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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
WHO ARE THE "FITTEST?"

Modern scientists supposed that they
had made new and wonderful dis
covery in the law of the survival of the
tittest. But it is an oldWOrld law that
in the development'of the human race,
as IN the processes of nature, the fittest
survive; that the tittest are the strong
est. Hence, in all ages men have hon.
Ored strength or power, according to
their conception of its character. In
the morning twilight of history brute
force ruled society; might was right.
In the nineteenth century the strength
of the prize fighter is lightly esteemed,
but men worship other kinds of power,
and follow the leadership of powerful
men as naturally as their savage an.
cestors followed the ablest of their
tribe.
Wealth, intellect and position are the
three greatest sources of supremacy in
the present. The financier controls the
fate of nations; the statesman or the
scholar sways thousands by the dom.
ineering brain; the man born to be
king rules through the authority of his
Office. Under these strong men are
others of every degree of ability. The
foot of one man, as in the picture, is on
the head of another; the submerged
classes are the weakest classes.
Society being constituted in obedi-
ence to this law of nature, it's members
are accustomed to gage the worth of
their fellows, and the value of all
things in life, by their intrinsic power
or their contribution to power. This
disposition is manifested in all sorts
and conditions of men, in every depart
ment of activity. The school boys in
vite the newcomer to fight, that they
may prove what manner of boy he is;
the lords Of the business world and the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
Written for The Prison Mirror.
TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD.

Truth is understood to be the real
state of things; reality, fact, etc. False
hood is the want of truth or veracity;
an untrue assertion; misrepresenta-
tion of truth. Some philosophers teach
that God is the father of truth, and
the devil the father and originator of
lies. Time and circumstances may
change what was once the truth to
falsehood. This is apparent in the
following narrations.
Bible history states that about six
thousand years ago, serpent had dis
course with Eve and persuaded her to
disobey God. 1t also states that God
at Joshua's request made the sun and
moon stand still in order to give him,
Joshua, light and time to pursue his
enemies. Again it states that our
earth stands upon pillars; and that the
sun and moon revolve around our
planet. This last theory was believed
for more than four thousand years,
until in 1915 when Copernicus in his
researches in astronomy proved it to
be false; and for this he became a
martyr.
Science has also discovered that a
serpent has no vocal organs, and con-
sequently it was impossible for him
to converse with Eve. It has further
been proven that such an event as
Joshua relates in regard to the sun and
moon, would be an impossibility with.
out causing destruction to our earth.
Therefore 1 believe they are symbol.
ical variations; if not, they can only
be fables.
Ignorance man sometimes cause
truth to have the copearance of false:
hood and vice vel =. This I will illus
trate with wha., to all appearance,
seems to be a perfect man or animal;
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queens of society do the same thing in
different way; the test of education
is the grip it affords man upon the
good things of this world; the test of
principle of trade or politics is the
amount of power which it lends to the
system, or to the representatives of the
system. The materialistic tendency of
this age has emphasized reliance upon
power.
This immutable decree of nature,
that the strongest and fittest survive,
has always seemed to be in direct op-
position to the spirit of Christianity.
Meekness and humility do not seem
compatible with worldly success. Yet
the contradiction is only superficial.
The founder of the Christian system
never left the laws of the universe out
of account. He also acknowledged
that power ruled the world, but not the
power of money, intellect or birth; the
power of the spirit is stronger than
these; therefore it will outast them.
This transcendental spiritual force was
the subject of his teachings, and was
manifested in his life. His disciples
did not understand it; his contempo-
raries thought of him as fanatic who
had perished in his weakness. His
followers importuned him to make
himself a king. The overwhelming
Roman empire had swallowed up the
little Jewish state; the soldiers of
Caesar guarded the streets of the holy
city; but the mob was ready to follow
the strong man, who would lead against
the intruder. The carpenter of Naza-
reth had declared his strength; yet he
did not show it. Half in contempt,
half in good natured wonder, Plate
asked the worn peasant at the prison
ers' bar, cart thou king, then?"
The answer was incomprehensiblet to
the Roman aristocrat, and to the
gaping crowd as we'll: "To this end
was l born, and for this cause came
into the world"
The message of the founder of Chris.
tianity is that he is king who rules over
himself, he is the strong man who re-
sists evil and follows Righteousness; he
is the chief of all who is the servant of
all; that humility OF spirit is the badge
of strength. This power of the spirit
sways all other power, and delivers
from the domination of money, rank
and intellect. He who has this spirit
ual self-cOntrol does not rely on mate
rial prosperity, nor is he disturbed by
the material accidents of life, or moved
by its lower impulses. He has power
over all these things, because goodness
is stronger than them all; through
goodness he comes into the spirit of the
divine He illustrates what has been
written that che who ruleth his own
spirit is greater than he who taketh a
city," and, because thou hast made
the most high thy habitation, there
shall no evil befall "-NIinne-
apolis Times.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-02
Vol. XI.-No. 6.
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REPUTATION.


Some people on their families pride,
Some love their rank and station,
But best of all is he who loves
A splendid reputation.
Oh, blushing maid, oh, bashful youth,
If you would have salvation,
Remember that the road to it
Is through your reputation.
You may be rich, you may be great,
You may have education,
But what are these if you have not
With them reputation.
one may lose his dearest friend
And have no food or ration,
But, then, this loss is trifling to
The loss of reputation.
Three things to me are very dear
Wealth, title and vocation,
But these are little mOles beside
My mountain reputation.
like the earth, the sea, the sky,
All things of Gods creation,
But give. oh, give me first of all
A spOtless reputation.
j. H. Harrison in st. Louis Republic
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09

Most students of chemistry have seen
water frozen in the average temperature OF
a room, but few have ever seen the air so.
lidifled, SO that it could be handled like ice
or any other tangible article. But this has
been done by Professor James Dewar OF
London. The operation is carried on
through several stages and with various
agents. Gases are reduced to liquids uu.
der great mechanical pressure, then sud
denly liberated. Certain gases under pres.
sure give a temperature 145 degrees below
zero, and the evaporation of these is one
part of the process. Pressure of almost
1900 pounds to the square inch has been
employed for the gases. The experiments
are enormously expensive with present ap-
planes and are of use only as demostra-
tions of possibilities With further research
may come more simple and less costly
methods and materials. The future of
freezing has great promise, and its value
cannot be estimated -New York Ledger
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09

pearance in state politics. is about 60
years old and was born in Last Windsor
Hartford county, Conn. He was grad
uated from the Rochester university in
1857 and studied law being admitted to
the bar year later. He had just begun
to practice when the civil war broke out.
He raised n company Of volunteers and
later was made an abide camp. He served
until peace was established, and then went
back to his law Office
Mr., Ellsworth was sent to the state sen
ate in 1882 and served for four years in
succession. Since 1856 he has been in pc.
litical retirement, but has been active in
his profession, being a member of a lead.
ing law firm of LockpOrt. He has signal.
lied his return to the political arena by
introduction of this somewhat unjust Al
bill. OF course it has caused a deal of talk
among the New York editors and newspa.
per men, and as they can reach the ears OF
an immense audience Mr.. Ellsworth has
been given wide notoriety If his measure
becomes law-which is improbable-the
Empire State will be made an asylum OF
haven of refuge for all public men of sen.
sitive nature who object to seeing theil
pictures published.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
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IN THE POTATO FIELD.
level Culture Is Now Practiced by Lead
Ing Potato Growers.

level Culture Is Now Practiced by Lead
Ing Potato Growers.
The faulty method of killing potatoes
still common with some growers is the
occasion of an illustrated description of
the two methods, hill and level culture,
by Elias A. Long, in American Garden
ing. In his sketch the upper part rep
resents the plants of potato patch in
their relations to the contour Of the
ground just after killing up. Mr. Long
writes:
1t is this killing up process to which
most decidedly object, because the dis
advantages greatly outnumber the adj
vantages thereof. First, there is the la
Dor. The dotted line, a, is supposed to
show the natural level, the killing up
involved raising the soil from below
this line and heaping it around the plant
above the ordinary level, no little job.
Second, potatoes thus hilled suffer
more from drought than is the case in
fat culture. First the superficial area
of surface exposed to evaporations is
greatly increased. In order to realize
this it is only necessary to compare the
length of the dotted line, A, with that
of the contour line, B, and yet, while
the surface thus exposed to evaporation
is greatly increased, quite an item with
us here in the midst of very dry times
such increase does not count for any
thing in case of rain, for of course no
more rain falls in half acre hilled than
on the same level. Then in case of a
heavy, quick shower the tendency would
be for the hills to shed the rain that
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09

falls over the roots into the bottom Of
the furrow to one side. where it would
do less good
In the case of the potato patch here
referred to in the killing process, the
soil between the hills, the surface in
the bottom of the burrows as left by the
hoe is hard and smooth. 1t differs wide
ly from the space between hills of the
level system, which 1 strongly recon-
mend. Here the cultivation consists in
keeping the surface between the plants
loose and free to a depth of two or three
inches. This is done by passing over the
surface in small patches with the hoe;
in larger ones, with horse cultivator or
scarifier. What the difference in the
drought resisting properties of a hard,
smooth surface and loose, open sur
face, respectively, comes in, is a lesson
which every gardener should well heed.
In potato culture the soil should be
managed for conserving a maximum
amount of moisture to the plants during
the growing season. How to do this is
to preserve the most natural course Of
culture indicated by the lower engrav-
ing. Then, by less labor, we retain a
minimum area of surface from which to
allow moisture to evaporate, and instead
of hard space between the plants,
which rapidly loses its dampness, we
have a well titled surface, in which
moisture in maximum amount is retain
ed to the plants even i'll dry weather.
The killing process is unnatural in an
other respect. By drawing the soil
against the plants three or four inches
above the surface more or less of the
leaves are buried, with loss to the plant,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
Fermented Honey.

In Langstroth 5 revised edition oc
the following; If any honey sh'
ferment, let no one think that /
spoiled, unless it was really unripe
has turned quite sour. A slight amC
of alcoholic ferment can be evapor
readily by melting the honey over Wa
when the ferment escapes i'll the 81
of foam. AS this fermentation is ca
by the presence of unripe honey, S
of our friends succeed i'll entirely
venting it by melting all their hC
Immediately after granulation.
melting evaporates all excess of mois
contained in it, and we highly c
mend this method. "
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
New Uses For Greenhouses.

The decreased cost of constructing
managing greenhouses is leading
great multiplication of their mum
and, as another result of the use
which they are put, American @
vator reports that Philadelphia ov
of numerous greenhouses for whicl
could not find profitable use dew
several to the growing Of potatoes.
course in rich soil and with abun(
warmth and moisture the crop was
large. He had homegrown potatoe
early as they could be brought from
south and made fair profit by sci
at the same price per peck as new p
toes brought per bushel few w
later
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
SUCCESSION OF SWEET &C

For "A Connecticut Sweet Corn Trade
"A Massachusetts Summer Resort
A succession Of sweet corn for the
necticut trade was the subject of a
munication TO Rural New Yorker.
writer said:
We do not depend on successive p
mgs, as oftentimes the same var
planted ., 10 or 10 days apart ON
early ground, will often mature at II
tically the same time. Nothing will
a corn trade quite so quickly as
tough corn. We think it just right
the nail will easily break through
skin of the kernel and it is full of
Of the short varieties, like Cory
have the rows az to 3 feet apart
the hills 219 feet in the row. OF tn
varieties we have rows feet apart
az to 3 feet in the hill. Plantin
thickly will give too many small
imperfect ears.
The reason why we prefer difft
varieties is that people like a chs
The later varieties are usually of b
quality. For 500 ears per day we sh
plant about as follows: Two quar-
First Of All, quarts of Early Ess
quarts of Crosby's Early, quart
Shakers Early, 4 quarts of Potter's
celsior, quarts Of Stowell's Everd
and s quarts of Country Gentlel
For the earliest get dry land, will
eastern or southern slope. Get good |
Buy it in the ear if possible If pla
too early, it is quite liable to rot.
use stable manure largely, but a |
fertilizer goes into every hill to gil
quick start. One of the largest 81
corn seed growers in this country
told me, 1--WE catalogue all varietiI
sweet corn, but sell more Stow
Evergreen than all the others pu'
gether. "
A second correspondent writing,
a Massachusetts summer resort in VI
said; II would plant Cory and C1I
as early as the season will permit,
then once in ten days or two wed
would plant Crosby for a success
For my trade Crosby gives good 5
faction, and now plant no other
except Cory for very early. 1 Il
Crosby and Cory corn in rows 31a|
apart, the hills of Crosby 3 feet
Cory 2 feet apart i'll the rows, thin
to four plants to the hill. If the la1
good, l would suggest three-fourths
each of Cory and Crosby, planted
l, and thereafter three-fourths
Crosby once in about ~ days to id
900 ears per day.
For market and profit it is bes
one to use only the two kinds name
"On rich land Potter Excelsior j
cellent, and Concord does pretty
The ears of both are larger than Gro
have a good deal of hotel trade,
the size of the Crosby just suits.
year the retail trade at watering |
was much pleased with it. The la
kinds of corn, especially if the lar
rich, should be farther apart than Or
or Cory"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
Timber Areas on the Watersheds.

In a report to the governor of Penn
sylvania the secretary of the department
of agriculture advises, as soon as the con-
dition of the state treasury of Pennsyl-
vania will permit, an attempt to obtain
control of at least a portion of the tim
Der areas on the watersheds of one or
both branches of the Susquehanna river,
in Pennsylvania, by initiating the ex-
ample of other states and be placed in a
position i'll the near future to influence
the water supply by controlling the
character and condition of the forests
upon the watersheds.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09

to reduce the weight of half the great men
of Europe he cannot acquire even a moder-
ate amount of flesh. He is in splendid
physical condition, however, and can eat
and drink all those things which he for
bids his patients to touch.
His first great patient is still his chief
one and he is never absent for more than
two or three weeks at time from Frieder-
icksruh. His rise to fame was rapid one.
AS young Bavarian student of medicine
he had met Prince William Bismarck at
college. A few years after graduation he
had the good fortune TO cure his friend of
dropsy. The young prince recommended
his physician to the Iron Chancellor, who
was thought to be dying. The young ply
sician was successful where others had
failed, probably because he had the cour-
age to bulldoze Bismarck into obeying his
instructions implicitly. This cure made
him famous.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
AGAINST CARlCATURES.
A Bill to Curb the Ambitious Pencils Of
New York Artists.

Timothy f. Ellsworth, who has recently
reuaincd the Republican leadership in the
New York state senate. has introduced a
bill in that body to prohibit the publica
ton of caricatures and unauthorized por-
traits in the newspapers. Senator Ellis
worth's grievance against the pictorial
press cannot he said to be personal one,
for never until he introduced this bill had
he attained the dignity of being carica-
turcd. Indeed, some of the New York car
toonists advance the suggestion that per
haps he was piqued on that account. What
ever the reason Senator Ellsworth pro
poses to kill caricatures if he can.
The bill provides THAT no person, firm,
partnership, corporation or voluntary as
ISOLATION shall print or publish in any
newspaper magazine, periodical pamphlet
or book any portrait or alleged portrait
of any person living in this state without
first having obtained his or her written
consent TO such printing or publication. 1"
Violation of this he proposes to punish by
fine of not less than 81 900 and an i'm
prisonment of not less than one year.
Mr.. Ellsworth is one of Senator Platt'I
lieutenants, and this is not his first ap.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
EARTH

ally cold spell early in December. 1t
froze very hard l shouldered my pick
and shovel, started for the wet spot,
now frozen dry, but with no frost under
the boards The bottom of the ditch
was left highest in the center, stoned up
with fiat stones for throat and the
small ones from the crates ON top. (See
cut.
"As fast as dug and stoned up the earth
was replaced to prevent freezing. There
is nothing more important than cover
ing a stone drain with plenty of earth
before a rain fills it with mud and sand.
I wouldn't give much for ditch filed
to the surface with stones"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
Making a Drain.

With the determination to drain an
unsightly low spot it was plowed, leav-
ing a heavy, dead furrow where the
drain should be and board or plank
trodden down in the center Of the fur
row. "At this point, writes a Rural
New Yorker correspondent, 1--WE in
creased the usefulness of our potato
crates, which were filed with small
stones and placed as sentinals along the
dead furrow, when all was ready to go
into winter quarters. We had an unusu-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
Formalin For Potato scab.

Formalin has been tested at the L
ana station in place of corrosive su
mate for scab. Folmalin comes in
pound bottles, containing a 40 per
solution, which is colorless and o
less liquid. add half a pint t
gallons of water, soak the seed pota
two hours and then cut the plant "
malin is more expensive than zorro
sublimate, but it is not poisonous
animals.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
KleptOnnania.

81 am happily able to prove, " remarked
the counsel for the defense, "that my client
lisa kleptomaniao. To that end, if it please
the court, l submit in evidence the deeds
In her name to 100000 worth of unin-
numbered real estate and gilt edged securi-
ties to the amount of another 800, O00 We
rest
Tho jury found a verdict of acquittal
without leaving their seats. Detroit Trib-
une.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
A FAMOUS PHYSICIAN.
DIR. Schweninger Has Distinguished Pa
tients All Over Europe.

DR.. Schweninger, the famous physician
who keeps Bismarck alive is obliged tc
pay the penalty for his fame. His patients
are scattered all over Europe, and some are
in even more remote corners of the earth
The most distant he treats by cable and
telegraph. One of these is grandchild
of Ii Hung Chang, and it costs 81 word
to send his Instructions Other distin
guished patients are found in nearly every
capital of Europe. When DR. Schweningel
makes his rounds, he does not use car
riage, but he takes his trunk and the fast
est express he can find. For the past ten
years he has almost lived on the railroads,
lodging in and out of Berlin like shuttle
in loom One day he will post off to
Vienna, treat a prince, and rush back &c
the German capital just in time to deliver
a lecture in the Berlin university, where
he still holds a profcssorship.
The next day he will be on his way to
the Riviera and on the next fastening to
Stockholm. He says that last year he slept
ESQ nights in sleeping ears. He numbers
the sultan of Turkey among his patients
and scores of royal personages of lesser
rank. He is already wealthy, and his in.
come must be something immense. But
his work keeps him thin. 1t is the irony
of fate that while he has been called upon
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
HOMEMADE ROLLER.

The frame was made of 3 by 3 oak
set high enough so that the tongue q
be bolted to back of the frame and
the roller. The corners were brI
with old wagon tire This illustr
description is from Ohio Farmer
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09

Six blocks were cut, foot long,
white oak log about feet in diam
A hoe was bored through the cent
each block, and then the blocks
strung on to a shaft out of an old {
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-04-09
THE HORSE
BY JOSEPH BATTELL
From Advance Sheets
copyright Secured.]
Continued 6rom last 7oeek.
ASIATIC, AFRICAN AND AUSTRALIAN
HORSES
HORSES

breeding this almost every farmer having large tracts
grass what he requires for his stock and well
rearing but unfortunately those who do breed
give thought either the selection OF mares or
that the breed of horses in this country
steadily dgenerang year by There doubt the Cape
horse the Indian climate than the Australian horse
ANIMAL and continuing fit for work to much more ad-
Cape horses imported during the Indian muty are
spoken by cavalry and artillery officers thefnest lot OF horses
ever imported for army India Unless the subject IS
taken ND either Colonial Indian governments think in few
scarcely goodhOe in the country as the cOOns
themselves purposes and to be quite
satisfied they get understood at small price to carry
them twenty miles, which they neehater and turn the
poor grass without grooming feeding apparently not
much caring alive dead in the morning For this
reason hgh-pced would be looked upon rather
nuisance requiring certain amount OF which they seem I'M
willing to give"