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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-23
,NCOUNTY NEWS.
SINGERS IN CHO1RS.

elyGERS IN CHOIRS.
gele singular that, al
,.,nro has endowed wo-
n q far more musical
8,,nmen, aprejudiceagainst
,ncing in the choirs of
!, and cathedrals kept
=, of such organizations
,omparatively recent date,
yor York paper. Indeed,
slution of the woman choir
.os been no less drastic
..tful than woman's ent-
..o the trades and profes-
IN all countries previous
i ,ontury the female voice
S.,ied place in Divine wor-
/ N Italy, Spain and Russia
4 ,bo woman choirister is un-
i and she has little or no
j i the church choirs of
1. outside of Paris. The
4 prritan church denounced
/ 5.gerish and poperish. I'm
|A,r the American revolution
Ins right to lift her voice in
song in church was as
l,nsIv contested as was her
/ |,son of a soul in the days of
|ssy city churches compete
|ehighest cultured woman
1, and their choice is only
Iby their treasury. The
L Of woman soloist ranges
600 to 81, 500 a year; while
,ces are not wanting where
|,t has received 5000 a
|h the adoption of choir sys-
h 1880 and tolerance of the
|n singer, question arose as
Mace the choir should oc-
| h meeting house.
gng was first done ON the
ni floor, and some singers
|pd to continue there. -Four
seats were partitioned off,
Eng long pews. When they
10 sing the front seats faced
h TWAS considered import
h the singers to face each
E;so that the voices might
.ngled and harmonized.
hnext liberty granted was u
lin the gallery. AS the front
by was usully occupied by
sogned by individuals the
twas forced to the side gal
but 50 years ago DR.. Tucker,
rof the famous hymn book,
aOf boy voices, trained a
choir for choral service. In
tOaks and bonnets they lent
.lresQue color note TO the
Ices at Holy Cross, Troy, N.
admission to the surplice
! is through examination.
y accepted, the singer has
MEASURE taken for cap and
B, which is worn over her
etSuit during service.
e echurch bears the expenses
e surplice costume. When
dit would be difficult TO dis
liSh men from women were
tlor the cap, which the lat
fear in compliance with st.
S injunction that women
Id not enter the temple with
uncovered. Unlike her ear
whose services We're
the modern woman
aSters is paid from 80 cents
a Sunday. Weddings and
rails, when full choral service
sired, increase their revenue.
'me churches, where the or
" given full control of the
cand a round sum is allot-
llm by the trustees for the
lent of the choral service, the
y Is left to his discretion.
he trains the untutored
I'm exchange for it's service
e church.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21
WESTERN MAINE BRANCH.
. the Editor Of Che Press:

To the Editor Of The Press:
The annual meeting Of the Western
Maine Branch. an extended notice OF
which was given in yesterdays PRESS,
will DO held today in High street church.
beginning at ten O'Clock q. m,
and closing Mt four p. m. or there about.
For the benefit of those who did not
see this notice will you kindly allow the
programme to be printed In this issue:
Devotional meeting; Presidents address,
Mrs. w. IL, Fem; reports, correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. j. ID. Carter; home
secretary, Mrs. j. +. Thompson; junior
work, Miss Abby Marks; Juvenile work.
Miss Harriet Marshall treasurer, Mrs.
q. g. Chapman. Following Mrs. Chap
man report will be paper on "Systema-
tic Benevolence. by Mrs G.. w. Rey-
nolds of Gorham. The remainder Of the
forenoon session will be occupied with
business, among which will be the choos-
ing of delegates to the annual meeting of
the WomaR's Board In Boston. The
noon hour OF prayer will be devoted to
prayer for our missionaries in China.
Ab tuc dAprhAOOh pSoStoh 4tNtNAo AAoAAa
Miss Morrill, and Miss Gould will be read
by Miss Southworth and others. A let
ter from Mrs. Judson Smith, president OF
the Woman's Board, Boston, treating OF
the situation In China. will also be read
DIR. Fem. of this city. will speak upon
the Chinese crisis. illustrated with
maps Mrs. Grin Hooper speaks upon
the Famine Sufferers Of India. Reports
from the Ecumenical Conference will b
given by Mrs. Fem, Mrs. Carter and
Mrs. Cults. The music Is to be of high
order, Miss Varney and Miss Harris
soloists.
An object of interest exhibited at this
meeting will be Chinese ancestral tablet
that Miss Morrill, brought home with her
from China. We doubt II Portland ever
owned so unique an object of worship as
this. To this meeting all the ladies OF
the city and state are cordially invited.
NJ t. 9.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21
LAST AMERICAN BRIG GONE.
Telos of bangor Is Lost and That Type
of square-Riggcr Extinct I'm our
Marine.

when the brig Telor Of Bangor" says
the Philadelphia Record, was lost few
days ago off Bonaire, West Indies. there
disappeared from the American merchant
fleet the last vessel of the brig rig built
In the United States and the only one
owned In the district of Bangor. The
Telos was built In 1888 and was consid-
cred to be the finest vessel of her class
ever constructed in Maine. Since the
decline OF Amer lean foreign commerce
few square rugged vessels of any class
have been built In this country and the
brig rig seems to have fallen into particu-
lar disfayor.
"Brigs are now almost u thing OF the
past. They range In size from 700 TO GOO
tons, few of them being over 400 tons /,
and they carry as many seamen as
schooners of twice their size. For that
reason, as well as because schooners are
handler, no more briggs have been built,
and In a few years that rig will have
been forgotten. The barkentine also
seems to have had Its day and few barks
are built nowadays, the only class OF
souare-riggers that attracts any attention
being the full-rigged ship, few OF which
class are being built at Bath, mostly OF
steel for long distance voyages"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21
Robbed the Crave.

A startling incident, of which Mr.. John
Oliver Of Philadelphia was the subject,
is narrated by him as follows: I" was
In most dreadful condition. My skin
was almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue
coated, pain continually in back and
sides, no appetite gradually growing
weaker day by day. Three physicians
had given me up. Fortunately friend
advised trying Electric Bitters:' and to
my great Joy and surprise, the first bottle
made decided improvement. contin-
ued their use for three weeks, and am
now u well man. 1 know they saved my
life, and robbed the grave OF another
victim" No one should fail to try
them. Only so cts, guaranteed at III.
T.. S. Goold, 5T Congress street, III. q.
Starr, Cumberland Mills Drug Store.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

may ensrrtain . suspicion ana jealousy
Of the Germans, the French, the English
and the Russians which they do not feel
toward us. We have given them some
cause by our legislation and
our treatment OF some OF their emi-
grants 70 feel unkindly toward us per-
haps, but we have never given them any
reason for believing that we wanted 10
steal their country or any part Of It. As
Lord Salisbury said In q speech 10 an
English missionary society the other day,
10 Is not against any form OF religion that
the Chinese are stirred up. for China is
tolerant Of all religions. but against what
they believe Is movement 10 supplant
their form of civilization with that OF
the West and destroy their nationality.
Germany-and perhaps some other powers
has certainly given them good reason
TO regard her missionaries as instru-
ments in this work, but the United
states has not, and therefore IL may be
that our missionaries are in much less
danger than those of some other nation
alities
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

min was eating. That pious person drew
back Mortified at the living forms he saw.
What did he dor Throw away the fruit
Not he He smashed the microscope
and went on with his meal.
There are people who are suffering
with weak lungs. They have an obsti-
nate cough, are weak. emaciated. hope
less. They have been taught there's no
hope for them. Some one puts into their
hands one of DIR. Pierce's books or adj
vertisements and through this medium
they sec healthy. happy men and women,
who declare that their lungs had been
weak, they had been racked by coughs.
had been emaciated, feeble, hopeless,
and were positively and permanently
cured by DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. These cures can be NUM-
bered by scores Of thousands.
Are you sickf Will You throw aside
the advertisement, break the microscope,
or will you make one effort for health
Write to DIR. r. v. Pierce, at Buffalo,
N. Y. There il no charge for consulta-
ton by letter. You'll get a prompt
answer, with fatherly sympathy and
medical skill combined.
There Is no alcohol, or other stinnulant
In " Golden Medical Discovery"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

The Democratic National Committee
has advised the Hon. MIR. Bryan not to
travel about the country making speeches
but to sit on his piazza mt Lincoln and
receive delegates. This will save
much muscular labor, and will
give him just as good a chance to en-
tighten the country, for the delegations
will be numerous and his speeches to
them will be telegraphed broadcast over
the country Nevertheless it is said Mr..
Bryan is reluctant to accept this advice,
preferring to travel and show himself.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

1t turns out that the report of the re-
turn of Admiral Seymour's relief expedi-
tion to Tientsin was untrue. Instead OF
that he has arrived at Picking and proba-
bly, by this time has entered the city. Up
to Sunday, which was subsequent to the
reputed destruction of the legation build
ing, nothing of serious nature had taken
place in the city. The legations at that
time were unharmed
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21
MISLEADING
CRIME.
fNew York Evening Post. }


The usual "statistics'' OF crime are
VIGOROUSLY defective, but are neverthe-
less made the basis OF comparisons which
receive attention. Thus a recent writer
In New York Journal figured out that
the population Of this city was more
moral than.that OF Massachusetts, because
more arrests were made there than here.
The absursiity Of this conclusion appears
when we reflect that in Massachusetts,
public drunkenness il punishable
offense, without regard to accompanying
disorder or breach OF the peace. Accord
ing to the figures given by Herbert Ward,
in the independent, there were about
100, 900 arrests in Massachusetts, during
the year 1898, and nearly 5000 were for
drunkness alone. Under the probation
law, which is now very effective In oper-
alton in that state, $500 OF these cases
were referred TO the probation officers in
order to determine the correctness OF the
stories told by the prisoners, and In more
than a., 900 cases these stories were found
to be correct. About one-hah of those
arrested for drunkenness were discharged
without other punishment. The number
OF arrests, therefore, may signify that
public order Is assiduously maintained,
rather than any exceptional prevalence
OF crime. 1t Is to be- feared that II all
those who get drunk in the city OF New
York were to be arrested, our statistics
Of crime would be such as TO draw forth
alarming reflections from all the moral
lists Of the country.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21
CURRENT COMMENT.
WHERE ROOSEVELT Is NEEDED.
(Boston Herald)

If Roosevelt Is the popular man that
the politicians seem to regard him as be-
ing, he Is more needed on the New York
State ticket than on the national one.
MIR. Mckinley is likely to be very little
dependent upon the candidate for the
Vice Presideny with him for his votes;
the chances, as we have previously re-
marked, are so strongly in his favor that
it is hardly probable that popular Vice
President nominee is required to aid
them. On the other hand, the Govern
shin of New York Is of more doubtful is
sue in the canvass; and, assuming Roose-
Welt TO be the popular man that he Is
claimed to be. It strikes us that be would
be more serviceable TO his party there
than ON the national ticket. 1t may be
said that Platt defeats himself If Demo
cratic Governor of New York Is elected,
but Platt has more than once been found
10 have aid from Democratic officials In
high places.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21
Tha, Throbbing Headache.

Would quickly leave you, IL you used
OF sufferers have proved their matchless
merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches.
They make pure blood and strong nerves
and build up your health. Easy to take.
Try them. Only % cents, Money back II
not cured. Sold by II. p. $. Goold, 57I
Congress stress, ii. q. Starr Cumberland
Mills. Druggists.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21
RAILWAYS IN THE SOUTH !.
Baltimore News.)

The very fiattering success of the new
system of southern railways now oper-
ated under the corporate title OF the Sea-
board Air Line directs attention to the
solid progress OF the railway systems of
the South made in the past decade. This
Is found in the improved way" and
equipment of these roads, and the conse-
quent increased speed Of passenger trains.
Twenty-Five years ago railway tracks in
the South consisted almost wholly of
light iron rail on faulty roadbed and
bridges, making fast service impossible.
The cars We're not flrst-class and the dis
oipline of train hands left much to be
desired. The result was that long-dis-
lance travel in the South was an ordeal,
and travel for pleasure was little in
obliged In. But the accumulation of
capital in the South in the past Is years,
with increased business and increased
travel TO and from Florida, has been at
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

The rumor that an extra session Of
Congress is likely to be called because of
the Chinese trouble is premature. doubt
less, and yet we may become so involved
in that country that an extra session
will be necessary. If we should have to
go to war with China, something that Is
not probable. but yet not beyond the
bounds of possibility, an extra session
would be necessary, for only Congress
can declare war. The President can,
doubtless, without any explicit author
ization from Congress, use the troops of
the United States to protect the lives OF
American citizens either at home or
abroad. 1t is under this power that our
marines have been landed in Chinese
territory and regiment sent from
Manila. 1t is certainly unadvisable to
call Congress together unless it Is abso-
lutely necessary. A session of that body
would not help along one whit n pacific
settlement of the present troubles, and it
might be the means of precipitating us
into conflict. Had not Congress been
In session the Cuban question would
most likely have been settled without
any fighting and any perplexing Philip
pine legacy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21
The Cumberland National Bank
or PORTLAND.

DY vote OF the Directors OF this bank. the
ID stock transfer book viii be closed from June
Esd TO July I'd, 1900 and stockholders Of record
June 22d 900 will be entitled to the dividend
payable July "a. 1900.
Portland, Maine, June IL. 1900. jelidt2s
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

The Roosevelt tide, which ebbed little
on Tuesday. flowed back again yesterday
with full force. The supporters of Score g.
tary Long struggled manfully ag ainst it,
but 1t was evident enough that they could
not stem it unless Roosevelt came to
their assistance with positive and ex-
plicit refusal TO accept the nomination
under any circumstances. The enthusi-
asin is all with Roosevelt. Indeed, 1t is
said that his name is the one that excites
the snost spontaneous and hearty out
bursts OF applause, not even excepting the
Presidents. OF course his Spanish war
record has good deal to do with 1t, but,
we are inclined to think, that his frank
and outspoken manner has fully as much.
The people love frank and audacious
man, and this Roosevelt is. OF course
the Roosevelt boom Is receiving careful
cultivation from Platt and Quay for
purposes of their own. but they could
make little Roadway were 1t not for his
tremendous personal popularity. Mean
while the Dolliver enthusiasm seems to
have fiickered few times and then gone
out. So far as can be seen,' Long is the
only man excepting Roosevelt that has
any chance. He has solid qualities which
appeal to the thoughtful and hold them
in spite of the shouting. But 1t is clear
enough that his chance is small unless
Roosevelt takes himself ont OF the way
completely. The decision of the New
York delegation to support Woodruff is
simply a maAoeuvre for position. There
is no heart In it and no thought or ex-
recitation of making him the candidate,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

There is no evidence that any American
vessels participated in the attack upon the
Chinese forts at Taku. Indeed the fact
that vessels of other nationalities are
mentioned as taking part, without any
reference to any American vessel, is
evidence that none did take part. This
may have been largely accidental, or it
may have been by direct orders. So far
as appears no America missionary in
China has been attacked, nor Is 1t at all
clear that any has been threatened.
Doubtless Chinese hostility is directed
against all foreigners, and yet it may
De much stronger against some than
against others. The Chinese have par
ticular reason for disliking the Europeans
which does not apply to us. We have
never directly or indirectly advocated the
Remembering of their country and its
the contrary we have strenuously OPP
posed such a policy. Several Of the Euro
tpean powers have not only advocated this
thing, but to a certain extent have put
Iit In force Under pretence of damages
for outrages to her missionaries Germany
practically seized considerable strip of
lChinese territory. France ON similar
Ipretence seized another. England long
ago established herself on the Chinese
coast and Russia has been working into
Chinese territory for some years past.
Very reasonably therefore, the Chinese
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

The Hon. Joseph II. Manley now an
nounces that Maine is for Longer
Roosevelt. Mr.. Manley Is. evidently in
his usual health.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

Patrons OF the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses oil their
papers changed az often rs they may desire BY
rotifylng the offics
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested TO notify the office O.
the DAILY PRRss. No VI Exchange street
Portland Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

.he transinigra-
ton of souls,
etc no animal
food because
In destroying
even q worm
be might be
destroying the
Body occupied
by an ances-
tor. A traveller
coming upon
the Brahnin
taking his veg
etable meal,
told him 1t was
impossible to
avoid destruc-
ton Of animal
life and, to
prove 1t. TO-
cused a micro
scope on the
fruit the Brali-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

The DAILY PRESS is delivered at these rates
every morning to subscribers TN al parts OF
Portland. and 10 westbrook and South Fort
land.
MAINR STATE PRESS weekly
by the year, 81 in advance. or ti.2b OF the
end Of the year.
For six months. so cents; for three mouths.
90 cents
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-06-21

tended By q practical rsconstruction OF
railroads and raliroadinR, tin at present
some southern roads compare favorably
in safety, comfort and speed with the
best In the world. Long runs at high
speed are accepted commonly as q fair
bed, bridges and equipment OF railroads,
and, tried by this test, more than one OF
our southern roads can now vie with the
best-built roads OF the East.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-22
LocalWeather Report. FOR JANUARY 2l, 1900.
Brief M on ton.

High water to-day 3:13 p. m.
 Bargains In shoes at Howarth Bros.
 Mrs Scranton, widow of the late Will liam Scranton of this city, is quite ill at her home, the residence of her sister, Mrs. Thomas, in West Haven.
 The remains of Miss Ada Vosburgh, formerly of Unionville, who died in this city Thursday, were taken to Unionville Saturday.
 There are an unusually large number of inmates at the New Haven hospital, the present record being about 150. All sorts of ailments are included in the list of diseases treated.
 President C. s. Treadway of the Ma tional bank, Bristol, has been confined to his house by illness for nearly week. He is convalescent and will be out as soon as the weather permits.
 Rev. J. E. Adams, D. D., presiding elder of the New Haven district, preach ed at the M. E.. church, Yalesville. yes- lCI Iudy lliiS. IIC pA SetShSN oC IhS Southington church in the evening.
 pr. Ruickholdt, who was i'll at the hospital, returned to his home day or two ago, nearly recovered He had symptoms of a fever, but these soon gave way to treatment. He is much inn proved.
 Admiral Foote post Saturday evening talked over the methods of the trans action of the business of the organiza- tion for the coming year. The various committees in whose hands the work is entrusted were heard from.
 Miss Clara Wilcox, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Frank M. Wilcox of No. 16 Edwards street, arrived at the Bermu- das after most pleasant voyage and is spending the winter with her aunt, wife of merchant who resides near Hamilton.
 James D. Demilt, who died from apo plexy Friday morning at his home in New York city, aged seventy-five years, was for fifty eight continuous years teacher in the public schools of that city. He was retired four years ago. He was a granduncle of Mrs. o. w. No ble of Waterbury.
 One of the most interesting features at the Elks' concert January 2S will be the playing of Miss Mytie Tennant an -eleven-year-old pianist, whose work gives great promise. Miss Tennant has studied music more or less from her early years, but for the last two years bac heau very close and careful pllpil under efficient instruction.
 Major Wilkins, the we'll known leader of the colored republicans and night 'watchman at the county jail, who is suffering from cancer of the tongue, is resting as comfortably as can be expect ed at Grace hospital Portions of the tongue and throat have been affected by ravages of the disease. It is not expect ed that any surgical operation will be performed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-22
CUTLER'S ART STORE.

Wishing to greatly reduce our etock our February inventory, we offer to sell any, or all, of our framed pictures at 20 per cent, discount while those that have been framed for several months will be sacrificed at various rates, even to the extent of 50 per cent. Our attractive stock of china, porcelain and pottery bric-a-brac will be sold at from 20 per cent to 40 per cent discount; our beau- tiful colored glass at from 10 per cent. to 33 1-3 per cent. discount We shall do picture Framing for the next two weeks at 25 per cent discount.
 jazz 2t EVARTS CUTLER & co.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-01-22

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 A few poets and famous writers in a popular form, Bound with white backs, fancy paper sides and inclu- ding Moore's Poems, Ivanhoe. Scott's Poems, Evangeline, Red Letter Poem, Vicar of Wakefield, etc. Have been 75c. Now 55c.