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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-09
RICHMOND LOAN OFFICE,

LARGEST AND MOST RELIABLE.
ZIG. 2l8. AND 220 NORTH NINTH
STREET.
LIBERAL LOANS ON SATISFACTORY
SECURITIES.
GREAT BARGAINS IN FORFEITED
PLEDGES
consisting Of Watches. Diamonds. Jewel
ny. Guns, Pistols. Musical Instruments.
etc ap s-3m
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WANTED,
WANTED.

FOR THREE LARGE,
Bright Front Rooms Furnished or unfur-
nished). 5l2 north Ninth street. APP 3-lt'
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OLD PAPERS FOR SALE
lsc. PER HUNDRED
at the
DISPATCH OFFICE.
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WANTED,
WANTED

Nv A YOUNG MAN \ POSITION. IN a
W1hoIesale or Retail House as Cielk. Can
Eve " references. Post-ofiice Box w, Dor
sNe Va ap 9-It
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WANTED
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BY WILSON PAPER-BOX COMPANY =
Fxperienced Girl BoxMakers ap 9-lt'
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WANTED,

SOLICITOR TO CALL ON BUSINESS
firms in Richmond (for Richmond COM
pany); good place for right man. Give
experience and former occupation. with
full address. Address X. Y. H., care Dis
patch. ap SGT
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WE WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MAR.
ket price for all Squads. In large and
small quantities. GEORGE h. BULL
Second Market. ap OIL
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WANTED,
49, aHDN
OPIUM. MORPHINE, WHIsKEY.
LOST. srRAYED. AND FOUND.

LOST. SATURDAY, AN ofAD
BROOCH. set with thirteen opals. I've,
raj reward II returned 10 III south ~.
street dp ~
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BUSINESS
WANTED

WANTED, PARTY WITH FROM
two TO three thousand dollars to invest
in a New Business. No competition. Pro-
fits from $50 to POO per cent VIII stand
the closest investigation. &C." care Dis
patch. ap 9-2t'
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Hut If You Want Good Work

20 to the jefferson Gallery.
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WANTED,

AN UNFURNISHED ROOM WITH
Hall-Room adjoining (want to use the
ballroom for storing furniture). State
terms and location. Address y. j. L.,
POST Office Box 800, city. ap 9-lt'
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WANTED

TRAVELLING SALESMAN FOR FALL
trade TO sell our special makes OF Dry
Goods 10 retailers on commission. MAN
UFACTURING, Box $50, Philadelphia, "a
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WANTED.

YOUNG MAN q YEARS OLD. WITH
five years experience in the mercantile
business and understands bookkeeping,
desires Position as Assistant Book-keep-
er or Salesman Best references fur
nished. Address WORKER, care the
Dispatch. ap S-Zt'
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WANTED,

TO RENT NEAR RICHMOND A FARM
of from 20 10 50 acres for truck garden
and dairy purposes. Address r. \. l.,
Dispatch office. ap y-lt'
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WiNTE ID

,,pOpERs FOR WORK IN STONE
6 1nni - Apply at office of CHARLES
q SMITH 4 SON, No. S2o5 Is street
Washington. ID. I. ap '-''
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JACOB UMLAIF,
w. Il. HARDEsTY

COO WEST MAIN STREET OPPOSITE
Monroe Parh); Is years with Preston Bel
vim; Repairs Furniture, Upholstery, and
Mattress Making. Furniture Packed and
Shipped, ap Sit
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
Icluding IA Notice.

An old bachelor, who resided in
Sheffield, in order to prevent hawkers
annoying him by knocking at his door
to dispose of their wares, affixed to his
door q label to this effect:
''Hawkers, take noticel The inhabit-
ants of this house never buy anything
at the door"
Shortly afterward he was aroused
by loud knocking at his parlor
window, and looking out he saw two
fellows with clothes lines, mats and
pegs for sale. Throwing up the sash,
he bawled:
"Can you read?"
eyes, MASTER" answered one.
"Then don't you see notice affixed
to my knocker that L never buy any
thing at the door?"
''To be sure we do. That's the
reason why we thought we would
make bold and try to do little bust
ness at the window"
The old bachelor was paciiied aud
made purchase. Immediately after
ward, however, he sent for painter,
and had the following addition made
to his announcement:
"Nor Mt the window either. Lon
don Tid-Bits.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
Growth OF Western Fisheries.

In their fisheries, Washington and
oregon possess great source of
wealth, which both the State and ma
tional Governments have been sys-
tematically fostering for some years,
through laws preventing indiscrimi-
nate fishing practices, and establish
ing regular culture of native and for
eign species of fish. In Washington
waters the catch is already very large.
and includes salmon, halibut, cod and
other kinds. In Oregon, salmon fish
ing along the Columbia represents
nearly the whole of the fishing busi-
ness. 1t began some thirty years ago,
and has been pursued on large scale
ever since. AS early us 1876 10, 900
tons of canned salmon were shipped
from Astoria ut the mouth of the river
to San Francisco, and from then until
now the "crop" has varied from O, 600
to over 10000 tons (thirty cases
OF four dozen one and one-half- pound
cans each make long ton), a season,
and this Notwithstanding the intense
competition which the catch in the
waters of Washington, British Colum-
bia, and even of Alaska, amounting
together to nearly 10000 tons more
this season, has created. Sometimes
it seemed as though decline in the
run of the fish had set in, but such
fears have always been dispelled by
its appearance in larger shoals. New
York Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
CURIOUS FACTS,

Fresh milk cannot be obtained in
China.
The Swedish mile is the longest
mile in the world. 1t is exactly II, =
700 yards in length.
A recently built organ run by clec.
tricity contains sixty-four thousand
five hundred miles of wire.
The oldest living creature in tho
world belongs to Walter Rothschild.
1t is giant tortoise, weighing II
quarter OF a ton, and it has known
life of 150 years.
1t is somewhat curious fact, uni
versally noted by travellers, that lions,
tigers aud other fierce carnivora arc
too weak in lung power to run more
than half mile.
The Mayor of Hays City, Kan, is
only twenty-five years old, the Presi-
dent of the Council is twenty-five, and
the oldest man in the municipal gov.
ernment is twenty-nine.
A Port Angeles Wash. man took
800 chickens into Dawson last sum.
mer. During the trip they averaged
three dozen eggs q day, and the eggs
were sold for 81 dozen.
Swiss archmoIogists have decided
that certain ruin near Biel which
has been held to be one of the many
Roman remains is really Celtic, the
only one of the kind in the country.
What is probably the most venerable
piece Of furniture in existence is now
in the British Museum. 1t is the
throne of Queen Hatsu, who reigned
in the Nile Valley some 1900 years
d. @.
J. d. Frye, one of the oldest resi-
dents of Virginia, died recently and
was buried, according to his wish, in
walnut coffin made with his own
hands from an old walnut tree ON his
farm.
A church clock at Harborne, near
Birmingham, England, was found to
have stopped, on account OF bees
swarming in it and filing the works
with honey. 1t took two days to get
the honey out.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16

The newest long cloak for theatre
and general evening wear is crepe de
Chine. 1t is lightly stretched around
the shoulders to about the elbow, and
from this point to the ground all the
fullness is set into narrow little rib
bons or tucks, doing away with all
folds or flutes. This is n reversal of
the usual order of things, tucks and
straightness below the elbow instead
of above it, as for tall, slim woman
the innovation is very becoming. The
high collar of this cloak is edged with
feathers and the edges of the front
and all around the bottom are bordered
with netted ailk fringe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
EUROPEANS TaY ORDEAL BY flAe.



Some weeks ago, writes Andrew
Lang in the London Athenmum, con-
lepsed in the Athen@um description
II the Fijiau fire walk (Umu TD. In
;he Journal of the Polynesian Society,
Colonel Gudgeon, British resident of
Raratonga, late Judge in the native
Land Court, and an accomplished stu
dent OF the Maori speech, records his
own experience. A Raiatea man,
young, but of tho walking clan,
ofiiciated. The date was January 20,
1899 AS usual, large fire had been
blazing on foundation of stones; the
burning logs were hooked out and at
Q p. m. Colonel Gudgeon found the
glowing stones ready for the cere-
mony. The officiating Raiatea man
pointed out to his native pupil that
two stones were not hot, they having
been taken from n mare or sacred
place Nothing was done by way OF
magic except that the Raiatean spoke
few words mot reported) while he
and his tauira, or pupil, thrice struck
the edge of the oven with witch
branches of the ii tDracena). "Then
they walked slowly aud deliberately
over the two fathoms of hot stones.
The pupil handed his branch to Mr..
Goodwin Ton whose land the perform
ance took place. and said; 81 give my
mana over to you; lead your friends
across" The word mana means king
of magnetic" or magical force which
individuals are supposed to possess
in differing proportions. Perhaps
"power" is the best English equival.
ont for mana.
Colonel Gudgeon, before these per.
formances, had asked that the glowing
stones 'should be leveled down bit,
as his feet "were naturally tender"
and so the stones were ''leveled flat.
In walking across, three white men &C.
compauied him--Dr. w. Craig, DIR.
George Craig, and Mr.. Goodwin. Col
onel Gudgeon "got across unscathed." "
He says: "I knew quite well / was
walking on red-hot stones, and could
feel the heat, yet was not burned.
felt something resembling slight elec'
trio shocks, both at the time and after
ward, but that is ALL"
AS to tho heat, the oven is made for
cooking the ii, which is put IN after
the rite. Half an hour after that per-
formance green branch thrown into
the oven blazed in quarter OF min
ute. The ii (teste Colonel Gudgeon,
who ate his share) was well cooked.
He walked with dellberation, and
"the very tender skin of my feet was
not even hardened by the fire." He
offers no explanatory hypothesis.
In this case (1) no preparation of
any kind was applied to the feet; t2)
they were not hardened by walking
unsbod; (3) no abnormal psychical
condition was involved. Three stock
explanations were therefore put out OF
court. have none to offer; but the
facts appear to illustrate the medieval
ordeal as well as certain other curl.
ous phenomena handed down from OF
old
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
Revolutionary srnrpshooters.

The settlement of a new country
amid hostile Indians demanded from
our colonial grandfathers eternal
vigilance, and developed in them con.
siderable skill with firearms.
Even the colonial boy, we are told,
as soon as he was big enough to level
a rife, was given powder aud ball to
shoot squirrels. After a little practice
he was required to bring in as many
squirrels as he was given charges for
the gun, under penalty of severe
lecture or even having his jacket
tanned"
At the age of twelve the boy became
a fort soldier, with loophole assigned
him from which to fight when the
settlement was attacked by the
Indians.
Growing older he hecame q hunter
of deer, bear and other wild animals,
and must constantly pit his life against
those of the hostile Indians in the
forest.
It is no wonder, therefore, that the
men of the Revolution were all expert
sharpshooters, whom the British
dreaded and the Indians feared. God
had been schooling them for their
struggles for liberty. Forward.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16

mission. They mako the stout woman
look thinner, and the slender woman
becomes dream of oveliness and
shapeliness when she dons princess
effect gown, a short jacket and Direc-
toire hat. Every skirt is tight fitting
about the hips and very much fared
around the bottom, sleeves arc small,
collars high, some basques are shown,
and fringe is the acme of novelty.
The favorite model in skirts will he
a seamless circular shape, fitting like
a glove over the hips and back, and
flaring at the bottom to the width of
from four and half to five yards.
This fare is very perceptible as the
skirt is held up, with one hand hold
ing the bottom and one the belt. The
front breadth, which used to be cut
perfectly straight in order to insure
good hanging skirt" is now percep-
tibly Aared in the skirts, which are
made on the gored pattern, which will
also be very much worn. The shirred
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
PUSSY IN A MINE.
The Adventures OF Feline Pet During
Months OF Underground Wandering.

-NO'shh " OhNChhhoh"N
Little Annie McGinn, of West
Butte, owns n kitten that has emeraed
from one of the strangest adventures
that ever befell any little girls feline
pet. This cat in particular, after
wandering through the mine workings
under Butte, reappeared on the sur
face two miles from the place where
she tumbled down q shaft. Pussy
spent fully four months wandering
through underground Butte, but has
survived in good shape.
The cat, becoming frightened ut
something, jumped down shaft near
the big Poulin hoist. She survived
and opened up a bowling contest by
herself. Little Annie was heart
broken. Her brother secured long
rope and lowered 1t into the shaft,
hoping that the kitten would "catch
on" and be hoisted, but the cat only
howled louder. Annie used to carry
bits of meat and bread over to the
hole and throw them down for the cat
to eat. After q couple of weeks the
moaning in the shaft ceased. Annie
gave up her pet as lost forever, and
Christmas ut Annie's home was not as
cheerful for the owner of the lost
kitten as it might have been had kittie
not been so venturesome.
Early in the winter the miners in
the Green Mountain, the Mountain
Con and other shafts in the vicinity
imagined they heard sounds similar
to those made by sick infant. Later
the same noises were heard in the
Anaconda, Mountain View, Gray Rock.
Modoc, Mountain Chief, Rarus and
the other workings on the Meaderville
slope.
While some children were playing
near the dump of the Colusa mine
they were startled upon beholding a
cat tumbling down the pile of rock
with q carload of waste that had just
been dumped The cat meowed pite-
ously as it rolled over just in time to
escape big chunk that came bound
ing past. The children ran to tho
rescue, and found sorry. looking
specimen of the cat family Its hair
was matted and soiled, its eyes red
and it was sore and lame. The only
mark of Identification was the little
ribbon about its neck, to which was
attached a small brass bell. The
feline underground explorer was re-
turned to its owner at once.-Ana-
conda Mont Standard.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
WORDS OF WISDOM,
inciple flies no flag Of truce

Principle flies no flag of truce.
Service is greater than sovereignty.
When money is king misery is
queen.
circumstances are less potent than
ideals.
No time is wasted in oiling the
wheels Of life.
You may oppress the truth but you
cannot suppress it.
Grasp the irksome duty, it shall
turn to sweet delight.
The only way to cleave to the good
is to cleave the evil in two.
The preacher who starves his head
cannot feed his peoples hearts.
There is greater blessing to blade
of grass in dewdrop than in a dia.
mond.
How foolish to stop at the inn Of
life without thought of the bill or
reckoning.
If the heart-strings are rightly
moved the purse-strings will surely
be loosened.
We can bear one another's burdens
without being busybodies in Seach
others business.
There is no difference in quality be-
tween sins of omission and sins Of
commission; either are fatal.
1t is q good thing to know how to
feed the sheep and beat the wolN es at
the same time. Rams Horn.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16

I think the following is an instance
Of very high order OF intelligence in
an animal; of power of reasoning as
distinct from any acquired instinct.
1 have bull-pup aged ten months and
another bulldog four years old, both
of which live in the house and are
great pets. A short time ago my wife
was i'll, and, though the older dog,
owing to his quiet and sedate ways,
was allowed to enter her room, the
puppy was never admitted. The nurse
could always tell which dog was at the
door because the older dog gave one
single and geutle scratch and then
remained quiet, while the puppy
scratched violently and frequently and
whined. The puppy apparently could
not understand why she was not ad-
mitted, and felt her exclusion sorely.
One day she scratched furiously as
usual. No notice was taken. Presently
she was heard going flop, flop down
stairs. In few minutes the single
gentle scratch of the old dog was
heard, the door was opened and there
were both dogs, and, strange to say,
from that time the puppy 80 initiated
the scratch of the other dog that it
was impossible to tell which was ut
the door. Undoubtedly the puppy
went and asked the old dog to show
her how he gained admission. How
else can one explain the fact?-Corre-
spondence London Spectator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16

go on as by clockwork. For instance,
when the army was all in Manila we
issued rations from the storehouses.
On issue day two doors we're thrown
open, and it did not take longer than
fifteen minutes to do the work for q
regiment, and five hours was sufficient
to supply the entire corps.
''Now the second division, General
Macarthur commanding, gets it's ten
days rations all OF once, and the com
missary captain ships the whole lot up
on the train to San Fernando. Ra-
tions for General Grants lines are
sent by cases to Bacoor and from there
taken by bull trains to the different
commands. When we get so, 900 men
here we shall have to work harder, but
tho government will give us more
help"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
Tho Valuable banana.

The banana is said to have thirty
four times the nutritive value of the
potato and twenty-five times that of
bread In the West Indies the ma
tives cut the fruit into strips, called
"pegs," dry these in the sun, and grind
them into -four, out of which many
excellent dishes are made. No cheaper
food grows in the tropics. The plant
begins bearing fourteen months after
being planted; it requires no cultiva-
ton and produces harvests uninter-
ruptedly for eleven years. A few feet
of ground nourishes n plant, and tho
space of dooryard will grow plants
enough to maintain large family.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
wnIsts. HoaIne. and nlonses.

None but hattenng comments are to
be made OF dress waists as they now
reveal themselves, and powerful rs
has been the effort to coax women to
accept more decoration on their skirts,
the waists, bodices and blouses of the
majority OF costumes continue to steal
NIL the real glory and color.
Stitching is in high favor as finish
for wraps and costumes. A fine ex-
ample of waist trimmed with stitch
ings is shown in the large engraving.
Several gowns were seen with no other
trimming save rows and rows Of fanci-
tul stitching in some contrasting color.
Bouses are now exactly like those
nf previous years. They are made
tighter and over very close fitting
lining. The pleats, which used To be
on the upper part Of the bodice, and
we're widened at the breast, putting out
nnd enlarging the waist. are continued
TO the belt. kept fiat, and sewed with
lingerie stitch. These pleats are ar.
ranged in every posaibe way, long
wise, horizontally. diagonally, as in
sertions. etc. Collars are still made
upright.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
Commander of a Large Army.

There arc few living generals who
have beon called upon to command
moro than one hundred thousand men
in time OF peace, but that lot has Just
fallen to the German cavalry General
Count Won Haeseler. He is the COM
manding general of the Sixteenth
Army Corps, stationed at Metz, and
he was intrusted with the chief com.
mand during the recent army man
@uyres, which took place on ground
made memorable by the conflict of
1901.
The man@uvres lasted more than
week, and four complete army corps,
an entire cavalry division and more
than ono hundred thousand men took
part, under the personal observation
of the General. The second in COM
mand was General Won Falkenhausen.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
The Resemblance.

"Do you know" snid Bobbie TO his
maiden aunt, who is thirty-six, ard
rich, what / heard papa say about
You last night?"
mo" she replied; "what was it?"
Gle asst mamma why you and
Dewey was alike, and mamma said she
didn't know"
"And then what did your papa
say?"
"He said you was like Dewey be-
cause you never run away from any
man yit."
Bobbie's aunt has gone home to
have her will changed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16
The New Color.

Burned bread brown is no
that captivates all tastes,
promises to gain a great
when the autumn clothes CT
is the one brown tone tha
make the skin grow sallow
neighborhood, and gloves o
belts and straws as well, shO
richly-bronzed skins, what
new color is already exertin
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16

brim of velvet comes nearer than any
other to being the prevailing mode,
as almost invariably becoming to pret-
ty hair, the small, close draped velvet
toque, worn over the face, is also a
favorite to accompany tailor dress. IT
is trimmed with stitched bands of
cloth or silk, aud bird or an airy
butterfly is added for garniture.
A striking piece of headgear is the
accompanying example taken from the
Dry Goods Economist. 1t is q hat of
brown and blue velvet, with roses
merging from ecru to dark brown sur
rounding the brim. The butterfly
shows both coloriugs on q cream
ground. The collet is of velvet,
mousseline de sole and renaissance
lace with gold buttons and cord.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16

under side of its wings dyed pale blue.
On picture hat of black velvet the
chenille braid is used as trimming
for the high, straight crown, which lie
ban ded alternately with white chenille
braid and rouleaux of the velvet (six
bands of each), and also for the under
side of the brim, rouleaux and braid
being placed in the same way alter.
nately. Two black ostrich feathers
and white paradise fastened to the
crown by c brooch, complete the dec
grafton.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-16

A rider using a wheel of 1a0-Goar,
according to the Scientific American,
becomes. in effect, n striding giant.
Every revolution of the crank carries
the wheel forward 314 feet. This re-
quires two strokes, one with each foot;
and is, consequently, equivalent to
two steps taken by walker. The
average space covered by man in two
steps is five feet, so that, preserving
about the same proportion OF distance
to height, man who should unuer-
take to keep even pace with ligh-
geared bicycle would need to be at
least thirty five feet tall