The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-22
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Some men think they are medi-
tating deeply every time they fold
their hands and roll up their eyes.
N. Y. Press.
St. Paul has arrested another
bank officer. This thing will go
on until something happens
Minneapolis Evening Press.
Weyler recognizes the power and
influence Of women. He is arrest
ing every feminine Cuban that can
be reached.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Gen. Weyler is said to have sent
to the home government photo
graph of himself taken in the act
of ''pacifcating" a non-combatant
with an aXe.-St. Paul Dispatch.
'Them eggs is mighty derned
DID," remarked Uncle Swayback to
the waiter. ''I'll bet them's the
lays of ancient Rome I've heard
tell Of. "-Nebraska State Journal.
Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like unto the lily, but that
fact doesn't prevent many women
nowadays from trying to outshine
the Easter flower st. Louis Re-
public.
In view of the possibility of
war with Spain, brave men who
feel satisfied with the laurels they
won during our little unpleasant
ness, would do we'll to be looking
uptheir old substitutes Tammany
Times.
Women in Burmah propose to,
men whom they seek in marriage,
and when they tire of them di-
vorce can be had for the asking.
Boats run regularly between the
United States and Burmah.-St.
Paul Globe.
If Greece will just keep Turkey
busy enough to stop the massacre
of Christians for a few days, George
can have the best forty acres of
government land in North Dakota.
when it is all over.-St. Paul Dis
patch.
A Minneapolis man had his wife
arrested for assault and battery be-
cause she battered down with an
axe door behind which he had
presumably locked a few skeletons
of his own. Just where the as
sault came in. unless on the skele-
tons, aforesaid, is not clear.-Min-
neapolis Tribune.
1t is reported that Spain is
evacuating Cuba. There is an APP
pearance of it, but it will not do to
be too certain of it until Weyler
gets out with the last regiment.
Spain may be Withdrawing 10000
men to save them from the fatali-
ties of the rainy season and yellow
fever and will send them back
again. Her case is hopeless, how
ever. 1t is only necessary to con-
tinue Weyler in command until
next autumn and the game will be
up in Cuba.-Minneapolis Journal
Citizens of Garrard County.
Kentucky, have recently destroyed
number of tollgates, and their
action in this respect has met with
little popular reprobation. These
turnpike raiders, encouraged by
this lack of censure, have now be-
gun to destroy fields of tobacco
and to notify growers of that ar
ticle that they must reduce their
crops to one third Of last years
product. Lawlessness grows fat
by feeding on itself Anarchy is
the parent of anarchy.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
In little city Of Ohio public
sentiment was aroused recently on
the subject Of slot machines: and
crusade against them revealed
more than seven hundred in the
town, the most of them stationed
in saloons and billiard halls. The
combined receipts of these ma
chimes, chiefly gambling devices,
ranged from eight to fifteen dollars
a day,-a ponderous yearly total
drawn without other than harmful
compensation from the living and
spending money of men and boys.
No wonder that for many of them
times have been "hard.' '-Yonths'