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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Making Men Believe in You.

You must win mems faith before You
can 40 anything to make them wise or
happy. Therefore it il that the mere
amount OF mans intellectual power or
the mere degree Of truth in a mans doe
trine is never a complete test or assurance
OF the power he will have over other men.
An Intdel will make the whole world listen
and fill men with his folly il he can only
make men believe in him, while wisdom
herself may cry aloud in the chief place OF
coneourse and no man hear, and the whole
crowd GO away as foolish as it came.
II you really want to help your fellow
men, yOu must not merely have in Won
what would do them good ii they should
take IT from you, but You must be such
man that they can take il from YOU The
snow must melt upon the mountain and
come down in a spring torrent before its
richness can make the valley rich. And vet
IN every age there are cold, hard, unsympa-
thetic wise men standing up aloof, like
snow banks on the hill tops. conscious of
the iocked-up fertility in them. and won.
derlng that their wisdom does not save the
rld.--Phillips Brooks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
The Crusade In Brier.

The first member OF the first temperance
society in the United States. Warren J..
Wheaton. has just died at the old home.
stead IN Wheaton, H.. at the age OF nine.
ty-one wears
The liquor oligarchy OF Brussels have is.
sued a secret circular, calling for combined
and vigorous action against all anti.alco.
ho,ic societies in the country.
The British lunacy commission reports
that the cases for which alcohol is assigned
as the cause OF insanity average 2lS per
cent Of the whole number for males and
9.5 per cent. in females in England.
The commission on alcoholism appointed
nearly two Years ago has, through DR..
Laborne, made a report to the British
Parliament to the effect that national in.
temperance must cease If national bank
ruptcy is to be averted.
0nly clear brain can think Gods
thought after Him. Only a steady hand
can glorify the divine Carpenter. Only a
heart unhurrled by artificial stimulants
can be loyal in its love TO Christ and hu.
manity Frances Il. Willard.
The largest shipment OF beer ever sent
to the Orient from any one point was
shipped from Milwaukee on December IL.
1t consisted OF forty-seyen carloads, con-
tanning 100000 bottles The cargo gees
to Hong Kong and Manila. Verify the
beer trade follows the Tag.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23

'No man. having put his hand to the
piow, and looking back, is fit for the king
dom of God" We learn from this saving
that 1t j impossible to serve God with a
divided heart. If we are looking back to
anything in this world we are not fit to be
disciples. Jesus will not share His throne
with any one-no, not with our dearest rel
atives. He must have all our heart or
none. No doubt we are to honor father
and mother, and love all around US. But
when love to Christ and love to relatives
come in collision, Christ must have the
preference. We must be ready. like
Abraham, II needs be, to come out from
kindred and fathers house for Christ !
sake We must be prepared, in case OF ne
cesslty like Moses, to turn our backs even
on those who have brought lis up. If God
calls us, and the path is plain. Such de.
clded conduct may entail sore trials on our
anectIons. 1t may wiring oar hearts "a go
contrary to the opinions OF those NC love
but such conduct may sometimes he pos.-
lively necessary to our salvation and with
out Il. when 1t becomes necessary. we are
unit Tor the kingdom of God. The times
are undoubtedly much changed since on"
Lord spoke these words Not many are
called upon to make such real sacrifices for
lhrlsts sake as when Christ was on Garth
But the heart OF man never changes. The
difficulties of salvation are still very great
The atmosphere of the world l. still very
untavorable to spiritual religion There IL
,till need for thorough unAinchiug. whole
hearted decision if we would reach heaven.
Let us aim at nothing less than this deri.
sion. Let Us be willing to do anything. and
Sliner anything. and give up everything for
Chr!sts sake.-Our Young Folks
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Doing What We Can.

Doing what we have the power 10 do is
,ur highest privilege and duty. We often
eel that, if we had more money, or more
influence. or more power, we could do
something worth DOING. hut as it is, our
possibilities are sadly limited. and we can
helping our felloss, Yet the one woman
n the world who's. nslne stands highest
lbove her fellows for what she did in her
lay and generation was not a woman oi
,reat wealth or of special power. OF her il
S said simply, "She hath done what she
Gould" She NAV have thought that her
Iphere and abilities were limited. hut God
blessed her simple doing with His blessing
God would have us do is to do what we
AN. That much we ought TO be ready to
10 gladly.-Sunday.Sch Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Making a Lawn,

The lawn should be the first care In
any home-ground. says Country Life in
America. All effective planting Of
shrubs and plants has relation to this
foundation. Homelikeness depend
also upon 1t. Grass will grow any
where, to be sure, but mere grass doe,
not make a lawn. You must have o
sod; and this sod must grow better
every year. This means good and deer
preparation OF the land in the begin.
ming. rich soil, fertilizing each year,
Resolving and mending where the sod
becomes thin. Usually we water our
lawns too much, making the grass
shallow-rooted and causing 1t to fail
early. Every inducement should be
made for the grass roots to go down.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Conditions.

r. G. Dun & Company's Weekly
Review OF Trade" says:
aside from prevalence of strikes
and possibility OF further interruptions
to industrial activity next month ON
this account. the business outlook -
most gratifying. Despite some uniav-
orable weather, eastern retail trade has
been heavy, and jobbing activity in
Summer fabrics indicates expectations
OF vigorous consumption as the sea-
son advances. There is less complains
regarding deliveries due to better traf~
fic facilities. Railway earnings in
March increased 1873 per cent. cont-
pared with last year, and AL per cent
compared with 1907.
In the textile industries there ara
still adverse factors. notably the labor
controversies at cotton mills. Beyond
a moderate revival OF export purchases
tor China, there is no increase in the
sales OF cotton goods, both sellers and
buyers awaiting some more definite in
formation as to the future.
Wool has been fairly steady since
the month opened, but none OF the
March decline is recovered. New
business is small at eastern shoe fac
tories, but this is seasonable and no
apprehension is felt. Moreover, cur
rent shipments are much heavier than
year ago, and activity is assured for
at least two months after work begins
on Fall contracts. Domestic hides have
lost part OF the recent recovery, and
imported skins are also somewhat
cheaper.
Staple products develop irregula-ity
as the season advances. and specula-
ton has again become prominent fac
tor. Failures this week numbered Io7
N the United States against 1913 last
year, and IS in Canada, compared with
10 n wear aU1
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
CHRISTIAN ENDEAyOR TOPICS.
April 26.-"An Evening With Arctic Missions. "
Job xxxviii. n, 70 2o, go Daily Readings.

April 20. God in the Northland. Ps
cxlyii. 16, H.
April 81. The snow obeys his will
Job xxxvii. Clio.
April %. The North people his. Ps
xcv. I, 8; C. 8.
April 23. God King of the earth
Ps. CHI. 1922
April "a. Sun of the sunless. Ps
lxxxiv. IL, 12.
April 25. Salvation for all. Rom.
X. Ills.
April 26. An evening with Arctic
missions. Job. xxxviii. %, 80, 20, 80.
Scripture Verses.-"Thc uttermost
parts of the earth" Ps. cxxxix. 7-12;
ii. I, 8; Isa xiv. 1916; Ps. Ky. Is.
Lesson Thoughts.
The barren. frozen North is the
creation of God just as truly as are
the people from pole to pole Of the
earth.
The Arctic regions have been con.
sidered worth costly exploring expe
ditions; but Arctic missions have been
more successful even as they have
been more important and less costly.
The exploration of new lands and the
discovery OF the North pole are not to
be compared in value with the finding
of lost soul.
Selections.
Land Of the wintry wind and cold.
Icelocked is thy breast; the bravest
and best,
Shrouded in snow. lie silent at rest
Their sufferings and struggles untold
Dr. Grenfell tells the story of a dy.
ing Eskimo who for a fortnight had
been in terrible agony. The doctor
asked the poor fellow whether the pain
was unbearable. He answered simply
TT Is nothing to what my Savior bore
in the Garden for me-" His last words
were singing Zinzendorf's beautiful
hymn
Jesus still lead on,
Till our rest be won;
And, although the way be cheerless,
We will follow calm and fearless:
Guide us by thy hand
To our fatherland.'
Although the conditions of life are
so hard and conducive to lawlessness
and although vices which hide their
i eads in the more settled portions Of
the country stalk unashamed here
yet the great mass OF the mining popu.
lation of Alaska will compare well
with any community in the East in
point of intelligence, education, NOR.
ality, and vital Christianity. But
the only safeguard of many precious
life from vast moral loss is the gospel
of Jesus Christ. and with the van of
every arr.y rushing to the gold fields
should march the soldier of the cross.
There is no people SO degraded, SO
dull and stupid that the gospel cannot
reach and redeem them. and there is
no country so dreary. no land so des-
olate. no people so repulsive. that de-
voted followers of Christ will not go
to them.
Suggested Hymns.
Preach the gospel sound it forth.
Speed away, speed away on youi
mission.
Hark. the voice of Jesus crying.
The morning light is breaking.
From Greenland's icy mountains.
Trusting in the Lord, thy God.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Don't Pity Yourself.

Sympathy is very beautiful thing when
Kept where 1t belongs. We cannot have
too much sympathy with those who need
1t. But there is one person whose need
OF 1t is more than doubtful, and that per.
son Is ones individual self. Pity Is akin
to love, and self-pty is so close rela.
tive OF self-love that we are wise if we
definitely refuse to let it enter the doors
OF our souls.
Yet at some time in every life it seeks
entrance. There is no lot where, in youth
even, there is not some opportunity for
aged. 81 am misunderstood II am
sighted II am overworked.' there is no
end to the whispers that selfpity makes
in our ears. Ii we yield to these sugges.
tons, however, we soon begin to feel that
the situation gets worse every day. We
lind our courage waning, our dependency
growing and all possibility of cheer and
victory. recedng in the distance. sympathy
Tor self is paralyzing and fatal sympathy
Unlike the sympathy of wise friend. it
brings no new point of view and suggests
no fresh plan OF campaign.
y man who sympathzes with himself
always has an over-producton of griev.
ances. IL he undertook to explain some OF
his minor mseries to even his best friend
they might seem small, but self treats
them respectfully and sympathizcs unfal.
ingly. Let the habit of selfpity be once
estdullsneu, anu happiness Is gone forever
and day. The tiniest trouble becomes a
thing to brood upon. Health of soul Is
gone and soreness of spirit has taken its
place, until at last the selfsympathzer
becomes one OF those miserable persons
who procaims: Nobody has such hard
time as | have
When we get TO saying that. we are
down in the pit of folly and selhshness
indeed, No soul that makes that wall is
brave or noble or deserving of much sym.
pathy. When we once truly look about us
and see or guess the crushing burdens other
souls are bearing with patience and with.
out complaint, we shall be ashamed Of such
cowardly whining.
Whatever lot we may have in life. we do
not know what its possibilities really are
until we have cheerfully and courageously
tried them. Sef-pity blinds us to the silver
lining of the cloud, to the discipline hid
under hardship, to the strength brought
by burden bearing BLESSED is he that
overcometh.' Shall we sigh because we
have chance to win a blessing! Shall
we be caught in the snare of self.pity and
never get freey 1t is snare that tangles
many Young feet. and the sooner we learn
TO avoid it the better.
The brave life never sits down to brood.
1t pushes ahead, sharing its crust with an.
others need, shifting its burden as well
as it can so as to lend nand to a com.
rade's load trudgng steadfastly forward
through rain and shine, and sure to get
to the goal in the end It takes self.denial,
not self-pity, as a guide, and for him who
makes that choice there is no such word
as failure, though all fate seems against
him.-1oung People.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
hnti-Drink Crusade.

Tn Denmark a curious method is now
adopted for the purpose of preventing per.
sons from getting drunk. The police have
simply notified the saloonkeepers through.
out the country that those among them
who at any time sell liquor to persons who
are intoxicated will not only be held re.
sponsible for any damage which the drunk
ards may do to persons or property but
will also be Obliged to pay for sending them
home in carriages as well as for medical at.
tendance, if necessary.
In every case it is the saloonkeeper in
whose place the intoxicated person has pro.
cured the last glass of liquor who is held
responsible, and for this reason most of
the saloonkeepers are now taking very good
care not to furnish drink to any one who
shows the slightest signs OF intoxication.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Christinn Faith,

''Sun of my SOUL Thou Saviour dear" is
line that ought to be said every hour OF
Christians life Some good people are
The prey of natural Respondent tempera.
nects. Such need a double supply of grace
md must pray for it. The worries of husi.
hess or household care. the loss of sleep
'r the arrangement of the bodily machin.
Tv. put such Christian folk under cloud
,ery often. To-day they sing like larks
Tomorrow the barometer goes down and
hey are in the dumps again. Such people
lhould look after their bodily health as a
piritual duty Moreover they should keep
heir Christian faith where it will not he
exposed to every east wind or drenched to
leath by every shower that falls.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF.

Poem: The Mercy OF God--The Snare o,
self-Piiy-Robs Life of All Its Hero
ism---seif-Dentali is the Opposite and
Nobler Trait.
There's a Wilderness in Gods mercy
Like the wideness of the sea
There's. a kindness in His justice,
Which is more than liberty.
There is welcome for the sinner.
There are blessings for the good,
There is mercy with the Saviour,
There is healing in His blood.
For the love of God is broader
Than the measure of mans mind;
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind
ii our love were but more simple,
We should take Him at His word:
Aud our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord.
F. w. Faber.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Woman Given Public otHe.

A curious recognition of the right
of women to hold public office has,
with little gallantry. been made In
Pike county, Pa. Porter township
has SO few voters that Mrs. Sarah
Miller was placed on the Democratic
ticket for school director, there be
ing no other available candidate, one
Democrat being the nominee for
three local Offices.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Flour-Sprng clear, S3.1563.,o; best
Patent, S4.7o; choice Family, $3o5.
Wheat-New York No 2. SoHc;
philadelphia No. ?, 7Sd7SHc; Balti-
No. ?, Soc.
Corn-New York, No. 2, size; Phil
alelphia No. ?, 4SA4+SHc; Baltimore
No. ?, soc.
OatsSNew York, No. ?. 3o1lc; Phil,
adelphia, No. ?, 43c; Baltimore, No. 2,
42Hc.
Hay-No. timothy, sro. 100000;
No. 2 timothy SIS.5oGlooo; No. !,
timothy SI5ooMI7.oo.
Fruits and Negetables.-We quote:
Cabbage-Danish, large. per ton, $I2.oo
dG4oo; new Florida, per brl, ST. 5oG
200; Charleston, per bll, $2.25d2 Is.
PotatoesMaryland and Pennsylvania,
per bu 55Q6oc; Eastern, per bu, 559
90. Egg plant, Florida, per orange
box, S2.5od3oo. Onions-Yellow, per
bu, 5oQ6oc, red, per BIZ, 4oCd5o. Celery,
Florida, per case, s.. 5od3 oo Apples
Eastern, good to choice, per brl.
SE.4o@2.oo Western, good to choice,
per brl, SG.25dG75; No. ?, all kinds,
5od75. Sweet potatoes-Potomac, yell
low, per brl, S275@3.oo; North Car
olina, yellow, 81. 5od3.oo Eastern
Shore, yellow, S25oa3.oo Yams, $3.50
qI75. Tomatoes, Florida, per car
rier. ST.5oQ4.o Asparagus, per bunch,
15@3oc. Strawberries per qt, Io@2oc.
Cukes, Florida, per box, 4.5o@6.oo.
Spring onions, per 100, 5oG6oc.
Butter-Sepafator, 3o63I; Gathered
cream, 2od3o; Prints. lib, 2od3o;
Rolls. 2-lb, goa 3oc; Dairy pts. Md,
Pa. Va, 2Sd2oc.
Eggs-Choice Maryland and Penn
'ylvania I4@I4Ic; Virginia and West
srn I4c; Western Virginia I4c; South
ern 1876; duck. eggs 24G25c. Jobbing
prices y to Ic higher.
Cheese-Largc. 6o-lbs, I4H@I415c;
do, 3o-lbs, 149@I45S; 23-lbs, I4l@
Live Poultry-Turkeys hens, choice.
"a Ioc; do young toms choice, -0I4;
do old do, I2MI3. Chickens, hens,
heavy to medium, --0I4c; do old
roosters. each. 3od35 do young, good
to choice, I4dl6; do do, rough and
;taggy, I3dI4 DO spring, 2S@3a; do
winter, IS,d -. Ducks, fancy large.
t5GI6; do do, small, 1904; do musco-
iey and mongrcls, I4MI5. Geese, West
srn, each, 4Od6o. Guinea fowl, each,
| -625
Provisions and Hog Products-Bulk
:lear rib sides, IIc; bulk clear sides,
| UA; bulk shoulders, 10; bulk fat backs,
| IS lbs. and under, TO- bulk bellies, II;
| bulk ham butts. 10; bacon clear rib
sides, IIA clear sides re- bacon shoul-
iers, IoE; sugar-cured breasts. small,
u; sugar-curcd shoulders, blade cuts,
| !oH; sugar-crrcd shoulders, narrow,
| ,oH; sugar-cured shoulders, extra
! broad, IIH; sugar-curcd California
| lams, 1914, canvased and uncanvased,
- lbs and over, 1874; hams, canvased
and uncanvased, IS lbs and over, I3;
lams, skinned, II; rehnei lard, second
land tubs, IoN refined lard, half-bar-
'els and new tubs, IoA; tierces lard,
| yoH.
Hides-Heavy steers. association and
ialters, late kill, 6o-bs and up, close
selections, IodIoHc; cows and light
steers, SGSH.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Strange Freak Of Nature.

A woman named Blondcl, living at
Honfieur. France. recontly gave birth
to female child with extremitles like
those OF a monkey. The hands and
feet have only four flngcrS and toea
respectively. bet instead OF nails they
have long claws. while tho skin hangs
like bag. II is not expected that tho
child will live
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23

Il is. not rare gifts that make men happv.
1t is the common and simple and universal,
gifts; it is health and the g,apce OF sun.
shine in the morning; it is fresh air; il il
the friend, the lover; it is the kindlinesss
that meets us on the journey; it NAV be
only word, 4 smile or look. II is these
aud not any rarity OF blessing that are
Morrison.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Diet of ktahometans.

II is n rule with Mahometans to be
gin a meal with salt and finish with
vinegar. II they begin with salt they
will escape the contagion OF 20 dis
eases. II they finish with vinegar
their worldly prosperity win continue
TO increase. The host is In etiquette
bound to be lie nrst 10 start eating
and the last to stcr.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Live Stock.

Chicago - Cattle - Receipts 10000
head, including 100 Texans; active and
strong, good to prime steers Ss.Io6
500: poor to medium 81 4.oo(d4. so:
,tockers and feeders $3.oo(d47s: COW,
H75@+6s; heiiers 81 5oCds 90; Gamers
H.7sM2.75; bulls 81 5otdA 10; calye,
5.oo@6.75; Texas fed steers S4.6oN
500. Hogs-Receipts today 2o,ooo
head; tomorrow $4,000; left over 1000;
steady to SC lower; mixed and butchers
7.2ota7.35; good TO choice heavy s.. 40
AGO; rough heavy $7.2oCd7. as; light
s6Ssd7. 20; bulk OF sales $7isGz.4n.
oheep-Recepts $4,000 head; sheer
steady to I5c fower; lambs steady to Ise
lower; good to choice wethers SIS. soa
o,75; fair to choice mixed $4ooGIs.so.
East Liberty-Cattle steady, choice,
S5.3oQ5.4o; prime, S5.I5@5.2s; good,
S4.oold5.Io. Hogs higher; prims
heavies, S7,So07.S5; mediums, S7.zs@
Z;So; heavy Workers, $7.6o67.7o; ligh
Workers, S7.4oCd7.so; pigs, 81. 3o(G7. .4oI
roughs, $5,sod7.ao, Sheep steady; besi
wethers, $s75Ms 90; culls and common
S25oQ3.so; choice lambs, Sy.oo67. ssi
veal calves, 81. sod7.oo.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
The Manila Telegraph Cable,

The most hazardous section Of tn
Manila telegraph cables Is that com
pleted between San Francisco ant
Honolulu, in which the sea bed "a
precipitous, with valleys $1,000 fee,
deep. The next two sections. ex
tending to Guam. will cross leye'
plains of mud at depth of about
$4,000 feet, while the last section il
over series of mountains.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Spread Of Msrconi's svs.sm

The attorney OF the Marconi COM
pany, in London, has stated that they
expect shortly to encircle the earth
with wireless messages, and hoped to
apply his system to heating. to trac-
tion lines and to publishing daily news
papers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23
Effective Sermon.

Rev. DR.. Floyd w. Tomkins. at a
preachers meeting. told this story on
himself: Il preached a sermon recent
ly on swearing and the extent OF the
habit" said he. "A few days since
man wrote me under his own name
and said that he agreed with my SER
mon. adding that, Now every time
want to swear ! say Floyd TomE' :
instead"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23

High thinking chiscls the features into
be beauty of pure and refined expression.
The tone of the mind assuredly reveals it.
elf on the face. If our thoughts are kind.
generous and forgiving, our faces will un.
consciously reveal the sweetness of these
ight, which .radiates on the face and makes
t fair and pleasing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23

Christian JOY is an experience of great
lepth and solemnity. 1t never over.ooks
that sadness and sternness of life; it is
iever shallow or uIrehecting; it is re.
strained tender, sympathetic, confident.
We know it whom we see il in the face of
tny whom we love; it helps us.-R. j.
Campbell.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23

The fiimsy paper called tissue pa.
per was originally made to place be-
tween tissue. cloth OF gold or silver.
to prevent its fraying or taraishiag
whau folded.
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Right Makes Might.

Let a man try faithfully, maufuily, 10 be
right, he will daily grow more aud more
right Il is the bottom of the condition on
which all men have to cultivate themselves.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-23

Queer Name for Rock Crystal.
The East Indians called rock crys
tai an unripe diamond.