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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
Music Louder Than Noise.

1t Is curious fact that musicaf
sounds fly farther and are heard at a
greater distance than those which are
more loud and noisy. says Tft-Bits. IL
we go on the outside OF town during
a fair crowded with roundabouts,
shooting galleries. swings and all that
sort OF thing, at the distance Of a mile
we hear the musical instruments. but
the din of the multitude. which Is so
overpowerng in the place. can scarcely
be heard, the noise dying on the spot.
To those who are conversant with
the power of musical Instruments the
following observations will be under.
stood: The ,iol.ns made at CremIbna
about the year 1000 are superior in
tone to any OF later date, age seem.
ing to dispossess them OF their noisy
qualities and leaving nothing but the
pure tone. If a modern violin is played
by the side of one OF those Instruments
1t will appear much the louder OF the
two, but on receding hundred PAGES
when compared with the Cremona IL
will scarcely be heard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
EPwORTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS.
March Total Abstinence the Only Safe
Rule. Dan. !, 8, Is; These. s. Pet z, II.

One of the things which comes be-
fore the tribunal young man holds to
determine his life issues is the prob
lem of drink. Not that he can deter
mine all it's events. Far from that;
but he will determine it's meaning, its
aims, and its bearing, and that means
a great power OF course, he doesn't
intend to become a drunkard No
young man ever did. But shall he
drink a little on certain occasions,
shall he have some fine wine in his
rooms, perhaps at his table, or shall
he let the drinks which intoxicate en-
tireiy alone? Thus the question pre-
sents itself.
Now, there Is certain attractive.
ness to the spirit of young man con-
fdent of himself, in the thought of
controlled indulgence. He will prove
his mastery by using little, but not
turning from the friendly glass, by
indulging In certain amount of drink
ing. But he will never go too far. Be.
sides often to refuse to drink is to
mark ones self as odd, to subject
oneself to the danger of being called
prig or cad. A certain amount of
controlled Indulgence, that is surely
consistent with manhood. So rea-
sons many a young man. And 1t
sounds we'll But 1t Is fatally wrong.
This young man, so sure of himself,
Is really wise only when he decides
for total abstinence. Why? Because
every man has not one but many
brothers, who need the influence Of
his steady refusal to drink. total alb
stinence is the only safe rule.
Then the man himself. Is he so
strong, after all? You never can tell
And he never can tell. Youthful self.
confidence does not necessarily mean
steady self-control through the long
strain of years. The glass once in a
while is likely to grow into the oc-
casional college ''frolic" which leaves
headache. and that into the steadily
increasing fondness for the glass, un-
til man starts and stares some day
as he realizes that he is controlled
by a demon thirst ne hates but must
crafty. 1t is hard for a young man
ever to see it. 1t is hard for young
man to feel It. But he may not be
as strong as he thinks he is. And
so total abstinence Is the only safe
rule
Brave the young man, with a fine
moral bravery, who will face this fact
and with all the trust in self that
throbs in the blood of youth will say
II may be weaker than I think. so
Will drink not one glass" Knightly
the young man, with high Christian
| chivalry, who will say. II have a
brother who might be tempted by my
indulgence. and. because of my broth
er, | will abstain"
So one Christian young man sits
with glass turned down where wine Is
served. and knows how with fine
manly courtesy to refuse the social
glass. He is none the less a man for
1t. Thank God for him. May he in
crease to vast multitude!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
Have Faith In God.

Dean Farrar tells how an English clergy.
man visited two fine ships about to sail on
their voyage OF Arctic discovery into the
land OF snow and darkness. He found the
brave captains full of confidence. and,
raising his eyes in the cabin he saw there,
as almost its only ornament, an illumin.
ated text, which read, Have faith in
God All, there" he said. pointing to
the text, there is the true pole
The Christian Commonwealth, of LON
don, referring to this incident. utters some
highly suggestive notes on the power of
faith as guide to the Christian life. 1t
says:
I'VE like to think of those gallant men
carrying with them into the cold and mid.
night that faith, that hope. 1t is a faith
which will tighten their darkness more
than the stars that glitter over the foes of
ice. 1t is hope which will make the heay.
ems glow with more vivid splendor than
the aurora which fiushes the fields of snow.
Take with you that faith, that hone,
You, too, may sail, hereafter in your lii.
tie boat of life, into the cold, into the hun.
ger, into the darkness, into the explora.
tion of unknown hopes. Be sober. be vgi-
liant. Have faith in God and in His Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ, and He will give
you the victory.
We cannot see what is beyond time and
earth, but faith gives US confidence in the
unseen
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26

a young man. nineteen years of age.
having finished his studies at The pub.
lie school. found position in tailor
ing store OF a certain city. His ad.
vancement was rapid. At the end OF
the first week he was told his services
were no longer needed. At the end
OF the third day he had become so fa-
millar with his duties that he ad-
dressed his employer as John, and
called the head cutter flank"
No one In the store could imagine
what the second week would have
brought forth. and not disposed to take
any chances. bis employer discharged
him. Yet we continually hear young
men bewailing their fate. nnd say.
in-. There is no longer chance for
a young man. The Goldsmith and
silyersmith-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
Many a fellow has gone hungry with q
mouthful Of gold filings in his teeth.
castro's Story of a Dog.

President Castro of Venezuela was
a close friend of the late William Pot
ter of Philadelphia. who had extensive
business interests In South America.
According to Mr.. Potter. Castro is
very fond of animals, and imputes to
his pets the most remarkable quail.
ties. telling of these qualities gravely,
though not expecting. perhaps, to be
altogether believed
II have a dog" President Castro
sometimes begins. "and one day
saw my dog carrying live hen care
fully In his mouth. ! paused to see
what would happen. The dog placed
the hen In his hut. and she immedi.
ately laid an egg there. He ate 1t. she
helped herself to the most delicate It'd.
bits in his food tray. and a few mo
ments later departed. Thereafter kept
my eye on them. and I ascertained
that the hen. whenever she had an
egg to lay, laid 1t invariably In my
dogs hut. And he would eat hel
graceful gift and he would reward hel
with her choice OF all the viands OIL
his platter When she died he wal
inconsolable. York Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
The rarmer., Protest.

A staple argument used by certain advo.
Gates OF license is that the opening of sa.
oons in towns in country districts attract
armers to town and thus promote trade.
n Leesburg, Ohio, this argument was used
" the merchants who feared that IL the sa-
oons were voted out trade would suffer.
10 many OF the neighboring farmers feeling
nsulted by the statement that they would
,oycott the town should the saloons be
'losed held a meeting and thirty-eight OF
he most prominent declared in resolu-
ions that ''the liquor traffic is n menace to
morals, good citizenship and all that bene.
its humanity" and that "for the sake OF
,ur boys and homes all good citizens should
,ote. dry The best OF the resolutions is
hat the farmers are a drinking class and
hat we will continue our patronage if it
Ihould go dry and use our influence for the
advancement OF the business interests OF
he town. The result of the election was
he banishment of the saloon by vote Of
"a to 70.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
BIRDS VITA ODD WAYS.
Burrow'ng Owls. Ostriches snd MossA
Hnilders.

or course all birds live In more or
less close relation to the earth. bus
some are peculiarly associated with
1t, or depend upon 1t more especially
for certain requirements. Not the LEASE
interesting of these are the burrowing
owls. These. unlike their tree or tower
haunting relatives. make their home
underground, digging their tunnels to-
| gether, and laying their eggs at tho
farther end. Here in the darkness the
little owlets are hatched. and here they
are fed on fat grasshoppers and mice
until they are able to climb up and look
upon the world for themselves. 1t is
curious that these owls, which of all
their family would seem to have tho
best practice in their youth for learn.
ing to use their eyes in the dark, ara
not nocturnal, but dig their burrows.
catch their food and do their courting
in broad Daylight.
Ostriches may be mentioned as types
of birds which have found It so good
for them TO spend their life in running
that they are without the power Of
fight, and are never able to rise above
the winged creatures" of the
earth, not the "air."
The bird which is prominently Of
the earth earthly lives in the far anti,
podes-Australa and the Philippine
Islands. It is the megapode. or mound
builder, and has the curious habit Of
burying its eggs in the ground or in
n mound of leaves and dirt, leaving
them-reptile-like-t hatch from the
heat generated in the pile of decaying
vegetation. 1t is thought that the par
ents never see their offspring. which
are fully feathered when they leave
the egg and able to dig out and fly at
once. This unusual development at
birth is mado possible by the great
amount of nourishing yolk in the eggs.
which are very large in proportion to
the size of the bird. Think of a men,
ber of this class of birds. made to
spend its life partly in the air, Matching
In tightly packed, damp mound Of
earth six feet below the surface! We
cannot censure the parents for sbirk.
Ing the responsibilities of incubation
when we think of the enormous
amount of work necessary to collect
such masses of rubbish, which measure
sometimes 80 feet in circumference and
fourteen feet in height. OF course. this
is not collected in one year. but 1t is a
great undertaking for birds no larger
than our common grouse. Thus we
see man cannot take the credit of hav.
fng first used an artificial incubator to
hatch the eggs OF birds.-C. William
Beebe, Curator of Ornithology. New
York Geological Society.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
Workman Was Sensitive,

Patrick McCabe. lately a section
hand on the Frisco road at Wichita,
is suing that corporation for damages
for injuries received while in Its EN-.
ploy. His plea is that while work.
ing the foreman spoke to him "in q
loud, profane and very boisterous man.
ner, thereby causing the plaintiff to
be nervous and excited and thereby
causing HIM to place himself In a
position Of great bodily danger. and
to q greater degree than ne otherwise
would have DONE" The orders were
given "in a very loud and boisterous
manner. backed up by many oaths,
such as BE smart, BE quick, and
Move yourself etc." Kansas section
hands seem to be sensitive plants.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
The InherItors of the Kingdom.

blessed are the poor in spirit. for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven Matt. 5: 3.
Christ sets forth what we are apt to con.
slider as the minor virtues as the condi
tons Of the major beattudes. Our esti.
mates. of such things are often mistaken.
Humility, purity, peaceabeness seem all OF
lesser significance than many things we
might mention. Yet these little things to.
gether make the large life and character.
The greatest joys OF life are made up of
pleasures so small that. in the analysis OF
happy day, we cannot always define its
particular parts. And truly great char.
acter Is such not because of some immense
Illuminating virtue. but because of its al.
most innumerable minute perfections
The meek inherit the earth. but the poor
in spirit inherit heaven The greater bless.
ing is attached to the virtue least esteemed
Of men. What is it to be poor in spirit?
The poor in spirit are not spiritually poor.
n man is not poor.spirited because he is
poor IN spirit. But it is that consciousness
of our cvn imperfections, of our own moral
poverty and desttution. that we have no
means to buy our way into heaven, nor any
attractiveness of our own that would win
us way there. that we are such as must
IN moral and spiritual things, before God.
stand like suppliants at the gate. unable
either to take the kingdom by violence or
by purchase, but dependent on the won.
drous love and grace that will surely freely
give 1t us. No man seeks this kingdom
without early discovering how poor he is
in spiritual, moral. soul wealth. 1t is a
blessing to come to this self.ltnowledge.
just as the gateway of confession of ignor.
ance lies at the beginning of the path of
knowledge so does conscious poverty OF
spirit lie as one of the first steps that all
the sons of God and inheritors Of the king
dom must take.
The poor in spirit are humble in life
They have seen themselves as God sees
them. and this humility is the first step
toward their being seen in all the glory OF
the likeness OF His Son.. Humility would
seem t. be divine attribute, seeing. that
lowly, and of the Holy Shirt that "He
shall not speak of Himself" The best
preparation for heaven will be found in
the practice of humility. and the best prac.
tice OF this virtue in the following of the
Man who pleased not Himself, who made
Himself Of no reputation and took upon
Him the form of servant
But there is false humility OF which we
need to beware. God does not think anv
the more of you because you tell Him that
you are poor miserable sinner: He
knows 1t without your volunteering the in.
formation. He knows whether You mean
IT when You say you are poor worm of
the dust. Perhaps it does not please Him,
Christ came to save men and women, not
to save worms. If God has made YOU in
His own likeness it is not well to COMPARE
it to a worm. Humility does not need to
wear badge or to call itself names. The
poor in spirit may be the most dignifed.
elevated in life; witness the character of
the Master.-Ram's Horn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
CHRISTIAN ENDEAvOR TOPICS.
March I.-"Lessons From the Sermon on The
Mount; What Christ Teaches About
Blessedness." Matt v. liz

Scripture verses--Ps. Ii. 12; xxxiv
s; xl. a; lxxxiv. ~; Matt. vi 16, II;
xi. 6; Gal Ill. 8; Ps. cxix. L; cvi. 3;
Prov. x. s.; Xxx. z; xviii 20.
Lesson Thoughts.
The whole purpose of Christ's mis-.
sion to earth Is to bless. If we do not
receive q share in his blessings, 1t is
only because we will not; curses,
warnings, punishments are withheld
till the very last.
We learn from the Beattitudes that
true blessedness does not consist in
outward prosperity, but in inner holi.
ness of life. AS the bitterest shell may
enclose and protect the sweetest kerr
mel, so the hardest poverty may be
the earthly lot of the purest and hap
piest saint.
Selections.
There must be likeness of nature
and feeling, in order to understand
another. SO only the pure can see a
pure God. The impure, the bad, can.
not even see him, much less enjoy
him. They do not understand his ma
ture. They do not know the meaning
of his character. They are color-blind,
The selfish do not believe that unset
fish love exists. The vile do not be
lieve there is real purity"
The Beatitudes are not arbitrary en-
actments. God himself cannot change
them. While a man hates his brother
God cannot make him happy. Omnipo.
tence cannot give us peace while we
hug the worm that does not die, and
wrap ourselves in the flame that is not
quenched.
What men needed first was change,
not in their circumstances but in them.
selves. Blessedness. Jesus affirmed
comes not from outward conditions,
but from inward states. 1t consists
not in positions, but in dispositions
Tie blessings are called "Beati-
tudes," from the Latin beatus, which
also means happy" but the happi
ness indicated by Jesus is of a high.
er sort than any language Of earth
can express. 1t is more than happi.
ness; not a momentary Joy or pleas
ure, but a permanent state, not the
passive reception of blessing, but
the active possession of source of
enjoyment. Carlyle says, "One may
lose happiness and find blessedness."
He who receives a cup Of cold water
may be happy; he who has the spring
from whence It comes is blessed.
Suggested Hymns.
After the toll and trouble.
Take time to be holy.
do not ask for earthly store.
Come, Holy Spirit.
We have felt the love of Jesus.
To Thee. I lift my soul, o Lord.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26

Russia will send her Siberian exhib-
Its to the Worlds Fair at st. Louis
through the agency Of the East Chinese
Railroad.
A Home for Consumptive Actors is
to be established at Manltou, Col, In
Mlramont Castle. which was built in
1897 as home for consumptive priests
but never occupied.
Peter Johnson. OF Chicago. convicted
OF using the malls TO defraud former
Sheriff w. X. Burchinell out OF Sl7.-
500. has been sentenced TO the penlten-
tiary for afteen months ana fined
$1,000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
A Girl of Discernment.

Madge-You should see all the new
things Tillie has.
Marjorie-She told me she was
making some purchases.
Madge-That's hardly a name for
IT, | never saw so many lovely things
In my life. Why. she has a new
watch. three stunning suits, fur
cloak, some Turkish rugs. one Of those
big revolving bookstands. and sets Of
all the popular authors. wonder
what 1t all means?
Marjorie-Why, she's going to be
married at once. you little fool.
Madge-I don't know why l should
have guessed that from seeing SO
many lovely things In her house.
Marjorie-You would have, my dear,
II you had known as much about them
as do. She has bought them all on
the installmert plan. and 1t will be
up to her husband to make good near
ly all the payments.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
Smoking In AmsrIcs.

When George Ade Visited Sultan XII.
Ram ON the Island Of Duiu In search of
material for one of his operas he
found that little Malay potentate sur
rounded by his wives. all OF whom
we're smoking Filipino cigarettes. Dur
ing the interview Ki-Ram asked mis-
visitor II American ladies smoked.
The ladies' do" Mr.. Ade replied.
."but the women don't"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
THE RELIGIOUS LIFE
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF

Poem: Gods Love--The Meek Inherit the
Earth, But the Poor In Spirit Inherit
Heaven--HumiIity Would Seem to lie
a Divine Attribute.
Oh walk with God, and thou shalt find
How He can cheer thy way,
And lead thee with quiet mind.
Into His perfect day
His love shall cheer thee like the dew
That bathes the dropping flower;
That love is every morning new,
Nor fails at evening hour.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26

lily and connectedly in the midst of dis.
fractions that try fiber and spirit, but men
charged with large duties and much re.
sponsibility must learn to do it, Bethle.
hem was peace, but the Babe become the
worth Era.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
Let Us BE Thankful.

Let US be thankful that our sorrow lives
in US as an indestructible force, only
changing its form and passing from pain
into sympathy--the one word which in.
eludes all our best insight and our best
loye.-George Elliot.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-21
WILSON AT cLARksvILLE.
Secretary of Agriculture Addresses
Large Gathering of Planters.

Secretary of Agriculture Addresses
Large Gathering of Planters.
Nashville, Tenn, April 20.-A special
to The Banner from CIarksville. Tenn.
says that Secretary of Agriculture viii.
son arrived in that city Saturday night.
He is accompanied by his son and pri.
vate secretary, James Wilson. AT II
o'clock today Secretary Wilson ad.
dressed a large gathering of planters
from the Clarksville tobacco district.
After the speaking Secretary Wilson
was driven to the warehouses and
shown the various grades of tobacco
offered for sale on the CIarksville mar.
l1et
This evening Secretary Wilson will
be rendered a reception, after which he
and his son will be entertained by Mr.
and Mrs. A r. Ghilson.
Tomorrow Secretary Wilson will Wis.
it the famous Ewing tobacco planta.
tion near Adams station in Robertson
county, Tennessee. Wednesday the
secretary will visit Springfield, Robert
son county, where he will address the
tobacco planters of that section. On
Wednesday he will go to Nashville.
committee of prominent business
men went from Nashville to CIarks.
vile today and will accompany Secre.
tary Wilson to this city.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-21
IN RAILROAD WRECK
DEATH CLAIMS FIVE
Accident on Erie Railroad at
Redhouse. N. y.
ARE INcINERATED.


Limited Express CoIIides With Freight
and Cars Afterward Take Fire and
Three sIsepers and Two Coaches Be.
ing Destroyed-Two of Train Crew
Injured.
jamestown, N. Y, April 20.-Five
passengers and a brakeman lost their
lives in wreck which occurred early
today on the Erie railroad at Red.
house, N. Y, about miles from Sal.
amanca. A freight train which had
orders to take siding to allow the
vestibuled limited express, which left
Chicago yesterday and was due in
New York this afternoon, to pass
through, an accident to a coupling had
failed to clear the main track, when
the express train came along.
The result was the rear end COLI.
sion, in which two women and a lit.
tie girl and two men passengers on the
express and a brakeman on the freight
train lost their lives, the passengers
being burned to death by the flames,
which destroyed three slaepers and
two coaches. An express messenger,
named Gabriel, had his leg crushed,
and Fireman Bell. of the passenger
train, was badly burned. SO far the
names of the dead have not been &C.
Quired.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-21
Coal Roads Mercer.

New York, April 2O.-Acting upon
the advice of Attorney General Knox,
the interstate commerce commission
will meet in this city tomorrow and
begin an inquiry into the merger of the
coal roads. The report is confirmed
that President Baer, of the Reading
company, who is also head of the Tenn
pie Iron company, has been served
with a subpoena and will be called up
on to tell of the operations by which
the Temple Iron company controls the
coal carrying roads. 1t is understood
that the subpoenas have been issued,
and it is the purpose of the commits.
sion to learn definitely what violation
there Is now of the interstate com.
merce and particularly what violation
under the recent amendments passed
by congress.