The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-02-29
IndiCtinSs OF The Prison
ImbeCile.
Beau Esprita

swing to it. As Apache's track
were discovered in certain bits 0
Mother Earth cost at the subject o
my muse last week, I will try to &C
comodate him; also applying th,
motto: Kill two birds with on,
stone::''
Gadzooks! We carping critics. rouse avaunt!
Prithee betake yourselves behind yon barn
And hate yourselves to DEATH You'll nothing
daunt
We Scribe by loud guffaw and spa cious yarn.
1 Mayhap write an ode to maiden fair,
And cap it with sonnet to her teeth:
Also lay that celebrates her hair.
Or other beauty that but my eye seeth
Think you the Muse deserts Me at your jest?
Or that shall desist because you laugh3
Then know: In ballad shall sing the rest
of my sweet maids; I've named you but the half!
And why nota Herr Limberger loves a Rose:
| st. croix writes verses to Amanda Jane:
Apache sings of Colleens whom he knows:
And cen Nil Desperandum signs of Zane:
And Chuzzlewit, too carries in his heart
The picture of some little girl that waits;
While Gavhcppen bewails the time apart
From Maggies that he knew when weighing .
freights:
And {sshh! He will not print this if he knowsD
We Editor doth sigh and sadly pine
For myriad Flossies and unnumbered Joes.-
Then may not I. too. sing of eight or nine?
Speaking about sincerity, what's
the matter with Gayhoppin? He
heads his dope Behind the Mask
how many strong arm men would
be SO frank in admitting their po-
sition? Most of the men in here
were attending the temperance lee
ture when ''it'' happened! If Gay
hoppin didn't crib SO much of his
stuff from the Youths Companion
and Our Paper all would be well,
but even so we move that he be
given the privilege of pinning a
few cabbages on his manly bosom.
They would contrast nicely with
this little brick bat, and anyway he
is as much entitled to them as some
of the disciples Of the reciprocity
principles.
just by way of enlivening the
present period of great calm in
matters political why not mention
the possibility of the proposed ar
bitration treaties affecting Alaska?
Uncle Sam does not seem to be do
ing much for the territory except.
deliver it over to those who wish to
exploit its natural resources. The
Alaskans do not seem to be over
well pleased with this program. A
large minority Of the population is
Canadian. Canada is much more
liberal in the matter of government
improvement and local government
than the u. S. has showed itself to
be, and Alaska is mnch more closly
connected with Canada than with
the U. S. in its interests. Might not
Alaska ask for statehood rights or
their equivalent and being denied as
it certainly would, demand permits
sion to enter the Dominion? Straight
way there is case for arbitration
and pouf! where are Champ Clark,
annexation. and Irish |
Home Rule in comparison? This
is as reasonable, at |
least. as any subject to present
discussion, besides being ABSOLUTELY
new!
My face is my fortdne.' said the
fair maid. Dear me, 'replied the
person, can it be posi-
BILE? I have heard of women who
spend all their money on clothes,
and read of women who spent for
junes on their jewels; but / never
to meet a women who
'rar ky admitted her cosmetics bill
The fair one handed him the fro
zen stare and so the lnquisitive per-
ION is now investigating the bearing
# cold storage on the high cost of.
living problem.
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