The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-02-11
n last week g issue of
The MIRROR the YER
satile correspondent
for the Odds and Ends
column, among other
things, said: ssrhe
fact has reached my
ears that the Mirrors
Devil is looking for a
location to start a

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country newspaper he Their
quotes an editorial from the Mil.
burn Indian Territory Herald
Banner, the gist of which is thai
that paper has gone "bump" and
ends his article by recommending
Milburn as good opening fol
A. lib, meaning Mirrors Devil.
I am sorry. or rather glad to say
that my friend Mr.. Odds and Ends
was misinformed. journalism does
not and never did appeal to me-
altho [ must confess 1 was at one
time the editor, composition, devil,
scrub woman and, in fact, the whole
works on am Arizona weekly,
Ever hear how l became an editorf
No? Hum, that's queer; thought
everybody hadl What's that
how did it happen? Well. it's a
long, long story, but if Aba Dab
will kindly fiddle little "shivery
music" as they do during tragic
scenes in the theaters, perhaps |
can relate the sad tale.
In the year l8- l was informed
by my physician that | was a suf-
ferer from tuberculosis of the lungs
and that unless I HE'D to health
Ter cline, I would soon be playing
a harp among the angels. The idea
of that doctor saying that | was a
sufferer from tuberculosis of the
lungs! Preposterous! He him.
self was the sufferer, for If I'm not
greatly mistaken, I forgot { p to
remit. AS everybody knows, tu-
berculosis is the technical name
for consumption, or "the con" as
it is often abbreviated. Well, the
ICON game" went and [ began
making hasty preparations for
trip to Mexico.
The first thing was to make my
will. At that time [ was very
wealthy, being the proud possessor
of two patches of land under cul-
tivation, as we'll as lot in the city.
The two patches of land under Gull
tivation were simply beautiful!
They were situated on the kitchen
window sill surrounded by crockery
pots, while in the center of each
bloomed fragrant geranlum. The
scene was magnific as viewed from
inside the kitchen. Ny lot in the
city consisted ola lot of ashes
and other rubbish in the back yard.
But when it came to cash on
hand, the value of my real estate
didn't stand 1-2-6. [ used six fig
ures in reckoning my bank &C
count. They were the 8, 5, 0, O, O
and another O. The 0s came first.
As I said before, the first thing
I did was to make my will OF
course my first thoughts we're of
Alice. Alice was my wife, God
bless her! Now, anyone who
thinks it cinch to draw up a will
is badly mistaken. | never had SO
much trouble in all my life. It
was an easy matter to dispose of
my real estate, but the money
there was the rub! Everybody
knows the figures 3 and 5 are
prime numbers and cannot be di-
vided unless one resorts to frac-
tions, and | never was good in
fractions. Finally, after several
hours of cogitation, | grew desper-
ate and grabbing piece of chalk,
I squatted down in the center of
the kitchen floor. / then made a
picture of the dollar sign and fol
lowed it with an 0, 0, 0, another 0.
a 8 and 5. When I had finished
they looked something like this:
'$OOOO35. That represented my
bank account and I knew Alice
had to have half, but how to di-
p;do II was fha question If wA