The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-17

ny may not Do dOlo W dCCcHu CIdP0l
ervices next Sunday.
Everybody should read our exchange
olumn. 1t is filled with the choicest
bought of the American press, and
can always be found worthy
# careful study.
The man who never SAID a WOrO on
morals before, feels entirely qualified to
lit down and write an essay on the
,vil of gambling after being beaten by
he three-card monte shark
When this country is fortunate
enough to have an attorney general
Who will do his duty, the scriptural
Injunction "Put not thy trust in princes"
Will read we'll and mean much if sugar
S substituted for princes.
Many a man, charitably inclined, is
forced to preserve stern counte |
nance in order to keep at distance the
shiftless and whining who are ready at
all times to take advantage of every
gracious mood to ask for favor.
NEEDLE with everything that don't
concern you, attend to everybody's
business but your own and find fault
upon every possible occasion and you
will learn why the pessimist can find
nothing to commend in humanity.
When your friend is in misfortune
be as attentive to him as when you
thought he had inherited large for
tune, and you will prove conciusively
that you are not direct lneal descend
ant of Judas Iscariot Or an admirer Of
Benedict Arnold.
If the girls were as pretty as the
picture them, and the men
as virtuOus as the investigating COM
mittees WhiteWash them, the golden
streets of heaven would be lined with
people bewailing the hard fate that
restraints them from flying back to
this planet.
The state teamster. he of Herculean
build and ajestic mien, is now enjoy
ing the unique distinction of being the
first member of this community who
ever wore an overcoat within the walls.
1t is cut all fait, and the material is of
such a mail-carrier hue that while it
may wash. it can never be "soaked.'
If war is declared against Spain, the
men who are now doing the shouting will
discover that they are physically inca
FACILITATED for active service and that
their sphere of usefulness is in staying
home and writing letters to the news
papers criticising the conduct of the
war
When a man becomes so low and de
PRAYED that he is 'no better than q
wild BEAST it is foolish to place him in
a penitentary to contaminate the bet
ter class of prisoners. He should be
locked up in q gayly-painted cage, like
the other wild beasts, and have Iadie:
all day
II. II. Hart, secretary of the state
board of corrections and charities, de
livered an address in the assembl,
room Of the high school last Thursda,
o1yopioo on s.'Tbo DrovoDtiOn of Grim, a
1t was listened to by the school teach
ers of saltwater. and was greatly ap
preciated
For the information of the new ar
rivals who come here from week t.
week, we wish to say, if you want t.
send The MIRROR to relatives o
friends, you will be allowed the priv
lege by complying with the following
rule: Send to this office your name
register and cell number, also full ad
dress Of the person to whom you desir
to have THE MIRROR sent. Do no
write address, cell number or any othe
matter on your paper; keep them pei
fectly clean and place them in you
cell door every Friday evening. Thos
who do not send THE MIRROR ava
will confer favor by sending them t
this office.
This is an age of newspaper enter
prise in which scoops and originate
are the passports to favor and larg
circulation. The Edgerton Enterpris
proves its claim to uptodateness b
, publishing the names and matrimonis
qualifications of all the bachelors i
, it's neighborhood. The article tells tn