The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-10-06

Pieces of the gun were found 200 feet
away, but no pieces of the bank have
yet been located, although committee
of citizens are looking for them over in
Wisconsin.
Z. S. Editor Langum wasn't around
when the gun busted and consequently
was not caught in that wreck.
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Some of the Populistic spell-binders.
are using considerable Irvine.
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Some of our exchanges persist in COM
pairing me with j. Adam Bede. There
is at least one similarity which they
have overlooked. We seem both to
have been open to conviction.
XXX
If you want to be considered thor
oughbred you must always smile when
you lose. This is very simple-if you
happen TO think of it at the time.
*
1t is now said that Lillian Russell is
going to take gold cure. She has be-
come slave to the marriage habit.
Xxx
There is town in Texas by the name
of Blanket. This is probably corrup-
ton Of the Original--it.
**a.
One of our exchanges refers to me as
"the scholarly editor" Yes, indeed, L
can swear in thirteen different lang
uages, but I'm little out of practice
just at present.
Xxx
And speaking about swearing, it is
indeed fact that of every language [
know, except my mothers; the first
words [ learned would be the "cuss'
words.
TX
The st. Paul Dispatch admits that
Col. Thomas Lowry is one of the great
est hog packers in the world. He's in
the street car business in St. Paul and
Minneapolis, you know.
**s
Is not man who makes mountain
out of a mOlehill a public benefactor
as we'll as he who makes two blades of
grass grow where only one formerly
grew?
Xxx
Talk about your typogl aphical er
rors. A st. Paul paper the other day
referred to one of the prominent
churches of that city as the House Of
Hop.
Xxx
There are several regiments of i'm
munes in Cuba who don't seem to-
immune very much just at present.
@*#
The trouble with the tobacco trust
seems to be that it has not been able to
bite off all it could chew.
Xxx
One of my constituents informed me
the other night that he was absolutely
assured that the Spaniards would throw
a bull con into our peace commission
ers. He probably has some reference
to the Spanish love of bull fights.
Xxx
A delegate to a political cOnve ntiOn
had his wheel stolen, and he now thinks
that one of the candidates took it to,
help out in running for office.
Xxx
Since it became known that Col. Bry-
an would probably resign his command,
a certain class of papers have loaded
their howitzers with smOkeless dirt to
throw at him. This is one of the GUS
toms in this republic in the treatment
of men who are really representatives
of the best there is in the nation.
Xxx
1t must be true that prosperity has
returned, because it is said that the
wolf is having to work overtime in the
neighbOrhOod of a large number of
doors.
Xxx
Things seem to be coming our way
said Capt. Eulate when 13-inch shell
struck the Viscaya.
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The police department in Chi
cago is accusing refOrmer Hill of
not having closed all the gambling
houses, and Hill is accusing the police
OF not having closed any of them.
Xxx
If any one wants ''snap," all he has
to do is to sit down and write live and
pointed paragraphs bar politics,
religion and personalities. It's pud.