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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

Commercial development of the vast
peat deposits in the United States
would materially relieve our present
shortage of fuel. Although peat has
never been largely used as fuel in this
country because OF our abundant sup
ply of coal, which a be more readily
prepared for consumption nj in nor
NAL times more cheaply brought to the
consumer, it has long been used In
Europe. where $1,000, 900 to 90. 000, 900
tons are consumed annually in gener-
ating heat and power.
The attempts made in this country
TO manufacture peat fuel on a com
but the failure appears to have been
due not to a lack of market for the
product, but to the lack of sufficient
capital, to the ineXperience of the OPP
orators, n to preventable engineer
ing errors. 1t is said that air dried
machine peat. which is but little in
ferior in calorific value to many grades
of ignite coal, can be produced at a
cost ranging from Is cents to $3.50 II
ton, the exact figure depending on the
size and the efficiency of the plant;
and 1T is believed that in some parts of
the country it could successfully COM
pete with other fuels for both domestic
and industrial use. 1t burns with little
smoke and ash, and wherever it has
been used in this country 1t ha proved
very satisfactory and has found ready
sale as fast as 1T has been produced.
The lack of other fuel in many Euro
pean countries is now being supplied
IN part by an increased use of peat. Ac-
cording to United States commerce
reports, PIG peat machines were in OPP
Grafton In Norway In 1917, compared
with 55 in 1916 and sc in 1914. Among
these were two automatic machines,
each costing $13.40O. having a daily
capacity OF 80 to 40 tons Of fuel. and
requiring only two men for Its opera
ton.
Peat consumed in a properly de-
signed ga producer yields gas of good
quality and in abundant quantity in
comparison with the yield from coal,
as we'll as man valuable ~byproducts.
This Is perhaps the most effective utili-
cation OF peat fuel for generating heat
and power. because peat that Is to be
used in this way does not need to be
go carefully prepared nor SO thoroughly
dried as peat that is to be consumed
under steam boilers.
Nature Of Peat Deposits.
Peat is a dark brown or black resi-
dunn produced by the partial decom-
position of mosses. sedges and other
vegetable matter in marshes and like
wet places. Most Of the peat deposits
OF this country occur in depressiona
and poorly drained areas in regions
where the temperature Of the air and
the soil is low in summer and the hu-
nudity of the air is high. The most
extensive peat beds are found in New
England and around the Great lakes
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
Tommis Pets tho Fritziss.
Lieut.. Coningsby Dawson, In Good
Housekeeping.

44OASChCCPih6.
You wouldn't think tina men would so
% war to learn how to be kind. but they
10. There's no kinder Greater in the whole
vide world than the average Tommy. He
makes a. friend Of any stray animal he
IAN find. He shares his last franc with a
chap who Isn't his pal. He risks his life
who's wounded.
When he's gone over the top with bonib
and bayonet for the express purpose of
doing In" the Hun. he makes a comrade
Of the Fritzie he captures. You'll see
him coming down the battered trenches
with some scared lad of a German at his
side. He's Cabling away making throat
noises and signs. smiling and doing his
ina%rticulate best to be Ineligible. He
pats the Hun on the back, hands him
chocolates and cigarets, exchanges SOU
venirs and shares with him his last lux
ury. II anyone interferes with his Fitzie
he's willing TO fight. When they come
to the cage where the prisoner has to be
handed over, the farewells Of these COM
panions who acquaintance has been made
at the bayonet point are often as absurd
as they are affecting.
I suppose one only learns the value Of
kindness when he feels the need Of 1t
himself. The men "out there have said
good by to everything they loved. but
they've got to o someone - so they
give their affections to captured Fritxiey,
stray dogs. fellows who've' collected a
piece Of Q shell-in fact 70 anyone who's
. little worse off than themselves.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
faced death in the trenches that tils
had faced God.
Curses From Pious Men.

had faced God.
Curses From Pious Men.
And most soldiers are a culsing lot.
Words that have never been thought of
by men i'll time Of peace rise TO the
surface when those men speak of a lot
as Indignantly cruel and savage of the
! Hun, but nevertheless l found all these
men have made their peace With God
in Il way that brings u sure feeling of
security.
An English Tommy remarked to me
quite casually, one evening in Paris,
where he was on a leave of absence at
ter months in the trenches and behind
let or bit OF shrapnel comes across from
those hounds of hell that has my name
and address ON it. l shall go out white,
for the captain up there understands
What is the use Of talking church or
creed to a mar like that and every
maj i talked to was like that. lie has
gotten beyond your ken. lie must be-
or later he must go over. tina, Zoe is
as sure as the hell in which he is living.
Only this gives him the great courage
to fight and die unwhimperine.
AS for me?
/ have come back believing in hell,
as sure as God.
1 have seen 1t in the tear-dimmed
eyes OF black-earbed women; in the
pinched faces of little children; in
the hopeless despair Of old men and
women. l nave heard it in the screech-
ing of bombs over French cities. and
seen 1t when the star shells Of the
enemy have lighted No Mans Land. ]
have watched 1t settle over the group
OH the street when q boy with his eyes
shot awa passed, or they heard the
tapping Of a stick and looked to see a
soldier with only n arm to grasp the
crutch that served him for a leg.
I have seen it in our own hospitals
when whole wards OF American boys
were Ill with pneumonia, and l saw it
creep. into the eyes Of our first cripple
for life, a handsome American boy who
was the first to lose a leg in the
J trenches when l asked him what he
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
The Red Cross worker bent to whis-

The Red Cross worker bent to whis-
per to me.
The little girl raised her eyes:
Don't whisper; / know" she said.
per these words:
The mother OF these children was
taken back Of the line for the use Of the
German soldiers a year ago."
Many years ago the son OF the God
whose name is so often in the kaiser's
1t unto one of the least Of these. my
brethren. We have done 1t unto me"
The Young Irish Captain.
My first vivid impression Of war I
received just before / left America.
I met afternoon Captain Latham Of
the Connought Rangers. which was one
OF the little army Of "contemptibles"
sent by England to France in IL days
after war was declared between Eng
perhaps prouder Of the medal COM
memorating that glorious run away"
to the Marine, where the Germans lost
the war-although it has not seemed
| yet to have penetrated their thick skulls
than they are of their Victoria
crosses.
This young Irish captain has been
wounded five times and gassed once,
and is of only five left of the Or
iginal quota Of his regiment. He "a
and is still over here on recruiting duty.
but he told me that he was going
back very soon to join his regiment
the regiment of which he does not know
d man. the other four survivors of the
original quota being SO disabled they
cannot return.
I had told him what 1 expected to
see over there and we had some way
strayed to a discussion of the great
spiritual awakening war brings to al
most every soldier.
Il don't care what your religion is,
Mrs. Gibson" he at last said earnestly.
Il don't care whether you ar Protes-
.tant, Catholic or Jew. but ! J know
this. II you go over there and you see
what you will see with the Red Cross
as your guide and friend. you will come
back believing In God-believing in
God. as sure as hell"
And that is one thing I learned most
thoroughly when l came in contact with
French. English and American soldiers
who had been in the trenches-that
they believe in God. whatever may
have been their belief before.
Perhaps not in the thoroughly ortho-
dox way that we have been taught to
believe is the way to everlasting life.
But they certainly have q good enough
faith to fight by and die with.
/ felt % I talked With those Who had
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

efs Of Red Cross ambuia1ces, n one
feels very proud to see with what ten-
derness these Americans handle the be-
wildcrcd old people and the excited
children.
The children's convoy is made up Of
been killed or lost in the tide Of battle
that has swept across and obliterated
In most cases not only homes. but en-
tire families. with the exception Of
these poor little waits.
"The chtldren's convoy will come In
At 4 o'clock In the morning." said one
Of the Red Cross ambulance boys.
horns. come down to the streets and
I'll take you down in my, boat"
1t was very dark and bitterly cold
that winter morning as / stumbled
down to where the ambulance was
waiting, and I wondered what was
going to be done with a hundred or two
of tired. sick n sleepy children.
ch:ldren's Faces at Windows.
Whom the train pulled slowly into
the little station, the windows OF the
third -class carriages were full of pale
shouting at the top of it's anemic lungs,
''Vive Ia France-Vive la France"
And then they piled out of the doors
and were lifted by the ambulance boys
put Of The windows. while the French
horns began their inspiring music.
l remember thinking at the time that
very probably Gabriel would blow a!
French horn as the last trumpet to
wake the dead. for certainly nothing
could be more awakening.
Nine hundred. and fifty children. Of
ages from ? to perhaps IL. descended
from these crowded cars. excited.
trembling. expectant Of what 1 could
not tell. for not one Of these children
was not orphaned or worse.
There was a lump in my throat and
tears streamed down my face as I
picked up a 2~-year-old. seemingly all
alone, and followed down the hilly
street to the casino where hot chocO-
late and bread awaited all who were not
too tired or too i'll to q
Like q quartet Of Pied Pipers. ne
men playing the French horns went
before and the children followed. sing
ing the Marseillaise and shouting from
time to time ''Vive la France" The
sight ran hardly be Imagined.
I opened my fur coat and snuggied
that baby close. Its little body was like
Ice. bat there was not q whimpeF from
IL half frozen lips.
Before ! had reached the Red Cross
ambulances which were to carry the
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

mas just returned from a trip to France
under the auspices of the American Red
Cross.
Copyright, 1918, by the Newspaper En-
terprise Association.
When / arrived at 4 Place de la Con-
corde, Paris, the headquarters OF the
American Rec Cross in France, the first
words of everyone l talked with was.
"You must see a children's convoy"
Without much idea what l was going
to see, / started, the next evening after
l arrived, for Evian, the little French
watering place on Lake Geneva, the
first stop over the Swiss line into
France. j arrived i'll the afternoon and
wandered about the quaint old town
with it's big hotels, it's strange little
shops on it's narrow, hilly street. In
peace times 1t was one of the most pop
ular of watering places.
Here the American Red Cross has
one Of the finest children's hospitals in
h world. In the beautiful Hotel Chat
elet OH the hilltop overlooking Lake
Geneva, many of the sick children that
the Huns have SEN back to die on
French soil are nursed back to health
II not happiness.
How They Come Back.
Germany is sending back, at the rate
Of a 1000 u day. frightened children,
trembling old people. tubercular men,
that have been broken by u~nspeakable
treatment in German prisons, and
white -faced women with anemic boche
babies clasped In their arms.
A number of men over or under draft
age r stationed at this place as driv-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04

was going to do when he got back to
America.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-04
BY Idah McGIone Gibson.

has just returned from a trip to France
under the auspices of the American Red
Cross.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-17
Mrs. MaIlIa NslSOd.

Virgie May, vile of Chief of
Ponce Martin Nelson, of Mer-
cersDurg, died at their home in
lhat town On Tuesday morning
at IL o'clock, aged 80 years. Mrs.
Nelson was a daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. w. M. Ham of South
First Street, McConnellsDurg,
and she was married to Mr.. Nei-
son about thirteen years ago.
She is survived by her husband
and six children; also, by her
parents, three brothers: John,
In France, Brlce, in McConnells-
Durg and John, at home; and
three sisters: Lsnora, Altoona;
Maude, Three Springs, and Liz
z.e. McConneIlsburg. Funeral
service to-day at Il O'clock.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-17
Resolutions Of Respect.

The following resolutions IN
memory of John Leroy Fleming,
who died at Camp Lee.on October
End, were adopted by the local
Tribe of Red Men:
Once again the Great Spirit"
hath summoned through death,
a brother Red Man, to take the
long trail to the Happy Hunt
ing Grounds, to the Kingdom of
Ponemah, to a life in the land of
the Hereafter" He has been
a diligent and faithful worker
in our Tribes labors of Freedom,
Friendship and Charity, and has
contributed freely of aid in re-
lieving the necessities Of the
widow and orphan. As a recon-
pense of his service he has re-
ceived the plaudit, well DONE"
from the Great Spirit.
And whereas the all-wise and
merciful Father has called our
beloved and respected Brother
home; and he having been
a true and faithful member Of
our Mystic Order, therefore be
it.
Resolved, That Cassawappa
Tribe, No. 497, Improved Order
of Red Men of McConnellsburg.
Pa, in the testimony of our loss,
tender to the family of our de-
ceased Brother our sincere con-
dolence in their deep affliction,
and that a copy of these resolu-
tions may be sent to the family.
Fl. E. GRIssINGER,
SCOTT SoUDERS,
G. r. STEACH.
Committee.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-17
Mrs. Ellen +. Stevens.

Mrs. Ellen Frances, second
wife of the late Joseph D. Stew
ems, of Taylor township, died at
the home of her son Charles E.
Stevens, Fairywood Ave-, Graf
ton, Pa, on Wednesday, October
2, 1918 at 10 O'Clock a. m. aged
78 years. The funeral services
conducted by Rev, Davidson, took
place on the following Friday and
interment was made in the Char
tiers cemetery.
The deceased was a daughter
of Jacob and Mary Elias and she
was born in Trough Creek Val
ley, Huntingdon County, Novem-
Der ID, 1910. With her parents,
she moved to Wells Valley many
years ago. She was married to
Joseph ID. Stevens December 2.
1879, and for many years in
Taylor township, this county.
During the past nine years she
has made her home with her son
Charles.
She had been in active health
until two years ago when she fell
and fractured one of her hips, and
she was an invalid since. Mrs.
Stevens is survived by two sons;
Charles f., near Pittsburgh, and
Edward G., of Mount Union; al
so, by seven grandchildren, and
two sisters-Levina Elias and
Mrs. Emily Gates, at Roaring
Springs, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-17
CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT PAIN
Scientist Explains lnsensblIity Of Hu.
man Organism to an Uncommon
Sort OF Injury.

That a high-speed bullet may
pierce a man and cause him so lit
tie pain that he is unconscious of his
wound has long been known. A
slower bullet would cause consider
able pain and shock. DIR. George w.
Grille finds an explanation of this
and similar phenomena in his re-
searches in the evolution Of actions
and responses. The evolution Of or
gans has been pretty thoroughly
worked out, but the evolution of
functions Of organs is a new thing.
During the long course of develop
ment of man and his ancestors swift
piercing and lacaration such as in
flicted by a high-speed bullet were
not encountered, and hence no pain
reaction against them would evolve,
while slow lacerations were most
common, and the usefulness of be-
ing conscious of them in the keen
way Of pain is most evident.
Such is the insengibility of the
human organism to an uncommon
sort of injury that, according to Doc
tor Grille, "a device Of exquisitcly
sharp knives driven at superlatiyc
high speed might cut the body to
pieces without causing any pain
whatever"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-17
A CATASTROPHE.

Twas the deciding game in the
race for the pennant. Never in the
history of baseball had the run for
the flag been so close. Never had
enthusiasm reached such heights I;
never had the excitement been so
wild nor the rivalry so keen. Only
a few points separated the leaders
from the collarites. The home team
was up for its last time at bat and
Jerry O'Flannagan already had two
strikes and three balls against him
with two men down. lie cast one look
at the cheering fans, who settled into
an eXpectant tcnsity as jerry spat on
his hands. His face was drawn with
a mighty determination. The oppos-
ing pitcher wound up and suddenly
the ball leaped like a shot toward the
plate. The batter-but just then the
ball park policeman pulled Jimmy
away from the knot hole in the fence.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-17

Mems and Women's under
wear at last winters prices at j.
K. Johnston's.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Garland,
near Mercersburg, have just
learned of the safe arrival in
France of their son Claude.
Mrs. Sadie Fisher left on We'd
nesday morning for Port Trever-
ton to assist in nursing her son
Benjamin who is i'll with the
FLU"
Overcoats, NJ lckinai1s and
S weaters at j X Johnston's.
Mr.. Clay Troupe of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, a former resident
of McConnellsburg, spent the
weeks end with his sister Mrs.
David M. Kendall.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Staley, of
Carnegie, are making their an
nual visit in the home of Mrs.
Staley's mother, Mrs. Augeline
Sipes, West Walnut Street.
Mrs. Ella McKibbin of ANA
ranth spent the past week with
friends in town. Mrs. McKibbin
enjoys the distinction of having
three sons with the colors." ="
DR.. Dunnick and wife of
Nantyglo, Cambria County were
guests of Rev. Edward Jackson
and wife on Tuesday. Dr..
Dunnick is a brother of Mrs.
Jackson.
Misses Oda and Cleo Gutshall,
and Lola Wilson, of Knobsville,
spent last Friday evening in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schenck in Wells Valley. They
were accompanied on their re-
turn trip by Miss Mary Helman
teacher of No. 2 in Wells, who
spent the time until Sunday even
ing with her parents Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Reuben Helman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-17
KaiSer'S Beginning TO "iOIIer."

The end of the great war
seems to be in sight, but it is not
over. Last Saturday, Germany
informed the United States that
it was willing to quit-that it
was willing to yield to the allies
all the territory it had taken,
and make terms of peace-of
course, a German peace. Presi-
dent Wilson informed them on
Tuesday that if they really meant
business they should not only
evacuate all the territory belong
ing to the allies but that they
should make arrangements to set
tie the damages; and to show
good faith, they should surrender
all their important Notifications,
disband their army, and turn
over all their ammunition plants.
Mr.. Wilson proposes to let
England, France and Italy, who
have been the greatest sufferers
in this war, have much to say as
to the condition of peace, and the
American people will not con-
sent to anything short of crush
ing the Hohenzollern dynasty.
and making the nation pay the
last farthing for their folly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-17
TOWNS OVER THERE.
A Vivid Description Of a Deserted Village
in France by au American Soldier.

in France by au American Soldier.
The American people whose
towns have not been disturbed
by an opposing army have but
faint idea what it means to live
in a war zone. An extract from
a letter written by Capt. Robert
S. Cain, Co. Fl. 111th Inft. is a
vivid picture of what one may,
see in France and Belgium:
Decribing a trip made by himself
and two other officers, Captain
Cain says: I'VE reached
"a pretty deserted village,
that contained, possibly, six hun
dred houses a soul of the in
habitants here now. One sees a
cat once in awhile that scurries
across the road at ones approach.
The population must have left
the town in a hurry. Never saw
so much goods scattered around
in my life. Linens by the thous-
ands of yards-and real linen, too
hand woven sheets, table COW
ers, full dress suits and hats,
grandfather clocks, gold clocks,
oil paintings, silverware, etc.
Here on a bureau is the lace with
the needles still in it, which the
industrious housewife was max
ing; here, in a little crib is a
large doll all tucked in by some
little daughter, and here a Singer
sewing machine with the cloth
still under the needle. Of
course, most of the houses had
been ransacked; for on the floors
were just piles of clothing, china,
pictures, and other gatherings of
a home. Cd manuscripts datirg
back to the l6.h and 18th CEN
turies. The gardens are beauti-
ful and at the same time pitiful.
Here in the deep recesses Of the
kitchen windows are tl)wers in
pots struggling to keep alive, and
of course, slowly dying for want
Of water and care. Roses every
W h ere, INTENDED for two
months now, but still blooming.
In the garden are Strawberries,
onions and potatoes. A few are
left. The American and French
soldiers must eat, and, of course,
| realize the fate of the chickens,
geese, pigs, and cattle that the
residents of the town were COM
PEELED to leave behind them"
"WelI, here it is July 2lst.
First time have had a chance to
write since the 18th. | simply
cannot write. Have been through
He'll siuce that time really can
not collect my thoughts to write.
| am still living and feeling well
despite all things. Have looked
death in the face a Numbered times
lately. | have got used to his
presence. | know | can go with
out anything to eat now for three
days no water - a regular camel
and the funny part of it is, that
one does not seem to mind 1t so
much-othert things on your mind.
am living now with just what |
have on, and carry on my back.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-17
DAWSON CAN'T SAVE LIGHT.

Dawson, the farthest north capital
on the continent, is ON daylight
saving basis, although the city al
ready has sunlight "A hours day.
There will not be much saving Of
daylight, although the inhabitants
are trying to figure out some scheme
for saving the summer daylight for
use in the long winter nights.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-10-17

Pile three hundred and sixty-iive
pancs of transparent glass one upon
the other and try to look through
them. Nothing but inky blackncss,
Take from the pile one pane. look
through It, and all is clear Then as
we face time, with all Its days piled
one upon the other, all is darkness
Each morning, II we take Off from the
pile of days that one which comes
first, we are enabled to see our duties
clearly and live out our Responsible
ties faithfully. We cannot live the
second day before the first or more
than one day at time.