The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-11-26
Local and General.

Local and qoneral.
All, here's a simple truth YOU may
Rely upon, my friend:
mules headquarters, as they say,
Are not his business end.
L. A. w. Bulletin.
Patients undergoing treatment in
hospital, 4.
Average school attendance during
the week, 143.
Prison population Nov. Goth: Males,
487; females, 3.
Prisoners received during the week
ending Nov. 26th, %. Discharged, 4.
Grade standing nov. 10Th: First
grade, 1853; second grade, 1871; third
grade, 6.
If a miss is as good as mile," how
many miles is Mrs. worth?
Habits are like girls; the more you
have to do with them, the more affec-
tionately they cling to you.
Many man wrapped up in his own
thoughts would be in better company
if they belonged to someone else.
The wares of the apothecary are al
ways drugs on the market, but quite
often the emetics boom things up.
After his picture has been taken, the
new arrival should be given a copy, so
he can examine it and find out who he
is.
"Lives of great men all remind US,
we can make our lives sublime" if we
cease doing the things that make us
do time.
"This," observed the new arrival as
he dOnned the checkerboard suit OF the
second grade, lis fit ending to my
checkered career"
The three great enemies of law are
money, lawyers and good character.
The first buys 1t, the second cheats it.
but the third appalls it.
If everybody believed that virtue,
like charity, should begin at home,
there would be far more practicing
than preaching in this world.
If wise remarks on football were the
cream of intellectually, the columns
of our college exchanges would be the
wellsprings of ali human erudition.
Deputy Warden Lemon left Sunday
for Anaconda, Montana, to bring back
to the fold paroled prisoner who
violated the conditions of his release.
Great bodies are said to move slowly.
But this can not apply to great busy
bodies, who are steam-engines of activ-
ity in meddling with other peoples bust
ness.
In their Abyssinian campaign, the
Italians stepped on banana peel, with
the usual result. Somebody should no.
tify John Bull that bananas grow in
South America.
Charles E. Chapel, sheriff of Ramsey
Co., and J. NJ. Hawks of the St. Paul
Dispatch were shown the various de-
partments of the institution on Satur.
day by Deputy Warden Lemon.
Twelve spinners and one breaker
have been ordered for use in the binder
twine factory. When the machinery
is put in position it will increase the
output about 1000 pounds of Irvine
daily.
The Misses Stella Couch and Jennie
Grewe and Mesdames w. c. Forester
and A. G. Grewe were among the Wis.
itors to the institution on Monday, un.
der the chaperonage of Officer Forces.
ter.
If every mans salary was as large as
he thinks it should be, it would not be
necessary to work more than two OF
three days in the month to acquire
sufficient means to live in luxury and
refinement,
The eleventh commandment of the
vulgar decalogue is "Thou shalt not
be found out" and if the names of the
seemingly good people who strictly OBJ
serve it could be ascertained, the rest
of us would be astonished.
Of some people the best that can be
said is that they are members
of the great human family, and for
that reason entitled to good treat.