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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19

addresses itself Ito the judicious and i'm
partial reader
Personal glimpses of Franklin are found
in other chapters. His plan of life (chapter
g. consisted originally of the following
twelve virtues which he reserved to practice:
Temperance, silence, order, resolution,
frugality, industry, sincerity, justice,
moderation, cleanliness, tranquility,
chastity, Franklin, however, when he found
that he was proud of practicing these
virtues, and reflected that pride was vice,
added another, that of humility. This
plan was not without conception of God.
as the fountain of all wisdom. Franklin
was not only printer of newspapers, but
was also a publisher and bookseller.
Chapter 81 To many it will be news to
know that he was even the printer of
German newspaper, Philadelphia Zeitung.
Franklin's name also appears as the printer
of a monthly, the General Magazine and
Historical Chronicle, published for the
British plantations in America, and first
printed January, 1741. One chapter (1O) is
devoted to Franklin's newspaper. the
Pennsylvania Gazette, Poor Richards
Almanack (Chapter Ill., One of the chief
merits of the book is the historical accuracy
with which it has been compiled. Mr..
Oswald makes it very clear that Franklin
was not the founder of tho Pennsylvania
Gazette, which was started by Samuel
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19
BENJAMIN Franklin Printer
A Review by JAMES MELVIN LEE, director of
the department of journalism, New York
University.

If Mr.. Oswald had written this book for
the readers of THE AMERICAN PRINTER,
he would doubtless have chosen for its title
"Our Benjamin Franklin" Whatever the
academic and pedantic critic may think of
franklin, the latter always regarded himself
as printer. He began his career as a
printers devil in the Office of the New
England Courant, newspaper published
by his brother James in Boston. (Chapter 2 }
He was the first American tourist printer,
seeking employment first in New York and
then in Philadelphia. Chapter 81 He was
a journeyman printer in London. (Chapter
| s. He became the printer of one of the
most influential newspapers of the Colonial
Period Chapter 10y, and when he came to
his closing years he began his will, 81,
Benjamin Franklin of Philadelphia, Print
er,' and wrote his epitaph, 'The Body of
Benjamin Franklin, Printer" Chapter 81
To the lay reader it may seem little
strange that the book should be published
for the Associated Advertising Clubs of the
World, but Mr.. Oswald is careful to make
it plain in his introduction that the activities
of the colonial printer included printing,
editing, publishing and advertising.
For years Mr.. Oswald has been collecting
hooks about Franklin, specimens of the
products of his press, portraits of the man,
etc. One cannot read the book without
being impressed by the fact that its author
has brought to his task, not only love for
the man portrayed in the text, but also
love for the act of printing. Much of the
charm of the book is due to the fact that it
was written by sympathetic pen. Incl
dentally, it may be remarked, the makeup
of the book conforms geographically to
the style employed by franklin in printing
the products of his shop, and the text
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19
City of the Future

Segregation of traffic was practically I'M
known before 1900. When the motorcar
came it was obvious enough that the eight
mile an hour truck and the twenty mile
an hour pleasure car could not simultane-
ously run on the same densely packed av-
enue. Not the fastest, but the slowest, We
hicle determines the speed of congested
streets traffic. This conclusion then is
justified: In the city of the future there
will be separate streets for the fast pleas
ure or passenger motorcar and for the slow
commercial motor truck
Moreover, trucks are increasing in
weight so that ordinary pavements cannot
support the heaviest that can be built. 1t
is very evident that the city must provide
one type of street-for the fast pleasure car
and still another for the heavier, slower
truck.
New York. Philadelphia, Boston, Lon
don, Paris and Berlin have found subways
preferable to elevated structures for rap
id transit railways for very much the same
reasons that confront us even now with the
increasing use of the motorcar, and we
may expect that motor truck subways will
be provided in the congested city of the
future. There are straws enough to show
that this is the tendency of thought
among municipal engineers.
1t becomes safe to prophesy that the city
of the future will provide highways for its
heavy motor trucks deep in the ground.
Swift passenger motors will speed along in
the sunshine unobstructed and undelayed.
So the city of the future, the city that
the motorcar will bring into being, will be
pleasantly different from that compact ag-
gregation of towering Office buildings and
dwellings painted by romancers. 1t will
be an open, sunny city, its outskirts thir-
ty miles from its commercial center; its
suburbs, if suburbs they can be called,
sixty or hundred miles distant and easily
reached by trains perhaps twice as fast as
those which now convey us to our work.
There will be no slums in that motor city,
for slums are created by high land values,
which cannot be leveled so long as this is
a horse ruled world. The home building
instinct, an instinct as natural as the nest
building instinct of a mated bird, will be
easily satisfied. That follows from the
more equable distribution of land values
which the motor car will bring about and
from the ease with which man may
journey from his house to his Office or to
distant railway station.
And with that change there will be sat
isfied the craving for the open air, for
trees and flowers, for starlight and moon
shine, for outdoor games and the full en-
joyment of nature. Only in the heart OF
the city itself will there remain in subways
for trains and motor trucks reminder Of
the life we now lead. And even there the
spacious public squares and the fine,
smooth wide streets, necesssitated by ma
ny parallel streams of speeding cars, will
family recall the CONSTRUCTED city passage
ways of the present. aldemar Kdempf
fert.-Ea.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19

Keimer on December ID, 1928. Franklin
became its printer and publisher with No.
40 on October 2, 1879. He at once showed
his newspaper instinct by shortening the
title from The Universal Instructor in all
Arts and Sciences; and Pennsylvania
Gazette to The Pennsylvania Gazette.
1t was in this paper that the first Ameri-
can cartoon made its appearance on May 9,
1854. (Chapter 16.) In that year Great
Britain and France were at war, and there
was possibility that the French might
make an attack upon the American colonies.
Calling attention to this fact, Franklin
inserted bit of wordess journalism in the
shape of snake divided into eight parts,
the head representing New England, and
each of the remaining parts one of the
American colonies. Under it he printed
the warning caption ''Join, or Die. :"
Many histories incorrectly assert that this
cartoon first appeared during the American
Revolution.
One of the most interesting sections in
the book is that entitled "The First Amer-
can Humorist.'
In reviewing this book, one is strongly
tempted to make numerous quotations. 1t
is no editorial 6b to say that the present
writer has omitted them, not so much for
lack of space or because of the high cost of
paper, but because their insertions might
take away little bit from the pleasure of a
personal perusal of the book. A review
may be made so long that its reader feels
that he does not need to purchase copy of
the book itself. Frankly, it was intended
to make no such mistake in this instance. 1t
is only necessary to remark that treat is in
store for the printer who turns the pages of
BENJAMIN Franklin Printer
While Mr.. Oswald devotes most of the
space of his book to Franklin the Printer,
he does not neglect other interesting phases
of the many-sided Franklin. Incidents are
repeatedly given to show how Franklin, in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19
G | { A N | N G s
From Our Exchanges


When pride heads the procession, pow
erty brings up the rear.
Some men are never deep thinkers UNI
less they 60 down in mine.
Where is the best place to go when you're
broke? Go to work.
Great courage is marked with endeavor
and sunny smiles with patience.
1T is much easier to deceive ourselves
than it is to deceive others.
Men with weighty opinions are willing
that anybody should weigh them.
People sometimes put on airs when
that is about all they have to put on.
Foresight consists in knowing where
to borrow an umbrella when it rains.
Experience must be high school
teacher.
BE loving and you will never want for
love.
New styles are old ones that people
have forgotten.
Only children play ball. Men make
business of it.
1t is soft pillow that is stuffed with
good deeds.
Many an illiterate man is able to make
his dollar mark.
1t is mistake to suppose that the sun
is supported in the sky by its beams.
Speaking without thinking is shooting
with the eyes shut.
Your mother-in-law once had moth
er-in-law, So don't blame her for trying to
get even.
"A married man thinks all his wife has
to do is to hunt new places in which to
hide his things.
-Oftentimes the man who thinks he's
buried his past suddenly acquires healthy
belief in ghosts.
After a young man leaves college he
usually loafs for a while in order to give
the world chance to catch up.
Comfort derived from the various
walks of life depends on the condition of
the feet.
Many fool has sense enough to get
good wife, but hasn't sense enough to
know it.
The average young man is ready to
embrace an opportunity when it comes
along in the guise of pretty girl.
If you do man a favor and then re-
fuse to do him another, it will make him
twice as angry as if you refused the first.
-One-half the world does not know how
the other half lives-but it has its suspi-
cions.
Life is but a dream to the average
young man until experience kicks his shins
and wakes him up.
"A thunderstorm may purify the atnos-
phere, but that is poor consolation to the
man who has been struck by lightning.
When a man is slow about making
promises he intends to keep them when they
are actually made.
Don't wait for great opportunities. A
long continuous walk will get you over
more ground than short run
Before marriage mans display of af-
lection is apt to be overdone: after mar
riage it is more likely to be rare.
Zone should always breathe through
the nose when asleep" says physician.
If you wake and find your mouth open get
up and shut it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19
The Devil in the Army


1t the Border, for Am. Printer.)
At suppertime, the foreman's soup
Was watery and hot,
The pressman's bread was two days old,
Still each suspected not.
But after several days of food
That neither could digest,
They both got wise, and to the cook
They made meek request.
They asked him to forgive their wrath
And be cold pals once more.
The cook coughed and laughed inside,
Demurely eyed the floor.
To them he quoted facts about
The 'slimit of their rations,"
And said complaints must not be made
To him, but to the nation.
The two were whipped; they knew it, too
And nothing could be done.
They had to Fletcherize that month
(Their stomachs weighed tony.
Now printer man, the moral be,
Of this fair tale of mine,
To treat your devil good and fair,
Or some day thou'll get thine.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19
Inmates Attention.!

Hereafter inmates are not permitted
to receive wearing apparel of any
description from friends or relatives.
All inmates buying socks, under
wear, nightshirts, handkerchiefs, etc.,
should send them to the Laundry
and have their number marked on
them before using. Write your
name, register number and cell
number on a slip of paper, attach
to articles and give to cell hall
captain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19

The devil raised the pressman's ire;
He'd left his fountain loose.
The pressman told the foreman,
And the devil got the deuce.
The imp of Satan brooded long,
And vowed he'd sure get square;
For in his code of etiquette
To Cattle wasn't fair.
This happened in the month of May,
When peace pervaded all;
But June eighteenth the bugle blew
7 he three obeyed its call,
The foreman was private
With the pressman in the ranks
The devil was the troopers cook
ITO his mamma be the thanks).
But soldier-cook and devil, both
Had same desires inside:
To even scores with both of them
Who'd hurt his printers pride.
When mess-call blew, the men filed by,
Each with a cheerful whistle;
The foreman got piece of fat,
Freshman, hunk of gristle.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19

When we get old we regret two things
the one is that we sinned and the other
that we didn't.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19

There are lot of men who never swear
and we wouldn't believe 'em if they did.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19

The wages of sin are sometimes paid in
installments.
The chap who keeps chains on his
temper-tires rarely skids into trouble.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-07-19

You are hereby directed to place
your copy of THE MIRROR at the
foot of your bed on the morning
following the day on which it is
delivered to your cell. Non-com-
pliance with this order will cause
forfeiture of privileges.
]. j. Sullivan,
Deputy Warden.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26
SECRETARY OF WAR BEGINS THE
WORK OF SELECTING THE
MEN WHO WILL WEAR
UNCLE SANS UNIFORM.
TAKES WHOLE DAY AND NIGHT
Altogether 10000 Numbers Were
Drawn From Big Fish Bowl Used
for the occaslon-ProbabIy
None After the First 1000
viii Be Called on for
Service, at Least at
This Time.

Washington, July 21.-The draft for
the national army is completed. The
great task Of determining the order In
which the registrants should be called
up for examination was begun at 9:4S
o'clock Friday morning when No. 25S
was drawn, and was kept up contlnu-
ously until early Saturday morning,
when the last number came out Of the
bowl. In all 10000 numbers were
drawn, but II is not likely that men
holding numbers drawn after the first
1000 will be summoned before the
boards for service in the first army.
According to the officials In charge,
the first 1000 numbers drawn repre-
tented more than million men.
The draft was invested with all the
dignity and solemnity becoming so I'M
portant an event, and was witnessed
by distinguished company. The first
eight numbers were drawn respective
ly by Secretary Of War Baker, Senator
Chamberlain Of the senate military
committee, Congressman Dent of the
house military committee, Senator
Warren and Representative Kahn.
ranking minority members of the SEN
ate and house military committees |;
Maj. Gen. Tasker III. Bliss, acting
chief of staff of the army; Maj. Gen.
Enoch Crowder, provost marshal Of
the army; and Major General Mccain,
adjutant general of the army. After
the first eight numbers had been drawn
the regular tellers took hold, and
worked through until the long task
was completed.
In only small number of the larg-
est districts will the numbers above a
few thousand affect registrants. OF
the 1857 registration districts
throughout the country the largest has
something over 10,200 numbers, while
the smallest has only about 1856, and
the average is about 1900. AS the
drawing proceeded, 157 numbers were
withdrawn before one low enough to
affect the smallest district came out.
1t was 126, placing 4,557 men number
ed 126 on their local lists as 157th In
order Of liability.
The following list shows the num-
bers In the order in which they were
drawn. The first number in each case
represents the order In which the sec
ond, or red-ink registry, number was
taken from the bowl. Four numbers
are given in each line, beginning with
the first number, which was drawn by
Secretary Baker.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26

printed. These are deeply edged In
black, the center of the card bearing
the name of the company which issues
1t. When a company has suspicious
regarding customer one of its ofli-
GERS takes number Of these cards,
writes on the reverse side the name
and address--or different names and
addresses-in some cases-of the sus-
pected man, and sends around the
cards to the other offices. These cards
are regarded as absolutely confidential,
and they are never sent around till the
company which issues them has
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26
INSURANCE MEN ON GUARD
How First-class English Companies
Succeed in "Warding Of" Their
Depredatlons.

There is a mutual understanding be-
tween all the flrst-class insurance of
fees that they should warn each other
of customer whose conduct is sus-
plcious, and such warning is con-
veyed in very simple yet effective
way, says London Tlt-Bits.
Each company has number Of cards
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26
U-BoATs REAL TERRoRS.
Destroying Monthly Four Times the
Amount OF Tonnage Built.

washington.-Figures in the posses.
eion of the Government, based upon
the best information within reach Of
the Allies, make 1t appear that since
the beginning Of the German ruthless
submarine warfare the destruction Of
merchantmen hitherto available for
entente commerce has been at least
four times the amount Of tonnage
built The figures show the losses to
be averaging about 100000 tons
dead weight" monthly, this including
the weight OF cargo, whereas the week
ly statements from London are based
upon registered tonnage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26
THE FOOD BILL
PASSES SENATE
Sets Minimum Price of Wheat
at Two Dollars
NOW GOES TO CONFERENCE
Three Members On Board OF Control.
Prohibition Sections With
Purchase Provision
Retained.

Washington. - The Administration
Food Control bill, virtually rewritten
after Ave weeks bitter contest. was
passed by the Senate. 81 to 6. Con-
ferees from House and Senate will be-
gin work this week, and leaders are
hopeful the measure may be in the
Presidents hands in 10 days.
Three on Food Board.
As revamped, the bill gives the
President broad authority over foods,
feeds and fuels, the latter including
kerosene and gasoline; provides for
administration by food board OF three
members instead OF an individual; au-
thorizes Federal fixing Of coal prices,
reQulsitioning and operation OF mines
and authorizes minimum guaranteed
price OF not less than 50 per bushel for
wheat at primary markets.
The Senate prohibition sections. pro-
hibiting manufacture of distilled bever-
ages during the war and directing the
President to buy all distilled spirits In
bond, was substituted for the House
"bone-dry" provision and will be one
subject OF difficulty in conference.
Six Against Bill.
Senators voting against the bill
were:
France, Maryland; Hardwick, Geor-
gia; Penrose, Pennsylvania; Reed,
Missouri; Sherman, Illinois, and
Sutherland, West Virginia.
Scores OF amendments were disposed
of, but the principal features were
the incorporation of the amendment
authorizing the minimum wheat price
and another by Senator Pomerene
greatly broadening the Governments
power to handle the coal situation.
The Government guarantee for wheat
would be payable at all principal in
terror primary markets until July J.
1919.
The Senate rejected, 46 to 83, an
amendment by Senator Norris to have
the Food Board instead Of Congress
fix the minimum prices.
The Pomerene coal amendment, IN
corporated by the overwhelming vote
of 72 to IL, directs the President
through the Federal Trade Commission
or other agency, to fix coal prices
wholesale and retail, regulate the en-
tire industry and, II necessary. take
over and operate coal mines and fix
prices Of labor
On final vote the Senate refused
go to 23, to place the bills admins
tration in the hands Of an individual
Senators understood the Administra
ton would endeavor to have the con
ferees substitute the original House
provision for a single administrator.
This will be another source OF con
ference trouble.
Appropriation In the House bill o.
$50, 100000 was left unchanged b,
the Senate, which added an appropria
ton OF $4,000. 900, however, for Fed
eral purchase and sale of soda nitrate!
for fertilizer.
Another important Senate addition
to the bill provides for joint Con
gressional committee to supervise wa
expenditures. It was proposed by Sen
ator Owen, a Democrat, and incorpor
ated by a vote Of SO to 81, severa
other Democrats voting with the solit
Republican membership.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26
MRS. HUMIsToN GETS JOB.
She Is Appointed Special Investigator
BY Wood.

New York.-Mrs. Grace Humiston,
whose independent inquiry led to the
discovery of Ruth Cruger's body buried
in the cellar of Alfredo Cochi's motor
cycle shop, was appointed by Police
Commissioner Arthur Woods as a
special investigator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26

through the staff Of inquiry officers
always kept for such purpose, found
strong evidence against the men whose
names they bear.
Each company keeps book regular
ly posted with these cards in 1t, and
the book is more frequently consulted
than the general public would imagine.
Many of these volumes of black-edged
warnings are bulky ones.
The aliases and changes of residence
Of each suspicious customer are care
fully noted in the book, and 1t Is COM
puted that these cards save the COM
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26
DANIELS ESTIMATE BIG.
He Wants s137,s6e,t77 For Navy's
Needs. Including Gun Factory.

Washington.-Secr Daniels sub
mitted to the House estimates aggre-
eating $137,366,177 for war needs Of
the navy, including ammunition,
ordnance supplies, improvements Of
yards and docks, clothing and enlarge
ment of the navy yard and gun fac
tory here.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26
BRITAIN THANKS U. S.
Appreciates Reception Given Recruit
ing Committee Here.

London.-On behalf Of the Govern
ment Lord Robert Cecil, Minister of
Blockade, sent to the American Gov
ernment and people the qualification
and appreciation of the British Gov
ernment for the reception and assist
ance given to the British recruiting
campaign in the United States, and
particularly for the hospitality to the
Canadian Highlanders.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26

cussed, in |the circular II. I[lr, I,[olrro,ltdI
more important factors tao"r,s,.factoa !
installation of a sa''s't "as set ~
heating system, and .lnds l,aD Of hd'I
most econo3nical me'i'S' y house,
coal and &peratinls. l.. If fuslsS
plant. The {proper'.'I, ,heIr cOHll'
processes attendlnss, s, 'hjon ,It rbIa'
are discussed In u -" rorage h''
tended to help the ,'' avtnrS tnnrroSblsp :
er to understand nls II Iptslli
SECURE the Economies y
GRAFTON.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26

panies thousands of pounds each year.
Salvage companies also issue these
insurance warnings" Whenever a
salvage officer notes the slightest
suspicious circumstance amid the ruins
of fire he duly reports it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-07-26

small house heating plant in the state
Of Illinois would use reasonable care in
the purchase Of his fuel and in the op-
Grafton of his plant, the saving would
be equivalent to 100000 tons of coal.
According to circular just issued by
the engineering experiment station of
the University Of Illinois such saw
ing is easily within the range of prac-
tlcal attainment. Applied to the entire
United States, intelligent attention in
the operation of house heaters would
save more than 60.00000O tons Of coal.
The University Of Illinois has dis