The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-11-10
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coachman and one of the tars
jumped on the hind step.
"Git orr therew shouted the coach
man, and being churlish sort of fell
low, he dashed the sailor viciously
across the face with his whip. That
was enough.
In an instant the other eleven blues
had closed around and stopped the trap
the bo'sun's mate in command. "'Ten-
tion!' cried he, and attention there was.
"Dismount the gum he shouted, and
it seemed as if every bluejacket carried
full carpenters outfit. In three min
utes they had taken the wagonette into
172 pieces, and that without so much
as scratching one bit of paint or loos-
ing one solitary screw. They laid them
all out neatly on the road, and the bo-
suns mate, after inspecting the job
cried: "Good! Dismissw
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The elderly man with silk hat and
black alpaca coat did not seem very
much interested in the scientific specu
lations of lady who walked beside
him says the Washington Star.
"Just to Think" she exclaimed, look
ing up into the sky, "of all them starsW
"WeL," he answered, "that's about
all we can do with 'em; just think of
'em."
"Some of 'em may be worlds, you
know"
''No, 1 don't know and neither do
you"
smarter folks than you will ever be,
say Mars is inhabited. And what's
more, the papers thought enough of
what they said to print it,"
"Oh, l amt sayin' it hasn't got peo-
pie on it, all I'm sayin' is that don't
know"
"But think of having great star
hung there in the sky full of people, so
near and yet so far. l wonder what
they are like
Hannah, it seems to me you're sim
ply wasting thoughts. There amt no
use o worrying about it. You can i'm
agine it ali if you want to take the
trouble. You've been around the
country some. And you know the peO-
pie are about the same wherever you
find 'em. They get up anywhere be-
tween daybreak and ten O'clock, and
eat three meals day, on an average,
and tend to business if they're able.
and live off their relations or the com
munity if they amt. They get into
fights and make up agin' and spend
most Of their time trying to get the
best of somebody in a trade. Let's ad-
nit that Mars is full O folks, and let it
go at that. Pm tired of talking"
The nervousness Of bride grOOms
elect is proverbial, but it is not often
that the clerk at Marion is faced by
such flushed and trembling victim as
appeared at the clerks window Tues
day afternoon to procure the necessary
license. He was accompanied by a
friend who gave the clerk the wink,
and the questions that that would be
benedict answered, or rather that he
tried to answer, covered the family his
tory for two or three generations. Fl
nalIy the clerk threw out blank and
said: "Sign that. I'll fill it out and
send it down to you later" The young
man signed with what he thought was
great deliberation, and went away hap
Ply. The next day being the one ap-
pointed for the wedding, he went to
his place of business for "last word"
with the boys, and was staggered to see
hanging on the wall, the certificate he
had signed, framed in black. On closer
inspection he discovered that he had
signed his own death certificate.
We reached the bank of the Republi-
can river to find the stream running
deep and strong, and, sitting on a log
with bland smile on his face, was a
man about so years old. He INDUCED
in a broad grin and chuckle as he sa-
luted, and when asked the cause of his
merriment, he replied:
"It's about the old woman and the
boss, strangers"
"Do you mean your wife?"
81 do. We was going over to Bucks
vile, both on the same boss, and she
was mad and out of sorts. When we
got here and found the riverbank full,
/ SEE to her:
Nancy, the old boss can never take
us across. Let's 60 up to Carter's ford
Carriers ford be hanged sez she.
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