Urn VOLUME 5. McCONNELLSBURG, PA., FEBRUARY 3, 1904. NUMBER 20 In THE SPANISH INQUISITION. Another Historical Sketch from the Pea of Henry Wolf. DOWNFALL OF THE SPANISH NATION. Fanaticism and Religious Intolerance, has Brought the One Proud Monarchy to En dura the Odium of the Clvlllied World. In this' shameful attire, suffer ing from the effects of previous torture, more dead than alive uo one to sympathize with him (for that would endanger their own lives) the wretched victim was dragged through the streets of the city to the place of execu tion. Forming the procession a body of cavalry took the lead; next came the Grand Inquisitor and the many officers of the inquisi tion in their sober, awe-inspiring regalia; then the executioners with the victim in their midst, and in the rear another troop of cavalry. It should have been a solemn, funeral-like procession but that it was not to be : instead of giving the victim occasion to imagine himself a hero, and so cause others to imitate him, they u)ade a carnival a ridiculous show and an entertainment for the debased element of the popu lation out of it. Haviug arrived at the place of execution, the victim was fasten to a post, in a hanging position for few had strength enough left by this time to stand upon their feet ; the soldiers formed an en closed circle to protect, if neces sary, this hellish proceeding, then the torch was applied to the pile of brushwood ; and as the flames would envelope and con sume the already half dead vic tim, an appointed officer of the inquisition would, with face turn ed toward heaven, call out, Glory to the holy virgin and her son for the purification of the holy church on earth : may every her etic and rebel be consumed by tire as is this accursed dog! Amon. Thus we catch a glimpse how this institution operated in Spain, and especially in Granada. It struck such terror into the hearts and minds of the Moors that in the year 1609 no less than 800,000 men, w.omen and children left their nativo land forever and took up their abode in Africa, to again fall back into barbarism, living a Bedouin life or becoming bandits in the mountains, or pi rates along the African coast. We can safely say that the re sults of the inquisition have made Spain what it is to-day. The rich est nation in the world at one time,possessing more foreign de pendencies than any other nation in Europe, commanding the high seas with its navy, having the lar gest and most feared army com- ' manded by the bravest of gener als, it lost one province after an other through misrule, was forc ed to keep large armies for the sole purpose of keeping down re bellionyet never succeeding, for monk rule will prosper no more in any land ; for they still possess the very spirit of the in quisition, and their teaching darkens and benumbs the facul ties of the soul as wall as those of the body, It seems that in their presence no intellectual uprising is possible, uo inventive genius appreciated 'or suffered.no knowl edge or culture for the masses desiredj freedom and liberty ban ished, but ignorance and super stition welcomed. But we all know bow Spain treated Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands ; how the Uni ted States, as a neighbor, had to protect these ill-governed people against unfeeling Spain ; we well - "remember the Maine," and how this Republic cleared the Ameri can continent of Spanish rule in such a mauuer mat it has no par allol la history. Again, bow the monks (friars) behaved in the Philippines, contriving through their cunning aud craft to put themselves Into the possession of the best farming lands in the l FROM REV. JN0. S. DECKER. Tiklnf a College Course at the Iowa Wes leyao University. Mt. Pleasant, la., Jan. 28, 1904. Editor News : I am remind ed by the label on my paper that it Is time for me to send you a dollar again for the renewal of my subscription, which I now do; for we do not want to miss its weekly visits. Since my last letter to you, we have moved from Sperry, Iowa, where we had been for two years, to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, the seat of Iowa Wesleyan Universi ty, for the purpose of completing my college course. On the 16th of last September college opened for the year, and I entered the college of liberal arts, taking up the classical course ; and Mrs. Decker entered the conservatory of music. Since that time we have done little else but "grind." On the whole the work is going nicely, considering the fact that had been out of school since 1895. Now, a word concerning our college. The Iowa Wesleyan Uni versity, as its name will show, is a Methodist school, situate at the county seat of Henry county, a town of something over 4,000 in habitants, without a saloon or a licensed drug store. Generally speaking, a right respectable town, in one of the many garden spots of ou r great state. The col lege, not the largest in the state, is yet a centre of activity and in fluence for Southeastern Iowa. It is quite well equipped tor a small college. Besides the main building there is the chapel, a large and beautiful building ; the Elizabeth Hershey Hall, a more beautiful one ; and the conserva tory of music. There is also a German college with two build ing on the east end of the cam pus. This is under a different administration, but the two wortf in co-operation. Besides our work here I fill a student appointment at West Burlington, a suburb of Burling ton, some 28 miles from here. West Burlington is a town of about 1000 inhabitants. Unfortu nately it has a saloon, but fortu nately it has seven churches. I think the saloon, however, pros pers better in its way than either of the churches. The C. B. & Q. car shops and the Murray Iron Works are situated at West Bur lington, employing an aggregate of about 800 men of almost all na tions on the earth : Germans and Swedes predominate. But my letter is growing too long. With best wishes for you and your large family of readers, I am, Yours sincerely, J. S. Decker. Miss Margaret Clevenger of Taylor, who had been spending several weeks visiting her uncle, John Stevens at Mechanicsburg, returned home one day last week. Her father Mr, Hiram Clevenger came to town to meet her as she came over on the hack. lands, for which they demanded 14 million dollars from oar gov ernment But monks can never prosper under our stars and stripes, and soon they will be a thing of the past. I have described the Spanish inquisition and its workings and dire results at some length in or der to Impress the reader of the high order of manhood, intelli gence, love for liberty, patriot ism, and patient bravery, of the people of ,the Netherlands in re jecting this institution first, in peaceable petitions to their sov ereign, which were never heeded, next, resisting with ail the force and resources that they could con maud fighting inces santly against the most powerful nation on earth, until, they had gained their independence and taken their place beside the best of the enlightened nations in Eu rojK). Of this struggle 1 shall write to my next letter. ON THE ARABIAN SEA. Last Stage of Miss Alice Wlshart'a Sea Travel on Her Journey to India. WEATHER IS DELIGHTFULLY WARM. Traverses Red Sea la Its Entire Lenjth, fets a OUmpse of Mt. Slail, Halts at Aden the Hottest Town la the World. Last night we had a concert on deck which was good. To-day we had a gymkhana all day: Contests of all sorts, such as picking up potato with a spoon, threading a needle after a race, marking a pig's eye blind folded, &c. Be fore dinner Marie Weir helped me with a Hindustani lesson; she speaks it very well. Marie told me she has two dozen cats, eigh teen dogs, four pet deer, and lots of other pets. Her mother had a pet leopard but it got too big and they parted with it. Everybody is very social and there are some exceedingly nice people aboard. We have music every day, and something doing all the time. We passed ML Sinai last nigbt in the distance. Wish all my friends were seeing all these wonderful things with me. S. S. "Oriental," Dec. 14, '03, Arabian Sea. Two hours from Aden. This is a very perfect day so' pleasantly warm with a nice breeze aud a calm sea. We reach ed Aden at six this morning and the "Oriental" anchored directly behind us when we came on deck. I had all my packing done before breakfast which we ate at 8:30, paid our fees awful nuisance said our "goodbyes" and boarded a launch which took us around to the "Oriental" where 1 found my cabin at once. And strange co incident Marie Weir and I are cabin mates again I have been fortunate in having nice cabins. The rest of my party have not had nearly so nice caoins, little and stuffy, and far down. I had the nicest of the lot, but my Society had to pay more for it. My berth is by a port hole just as in the other steamer. This boat is not so large, neither is it as crowded. Mary F and I put the clothes we didn't need in my steamer trunk and had it put on the "In dia" at London for Bombay, tak ing her trunk with just enough clothes across the continent to save freight; and now I've been having a time to get my trunk out of the hold so we can get things back to their normal condition. I have not suffered for the want of clothes, but it takes more than 1 had anticipated. I think I shall enjoy this part of the voyage bet ter than the other. Dec. 16. Did I tell you I am learning to eat curry and a lot tf other new English dishes ? How soon oue falls into new ways. This heat makes me rather lan guid and sleeoy, but I've been studying Hindustani, with Marie to correct my pronounciation. She is a bright girl and thinks it great fun. 1 wrote twenty-two postal cards yesterday to mail at Bombay. I'm glad 1 put some thin summer sbirt waists in my trunk, for since we left Port Said it has been very warm. Dec. 18. One day out from Bombay: Instead of getting into Bom bay; at 10 A. M., as expected, to-morrow, we shall not reach there till 3 P. M. We had a calm sea and charming weather ever since Aden, but a strong head wind has made us lone time. It is said the "India" and "Oriental" are car rying the heaviest mails they have ever known; 4800 mail bags were put ou at Port Said, Christmas mails you know, and it took near ly six hours steady work getting 1t off the mail boat onto the "Or ieutal." We can look down the hatchway and see them sorting it. They have been at it, a dozen or more men working early and late for five daya. I saw a big heap of paper torn into bits In one corner, and when I asked what it was they said that it was parts of pnekages, letters, and papers that tftd, not beeq done up care MARRIED IN COURT. Judfe Stewart Performed Hli First Mar. rlace Ceremony Monday, Just after the morning session of court closed in Chambersburg on Monday, Judge Stewart uni ted in marriage Samuel A. Bern ker, Fort Loudon carpenter, 23 years old, and Miss Ettie Viola Bivens aged 17, of the same place. Miss Bivens had prosecuted Mr. Berdker; but after getting into court they decided that it would be a good thing to get married, and to Judge Stewart, then and there, did tie the knot good and hard. FORT LITTLETON. We expect to see Hon. S. L. Buckley before very long. Alice Fraker and Sue Orth are both ill at this writing. Our town was enlivened Sat urday evening by some young folks from McConnellsburg. Our protracted meeting will be gin Sabbath nigbt two weeks. Mrs. Fannie Fraker is slowly improving. Her daughter Em ma, returned to Tennessee last Wednesday. Measles seem to be the epidem ic in our little town. Mrs. Dyson Fraker Bpent Sab bath with Mrs. Sarah Cromer. Mr. Bert Kerlin and wife spent Sabbath with S. R. Cromer's family. Mrs. Readle and daughter of Knobs ville, were visiting in our town last week. AND0VER. Mrs. Martin A. Reed is in poor health; indeed there is a good deal of sickness in this neighbor hood just now, and the doctor is kept busy. William Lynch is circulating among friends along Pattersons Run. Mr. A. K. Deshong and Miss Irene D. Sipes went over to Mer cersburg last Saturday, and on their return, stayed all night at the home of the latter 's sister, Mrs. Harvey McFadden at Foltz. Two of our champion skunk hunters have succeeded in trap ping several of those odorous an imals, and two of our young men succeeded in getting their traps. Mr. T. Riley Sipes is still in poor health. A jolly quilting party and wood chopping took place at the home of.G. B. Sipes last Wednesday. Those who were there were G. S. Schooley and wife, Bert Wilson and wife, Charles Schooley and wjfe,. R. P. Schooley and wife, Reamer Sipes and wife, George Decker and wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Brumbaugh, Mrs. Jennie Barber and Wishart Decker and wife. A most enjoyable time we had, and mothers especially were unanim ous in tneir praise of "Uncle George's" ability to keep the ba bies quiet. A T0PSY TURVY WORLD. Its Best Feature Is That all do Not Care for the Same Tblnj. This is atopsy-turvey old world! One man is struggling for justice and another is fleeing from it ! One man is saving money to build a house and another is trying to sell his for less than it cost him ! One man is spending all the mon ey he can make in taking a girl to an entertainment and sending her flowers in hopes, eventually, to make her his wife, while his neighbor is spending the gold he has to get a divorce. One man escapes all the diseases man is heir to and gets killed on the rail road. Another goes on the cars every day of his life without get ting hurt, and dio with whoop ing cough. Such is life. fully enough, and consequently went to pieces by the hurried handling. So if you send letters, or photos, or papers to me, be careful to wrap them Ip stoutest paper, as they get rough hand ling. (Ooatiauad. aest week.) OUR PHILIPPINE COUSINS. What They Eat and How They Eat It Free and Easy In Manner, AS OBSERVED BY C. H. WISSNER. They tat Their Meals Seated on the Floor; Have No Knives Nor Fork, and Stick Their Fingers Into the Oravy. Breakfast consists of steamed rice and cocoa or coffee. Cocoa is always of home manufacture Each family browns the beans and grinds them for daily use. It is prepared with boiling wuter and occasionally thickened with goat's milk aud sweetened with sugar. Sugar is very common and very cheap and is only to be found in the crude brown state of commerce. Dinner is eaten about 12 o' clock, and consists of the invaria bly steamed rice with boiled fish or meat. Fruits accompany ev ery meal, and are bananas, green cocoanuts, durians, mangoes, pineapples, oranges and puma loes. The durian is a fruit that resembles bread fruit in appear ance but tastes line a combina tion of beer, cheese aud molas ses. Thepumalo is a species of orange that was originally j brought from China, and is about the size of a cocoanut. Supper is usually eaten about sunset,and is composed of steam ed rice, fish and fruit. The usual drink of the native is either water taken from the green cocoanut or the sap of the cocoanut palm, called tuba. Tuba is a dark blown liquid, and wlicn fresh is sweet m taste, but after a few hours becoming like hard cider, and at the eud of 21 hours like vinegar. Alcoholic drinks, formed from the alcohol distilled from sugar and sirups, are in dulged in on especial occasions. ine natives eat tneir meats seated on the floor surrounding a large dish of boiled fish or meat. Before each person is a bunch ol fruit and a plate containing steamed rice. There are no knives or forks. The mode of eating is to take a handful of rice and dip it in the gravy or soup that accompanies the meat or fish. After the gravy or soup has been eaten and the meat separa ted into portions by hand aud eaten also, the hands are washed and the fruit is partaken of. The meal is closed with a drink of tu ba from a cocoanut shell that is passed from hand to hand about the group. Death Results from Burn. Nora Jefferson (Spriggs) a daughter of Sarah Spriggs on the hill west of town, a child of about ihree and a half years of age, was badly burned some two or more weeks ago, by its clothes taking fire at the stove. Before the clothes could be removed or the tire extinguished the child was so badly burned that death carne to Its relief ou last Wednesday. Burial services were conducted the following day by Rev. J. L. Grove. Hann. Death invaded the home of M r. and Mrs. R. R. Hann, of Saluvia, on Thursday, the 21st ult., and took from them, their little son William Kelner Hauu, aged 1 year 0 months and (J days. The funeral took place on Saturday following, snd interment was made at An bury. The parents have the symdathy of their many friends, in this their hour of soru trial. M. E. Church Services. The services of the M. E church on Sunday Feb. 7, 1901, will boas follows: Sunday school at ShiJO; Fourth Quarterly Communion at 10:30; Junior League 2:00; Ep worth 0. and Sermon and Com munion at 7 o'clock. The public are cordially invited. J. V. Adams, pastor. J. G. Ewing of Ilarnsonville, called last Saturday to advance his subscription. Johu never al-' lows himself to get back on his paper, RILES OF COURT. Adof,led by c Fu!rCoiU"1, A?'Cl" ? ' Tm k i to the Admission of Members of the Bar. Rule 1. No person shall bead- : mitted to practice as an Attorney in this Court except upon the recommendation of thy County Board of Law Examiners, except ing thos .' admitted pro line vice. Rule II Any Hpplicaut for ad mission to thoBar of this Court, who is now in pood and regular standing at too Bar of a Court of Common Pleas of this Common- wealth, and alter he shall have practiced therein for at least oue year, may be admitted without PTflminntinn mtrtn inn -o r 1 1 ti na fa , . , . , of the County Board of Law Ex- aminers that he is eligible for ad mission under the provisions of the rules of ttiis Court heretofore in force; but this rule shall not apply to graduates of law schools, who shall have been admitted to a Court of Common Pleas upon j their diplomas. i Rule III. Any student, who on or prior to this date, has be gun the study of law, under the I rules governing the admissions ! to the Bar of this county, may ap ply to the County Board of Law ! Examiners for examination and admission to the Bar of this Court at such date as he would have beeu entitled to prior to the adop tion of these rules; and the certiti cato of the County Board of Law j Examiners shall bo conclusive 1 evidence of his eligibility for ad- mission to tho Bar of this Court upon examination. iJnln IV. o tif.rsrm Uisill hp registered as a student at law for the purpose of becoming entitled to admission to the Bar o! this County until he shall have satis tied the County Board of Law Ex aminers that lie is of good moral character, and shall have passed j broken, and he Iki -a preliminary examination upon Gf a lot of thin: V- the following subjects: (1) Eng lish language and literature; (2) Outlines of universal history; (3) History of England and of the Uni ted States; (4) Arithmetic, alge bra through quadratics, and plane geometry; (o) Modern geogra phy; (0) The first four books of Caesar's Commentaries, the first six books of the Aeneid, and the lirst four orations of Cicero against Catiline. Every such candidate shall pay to the Fulton County Law Libru- l y a fee of ten dollars,- and upon receiving a certificate recom meud lug his registration una certify ing that he is qualified to begin the study of the law, shall cause his name, age, place of residence, aud the name of his preceptor, or the law school in which he pro poses to pursue his studies, to be registered with theProthouotary of the county. Rule V. Candidates foradmis sion, who have speut at least three years after registration in the study of law, either by attend ance upou the regular course of a law school, offering at least a three years' course, or partly in a law school, aud partly in the office of a practicing Attorney, r by the bona Hdo service of a regular clerkship iu the office of a practicing Attorney, shull be eli gible to appear for examination for admission to tho Bar of this Court upon complying with the following requirements: 1. A candidate for registration or admission shall give personal notice to the County Board of Law Examiners nt least !50 days prior to a regulav meeting jf his in tended application for registra tion or admission. 2. He must li'.o a certificate, sigued by at least three members of the Bar, iu good standing, in the county iu which ho resides, inat he is crsonalIy known to them, and that they believe him to be of good moral character. U. A certificate from the dean of the law school or preceptor that he has beeu regular lit at tendance und pursued tho study of the law with diligence from tho time of his registration. Rule VI. Every applicant lor ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW ' Snapshot, at Tholr Movements, as They ! Come and Go. NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED. Home (or a Vacation, Away for an Outing, a Trip for Business or Pleasure, You'll r ind it Right Here. Ex County Superintendent Ru dy of Huntingdon county will be a candidate for the legislature this year. Miss Myra Allen of Chambers burg is spun di ui; this week in j the homo of Mrs. Margaret Ken- dall iu the Cove. Mr Maf, Kicilimlson ,)f Dubliu j spent a few hours in town last Wp(npsI,flV ,, ,., ,, , nnH lr,, " J ' " V some cash with ye printer. Mr. W. U. Fagley of Pleasant Ridge called at this office while iu town Mouday and had his name added to our rapidly grow- iu list of subscribers George Craig of York- Pa., a lid !(; race Walker (both c m d) were married by Rev. A.G. Wolf at tho Lutheran parsonage lastT hursday evening. Grace is a daughter of I George Walker ol Ayr towuship. i Bert S. Wi'jegardner, the pop j ular young merchant at Clour J Ridge, spent Suuday night in tho homo of his uncle, .lames Henry near town, ami was :iu ayroeablo caller at the Ne.vs otlice Monday ' In tllu Fuhu Houso parlor.? on ' last Thursday evening Rev. C. M. j Smith, pastor j Church of this the Reformed ace, united iu marring Miss Mary C Barr and Mr.Alvin Bomhart, both of Bt.th el township. Read W. 1 1. N.-.s'M 's new ad vertisement this v-ek. Will ! thinks the back ::: .f victor is put the prices i( dot's not want to cany over a v. ay dovi. You might s;.vc some money hy giving him an c;m1' call. A sled load coin posed of S. A. Nesbit and wife, M. R. Shaffuer, Mrs. S. M. Cook', Miss Katheryn Cook, Mrs. J. 15. Runyan, Miss Kitty Crosby and Miss Atinio Dickson, drovo over to Green Hill last .Sunday i. vening aud attend ed preaching soi ices at llie Pros byteriau church 'it that place. A jolly slei.-.,hing party compos ed of Mr. and Mrs. Horace U. Nace, Merrill V. Nace and Alicu Dickson, James A. Sloan and Mertie Stoner, Nathau Everts aud Helen Fore, Maurice Trout and Minnio Dalbey, nod Walter Reed Sloan ad C'or.t Peck drove up to Fort Lt' tuii last Satur day afternoon and tool; supper at the hotel. , admission must sustain a satis factory examination in Black- stone's Commentaries, constitu tional law, in-hiding the Const i tution of tho United Slates and of Pennsylvania, equity, the Jaw of real and jx'rsoi nl property, evi dence, decedent's estates, lar.d- lord and teuaut, coi.tr.u-u, pm j,. nership, corpoi ntions. rimes, torts, domestic relations, com mon law pleadicg ar.d practice. and Pennsylvania practice. Rule VII. Exam.natiou for reg istration and admission to tho Bur shall be conducted iu . writu.g, and shall be held on the first Mon days of February andAugust of each year. Rulo VIII. The County Board of Law Examiners, to bo comjnis ed of three members of tho Bar, shall bouppointed by tho Court, and shall hold offico during tho pleasure of tho Court, aud Locaa didate shall bo rejected except by a majority of the County Board,ef Law Examiners. All rules of Court Incousisteut with the foregoing are hereby ab rogated. , The foregoing Rules were adopted by the Court on March 18, 1003, and J. .Nelson Sipes, Esq , Uou. W. Scott Alexauder and John P. Sipos, Esq., were ap pointed Law Examiners.
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