The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-04-18

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tances are too few to admit of grounds b
or taking away the right to pardon. I
f there are extenuating circumstances |
n connection with any criminals acts, t
t is but just, humane and right that Y
eniency should be shown to that per-
son. If there are no mitigating fea- {
lures, then stern justice should prevail {
to the full extent of the law, and it is '
very rare, in such cases, that executive
clemency is ever shown.-Princeton
Union.
The most precious of Gods gifts
after that Of grace, is time. And yet,
how many graces and how much time
do not men lose! 1t is common say
ing that time changes everything, that
time teaches us many lessons, pre-
serves us from many follies, fortifies
us in our good resolutions and heals
many wound. But in reality time
accomplishes nothing of this kind.
Time is but the condition of all things
that God accomplishes in time. Time
affects eternity. Men shall be in the
future what the use of time will have
made them. Each day has its oppor-
tunities; each hour its graces. The
text: Behold | stand before the door
knocking" has been applied by the
council of laws to the action of the
Holy Ghost upon the hearts of men.
These same words apply also to each
human SOUL The faithful soul is the
continual object of divine liberalities,
and each hour offers new graces which
enable the soul to augment the treas
ure of rewards reserved for it in eter-
nifty. AS each man shall have sOwn so
will he reap both in quantity and IN
quality. A moment is given each and
every one to SOW, a propitious moment
also is given to reap for eternity. If
the time for sowing pass by unheeded
then need we to expect no harvest
for there will be none. Perchance
another sowing time will be granted us
and another harvest; but it will be
another, the first shall never return;
time lost is lost forever. Such is the
value of time that by its prolonging or
it's shortcomings may depend the eternal
happiness or the eternal woe of soul.
Let us then, after the example of some
great saints, resolve never to lose even
the smallest portion of the time given
US to work out our salvation.-7he
DaaOn.
In view of the growing number OF
the unemployed and of the increasing
difficulty of maintaining the struggle
for existence in world that is very
comfortably filled, even if it is not over
crowded, the action of the Illinois
Legislature in imposing tax upon old
bachelors is almost incomprehensible
One would suppose that love and the
: cOgnate sentiments were still sufficient
: lv rife in man to make unnecessary any
. enactment driving him to matrlmony
7 and therefore, the passage OF such
7 bill as the one in reference, particularly
in the spring of the year, would be one
7 of the Jokes of the season if it Weren1
so serious. The gallantry that inspired
the bill is rather dubious. "Bachelors
2 who can prove that they have proposed
2 marriage to female of marriageabl'
t age at least three times upon ditferen
e occasions and been refused each time
J. are exempt" OF course, that sound
0 pretty we'll, but when the law is put IL
!. practice it will doubtless be found tina
n this clause renders the whole schem
o utterly impracticable. For what man
d bachelor or benedict, cannot prove, b.
[. the assistance of some female OF mar
- riageable age, "that he was refused a
d least three times upon different oc
Z casions
Tn the elaboration of this extraord
Il nary project it is devised that the pre-
q ceeds of this tax upon celibacy, Whe
e they have reached fifty thousand do
IS lars, shall be applied to the erection
J. a home in which "tO care and prOvld
st for worthy and INDECENT single wome
10 who have reached the age of thirty
If eight years and upward" The home
to be managed by three unmarrle
women of not less than sixty years
age. A home for old maids will /
:. maintained by further proceeds OF tn
j tax-The Illustrated American.
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