The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-24
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IT'S said that poetry and wine are very nea,
allied.
always feel poetic when have it by my side.
For when I've got bottle of the best old bour-:
bon nigh,
Oh. then's the 'wtching moment when the
swallows hOmeward f1y.'
feel as imbibe the sweet, invigOrating nips
''Our spirits rush together at the touching of
the lips
What wonder that ! gaze upon its bloom and
sadly sigh
When 1 recall the headache that is 'cominT
through the rye
L. A. w. Bulletin.
It is poor rule that will not
work both ways, but it is a worse
one that will not work either way.
-Up-To-Date.
When man is going down hill
he finds the attraction of gravita-
ton and the encouragement of the
public a great help to him.-Elgin
Free Press.
When you want bell boy you
push the button and the boy will
take rest. Don't ring but once
you might wake him up.-Elgin
GIL Every Saturday.
It is always we'll to know when
to speak. Even the best advice
often falls in dangerous places.
And then it is always fruitless to-
pour water in a sieve.-Mazeppa
Independent.
Adversities in youth are often
blessings in disguise. It is not
luxury and a life of ease, but the
rugged experience and the trials
Of life that develop the character
in man. It has been truly said
that "the school of adversely grad
yates the ablest pupils, and the
hill of difficulty is the best of all
constitutional for the strength
ening of the mental backbone
Atwater Republican.
Some people have great sympa-
thy for the heathens in some out
of-the-way part of the country, but
when approached and asked to,
contribute something for deserv-
ing neighbors at home, they act as
though they we're being held up
by highwaymen, and dodge by
pleading poverty, or by saying ''let
them hustle for living" and per-
haps at the next corner donate $40
for the heather fund.-Litchfeld
News Ledger.
There are 10 things for which no,
one has ever been sorry. These
are: For doing good to all; for
speaking evil of none: for hearing
before judgment: for thinking be-
fore speaking; for holding all
angry tongue; for being kind to-
the distressed; for asking pardons-
for all wrongs; for being patient
toward everybody: for stopping
your ears to tale bearer; for dis
believing most of the i'll reports
Shell Lake wis., Waterman.
Wanted, friend: One who will
recognize me when [ am compelled
to wear patched pants: who will
take my hand as | am sliding
down hill instead of giving me
kick to hasten my descent; who
will lend me dollar without two
dollars security; who'll come to
me when l am sick; who will put
off his coat and fight for me when
odds are two to one; who will talk
of Inc behind my back as he talks
to my face. Such friend is
wanted by ten thousand times ten
thousand human beings through
out the whole world.-Duluth
Hustler.
Did you ever hear tell of a man
trying to lift an unfortunate wom-
an when she falls from the high
pedestal Of honor and virtue. We
think not. When once she falls
from her high and honorable posi-
ton she lands into a hell from
which no human hand will stoop
to lift her out. Husband, father.
brother and son alike are deaf to
her agonizing cries for mercy, and
thrust her from their sight But
on the other hand we have seen
men fall as low as it were possible
for. men to fall, seen the wife pull
her husband from the gutter and
press him to her heart as though
he was a god; seen the wife follow
husband through life in one con-
slant whirl Of misery, and when
by the gates of hell they are sep