The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-10-05

sofa, OCTOBER 5, 1898.
scientist and religious enthusiast have
followed the biblical Injunction of
reasoning together the clearer has be-
come the fact that religion and science
are perfectly recOncilable That there
is an Omnipotent power in control is
now being accepted by both, with but
few exceptions. OBSERVER.
/ AS was not present at the time the
great event occurred, cannot say any
thing positive as to how this mass we
call the earth was formed. But this
much am forced to confess, that it is a
much better world than l could have
made. But if was to try my hand at
the creating business, there are many
creatures that live and have their being
that would most certainly remain in
chaos; for instance: There is that fel-
low who picks his teeth with a fork, he
would never find a foothold on the
sphere, and that boor that knows it all
would not be of the earth earthly. We
are told by those who ought to know,
that all things were created for some
purpose. But it would puzzle some of
those professors with the alphabet after
their name to show what excuse the
bed-bug has for living. Man is said to
be "the nOblest work of GOd,' and that
he is but little lower than the angels, "
the last quotation may have been true
at the time of the deluge, but now, all
he lacks is wings to be their equal. If
you don't believe me, read some of the
epitaphs on tombstones, or the obituary
notices in the daily press. YoN.
Backward, fly backward, o time in
thy flight. Nor pause till the birth of
a newborn earth; Chaos from eternity
is revealed" Eternity-all we know,
all that can be known is contained in
these two words eternity-time. We
believe there is an eternity and that
time, had beginning. What that be-
ginning was like we can only surmise.
A ruling power, an illimitable chaos Of
matter, from these forces were evolved
a gaseous formation that developed
into the pre-mist or nebulous condition
of matter; slowly through the lapse of
ages the evolution continued, motion
and pressure ever making more COM
pact the matter added by force. Yet
the process continues, matter, force,
motion and fire each lend their aid in
the production of universe, slowly
the surface of the moving mass, hard
ems only to be cast off and the process
continued with the new and old until
space is filled with moving mass of
superheated matter, water there is none
for evaporation is more rapid than con-
densatiOn, but after countless ages the
temperature of the matter decreases,
crusts are formed over the planetary
masses, these receive the waters that
are formed, they in turn produce vege-
table life, and after the lapse of further
ages, man stood upon the earth and
then-time was. LEONARDUS.
Once all was space. This space be-
came pregnant with gases. These gases
centralized and created other gases, un-
| till the whole grew into huge mass of
vapor Forces within, sent this gigant-
ic aerifOrm whirling. Its component
parts were of an antagonistic nature,
consequently an explosion followed,
which shattered the huge mass into
millions Of fragments. One of these
parts was the germ of our world. Spin
ming in space for thousands of years
a thin crust was formed upon it's
exterior. The heated crust sent up
vapors which were condensed and fell
as rain. So great was the heat of the
earth that the rain turned into vapOr
before it reached it. In time it became
cooler and the crust thicker permitting
the rain to reach it. For ages this
primitive storm continued, until the
mass became covered with water. The
fire within sought vent and the rind
was cracked. Volcanoes poured their
fierce fires into the boiling sea. The
whirling mass still became cooler with
in, making the rind thicker, until the
waters too became cool. The rind be-
gan to contract, consequently it up
heaved in some places. This was the
first land. Then came a long period of
desolation, followed by life. First, in