The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-12-31
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Is of a curious sort;
Under this stone lies Colonel Gill,
Who always drank a quart.
Atlanta Constitution.
The man who has the happiest
New Year is the man who didn't
have too merry a Christmas. Min
neapolis Journal.
The man who RECEIVERS from an
attack of malaria by the use of
quinine can boast of one bitter ex-
perience.-Up-To-Date.
''Be sure you are right and then
go ahead" is an excellent motto.
but there are people who would
not go Alright, even were the way
made clear-Montgomery Mes
senger.
Nowadays it is too warm for the
coal men and too cold for the ice
men, SO that the patient and long.
suffering public at last tastes the
sweets OF revenge.-New Y DIRK Com
merclal Advertiser.
Would it not be to the point for
the ''lovers of liberty at Joliet,
Anamosa, Waupun and Saltwater
to adopt resolutions that more room
and more air are conducive to
health ST. Paul Globe.
If cooking is a prerequisite to
woman's marriage, saving wood
should be considered mans ordeal
The editor Of this intellectual
search light saws no wood but cuts
much ice just the same.-Bloom-
ington Gil. Eye.
Do not seek revenge for wrongs
you have suffered, for, by so doing,
you lower yourself to the standard
of the one who wronged you. Pass
it over and you are by far the
superior of the one who wronged
you.-Pine Island Record.
Be sure your sin will find you
out" and though you may elude
justice here below and fatter your
self on your shrewdness and cum
ming, there is awaiting you an in
vestigation and trial before Judge
from Whose decision there is no
appeal, from Whose court there is
no change of venue.-Maple Lake
Messenger.
A Kentucky judge charged a
jury the other day as follows: IF
you believe what the counsel for
the plaintiff has told you, your
verdict will be for the plaintiff: if
on the other hand, you believe
what the defendants counsel has
told you, you will give verdict
for the defendant. But if you are
like me and don't believe what
either of them said, | don't know
what you will do" The jury disa-
greed. st. Louis HumOrist.
Self control, however, difficult at
first, becomes, step by step, easier
and more delightful. We possess
mysteriously a sort of a dual nature
and there are fewer triumphs or
more delightful sensations than to.
obtain thorough command of ones $
self. No one really fails who does
his best and we should have no
thought or worry for the future
but should simply apply ourselves,
to the fulfillment of each days
duty as it comes to us.-Minne-~
apolis Mirror.
If you have a guest at your party
and he looks as bored as an Indian
tobacco sign, don't imagine he is
not having a good time. 1t is the
latest style to get look on your
face indicative of indifference to-
everything going on around you
Never smile OF laugh or cry. They
make wrinkles, and show that you
are not in the latest fashion. The
man who is strictly in it has
poker look in his face, and imi-
tates the Indian tobacco sign to
such perfection that the real
wooden Indian looks intelligent
in comparison. -Arkansaw Thomas
Cat.
Waves of crime" OF any other
kind Of waves prosperity, content
ment, love-do not sweep over the
country unless propelled by some
mighty force behind them. The
nature of that force corresponds
exactly with the result it produces.
If a wave of prosperity overspreads
the land, it is safe to say that the
people Of the land are united.
Rich and poor join hands, SO to
CDnak in tho labor Of love and the