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The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29

The full dinner-pail has long been
4 party slogan. What fills the pail is
Of vastly more Importance. What you
want to do," said Mark Hopkins in a
,ermon. ''is to elevate our food" A
gently declared that If he had to eat
the luncheons that go into most din
ner-pails, he, like many workingmen,
would run to the nearest saloon. Much
sf the intemperance and insanity that
prevails among rich and poor alike can
,e traced to improper food.
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29

Talking about the steel trust" said
Uncle II. Seed, that's what trusts
for, to steal
The Grit-advocate., 1901-03-29
You Have RhsumstIsm

Send no money, hut write Dr. ShOop, Racine, Wis,
,ox l43, for six bottles OF DR.. ShOuD's Rheumatic
Cure express paid II cured pay $780, not 1t 10 free
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29

life, or of bringing back to home and
society those who were thought to be
utterly lost.
The patriotic songs of our country
have no equal in moving the hearts of
our loyal men and women. But their
true value can only be noticed and
appreciated in actual warfare. Some
times during long and tiresome
march you will notice the worn out
soldiers stagger along almost ready to
drop at every step; they have probably
been on the march for days without
getting either sufficient rest or food,
and are now almost ready to give up.
But notice the change. In the distance
you can hear the band start the old
inspiring song" Rally Around the Flag,
and the effect is almost instantaneous.
Their bosoms will swell out, their step
become elastic and the stragglers will
close up in regular marching line, and
one after the other will join the chorus.
Many a battle has been won through
the encouraging notes of a patriotic
song.
AS we have now been carried upward
by recalling some of our national songs,
it takes the somber notes of the
funeral march to bring US back to
reality. And while we have thus paid
homage to the sister muses., poetry and
r:usic, we should not forget our tribute
to the Creator of all things, and 1 will
therefore close with quotation from
one of our poets, who says:
He is better than all the ballads
That ever were sung or said,
For He is a living poem
And all the rest are dead
By PICA.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29

injury to all. Assuming that our past
has not been just what we should have
wished it to be, is it not plain, is it not
logical, therefore, to make the present
moment the point of departure? Does
it not occur to you that for you there
is reality, fit place and congeniaI
duties? If it is possible to regulate
your life with such fine detail and
exactitude that not one single moment
is permitted to arrest your attention
from routine, you should find the task
very simple one under more favorable
circumstances than the present.
I am we'll aware there are some men
who find it extremely difficult to adjust
themselves to life of freedom with
its manifold advantages over life of
servitude, and are only contented when
they can spend their miserable existence
hobnobbing between the different penal
institutions. You can't throw off the
harness of your daily lives now, but
you can get from in under the hammer
that beats the life from out of your
souls. The idea that 'to be resigned" !"
as people say, "to fate," is a passive
and meek acceptance whatever hap
pens; vague, colorless, inefficient way
of existence; a condition that may be
lived in extreme old age or in illness or
invalidism, but which has no part to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29

JURY

professional juror very proficient in
his duties. He is only capable of
absorbing certain amount of inform
alton and, like the good and tried man
that he is, casts his ballot as will benefit
himself.
After a jury has been selected to
render verdict, it Immediately be-
comes an object of suspicion; the
jurors are guarded by a court officer;
they MAJ ch in solemn procession to
their meals under the watchful eye of
bailiff, and when the case is finally
given to them for decision, they are
shut up in room, the door barred by
their guardian, and left to debate the
points in the case IN quarters often
uncomfortable. Treated in this manner
it is no wonder that their decisions are
sometimes incompatible with justice,
for some men would agree to any
verdict in order to escape the bondage
jury system places upon its victims.
In cases where much expert testimony
is introduced jury is liable to get in
an awful muddle, and no wonder, for
both defence and prosecution have
their experts to give contradictory
evidence until the point in question
becomes so hopelessly tangled that it is
impossible to find any truth in it.
l believe that all criminal or civil
actions should be tried and decided
upon by a tribunal of three judges
elected by popular vote. To qualify
for the office the aspirant should have
practiced law at least ten years, for
it would be folly to expect a business
man or farmer to give decision upon
a case that involved intricate points of
law. The salary for such an Office
should be liberal enough to attract men
of marked ability. Such tribunal
would be unbiased and fair in its
decisions, for its members would be
men of good legal training and known
for their integrity and worth among
their fellow citizens. Attorneys who
now depend upon melting the sympathy
of a jury to secure verdict in their
favor would be nOnplussed when COM
PEELED to face tribunal of Judges
whose good sense and legal knowledge
would make them invulnerable to the
shafts of flowery rethoric. There would
be no morbid crowd of idlers around a
court room presided over by such
judges. The facts that belonged to the
case are what these judges would seek
to find, and to sift the truth from the
evidence presented to them would be
a matter of no great difficulty to men
qualified by years of legal training.
PENDENNIS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29
JUDGE
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TINE public may have the opinion,
perhaps, that one who has
been convicted of a crime
necessarily has little faith in
the efficiency Of the jury system. Such
an opinion would be erroneous, for no
one knows the facts of his case as we'll
as the accused, and if the verdict goes
against him, no matter what public
opinion may be, he himself knows
whether the jury has rendered a just
verdict or not.
Whether our method of trial by jury
is good or bad has been much discussed.
Some have advocated the entire abolish
ment of the jury system, while others
have written lengthy arguments to
prove its efficiency, while many writer's
have pointed out that, altho the jury
system as practiced needs but to be
5roadened on more liberal lines to make
it answer its purpose better, it is at its
best an antiquated relic of the past.
One who has been the most prominent
figure in trial by jury is, perhaps,
somewhat proficient to give an opinion
upon this subject.
In criminal trial twelve men are
selected at haphazard from a tribunal
to decide the fate of the accused. They
have different characteristics; some
are more intelligent than others and
all are supposed to be of good moral
character. A conglomeration of human
nature thus thrown together is believed
to be the ideal font of justice-this
juryman's peculiarities counterbalanc-
ing the eccentricities of some other one,
thus giving the scales of justice the
proper equipose. 1t is not considered
necessary for juryman to know any
thing about law, the judge supplies
them with legal wisdom. All they are
expected to have are eyes to see and
ears to hear-the attorneys generally
do the thinking.
Not as much Importance is attached
nowadays to jury duty as was the case
in former times; men that are capable
of fulfilling the duties shirk the re-
sponsibility if possible, and less COM
petent men are forced to fill their
places. Then there is the professional
juryman who manages through political
influence, or otherwise, to get drawn
on the panel every term OF court, and
this experience does not make the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29
John Ruskin, Seer
and Prophet.

L HAD been a saying among the
rabbis of Israel, that when king
died there was little cause for
lamentation, for in Israel every
man was competent to take his place,
but when thinker went to his last
rest there was gap that was difficult
to fill. This profound observation was
brought to mind by the fact that few
months ago an aged teacher had fallen
asleep in ancient and distant England.
John Ruskin will live in the annals of
fame as the prophet of the nineteenth
century He was not prophet in the
sense of one who foretOld events, but
in the sense of one who preached
gospel, which, while its roots were in
the New Testament, its development
found expression in the works of man.
Ruskin demanded high ideals; he
insisted on the embodiment of truth
in all things. 1t was the duty of the
soldier to die for the nation; the duty
of the lawyer to die, rather than
countenance an injustice; the pastor to
die rather than teach a falsehood. He
made up new commandment, "Thou
shalt hate thy neighbor as thou hatest
thyself," and in explanation declared
that a man hated himself when he
sought his own rather than another's
good, that all the joys of life came
from doing good to others, and that a
greater curse could not befalI man
than to be condemned to live for him.
self alone. Ruskin was enabled to
discover the beauties in the things of
nature, also to detect the falsities in the
latter and to teach man to discover
them.
Art has a much more powerful
influence upon the history of the world
than is generally believed. Just think
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29

what has been done since the twelfth
century by art in representing the
agonies of the passion of Christ! The
aim seems to have beer to wiring out
of the hearts of men and women the
last drops of pity thst could be excited
by this merely physi al agony; for art
nearly always dwells on the physical
wounds or exhaustion. 1 have seen
but one picture where this feature was
eliminated: In the year 1897 picture
was hung in the salon in Paris, the
worl9 of an artist unknown to fame,
The picture represented the cruciixion
and was entitled, "The End" After
one glance at the face upon that canvas
one forgot every other feature; the
expression of infinite peace and rest
held one spellbound,a a feeling of awe
and reverence made one bow ones
head in silent alteration. That quality
in art is uplifting, the other degrading
and repelling.
Ruskin tried to show men the
quantity of time, and the quantity of
excited and thrilling emotion which
has been wasted by the tender-hearted
people of Christendom during these
last six hundred years in thus picturing
to themselves, under the influence of
such imagery, the bodily pain, long
since past, of one person; and then
tried to estimate what might have been
the result for the happiness of mankind
il these same people had been taught
the meaning of the last words of the
master: Daughters of Jerusalem
weep not for me, but weep for your
selves and for your children"
All around us are those who are
undergoing suffering and exhaustion,
fainting under the burdens that bear
them down, creatures unnurtured,
untaught, unhelped by their fellow
men; here is the place for tears. Art
to be true must involve in US a senti-
ment which inspires, not to neglect, but
to the performance of duty. Ruskin
stood for the right of the human soul
to see, to enjoy, and to possess the
world; for the right of access of all
men to nature and therefore for health,
sanity, and beauty of life. We are
thankful for such a man as Ruskin,
just as we are thankful for a Lincoln,
Luther or st. John. CLINIC.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29
'eRMs.J Shopper year, In advant 9
Six Months 80 cents.

play in life of faith and hope. To
ally and identify ones own will with a
purpose, is to enter on and assume
possibilities with a certain measure of
achievement.
The mere idea that you have no
chance to qualify or that the social
fabric as it exists today and as you
view and understand its code of morals.
prevents you from accepting or exerting
yourself in your chosen vocation,
becomes mere fallacy when backed
by strenuous life. Society cares
nothing for you while you are here, nor
will it concern itself about you after
you are once more free man; why
then, should you concern yourself about
society? Is it not plain to you therefore,
that the present moment is pregnant
with infinite possibilities and that now
is the time to think, plan and prepare
to execute with better degree of
success in the future9 AS soon as you
are once more launched upon the sea
of free humanity, crowd on all the
canvas you can; give way to no man,
and don't be afraid to freight your boat
with as much faith and hope as you
can carry; the purpose creates the
channel. the result will be you will
have many to initiate you; right or
wrong, push ahead. JULIUS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29

TIME present moment is always
filed with infinite treasure;
it contains more than one is
capable of receiving; neither
can time, place or circumstances cause
its infinite value to decrease. A mere
retrospective glance will convince you
that you have failed to take advantage
of the then present; moment, which, if
you are not utterly lost in will power,
should give you an incentive to retrieve
in the future what you have forfeited
in the past. Are you equal to the
emergency? Of course you arel Self
abandonment and a lack of faith never
gained anything for mankind.
"What is the use +? 1 tried to regulate
my past and it proved piteous
failure" someone will say. There is
where you are wrong; you neither tried
nor lived regulated life in the past,
and if that statement is not true, why
did you not discern your present mis-
fortune in time to prevent it?
This brings us to the potency of the
present moment. Now 1 am not in
favor of regaling the readers of THE
MIRROR with lot of boosted cajolery,
for not only does such printed dissimu-
lation fail in its purpose, but it breeds
an intense spirit of contempt for the
author and widens the gulf between
the present and the future. One
human being cannot receive an injury,
or be kept from his rights. without
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-08-29
Plans for the Future,

Launch your vessel
And crowd your canvas"
-TennysOn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25
SaluvIa.

Miss Cora Speer, who had been
spending a few weeks in Cham
bersburg, returned to her home
y this place on Friday evening.
lewis G. Mann, leading mer-
chant Of Everett, accompanied by
his little daughter Miriam, was
visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. c. Mann, the first of
this week.
Misses Lizzie Lysinger and
Sallie Gracy, Of Everett, were
guests of the Misses Mann
several days this week.
Mrs. George Sheridan Fockler,
of Johnstown, is visiting her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. Fl. S. Wish
art, of Harrisonville.
Miss Nell Daniels, of Neon
nellsbnrg, spent several days
with relatives and friends at Har-
risonville last week.
John S. Harris, whose illness
was noted last week, is regaing
his usual health.
Rev. Pitte1ger, who was suf-
fering from a threatened attack
of fever, accompanied by his wife,
left Thursday for their home in
Adams county.
On account of the inclemency
Of the weather on the 18th inst,
the Endeavor's ice cream supper
and social, at Green Hill, did not
eventuate. 1t has been postponed
until Saturday evening, Aug. 8,
at which time and place you may
be royalty entertained.
George Schooley and Oscar
Kline, who are employed in Frank
lin county, were visiting at their
respective homes over Sunday.
Mrs. Mae Bair and little
daughter Nellie, left Saturday for
a weeks outing at Bedford
Springs, where they will be join
ed by Mr.. Bair, who is employed
by the Western Union Telegraph
company as lineman.
Miss Alice Gordon, of Ft. Lit
tleton, was the guest of Miss
Ella Mann, Thursday night, while
enroute to Bedford Springs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25
Narrow Escape.

During severe storm few
days ago Charles Snyder clerk in
the store of Levi Springer, at
Edenville, Franklin county, made
a narrow escape from being kill
ed by lightning. Mr., Snyder was
along the mountain in that sec
tion with horse and wagon gath
ering produce He noticed that
storm was approaching and
hurried to a farm house to pur-
chase eggs and butter expecting
ID return in few minutes to his
team, which he left standing in
the road, and then make haste to
Edenville. When he started tow
ards the team a bolt of lightning
descended and struck the wagon,
demolishing the front part of it
and killing the horse instantly.
MIR. Snyder was within short
distance of tine team when it was
struck and was dazed by the
lightning. The horse and wagon
was the property of Mr.. Spring
er.-Valley Spirit.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25
Reformed Reunion.

The twelfth annual reunion Of
the Reformed Church Of southern
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vir-
ginia was held at Penmar last
Thursday.
There went from this place
Rev. and Mrs. Smith, Mrs. John
A. Irwin, Misses Murine. Olive.
and Bessie Grissinger, William
Hull, Charlie Bender and his
mother Mrs. Samuel Bender,
Miss Alice Hoke, Miss Ollie Pitt
man, and Miss Laura Wagner, and
Mrs. George b. Daniels.
The weather was fine. OF the
twelve years the Reformed peo-
pie have been having these re-
unions they have never had rain
on that day.
They say that the new auditor
ium at Penmar adds very much
to the comfortof those attending.
Heretofore there was a speakers
stand but the audience were
obliged to sit around on rude
seats in the grove not very well
shaded Now this auditorium
while open all around furnishes
entire protection against rain and
sun, and the seating is such that
one may hear the speaking with
comfort
DR.. Prugh one of the finest pull
pit orators in the church was
there.
The McConnellsburg party left
Loudon at 7.05 in the morning,
went toCham bersburg, ,and thence
by way of Hagerstown, reaching
Penmar at II. Returning, they
reached Loudon at 10.
The Lutheran people will hold
their reunion at the same place
on Thursday of this week, and the
Presbyterians next Tuesday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25
Hats for Horses

Max Sheets has horse that
has the distinction of being the
first nag in McConnellsburg to
wear hat, or bonnet as it is us
ually called.
Most of the draft horses used
by large business firms in the
city are now going about with
bonnets on their heads. They
are made of straw shaped like
a farmers hat, with two holes
for the ears of the horse and a
brim wide enough to shade the
eyes. 1t is tied neatly under the
throat, and may or may not have
a wet sponge in the crown to keep
the horses head cool. A good
man is merciful to his beast said
W. Penn, b. Franklin, or some
body else.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25
Gone to st. Louis.

Miss Lady Emma Lyle, the
beautiful daughter of Mrs. j.
Calvin Linn, of Shade Gap, Pa,
has gone to st. Louis, Missouri,
as companion to Mrs. Peter Koch
of that city.
Mrs. Koch, whose husband is
Secretary to the General Freight
Agent of the Mobile & Ohio Rail
way, is the youngest daughter of
Mr.. w. A. Jamison of Shade Gap,
and it was upon one of her quiet
visits to her dear old father a
couple of weeks ago that she
made the acquaintance of what
she called her "Rare Jewel"
Mrs. Koch and husband are
very much attached to this "Jew-
el, " and ST. Louis. having such
splendid schools and numerous
advantages, they intend for Miss
Lyle to complete her education,
and then take a business course.
Miss Lyle new found friends
are well educated and their home
is one of refinement and comfort.
Their only child a little daughter,
Miss Adelaide, also loves her new
found friend-Lady Emma.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25
School Appropriation Restored

1t is rememb bered that Governor
Stone two years ago took it upon
himself, to reduce the State APP.
preparation for the public schools.
This reduction amounted to half
a million dollars "a year This APP
preparation for last year Ind will
come off this year; but TO make
good this efficiency, the recent
legislature passed bill, and the
Governor has signed it appropria-
ting one million dollars, and here.
after the appropriations will go
at five and ii half millions as be-
fore.
The million detiency will be
paid in four annual payments and
the townships will receive their
share of it in addition to their
regular appropriation checks.
This county's share will be
1888. 43 a year.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25
Exceptions Dismissed.

Bedford county people have
been making an effort to have the
Bed ford aud Chambersburg turn
pike condemned from Bedford to
the top of Rays Hill at the Fulton
county line. A jury of viewers
was appointed, both sides were
heard and the jury reported in
favor of condemning the pike and
tixt d the damage Nt S., ,0s750 to
be paid by Bedford county, to the
turnpike company.
The turnpike company then
filed exceptions, but Judge Long
enecker, after due consideration,
dismissed the exceptions last
week, and now if the turnpike
company want 10 continue the
fight they must take it up TO the
supreme court.
Let the good work go on. If
the Bedford county people sue
ceed in tearing down the tollgates
in that county, the company will,
in all probability, abandon the
pike through this county, as it
does not pay expenses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25
Neednlore.

This has been the most difficult
season for the farmers to get
their grain stored that has been
known for many years. A num-
ber of them have removed the
bands and spread the sheaves in
the sun during the last two or
three days which have been with
out rain.
Merchant W. F. Hart is on the
sick list, and has been confined
to his room for few days.
T. 2. Garland who was sick last
week is able to be at his work
again.
Irwin Fisher, of Warfordsburg,
threshed for Hart and Sharp on
Saturday. He says if he gets
many crops in such a condition
he will need an attachment re-
semi bling a clothes wringer to
run the straw through before
entering the machine.
The town is again enlivened by
the presence Of the students.
We are told the school numbers
tftytwo, and more are expected
this week.
G. A: Foster, who went to his
homein Union township last week
with a supposed case of fever,
has returned hale and hearty.
Miss Annie May Everts left
last Sunday to attend school in
Hustontown.
Thompson Peck has the sub
contract for carrying the mail
between this place and Hancock.
Miss Ethel, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. G. M. Dixon, of Cham
bersburg, is i'll and unable to re-
turn to her home. She is at her
uncle j. G. Mellott's, and is inn
proving under the care of DR..
Sappington, of Webster Mills.
Messrs. Clel and Oscar Nor
gret, of Berkley, w Va, spent
Sunday with their uncle, Mr.. A.
Runyan.
The Wink brothers, Tom, Geo.
and Ted, left last week for Gin
cinnati, where they have employ
ment.
Hotel Mellott is crowded with
boarders now. We think our
friend George is lucky in not
having the county funds in
charge yet
Mrs. John d. Mellott has been
seriously ill during the past
week.
Mr.. B. w. Logue, of Ayr town
ship, spent "a night in town last
week. He could not get farther
on account of the high waters.
Again we are reminded of the
long felt want, a wagon bridge
over Tonoloway. This is the
point for Union, Brush Creek
and Bethel people to cross on
their way to the county capital.
Mrs. Dennis Gordon, of Thomp-
son, and Clarence Morgret, of
Dresser, ILL.,, visited Herbert
Morgret last week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-07-25

Davy Little last week sold four
lots off the Little Extension" at
the forks of the pike. Those are
most DISQUALIFICATION for homes
and soon will all be taken. Buy
now and save first purchasers
profit.