The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-05-17

The man who gets mad at what the
, newspapers say about MIN, says an ex.
change, should return thanks three
times day for what the newspapers
know about him, but don't say.-Shak-
opee Argus.
Oh, that the good Lord or some
other power would deliver the newspa-
per fraternity from machine politics.
and make every newspaper stand on it's
own merits or go out Of existence
Waseca Herald.
Ministers may deal with hell very
tenderly so as not to hurt the sensibil-
tiles OF their congregations, and free
thinkers and agnostics may labor earn
estly to invent fire escapes for the
future, but the great law of nature re-
mains just the same that man must
suffer for evil doing. -Slayton Gazette.
The quickest to fall, when tempted
are those who have always been shell
tered from temptation. And vet these
are they who look, from their sheltered
state, with the most contempt upon
those who have fallen by the way.
Only he who has conquered temptation
can know pity for those who must bat
tie with it.-Our Companion.
Cltlzen George Francis Train, with
trunkful OF whirring wheels in his
head, predicts great revolution as the
result OF the commonweal movement
He likens Coxey to Cromwell, and per-
petrates the following list of allitera
lions to prove his premise: "You re-
member that man Cromwell in Eng
land. He started toward London and
everybody laughed at him. In little
while ne had swept the rump parlia-
ment out OF existence. What remark
able coincidence? Charles and Cleve-
land, commonwealth and commonweal,
commons and congress, Cromwell and
Coxey. Look at the C's. Isn't il
amazing?" Yes, Citizen, you bet it's
amazing, likewise amusing.-Todd Co.
News.
A pupil in the schools of Wichita.
Kansas, was suspended the other day
Tor offering this composition on "Pants:'
pants are made for men, and not men
for pants. Pants are like molasses.
they are thinner in hot weather and
thicker in cold. The man in the moon
changes his pants during the eclipse.
Don't go into the pantry for pants; you
might be mistaken. Men are often
in pants. Such mistakes
are breeches of promise. There has
been much discussion as to whether J,
pants is singular or plural. Seems to
us when men wear pants they are plu-
raj and when they don't it is singular.
Men go on tear in pants, and it is all
right; but when the pants go OF tear .
it is all ng.-Minneapolis Journal.
The progress of the world during :
Inc past twenty-five years is brought {
forcible to mind by the experience
If convict Ripley, who was released
from prison at Jackson, Mich, having [
served twenty-five year sentence for {
assault. Ripley made full good time q
ind was inside the walls trife under q
nineteen years. He had never seen a o
telephone, electric car, nor brick pave q
nent until he came out. The city, he g
aid, seemed like fairyland to him, r
nd the actions of the people moving d
bout the streets were like unto a pic g
nc when he was a boy. He had saved II
few dollars during his confinement, G.
Which he was disposed to spend as a o
10y spends a dollar at Christmas. q
lie is forty-fve years old.-Litchfield 81
c;
The South Bend Gnd.) Tribune lately u
cored the police of that city for put 3
ng young Hawkins, recently pardon L
d by Gov. Matthews, through the
Weatlng process, and says cit is high ia
me for the public and the press to te
~ out loudly against this uncivilized y,
ay OF melting out justice. Buff p
Llggins, who was lately hung in Chi CO
ago, says it was the sweating process tn
lat started him on his career of b1
line, and since the execution of Hig- III
ms, the judge before whom was tried an
)ung Goodrich, charged with the MUIR ha
er OF Mrs. Cron at Wilmette, last fall, du
fused to accept the confession of M
oodrich as evidence, because it had on
zen extorted from him by the police. ed
gorge II. Painter, executed for the lit
urder of Alice Martin, claimed the ed
1icago police swore his life away, wi
I'd thousands Of others have been it's
iven to crime by those clothed with it
little brief authority" LIE