The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-11-28
what Fools These MOrtaIs BE.

fuses my cheek, and [ say in the
language Of the immortal Shake
speare. What fools these mortals
be" to contract habit of SO vile
and disgusting nature that your
best friends will not recognize you
i'm the public streets and lady will
cross the street at your approach to
avoid meeting you. And still the
poor slave will hug the Shiny folds
of this hydra headed serpent to his
breast and inhale it's vile, fiery
breath with seeming intense pleas
ure. Who can explain this allah
sorbing. uncomfortable desire for
that which so surely and fatally
robs it's victim, physically, morally,
intellectually, and at last, after
burning up and consuming with
it's fiery breath his very soul, at
tacks his life and lays him low
and hurries him from the sight of
the disguised world beneath the
cover of mother earth in some un-
known and foreign land, in one
short hour forgotten? Not tear
or sigh of regret marks the mem
ory of his departure.
What object that meets the sight
Justly demands our heartfelt sym
pathy more than the unfortunate
inebriate struggling aimlessly on
through his zigzag course, a pen
niless, wandering wretch. denied
and forbidden the small necessl-
ties of life? In my minds eye |
now see him hesitatingly approach
the bar and through his swollen
and bloodshot eye look wistfully
and longingly at the individual he
is about to crave grave favorfrom.
His voice is low, tremulous and
scarcely audible, while his whole
being shakes and trembles as it
from great fear All, surely life
is about gone there is but small
spark remaining, and that must be
fed by the same fiery destroyer
that is slowly but surely CONSUME
ing his whole being [ look back
over my past and | am ashamed
of it all, and | shall cease to speak
of it. although the memory OF 1T
will. | know. ever pursue me like
a hideous phantom. its corpse-like
face marked with sheer and dis
gushing grin. shall find solace
and comfort in the fact that it
will ever be behind me, and that |
shall not see its hideous face be-
fore me. 4. E. Taylor.
The Spokane WASH ChrOn-
icIr notes grotesque scene that
was witnessed recently in the streets
of that city. Seated upon a hearse
drawn by four frisky cayuses, was
a notwithstanding Indian and his
equally dignified squaw, both look
ing as proud as small boy wear
ing his first pair of pants. On the
inside of this remarkable convey
ance could be seen, through the
glass sides. six papooses Of all sizes
and conditions, who, utterly oblivi
Gus of the somber character of the
rig, were playfully rolling over eacl
other and pulling each others hail
in a manner similar to a litter O.
pups. From the proud possessor O
the hearse, who could talk pretty fai-
English, it was learned that he wal
a sub-chief of the Nez Perces tribe
and was on his way to visit some
e..yll,- t. ,,nrth L'rnn
the money that he had recent.
received from the Government a
his and his familys share of tn
Reservation, he had purchased tn
hearse from a Lewiston undertaken
He seemed to have no idea of tn
character of the vehicle on whicl
he was riding, but had seen it a
Lewiston. and, desiring to posses
1t. he soon struck bargain wit
the undertaken and drove it owe
to his ranch on the Reservation
where he was at once the envy {
his brother redskins.
Life appears to me too short
be spent in nursing animosity
registering wrongs. We are, an
must be, one and all. burdened wit
faults in this world: but the tim
will soon come when we shall pl
them off in putting off corruptib
bodies: when debasement and 81
will fall from US with this Gun
brous frame of flesh, and only I'll
spark will remain the impalpab
principle of life and thought, pu
as when it left the Creator to i
spire the creature; whence it can
it will return, perhaps to pa
through gradations of glory, fro
the pale human soul to brighten
the seraph 49,. It is creed
which i delight, to which | elm
II makes eternity a rest, a Nigh