The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-02-11

they contain, the farther you can
hear them-Tammany Times.
Several women have recently
gone to mining They ought to
get along, as when woman starts
in earnest to dig up things she
generally does it. dorchester Post.
To brood over the past is to lose
courage for the future. Bury deep
your mistakes, and your sins, if
need be, and try to do better. It
is never too late to mend. -Kas-
son Republican.
By the aid of glass New York
sailor says he recently saw tur-
tie as large as man of war. We
feel sure that he couldn't have
done that by the aid of only one
glass. saltwater journal.
If man talks about others he
is ii gossiper: if he talks about him
self he is an egotist: if he talks,
about the weather he is very tire
some. Does any one really know
what he can talk about to be salts
factory South Superior Sun.
From the birth of the republic.
down to the present day, the sa-
loon has been the training school
for the great army Of social out
casts who prey upon the health
and thrift of the land. and who
are a constant menace to the social
and political life of the govern
ment.- Western Christian Ad1o-
cate.
A woman may wear her hat
knocked into any shape, OF Knocked
entirely out of shape. and nobody
INDUCES in any insinuations
Everybody says it's perfectly
heavenly, but if a man wears his
hat a little on one side of his head.
he is branded Immediately as an in
ebriate and a tough. Why is this
thus?- st. Louis HumOrist.
1t is a curious matter to us how
the law can excuse drunkenness
when it fails to recognize ignor-
ance. Ignorance is misfortune
which men cannot help. while
drunkenness is fault which should
not even be tolerated. much less
excused. as it is a crime itself Just
as much as forgery. on burglary, or
murder is crime. For shame =
st. Peter journal.
There is said to be one editor in
heaven. How he got there is not
known, but it is con ectured that
he passed himself off for minis
ter. and stepped in unexpectedly.
When the dodge was discovered
they searched the realms of felic-
ity in all their length and breadtl
for a lawyer to draw up the neces-
sary. papers for his ejectment, but
they couldn't find one. and of
course he held the fort - Brecken-
ridge Telegram.
Suppose man standing on the
caboOse of a freight train moving
at the rate of thirty miles an hour
holding in his hand a rifle of
equal velocity of charge should at
a given signal fire at the engine
from the position occupied will.
or not the ball strike the cab?
This is mOoted question. and one
that may cause you to stop and
philosophers And suppose he
should reverse positions and fire
at an object directly i'll the rear of
the moving train, where will the
ball go? Will it drop directly from
the muzzle of the gun. or will it
hit the object aimed at? Now you
students of philosophy just phil
osophize on this little Morris
Tribune.
AS with the slow boy in class.
whose chance to spell has passed
him before he knows it has reached
him, SO it is with us. The hurry
ing years tarry for nothing. We
are not afflicted with a feeling UNI
common to men, when we rub our
eyes to see if it is fact that q
whole year has passed since the
blare of horns frightened off the
ghost of 1895. All the generations
before us have felt the same alarm.
Yet the past and the present are
filled with lives that have accom-
plished much, though subject to
the same on-rush. Bear in mind