The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-08-25

tenn OF extracting gold from sea water
reached Paris with about million that
came from the pockets of contiding in
vestors. 1t was the most successful
swindle of the season.-Perham Bulle-
| tin.
A great many clergyman gain a rep
utation for eloquence when it is the
flies that keep people awake.-Toledo
Critic.
Those who criticised Bob Evans and
his officers and crew for not holding a
prayer meeting off the coast of Santi-
ago on the 3rd of July overlooked the
fact that they were very busily en-
gagged preying on the enemy.-Glen-
wood Herald.
The editor of Lightning, London,
says that he is in receipt of a commu-
nication from lady in Constantinople
saying that the rerson for backward
ness of matters electrical in Turkey is
that the Sultan cannot discriminate
between dynamo and dynamite, the
second of which he cannot endure
st. Paul Trade Journal.
What's the matter with applying a
little Paris Green to a few of these
humbugs that infest the country. They
are worse than potato bugs to deal
with, because it takes longer to dis.
cover them.-Delavan Herald.
According to DR.. Barry, if the aver
age business man would take tramp
through the woods every morning be-
fore breakfast he would enjoy better
health. Perhaps he would. But why
not go alone? Tramps are not agree
able company, and besides they can
find their own way through the woods.
Arkansas Thomas Cat.
Mark Hanna went through North
Dakota last week on flying passenger
train. Hobos who were following the
train on foot, looking for window coin
were greeted with disappointment
Walsh County Record.
A new York clergyman has been
found to possess three wives. The au-
thorities have about concluded to
take pity on him and send him to pris.
on.-St. Paul Dispatch.
Never speak evil of another to gain
favor, for the harm you do will GER
tainly recoil upon yourself.-M Morgan
Messenger.
If Dewey knew how many pups and
things were named after him, he would
come directly back to this country and
try to have the epidemic stopped
| Waseca Radical.
Spain wonders at the craftsmanship
of our soldiers, evidently unaware of
the fact that in every school in Amer
lea the young idea is taught how to
shoot.-Denver Post.
Men are all cast in the same mouIds
of custom and prejudice, with but few
exceptions. True individuality is as
rare as the returning of good for evil
The Worlds Advance Thought.
The world will never become so wise
but men will will stick their fingers in
the fire and hope they may somehow
escape being burned.-L. A. w. Bulle-
tin.
| When the mastering out begins
punctures of the big heads of the hold
ers of pull" commissions will sound
like broadside of rapid-fire guns
Belle PLANE Herald.
Mckinley might leave our mules in
Cuba just to show his good faith in
establishing stable government
Bede's Budget.
The Boston Beacon, hearing of the
formation of a company to insure the
atrical managers against loss through
the production Of new plays, suggests
publishers insurance company. Such
a concern, if it paid its bills, would
wipe out the money of the world clean
er than an endless chain scheme
Press and Printer.
When woman can seize a burglar
or keep five policeman at bay, as cir
cumstances seem to demand, it looks
as if the time is near when every man
NAV be protected -St TOnis Post dis
patch.
1t is not discreditable to fall. but to
make no attempt to rise is quite an.
other thing.-Farm Stock and Home.
The sheriff who declares he cannot
stop gambling at Hawthorne has said