The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-05
HITS AND STRIKES.

"Piano for sale by young lady,
upright, with swell front and three
pedals" is the way St. Paul paper
puts the matter.
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Minnesota editors have heretofore
borne fair to middling reputation for
veracity. But there is one who is set
ting up to compete with the actresses
who use diamond robberies in their
advertising matter. Twice he has CIV
en- it out that his safe has been robbed
of over $11. This is too much.
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Two men were arrested in st. Paul
the other day for violation of the game
and fish law. One had been shooting
craps and the other had caught suck
er during the closed season.
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They've got so now in this country
that they generally have two court
ships for every marriage at the
beginning and the other at the end
The Dakota courtship is much in de-
mand
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Some of the more prominent gentle.
men of South Dakota killed man and
then presented the widow with $1,000
to square matters. This will no doubt
cause quite number of ladies with
husbands to dispose of to wish to emf
CRATE into South Dakota. Any undue
enthusiasm on the subject should, how
ever, be regarded with suspicion
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"NOw the shame walks on dry land"
is a saying l picked up in some for
eign country. Thieves broke into the
Jail at New Brunswick, N. Y, and
took all the sheriff's dough.
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A convict will soon be released from
the Maryland penitentiary who has
married no less than IS ladies. "There
are as good fish in the sea as ever have
been caught" is probably his motto.
Suckers, of course. Female
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The daily press abounds with scare
heads about the. policy of the govern
ment toward the Philippines. A more
burning question at present, however,
seems to be the policy of the Philip
pines toward the government.
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Society has decreed that rustling
and stiff petticoats must CO." says the
New York fashion papers. Yes, to be
sure. Deuced announcement sometimes,
dOntcherknOW.
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l was told that one of the members
of the guard force had remarkable
goose among the other good things at
Christmas. 1t weighed ten pounds,
and no less than seventeen pounds of
lard was saved out of it,
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The Denver ladies refused to kiss
IIObsOn. He is certainly to be con-
graduated on his escape from the tu-
berculOsis resort.
k.
The old timers on the great western
plains insinuate that this is trifle late
in the day to pass al anti scalping bill.
The art Of hair lifting is becoming OBJ
solete, anyhow.
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For of all the sad words of tongue or
pen, the tuffest are these ''New Years
in the pen."
That's no josh.
The recent arrest of a divinity stu
dent in Massachusetts for the theft of
large number of theological books, |
calls to mind the little known fact that
while the circulation of religious books !
in public library seldom exceed five
per cent. the number of books lost |
through theft are about fifty per cent
religious.
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The sad story comes from Kansas
City that all the demi mondaines of the |
town turned out and kissed HObsOn.
Served him right.
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A st. Paul paper claims that recent
ly deceased member of the w. c.. r. U. |
in that town temporarily, revived to
protest against beng placed in bier.
I don't believe that.
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