The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-01-12

legal. IL Tile COURTS Vi CnlS country DaU
only been instructed in Hebrew as we'll
as Latin, they might translate that lit
tie handwriting which the divine
finger placed upon the wall at Bells
laZZar's feast.
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1t is now claimed that Arthur ROs-
tand stole the plot of the famous play
"Cyrano de Bergerac" from Chicago
real estate man-all but the nose.
In Connecticut judge has decided
that golf is sport and not an amuse-
ment, therefore must not be played on
Sunday. The reason the Judge decided
thus was because the game cannot be
played properly without swearing,
therefore must be sport.
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The governor OF Georgia had his
pocket picked of 5000 the other day.
The fact was not made generally pub
lie, however, for fear that the "crack-
ers" would draw sinister differences
about the governor having so much.
money all at once.
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Now they have organized rubber
trust. If they are going to make a
success of it they will have to take in
all the people who visit state prisons,
otherwise they will not be able to con-
troll the rubber" market.
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Mr.. Mckinley has issued a proclama-
ton to the Filipinos, informing them
that we are their friends and that we
can knock the internal revenue out of
the whole archipelago if they won't
take our word for it.
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A Chicago paper says the ass istant
chief OF police is securing the town
from end to end. It's probably need
ed, but 1t seems nasty job for one
man to tackle.
In the parks of New York they nail
pieces of pork on the trees for the
birds and station policemen to watch
for fear some hungry devil of man or
woman would come along and eat it,.
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The blow has fell. The North Da.
kota legislature has passed bill in
creasing the necessary length of resi-
dence required for obtaining divorce
in that state from three to twelve
months. One of the most promising
and breach. of promising industries of
the state is thus ruined
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1t is fact that there are newspa-
pers with so little regard for eternal
fitness of things as to print the names
of Abraham Lincoln and Mr.. Hanna's
discovery in the same column.
Many of our esteemed cOntempOrar-
les will be sorry to learn that the men
who committed the robbery for which
Jesse James, Jr. stands indicted have
confessed. Thus the arrest of this I'M
fortunate boy resolves itself into the
usual effort at "jobbing.'
XXX
The wOmen's club of Denver are
after evangelist Moody, and from pres
ent appearances Mr.. Moody will not
last until they get through with him.
He might have known it, unless he has
neglected his opportunities Of gaining
experience.
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The astrologers forecast most sin
lister career for the year 1899. There
certainly seems to be plenty of mater
ial in sight from which trouble and
misfortunes may come.
Booker Washington says: 81 would
let the right to vote be interviewer
with the ability to acquire intelligence
or property, or BOTH BY all means
let it depend on the ability to acquire
so that the thieves may mo-
nopoliZe the voting as we'll as the
natural resources of the country, which
they have already acquired.
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The man who advised to chop dem
had better suggest pair of
tongs to hold them with. They seem
to be warm proposition.
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An attempt was made last week to
blow up county attorney up in north
ern Minnesota. The same attorney
was accused of subOrnation of perjury
a short time since, and acquitted. 1t
is surprising that those things don't
happen Oftener.