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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-05-28
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ofAmerfean medical Association.

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on return rripywithin the final limit
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-05-28

Majority for license Sal
AS will be seen by comparison
with the vote for mayor the vote on
the question of local option was full
one, there being but slight differ
ence. While it was expected that the
temperance people would poll heavy
vote all over the city, the result was a
surprise to manv.
VOTE IN OTHER YEARS.
Below is given the total vote cast at
each election for the past ten years
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-05-28

being due to local conditions in the
different wards.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09

THE HABIT OF QUOTATION.
Has Spread with the Growth of n Certaia
Hasty Spirit.

Since most of us find it easy TO COPY
and difficult to invent, the habit or
prolific quotation has grown with the
growth of certain hasty end idle
spirit easily to be discerned in mod
ern literature and the London Sat-
urdny Review has recently stood for
an honest and wholesome reaction in
favor of writing neatly woven from
the authors individual thought, and
unbedecked with maxims from ia
milar sources. 1t offered some
months ago n prize for the worst
three tags" in use at the present day.
n tag being understood to mean
quotation that has grown stale with
repetition. Hundreds flowed into the
columns Of the Review. and not until
they were there did many a reader
recognize how often their aged faces
had seen upon the pages of young
books and magazines. Here are few
of them: at is the unexpected that
happens" "more honored in the breach
than in the observance" "Homeric
laughter" "the thin end Of the wedge"
"the right man In the right place."
"there is much virtue in an IT,"
If The time has come. and apparently
it is here. for these and similar
phrases borrowed from the big grab
bag of the classics. frequently without
any distinct knowledge of their origin.
to be discarded from the product of the
average writer. the naked dulness OF
the average style will be more than
ever conspicuous. and inevitably there
will be more or less striving TO create
verbal ornaments OF reasonable
originality. Already the popular
parodist has found way out of the
difficulty that is not without its ap-
propriateness to fippant age. In
stead of illuminating his text with the
wise sayings of his predecessors. he
adopts them only after fortifying them
with his mother wit, as the prudent
physician fortifes his anaesthetic REM
edies. For "a word to the wise is suf-
ficlent" he gives "a word to the wise
is superfluous' or for "Procrastination
is the thief Of time" he sagaciously
substitutes Punctuallty is the thief
of time" altering. with consummate
impudence, dignified gray sentiments
that have walked with Shakespeare
and Milton.-From The Point OF
View" in Scribner'S
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09

"The roar of the ostrich resembles
the roar of the lion because the os-
trich stole from the lion this sound,
even as one playwright steals from
another a plot An ornithologist
made that odd assertion in a taxider-
mist's shop. He went on TO elaborate
it. Birds from the ostrich down are
initiative. The ostrich, where he lives
alone, is silent, but in country where
lions abound he roars. Why? Be
cause for centuries, admirlng the mai
csty and grandeur of the lions roar.
he gradually learned TO roar himself.
Believe me, Il is fine TO see an ostrich
throw back bis little head and emit n
roar like thunder.
"Buntinrs initiate pipits, and green
fncheS initiate yellow hammers. They
seek their food in the winter together.
and they gradually steal each others
calls.
"The jay is an Unsuitable imitator.
Some jays will include in their roper
tory not only the whoo-oo OF the kite,
the scream of the buzzard and the hoot
OF the owl. but also the bleat OF the
lamb and the neigh of n horse.
Even the nightingale initiates. In
a nightlngale's perfect song l have
often heard the tip-slp-sisisis of the
woodwarbler and the bub-ub.ubble OF
the nutbatch. h."-Washington Post
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
.EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
NOVEMBER THIRTEENTH.
Our Partnership and Fellowship.
Cor. ~. 1881. 13. f-13.

In Berlin there lived a shoemaker
who habitually spoke with rigid Sc.
verify of all who did not believe ex-
actly as he did upon religious mat.
ters. His pastor felt that he must
give him an object lesson in the hopo
of correcting this fault. To this end
he sent for the shoemaker to take
his measure for a pair Of boots.
with pleasure, your reverence.
Please take off your boot" The
minister did so. Having finished his
task, he was preparing to leave the
room when the clergyman called out,
"Stay! My son requires a pair also"
II will make them with pleasure.
Can | take the lads measure now?"
20, that is not necessary" said the
pastor. "The boy is only fourteen,
but you can make his boots and mine
from the same last" Thereupon the
shoemaker expressed surprise, hesi'
tated, even became indignant. The
minister insisted. "They must be
made on the same last" The shoe.
maker suggested that the minister
must be losing his wits. "Ah, then"
said he, every pair of shoes must
be made upon their own lasts, If they
are to fit; and yet you seem to think
that every Christian must be formed
exactly according to your own last
Of the same measure and form as
yourself. That will not do, either"
There are many, many forms Of
Christian character, but only one
spirit-and that is the spirit of Christ.
This is the one distinguishing char.
acteristic. This is beautifully set
forth in our Scripture lesson!
The purest and sweetest joys known
to mortals are those which spring
from fellowship in unselfish work
with and for Christ.
This thirteenth chapter of First
Corinthians creates an atmosphere of
beaming brightness and genial fresh.
ness. 1t is where we all ought to
live. How grand that life which is in
conscious partnership with God, and
in cheerful fellowship with his most
obedient children! Normal, sane,
wholesome is such a character. The
Sun of Righteousness fills the air Of
such a life with its golden beams Of
spiritual health and buoyant vitality.
o, that we, as young people, might
realize the glory Of living in a love-
planned. love-governed, love-lighted
universe!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
Nindication of Boston Ivy.

When the Advertiser called the at
tention Of Landscape Architect Ohm
stead to the wall at Trinity Church.
where some people had thought de-
composition of the stone itself had set
in. owing to the presence OF Boston
ivy, he found the alarm false. He has
yet TO see n single building built OF
brick or stone that has been affected
by the Boston ivy. the popular theory
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Further proof of Prof. Olmsteads idea
that the Ivy is perfectly safe. comes
from Professor Wait. one OF the lead
ing landscape architects OF Canada.
After careful investigations he learns
that while brick and stone walls
absorb moisture. the ivy actually alb
serbs 1t from them. thereby protect
ing the walls, not damaging them.
Boston Advertiser.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09

The largest piece of cut glass in the
world, a vase as tall as a man and
as brilliant in every part as the finest
small piece, has just been completed in
this city, and will be shipped in a few
days TO the st. Louis Exposition.
where it will be placed in the indus
trial art display.
The vase is five feet six and three
quarter inches in height, and every
inch of it is perfectly worked in sun
bursts, chrysanthemums and beaded
and notched effects that shed prlsmat-
ic rays of brilliance and luster. The
sunbursts on the star are too large
10 be designated by that usual cut
glass term, so they have been given n
new name, the Louisiana purchase
star.
In all there are 100000 cuts or deep
incisions on the vase. which required
turning it 100000 times The vase
weighs 200 pounds. 1t was produced
by nine men, who spent 200O working
hours upon it. The man who made
the blank is six feet seven inches tail.
a shorter man could not have handled
the great piece Of glass. Twenty
blanks We're turned out before pa--
feet one was produced.
The remarkable brilliancy OF the
vase is caused by the fusng in the
glass of ten per cent. more lead than
is ordinarily used. The vase is several
times larger than the previous great
est piece of cut glass, completely
dwarling t.-Philadelphia Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
Mummy whea. Would Not Grow.

In view of the oft-repeated and com
monty believed statement that mummy
wheat--that is. wheat found In the
cases Of ancient Egyptian mummies-
has been known to germlnate when
planted after thousands OF years. 1t is
of interest to- note that experiments
with specimens of wheat. OF the anti
guilty of which there is no doubt have
just been carried but at Kew Gardens
England. with the view Of ascertalnine
whether ancient Egyptian wheat, say
5000 years old. would germinate OF
not. In every case the experiment
made by the officials at Kcw was un
successful.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
God Dominates All.

As the mountain of Fujiyama dominates
the landscape in Japan, as the temple hills
of Jerusalem commanded the scene far all
around, SO we believe God is to be exalted
in this vast community, so as to dominate
it all. The sense of God is not fading; it
is increasing. To Him we lift up our eyes
as unto the mountains. The church is to
nourish this consciousness Of God. and to
express it in lives of spiritual power. Oh,
then, how one comes to love the church
when once her real mission is seen. We
are set to invite the world to come to its
only true home. Wandering hearts, un'
easy consciences, troubled souls, come to
the home Of homes, in Gods great love
and blessed service. Let the gates open
wide, that the multitudes may press into
the home of their hearts. Oh, church OF
God, let your faith be large and bright,
that the world may come home. Erect no
false barriers that God would disown and
more and more become home to the chill
dren of men, through Jesus Christ, the Sa.
viour
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
No Christ or No Homo.

In. the city of Kuang,uen. Si-chuen,
which is eaid to be a specially idolatrous
and her ancestral tablet at the grave of
her deceased husband. who during his life.
time forbade her destroying the idols.
When she became released from his yoke
she embraced her earliest opportunity Of
giving effect to her long cherished desire,
The position Of women in China being
what IL is, it is not often easy for them TO
follow their convictions when they are out
of harmony with those of their husbands.
When the question Of believing the sospei
is involved it is frequently a choice be-
tween home and religi9~ >-China's Millions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09

Lady Henry Somerset, in a recent inter
eiew, published in Great Thoughts"
speaks OF visit made by her to Mr.. Edi.
son, whose vast laboratories she inspected
with much interest. On being asked who
were his best workmen Mr.. Edison replied
that the Germans and Italians were good
routine workmen, but that he could de-
pend on them for little else. The English
and Scotch were remarkable, but he could
not count on their return punctually after
holidays; their hand was not steady, nor
was their eye accurate, for the simple rea.
son that they used alcohol often to excess,
A Connecticut American-born workman
was the only reliable man he had, for he
was not only a total abstainer himself, but
had total abstaining ancestry behind
him. Edison could count on his accuracy
and steadiness, the time he would put into
his work and the hour at which he would
return,-Irish Temperance League Journal,
Belfast.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
The Atheist.

Courage OF heart and of soul, OF mind and
of sense
Courage to work in the darl; and claim
no reward;
Courage to strain in the toll, eacn nerve
still tense,
Facing the final silence, knowing no God.
Courage to live out a life on the terrible
road,
Knowing that at the roads end all things
must cease;
Other with self at strife, not feeling the
goad
OF punishment following wrong, nor re.
ward OF peace;
Courage to give of his best, when put to
the touch;
Courage not once over.ridden by slotb
leaden-shod
Courage to bear and to die. All bat how
much
More might his courage avail, harnessed
with God!
For the Christian Register.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
His Source of Inspiration.

On Ibsen's table beside the inkstand
was small tray. Its contents were
extraordinary : some little wooden
carved Swiss bears, g diminutive black
devil, small cats. dogs and rabbits
made of copper. one of which was
playing a violin. What are those
funny little things?" ventured to ask.
Il never write a single line of any OF
my dramas unless that tray and its
occupants are before me on the table
could not write without them. II
may seem strange-perhaps 1t is--but
l cannot write without them." he 70
peated. why ! use them Is my own
secret"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
The Christians Answer.

This is the reply we Christians make to
those who say that religion is mythical and
that it retreats into some secret place
where no mere intellectually can wholly
follow it. 1t surely is mystical in these in
not come forth again and move through
the activities of human life. out ip the
open world chastened, beautified and
Christ.like spirit? This is our answer.
Conscious of sin and imperfections, this is
still our answer. God is our home; Slowly
we yield our stubborn natures to His con-
slant pressure. His presence is our best
education. He is the great beautiher OF
human life. Differ as we may in our creeeds
and PHILOSOPHERS, this is the issue OF relig.
ion, this is the product of fellowship with
Him, our Father, our God, our eternal ref
uge and home. -
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
Tic Table That LIQUOR spreads.

The story is told by the Montreal Wit
ness Of a poor woman VINO went recently
10 sa,oon in search Of her husband.
She found him there, and, setting COW
cred dish, which she had brought with her,
upon the table, she said, Thinking that
YOU are too busy TO come home TO dinner !
have brought you yours" and departed.
With laugh the man invited his friends
TO dine with him, but on removing the
cover from the dish he found only a slip
OF paper, on which was written; II hope
you will enjoy your meal. IL Is the same
as your family has at home
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
Prns.r,ation of Elausr..

Professor Constantine Gregory. OF
Naples. has discovered new chemi-
cal process for the preservation OF
flowers and leaves which has won y
silver medal from the Neapoiitan In
stitute for the Advancement of aci-
ence. Plant ieaves as dinlcult ef
preservation as those OF the orch'&
and begonia have been hept wonder~
fully well by this method, aud Fra
fessor Gregory is hopeful OF preserv<
.sg even fungi in remarkably ~
urai condition.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
A Vile DecOction.

A Dodge City Qowa) bootleGger admits
that he made most OF the stuff he sold as
whisky. His formula was One gallon OF
alcohol, twa gallons of water, one pound
OF prunes, half pound of tobacco and an
Dance Of glycerine. Boil the prunes and
squeeze the juice out and the same with
the tobacco and thoroughly mix. "This,"
he says proudly, makes a fine drink, and
is warranted to do the work" He used TO
keep il in kerosene cans to avoid suspicion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09

1t is in the path where God has babe IA
walk that we shall find the angels around
us. We may meet them, indeed, ON paths
of our own choosing. but il will be the
sort OF angel that Bllaam met. with
but wrathful. too, and we had better not
front himl But the friendly helpers, the
emissaries of Gods love. the apostles Of
His grace, do not haunt the roads that
make for ourselves.-Alex. Maelaren.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0R NOTES
NOVEMBER THIRTEENTH.
"our Partnership and FeIowshIp."-
Cor. 12:23.31; 13:1.13.

Scripture verses.-Mal. S:16; John
1881; Acts 1, IA; 81, AZ; GAL 6:
10; Eph. 2:19; Phil. 1886; 1 Thess.
5;11-1S; Thess. 1:3; 2 Peter 1:1,2.
Lesson Thoughts.
LET us not permit any human
brotherhood to be closer than the
brotherhood of Christian believers"
when the denominations work to-
gether as effectively as the mem
bers in the body they will reach the
Christian ideal and the Christian
power, and not until then"
"As the right hand does not desire
to be larger than the left hand, or
one eye than the other, SO compari.
sons among Christians to the disad
vantage Of one another are un
worthy"
Selections.
A mass of quicksilver dropped on
the floor, will split into many glo
bules; but gather them up and they
will coalesce as before. Gods elect
below are found divided into many
denominations, but when gathered
together in heaven they will unite as
one undivided church.
You are in the wood, but cannot
find it for the trees; but you ask
which of these sorts of trees Is the
wood. Is it the oak, or the ash, or
the elm, or the poplar? Or is it the
hawthorn or the bramble? Why. II
is all together. Thus they are In the
midst of the church Of Christ inuuir.
ing after the church, and asking
whether it be this party of Christians,
or whether it be the other.
A thousand men united are worth
more than ten thousand working in.
dependently. For this reason armies
are formed, manufacturing Industries
are established, and populations cen.
tralize into cities. For the same rea.
son Christian fellowship adds
strength to the church.
One great value Of Christian fel.
lowship results from the fact that
there are diversities Of gifts"
While one builds up the other guards;
Christian fellowship affords oppor.
tunity for the useful exercise of all
our various talents.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09

The saloon system is itself a league OF
lawbreakers, whose example affords most
powerful stimulus to disorder OF all kinds
II openly proelaims its purpose TO disobey
all laws which interfere with its supreme
purpose TO make money in It's own way
and at whatever sacrifice. Hon. William
Window. Secretary OF the Treasury. U. 5.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
Would Name the poo Care.

The family had added bull terrier
to its stock of pets. The first day
after his arrival the new member
ended the career OF pet cat. He was
forgiven. however. and that night
there was discussion over name
for dog. six-year-old Pauline listened
to several suggestions, and then said.
graveiy, I'D call him Care, II think.
You know grandma says, Care killed
a cat"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09

When you stop to consider what the
church Of God is, the spectacle OF hun.
dreds of thousands, even millions, OF souls
vending their way to the places of worship
throughout the land becomes impressive.
Why do they come? What is the perma-
vast interest? Changes occur among ma.
tions, institutions rise and fall. traditions
wax and Nape, creeds are made and un'
made, and yet men continue to worship.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
Epeland,s Unsoivable Problem.

'For full 300 years." says the Indian
Witness, ''the license system has prevailed
in England, and with what resulty 1t IL
said that no fewer than 470 acts OF Parlia'
ment, all seeking to regulate the liquor
traffic have been framed, but how miser-
ably they have failed 70 accomplish the ar
rest of this gigantic evil OF modern times"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09

God he will think once in while about
the feelings Of men.
The church that quarrels over the
bricks takes long time to build the
house.
II you cannot see Christ In people.
will you be able to find Him in Para
disc?
If man has any selhshness In him
II will come out when he sits next the
window.
II is easier to test the Bible by your
logic than 1t is to test your loving by
It's laws.
II is very comforting exercise to rip
M the devil while you are riding on his
road.
A man must be blind to the wrongs
Of society to talk about the rights OF
the saloon.
It Is q good deal easier to trust God
when you are poor than It Is to prove
Your trust when you get rich.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09

The Sterling (Col.) News calls attention
10 the difference between saloons and no
saloons in comparisons between the towns
of Greeley and Evans, and Colorado Springs
and Colorado City. Starting with equal
chances, the prohibition towns have been
more prosperous and are better provided
for at lower taxes than the saloon towns.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
Navel Mllklno Prooess,

In tho new Umschau electric milk
Ing process y rubber cap is placed over
the cows udder, and the milk Is drawn
by the suction OF an electrically driv-
en- pump. The method is claimed to
be both cleaner and quicker than
hand-milking
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
Too Heavy for Cab Floor.

While six burly Yorkshlremen were
driving through tile streets OF Paris
In a cab the floor gave way beneath
their weight. and two of them were
dragged along and severely cut abe
tSe hands and face.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-11-09
Venerable Lawyers Opinion of Whisky

One of the Oldest lawyers in the State of
Pennsylvania, Mr.. NJ +. Sayers, lately
sent pointed rep,y to distiller's circular.
Addressing the sender he said:
"Your letter at hand recommending your
good old whisky. / have known the good
BID opper-distilled rye whisky to send
seven sons and three grandsons of the dis.
tiller to drunkards' graves. If l wanted to
direct a man straight to hell | would advise
him to engage in the manufacture or sale
of whisky. l have been sixty-nine years
lawyer and have seen no good, but evil con
tinually from whisky"
Mr.. Sayers, like some other total alb.
,tainers, had grown tired of opening letters
bearing no business card, to be greeted
with big liquor advertisement. Mr.. Say
ers is the father of Miss Mary +. Savers, a
most active Y secretary, and We are told
that it is largely due to him, his daughter
and his wife, an able white ribboner. that
Greene County, Pa, has been dry for
twenty five years.-Christian Companion.