The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-06-23
One active friend is worth a mil

Uncle John recently lost five
members Of his Chau-
tauqua in about ten days: Eltz,
Brown. Ackermoney, Anglicus and
Billy Pinkerion, jr., but he picked
ND three new celebrities right OF
the reel, Fleetw God, Young Pierp
and Joy-Joy. Uncle John IS rot
q poet but lie hustles like q go
at.
Sometime ago Col. w. +. Henry,
Of the Duluth Herald, sent The
Mirror a card bearing the follow
lug inscription: ''B e hol d the
Fisherman! !! He riseth up early
in tue morning and disturbeth the
whole household. Mighty are his
preparations He goeth forth full
of hope. When the day is far
spent, he returntth, smelling OF
strong drink aud the truth is not
in him." Oh, William, how have
the mighty fallen since the good
old days! This matter will lie re-
ferred 10 select committee, con-
sisting OF Ebert Hubbard, William
Marion Reedy, j. Adam Bede, c.
$. Bartram Of t h e Minneapolis
Tribune and Uncle John with full
power to investigate, report aud
expunge the record or pass acts OF
oblivion.
On July 4 a great prize6ght
will be pulled off between Jim
Jeffries and Jack johnson. The
New York American says one hun.
bred million dollars will be ex-
pended upon this affair i'll one way
or another through expenses, bet
ting and the like. Z hese two
fighters at the present time are
occupying more newspaper an d
magazine space than any other two
personages i II the world. They
have Big Bill, T. r., Uncle John
and Hugo backed off against the
ropes. johnson says he prefers to
preach the gospel, but became a
fighter naturally and at his moth
er's request. And this is how it
happened, he says: "When | wuz
ABBOTT six yeahs old and Twin in
Galveston. there wuz q little shine
named Willie residin' in the same
neighbo'bood. One d ay Willie
licked me good and plenty. He
used me up rough. The next day
[ saw little Willie comm NAH way
and [ ran into the hoose to get a
case knife. 'Whah you-all want
with tina knife?' NAH mother ask
ed me. Aim goin' to cahve little
Willie wild it, [ replied. 'You-all
amt eoin' to do nothin' at all lax
that. she said and took the knife
away frum me. 'lf you-all KANT
60 out thah aud lick that piggatl
wild yo' hands I'll disown you
you-ali heah me?' SO ALI jist went
ont and pummelled that coon kie
80 that he and all the other scrap
pals sidestepIed me in that neigh
bo'hood. AS !ih grew up as {
bootblack All wuz known as q scrap
pah. AL didn't want to fight, bn
ALI jist had to, to getmoney enough
to suppolt the family. Will | licl
Jeffries? Well, Aim not mncl
on the blow, but All believe AL
will be able to eat NAH reg lar hv'
broiled pu!lets whole for dinner a
one sittin' when [ get through ant
Ali believe it will De at least tw'
, months befo' Jim will be able t
eat anything but boiled rice o
, honiny. No, | have nuthin ag'iI
him. ALI am q prizefg htah FOL
the money that is in it. Fighting
is NAH biznuz. When Alb lick Il
opponent nah biznuz stops rigll
thah aud friendship begins ag'i
S if the other Teller is willin. Tlia
Y is me to r." johnson mo.he
:. who was a washerwoman, lives i
e a magnificent ten-thousand- dolla
c houe in Chicago with everythin
S to inatch including the binding
e on the books. TIE sentiment i