The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-23
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the senate and frequently turned the
laugh on his colleagues. Senators
VOORHEES, and Vest, with whom he was
very friendly, finally determined to
turn the tables. Mr.. Garland had a
habit, like VOORHEES, of munching candy
and Vest and VOORHEES, made it up be-.
tween them to take advantage of his
fondness for sweets to play their trick.
They had some tempting looking choc-
=olate carameIs prepared, with the in
terior filed with brown soap. These
they took to the senate chamber and
VOORHEES, placed them on his desk The
lid being off when Mr.. Garland entered
the aisle, he noticed them at once.
"What have you there, DAMP" he en-
quired.
VOORHEES, looked up carelessly from
his writing and responded:
"Caramels, help yourself"
Garland needed no second invita-
tion, and picking up two or three,
placed them in his mouth. Steadily he
chewed away, his face showing no
sign of the conflict within him. This
alarmed VOORHEES,, who went to Vests
desk and said:
He's eating them, Vest. The things
vii! kill him sure! What shall we do ?"
Senator Vest replied that it could do
no more than make him sick. Garland
swallowed the stuff although he was
foaming at the mouth from the soap
suds. He related the incident after
ward with great gustO, and said he
would have swallowed it if it had killed
him.
This remarkable story is agitating
a section of London society just now.
A young lady of rank, who is engaged
to be married to an officer serving in
India, recently had her photograph ia
ken by leading London photographer
before going out to India to be married.
To her horror, when the photographs
were sent home there was plainly to be
seen standing behind her in threaten.
ing attitude, the phantom image of her
tiance. The young lady was photo
graphed no less than three times under
apparently ordinary circumstances,
but each time the same form is said to
have appeared on the negative. The
prospective bride has postponed her de
parture until inquiries Can be made re-
:garding this singular affair.
O%O
An exchange tells good story at the
'expenre of modest young Dakota
newspaper man. 1t seems the pusher
of the pencil went ont to report party
the other evening where the home had
recently been blessed with a new baby,
accompanied by his best girl. He met
the hostess at the door and after the
usual SalutatiOn asked after the new
baby's health. The lady, who Was quite
deaf and suffering from the grippe,
thought he was asking about her cold,
said though She usual had one every
winter this was the worst one she had
ever had. 1t kept her awake nights,
and confined her to h-r bed: then no
ticing that the young man was getting
pale and nervous, she said she could
tell 10y his looks tn It he was going to
have one Just like hers and asked him
to go in and sit down. The paper was
out next week as usual, but the local
editor has quit enquiring about the
b abies.
O%O
Mrs. Doolan and Mrs. O'Grady we 9
standing on the c)rner, when NIL.
Hughes Chief of the Fire Department
passed by. Mrs. O'Grady gave Mrs.
DOolan's dress Il sharp jerk or tw,,, as
she esped the chief:
"Thol's him." said she to Mrs. DOol
An, suck at the ShLruth av i'm"
els thot Ould Shafty Pm h-arin' so
m och about?" said Mrs. Dnoltn.
"Nn; wait I'll ri te We. Dye know
Mrs. McNab? Ye Il will, the GOT h.
nOight whin OH ,"lihan's shtab'e tuck
foire down fnrnl>ht the do"mp, fwfrat
did we do, thOt'S Mrs. McNab an
mesel, but j"Omp Into our clothes an
room livery fut o The way to the f"ire :"
"ThOt'S you am Mrs. McNdb DID,"
>chinned i'm Mrs. ID mlan.
"Yis, av cnOrS.. Whin we got there
we met a great crowd luckin' on, an
livery vance I'm fwh6ie Mrs. McNab
would raitch down an pull up tirsht
wan stockin, am thin the onther. an
twin she raitched down To pull wan -
thin up, fwat did thor ould hoonp y
dOompty that gOOsht whit bv do but
yill out in the crowd, get Il how'd, byes
an help pull up thin hose"
UDid ha CAV thot y"