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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-23
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Labor Unions Defended.
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is at least as intelligent as the aver
age non-union man or the average
farmer. And as the average farmer
and non-union man is supposed to
be capable of taking care of his
own business, we may safely grant
the same capability to the average
union man. And whenever we
hear that large body of men have
decided to strike, we may be sure
their grievances are of sufficient
magnitude to justify a strike.
Broadly speaking, strikes are in
augurated for the following four
purposes: To shorten the day
of labor; to enforce a principle;
to protest against reduction or to
compel an increase of wages; to
assist struggling brethren to OBJ
tain their rights. The manage
ment Of strike is sometimes in
trusted to the existing officers of a
union and sometimes is delegated
to an advisory committee selected
by the members of the organiza-
ton.
| It is to be regretted that some
times, in the heat of the strike,
acts Of violence are committed,
and the wise admonitions of the
cooler heads are totally disregard
ed; but not half Of the violence
ascribed to strikers is committed
by them. Organized capital often
hires rowdies to commit acts of
violence, and then lays the blame
at the door of organized labor.
! This is an old story. but a true one,
and is often lost sight of by the
street corner orator who knows it
all, or the. pharisee, who, without
taking the trouble to investigate,
rresumes to act as Judge: or the
sycophant, who is ever ready to
shout yes, yes! to what the paid
tools Of capital din into his ears.
All strikes inaugurated for the
purpose of resisting oppression,
rectifying wrongs, or demanding
the rights of workingmen, are d.
rectly or indirectly beneficial to
the workingman and to the world
at large. When the grievance
which caused The strike is removed
by the strike, then the benefit de-
rived is the direct result of the
strike. When the immediate OBJ
ject of the strike is not obtained
then there are no direct benefits;
but there are indirect benefits
which are too often overlooked.
We will try to point out few of
the indirect benefits derived from
a strike.
Strikes teach the employers of
labor that his employees are ready
and willing to fight for their
rights. We always respect the
man who knows his rights, ''and
knowing, does maintain them"
In like manner will the employer
be more careful to respect the
rights of his employees after he
has had real hard fight with
them. Many magnate, or captain
of industry, after great strike in
which he proved victorious, has
had ample reason to exclaim with
Pyrrhus after defeating the Ro-
mans. IF [ win another battle like
this [ am lost The unsuccessful
strike for higher wages this year
NAV be the cause of an unsolicited
inc rease in wages the coming year.
The spectacle of a large body Of
men willing to sacrifice their daily
bread, their homes, their every
thing for principle, must ever
awaken in the souls of the behold
ers emotions that are ennobling;
and when we take into considera-
ton that sometimes all the work
ingmen of a large concern make
this sacrifice to enable a few of
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thought to march out from under
their very noses with his hands
full of torches. They united their
forces, made a quick march around
the hills and bounced down on the
oxen. Meanwhile Hannibal did a
little snickering on his own &C
count as he slipped away in the
night. The Romans had porter
house steak for breakfast.
Another humorous battle was
the one at New Orleans when Gen
eral Peckenham met death and de-
feat. The best [ can do is to quote
from Stephen Crane, who says:
''It was the first time disciplined
troops had ever went up against
molasses and they came out a
sticky mass of astonished men. y
You will remember that the Ameri-
can breastworks were formed of
barrels full of molasses.
While We are discussing eatables
[ may as we'll relate an incident of
the Civil War. During the siege
Of southern city the Confeder-
ates tried to run the blockade with
supply train. In the supply
train were several wagonloads of
ham. Suddenly the Yankees
swooped down on the supply train
driving off the guard and captur-
ing everything in sight. The
Confederates reformed and made a
desperate charge to regain their
provisions. They took the Yanks
by surprise, for they thought they
were rid of the Confederates for
good. They had stacked arms and
were busy investigating the supply
train. But Yankee ingenuity was
equal to the emergency. Each
Yank began firing a volley of
hams at the astonished rebels.
The air was filled with profanity
and preserved meat. The John
MES wavered a moment and then
retired in disguised confusion
amid a shower of greasy hams.
For weeks after the rebel pickets
used to shout to the Yankee pick
cts: "'Tention company! Present
hams! Shoulder hams! Post
hams, forward, double-qui C k,
march,
A most humorous character in
history is Frederick the Great.
Frederick, when he wasn't lodging
his enemies, spent his tilne CON-
posing bad poetry. By a strange
irony of fate he always carried an
ounce of deadly poison with him,
to swallow in case he was ever cor
nered. McCauley says: 'The lit
tie general trotted around with a
quire Of bad verses in one pocket
and an ounce of corrosive subli-
mate in the other" But Freder-
lex was a man, despite all his &C.
centricities. With handful of
troops, and an empty treasury, he
held off the greatest military pow
ers in the world for seven long
years: and he won in the end.
Most of us are hardly inclined
to think of Napoleon as ever pre-
senting humorous spectacle. We
imagine him as dark, terrible
man who went around with his
hair combed down over his fore
head, and his shoulders all bumped
up, muttering epigrams by the
yard. Yet there was one time
when the great conqueror was any
thing but dignifed. That was at
Arcola. During a terrific charge
the little Corsican foundered into
a swamp up to his waist and there
he stuck despite all his efforts to
extricate himself. The man with
the resources of a nation in the
hollow of his hand was held pris-
oner by four feet of Shiny mud.
He raved and cursed copiously in
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to ind much humOr ana
3,-er} yet occasionally we run
}757575} across an incident that
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@ King Menes Of Egypt is
the first king on record. He re-
signed about seven or eight thou
sand years ago-a thousand years
one way OF another doesn't cut
much figure now = and Of what
came before Menes we know very
little. The biologists speak of
the paleozoic age, the eozoic age,
ETC., but we are not going to worry
over their fine distinctions. Menes.
being the first king on record, nat
urally interests US. We want to
know how he lived and died, etc.
[ do not know much about how he
lived but | will tell you how he
died:
One morning as he was sitting
in the shade Of an obelisk, smok-
ing his corncob pipe and reading
a copy Of THE Prison MIRROR, he
CHANGED to cast his eyes across the
varied and beautiful scenery Of the
desert toward the distant Nile. AS
ne did SO he saw hippopotamus
gamboling playfully up and down
the river. The hippo was fat, very
fat. Menes was also fat and proud
Of it. AS he looked at the hippo
his breast was filled with anger and
jealousy Did any creature in
Egypt dare to be fatter than
Egypt's most puissant majesty?
MY DEAR he said, turning to his
forty-fifth wife, ''there's a beastly
mammal down there in the river
Go and get my spear Mrs. Menes
No. As meekly trotted away to get
the weapon. When she came back
with it King Menes went after
the hippo. The two of them
grunted and splashed around in
the water, each sparring for an
opening, and then, before Menes
knew what was going to happen,
the hippo fell on him, smashing
him as fiat as an Alabama hoecake;
after that poor Menes didn't know
anything. They buried him with
great pomp and ceremony and the
forty five widows wept copiously.
The next humorous incident in
Egyptian history was during the
invasion of Egypt by the Persian
king, Cambyses, in 524 B. c. You
will remember that in ancient
Egypt the common house cat was
considered sacred. This is no joke
but serious fact; a nation Of SEN
sible, hard headed people prayed
to lot Of yowling kittens. Cam
byses knew this, of course, so
when he invaded Egypt the histo-
rian tells us, she was enabled to
conquer them by placing in the
van of his army a multitude of
cats" OF course the Egyptians
could not kill their gods, so they
threw down their arms and sur
rendered. | don't blame them; it
takes a brave man to charge regi-
ment Of bowling, clawing pussies.
Cambyses was certainly the Napo-
leon of Persia.
Another humorous incident Of
ancient history was perpetrated by
the famous Hannibal. Once when
he was tramping around through
southern Italy, the Roman
legions cornered his army in d
ravine in the hills with only two
outlets. Night was falling, SO the
Romans contented themselves with
placing a guard over the two exits
and awaiting day break before they
annihilated the obstreperous Han
nibal. Hannibal had huge drove
of oxen with him. He caused his
.o1l;oro ~ foctan torches RI the
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-23

AM starting by asking a
series Of q ue S ii o n S.
Whether [ have answered
them correctly [ will leave
to the judgment of the
reader. Now. what is con-
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STORY is hardly a place
where one would expect
to find much humor and
yet occasionally we run
across an incident that
is really laugh a bl e
King Menes Of Egypt is
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06

it was the enemy, As soon as
he saw the mistake we stopped
firing.
"Mr. Davis was not, as most
people believe, disguised in WON
ans clothing. AT the sound Of
the fighting outside the tent hi.
wife tossed an cIshawl over him,
aud as he wore a dressing gown,
the illusion was complete enough
to deceive the men in the excite
ment Of the moment. He and a
negro passed out of the tent, each
carrying a pail, and Mrs, Davis
asked the soldiers to please let
the servants go to the spring for
water For a moment we were
deceived, but sight of a pair of
top boots aroused our suspicious,
and he was seized. He offered
some resistance, but he was soon
placed under restraint.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
AkerSYille.

February 27.-The meeting at
Wesley is still in progress.
Mr.. G. r. Akers has been sui.
fering from neuralgia in his face
for some time.
f. F. Crooks, Foor Bros. new
boss and general manager of the
woods has gone home to spend a
few days with his family.
Emanuel Mills and SamuelHart
of Emmaville were in the Valley
some time ago looking for the
Beaver" seen here. They say
they can capture him if the snow
holds out.
f. d. Grove and II. A. Foor
while hunting one day last week
treed a coon and, it is said, work
ed nearly half day but failed TO
get his coonship. Better luck
next time, boys.
G.. E. Householder is wearing a
happy smile and singing, all day
long, A charge to keep l have, all
on account of big boy.
j. b. Foor visited friends in
Rays Cove Saturday and Sunday.
G.. e. Hixson has contracted
the log job from D. E. Akers.
He aspects to do rushing busi
ness.
Miss Ina Akers and mother
were visiting friends in Bedford
county last week.
The general health of the peo-
pie is good at present.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
Enulish Mullins,

The regulation English mullins
are made of raised dough and are
baked in muffin rings and on a grid
die and are turned during the bak-
ing so that the mullins come out flat
on both sides. Put one-third of a
compressed yeast cake into one
third of a cupful of cold water and
let it dissolve. Have one and a half
cupfuls of water heated to blood
heat and add to it teaspoonful of
salt and the dissolved yeast. Sift
one quart of flour and gradually stir
into it the yeast and water. This
forms dough that requires thor
ough beating. Cover and set in a
warm room for about five hours,
when it will be light and spongy.
Now shape the dough into cakes
about one-third of an inch thick
and put in the rings on warm and
slightly creased griddle. The heat
under the griddle must be very lit
tie indeed at first, for the mullins
must rise and bake slowly. Later
on, as they begin to rise, pull the
griddle toward the front of the
stove and cook a triae more rapidly.
Thirty-fve minutes is none too long
to allow for the cooking When
ready, break the mullins open, but
ter them and serve.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
To Preserve Cut Flowers.

A bouquet sprayed with water
and placed under a bell glass will
last many days longer than if sim
ply placed in a vase or bowl, while
if a buttonhole or a spray for the
hair is required to look fresh all day
or at an evening fete dab Of seal
ing wax at the end of the stalks will
keep the flowers fresh for many
hours.
Violets, primroses and many 9th
er simple flowers, if placed in bed
of sand and kept moist, will keep
fresh for some weeks, while such
flowers as foxgloves, campanulas,
etc, if placed in water, with the
bottom leaves on the stalks kept
under water, will last thrice as long
as if the leaves were stripped off the
stalks.
Ferns when placed in water should
always have some of the fronds left
in the water, as it has been proved
over and over again that no nour-
ishment can be taken through the
stem alone.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
CONDENSED STORIES.
Reasons Foc His Admiration of the
Rsdoubtahe Dewey.

Not long ago a party of Washing
ton people took yachting trip
along The coast. Among the guests
Wa4 a daughter of a prominent SEN
ator, who during the day found her.
self next to modest, quiet looking
young man, who seemed stranger
to most of the party and whose
name she had not quite heard, re-
lates the Chicago Chronicle. In
some way or other their CONVERSE
tion from the ordinary chitchat and
small talk that new acquaintance
usually begin on drifted into pol
itics, and the young girl found her
self soon smartly quarreling with
the young man on the subject of
Admiral Dewey, for whom she SEEM
ed to feel immense disdain, possibly
sharpened by the.fact that her COM
panion took a directly opposite
point Of view, contradicted her con-
stantly and even stood up for what
she considered the admiral's most
glaring defects. Finally in sheer
desperation she left his side and,
crossing to the hostess of the yacht,
said in thoroughly impatient voice
"Who on earth is that stupid man
I've been talking to?"
stupid" said her hostess. "Why,
| never found him so. He's rather
quiet and unassuming, but never
stupid, indeed"
ooh, WE'LL" said the girl, she has
such slayish alteration and admi-
ration for the redoubtable Admiral
Dewey"
"Well, and why shouldn't he
have" exclaimed the other lady,
"and the admiral his own fatherY"
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A Consistent Hater.

Mateo Renato Imbriani, the Ital-
ian politician, who died few weeks
ago, was noted, among other things,
for his rabid chauvinism. lie hated
particularly the Austrians and Ger
mans. When he was editor of the
Pro Patria, the news editor one
morning got telegram that Rich
ard Wagner had died in Venice. He
forthwith took the speaking tube
and informed lmbriani. The reply
was yolley of abuse, in which he
made out a few words like: "Cana-
glia, musica italiana Tedesco! La
mortel Ignominia Ii nostro Bel
lni Miserabiliw
The news editor ventured to sug-
gest that, all the same, a daily pa
per was obliged to take some note of
happenings in the world of art.
"Not a wordl" came back the an
swer, and not a word was printed
about the death Of Wagner.
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Hardy scotchmen.

Andrew Carnegie short time
ago was in conversation with a
friend who was inclined to be very
complimentary. He told Mr.. Car
negie what a splendid gift his libra
ry was to Edinburgh and so much
more needed than any other charity
in the city, as the statistics showed
that for great many years there
had not been one death by starya-
ton there,
"That,' answered Mr.. Carnegie,
"does not arise from the number Of
charities in Edinburgh, but from
the impossibility Of starving a
Scotchman. New York Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06

This is what happened to Pade-
rewski in Bristol, says London
newspaper. He received a letter
from lady who said she had an
invalid friend who was anxious to
hear the great pianist perform, but
she could not possibly attend pub
lie recital.
"AIy friend" she wrote, "would
come anywhere you like to name to
hear you play privately. AS we are
not rich we cannot afford a high
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
Who Was the Poet?

The name of a poet, together with
the bulk of his only notable work, is
lost. People in literary circles re-
member just one verse, and that
very striking one, describing the
stars as follows:
Above the clouds and tempest's rage,
Across yon blue and radiant arch
Upon their long, high pilgrimage
watched their glittering armies march,
Efforts have been making for
some time past to ascertain who
wrote this verse, where it was pub
lished, what is the name of the poem
from which it was taken and where
the remainder Of the verses can be
found. The poem is said to be an
old timer, of American origin, but
the facts about it are shrouded in
mystery.-New York Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
A Candid Bookseller.

President Roosevelt was once
travelling in Idaho and passed a
bookstore in the window of which
was a copy Of his winning Of the
West" Going into the bookstore,
he inquired, "Who is this author,
Roosevelt 2"
"0h," said the bookseller, he's a
ranch driver"
Sand what do you think of his
book?" asked the president.
"Well, ," said the dealer slowly
and deliberately, "I'ye always
thought that if he had stuck to run
ming ranch and given up writing
books he'd have made a powerful
more Of a success at his trade"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
ALL oyER THE HOUSE.
srooms Thst Sweep Clean and Dust.
or. That Do tne Work,

crJ mat DO tne WORK.
For hardwood or stained floors
end those covered with mating a
hair broom should be used. The
hardwood floors need to be busted
after sweeping. 4 very easy way of
doing this is to make canton fan
mel bag of some dark color and tie
it over a common broom. A vigor-
Gus rubbing with this covered broom
will add. considerable polish to a dim
floor. For wiping floors heavy can
ton flannel makes good cloth. Gut
a convenient size and overcast the
edges coarsely. This is also an ex-
cellent plan for cleaning paint.
Busters made of cheesecloth with
the hens run in are soft to use and
wash easily. Old india or foulard
silk is the best thing | have ever
tried for bric-a-brac and small arti-
cles. All busters should be washed
and dried after using. There is
nothing gained by using a cloth
filled with dust. 1t will not make
anything clean. If brooms, both
large and small, are often washed
and dried, then turned up on their
handles, they will sweep cleaner and
last longer. There should be a con
venient place for keeping brooms,
dust pans and cloths. 1t will save
many steps if set is kept on each
floor.-Mary Graham in Woman's
Home Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
Dangers Of Pneumonia.

A cold at this time if neglected
isliable to cause pneumonia which
is so often fatal, and even when
the patient has recovered the
lungs are weakened, making them
peculiarly susceptible to the de-
velopment of consumption. Fo
ley's Honey and Tar will stop The
cough, heal and strengthen the
lungs and prevent pneumonia.
All dealers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
Such a Tressurel

The Philadelphia Record tells of
a prominout woman in that city
who claims to have one of Paderew-
skis tears in crystal locket, which
she wears around her neck. While
claiming by all she holds sacred that
it is one of Paderewski's tears, she
is equally reticent as to how it came
into her possession and how it found
its way into her locket. Moreover,
she is quite indignant if people joke
about it. One young woman asked
if Paderewski had wept in his hand
kerehief and then loaned it to her
to wiring a tear from. She prompt
ly cut that young woman from her
visiting list.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06

People who have always been
under the impression that ply
sician must go post-haste to the
scene of any aud all kinds Of
sickness will have to change their
minds. We notice that by q re-
cent decision of the Supreme
Court of the state of Indiana. that
it is optional with IL physician
whether he shall go or not when
sent for-that he is not morally
or legally bound to go unless he
desires to do so. The case is one
in which the doctor was called
three times but refused to go aud
the patient died. The country
physician braves more storms
and exposes himself more for the
sake of humanity than most peo
pie realize.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
rAE GLACIERS ARE GOING.

According 10 Professor Forel,
who has mad special study of the
Alpine glU 4ars during the past
twenty-five years, the day of the
glacier is gone. They are deterio.
rating slowly, but with steady per.
sistcnce, and diminution becomes
more marked from year to year.
There is only one exception to this
rule-that Of Bowler, in the valley
of Entremont, which since 1892 has
shown continuous growth The fa-
nous glaciers of the Rhone have
shrunk 155 meters since 1874, or
an average Of twenty-nine meters
year. Many have so changed dur
ing the past few years that old tour
lists after few seasons of absence
have failed to recognize them.
Some hotels once standing in the
immediate proximity of glaciers are
now at a considerable distance from
them, to the serious loss of the pro-
prietors.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06
A WAY to Warm Up Cold Mutton.

Take one teaspoonful Of chopped
onion, put into stewpan with one
once of butter, place it over slow
fire and keep the onions stirred till
rather brown, but not burned. Add
some flour, which mix well in, and
fry for five minutes; then pour in
one-half pint of gravy seasoned
with cayenne and salt, let boil to
thicken and add browning. Add
one teaspoonful of sugar, one of
vinegar, one of worcester sauce,
some chopped gherkins and capers
and a few button mushrooms; put
in the mutton, which you have pre-
viously cut into thin slices, perfect
ly free from fat, let it remain a few
minutes and simmer, not boil; then
serve.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-03-06

Leftover yolks of eggs if put
at once into tumbler of cold wa
ter will keep fresh and soft for
several days. If dropped into a
cup and covered, the yolks would
be unfit for use the second day.
The leftover whites of eggs may
be made into macaroons, kisses,
orused for meringues. The whites
of two eggs with q quarter Of u
pound of sugar and the same
quantity of almond paste will
make two dozen macaroous.
Where hard boiled yolks are want
ed it is much better to break the
eggs, separate carefully the
yoiks from the whites and drop
the yolks into water that is boil
ing hot; cook slowly for twenty
minutes In this way you save
the whites for another purpose.
Mrs. S. II. Rorer, in the March
Ladies' Home journal.