The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-13

NIL. OdACOII, VI OdllCOU, SOCulS W uotO
been one of those connoisseurs (pro-
nounced cornersewers) that you read
about. Other mems wives was his
speciality. And may the Lord have
mercy on his soul.
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A Woman's dress refOrmer insists
that as long as the ladies wear skirts
they should be treated as Migrants by
the courts, because "they have no visi
BILE means of support"
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Spain, it seems,is not the only cOun-
try which drives it's inhabitants from
their homes and allows them to be.
plundered by dishonest officials. That
commission investigating the conduct
of the war should extend it's inquiry to,
MinnesOta-to Leech Lake.
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Out in Flintstone, COL, the Rev. Mr..
Windstone performed the act which
cemented Miss Wilhelmina Sandstone
to Nehemiah Milestone. If any blast.
ing is done in that home somebody
may get the marble heart.
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The soldiers at Leech Lake saved
their Bacon all right.
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General grief was expressed in St..
Paul and Minneapolis when it was
found that the report that the Indians
had secured those alleged correspond
ents, was not true. We could better
have spared the WI ole four than Major
Wilkinson.
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A number of the Minnesota country
papers seem to be taking their cue
from the daily press in the line of sup
preston of news. 1t would seem as
though the act of suppression itself
would be sufficient, without making a
scare.head announcement that it is be-
ing done.
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So many of the boys have rallied me.
for being bashful in not printing the
fine compliments which The MIRROR
gets, that have decided to show that
modesty is not one of my vices
The PRISON MIRROR edited and
published by the inmates of the Still
water penitentiary, is one of the bright
est papers published not only in the
state but in the country. 1t is ably
written and every item in it is as crisp
as Saratoga chips. The "Hits and
Strikes" column is the admiration of
the newspaper men who are lucky
enough to have THE MIRROR on their
exchange liSt.-St. James Gazette.
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"PatrOniZe home industries" said
St. Paul man the other day. and i'm.
mediately after sat down ON fly paper
and got stuck. There is a moral con-
cealed somewhere in the neighborhood
of that f1y-paper. Some home indus
tries imagine that they have license to
"stick' people just because they are
"home." 1t is the principle of protec-
ton carried into the community.
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A Colorado farmer named Wyle has
five pretty daughters, and now it is
claimed that the young men in the
neighborhood have got in the habit of
going out to the Wyle farm to Wyle
away the moonlight evenings.
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The only time contemptuOus con-
temporary ever pays his able rival
across the way compliment is when.
it is known that the a. r. is on vaca-
ton and the devil in charge. The c. c..
then takes occasion to remark upon
"the unusual brightness and improved
tone of our neighbor."
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Judge-Were you born in wedlock?
Defendent-No, sir. / was born in,
Chicago.
THE MIRROR has one of the greatest
labor saving devices on record. Its ed
itor sets up the editorials himself with
out writing them. This does not i'm
prove the editorials.
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No, Hannah, l. Etoil du Nord has
nothing to do with digging potatoes at
North Branch. 1t isn't that kind of
toll.
Y X
A new sickness has broken out in
New York it is called tabledotage, and
it's symptoms are constant hunt for
the best Is cent meal.
TX
Sometimes letter drops out of
form and a sentiment is improved.