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HELPING OTHERS

The busiest man can find time to be
helpful The most determined man can,
without harm to himself, stop now and
then to help others on the way up.
Few successful men there are who have
not done much for their fellows. The
race for success is hot and hard, but there
are always times when others can be lifted
from the roadside and put back on their
feet.
Hard indeed is the man who will not
offer word of advice or encouragement
to brother bound the same way.
There is little enough kindness in the
world but that is not the fault of its great
men.
Read biography and you will discover
that practically all those who attained high
places in the world were glad to give
others hand on their way.
The old, the weak, the i'll, need help, as
a matter of course. They need more than
they receive, although the world is learn
ing, day by day, better to provide for them.
But the young need help, too. They,
need to be told of the dangers that wait
on ahead and how to avoid them. They
need the lessons that the more successful
can give them and, above all, they need
encouragement when they get Gin the
Dumps" as the young are prone to be.
You will never be poor or so unsuccess-
full that you cannot afford to be kind. Your
way to prosperity will never be so hard
that you will not have opportunity to
speak cheering word or do kindly deed
to others who need your help.
1t is we'll enough to be determined to
succeed, to be devoted to the achievement
of success. But he who climbs to the top
over the backs of his fellows gains prize
not worth having, and lives and dies,
mean, selfish and despised-a life that no
decent man would wish his deadliest
enemy.
Do not be kind because it pays divi-
dends. Do not be helpful because you ex-
pect to profit by it. Be kind because you
want to be kind, and your life will be
happy and your old age filled with con-
ttntment.-Ex.
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CAR AND LOCOMOTIVE IN ONE

A remarkable type of railroad vehicle
recently designed in Winterthur, Switzer-
land, may be described as combination
of locomotive and passenger car. The
locomotive section comprises 250-horse-
power internal-combustion engine, which
is able to impart to the vehicle speed of
up to forty-four miles per hour. The
passenger compartment has seating accom-
mediation for seventy third-class passengers.
Extremely low fuel expenses are the
main advantage of the new system over
a steam engine service. The vehicle,
which has the considerable weight of
sixty-fve tons, is said to consume only
four gallons of fuel on the twenty-mile
line from Winterthur to Frauenfeld, the
cost of which is about equivalent to the
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was Rome built in a day. Surely the

was Rome built in a day. Surely the
money expended for law enforcement
along these lines is we'll spent. Is there
any money that can bring back those lives
lost through the excessive use of whiskey?
Are our younger generation worth the
price of protection? Let us hope we have
at last entered on higher plane of living
than heretofore. And incidentally-no
man who is for licensed liquor under the
old system will ever be President of these
United States.
The only ones who profted by liquor
were the few distillers, who enriched
themselves financially at the expense of
the weak, through sin and sorrow.
wonder very often if their consciences
bother them? Then, too, when the final
day for payment comes what will their
answer be?
A man who does not care enough for
his mother and sister, his children or the
welfare of the country is poor excuse.
So before we decide this question let us
ponder and think twice.
What more pitiful then to see woman
intoxicated. Surely any man who cares
for woman in the proper light, abhors
these conditions.
Some of these reasons people will say
are sentimental. Maybe so. If every
thing must be considered in cold blooded
way say-ask Thomas A. Edison, Henry
Ford, Chas. Schwab, and many others,
what they think of booze as business
asset and you will receive the same ans
wer. 1t will be forcihle negative for
booze. Such men as these know better
than most of us the effects of alcoholics
on the success of man, because they all
come in contact in business way, with
our producing forces.
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SernOnette

Christ is the end of the lasV
for Righteousness to every one
that believeth.-Romans 1914.
AH HEN we come to under
~ stand the spirituality of the
law, we find that it condemns
us, with all our works and
ways: it reveals to us our help
lessness it brings us down very
low; and when it has done this
it has finished its work. 1t can
go no further than only direct
us to Christ in the gospel; and
if we are in Him, then the law
can make no more demands up
on us. The Righteousness that
we have in Him is far more
complete than that which the
law requires. 1t is the. right
eousness of Christ; and that is
more than Adams.
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QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES

For the benefit of any inmates who appre-
ciate and see the opportunity that their spare
through correspondence school courses. study OF
good literature, acquiring an education In our
Night Schools. or. who need helpful informs'
ious departments, will herewith be privileged
to use the Query column. You are welcome
to send in any queries Of serious interest to
ton of Miss Miriam E. Carey, Supervisor OF
Institutional Libraries, will gladly endeavor to
supply the requested information.
NOTICI-In order to regulate the conduct
register number and lock number to all querie:
submitted for publication. Inmates names, OF
course will not be published, only the initials
of each querist being used.-Editor.
Q:-Will you kindly publish the names
and subscription prices of some periodicals
dealing on the subject of steam driven
automobiles, Mechanical Engineering and
drafting.-C. H. P.
Ave have no record of publication
devoted to steam automobiles but they are
frequently subject matter in: Motor,
monthly, subscription $500; Motor World,
weekly, subscription $500; both published
in blew York City. The following publi-
cations pertain to engineering: american
Machinesf, weekly, subscription $500, New
OTk lily, MeCHuHt(M EHyWeGWy,
monthly subscription $500, New York
City; Engineering Education, monthly,
subscription $500, Pittsburgh, Pa.
O:-Kindly let me know how many
continents there are in the world and
what are their names? ?-L. P.
A:-There are six continents, North
America, South America, Europe, Asia,
Africa, and Australia.
O:-Where is the TippecanoeN river sit
uated, and for what is it mous?-H. B.
A:-The Tippecanoe river, in Indiana,
is famous for battle fought on its banks,
November 9TH, 1911, when the Indians
were defeated by Gen. w. H. Harrison.
O-Please let me know what a jim
riksha ISIS. G.
"A jinriksha is two-wheeled Jap
anese carriage having springs and hood,
and drawn by on or two men. 1t is a
common means of transportation in Japan.
NOTICE-An 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, Use
full Arts, Literature, Chemistry, Biography and
Science divisions of our library catalogue for
diversified subjects.
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NOTICE TO INMATES

! Each inmate is accorded the privilege OF one
subscription to THE MIRROR, to be sent home
or TO . friend, free Of charge. In order to
obtain this privilege you must write your own
name and register number and the name and
address Of the person you wish to send the
laper to. and hand same to your officer. If
you wish 70 enter additional subscriptions. they
win be charged for at the rate Of so cents
ysar for each subscription.
The paper delivered to your cell each woek
must be kept clean, and should be folded in
Che same manner as you receive it. placing It
at the foot Of your bed on the morning fol-
your cell.
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NOTICE-Inmates submitting contributions
to THE MIRRoB for publication must sign their
preferred. if not original, proper credit must be
given to the writer II known; If writer's name
e not known. it should be SO specified by con.
tributor. Should contributor fail to comply
with this request he will be dropped from THE
MIRRORS contributing stah.
Approved by Warden. Editor.
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A VITAL TOPIC
By Mr.. Il. C, C.

Isn't it queer so many OF us would like
to see liquor in some form legalized again9
l often wonder why. Is it because of an
absolute necessity? Does man for the
welfare of a country need intoxicants?
Does it bring what we all seek, happinesse 2
Does it really lesson the burden of taxa
ton?
Unless these questions can be truthfully
answered in the affirmative, based on
facts, past and present, then the liquor
traffic is hindrance to progress and civili-
zation.
In recent scientific investigation by
some of the most able men of the country,
liquor in any form was determined poison
GUS. A very small amount was found to
kill cat or dog.
AS social asset it is considered by most,
especially business men a grave liability.
The competence of men who use it, was
found to be greatly diminished in COM
parison with the abstainer. When you
apply for position, One of the first things
asked you,-"Do you indulge in alcoholics
in any form?" 1t surely does not ease a
persons mind while riding in taxi to
know that the driver is in semi stupor,
Nor is it pleasant to know that an engi-
neer is unreliable to his trust. The lives
of humanity are in constant jeopardy,
where demon rum holds full sway.
Things that man would never conceive
of doing in his sober moods are done under
the influence of liquor. Even during our
recent war, most atrocities committed were
in no small measure due to booze.
Last year, 1922, there was about 1000
deaths caused by liquor in some form.
Yes! some say-and we are supposed to
have prohibition. To those it is well to
explain the fact that previous to this time,
during legalized liquor consumption $4,000
people each year were compelled to occupy
six foot of space underground, before their
time. How any thinking man can sanction
an industry of this kind in the face of such
statistics it is really hard to comprehend.
l prefer to think of it as one of the un-
educational features of humanity rather
than for personal gain.
Regarding revenue from this source.
Practically every saloon corner and brew
cry has been assimilated by industry and
merely a readjustment taken place re-
oo rd;no favation
People who formerly stalled the grocer
and butcher bill now not only pay them
but have surplus, with which they build
homes and in various other ways promote
welfare for all.
1t would be we'll if those who advocate
liquor would some time arrange to visit
a psychopathic ward. Visit one in New
York City if possible. Conditions are such
that vocabulary capable of remotely ex-
pressing true conditions, believe is not
in existence.
The number of insane in our institutions
due to this curse is great, but is being
gradually diminished.
Enforcement of our prohibition laws
has not been entirely success. Neither
The mirror., 1923-12-13

THI MIRROR is a weekly paper published in
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and
managed by them. 1t aims to be q home news.
Taper; to encourage moral and intellectual i'm.
provement among the prisoners; TO acquaint
the public with the true status of the prisoner,
to disseminate penologicsl information and to
aid in dispelling that prejudice which has ever
been the bar sinister to . fallen mans self
redemption.
The mirror., 1923-12-13

"Materialism and the merely intellectual
view have carried man out upon sea of
unrest and dissatisfaction, while the real
man, the Divine Man, has been ignored.
As a result the finer knowledge-which
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"Man cannot find his true place in the
great scheme of human life until he has
ennobled and enriched his nature with the
consciousness of his Divinity, of his Di-
vine, Inner Self"
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"People who are always taking care of
their health are like misers, who are hoard
ing up treasure which they have never
spirit enough to enjoy"
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LETTERS TO BOARD OF CONTROL

LETTEKS To BOAHD OF CONTNOI
Ali Inmates desiring to write to the State
Board Of Control will notify their officer. who
In turn Is requested to send your notification
10 the Deputy Warden's Office Friday noon in
order that special paper for that purpose may
be furnished you. Letters written on regula'
tion size paper will not be permitted to 60.
J. j. SULLIVAN
Warden.
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"Do something; do it soon-with all
thy might"
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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.
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America First Justice 10 All
ms, -
PEOPLES PAPER[A
Justice 70 All
America First
ana BouNDEN DUN

This newspaper must firsi Of all DC
clean, it must-be fair, it must be hon
EST and without malice in its opinions
and expressions and it must, at all
times. devote itself unflinchiagiy and
fearIessly to the public service in the
interests of TIE masses of the people
1t must always combat evh sad m
jasdce.
II must always fight fer pfsgress
~ refern.
Il nust never tolerate esEvupss
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~uy high purpose, = svGy aeO.
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r nuss stand for gesd gsvssuma
fspsdou. equality, Che pubne welfare
dvie and true patriotism snd snAyhs
I've q country.
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lily, and the milk of tubercular cows
is the greatest source Of this disease
1t is being cleaned out of West Vir-
ginia at the lowest cost per animal
of any State in the Union except the
State of Iowa. Outside of the humane
phase of the subject, it certainly is
of great value to the people and a
source of great protection and an
insurance to the youth Of the State.
The value Of this work in dollars
cannot be estimated. 1t should not
even be measured in dollars, and the
trifiing cost of the whole Department
to the people Of the State as compared
to the protection given its people, es-
pecially its youth, is mere baga-
telle to the value of the service rem
dered.
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he pounced on it, tore it to bits and
ate it ravenously.
When the magistrate saw the leo
pard-boy he could then walk upright
but when startled, dropped on all
fours and scurried off between his
fathers's legs. People Of the vii
lage he recognized by scent; by
shifting like dog. Rice and vege-
tables were his main food, though, if
the chance came he would still sieze
and devour fowl or q small animal.
Slowly the leopafd-boy is becom-
ing. human again.
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A BEE WORKS FOR NOTHING
AND BOARDS HIMSELF

To our Customer and Friends:
Students Of the University of Mis-
souri, are trying to determine how
much a Bee eats.
We say,-What difference does it
make how mcuh Bee eats, SO long
as he works for nothing and boards
himself.
How much does Mule or a Horse
or a Cow or Chicken eat in pro-
portion to the amount of work done,
milk, eggs or meat produced, is
much more important question to
you.
The Big Spring demand for feed
stuffs is almost here.
Newly plowed fields, fresh cows,
big egg production and little chicks
will soon be with us.
This means increased demand ~
WAYNE FEEDS.
Likewise, in our judgement, Il WI
mean higher prices.
Stock up now for your reqoire-
ments.
THE THOMPSON COMPANY
Farmers and Builders Supplies
Belington w. Va
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ease appears which may be a menace
to the live stock industry, thoroughs
Investigation is made and necessary
steps taken for it's control
The breeding and dairy herds Of
cattle have been largely cleaned up
of tuberculosis in many ceun-
ties. Sick cattle are improbable and
source of loss, and the wedding out
of these cattle by the service Of the,
Department has been of great value
to the beef and the dairy herdsmen.
This work puts the herds under bet
ter sanitary management. and thereby
greatly increases their vigor and value
for the purpose TO- which they are
used, and in general way improves
the herds and stimulates the interest
of the herdsmen.
More than two-thirds of the taxes
collected under the stock food law is
expended in keeping diseased cattle
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Valuable Guernsey Cow Producing
Pure Milk and Healthy Offspring.

and other livestock out of the State,
and in the eradication of tuberculosis
among our cattle.
When this tuberculosis work was
begun the people of Wheeling and
vicinity were heavy buyers OF milk
and cream from other states. Now
the dairymen are supplying the home
demand and are shipping large guam
titles of milk and cream to .ther
cities, including Washington, D. c.
The health of the people is their
most valuable asset. tuberculosis is
one q the most destructive Of all the
Diseases that attack the human fam
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THURSDAY, MARCH sTH, 1928
THE LEAOPARD BOY

Every Italian boy and girl will
tell you that Romulus, the founder
of Rome, was fed by she-wolf with
her milk-he and his twin brother,
Amulius, till the shepherd found
them. And in northern Sweden the
folk tell tales of how that she bears
have been known to steal and suckle
children, and in Russia, too, such
stories are to be heard, and in the
Pyrenees and elsewhere. Countless
are the stories throughout India of
youngsters carried off and reared by
wild mother animals. Kipling, in
his Jungle Book, that is founded
on some of these tales, has
a wonderful story about "Mowglie'''
the "man-cub," whom "Raksha" the
mother wolf nourished, and VINO ran
with the "Seconese" wolf pack till
he became man and married.
Many of US may have thought all
these tales were far fetched or I'M
true travellers tales" as the say
ing is. To-day real story, comes
from India about "Mowgli" in real
life-the story Of the leopard boy
Mr.. Staurt Baker, F. z. S., who saw
the lad gives a full account Of him
in '9The Journal of the Bombay Ma
tural History Society"
About five years ago, the Cachiri
villagers, who live at Dhungi, on the
North Cachar Hills on India's north
east fortier, killed two leopard cubs
close to the village. Three days
later, mother, who gone out to cut
rice, put her baby boy down on the
ground while she went on with hel
work. In little time, on hearing q
cry, she looked up and saw leopard
bounding away with the child in hel
mouth. The villagers hunted in vair
for the leopard and her prey, ant
at last gave up supposing that the
boy had been eaten by her.
Some two years since, a leopard
was killed near the village, and il
was discovered she had cubs. They
were tracked to their cave and found
there, two cubs-and a boy. The
little lad was like an animal in his
movements, and ran on all Tours
with amazing speed. His parents al
once claimed him, and took him home
The leopard had fed him abundantly
after her fashion, and he was cover
ed by innumerable healed cuts and
scratches. When first caught, he
taught and bit everyone within his
reach; he could not walk upright but
only as an animal. His knees and
the palms of his hands and his toes
were covered with thick, hard skin.
When fowl came within his reach,
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HEALTH
OF the People of West Virginia
Is Conserved
eY DEPARTMENT. OF AGRICULTURE
U. H. Stewart. Commissioner

u. H. Stewart, Commissioner
Realizing that successful agriculture
depends primarily upon the live stock
industry, the State Department Of
Agriculture OF West Virginia has
spent much line and eisort in the
control and eradication OF animal dis
eases. Systematic efforts are being
made by the Department to have in
troduced into the State pure bred
stock, and to know that they are free
from disease before being shipped
After January /, 1928, only pure bred
sires may he used for which fees
can be collected This law will tend
materially to raise the standard OF
live stock in the State.
All diseases reported to. the office
OF q contagious or infectious nature
are promptly investigated. The De-
partment is maintained for the service
of tie public. and whenever any dis
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Live Stock Quorstiors.

CHICAGO.-HOGS - Steady; bulk
$50 to 200 pound erages, So. 1O082 !;
top, $3.50; bull 225 to 300 pound
butchers, $7.800S pigs, mostly $40
$50; heavyweight hogs, S7.7O07o5.
medium, $7.85@3.70; light, SS0S.9O:
killing pigs, $7@7.75.
matured steers s1015; veal calves
largely 25c lower bulk desirable veal
calves. 10.50011; bulk desirable heavy
bologna bulls, $5M5.15.
SHEEP Strong to 25c higher, ton
wooded lambs, $3.50; good S2-pound
weights, $15.23; shorn lambs, mostly
$12:25: fat 1wocled ewes. mostly $50
S25: top. $3.50. IS
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GREAT IS THE GRAZING

1t is we'll known, but should be more
generally known, that no finer cattle
can be produced in the world than
are being produced in West Virginia.
The natural blue grass found almost
anywhere in the State is OF such high
class nutritive quality aud abundance
the cattle raised on it easily stand at
the head of competing herds wherever
exhibited. A great industry, indeed.
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GENERAL. MARKETS

Wjnfer straisht ss2g6s5o s 4riet;
and city patent, $7750S.25.
WHEAT-Quiet; No. 2 red, S1.300
1.31.
CORN-Steady No. 2 yellow. $50
sec.
OATS-Qulet; No. 2 white. $40
54hc.
POULTRY-Live, quiet; hens, 2S0
29c; old roosters, 19@20c. Dressed
firm: choice fowls. Bic; old roosters.
22c.
BUTTER-Steady; fancy creamery.
54056c.
.EGGS-Quiet: selected. 46c: nearby.
41c: western, 30c.