for the ma teria1. of about five cents.
 The contents of such a tube sould sterilize from 40 to 60 gallons of
 cooking, being boiled need not be
 thus treated; only that for drinking.
 The tube is easily split. at the point i marked, by a file. The contents
 face of the water, or it may be add ed to a small cup of water an1 then poured directly into the large con- tainer. No stirring is necessary. The water is rend cred typhoid, dysentery. and cholera safe in five minutes; but 30 minutes will assure 100-percent bactericida1 efficiency. A water sup ply thus treated will continue potabIe for ten days.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Mosquitoes?
 Would you be good enough to give something good to keep mosquitoes away, as we don't have to have mosquitoes about? I am going into a countr-- | where they have millions of them summer long. I would appreciate your remedy on this matter.
 Answer.-Am mailing you those ar ticIes published in this column on how to get rid of mosquitoes. This is a long job requiring the combined efforts of your Government, your
 community and yourself-a much more important subject for com bined action than most of the things agi- tated for nowadays. Instead of this, a supine civilization for pretty much the half of every year elects to sub
 init to, suffer and to die by means Of a preventible agency.
 A mosquito is rare today the Dodo in the Panamanian Canal zone; it used to be the most pestilent re- zion in the whole world. Gorgas did that job Want to know how? All inquiries addressed to Dr. Hu- Der in care of the Health Talks de-
 partment will be answered in these columns in their turn. This requires considerable time. however. owing to
 the great number received. So if a
 personal quicker reply is desired,
 stamped and seIf-addressed envel-
 ope must be enclosed with the queS-
 tfon.-The Editor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-08-27
PROTEST RAILROAD FARE RAISE
First Authoritative Statement of Sim
 Fein's Attitude

(Continued from Page One) spirit of the people. After two years of unexampled 1awlessness she failed. She found that Ireland met her at Consequently when she declared a truce and sought to bring about a settlement it was not because she wished to, but because she had to, Ireland itself and the general trend of international affairs compelled her to.
 Meaning of the Terms
 The meaning of the terms which she has offered Ireland will be con- fused and misrepresented by England and her friends in an effort to turn the sympathy of the world away from Ireland. It will therefore be well for our people to understand what these terms are. England is making much out of the alleged fact that she has offered Ireland dominion form of government 1reland's national aSpir- ations have never been for a dominion status but for complete freedom Y ct aside from this fact it is we'll to re- member that dominion government has not been offered Ireland, not any thing remotely approaching it. As President De Valera points out. under the Lloyd George proposals. Ireland as National entity does not exist Six counties in Ulster are excluded and are given a parliament which the Lord Lieutenant at it's opening declar- ed nobody in Ulster wanted" It was set up by Lloyd George to give the outside world the impression that the people of Ireland could not agree: also for the very practical purpose or helping England to carry out any policy of repression which the govern ment of England might adopt HaV, ing excluded the six countless Lioyo George then offers the rest or ire had a. form of government Wnlch' while permitting that part or irelaIlo 4I certain privileges, leaves her III the main hamstrung and under the con- tro1 of England.
 As the President of the Irish Re, public points out the domlh1ons couIu secede from the Empire any moment they wished. Lloyd George st1pulates that under no consideration vii ire land be permitted any such power. IrelandS harborS are held unoer fInS- lands control and Ireland IS to De used as air base for England III her next war.
 Appeal to America
 The refusal of Ireland to accept tnls condition should be looked on WIlh gratitude by the United states since possibly it is against Amer1ca tnal England'S next war will De WaSeu' Ireland voted for the free and unfet- tered control of Ireland. She fought for it and her people have undergone untold suffering for it particularly Tn the last two years. She has struggled for over seven centuries ratner than surrender her national entity. She cannot be expected to compromise on that principle now She fights to maintain the primary prlnclples oI Amer1caniSm-to have a. government of the people, by the people, TOT the people. In her effort to gam that we hope she will have what she ought to have. the support Of all true AnnaGicanSs