The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-06
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1EMCy. Co., 1891 S<H.
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Fifty-one people in Massachu-
sets blew out the gas last year and
entered the gilded portals Of the
peaceful hereafter in consequence.
Yet they say Massachusetts, spends
more per capita for public libraries
than any other state.-Up-To-
Date.
In this country the hard times
have prevented many a man from
marrying, and in Persia the hard
times have caused the Shah to re-
duce his line of wives to sixty
three. Verify, one touch of nature
makes the world charlottesville
Courier-J Journal.
A man was recently hanged for
murder in southern Kansas. and
now the person for whose alleged
murder he was executed has re-
turned safe and sound. The only
murder committed was by the law.
and the tragedy supplies a fresh
argument against capital punish
ment.-Dubuque Telegraph.
Judge-Are you aware of any
mitigating circumstances in your
case?
Criminal-Yes, my lud: this is
the sixtieth time 1 have been ar
rested for vagrancy, and [ thought
that perhaps we might get up
little diamond jubilee. -Pearson's
Weekly.
st. Paul has a bank vice-presi-
dent in Jail. The vice-president
of one of the busted banks is now
looking out through the bars wait
ing for his friends to put up the
security necessary for his bail, and
they seem to find some difficulty
in finding it. In this particular
instance, the delay might be
proftably taken advantage Of by
the individual detained in re-
fecting upon how he got there
Minneapolis Journal.
Oh, dear, but are not our laws
most impartial, and our goddess of
justice thoroughly blind, by regu-
lation, of course. When a poor
starving man steals a small sack of
-four to prevent his starving wife
and little ones dying of hunger. he
is, by our good, impartial law
called "a thief" but when a big
banker robs and swindles hundreds
of poor people, his act is called by
our same, impartial law, an ''irreg-
ularity." And SO it is, and SO it
goes, and SO every body ought to
respect our very impartial laws,
which are no respecter Of persons.
Oh, dear no, not they.-Belle Plain
Herald.
The debasing effect of SCOTS
lords and ladies is nowhere stronger
than in young ladies' colleges III
the United States. Girls there i'm
agine that persons who live in old
castles and sleep in rooms hung
for hundreds of years with tapestry
must be far above the ordinary
level. Their dream is to become.
through dollars and feminine
charm, mistresses of these impos-
ing abodes, and bear the titles
connected with them. An Ameri-
can lady married to a prosaic
British nobleman with a eupho-
NOUS title had filled her magma
ton with thoughts Of Kenilworth
She was more than disappointed
to find that Earls were not belted
and that Howard could be 2
matter-of-fact burly person, fond
of plain food, and plain in all his
ways.-London World.
The Czar's order, that convicts
sentenced to Siberia shall hence
forth be carried by rail instead Of
being forced to march thousands
of miles on foot, is in the direction
of mercy, and will be received as
an encouraging sign of progress i'll
one of the least progressive gov
ernments on earth. The stories
told of the convicts' railway jour
neys make them seem bad enough
in all conscience, but they are
better than the marching of gangs
of men and women, shackled to-
gether. for weeks and months. al