The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-06-16
HITS AND STRIKES.

HITS AND STRIKES.
His many admirers will be pleased to
hear that Capt. Chas. King, the charm
ing writer of stories of army life, has
been made brigadier general of vol
unteerS.
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The United States always resented
as barbarOus the action on the part,
of the British in stirring up the savage
redskins to fight against us in 1776 and
1872. But now, hundred years later
in this civilized end of the nineteenth
century, Uncle Sam goes into cahoots
with the benighted half breeds in Cuba
and the uncivilized aborigines in the
Philippines, in order to lick old Spain,
which he can do alone with one hand
tied behind him.
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1t is only high and omniscient New
York magazines that hold up their
noses at "stale ethical principles"
though it must be confessed that the
ethical principles of Jesus Christ are
beginning to be considered somewhat
stale by his alleged followers.
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Some people, Gen. Miles among 9TH
ers, have taken it into their heads late
ly to laud the Turkish soldiers, as be-
ing the best in the world, mainly be-
cause they do not drink. There is no
denying the bravery of the Turks, but
as for holding them up as examples of
morality, people generally would rather
see man take few drinks every day
than to know him to be a votary of the
kind of uncomfortable vice that almost
every Turkish soldier practices.
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Having solved all the problems and
propositions of the thirteen books of
Euclid, the festive college graduate
will now tackle the famous ''bread and
butter" problem.
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A district judge in the United States
is more powerful than the queen of
England. He is not bound to respect
any law In fact, if the law does not
suit him be just simply side tracks it
and plays lone hand.
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There is drawback about this war.
When we have licked poor old Spain we
will get SO swelled that it won't be pos
sible to live in the same fiat with us.
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One of our foreign exchanges, which
by the way is strictly temperance, has
Cervera in snuffbox, instead of hav-
ing him 80 ottled up" Prosit, Herr
Sampson.
TX
Some OF the alleged special kilograms
in the daily papers show a wonderful
ingenuity on the part OF the poor spe-
cial correspondent, who is trying his
best to keep up the interest in the al
legged war. One of the latest is that
the United States government has sent
special letter to Admiral Cervera for
bidding him to sink or destroy his
ships, because we want them.
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A man was recently sent to prison in
one of the central states for eighty
years for stealing chickens. He made
a grave mistake. He should have come
to Minnesota and got elected city treas
urer. Then he could have stolen $780,
900 and only get four months in the
county Jail, with pardon at the end
for fear he would lose his chances of
reelection.
Many of our constituents will be
sorry to hear that Congress has placed
a stamp tax on bank checks. Thus
further obstacles are placed in the way
of the gentle passer OF checks. Just
as if safety paper, check perforators.
and the National Bankers Association
were not discouragements sufficient.
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The yellow fever has spread and
seven cases of people being down with
it are reported from Louisiana. It is
a wonder this has not happened before,
with the New York Journal getting
out seventy-nine extras day and no
war news.
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At the Omaha exposition there are
no less than two midways. Is this to.
keep the middle of the-roaders out of
both?
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l have often wondered on reading
the special cables and so forth in the
daily papers if their cables all are con-.