THE FULTON COUNTY' NEWS, McCONNELLSBURC, PA.
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This Dopartmont Our Roodoro In Fulton County and; Elsowhoro May Journey
Around tho Aorld NAlth tho Camera on tho
of History IVIalcInQ: Happonlnes.
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ENGLISH WOMEN AS MOUNTED NURSES
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RUSSIANS PRAYING BEFORE FIGHTING
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Officers of the famous Preobrejunsky regiment of the Ruiwlan army kneeling In prayer for the divlno blesniug
Jore going Into action.
LOADING A FRENCH GUN WITH A CRANE
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DRIVER OSBORNE
So heavy are the shells fired by some of tha French field pieces that they
P to be loaded Into the gun by means of a crano, which Is a part of the
MPment of the great engine of death. The gun U set In whut Is known as
'til and the eun carriace works on wheels so that the recoil carries 11
Mard on a smooth platform.
MR. AND MRS. CHARLES S. WHITMAN
i'e S. Whitman, tho governor-elect of New York, and
W1! at Lakewood, N. J., where they went to recupe
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Mrs. Whitman,
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IEsS EUGENIE AS NURSE
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lor.,. " "ospitai ana rtr
;oi,ily Supervise, care ot
Officers.
rlelt.""iAlt,10ueh tha Empress
K h. 'm8' 80 years old, she Is
'U Uleal interest In the
kt to as Bet aside an entire wing
'"of ParuborouBh Hill for
feted Wounded officers. Several
h 1 ..ers ar now recuucratlng
f '"Pervi aged n8tcsa person-
lerSh0. '" "ear the great camp
!' Mary' Klng 0uor8 a,,tl
' ill J ,V.'8lt frequently. Prac-
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I (.( .. erthelu8s, she entertains
U,B dlBtlngulBhed mllitry
men who visit Aldershot, apologizing
for her plain fare nnd explaining that
her cooks have moro Important work
now than preparlug food for an aged
empress and her guests.
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Driver Osborne of L battery, Roy
al Horse artillery, Is likely to receive
the Victoria Cross for conspicuous
bravery. The battery was surprised
by tho Germans, every officer and
most of the men were killed or wound
ed, and all but one of the guns put
out of action. Osborno and two oth
ers stuck by tho remaining gun and
silenced the German pieces one by one
until Dually tho enemy retreated.
I0L0NEL BRODGES
Britain Increases Pensions.
London. A white papor will be is
sued announcing a substantial in
naa In tha nnnslons for disabled
soldiers, but It will not concede 1!
weekly, whlcb has noen asKea. The
childless widow will receive 7s 6d
weekly and may qualify for an old
ago pension. Tho additional pension
for a first child Is Bs weekly and a
hnir.rrnun each week for the next
three. For tho fifth child and onward.'
2s each Is allowed weekly. Thus a
widow with five children would gut
22s each week.
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Colonel Drodgos of the British army
has been highly praised for his
bravery In action, has been decorated
by the French government with the
ribbon of the Legion of Honor, and Is
slated to receive the Victoria Cross
and the Distinguished Service order.
When the name of a new town
that's spelled chiefly with consonants
bobs up In the press dispatches, what
can a harassed telegraph editor do but
shut his eyes and hope for the best!
WHEN THE GERMANS REACHED THE NORTH SEA
Above, German infantry, deflected from Ghent and Bruges, pausing through BlonkenbWgho, Just outside (intend
Below, the kaiser's Infantry which entered Ostend, marching along the sands of the North sea at that port, which
thoy hoped to utilize as a base of operations against England.
LADY LETHBRIDGE AS NURSE
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Among the many women of the
British nobility who are giving thoir
sorvlces to the Red Cross Is Lady
Lethbrldge, who established a hospital
at Calais, where thousands of wound
ed Belgians and Germans are cared
for.
MAXIM'S GIFT TO SOLDIERS
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Sir Hiram Maxim, the famous In
ventor, chopping up pork to be used
In his gift to the Canadian troops,
which consists of 25,000 one-pound
tins of pork and benns, prepared by
himself and cooked by the method fol
lowed by the lumbermen of Canada.
KIur Albrrt of Belgium shows quali
ties of grit and endurance that would
have made him a star on the football
Deld in his younger days.
COUNTESS GREY'S MILITARY HOSPITAL
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Countess Grey has converted her beautiful home, Howlck castle, North
umberland, Into a hospital for wounded British and Belgian soldiers, and she
attends them with hor two daughters. The photograph shows Seret Joseph
Jacobs of the Tlrlemont regiment showing his wounds and narrating bis
experiences to two of the workers at Howick castle. He Is only eighteen
years old, but was In every engagement of the Belgians from Liege to M alines.
TROOPS OF THE CZAR IN TRENCHES
The success of tho Russians In Austria Is said to be due largely to tho
precision with which they are moved from one position to another. A do
tachmcnt of tho infantry Is hero shown In tho trenches.
296,869 Prisoners In Germany.
London. A Reutcr dispatch from
Amsterdam says that, according to
Berlin newspapers received there, the
number of war prisoners In Germany
up to October 21, aggregated 296.8GD,
Including 6,401 officers. Of these It Is
said that thore are 2.472 French offi
cers and 146,897 men, 2,164 Russian
officers and 104,624 men, 647 Belgian
officers and 31.378 men and 218 Brit
ish officers and 8,669 men.
War to Put Lid on Absinthe.
Paris. Permanent prohibition of
the sale of absinthe and kindred alco
holic beverages In France may be a
result of the war. Transportation
and sale of absintho were forbidden
when the war began, and the govern
ment now has supplemented this or
der with another forbidding the sale
of alcoholic drinks similar to nbsinthe.
(Conducted by th National Woman's
Christian Temperanc Union.)
NOT WORTH WHILE OR SAFE.
In the Saturday Evening Post, Sam
uel Illy the, who after 20 years of tip
pling decided to get on the water
wagon and In his book. "Cutting It
Out," tells us why he did lo, receutly
wrote upon the question, "Is It worth
while to drink moderately, or Is It
not?" Basing the answer upon hta
own experience, be says emphatically
that It Is not.
"It Is my unalterable conviction,"
states Mr. Blythe. "that alcohol In any
form as a beverage never did anything
for any man that he would not have
bwn better without" Contrasting the
"old game with the new," the physical
gain, he says, "Is so obvious that even
those who have not experluncid It ad
mit It, and thoBe who have experi
enced It comment on It as some
miracle of health that has been at
tained" and he goes on to fescrlbo
In detail somo of the remarkable
physical gains.
"Mentally," he continues, "I have a
clearer, saner, wider view of life. I
am afflicted by none of the desultorl
ness superinduced by alcohol. I do
not need a bracer to get me going or
a hooker to keep me under way. I
And, now that I know the other side
of It, that the chief mental effect of
alcohol, taken as I took It, Is to Induce
a certain scattering and casualness of
mind. Also, It Induces a luck of do.1
nlteneHs of view nnd a notable fail
ure of lntenslvo effort. A man evades
and scatters and exaggerates and
mnkes looso statements when h
drinks.
"Taken as I took It." Mr. Blythe.
be It remembered, was never what Is
known as an "ulcohollc;" he wsb a
"moderate drinker." When we think
of the number of men among our na
tion's leaders and lawmakers In whom
the moderate use of alcohol "Induces
a scattering and casualneBS of mind,
a lack of dcflnlteness of view and fail
ure of Intensive effort," we do not
wonder that so many national prob
lems remain unsolved. If anyone
needs to "cut out" alcohol, It Is our
government officials, national, state,
municipal. For any person holding a
position of trust, moderate drinking
Is not only not worth while, but it la
not safe.
MADE IN GERMANY.
"I chanced yesterday," said Rev.
James J. Keane, archbishop of Du
buque, speaking at the Niagara Fall
convention of Catholics, "I chanced to
find a copy on tho train of one of the
most carefully written reviews of so
cial movements In this country, and
that number, to my gratification, pub
lished a brief review of tho results of
a study, madn a little better thnn a
year ago, under tho direction of tho
Gorman government, with a view to
bringing beforo the German people tho
Injuiious effects of the nao of alcohol.
Tho commission decided that what
was called a teinpcrato tiso of alco
holic drink accounted generally Innoc
uouswas positively hurtful. It In
evitably works harm, the commission
pays, nnd Is especially hurtful to thoso
engnsed In any employment which de
mands of them physical labor. It was
a sober, keen analysis of a very thor
ough Investigation made In Germany."
LICENSES GO BEGGING.
Evidently In Pueblo, Colo., the sa
loon agent Is not looked upon as the
advanco agent of prosperity, says Ellis
Meredith In tho Union Signal. Five
licenses which had expired were put
up at auction. Only one was sold, and
that brought but Jo. "When you get a
community," she aptly remarks, "edu
cated to the point where a man Isn't
willing to risk more than $5 on a chance
to sell drinks, It Is, In the vernacular,
'some education!'" Pueblo, we are
told further. "Is a little Pittsburgh,
with steel works, smeltors, etc., a pop
ulntloa of working people aud a good
many foreigners whp are supposed to
be unable to get ulong without tbelr
beer, yet according to the papers the
number of saloons has decreased from
140 to 85 In the last ten years."
FIELD OF INVESTIGATION.
"Considerable literature of the pres
ent day Is the direct product of brains
working under the Influence of spirits
and drugs," says Dr. T. D. Crothers.
writing In the I-nncot end Clinic.
Study of tho effects of alcohol and
other narcotics upon the Drnln, he tells
us, reveals tho fact that books and
articles written under the Influence of
spirituous liquors hnvo certain marked
chorncteristlcs; written jnder the In
fluence of beer they show certain oth
er peculiarities; written under tho In
fluence of cocaine they have still an
other distinctive literary stylo "The
writer who depends upon alcohol for
Inspiration," says tho doctor, "uncon
sciously writes down tho pvldenco of
tho spirits he Is using and tbelr sin
gular Influence on his brain."
IN BAD REPUTE.
It Is hard to believe thnt the liquor
trade Is In such bad repute that a
two-thirds mnjorlty In both houses of
two-thirds of tho state of tho Union
could bo secured In favor of Its do
atructlon, but a very large proportion
of tho trado has come to the conclu
sion that this Is not only a possibility,
but a probability. Bonfort's Wine and
Spirit Circular.
Honor for Undersea Chief.
Berlin. Captain Weddlgen. com
mander of the German submarines
U9 which sank the British crulsors ,
Hoguo-Abouklr, nnd Cressy In the ,
North sea and has been active other-'
wise, has received the decoration of
the Ordre Pour le Mcrlte.
Cossack Cloak and Joffrt Hat.
rails. The Joffro hat and Cossack 1
cloak are definite features of Paris '
winter fashions. The hat Is made of
dark velvet. It Ib round and Mat
with a peak. The cloak Is heavy and
loose, ending at the knee.
EFFECTS ARE THE SAME.
Dr. N. S. Davis, foundor of the
American Medical association, tells us
that "Accurate Investigation show
that boer and wine drinkers generally
consume more alcohol per man than
spirit drinkers, and while they nre
not as often Intoxicated they suffer
fully as much rom diseases and pre
matura death as do those who use dis
tilled spirits."
POOR FARMS ABANDONED.
Because Kansno has no paupers, the
poor farms of 49 comities have boon
turned Into experiment stations under
the control of tho State Agricultural
college nnd are now cal!id "Prosperlt
Farm" "