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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
Health Lift.

When you feel discouraged, tIy to
encourage someone who needs IL. and
see whether it will not cheer you. II
Is wonderful how such an effort will
scatter the clouds of gloom and how
the light through the riffs will food
the soul. This was Christ's plan of
operations, for, it is said of Him in
Holy Writ, That lie went about do
Ing good A busy person seldom
has time for brooding. Altruism is
one of the best cures for the blues.
We remember reading years ago,
about two travellers being overtaken
by severe and continuous snow
storm. The thermometer stood low,
the men were getting tired and cold
their progress retarded; finally one
or them succumbed to fatigue and
cold, dropping in snow drift he soon
dropped into a deep slumber His
companion was nearing that point
too. but instead of yielding TO his
feelings happy thought came TO him:
he commenced to rub the hands and
face OF his comrade, until he awoke,
rested and warm, and rising to his
feet he was ready for another effort
TO reach the place of safety. Mean
while his comrade was also rested
and his blood coursed through his
arteries, warmed by the effort, and
both reached the asylum of safety.
The lift the one gave to the other
was the temporal salvation OF both.
So. dear friend, you can never lift
life to higher plane without your
self being lifted up. All about you
are discouraged persons; word OF
cheer from you, a hearty handshake,
or a moments pleasant and optimis-
tic chat, will clear the moral sky of
your friend or neighbor. Evangelical
Visitor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
a Forceful Indictment.

DR., Howard A. Kelley, of Johns
Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, at the
Washington meeting of the American
Society for the Study of Alcohol and
Other Drug Habits, speaking as a
physician with thirty-two years ex-
perience. said: II began my practice
in private life by prescribing alcohol
In its various forms as an easily diff
fusible stimulant in cases of periodic
weakness, in low fevers and exhaus-
tion, in accordance with the common
custom of generation ago. My ex-
perience has told me that the effect Is
temporary, evanescent; that the drug
(for such 1t is) does no real good;
and that a dangerous habit is thus
easily endangered which may be most
difficult TO eradicate. habit that NAV
utterly ruin the patients body, soul
and spirit"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, AUGUST II
The Signs of the Gospel Day-Joel 2:
fah.. z1E

The Signs of the Gospel Day-Joel 2:
1882; John 16: 7-15.
The Prophecy foretells of better
days to come. The Spirit Is to be
poured out without measure. except
the capacity of man to receive. The
terms used by Joel signify amounting
and employment as prophets. Not the
few but the many shall prophesy. All
are to be kings, priests, prophets. The
privilege of sharing in the plans and
purposes of God Is to be extended to
everyone who will receive it. Sons
and daughters old men and young
men are to live so close to God that
they know and do and declare his
will. Like the prophets, theirs is not
so much the power TO forete.l as the
power of seeing the invisible and OF
having ears to hear which are attuned
to the voice of the Father above.
Blessed are they who dream dreams
and see visions and prophesy under
the pressure Of the Holy Spirit.
The Promise Philip said, "Show
us the Father and 1t sufficeth u.s." Je'
sus answered, HE that hath seen me
hath seen the Father" We say, 20,
If we could see Jesus as Philip did, 1t
would be enough" But Jesus says ::
1T is better for you that | go away.
For If ! go not away, the Comforter
will not come unto you; but If l de-
part, | will send him unto you"
The Comforter, or Helper. Is to take
the place of Jesus. His work Is out
lined in these verses. He deepehs tAe
sense of sin and convicts EVERYONE nf
being a sinner. He brings a message
OF righteousness and assures us OF
the possibility of being righteous. He
declares tie condemnation OF the
nrince OF tits world and his final over
throw.
The climax of sin Is reached In the
rejection of Jesus Christ; the essence
Of all sin is unbelief in Jesus Christ.
Many do not think this sin at all. But
what does such unbelief mean? 1t
means that we stand unmoved before
Gods plainest. most beautiful, most
loving revelation OF himself. We see
nothing to admire In the great God
OF all. We reveal ourselves as INCA
pable OF appreciating the beautiful,
the holy the beneficent We actual
ly prefer the darkness, the evil.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
Foes of BeautY.

II were asked what was the great
est foe to beauty In both man and
woman, / would say, not errors in
diet, nor lack of exercise, not over
work, nor corsets, nor any one of
these, but bad mental habits. What
do / mean by bad mental states?
mean anger, fear, worry. anxiety, irri-
liability, regret, envy, jealousy, lack
OF trust in ones self and In the great
God-all these are bad mental states,
and all these destroy beauty, not only
by interfering with the action of the
vital organs. but by directly dlsngur-
ing the expression of the face.-Out-
Ing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
OUR TEMPERANCE COLUMN
REPORTS OF PROGRESS OF THE
Battle AGAINST RUM.
A story of Profit and Loss.

How the enforcement o. prohibi-
tion ruins business will be appre-
ciated by business men who will rec
ognize It's practical workings in the
following bit of commercial history:
Prior to the prohibition enactment
Walruff's brewery in Lawrence, Kan.
was prosperous business, employing
about ten men, besides the proprietor.
Suppose the average wage of brewery
employees Is S12 per week, the ten
men would earn a total of 1920 per
week to be expended in groceries,
dry goods, shoes, boots, rent, books.
music and other commodities
On the adoption of prohibition the
brewery closed. The employees we're
thrown out of work. and the dealers
were the losers of their trade, at least
until such time as new positions could
be secured by them. The brewer sold
his property, and, very probably,
moved away, taking his capital with
him, to find some more congenial
cline for the prosecution of his en-
terprise. The commercial loss sus-
tained was:
Loss of wages, s12O per week
The loss of capital, say, $4,000.
The loss of leading industry, and
its head.
The loss of money flowing into the
town as a result of that industry
The brewer sold his plant-build-
ings, engines, ground--to a shoe and
boot manufacturer. The factory gave
employment to over 100 men. Sup
pose the average weekly wage of shoe
operatives is SO per week. The week
ly payroll will be $500, the amount
to be expended with the merchants,
mechanics and tradespeople of the
town. This shows a net gain (after
deducting the losses shown above) of
Weekly wages, $3.50, or 65S per
cent
Ninety families to feed, clothe and
house.
Increase in flow of money to the
town as result of the new industry.
This showing is direct and tangi-
Bile. But, in addition, while the sa-
looms were in town there was some
percentage of the wages of the gen.
eral wage-earner, and some percent
age of the money paid to the farmer
that went into the till of the saloon
keeper, and there was some ratio of
the industry, honesty and productivity
of the drinking men destroyed by the
drink. And there was some percent.
age of the crime and pauperism with
its attendant expense to the COM
munity traceable to the beer made in
the brewery.
Not so with the shoes and boots.
Not in the whole history of the man
ufacture of footwear has a man been
known to go home under the influence
Of indulgence in patent feathers or
stogies to brain his wife with a boot
jack or chase his children into the
freezing night with the blacking-
brush. No town board, moved with
compassion for suffering womanhood
and starving childhood, has ever
found 1t necessary to ordain that the
shoe shops must close at 1 p. m.
There is not row, not a riot, not
murder, not shooting, not a fist
fight in carload of footwear.
thoughtful business men, even
though they have no care for the
higher purposes of life, will recognize
that 1t makes a colossal commercial
dlnerence to town whether industry
produces shoes and boots, or booze
and shoots.-Northwestern Patriot.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
A Liquor Dealers Want Ad.

Wanted-One hundred boys for
new customers. Most OF our old GUS
toners are rapidly dropping out.
Ten committed suicide last week.
Twenty are now in jail and eight
are in the chain gang.
Fifteen were sent to the poor
house; one was hanged.
Three were sent to the insane asy-
lum.
Most of the balance amt worth
fooling with-they've got no money.
We are just obliged to have new
customers-fresh, young blood.
Or we will have to shut up shop.
Don't make any difference whose
BOYS you are-we need you. You
will be welcome.
If once you get started with us We
guarantee to hold you. Our goods
are sure.
Come early and stay late.-The
People.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
Bad For the Beast.

The passenger inside the cab sud-
denly put his head out of the window
and exclaimed to the driver: Get
on. man! Get on Wake up your
nag" "Shure. sor. 'aven't the cart
to bate i'm" whats the matter
with him? Is he sick?" "No, sor,
'e's not sick, but it's unlucky e is,
sor, unlucky. You see, sor. every
morning. afore put I'm In the cab, I
tosses i'm whether Ell ave a feed of
oats or III ave a dhrink of whisky,
an the poor baste as lost FIVE morn
ings running"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
What They Did With Them.

An American who spends much o.
his time in England tells of a cockney
who went to dealer in dogs and thus
described what he wanted. "Hi want;
kind of dog about so Ugh an so long
Hits kind of gr'y'ound, an yet Il
amt gr'y'ound, because is lyle Il
shorter nor any O. these ere gr'y'ound;
an is nose is shorter, an e amt 50
slim round the body. But still 'ei
a kind O. greyhound. Do you keep such
dogs?" I'VE do not. said the dog man
1--WE drown EN-"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
The Wronu Sort.

An old Irish peasant was one Sun.
day sitting in front of his cottage
putting away furiously at his pipe.
Match after match he lighted, pull.
ing hard at the pipe the while, until
at last the ground all round his feet
was strewed with struck matches.
Come in to your dinner. Patsy" at
length called out his wife.
Faith, and Oi will In minute, Bid
dy," said he. "Moike Mulrooney has
been a-telling me that if OF shmoked
bit av ghlass OF cud see the shpots
on the sun. OF don't know whether
Moike's been a-fooling me or whether
Olive got hold av the wrong kind Of
ghlass. SCRAPS.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
Two Types.

An Irish teamster In a New Eng
land town when asked why he always
voted mo license" said: me boy
died of rum, an do what can to
keep other folks boys from dying the
same way" This ignorant teamster
Is citizen OF the highest type.
A gentleman OF high standing In
the same place said; Why should
| go through the farce OF casting my
ballot? This town is run by lot Of
low, corrupt politicians. My vote
doesn't count. I've no time for senti-
mental shams." This scholarly gem
tleman Is citizen OF the lowest type.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
Seeking Comfort.

I've got a long way to go and I'm
not used to travel" said the applicant
at the railway ticket office. 81 wan.
to be just as comfortable as l can,
regardless of expense"
"Parlor carr"
mo. / don't care for parlor fix
ms"
Sleeper"
mo. l want to stay awake an
watch the scenery"
Then what do you want?"
well, If it wouldn't be too much
trouble, wish you'd put me up in
one Of these refrigerator cars I've
read so much about"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
AppREHENsIoNs.

"You object to government GEN.
sorship OF the theatre?"
"Emphatically." replied the strug-
Cling author. ''It's hard enough to
get play under way without impos-
ing the additional requirement of a
'olitical Washington Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
Drunkenness in Canada.

Nowhere In the world where the
liquor traffic exists is II under better
regulation than in the Dominion of
Canada, and nowhere is law, even re-
garding the saloon. better enforced
than in that country. Yet. according
to Canada's new report of criminal
statistics. arrests for drunkenness
have increased from 1900 in 1899
to 81, ,0S9 in 1908.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
ENTIRELY pIFFERENr.

81 decline to spend 5000 for
bathing suit"
But. hubby. you don't understand.
This isn't a bathing suit; this is a
beach costume. LOUISVILLE Courier.
Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
A QUICK THINKER

What is this. sir? You have pow-
der on your coat lapel"
That's chalk. my dear. A few of
us were bowling. and ] was keeping
the score. And what has star-eyes
got for dinner to-night!"---Louisyille
Courler-Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
GAVE THEM THE LASH

Parsons Wife-"Weren' you lit
tie harsh In your sermon this morn
ing, dear? Charity. you know. hides
a multitude OF sins"
Parson-"Yes, and rawhided a
multitude OF sinners. Boston Tran
script.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
LOVE AND LAW.

Are you still paying attention to
Miss Gotrox?"
No; her father got a restraining
order against me-
Weli, cant you apply for a coun-
Ter injunction or something?"-
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
The Heart the Test.

You attitude toward others will be
determined by the way you feel In
your heart toward them. The best
set Of rules on polite living may be
comprehended in the one rule that
we should cultivate kindly disposi-
tion.-Western Methodist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
Worth the Price.

New York Is to have a new luxury
In the way Of ,000-a-year fats.
There can be only one excuse for such
an exorbitant rental. The owner
must intend to bar parrots and phono-
graphs as we'll as babies.-Rocheste
Democrat and Chronicle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
Understanding.

The things that belong to men must
be understood In order to be loved;
the things that belong TO God must
be loved in order to be understood
Pascal,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
OF COURSE.

! saw a good joke ABOUT a
pre.zei." said the press hnmorist. .I
wish l had written It,"
Cant you twist II Into another
shape?"-Louisville Courier-Jo Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
What They Are.

1t is not what the best men do, but
what they are, that constitutes their
truest benefaction to their fellow
men.-Philips Brooks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
SWEET BoTHER

Miss Bute---"Do your eyes ever
bother you, Mr.. Smart?"
Smart (gallantly) Mot nearly so
much as yours do."--Boston Tran
script.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11

How would 1t do to try the expef'
ment of going to the erring with love
instead of law? Wouldn't 1t be step
nearer to paradise?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11
An Unnecessary System.

"You ought to have burglar alarm
system In your house." said the elec
trical supply agent, so that you will
be awakened If burglar raises one
of the windows or opens a door al
night"
mo burglar can get in here whine
we are peacefully sleeping" replied
Mr.. Newpop. 1--WE are weaving ouf
baby"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-08-11

What's become of the hookworn
fake? Gone out of Stiles? When will
they get into Stiles again? Eh, d.
Stiles?
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-07
Or Lee
IS DENOUNCED
MASSACHUSETTS, G. A. r. ADOPT.
A RESOLUTION DECLARING
PLACING or lT IN HALL OF
FAME AN INSULT.

| Boston, April 6.-The Massachu
sets members of the Grand Army Of
the Republic today at the annual en-
campment, unanimously voiced pro-
ltest against the placing In the ma
tional house of representatives of the
statue of General Robert E. Lee,
clothed in the uniform of a Confed-
tcrate general, and petitioned congress
for its removal
Retiring Departmental Commander
John L. Parker was enthusiastically
|applauded. when he said:
cit would he an insult to the mem
Eory of the men who gave their lives
for their country. and the union vet
Grams who have survived the war
and who still cherish love for the flag
they fought under, to place statue
of General Robert e. Lee, in the full
uniform of a rebel general. in the
hail of fame. as it would teach the
coming generations tina, a man who
fought to destroy the country de
serves the highest honors a nation
can bestow.
Virginia has passed over men like
jefferson, Marshall. Monroe and
Scott and set up in the statuary hall
a figure of Lee, not as a citizen. but
In the uniform of Confederate gen.
eral.'
The resolution was adopted after
full investigation determined that
Lee never accepted the terms of am
resty offered BY General Grant. AMI
died not citizen of the United
States.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-07
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
1000 WORTH OF PROPERTY DE
STRoYED WITH LITTLE
INSURANCE.
Bartlett Hoop Mill and Two Ware
houses With Machinery and
Stock-origin of Fire
Unknown,

Mound City had destructive fire
yesterday afternoon which totally de-
stroyed the Bartlett hoop manufac-
turing plant, with two warehouses in
which about % cars of hoops were
stored. The mill had not been run
ming for some time, because the
price of hoops had fallen so that
manufacture was not profitable The
origin of the fire is mystery, but
is believed to have been a spark from
La passing engine.
The fire burned rapidly and though
heroic work was done it could not
be stopped till the buildings had been
consumed The water pressure was
not poor, but the fire burned so rap
Idly that it was practically impos-
sble to save the property. A fortu-
nate circumstance was that the wind
blew strongly toward the river, away
from other property in the vicinity
else the loss would have been much
greater
The mill and warehouses were the
property of the Mound City Water
Co and were leased by Mr.. Bartlett
about five years ago. The mill was
the old Mcdowell Midland lot Of
machinery of this mill still there.
Mr.. Bartlett's loss or hoops IS
about $4,000 and on machinery from
$4,000 to $4,000 The Water Co. S
loss on buildings is about 100000. In
|surance on the property was nominal,
Mr.. Bartlett's butcher block mill
is in another building and was not
damaged.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-07
THE HISTORY OF CAIRO.
To The People of Cairo:

To The People of Cairo
| had expected to finish the man
uscript of my history of Cairo long
before this time, but have not been
able to do so. ! am now. however,
very sure that 1t will be in the print
ers hands early in May, and that the
book will be ready for delivery to
those who may deire copies by the
END of June. or very near that time
1t Will contain about three hun
drcd and fifty pages, and about thir-
ty maps and other illustrations, and
and be sold for $500 per copy in
cloth. and $500 per copy In leather
For such local history there will
be few sales elsewhere than in the
city; and that may know about the
number Of copies that will be need
ed, | shall have one or two persons
call upon the people of the city to
ascertain who may desire to purchase
the book. They will be able to show
something in the nature Of samples
Of the volumes. 4 Persons who may
not be seen may send their names to
me-
The prices named are as low as |
ran make them, and are not above
the actual cost of the printing. en-
gray inu and hiuIfnu 1tnlaeo thcrn
should be q much larger sale than
now expect; this, too, without regard
to my own work and the expenditure
|of several hundred dollars in it's
prosecution.
JOHN M. LANSDEg.S.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-07
SAVES
COTTON MARKET
APPEARED ON THE EXCHANGE
AT NEW YORK YESTERDAY
AND RECENT FOUNDATIONS
CAME TO AN END.

New York, April Games r. Pat
ten, of Chicago, who did not know
whether he was out of the specula-
tive markets when he arrived few
weeks ago from Liverpool. reap
peared on the floor of the cotton ex-
change today, and thereafter the
deluge of liquidation, estimated in
some quarters to have cost him ST.
100000 yesterday, ceased. Instead
the feeble recovery which started late
yesterday gained strength and the
May option advanced $500 a bale
above Tuesdays low level. to sl4,57
Patten hurried to the assistance of
the market from Chicago overnight
and before the exchange opened was
quoted as being as bullish as ever
The bull movement In May cotton
reached the apex last January at
sl646, and then broke to $3.50. Re-
newed accumulation brought fresh
advances. cudminating, on March 80.
in mark of $3.50. Since then the
continued slack demand from spin
ners and reports Of rains in the south
have affected slow recessions, which
esterday became panicky.
The behavior of the market today
Indicated the determination of the
bulls to carry the May deal through.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-07
AM|CABLY SETTLED
Agreement Between Cairo g. Thehes
Co. and Bridge Co. Approved
BY Commission.

Announcement came from Spring
field We terday that the Formally of
confirming the agreement between
the Cairo & Thebes officials and the
Thebes Bridge Co, with respect to
crossing the bridge, had been gone
through, by the state Board or Rail-
road and Ware house Commission
That such an agreement had been
reached was known some time ago
when vigorous operations to complete
the road had begun. President Smith
and Judge Dewey, attorney for the
road, went to Springfield to present
the ca e to the commissioners and
Attorney i. O. Whitneil of East St,
Uouis represented the Bridge Co.
1t Is expected that the road will
be finished before the present year
is ended, and that 1t will be, as orig
inally planned, an open door into
Cairo for any railroads that may wish
to enter from the north. The term
nal facilities are ample to accommo-
date several railroads probably all
that are likely to come, including the
Iron Mountain, Cotton lpelt. Frisco
ana later perhars the Burlington,
which although seemingly anchored
at Metropolis. may find 1t to its in.
terest to comse to Cairo,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-04-07

and about twenty cities. Captain
Healy has had charge of the mounted
squad since it wss organized in De-
cenbcr, 1906, and IL responsible to
a great degree for the efficiency de-
ve!oped by the men in handling the
crowds in the downtown part of Chi
cago. Traffic in THE Loop''a dis
trict three-quarters of a mile square
has increased, according to Capt.
Healy % per cent in ) years Every
day his squad, which started with 10
men and now numbers AZ, faces the
problem of keeping things moving"
in this small area into which half a
million people come every morning
and from which the same number go
each evening. In addition to the
100000 individuals VINO utilize the
loop" each twenty-four hours, are
$500 street cars and $4,000 other We
hcles in the Same time. BY actral
count recently 1t was found that
$4,000 vehicles pass in and out of the
loop" district in IL hours; this aver.
age was maintained for 10 consecu-
tive days. Over the Rush street
bridge, connecting the south and the
north sides $4,000 vehicles pass in
IL hours. Each horse of the mount
ed squad averages 81 miles per day.
The men are divided into two squads,
half working from 700 a. m. to IL: 80
and the other from 1880 until 800
p. IN. cs