The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-09-11
THE SAYINGS OF PENDENNIS
By Pendennis.
By Pendennis.

The SAYINGS Ut PENDEhNlS
By Pendennis.
sues of the magazines, have presented q
great variety of material for the critics te
become alarmed about.
Minnesota is blessed with a gloriou.
climate in September. The nights are COO
| and the days full of invigorating ozone and
| sunshine. This is the time to visit the
northern lakes, for the mosquitoes have
gone to winter quarters, and the fish are
biting instead. No state offers so many
places to camp out-of-door. Take the
guns along, for there is good sport to be
| had in the woods and open country.
The German Socialists are threatening q
universal strike. Emperor William is still
on the job however, and has showns him.
self capable of holding down his seat at the
| helm of state. Vox Populi, Vox Williams
is not the motto of the Emperor. Vos
William, Vox Populi, that is the correct
expression and let the Socialists remember
that the Emperor has large, well equipped
army at his command. He could use this
| force as strike breaker if the strikers be-
came too insistent. Beware of the Wal
Lords mailed fist.
Fashions DEGREES are memorable, but
eventually result in benefit to someone.
Eight and a half millions are invested in
the Fox Ranches of Prince Edward Island.
A young black silver fox is valued at seven
| thousand dollars. The pelts bring fabu-
lous prices in London and Paris, for the
fashionable must have the fur to wear.
Well they have the money, let them spend
it and give the Fox Ranchmen chance to
get rich. The Prince Edward Islanders
| need the money; their home is not alto
gether tropical paradise.
Maurice Maeterlinck skaters the evil
| dence of. the spiritualist in his article
| ''Life After Death, that appears in the
Century for September. Many scientific
investigators have been nonplussed by the
manifestations of the mediums, but Matter
linck makes it clear that even learned men
can be hoaxed. He says that the gist OF
the proof of the nom existence of spirits, lie:
the in fact that no reasonable message has
been transmitted through the mediums to
this matter of fact world. To one who
is acquainted with the usual table rappine
and slate writing methods, employed by
the spirits, the idea occurs that a much
more direct and sensible means OF COM
munication could be employed, if there i.
any real tangible being about the spirits.
Still it is doubtful whether we should thank
Maurice Maeterlinck for his exposure o.
the fraud. Belief in spirits or ghosts il
one of those cherished possessions man
kind does not wish to be bereft of.
The PHILIPPINE Islands have been visited
by special Commissioner, and according
to his report the PHILIPPINES are not giving
evidence of their ability to maintain Re.
publican form of government. Dear
Worcester, of the Commissioner, say:
slavery and peonage exists in the
PHILIPPINE Islands. No further evil
dence need be produced for the continued
control of the Islands by the United
States. No one will deny that the
PHILIPPINES have right to aspire to sell
government. The Declaration of indie
pendence says that right is inalienable,
but this country cannot permit the Philli-
1 pinos to have self government, until those
people stamp our slavery and peonage
Even then it is very doubtful if the Philli-
pinos would be capable of self government
There is at present, wildly presented
close at hand in Mexico, the evil results O.
political power in the hands of incompe
tents. If set free there is possibility
that the Philippians might degenerate into
professional revolutionists.
| The most pertinent question that con
fronts the average man is the increased COS
of living. The necessities of life will b,
higher next winter. Corn is now quoted
at over seventy cents a bushel and wheat i
close to the dollar mark. The droutf
forced stockmen to unload thousands o
unfinished cattle upon the summer mar
kets. Evidently there will be scarcity o
food stuffs next winter. What is the rem
edy? Some have said there is not enough
people living on the land and producin,
food stuff. But you cannot force peopl
to leave the cities and go to the vacant farm
lands. Those, who during the pas
years of prosperity, have had their thrift
and industry rewarded, do not feel com
PEELED to take up farming as means O
supplying their own table. They are in
position where they can pay the other fel
low for doing the hard work. But tn
other fellow will not till the soil as long a
. he can live without doing such hard work
+ The whole problem is to get people to d,
the work on the land and forego the lure o
the city's pleasures.