The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-07-07
HITS AND STRIKES.
Oh where is Camara of CadiZ
Whose dons we're the Joy of the ladiZ?'
He's gone down to SueZ
But he can't pay the dueZ

But he can't the duez
And the fleet it will end up in Hadz.
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There is surplus of information in
our exchanges about how to get new
bonds. AS far as we are concerned we
have more bonds in stock now than we
really need. Minnesota twenty-year
bonds are good enough for us.
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At the meeting Of the Bankers in st.
Paul Mr.. Geo. w. Burton, of La Crosse,
read paper, in which he started out
with the assertion that the first banker
and originator of the system of bank
ing was unknown. Mr.. Burton is mis-
taken. The name of Judas Ischariot
will always be remembered ON account
of having inaugurated the main ideas
of banking One of his precepts-that
Of finally suspendlng-is still much in
vogue among bankers
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Poetry is not much use on the
Fourth, and there are complaints here
and there about Burns being too much
in evidence.
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Col. Thenuz Boolitzer, of the World,
has cabled Dashit Blanco an offer of
umty-seven thousand dollars year as
circulation liar. Let the war go on.
Xxx
Col. Bill Snort of Texas, who has
two sons in New York regiment, re-
marked to them on parting: "Y on boys
ought to be On glad you haven't got
Yankees to fight as your pa had"
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The O. 2. News has a poet who
sings,
Twill turn her socks and stomach. then
Turner Junction sick.
Du tell, now; want to know.
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The Cleveland Leader and the Wash
ington Post have revived the contro-
versy as to whether the United States
are or is. The St Paul Globe says they
am. Yes, they be.
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Mr.. Critic-The Mirror is a Mime
sofa institution and only Minnesota
papers can crib squibs by the half
dozen from il with impunity. Don't
let the Blade catch you at it. You've
got to Toledo different life.
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AlphOnsO XIII. has no more ships to
dock, so he is going to dock the tail of
his dog 1t also has barnacles on it.
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The pops carried the country on
the Fourth. 1t wont be so easy next
time they try it.
Xxx
Bjorne Bjornson, Bjornstjerne Bjor-
nson's son has been appointed director
of a theatre at Christiania.
Good blob. Good bjoy!
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A rich man can win law suit
against poor man easily, but when
woman with an alleged injury to re-
dress drags him into court, he doesn't
stand any more show than Jew in
hades with gun-cOttOn night gown.
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In these days of regattas and college
boat races, it will be we'll for amateur
sailors to remember the nautical rule
that brindle bull coming down on,
the port-tack, close. hauled, has the
right of way.
They made terrible lot of Spanish
fly down in Santiago the other day.
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The inhabitants of Boston will now
move out of their root cellars.
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There is reserved seat in hades for
the man who invented the "silent sys-
tenn" This was never fully apparent
to us until we read the account of the
fall of Cervera. We believe that under
becomes "cruel and unusual punish
ment' which is prohibited by the con-
stitution Of the United States.
The editor of the great German CON-
zeal paperKladderadatch is in prison for
having made fun of Kaiser Bill. at
takes good Christian to be good
soldier" said Bill The editor merely
let loose a horse laugh. Hence there
are now two great editors in prison.
OxO
The last reverberatiOns of the Dewey
morning doggerel are coming in from