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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-13

Take hint, do your own mixing. Rough
on Rats, being all poison, one l5c box will
will kill 500 or more rats and mice. TIA.
the unbeatable exterminator. Don't die ID
the house. Beware of limitations, substi.
tutes and catch-penny ready-for-use de-
Yicea
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-13
Lost in Antiquity,

A little fellow who had just felt the
hard side Of the slipper turned TO
his mother for consolation.
Mother" he asked, did grandpa
thrash father when he was a little
boy?"
"Yes," answered his mother, i'm.
pressiyely.
And did his father thrash him
when he was little?"
YES"
"And did his father thrash him 9..
"Yes"
A pause.
well. who started this thing. any.
way?"-Cassell's Saturday Journal.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-13
Einis.

Wigg-Scribbler's stories all have
such sad endings.
Wagg-Yes, they generally find their
way into the wastebasket.-Philad
phia Record.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-13

The man and the mollycoddle are
like unto the live tree and the tele-
graph pole, respectively. The first
sends out its messages and the sec.
ond only carries those of others.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-13

Often the milk of human kindness
tastes of the can.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-13

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILLER
has no substitute: No other remedy is effective
for rheumatism, lumbago, Stiffness, neuralgia
cold of any sort. Put in &c. 3c and Soc bottles.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-13

Dr.. Pierces Pleasant Pellets regulate and invig-
crate stomach liver and bowels. SuRar-coatsd.
tiny. GIanules, easy to take. Do not grippe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1909-11-13

Procrastination is the thief of many
good time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
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Coed Reads in the South.


It IS a very exceptional nelghbor.
hood in the South that does not need
netter roads, and it is an equally cx'
cvptional community that cannot have
better roads. While many sections
cannot hope TO have the best roads
macadam or gcayel-for q long time
to come, there IS no excuse for any
locality allowing its roads to remain
positively and permanently bad.
A good road IS a % hard. CD
smooth road, (3) free from heavy
grades. Any road which answers to
these requirements will insure easy
and quick travelling, and permit Of
the hauling Of large lcads--and that
IS all that is required of a road. OF
course, the best read is the hardest
and smoothest one, the macadam road
beins superior 60 the gravel road; but
remember that even the earth read
need not be bad This is the thing we
wish this good reads special to say
to every man who reads II, There Is
q wa for you to improve the road
over which YOU travel, and it will pay
you 20 do it. If we can only get our
readers TO realize this fact we be-
lieve that they will net be content to
longer waste the strength of their
teams, their own time, and their
money by dragging, over rocks, pull
ing through deep sand, joltilg across
bitches, splashing about in mudholes.
and climbing steep hills. Every road
cannot be macadGmized, or even gray-
eled; but many more coull be than
are. Few bond issues for good roads
in OF. territory have been bad invest
nents. while the cases in which they
would be good investments could be
numbered by the hundreds. The tax
the ordinary farmer would have to
pay to build and maintain stone
roads, in any moderately settled COM
muEity, IS much smaller than the tax
he now pays to bad roads IN the in
creased cost Of his hauling. over q
large section of the south sand-clay
roads could be built at a very small
cost, indeed, compared to what they
would BE worth to the communities
through which they run. Thousands
and thousands of miles of earth roads
could be redeemed from their chronic
state CT badness by the persistent use
Of the split-log road drag, and the
cost Of doing the work would be so
small that 10 one would feel 1t. And
everywhere that there is bad road
it could be improved if the men who
work it would simply remember that
the surface Of the road should always
be kept smooth and free from OBJ
structions, and that the Gsrt thing to
do with the water that falls on a road
Is to get it off and away.-Ra!cigh
On, c. Progressive Farmer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPEI,ANCE.
Testimony For Pledge Signing.

.,rl, rs .,
lotal aus,illence we seen tn,ousn
,oiuntary ae.Ioh lot .he pIolio.lon , U,
lnuiViuuai Nil'ue anu Vi me sene'ai
sooa, Marh Iiopkins' u ~.
lotaI aps'llsIce Is tne Surest way
an otner tHinss peins equai' Vi at.ain-
ing the n'SneSt physical' insh'ai:
horai any every other Rihu VI
heaiIn. INoIhan herr, NJ ~
lotaI aostinence rom an InloSi-
ca.ins uiinh i.,sI 10 nioie ueslrapie io' .ne
counlrF 5 welfare anu nioralitg tnan
an tne reNenue W ue ueriVeu iicenslns
tne iianuiac.ure anu saie o, 50 per
hlclouS uIilh' ihahueI o"euen-
oorg 49,, ,..,u -,
II !o1ai oustInence rom lntoNi-
CatlnB uIlnhs ,, were not d wise pollcy
lUV I'e ihulNluuaI, IL mvulu ue inipos-
slDle " SUI" lnat pronlp,,loh Vi tne
liquor IralIc - d WISE purity ior the
olate. -Josepn oooh.
10 YOU ash me 10 slSe up what 70
nIe Is lawful sIa.inGa,l9n s pvcause %
anu'',e' man 10 d uI INC, go, II
you 40 Io' nueu ,ne .o.at aos.Ihence
ps pteGke III you'sell' slsn toi Ihe SUN saAs
VI luose wnO aIe we"N anu neeu
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
Temperance Notes,

Close up the saloon on Sunday and
every other day of the week.
We must teach children to rever-
ence Gods work out OF doors In dis
tinctlon from shutting themselves up
in dens to drink.--Dr. Mary Surge,
England.
Temperance work, to achieve per-
manency, must be supported by wise
legislation, especially should educa-
tion be emphasized and particularly
education that will help secure en-
forcement of laws already passed.
DR., Vogt, Norway.
Certainly the Sunday saloon is net
run for the honor and glory of God,
but for the everlasting degradation
Of its patrons, many of whom, sad to
relate, are composed of American
worklng-men, whose wives and famil-
les need the money that goes over the
bar to the man in the white apron.
Australia's temperance work has
been helped by giving the vote to
women. Women are naturally con-
seryative, but when they see that any
Institution Is menace to husband
and children, in spite OF conservatism
they shut up that institution like a
flasp knike.--Sir John Cockburn,
Australia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
CHRISTIAN ERDEAVORN NOTES
NOVEMBER TWENTY-FlRST.
"The Blessing of Thankful Heart"
Neh. g.: 8-12


"The Blessing Of Thankful Heart"
Neh. 8: e-12.
Affairs Of thankfulness. Gen. IS:
Is.
Cause for thankfulness. Deut 5:
2-10.
A psalm of praise. Ps. 1903: 1.22.
Thanksgiving in all things. Col. 8:
12-17.
Thanksgiving in trouble. Acts lG:
22-34.
The eternal praise service. Rev. 5:
S-14.
Some Bible Hints.
Every holiday should be a holy day;
II 1t is not, 1t ceases to be a real hOli
day ". 81
The best sweetening for food is the
JOY of sharing 1t with the needy
". 10).
Joy is always strength, and a
morose man Is ever weak man "
10).
If man tries to be grateful in his
own wisdom, he will find only gloom.
In the Bible is the secret of perpetual
thanksgiving ". 12).
Suggestions.
Thankfulness for blessings is almojl
always a greater blessing than those
joys for which we are thankful.
An ungrateful man has his good
things only once; grateful man has
his as often as he thinks Of them.
Gratitude is contagious, as most
precious things are; be grateful for
the sake OF others.
Gratitude is the only coin in which
God will accept payment of our great
debt to Him.
Gratitude and memory are like 1--WE
mirrors. endlessly multiplying all tna'
come between them.
Some people put all the gratltuds
Of their year into Thanksgiving Day
which is as foolish as it would be 70
put all the dinners of the year ihlo
the Thanksgiving dinner.
A Photographic plate. which receives
the image instantly. Is developed lhlc
a permanent picture slowly, IN tns
dark So our gratitude Is made pei.
manent by quiet meditations on OUT
blessings.
No one can know how rich he Is un
less he keeps a ledger and strikes
balance. Keep a written account o.
your me"cies
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
No Time For Relaxation.

This is a critical time for the cause
of temperance. On every hand tenn
perance sentiment is gaining--gain-
ing by reason of the efforts of the
Anti-Saloon League; gaining through
the organized Prohibition party;
gaining by more thorough education
of the people. Prohibition is sweep
ing away the saloon. Such splendid
evidence as appears in The Standard
this week is inspiring. But just be-
cause the water wagon" appears to
he rolling triumphantly over the sa-
loon power. temperance people are
in danger of concluding that it runs
itself. The saloons have wonderful
recuperative power. Brewers. dis
tillers and saloonkeepers will often
secure the repeal of temperance legis-
latiOn. The time for the expenditure
Of the most temperance energy often
is Just after a temperance victory
The Standard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
Testimony From Nlaine.

After long visit in Maine. w. Fl.
Anderson. superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League of Maryland, has re-
turned to Baltimore. firm in the be-
lief that whisky is scarce in the Pine
Tree State and that stories to the
contrary are base libels, circulated to
discredit prohibition laws. II was
told in Portland" says Mr.. Ander-
son, that If l really wanted drink
! could find one, but l would have to
go up back alleys, through filth and
amid the slums to obtain 1t. This
certainty does not agree with the
statements that liquor can easily be
obtained in Maine. During my whole
stay in the State l saw only two
drunken men"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
The Kiel Canal.

I'm shipping-and especially in Ger
man nayal-circles the stoppage of
the Kiel Canal was regarded with
deep concern. Was not the canal
originally intended to secure "a GER
tain ,safe) passage" for German war
and merchant ships between the
North Sea and the Baltic? A compar.
atively slight accident had rendered
the canal worthless, despite the or.
isinal expenditure OF e10,00O,0Oc
(S50,000,000D. The German naval
authorities have long recognized tha,
the canal no longer meets the re
qulrements of to-day. German Dread,
noughts can pass through only with
the greatest care, and the warships
OF 10000 tons now building will not
so through at all. Although the
canal dues are rather heavy the pass.
age Is utilized by great deal of ship.
ping. and 1t saves n stormy. round.
about journey OF about 400 miles
The sum OF et2.500.000 is to be ex,
pended on doubling the width and in.
creasing the depth of the waterway
iby two meters.-Dnndee Advertiser.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
Bloodllouads.

So far as recorded. bloodhouads
have captured nothing since they al
lowed Eliza to get away across the
floating ice. Indeed, Eliza's was
about the closest call recorded. But
the records, perhaps. are prejudiced.
At any rate, the New York Central
Eailroad has invested IN eight blood
hounds, to be used in protecting its
property and trailing thieves. OF
course, the dogs haven't caught any
thing, as yet, but the fact that they
nave become the property of vast
transportation company should i'm
prove their standing In the canine
world, and serve as vlndication until
they do.--Atchison Globe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
A Boy Who Took n Stand.

Abraham Lincoln always attributed
much of his success in life to his tenn
perance principles. From a boy up
he meant to do right in everything,
no matter what. Almost everybody
drank then, but there We're temper
ance workers, even in those days.
"Old Uncle John" was one, preaching
in a log schoolhouse. One night he
made his plea. but nobody responded
to his invitation to come up and sign
the pledge, till tall, poorly dressed
boy came forward and stopped to
write his name. There it stood alone
there were no others. That pledge
was part of his determination to live
in the glory Of God. and we'll he kept
it.-SeLior Quarterly, the Pilgrim
Press,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
He Remembered.

Poets are more apt to be moosss
than self-assertiye. In his biograpn.
of T. B. Aldrich, Mr.. Ferris Greehsis'
tells story of the youth OF the poss
showing that he, for one, believed ~
himself. Aldrich had dropped into
publishers office with a copy oil VERSE
IN his pocket. The publisher, wnV
was also the editor OF a magazine
was absent.
The young poet sat down ans
waited. Presently his eye fell upOA
"a memorandum book lying thsie
spread out like morning newspaps',
and almost in spite OF himseil "
read:
( Don't forget to see the binder
Don't forget TO mail e. his COZ
tract"
Don't forget HIS proofs" -.
An Inspiration seized upon Wv
youth. He took a pencil, and al Wv
tail of this long list OF don ! ~
gets" he wrote:
Don't forget to accept AS poem. :.
/ He left his manuscript on the tap's
and departed. That afternoon. wneA
the publisher glanced over his msm
oranda. he was not little astonlsass
at the last item, but HIS sense OF ~,
NOR was SO strong that he did accsp.
the poem, although It required
strong sense OF hr;mor to do tna.
and sent the lad check for T. pa'
/ the verses remain to this day wv
printed. Youths Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
EPNOaTH LEAGUE Lessons
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER .,
sringlns In the Guests (Luke "a. :,
"a; ] Cor. 9: 19-23)-persor,, u
EVANGELISM RaIIv na'

Bringing I'm the Guests (Luke "A. :.
"a; ] Cor. 9: 19-23)-persor., ID
Evangelism Rally psv
Luke IA: 1924. The main to
OF this parable is that some wboe,
,' wouiu naturally expect to find in ,Se wv
nsuonl snms on OF God may lose their bsr, y
tage through indifference. "efF
Jesus Is the guest of a Phar,.oo
dinner. He notices how some rS az
the chief seats, and urges ON Use Use
tne wisdom OF humility. One ~ m .al
company remarks, with unctuous s .ae
complacency, Blessed is he that .n selI,
eat bread In the kingdom or nnsa susi
Jesus replies with this parable ~ V, ~
great supper He evidently had ,a .ae
Jews In mind, and meant his ,vosss sIe
10 pc warning to the self.satissos
company. 'ausned
The most trivial reasons oro u,
for failure to accent the inv,,sen nv sven
.Nvte tnat the excuses in the parablo
relate to things perfectly right 'OIe u
themselves. They are the inteTaet. ~
business and society. How like o,.l VI
modern world. These Interests Oul
now supreme in the lives Of ,r,',, %,e
tudes. In their preoccupation n.,.t
their own little affairs their Gin W y,
neglect and unbel!ef puts them VI
really outside the kingdom as II .bo's
lives were vicious. '"'"
But the cause OF God moves on O..
while some refuse, others accent Tt. M
ieast must be furnished with guest.
paui said to the Jews Of Antioch.
Seeing ye thrust it (the word Of CoSi
from you, and judge yourselves nm,
worthy Of eternal life, 10, we turn ~
the Gentiles."
Cor. 0: 1923. Paul here sets ho
fore us his own evangelistic snirit ana
ideal. His words are a commentor'
on the command in the parable Con
strain them to come in Note bis
love, wisdom, tact, perseveranco
Compare l Cor. 10: 92. He wrote
later to this same church. 'T viii
most gladly spend and be spent for
your souls" '''
To the Jews ] became as a lew
To them that are without law
as without law He did not need
lessly run counter to their preiudlces
LOOK up some of the illustrations Of
this wise method of Paul's: Acts 1G:
3; IS: IS; 21: &c.
To the weak became weak. Com.
pare l Cor. s: 13; Rom. IA: 10: Is.
1.S. The bearing OF these teachings il
plain. We are to seek to win ueople
to Christ through sincere love for
them. There is danger OF profession.
alism and mere mechanics here. and
that is fatal to influence. The desire
for members is legitimate, but we
must be very careful not to fall into
the habit of thinking of those we seek
as grist for the mill.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
Credentials of a CannibaI.

A real Fill man came into Wash
ington 20 attend the international
convention of the Seventh Day Ad-
ventists, according TO the Philadel-
phla Record. He was armed with q
club with which his former chief
in the South Sea Islands used to beat
the life out OF American missionaries,
and also with big dish upon which
the chief used to serve up meat from
these missionaries bones. Club and
dish were brought along as mute oyl-
dences OF the conversion OF the Fiji
chief. who now heads the Seventh
Day Adyentlgts' Society In the South
Sea Isles.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
BULLDOG IN LOVE
WITH TEDDY BEAR.
Prize Boston Animal Causes a
Sensation With His Pet in New
Orleans.

Prize Boston Animal Causes a
Sensation With His Pet in New
Orleans.
A wo-thousand-dollar Boston bull
frg tenderly carrying a large Teddy
! lr by the nape of the neck and ap-
r rently trying to keep bruin from
f ling his feet on the pavement was
Il light that attracted the attention of
! lestrians in Canal Street, New Or
ms, short time ago, and finally
reporter to unearth an interest.
) story. 1t is Of a dogs pitiful and
touching devotion to the toy.
On account of the CANNES unusual
v ?iousness and the great number of
! tiles he has won, his mistress, Miss
F'lyllis Gilmore, gave him the name
c, Ferocious.
AS Miss Gilmore, Ferocious and the
Teddy bear entered the lobby Of q
hotel in an effort to escape the at
tention of the gathering crowd that
had followed from Canal street. a
score of the curious stood on the
pavement and peered in to see what
disposition Torocious would make Of
his strange burden.
They were soon rewarded by rce-
ing the canine prize winner walk;
straightway to the most comfortable
looking chair in the lobby and care
fully place his pet thereon, in a sit
ting posture. He then backed away
a few feet and, crouching upon his
creat launches, gazcd intently in the
GLASS eyes of his Teddy, all the while
keeping up n low whining, as If try
ing to inquire why his pct did not
romp with him.
When asked for an explanation OF
the dogs unusual actions Miss Gil
more said:
"The truth of the matter Is that
the affection that Ferocious shows his
Teddy is a really wonderful thing. 1t
Is the case Of a dogs remarkable
depth of devotion and still more re-
markable memory.
when Ferocious was a pup and
hardly able to waddlc I owned Q cub
bear. in the same state OF infancy.
AS the two grew up they became fast
friends and would romp together all
day. But about thirteen months ago
the little bear died and Fcrocious has
not been the same dog until last
week.
II had him ont in Canal street for
a walk when suddenly I saw him
dart for a show window and try to
lunge through it. He seemed wild
with Joy and could not understand
his antics until ! saw that the win
dow contained a Teddy bear about
the same size and color of his old
playmate. I bought him the little
stuffed animal and he has since re-
gained his old spirit.
"Do you know continued Miss
Gilmore, II really believe that Fero-
clous thinks he has found his pup
hood companion. When l feed him
he takes Teddy by the neck aad
pokes his nose into his food, as II
trying to make it share his meals
When l make him go to his box al
night he will not sleep unless l lei
him rest his head or paws upon hi:
Teddy"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
Two Million Miles by Rail.

A locomotive OF the London &
Northwestern Railroad, named
Charles Dickens. has the distinction
of having travelled nearly two million
one hundred thousand miles in haul
ing express trains. a feat, 1t is
thought, unique in the annals of rail-
roeding. The Charles Dickens, built
at Crewe, was put into service Febru-
AIRY 6, 1882, and until year or two
ago was still one of the fastest loco
motives on the road and in excellent
condition. New York Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
New York 10 Have News Telephone
Service,

The Telephone Newspaper Com
pany OF America is the name of a Arm
just incorporated under the laws of
tie State of New York, with a capt.
tai of 100000 to furnish all those
who will subscribe to service which
1t Will inaugurate with general news
as full as daily newspaper now
does.
Tho company Is headed by Manly
NJ. Gillian, advertising counsel of the
New York Herald, as president, and
associated with him are William II.
Alexander and Cornelius Belassa. It
is expected that everything will be in
readiness to start the service within
a year. All news Of general interest
will be covered, Including political
happenings, baseball scores by inn
ings and a score Of like branches
will go right into the subscrlber's
home by wire.
While this will be the lrst attempt
at conducting telephone newspaper
in this country, the plan has met with
more or less success in 4 number Of
European cities, Paris, London, Vien-
ma and Budapest among them.
The lines on which those In Europe
have been operated will be followed
in this country under the direction Of
Mr.. Belassa, who has been identified
with such ventures in Budapest and
Vienna, and who owas the transmit
tins and receiving patents.
The service, according to Mr. Gil
lam, besides supplying its subscrib-
ers with every branch of news, as an
added inducement will furnish on the
evenings Of the grand opera season a
special vocal and instrumental uu-l-
cal service.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
DOublY Interested

The farmer IS in q double sense
more deeply interested IN good roads
than anyone else. To him good roads
mean great decrease in the cost of
getting his produce to the market
and getting his supplies back. They
likewise mean lossening of the lone
liness of life.
To the people Of every town and
city the building of good roads is al
most as important as it is TO the
farmers. 1t means the betterment of
every phase of life and q closer inter-
mingling OF the people OF town and
city; the lcssening OF wear and tear
on vehicles and the botterment of all
the conditions under which business
is carried on. And then the building
Of good highways inevitably adds
largely TO the value of adjacent prop
erty. II IS not too much to say that
road-buiid'ng Is not an expense, but
an investment, paying a larger profit
TO every community than anything
else it can do. The building of good
roads means an increase in the value
of farm products By the lssscning Of
the cost of hauling, In this way it
inevitably results in an increased
value TO all property adjacent, and
the cost Of roads is more than made
up by this gain in prosperity. 1t Is a
very false idea of many that the
building Of roads Is an expense which
a community cannot afford. On the
contrary, 1t is an Investment which
every well-settled and well-organized
community can afford TO make, for it
returns the largest possible yield of
profit, and a profit in which every
man, woman and child shares.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-11-18
Rishon Thoburn,s Warming.

The whole tropical world is rapidly
coming under the control of nations
which profess to be Christian in
high acceptance of that word. 1t is,
in my opinion, one Of the most i'm
portant questions of the day. whether
millions of the Eastern tropics are TO
be received as helpless wards, and ele-
vated in civilization and enlighten-
ment, or debauched and crushed by
a traiiic which recognizes no con-
science, shows no mercy, and is
amenable only to gospel of fAarc:al
greed.