The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-01
THE "ONLOOKER"
Brief Comments and Reflections Anent Timely Topics and
Events Succnctly Told

Events Succinctly Told
By .Ham"
The MAIEvoLnNr C1eARErrE-A mission paper blames
burning stub for local fire. Wonderful how
fires caused by No about buildings that
burned have smoked cigars.
One of these DAYS will discover that the big Chicago fire
decades caused by Mrs. Somebody's kicking
lighted lamp but by burning stubs careessy thrown
about by stable boy.
ADvERrsSG:-An Arkansas newspaper recently
contained the following advertisement:
Wanted lady barber. Must be afectionae and
cheerful and capable OF shaving tough whiske with dull
Also good cook and general housekeeper.'
The question arises mind whether the advertiser
attributes in two?
possible for lady barber aecuonate" and
cheerful small Arkansas town. Possibly the advertiser wanted
and wished the minds of applicants that the
job sinecure.
PREcoc1oUs PEsr-We all we'll acquainted with
smart" youngser of have with him
difficulty making allowances for the
stupidity of the permitting the child develop this dis
Some time read of
sufficiently indifferent public opinion, (Which usual
acquainted with inside facts administer punishment
The refer to visited summer resort bringing with
him his old whose right recovering from the
effects Of break received fall from apple Upon
father noticed eight
ozng the conversation and of number of The
him that the
downstairs shortly aerwad the heard remarks addressed
by the boy which the physician red
hastily leave the An hour later the father found the
feeling the warned precocous
tricks with his Next day. hearing
of pain the direction of the verandah the father
find the deliberately
Without he od-fashioned
thrashing
days folks completely.
third the father the told
big whipped his investigated
discovered the truth and compmened big coward
his what the boy needed When asked
why he made the faults of his he replied
You don't know my wife!'
THE HoPE:-This little by Martha Clark
appeals to hopes sea-
the yet
another in the hope that it may bring return cargo
safely home-
81 sent a little hope across he sea-
Its sails adrft with blowing spray,
And watched it swiftly speed away from
To face the unknown pers of the way"
ROUND METHOD QU1cKEsT:-Edisons troubles in
photograph
period of fifteen According the marketing
the commercial photograph impossible because the
refusal senogaphe the machine He Il tried the
could make monographs suppan stenogaphers
couldn't The senographs themselves beat They would
get declare
believed them and for than fifteen
phonograpi lay practically dormant
ThenE Edison made OF a song The of
monograph followed song caught
The monograph years waiting
arrived Now monographs owned by the thousand the world
fulfilled original purpose only
proven to be a n another direction.
might think that the introduction of such important
would be made the for taking
patudes Yet the first nntoa
receiving reproduced
which all familiar. The
Edison The White House by invitation of President
notables
Carl Schurz, the ground
There little girl
she had a curl
That hung right down the middle of her forehead
When she good
She good,
But when she bad
..
The evening lesson from the book of
YEA the light
Immediately the church n darkness.
Brethren, said the minister, with scarcely moments
pause of the lights will have
ask and sin more"