The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-01-27

Today is rich with Joy and gladness,
Tomorrow treasures are unspent;
Yesterday, memory full of sadness,
Replete with regrets and discomfort.
Even preparedness requires some prepa-
ration.
A burning issue. The recent raise in
the price of coal.
Is the proposed blockade to be "pa-
per blockade, or merely another of those
scraps of paper?
There can be no democracy without a
bill of rights. There can be no republi-
can form of government without consti-
tuition. China attempted to establish a re-
public without either bill of rights or
constitution. China failed because its peO-
pie did not understand the ideals of self
government. The experiment of China in
a new political condition was merely an at
tempt to popularize an idea the people of
China did not understand.
There are nearly two million people in
the state of New York. That state could
produce in time of need an army of half
million soldiers. These troops would be
where they would be most needed in the
event of an invasion. This reminds me of
that refrain heard during the Spanish
American War. ''We've got the men,
we've got the guns. and we've got the
money too
General Huerta did not realize, that
Mexico had entered into progressive al
lance with civilization before his rise to
power in that country. Now that he is
dead it would be well to remember that
while he was alive he was consistently in
sistent in his belief iu the retrogression of
progress.
Pendennis wishes to suggest as meas |
ure of prevention, that the country be sup |
piled with bomb-proof roof and that |
great wall of vast thickness and great |
height be erected along the entire coast
line. Let us prepare our preparedness for
all time to come
There are many things about life which
we don understand. There are some things |
about death which we do not comprehend |
Perhaps it is best that something should be |
concealed from us, least we get vain and
imagine that no knowledge of life or death |
is hidden from us. We are able by teach
ing to learn others, but just what is the
mental process of the mind as it assimi-
lates instruction and receives, we do not
know.
Maurice Maeterlinck in his book-"The |
unknown Guest" says: ''There is another,
a more secret and much more active exist |
ence which we have scarcely begun to
study and which is, if we descend to the
bedrock of truth, our only real exist
ence.' 1t is this 'sreal existence that
puzzles us and confounds us with its mys-
terry when we try to become acquainted
with it's phenomena The ''real existence
has at times startled psychologists with its
unexpectedness.
Maeterlinck, in The Unknown Guest,
tells of his visit to Elberfeld and gives an
account of his examination of Herr Krall's
famous horses.
These horses were educated by Herr
Krall and did for Maeterlinck many of the
lessons their master had taught them. The
horses by using system of signals made
made with the hoofs were able to COM
municate to Maeterlinck the answers to
the question asked. The horse who was
the most intelligent was abb to figure in
distinguish colors. There is no doubt but
that this horse, Muhamed by name, did
the problems given by the scientist who
made the test. Maeterlinck is man of
integrity and high honor, and many others
have made tests of the horses intelligence
The education of the Eberfeld horses by
Herr Krall is a matter of common know
ledge among scientific men in Europe.
None of them deny that the horses were
educated so as to exhibit startling eviden-
ces of knowledge.
Herr Krall taught Muhamed square root,
and all the elementary knowledge of
common school education. Muhamed was
able by signaling with his hoofs to his
teacher, to acquaint his teacher with the
fact that he had learned his lessons cor
rectly and was able to express his thoughts.
Neither Herr Krall nor any of the scien-
fists who made tests at Elberfeld were able
to tell just what was the mental process
which communicated between the teacher
and the horse,-the "real existence"
That is the puzzle and the problem. The