The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-03-12

The Cuban flag has three bars of blue, two
bars white, the triangular field is red. with
white star. making the combination red, white
and blue, the cOlors of the United States.
A man who believes in the old saying, "see a
pin and pick it up. and all day long you'll have
good luck" saw a pin in front of the pOst-Office
this morning. Bending down to get it his hat
tumbled off and rolled into the ditch his eye
glasses fell and broke on the pavement. his slls-
penders gave way behind. he burst the button
hole on the back of his sllirt-cOllar, and he all
but lost his new false teeth. He got the pin.
-WynadOt Union.
Prisoners received since last report: John
Anderson who will remain with us four years
and one month, for the crime of forgery in the
second degree; Geo. w. Williams. sentenced to
ten years and one month, and William Morrison,
seven years and one month, both charged with
robbery in the second degree; the above three
from Houston Co. From Hennepin Co., Angus
tas C. Warren convicted of grand larceny in the
first degree, term five years.
The wholesale Irvine dealers of Minneapolis
are complaining because the penitentiary is
price than they can sell the same grade of Irvine
to the dealer. The Irvine plant was established
there for just that purpose. and no one in Min
nesOta will have much sympathy with the
agents of the cordage trust. now that they are
having the screws applied to them. A few years
ago Irvine could not be sold for less than ten
cents per pound; now it is different.-St. James
Plaindeaer.
Two of the convalescents in the hospital were
talking of bacteria and the numerous ills caused
by the deadly micrObe. Later on German pa
tient, who had been an attentive listener to the
dissertation On bacteria, saw a large cockrOach
crawling upon the wall, and turning to fellow
patient, he asked: what you call dat black
bug?" sob, that is a microbe, ," was the answer.
"MicrObe! Colt in hmmel, no wonder man go
ded nit millions of dem bugs crawling around
nit his body" was the excited exclamation of
the disguised German.
For the information of the new arrivals who
come here from week to week. we wish to say if
you want to send THE MIRROR to relatives or
friends, you will be allowed the privilege by
complying with the following rule: Send to this
office your name, register and cell number, also
full address of the person to whom you desire to
cell number or any other matter on your paper;
keep them perfectly clean and place them in your
cell door every Friday evening. Those who do
not send THE MIRROR away will confer favor
by sending them to this office.
There was considerable of a fight on for the
office of superintendent of the st. Cloud Re-
formatory, no less than six ballots being found
necessary before w. II. HOultOn, of Elk River
was elected. The motion to make Mr.. HoultOn's
election unanimous was not carried. There
were several other aspirants for the office, ex'
Sheriff James Eye, of Minneapolis Captain
Compton, assistant bank examiner; M. O. Hall
of Duluth; Alonzo Barto, of st Cloud, and Frank
H. Lemon, of our city, Deputy Warden at the
prison, man who would have made model
superintendent if he had been Selected.-Stil
water Gazette.
All contracts for whiskey advertisements in
the Ledger have expired. and from this date nc
whiskey advertisements shall appear in these
columns at any price. says the Murray Ky.
Ledger. If the saloon people desires to ex
patiate on the merits (?) of any peculiar brand
of their damnation. they can look elsewhere fol
medium through which to eXtol its virtues
The Ledger makes no claim to sanctifcatiOn. but
when saloon keeper tells us that a Sc ad. in the
Ledger has sold for him 81 200 worth of whiskey
it makes us feel that we have been in a small
measure responsible for the damage done, ant
| we promise to ''Sin no more"
To a stranger the Portuguese cOnstables a
| DelagOa bay are source of great annoyance
for they treat all strangers with suspicion. Or
one occasion white man the worse for drinl
was making his way down the street. when hi
suddenly dropped as if shot. doctor was sen
for who, on examination, pronounced him dead
He was removed to the hospital; and the mex
! day. when he was being let down into the grave
| by the curious means prevalent in those part
of drawing the bottom portion of the coffin out
when the body falls through into the grave, HI
awOke through the heavy fall. The cnlooker
bolted, and the supposed dead man made bacl
| to the town, where he was arrested for appear
ing in the streets in unseemly apparel, and re
ceived ten days hard labor.-Sel.
We were speaking of newsbOys when a cit
friend of the Banner man said to us the Othe
day: "DO you know there is something wonder
full and touching in the interest and affection
these little waits manifest toward each other
While passing down the street in Minneapolis
short time ago 1 noticed crowd of newsies on
corner AS drew near / heard one of then
crying and the others trying to comfort him il
his grief. Don't cry, don't cry they said
putting into their words much tenderness an,
solicitude. Then one little fellow stepped up t.
his weeping companion and placing his hand OF
his shoulder said with deep emotion: Dom
cry, please don't cry, don't We know the oil
saying, if We laughs everybody laughs wild We
but when We bowls We howls alone. '''-ROyaltoI
Banner.