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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
The Crusade In Brief.

The further down you can drive the sa.
loon, the further away you remove tempta.
tion.
1t is said that s7s out OF the 1909 news
papers in Kansas will not accept liquor
advertisement.
Saloon licenses in Minneapolis, MINI,
cost $1,000. The laws OF Minnesota allow
no seats or tables in sa.ooas and no treat
ing.
The liquor dealers of New Zealand seeing
in the votes at the last election the hand.
writing on the wall, have resolved on re.
forming their ways, so lar as obedience to
the laws Is concerned.
There is one liquor shop ior every sew.
enty inhabitants in Normandy Taking ac.
count OF children and abstinent women and
men il may be said that every liquor dealer
Is supported by twenty-three people.
OF 325 Presbyterian ministers. 2i7 are alb
stainsrs. Also out of 683S ministers aud 10.
cal preachers among the Free Methodists.
Methodist New Connexion and Bible Chris
tians, 56O2 are abstainers, and so are all tho
students.
Haverhill Mass, under license, during
the last five years. has gained in popula.
ton 2230. Brockton, under no-license, dur
ing the same period has gained in popnla.
tion 1896. The town officers OF Brockton
declare that its gain is largely owing to its
no-license policy attracting residents and
manufacturers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
EPWORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS
June 2l.-Be Loyal to the King and Kingdom.
dob I3. Is; Dan. 6. 4.l0.)

Loyalty is noble and greatly hon.
ored virtue, though it may be carried
to excess. as in the maxim. My coun-
Try right or wrong" and in the require
ment of unqualified loyalty to imper-
feet and sometime shallow and despic.
able parties. creeds and organizations.
But with Christ our King and his king.
dom. there is no need of reserve or
qualification. If other kings are sci.
fish and base he is magnanimous and
of feckless integrity; If other king
doms are weak or wicked his kingdom
is of a1amantlne firmness and mex
haustlble beneficence.
'He planted his cross in the midst
Of the mad and roaring current of sci.
fishness. From that moment a current
deeper and broader and mightier be-
gan to set heavenward Mark Hop
kins.)
But thee o mans best Man. o loves
best Love,
o perfect life in perfect labor with,
What least defect or shadow of de-
feet,
Even in torture's grasp, or sleeps, or
deaths,
o what amiss may forgive in thee,
Jesus, good Paragon, thou Crystal
Christi"
Loyalty to the King and the king
dom is something more than loyalty
to the Church. The Church Is a more
specialized embodiment of Gods re-
demptive agencies, and just because
chosen out OF the mass sometimes
tends to become too much centered in
itself III 1t is IAN elect race, a royal
priesthood, holy nation, a people of
Gods own possession" It is that it
may "show forth the excellencles" of
him who calleth it out of darkness
unto his marvellous light e Pet 2. 81
and If it fails 20 do this men must
sometimes be loyal to Christ's larger
ideal in the kingdom, till they can
bring the Church to become more in
elusive of all that Christ is seeking
to do for men and more devoted to
| the needs of humanity.
The highest loyalty may sometimes
| lead one out in advance Of his gen.
| GRAFTON, as it is said a color-bearer in
the civil war once pressed on beyond
! the lines, and when shouted at to
! bring the flag back to the lines. shout
ed in response to bring the Lines up to
the colors. So 1t may be found that,
| as Wesley and his coworkers bore the
flag to position in advance OF the
| lines in the eighteenth century, VIII
| liam Booth and his helpers bore 1t in
the nineteenth. Is there some point
at which you or should carry it step
| onward? The meiA question is to
know truly that Christ leads. and then
to follow, to have the spirit and the
| faith.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
New GrainfeIds.

Twenty years ago the fever Of emil
grafton was klndled in the veins of the
sturdy farmers OF the Northwest by
the promises held out by the fertile
lands OF the Red River of the North.
whose valley lay ON either side be-
tween the States of Minnesota and the
Dakotas. some 300 miles west of the
head OF Lake Superior. Those prom
lses have been richly fulfilled. and the
valley has been settled by substantial
agrlculturlsts. whose annual contribu.
tion TO the food supply of the world
has essentially increased the export
trade of the country and added still
more 10 the internal commerce Now
we are in a fair way to see a still great
er development of production to the
northward in the valleys OF the Sasknt-
chewan and It's tributaries, and of the
Asslniboin. rivers flowing east ana
north into Lake Winnipeg, territory
embracing the three Canadian prov
lnces of Manitoba, Assiniboia and Al
berth. Immigration Is flowing into this
region at relatively rapid rate. the
addition to the population for the past
year being reckoned at 200,00O.-New
York Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
OYSTER SHELL "cULM HEAP"
Great Banks Find Ready Sale For Sew
era1 Purposes.


The average citizen may not know
that oysters are planted. cultivated
and harvested like any other crop. a
person who engages i'm this industry
being known as an oyster planter.
Thousands of acres of oysters are un.
der cultivation in Hampton Roads.
which, during the harvesting season,
is often literally alive with the reaping
machines of the oystermen.
When the oysters are from one and
half to two years old they are usually
large enough to be sold. and. as u rule.
part of them are sold ut this age and
the balance in the third or fourth year,
after which time the ground is allowed
to rest year before being planted
again. Great care must be exercised
In the selection of bottoms for oyster
planting, If the planter would be iinan.
cially successful.
The largest packer in Hampton opens
from 100000 to 100000 bushels of oys-
ters in n year. In this house. as the
men open the oysters. they drop the
shells on an inclined plane from which
they slide into trough and are carried
along by scrapers attached to an end.
less chain called a 'shell cOnveyer,"
which takes them without further labor
to the shell pile in the yard. When n
shucker has filled his gallon measure
he carries it to the strainer, where the
oysters are strained and. measured.
They are then emptied into large casks
Kept full of fresh water, by means OF
which any loose shell or grit is washed
out. From these casks the oysters are
dipped into second strainer. and when
separated from the water are again
measured and packed.
The shells are sold for from one to
three cents bushel. and are used ex
tensively by oyster planters for the
propagation of oysters. They are
placed in small piles on grounds found
suitable for the purpose. where the
spat or small oyster will attach itself
to the shells. They are also used for
making shell lime and for building the
excellent shell roads found in some
parts of the Virginia peninsula.-Phila'
delphia North American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17

Christ laid on His followers the duty of
doing more than their share. He tool; up.
on Himself the same duty. He always
went more than half way to meet a soul
that, would meet Him. We arc too apt to
think We are doing well if we consent to
do our share; the Christian spirit is a
readiness to do all we can, even il il is
more than our share II man would
have us go with him mile, 60 with him
twain; ii our share would be to give him
our coat in his dav of great need. give him
our cloak also. That is what Christ set
forth as the divine spirit. In the same
manner, the Apostle Paul wrote, saying:
Unto him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think
=. unto him be the glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus" That is the way we
have been ministered unto-good measure,
pressed down and running over. So let us
minister unto others.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
Drunken wonan's Despair.

There is something terribly pathetic in
the statement made by Matron Schmed,
ding at the Wayne County JAIL Detroit,
the other day. Speaking OF woman drunk
ards she said
When a woman hears the cell door
clang behind her because OF drunkenness,
the chances are overwhelming that she
will come back rather than reform
The unhappy woman who comes here
through other causes may weep softly, vow
to live better, and on her release go away
TO life thereafter free from sin, but for
her enslaved through drink there is little
hope.
"She may spend her durance behind iron
bars in. cursing the demon that mastered
her and vowing to shake off its hold, but,
once free, her troubles lead her to the bot.
tie again and again, and we become famil.
lar with her face as a regular time.server,
until one day the ambulance instead of the
patrol wagon answers the officers sum.
mons, and she goes to fill pauper's grave" /"
Yet all indications point to an increase
OF lntemperance among women.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
The Rum Business Defined.

It is a business which should be opposed
by every clerovman in the country
1t is a business which every merchant
and business man should hate and detest.
1t is a business which is the standing
dread of every true mother.
1t is a business which is the constant
fear of every thoughtful father
1t is business which is the horror OF
every life.
1t is the business which makes ninety
per cent. OF the business of the criminal
courts.
1t is the business which makes ninety
per cent. of the pauperism for which the
taxpayer has to pay.
1t is business which keeps employed
an army of police in the cities
1t is business which put out the fire on
the hearth, and condemns wives and chill.
dren to hunger, cold and rags.
1t is the business which fosters vice for
profit, and educates in wickedness for gain.
Drunkenness comprises all other vices.
1t is the dictionary of vice, for it includes
every vice.
Drunkenness means peculation, theft,
robbery, arson, forgery, murder, for it
leads to all these crimes es.-Religous Intelli.
gencer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
Easy Divorce In Old Times.

The code OF King Khammurabi {
Assyrla, whose date Is approximate
220o B. c., which has been deciphere
frcm a pillar discovered year or tw
ago at Susa, deals exhaustively wit
the subject of divorce. One of tt
raost interesting clauses is the follow
ing: "If the wife OF a man who dwell
in the house CT that man has set ha
face to so forth, and has acted tb
fool. and wasted his house, and impo'
erished his house, they shall call hi
to account II the husband shall sal
| put her away, he shall put her awai
She shall go her way; for her diyor'
he shall give her nothing"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
Ever.GrowInq Teeth.

Certain animals have teeth which
grow all their lives. The rat and the
squirrel are examples OF this. Human
teeth are developed from pulps. which
arc absorbed and disappear after the
teeth are grown; but In the case of q
rat the tooth pulp is perpetual. and
is continually secreting material BY
which 1t gains length. Therefore the
animal is obliged to gnaw all the time
to keep the tooth down to its proper
length. 1t Is commonly believed that
rats keep gnawing out OF pure mis-
caief. but such is not the case.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
CHEMICAL ALCOHOL Is CHEAP.
New Process Which Decreases Great.
Iy the Cost of Production.


Adyices received by the State De
partment at Washington from United
States Consul Haynes at Rouen,
France. throw more light on the new
process that has been discovered by
which alcohol may be produced by
chemical synthesis. 1t is predicted
that the cost of such production can
be reduced to less than 10 cents q gal
lc. Thus far the cheapest alcohol
produced has cost nearly 20 celts o
gallon. At this price Germany pro
duces quantities OF alcohol, potatoes
being used as the vegetable base. BY
the French process TO vegetable mat
ter Is employed. From Carburet OF
calcium-a direct combination of car
bon and hydrogen In the electric arc
--aetylene is obtained. Sufficient
hydrogen then IL added to produce
ethylene. and by combining water
with ethylene alcohol is obtained
While the cost of alcohol by the new
process has not yet been reduced
much below Its cost as produced from
vegetable matter, It is predicted with
confidence by eminent French chem
lists that In the near future II may bo
produced by the new process at o
cost OF about half that which Germany
pays to obtain II from potatoes
Philadelphia Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
Be Sincere With God.

-, God enjoys hattery as little as men do
The P,salmist laid that truth on our hearts
when he said. Sing We praises with under.
standing" We despise folks who are
smooth and pleasant to our face and then
say, bitter things behind our back. We
dislike their praise even, because it is in.
sincere, But what else is it when we
praise Cod loudly in the church. and are
grumblers in our home or business? 1t is
good. to make joyful noise unto the Lord
but Il is necessary. if we do that, that we
also 1--we Q joyful life before the Lord.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
Tree thirteen Centuries Old.

A trees age is determined by tt
number of rings Of wood its trunk COZ
tains. The woody fiber is slower !
growing in winter than In summer an
consequently distinct rings are forr
cd. each representing q year. d
means OF these rings the giganti
cross-section OF California tra
1.34l years old Is used at the Ne
York Museum OF Natural History G
history chart and as such It show
IN a royel way the sequence Of even,
In the last thousand years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
PIGS MADE TO WORK.
In France They Root Out TrutfIes fer
the Gardener.

VIC SdTuCnCTs
All boys know that dog is a great
aid to the sportsman. but not many OF
them would think that pig could be
Of much use in hunting. Yet in
France pigs are used in hunting
truiiies. dellcacy for the table which
is found at the roots OF oak trees.
When a farmer decides to go hunt.
Ing for truffles he takes his pig and
piggie goes smiling about with his
nose to the ground just as dog does
when he follows the scent. When h3
finds a trufIie he begins to burrow in
the loose soil with his snout. Before
he can take the truffie. however the
farmer pulls him away, but gives him
a few acorns by way Of compensation
AS soon as he has eaten the acorns
Mr.. Pig goes TO work hunting more
truffies. Sometimes he will find sew.
eral pounds OF them beneath tree,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ASOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

Poem: The Lovers Address to His BE.
Ioved-A PitiabIc Tale of Form er
Kansas Man. Once Prosperous Law.
yer, who Is Now n vagrant.
Whisky bottle, how I love tlce.
Dear delight beyond compare:
Thou to heights of bliss doth lift me,
'Bove the mists of earthly care
Let me clasp thy form symmetric,
Let me touch thy lip divine,
Whence there flows aroma subtle,
Soft, exquisite, rich and fine!
In draught of JOY ecstatc
Let me drain thy sweetness deep,
Then to all the world oblivious
| will lay me down to sleep.
Oh, the visions of softly sailing
Down full streams of fragrant wine
Unto shoreless seas OF whisky,
Smooth, and soft, and oily fine.
Would pawn my books. my TREASURES,
Pdhl a sacrifice too tame
For thy company Id barter
Health, and wealth, and friends and fame!
Hearts, forsooth, were made for breaking,
Why not break them, sweet, for theeg
God and silver made for 50 nding.
Why not spend them merrily?
AS for health. when death doth beckon
With his cold and bony hand
Toward the darlsome lonely valley,
Toward the rivers chilly strand,
We will pledge him in a bumper,
Thou and I, my whisky sprite.
All, but heaven, what is this vision.
All these forms as grim as night!
Writhing, coihng, creeping. Caring,
All, they drag me to the brink!
God, oh, God they pull me downward,
Whisky, help! | sink! sink
Frank \. Frost, in The Advocate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17

Elizabeth L. Banks, the American girl
who writes OF London as she sees it by day
and by night, saws that the saddest sight
one sees from the tops of the London
buses in the evening is that of the women
in the public houses. Through the city
these women may be counted by dozens
and hundreds and often as they stand by
the bar babies in arms are to be seen. The
seriousness of the drink evil among Lon.
don's working classes was horrifying to
this American woman, as she saw 1t for
the first time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
Faith is Liinitless.

Ny 'aith is that there is a far greater
amount OF revelation given to guide each
man by the principles laid down in the
Blb!e, By conscience and by providence,
light which is defective, it is an eye to see
't.-Norman Macleod.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
The Most Pernicious Ins,uencs.

a bad man can do an immense amount
OF harm by simply doing bad things. A bad
man, with bad motives, doing what seems
to be good, is the most perncous and de-
grading Influence that l know of.-Ths
-,ey. X. l.. Paddock
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
Plausible Definition.

Say. pa" queried little Johnny
Bumpernicfde. whats possibility"
"A possibility. my boy" replied the
old map. 'is something man wants
70 happen, hut which refuses to do
so."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17

1-3.
Lesson Thoughts.
Wn do not follow the adv'o0 re cTs
whom We do not trust and love. 81
If we would make the Pible a book OF
practical guidance. we must first accept
It as the true and faithful word of God.
and feel. with the Psalmist, 20 how
love thy law! 1t is my meditation all
the day"
There could be no more practical
book than the Bible: it meets every de.
mand that can be made upon 1t for
good. In 1t we find wisdom, warning,
comfort, guidance, life.
Selections.
Word of the everlasting God,
VIII Of his glorious Son,
Without thee how could earth be trod.
Or heaven itself be won?
Yet to unfold thy hidden worth,
Thy mysteries to reveal.
That Spirit which first gave thee fc-tt5
Thy volumes must unseal.
And we, if We Alright would learn
The wisdom It imparts.
Must to its heavenly teaching turn,
And seek with all our hearts.
We never get to understand the b.
ole merely by studying it. 1t will not
reveal itself to us until we begin to do
what it teaches. He that seeks to obey
shall know it. Many people have tho
impression that there is something oc.
,ult ana mysterious about the words
of the Scriptures. But this impression
rarishes il they accept the divine
teachings, and begin to fashion their
lives according to them.
Superstitious persons carry amulet9
externally on their breasts; carry you
4 select store of holy texts within. and
you will be much more effectively arm
ed against the powers OF evil than any
most absolute monarch behind q
S.Ia..ing boo guard.
Words fail to tell how glad how
strong. how useful, shall be the saily
life of those who can say with the
prophet. "1hy words were found, and J
lid eat them; and thy word was unto
the the joy ana rejoicing of my heart" &"
Suggested Hymns.
Eternal life Gods word proclaims.
How firm a foundation.
We gather again in the name of our
Lord.
Take time to be holy.
o Christian youth, arise.
Trusting in the Lord. thy God.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
NHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.

Poem; In Gods KeepinG-why Zaccheus
Was Truly Biessed-He is One Of tho
Few Persons of whose salvation POSI-
tive Affirmation Is Made.
] see not a step before me
As | approach another year;
But the past is in Gods keeping.
The future His mercy shall clear,
And what looks dark in the distance
May brighten as | draw near.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-17
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR TOPICS.
June 2I-"liow We May Learn to Use Ou,
Sword" Eph. 6: II; Heb. 4: II, 10; Tim.
1.I5

Scripture verses.-Luke FLA; 21:
S3; 24:25-27; Jonn 5:99, 46. AZ; 21:24;
Eph. 6:17; Tim. 3:1G, II; Heb. 4:12;
l Peter 1925; 2 Peter 1921; John 1:
Ia
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-03-13

clerkship at low salary with the law
From the law Office he went to the AL
bany Law school and was finally ad-
mitted to the bar in 1872. From the
first, when he began the practice Of
law at Kingston, he took an active In
terest in politics. though it is said of
him he never stopped to the methods
commonly attributed to politicians.
For five years he practiced law in
Kingston. his present home, and while
working for the party to which he had
eagerly affiliated himself he sought no
greater office than that Of clerk of the
board of supervisors Of Ulster county.
This position he held for several years
until elected surrogate in 1877.
Surrogate Parker was renominated
in 1888, and again his popularity was
demonstrated, as he ran far ahead of
his party ticket. After 1878 Judge Par
ker was delegate to all the state con-
ventions. and he was sent to the ma
tional convention in 1884.
1t was at this convention that Judge
Parker made himself known outside of
his own state. He worked hard for the
nomination of Grover Cleveland and
at the following election beheld the
candidate of his choice succeed at the
polls.
In January, 1890, Judge Parker was
appointed to preside in the newly
created second division of the court Of
appeals, and when that was abolished
he was appointed judge of the su-
preme court. In 1897 Judge Parker was
elected chief judge of the court of ap-
peals of the state of New York, which
high position he still retains.
Time and time again Judge Parker
has been offered and refused political
preferment. He was the choice of the
New York state Democratic convention
for governor last fall until the conven-
ton was assured through David B.
Hill that he would not become candi-
date, and Mr.. Bird S. Coler was chosen.
While 1t Is believed by New York
Democrats that Judge Parker would
be strong man at the polls next year
for the highest office in the gift of the
American people, and it is thought by
some that his proposed trip through the
south may have a bearing on the next
Democratic convention, Judge Parker
so far as known has never indicated
that he sought the nomination. His
term In his present Office does not ex-
plre until 1911. His salary is $14,2OO
per year.