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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-11-14
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
November IL - "Preaehing and Hearing
Rom. X, 1917.

Scripture Verses-Matt. xviii, 49,
90; Mark, xvi, 20; Psa, xviii, IL;
lsa., w., 10-11; John. iv., 34-3S; XIV,
14-16; Acts, t., 8; |. Cor. XIV, 10 .
Lesson Thoughts.
The fl. st step toward bringing men
to Christ is to make sure that you
know the way to Christ. The next
step is TO find the way to other men.
No one can be a real Christian with
out being a real missionary.
You would not now be Christian
If the spirit of missions had not sent
some one to preach the word that you
might hear; others must remain with
out Christ if you in turn fail to obey
the missionary spirit.
Selections.
Souls without the love of Jesus
Intercept thee day by day;
Some, perhaps, whom tnou canst sure
ly
Help to find the narrow way
Souls who may, If thou prove faithless,
Still pursue the downward road,
Till at last the great destroyer
Drags them to his dark abode.
We are clearly taught that we are
sent into the world as our Lord was
sent; and that we are to do the works
which He did and greater works than
these. -. We have accepted the trust.
1t means, on the one hand. a divine
commission to which is granted divine
strength. 1t means on the other hand.
continual ministering of bread and
the bread of life; a constant witness
ing to Him who was dead and Is alive
again, till in the light we pour upon
tn world men see God and give Him
the world men see God and give Him
praise.
LAS a man thinketh in his heart so
is he.' Intense conviction means in
tense activity. When every Chris
tian becomes light-bearer, not only
will the darkness rapidly pass away,
but the glorious period will be speedily
ushered in, when 'the wilderness and
the solitary place shall be glad for
them; and the desert shall rejoice, and
blossom as the rose" and the earth
shall be full of knowledge of the Lord,
as the waters cover the sea-"
Suggested Hymns.
Jesus of Nazareth" o what name.
Pass along the invitation.
Stand up stand up for Jesus.
Preach the gospel, sound 1t forth.
Repeat the story DER and DER.
Harki the voice of Jesus crying.
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The Power of Wealth.

Little Francis, who has three broth
ers but no sister, got the part of the
chicken containing the wishbone the
other evening, and after dinner he dis
cussed the subject Of wishes with his
father.
"S'posing," he said, ''that you got a
wishbone and could make just one
wish that would come true. and
wanted little baby sister and pony
and a million dollars. which would
you wish for?"
"Well. let me see." his father an
swered. 1T seems TO me that It
would be best to wish for the baby
sister. beca use might be able to make
a million dollars In some way, and
then, of course, could buy the pony
for you"
Francis sat solemnly thinking the
matter over for awhile, and then said:
"Oh. well. wish for the million dol
lars. II we have that we can hire the
doctor TO keep on coming till he brings
a little sister, anyway."- Chicago Rec
oiu-Herald. 4.
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Heavy Damages For Queer Tooth-Pullin

Heavy Damages For Queer Tooth-Pullinc
Ten thousand dollars is the price
which Andrew Foy, stonemason.
thinks the city should pay for three of
his front teeth. The teeth are not
gold-filled or set with diamonds. They
are of the ordinary bone variety, but
Foy prizes them more than all the rest
of his earthly possessions They are
now sticking in Il plank which was be-
ing used in the construction of side
walk. and that is why Foy is suing the
city
On the night Of September II Foy
stepped of new cement sidewalk in
the vicinity of Kedzie avenue and
West Taylor street, and, losing his bal
ance. he fell against an upright piece
of scantling. Three OF his front teeth
were driven far into the scantling by
the force of the fall, and Foy could not
release them. He took the scantling
along and sought dentist, but the
teeth came out when the dentist tried
to pull the scantling of.
The scantling. with the three teeth
Sticking to 1t will be exhibited when
the damage suit comes to trial.-Chl-
cago Inter-Ocean.
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RULES FOR BARBER SHOPS.
Sanitary Regulations Now Enforced in
San Francisco.

San Francisco.
The Board Of Health Of San Fran
cisco, at a meeting the other day,
adopted the suggested sanitary regula-
tion Of BARRIERS shops as submitted by
DR.. Baum, chairman of the committee
having the matter In charge. The re-
strictions are very severe. and viii
apply to every barber shop In the city.
Health Board inspectors will visit the
shops regularly and report to their
superiors any violation Of the rules,
which are as follows:
The place of business, together with
all furniture, shall be kept at all times
In cleanly condition. Floors or
woodwork should not be swept or
brushed dry. but must be mopped up
with an antlseptic solution, preferably
with a solution of corrosive sublimate,
1.500.
Cuspidors must be made with wide
openings without any beveled or
rough sides, and should contain water,
and when cleaned must be dislnfected
with any OF the herein recommended
antiseptic solutions.
Mugs and shaving brushes shall be
sterilized by immersion In boiling
water or three or five per cent. forma-
lin solution, after every separate use
thereof.
Razors shall be wiped with ninety
five per cent alcohol before and after
being used on any person.
TIot, Nzn fto,
brushes" must be used These must
be sterillzed by immersion in boiling
water or by dipping in five per cent.
formalin solution.
Combs must be kept clean and treat
ed like brushes.
Razor strops must be kept clean and
never wiped off with hand or blown
upon with breath before using.
A separate clean towel shall be used
for each person.
BARRIERS shall not blow away with
their breath any hairs after cutting,
but must use towel or bulb, or fine
hair brush, which must be sterilized
as the hair brushes are.
BARRIERS shall keep their finger nails
short and clean. Alum or other ma
terial used to stop the flow OF blood
shall be so used only in powder form
and applied on towel.
The use of powder puffs is prohib-
tied. Instead use clean towels or alb
sorbent cotton.
The use of sponges is prohibited.
Every barber shop shall be provided
with running hot and cold water.
All wash basins must be connected
with the sewer and properly trapped.
No person shall be allowed to use
any barber's shop as a dormtory.
Every barber shall cleanse his hands
thoroughly Immediately after serving
each customer.
Needles, tweezers, forceps and other
instruments must be disinfected in
boiling water or three or five per cent.
formalin solution Immediately after
using and thoroughly dried by passing
quickly through gas or alcohol flame.
Scissors and clippers to be treated
likewise.
BARRIERS are warned from attempt
ing to treat skin diseases, BARRIERS
itch, ETC., and should advise their Gus
toners to consult physician.
The use OF finger bowls is prohib-
tied.
These rules shall be placed in con-
spicuous place in the shops.-Munlci-
pal Journal and Engineer.
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COMFORTING tho Timid Passengers.

The driver OF the stage. which was
rolling down the Rocky Mountains as
fast as six mules on the gallop could
keep ahead of 1t, may have noticed
that ! was, writes correspondent, a
little nervous, for after bit he sooth-
ingly said:
mo use to grip that railing so
mighty hard, stranger We shan't
come to the danger pint for half an
hour yit."
''Then it's on ahead?" | queried.
"Yes. three miles ahead. and | may
say fur your benefit that hangin' on
won't do any partIckier good"
But don't want to slide on"
sand you won't. If anything goes
It'll be nevis and coach and the bun
caboodle altogether, and as the diop
Is rlump 400 feet you won't have no
use for aroich Or sticking plaster after
ward. ~ -BoslaF Courier.
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Live Stock.

Chicago-Cattle-Good to prime
steers $6a6So; poor to medium s.. .Soa
500; stockers and feeders $2a47s; cows
$I25a4 so; bulls $2a4.so; calves $3a6.zS,
mixed and butchers S57oa6.I5; good
to choice heavy .$5.75a6r7H; rough
heavy $s.4oas.7o; light $5.soas.8o; bulk
OF sales $s.7oas85. Sheep-Good to
choice wethers $3.5oa4.2s; Western
sheep $3a3,7s; native lambs s.. 2.5oa4-o5;
Western lambs $3a4.4o.
East Liberty-Cattle steady; choice
$s.7oa6.oo; prime S5.ooas 90. good $500
a525. Hogs lower; prime heavy 20 10
ao2o; heavy mediums $o.o5ao. 10; nsnt
do $s.osao.oo; pigs. S55oa5'oo; heavy
Workers $5.ssa5.oo; light do, $5.7oa5-Sos
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Dlr rrees Arc Natures Reservoirs.

"Why," it will be asked, 'are tho
Big Tree groves always found on we'll
watered spots?" Simply because Big
Trees give rise to streams, says John
Muir in the Atlantic. 1t Is a mistake
to suppose that the water is the cause
of the groves being there. On the con-
trary, the groves are the cause of the
water being there. The roots of this
immenGe tree Gil the ground, forming
a sponge which boards the bounty of
the clouds and sends it forth in clear
perennial streams instead of allowing
it to run headlong in short-lived, de-
structive foods. Evaporation Is also
checked and the air kept still in the
shady Sequoia depths, while thirsty
robber winds are shut out. The
value of these forests in storing and
dispensing the bounty of the mountain
clouds is infinitely greater than lumber
or sheep. To the dwellers of the plain,
dependent ON irrigation, the Big Tree
is tree OF life, never failing spring,
sending living water to the lowlands
all through the hot rainless summer.
For every grove cut down n stream is
dried up. Therefore all California is
crying, "Savc the trees Of the foun-
ta.ns" nor, judging by the signs Of
the times, is it likely that the cry will
cease until the salvation Of all that is
left o. Sequoia Gigantea is sure.
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This would be n good place to end
this story, but the temptation is great
to tell more regarding the success OF
this energetic, persevering man.
When the shops were opened the
young Englishman was made the
foreman. All this happened consld-
erably less than twenty-five years
ago. In little while they made him
the master mechanic. In the year
1887 he went to the Wisconsin Cen
trail. In 1890 he was made the super
intendent of machinery on the Santa
Fe route-one OF the longest roads
on earth. 1t begins at Chicago;
strong. like mans wrist; with fin
gers on Sacramento. San Francisco.
San Diego and El Paso, and thumb
touching the Gulf at Galveston. The
mileage of the system Mt that time
was equal to one-half that of Great
Britain, and upon the company's pay
rolls were 10000 more men than
were then in the army of the United
States. Fifteen hundred men and
boys walk into the main shops at To-
peka every morning. They work
four hours. eat luncheon, listen to n
lecture or short sermon in the meeting
place above the shops, work another
four hours. and walk out better off
by $4,000 than they would have been
If they had not worked. These shops
make little city Of themselves. There
is perfect water system, fire brl'
gade with stations where the firemen
sleep, a police force and dog catcher.
Here they build anything of wood.
iron, brass or steel that the company
needs, from q ninety-ton locomotive
to single barrel mouse trap, all I'M
der the eye of the Englishman, who
came to America with q good wife
and two babies, a good head and two
hands. This mans name is John
Player. He is the inventor OF the
Player truck, the Player hand car.
the Player frog and many other use
full appliances.
This simple story of an unpreten-
tious man came to me in broken Sec
tions as the special train sped along
the smooth track, while the general
manager talked with the resident d.
rector and the general superintendent
talked with his assistant, who, not
long before. was the conductor of a
work train, upon which the general
superintendent was employed as q
brakeman. 1 was two days stealing
this story between the bushes of the
mechanical superintendent. 1 hope
he will not mind my telling you that
| saw two tears start from his eyes
as he said, signing: "Td give lot to
know tonight who paid for my sup
per in that little Iowa town when 1
felt so lonely and discouraged, and
when dollar looked like a six-foot
Wheel
He related also that man wearing
high-cut trousers and milk on his
boots entered his Office when he had
gotten to his first position as master
mechanic. and held out hand, saying
with q smile:
"yell, you don't know me yet, amt
it? I'm Martin. the fireman. quit
ranchin', already, and | want jobs"
Martin got job at once.--Success.
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Singing in sorrow Is the sign Ok
Gods saints.
Time lost in mending nets Is saved
in catching fish.
Our real profits In life depend On our
voluntary losses.
sensitive conscience never makes
a man self-consclous-
The world OF labor waits for the
Lord who laborcd Himself.
A man who 10 willing 10 begin bis
work in a small way shall be led into
a large one.
Some people do not believe In ofilscs
In the church because they are never
nominated.
You cannot put the church before
Christ without puttiag Christ behinl
the church.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-11-14
RAMS HORN BLASTS

HE world Is never
cold to the warm
hearted.
l. owes ! a b o I
cannot be lost.
Loves labor Ii
never laborious.
Ma n y a h r d
chain Is made up
OF soft snaps.
l. owe ney q +
turns It's micro
scop Q o a O UT
faults.
Evening star., 1901-08-15

we have in the United States army. with.
out question or doubt, the best trained and
most capable gentlemen as Officers.
Evening star., 1901-08-15
British hattie Ships.
| From tho TnnHau n.uu ps-a


in designing the new type of 1syOo0- ton
battle ships fresh system has been fol-
loved Naval officers of high standing an,I
much experience IN handling battle shins
We're asked to point out defects In the ex
isting ships and suggest ways in which
they might be improved upon During their
recent tour of the dockyards the lords of
admiralty paid close attention to the hat
tie ships of the Majestic and new types
IN order to ascertain what top-hamper
could be dispensed with while not interfer-
Ing with the fighting efficiency OF the sbin.
AS result of these inquiries 1t Is under
STOOD that the masts of the new hattie
ships Will be considerably shorter than the
towering ones now fitted. Probably as
much as sixty feet will be cut Off Thorn
Tor experts hold that with the new signal.
ing devices now being introduced into the
navy, comparatively short masts only are
required. Hardly any wood Is to be used
What is employed will be In such places
that II can be heaved overheard in a few
minutes.
1t Is proposed to do away with the pres
ent systems of building high fore-and-aft
bridges In place OF these only Compare
lively squat structures will be put in the
new type OF battle ships. and these bridges.
which are to be of iron, will be SO made
that they can be easily slid overheard when
clearing for action. BY this arrangement
the look OF the ships will be rather spoiled.
but deal Of dangerous superstructure win
be removed from their decks Between
decks, too, 1t Is proposed to provide greater
space by making the officers cabins srnall-
er than in existing ships. Careful inquiry
has been made in order to ascertain what
nttings can be dispensed with to save
weight. and In the new ships all economies
thus effected will go toward armor, guns
and the other devices for Increasing the
vessels fshting value.
Evening star., 1901-08-15
Are We Purely COmmercialS

They tell us that ours Is commercial
race without sentiment or idealism. Those
who tell us this are sometimes our ON n
people, sometimes the French, the Ger
mans. the Italians And yet there is an
interesting exposition of the falsity of 1t
all that is worth mentioning. In France
yesterday and the day before prominent
Frenchman fought several duels Instead
OF being the secret satisfying Of honor,
they were public episodes; newspaper men
were on hand to report; and photographers
took instantaneous pictures Of the fights
In the United States yesterday and the
day before Mr. Morgan gave a million dol
lars for scientific study at Harvard; Mr.
Rockefeller gave another million to Chi
cago University; Mr.. Carnegie gave sixty
five public libraries to New York city.
and In spite OF the enormous wealth rep
resented by these gifts, they ara only a
few Of those which have been made among
us in recent days. There Is a touch Of
sarcasm In the contrast, and, like other
sarcasms, tt would be amusing IL II were
not so serious. The race Of honor, ideal
ism and poetry has lost all but the. form
of Its historic code The race of CONNER
cial men. who never had code, has de-
veloped an idealism that was never con-
ceived before. While the EuroI can Dot and
kettle tight because one calleJ the other
black-hght carefully In focus of the CAM
era-One American here and there gives A
million to be used during the next thou
sand years to relieve each minute of the
day the sufferings of those in PAIN to pro-
vide In one city reading evcry day to q
hundred thousand people for the next CEN
tury, and to turn out two or thraa hundred
well-educated men each year To do their
work in the world
Evening star., 1901-08-15
Rats and BubOnic Plague.
rom American Medicine

In recent number of the Frankfurter
Aeitung Is a discussion of the antiquity of
the belief that rats are responsible for the
spread Of plague. According to the writer,
the recognition Of the necessity Of exter-
minating rats is no modern idea. 1t an
pears that the Chinese have long observed
the association between the death of q
rat In the house and the appearance of a
case OF plague few days later In the FAM
ny living there. Then follows a quotation
from ]. Campbell Gibson's article In the
Expository Times. In which tha author
points out very convincing evidence that
the disease inflicted upon the Philistines as
described In ! Samuel. chapters 5-6, was
bubonic plague. and that they recognised
the dependence OF the spread Of this dis
ease upon rats or mice "a word correspond
Ing to rat perhaps not existing); when they
sent the ark back to the Israelites they
sent also as guilt Offering golden images
OF the tumors." the chief symptom of dis
ease In those cases which were not fatal,
together with golden images Of mice The
description OF this disease Is quite clearly
that Of bubOnic plague, The recognition that
1t was mice which were Responsible is
very Interesting. In Homer's Iliad there
Is passage indicating the association be-
tween .'the God of mice" and the plague.
which he In reply to Cryses' prayer sent
into the Grecian camp.
Evening star., 1901-08-15
"A British Opinion,
From the Army and Navy Journal.


The correspondent of the "China Mail. :"
a British paper. writing from Manila, re-
Gently said: IF some Of you folk could
come over here and see the young Jona-
thaps at drill 1t would do you good. For
my part I must say that finer body of
men, for build and stature, 7 have never
seen, and the way the cavalry, or mounted
infantry. ride l}not being soldier. can't
tell which they are}e Is, as they say In the
land Of the thistle, "a sicht for sair cen n
Is a perfect treat to see how most of the
men ride; the beasts are fine. and show
how well they are cared for. At drill and
on parade the youthful Jonathans look all
a soldier and fitted for work; there is no
swagger uniform apd clay pipe; but off
duty. with bat comparatively few exoep-
tions. he assumes a curious walk. I made
inquiries about this. and was told that
that was is,particplar way Of asserting
his freedom. as off duty he could do as he
darned well pleased,
Now, although The American soldier.
like his officers, has not what we would
call a very daisy. uniform, all being made
for work and not look. see.' there Is one
thin thing , which sfFisss he9 heo9mparatiya tender
I should be inclinedlto think that some Of
them will acqtiire aisort of military souint
az they all wear q cord round their felt
two knots hang in front of their eyes, Just
allowing over the brim. which would make
the newcomer think they had ali dressed
In q hurry and put their hats on hind part
first. Anyhow. hats or no hats. squint or
no squint. 1t would be a hard job to tind a
finer lot of men. 8F
ION the Luneta lManila's Rotten Rowl,
about suudown. you s,see some wonderful
sights. vehicles of all sorts and conditions
containing all sartssand conditions of men
and women of all sorts and colers. Our fair
cousins, some of them, turn out In low
cut dresses. as they see the Filipino wo-
men folk In light gauzy attire, and so try
climate Some are getting very Espanoi,
and dress a Ia Flamenco with q Hover
In their hair. dresses and soft clinging
sha Wis. and look very smart The Amari-
can oflaeera away up' that / have had the
pleahure OF converting with. are tar more
approRchable than we are accustomed to
and men Of relative position in our array
Evening star., 1901-08-15
OIL FROM PINE NEEDLES.
A New Industry i'm the Woods OF the
Pacific Coast.

A New Industry In the Woods Of the
Pacific Coast.
From the Scientific American.
The utilization Of the pine needles OF the
yellow Oregon pine, botanically Pinus Pom
derosa, is becoming an industry OF consid-
erable importance on the Pacific coast
Fifty years ago 1t was discovered that the
extracts and products Of the long. slender
leaves OF the pine possessed real efficacy In
complaints of a pulmonary character 1t
II claimed that insomnia yields to the IN
duence of the pungeRt odor. and asth-
matics have found q real relief In partak-
ing of the oil and in sleeping upon pillows
stuffed with the elastic and fragrant nper
manufactured from the interior substance
Of the pine leaves. The llimitabie forests
Of yellow pine abounding in the state Of
Oregon, with their accessibility to through
lines Of transportation, suggested to
German from the forests Of Thuringia the
transfer of a lucrative business to the Pa
cific coast. In Germany the leaves never
exceed two inches in length while in Ore
sron they often exceed thirty inches. and
average twenty. In the former country
the forest laws are extremely strict and
often prehibitive, obliging the maker of
the product to use the dried leaves that
have fallen to the ground and thus In
suring an inferior and less effective quail
ity of goods. In the western state denud-
encouraged. the expert of the forestry
commission having pronounced the process
as beneficial. tally kept of the weight
gathered from a certain number of trees
indicated that the crop taken in April
weighed $50 pounds. while that of the same
trees in October yielded 775 pounds. Two
crops are gathered yearly, the latter one
being always the largest The leaves OF
the young trees are preferred. yielding a
better quality Of oil. it Is said; though this
fact Is doubted. The leaves are stripped
from the trees by women and men. who
are hired for the purpose, and who are
paid 25 cents hundred pounds for the
needles Five hundred pounds la regarded
as an average days work. The leaves are
picked into sacks and hurriediy sent to the
factory. Exposure to the sun causes the
leaves to wilt. and impairs the quality OF
the product. In picking the thickest
punches of leaves are selected, and the
acanty ones neglected. The vast quantity
available. so Tar beyond any present de-
uand, permits the picker TO thus discrtmi-
nate The factory at which the essence
and extracts of the needles are manufac-
tured has capacity for handlinG 2OcO
pCtands of leaves per day. but Il is soon
to be enlarged to about four times its pres
ent sire.
In the extraction Of pine oti a0na pauads