The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-03-02

of the precincts of that town and voted
him. too. The horse in questio on is the
gelding Harry Omar" and as the rest
of Hanna's gang are emasculated pups
the horse no doubt considers himself
in low company.
*
In spite of the fact that many of the
water pipes in Chicago were frozen
during the late cold spell, Joe Letters
milk trust still succeeded in materially
cutting the prices on milk.
Xxx
The Infanta Eulalie's husband has
done gone and left the poor girl just
because she went over to England and
made love to few real men. l Won
der what he expected from the daugh-
ter of Queen Isabella.
Xxx
The encouragement of Missouri
has attacked the plug tobacco trust.
AS a consequence a large amount of
chewing the rag will be INDUCED in.
Xxx
Many of our exchanges seem to in
sinuate that Minnesota's legislators
are passing more jackpOts than bills.
But what can a man do if he hasn't
openers?
Xxx
An exchange says that the styles of
female wearing apparel on Iceland
have not changed in over hundred
years. In this connection it is perhaps
not amiss to call the attention of my
contemporary to the fact that the styles
of female wearing apparel in some of
the newly attempted to- be- acquired
American possessions IN the Orient has
not changed materially since before the
fall of Eve.
every brick that is laid in Fargo is
laid with confidence" says the Fargo
Forum. Yes, l have heard of those
confidence bricks. They are usually
supposed to be gold. Must be epidemic
up there.
In almost every paper l pick up
there is a picture of dear old Uncle
Sam, calm, smiling and benevolent. He
is good deal like the personal God
that most people believe in-responsi-
BILE for all good things. In other
respects, too, there is a resemblance:
All Uncle Sans dirty work is done by
dishonest politicians, who fifty repre-
sent the devil and his imps.
~
There was terrible narrow escape
at the Tribune fire. One of the editors
had package of meat lying on his ia
ble After hurriedly making his es-
cape, he remembered leaving it behind.
Upon which he made his way back
through the flames and rescued the
meat Thus famine was STAYED off for
another week The gentleman belongs
to the staff of a St. Paul daily.
XXX
In Denver, Col, a man worth $4,000
was declared incompetent by the pro-
bate court. His estate was turned
over to "conservatOr" who was
ordered by the court to pay So per
week for the support of his charge.
Under this heavy strain the estate
dwindled to $1,000 which was finally
stolen in bulk by the "cOnservator"
with the assistance of the courts. The
last years of his life, the poor lunatic
lived out of swill barrels, while dishOn-
est lawyers retained his money under
legal technicalities. Denver is not the
only place where such things are done.
NV friend Frank NJ the other
night asked me if | couldn't write
parody on "The White Mans Hunch"
by woodward Kripling Frank said
he knew | could, and if didn't it was
simply meanness. So, seeing there is
hardly any crime | have not committed
in this paper to oblige these convicts,
l perpetrated the following:
Take up the white mans burden
The manifold micrObe.
None of your fOrbears knew them
Yet had them in the lobe.
By all you will or whisper
BY all you leave or do
The silent small bacillus
Invades your lung and yOu
Take up the white mans burden.
The virus-thiS and that,
And never tell the doctor
He's talking through his hat.
In food, in drink in breathing
They come in endless change