The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
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A watch'S fate is hard indeed,
For, when it's not in SOAK
Men hate it, If the least ahead.
And scOrn iC when it's broke.
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For, when it's not in SOAK
Men hate it, if the least ahead,
And scorn ir when it's broke.
-Up-To Date.
The campaign liars can now re-
turn to Cuba to resume their duties
as war correspondents.-Blooming
ton ILL., Eye.
When a man can find money to
pay for coal in this Northern lati-
tude, he certainly has money to
burn" -Peck's Sun.
Bad times, it is said, have o.
scientific value These are occa--
sions good learner would not
miss. The stormy winds, the
aroused patriotism, civil war, no
tional bankruptcy or revolution are
of more value to a nation than Ian
guild years of prosperity Mime
apolis Mirror.
An attempt to abolish our jury
system should be frowned down as
a blow at certain class of our
citizens? The abolition of juries
would take bread out of the mouths
|.of men who haven't enough inteli-
gence to earn living through
other avenues of business. ST.
Louis Humorist.
Every pure thought and noble
resolve, every act of duty and of
love. every sacrifice for principle,
strengthen the power of goodness
within us, and make it more certain
that, when conflicts and emergen-
cies arise, we shall not be over
whelmed.- Philadelphia PA Sat
urday Eve. Post.
A New York inventor has Just
patented a shoe that is warranted q.
sure cure for cold feet. The sole
of each shoe contains miniature
steam heating apparatus. 1t is es-
timated that there are 7,5S3,944
suffering husbands in America who
will invest in these shoes for their
wives.-Cedar Rapids Ga Record
The street loafer and these pretty
little fellows who are afraid of man
ual labor are the ciphers of the
human race. By themselves they
are nothing, but added to the re-
spectacle people of the human fam
lily, the increase is in the number
of the population. - Nashville
(Tenn.) Boys Lantern.
Life is hard for many people,
and we have no right to withhold
any look or word or touch OF act of
love which will Tighten the load or
cheer the heart of any fellow strug-
gler. The best use we can make
Of our life is to live so that we shall
be a benediction to every one we
meet.-Louisville Ky. Industrial
School Gem.
Men tell us that women have no
business before the public that
her mission and destiny is the
kitchen. Well, that makes us feel
just like saying this: We would
rather be accused of being too illit-
crate to vote than to be guilty of
having hand in the political af--
fairs of the United States today,
because this is an age of traffic
where human hearts are bought
and sold, and gold is adored as.
God. So there st. Peter Journal
Let us remember that greatness
of action depends on two other
kinds OF greatness; on our appre-
citation of the greatness of the occa-
sion when it can be done: It has
been we'll said by an eminent
French writer that the true calling
of Christian is not to do extraor-
binary things, but to do ordinary
things in an extraordinary way
The most ardent tasks can be &C
complished in noble, gentle, regal
spirit, which overrides and puts
aside all petty, paltry feelings, and
which elevates all little things
Graceville Enterprise.
The following essay Oh corns
was written by a young lady
"Corns are of two kinds-vegetable
and animal. Vegetable corns grow
in rows; animal corns grow on toes.
There are unicorns, capricorn, corn
dodger, field corn and corn whis-
key. Gophers do not have corns,
but people having corns do not ego
fur if they can help it. Corns
have kernels, and some colonies
have corns. They say corns are
purchased by tight shoes and boots,
which is probably the reason why
when a man is drunk they say he