The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
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A trusty pen, a good broad table,
Ream of paper, and cable
These four essentials do comprise
A list of Spanish war supplies.
Cincinnati Enuuir
Cincinnati Enquirer.

Jonah seems to be giving the
theologians of today pretty nearly
as much trouble as he gave the
whale in the days Of Nineveh.-
Philadelphia Press.
Because a young man wears a
large chrysanthemum on his but
toned coat is no sure sign that he
has on a clean shirt Portland
Welcome.
A Baltimore woman has sued
for divorce because her husband
refuses to give up his club. Why
doesn't she hit him Diff with
hers and take it away from him.
Minneapolis Times.
In taking the religious census of
a neighboring town, one man, on
being asked his religious procliv-
tiles, replied that he was "a Bap-
fist, with a leaning towards Chris
tianity. "-Centralia Fireside Guard.
A bill has been introduced in
the Texas legislature to prohibit
the manufacture and sale of fire.
arms in the state. It will become
a law about the same time the prize
fighting is tabooed in Nevada, dis
tilling is suspended in Kentucky,
and boodling is punished in Chi
cago.-Portland Welcome.
A Michigan minister killed two,
cats on his pulpit last Sunday by
placing nicotine on their tongues
in order to show the evil effects of
tobacco. It is not presumed that
another cat in the whole state of
Michigan will ever again be caught
chewing tobacco.-Centralia Fire
side Guard.
A prisoner was received at the
penitentiary Tuesday from White
side county under sentence of
eighty years for stealing chickens.
The man made a mistake in his,
chosen vocation. If he had hired
out as president or cashier of
bank and stolen everything in
sight, he would have got off with
six months in jail.-Joliet Record.
Trial by jury is a lottery-a.
mere chance affair. One jury of
IL men will decide a case one way;
another full jury will decide case
exactly like the other the opposite
way. The verdicts in the Wolf
cases furnish an illustration of this
fact. Trial by jury may be a
palladium" but it is very un--
certain and unsatisfactory one
Portland Welcome.
II am happily able to prove" re-
marked the counsel for the defense,
"that my client is kleptomaniac.
To that end, if it please the court,
[ submit in evidence the deeds in
her name to 100000 worth of I'M
incumbered real estate and gilt
edged securities to the amount of
another 100000. We rest" The
jury found a verdict of acquittaE
without leaving their seats.-De--
troit Tribune.
Another Spanish outrage! Co.
mez has been lured to his wound
ing and serious discontinue by
treachery! The commander of the
Cuban patriots got a bullet in the
same hole that was made by Span
ish sharpshooters last year. Oh! the
cruel Weyler! to shoot a man.
twice in the same hole! And the
horse was killed under him-per-,
haps the very one that was killed
under him last year. If so, it
shows that these blood-thirsty
Spaniards can be guilty Of cruelty
to man and beast. Our blood,
boils.-Western Waterman.
The moaning plant of the male
sex because SO many young women
go into other lines of life than that
Of housekeeping, when specifically
considered, seems justified. The
unvarnished truth, however, is,
that very few men are worth mar
rying. Mentally contrast, if you
will, the young men of your &C
quaintance with the brave girls
who earn their own livelihood, and
convince yourself, if you can, that
the former, immoral, profane, to-
bacco-burning lot, are worthy Of
the latter. When the general
run" of young men become clean
hearted, industrious gentlemen,
the female labor problem will in
great part solve itself in that fine