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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
American Trade
Supremacy.

niche of the temple of the past and
commerce with all her plentiful train
will lead men onward and upward to
higher and nobler victories-victories
wherein slaughter and rapine stain not
the laurels of the victor, but glorious
triumphs crowned by the snow-white
lilies of peace. Again I say all honor
to the American business men! to them
the country owes its greatness.
During political campaigns, when
cheap politicians are wont to coddle
ignorant audiences with lurid pictures
of the sufferings of the poor, they
whine and howl about the trusts, Wall
street, bloated bondholders and all
that sort of rot. These bombastic
political montebanks cannot bamboozle
the average American with such stuff
as that. The farmer of the wheat fields
of the northwest knows a goodly
portion of his produce is carried
beyond the seas and sold in foreign
marts, and he gives due credit to the
keen, masterful men that nave opened
up this market for him. The mechanic
working at his lathe or forge in the
eastern hives of industry, is aware that
his skill is known and appreciated
beyond the confines of his own country
and is grateful to the source of this
means of livelihood. Thus through all
branches of industry, the stimulating
impetus of Yankee thrift and genius
is felt and valued by the working
classes. The mouthings of Senator
Mont E. Bank or the Hon. Tom Rot
fool no one but themselves.
An American financier visited Europe
this spring and created a furore among
the old-world money kings. They
seemed to think he came over there to
buy one or two of their old countries
to take home and show the American
people what poor articles they were.
After stirring them mp, the inancier
left the continent, visited England and,
as a souvenier of his vacation, bought
fleet or two of steamers. RumOr
tells us that this American is going to
establish a line Of traffic that will gird
the world-a railway from the Atlantic
to the Pacific; steamers going east
from New York and steamers going
west from the Pacific coast. 1t looks
small on paper, but it is mighty
! undertaking, this matter of establish
ing an around the world line of COM
merce, and taking it all in all it is
typical of American business methods.
PENDENNIs.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
THE DAYS AND THE
YEAR.

What is the world, my little one?
Our world belongs to that clock, the sun.
Steady it spins; while the clock beats true
Days and seasons for you me and you.
And tick k-tick-tOck! goes the mighty clock
While time swings on below,
Now left-now right; now day-now night,
With tick-tock to and fro.
The pussy-willOw In coat of fur;
A sweet pink rose in the wind astir;
A maple leaf with crimson blush;
Then falling snowflakes and Winters hush.
While tick-tick.tOck goes the mighty clock,
And the world swings on below,
Budding-blowing; shining ng-snOwing-
With a tick-tOck to and fro.
A little song when the heart is glad,
A little sigh when the way is sad;
Whether the shadows or SunbeamS fall,
Sweet rest and dreaming at last for all,
While tick-tick-tock goes the mighty clock,
And the world swings on below,
Smiling-sighing; singing-crying-
With tick-tOck to and fro.
So is the way, my own little one,
Our world belongs to that clock, the sun,
And the hand that somewhere keeps the key
Is the same that holdeth you and me,
While tick-tick-tock goes the mighty clock,
And the world swings on below,
Now left-nOw right; now day-nOw night,
With tick-tOck to and fro.
Harriet F. Blodgett, in st. Nicholas.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18

he have kept it? Until some one
wiser than he came along and wrested
it from him either by force or strategy.
On the other hand, it is proven to
US day after day that fame, wealth,
power, and other blessings are the
rewards of shrewdness; while the
Ounce gets nothing.
The game of life? Well life is a
huge game in which the best thinker
wins out. "Knowledge is power"
therefore anything that tends to in
crease the volume of thought is worth
striving after. Brute force is we'll in
its place, but it has an end sometimes.
Muscles wear out; the brain does not.
Is is the only part OF the body that
does not deteriorate with age. The
older it grows the more useful it be-
comes. The man who devotes his
spare time to educating himself is
investing his capital in securities that
are far more renumerative and stable
than gilt-edged government bonds.
On the contrary, the man who idles
away his spare time is not only letting
his capital stand idle, but is actually
dissipating it, for the hours that are
gone in the past, and the hours that are
slipping away now, can never be re-
called. They are gone, gone forever.
You may not mind it much now, but
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
SALTWATER, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, Jul
in the future years will you look bac

in the future years will you look back
and regret it?
A man said to me not long since:
81 consider the years 1 am spending in
here as utterly lost. am content if
can kill time. When 1 am free shall
have to begin all over again." Now,
cannot see it that way. If you have to
begin all over again, it is all the more
reason why you should increase your
present stock of knowledge. You will
need every pound of energy you can
call into action to secure a firm foot
hold on the social ladder. And it is
much harder to ascend a ladder than
to descend one. The social ladder is
the longest and most aggravating of
all. If you do not think so try it and
see. An ex-prisoner will find it hard
at the start, and although there are
some who will help him, people will
not fall all over each other to get him
a position as bank cashier or something
of that kind. He will have to soil his
hands with hard work. It may be he
will have to carry hod for while;
but if he sticks to it and shows that he
has the grit to make a man of himself
in spite of adversely, he will find friends
who will not refuse to aid him, and
what is more he will be successful in
his object.
If your object is to kill time 1 know
of no easier way than to engross your
self in some study, with the firm de-
termination to master it.
No man is ever too old to learn, nor
to make use of what he learns. Very
few are thoroughly versed in history,
grammer, mathematics or religion.
We have the opportunity here to take
up any one of these studies, and some
have time to master all of them. The
man who does so will never regret it.
l am not preaching sermon; 1 am
merely offering few suggestions to
those who wish to inform themselves
and to make preparation for the days
that are to come. You will find in the
end that it is the man with the intellect
who always wins out in the game of
life. Give it a trial. LEO.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18

that the work may be pushed forward
rapidly. Delay at harvest time means
loss to greater or less extent. Buy
the best binding twine that is to be
had. Poor twine, with sheaves tum-
bling apart as the shockers handle them,
is most expensive in the end. 1t is a
still greater nuisance when hauling and
stacking the grain.
Harvest wheat early rather than late.
Do not wait until the grain is fully
ripe, if it can possibly be avoided.
The proper time is when the wheat is
in the tough dough state-iust as the
stalks begin to turn a golden yellow.
The grain of early cut wheat is said by
millers to make whittier and better flour
than that which is allowed to stand
until fully ripe. Rust generally makes
its appearance when the wheat is in
the milk state, and the grain should in
such cases be cut earlier than if it
ripens up naturally.
Wheat, when once badly shocked,
can never be made to withstand the
rains and winds as we'll as when the
work is done just right in the first
place. The best way to put up shock
of wheat is to set up ten sheaves in a
round, compact form, well braced at
the bottom, the heads all leaning
toward the center, the butts settled
we'll to the ground, capped with two
sheaves, broken in the middle and laid
on in the form of cross, with the ends
we'll spread out. It would not be easy
for storm to uncap such a shock.
Many farmers prefer to have their
wheat stacked, when holding the crops
for future market. Farmers should
prefer to stack the grain and let it go
through the sweat which will take
about four weeks. To work in the
harvest field, under hot sun, is after
all healthful occupation. To work
in stoke hole imposes far more strain
and produces greater exhaustion than
the hardest work in the field on the
hottest of July days. STRABo.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18

INHE cartOOniSts are amusing the
public nowadays with in
teresting and apt caricatures,
depicting the jealous and en-
vious state of rival commercial nations,
and the rush of purchasers to Uncle
Sans department store. All sorts of
devices have been resorted to by the
funny men to make their cartoons in
structing as we'll as comical, but one
point predominates all others in their
drawings, that is the supremacy of
American commercial methods. The
young giant of the west stands supreme
among the traders of the worId-towers
above the older and less progressive
nations.
Yankee business tact and keenness
have forced American goods into
foreign markets very much against the
will of the lethargic busines men of
Europe. European commercial bodies
are striving to regain their lost prestige,
but are doomed to disappointment. The
people over there know a good thing
when they see it and are not going to
stretch patriotism to such an absurd
extent as to buy homemade goods
simply because they are made in their
own country, when they can get a
better quality for less money from
American agents. All this recent
agitation about European combina-
tion against American trade is absurd
nonsense; they cannot compete with
US in an open market, and they dare
not exclude our goods from their
markets. Uncle Sam holds the key to
the situation; they cannot undersell
him here at home, but he is giving
them better goods at less cost than they
can produce, and is selling these goods
in their own home markets.
All honor to the American business
men-to the shrewd, keen intellects
that have brought about this su-
premacy of American commerce!
These are the true Americans-men of
brains and resources who have made
the flag symbolic of thrift and integrity
the world over. Caesar conquered the
world by the force of arms and dragged
humbled princes at the tail of his
chariot through the crowded streets of
applauding Rome; the American
business men are as yet enjoying only
the first fruits of their genius, but the
years to come will see the whole world
Frustrated at their feet. The warrior
has had his day of supremacy. The
god Mars will soon be placed in a
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
The Game of Life.

HAT wonderful thing is
NN/ the human brain! A frag-
Y lie, delicate mechanism
that is instantly ruined by
coming in contact with any foreign
substance. No machine ever con-
structed by man can'e equal this sensitive
little machine measuring only few
inches in circumference. And it is
capable of-well what is it not capable
Of? The body without the brain is a
mere animal; the brain without the
body could not exist.
Modern writer's tell us that this is
the age of intellect, that the days of
brute force are past and gone. This is
nonsense; every age has been the age
of intellect. There was never time
in the history of the world when intel
lect was not superior to everything
else. Many centuries have elapsed
since the spirit came to Solomon at
night and said to him: "Ask what
thou wilt and will give it to thee" i"
Solomon chose wisdom-who but a
fool would chose anything else ?
Suppose he had chosen wealth, or
power, or any one of the numerous
blessings of this world, how long would
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
Minnesota Wheat.
ME last decade has not been
marked by any startling i'm
provements in machinery used

marked by any startling i'm
provementsi in machinery used
for harvesting the wheat
crop. Nor is it at all likely that any
thing better than selfbinder will be
brought out for some time to come.
The best wheat in the world is grown
in the United States, and the finest
wheat is raised in Minnesota. The
supremacy in quality is more important
than the leadership in quantity.
Furthermore, the business of raising
wheat commercially-that is raising it
for the market rather than for the
food of the local community-is
developed Ia the northwest states more
perfectly than anywhere else in the
world. Therefore, Minnesota plays a
most important part in feeding the
world.
Lest those who take proper pride
in the resources of this country should
be inclined to boast unduly, it may be
said that not wheat, but the humble
potato, is the chief food stuff for man.
kind. Europe furnishes about seven
eights of the supply, but the distinction
of being the worlds granary belongs
to us, and we are likely to hold it for
all time. In Europe it does not pay to
raise wheat and it does pay in America.
Our wheat, which makes the best flour,
comes pouring into Minneapolis from
the surrounding country in numberless
and almost endless streams.
The -four mills of Minnesota are
clamoring for wheat, the price is high,
and fortune LOOKS to be within easy
grasp. Time is very valuable when the
harvest begins. Farmers should have
plenty of good teams as we'll as large
force when the harvest is begun, so
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18

1t is interesting to note that the
early Egyptian custom of paying gold
in the form of rings has not entirely
died out in Africa at ihe present day,
and that English merchants trading
with the Kongo are quite accustomed
to receiving gold in the form of rings,
frequently ornamented with the signs
of the zodiac in relief.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18

ideal laws, or theories, like those of
geometry. We then apply these to
actual cases, cases which always differ
more or less from ideal ones, and hence
these applications are always more OF
less approximative. The only question
is, are they sufficiently exact for
practical purposes? Let us take the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-07-18
MATHEMA
PHILOSOPHY.
THIRD PAPER.

low in the mathematical theory
III of probabilities we do just as
Y the geometer does. We first
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10
EMORY COLLEGE NOTES.
Senior-JuniOr Football Game Mon
day-Prof. Bradley Resigns.


Emory College, Oxford, Ga. Nov. s.
The first game of football occurs Mon
day between the senior and Junior
teams. They are acknowledge to be
the two strongest teams in college and
the winner of the first game will in a
measure forecast the winner of the
series. The lineup will be as follows:
Seniors, Neal, center; HUTCHINSON,
right guard; Manning left guard; Mid
dlebrooks, right tackle; Payne, left
tackle; Duncan and Hemphill, ends;
Turner and Moore, halls: Atkins. quar-
ter back Captain; Timmons, full back.
Juniors, Hewson, center; Davis and Os-
burn guards; Bishop and Harris,
tackles; Lee and Campbell, ends; r. d..
and ]. K. Anderson. half backs; Har-
old. quarter back; Murray, full back.
The Juniors claim that they are much
weakened by the loss of their captain,
Mr.. Montague Boyd of Savannah, who
had the tendon of his left leg so severe
ly strained as to prevent him from
playing any more this season. How
ever, they will be strengthened by the
arrival of Mr. N. B. Dozier. Jr., of
Nashville. Tenn. who will return to
school in a short while.
DR.. bowman complimented the mem
bers of the freshmen and sub-fresh-
man classes with a reception last even
ing This was inaugurated by the
present president, that he might become
more thoroughly acquainted with the
men in the lower classes.
Miss Lucy Boyd, formerly or Savan-
nah, entertained several of her young
lady friends at an Informal luncheon
to- day. Those present were Misses
Claire Bowman, Nan-Rose Thomas,
Helen Means, Louise Bonnen. Nina
Made Hardeman, Sarah Simms and
Sue Means.
Prof. Bradley. vice president of the
college, and professor of biology and
botany, has rendered his resignation 60
take effect before the next meeting OF
the North Georgia conference. This ac-
ton, while quite a surprise to the stu
dent body, was not unprecedented.
For some time he has been intending
to enter the conference and this was
Only the last step in the contamination
of his plans. The news was received
with much regret. He graduated from
Emory in 1890, and was Immediately
rendered the chair of biology.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10
ATLANTA DEPOT CASE.
The Board of Control Charged With
Maintaining a Nuisance

Atlanta, Ga, Nov 9.-The case
against the members of the
Board of Control of the Atlanta. depot,
all of whom are prominent railroad
men, was continued in the Recorders
Court this morning for ten days.
They are charged with maintaining a
nuisance. the case having been made
by the Board of Health.
The members did not appear in court.
The new depot bill has been drawn
by the special depot committee of the
Legislature and will be introduced in
the House Monday. The bill provides
for a Joint commission of two from
the Senate and three from the House
together with the Governor, who shall
build a new depot on the states prop
erty in Atlanta not to cost in any
event more than 100000. This money
is to be taken from the rental Of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, 100000
the first year and 5000, 900 a year for
each of the following years. The men,
bers of the commission, except the Gov
ernor, are to be paid 81 a day FOR
actual service, but in no event more
than $500 a year. The bill provides for
the closing of Pryor street at the cross
ing by the Kimball House, ell damage
suits can be settled by the commission,
1IOiIl WHICH, lnCy OAAellA NC ~ c~Pl~c~fS
and the damages are to be paid out
of the 100000 provided for the build
ing of the depot.
AS soon as the bill passes the COM
mission is to contract with the rail-
roads through the Western and At
lantic for the rental of the depot to
them at a sum which shall, IN 10 event,
be less than 6 per cent. on the cost
Of the structure.
The bill provides for having the
structure completed by Jan. 1, 1905.
Hon. Joe Hall of Bibb says that he
will fight the measure to finish, as
he did last year.
Mr.. Thomas Egleston, we'll known
business man will be elected to the
Legislature from Fulton county to sue
coed the late Hon. Porter King, with
cut opposition, and there will be no
primary.
The bill by Mr.. Harden of Chatham
providing for an amendment to the
game laws so as to fix a closed season
for woodcock and summer ducks was
recommended unfavorably by the com .
mittee on agriculture to-day.
There is a flood of game bills before
the Legislature and they are being
thinned out. Mr.. Harden says, how
ever, that he expects either to get this
measure through or to get the features
into the bill which is favorably recon-
lpended, by offering an amendment.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10

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The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10
Latonia Races.

Cincinnati, Nov. 9.-Results at La
tonia:
First Race-Six furlongs, selling. Bill
Massie, to 2, won, with Erme, 16 to
5, second, and Princess Otilie, 20 to /,
third. Time 115A.
Second Receive and a half fur
longs. Hermis, to /, won, with Inven-
tor, IL to 5, second. and Setaucket, 10
5, third. Time los.
Third Race-Hurdle handicap, one
mile and an eighth. Gov. Boyd, to ],
won, with Lord Farandale, to 1, sec
end, and Eleanor Holmes, to 1, third.
Time 2:07A.
Fourth Race-One mile, selling. Win
ter, to s, won, with Fairy Tale, Is to
r second, and Dolly Wagner, 10 to l,
third. Time 1:42A.
Fifth Race-One mile and a six
teenth. Schnell Laufer, to g. won,
with Nobleman, 6 to l, second, and j.
H. Sloan, 5 to 2, third. Time 1:4S.
Sixth Receive miles, selling. Fa-
ca6e, Z to 2. won. with Little Tommy
Tucker, 10 to l. second. and Woodtrice,
II to 5, third. Time 1861.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-10
C0u|nDQClQIdeSS Wheels
At $40. $50. $50 0ld SIS.
COLUMBIA Cl0in Wheels
SIS, $50. SAC Qld $50
These are all the wheels to depend
on, and will be money-savers to you,
Repairs can be made here with the
greatest promptness and in the best
manner. We have the best facilities
to handle the most difficult work, and
we guarantee satisfaction.
t. A. BRYSON,
Columbia Bicycles,
242 BULL STREET.
IN THE FIELD OF SPORT.
Only One Favorite Wins at the
Aqueduct Races.
242 BULL STREET.

Aqueduct Races.
New York, Nov. "a big crowd was
in attendance at Aqueduct to-day to
see the last racing of the season in
the Metropolitan district. Trebor was
the only favorite to win.
Imp was badly beaten in the Farm
ingdale handicap. She was favorite,
while Dom Paul and Advance Guard
We're about equal second choices at
to l. Imp was interfered with and
knocked back at the start and was in
the ruck most of the way. Summary
First Race-Selling. seven furlongs
Lamp O'Lee. IL to 5. won, with Ben
Battle. 8 to 5. second. and The Rogue,
to 1, third. Time 1928 2-5.
Second Race-One mile and seventy
yards, selling. Thebor, to 10, won,
with Nitrate, to l. second, and AL
thea, to 1. third. Time 1:46 As.
Third Race-Handicap, five and a
half furlongs. Tenagra, II to /, won.
with G.. Whittier, to 2, second, and
Mary Worth, 10 to /, third. Time
los Us.
Fourth Race-The Farmingdale han
dicap, one mile and a sixteenth. Dom
Z to 1, second, and Handicapped, IA to
l. third. Time 1:47 4-5.
Fifth Race-Five and half furlongs.
Rocky, to /, won, with Connecticut,
5 to 2, second, and Bigotry, 5 to l. third.
Time 1:09.
Sixth Race-One mile and seventy
yards, selling. Surmise, to 2, won.
with Miss Almy. to 1, second, AMI
Kingstelle, II to 5, third. Time las 2-5.