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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-15

He-They tell mo you're great at
guessing conundrums.
She-Well. rather good
He-Here's one for you: II were to
ask you to marry me. what would you
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The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-15

Music isn't necessarily fragmentary
because it comes in pieces.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-15

The romance of a spinster Is apt to
be one sided.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-15

Use Aliens FOOt.Ease
Curestir aching. sweating feet. &c. Trial package
free. A. >. Olmsted, Lie Roy, NY.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-15

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gurus, reduces d
nammstiOn sllays pain, wind collie sc bottle
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1908-07-15

The prettiest flowers are not neces-
sarily the most fragrant.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27

Of Christian love in all its business.
Christ is leader In the great intel
lectual and moral awakenings OF our
times. He has led us to this mount
of awakening and we, like the favored
apostles, when We are fully awake
will see the glory OF Jesus Christ. q
Christ is the most powerful force
in human life for the awakening of
the intellect in search for truth, or
the quickening of the conscience to
repentance and faith. and for swing
Ing the soul with all its awakened and
aroused powers into service for men,
even to the point OF free and glad self
sacrifice.
AS men follow Christ, He has re-
habilitated their faith in the spiritual,
and broken the illusive spell cast over
them by the material, the false and
superstitious views of God lose their
nold on their minds and fade away be-
fore the sun-like doctrine of the d.
vine Fatherhood, The selfishness OF
mems hearts is softened into brother
ly good will and the old religions cast
aside their crudlties and sink them
selves in the more effulgent light of
Christianity, the basis for the final
and ultimate faith Of mankind. Who
shall say what greater glories await
to surprise the more fully awakened
powers of mans soull When we are
fully awake we shall behold His
glory
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
pIscoverers of orportnnitr.

lt is a popularity of human nature
that we do not readily respond to op-
portunities for doing good unless we
discover them i'm ourselves. There is
something in the self-discovery of op-
portunity that carries with It both in
spiration and the sense of response
bility. Tell one that the chance con-
fronts him of doing this or that, show
him the human need, and show him
also the way to supply it, and he will
thank you-but how seldom he will
follow your well-meant but more or
less ofIicious advice
On the other hand, let one discover
for himself the thing that ought to be
done, and most likely he will go and
do it. The very discovery of human
need is an incentive to human help
fulness. One Is ripe for the JOY and
inspiration of service that begins with
his own initiative.
Is not this one of Gods wise pro-
visions for keeping us alive to the
constant presence of opportunities?
He gives us great JOY in the personal
discovery OF them, and the personal
response to them, whereas an oppor-
tunity discovered and pointed out by
another is a kind of lifeless and re-
mote thing, that we respond to, IL we
respond at ALL perfunctorily and with
out enthusiasm At such times we
feel as If we had been cheated out
of the best part OF the Joy of doing
good-the doing it upon our own in
itiatiye, with the glad heart that is
alert to opportunity's call. Wisely
has it been said that "the value of an
opportunity largely consists in having
seen it for ones self. The Watch
man
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Journnlism,s Bronidioms-

(Being few of the questions every
newspaper man Is asked every day.
1T must be terribly hard to get
up something new and interesting
every single day, isn't it?"
Can You get in free at all the
theatres?"
But most newspaper men are ter.
ribly dissipated, aren't they?"
About what is the Stars circu.
lation?"
do you know Mr.. Blank? He's
in the Chimes advertising depart.
ment."
What are your ambitions-a play.
a novel or what?"
Do they blue-pencil much of your
articles?" Everything, to the Bro.
mide, that appears in a newspaper-
paragraph. story, verse. obituary
is an "article."D
Does So-and-so (the cartoonist)
furnish his own ideas?"
We'll, there are lots and lots of
people that just look for Ella Wheel.
er Wilcox's things every day. They
must be popular"
Was Evelyn Thaw really SO
pretty?"
Why did your dramatic critic
roast that show? ! thought It was
quite good"
Why don't you get into magazine
work? The magazines print some
terrible stuff"
You don't write the headlines to
your own articles. do your"
Who writes all those funny
stories? He's awfully clever"
1t gets you acquainted with lots
OF actresses. doesn't it2"
That's all buy that paper for"
80 on ad lib, ad naus. and ad infin.-
Franklin p. Adams, Puck.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
The Happiest Man on Earth.

Johann Schmid, who lives In cot.
'age in the village of Suhr. in the
canton of Argovie, Switzerland, has
had painted across the front of his
iwelling in large letters the sentence:
Here lives the happiest man on
earth"
Schmid. who is flfty-flve years of
age, said to IN interviewer: Il defy
Fou to find a happier man than my
self. have never worked, never
married, never been I'll and have
never been anxious for the future.
eat well, drink well and sleep well.
What more would you have?"
When in his teens Schmid was left
by his father an income of about a1
a week and small piece OF land. He
built his cottage on the land. and has
occupied 1t ever since.--London Ex.
press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Wall of a Rum Seller.

''The Prohibitionists have captured
large part of the country. and they
will soon vote us out of the rest, II
we do not make some very decided
changes in the goods we sell and the
way we buy them" is the startling
wall of confidential letter to the
trade" dated April Is, 1907, and
Just sent out to their members by the
st. Louis Wholesale Liquor Associa-
ton. eve have unwittingly sold
this accursed poison to the youth and
the flower of our manhood, many OF
whom have been crazed. have lost
their manhood, their honor and their
all, because they drank It, Their
mothers, their sisters, their fathers,
their brothers and their parents are
driving us retailers out of business.
The only salvation left for the liquor
business lies In firm resolve on the
part of all retailers to be sure that
they sell nothing but the purest and
best goods that can be had for their
money"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30.
Crosses Or the Cross-(Matt. 16. 21-
20; Luke IA. 25-35.)

Our theme introduces us to the pro
foundest subject of Christian teach
ing. The cross is the heart OF Chris
tianity. Take it out and you have
taken out that which throbs and burns
sacrifices, it exalts his sufferings be-
fore the world, it's victory finishes"
the atoning work of the Son of God.
You cannot separate Christ from his
cross without devitallzing all his
work He makes it stand out as the
divine challenge to all who would
serve the highest interests of their
fellow-men. Men who look below the
cross for their ideals of service will,
therefore, fail All who would do
Christian work must needs be ac.
quainted with Calvary, must be will.
ing to give themselves Qiterally) to
the work.
The cross of Christ has been the
greatest power to move mems hearts.
The crucifixion has transfixed the
worlds thought. Christ and him
crucified" has been the preaching that
has saved. Bishop Warne tells how
the recent great revival in India has
been characterized by this appeal.
He says that after a sermon upon the
sufferings of Jesus whole congrega
tions will remain seated in perfect 81.
lence for an hour, contemplating the
spectacle of the cross" The con.
verts will break down and sob. when,
in their testimony. they come to the
recital of the crucifixfon.
Nothing moves the hearts Of men
like the story of the cross.
The cross we are to bear is "the fel-
lowship of his suffering" We can
not bear Christ's cross, but we can
bear our own sacrifices and pay our
part of the cost by performing our
service. whatever he may require, In
the spirit with which he went TO Cal
vary. II means that our lives must
be lived in the light OF that sacrifice,
that we must permit it TO interpret our
problems, allow It to set the pace for
our activity. Only thus can We follow
him, who said Follow me-" How
the Epworth League needs this
visionl II It would only begin to live
more faithfully toward Calvary"
what could 1t not accomplish?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
One Sure Thing.

One thing is sure, my friends: II
God is going to forgive us our sins.
we have got to repent of our sins and
turn from them. "Let the wicked
forsake his ways" Not only must we
forsake our sins, but we must bring
forth fruits meet for repentance. /
don't know who the young man was
who went to his employer the other
morning and said: There's the
money | took from you some years
ago. but that was bringing forth
fruits meet for repentance. We have
not only got to forsake our sins, but
II we have injured any one, If we have
slandered him and caused him to
suffer, we must make restitution as
far as we can And when we bring
forth such fruits, men will have conf
dence in our Christianity. | have
heard of a man who had four of his
neighbors sheep stray in among his
own, and he took the marks off them
and kept them. When he was con-
verted, these four sheep troubled him.
Don't think that you are going to
have peace with God If you've got
four sheep that belong to somebody
else, or have put somebody else's
money into your pocket-Moody.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Why II Paws to Conoucr Sin.

1t is better to conquer temptation
than to be freed from it. Therefore
God does not. at once, take us out of
the world and beyond the reach of
temptation; He does better than that
when He keeps us here and offers
us His omnipotenee for the defeat Of
our enemy. A victorious, sin-beset
man has more TO be grateful for than
an undisturbed angel For every vic.
tory over sin brings two notable re.
suits. 1t increases our own power
against temptation, and it lessons the
effectiveness of that temptation in its
next onset. So God actually helps us
to get freed from temptation every
time we use His strength to defeat
temptation. 1t may not always ap.
pear so, for temptation dies hard; but
it is so, and we can prove it if we
will fight on in undiscouraged as.
surance that 1t is a one-sided conflict
after all, and God and we are on that
side.-Sunday-School Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Poor Judges Of Fruit.

"It is curious" remarked The
grocer on the corner. "that there Is
no fruit in the world which people
are such poor judges OF as canta.
ioupes, and what Is more curious Is
that they do their best to spoil them
after they buy them, The first thing
woman does with cantaloupe is to
stick Il into the Ice box. Now. canta-
ioupes, like most Of our fruit. are
picked tri1e green. aud when they
come from tho grocer's they should
be put out In tho sun for whole day,
turning them over every few hours,
and then putting them into the ice
box at night. New York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Reason and VIII Power.

When the second phalanx OF the
thumb is much longer than the nail
phalanx, there is a discordant rela-
ton between reason and win.
Reason preponderates to such an
extent that the entire life is spent In
planning to do, without ever doing.
A person Of this kind sees clearly
what is best for him. but lacks deter
mination TO put II into execution.
He sees. The goal and the steps nee.
essary for attaining II; but In the
same glance he takes In all the obsta-
eles. and while he is pondering the
matter the opportunity TO win success
Sscapes.-Neu York Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Teaching Nuggets.

They who fear the Lord do not need
to fear.
A crooked life cahnot lead on the
straight way.
A good life is no small contribution
to any mans logic.
To be true to the best is the best
we can do for truth
The welfare of any people is de-
termined by their worship.
All His love in the past calls for
our loyalty in the present.
Present conservation ia the best
corrective of past crookedness.
Much moral astigmatism is due to
pressure on the money nerve.
Many an i'll OF the heart would be
cured II the hands were kept clean.
There is nothing that will help you
to lead others more than being able
to look back over a right life your
self.-Henry h. Cope, In Sunday
School Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27

For a long time inventors and
manufacturers have been endeavor-
ing to utilize paper for the manu-
facture Of garments. Now a Saxony
concern has apparently achieved a
considerable success in this endeavor.
Almost every one Is aware of the
increase of warmth possible by simp-
ly buttoning a newspaper inside OF
the coat, and paper vests have had
a considerable sale. The objection to
paper In its natural state. however,
is that 1t is said that it rustles and
that 1t cannot. OF course. be washed.
The Saxon Arm has devised a
method Of spinning narrow strips OF
cotton and paper into a fabric, and
paper and wood are also combined,
either making serviceable suits, Jack
cts and shirts. xylolin, as the new
fabric is called, 10 eream-colored, may
be washed repeatedly without injury
and is being sold at very low price.
A sufficient quantity of the goods to
make a suit may be had for from two
to three dollars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORM0TEs
AUGUST rHlRTlETH.
Foreign Missions: Cyrus Hamiin, and
Missions In Turkey Cor.
O. fqcq

Foreign Missions: Cyrus HamIin, and
Missions In Turkey Cor.
9; 1923.
Declaring Gods glory Ps. 96:
$40.
Building waste places. lisa So: 49,
Watchmen on Zion. lisa. 62: 6-12
Be strong. Hag 2: Al.
Converting one. Jas. 5: 10, 90
The Spirit and the church Rev
%: 16, II.
1t is woe not to ministers only II
they preach not the gospel, but to all
that have received the gospel for all
can pass 1t on.
No cause in all the world gets so
much unpaid service as the church;
that Is her glory, and the proof OF her
divine authority.
The one word OF Christian activity
Is service, as the one word Of Chris
tian feeling is faith.
The one word of Christian activity
is service, as the one word Of Chris.
tian feeling faith.
Christianity adapts itself to all
men, and the more Christian we are,
the more we can adapt ourselves to
all men.
Cyrus iamlln.
Cyrus Hamlin, one of the ablest and
best beloved of modern missionaries.
was born near Waterford, Me-. Jan.
uary 5, 1911.
His father died when Cyrus was an
infant, and his mother was very poor
While the boy was learning to be a
jeweler, he discovered a liking for
books, and decided to go through col
lege and become a minister.
With wonderful energy and re.
sourcefulness, he carried out this pur.
pose without any money except what
he earned, graduating from Bowdoin
College and Bangor Theological Sem.
lnary.
In December, 1888, he sailed for
Turkey as a missionary. Constantin-
ople was the scene Of his labors till
his return in 1873.
He promptly learned Armenion,
Turkish, and modern Greek, and was
set at the task of forming and con.
ducting a theological seminary for the
training Of native preachers and
teachers. This task he accomplished
in spite of almost insurmountable obs
tacles put in his way by native higo.
try and tolerance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Like Judas Iscariot.

A certain good priest was once
riding in a street car in New York,
and in passing very handsome and
ornate church, fellow-passenger
turned to him and said:
IF these Christians would stop
building fine churches and give the
money to the poor, 1t would be much
more to their credit"
1--WE heard a similar remark be-
fore" was the quiet rejoinder.
Indeed! and by whom, may
ask?"
Judas Iscariotl" was the crush
ing answer.--Expositor
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Prayer is the WINDOW Of Heaven.

Prayer, continually lived in, makes
the presence of holy and loving
God the air which life breathes, and
by which 1t lives, so that, as 1t min
giles consciously with the work of the
day. 1t becomes also a part of every
dream. To us, then. 1t will be no
strange thing to enter heaven, for
we have been living in the things
OF heaven.-Stopford A. Brooke,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Unsupported Idea.

The belief of the drunkard that he
has an hereditary devil whom he can
not resist is, we believe, invariably
unsupported by the facts. A man
may inherit an unstable nervous Or
ganization. but whether he shall take
to drink, or opium, or stealing, or
some other form of vicious indul-
gence will depend more upon him
self than upon his ancestors
Christian Register.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27

Experiments conducted by dock
officials in London prove that rat
consumes daily q half penny's worth
Of food. One OF the officials who has
been superintending the operations
of the docks says that from the re-
ports he has received from various
towns and villages he estimates that
the rats In England number at least
10000. 900. eat half penny a day
the rats daily food bill. therefore.
amounts to over 100000. Yearly.
on similar estimate. some 216,-
100000.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Temperance Notes.

Missouri claims the honor OF hav-
ing larger number of judges of pro-
nounced temperance views than any
other State.
Great harrington, Mass, voted no.
license, the first time In fourteen
years. The vote was the largest in
the history of the town.
We find drunkenness chiefly in the
hopeless classes, the class hopelessly
poor and overworked at the bottom,
and the class hopelessly rich and idle
at the top.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Civic Virtue.

The happiness of the republic de-
pends on the virtue of its citizens.
Political health is as important as
physical health. Religion is the
guiding star of nations as well as of
individuals. 1t alone can safeguard
liberty. Rev. T. ]. Conaty, Wor-
cester Mass
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
HOW THEY GET THEM.

II notice lots of people are collect
ing silver spoons" said the traveller.
who was rather new at it. "Is that
new craze?"
"No." replied the hotel clerk;
same old thing-kleptomania. -
Philadelphia Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
A DISCOURAGED FATHER.

Sometimes l get discouraged
about Willie"
What's the matter now?"
Pa-"Here he is. eleven years old,
and he can't throw on outcurge YET"
Newark News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
IT OUGHT TO WORK.

I'VE have a Progressive Cook Club.
When a cook wants to leave. we pass
her along TO the next member"
And in time you get her back?"
Yes; but our membership is large
and cook soon forgets. "-Pittsburg
Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27

I A noted Belgian bacteriologist. DR..
Leon Bertrand. claims that he has
discovered much more powerful
serum az q cure for pneumonia than
that now in use. It Is bactericidal.
not an antitoxic agent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
The Precedent.

When Adam was fired out of para
disc he simply went, but when Satan
got his walking papers he at once set
up a claim that the expulsion act was
unconstitutional. Barrels and Bot
ties.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
pIFFERENT PROM COMIC OPERA,

II was disappointed in my visit
aboard ship. We asked the naval
lieutenant to sing
"And he wouldn't?s
why. he couldn't. Wasn't even
tenor!1
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
BROKEN WORDS AND CHINA.

q Mrs Neighbors--"Are you able to
understand your new cooks broken
Englishf"
Mrs. Homer---sOh. yes; but l can't
understand why she breaks so much
china. Chicago News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-27
Evidence Of Loyalty.

Your loyalty to God is seen In your
love for men.-Home Herald.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-17

The program for the Peoples Sun
day Alliance for Sunday, October 18th,
follows: Recitation by Miss Elsie Won
Dickerson; address, Economics" by
Candidate Captain Thomas Campbell;
sion of paper. Any person having
friend or knowing of a stranger who
would like to appear before the ALI
ance, kindly notify the members of
the Board of Directors.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-17
PUEBLO PEBBLES.


BENZ. Sheldon, who has been
quite sick is able to be out again.
Attorney w. b. Townsend at
tended the Republican rally at
Denver last Saturday night.
Lee Rome of st. Joe, Mo-, is a
recent arrival in the city for an
indefinate stay.
Mrs. Mary O'Stein of Denver is
in the city, the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. p. Person, of ia West C
street.
The many friends of Miss Josie
Mosiey, better known as Mother"
will be glad to learn that she is con-
valessing from short illness.
The Zanda Glee Club, composed
OF ladies of st. John Church, enter
tanned large crowd with a unique
program at Sixth street hall, last
Thursday night.
Miss Mary F. Holmes returned
last Friday from a short visit to
her parents in Denver. She reports
a very delightful time with her
many friends in the Queen City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Small of
Las Animas, Colo, spent Sunday
in Pueblo, the guest of Miss Josie
Mosley of 306 Victoria Ave. Mr..
and Mrs. Small are two of Las An
imas most enterprising and high
ly esteemed citizens and their
friends are numbered by the score.
Among those who registered at
the Porters' and Walters Dining
Room this week were: j. Punnell,
Il. W. Key, Geo. Smith, DR.. Geo.
Milber, II. G.. Martin, b. w. Tyler,
j. Bingham, VIM. Chambers, Geo.
McGrom, j. S. Nancy, Eugene
Smith, Chicago; L. G. McRae, Ed
Pryor, NJ. G. Pettis, d. P. Ross, B.
NJ. Jackson, st. Louis f. NJ. Banks,
Atlana, Ga; w. B. Woods, Salt
Lake; j. 7. Clark, Louis Losley,
Kansas City Sim Gray, J. w. Prill
E. D. Simmon, Denver; Geo. w.
Gross, Rocky Ford, Colo.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-10-17
ROSS is NOT A DEMOCRAT.
To The Colorado Statesman:

L
Permit me to correct an erroneous
caused by the publication
of my name in Tuesdays News as
Democrat and a member of the DEM
ocratic Club. l am not a Democrat
and while l am member of the Bryan
Distribution Bureau yet 1 am there as
to the election of Bryan as the best
method to repudiate Taft is concurrent
with that of the Clubs.
l expect to vote for Campbell, Willis
Elliott and Nisbet, and am in favor of
Mr.. Hamlins election to the United
States Senate and then do some inde-
pendent thinking as to the rest; there
fort the article reporting me to be
what l am not, is not only false but
wrong to ME and the cause for which
am fighting. | am not apologizing
for my stand. because l believe our
race should resent insults; yet 1 want
my position plainly and distinctly I'M
derstood by ALL
Thanking you in advance for your
valuable space, l am, respectfully,
GEORGE G. ROSS.