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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13

There Is In the doing of little things,
wen in housework, right way and
wrong way. and good way and
BAD way. says the Philadelphia Inquir-
ar. Consider for moment the item OF
sweeping with broom. The next time
you undertake it notice your broom.
DO you find that you hold it or move it
,ather in front of you-the brush fur
sher forward than the handle-each
stroke raising the brush and with Ii
/; cloud of dust into the air and the
space beyond? If so, try this ways
Stand with the broom rather behind
you, partly facing it. the brush fur
.her back than the tip of the handle.
Used in this way, you will find that
the dust rises no higher than the
brush; that, in fact, little rises, but IL
gradually moved to one central point,
where it may be easily gathered into
the dustpan. Swept in this way. even
dusty room may be perfectly tidied
without discomfort to any person who
may be obliged to remain in it during
the process. .,ss,n.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
Bananas Red and yellow.

In the tropics the banana is usually
picked green and ripened in the dark
like a pear. They should. however.
have attained their full growth, or
else no matter how rich color they
may take on. they will always be Bit
ter and puckery. The banana grows
fastest at first in length, then suddenly
begins to swell. and in a few days will
double its girth. Then it is ready for
the ripening process. The best ones
sent TO this country start half or Who'll.
~ ripe and get their color en- route. If
they start hard and gummy, having
been picked in an immature condition.
| they will never attain the rich, smooth
/ flavor OF the perfect fruit, and are apt
10 make people III. Never, therefore,
purchase long, thin banana. Bana1
mas are far better Il little over ripe
than under. for creamy softness is
essential to its full enjoyment. Ba-
uanas are of two kinds, the yellow and
the red. but a vast quantity of PLAN
tains are palmed off on US in place Of
the yellow banana. ,..,.... 49,,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
Oldest sunday School Teacher.

The officials OF the Wesleyan Sun
day school. Swinton. lay claim to hav.
ing upon their register the oldest Sun
day school teacher in England, II not
In the United Kingdom. Mr.. George
Doxey. who Is now in his eighty
eighth year, has been teacher sixty
nine years, and holds the remarkable
record that for half century he was
never absent from school. and dur
ing forty years he was never once
late. Though elghty'seven years OF
age. he is able to read without The aid
of spectacles-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
He Got the "Raise."

Frank Leslie's tells a story of how
industry was rewarded. A year ago a
manufacturer hired boy. For months
there was nothing noticeable about the
boy except that he never took his eyes
off the machine he was running. A
few weeks ago the manufacturer look
~ up from his work to see the boy
standing beside his desk.
What do you want?" he asked.
want me pay raised"
What are you getting?'
"T'ree dollars week"
"Well, how much do you think you
are WORTH"
-Four dollars"
"You think so. do you?"
"Yessir, an I've been t'inkin' so fer
tree weeks, but I've been so blame
busy | haven't had time to speak to
you about it,"
The boy got the "raise."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0R NOTES
SUNDAY, JULY SEVENTEENTH.
"The Worlds Gain Through Universal
Peace" Ps. 46.9.t1; lisa. 2:2-4.

"The Worlds Gain Through Universal
Peace" Ps. 46:9.11; lisa. 2:2-4.
Scripture verses.-Ps. 37:11; 72:7;
Isa. 9:7; 65:25; 66:12; Thess. 3: 10;
Ps. 122:6-S; Jer. 29:7; Matt. So; Rom.
1918, 10; 1919; Jas. 3:17, 1S.
Lesson Thoughts.
God maketh wars to cease" Chris
tianity Is a peaceable religion, the
more we have of the spirit of Christ,
the less we have of disposition to
war.
Think of the difference between war
and agriculture in their effects upon
a country. War increases intemper'
ance, immortality and the public debt
not to mention the terrible sacrifice OF
human life, agriculture promotes in
dustry, strengthens morality and In
creases substantial wealth. When
the nations swords are beaten into
plowshares, how wonderfully will the
worlds prosperity grow!
selections.
One Of our battleships, the Oregon
cost S6,575,023.76, which Is more than
the cost Of the ninety-four buildings OF
Harvard Univerity, which was So,
100000. If all the navies of the world
could be turned into schools, how soon
would the ignorance and prejudice
which are the chief causes of wars
be swept off the face of the earth.
The greater part of civilized nations
(Query: Are they really civi)ized?)
are kept poor by war. This Is moi
only poverty of money, but a poverty
of home life, the young men being
drawn away for military training, pov
erty of quietness and serenity; pov
erty of safety: poverty of moral sense
army life being always a degenerate
life; poverty of love, since war anC
preparations for war are sure anC
powerful destruction of all kindly feel
ing among nations.
The establishment of the Interna
tional Court of Arbitration, at The
Hague, is a blessed step toward uni
versal peace. Already it has decid
ed dispute between Mexico and thu
United States, involving millions o
dollars. The claims against Venezu
ella of Great Britain, France, Italy anC
other European nations, have beer
submitted to It by the consent of al
parties.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
Temperance Check -Cashing.

Some years ago the Railroad Young
Mems Christian Association of Columbus
Ohio, started to be as generous as the sa.
looms at Grogans, in the neighborhood OF
the Columbus. Sandusky and Hooking
Valley Railroad construction shops by
cashing the checks of the employees OF the
railroad company. In the vicinity of the
shops there are about two saloons to one
general store and the wholesale liquor
dealers were in the habit OF sending large
sums of money 70 the retail liquor dealers
with which to cash the mems pay checks
This took great many OF them to the sl.
looms, as there was no bank at hand and
4 good deal of time and money would have
been consumed If the men had visited the
:ity for that purpose. On the first pay day
after the Association opened up checks
amounting to S2l37.sS were cashed That
was two years ago. On A recent paw dly
l57 checks, amounting to S6762.3G were
cashed, but the largest record was in last
September, which was for S72Oi25. In the
frst year nearly $4,000 was handled in
this way, and the second year 1870 checks
were cashcd amounting to >79,77S.i1
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
T.hg6A
1UNdoy
breakfast
XIunbIe

God Loveth All.
Unto every man and nation,
God will e'er extend His hand,
Loving, under all conditions,
Those obeying His command.
Neither rich or poor are favored,
Only for their love to God
Earning thus the Masters favor,
Treading paths where lie hath trod
Those who love and viii obey Him,
He will never once torsaSe.
But within their souls be dwelling,
Inner conscience to awake
He will teach them life's great lessons,
That will bring peace into the heart,
And the happiness OF spirit
Never will from them depart.
Though the home be poor and humble,
God will find a dwelling there,
II He finds the heart is waiting,
And is filled with earnest prayer,
Asking Him to come. be with them,
And to teach them what IS right,
He will quickly hasten thlthcr,
Shedding round about His light.
Everywhere He's loved and needed
He will always, quickly, 90.
Comfort give to those who seek Him,
Love and mercy He will show.
And more room the humble hearts hayci
In which they Gods love receive,
With less pride and vain ambition
Will they cause His heart to grleya
Oh, the blessed, blessed promise,
That He never will forsake.
And if we will love and trust Him,
Care of us He'll always take.
Then why should we wander from Him
Into worldly ways OF sin,
That we must, ere reaching heaven,
Have a change OF heart begin?
Miss Martha s. Lippincott, in New Ior
. Observer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
An Odoriferous Beetle.

A rather unusual visitation was sur
Tered by a South Carolina town last
summer, through the presence OF what
Is known as the rhinoceros beetle
which bears the same unapproachable
position in the insect world that the
skunk does among animals. A colony
If these beetles established them
selves in some ash trees which were
grown for shade, and the odor was so
strong and offensive that the town
council ordered eighty of these trees
10 be cut down. AS the trees were
estimated to be worth slo0 each, the
unusual visitation cost the town about
tS 900
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13

Take life earnestly. Take it as an ear
nest, vital, essential matter. Take it a,
though you personally were born to tho
task OF performing noble task in it-ai
though the world had waited for YOU
coming. Take it as though it was grand
opportunity to achieve, to carry forward
great and good schemes, to help and chee,
a suffering, weary, it may be, heart bro
ken sister. The fact is, life is undervaluet
by great majority of women. 1t is not
made half as much of as should be the
case. Now and then woman stands aside
from the crowd, labors earnestly, stead
fastly, confidently and straightway be
comes famous,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
Yet We License Alcohol.

The British Registrar.General has pub.
lished a table of the comparative mortality
among men of different occupations, from
twenty-five to sixty-tive wears Of age, the
inquiry covering a period of three years.
The standard OF 100 was taken A. the low
est death rate in the most healthful These
are the results: Innkecpers and liquor deal.
ers represented a mortality of pa; inn OF
hotel service, 397, and brewers. 24j, while
farmers are put down at lli gardeners at
los and ministers at 100. Between 1880
and 1890 there were in the United States
2l,2S4 deaths from yellow fever and 6j0.0Ol
deaths from alcohol; yet we license alcohol
and quarantine yellow fever.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
Then He Was Coed.

A congressman OF Missouri relates
that he was making campaign
speech last fall. when he was an
noyed by the frequent interruptions
of coun.ryman, who seemed bent on
making trouble.
my friend" said the speaker, de-
termrling to suppress the disturber'
haven't you heard the story OF how
a Lraying ass put to flight the entire
Syrian army?" :,
Don't you be afraid OF this audi.
ence." shouted back the disturber OF
the meeting; there amt no danger
OF It stampeding. You've done tested
Ri"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13

at Is Not MY Business''-Uow a Wealthy
st. Louisian Game to Realize That the
Liquor Question Was His Business
A story of whisky and Its Eject.
"A wealthy man in st. Louis was asked
to aid in a series OF temperance meetings,
but he scornfully refused. Being pressed
he said:
Gentlemen, it is not nv business"
A few days later his wife aud two
daughters were coming home on the light
ming express. In his grand carriage with
liveried attendants he rode TO the depot,
thinking Of his splendid business and plan
one say Accident There are twenty
five railroads centreing in st. Louis. r.
there has been an accident it is not likely
to have occurred on the - and
Mississippi Railroad Yet it troubles him.
1t is his business now. The horses are
stopped on the instant, and on inquiry he
finds that the accident has occurred TWEEN
and Mississippi. He telegraphs to the SUI
perintendent:
~ will give you $500 for an engine"
The answer flashes back, mo"
II will give you $1,000 for an engine
"a train with surgeons and nurses has
already gone forward, and We have nc
other"
win Wnlte lace ana ANXIOUS brow the
man paced the station to and fro. In a
half hour, perhaps, which seemed to him
half century, the train arrived. He hur.
ried toward it, and in the tender found
the mangled bodies and lfeless forms OF
his wife and one of his daughters In the
car following lay the other daughter. with
her ribs crushed in and her precious life
ozzing slowly away
A quart Of whisky. which was drunk
ht.
was the cause of the catastrophe
Who dare say of this tremendous 1ues.
ton. "It is not my business ?"-National
| Advocate
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
"Stretch Forth Thy Hand.o

"Stretch forth thy hand" You with
that weak hand shortened by the hard cir
cumstances of your life, stretch it forth
You with that hand drawn up by love oil
self; and you with fingers warped by
stretch them forth. With honest purpose,
with unfaltering will, whatever may be it,
weakness or its need, "Stretch forth thy
hand" And the Christ will look upon it,
He will pity its wea kness and deformity
and 10! as you stretch it forth it will be
come whole-restored, that you may bles'
with kindly deed many needy one whe
waits and waits-perhaps for you.-M. NJ
Slatterly
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
Watch Ont.

Be on the lookout for mercies The NOR,
we look for them, the more OF them vii
we see. Blessings brighten when we count
heart the eyes see. If You want to b,
gloomy, there's gloom enough to keep yor
glum; if yen want to be glad, there's glean
enough to keep you glad. Say, BLESS tn,
Lord, o my soul, and forget not all Hi,
benefits" Better lose count in enumerat
ing your blessings than lose your blessing,
in telling over your troubles. BE thank
full unto Him, and bless His name. M"
bic d. Babcock, ID, ID.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
HID MONEY IN QUEER PLACE
Paris Woman Saved Her Hoard by
ConceaIinfg Il in a Lemon.


All devices OF women to save theiI
money from thieves are not as sue
cessful as was that of Paris busi
ness woman. Her apartments were
recently visited during her absence by
a couple OF onterprising burglars who
had good reason to believe there was
rich booty there. In spite. however
OF the most earnest search they were
unable to md anything Of value and
took themselves off disappointedly
Nevertheless. a sum OF some 2o,OOc
francs was lying in the room they had
explored, and that in a most promi'
nent position. Nine Reutz had, in
fact, devised an ingenious hidine
place by scooping out the inside OF
a lemon, putting her bank notes In
eide. and then leaving II ON Q plate on
side table. This transpired in the
course of the complaint laid by her a
the local police station. One would
like 10 have seen the burglars faces
| when they read the papers next day
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13

Life must be lived on the installment
plan. God gives and requires Just so much
at time, no more, no less. Life Is made
up of Just so many successive installmeuts
OF opportunity, of duty and Of grace. 1t is
impossible, therefore, to live life in the fu
ture tense. All that men have and all that
they are asked to attend to is the present,
And the present in its demands is vigorous
enough. Take care OF the now and the fu.
ture will take care of itself.-Herald ~
Presbyter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
Need More Policemen.

There were only about thirty-fye po.
lcemen needed in the whole OF Vermont
during the fifty years when the State was
under prohibition. Now, since the adop.
tion Of the local system and the return OF
the saloon to a number OF cities aud towns
many more policemen are required In
one town they now have two saloons from
which thcy receive for license $3.50 each,
making $500 but they now have to EN-.
p!oy policeman at a salary OF 500 y"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
OiiIng the wringev.'

Do not fail to oil the wrA1et every.
time you wash. If oiled often, there
Is less wear on the machinery, and
ess strength is expended by the oper
itor. TO clean the rollers, rub them
irst with a cloth saturated with kero-
,ene oil. and follow with soap and
water. Always loosen the rollers -
- putting the wringer away
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
Obedience and Faith.

It is we'll to have map OF description oi
the way, but it is better to have the Low,
ing companionship of one who knows the
way. by personal experience. And ,thia
petienced leader, trusting in whom we
neither sorrow unduly over the past, MOI
suffer apprehension over that which is be
fore us. Obedience for to-day; faith fo,
to-morrow-and let the Guide supply thsJ
knowleCse which we lackl
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13

The Nidaros Total Abstinence Society
OF Trondhjem, Norway, has bought a
building on Que oil the thoroughfares Of
the city for about $4,000. The building
will be reconstructed so as to afford q
public hall which will seat about 300 young
people, This will be the headquarters u
the temperance people in the future.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13

ough research gives the annual expcndi.
lures for strong drink in the United States
as 81, ,46i, So ,59s Dr. Dunn, Secretary OF
the National Temperance Society, estl.
mates the indirect cost IRON crime, pau.
perism, loss of labor and OF life as Sl,67s,.
5Oi, 1854 The paltry revenue obtained to
be set off against these enormous figures Is
oa.y Sl4l ,OUO ,iS7.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
Sc, Turtle Wa. Stranded.

An unusual find in northern waters
was made by Peter Shinn and Joseph
NIckerson, fishermen, both Of Lynn.
Mass, In the shape Of a sea turtle.
Weighing thirty pounds. They were
digging clam bait at the Point Of
Pines, Just at the mouth Of the Sau.
gus river. and saw the t'raa Nigh
apon the beach.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
Household
---Matters


To prevent lamp chimneys from
cracking, wrap each chimney loosely
but entirely in q cloth; place them to-
gether in a kettle, and cover with cold
water. Bring the water to boil, com
tinue the heat ten to fifteen minutes
and then cool off. BY this temperina
they are toughened against all ordinary
'aaso heat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
L,ohtnlno Kept Busy.

Lightning at Cape Neddick village.
York, Me-, played peculiar freak
recently. A bolt struck the house Oh
silas Norman. passed through the
body Of a mason named Fernald. who
was working In the house, killed :
leg at the latter's side and set hre 10
The building. Fernald was critically
,urned.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13

This struggle long ago ceased to be a
moral pa,time, which men can pick up and
lay down at their will That 1t ~ bitter
iight-a fight that must eventuate either
in the destruction OF the liquor power or
in the annihilation OF the Christian Sab.
bath and everything that is dear TO the
Christian nation Is evident to ail-John
u. Finch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13

Cheerfulness is brave habit. Grumb-
ling is foolish one. Men and women who
complain and fret have just about the
same kind OF lives, to begin with, as CHEEKY
people. Into each lfe some rain must
fall" but the wisest plan is to go in when
it rains, or hoist an umbrella, instead OF
sitting down in the glitter and getting sop.
ping wet.-Reformed Church Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
A Spotless Town,

University Place, the seat OF the Ne
braska Wesleyan University, not only pro
hibits saloons, billiard tables, dance halls
and questionable amusements, but no cigar
or cigarette store Is allowed This is, in.
deed. a physical and moral "Spotles-
IowE.'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, OF Fall Piver, Mass, supports a
station work and conducts Christisu cul.
ture club for gi'ls.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-07-13
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE or lNTEM9ERANcE.

at Is Not MY Business'-How a Wealthy
st. Louisian Came to Realize That the
Liquor Question Was His Business
Story of whisky and Its Eject.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-09
TALE OF THE CITY COURT

Police Judge William l.. Toney
during the course OF his ahnllnlstra.
tion, has had many cases OF danger
Gus and tough character before him.
but the judges heart has not been
hardened because of this familiarity
with crime. and nothing does him
GET back into the straight and mar
row path" especially if the offender
be Young boy upon whom an I'M
Iession can be made An incident OF
this kind happened last Monday night
and it was hard to tell which was the
more delighted, the judge or the boy.
W. A. Case. IA white boy giving his
age as twenty wears, came to this city
about three weeks ago en- route to an
other town He had left his home at
England and was 10 catch a train in
this city. Before he could get out Of
town, however, he was stopped and
searched by policeman and pistol
was found on him. The boy was
taken before Justice A. J. Stewart
Judge Toney being out of the city,
and Judge Stewart promptly hned
h1m $50. in lieu of the payment OF
which he was placed on the street
sang TO work out the fine.
Case was The only support OF 4
widowed mother and one sister. and
when the mother found he was in jail
in this city she wrote Judge Toney.
After several talks with the boy on
his return, Judge Toney decided to go
before the council and ask for re-
mittance of the fine. When the reso-
luton was introduced in the council
last Monday night. seeking to have
The BOYS fine remitted, Judge TOney.
who was present. rose to his feet and
asked for its passage. After the vote
was taken and the fine ordered re-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-09
:

prblication. The trial may be pri-
vatc
Nevada--A divorce may be obtain
Ell in nine months. Cruelty one of
construed TO be "misconduct which
is calculated to render the life of the
O. her miserable.
kentucky-A ground for absolute
divorce is construed to be such be
favior as proves the wife to have
been indiscreet without ac, ,ual proof
OF guilt.
North Dakota-One year and thirty
six DAYS is the time required to go
through the, mill here. The grounds
are numerous and fit almost every
condition.
Rhode IsIand-One year and twen-
ty-eight days are required to obtain a
divorce with private trial. The
grounds are very numerous.
South Dakota Seven months and
two weeks wifi see the end of a di-
yorce suit. Grounds are plentiful,
and the court has jurisdiction to com,
pei tht. husband to support the wife.
even though the divorce may be de-
MAD ri
Tryas-Seven months will put 4
former nonresident through the di
vorce cour,. with ample causes to
draw upon.
Hyomins-One year is termed a
residence. and married woman
resident Of the state at the time of
the action may be deemed resident
thereof. although her husband is a
resident elsewhere.