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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-12
A Eunitiue Rit.

"Lend me pencil" said the press
humorist
Thought of something funnyi"
mo, but I've thought OF something
that will pass muster as joke
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-12
DEATH OF EDWIN CALDWELL,
A Formnr Wei, Known Citizen Of Mil
ford Township Dies at Dallas, Ore.

The old residents of Milford town
ship will we'll remember Mr.. Edwin
Caldwell who was for many years one
of its foremost citizens. He settled
in an early day. and classed with S.
l.. Gable. Mr.. King. Mr.. Robinson
and Clark Winans among the strong
and respected men. He was man
of decided convictions. firm republic
can and friend of the Review editor
j. Fred Meyers. He moved to Ore
gon in 1893 and died at Dallas. that
state. Jan. 81. From the Observer of
Dallas. kindly handed US by Mr.. N.
L. Hunt, we print the following as it
will be of interest to many:
Edwin Caldwell. one of the best
known and most highly respected citi
zens of Dallas, died at his home Fri
day night. as result of an attack
of congestion of the heart. followed
by pneumonia.
The funeral was held at the Meth
odist church. Sunday afternoon. and
in accordance with the old gentleman's
dying wish, the Rev. H. Gould. Of
Forest Grove, was summoned to Dali
las and conducted the final services
over the remains of the one to whom
he had been life long friend and adj
wiser. A large crowd attended the
funeral and followed the remains to
the Oddfellow's cemetery, mutely
testifying to the high esteem in which
the deceased was held by all who had
known him.
Edwin CALDWELL was born in Morgan
County, Illinois. April 25. 1884. and
died in Dallas. January 81. 1908. at
the age of "a years. He spent the
earlier part of his life in Illinois, and
in his young manhood moved into
, Iowa. where he resided until the time
of his coming to Oregon in 1893. He
is survived bv his wife and one adopt
ed daughter. Mrs. Willard Siefarth.
of Portland.
During the fifteen years of his resi-
dence in Dallas Mr.. CALDWELL endeared
himself to the people of this city.
both young and old. by his genuine
kind heartedness and his rigid integri-
ty. A man of stern and Puritan
character, he was possessed of gentle
and spontaneous humor that softened
and rounded the rougher outlines of
his nature. and acted like tonic OF
sunshine upon all who were near him.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-12

LIVERY STOCK FOR SALE.
l am offering my entire stock of
livery horses and carriages.
T. d. Miller.
Tiff. South M ain Street.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-12

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Thompson. of Goodrich township ten
pound daughter On Wednesday. Feb'y
18th. Congratulations
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-02-12
He Met Shorty.

He Met Shorty.
Mechanics are sometimes deceptive
things, and they are oftentimes ex-
tremely funny. was IN small town
not many miles south of Boston and,
asking for certain piece of Informal
ton. l was informed by several that
Shorty could give 1t to me. and he
seemed to be the only man who could.
Not knowing just who "Shorty" was.
made further inquiries and was told
that he could be found in the store
just across the square.
"Just ask for Shorty" was told.
"Any one will show him to you"
went over to the store as directed
and looked vainly about for some one
who might answer the name. Only
one man was present. and he was al
most seven footer. After looking
about moment started to leave.
.'Lookin' for some one stranger?" he
observed.
Yes. I'm looking for Shorty" !!
told him.
A broad grin overspread his face.
(. Guess you've got him." he MUIR
INJURED. sI'm your man" - Boston
Traveller
A Mean Trick.
I'm his home city they tell sad story
of mean trick on pawnbroker. He
was enjoying beauty sleep when a
furious knocking at the street door
brought him to the window with a
jerk.
whats the matter?" he shouted.
"Come down." demanded the knock
err.
But
"Come down"
The man of many nephews fastened
downstairs and peeped around the
door. ''Now, SIR" the pawnbroker de
| handed. Z
81 vanish know the time" said the
reveler.
do you mean to say you knocked
me up for that? How dare you?"
The midnight visitor looked injured.
"Well, you've got my watch" he said.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
The Man Who Makes Time.

They do not run trains so fast
In England because the engineers
know too much about their engines, .
said an engineer who has run an
engine in that country "In England
a man has to be a competent ma
chiist before he is allowed to run
They say that the man who knows
all about how an engine is put to.
gether, knows how delicate some OF
its parts are, knows how many dozen
and one things there are liable to
break at any minute, hasn't the nerve
TO run one OF them so or 80 miles
an hour. The best engineers are the
ones who don't know too much about
heir engine-just know enough tc
locate a pounding in a cylinder box.
Or how to unhook her on one side
is she breaks a driving rod, or some.
thing that way. That's a theory, at
any rate, and | believe it's pretty
nearly right. columbus Dispatch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
WIFE WON.
Husband Finally Convinced.

Some men are wise enough to try
generous enough TO give others the
benefit of their experience.
A very conservative" Ills man,
however, let his good wife find out
for herself what blessing Postum is
to those who are distressed IN many
ways. by drinking coffee. The wife
writes:
No slave in chains. 1t seemed to
me, was more helpless than |. coffee
captive, Yet there were innumerable
warnings-waking from a troubled
sleep with feeling of suffocation, a
times dizzy and out of breath, attack
of palpitation of the heart that fright.
ened me.
Common sense. reason. and my
better judgment told me that coffee
drinking was the trouble. AT last my
nervous system was so disarranged
that my physician ordered no more
coffee
~He knew he was right and he
knew ! knew IL, too. | capitulated.
Prior to this our family had tried
Postum but dlsliked 1t. because. as
we learned later. 1t was not made
right.
Determined this time to give
Postum fair trial, | prepared II ac-
cording to directions on the pkg
that is, boiled II Is minutes after
boiling commenced, obtaining a dark
brown liquid with a rich. snapPy
favour similar to coffee. When
cream and sugar were added It was
not only good but delicious.
Noting its beneficial effects In me
the rest of the family adopted tall
except my husband. who would not
admit that coffee hurt him. Several
weeks elapsed during which ! drank
Postum two or three times day.
when, to my surprise. my husband
said; i have decided to drink
Postum. Your improvement is so
apparent-you have such fine color
that | propose to give credit where
credit is due Aud now we are
coffee-slaves no longer"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich. Read "The Road to
Weliville. in pkgs. "There's Rea-
son"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time 20 time. They
are genuine, true, and full OF human
interest.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
New Use For Wedding Rings.

A handsome tabernacle of silver
gilt has been erected in the Chapel
Of the Blessed Sacrament in the rev
Roman Catholic Cathedral at West.
minister. For years past, in antici-
patton of this event, lady who has
lone much for the cathedral has been
collecting gold rings on which the
inner curtains might hang. She has
succeeded in persuading many of her
friends and relatives to leave at
death their wedding rings for this
service. At the present moment the
curtains of silk inside the tabernacle
are supported by about fourteen
golden rings, which she has obtained
and on each of them the name of its
donor is inscribed. London Globe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
PRICE OF MEAT FORCED UP FOR PROFIT ONLY
Beet Trust Really Reaching Out TO Control the Retail Trade Of Entire
Country Dealers DeCeHgh Price Of Corn Not Accepted as
HCuSe-AdvanCe Of From Is 10 50 Per Cent in
Meat Forces Fish Dealers to Raise Prices

New York City.--Without even the
justification that the demand has in
creased or the supply fallen short,
the advance in the price of meat by
the powerful combination now reach
ing out to control the retail trade of
the country has reached q point
where hundreds of small butchers
must be driven into bankruptcy be-
cause they are unable to sell at the
exorbitant rate forced upon them,
with the added burden of the exac-
tions of the railroads in freight rates.
In Washington Market, the most
famous mart of its kind in the coun-
try, trade has been cut almost fifty
per cent. in a year. Butchers who
needed six or seven big ice boxes last
year get along now with two or three
The stalls that handled thirty or forty
car-cases now handle from ten to
twelve. Veterans in the business like
Peter ]. Hickey suddenly find them
selves confronted with agents of the
Beef Trust as rivals in attempting to
gain hotel and steamship trade, offer
ing the product at lower price than
1t is sold to the butchers themselves.
Deaf Ear Turned TO Pleas.
PleaS and demands Tor fair play
are futile. No notice of an advance
in price is given to any retail dealer
not controlled by the Meat Trust. He
must pay up once a week or go on the
black list. and II unable to meet his
obligations on the dot he locks up his
ice box and goes out of business.
The only explanation that the trust
makes as to why the price of beef
should be increased at season when
the demand is smaller than at any
other time of the year is that the high
price OF corn has made it necessary.
1t has been asserted that in the fat
tening of what is known in the trade
as finished beef" large quantities of
corn are required as fodder. and that
when the price of corn goes up the
price of beef must advance corre-
spondingly.
It is asserted without qualification
by old-time butchers in the Washing
ton Market that there has not been a
carcass of corn-fed bullock in the
market for twenty years or more and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market Renorts.
New York. k.---Bradstreot's says:


Trade this week has taken on most
OF the characteristics of a midsum-
mer period. Retail business has been
helped by warm weather in most sec
tions and by widespread reduction
sales. Jobbing houses have received
moderate filliDg-in orders and made
the usual clearance sales. Fall buy.
ing has been and is cautious, but feel.
ing is conservatively optimistic. Such
lines as leather. staple worsted
woods, agricultural implements and
few lines of steel products are more
active, but the great industries, as
whole, are below normal activity
and summer shutdowns promise to
be more widely INDUCED in than for
some years past. Shoe shipments
since January /, from Eastern cen
ters are the smallest reported for II
years past. The railroads of the
country are making preparations
for crop moving and car repair ma
terial is being taken more freely.
Coal and lumber are quiet. but coke
is quite active. A slight decrease ip
the number idle In the building
trades Is reported. Labor is still
plentiful and cheap. Southern cot
ton yarn mills have apparently de-
cided against running any larger
quantity of machinery, pending i'm
proved demand and prices. There
is reported more doing in the ex-
port cotton goods trade and low
prices are causing a wide distribu-
tion of summer wash dress fabrics
at retail. Collections are no better
than fair at any center and slow. as
n rule.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending June 25
number 25S. which compared with
254 last week. so in the like week
of 1907, 146 in 1906, 1S6 in 1905
and 204 in 1904.
Wheat, including flour exports
from the United States and Canada
for the week ending June 25 aggre-
gate 3,129,060 bushels. against B.
419.944 last week. 3.5aS.T24 this
week last year and 3.3S2.70 in 1902.
For 80 weeks the exports arc 201.-
S64.272 bushels AGAINST 17O.77O $40
in 1906-07 and 247.93O.S97 in 1901
02. Corn eXports for the week were
6S,597 bushels. aFaine- 26.olf last
week and t,173.375 in 1907. For
SO weeks 10 date the EXPORTS are
45.27S,377 bushels, against 71,694,-
742 in 1906-07.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09

that the meat of corn-fed cattle is not
sold for general consumption, for the
reason that when the price of corn is
high the owner can make a greater
profit by selling 1t in the grain mar
ket instead of feeding 1t to stock.
There is not a retail butcher who
is able to explain why he has had to
pay more for his beef and mutton
and pork and charge his customers
more. All,he knows is that the price
is increased. The meat is ready for
his inspection and purchase. and he
can take 1t or leave it. The nearest
to an explanation of the increase has
been the price of corn. and next to
that the shortage in supply.
Increase Instead of Shortage.
The organ of the Meat Trust In
New York does not bear out the
shortage theory. In its last issue the
receipts of live stock in Chicago were
recorded as "336,1S0 head for the
week, n,increase of 60.573. Deliv-
cries of cattle were S911 in excess of
the receipts of the previous week.
and 1872 head greater than the
same week last year"
AS the demand for the choicest cuts
Of beef falls off the price of the
cheaper parts is increased by the
butcher so that he can come some
where near getting even with the
wholesaler. In the populous east
side, where half cent in the price OF
meat means much, the cut for which
there is the greatest demand is the
brisket, which is divested of its bone
before 1t is sold to the customer. One
year ago the brisket was sold at from
thirteen to fourteen cents a pound
Tais week the lowest price was twen-
ty cents. Corned beef that sold for
sixteen and fifteen cents a pound in
June, 1907, now sells for twenty
cents. Soup meat has gone up to
twelve cents pound on the east side
and fourteen and fifteen cents a
pound in Jefferson Market, an in
crease greater in proportion than for
any other meat. Last January the
price of soup meat was from ten Ia
twelve cents pound. and year ago
the highest price for the best quality
was ten cents.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
Avoid Shower Baths.

One of the reasons now given for
the causes of a mans hair falling
out so steadily in summer is the con-
slant us of a daily shower bath.
The majority of men are given
over to this practice. Even IL they
do not have a set-up shower bath over
the tub they have a tube attached
to the faucet with a shower nozzle.
This they use over the head two or
three times a day
The specialists say that this causes
the hair to deteriorate. 1t produces
falling hair and dandruff.
A shower bath should never be al
lowed to fall on the hair 1t is quite
easy to slip on an oilskin cap.-N. Y.
Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
Throttles Snake Up A Trec.

Rural Mail Carrier Seitz is the
hero of thrilling adventure with
tve-foot blacksnake. He was upon
his route on a road near Springvale,
this county, when his attention was
attracted by the frightened cries of
two catbirds in a low tree, and he
stopped to see what the trouble was.
A short climb brought him in
view of an immense blacksnake, with
its head poised close to a nest occu-
pied by several young birds.
Seitz had not time to climb down
again for a stick or a stone, but
bravely seized the snake by the neck
and its thrashing about almost caus.
ed him to fall; but he carried it to
the ground, and brought 1t home
alive. If he fails to make a pet OF il
he will have a snakeskin belt instead
Philadelphia Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
Fought Under six Elnrs.

A remarkable soldier has just died
at Budapest in the person of Gen.
stephen Turr, one of the bravest
revolutionary generals that ever liv.
ed. He commenced his military
career as a lieutenant in the Austrian
army. Then he fought for the Hun
garian revolutionary government
helped to quell German revolution
and Joined Garibaldi in his great
struggle. On the outbreak of the
Crimean War he served as a volun.
teer in Omar Pacha's army against
Russia. and finally received a commits
sion in the British transport service
1t was while buying horses for the
British army at Budapest in 1855
that the general was seized by the
Austrians as a deserter and sentenced
to death. But both the British and
the French governments made such
emphatic protests against this sen.
tence that it was commuted to ban.
ishment. Finally, the old soldier
settled down in Parls.---Tit-Bits
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
Fenin,ne Notes.

At byron. Me. Miss Agnes Thomas
recently captured thirty-pound
turtle.
Jean Reds wedding presents made
one OF the finest displays ever seen
In London.
American women in Paris have
formed circle as an adjunct to the
Lyceum Club.
Miss Lotta s. Rand, Of Lynn. Mass,
has been appointed deputy superin-
tendent for the blind in Boston, She
had been secretary of the Lynn AS
sociated Charities for more than
eleven years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
WholeaaIN Marir~a,

New York.-Wheat- Receipts. b.
900; exports, 1888. Sales. 2,2OO.-
900; spot easy; No. 2 red, S71h. ele-
vator; No 2 red, 96h {. o. b. afloat:
No. l Northern Duluth. 1.127s f.
o. b. afloat; No. hard, winter
1.01 u +. o. b. afloat.
Corn-Receipts, none; sales. 10,-
000 spot steady; No. ., rs nominal
elevator, and 761a nominal f. o. b.
afloat. Option market was weaker
on bearish crop news, and closed n C.
to nc. net lower; July, closed rs;
September; rs a 1914, closed rs.
Oats - Receipts, 67,500: spot
steady; mixed. 26@32 pounds, 54G
55; natural white, 26@31 pounds,
57h a 60; clipped white, 500 40
pounds, 59@67
Poultry---Alive easy; spring chick
ems. 20; fowls, 12 "; turkeys. 13.
Dressed irregular; Western spring
chickens, Is a %; turkeys, 12Q17.
fowls, 12h @13M.
Butter-Firm; receipts. 1851.
Creamery specials. 23 u: extras, 90;
thirds to firsts, 19@2215.
Philadelphia.--Wh S.eady con-
tract grade, June, 91@91lac.
Corn-Steady: No. for local
trade, 70 " a. soc.
Oats-Firm; No. 2 white, natural,
5Sh a @59c.
Butter - Steady and in fair de-
mand; extra Western creamery, Csc;
do, nearby prints, 26.
Eggs-Firm and in good demand;
Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts.
free cases, 1S &c, at mark: do, cur
rent receipts, in returnable cases.
II ", at mark; Western firsts, is u
at mark; do, current receipts, free
cases, 171s.
Cheese - Firm and in good de.
mand; New York full creams, choice,
12A @i2hc.; do, fair to good,
III h@12.
Poultry - Alive. steady; fowls,
13@13hc.; old roosters, 915 010;
spring chickens, 20626.
.-Flour-Easier; winter
extra, 3.55@3.75; winter clear
3.S5 q 400; winter straight, 4.O50
APO; winter patent, 4.4O@4.50;
spring clear. 4.O5 @4.35; spring
straight, 1900 sos; spring patent
5000 5.45; receipts, 1856; exports,
1,64S.
NSuiSis oPOl, dClt
90@90A; spot. No. red Western,
92@92A; June, 90Q9OA; July,
SS@SSs; August, S7h @S7ss;
September. 1914; steamer No, red,
S5 1a a q; receipts, 1876;
Southern, by sample, 70@S5; South,
ern. on grade, 751s @79A.
Corn-Dull and easy; spot, mixed
74ls @74%; No 2 white, TIN a
77%; July, as asked; September,
10 u asked; steamer, mixed, 7O1a a
iO% receipts, 5000,
Oats 49, Firm No. 2 white, $50
591A No. white, 57h @59; No
mixed, 57@57h; receipts, 4,3S7.
Rye-Dull; No. Western export,
SS@S9; No. 2 Western domestic,
$50 SO; receipts, 1872.
Hay-Firmer; No. timothy
12.5O@13.0O; No. clover, mixed
10000 1850.
Eggs-Steady, unchanged, 1917.
Cheese - Firm, unchanged; new
large, 121s; new fiat, 12%; new
small, 13.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
Average Length OF Life.

The man who lives till he is more
than century old and the child
who dies in infancy are alike includ-
ed in the law of averages. They
balance each others chances as it
were.
OF 100000 people living at the
age of 10, only 1854 will live to
the age of 21, only S2.2S4 will be
living at 40, only 40 will be living
at SO, and only at 81. At 80, the
average man may take it that he has
under 35 years to live; at 40, under
rs years; at so, under 81 years; at
60 under IA years.
In each and all of these cases, how
he lives will determine whether he
viii have a longer or a shorter life,
but the average will infallibly work
out within space of 80 years.-Cas-
sells Saturday Journal.
An apology is satisfactory only to
the person who makes it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09

Painters at Manchester. n. r., re-
Gently formed a union.
Oakland (CalD unions have taken
steps TO form union label league.
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters will meet next month in At
lantic City, N. j.
In England the metal. engineering
and shipbuilding trades normally EN-.
ploy 100000 workers.
Walla Walla wash trade unions
have shown themselves to be public
spirited through their activity in sew.
eral public enterprises. particularly
the city park campaign
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09

Capt Gabo Edwards, the veteran
whaleman, had fierce battle on
Amagansett. Long Island, with a
monster sea turtle, which took two
uours to subdue.
When the captain hauled in his
oet, which had about IS pounds OF
mackerel in It, he also found the
turtle swapping at the meshes, and
hole feet square where the net
nad been chewed.
Capt. Gabe jumped on the turtles
back. but was unable TO hold him,
and as the turtle was making for
the surf Clifton Babcock and Frank
Edwards came to the rescue. After
long battle they had the reptile
wired up. They shipped him by ex-
press to Fulton fish market.
Capt Edwards thinks Sheridan's
ride no comparison to his ride on a
l00-pound turtle.-N. Y. World.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09


New York.-Beeves-- Receipts, / ;.
286. No sales reported; feeling un'
changed. Exports today, $3.50 quar-
tiers of beef.
Calves. s.--Receipts, 12,151. Very
little trading. Feeling weak; veals
sold at 500 to 700 per 100 pounds,
culls at 400;
Sheep and Lambs. Receipts. s.
$40 Sheep slow to fraction lower;
lambs, 15 to 25c. lower; ordinary
to choice sheep, 800 to AIS; culls,
2.50; common to choice lambs, $50
to $50.
Chicago.---Cattle ~ Receipts esti.
mated ;bout 5000; market strong;
steers, 6.O0@8.40; cows. 5000
5.75; heifers, 4,00q 100; calves,
ESQ; bulls, 3.50@b.3O;
stockers and feeders, 3.25Q5.25.
Receipts estimated about
10000; market steady to strong:
choice heavy shipping, 6.00@6.40;
butchers, 6.15@6.35; light mixed,
b.yo@6.15; choice light, 0.05C
6.30; packing. 5.5O@6.10; pigs,
4.25 a $50; bulk of sales, 6.05 o.
6.20
sheep--R Receipts estimated sbou'
10000; market dull and 10000,
lower,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
What a Poultry Man Says About 20.
Mule Team Borax.

AS am in the poultry business, I
had ten white chicks to wash and
prepare for a show. used "2O-Mule
Team" Soap for washing the birds
and ! can say from years of exper-
ience washing white birds. never be-
fore have found a soap or Borax
that cleaned my birds SO fine and
easy. | had great deal OF comment
on my birds being so white. J. A..
Dinwiddie. New Market, Tenn.
All dealers-h, and ID. cartons.
Sample and booklet, &c. Pacific
Coast Borax Co., New York.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-09
Omaha Drinks Mud--Con-
sumes Thirty-one Tons Each Day.

Omaha, Neb. - That citizens OF
Omaha drink thirty-one tons OF mud
daily in the water from the Missouri
River was the testimony in the Fed
eral Court in Omaha in water WORKS
case by the City Chemist.
The city makes the charge that the
water company does not furnish un-
adulterated water and refuses pay
ment OF the city bill on that account.
AS drawn from a hydrant. a glass OF
Missouri River water cannot be seen
through until 1t settles.