The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-05-30
TERMS Shopper year, in advance.
Six Months so cents.

have no choice with such people;
though black-hearted, they can meet
you with smile at every turn. When
we have detected them, it will save us
much time and trouble to cast them
off at once; it is worth some sacrifice
of feeling to get beyond the influence
of such reptiles. How often, in listen
ing to notorious liar, and studying
his face, have we not pitted his shall
lowness, on detecting the twinkle of
satisfaction in his eye in finding his
falsehood is believed.
Liars in their conceit, are apt to
take for granted that they are not
doubted, simply because their listeners
are too polite to express their thoughts.
Did liar but reason correctly, how un-
comfortable he would feel at the dead
silence in which his statements are
often received Did their conceit not
blind them, neither men nor women,
who habitually invent lies, or garble
the truth, could hope to be long un-
detected; for people who know them,
meet, talk over their statements, and
soon ferret out the naked truth. and
few exposures will render such persons
objects of suspicion for the remainder
of their lives, if they do not obtain for
themselves the unenviable distinction
of that liar Mr.. X, or the qualifying
remark, at the reception of any asser-
ton they may have made, "but then x
is such liar. How person con-
scious of deserving such stigma
ought to shrink, when he reflects how
inevitably it will be uttered.
One of the definitions of a liar should
be, person of small cunning, for per-
sons of much sagacity know lying to
be bad policy even were principle left
out of the question. An habitual liar,
were he not too debased to feel the
extent of his degradation, would stink
off into dark corner and hide him
self forever from the face of society.
In truth, liar can go undetected
but very short time. People are
keen and sharp, and the great error is
in supposing that people, in general,
= are devoid Of penetration. 1t is curl
Gus study to mark the habitual liar
peering into ones face, scanning every
i varied expression, in hopes of detect
ing the impression his story has made;
+ and then conscious of his own false
ness, and prOneneSs to deceive, how he
looks as If he would penetrate your
), inmOst soul in the endeavOr to dis
e cover how far your assertions may be
r relied on Poor liar . He does not know
=, the comfort of integrity, nor how
) much anxiety is spared to those who
q speak the truth.
5. What glorious SatiSfactiOnit is to
" feel that what we assert may be doubt
ed but cannot be controverted, for it
/, is the truth. In fact, liar, however
?. much for time he may tlatter him.
g self he is deceiving others, usually
# ends in finding that he has deceived
- only himself. There are some, who in
~ small matters, scrupulOusly adhere to
9r truth, in order that, by doing so, they
r NAV acquire a character for veracity,
s, and thus, by throwing us off our guard,
predispOse us to receive as fact, any
, falsehOod they may deem it worth
n while to advance. This is the climax
N of lying and may be detected only by
e. those who have knowledge of all the
., circumstances. The fraudulent ac-
~ countant may in triumph appeal to
oI the correctness of his figures, when it
IN is the charges of false items that
I'd amount to disgraceful robbery.
at There is, however, one class of liars
deserving much pity. They are those,
who from thoughtlessness, or want of
sh firmness, more than from vice, have
IS. committed some folly which they dare
bv not acknowledge, and where, from the
=. known harshness of the world, or o1
10 superiors, confession would be ruin
X Of such there are more misled thar
bit misleading. Unfortunates, whom ont
lie may have carried into the vortex o.
- sin from which they have no strength
10 of mind to extricate themselves. TX
ne such, compassion is duty, severity
ed crime.
no A wise man looks to broad facts
70 and forms his judgment from them
10 but rogues endeavor to lead your at
yes tention from the seem of evidence
he away to details, that he may puzzl
no and confound you with minutia
10 always difficult to detect, and some
'io times impossible to deny. If, there
9x- fore, broad facts appear evident, b
, it firm on their side and avoid the ma
an of details. X.