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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
Preparatory Work,

Now is the time to begin searching
yourself to decide what bad habits
you will abandon the first of the year
The trouble about good resolutions
Is that most of us want to make them
for other people. We have overwhelm-
ing desires to better the world by
building spiritual additions to our
friends, or by adding intellectual ga.
bles and conscientious side porches to
our acquaintances We have our der.
ricks ready to hoist the beams from
the eyes OF the rest Of humanity in.
stead OF the notes in our own optics
Also, good resolutions have been
permitted to degenerate into a con
ventional giving up of smoking. swear
ing, or drinking There are many
other things that may be given up by
those OF us who neither smoke. swear
nor drink
As matter Of fact, we are not ma.
king good resolutions; We are making
negative resolutions. If We would
say; Il will" instead of Il won't" wa
might add unto ourselves good traits
which would crowd out the evil ones.
There must be a substitution. You've
got to get a cork leg for the one you
perform the surgery on.
ii We should seek to add good to
ourselves we would not have so much
time to find sparable bad in others.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
LEAVES BRACELET TO QUEEN
In Order to Prove That Stories About
Her Were Untrue Woman Gives
Jewel TO Alexandra.

1t used to be source OF the bitter
est pain to Consuelo Duchess OF Man
chester to know that certain portions
OF the press used TO make unkind In
situations regarding the great friend
ship between her and the king. She
was keenly sensitive woman. but
burningly curious. and would know
all that was said about her in the
press or elsewhere II she could. With
nnfailing regularity she subscribed to
numbers OF prosecuting agencies
here, on the continent and in Amer
lea. She was wont to remark:
"rhere are people who won't be-
lieve until am dead that there ID
not one vestige of truth in the horrid
fhing1 they say OF my friendship with
King Edward, mean yet to prove
what calumny II all is."
Her way OF proving II was In the
gift Of the superb bracelet she LETT
Queen Alexandra. II was only couple
g ysazS ago she decided to present
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

There's lots Of things Ia like 10 say
about the wOmeu's fads today.
About how they today are thin and op
the morrow fat;
But just when pungont phrase ! form,
Just when my thoughts are getting
warm,
II happens that ! look upon my new
plush hat.
The foolish things that women do real
ly ought 10 roast, that's true.
The way they trv TO get to vote 10
funny, as 70 that.
But just when take up my pen 10
write about the sense Of men
My eyes will wander tin they see my
Now plush hat.
{ know th0t women always wear pile
Of artificial hair
In switch and coil and dainty PUT and
huge and monstrous rat.
But rs ] turn a paragraph designed TO
make the reader laugh
Upon the hook before me looms my
new plush hat
fuzzy wuzzy thinz indeed. devised to
meet my cranial need.
But with the lack Of beauty Of a drip
ping, half-drowued cat
Before ! think that ] should try to pick
the mote for sisters eve
! mediate a moment on my new plush
hat.
An olive grocn-a dainty green-a cute
and cunning tint. ween;
But whittier are we drifting and what
are we driving at?
| give It mp In sore desplir. TT iest no
more OF wnmen's wear
Since | have been induced to don new
plush hat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

hair. At any rate, they always wore
white robes on New Years day. for
that was the day wher they cut down
the sacred mistletoe.
For the Druids didn't think that
mistletoe was only pretty green
vine, They believed 1t to be a mi
raculous growth hich would pre-
vent people from being harmed by
poisonous food or drink.
On that day a particularly large.
handsome Druid with glistening
white beard and hair and rather cold
gray eyes--Druils always had cold
gray eyes we believe-and clothed
most beautifully in white, would
climb the oak tree ON which the mis-
tletoe grew and cut It down with a
golden sickle. He wouldn't take It in
his hand, because they didn't con.
slider that respectful enough to the
sacred mistletoe. which could do such
wonderful things. Instead he would
catch II in pure white cloth and
climb carefully down the tree with
II. After this an altar would be erect
ed and white bulls sacrificed and
prayers offered. Then the Druidical
community felt that for the following
year they would have all the good
luck possible.
You see in those days New Years
celebrations were very serious things.
and all OF the ceremonies attending
them were religious.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
DRINK CAUSE OF INSANITY
Liquor Responsible for Nearly so Per
Cent of Patients Admitted In
English Asylums.

Drink and hereditary influence were
reported as the cause of insanity in
42.3 per cent. OF the cases admitted
into Rainhill asylum, in England. last
year, drink being responsible In 22.S
of the cases, and clear history OF
hereditary taint in 1875. These re-
markable statistics are contained In
the annual reports of the county
asylum at Lancaster, Prestwlck,
Rainhill, Wittingham and Winwick,
Just issued.
On the subject of the causes and
the preventation of lunacy, DIR. Gig
ellsworth, medical superintendent OF
Ralnhill, is very outspoken. Refer
ring to the 22.S per cent of admissions
for which drink was responsible, Dr.
Wigglesworth says the figure is suf'
ficiently large to indicate clearly that
havoc which drink makes with the
nervous system. and adds: III the
evil affected the individual only 1t
would be bad enough, but unfortu'
nateIy there Is reason to believe that
II is often handed on to the offspring,
owing to the direct poisonoas erect
upon the germ of the alcohol circulat-
ing in the blood, and that not little
of the terrible amount of nervous In
stability and degeneracy which we
see around us has its origin in this
cause"
Regarding the 1915 per cent. OF ad-
missions in which there is a clear
history OF hereditary taint, DIR. Wig
ellsworth says that no doubt this fig
ure considerably understates the real
influence of heredity, owing to the
dificulty experienced in getting reli-
able accounts of the families of the
patients.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
Ended the NoNane.

The intrepid man has bidden his
friends good-by and has posed for his
photograph has given out interviews
and attended farewell dinner to him
self on the eve OF his starting for the
north pole in an air ship of his own
invention. Next morning his neigh
Dor is astonished 10 see him on the
front porch, as usual.
why" says the neighbor. 'T
thought you were on your way TO the
pole"
Il expected to be-" replies the In
trepid man, but my wife told me last
night that she would expect me TO be
home at II each night, as usual-and
-well-there you are"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
: Curn for scratches.

Scratches are caused by exposure to
cold and wet. local irritation or low
condition, all of which should be
avoided II possible. In simple cases
apply cloths wet with weak solution
OF sugar OF lead and In winter cover
to keep out cold, FWhen cracks have
appeared. apply a similar lotion with
the addition OF few drops OF carbolic
acid. In case Of discharge or pus'
tules. make lotion of chloride OF zinc
instead OF the lead; finely powdered
charcoal may be sprInkled over tie
clofka.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

this to her majesty. the idea
having been suggested unconsciously
by Queen Alexandra herself, who is
passionately fond Of rubies.
Really. duchess" she said. 81 new
er have seen 80 lovely ruby as that
In your bracelet"
There and then the duchess wished
to give the jewel to the queen. but
her majesty would not hear OF such q
thing.
81 should feel as If l had asked for
IT," she said.
well. then." replied the duchess.
II shall leave II to You In my will"
Neither thought at the time how
very soon the promise was to be full
filled.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
The Syrian New Year

ES5cSsZgElLL the Christians Of New
HH;4Y Vt<6ta York do not observe
MAYA WaM Christmas as time tor
ESyktN E&N Santa Claus. The Sy.
NHSSyvFsaa rians. for instance. who
ts>2 iS1'sISsssa live In the lower end Of
Manhattan island, in Washington
street, from the Battery up to Albany
street. have an old custom OF giving
their presents on New Years day.
phen there also is a difference in the
manner OF gjr ing. The Syrian chill
prem do not uang up their stockings.
Nelther do the parents disguise them
telVes as Santa Claus. On the con-
rsry The Syrian child invariably
tnows who 10 going to be his Santa
Ciaus, and consequently is treated to
20 extraordinary surprise. There 10
pne thing, however. OF which he re-
mains In ignorance. and that is the
nature OF the present he will receive.
Ihe child picks ou' whosoever he
fhinks will treat him best in case he
succeeds In meeting and greeting him
tt the proper time on New Years day.
Then comes long vigil for midnight,
Rs the custom SO prescribes It that the
Pne who offers the first greeting at
the beginning OF the new year shall
receive fitting reward from the one
greeted. A good wish for success and
prosperity in the first hour of New
Years day is held by the Syrlans to
hugur well for the following twelve
month, and the one who first wishes
good prospects is entitled to a reward.
Custom prescribes that at the time
OF this New Years greeting whatever
the one greeted happens to hold in his
hand becomes the property of the 9TH
er- The one who receives the greet
Ing is supposed to ne so pleased with
1t that, acting upon the happy impulse
of the moment, he hesitates not to re-
quite his greeter with whatever he
first can lay hold on. This latter Gus.
tom originated in feudal times, when
the Emir was omnio. tent In his pro-
vince and his followers depended for
their sustenance upon his gifts and
what n allowed them of the plumbers
of war
OF course you can't nowadays sur.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

other day and the Chinese and Japan
ese still another, but whenever the
day falls. according to their special
calendar, there is always a very i'm.
portant celebration of It.
The Druids, who were the priests
of England before the Christian relig.
ion was taken into Great Britain.
also celebrated New Years day.
They were very interesting and very
strange people. these Druids. and.
according to what one reads about
hem in history. one always imagines
~ ~ as wearing beautiful white
robes and having tall, magnificent fig-
ures and flowing white boards and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
The Saloon Bar.

"a bar to heaven. door TO he'll.
Whoever named II, named II well;
A bar 10 manliness and wealth,
A door TO want and broken health;
A bar TO honor, pride and fame,
A door TO want and grief and shame
A bar to hope. bar TO prayer.
A door 60 darkness and dispair:
A bar TO honored. useful life.
A door TO brawiing, senseless strife;
A bar 10 all that's true and brave,
A door TO every drunkard's grave;
a bar TO Joys that home imparts.
A door TO tears and aching hearts.
A bar 10 heaven, door TO hell.
Whoever named II. named Il we'll"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
Holiday Terminal Facilities.

Il don't know what this is for and
| don't know to whom TO give IT,"
says the lady holding up a fancy
work contrivance.
Never mind what it's for: give Il
TO the preacher" suggests her hus-
band, with a mans ready method OF
disposing OF problems.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
Lost Forever.

"Ah. you fiattererl" she said. with a
pretty pout-
do you really think am fiatter-
err he asked.
"Of course" she replied. with be-
witching smile.
well. since You are not to be fooled.
I suppose | may az well admit IL"
Then she angriIy got up and Left
him
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
An Old Eonx

I'D like to have some stories from
young Slingink," says the magazine
editor but he is so old fogyish."
"old fogyish? Why. thought his
plots were all modern"
That may be. but he stubbornly re
fuses TO utilize the wireless telegram
or an airship."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
Helprno Papa.

"Ah," sighs the enamored swain, as
the taxicab rolls smoothly and swiftly
on its way. III we might ride on thus
forever togetherl Would It not seem
heavenly to your"
IT might be very nice" calmly re
spends the beautiful creature, Papa
owns a half interest 10 this taxicab
company
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
Perspective.

Sometimes you must go away from
your. surroundings and get perspec-
tive view OF what lies about you In
order TO see It's real beauty Rev. ].
0. Hayes, True Life. San Jose.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
Che Conflict u the Years
By Kennedy sEAToN

By KENNEDY sEAToN
|HE year is dying.
" The battle bravely fought is Ger
at last;
The aged warrior wounded to the death
With Times fell arrows, silently awaits
The moment q release with laboured
breath.
The Issued Of the long contested fight.
Or uct'ry. or defeat, or welcomed truce,
The unborn years shall certainly declare,
And turn each well aimed blow 10 gain
and use.
The warier. dying. eurtained by the night,
Sees not or knows the gain that i, to be,
But dies in faith that right will surely win,
And DER the world will rule eternslly.
The year Is dawnins.
The young recruit takes up the un,heathed
sword
His aged sire but jus, now laid asidc;
And bucklins on his armour. newly bright,
Essays him forth to ventures yet untricd.
Alluring dreams beguile his onward steps.
And visions bright Of vict'ries to be won;
He feels upon his brow the laurel crown,
And hesrs afar the coveted 'well done q
No thought Of failure mars the bli,sful
dream.
No craven fear unnere, the heart Of
youth;
Great tasks await him, and with faith as
great,
He steps into the fray. and strikes for
truth
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

Epernay, the center OF the cham
pagne country. has erected monu-
ment In honor OF the founder OF its
arcsperity. the Benedictine monk,
l3cm Perignon, l63s-l7i5, the Invent
,r OF the process for the manufac-
ture OF sparkling vines,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
Why?

Men take hundred dogs. It's said.
When for the north pole they explore
But nowhere have we ever read
That they bring back a half a score.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

Turn which way we will. law con.
trolls and abidos.--Rev, George Bailey,
Presbyterian. Washington.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

The soul Is known only by its ef-
feet. Rev. Or. Felix Adler. Thicai
Cultural. New York city.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

Most Of Us have given up the search
for woman who looks like the ones
pictured ON magazine covers
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

The church often fails at works
because the preacher Is SO anxious to
succeed In words
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

prise any Syrian early New Years
day fooling with costly article. He
can be depended on as knowing bet
ter. for either he would have to make
D gift Of it to the one who first greet
ed him. or else he branded as a miser.
Wise Syrians carry candy to hand to
the children who greet them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
Neso Years Day
i'm the Long Ago

KSYENXNONG years ago the people
AZ 1zSMW who lived in a great many
HSclkNNd different places in the
M EEyfa world were very much
MzwnE&8S interested in New Years
f,1ssnsAR1s day, just as we are. and
they did many things In honor OF
the day. exactly as We do. They
feasted and decorated their houses
and churches, and at ~ o'clock they
were very particular to show in some
way that they were rejoicing that an
other year had begun
Not all OF these people celebrated
New Years on the same day. The an
Client Romans used to have their New
Years day in March; then they
changed to January, and a large part
OF the rest OF the world followed
them. The Jewish people have an.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29
THE KINGDOM
DIVIDED
Sunday School Lesson for Jan. I, 1911
Specially Arranged for This Paper

LESSON TEXT Kings 12:1-2i. Mem
ory verses 49, IA.
GOLDEN TEXT-"He that walketh
with wise men shall be wise; but a COM
panion of fools shall be destroyed" -
Prov. 1920
TIME-The time OF Solomon's death
and the division of the Kingdom, b. c..
9s2
PLACE-Rehoboam' capital was at
Jerusalem. The Disruption occurred at
Shechem, which was the first capital of
the northern kingdom. ana the metropolis
of Ephraim. 1t was 30 miles directly north
of Jerusalem, between Mounts Ebal and
Gerlzim. Here were located Incidents in
the lives of Abraham. Jacob, Joseph. and
Joshua. Close by. doubtless az part Of
The larger town were Jacobs we'll and
Sychar where Jesus talked with the Sa-
maritan woman. And there is now the
seat of the Samaritans. the smallest re-
hgious sect In the world.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-12-29

IL the Christians OF New
York do not observe
Christmas as q time tor
Santa Claus. The Sy.
rians. for instance. who
live In the lower end of
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-10-14
ACADEMY RAYS
Comments and Notes from
an Institution which is
Oakley's Pride.

The Cassia Stake Academy, which
opened here on the Bird inst, after a
two-years' cloture, is progres sing
under highly satisfactory conditions.
In the interim, through the generos-
ity of the people Of the Stake and
church, a handsome and commodious
brick building was erected, and com
fortably fitted up as the home of ed
ucation in this Stake. The building
is situated in the center of a ten-acre
tract, and has room for sports and
various games so essential in school
life, and is so situated as to be in
the center of the densest population.
The building itself has large gym
nasium, large and well-lighted class
rooms, Office and library, and has
also fine stage and entrance rooms,
SO that the students have everything
necessary in that form for the pro-
duction of school, or class, dramatic
work. Our Manual Training shop is
thing on which we, pride ourselves
greatly, and students under the SUI
pervision Of Prof. G. C. Laney will
1ave all the advantage attending
hat department in much larger
J chools.
The result of the preparatory work
and of the meeting held Sunday af-
ternoon in the auditorium was seen
at the start, many parents and pat
rons of the school being present at
the morning exercises. Since then
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-10-14

is so widely advertised and
known that it needs no recon-
mendations.
T h e piano certificates are
worth their face value on the
purchase of a new $500 Don
Pierre piano. With one of these
certificates you can secure an in
strunent far below the manu>
lecturers cost. 1t is no trouble
to dispose of~the certificates to
parties who contemplate pur-
chasing piano, in case you do
not care to avail yourself of the
opportunity.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-10-14
Additional Local.


This weeks issue completes the
number contracted for in our house
pate section. That the six weeks
exploitation of the business interests
and enterprise of our Oakley bust
ness men and women in this form
has been and will be Of great bene-
fit to Oakley is unquestionable, and
The Herald, in behalf Of all desiring
Oakley's welfare and advancement,
extends sincere thanks to the Oakley
State Bank, the Golden Rule Store,
the Oakley Coop. Co., the Peoples
Union, the Worthington Drug Co.,
the Cassia County General Hospital,
the Oakley Planning Mil Co., the
Oakley Furniture and Carpet Co.,
the Oakley Hardware Co., the La
dies Shop, the Weeter Lumber Co.,
the Oakley Hospital, II. w. Thomp-
son Baggage and Transfer CO., The
Murphys, the Farmers Commercial
and Savings Bank, the Store of Quail
ity, E. V. Gorringe's Harness Shop,
Voyce & McEwen, Blacksmiths, and
Peterson's Red Cross Pharmacy, for
their enterprise and hearty cooper
alton in this branch of the town ex-
ploitation.
The aylor-Trotwood magazine for
the current month is at hand, and is
very interesting number. Histor
ical and reminiscent articles Of the
cities of the southland, pictures O.
many Of the typical men and women
of the south, interesting short stor-
les and miscellany Of general use
and information constitute a number
that ranks h Taylor Trotwood
among the very best of the maya
zines of today. Southern people, es-
pecially, in this vicinity, should not
be without it. $3.50 per year. Or
ers taken at Herald Office. Read its
stock offer in another column.
The Herald received last week, toe
late for publication this week, a de
lightful little symphony in song
Whatever that isl from the per
of 'Sir Jasper" The author il
we'll known-there are Jaspers ev
erywhere and, unless he should de
eide on a higher-class vehicle for thu
dissemination of his poetic instruc
ton, The Herald invites him to con
tribute hereafter, as literally a
he wishes at 25c. per inch per ISSUE
strictly in advance.
The patrons of school not
thousand miles from Burley ar
looking "askawnce" at a teache
who is instructing her pupils to pro
nounce it "dawnce,' and paws,
etc. Just 'fawncy." If that En-
glish society-novel graduate contin
ues she will have the pupils calling
that excellent Burley institution
1.-THE Burley Milling and Lift Co.
Girl Wanted-For light housework
Call at Herald office.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-10-14
List Of Prizes 0 fered

Our newspaper contest is on
and every lady has a chance to
win a prize. You certainly have
use for one of the prizes we are
Offering and the way to win is
70 save your coupons and bal
lots. The following is a descrip-
tion of the prizes;
T h e beautiful Do MP ierre
Piano, known as the grand prize,
is one OF Americas leading in
struments and in the past year
has become popular throughout
the west. 1t stands four feet, 10
n c h $, is double veneered
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-10-14

Who are the most popular ana
ambitious ladies in this commun-
ity is the talk at the present time
and from the large number OF
nominations indicate that the
candidates are getting busy to
trx.~rfd win the title. The beau
~fiful $500 Don-Pierre piano that
we offer is sufficient to make any
lady compete for it--saying moth
ing about the new improved sew
ing machines ,Elgin gold watches
and other prizes that we OFFER.
Ifyou or your friends name
does not appear in the list OF can
didates remember that it is not
too late to be nominated. SEMI
in your name or that of your
friend Immediately as the contest
is lust starting and you have
plenty of time to get in the race
and win 1t costs nothing to
enter and only a little effort is
required in gathering ballots and
coupons. Ballots are had by
clipping them from this paper
every week and are worth ten
votes. Coupons can be had from
the merchants on every purchase
and are worth 100 votes each,
Get busy and ask your friends to
gather ballots and coupons for
YOU and send them to this Office
as soon as possible.
Below are the nominations
sent to this Office, and many O