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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04

4 l0Ief Undl your VIII Dc
hanging up in the cooling room of
the packing house inside OF the
next three days"
Moral: Just when you get the
notion imbedded in you mind that
you are the whole works is just
the time when you are most likely
to get 1t in the neck.
On one occasion a socialist colo
ny was organized by a man of
ideals. His theory was that all
men should share equally, regard
less of their ability, arguing that
it was Just as easy for a strong
man to do a great deal as for the
weak man to do a little and that
the weak man ought to have just
as much as the strong. When a
couple OF hundred members had
been secured, the colony got down
to business, fixing up their posses
sions, which they held in common.
The first business to be done was
to clear a body of land and grub
out the stumps. Among the colo
nists were two or three six fOoters
who were strong as work horses
and who knew how to handle a
pick or an ak to a fare-yOu-well.
There were also several little
weakened men in the outfit, who
couldn't cut off as much in a day
as a squirrel, nor grub as many
roots as a gopher. On the first
day that the cOlOnists commenced
work the big men sailed IN to beat
the band. Each one of them cut
and grubbed as much as four OF
the weakened, weak men, but the
next day they commenced to talk
the thing over and one of them
said: "Of course, it is all right
to share equally, but then there is
no sort OF sense in our doing five
times as much work as these other
fellows and getting no more out OF
the general fund. I have noticed
that that little spindle shanked
rooster over there, who can't dig
as much in the curse of a day az
a ground squirrel, eats as much
when he hits the table as I do,
Now my proposition is this: We
can work three or four hours in
a day and then do as much as
these other fellows can by work.
ing all day. We will then have
the balance of the day to rest and
and loaf aud enjoy ourselves
Accordingly, the next day the big
fellows buckled down to work IN.
til about 10 a. m, and then knock.
ed off for the balance Of the day
and went fishing. But when the
spindle. shanked and weak meT
saw the large and husky mer
knock off from work and begir
lOafiDg they cOmmenc d to roar
} saying: "Why should we tot
while these men lOafi They art
not as tired as we are and if they
loaf we won't work"
Right there trouble commenced
All the work was neglected while
the members of the colony argued
} and abused each other and within
! two months the colony was a bust
ed community.
Moral: Uutil men get a 10
more ucselfsh than they are a
present, the sOCialistic theory viii
be a failure.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04

There wa a beautiful girl who
graduated with honor. Her ora
tion on the subiuct "The Glorious
Opportunities This Age Offers to
Women" was pronounced a little
the best thing that had been gotten
off by a graduate of that institu-
ton for years and people who
heard it freely predicted that there
was a girl who would make things
hum as soon as she really got out
into the world.
A year after she delivered that
graduating Grafton the young wO-
man married a young fellow who
measured FIVE feet one inch and
weighed 1O1 pounds before he had
his dinner and 101 IL pounds az
ter he dined. he was crosseyed
and had a seed wart on the end Of
his nose abOnt half the size Of q
full grown Colorado potato bug
and his mouth looked like the
puckered end Of a sack of table
salt. His ears were so large and
set so near the top of his head
that they looked like a couple Of
awnings and bis nCck resembled
the swallowing apparatus Of 9
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04

Love is largely a question at OapaO-
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-23

lou Know What You Are TakinR
Whenyou take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that
t lie simply Iron and Quinine in taste
ess form. No Cure, No Pay. 5Oc.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-10-23

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STATE OF FLORIDA, }
MADISON COUNTY.
I, John W. Vann, Su-
pervisor of Registration in and
for the State and county afore-
said, do hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true and correct
list of the registered voters in
Madison county as they appear
on the registration books.
Witness my hand this Oct. Ie.
1902.
JOIN w. VANN,
Supervisor Registration, Maai-
son county, Florida.
The Best Prescription for naalalil
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic. 1t is simply Iron
and QuiDine in a tasteless form. No
Cure, No PAY. Price, SOC.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Chicago freight handlers will be or
ganized this month.
The Spanish government has estab-
lished the eight-hour day
Hull (England) municipal trans made
a profit of 10000 last year.
The miners union of Ouray county.
Colo, has declared war on Chinese labor.
Indiana union labor will fight contract
convict shops at the Jeffersonville Re
forinatory
Toledos wagon workers will work
nine hours and get 10 hours pay. begin
ming April ?.
The freight charges for hauling an
thracite coal from the Pennsylvania
mines aggregates S4o.oooooo year
Miss Molly Weitler, shoe worker, of
Ohio, has been made a special deputy to
investigate child and woman labor.
The Brotherhood OF Carpenters and
Joiners of America has now $500 mem
bers and something over 1000 local un-
ions. Next 10 the miners, this is the
largest organization in the country.
A bitter fight is on between the laun-
dry workers and their employers at
Lynn, Mass, the greatest stronghold Of
organized labor in New England. I'm
der the auspices of the Central Labor
Union cooperative laundry is 70 be
established.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvoR TOPICS.
April l3--"Giving: Its Law; It's Reflex Influ.
enee"--z Cor Will is; TX. g.,
Cor. xvi I. 2

Scripture verses.-Gen. xviii. 20.
22 Lev. xvii. 80: Prov. xviii. 26
Matt. v. 23. "a; XIV. 81 40; xviii s.
Mark TX. Al; 2 Cor. viii. 3; Col. i'll.
III l Peter iv. 3. 10.
Lesson Thoughts.
While God may employ 1t for his
glory and the growth of his kingdom.
he will not accept that as a gift which
does not include also the giver. The
Macedonians FIRST gave their own
selves to the Lord"
The man who gives the most and
who really feels the sacrifice the
least Is he who lays by him in store,
as God hath prospered him"
Selections.
God wants self-denying giving. Who
can look at the Japanese temple, with
its coil of rope,-larger than a ships
hawser. and weighing a ton and
half made from the hair OF Buddha's
worshippers, and used to lift timbers
and stones to their places In the tenn
pie building, without feeling the re.
buke implied to our self-sparing gifts?
The wealth of church members in
Protestant communities is, by the
census, at least $10,000,000 900. Their
contributions average one-sixteenth of
cent for every dollar, or one dollar
in about $1,000
The credulous believed that King
Midas turned whatever he touched to
gold; but more wonderful power is
that touch of conservation which
transmutes the common gold of the
market place into spiritual force.
mighty in the redemption of the
world from sin. This power. is
Gods blessing upon the grace of Civ.
ing.
1t is we'll to be diligent in getting
as Gods steward, but the ultimate
end of all getting must be giving. One
of the most faithful stewards Of the
wealth of the present time began life
as a young man with the prayer,
| Lord, give me a hand to get and a
| heart TO give" A man may get earn
estly and be rewarded by large in.
| come as a result; but he may also
! live in a simple, inexpensive manner;
and yet If there Is not a CORE.
| spending earnestness in giving, he
falls short as a steward.
Suggested Hymns.
We praise, we bless thee.
| belong to Jesus.
When | survey the wondrous cross.
Is thy cruise Of comfort failing?
Cast thy bread upon the waters.
More love to thee. o Christ.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
Great Possibilities,

To the man in middle life the question
asks itself, "What have / done to make
the world better for my living in it?"
Peasant or merchant, learned or illiterate,
that question must be answered, and the
answer comes with an armful of joy or of
regret. One can make his character great
and noble in whatever station he may be
placed, and character is the only thing
that lasts. Death cannot change it, for it
walks through the valley of shadows to
the throne of God to be accepted there
On this bright morning, if we can con-
graduate our own souls on what they have
achieved we have a new year blessing that
comes straight from heaven. To the aged
there is nothing lett but the future. The
past has gone beyond recall and to-mor.
row beckons. In the sweet faith that the
sun will rise again and that we shall rise
with 1t the winter points to spring There
is no sadness, though the journey draws
to close, for the beyond opens up its
glories and with single step we shall be
with our beloved ones once more. If we
have done our work we'll we shall 90 hence
with joy. For the young, therefore, and
for the aged, and for ali, there is but one
wish-that the year will find us strong for
its duties and ready to reap the harvest
in the field in which Providence has
placed us.-George III. Hepworth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS
April l3-Giving: Its Law. Its Reflex Influence
u Cor Will is; TX. g, Z; Cor. XVI. l..

God is the original giver. Al
others are borrowers. Benevolence
never boasts Humility is at it's heart.
Only sham gives for show In the gifts
of generosity the heart always goes
with the hand. Love Is never so happy
as when it gives itself.
God is the giver OF all good gifts
The spirit of God is the spirit of gene
rosity. Generosity abounds like sun
shine. And sunshine is never stingy
Generosity gives God all the glory.
Men Ought to Give Wealth to God
Because He Gives Them Power to Get
It.-This fact is plainly stated in the
eighth chapter of Deuteronomy and
in the eighteenth verse; But thou
shalt remember the Lord thy God: Tor
1t Is he that giveth thee power to get
wealth" Wealth. getting is the out.
working of power that God has given.
If men could realize the force of that
truth the business enterprises of the
world would become a sacrament.
The Law of Giving. ought
to be certain fixed principles to direct
US. in so important a matter, Such
principles are not far to seek. They
to his disciples, Freely ye have re
celved, freely give" He had bountl
fully bestowed his gifts. In like man
ner he would have them impaired
Willingly.-"If there be first a will
ing mind 1t is accepted according to
that man hath, and not according
to that he hath not" In the Scrip
lures stress Is laid on the fact that
the people made willing offerings to
build the temple. The only offerings
that are acceptable to God are free.
will offerings.
Cheerfully-Wea are apt to be short
in Christian experience IL we are long
in the face when we give. If we do
not give cheerfully do we really give?
Wealth that must be wrenched from
the hand is no gift from the heart In
Pauls second letter to the Corinthians
he uses the word hilaron to describe
the giver that God loves. We get our
familiar word hilarious" from that. 1t
means mirthfulness, merriment. Not
the gloomy giyer but the jolly glver
that Is what the world wants.
Systematically.-Pa recommended
this plan to the churches OF Galatia
It was also his advice TO the Corin.
THAN Christians. Good plans to do
good always please God. lie loves not
disorder nor confusion The great
apostle said concerning the collec
tion," Upon the first day of the week
let every one of you lay By him in
store, as Gcd has prospered him"
What does the New Testament say
about tithing? When the Jews told
Jesus that they gave the tenth TO the
Lord he told them that they ought
to do that. If 1t was obligatory for
Jews then 1t cannot be less for Chris
tiaDs now
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Conditions.

R. G. Dun's weekly Review of Trade
says; Favorable weather greatly facili-
tated Easter retail trade, the volume oi
transactions in all lines of wearing ap-
parel being Of exceptional magnitude
Demands for an eight-hour day after
May by the blast furnace men was the
most disturbing feature in the iron and
steel industry and this is not causing
much alarm, as an agreement will prob
ably be reached driving the intervening
month.
" Weakness appeared in the cereals
early in the week. Subsequently there
was partial recovery owing TO news from
Kansas and Oklahoma but the net re-
suit for the week was a decidedly lower
range of prices. Wheat exports mate
rally declined from the satisfactory rec
ord of 4,oS7,o2s bushels last week to only
3,o88,042 bushels this week, which COM
pare with 3o3o,S32 in the same week last
year
Failures for the week numbered 2os
in the United States, against zoo last
year, and 20 in Canada, against 20 last
year"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10

Chipmunks are Industrious little
creatures. In rainy weather they quit
work and curl up in their nests or hide
in knot hole away from the wet,
Windy weather makes them very nerv-
ous. The rustling of leaves and wav-
ing branches makes them suspicious
that something strange Is going ON In
the world. A chipmunk eats while sit
ting on his launches and holds his
food in his forepaws. He drinks by
tapping like dog. He Is very neat
about his person, combing out his fur
and his long tail with paws and teeth
He washes his face by tapping hia
forepaws and then rubbing them both
at the same time over his face with
such speed that the eye can hardly
follow his motions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
Live Stock.

Chicago -Cattle-Steady to strong
good to prime steers, Sc. 5oa7.o poor to
medium, $4.25ao.4o; stockers and feeders
81. 5oa5.25 cows, $I.3oas.so; heifers,
S.. Soa5.85; Gamers, 81 .3oa24o Hogs
Active and TO Ioc higher; mixed and
butchers, $o.4oao75; good to choice,
heavy, $o6oa682 rough, heavy, $6.3oa
65s; light, $6.3sa6. so; bulk of sales $6.4o
aoo5. Sheep-Sheep 10 to Isc. lower
lambs IS to 2oc lower; good to choice
wethers, $s,ooa5.4o; Western yearlings,
$5.25a585; native lambs, $4.ooa665
Western lambs, $s.2sa6So.
East Liberty,-Cattle steady; choice,
$o.ooa6z5; prime. $o2oao4o; good SIS. sc
a5.oo Hogs higher; prime heavy hogs
$6.Soao85; best mediums $o.75ao8o F.;
heavy Workers, $66sao7 10, light Workers
$.4oao5s; pig $oIsao.2s; roughs $500
a625 Sheep steady; best wethers $50
as.oo; culls and common S.. soa4 90: veal
calves $7.ooa7.7s,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10

Remarkable Speed of Flle..

There is certain little fly that was
observed to run three inches and make
in doing 1t. 440 steps-all In one-haif a
second OF time. To equal this, in pro-
portion to his siza. man would have
to run at the rate OF twenty miles q
minute.
The common flea leaps 200 times It's
own length. To show like agility a
man six feet tall would haze to leap a
distance of 1900 feet. The cheese mite
is about one-quarter of an inch in
length, and yet 1t has been seen to
take the tip OF Its tail In its mouth,
and then. letting go with jerk, to leap
out OF vessel six inches in depth. To
equal this man would have to jump
out OF a well from depth of l44 feet.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10

The divine in the Christian IL the
best demonstration OF the divinity OF
Christ.
man is not thirsting for knowledge
Just because he asks curious questions.
Look out for the honesty OF the man
who talks a great deal about his
honor.
Even an awkward deed is better than
the most eloquent dream.
The attempt to be good fellow has
spoiled many good man.
God has no interest In the church
that has no interest In the poor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Poem. The nay of Small Things. by Han
nah Harcourt Pickard-Tho Strange
Antagonism of Good md Evil Forces
in Mans Naturc--Christt the Pattern.
Not thine, perchance, to climb Gods
Holy Mount
And view the prospect on the further
side;
But thou canst place thy feet upon the
rock.
And safely there abide.
Not thine to lead the armies Of the Lord
To storm the tents of wickedness and sin;
But thou canst guide stray lamb to the
fold,
And keep it safe within.
Not thine. perchance, to charm with
matchless voice
The hearts OF men, and move to JOY OF
tears;
But thou canst sing a little child to sleep,
And soothe and calm its fears.
Not thine the skill to level mighty hills
And bid the torrent in its fountain stay:
But thou canst lift a stone from out the
road
That bars thy brothers way.
And when at last the promised day shall
come,
And He--the Lord-shall judge the lives
of all,
II we'll may be these little deeds Of thine
May not to Him seem small.
London Sunday-School Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
"Liquor-soakcd Women" /"

The British Women's Temperance As
sociation has started n farm for women
who have become addicted to the liquor
habit. They do I'll the light work OF
farming, raising flowers, vegetables and
chickens. The glass houses are managed
entirely by women, and the produce sold
in the London market The movement is
meeting with great success, many women
begging TO stay after they are cured. They
acquire love for outdoor work, and coun-
try homes arc found for them as far aa
possible. Good food, pure air, certain
amount of physical labor and cheerful sur
roundinss have worked great changes in
liquorsoaked women II it worked 90
well in England, who not here? Our cities
are thronged with women who might be
helped by period Of enforced pure Iiv-
ing. Hundreds OF children drink in the
liquor habit at their mothers breasts.
Removed from the vicinity of gin shops
and other places Of temptation, many OF
these women and children might become
self-supporting and self-respecting. The
Presbyterian.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
1n.pr,a,es olas.sa as Minors.

In Germany person who has so accus-
toned himself to the taking OF intoxicating
drinks that he has no longer the power a
withstanding temptation to excess may he
put under restriction. Proceedings may
be taken by husband or wide, or other
near relative, and, in certain cases, at the
instance OF poor law representative, The
ssSect is TO place the inebriate, as regards
his. property, in the position OF minor,
and, as regards his person, guardian L
entitled to fix his residence or send him
to retreat for the purpose OF cure. Dur
ing the Subsistence OF the order all the civil
rights OF the inebriate are in abeyance~
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10

The American character is more
than the Constitution.
II is hard to find truth without an
error in its shadow.
The word needs klndnes OF heart
mora than keenness OF head.
When n'eg give God their manhood
as we'll as their names the church will
not lack for means.
The worst cowardlce is that of the
man who does wrong for fear OF being
called q coward.
A mans religion must be bankrupt
wnen he can only pay the Lord forty
days on the year,
II Is not enough to make good prom
Uses 70 God, we must make our promis-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
Tho RelIgioua snirit.

No man gets on SO well in this world
as he whose daily walk and conversation
are clean and consistent, whose heart is
pure, and whose life is honorable. A rehg.
ious spirit helps every man. 1t is at once
a comfort and inspiration, and makes him
stronger, wiser and better in every relation
OF lie. There is no substitute for it, 1t
may be assaied by enemies, as il has been
but they offer nothing in its place. 1t has
stood the test of centuries, and has never
failed to help and bless mankind. Jewish
Messenger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
Emclcnt Temperance.

The Railroad Gazette reports one Of the
speeches at the celebration of the Baldwin,
Locomotive Works which we commend to
the attention of those who believe thai
prohibition is the best mode of securing
relief from excessive drinking
The speech was made by Mr.. j. Harris
Sanders, of London, a gentleman former.
ly engaged in selling goods in this country
this country in England and on the Con-
tinent. In reciting the advantages that
had contributed to the change in our com
mercial status from buyers to sellers, he
said:
"And there is another consideration that
is OF inestimable value to your countrys
You are more sober, as q people, than
either England or France. Statistics show
that you drink less per capita than Eng
lishmen or Frenchmen. When one consid-
ers that England spent last year very
nearly 81 ,000,0O0000 on drink, it is mani
fest that a country cannot afford to waste
anything like so large proportion of its
earnings as that The wisdom displayed
by the majority of your people in drinking
only half as much as they drink in Eng
land and France is very manifest, and evi-
IDENTIFY also. great advantage to your peo-
pie generally"
This moderation in the use of intoxicat.
ing drink is largely due to the fact that
such moderation, or even total abstinence,
is insisted on by the employers Of skilled
labor, and where it is not so insisted on,
the better chances of good pay, steady
work and promotion are strong induce
ments to it.-Atlanta Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
Portents of the Coming Day.

Strikes and riots, CONCENTRATIONS OF can
ital and formidable alliances of labor are
but prophecies of the coming day when un.
rest shall not burden the heart, when fret.
ful discomfort shall give way to a divine
noncontentment, which shall insure pro.
gress without pain and the common good
without the sacrifice Of personal rights
pal, Chicago,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10

A curious custom in Seoul. Korea.
Is the law which makes 1t obligatory
for every man to retire to his home
when the huge bronze bell OF the city
has proclaimed 1t to be the hour Of
sunset and the time TOR closing the
gates. No man is allowed in the
streets after that hour under pain OF
logging. but the women are allowed =
80 about and ,'-sit their friends.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10

Bank notes for about farthing each
circulate freely In Paraguay. 1t takes
two notes to get oae's boots blacked
and eight to pay the postage OF letter
to England. Yet one OF them will buy
in the season fifteen oranges. three
bspsuas. or . water melon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-04-10
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS AeovT
THE VICE or INTEMPERANcE.

Poemi More Lieht--A Pathetic lnc'dcnr
whose Counterpart May be Witnessed
in Every Large City-lncredibic 1nS<
Voters Allow such a Tramc.
s'NIore light" DER the regions Of drinks
dark domain,
victims are slain,
''More light" in the minds Of the people,
that we
BY our purified laws from the drink curse
be free.