The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-08-22

Sometimes in leisure moments we
feel as If people were becoming more
honest and honorable and that there
was less OF avarice and greed in the
world, but this feeling has but a short
lived existence, as it vanishes as soon
as business dealings are resumed and
then we conclude that the average NOR
tai on this old ram-shackle planet of
ours is sordid niggard Of the soc. et-tu-
EN- brand.-Morris Sun.
There has been an unexplainable
NapoleOnic craze in the United States
this last year. but none of the writer's
have dealt with the Little Corsican from
the standpoint of the modern science
OF criminology and mental and moral
disease and perversiOn. This the Hon.
John Davis does in the Arena. and he
makes good case from NapoIeon's
ancestry and the careers of his parents.
to show that the great general and ex-
ploiter was born brigand, with all the
gambling and lying, deceitful, unscrup-
ulOus Instincts of the Corsican bandits
on sea and land.-Philosophical Jour
nal
a we'll known banker says he owes
advice of an old friend, who told him
to keep good company or none. Never
be idle. Cultivate your mind. Make
few promises. Keep your own secrets.
When you speak to person, look him
IN the face. If any one speaks ill of
you, let your life be so no one will
believe him. Live within your income.
Small and steady gains bring the kind
of riches that do not take wings and
fly away. Earn money before you
spend it. Never borrow it you can
possibly avoid it. Do not marry until
you are able to support wife. Never
speak evil of any one. Be just before
you are generous. Save when you are
young and enjoy your savings when
you are old.-Ex.
Instead of putting man in prison for
burglary or theft or for malicious de-
struction Of his neighbor's property it
is proposed to set the NJ. DIS loose upon
him. The particular case is that of
man in Chicago, Leoni, by name. It
appears the man has mania for de-
molishing windows, and during the
past few months has destroyed several
thousand dollars worth of plate glass.
He was brought into court and his case
continued. 1t is decided to have an
operation on the mans skull, by means
of which he will probably be relieved
of his strange mania.
Now, how do we know that all crimi-
nails have not a mania and that it can
be cured by trepanning? To be sure,
they may die under the operation, but
most Of them would probably prefer
to run the risk and thereafter go
free.-Western Rural.
Don't forget the newspaper. In olden
days, when priest and prophet lived,
there were these holy men to speak for
the people; now the newspapers are the
seers. If you have wrongs, the news
paper points them out, and wrongs are
righted through their power. You are
ushered into the world-after a suffi-
cient time has elapsed after the publ
cation OF your parents marriage-with
a newspaper notice. If you do any
thing good or bad in your lifetime, the
newspaper chronicles it, and when death
touches you, and you are unspeakable
dust, your relatives are consoled by the
obituary which the newspaper prints
Of you. The newspaper is the only
guard the great man of today has
against oblivion. The newspaper is
public benefactor. 1t gives to more
charities, worthy and unworthy, than
all the people beside. 1t is the light Of
The century. Patronize the news
paper, that you may have light Fargo
Argus. ,
Every young man should understand ,
he Importance of making his services ,
valuable. Working practically to this ,,
md, few men have ever known hunger
n become familiar with want. This
applies with equal force to
he farm, the store, the shop, the office,
he humblest and highest stations
n which xUa aro oa11o6 Tho