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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-20
Il UMSY INVENTION.
Baron Won MOhrenheim Dcnounces
story That He Sold Military Secrets.

Paris, March 19.-The Temps to-day
publishes an interview with Baron Won
Mohrenheim, former Russian ambassa-
dor to France, who now resides at Pau,
in which he denounces as a clumsy In
vention" the story that he is the real
culprit who sold both Russian and
French military secrets to the German
government, and that it has been only
to avoid a public scandal greater than
the Dreyfus affair that he has been un-
punished.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-20

Delaware Breakwater, Del, March 49,
Passed up: Steamer Waesland, Liver.
pool for Philadelphia.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-20

mining laws and to reduce the period
emitting an applicant to full burgher-
ship from fourteen to nine years resi-
dence.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-20

Havre, March 19.-Arrived: Steamt
New York.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-20

New York, March 19.-Arriyed:
Steamer LaTouraine, Havre.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
Worlds Largest Grapevine.

La Para Grande. the biggest grape
vine in the world, has reached the end
of its long outdoor life, and will soon
be cut down. Seventy-ive years it has
been growing on ranch in the Monte
cito valley, near Santa Barbara, Cal,
but it has shown signs of dying. so
the owner, Albert Magee, the Pittsburg
stove manufacturer, has ordered 1t re-
moved. From the pride of the Cali
fornia vineyards the vine will be
turned into a museum curiosity. The
Santa Barbara chamber OF commerce
will preserve II as a specimen OF what
the soil OF Santa Barbara county is
able to produce. La Para Grande has
trunk or main stem three feet and a
half in circumference, and the trellis,
higher than n mans head, on which
the spreading branches of the vine are
supported measures nearly six feet in
each direction, In its prime this single
vine produced full four tons of grapes
In a single year. Those days of it's
glory are, however. long past.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
FITTED TO GOVERN.
EnElishmen In Colonial onlcos Advanced
by Merit Only.


by Merit Only.
There Is a marked feature of the fine
body of Englishmen and foreigners
generally in the work in Egypt And
it is one of especial interest to those
who hope to see entrance to what, for
want of a better name, may be called
our colonial service based upon a sys-
tenn of appointment and advancement
by merit alone. One of the most fire.
quent arguments made by American
advocates of partisan public service.
when the benefits of the British civil
service are advanced. is that while the
service may be admitted excellent. en-
trance to 1t is by favor alone. There
fore. they say, positions are monopo-
lized by the sons OF the rich and great,
by what the French call "gons of fam
ily." Nowhere have Englishmen bet
ter proved their fitness for governing
than at Cairo, and nowhere have the
sons of great men or the bearers OF
great names been so conspicuously abb
sent. The majority of the men who
have made the Egypt of today have at
the same time made themselves. By
tLis it is not meant that they have
risen from the lowest ranks OF society,
what are generally known as sclf-mado
men. 1t Is the good fortune or rather
the legitimate result of the system and
the rewards which it offers that the
best class of Englishmen enter the
government service. They must be
men of good standing and good educa-
tion. The most fitting example is fur-
nished in Lord Cromer, whose very
name is now synonymous with things
Egyptian. 1t Is equally difficult to
write of Egypt without mentioning his
name. and once 1t is mentioned, TO
withhold the fullest measure of ad-
miration and praise for the record he
has made. lie began life as a younger
and by no means wealthy member OF
the financial house of Barring. Fam
lily influence probably secured for him
a nomination to be examined for the
army, just as such nominations are
given TO young Americans. But 1t was
his capability and excellent record
which secured for Major Evelyn Bar
ing, after the fall of Ismail Pasha, dp-
pointment as one Of the members OF
the dual control established over
Egypt by England and France. EX-
cept for an absence of three years
GSS0-1SS2) as financial member Of the
council of India, he has been in Cairo
ever since. To write OF what he has
done is but to write history OF the
occupation, for he has been its cor
ner-stone. And today he is undoubt-
edly the greatest member of his fam
lily, where twenty years ago he was
probably the most obscure. re.-Harper
Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
VEGETABLE GEMS.
Curious Opals Found In tho bamboo OF
Manila.

New York Press: Among the queer
things found in the Philippines are
bamboo opals. vegetable gem which
is sometimes discovered by the natives
in the stem of the bamboo" said
gentleman who has lived for number
Of years in Manila. Not one piece OF
bamboo in a thousand, however, con
t2ins q specimen. as the bamboo grown
there, as elsewhere. is usually empty
but accident occasionally brings to
light in the bamboo stem a small flint
like material, which presents the APP
pearance of perfect sopal. These
modules are known to the natives as
tobacur,' and l have found from time
to time during my long stay on the
islands seen several of these vegeta-
BILE freaks of nature, which reproduced
faithfully that experts were puzzled to
know the difference between the
vegetable and the real specimen. "Be-
sides the tobacur gem there is fire.
quently found in the inside of the Phil
ippine cocoanut tiny substance re-
sembling sponge, which, when eX-
posed to the heat of the sun for several
days, will reveal the presence of sundry
small spheres that have all the natural
appearance and luster of the pearl.
These cocoanut gems range from the
size OF pin head to that of a small
pea They are valuable. and when not
used by the natives for personal adorn-
ment, are sold to local and foreign mu-
seums as curiosities 1t may be in
ical and meteorological examination OF
these vegetable gems was made by
James Smithson whose munificence es-
tablished the first Of the scientific bu-
reaus of the American government.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
wild Excitement on a Carctte.

People who imagine that the carette
Is a sedate and quiet vehicle, fit only
for old women and elderly men who
wish to avoid excitement, are cherish
ing a delusion. AS a typical carette
experience a trip from the river to
Madison street, recently, may be
cited. Directly in front of Cen
trail Music hall the carette, which
was on the wrong side of the street
collided with heavy truck loaded with
coops containing live chickens. The
truck driver expostulated with the car
ette driver, and ordered him to take the
other side of the street at once. The
latter declined. Hot words followed,
and a moment later a challenge to a
duel was given and accepted. Both
men drew their N.lips and stood up on
their seats. The lashes flew, and the
horses, thinking the blows intended
for them, started up and pulled the We
hicles apart. The carette turned out
so quickly that a beer wagon almost
took it's wheel off. A moment later,
while the passengers were recovering
from the excitement, cable train
swept round the corner of Madison
street and was stopped within three
inches of the venerable equines at
tached to the carette, while the passen-
gers scrambled out in confusion and
alarm.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

1896 lJohammed Balba usurped
sroWp s6 Granada in spite Of the
fior cl:ims of his elder brother
h. He was very unsuccessful in
.onduH Of the war against the
syis.ss and was at length assassi-
! by poison absorbed through his
from shirt. He entertained q
crate dislike to the brother whom
lad injured, and when he knew
his own fate was sealed he sent
rder TO the governor of the prison
hich Jussef was confined that he
Id be Executed Immediately. When
order arrived Jussef was playing
with the chaplain of the prison.
great difficulty Jussef obtained a
lite from the governor permitting
to finish the game. Before 1t was
d however, news came that the
per had died Of the poison. This
eled The order of execution and
ef. instead of going to the scaf-
mounted the throne.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
Extraordinary Case of misunderstanding.

Extraordinary Case of Blood Poisoning.
An extraordinary case of blood-poi-
soning is reported by Vienna jour
nal. The victim was a young girl
named Schwartz, aged 22. Some days
ago she went for walk wearing a
green silk blouse. She became over
heated, and the dye Of the material
ran. Unhappily she had sustained
some trihing accidental wound under
the arm. and the pigment got into the
blood. Upon returning home she COM
piained OF pain, h"t would not con-
sent to medical examination. The
Injured spot became greatly iniam-
I'd, causing intense suffering. and on
the following day the physician dis
severed the cause. Remedies were
Immediately applied, but II was too
late, and after brief illness the girl
died
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
Should Women Smoke?

have no earthly objection to wom-
smoking; only, If they do smoke,
y should smoke seriously. Most
hem just fool little with a cigar
|. Now, that scarcely amounts to
liking at all. If they really mean
let them take to cigars and pipes.
aow dignified old lady, a Polish
ntess-what is her name? Count
|! Countess ?-oh, we'll, Thinga-
lisky-it ends in 1sky,' anyhow
III respect that woman. She genu-
y smokes, and no mistake about it.
IRE Is no playing there. She looks
1t as sacred duty. She has Il long
swith wooden stem and the BARK.
and a fine big bowl-a regular
as pipe. When she was visiting
she just loaded up and smoked,
loaded up and smoked, and loaded
and smoked again. She meant
liness. l know another lady who
q long Turkish pipe, and she, too,
lns business. If women are ever to
genuine smokers, that is the way
Y mist go to work.-Mark Twain.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
nent,emon Rankers' disappearing.

"Gettleman rankers" are disappear.
ing from the British army. In the
fourteen years from 1885 to 1899 COM
missions were granted to 343 men from
the ranks. The largest number was
q in 1888. For the first four years
they averaged over 30. for the next
seven years about 20, in 1896 there
were 16, the next year 8, and last year
"A. The percentage of commissions
siven to "rankers" was four for the
IA years. but only 1,9 in 1897, and 10
in 1898 They are partly shut out by
the difficulties put In their way but
many more seek military and police"
employment in the colonies.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

hey were telling burglary sto-
|" on the veranda in front Of the
very store in a down-east town
b mans hand was thrust through
hole he had cut in the door" said
star talker, when the woman
ed the wrist and held on in spite
he struggles of the man outside.
he morning the burglar was found
l, having cut his own throat when
found escape impossible; but the
he woman had not known he was
|, and so had not released her grasp
lis wrist all night long" Huh"
yled the skeptic in the corner;
X didn't she feel of his pulse p
alo Commercial.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

A writer in London Telegraph tells
the following story about the king OF
Spain as throwing light on that royal
lads life: zone day. during his history
lesson, the king asked his professor to
tell him how Spain came TO lose Chile
Mexico and other Spanish-American
colonies. The story was narrated sc
thrillingly and artistically that the
royal boy listened spellbound and con-
tinued after 1t had ended to sit alb
sorbed in meditation. At last a thought
having struck him, he looked up to his
professor and inquired: What must J
do in order to get back these countries
for Spain?' The first and most i'm.
portant thing of ALL replied the eau,
tious and diplomatic pedagogue. 'is
that your majesty should-should-
grow up to be man. When you are a
man'-'H'm!' muttered the lad, Olsen.
chanted, when I'm man it Is not d
history professors advice that | shall
be asking. l shall have prime min
lister to tell me then"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

About Tetterine. DR.. NJ. L. Fielder
Of Eclectic p. o., Elmore Co., Ala,
saws: "I know it to be radical cure
for letter, salt rheum, eczema and all
kindred diseases OF the skin and scalp.
I never prescribe anything else in all
skin troubles" Send SOC. in stamps
for box of it, postpaid, to the man
ufacturer, J. 7. Shuptrine, Savannah,
ca. if your druggist doesn't keep it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
Tynhoid Rate and Puro water.

In Vienna the typhoid rate of 1875
deaths to 10000 inhabitants fell to IL
after a pure water supply was OBJ
tained. In Dantzig the mortality fell
from 10 per 10000 to l.5. In Munich.
after the introduction of good water
supply and proper sewerage, the rate
rell from 81 per 10000 to 6.3. and in
Boston from IA to Sc.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
Tho Most Wonderful.

From Harper's Round Table: Uncle
Reuben had just returned from his
Christmas holiday in New York, and
his mind was confusion Of cinemato-
graphs, self-playing pianos, automo-
biles, monographs. etc. When he was
asked which had impressed him most
he solsmnly replied: by gosh, thu
horseless plano beats 'em ALL"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
STATE or Quo. CITY OF TOLEDO &C

Lucas COUNTY,
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he IL tne
senior partner OF the firm OF +. j. CHENEY "
Co., doing business In the City OF Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, ana that saio nrln
will pay the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DoLLARstor
each and every case Of CATARRHthat cannot
lie cured by the use of HALLS CArARHu CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
sworn 60 before me and subscribed IN my
-, presence, this 9Th day of December,
SEAL A. ID. 1856. A. w. GLEASON,
I-~-l Notary Public
HANS Catarrh Cure is taken internally, ana
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Send for Testimonials,
free. L. j. CHENEY co., Toleuo, VI
sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family pins are the best.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

singular custom prevails among
rartars or Kurds. If a man loses
,attle or other property he pours
tie brown sugar into a piece OF
ed cloth, ties it up and carries
such parcel to each Of his friends
acouaintances. In return he is
,nted. according to circumstances.
a COW or sheep or sum of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

suIItIINE, tIIu q EUUu uttlI OF UttNht0DIIU1
but l thought all women had these
things and did not complain.
al had doctored for some time. but
no medicine seemed to help me, and my
physician thought it best for me to so
to the hospital for local treatment l
had read and heard so much of your
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

Tho French electric wagon Jeantaud re-
Gently made a trip Of 80 miles in seven and
one-quarter hours without recharging the
battery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

Fits permanently cured. Nofts or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. klinc's Great
Nerve Restorer.S 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. X. II. KLINE Ltd, Gil Arch St, Phila., Pa,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

There is evidently everything in
name. Phil Graves Is an undertaken
IA an Ohio village.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

GAVE little thought TO health writes MRS. WIN "
BELL, $50 N. Walnut ST., Canton o.. Mrs Pink
49, ham until found myself unable to attend my
household duties.
~ had had my days Of feelng well and my monthly
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

Not single penny. halfponny or farthing
mint.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

Is Amy Castles sang at Melbourne, Aus
!, before II. 900 people. Critics say she
ival Patti and Melba.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

From boats run by foot power to fire
engines propelled by electricity is the trend
OF modern invention.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

believe Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my boys life last sumtner.-Mrs ALLIR DoUG-
LASS, lie Roy, Mich. Oct 20. 1894.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

Next to opium in power are certain kinds
of grasses. notable among which Is hemp,
which causes intoxication aud anasthesia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

The Tyro has two octogenarian poets,
Adolph Plcher and Hermann Rollett.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

Restored and the eyes cured by using
Findleys Eye SHlvc. No pain, su re cure OF
money back, PIC. box. All druggists, or
by mail. ]. u. IAYTER Decatur, Texas.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

eal'hy woman; have gained in weight os pounds to
pounds and everyone asks what makes me SO stout"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

aiter-LemonaGe, orangeade an
ade, sab?
llyboy-Bring me q serenade.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19
Ese3LSGHT~
ESS
TGDMTEW

Vegetable Compound that |
my mind to try it. Twas tror
Falling of the womb, had shar
ovaries, leucorrhoa and paint,
vas so weak and dizzy thu
often have severe fainting
took in all several bottles of
Pinkham's Vegetable Comp
and Blood Purifier and uset
Sanative Wash, and am n,
good health. l wish others
TO know of the wonderful
good it has done me, and
have many friends taking it
pow, Will always give your
medicine the highest praise.
M Mrs. A. ToLLE, lo46 Hill
ton ST., Philadelphia, Pa,
writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-
was very thin and my
Friends thought was in con-
tumption. Had continual
headaches, backache and
falling of womb. and my eyes
were affected. Every, one
noticed how poorly l looked
and / was advised to take
lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. One bottle
relieved me. and after TAX
lng eight bottles am now a
healthy woman; have game
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-19

aiter-Kin All bring yo' an 'ade,
llyboy- What kind Of 'ades have
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

woman the wholesome, red-cheeked
matron who takes things easy It is
not necessary TO neglect home or nus
band TO do this, for she does quite as
much in her way as the woman who is
always rushed to death. The one
who lives by conscience feels that she
must do by her>aeighhors as they do
by her. and consequently her friends
receive invitations TO dine al her house
even when they find the hostess III a
state bordering on nervous prostraticn.
She must return the Inequalities she
has received al any cost. and If her in
come is limited she will make up the
deficiency by overwork and overworTy
Her friends know t.is, and Ii is tria
| for them TO dine at her house. Ii is
| absurd TO say that one hasn't time tC
| take care Of ones self or must not Offer
| poorer fare than one receives.-Chicagt
| Chronicle
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16
EASE THE WORN NERVES.

The word duty" in the mouth of the
ordinary woman is synonymous with
discomfort. The secret of happiness
consists in looking upon what one must
do in this world as the pleasantest
thing life offers. It is only another
case of the point of view. The people
who stay young longest and who are
most attractive, whether young or old,
are those who do things that they ought
to do, not from sense Of duty, but be-
cause it is pleasure.
The woman who stays up at night to
nurse a sick friend or to finish a dozen
shirts for the heather because duty
alone prompts her, while it is weari-
ness of the flesh only sustained by the
Communications of conscience, is doing
herself and the relative or the heather
wrong. She is dragging through task
which is repugnant to her, and she
shows in her face before many years
have passed lines indicative of unne-
ceSSary worry.
Contrast with the nervous, hurried
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-16

book out of her handbag, then drew
up a chair TO the bedside. descended
into il without hurry, and | hung out
my tongue. She said. with pity but
Without passion:
Return it TO its receptacle. We deal
with the mind only, not with it's dumb
servants
/ could not offer my pulse, because
the connection was broken; but she de-
tected the apology before l could word
it, and indicated by a negative tilt of
her head that the pulse was another
dumb servant that she had no use for.
Then | thought | would tell her my
symptoms and how | felt, so that she
would understand the case: but that was
another inconsequence. She did not
need to know those things; moreover,
my remark about how | felt was an
abuse of a language, a misapplication
OF terms
"One does not feel she explained;
there is no such thing as feeling;
! therefore, to speak of a nOn-eXistent
thing as existent IS a contradiction.
/ Matter has no existence; nothing exists
! but mind; the mind can not feel pain
/ IL can only imagine it,"
Il am full of imaginary tOrtures.'
said, but | do not think | could be any
more uncomfortable if they were rea
ones What must [ do to get rid OF
them?"
There is no occasion to get rid OF
| them, since they do not exist. They are
illusions propagdted by matter, and
matter has no existence; there is nc
such thing as matter" In hel
compassion she almost smiled She
would have smiled if there were any
i, such thing as smile.
1T is quite simple" she said; the
fundamental propositions of Christian
Science explain it, and they are sum
married. in the four following self
| evident propositions: /. God is All il
ALL ?. God is good; God is Mind. 3
, God, Spirit, being ALL nothing is mat
ter. t. Life, God, OmnipOtent Good
deny death, evil, sin, disease. Tner'
now you see.
! 1t seemed nebulOuS; it did rot seen
to say anything about the difficulty il
7 hand-hoW nOn-eXistent matter cal
| propagate illusions. | said with som
| hesitancy:
/ ''Does-does it explain?''
: Doesn't it? Even if read backwar
5 it will do it.
I With a budding hope, l asked her t
t do it backward.
!; Very well. Disease sin evil deaf
. deny Good Omnipotent God life mat
= ter is nothing all being Spirit Go
f Mind is Good good is God all in All
: God. There-do you understand now?
+ ''It-it-well. it is palmer than 1t wa
before; still"
= "Well?"
Gould you try IT some more ways?
d LAS many as you like; it Away
It means the same. Interchanged in an
: way you please it can not be made
t, mean anything different from what
e means when put in any other way. b
/ cause it is perfect. You can tumble
e all up, and it makes no difference;
s. always comes out the way it was bt
) fore. 1t was a marvellous mind tn;
], produced it. AS a mental tour de fore
y it is without a mate; it deties alike tt
e simple, the concrete, and the occult
d Under the powerful influence of tt
II near treatment and the absent trea
a ment together, my bones were gradua