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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19

Lewlsburg Especially At an early
hour w. Brady Marsh, leading citi-
zen and owner of big shoe store
In town, apparently committed sui
side by jumping into the river from
the new bridge at the foot of Market
street.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
Look on enc nrlghter side.

An Englishman frankly remarks
that American men make ideal h,ss-
bands. What a blessing II would be
II we could make the American wom-
on believe this. -Buffalo Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
Band WIN Travel In An Auto.

Birdsboro Especially The Forty
sixth Regiment Band, of this place,
Is about purchasing an automobile
to convey the band for their different
engagements in the country districts
during the summer season.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19

The best cheese made In Switzer-
land Is usually exported. and is sell
dom to be had even In the famous ho-
tells OF that country.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19

There IS an average OF one leg or
arm amputated in New York City
each day In consequence OF accidents
caused by surface, elevated or sub
way cars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19

Teakwood. or Indian oak. will sink
In water. It Is ons OF the hardest
Of woods.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19

Large beds OF oysters have been
discovered In the Uhmlatusi Lagoon.
on the zululand Coast, and Johan-
nesburg syndicate has been formed
TO develop the industry. II is pro-
posed TO export the oysters to Lon
don,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
WHILST YOURS KEEprN UP rIs~ FfRE.

H1AiG es6 n saA,w srAaros.
hear he h< .Ns
10 the calm, unrouhed o m y
That fashioned o
whilst aburnin
Soter all to thinkin tcomea
An a asunbea in asong;
An the silver Jngcd careesslike word we
while you're keepn the fire abunn woodl'
Dream must be deame world the
Of the sown' an the reapin' of
You the fire bazin, but woodl"
w.
Jest that oliashioned lesson; an I'm glad read it
For where the heart beats still is under
whilst you're keepin the fire abunn woodi"
From Uncle Remuss Magazine
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29

Fret not thy gizzard.' There was once good old grandmother who gave this advice to everybody. She declared, and firmly believed, that It came from the Bible, though she did not know just where 1t could be found. But she in- sisted that 1t was somewhere between the covers of the Good Book. The old woman was right. It Is In the Good Book, not only in one place, but in many, and though she did not have the exact language in which the advice Is given, she had its sense, which Is of vastly greater importance. The world Is full of men and women who are con stantly fretting their gizzards, and with what result? None, except to increase the income of the doctor and the under Insane and the cemeteries. Ask any doctor what causes the majority of the mental breakdowns and the most of the cases of nervous troubles, and he will tell you 1t Is fretting. Some peo- pie blame work. but work never hurt anybody. On the contrary, 1t keeps men and women alive. Overwork, though, claims thousands, but overwork Is altogether another thing; and the overworkers are generally fretters. Each leads to the other The human gizzard was not designed by nature to bear the strain of fretting and the man who frets 1t much Is sure to break 1t. The old woman's advice does not mean that man should refuse to take his work or anything else seriously It does not mean that he should view with un- concern or treat lightly any of his prob lens. But It does mean that he should not fret over them when he has ap- piled his best efforts to them. It means that If you have something to do, do it and with your whole energy. When you have done all you can do, don't fret your gizzad over the result. All the fretting In the world will have no effect upon the outcome. Await 1t without stewng and worrying, and if 1t Is against you tackle it again. Fret your glzzard and you will lack the strength to renew the fight with the vigor that Is necessary to win. It means you are not to fret over things beyond your con- trol. It does not mean that you should not view them In seriousness and with proper regard of importance and con- sequences. But don't worry over them until you fret your gizzard. We are travelling at fast race In this country. The spirit of the day is one that calls for speed. The man who can keep it up must look after his gizzard. Fret It not.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29
Sly old Com m cd ore.

"When Commodore Vanderbilt was alive says a New York Central off, cial, "the board of directors of the New York Central used to find their work all cut out for them when they met. All they had to do was to ratify his plans and adjourn. Yet they had their uses. Occasionally a man would come to him with some scheme which he did not care to refuse outright.
 My directors are difficult body of men to handle he would say. I'll submit 1t to 'em, but I warn you that they are hard to manage
 'srhe matter would be submitted to the board when It assembled and promptly rejected.
 "'There,' the commodore would sa, when his visitor came to learn the re suit. I did the best I could, but told you In advance that my directors were an obstinate lot"
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29
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Viola met the postman at the front door. He gave her two letters; one was addressed in Diana Colverts ab surdly angular hand, and was bulky, with a fortnight's accumulated effus- ion; the other bore her name In the familiar callgraphy of Eustace Van diver, who had proposed to her quarter ly for half a dozen years.
 She went out and sat down on the veranda steps and broke the seal of the first one with eager fingers; Di- anas letters were interesting, If rather voluminous. She consumed the first eight pages avidly, then suddenly the sheets fell from her hands and fluttered to the ground. The roses, the hollyhocks, the snapdragons, the violets and jessamine, nodding and dropping in the sun-warmed air. melt ed swiftly into hideous rainbow of impossible color, the matutinal chip- Ing of the birds grew harsh and mock ing, the blue of the sky turned black. At last she stopped and gathered the letter into her trembling hands and went on with her reading.
 The minister, their minister. going to be married and move to Cloverdnle Billy Colvert, Diana's brother, had had A letter from him, so there could be no mistake about 1t. And she-what a little simpleton she had been to waste her affections on someone who was go- ing to wed another girl. Surely, in their intimate relations of the last year he must have guessed her morti- flying secret; probably he was taking this very step to get clear of her. Burn ing tears sprang to Viola's eyes and dripped over her throbbing cheeks. But she dashed them away in fierce self-scorn, and read on to the end, her lips compressed, the blood scorchlng her temples.
 There were his exact words, quoted from Billy's letter: "I am seriously considering making change in my residence. I hope soon to marry the
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29

1T am not sure-pernaps you uo not" She returned his gaze with absent eyes.
 "Well?" he prompted with an enlg- matic smile.
 Well, I really don't see what I'm to tell you except that I'm delighted to know you are so-so happy and that late you and"
 But it Is not time for congratula. tions," he interposed thoughtfully, you don't understand"
 No" said she. shaking her head. No. I'm afraid do not"
 Its this way" he pursued eagerly, bending near to her, I've been called to Cloyerdale. don't want to go with out first finding out whether she will go with me" He reddened and broke off, keeping his hands locked to the limbs on which they were resting.
 ''1he only thing" remarked Yiola with sage eyes and a sinking heart, "is to tell her that truth and get 1t over quick" She caught her breath. May be you have told her?" she suggested tentatively.
 Not just as I should like to-"
 Then you will, at once? Put yom fate to the test, as they say in tire some love stories.'
 Do you consider them tiresome?'
 "Other peoples"
 "Then we'll not waste any more time discussing other peoples" He bent farther, till his warm breath famed the loose gold about her temples. Viola" he said, "I love you. Will you be my wlfe?'
 oh" she said, "I don't"
 You don't love mel" with swiftly clouding eyes.
 Viola met his look with wonderful little smile breaking through the shad ows of her face, "But-but my hair isn't brown at all," she said bewlder- ingly, land my eyes are enthusiastically blue"
 And mine." laughed he. with his arms about her. "are colorblind. Shall I go to Cloverdale?"
 We mustn't think of It." she said New Orleans Times Democrat.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29
COUGHS AND THE NOSE.
Many Stubborn Cases Due to
 Trouble in Nasal Fossae.

There are people who have a stub born cough which lasts for months and years and which the more rational treat tment Is unable to cure. This was the case with q woman, of whom M. LermoZey, of Paris, recently reported his observations to the Societe Medi- cale des Hopitaux, and who coughed for eleven years without anyone being able to cause this infirmity to disappear until one day, after an examination of her nose, the ablation of polypi cur ed 1t suddenly and definitely.
 A cough with nasal origin, there fore exists which may be more frequent than one is led to believe. It Is, NJ. Lermozey says, generally termed nervous cough. This term Is at the same time an error in diagnosis and leads to an insufficient treatment.
 The nasal cough occurs when two morbid conditions are realized simul- taneously; these are an exaggerated sensibility of the mucous membrane or the nose and local cause of irritation. This local excitant may be either hay fever or polypus in the nose.
 Nasal coughs have certain character lstics which may serve to render them recognizable. They are dry, conyulsiye, progressive, Irresistible.
 What often deceives as to the cause of these fits of coughing is banal subjective Illusion. The sufferer from a nasal cough feels that 1t is caused by pricklng sensation In the larynx, and, on the contrary, notices no tickling Tn the nose
 A systematic examination of the nasal fossae of all people who cough is, therefore, necessary. Sometimes a large lesion is found In them, floating polypi which irritates the mucous mem brane sometimes the latter seems nor nal, but at certain points cough-produc- ing zones are found which are revealed by two complimentary signs; produc- ton of the cough by the irritation of the said zones, suppression or the cough by the coordination of the zones.
 The diagnosis of the nasal origin of cough considerably attendates its prog nosis. This cough when not recognized continues almost Indefinitely when recognized 1t gives way almost always to a rational local treatment, and some times disappears with astonishing rap idity.
 Thanks are due to M. Lermozey for calling attention to the role, scarcely suspected until now, by which the mucous membrane of the nose plays In the persistence of certain coughs; and in case of need recourse will be had to the therapeutical means which this knowledge ndicates.-Paris Edition of New York Herald.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29

past the flower beds to the gate on the other side. Entering, she sought her favorite retreat in the fork of gnarl- ed old apple tree. A lazy breeze was blowing, stirring the leaves about her with vague, musical rustic, and cooling the hot blood in her cheeks. She took up her pen and selected a sheet of note paper. A twig cracked sharply, and she sat up alert The paper slipped from her fingers.
 Did I startle you" inquired deep voice under the apple tree.
 "Not the least" said she, dlsposlng herself with studied primness against the knotted limb at her back.
 The minister vaulted the lower limb easily and picked out comfortable seat opposite. tossing his hat on net work of branches
 Viola regarded him first with cold ness, then with assumed indifference, finally with a friendly smile that was
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29

It is very unfortunate that the re taller, speaking generally, does not ap- preciate the value of local advertising It would seem as though ambition should dictate the enlargement of ones business and to many merchants such a result is easily attained. The way to do 1t is quite simple.
 It Is well known that women are the best buyers and, as rule, the goods they buy are the most profitable. To attract them your store must be mag netic-i e., clean, neat. stocks well ar ranged and the goods appealing to them prominently displayed.
 Doing this is properly classed as nd vertislng but 1t must be backed by intelligent, well-informed and courteous clerks to make the sales. After having accomplished this reform then, by all means, contract for a regular space in your local papers and place your ad- vertisement In advance. Arrange the copy for frequent changes, make the matter and makeup attractive, and be sure to refer to the seasonable goods at the proper time.
 If such a simple course Is followed the result will be pleasant surprise to any merchant who has not been a believer in publicity. The good mer- chant realizes that he does not have to cut prices to make sales. There Is an easier way to make business and keep profits in these times. The rule Is as simple as can be-advertise and sup port your announcements with an at tractive store and courteous treatment of stomers.-Hardware.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29

dearest girl in the world and bring her with me to Cloverdale. But, of course, 1t will rest with her whether I shall accept the call or not-that Is woman's prerogatiye, isn't It? How ever, let us see you in Brookwood whenever It suits your convenience to come, etc"
 Viola folded up the closely written sheets and returned them to the envel- ope. Then she opened young Vandiv- er's letter with mechanical fingers and glanced wearily at his twenty-tifth dec laration of love, accompanied by an i'm passioned plea to marry him and sail for Europe in June, whither he was go- ing to complete his course at Heidel- berg Go abroad-away from 1t all show him that she had not given her love unmasked, and that She flung back her head with a quick accession of pride, and excitement a smile to her lips, glow to her eyes. She would do It. yes, she would ac- cept Eustace Vandiyer and go with him to the ends of the earth If need be- anywhere away from this.
 II.
 She went to her room and sat down at her desk, but something seemed to dull her brain and numb her hands {; she could not write syllable. In despair she took her portfolio under her arm and returned to the veranda {; the shade of the orchard beyond entlc- ed her and she ran down the steps and
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29
Old FavOrites
~N@~~~ONN-~~
Tired of Play.

Tired of play. Tired of play" What hast thou done thls livelong day? The birds are silent, and so is the bee: .he sun is creeping up steeple and tree: The doves rave flown to the sheltering
 caves, An1 the Il, sts are dark with the droopins
 leaves: Twilight gathers and day is done How hast thou spent it, restless one? "PlaynG7" but what hast thou done be
 side To tell thy mother at eventide? What promise of morn is left unbrokeni What kind words to thy playmates
 spoken? Whom hast thou pitied, and whom for
 given? How with thy faults has duty striven? What hast thou learned by field and hill, By greenwood path, and by singing rillf There will come an eve to z longer day That will find thee tired-but not oi
 play. And thou wilt lean. as thou leanest now, With dropping limbs and aching brow, ADu WISH that Iue klduONs Npulu
 creep, And long to go to thy quiet sleep We'll were it then. if thine aching brow Were as free from sin and shame as now. We'll for thee, if try lip could tell A tale like this of a day spent well. If thine open hand hath relieved distress, If thy pity hath sprung to wretchedness, If thou hast forgiven the sore ofense, And humbled thy heart with penitenco; If natures voices have spoken 10 thee With her holy meanings eloquently; If every creature hath won thy love, From the creeping worm to the breeding
 dove; If never a sad spoken word Hath plead with thy human heart un-
 heard; Then. when the night steals on, as now, It will bring relief to thine aching brow, And with joy and peace at the thought
 of rest, Thou wilt sink to sleep on thy mothers
 breast. N. |. Willis.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29

Those who are sure that the soil of New England Is hopelessly barren may be surprised to learn some facts that are brought out In two recent bulletins of the Department of Agriculture. There were only eight States of the Union in 1906 that had larger acre age planted to potatoes than Maine
 Only four produced larger crop. Not one even approached Maine in the humber of bushels to the acre. The average yield was two hundred and ten bushels to the acre, and no other State raised more than one hundred nnd seventy-five bushels. The averagt for the whole country was only one hundred and two. Nor was 1t an ex- ceptional year, for the average crop of Maine has been the largest In ever, year since 1903. Buckwheat Is not q very important crop, but 1t Is raised In twenty-four of the States. In tLls. too, Maine stands at the head in aver
 age crop per acre; New Hampshire is second, Vermont third. and Massachu
 setts fourth. Since 1900 the lowest average yiesd Of buckwheat in Maine
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29
REFUSES TO GO TO CIRCUS.
Farmer Tells Why Excitement Is
 Too Costly for Him.

Farmer Tells Why Excitement Is
 Too Costly for Him.
 In riding along the highway I no ticed that all the barns were covered with circus pictures and by and by, when l came along to where an old farmer was cutting weeds outside hls gate, asked:
 Well, uncle, I suppose you will go to the circus next week"
 II couldn't do It." he solemnly re piled, accompanied by several shakes of his head.
 Are you afraid that the elephants will break loose?"
 "No. I'm afraid of myself"
 As to how?'
 Last fall" he said, as he straight ened up to lean on the hoe handle. Il went cooning one night In that corn field over there The dog routed out a coon and the pesky varmlnt headed for a tree that stood where you see that stump. I had just finished building a s4OO barn where you see that mess of timbers and boards. The dog follered the coon and folered the dog. It was a big. fat coon and his pelt was wuth all of 40 cents.'
 "I see," said I, as he made a long pause.
 II never knew that was an ex citable man before. but they say they heard me holler two miles away. I meant to have that varmint. When he treed ran for the ak The old wom- an came out and yelled at me, but I chopped and whooped and whooped and chopped, and then the tree come crash In down 1t smashed the barn as flat as a door nail and the coon got away. Am I goln' to the circus? Wall. guess not, I'm going to root up weeds and hoe In the garden and be the quietest man In this hull state for the next year to come ."-Baltimore American.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29

The Pope Is credited with the re, mark that if the Roman Catholic Church could be as highly respected in other countries as in the United States he would be in favor of the separation of church and state everywhere The church Is respected here because con- munities of the United States all began with policy of religious freedom, and have never tolerated a state church In the other countries, where the su- premacy of one church was established by law, 1t is not easy to hold respect when the preference is withdrawn.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29
THE CRICKET.

Oh, to be cricket,
 That's the thing. To scurry in the grass
 And to have ones fling! And it's oh, to be cricket In the warm thistle-thicket
 Where the sun-winds pass,
 Winds a-wing, And the bumble-bees hang humming.
 Hum and swing, And the honey-drops are coming. It's to be a summer rover.
 That can see sweet and pick it
 With the sting.
 Never mind the sting! And it's oh to be a cricket
 In the clover.
 A gay summer rover In the warm thistle-thicket, Where the honey-drops are coming. Where the bumble-bees hang hummins- That's the thing!
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29

the hardest thing she had ever ec- complished in her twenty-one years But he must never, never guess-unless he had already done so. And If he had she must set to work to prove to him that he was altogether wrong.
 Viola" he began in his straightfor- ward way, i've come to you with Il confession. I hope you are not going toto disapprove"
 For a second the girl said nothing He looked rather young for his age she thought. He must be at least 3S, but his black hair was full of waves, his eyes bright and clear, his face rud- dy with health.
 I'm considering a somewhat impor- tant step,' he went on musingly, his glance sweeping the sky, the ground and settling at last upon her slightly flushed face, ''and I want your-your advice"
 "Mine?" she queried. a tiny furrow wrinkling the bridge of her nose She crossed her hands at the back of her head and stared past him at the rows of apple trees in the distance.
 The minister regarded her solemnly for a moment, opening his lips twice to speak, then closing them again uncer- tainly. A shadow drifted across his good-looking face. Perhaps" he sug- gested with downward infection, the affair does not interest you?" Viola could not suppress a smile at the lugubrious countenance before her. straight into the minister's eyes. But only for a flash. Something In them that she could not altogether make ont caused her to turn her head with a swift heartbeat
 "Of course, 1t interests me-" she said her role, Il thought you were sure of that-always."
 He strengthened himself then. and with gesture of determination broke precipitately into the subject. Its about some one love-" he said. speak Ing rapidly, someone. I want to be my wife"
 Viola colored furiously; the leaves all about her quivered gently. But she pulled herself together and said In a very matter-of-fact tone: You want my advice about her? Well, then you will have to tell me something about her; her disposition, her hair, her eyes-eyerythlng, you know"
 The minister contemplated her with fatuous expression.
 "Why-as to her disposition" he re- piled earnestly, that is all that could be desired-perfect. Her eyes," he scrutlnized her with surreptitious anx- iety, "her eyes are splendidly, wond- rously brown" He paused. Viola listened movelessly. "Her hair Is brown too-and-most beautiful"
 A queer silence followed his words. When Viola looked up she was pale, but valiant, and she seemed all at once thousands of miles away.
 "She must be very, very lovely this girl" she said, dreamily. Do I know her?'
 The minister looked somewhat in- scrutable as he made reply;
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29
Cool.

"Edith!" the old gentleman bawleo from the head of the stairs, You just ask your young man if he doesn't think its near bedtime"
 "very well, pa," replied the deai girl in the parlor then, after pause, Jack says yes, If you're sleepy, go on to bed, by all means. s."-Philadelphia Press.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-10-29
PEOPLE, NOT THE BOSSES. RULE.
 By Coy. Hughes of New York.

You may say all you please of the cunning of political maneuyering and of the resources of chicanery. All schemes will prove as child's play If the people set out to deal with a real issue of popular govern ment and the supremacy of the con stitution of this State over race track gamblers. It is well that there should be organization to advance party principles. It Is well that 1t should be effective; vigorous and skillful leadership is required. But 1t Is the duty of an elected officer to serve the people and not any par ticular man. and no party leader