The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-04-02
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country in the world, but when there
are any American heiresses to be mar
ried, England is not afraid to put up
her "dukes."- Muncie Pink.
1t was an old negro, who, after being
told the meaning of electrocution,
shook his head sadly and remarked:
"Dem as is 'lectrocuted will dynamo"
This will be explained fully at 3:15
next week.-St. Paul Dispatch.
When the United States has popu-
lation to, the square mile equal to
that of Germany, it will have nearly a
billion people. The possibilities of this
continent are beyond the grasp of the
most exalted Observation-Disclosures
i've Age.
The Iowa legislature has passed a bill
which explicitly states that "a chicken
is an animal" Farmers who have be-
lieved that the chicken was a vegeta-
BILE or mineral probably will be very
grateful for this information. Chi
cago Dispatch.
It's queer how the average man who
takes ever so many chances with the
miscellaneous drinkables which the
bar affords, worries dreadfully for fear
the drinking water his town supplies
him with isn't absolutely pure.-St.
Louis Humorist.
A lawyer sent the following letter
of coincidence to the widow of an edi
tor: 81 cannot tell you how panied |
was to hear that your husband had
gone to heaven. We were bosom friends,
but now can never meet again.; Ma
zeppa Independent.
DIR. Miller, of Crookston, is expert
menting in the delicate matter of sub
shutting a dogs kidney for diseased
human kidney. If it works, DR.. Bright
and his disease will go out of business,
but at the best it is mean trick on the
Minneapolis Journal.
A Belgium judge goes upto the head
of the ermine class. He discharged a
prince who was proven to have been
guilty of several prisonable crimes or
the ground that he was suffering from
hereditary degeneracy and without
penal responsibility" -Decorah Ga.
Public Opinion.
Fashionable New York society is al
in Juror over the cat show scanda
that came to light recently in that city
1t is alleged that a lady cat carried of
prize in gentleman cat class. Tn
ways Of the new woman seem to b.
closely followed by the new cat. Slowl.
but surely us old bewhiskered sinner
> are being pushed into the nine hole.-
u Bloomington Eye.
d An exchange says there is but on
n lawyer in heaven. How he got ther
3. is not positively known; but it is cor
l. jectured that he passed himself off fo
e an editor, and slipped in unexpected!
o When his dodge was discovered the
i, searched the realms of felicity in thei
e length and breadth for another lawye
'e to draw papers of ejectment, but the
d could not find one, and of course b
held the fort.
- Don't you know that newspape
o man could 60 seven days in weel
,f seven times a day and ask differe1
!, people for the news and each tin
- would be told that there was abs
~ lutely nothing going on in town. Whe
10 publication day comes those same pc
!, pie will say, "Well, there isn't muo
- news this week." and then recall a
~ item or two that did not appear ar
49, wonder how it could be that they we
~ omitted. When you know anythir
% of importance that has transpired te
~. 20 the printer every time. That's VIII
~ he is in town for-Mazeppa Indepen
~ ent.
of A pupil in the New London scho
gs writes that when you see a wealth
Id person you are not sure whether
rk got it honestly or not. But when VI
mt see an educated person you may
er. sure that he came by that educate
nd honestly. He could not get it by
of hertance, theft or purchase. A We
ire good thought. 1t carries with 1t t
On, further thought that wisdom exal
NO the man, while the getting of veal
ire so often lowers him. 1t stunts
am finer sensibilities- him simI
ley money-getting machine, and dev
cir ops the keen, hard part of nature. HI
often wealthy men are uncompanle
of able. People avoid them and