The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-03-26

Superintendent elect W. H. HOultOn of the st.
Cloud refOrmatOry II. A. Costello, member of
the Board of Managers of the state training
school at Red Wing and Mr.. w. l.. BabcOck, of
Elk River, were the guests of Warden Wolfer
on Thursday.
Prisoners received during the week: John
Siegfried, from Anoka Co., who will serve the
state three years and six months for grand lar
ceny in the second degree. Stephen Turner and
Axel Anderson, Ramsey Co., both sentenced on
the reformatory plan for grand larceny. the
former in the second. the latter in the first de-
gree.
For the information of the new arrivals who
come here from week to week. we wish to say, II
you want to send THE MIRROR to relatives or
friends, you will be allowed the privilege by
complying with the following rule: Send to this
office your name. register and cell number, also
full address of the person to whom you desire to
have THE MIRROR sent Do not write address,
cell number or any other matter on your paper;
keep them perfectly clean and place them in your
cell door every Friday evening. Those who do
not send THE MIRROR away will confer favor
by sending them to this Office
An exchange says: An Arkansas soldier be-
ing wounded in the leg at the battle of Buena
Vista, asked fellow soldier, an Irishman, to
bear him Off the field The latter did so by selZ-
ing the man and strappng him on his horse
Pat getting astride in front of him. During the
ride the wounded Arkansan had his head shot
Off by a cannon ball. Arriving at the surgeons
quarters, the Irishman was asked what he
wanted. 81 brought you this man to have his
leg dressed Why replied the surgeon, Ibis
head is shot off, 1.-The bloody liar,' exclaimed
Pat looking behind him. "he told me he was
shot in the Leg
There are women who are comely, there are
women who are homely, but be careful how the
latter words you say. There are women who
are healthy. there are women who are wealthy,
there are women who will always have their
way There are women who are truthful, there
are women who are youthfu-was there ever
any woman who was old? There are women
who are sainted there are women who are
/ painted there are women who are worth
their weight in gold. There are women who
| are slender, there are women who are ten
der, there are women who are large and fat and
red. There are women who are married, there
are women who have tarried, there are women
who are talkless-but they are dead.-ArmstrOne
Ua) Journal.
Is the art of being polite to become purely
mechanical accomplishment in the near future:
1t looks that way in view of the latest device
which has secured the approval OF the paten
office in Washington. Its inventor calls it sd
uting device, and in the opinion of the experts
in the patent office it betrays an originality ant
ingenuity that entite it to the governments i'm
primatur When attached to the ordinary heat
it relieves the wearer of the manual labor of lift
ing his hat when he meets an acquaintance ant
his hands are otherwise engaged. All he has t.
do to accomplish this is to slightly nod. Th
motion starts the machinery. which is in the in
terror of the tile. The hat is suddenly hOiste'
about one foot above the head. on an apparatu
like that attached to a self-dumping coal cart
Then after remaining at rest moment it de
scribes semicircle and settles back upon tn
Uranium. Who says the Yankee nation isn't in
genious and polite?-St. Joseph (MO.) Gazette
A contemporary is responsible for the follow
ing: lone of our reporters says that fey
evenings ago an innocent. unprotected yOun
man was quietly walking home from spendin
the evening at friends house. and when in
dark, unfrequented part of the city, a new won
an sprang out from behind an evergreen tire
with dark lantern in one hand and big re
and unconditional surrender. Being natural
of timid disposition, fear seemed to lend hir
wings as he hazarded heroic dash for plac
of safety, far understanding his swarthy pursuel
who seemed not to want to shoot for fear {
spelling her prize. He escaped to his home
faintng in his mothers arms as he burst in a
the door. 1t took such a long time to revive hil
enough to tell what frightened him that scare
| for no I of 10
warning to all young men not to go out afte
, dark without a lady escort, for the remainder
1896 anyway.
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of such an eventful year as 1896 promises to b.
person should read the columns of a live, Wild
awake metropolitan paper besides the county {
local newspaper. Now is the proper time to b.
gin yearly subscription. which will cover tn
Presidential campaign, the great speeches, tn
November election and the outcome of all tn
/, wars and troubles abroad. If intending subscril
ers will heed a word of advice they will send :
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I ceive in return twice every week for year
copy of the spiciest, newsiest and most ente
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all the political news and speeches on both sid'
and at the same time keep up the very entertai
ing departments it has always contained.
big nducement is offered to those who b
), come so interested that only daily metropO
g tan paper will meet their wants. The Daily ar
l. Sunday Republic has been reduced to only Sc
year or So for six months.
l. Chaplain Moorhead administered the orc
t. nance of baptism to twenty convicts at the sta
e penitentary last Sunday afternoon The me
were given their choice as to immersion or 9th
methods of baptism. Eleven elected to be il