The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-04-28

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The present patriotic ebullition
should not be made an excuse for
turning lot of political cheap
skates into generals and colonies
of volunteers.-Chicago Record.
Mr.. Jenkin Lloyd Jones says he
should not object to being vivi-
sected for the good of humanity if
he were dog. Mr.. Jones senti-
ments do him honor. But the dog
is yet to be heard from.-St. Paul
Pioneer Press.
The South is to be a military
rendezvous again, but under differ
ent circumstances. Still, it might
be we'll for the chickens to roost
high. Soldiers naturally get tired
of hard tack and bacon. -Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
A fellow who couldn't spare a
dollar for his home newspaper a
year, sent fifty two-cent stamps to
the city to find out chow to raise
beets" and received a postal card
reply, ''take hold of the tops and
pull" -Glenville Progress.
"Fighting Bob" Evans on the
Iowa has the right Of line-the
post of honor-in leading the
naval assault on Havana. And
that square jawed sea-dog may be
safely counted on to justify his
nickname.-St. Louis Republic.
It is fashionable in beseiged
cities to carry on communication
with the outside world by means
Of balloons, but, if any Spaniards
try to leave Havana in that way,
they may suffer punctures in their
hosting gear.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The civil governor of Madrid
says that the Spanish lion is
aroused from his slumber. Well,
if the brute is really awake, the
first thing he will discover is that
he has no more Cuban lambs for
breakfast.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Speaking about whether times
have improved or not, there is the
significant fact that at Pullman,
where the great strike occurred
four years ago, 5000 men are
working over time, and even then
can't keep up with orders.-Min-
neapolis Journal
You might not guess it the first
time, but you would be entitled to
another guess; Zjednoezenie Pol
skie Rzymsko Katolickie nod
opioka Malki Boskie cze nstoch-
ouskiej of Wjnona filed articles Of
incorporation with the secretary
of state. It is Polish benevolent
society. Saltwater Gazette.
It might not be out Of place to
mention the fact that Hannibal,
Caesar, Alexander, Marlborough,
Frederick, Washington, Bonaparte,
Grant and all the other famous
warriors of ancient and modern
history had to learn the business
of soldering before they were
placed in charge Of brigades.-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mary Dalton, an Irish spinster,
sixty-three years old, steerage
passenger on the Lucania, which
arrived in New York from Liver
pool recently, was debarred be-
cause of senility. She demonstrated
that, although senile, she is.
mighty muscular. She whipped
five men and several women in the
detention-pen before she was over
powered. She afterward made an
attack on the inspectors, and they
bound her hand and foot and sent
her back to the Lucania in
truck.-San Francisco Argonaut.
Spain today is like rat in a
corner. She still has supply of
venom, but in her ears rings the
crack of doom. The day of expi-
alton for her innumerable villain
les is at hand. Her heart is still
filled with malice and hatred, but
her arm is palsied. The fatal
virus is working in her diseased
blood. Unless there is enough