The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-10-12
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PERTINENT POINTS IN THE PANTASCOPE OF
PASSING EVENTS PARAGRAPH.
CALLY PORTRAYED
By ''Optimo''

them, as In mirror, counterpart of our own.
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When really big man is in error he is willing
to do justice to the other fellow by admitting it,
Small, weak natures dodge the issue.
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1t requires than uniform and book
of Army Tactics to make soldier.
Likew ise it requires than bunch of fire.
crackers and flag make patriot
A familiar coupet thus:
A little nonsense and then
Is relished by the wsesl men,"
Which we paraphrase-
An act of kindness and then
Encourages Respondent men,
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AS evidence that the fool killer has been
derellct In his duties, submit for consideration
the case of man who at Long Island n Y for a
joke! threw lighted match into can of gasoline
which boy was carrying. In the explosion that
followed, the boy badly burned that he later
died of his INJURIES
In the absence of the fool killer" it would be
act of poetic justice if the match thrower should
find that is MT loaded" and in the serene rap
of his idiocy gaze into the muzzle and pull the
trigger.
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In 1868 the natives of the DANISH West Indies
voted for annexation, the vote standing 1874 in ia.
vor of annexation and % against it. At plebes-
cite taken recently in these same islands on this
same question, there were only IL negative votes
Now if we will only exercise little patience
gentlemen, in another half century, at the same
rate of decrease of negative votes, the affirmative
may be unanmous But always there is a fly in
the ointment" Fourteen years ago Denmark was
willing tc accept five million dollars for the islands.
but to-day for the possessions (scarcely larger
than the half of Greater New York; she asks
twenty-five million dollars Thus, if the purchase
price maintains this ratio of increase in the fifty
years necessary to eliminate the remaining II mega
tive votes, it would have attained the high financial
altitude of seventy million dollars "a rather exhorb-
liant consideration for IL votes). or grand total of
ninety Tive million dollars. Nor is this considera
of the so illogical as at first glance it nav
seem to be. for already have allowed the pur-
chase price to be multiplied by five. OF course the
land may have increased in value two or three dol
lars acre.
Much has been said and great deal is yet to
De Sau. perhaps, ABOUT neutrality. But doubt II
there exists more we doubt if there can exist
in the mind of a we'll -versed deep-thinkng person
an absolutely neutral attitude. For mind that is
conversant with the causes that have led up to
difference of opinion between more persons
or two or more nations must be able to discern
preponderance of right on the one side as against
lesser degree of right the other side. And to
that degree that right is predominant given
side just to that extent will wel-ordered mind
align itself on that side
But notwithstanding the alignment of ones
mind and sympathy with cause as advocated by
person or body OF PERSONS one may in word and
ton observe neutral attitude. And this after all
is the letter off not the sp!rt) of neutrality. For
the state of being neutral is defined as Not en-
gagged on either side; one that takes no part in
contest between Others"
International neutrality is too delicate sub
ject for to treat at this time and through this
medium. But there (and they are
legiou) where attitude of neutrality should be
observed the less rgdly because the dissenting
factors are but two persons instead of two
or more nations.
One may very easily become embroed in pro-
ftless, disastrous, dssension and strife by mere
assent to the version of grievance. related by one
person being held against another person. The
assent may be given because of mental Incidence,
the asserting thinking to thus follow the line of
least resistance: may imply their assent to
appease and get rid of garrulous parsonage. But
whether for these reasons, for any of numer-
Ons other ones a person allows if he assumed that