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The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
SAW INTO FUTURE
SAMUEL TILDEN's PREDICTION
 THAT HAS COME TRUE.
In 1877 the Statesman Declared That Crop of s,ooo,ooo, 900 to 4,ooo,- 100000 Bushels of Corn Would
 Be Years Harvest.

About a week after the return from Europe of Samuel J. Tilden, in Septem- Der, 1877, he delivered an address from the steps of his house at Gramercy Park, the Philadelphia Ledger says. An impromptu, spontaneous gathering of many of those who had voted for him for president the year before was the occasion.
 Governor Tilden did not refer to pol itics. His theme was the opportunity of the United States for increasing its foreign markets. He had discovered in Europe, he said, that it would be possible to make a great market for Indian corn, provided the American farmers would only cultivate that market. He excepted Ireland, stating that in Ireland it would be impossible Tor many years, probably, to overcome the prejudice against American corn, because the people of Ireland attribute tbe scourge of cholera in 1S48 to the use of cornmeal sent from the United States to relieve those who were sui fering from famine. Governor Tilden said that he would not live to see the
 
 be found to have raised as many as 2.000,O00,000 buslpels of corn, but he thought that American farming should be so developed in the course of gen. eration that from 3,000,000,O0O to A. 000,O00,000 bushels of corn would be harvested in a single year
 Some of those who heard Governor Tilden's impromptu speech were dis appointed, because they hoped that he would make politics his theme, alluding to the disappointment of his party that it had been unable to seat in the White House the president the party was convinced it had elected. Others thought that the governor was talking wildl.-, not having given due consid- eration to what he was saying But if It should prove to be the fact that the American farmers this year have har- vested 3,000,000, ,0OO bushels of Indian corn, then the prediction made by Governor Tilden that this would be done in generations time will have ben almost exactly fulfilled.
 In the offices of some of the railway companies, particularly those in the vicinity of Forty-second street, much qualification is expressed over the probability of the corn harvest. So far as the railroads are concerned, that will go far to make good any falling off in the harvest of wheat. Prepara- tions are now well under way for se- curing and placing at convenient points all the cars that may be needed for the transportation of the harvests. particularly in corn. Some of the rail- way officers are confident that no mat ter how large the demand for transpor tation may be. it will be well met by the railway managers, so that there will be no congestion of traffic.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
FIGHT CANCER AND LEPRosY.

Having conquered yellow fever and demonstrated the value of open air and sunlight in the treatment of tu- berculosis, government doctors are now working on the last stretch of the road leading to successful fights against cancer and leprosy, two dis eases that have been counted incura- ble since the beginning of civiliza- ton, by all peoples of all times
 The credit for the victory over vel low fever belongs to the army doc tors. Cancer seems in fair way to be conquered by two doctors in the Philippine government service. The success had by Drs. Moses T. Clegg, Donald H. Currie, Walter R. Brinker- hoff and H. T. Holman of the Marine hospital service points to a great achievement in the treatment and cure of leprosy.
 While the medical profession at large Is not ready. because of inabil. ity to make personal tests and obser- vations, to accept the work of Drs. Arthur F. Coca and Philip K Gilman of the Philippine government service, as conclusively proving that inocula- tion is a specific for the cure of can cer, army and navy doctors believe their work will be brought to an ab- solute success.
 Drs. Coca and Gilman. in their pa- per, tell the medical fraternity the infection is made preferably within six hours after the addition of one cubic centimeter of 5 per cent. car bolic acid to every ten cubic centi- meters of the so-called vaccine. If. however, it is reasonably certain that contamination of the vaccine has not occurred the injection may be made at once without the addition of car bolic acid
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
Obnoxious Weed.

Just thirty years ago a lady al Bright, Victoria, planted in her gar den a few seeds of St. John's-wort, sent her from the old country. The lady's intention was to have one or two of the plants at hand for medi- cinal purposes. The hardy weed, how ever, soon spread beyond the garden. and before any one had grasped the magnitude of the evil 1t had been car ried by cattle along all main stock routes and jumped the Victorian wa tershed into Gippsland. It has now completely taken possession of some thing like twenty thousand acres of agricultural land. and the agricultural department of Victoria is spending thousands of pounds in the endeavor to eradicate it, some of the methods tried costing nearly $50 an acre. Westminster Gazette.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
Loafng.

T loaf and invite my soul," sang Walt Whitman in one of his "bara barrie yawps" that has sounded lover the roofs of the world" And it is nc doubt the best, profoundest, and high est thing ever said or sung about loafing.
 The soul-if we may be so fortunate as to have one, in the real and high significance of the word-will hardly come to our mundane aid. no matter how often we may invite 1t, unless we loaf. We do not, in our ordinary business of living, give it chance to visit us. Like the virtues and arts. il demands a large leisure and far hori- zons. That is why the poets and thinkers possess "souI' and we ordi- nary mortals do not. Our life is toe narrow, too 'cabined, cribbed, con fined" Soul escapes or shuns us while we grope in our huddled and clut- tered existence. We must loaf and invite it.
 Loafing Is good for us-now and then. As a habit 1t Is very bad; but even a good custom" as Tennyson assures us, would corrupt the world" were it not for wholesome change and variety. And an occasional loaf, wheth- CT voluntary or enforced. may be salutary.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
Only One Tie at a Time.

A gilded youth in Helena. Mont, one evening ran against Senator Tom Carter of that state, in hotel lobby, and stopped to talk to him. The youth wore a necktie that had imprisoned in its meshes all the hues of a rain bow. not to mention the splendid iri- descence of the dawn.
 Carter leaned forward and touched the ornate piece of apparel.
 My friend" he said, that's very pretty tie, very pretty tie, indeed"
 His slow, deliberate tone encour- aged the young man, who replied:
 "Oh, I've got lots of those. senator" :"
 Are they as pretty as that one?"
 "Oh, yes, sir"
 And you have lots of them?"
 "Yes."
 Well, my friend" said the senator. who is worth millions, T never had but one tie at time in my life. I wear this black string tie, and, when 1t wears out. I go get another."- Popular Magazine.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
rrosuols Regard for Language.

Language was looked upon as a sa- cred gift, and was as much part of the body as the head or limbs. For this reason an Indian never spoke the language of another nation except in the capacity of interpreter. When council was held between tribes, the orator conducted the debates in their own language, and the words were translated, when necessary, as they fell from the lips of the speaker. by those who had been trained for that purpose. It was considered the great est possible affront to their ancestors and to the Great Spirit for the Iro- quois to speak any language other than their own. Deaf mutes among them were pointed out as people who were not satisfied with the language of their fathers and in consequence had lost the power to speak or hear From "The Legends of the Iroquois," l" by William w. Canfield.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02


 than the assistant secretary. who is remarkable man in many respects. MT. Adee was born in Astoria, N. r.. November 27, 1842. He received his education in private schools and Yale has conferred upon him the honorary degree of M. A. On September g. 1870, he entered the government serv- ice, being appointed secretary of the American legation at Madrid. While in that position he on several occa- sions acted as charge d'affaires. July g, 1877. he was transferred to the state department as chief of the dip lomatic bureau. A year later he was appointed third assistant secretary of state and was made second assist ant in 1886. His long years in public life have given him a profound knowl- edge of government matters and he is a most valuable official. as well as a finished diplomat. He was present at the signing of the peace protocols be- tween the United States and Spain. MT. Adee was appointed secretary oi state ad interim to fill a vacancy in September, 1898. He was also acting secretary of state during a critical period of the Chinese trouble in Au- gust and September. 1900 Although MT Adee is 60 years old. he is atill strong and active. and every var spends several months touring Flu rope on bicycle.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
STAGE DRINK IS REMARKABLE
1t Cannot Be Spilled, and Intoxication Ensues Immediately After 1t Is
 Swallowed.

What we have always noticed about the stage drink is it's terrific potency. That there are other points of inter est in this thing we do not deny, and
 we are inclined to agree with the writer in one of the weekly papers, who says that "our actors, even the best and most experienced of them, have not the faintest notion, how to drink naturally and with the air of men who are enjoying the process" And we have frequently noticed the curi- ous unspillable quality in the musical comedy drink. In this particular type of potation, which is set to music, and which we may call the gay drink, the careless gestures of the fiagon holders who do. not actually drink until they have waved the goblet upside down have been known to make strong and thirsty galleryites burst into tears, commingled with reproaches. When Falsely Accused Frederick suffers momentary attack of depression, and decides to set out for territories ex- clusively canine, he pours into small liquor glass a little very pale brandy, and. with a desperate cry of frenzy and despair, drinks 1t at one go. Some times it is half a glass of non-cor- poreal claret. But the result is the same. Falsely Accused Frederick in- stantly starts his Apache dance with the grand pianoforte, and Friends Who Believed in Him. entering at that moment, say: Good heavens! he's drunk" The drink Is potent. It can not always be a case of weakness of head.-London Globe.
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
Earlier the Better.

Irate Pa-Did you tell that young man who calls on you every night that was going to have the gas turned of promptly at 10 ?. m.?
 Daughter-Yes, papa.
 Irate Pa-And what did he say to that?
 Daughter-He said he would consid- CT it a great personal favor if you would have 1t turned off- at S:30."
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
Trials of the Great.
pose.

Aren't you often bored by people who rush up to you in a crowd and loudly announce that they used to know you when you hadn't a dollar ?''
 "Yes. They are almost as bad as the ones who are always trying to get me to let their children snapshot me with their hands resting on my shoulders. Oh, see yor lave Touy
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
Her Rirthmark.

q hear," said the count, "that you are going to marry an American girl who has a birthmark."
 "Yes," replied the marquis, "the re- port is true.'
 q hope she is not badly disfigured."
 Not a bit, my dear fellow. For your enlightenment I will make a drawing of her birthmark. It is like this. s"
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
WOMAN LAWYER ADVOCATES
 A HOME AND HUSBAND

A member of the New York bar, a champion of women's rights. and a firm be- liever in the say. ing that a home and a husband are the best things to which a woman can ever attain, Is Gabrielle Stewart Mulliner, one of the most success ful women law
The Holbrook news., 1910-12-02
GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL HAS
 A REMARKABLE RECORD

That IS a splen- did r e c O T d achieved by Alvey A. Adee, second as- sistant secretary of state. who fe- gently rounded out 40 years of eff cient and faithful service under the United s t a t @ g government. Few men are better known in Wash fnRton official uIe
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
"Catch NV Pal"

The London correspondent of the
New York Sun relates the following
interesting incident:
One day last July a Presbyterian
clergyman in the city of Armagh, per-
suaded twelve hard drinkers to sign
the pledge. Before parting with
them he said:
Now, perhaps, each of you could
bring a pal to my house tomorrow,
and induce him 10 sign"
Il think | can catch my pal" said
one of the men, and that was the ori.
gin of the Catch NY Pal movement
now sweeping over the north of Ire.
land.
Scarcely town or village in Ulster
Is without an enthusiastic band Of
members, each of whom wears an
enameled brass button bearing the
words, Protestant Catch My Pal
Union" The saloons in many of the
provincial manufacturing towns have
lost fully fifty per cent. of their trade
OF the 5000 inhabitants of Cooks.
town, County Tyrone, over 700 men
Joined the union in November and
December, and the percentage is
equally great in other towns.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
Literary Tastes of the Poor

The five best sellers" may interest
Fifth avenue, but on New York's East
Side the English classics are the great
attraction. In the first place. the
East Side reads more than other Sec
tions do. There were more applica-
tions for the privilege OF taking out
books from the circulation depart
ments OF the Ave East Side branches
of the New York Public Library last
year than in any eight OF the other
thirty-eight branches. Not only does
the East Side read. but 1t is choice In
what It reads. New, ephem' raj novels
get little attention, but Dickens,
Thackeray and Scott are worn thread
bare in the tenement districts.
Shakespeare and the Bible are prime
favorites. Among Juveniles, fairy
stories lead here. as they do every
where else, but the Bible ranks
among the Ave most popular books in
the children's department. .-Leslie's.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
A Place TO Play.

Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord
mrs God out of the fishs belly" Pc
culiar prayer-room this, but better IL
is to have a strange sanctuary than
no sanctuary
Many experiences had come to this
wayward-hearted prophet during the
preceding days, but prayer was not
recorded in one of them. But now,
within the great sea monster, in dark
ness and in sore straits, his hard heart
was broken. and he learned to pray.
Thank God for the belly of the fish
the Bedford Jail, the shut-in village
of Aberdeen, the lonely forest of
America, where Jonah, Bunyan, Ruth.
erford and Brainard bowed their
heads and hearts submissively to
God, and learned to pray, and kept
at prayer.
Brother, art thou wilful, prayer.
less man? Thine only hope Is that the
God of Jonah will bring thee low
into the depths, where thine own
strength will fee away, and, shut in
from the path of thine own choosing,
thou wilt call upon thy God.
Sister, are the waters now com.
passing thee around about; are the
weeds wrapped about thy head; art
thou saying: 'All Thy billows and
Thy waves pass over me?" All, thou
art in a good place If these expert.
ences of anguish will teach thee how
to truly say, '1Thy will be done. u
Thank God. and let all the people
solemnly say, Amen, as thou dost
humbly and sincerely pray unto the
Lord thy God out of the darkness OF
thy tribulations.-Gospel Message.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
IL Didn't Pay.

A well known novelist who was for
years moderate drinker writes his
experiences in McClure's. He found
in the end that il didn't pay.
1t should be borne in mind" he
says. that | am not dealing with
confirmed drunkenness, drinking that
has becom an organic necessity. In.
ebriety Is a disease as much as tuber.
culosis, and must be so considered
and treated. | am dealing with the
custom of drinking as il is practiced
by the great majority of men who
drink at all And for that very rea.
son | think that testimony like mine
should be suggestive and valuable.
have absolutely no prejudice against
the custom, and yet, though ! never
abused it. socially speaking. and am
still a worshiper of Dionysius tfrom
ATARI, / do not hesitate to declare
that moderate drinking does not pay.
II have tried it, | know No one
can tell me anything about it's joys
and satisfactions. / have also tried
total abstinence. AS a consequence,
feel better, sleep better, work bet.
ter, enjoy life better and have in.
creased my usefulness as a citizen"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
There Should.

Fritz the gardener was a stolld Ger
man who was rarely moved TO eS
traordinary language. Even the most
provocative occasions only caused him
to remark mildly on his ill-luck. Not
long ago he came back from the city
in the late evening after hard daI
In the market place. He was sleepy
and the train being crowded. the bag
gageman gave him chair in his
roomy car.
Finally the train reached Bloom
field. Fritz still slept as it pulled IN
and his friend had to shake him and
tell him where he was.
Il tanks you." said Fritz, as he rose
slowly to his feet. The open door Of
the car was directly In front OF him
He walked straight out of 1t.
The baggageman sprang to look aft
er him. Fritz slowly picked himself
up from the sand by the side OF the
track. looked up at the door, and said
with no wrath In his voice:
There should here be some steps
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
Temperance Notes.

Civilization will not be a success
until the saloon Is but a memory OF
what men once endured. - Golfers
Weekly.
The city OF Youngstown. O., which
decided some months ago IL had to
have open saloons In order to help
pay the running expenses of the town.
now finds itself In financial straits,
For the first time In the city's history
there is not enough money in the po.
lice fund ID pay members of the de-
partment
II you are reading the daily news
papers you can hardly think any the
ology too strong for the needs of the
time.
One swallow does not make a sum
mer, but a dozen or so In a black
bottle are sufficient to produce a great
change In temperature.
The last convention OF the German
Social-Democratic party at Leipsic
adopted a resolution recommending
TO the members OF the party boycott
ON alcoholic liquors, One factor lead
ing to this action Is said TO be fight
against the aistillers, but the hygienic
effect OF such anleasure wss q potent
Teasen-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
Gods Unfsdllng love-Hos. II: 8, O.;

Gods Unfsillng love-Hos. II: 8, 9;
John 13: I.
Its historic setting is the best inter-
pretation of this Scripture Israel un.
der Jeroboam ii has reached the ze-
NTH OF her power Notwithstanding an
outward show of glory, religious de.
generacy is working an inward cor
ruption. Woe unto the nation whose
inward piety does not keep pace with
outward progress. Such growth Is
advancement without improvement.
Hosea, the prophet of the decline and
fall of the northern kingdom, foresees
the inevitable destruction coming
upon Israel as a result of internal de-
cay. WHAT Amos mad seen at a dis
tance Hosea now beho'ds at close
range, and in broken sobs of COM
pressed feelings'-for so his words
and sentences have been characterlz-
ed-he urges Israel to repent, giving
assurance that on condition of such
repentance God would have mercy
The basis of such hope and assurance
he finds in Gods former loving treat
ment: When Israel was a child !
loved him" (Hos. IL: -. The slave
boy of Egypt God loved, carried in his
arms, taught him to walk, and led
him forth from his bondage. The fig
ure then changes from that OF low
ing father training his child to that
of a compassionate teamster driving
his oxen (Hos. IL: A. Israel Is grown
strong and Is no longer child. The
strength acquired must be set to tasks
and bow itself beneath burdens. In
Eastern countries the yoke of the oxen
is fixed on the head just beneath the
horns, and so goes down over the
jaws. The careful driver will see to
easing the yoke where it chafes the
Jaws. Thus God was to Israel lov-
ing Father and considerate Master,
drawing them with bands of love-"
But, alas! Israel sins, sins against
such love and care. Then, like a sor-
rowing parent bemoaning the perver-
sity of a child upon whom much OF
care and affection and anxious
thought have been lavished. God cries
out: How shall l give thee up,
Ephraim? How shall | make
thee as Odmah and Zeboim?" 1.-TWO
cities near Sodom and Gomorrah de-
stroyed with the cities of the Plain.)
1t is the eleventh hour, and yet,
though the nation be close upon the
verge of doom. exhaustless love
breaks forth with passionate ples ding
from the heart OF God, Il will not ex-
ecute the fierceness OF mine anger.
will not destroy Ephraim, for / am
God and not man"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
"Gents" Made to Order.

"Heraldry ana the Gent" every one
with a sense of humor must be keen
ly interested in. There has been so
much nonsense written on this sub
ject and with such a pretense of
learning that many people believe the
College OF Arms really can create a
gentleman. The College. we fear.
can manage nothing more than
gent" and for that they charge
quite enough. Heraldry belongs to
the antiquary. Modern coats In an
Client style (prix fixe) are the last
remnants of days which belong only
to history. - Saturday Review.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-04
Explanation Of Life's Mysteries.

Few places are more rough, more
lacking = every element of beauty.
than stone quarry. | began my
ministry among the quarries of Cape
ann, which have since been multiply
Ing over its granite surface. Were
to take the owners of some of the
newer quarries, and walk with them
over the familiar places, ! could say
TO them: II remember when / used
to walk here among stately trees, or
sit under the shadow of a great rock
and feast on the surrounding beau
ties; but now you have blasted the
rocks, you have cut down the trees,
you have Uttered the fields with
broken fragments. What does II all
mean" Then they could take me to
some noble buildings in various cities
and say: do you see those stately
buildings, beautiful cornices. grace
full arches, lofty columns? Wen,
there is the meaning of the quarry. 4"
So it is that Heaven explains the
meaning of many of the mysteries of
our earthly experience. The cares,
burdens, sorrows, joys, works, trials,
are all instruments for fitting us for
our heavenly home. .-Peloubet.