The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-03
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There was young maiden named Grace.
Once the prettiest girl in the place;
But she's changed good deal
Since she took to the wheel,
For she now has bicycle face.

But Sno'S changed a gOOO zeal
Since she took to the wheel,
For she now has a bicycle face.
-Up-TO-Date
The world is hard debtor. It
owes every man a living, but makes
him work to get it.-Peck's Sun.
A fellow feeling makes us WON
drous kind-unless he happens to
be feeling for our pocketbooks.-
Up-To-Date.
Two Chicago robbers used gas
pipe in hold-up. From their
ability in that line it is a plain
case that they were plumbers.-St.
Paul Globe.
It is believed that Mexico has
just grounds for damage suit
against the politicians who SO in
dustriously held it's money and
condition up to the contempt of
the world.-Bloomington Eye.
Truthfulness, both in word and
action, is jewel of never-fading
brilliancy; although its value may
often fail to be appreciated by
those whose minds are too common
to realize it's fineness. st. Paul
Broad Axe.
Major Mckinley has been pre-
scented with a fighting cock, a pair
of eagles, raccoon and a flock Of
turkeys. Some people evidently
suspect that he is the president Of
a livestock association Mime
apolis Times.
A man advertised for a wife and
his sister answered the ADVERTISE
ment: and the young man thinks
there is no balm in advertisements,
and the old people think it is
pretty hard to have two fools III
one family .-Lakefield Herald.
Professor George Newcombe has
found that the X-ray is cure for
badness. If the baldheaded men
all get new crops how are we going
to tell where all the intelligence
and intellectually Of the nation is
located minneapolis Journal.
A preacher in New Jersey awoke
to find a burglar in his room. He
said to the burglar that he was a
preacher, and the fellow ran away
with great haste. He seemed to.
think the preacher was going to
shoot a sermon at him.-Judge.
The press, the pulpit and the
bars e. lawyers and saloon keep
ers-are all fed by the people and
somehow they are all against the
people. Why is it that the self
styled "better classes are prone to
look down on those who feed them?
Fergus Falls Globe.
An Eastern editor recently Of
fered prize of $50 for the best
written proposal of marriage by 8
lady. He selected one written by
a rich widow and answered with a
letter Of acceptance, and when the
lady refused to marry him he sued
her for breach of promise. Ma
tional Printer-Journalist.
If there is anything more UNI
slightly than to see boy smokinga
cigarette, it is to see two or more
boys engage in the same vicious
habit. If your boy will smoke, has
to smoke, can't do without it.; get
him a cob pipe and supply of
long green and let him pull away
to his souls satisfaction. 1t isn't
half SO dangerous as cigarettes
St. Louis Humorist.
A New York lawyer has dis
covered a new disease which he
calls "clergyman's mind" The in
ventor of the term was defendinga
reverend gentleman on charge of
having used $13.56 collected on an
insurance policy, and in entering q
plea of guilty affirmed that the
clergyman's life and training had
made him abnormally deficient i'll
knowledge of worldly Matters
Portland (Me. } Coast Cottager.
Life is serious. 1t is battle
ground, or race course If you
please, where fools and sluggards-
are out of place. Life is trial or
dained of old and the ordeal is not
passed through by all with song
on the lips and a song in the heart.
Happy, indeed, is the man who
goes through life himself one grand,
sweet song. First to be desired is.
the song in the heart. Without it