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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF lNTEMPERANcE.

Sir Victor Horsiey. NJ. ID, Produces Evil
dence From the Scientific Standpoint
20 Prove That AIcohsl IL Not Essen.
tinl to Life or Health.
At recent conference in London on
the subject OF temperance. Sir Victor
Horsley. MD, dealt with the subject
Of alcohol from the scientific stand
point, bringing evidence to prove that
alcohol was not essential to life or
health. The medical profession. he
said, held 1t TO be one of the greatest
evils OF the nation. but he would sub
nit that socially and commercially IL
was far greater evil. The late Lord
Chancellor had declared that alcohol
was the commonest cause of poverty
and of crime; and certainly 1t was the
commonest cause of disease. Had not
the time come. he asked. when this
great city should view the situation
from the commercial and economic
standpoint? The annual expenditure
in intoxicants of f160000,000 to $780,
100000 (which, by the way, was all
thrown away only represented part of
the country's drink bill. To that must
be added the cost of most of the crime.
the poverty. the premature death of
the breadwinners: and we had also
got to add. from the medical point of
view, the cost to the nation of prevent
able disease: and the cost which meant
commercial inefficlency was very large
ly due to alcohol.
Sir Victor proceeded to argue that
for all this vast expenditure there was
no profitable return. Neither was there
any profit to the individual from the
dietetic use of alcohol. 1t only had a
paralyzing effect upon the nerves. I'm
der its influence a man thought slower
although he might talk faster; there
was stimulation. but no profit. And
imagined benefit was absolutely
swamped by the depressing after-ef.
fects. And what was true of its ac-
tion on the brain was also true Of its
effect upon the hand and the eye.
These statements, he said. were based
upon scientific experiments. measur-
ing keenness of perception, the rapidity
with which one could pick out cipher
from n row of ciphers, accuracy and
clearness of judgment, the power OF
adding figures, and other points which
directly bore upon commercial eff
cheney. There could be no doubt. he
said, that alcohol, even in small quan
titles. diminished that efficiency.-Bel
fast Witness.
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A Robert Louis stevenson's Prayer.

Lord, behold our family here assem-
bled. We thank Thee for this place in
which we dwell; for the love that
unites us, for the peace accorded us
this day. for the hope with which we
expect the morrow; for the health. the
work. the food and the bright skies.
that make our lives delightful; for our
friends in all parts of the earth, and
our friendly helpers in this foreign isle.
Let peace abound in our small COM
pany. Purge out of every heart the
lurking grudge. Give us grace and
strength to forbear and to persevere.
Offenders, give us the grace to accept
and to forgive. Forgetful ourselves.
help us to bear cheerfully the forget
fulness of others. Give us courage and
gaiety and the quiet mind. Spare to
us our friends, soften us to our ene-
mics. Bless us, il it may be, in all our
innocent endeayors. If it may not,
give us the strength to encounter that
which is to come, that we be brave in
peril, constant in tribulatfons, temper
ate in wrath, and In all changes of for
tune, and down to the gates of death.
loyal and loving one to another. As
the clay to the potter, as the windmill
to the wind, as children of their sire.
we beseech of Thee this help and
mercy for Christ's sake. - From the
Works Of Stevenson.
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COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

Bradstrcets says:
Though rejecting some irrcgularity,
due to midyear influences, or, in some
sections, TO less cheerful crop reports, the
volume OF distributivc trade is full
one for the season and industry and
manufacture show less than ordinarily
the effects Of the approach OF the vaca-
ton period. Optimism as to the tail
trade outlook is the main subject or
notice, but it is to be noted that good
recorders for summer fabrics are still ac-
tive at some leading markets.
Relatively the best reports come from
the Central West and Southwest; the
South seems quite generally to hold the
improvement reported last week. conf
dence has increased in the Pacific Coast
reports, and the only important subject
OF complaint is that the weather has been
too wet or too cool in portions of the
corn and wheat belts to allow Of the best
crop development and harvesting.
Wheat, including -four, exports for
the week ended June 20 are 756,64I BUSH
els, against o75,832 bushels last week,
I,I27,SS5 bushels this week last year, a.
9oo,oS2 bushels in 1903 and 3,2Ir,2ts
bushels in 1902. From July to date the
exports are 62427,7oo bushels, against
I33,S72.o34 bushels last year, I73,363,z7o
bushels in 1903 and 247,354,472 bushels
in 1902. Corn exports for the week are
t,2oo,3o4 bushels, against I,IIo,3s0 bush
els last week, 53o,o87 bushels year ago,
I,42o,I72 bushels in 1903 and I27,o6o
bushels in 1902. From uly to date the
exports Of corn are 78,o6oo3I bushels.
against 5I,537,oor bushels in 1904 67,oo5,-
go bushels in 1903 and 24o56,o43 BUSH
els in 1902"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12

There never was time when the
outpouring of Gods power upon the
church meant so much as it means
now. Society is so vitality organized,
so dynamicaly charged. that its move
ments are quick, nervous and capable
of explosion at any moment. Labor
is closely organized capital is COM
bined, ana the fabric of society is fair
ly woven together with live wires.
The world needs moral reserve. moral
poisc, conservative power, great in
ward strength. that is, Christian char
acter. One may search in vain for
outward or temporal power in Jesus
Christ. His strength was inward and
personal. the strength of goodness. 1t
is old and perhaps trite to say that the
gospel is The power, the inward power,
OF salvation to every one, every com
munity, every nation, unto salvation.
Bishop Westcott has well said: The
relief to our troubles will come through
the gospel which covers all life, claims
all life and hallows all life"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12

Marcus Dods. in drawing lesson
from the mirror. says:
What happens when person is
looking into Il shop window where
there is Il mirror, ana some one comes
up behind someone he knows? He
does not look any longer at the i'm
age; he turns to look mt the person
whose image is reflected. or. il lie
sees reflected on the. mirror something
very striking, hr does not content him
self with looking at the image, he
turns and looks at the thing itself
So it is always with the persons that
you have to do with. II you become a
mirror to Christ your friends will de-
tcct it in very few days; they will
see appearing in You, the mirror. an
image which they know has not been
originated in you. and they will tTn
TO look straight at the Person that
you are rchccting.
Now we often in the Christian life
deal with ourselves as If we were
painters and sculptors. not as if we
were mirrors; we hammer and chisel
away at ourselves 20 bring out some
resemblance to Christ in some partlcu-
lars thinking that we can do il piece
meal We might as well try to feed up
our body pieccmcal; we might aS well
try TO make our eye bright without
giving our cheek color and our hands
strength. The body is whole. ana
we must feed the whole Gnd nOursh
the whole if any one part of il is 10
be whole. and you can only deal with
your character as a WHOLE
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12
CHRISTIAN ENOEAVOR NOTES
SUNDAY, JULY 10
rhe Message Of the Flowers. Matt. 6:
o8.34: JAS 1: Oil

eo-STt Sros - 80 -
After centuries of study, man is as
far as ever from the power to make
the humblest weed, and SHAH he ex-
pect to comprehend and measure
God?
God does all for the lily that can
be done for a lily, but He can do
as much more for man as man is
more than the lily.
Everything grows worn and faded
with age except the soul. and that
grows ever more lovely. This Is one
token of immortality.
Why has God made the beautiful
things of earth so perishable? Be-
cause He would turn our thoughts to
the more beautiful things Of heaven.
Suggestions.
It is a fower.like soul that loves
the flowers. Whatsoever things are
lovely, think on these things
How much more beautiful in our
eyes are the flowers we have tended.
the Christian graces we have had to
cultivated
1.-THE heavens declare the glory Of
God" and the ground beneath our
feet declares His beauty; and the
Bible is the key to both these revela.
tions of God.
The flower is as lovely to-day,
though 1t must perish tomorrow; but
soul is not. for it is not made to
perish tomorrow.
Illustrations.
How great is the difference be.
tween the garden of a beginner and
the garden of a skilled gardener! We
may all have for ourselves the ex.
perience of the great gardener of the
universe.
Flowers are kept longest in water
II the ends of their stems are clipped
every day. So to freshen our lives
there Is nothing like daily, new con-
tact with the Water of Life.
If gardener would have large and
fine blossoms. he prunes the plants.
That is the purpose of whatever diff
ficult pruning God gives His crea-
lures.
Quotations.
Sweet flowers are slow, but weeds
make e.-Shakespeare.
There is not the least flower but
seems to hold up its head and to
look pleasantly in the secret sense of
the goodness of its heavenly Maker.
South.
The plants look up to heaven. from
whence they have their nourishment
Shakespeare.
Foster the beautiful and every
hour thou callest new flowers to
birth.-Schiller
Every member of the society should
have some share in the work of the
flower committee. Then it would be
easier for the committee and hap
pier for the society.
Every member may be made re-
sponsible for at least one Sunday in
the year to adorn the church with
flowers, getting what help he can
and aided, of course, by the commit
tee.
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MUCH IN LITTLE.

Spain in 1908 produced 2,s87,65o tons
81 coal and coke and imported a,oS5,4so
IONS OF such fuel.
The Middlesex Hospital, in London.
has a plant producing three tons OF ice
in "a hours, at cost OF 81 ton, against
$40 ton when purchased.
Many animals are enabled closely TO
initiate leaves or shrubs to escape detec-
lion by enemies, but plants in turn are
able 10 resemble stones for the same
end.
A six-year-old girl, the daughter OF a
stage manager, failed to obtain admis-
sion to a Munich girls school because
her fathers profession is considered i'm
moral"
Montagu Holbein viii make another
effort to swim the English Channel this
year. Burgess, the French champion,
who did SO well last year, is also TO make
another attempt
The Wilmington (Dcl,) Board Of Po-
lice Commissioners is Considering the
advisablity Of furnishing with motor
cycles those officers who are detailed ior
duty in the automobiling districts Of ihe
city.
Natives Of Dcvonshire, England "A
past centuries. used 10 say thar Cornish
men all had tails, asserting that 4 wa
sign OF divine disapPfosal ot lle'f M
fancy IN cutting OIL The lail o. xnom@>
Beckets horst- <. s 81 .
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The Reason WHY.

The Hon. Andrew ID. White in HIS
autobiography, after expressing disap-
proval of certain methods of the recent
temperance movement, adds my ad-
vice to all men is to drink nothing but
water. That is certainly the wisest
way for nine men out of ten-and prob
ably for all ten. Indeed, one reason
why the great body of our people ac-
complish SO much more in given time
than those % any other country. and
why the average American working
man catches on and gifts thar more
certainly and quickly than man Of
the same sort in any other country
land careful comparison between va
rious other countries and our own has
shown that this Is the case), is that
much larger proportion of our people
do not stupefy themselves with stimu-
lantS"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12
parIslans MunohIns Raw Cabbage,

Who would have supposed that
fashionable Paris. which has such es-
teen for the niceties OF the cuisine
that 1t will argue warmly about an
extra pinch of salt in soup. should
come to munching raw cab
bage? Yet that vegetable is served
now on the tables Of the elect. and
the besG Paris restaurants recon-
mend 1t as one of the seasons deli
cacies. True. this cabbage is i'm
ported from China, but ii is much the
same thing as the common variety.
It was introduced In England a short
time ago, and folk Of fashion there
say they like 1t.
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~U,ko@S
@TNd1y
Rr0AkfASf
XIuobIc
SAY SOMETHING GOOD.

When over the fair frame of friend OF foe
The shadow of disgrace shall fall instead
OF words of blame OF proof of thus and so
Let something good be said.
Forget not that no fellow being yet
May fall so low but love may lift his
head;
Even the cheek of shame with tears is wet
Ii something good be said.
No generous heart may vainly turn aside
:, In ways of sympathy; no soul SO dead
But may awaken strong and glorihed
Ii something good be said.
And so charge We. by the thorny crown,
And by the cross on which the Saviour
bled,
And by your own souls hope Of fair re-
nown.
Let something good be said!
james Whtcomb Riley.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12

The giyer Is the gauge OF the GIT
There's world OF difference between
working for Christ and working the
church.
The sins of the heart are the heart OF
all sin.
The man who does not fear failure
seldom has TO face 1t.
Never Is happiness more clear than
when founded on clean-heartedness,
You can afford to despise the Bible
whom YOU have grown beyond its level.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12
Export trade is good and railway
earnings are large; building is active.
"chostp Was a Rat.

Ghostly thumps and squeaks of as-
ony awakened the family OF ]. e. Al
len in their home at Vineland, ~ j..
late one recent night 1t sounded as
though the house was fun of unhappy
spooks. Mr. Allen found that a hungry
rat, seeking meal from some clans
In the cellar, had been caught by one
foot by one Of the clans, and was try
ing to be rid of the trap, II was
klllnd
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WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore.-FLOUR-Steady and un-
changed; receipts, $500 barrels; exports,
ss1 barrels
WHEAT = Firm; July, S55l@8514;
August, 84@S4H; September 84MGSs;
receipts, 6o4 bushels; Southern by sam
pie, 75@I.o2; Southern on grade, o20
I.o2
CORN--Dull; spot, 5oM@6o; July,
5oSSq5ozs; steamer mixed, 55I4@5sH;
receipts, 24,654 bushels; exports. SO bush
els; Southern white corn, 5Sd6r; South
ern yellow corn, 5Sd62H.
OATS-Firmer; No. ? white, 3o1zd1
3oM No. 2 mixed, 34HN34M; receipts.
5,I6o bushels; exports, % bushels.
RYE-Dull uptown No. 2 West
ern, So.
HAY-Dull and unchanged.
BUTTER-Firm; fancy imitation, Il
OBS; fancy creamery, 81; fancy ladle,
IoGI7; store-packed, I4@I5.
EGGS-Firm and unchanged; 10.
CHEESE-Firm and unchanged; large,
IoA medium, 1917; small, IoN.
SUGAR-Strong; coarse granulated,
$40; fine, $40.
New York-WHEAT-Firm; No. 2
red, I.o4, in store elevator; No. red.
I.o5A; nominal, f. o. b. ahoat; No.
Northern, Duluth, IIon, {. o. b. afoat
No. I hard, Manitoba, Liz, {. o. b.
ahoat A further scarce of July wheat
shorts today advance the option over a
cent. 1t was based on poor thrashing re-
turns, bullish winter wheat news and
| light Chicago stocks Later the market
weakened under realizing, and closed
only 1sc to }sc net higher. Options:
July, o3M@o5 3-I6, closed o4H.
CORN-Receipts, ooo75 bushels; ex-
ports, 76,34S bushels; sales, 10000 bush
els futures. Spot irregular and 6IN;
new, 81, elevator, f. o. b. afoat; No. z
yellow, 62H No. white, o2. Options
opened easier on good weather news
rallied with wheat, but was finally de-
pressed again by unloading.
OATS-Receipts, $1,000 bushels; ex-
port $4,000 bushels. Spot firm; mixed
oats, 26C632 pounds, 35H636; natural
white, 3oG32 pounds, 3603S; clipped
white, 36042 pounds, 3704oH.
POULTRY-Alve, quiet; Western
spring chickens, 22 fowls, I3; turkeys,
I3. Dressed, firm; Western broilers, 20
62s: fowls, 121s; turkeys, 1907.
COTT ON SEED OII.-lrregular ;
prime crude, 22H nominal; yellow, asa
a8H.
ROSIN-Steady; strained common to
good 365637o.
TURPE NTINE-Steady; 63l@64
asked.
SUGAR-Raw, firm Fair refining,
35s63 II-16; centrifugal, 90 test, 5-Io
molassas sugar, 3H@3 7-I6; refined
steady.
POTATOES-Firm; Southern rose
IooC0I.5o; Southern seconds, 75@I.ooi
| Jersey sweets, I.oo(d2.25.
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Live Stock

New York-Dressed beef slow at "a
oc. Exports, 4o3 cattle.
CALVES-Good veal sold at o.5o;
buttermilks, nominal. Dressed calves.
weak; city dressed veals, 8GIoH; coun-
try dressed calves lower, except for
strictly good and prime, which are in
light supply; whole range. 4@oc.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Sheep. full
steady; lambs, 35c to soc higher. Sheep,
32s6475; lambs, 7.soGS.25.
HOGS-Feeling weak; no sales re-
ported
Chicago-CATTLE - Market strong.
Good to prime steers, s.25G6oo; poor
to medium, 4ooGs.oo; stockers and
feeders, 96o64 so; cows, 2.5ocQ4- 4-oc.
heifers. Z. 2.5ot0s 500; Gamers, I.4oG2. so; ;
bulls. 2.25G4oo; calves, 3.ooCdo.so.
HOGS-Market SC higher; mixed and
butchers 5.I5@5.35; good to choice.
heavy, s.2o95.35; rough, heavy, 46o@
$40; light. s.I5@5,32H; bulk Of sales.
s.a5@5.32H.
SHEEP = Sheep, steady; lambs
strong; good to choice wethers shorn,
isot6s 90; fair to choice pixed, shorn,
,.soG44o; native lambs, shorn. 4.so4
$ 90
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12

Look up and be glad! Our Father
knows all about 1t, and He has prom
ised help for to-day and all the days,
and His promise never fails. He is
leading us in the right way; and il
we but hold fast to His dear hand. no
harm can come to us. Soon the dark
ness will be over. and Just beyond we
shall see the beautiful sunshine, aud
brightness and glory shall be ours
fcrevermorc.- A. NJ.
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HEY who heed Him
He will hear.
Giving is the Sc
cret OF growing.
Longer the face
the less the faith.
The Beatitudes
are all be-at-it-udes.
Little nips make
the devils grips.
Love lifts the linz
its from the life.
Character must
surmount custom.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-07-12
RAMS HORN BLASTS

HEY who heed Hin
The Monte Vista journal., 1905-04-29
~efefs-lF-'s-'e
: WORK FOR HEALTH !
: Exercise Absolutely Necessary to Keep the
Body in Proper Physical Condition
Observation-Disclosures

three -1s45-lS9s-during which
time 46,525 Geaths passed under re.
view. They. of course, tell nothing OF
individual cases, but OF the average
or typical cases they reveal much.
Skilful physicians are connected
with the large life insurance Offices,
TO examine into the physical condition
OF applicants for Insurance, and to
make careful Investigation of the
causes Of death in cases Of policy hold.
ers.
The records OF the company in quos.
ton show that the chances are about
six to four that consumption will car
ry off its victims before the age of
forty-fve. Fifty-nine per cent of suf.
ferers from this disease die before
they reach this age. Above sixty. the
per cent of cases is only twelve.
In general diseases. such as small
pox, diphtheria. measles, etc, the
chances do not differ widely. Thirty
per cent of the deaths from these dis
eases occur under the age of forty
FIVE; &c per cent, between forty-fve
and sixty; "a per cent, above sixty.
Apoplexy, softening of the brain and
paralysis chiefly afllict elderly people.
So per cent of the deaths from these
causes occurring above sixty. and only
~ per cent below forty.iiye.
The probabilities are that sufferers
from other nervous diseases will not
reach the age OF sixty only 81 PER
cent of deaths from these causes oc.
curing after that age.
Heart disease afIiicts principally
the elderly and middle aged, only IL
per cent OF deaths from this cause
occurring before iorty.fyc years of
age.
Although pneumonia has been called
the old mans disease" the chances
are sixty-four to thirty-six against one
dying of this disease after the age OF
sixty. Twenty-nlne per cent of the
deaths from pneumonia occur under
forty.five. 80 per cent between forty
1--WE and sixty. and but SO per cent
above sixty. Other respiratory dis.
eases. such as bronchitis, rlcurlsy.
etc. grant little longer lease OF
life.
arrangements OF the digestive sys.
TEN DO not CLEAN from the aged n
very large number Of victims. the
chances being mere than two to one
against those so afflicted reaching the
age OF sixty. Thirty per cent OF the
deaths from this class OF diseases &C.
cur under the age of forty-fve: IS
per cent, between iogty-ave and six.
~: 30 per cent. above sixty.
Victims OF Brisht's disease have n
fair chance of reaching sixty. only
l5 in loo dying of this disease before
for,y-Gyc.
Complaints classified as "gen!to-
urinary" are old-age diseases. ~ per
cent OF the deaths from such cases &C.
curing at ages above sixty.
Fifty per cent of the deaths from
violent causes occur under for'y-aye.
Fully Ss per cent OF the typhoid fe'
yer deaths occur under forty.hve. and
only ? per cent at ages higher than
sixty.
The Monte Vista journal., 1905-04-29
EVERY ONE ASKS HIM
HOW he GOT RID OF HIS OBSTINATE
\ MUSCULAR RHEUkATIHk.
Mr.. Jones Tells Of tho Way ny which He
Treated Himself successfully
When r0ctOra Failed.


Six physicians. all Of them good. one OF
them specialist, had done their best
for Mr.. Jones at different times during
three years, aud still no suffered fear
fully from the tortures Of rheumatism.
The rheumatism that Ind been dor
mant in his system was suddenly
brought to an acute stage by exposure
while lie was drawing ice in February,
1901. From that time OH for n period
Of more than three years he was a con-
slant sufferer. He tried many kinds Of
treatment, but the rheumatism wouldn't
bulge. When regular doctors failed,
and one remedy after another proved
useless, many said: II should think he
would give it up and save his money"
, OF his condition at this time, Mr..
Jones says: my rheumatism started
In my right thigh, but in time it APP
peared i'll every muscle of my body. I
lost the use Of my left arm en-
tirely and nearly lost the use OF my
right one. My feet were badly affected.
especially the bottoms Of the heels.
When my right side was affected there
was swelling, but the left side didn't
swell when the disease settled there.
The internal organs didn't seem TO b
involved ut all. The trouble wa7 all in
the muscles aud tho nerves."
Among the few who still encouraged
Mr.. Jones to think that cure might
yet be found was friend who had rea.
SON for great confidence in DIR. Viii.
liams' Pink Pills. aud netting OH her
advice he bought box Of them in Sep
TENDER. 1904. The story OF wlint fol-
lowed is brief. but nothing could DO
more satisfactory.
When was on tho third box" says
Mr.. Jones. II could realize change for
the better. felt sure then that DIR.
Williams Pink Pills were the right
medicine for my case. kept OH with
them for several weeks longer and now
am entirely well. aud everybody is
asking what took"
Mr.. William Jones lives at Oxford.
Mich. Dr.. Williams Pink Pills effect
wonderful cures in rheumatism. because
they work directly Oh tho blood which is
the seat Of the disease. They are sold
BY every druggist.