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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-13
MYSTERY.

The GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF
THE EARTH. The AXIS, UPON
WHICH THE EARTH REvOLvES.
The question has been asked in
these columns if the earth is a
Comet, and while we cannot
answer in the affirmative the neg
alive is surrounded by mystery.
So far as we know from scientific
observations the Earth is prob
ably in form or shape similar to
that Of an orange, being appar-
emily fatened at the North Pole
and at the South Pole. It revolves
upon it's own axis with regularity,
but this axis cannot be imaginary.
The Earth is made up of rock,
stone and various earthly deposits;
which would separate and crumble
and fall apart unless held together
by some subtle agency. The care
fully selected ingredients which
we find in the general make up Of
the earth are evidences of a superior
skill far beyond the ordinary con-
ception Of man. All we know,
all our knowledge, is reflected
knowledge from that higher power.
This creative power, be it what it
may, must first have had thought.
this thought produced an idea,
and the idea was reflected when
the earth was made, just the same
as man will have a thought he
will convey his thoughts to an
architect who will produce a draft
Of the designs of the original
thought from which the builder
buildeth his house or our other
structure. All that we have in
this world is either by reflection
or refraction, light itself is reflected
from the chemical conclusions
and decompositlons of magnetized
and electrical phenomena produced
by the magnetic attraction and re-
pulsion of the Suns positive to
the Earth's negative. By this
phenomena we see that the nearer
we approach the sun the colder
the temperature. Some of the
highest mountains are always cap
ped with snow, whilst the low
valley lands are always noted for
their great heat and high tenn
perature. By this we mean that
the ingredients which make up
the earth are held together by this
electromagnetic fluid. Animal or
natural magnetism is as much a
fluid as is water, and as the house
wife uses water to mingle with
-four in making loaf of bread, SO
the Creator uses animal magnetism
to bind the earth together.
This natural magnetism would
wear out and lose it's strength and
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-13
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THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
in the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
in 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoners
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemptiOn.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
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nothing to begin with but their.
wits, and they finally stood upon
the pinnacle Of wealth and in this.
country alone may it be said that
the very poor have any chance.
whatever.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-13
Read and pass THE MIRROR to friend.

One of the very latest theorems
is the proposition offered by Lord
Rosebery in his appeal to the
poor, that they shall please pity
the poor rich. He says that, "the
advantages Of wealth are very
much exaggerated, and in fact,
objects Of pity To demonstrate
this proposition with a man who
has to get up and hustle for his
dollar, is at first not very clear
plank upon which to stand, and
the bare assertion will be looked
upon as undulated cant. Much
depends upon this proposition as
to who offers it. Some persons
require fancy appointments in
clothing and general out6ts-style
and appearance is the whole soul
of some Of our rich brethren,
whilst others, no matter how much
money they have, are always salts
fed with a very modest appear
ance, and Lord Salisbury would
perhaps be contented with a poor
mans dinner. While such state
ments as the above may be offered
to the poor as satisfactory bait,
it is not to be supposed that even
Lord Rosebery himself could real
ly believe himself. It is quite clear
that Rosebery's proposition lacks
the element of universal approba-
ton. Lord Palmerston was a man
of few nts-plain in his person
al attire; plain in his food. He
was always at work, and at very
advanced age he was able to enter
tain the House of Commons in
some of his longest and most elab-
crate speeches. Disraelli, also, is
another example of PLAIN living;
and these two eminent parliament
tarians, always advocated some
what of the Rosebery theorem:
but then they would never have
enjoyed this privilege if they had
not had at their disposal all the
money they required to hold their
position.
Some mathematicians of the
present day, it is true, say that a
little Of the personal or at least
human element, enters even into
geometrical theorems, and that,
for example, there may be other
kinds of space Of which man has
no neutrality-suspicious. the three
angles of triangle are not neces-
sarily equal to two right angles.
Be this as it may, the personal
equation in a geometrical propo-
sition is at a minimum, while in
Rosebery's case it is maximum.
We do not agree with Rosebery;
he lacks the essential element of
philosophical truth, at the same
time there are those who have
brought themselves to the front
on very moderate means to start
with. Take for instance Gladstone,
or Lord Kelvin, and others of a.
like frame of mind; but these men
are the exception, and not the
rule-even Oliver Cromwell had
to begin with a valuable farm.
The United States is the only
country that we know of where
contra cases may be found, and in
such men as Mickey, Rockefeller,
and others of his kind. They hadI
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-13

could be self-producing. We
think the axis on which the earth
revolves would require to be self
supporting, self-sustaining, non
destructive, full of sire myth and
vigor. Ever being able to recreate
itself, with an exhaustless supply,
showing that the axis must be
something, true reality and not
imaginary. When we look into
nature, there is only one element
capable of performing this func-
ton, and therefore the earth must
be so formed and so made that
the axis may become this living
reality. Suppose that there was
an opening of the earth at it's
North and South poles, and a
space within, in which wind could
be generated, what a vortex OF
strength would be made.
This center of the earth, having
an opening through itself from
North to South, would become a
generator Of natural magnetism.
It would be a votex, drawing by
suction into itself wind produced
by it's own passage through space,
this wind would have all the me-
cessary attributes required, it would
be self-producing, self-sustaining,
non-destructive, and full of strength
and vigor. It would also by its
friction on the crust of the inside
of the earth produce animal or
natural magnetism, which would
always recharge the earth with
natural magnetism sufficient to
hold and bind together all Of
the elements that 90 to make up
this earth. By this we wish to
say that the elements constituting
the earth's composition are sat-
urated with animal magnetism just
the same as loaf of bread must
be saturated with water, other
wise it could not hold itself to-
gether. The northern lights or
aurora Borealis'' are produced
by the friction Of the wind on the
inner crust of the earth. The
continued friction on the surface
of the inner crust Of the earth
producing as it must static cleo
tricity constitutes the wonderful
display which we see both in the
North and also from the South;
and at the same time recharges
continually the load stone which
we find deep down in the earth
and which receives and holds this
magnetism, the same as a sponge
will hold water, and from these
saturated loadstones which may
always be found if we dig deep
enough into the earth the entire
composition of the earth is firmly
held and bound together. This
theory also assists us in unravel-
ing the mystery of the origin Of
tornadoes. The earth sailing
through space upon this power
full axis is like ship sailing over
the ocean. The axis being per-
fectly elastic cannot be broken nor
destroyed, allows the motion Of
the earth to rise and fall the same
as a ship will rise and fall al
though the ocean may be perfectly
calm. This steady motion of the
earth allows at different periods
of time a sudden emission of a
cold wave from it's northern OPEN
ing and sudden emission of a
hot wave from it's southern pole.
Now by the motion of the earth
revolving as it does these hot and
cold waves of electric atmosphere
binds these two waves upon the
surface of the earth and naturally
enough from the north it would
gravitate in a southerly direction
and from the south in a notherly
direction should they meet a cy-
clone or tornado is the result.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-13

BILE, and for this reason sickness
could not occur and therefore life
would be perpetual. Now suppose
some friends call to see you
would you ask them to take a seat
on the roof of your building, or
would you not invite them to come
into your parlor? We think you
would place at their disposal the
place of honor.
So we think that when the
Creator made Adam and Eve, that
he placed them in the Garden of
Eden, and how long they lived
there before being expelled, no
one will undertake to suppose.
Time at that time did not exist.
There was no time, and time did
not begin until death came into
this world, therefore by the act of
disobedience, when Adam and
Eve were expelled from the Gar
den of Eden, they entered into the
shadow Of death. That was the
moment when time began. They
we're expelled from the parlors Of
the eaath and put out upon the
outside of the globe. Then we
find that the Creator placed a bar
rier around the Garden of Eden,
and these barriers may be seen in
the Arctic Circle, across which no
man can pass.
There is a strange circumstance
in the fact that the wild goose,
above a certain degree, always flies
northward at the approach Of win
ter, to lay her eggs and hatch her
young; whilst in the South beyond
certain degree, they fly south
ward for the same purpose. Now
if the wild goose flies northward,
it is certain she will not do so to
winter on icebergs; she must have
warmth and food, and she must
cross the Arctic Circle, for the
nests of the wild goose have never
been found, but we do know that
in the early spring of the year she
comes southwark and brings her
young with her. Then again,
when Franklin went northward on
his polar expedition, that he went
far enough to discover an open
sea having a swift current running
northward and also that strange
vegetation is found in the passage
Of the gulf stream which is cur
rent Of warm water running
through cold water,
We will now return to the ques-
ton, and say that if there was no
opening at the North and South
Poles, and that the earth was in
reality round globe; how could
it sail through space in a regular
path? It could not possibly do
so because there would be no axis
upon which it could revolve; and
if there was no axis, then the
earth would be comet.
There is also very important
proposition in ascertaining the
location of the Garden of Eden.
Its place cannot be found upon
the face of the earth, and no labor
has been spared to try and find it's
location; but in no part Of the
habitable portion of the globe has
it been found, for the simple
reason that it is not on the outside
Of the earth. Although it's descrip-
ton is very plainly stated in the
Bible, yet no portion of the earth
so far as we can fnd-can show
any trace of its existence: there
fore we presume it must have
been located within the inner por-
ton of the earth. Then you say,
how can the inner portion of the
earth be lighted? and we tell you
that the amount of static electric
~, o.oooro4oJ h., 4lo e.; o&.o,, of
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30
Teachers Notice.

The Wild Winter session OF the
Ross County Teachers Institute
will be held In the Central School
Building, Chillicothe, Ohio, on Sat
urday, December 9th, 1899. The
first session will begin at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ, and the second at l o'clock
p. M.
The committee has arranged
what II believes to be- a most ex-
cellent program for this occasions.
1t sincerely hopes that every
teacher in the colnmunity will be
present at the opening OF the first
session. Miss Williams, teacher Of
Music In Chillicothe Schools, will
have charge OF the Music on this
occasion. At least part Of Ii will
be rendered by the pupils OF Chilli
cothe Schools.
At the morning hour, Mr.. q. A.
Malone. OF the Savings Bank, will
talk on Negotiable Paper. No
teacher can afford TO miss the val
uable. information to be CLEANED
from this discussion, 1t covers a
field Of most useful knowledge, and
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30
Sharp Knives.

The grindstones in Logan, were
well worn before the election
knives to stab the Re-
publican county ticket. Every
loyal Republican in Hooking
should and will know who these
knife sharpeners are They live in
Logan and the ring leaders will be
named.-Journal Gazette.
That's good boy, Mack. An
open confession is good for the soul.
1t was pretty throughly understood
that the Mckay gang was going to
sacrifice everything on state and
county ticket foi three pet candi-
dates, viz. Stone, Weitzell and
Huls. Their scheme very near
worked, but not quite. We have
it from a prominent member of the
Republican committee, that it is
well understood who are the knife
sharpeners, and that If there are
any names to be mentioned, Nc
Kay should head the list with his
own. Some of the most prominent
republicans in Logan say that there
were some knives sharpened out on
Walnut Street, by the look of the
trade for pets in that ward.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30
Stir at the Capital.

Washington, Nov. 20, 1899.-Sen-
ator Jones. of Ark, Chairman of
the Democratic National Commit.
tee, has returned to Washingto
for the session OF Congress. He
has entirely recovered his health !;
says he never fell better, and that,
like the democratic party, he is full
of fight. He believes, and with
good reasons for his belief, that the
democratic party is today in bet
ter condition for the Presidential
campaign then the republican
party Is, and that its condition is
more likely to improve between
now and the opening of the cam
paign than ID that of the republi-
can party; and he says further that
his belief is fully shared by every
man who attended the recent dem
ocratic conference at Chicago He
looks confidently for democratic as
sistance from the Legislation of this
Congress, republican in both
branches; the Shylocks of the last
Presidential campaign are already
demanding their pound OF flesh,
with no shrewd Portia in sight to
ahow Mr. McKinIev how m meaf
the demand in such way that
they Will be made to follow the ex-
ample OF Shakespeare's Shylock.
1t looks now as though they would
get the pound of flesh and with 1t
the life OF the republican party.
There is reason to believe that
Senator Deboe, OF Kyy was in
Washington this week for the pur-
pose Of enlisting administration
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30
MYou Have Pain in Your Back,

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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30

SENATOR JAMES X. JONES, chair
man of the National Democratic
Committee, in recent interview
said that the Democrats in the Sen
ate and House would pursue an ag-
gressive policy all along the line
this winter. He declared that the
Democrats would be found In solid
phalanx against any scheme to
fasten the gold standard on the
country, to retire the greenbacks or
to enlarge the powers of the nat
iOnai banks as seemed to be the
prospective plans of the Republi-
cans. "Then too," added the SEN
atUr, "the Democrats will be found
opposing annexation. To be sure
the Hawaiian islands have already
been taken under the protection of
the Stars and Stripes, but that was
because the Inhabitants Of the is
lands requested that it be done;
but with Cuba, Porto Rica and the
Philippines an entirely different
situation is presented. Tho only
thing for US to do is TO keep our
promise to the Cubans and retire
absolutely from the island soon as
a government has been establish
there" Senator Jones Ii by no
means alone In his ideas relative to-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30

possibly no one could be secured
who is better equipped for the work
than Mr.. Malone.
In the afternoon, DR.. N. Fl.
Chaney will deliver an address.
The arrangements for this meet
ing equal those for any yet held in
this county. If the teachers will
manifest their usual interest, the
meeting can not fall below the high
standard of latter years.
Hooking County teachers cordial
ly invited to attend.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30

1t is an insidious attack upon a rep
resentative American by hidden
political foes. / believe that the
fight which has started so insidi-
ously will soon become open, and I
have no doubt that the American
people, who always love fairplay,
will resent these unjust and iniuri-
Gus attacks upon Admiral Dewey's
character in way that will not be
soon forgotten by the men respon.
sible for the criticisms."
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30

IN A FINAL effort to pass the
ship subsidy bill, which will bene-
fit one corporation which has con-
tributed thousands to republican
campaigns, Grosvenor, of Ohio, is
to be made chairman of the House
committee having charge Of the
measure. Grosvenor is the mouth
piece of President Mckinley III the
House. The bill is in the hands of
Marx Hanna in the Senate; and
here is the combination of Ohio
men charged with making this re-
markable piece of jobbery law.
The bill provides an annual bounty
to one corporation of fully two mill
ion dollars. Some shipping experts
estimate it's benefits to this partic-
ular concern at five times that sum.
But the national campaign will
soon be opened up, and more money
than ever before is expected. A
hundred thousand dollars from a
single concern, so benefited by its
friends in Congress, would be but
a moderate contribution. The bill
will be fought by the democrats,
but with the heroic efforts being
put forth by the republican leaders
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30

ACCORDING TO the vote cast Nov
ember Z in Ohio the next Demo-
cratic state convention will be COM
posed OF 6s5 delegates or on IA bas-
is of one delegate to each 500 votes
and fraction of $50 or more cast for
John r. Mclean, who received a
total of 368,176 votes. On the same
basis of representation the next
Republican convention will consist
of S57 delegates, Judge Nash hav-
received ATT ,999 votes.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30

Mortified at an incident which at
the worst was but an amiable error
of judgement. This assumption
that Dewey has been guilty Of some
really grave offence and is to be
banished from public favor, will re-
act upon those with whom it origi-
mated like a thunder cloud, and
their polluted fowls will come home
to rOOst,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30

non-interference in the affairs of
the islands which the fortunes OF
war thrust into our hands, and Ii is
likely that the minority will sue
cr.d in demonstrating to the world
the justice of the claims which Sen
ator Jones has advanced
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30

WHEN THE new Republican
state administration gets through
its apprenticeship at the political
buZZsaw it may realize that some
things are easier said than done.
The publication of what was appar-
emily gratuitous advice in Cover
nor elect Nasb's official organ urg-
ing the senate to turn down Cover
nor Bushnells ad interim appoint
ments, betrayed by its violent ten.
or the fact that it was Inspired by
some one with an ak to grind. 1t
is as much as assumed that the
new administration will be clothed
with irresistible power, and that
the incumbents of the various
places dependin upon the sanction
of the senate will be as helpless as
babies. The would-be execution
ers also assume that these creatur,
es of this dislike have no friends at
all, because they do not like them.
When the senate is brought to
gether and the noses counted, 1t
may be found that some of the
doomed have more friends than
were counted on. No one appears
to be so little concerned about the
course the administration may pur-
sue towards him as Hon. Charles
l.. KrutZ, and yet 1t is intimated
that he is not unmindful of the stu
alton, not in his own behalf more
than in behalf of his friends.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30
For Sale, Farm Property.

A64 acres improved land In Hook.
ing County, Perry Township Ohio.
No waste land. Good house and
all necessary out buildings. Cheap.
Easy payments.
Address, ABERNETny BROS,
CIrclevIlle, Ohio.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30
Notice.

A quarterly meeting of the Free
Methodist Church will be held In
the F. M. Church at Logan, Dec. s
to 10, the District Elder, @. W.
Muffit Ofiiciating. All are cordial
ly invited.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30
Notice to Hunters.

No hunting allowed on the
promises of the undersigned.
WILLIAM F. KULL, Marion TIP.
Rosa A. KosT, Good Hope TIP.
+ @. HARSH.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-30
FOR PRESIDENT In 1900,
HON. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN,
OF Nebraska.

In a late issue Of the Journal
Gazette Mr.. Mckay says that those
Republicans who are "under obli-
cations" to their party are the ones
whom he meant should have sup
ported the ticket. That is what
we have always advocated, Bro.
Mckay, and we told it very plain
before the election who were bolt
ers, but there seems to be differ.
ence of opinion as to who knitted
your ticket. A few prominent Re-
publicans lay it at your door.