The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-02-25
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The poems of the early spring
The editor doth greet:
They warm the cookies of his heart,
To say nothing of his feet.
Detroit Journal,

The editor doth greet;
They warm the cookies of his heart,
To say nothing of his feet.
Detroit Journal,
If Mr.. Cleveland has saved $685.
600 during his present term he is.
to be congratulated. The rest of
the people have lost.-New York
Press.
Some one of the Minneapolis
papers seems to be working that
old scheme of sending the office
devil out to kill man and then
writing it up to fill space.-Pine
County Courier.
A Minneapolis man INDUCED in
wood alcohol and died before
"breakfast.'' A man is foolish to
drink wood alcohol when he can
get gasoline for four cents per
quart. Waterville Advance.
A Connecticut man announces
that he has at last solved the prob
lem Of perpetual motion. He has
probably got hold of New York
detective hunting up a clue in
case of burglary .-Tammany
Times.
A painter recently did a rural
scene SO nearly like life for
theater that a horse connected with
travelling troupe ate it, thinking
it was real grass. So it appears a
man can occasionally do his work
too well.-St. Paul Globe.
During his lifetime Horace
Greeley, the great editor, was es-
pecially severe in his denunciation
of horse thieves, and now that he
has passed away degenerate rela-
tive is under arrest in California
for this offense. Mankato Review.
A state university medic per-
formed an operation on a dog and
by mistake, it is alleged, sewed up
a sponge in him. The dog died
and it is considered a good joke.
Had it been human animal the
joke would have been a good one
on the doctor, too, but it would
not have obtained currency out
side of medical circles Minneap-
oils Journal.
On leaving this country the
other day Yvette Guilbert graci-
ously gave reporter talk about
herself, in the course of which she
remarked: II began six years ago,
very modestly, and see what I have
done.'' The main thing she seems
to have done in connection with
the alleged modest beginning was
to make a radical correction of the
early mistake Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The hard times at present make
men desperate and when they see
the press Of the country giving ac-
counts Of how nearly half a million
of dollars is spent to dance the
light fantastic in one night, they
make a comparison of the number
of homeless, half starved people,
who could not procure the price of
bed or morsel of bread to eat,
and it fires their inner nature
Centralia (MO.) Fireside Guard.
A citizens committee, appointed
to wait upon Diogenes to request
of him that he should run for
mayor of Athens, was asked by
the philosopher: "And wherefore
should L? In what respect have
shown any special qualification for
the honor of being a candidate?'
"You have barrel y remarked the
committee, but Diogenes, not be-
ing acquainted with the political
methods of the time, failed to see
the point and declined to rum
Puck.
Contrary to common opinion, it
is evident that human nature is
not entirely carnal, if fairly treated.
Chicago recently set forth a nota-
BILE proof of this in the fact that
with the furnishing Of food to her
starving thousands crime decreased
in an astonishing degree. Poverty
is the real father Of evil deeds.
Make a man poor enough and he
becomes either a helpless clod or
a self-helping thief, and, right or
wrong most people consider the
latter phase the more honorable of
the two. Up-To-Date is believer
in the basic decency of humanity,
and that good conditions inevita-
bly, give off good results. For this