The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-10
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'Spose that Spain should pull the trigger
'Twouldn't be much sport;
Rusty gun and drowsy niger
There's your southern fort!
Atlanta Constitution
If all men were honest, LAWYERS
would have to be still more dis
honest in order to ive.-Up-To-
Date.
The struggle some girls make to,
be beautiful is nothing compared
to the efforts of certain beauties to-
be girls. -Up-To-Date.
A man in Oregon was found.
after death, to have a heart as large
as an OK. There is no doubt but
what he was an editor. Monte
video Commercial.
One great trouble about doing
some men a favor: they 60 swell
ing around telling their relatives.
how they worked you for a chump..
Bloomington (Ill.) Eye.
There are some men SO disrepu-
table that it is a discredit to hold
them as friends, therefore if you
must have enemies let them be of
this class. A man may be esti-
mated by the character of his enc
mies.-St. Paul Odd Fellow Re-
view.
A Boston professor of physical
culture says that man is more fleet
footed today than in any previous
age of the world. This is proba-
bly, due to the fact that the men
of no other age had as many bill
collectors to run from.-St. Louis
(Mo.) Humorist.
Oddities and singularities Of be-
havior may attend genius. When
they do they are it's misfortunes
and it's blemishes. The man of
true genius will be ashamed of
them; at least, he will never affect
to distinguish himself by whimsical
peculiarities.- Boston Budget.
In England there is a reward of
from FL to Is for the apprehen--
sion of a man that deserts his wife
and children, the law rating such a
husband at less than a sheep. In
this country they elect such men
to Office for the purpose Of reform
ing them and keeping them re-
formed.-Slayton Gazette.
The older we grow the more we
begin to realize the extent of the
vice and the rottenness Of the
world, not only among the lower
classes but also among the upper
ten. A noble calling has indeed
he chosen who spends his life for
the betterment and elevation of his
fellow men. The largest part Of
humanity flies here and there in
search of sensational enjoyment
while others are SO engrossed in
their money getting schemes, that
between the two classes there are
too few who really have realized
the true purpose of life--to do
their share in making the world
better. London Times.
Avoid litigation at all times. 1t
is most expensive luxury. Even
if you gain your case the costs are
generally SO large, the victory has
no pecuniary value. If people
would be a little more explicit in
their bargains and more tolerant
with their neighbors, there would
be no need Of litigation. This
everlasting sin, because your neigh
Dor fires a gun illegally, affords but
little satisfaction to the winner
after the lawyers are paid. Act
honestly with all people. Harbor
no revenge or malice, and there
will be but little need of lawsuits
between neighbors.-Kasson Re-
publican.
The time to show your good will
and charity towards man is when
he is struggling against great adj
versities; when everything seems
dark and hopeless, and there are
many to condemn and few to speak
good word in his behalf: when
misfortunes pile up in his life thick
and fast until his very existence is
one great struggle against over
towering calamities is the time to
speak a friendly word or lend
helping hand. When everything
is lovely and nothing goes wrong,
when the sky of life is without
cloud and everything seems bright
and cheerful and he has nothing to
struggle with, is time when man
can take care of himself and no
words Of yours can make him much