The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-07-07
LITERARY NOTES.

Inc war mas broken out IN new
spot. Walter Hurt, Of Cleveland has
pulled Gatling Gun on the bong tong
of that town, and is doing his best to
out-Brann Brann. How | envy him.
There is nothing so glorious for a
newspaper man as to put his feet under
his own desk, and take a chunk of
caustic potash and cauterize the tester
ing sores of society. 1t has its draw
backs, however. There's Brann. He's
dead Shot in the back. | tried it my
self once in a temperance town IL Ne
braska. There is Washington hand
press and two hundred pounds of bre
vier in the LOup river to this day. My
advice to you, Mr.. Hurt, is to always
wear low shoes. 1t is sure preventive.
1t would also be good thing to call
the attention of the signal service de-
partment to the fact that GomOrrah is
located on Lake Erie, so that notice
may be given to Toledo and Sandusky
Of any seismic disturbances Success
short of ammunition. AS Balsac said
Of his Contes Drolatiques, "Its a work
of art"
Food for Thought, Rare and Well
Done, value $500, price five cents. a
brochure composed Of original selec-
tions from the L. y. w. Bulletin and
Good Roads. On the front cover is a
picture of Billy OBrien standing be-
fore range, dressed in third grade
st. Cloud suit. The publisher respect
fully hypothecates it to the man who
sold the paper, and makes an effort to
get along without preface, bnt failed.
1t is full of funny squibs, and while
$500 might be somewhat high for it,
it is certainly bargain at five cents.
The ''Siglo Future" ascribes the ma
tive revolution in the Philippines to
Freemasonry. The statement has
seemed quaint, but it has the merit of
being exact. At Cavite there is-or
was-a lodge known as the Primera
Luz-the First Light. Affiliated
branches are uncomfortable throughout
the archipelago. In all there are near.
ly two hundred. Each branch is rev.
olutionary center. In earlier days the
fragmentary state in which the tribes
subsisted precluded any idea of ma
tional unity. The solidarity which was
lacking FreemasOnry brought. To the
natives the rites represented a form of
sorcery fresher and even more mysteri-
Gus than ancestral superstitiOns. The
enthrallment of the unknown, captured
the most influential among them at
once. They found in the brotherhood
dlgnities which theycraved, ceremonies
which appealed, and unimagined
opportunities to rebel. In her three
hundred years OF dominion Spain failed
to touch the native heart. There is
one Of her Oversights. Where she has
not massacred, she has alienated.
She repels and never endears. AS
consequence, when it was found that
FreemaSOnry, IN addition to other
charms, offered opportunities at table
turning, the later were not suffered to
go to waste. Once introduced-and
introduced through processes too COM
pick for recital here-it spread, and, in
spreading, developed into vast associ-
alton known today as the Katipaun,
which in some respects presents curl
Gus resemblance to the Ku- Klux-K Khan,
and of which the watchword is Hasta
la Muerte and the significance hatred
of Spain.-Collier's Weekly.
"Her Successful Ruse: How a fem
mime Bull.fghter and her Husband
Won Fortune" by Hewitt Darrell, is