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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07

aged 60 years, 2 months, and 7
days. The funeral was held last
Friday, the sermon being preach
ed in the Presbyterian church at
Warfordsburg, by Rev. c. X.
Lewis of the M. E. church, Han
cock, Md, and interment was
made in the cemetery at t h e
church.
Mrs. Kirk was the youngest
daughter of George E. Chestnut,
deceased, who, years ago, lived
on the old Chestnut homestead
between Warfordsburg and Han.
cock, and is survived by one sis
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth Hedding, of
McKeesport, and one brother, G.
w. Chestnut, near Warfordsburg.
She is also survived by her hus-
band and the following children,
namely, Mrs. F. G. Bare, Fort
Littleton: Mrs. Frank Remsburg,
Hancock; Grove c., Philadelphia;
and Lemuel G., and Miss Berdie,
at home.
In the death of Mrs. Kirk,
the husband has lost a faithful
wife, the children loving moth
er, and the community, one of
it's most highly esteemed neigh
bors.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07
Commencement of The 1914 Glass.

The commencement exercises
of the McConnellsburg High
School graduating class of 1914
were held in the auditorium of
the school building on the even
ing of April 80. The rostrum
was very tastefully decorate d
with evergreens interviewer with
the class colors of blue and gold,
with a beautiful back ground of
potted plants and blooming
shrubs. The class flower was
cream roses. Across the back of
the stage was the class motto
worked in eighteen-inch letters of
gold on a ground Of blue. The Ia
dies of the class were dressed in
pure white, and each carried an
armful of cream roses. The lights
were just right to blend the
scene into a harmonious picture
of youth and happiness.
Promptly at the hour of eight,
the class filed to seats in the CEN
ter of the stage, followed by
Prof. j. S. Heiges, dean of the
State Normal School at Shippens-
burg; Prof. c. E. Helman, their
teacher; and B. c. Lamberson,
County Superintendent, Rev. r.
E. Peterman offered the invoca-
ton.
For a full hour and a half the
large audience was entertained
by what was pronounced one Of
the best prepared and most hap
PLY rendered program of gradua-
ting exercises ever listened to in
McConnellsburg. When Pr f.
Heighes began his address to the
class he paid a high and sincere
compliment to the young ladies
and gentlemen for the evident
degree of thought that had been
expended on tn cir respective
parts.
The Professors theme was an
nounced in the form of a ques-
ton; Are You Ready to Pay the
Price?" In well chosen senten-
ces he explained to them that the
price of all achievement is work.
Genius" may flash for a day;
but work" attains the goal.
Piano recitals were given at in
tervals by Miss Olive Pittman
and Miss Gertrude Sipes.
At the close of the class exer-
cises Prof. Lamberson addressed
the class in behalf of the teacher
and directors, and presented each
member of the class with the long
coveted and we'll earned sheep
skin" which, we are sure, brought
to the hearts of the recipients
that feeling of satisfaction not
measured by the gold standard.
Benediction by Rev. J. L. Grove.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07
Off For Mexico.

w. Pierce Hamill a sailor on
the Battleship Texas left the
New York Navy yards on last
Friday for the west coast of Mex
leo to protect American property
there. The Texas the largest
battleship in the U. S. navy, has
a picked crew from the Idaho,
and should give a good account
of herself against any foe. She
carries ten 14-inch guns which
have a range of 21000 yards. Mr..
Hamill has been in the service
for over two years, and is a first
class machinist mate.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07
SUPERINTENDENT ELECTED.
J. Emory Thomas Won on First Ballot.
Term, -Four Years. Salary Fiji
teen Hundred Dollars.

Notwithstanding the almost in
cessant pourdowh of rain Tues
day, fifty-three of t h e sixty
school directors of this county as
sembled at the Court House at
1:30 o'clock for the purpose Of
electing a County Superinten-
dent of Schools to serve during
the ensuing four years.
The convention was called to
order by the present County Sup
erintendent, b. c.. Lamberson,
and an organization was effected
by the election of DR.. j. w. Mos
ser, of McConnellsburg, presi-
dent, T. Scott Hershey of Dublin,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07
DEEP BREATHING.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.

We are all familiar with the
sense of exhilaration which fol-
lows a deep inhalation of cool
fresh air. Our lungs respond
to the stimulus much as the body
reacts from the dash of a cold
shower.
When we studied physiology in
school we were taught that in
the lungs the blood is purified -
washed so to speak and TIE i'm
purities removed and oxygen
supplied.
If this publication of the blood
is to be done properly we must
have pure air to breathe and
must take advantage of all of
our available lung capacity. A
slouching carriage when walking
or a stoop shouldered posture
when sitting contracts the chest
and seriously interferes with pro-
per breathing. Avoid acquiring
a stoop if your daily occupation
is such that you must work at a
desk or sewing machine. Stoop-
ing is responsible for faulty cir
culation of the blood and other
evils beside impaired breathing.
Remember that your blood can
not be properly washed with half
lung full Of air any more than
you can take a proper bath in a
few pints of water. Learn to sit
straight and breathe deep. Fill
your lungs slowly and to their
utmost capacity and then slowly
empty them.
Many puny children through
breathing exercises and physical
culture have been developed in
to strong, vigorous men and wo-
men.
One of the most efficacious lar
riers to consumption is a well de-
veloped pair of lungs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07
Be CAREFUL OF FERTILIZER.
Orchards May Be Greatly Damaged by
Wrong Uue Of Such Material.

Men who propose to fertilize
orchards should be very careful,
in the opinion of State Zoologist
H. A. Surface, for it is very easy
to harm trees with such material
to an extent from which they
may. not recover for years. An
orchardist in Elk county, who
consulted Doctor Surface, at Har-
risburg, about blighted trees on
his place, received the following
advice:
1T is evident from your letter
that the fertilizer has greatly
aided the blight, as you say that
only orchards in that vicinity
that are not affected are the ones
that never had any fertilizer.
find it generally so. If an or
chard is subject to blight the nj
trogen fertilizer should be great
ly reduced. Phosphoric acid and
potash can be used, but not the
nitrogen, as the nitrogen is what
stimulates growth, and the more
vigorous the growth the greater
is the danger from blight. Barn
yard manure and nitrate of soda
are all right in an orchard that
is not growing thrifty, and that
is not subject to blight; but if
the blight is present | certainly
do not recommend the use of
either of these fertilizers.
Last summer near Grove City
Mercer county, | saw one of the
finest apple orchards in Pennsy-
lvania that was badly blighted
throughout that portion where
barnyard manure had been spread
in the early spring, and not at
all blighted where such applica-
tion had not been made. This is
not because the blight is due to
the use of fertilizer, but the nj
trogen fertilizers all produe rank
er growth, and the ranker the
growth the softer the wood. The
blight is always worse in soft,
tender wood. Doubtless if the
growth were pushed to an equal
extent by cultivation the blight
would be just as bad as though
it were due to fertilizer.
1T should be the effort of the
orchadist to use such horticultur-
al methods as will insure a fair
amount of growth, but at the
same time avoid such rankness
as to result in blight.
Wherever blight occurs it
should be cut out and the stump
on the remaining portion of the
tree sterilized. Strong limesul-
fur solution is as good as good as
anything for the sterilization pro-
cess, and is cheaper and more
convenient than formalin or cor
rosive sublimate.
Horticulture is an art based
on science, and is the most par
ticular and highly specialized of
branches of agriculture.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07
Try II This Year.

If you are not convert to the
scientific method of handling,
thin, loose soils as described be-
low, try about ten or fifteen rows
in your cornfield this year, fol-
lowing directions faithfully.
If your soil is shallow, such as
ordinary slate and gravel lands,
and has a tendency to dry out, do
not use any cultivator tooth on
that piece of land that will enter
the soil more than two or three
inches, or that will leave fur
rows. Cultivate the test rows in
such manner that the top soil
will be left as level and fine as is
possible to make it. Go through
it as often as crusts form after
rains, merely pulverizing tn e
crust. Do not let weeds go a.
head of you and then spoil the
whole trial by gouging them out
with shovel plows. Make the
trial honestly, and if the corn is
not better on that part of the
field than on the shovel-ploughed
remainder, you may bring all
your friends to this office and, in
their presence, tell the agricul-
tural editor to his face that he is
the greatest blow-hard in Fulton
county.
The supposition is that you
have made a good seedbed by
thorough ploughing, settled it
properly, and that the test rows
represent the average quality of
soil in that field.
Besides having made the test
ourselves, we will give you rea-
sons for our expectations. The
roots of corn are as long as the
stock. They reach across to the
next row in quest of food, and
when you cultivate deeper than
two or three inches in thin soil,
you cut off the roots, and, of
course cut off some of the supply
of plant food. Another reason
is that when you gouge soil like
that with shovels and leave fur
rows, the moisture escapes
couldn't employ a better way to
dry it up. On the other hand.
merely breaking the surface clo-
ses the cracks and holds the mois-
ture in the soil, besides permit
ting the top soil to retain a good
contact with the subsoil, thereby
adding more moisture by means
Of capillary subsoil attraction
something that cannot take place
when the top soil is kept scra-
ped loose from the subsoil by the
use of anything larger than the
smallest spuds or spikes.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07

Rev. M. Spiese has been con-
Quoting with much success a Sc
ries of revival services at New
Grenada. 1t is said to be the
greatest spiritual awakening in
that place for twenty years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07
VISITING CANDIDATES.
Mccormick, Greasy, and Berry Address
ed Large Audience in Court House
Monday Evening.

Word reached this place last
Friday morning that Vance C.
Mccormick, VIM. H. Berry, and
VIM. 7. Greasy would arrive here
in time to speak in the Court
House on Monday evening. The
telephone lines were Immediate
ly pressed into use to spread the
news in the country, and hand
bills were hastily printed and
distributed. Unfortunately for
many living in the country, word
did not reach them in time to
come to town; and in addition, a
hard rain set in about the time
others would have started. AS
it was, the court house seats
were all comfortably filled by
eight O'Clock Monday evening,
when the meeting was called to
order by Mr.. George A. Harris,
and Hon. John P. Sipes was made
chairman. Without loss of time
Mr.. Sipes introduced the speak
ers for the evening. Farmer
Bill' Greasy was first to speak.
He is candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, and if elected, will be
Speaker of the Senate. He told
Of sixteen years experience in
the House, and of the many ir-
regularities practiced in the Sen
ate, and now, if elected, he would
continue the same tactics he now
advocates as Chief of the State
Grange.
Mr.. Mccormick spoke next.
He reviewed the efforts of the
Democratic party to release itself
from the clutches of bipartisan
ship. He explained the weak
ness of the Democratic party
prior to the formation of the
progressive wing. He said it
was because of the power of the
monied interests in the two old
parties, gained by working hand
in hand for selfish purposes. He
said that it was to replace the
party standard that he begged
for the defeat of any and all BIZ
party candidates.
VIM. H. Berry then took the
floor and summed up the argu-
ments of his colleagues. He
went back to the campaign of
1895 and reminded his hearers of
how W. j. Bryan went up and
down this broad land with the
Constitution under one arm and
the Bible under the other and ap-
piled the torch that lighted the
fires of reform that have since
swept the country, setting two
classes into fierce opposition, un.
til, in 1912, this country witness
ed the greatest political upheaval
in its history. The central
thought of the three speakers
was the elimination of bi-parti-
sanship from Pennsylvania poll
tics, claiming that until this is
accomplished, the masses will
not realize the benefits of the
revenues of the State for the bet
terment our roads, the dissent
nation of agricultural informa-
ton as prepared by our State
Experiment Station, and the hon
est administration of affairs in
the interests of the common peo-
pie.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07
DiSlOcated His Wrist.

On Wednesday evening of last
week while Ross Hamil, son of
Harry Hamil of this place, was
wrestling with another boy he
dislocated the wrist of his right
arm. DR.. Robinson rendered the
necessary surgical aid. Ross
will now have to be content to be
a fan" during the baseball
games, until that member be-
comes strong enough to toss the
sphere or swing a bat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1912-05-07

Miss Meta Fryman went to
Chambersburg Friday for few
days visit.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10

what the gospel message is, and this
confusion is making many Christians
unhappy as they contemplate their
mission as bearers of the gospel to
the world. The most cordially ac-
Cepted Interpretation of the gospel is
that it is social service. Save others
physically and officially, and you save
yourself Belief in ethical culture or
the work of moral and spiritual evolu-
ton working the gradual elimination
of evil as now going on successfully,
Is with many the gospel.
But who should be the most trusted
spokesman of such subject? Would
1t not be one who is very near to the
great teacher, Jesus? 1t would seem so,
and we believe the Apostle Paul was
just such person, and that in the
text he answered the question, What
is the Gospel?" He said he was de-
claring the gospel which he had
preached, and Immediately follows this
statement with the text.
There are just two things here-the
death of Christ, and the resurrection
of Christ. The second of these is pre-
sented without elaboration or COM
ment, Christ rose again from the
dead;" but in the first, we have the
death of Christ with the occasion of
that death: the expiation of our sins,
and the confirmation of the death by
burial.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10

1t Seemed as Though Those Walls,
That Low Roof Were Crushing
Me; as If the Close, Foul Air was
Suffocating.
doubt no longer this was a trick.
cowardly. cruel trick! If help had
been coming it would have reached me
before this. The day must have passed,
and much of the night. Grant and his
party would have marched away long
before this on the road to Philadel-
phia. What could have occurred, then,
10 prevent Peter or the girl from set
ting me free? Could they have been
forced into accompanying the sol
diers? Could they have forgotten?
Could they deliberately leave me there
to die?
My brain whirled with inciptent mad
ness, as such questions haunted me
increasingly. | lost faith in every
thing, even her, and cursed aloud, hat
ing the echoes of my own voice. 1t
seemed as though those walls. that
low roof. were crushing me, as if the
close. foul air was suffcating, ! recall
tearing open the front of my shirt
10 gain easier breath walked about
beating with bare hands the rough
stone. muttering to myself words with
out meaning. The candle had burned
down until barely an inch remained.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10
WHEN A TONIC
is NECESSARY
If You Are Run Down and Debili-
tated the Health Can Only
Be Restored by Building
Up the Blood.

When the body is weak and the blood
thin it is sometimes difficult to find the
cause unless q wasting illness has pre-
coded the decline in health.
Obscure influences, something UNI
healthful in one s surroundings or work,
NAV lead to a slow impoverishment OF
the blood and an enfeeblement of the
whole body. When q serious stage has
been reached there seems to be nothing
that will account for it.
In such cases n complete change OF
climate or of work will sometimes effect
a cure. 1t takes long time, however,
and for the great majority OF sufferers
is out of the question.
Mrs. G. P. Boutwell,, of Clear Water,
Mimi, whose husband is hardware
merchant there, says:
"About two years ago, when / was
living at West Union, Iowa, l was all
run down through hard work and worry.
[ called a doctor who said L was suffer-
ing from general debility. He treated
me for some time but was unable to
do much for me. had cold chills all
of the time and seemed to be nearly
bloodless. / could not keep anything
on my stomach and lived on eggs and
milk for some time. My stomach was
sour and the gas on it kept me from
getting much sleep at night. The doc
tors medicine made my stomach feel
worse.
"My father had used DR.. Williams
Pink Pills with benefit and advised me
to try them. After week or so Icould
notice change. Isoon became stronger,
my appetite came back and the head
aches disappeared. l was then able to
eat without distress and began to domy
work. 1 had good color and gained
in flesh. Dr. Williams Pink Pills cam
not be praised too highly"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are a general
tonic and are useful in all diseases aris-
ing from poor blood or weakened nerves,
such as sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache, pale and sallow COM
plexions and many forms of weakness.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid,
on receipt of price, so cents per box;
six boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. Will
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
A booklet, Diseases of the Blood"
will be sent free upon request. Adv.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10
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broad steps were SCARED and splin-
tered. The man lay face upward, his
feet inside the hallway, one side Of
his head crushed in. He was roughly
dressed in wooden shirt and patched
smallc4othes. and wore gold hoops in
his ears, his complexion dark enough
for mulatto, with hands scared and
twisted. Surely the fellow was no
soldier; ne appeared more to me like
one who had followed the sea. |
stepped over his body, and glanced the
length of the hall The chandelier was
shattered, the glass cleaning under
foot, the stair rail broken into a jagged
splinter, and a second man, shot
through the eye, rested half upright
propped against the lower step, He
was a sandy-bearded fellow, no better
dressed than the one without, but with
belt about him, containing pistol
and knife. His yellow teeth protlud-
ing gave his CHASTITY features fiend-
ish look. Beyond him pair of legs
stuck out from behind the staircase,
clad III long cavalry boots, and above
these, barely showing, the green cloth
of the Queens Rangers. Then Grant
had not gone when this attack was
made, or else he had left some men
behind? l dragged the body out into
the light so l might see the FACET
was the Irishman who had helped in
my capture.
| stood staring down at him, and
about me into the dismantled room.
endeavoring to clear my brain and
figure all this out. 1t was not so diff
cult to conceive what had occurred,
every bit of evidence pointing to a
single conclusion Grant had searched
the house for Eric, and discovered no
signs Of his presence; whatever had
subsequently happened between the
girl and himself, she had not felt JUS
titled in releasing me while he and
his men remained. They must have
departed soon after dark, well pro-
visioned, upon their long march toward
The Delaware, leaving Elmhurst unoc-
cupied except for it's mistress and her
servants. The fact that neither the
lady nor Peter had opened the en-
trance to the secret staircase would
seem to show that the attack on the
house must have followed swiftly. 1t
had been a surprise, giving those
within no chance to seek for refuge.
There had been a struggle at the front
door; some of the assailants had
achieved entrance through the win
dow, and that lad practically ended
the affair.
But what had become of Peter? OF
the girl? Who composed the attack
ing party? The Indian had been de-
spatched 20 Valley Forge with my
memoranda; probably Peter, the Irish
man, and a negro or two were alone
left to defend the house. AS to the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10
He Speaks Twenty-Three Language

Sir Charles Elliot, the newly ap-
pointed principal of Hong Kong uni
versity, who speaks % languages, may
probably hold the record as a linguist
in these degenerate days. But in the
past he would not have borne off the
belt so easily. There was Elihu Bur.
rift. for instance, the Learned Black
smith," born ir Connecticut in 1910
who whilst working as an apprentice
at the forge taught himself French
Latin, German. Italian, Greek and He,
brew. During early manhood he mas
tered Sanskrit, Syriac, Arabic, Morse,
Spanish, Dutch. Polish, Bohemian and
Turkish; then turning his attention to
minor languages and dialects, perse
vered in his studies until he was able
to read, write and speak in 60 differ
ent ways.
But it took an equal linguist to tell
when Elihu Burritt was telling the
truth--From the London Chronicle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1912-10-10
Died for Our Sins.

1. Christ died for our sins. The fact
of the death of Christ on Calvary is
generally received, but with most per-
sons that death was simply that of an
unfortunate young man who had
lived a wonderful life, had manifested
unselfishness to degree never equal
ed by man, but who made a mistake
by letting himself fall into the hands
of his enemies and being put to death.
The first cause for the death Of
Christ was our sins. With some per-
no possible connection with mans re-
lationship to God, it is merely in
spirational and of moral influence to-
wards a better life, beautiful to be-
hold If you could shut your eyes to the
physical agony and the grewsome
Understanding. But such is not the
mission of the death of Christ in the
purpose of God, nor have Paul or the
other apostles so thought. The death
had immediate connection with mans
relationship to God-every man who
is Joined to Christ vitality, there died
to the world and world died to him
there was the shedding of blood with
out which the Scriptures plainly
teach there is no remission of sins"
The brief clause, "He was buried"
has far more significance than most
think. It is a confirmation of the
death which must be perfectly au-
thenticated The story of the death
is quite complete, even before Joseph
of Arimathea appears on the scene,
and the taking of the body, its burial
with all the details given in the Cos
pels, is quite full. The sepulcher was
sealed, a guard Of soldiers was placed
over it, thus doubly confirming the
burial of a dead body.