THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO. PA.
HOW MRS. BOYD
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TAKES IDEA FROM AMERICA
France Plans Establishment of Publlo
Librariea Modeled on System
of the United States.
"The public library Iden was a new
one to the French people," snya
World's Work. "They lmve wen It In
operation nnd lenders of French
thought believe It Is something Frnnce
needs. A committee, with the presi
dent of (he French republic as Its
rhairiiiim, has been created to work
out plans for the establishment In
. France of n system of public libraries
modeled on American lines.
"I'lans are maturing for the estab
lishment In France, after the fighting
Is over, of nn enorinons system of
schools nnd universities for the better
eiliiciitlon of our soldiers during the
period of demobilization. It will take
as long to get our men buck as It hs
taken to get them over longer, prob
ably, because there will be no pressing
peed for haste. Talleyrand said: 'You
run make a soldier out of a clvillun,
lull yon cannot make a civilian out of
a military man.' Our government Is
going to try to do whnt Talleyrand
said was impossible. Our men have
got to he educated for their return as
Individual units to civil life and not
as a military mass. The library War
aervlce Is tending more and more defi
nitely toward this ediicatlonul objec
tive." Not After That
"War has evidently no terrors r
your husband, Mrs. (irlm."
"No; we have two girls In the next
flat taking singing lessons, a woman
pianist on the floor above practices
scales five hours n day, n iiian below
plays the trombone every night nnd
there are nine phonographs In the
building. He said he wanted to go
somewhere where he could have n lit
tle rest and quler."
Quite True.
"This prohibition movement Is a se
rious problem."
"Yes, It requires sober thought."
Holler skates nre used to save time
by women messengers In the arsenal at
Itock Island.
Thousands
0"f under
nourished people have
found that
food 7-7
a scie rrfcrfic
blend of nour
ishing cereals
helps
wonderfully
in building
hearth ana
happiness.
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FIRST THING FRENCH
BASEBALL IS HOW
AMERICAN SAILORS AND
About the first thing the French pol
lus learned of the great American
game of baseball, ufter the French mil
itary authorities hud officially ordered
that they he Instructed by Yankee sol
dier details, was to "cuss" the umpire.
The Americans consider tills a sign of
distinct progress among their pupils
and they have redoubled their efforts
to drill Into them the finer points of
the game. And baseball has taken big
with the French, nnd even now there
Is talk of nn ufter-the-war "League
National" with Paris, Marseilles, Ly
ons, Tours, Strasshurg, Itordenux ami
other French cities composing the cir
cuit. Sport Was Needed.
About the time the "work or fight"
law put a damper on the sport In the
States the French military lenders
who had neen the Americans playing
In ever place or square In most of the
cities nnd villages of France, decided
that It was a sport conducive to phy
sique needed In military training and
they asked the American authorities
for details to tench their men the
gnme.
Practically every French barracks
behind the lines was given n detail
from the American commands. T,l('.v
procured the equipment ami Issued
guide hooks written In French for the
soldiers.
The procedure of the Instruction nt
one of the "casernes" mny be consid
ered typical of the hundreds of Instruc
tion camps inaugurated during the
summer.
Instruction Begins.
Early In August the detail of In
structors' first appeared on an Impro
FREDDIE WELSH IN UNIFORM
Former Lightweight Champion of
World Is Now Private in United .
Statea Army.
Freddie Webb, former lightweight
champion f if the world. Is now it prl-
Freddie Welsh.
vote In the United States army. He
Is attached to the medical service and
stationed at Washington.
SUBSTITUTE IS FROWNED ON
Proposed Games on Saturday and
Sunday Meet With Disfavor by
American League Leadera.
1'resldent Ban Johnson of the Amer
ican league bus received word from
several of Ills club owners saying they
were not parties to the proposed semi-pro-week-end
baseball league planned
for next season. They lidded that
they wouldn't permit the use of their
plants for such an organization.
Itan himself doesn't consider the
Men feasible. "As I understand It,"
says Itnn. "the promoters plan a league
of major league players and cities and
11 Saturday and Sunday schedule
throughout the season. The expenses
of such n project would be enormous,
mill there also might be dllllculty In
obtaining players, as baseball Isn't es
sential employment."
FIRST PLAYER TO BE KILLED
Eddie Qrant, Third Baseman of New
York Giants. Meets Death Fight
ing in France.
F.dward L. (irnnt, former third base-'
man of the ("Slants, Is the first of the
tunny major league baseball players In
the service to g've lib; dfe for his coun
try. At the outbreak of the war Grant
Joined the ofllcers' training camp nt
Plnttslnirg and was commissioned n
first lieutenant. He was then detailed
to Camp I'pton and soon went over
sens. Captain Grunt was n native of
Franklin, Mass., where he wns born
In 1S8.1. .
Ills first experience In baseball wns
at Harvard university, where ho
proved to be tin excellent player. Af
ter graduation In 100.1 he played with
nn Independent club nt Lynn, Musi,
nnd the following year went to Jersey
City of -the old Eastern lengue. His
work attracted the attention of major
lengue scouts and In 1007 he was sign
ed by the Philadelphia National league
club, for which he pluyed third bnse
Ik cw
lr . . u A . .7 4 r w
POILUS LEARN IN
TO CUSS POOR UMPIRE
SOLDIERS IN FRANCE.
vised diamond on the bench nnd went
through rudimentary explanations with
athletic Instructors and men from 30
regiments ns eager scholars. Three
classes of more than fifty men each
puzzled over Intricate explanations for
forty minutes each. The American de
tail appeared twice a week thereafter
and with the nid of their guide books
the pol lus hegnn to absorb such
phrase ns "out nt first," only It was
"hors sur le premiere base."
At the end of three weeks' practice
the French soldiers lenrned many of
the fine points of the game nnd were
thoroughly Imbued with the spirit of
the great American pastime. After
the first lesson teams were organized
nnd n series of games played, allowing
the men to learn the game from expe
rience and not from observation, plnys
being explained ns the game pro
gressed. Instruction Discontinued.
. As the soldiers spend hut from
three to six weeks nt the headqunr-ti-rs
for physical Instruction, It was
found necessary to discontinue the In
struction September 13. On that day
six teams representing the three re
gions from which the 80 regiments are
drawn met In a three-game series.
They were able to piny nn average of
V3 Innings in the 40-mliiute period,
which Is not hud for beginners.
Are they lenrnlng the game? Yes,
swear the Yankee Instructors, for In
the Inst game one pol lu protested with
all the vigor of two active arms nnd
a lot of nnnunderstnndable French
when nn American corporal, acting ns
"arbiter," culled him out on a close
decision nt first.
MACK SEES GREAT COMEBACK
Leader - of Athletics Predicts Big
Things for Baseball People
Thirst for Sport.
"Ihiseball Is going to come back
strong," asserts Connie Mack. "If
Hi-ace Is arranged diirini; I lie winter.
the season of 1!)19 will be one of the
best on record, for the people are
thirsting for n return or sport on nn
unrestricted scale.
"1'ersonnlly, I am not In favor of
resuming baseball until the war ends.
It has been suggested that some of
the large major league clubs In the
Fast form a temporary circuit com
posed of players under the military
age.
"Tills would never be n success, for
the funs would not take a half-hour's
car ride to see them play.
"I am against anything that will
tend to cheapen baseball. I would
much rather see the parks closed than
try to palm off the spurious article on
the baseball public."
FRED WALKER IS A DIRECTOR
Former Pitcher, Known as "Mysteri
ous Mitchell," Has Charge of Ath
letics at Newport.
Fred Walker, former pitcher for
Ttrooklyn and St. Louts Nationals,
Pittsburgh Federals and a few minor
league clubs, has been appointed nth
It tic director of the Newport Naval
Training station, succeeding Dr. Wil
liam T. Hull, who remains in an ad
visory capacity. Walker nt one time
was known as "Mysterious Mitchell,"
of the Pacific Const league. He nlso
played baseball and football at Chi
cago university.
Club Free of Debt.
Olyinplu A. A. of Philadelphia re
cently reorganized for the 1!I18-1( sen
son. The treasurer's report showed
the total receipts for the past year to
be $130,871.01. The dub Is free of
debt. It conducts weekly boxing shows
with an ocenslonnl special show In ad
dition between foremost boxers.
till 1011. Then ho was traded to
Clnclunutl for McQuillan, I'askert,
'P.eebe nnd Itownn. He remained with
the Beds till 1013, when ho wns pur
chased by New York.
Grnnt finished the seasons of 1014
and 1015 with the Giants and then re
tired In order to devote himself to his
law work In Boston. As soon ns the
war broke out he Joined the colors.
Grnnt wns a clever third sucker and
a fnlr hitter, his best major lengue
butting record being .2(10 In 1000, when
with tho Quakers, ne lilt .322 when
with Jersey City In 1000.
Noted Golf Enthusiasts.
Marshal Foth, Sir Douglas Hnlg, Ad
tnlrnl Hentty nnd President Wilson aro
golf enthusiasts.
Many Drop Indoor Tennis.
Eastern renters may drop Indoor ten
nis this winter, ns armories and lnrge
drill halls nre used for military work.
Bernle Gerrlsh In Navy.
Bcrnle Gerrlsh, former Dartmouth
biickfleld star, Is now In the navy and
stationed at League Island.
CHANGE COMES OVER
ITALY ON BASEBALL
Great Possibilities There for Ds
velopment of Game.
Sport Haa Been Virtually Unknown
There, Though Played by Ameri
can Boys at College in Rome
Declared Too Rough.
John Evers writes from Frnnce that
he soon may be sent to Italy to teach
baseball to that country's soldiers, and
yet it was only n few months ago the
Italian government refused to penult
a shipment of baseball equipment on
tho ground that It was n nonessential
commodity to be classed ns even friv
olous. Italy hnsn't been n nntlon-fu-moiis
for sports,' but before the Ameri
cans get through they may be sending
a flood of Italian recruits up to the big
leagues. Bnscbnll has been- virtually
unknown In Ituly, though It has been
played In Home nt a college for Ameri
can boys. For a time they pluyed their
gnines in n public park and natives
looked on In wonder ns the boys
caught the lutrd ball with their bare
bands. It finally wns stopped by offi
cials, who considered It dangerous. It
mny be remembered that In the winter
of 1014 the White Sox nnd Giants
were refused a permit to play u game
lu Home for. the same reason. Upon
applying for the permit the ofllclnls
examined the ball and asked mnny
questions concerning the nuturc of the
game, then decided It was too rough
and too dangerous to be allowed.
Since that time the young men of
Italy have been up against n much
rougher experience thnn playing base
ball, so the task of teaching them the
American game may be successfully
carried on now.
The climate of Italy Is especially
suitable for baseball, being warm the
year around much ns It'is In Califor
nia. It will stir up the fighting spirit
among the men of the Italian army,
nnd that spirit should live when the
war Is over. It might not be surpris
ing If In n few years from now the
pennant winners In the major lengties
of the United States would visit Italy
for a series of contests against Ituly's
best. It might even be that In time
American big league tennis will do
their spring training lit Home or Na
ples or Milan. It Isn't much farther
than, to California, and besides the
team probubly could get back home lu
a couide of days by menus of a 1028
airplane.
SPEAKER IS NAVAL AVIATOR
Premier Centerfielder of Great Nation
al Game Now a Student at Mas
sachusetts School.
Trls Speaker, for years the premier
centerfielder of the great national
game, Is now student naval aviator
at the Massachusetts Tech. Nuvnl
Aviators' school. Trls has been con-
Tris Speaker.
templatlng Joining the colors for some
time, and hi choice of the naval avia
tion service proves that he Is not pick
ing any soft berths for himself. And
it is to be assumed that be will show
the wiine grace and finesse piloting
his seaplane t tint he exhibited 011 the
baseball diamond.
CHARLES O'BRIEN IS KILLED
Gained Football Fame at Bucknell
Some Years Ago Also Helped
Warner at Carlisle.
First Lieutenant Charles O'Rrlen of
Wllkes-Bnrre, who was recently kill
ed In action In Frnnce, gained foot
ball fnme-nt Hucknell some years ago,
when the student body cheered him ns
Pnt O'Brien. He nlso helped Glenn
Wumer conch the Cnrllsle Indians.
Shellenback to Enter Aviation.
Frank Shellenhack, pitcher for the
White Sox, Is waiting for his call to
the nvlntlon school nt Herkeley. He
pnssed nil his tests the other day nnd
lie expects to he called to the ground
school.
"YOUNG NIPPER" IS KILLED
Charley Wood, Known as "The Cast
Iron Lightweight," Meets Death
Fighting in France.
News has been received In London
that Charley Wood, better known ns
Young Nipper, has been killed In ac
tion. He was cnlled "The Cast Iron
Lightweight," end fought mnny brll
llnnt battles, on one occasion giving
Freddy Welsh a hard twenty round
bout at the Canterbury Music hnll.
There Is nlso news that Wally Wells
brother to Bermondsey Billy Wells,
nnd n useful h(xer has gone under.
8eout Barrett In Army.
Charles Barrett, a scout for the St.
Louis Nationals Inst summer, expects
to enter the gits nnd flame service of
the United States army.
Paul Loughridge Promoted.
Paul, LoiiKhrldge, '15, a substitute
tackle on the Yule varsity eleven of
1014, has been promoted to the rnnk
of major In che United States army In
France.
(Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union.)
THAT ADDITIONAL FIVE WEEKS.
When one stops to consider that this
l.'utlon has been spending two and a
liulf billions dollars u year for drink,
It Is conceded that the government
was hound by ull the rules of the game
to give us war-time prohibition. Murk
It. Shaw, statistician of Boston, puts
it thus:
During the Inst Liberty loan drive I
picked up a clrculur entitled, "Turn
the Key on Kulserism Invest In Lib
erty Bonds," telling whnt Liberty bonds
of various sizes would purchase for
the boys "over there." Using these
figures It Is Interesting to see what we
could do with the money that we puss
over the bar for booze every dny while
the boys are In Frunce.
Our drink bill for one duy would
pny for uny one of the following Items,
aud for one week it would buy all of
them! Did you think of this during
W. S. S. week?
1. Buy a $5 pair of shoes for each
of 1,300,000 men.
2. Purchase gas masks for 253,000
men, at $27 each."
3. Clothe and feed 22,830 soldiers In
France for an entire year, at $300
each.
4. Furnish 0,850 motor rolling kitch
ens, at $1,000 each.
5. Buy 4,500 motor ambulances at
$1,500 each.
0. Construct 137 base hospitals with
500 beds eucli, ut a cost of $50,000 per
hospital.
7. Fully equip 2,055 hospital wards
with 50 beds each, with beds made up
and linen In reserve, chulrs, tables,
mirrors, foot tubs, 120 pairs of pa
jamas, bath robes and towels, at $3,
850 per wurd."
Think of the things we might have
bought for the boys if the country were
going dry Januiiry 1, 1919, instead of
July 1.
OWN THEIR CARS
"Tollers In other cities mny be pur
chasing uutos for pleasure and for the
benefit of their families," says the So- ,
attle Star, "but In Scuttle the owners j
of the big pny envelopes have devel- ;
oped the uuto spirit to such nn extent
thut it Is nn Integral part of their
working day.
"They don their working clothes in
the morning, run out the cur, and
away to work. The ride Is fresher than
In crowded street cars, nnd gives a
fellow a better nppetite for his work.
"Many wives of worklngmen drive
their husbands to their employment,
and then go shopping In the machine
or return home.
"Groups of single fellows living In
apartment or hoarding houses club to
gether nnd purchase autos which are
used for the to-nnd-from-work trips
nnd for pleasure In the evening.
"In the industrial district, where
workmen's cars are parked, a row of
garages, service stations nnd tire shops
have sprung up to handle the new con
dition. '"We want our men to own autos,'
says D. K. Skinner, bend of the Skin
ner & Eddy plants, 'It testifies to their
thrift nnd brings them to work In a
better nnd clearer frame of mind.'"
A TIMELY DECALOGUE.
I have been studying the commands
that have been Issued to the civilian
crmy by the various departments of
tho United Stutes government, nnd I
can pretty nearly make nn excellent
decalogue. It would read something
ilke this: Conserve food; conserve
find ; conserve railroad nnd steamship
tonnage; conserve labor; conservo
health; conserve efficiency; conserve
tho children; conserve money.
And the Women's Christian Tern
I.eruncc Union, to complete the decu
logue, would like to add these two
commands: Make America safe for
the nation's defenders, thi brave boys
who will return when the war Is over
"over there," And second, help Amer
ica lead tho world In the war against
Germany's strongest ally, the liquor
trulllc. Annu A. Gordon.
THE MOST DANGEROUS OF ALL
CHEMICAL8.
If a flagon cf nlcohol were offered :
to a student o? phnrmncology to test j
ns a curiosity, und he applied the
standard methods of physiological ex-
perlment to It, he could but come to
the conclusion that he was dealing
with a more dungerous chemical than
uny now uvulluble In tho whole range
of mnterlu medlca, not second to
opium or Its derivatives as a destroyer
of churucter, a disturber of fnnctlon
nnd a degenerntor of tissue, nnd he
would bo quite Justified In advising
the prohibition of Its manufacture nnd
use ns a beverage. Dr. Iluven Emer
son, Health Commissioner, New York
City, in Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal.
ENGLISH WOMEN DEMAND PRO
HIBITION. Eecently the women of London Join
ed In a mammoth parade on behalf of
wnrtlmo prohibition of alcoholic
liquors. The procession wns headed
by Lndy Cecelia Roberts, daughter of
the Countess of Curllsle, president of
the World's W. C. T. U. Led by the
murtlal music of a brass band, the
women passed through Trafalgar
square, where a resolution In favor of
prohibition during the war wns dis
played, with a sign askhuz all In fa
vor to raise the right hand.
DRY ORDER WILL RELEASE
10,000 WAR WORKERS
"More than 10,000 workmen nnd up
proxiinntely $100,000,000 worth of prop
pcrty will be mnde available for other
Industries In St. Louis on December
1 next, when the breweries of the coun
try by order of the food administration
close their plnnta," snys a St. Louis
dispatch to the Iron Age.
Speak up I nnd let your country
know whether you stnnd with Amer
icans or lie with tho Huns. Exchange.
LOOK AT CHILD'S
TONGUE IF SICK,
CROSS, FEVERISH
HURRY, MOTHER! REMOVE POI
SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH,
LIVER, BOWELS.
GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS
AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR
CONSTIPATED.
Look at the tongue, mother I II
coated, It Is u sure sign thut your lit
tle one's stomach, liver and bowels
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pule,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or net natu
rally, or Is ' feverish, stomach sour,
breuth bud; has Momnch-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a
teospoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs," and in a few hours ull the foul,
constlpntcd waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of the
little bowels without griping, nnd you
have a well, playful child nguln.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless "fruit htxntlve;"
they love its delicious taste, nnd It
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
"California Syrup of Figs," which bus
directions for bnhles, children of nil
flgos uod for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get tho genuine,
ask to sec thnt It Is mnde by the "Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Compony." Refuse
any other kind with contempt. -Adv.
Leisure Moments.
Mrs. (hiddiibout I inn told that Mrs.
Glddlgad earns ull the money she
spends for her clothes.
Mrs. Gnhnlot Then that evening
dress she had on the other night must
have been n regular vacation for her.
HMdachM, nillniM Attarlu, Indlgnlton, ere
enrnl hj taklDic May Apple, Aliw, jalap made
lota PlMaaut l'llrta (Dr. Plrrcc'a). Adt.
Women billposters are adding to the
fame of Couey Island.
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What Determines Meat and
Live-Stock Prices?
Some stock men still think that Swift &
Company and other big packers can pay
as little for live-stock as they wish.
. Some consumers are still led to believe
that the packers can charge as much for
dressed meat as they wish.
This is not true.' These prices are fixed by
a law of human nature as old as human
nature itself the law of supply and demand.
When more people want meat than there
is meat to be had, the scramble along the line
to get it for them sends prices up. When
there is more meat than there are people who
want it, the scramble all along the line to get
rid of it within a few "days, while it is still
fresh, sends prices down.
When prices of meat go up, Swift &
Company not only can pay the producer
more, but has to pay him more, or some
other packer will.
Similarly, when prices recede all down the
line Swift & Company cannot continue to pay
the producer the same prices as before, and
still remain in the packing business.
All the packer can do is to keep the expense
of turning' stock into meat at a minimum,
so that the consumer can get as much as
possible for his money, and the producer as
much as possible for his live-stock.
Thanks to its splendid plants, modern
methods, branch houses, car routes, fleet of
refrigerator cars, experience and organization,
Swift & Company is able to pay for live
cattle 90 per cent of what it receives for beef
and by-products, and to cover expense of
production and distribution, as well as its
profit (a small fraction of a cent per pound),
out of the other 10 per cent.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
ASTHMA
INSTANTLY RELIEVED With
OR nONlV REFUNDED ASK ANT DRUGGIST
Its Object.
About The Watch 011 tl
iMlllia
now "
"It Is principally for air raids n.,H
days."
A Random Guess.
"I'olileness costs nothing."
"That limy be one reason why
many, people don't care for It."
Wrlghrf Indian Vwtibtft Pills rnui
nothlnf but VFti'tahl lnn ,ll, nn, whin, V
gently aa a tonic and purgutlve. A.iv
Seventy per cent of the working r',
In Japan live In dormitories.
"Our Good Old
Standby for
Over 20 Years"
Yager's Liniment !s a good
old fashion liniment havir.g
wonderful penetrative powers
and affording prompt relief
from pain.
It alleviates quickly pain
caused from rheumatism,
neuralgia, sciatica, sprains,
backache, etc.
Contains twice as much ns
the usual bottle of liniment.
Sold at the same price; at
all dealers, 35 cents.
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GILBERT BROS. &
BALTIMORE, MD.
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Mn and Wumrn'a Hrrr-War. Il-M) pair pr. im .1;
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