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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-26
The Real Test.

The kitchen is where the real tss,
comes. Here is more prose than poe.
try, and it takes the best efforts of all
concerned to keep order and harmony
in this domain. System is the key to
the situation. Plan your work day
ahead-see that wood, water, and
food are all at hand before you sleep.
Then know at what hour you need to
rise; set your alarm clock, and obey
its earliest summons.
In summer there is no better
breakfast than coffee, fruits, melons,
butter, eggs and cream, with good
old-fashioned buttermilk and honey
in the comb. All these are available,
too, on a well-regulated farm.
Dish-washing is an item, SO pre-.
pare for it. Have big boiler of hot
water, and an abundance of cold
plenty of clean cloths and drying
towels. If you have no sink, use a
ten-gallon pan or basin set into a
hole to fit it, on the kitchen table
Some really good soap and willing
mind are all that is needed to make
dish-washing endurable. = Pro 8.
sive Farmer.
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A Resting Place.

It Is a great thing to come to Christ
it is the turning point of life; and
II Is a great thing to abide in Him in
the storm and conflicts and terrors Of
the world.
Safe to the hidden house of Thine abiding,
Carry the weak knees and the heart that
faints;
Shield from the scorn and cover from the
chiding,
Give the world joy, but patience to the
saints.
It is a great thing to come to
Christ; it is a great thing to abide in
Him; but from His point of view the
object of our coming and of our abid-
ing is that we should go. He wants
us as His messengers. as His, fellow
messengers; His purpose is that, abid-
ing In Him, 5we should be the fruit
which is for the healing of the ma
tions; that we should be the COM
municators of the light which shines
upon the people who sit In darkness
and in the shadow OF death. II / do
not go, | am like an untimely birth,
or l am like a seed which has rotted
In the ground. He bade me come. He
encouraged me to abide. In order that
! might go.--Normal Christian.
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When the Mists Have Rolled Away.

Once | was visiting a friend near
the foot of the Southern Catskills
When / retired he told me there was
a beautiful view from my room win
dow. So in the morning l awoke
early, expecting to enjoy it. But as
i looked out / saw nothing save the
ordinary landscape of that section, of
fields, rocks and trees, and a long,
marrow strip of water they called
1.-THE lake" over which hung a heavy
mist. During the course of the day,
however, the mist lifted and fioated
away, and then l saw what my friend
meant. There rose the beautiful
mountains, clothed in the many-hued
foliage of autumn, rising on hill,
thousands of feet above us, and
crowned with gold and purple in the
afternoon sun.
1t is often so with the Word. We
see only very ordinary things in 1t be-
cause the mfsts have not been dis
persed from our minds and hearts.
When the Spirit drives the mists
away, then will we see the grand
mountains of Gods eternal truth and
be glad in the Lord. The preacher,
the Sabbath-school teacher, all stu
dents of the Word, should pray for
the Holy Spirits presence when they
would receive the Word for their own
life or enforce it upon others. To
have the Word bring forth its full
and proper fruit in our own hearts,
or from our speaking of 1t to our fsi-
'low-man, il is necessary "to be filled
with the Spirit. Rev. C. p. Det-
mars.
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Darwin, because of intellectual diff
culties of creedal statement upon
leaving the organized institutions OF
Christianity, said ~ am sorry to &c -
Wherever this way Is paramount
the deserts of human baseness speed
lily blossom as the rose.
We also say that this way is a way
of solid satisfaction. There are no
dissatisfied ones here. ANY man who
looks and listens will discover q great
deal of dissatisfaction in this world.
The numberless suicides, the thwart-
ed ambitions, the shattered hopes,
reiterate the experience of one of old,
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity"
But. on the other hand. the deyout
follower of the Christ utters no wall
of complaint. He exclaims in a shout
of triumph, THE path of the Just is
a shining light that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day"
Once again. let me say that this
way of our Christ is a reasonable
way. It is not true that we must bid
farewell to reason and violate the hu-
man intellect when we become fol-
lowers of the Christ. Ever since the
Wise Men of old brought the gifts of
gold and frankincense and myrrh to
the feet of the infant Christ, the IN
tellectual aristocracy of the centuries
has been bringing its choicest produc-
tions into His service. The intellect
may be transcended. 1t IS never
transgressed. We oftentimes come to
the border land where reason ends
and faith takes the torch to it's ulti-
mate goal; but never is it necessary
to violate the God-given blessing of
the human mind in order to become
n consistent follower of the Man of
Galilee
And now l might emphasize other
aspects of this way in that It Is the
way of safety for the individual as
well as for organized society If we
are standing upon the immutaJle
truths of the Christ, we may exclaim:
THE eternal God is our refuge and
underneath us are the everlasting
Arms" 1t is the way of life and not
the way of death, and blessed be
God, this way of pleasure and attract
iveness and satisfaction and reason
and safety and life is accessible-not
upon the ground of any patent of hui
man nobility, not upon the basis OF
material possession, but upon the
broad and gracious invitation of Him
who not only said: II am the way"
but who also said: Come unto Me
all ye that labor and are heavy laden
and l will give you rest"
And so we bring our questioning,
with Thomas, to the Christ and find
in Him a solution and an answer,
and we get some faint conception of
the commanding spiritual eminence
occupied by st. Paul when he said
For me to live is Christ"
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Linen Closet.

To one house with large rooms and
plenty of closets there are hundred
apartments so cramped for space that
a good-sized linen closet Is an I'm.
,heard-of luxury. But, since linen
closets are necessity to the careful
ihousekeeper, there is nothing to do
but to make one.
A practical closet may be made Of
packing cases, one, two, or three, as
one needs them and has room for
them. Fasten the lids with hinges
and line the sides and bottoms with
unbleached calico, in which, If de.
sired, might be stitched pockets to
hold sachets or sweet lavender. The
lids should be padded outside with
horsehair and a permanent rough
cover stitched on. Over all is fitted
a neat cretonne cover, with flounce
hanging around the sides. If possi-
bile, it is best to have three boxes, one
for the sheets, one for the table
cloths, napkins, doilies, ETC., and the
other for pillow cases, bolster cases,
and towels.
Shirt-waist boxes may be con-
structed in the same manner.--Phi'a-
delphia Telegram.
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The Last Five Minutes.

The highest interest of any meet
ing should be reached at the close,
and every part of the program up to
that point should be planned so as to
lead up to the last five minutes as the
climax of the hours thought and
feeling.
That can be done most appropri-
ately in this meeting, If the sugges-
tions for the leader are followed
carefully. Then, when the hour is
almost ended, let song and testimony
and spoken prayer all cease. Call
every one to silent prayer, a prayer
of praise for those gifts of God that
are too sacred and too near the very
soul of the soul to be spoken of to
others. And then let the sacrifice of
praise break forth in short but pro-
foundly earnest and definite prayers
of personal dedication. Invite espe-
cially to this sort of prayer those who
have praised God but little In their
lives, though they know they owe
Him much. So let the hour close in
united expression of purpose to
praise God continuallyby consecrated
and holy lives.
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DR.. Clstave Le Bon attempts TO
sum up IN few pages in The Inde-
pendent his own book on the evolu-
tion of matter This Investigator has
devoted more time to psychological
than material Phenomena, but like
thousands OF others he has been cap
tivated by the suggestive discoveries
of the Curles. Messrs. Rutherford and
soddy aud Professor J. ]. Thomson.
and of late his Inquiries have taken
a new direction. Indeed, DR.. lie Bon
has reported finding form CT invlsi-
BILE radiance different from anything
previously observed. Other scientific
men have been unable to get the
same results as he when repeating
his experiments, and have detected
possibilities OF self-decepton which
the Frenchman may have overlooked.
Still. any doubt which may remain as
TO the existence OF IN" rays should
not influence any ones opinion con-
cerning the soundness OF Or. lie Bon's
ideas about matter. Indeed. tirese
gre largely shared by number OF
well krown phyziclsts, and UP to a
certain point speculatlcns OF this kind
are to To eneourased.
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THE CRUSADE AGAINST DRINK
PROGRESS MADE BY CHAMPIONS
FIGHTING THE RUM DEMON
Victims of q Demon.

Tn the silent midnight watches, -
When the earth was wrapped in gloom,
And the grim and awful darkness
Crept unbidden to my room,
On the solemn, deathly stiffness
OF the night there broke a sound
Like ten million wailing voices
Crying loudly from the grounds:
We, the victims of o demon,
We who, one and each and all,
Can cry out before high heaven ..-~v
"We are slain by Alcohol"
We would warn you, youths and maidens
From the path that we have trod--
From the path that leads to ruin,
And away from Peace and God.
We. the millions who have fallen,
Warn you from the ruddy glow
OF the wine in silver goblets,
For destruction lies below.
Wine and gin and rum and brandy,
Whisky, cider, ale, and beer -
These have slain us and DESTROYED us
These the foe. thai. brought us here;
We beseech you, men and women
Fathers, mothers. husbands, wives
To arise and slay the demon
That is threatening dear ones lives.
Do not preach of moderation
To your children for, alas
There is not foe more subtle
That the fateiul social glass
Men in office. men in power,
VIII you let this demon wild
Stalk unfettered through the nation,
Staying woman, man, and childg
Oh arouse, We listless mortas!
There is work for every onel
We have warned you of your danger
We have spoken--we have donel
O. Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAvORNOTES
MAY TWENTY-NINTH

Topic-Is ours a Christian Nation?--
Psalms SO: s-22.
The test of sacrifice. Matt. 2O 25-
2S.
The test of righteousness. lisa. 5S:
Ill.
The test of blessing. Mum. "a: 49,
The test of obedience. lisa. L. 1-9.
The test of justice. zeph. 8: II;
Mic. 2: 1-3.
The test of priesthood. 1 Pet. Q:
9, 10: Rev. /: 5. 6.
The basis of a nations strength is
fear; but fear of God, not of any other
nation ". 81.
The secret of national permanence
is allegiance to God, since He alone
Is permanent (v ~.
Being Gods inheritance implies that
God can receive something at our
hands, and indeed, has God any other
Joy than in the obedience of His peo.
pie? ". 12.)
Nations that build up mighty armies
and navies are only building destruc-
ton and not safety for themselves un.
less they are also building a national
character in accordance with God's S
will ". 16).
Suggestions.
Calling Gus a Christian nation does
not make it so.
A Christian nation will feed the poor
and care for the prisoner among its
chief deeds
A Christian nation W II take primary
thought for the little children, and
will not stife them in factories for
gain.
A Christian nation will not boast,
either publicly or privately, but will
bear itself meekly among the nations,
like its Lord.
Illustrations.
Christ wept over Jerusalem. Would
He weep or rejoice over New York,
and Chicago, and Philadelphia, and
Boston?
Christ drove the money changers
from the temple, Thus Christians
should make whip of small chords
of reasoning and pleading and law, to
prive the greed from our nation, and
the oppression of men by means OF
gold.
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Save the Hands.

Housekeepers can thus save the an.
pearance of their hands, so they need
not wish they could leave them Al
home when they go visiting: Have
plenty of thick, soft holders near the
stove, with which to take hold of ths
pots and pans Keep a pair of gloves
handy to use when putting wood IN
the stove, or to work in the garden,
or pick over coal ashes, or to put on
when you sweep. Rub the hands at
night with mixture made of equal
parts of glycerine and rose-water to
which add one drop of carbolic acid.
After scrubbing or washing dishes
bathe the hands in vinegar or rub
with cut lemon; and when you sit
down to your sewing, if they feel like
a nutmeg-grater, rub them with cam.
phor, which will make them soft and
pliable.--Farm Journal.
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EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, MAY 29
The Foreigner-Matt. 25: 35; Luke II:
18-A Home Mission tSudy.


1s-A Home Mission tSudy.
Imagination cannot conjure more
sublime picture Of the consymmation
of all human life than is revealed to
US in this lesson. Christ is King and
Judge, rewarding those who lived
lives of love and service and melting
out just punishment to those who by
their lives rejected him.
The acts of love enumerated in this
verse were not the cause of their sal
yation, but the result of it. This will
appear from the preceding verse, "Ye
blessed of my Father, inherit the king
DOM" The kingdom was theirs by in
heritance. Not as the reward of their
good works.
The fortieth verse throws light on
the thirty-fifth, for here we learn that
Christ regards the humblest and least
in this world as his personal represen-
tative.
The good works enumerated in this
verse suggest what is expected Of
those who are truly saved. The proof
of faith is works. "Show me thy faith
by thy works" The real Christian,
then, may be known by his life. First,
AS uCii6ul III ludI hO
might be of service to others. Second,
he will love the world. But love is
not love unless it is willing and anx-
ious to sacrifice for the object of it's
love. Third, the motive behind all
the good works OF a real Christian is
love for Christ. This is the great cen.
tral passion of the Christian life. Read
l Cor. 13.
Luke II: IS. What a picture of hu.
man ingratitude is revealed in tnis
story of the healing of the ten lepers!
Ninety per cent of them were in
crates. Christ paid special attention
to the one who returned, because ne
was a Samaritan and the Samaritans
were separatists from the Jewish
church enemies of the bews from
Judaea and Galilee. Observe the spe-
cial blessing which was given to the
one who proved grateful.
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Rr0hkfAyf
V,Su-N-bIc
~ THE EVENING PRAYER.


Tn the twilight Of my days.
In the evening Of the years
Life unto my saddened gaze
Seems vision yelled in tears.
All the knowledge fades away
That / vainly thought to keep;
As little child | pray:
Now / lay me down TO sleep.
/ have wandered far from Thee
Since that childish prayer | said,
And the lips that taught it me
Have been gathered to the dead;
Yet her face | seem to see
When the evening shadows creep,
And again, as at her knee,
Pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keep!
Softly fades the lingering lipht
Lo! the last beam leaves the skies;
And | watch, amid the night,
For the evening star to rise.
Far beyond the bounds of space
] may drift ere day shall break:
Let me see my mothers face
If die before / wake!
Darker grows the gathering gloom,
While my soul its vigil keeps
With the memories that loom
Up from Lifes unsounded deeps.
When upon a sunless strand
/ shall hear the surges break.
Ere / near the Nameless Land,
Pray Thee, Lord. my soul to take!
Marie Convey Oemler, in The Indepen
dent
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ANc1ENTs' IDEA OF THE COMET

AS we are so often visited by COM
ets-those tramps of the universe
1t may be interesting to the young
folks to know something about the
theories held by the ancients regard
Ing these mysterious bodies, with
their streamers of light extending
across the heavens. The following
extract is quoted from an exhaustive
and authentic work, History of the
Universe"
THE term comet derived from
the Latin coma, or hair, applied to
celestial bodies. which appear to have
a hairy appendage. goes back to the
time. OF the Romans. A similar word
'cometa, was used by Cicero, Tibul
lus and other ancient writer's.
While the ancients distinguished
between comets and meteors, yet they
believed them to be of the same ma.
ture, and TO be found In the earth's
atmosphere not far above the clouds,
pr, at all events, much lower than the
moon. The earlier and Pythagorean
view, however. was much more cor.
rect, according to modern doctrine
with long periods OF revolution
which idea. like others of Pythagoras
probably came from Eastern philoso.
pliers of unknown nationality. .Apol.
lonius, the Myndian. believed that the
Chaideans were responsible for this
notion of the comets, for they spoke
OF them as travellers that penetrated
far into the upper or more distant
celestial space. Aristotle even be.
lieved that the milky way was vast
comet which perpetualiy reproduced
itself.
"The comet could not be regarded
otherwise than as divine omen &c
announce some remarkable event OF
to forbode evil, particularly pesti.
lence dnd war. Indeed. for many
years the deaths of monarchs were
believed to be announced By these
brilliant messengers In the sky."-
Washington Star.
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.<EoR ] Z7zE.
ERWLM2E'
80 s. -
90
80

Polcnta Dabs.-Scald a pint of In.
dian meal in boiling water. Mix to-
!gether one tablespoon of butter, two
cream and pinch of salt. Stir this
into the cornmeal and drop from a
spoon into a buttered pan. Bake in
a moderate oven.
Boiled Black Beans. - Let the
beans soak In a basin of water for
three hours. Drain and boil in fresh
water for three hours. Drain again
and put into another saucepan with
little stock, tablespoonful Of chut-
ney and teaspoonful of mushroom
catsup. Cook for another half hour
and turn onto dish garnished with
boiled rice.
Bread Omelet.--Soak a teacupful
of bread crumbs In cupful of hot
milk. Break six eggs into bowl,
stir gently until mixed, then add the.
bread and milk. Season with salt and
pepper and turn into a hot frying pan,
containing a spoonful of melted but
ter. Fry the omelet slowly, and when
brown on the bottom cut In half, turn
and brown on top.
Tapioca Jelly.-Let half cupful
of tapioca soak for two hours In
cupful of cold water, standing the
dish in a basin of warm water and
keeping 1t in warm place. Pour
two more cupfuls OF water into
saucepan. add cupful Of sugar and
the rind OF half lemon cut into
'shreds. Squeeze in the Juice OF
lemon. Boil for five minutes until
the sugar Is dissolved. pour In the
tapioca and water and cook gently
for twenty minutes. Pour into
mould and serve when cold with
whipped cream.
Turkish Rice.--Put into a sauce.
pan cupful of stewed and strained
tomatoes Add half a pint of stock.
sone chopped onion and salt and pep
per to taste. When the mixture
comes TO a boil. stir In a cupfd Of
we'll washed rice Stir lightly until
tho liquor is absorbed; then put IN
.cupful Of butter. Steam over y
slow IRE for twenty minutes. r.
move the top. stir gently and cover
with cloth until the stoasn has -
capped. Add a cupful of cold chtppeo
meat. Cook for anoeher three nip'
utes and serve very hot.
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rnial Theairical TIres.

The following are among the most
notable theatrical firss In the United
States. Richmond Theatre. Rich
mond. Va. December 20. 1871. NUM-
Der OF lives lost, seventy; Conway's
rhs atre, Bro ,klyn. N. Y, December
s. 1875, 2s5; Central Theatre. Phila-
delphia, Pa. April 2S. 1892. six; Iro-
quols Theatre, Chicago. H.. Decem-
ber 80. 1908. SIS; Front Street
Theatre, Baltimore. Ma. December
5, 1895, twenty-three; Rhoades Opera
House, Boye-town. Pa, January 10.
1908. 170.-Ncw YORK American.
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Keeping the Soul ON Top.

II is related of small boy who
heard a sermon from the text, "I
keep my body under" that on his re-
turn home. when asked to repeat the
text, he said; The text was, I keep
proper place for souls. Paracelsus
(Browning) went Ito his soul" That
he will or not. None needs to fear
the proving, for God will certainly
give victory to the valiant knight.
Read "Sir Launfal."-R. B. Kester.
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Is This True? If So, What?

or course, the pastor should be
master workman in this blessed art.
He is the leader, and must be the
teacher, both by precept and example.
And in this matter the general rule
will be found to be Like pastor like
people" II the man who has been
.called of God to the work of the min
istry shows no special concern to
reach individuals by his personal ef-
fort, the probability is that his peo-
pie will show little concern also.
Thus many church degenerates into
literary or social club, where the
membership has the form of godli-
ness without the power
And the pastor who neglects to be
a leader in this work will be con-
demned in the eyes of those who are
not Christians. They know very we'll
that it is his business to seek the
lost Just as his Master did They
know, too, that the preparation of
sermons and few social calls do not
constitute the chief work of a min
lister of Jesus Christ. And the man
who does not seek to win men to
Christ by personal conversation will
have little power to win men directly
to Christ by his sermons.
In certain city gentleman OF
large business interests was convert
ed. After his conversion he said TO
us: 81 have often wondered why 1t
is that Christian people, If they really
believe what they profess, show 30
little interest to win others TO Christ.
/ have a brother-in-law who Is a
minister, and who spends his sum-
mer vacation with me; yet in all these
years that he has been coming to our
home, he has never once talked seri-
ously with me about giving myself to
Christ" That minister, through neg
lect of his duty. was condemned in
the eyes OF that unsaved business
man.-Rev. J. w. Mahood. in the
Master Workman.
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rhe snrreon,s Greatest uread.

Having spent the greater part OF
my lie In operating, says Sir Fred
eric Treves, can assure you that the
person of all others that ! dread to
see enter the operating theatre is the
drinker. | share with the late Sir
James Paget his absolute dread of
the secret drinker.
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1Ne. HOUSE ana HONE !
TO Garry Medicine Bottles.

The woman who travels can util,,
an old hot-water bottle by cutting a.
the neck, sewing brass rings to N.
top of the bag thus formed, an,
drawing stout ribbon through I'M
rings. This forms an admirable "a,
ceptacle for small bottles, which can
thus be carried in hand bag or sun
case without fear of damage from
leakage New Idea Woman's Man.
zine.
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Choosing the Jobs.

Better than all the propaganda OF
the Prohibitlonists and all the laws
OF their creation are the enforced reg
ulations of the railroads. Between
booze and their jobs. the men who
are not slaves to the disease choose
the jobs.-Dubuque Teiegraph-Her
ala