FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
n This Dopartmoot Our Readers ir. Fulton County ond Elsewhoro May journey
Around the World With tho Oamora on the Trail
Lesson
(By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. D. R
Toaclier of English lilble In the Moody
Ulble Initltute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1117, Weitern Nowippr Unloa.)
of History Making Happenings.
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I 1 Mine. I'.liiuclic .1. Ulmont, u teacher of French in flu- Washington public mIuxjIs, who declares there lire 100,-
destitute war orphans la Franco today, and thut because of an insufficiency of food u mnjorlty of them are sue-
jiiiblng to tuberculosis. Z I rench engineers restoring a railroad which tho retreating Germans liad Ju.it destroyed. 3
tUfu guards of Atlantic uity nt tiioir dally drill; they nave onVred their seniors to tho government.
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View of the ennip of I'nlted States troops on the GottyMuirji lmttlellcld. l ulled states rcculnrs and several
thousand uinbryouic 'Saniinles" are in truhilnir here.
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NEW OFFICERS OF DEFENSE SOCIETY
ONE OF THE LATEST TYPES OF AIRPLANES
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New olllcers were elected by tho board of trustees of the American Defense society ut a recent lneetiii'' held In
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fit, ftew lork, chairman of the executive committee; Richard M. Huru, president of the Lawyers' Uorttfage company,
v. lorK, chairman o.: the bourd of trustees, nnd MaJ. Willluui Tutherly, secretary.
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.One of the latest types of alrplaues being built by the Curtis Airplane company for the United States. Tills type
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Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., son of
Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt, has enlisted
in tho ammunition train, Sixth division,
United States nrmy (the New York
National Guard division).
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'uost en.9 'l118101 of the air may settle the war. The photograph shows
I'.uieu machine being rolled out for a test of Its motor.
SOME POSTSCRIPTS
Rffi nbout 90 P cent of
'ended tn VDVentor' cleaning rod
ted beads In household'
Four working parties that are build'
ing a railroad across Australia keep in
touch with one another by wireless
telegraphy.
Siamese fishermen use boats with
low, sloping white sides that frighten
fish so that they leap over the sides
into waiting nets, '
Theodore Splcer-Slmson, the noted
medalist, at work on the medal de
signed by him and Issued to commem
orate the entry of the United States
In the world war, both sides of which
are shown. 'Copies of the medal In
gold have been presented by Miss
Anne Morgan to President Polncare of
France, Premier Vlvlanl and Marshal
Joffre, ns well as to Snrah Bernhardt
Replicas of the medal In government
bronze are now being sotd by the
American Fund for French Wounded.
Ecclesiastic Win War Honor.
War honors have been won by many
French ecclesiastics who were for
merly professors nnd scholars In the
French Ecclesiastical college In Rome,
Italy. The college has' added to Its
"Golden Book" three nominations of
the legion of hoonr, two military med
als, two medals of honor for service
In combating epidemics at the French
front, nnd more than fifty citations In
the order of the day for galluntry In
the field. Among the holders of the
legion of honor nro the Rev. Father
Cutlln, professor at the seminary, a
tall, keen-faced, soldierly type of priest.
Recently he come to Rome on short
leave after nearly three years' fighting,
nnd Rome, old nnd Indifferent as she
Is, woke tip and rubbed Its eyes to
see hla tall, spare figure, dressed half
as a priest and half as a soldier, taking
tho air meditatively on the Plnclan
hill, wearing his legion of honor cross
and looking like some old picture of
chivalry,
Hurled Into Sunshine.
"I was in Petrograd during tho first
appraisal of the new assets," writes
Isaac F. Marcosson In Everybody's.
"Like prisoners long Immured In the
dark and suddenly hurled Into the sun
shine, the people blinked in tho strange
light of their unfamiliar emancipation.
The one-time bailiwick of tho czars
was a study In scarlet animate like
an American city during a national
convention. Its great thoroughfare
the Nevskl Prospekt once the Street
of Sacrifice, was now the llighway of
Happiness. Never was there such glad
reuulon. It was like the meeting of
lost tribes after much wandering In
the wilderness. Exiles strenmcd In
from Siberia under tho general am
nesty; Jews came forth from their
long restraint, for creed lines were
down; delegations of troops flocked
from the front. Equality was the pass
word thtat loosed every tongue."
GERMAN PRISONERS IN AMERICAN CAMP
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CitTrnnii prisonors are working in tho American training camp "somrwhore
In Franco." The photograph shows several of the prisoners stumllng around.
BRITISH TANK IN THE HOLY LAND
Destruction of Heath Hens.
Current Items of Interest contains
an account of the lncreuse of the heath
hen on Its reservation , on Martha's
Vineyard, In which It was stated that
some Increase In numbers had been
occasioned by a destructive flro. Two
visits to the reservation by E. R. For
hush, state ornithologist of Massachu
setts, revealed that the decrease had
been very great, only 120 birds being
notpd on the Island, where 800 or more
hud been tho preceding year.
Re-Mint American Gold Coins.
American gold coins are being re-
minted in Mexico nt a profit to tho
Mexican government. Many taxes,
federal nnd state, are paid In American
gold, which by decree Is accepted as
the equivalent of $t.90 Mexican money.
Tho gold In each $10 American piece,
however. Is sufficient to make two "hl-
dalgoes." or Mexican $10 pieces.
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First photograph showing n British "tank' going Into action before the
gates of ancient Gaza In the Holy Land. .
TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH
The manufacture of airplanes In the
United States has Increased almost 100
per cent within tho last year.
The legion, tho chief subdivision of
Ttmiinn nrmv. contained ahout six
thousand men and a contingent of cav
alry.
Snfetv Is the chief advantage of a
new electric switch which Is Inclosed
In a locked box and operated by a
crank that projects through one side.
The brown rat, erroneously called
tho Norway rat, was originally a
nntive of India and Persia. It en
tered Europe through Russia nbout
172", and was brought to America
about 1775.
The first crossing of the Andes made
by aeronauts was accomplished by two
men from Argentina, ineir Dniioon
started from Santiago, Chile, nud four
hours later lnnded near Mendoza, Ar
gentiua. .
Motorcycles nnd bicycles are becom
ing popular throughout Slnm.
Australia's available supplies of iron
ore are estlmnted at 53,000,000 tons.
Soil composed entirely of sniid Is
practically of no vulue for garden
purposes.
Tho state of Texas Is assisting In
the reclamation of 2,000,000 acres of
overflow lands.
The book of the Bible called Leviti
cus Is so called because It relates
principally to Levites nnd priests.
All the common house rats belonged
originally to the old world, from which
they came to this continent In ships.
Nettles, regarded useless weeds be
fore the war, are now being collected
In Germany In large quantities for tex
Ulo purposes.
Tho tall of the rat Is a most Impor
tant appendage. It has more muscles
than the human hand, being used as
a hand, as a balancer and as a spring
to aid in Jumping.
LESSON FOR AUGUST 1.2
JOSIAH'8 GOOD REIGN.
LESSON TEXT-II Chronicles Sl:l-ll
GOLDEN TEXT-Remepiber now thy
Creator In ths days of thy youth.-Kocle.
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The reign of Joslah Is In striking
and pleasing contrast with that of
many of his predecessors, especially
that of, his father, Anion, and grand
father, Manasseh.
I. Time of Beginning (r. 1). Be as
cended tho throne when only eight
years of age. At this tender age he
evidently had a sense of the import of
tho service of God's house. This
senso must have been strong to en
able him to withstand the corrupt In
fluences of his surroundings. The pre
vailing Idolatry Influenced this boy,
but Influenced him In the opposite way
In which boys aro usually influenced.
It aroused his hatred for it. Tbla
serves to demonstrate the fact that
circumstances do not necessarily de
termine the direction a life may go.
Each Individual has .the ability to de
termine tho course of his life; and
moreover, his responsibility so to do.
It Is n most perilous thing to bo
thrust into such a prominent position
while so young. Uowcver, sometimes
such responsibility has a sobering ef
fect, calling forth one's latent powers.
That his aspiration for God and the
right was genuine Is proven by tho
fact that he persisted therein for thirty-one
years.
II. The Character of His Reign
(v. 2). "ITe did that which was right
In the sight of the Lord, nnd walked
In the ways of David his father, and
declined neither to the rlghtJinnd nor
to the left." He not only ifflilntalned
outward order and decorum as to the
worship of God, but doubtless at heart
desired to please God.
III. Jotlah'a Reformation In tha
Kingdom (vv. 8-7). He first set out to
root out Idolatry from the land. This
was a prodigious task, requiring great
courage and skill. He did this with a
strong hand. Without pity he swept
out from the land these abominations.
In tho execution of this task he
1. Broke down the altars of Baalim
(v. 4). This form of Idolatry was first
brought Into the land by Jezebel when
she married Ahab. The Images seem
to have been such as would appeal to
the sensual nature of men; therefore)
It was but natural that the grossest
licentious prnctlces should be asso
ciated with thl worship.
2. He broke In pieces the( groves,
carved images, nnd molten Images (v.
4). He even made dust of them and
strewed it upon the graves of those
who had been offering unto them.
3. He burned the bones of ths
priests on their altars (v. 5). He not
only showed no pity for them, but ho
manifested a decided fierceness In the
execution of his task.
4. He extended this destruction to
certain districts In the northern king
dom. It was not until all this was
done that he returned to Jerusalem
(vv. 0, 7). His reformation thus be
gan at home, but was extended to the
widest extent of his kingdom.
IV. Joslah Repaired the Tempi
(vv. 8-13). Having rid the lund of Its
Idolatry, he set himself to the repair
Ing of the temple which had been so
long neglected. This neglect, coupled
with gross abuses nt times, made It
to be sadly In need of attention.
1. Ills deputies (v. 8). This work
he intrusted to a committee of three
Shaphan, the royal secretary (It
Kings 22 :3) ; Masselah, mayor of
Jerusalem ; and Joah, the recorder, the
historian of the nntlon. In the matter
of ridding the city and country of
Idolatry Joslah took the lead In per
son, but now the work had gone far
enough forward that he could work by
deputy. Ho chose his deputies from
among "laymen" instead of the priests.
2. Method of procedure (vv. 0-13).
(a) Collection of money (v. 0). It
would seem that for some time collec
tion of money for temple repairs had
been going on. Perhaps it was begun
In connection with the destruction of
Idolatry some six years before. The
agents In this work were the Levites.
They collected It from all over the
kingdom, even giving the remnant of
Israel an opportunity for fellowship
In this matter. This shows us that
religious interests of the people should
be sustained by all the people adhering
thereto.
(b) Money placed into tho treasury
(v.O).
Hllklah, the high priest, was the
treasurer. From this treasury the
overseers drew the money and paid It
to the workmen who repaired tho tem
ple. (c) The overseers (v. 12). Among
the overseers wero certain skilled mu
sicians. The duty of these overseers
was to exercise supervision over tha
carpenters, builders, and other arti
sans, and the helpers of all classes.
The musicians, by skillful music, in
cited tho workman to dillgene and
activity, thus lightening tho burdens
of their toll. Music In the soul whlU
working bears a very vital relation
ship to the work itself.
3. The character of the work (v. 12).
They did the work faithfully. This is
a fine thins to be said of a set of
workmen.
To Remove Tobacco Stains.
A little denatured alcohol applied
with a brush will quickly remove the
dark brown tobacco stains from copper
or brass ash trnys.
It Can't Be Done.
Wo know of a father who has been
striving for five years in vain for mas
ttry of the heir. Exchange.
Warns Mountain Climbers.
Colorado puts bells on dangerou
mountain spots to warn climbers.