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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
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Professor Eastman j. Clarke, with q
party OF students from Connecticut, a
few days ago returned from long
trip after natural history specimen in
the Maine woods. While on the
headwaters of the Allagash, he says,
he found family of downy wood
peckers which seemed to be endowed
with more intelligence than falls to
the lot of the average bird. Wood
peckers feed upon worms that bnrrow
into trees. As an active borer makes
gallery three or four feet long in q
single season, the woodpecker is often
obliged to make many punctures i'll
order to get at its prey. The family
of birds which came under Professor
Clarke's eye has adopted labor r-sav-
ing device which has proved of great
service. The rankest plant that
grows in the Maine woods is the
Indian poke, the berries of which are
charged with an alkaline juice that is
very offensive to all animal life.
According to Professor Clarke, the
Allagash woodpeckers, having opened
up gallery made by borer, drops
pokeberries in the office. The berries
give out such an odor that the grubs
are forced to come outside for fresh
air, and the woodpecker does the rest.
New York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
WORDS OF WISDOM

They also serve who only sta
wait. Milton.
The man who pardons easily
injury. .-Corneille.
The best teacher one can
necessity. Shakespeare.
Good manners. and good mo
sworn friends and fast allies. =
To be good and disagreeable
treason against the royalty of
Hannah More.
1t is not the place that NAL
person, but the person that
the place honorable. = Cicero.
The opportunity to do mis-
found q hundred times a d
that of doing good but once a
Voltaire.
The conditions of conquest
ways easy. We have but t.
while, endure "a while, believe
and never turn back .-Simms,
SO remarkably pervetse Is
turc of man that he despise
that court him, and admires V
will not bend before him. 7
des.
Mental pleasures never cloyi
those of the body, they are in
by repetition, approved by rel
and strengthened by enjoy
Cotton.
Much ostentation and mucl
ing are seldom met togethe
sun, rising and declining, nal
shadows; at midday, when he
est, net at all.-BiJhop Hall.
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Audecl,y Of american women.

The remarks of Emperor William
to the two American women who cor
nered him on his yacht and forced
him to listen to long arguments in
favor OF the new woman will doubtless
become historic. None but American
women would have attempted such an
act. Their arguments must have
been tiresome to his imperial majesty,
yet he cannot be half bad fellow,
for we are told that he heard them
through with patience.
The Emperor replied TO them 81
agree with my wife, who says that
women should not meddle with any
thing beyond the four k's-kinder,
,kirche, kuche and kleider (children
church. cookery and clothingl. -
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

milk, and the combination is one that
makes good eggs. Hens fed ex-
clusively on grain do not produce
eggs OF the beat flavor, but their eggs
are infinitely better than those from
hens that must depend altogether on
themselves for their living.
The quality Of eggs depends alto
gether on the feed the hens eat, and
where this is understood consistent
eggs are valued as being worth twice
us much as those lacking consistency.
Pomona Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
What Soda water L.

Soda water, SO called becau'
made with soda, is a mineral
made of carbonic acid and wats
favored with various kinds OF 5
Its common name has now no
ing, because the soda water
present day has no soda in it,
bonic acid will mix with water
common heat and pressure OF I
but il the heat be lessened
pressure increased, much NOR
can be forced into the wate
making soda water the carbon
is obtained by pouring weak sui
acid over marble dust, which Sc
the gas. This is then fore
means of a powerful pump il
water contained in a very str
tight vessel. The water th
pregnated with gas is drawn
fountains or is bottled. II
nothing injurious about the liq
cept that its coldness may
digestion and tbas injure the 81
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
A NOVEL sIght n neuador.

The most novel aud amusing spec
tacle in Guayaquil, Ecuador, is don
keys wearing pantalets. This is not
due to motives of modesty, for most
OF the children go naked and many OF
the peon women nearly so. The pan
talets, made Of cotton cloth and sus-
pended by strips of tape over the
shoulders and haunches, are humane
invention to protect the animals from
the vicious flies which attack them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
AN .oeygcr.LgssoN N We.
How an American Girl Is Teae,,
French the Magic Power Of , ~

How an American Girl is Tes,., ['
French the Magic Power Of n r
Parisians had heard of tben2bIo
Gould and his hIgh-piled mi Nitn'
money, but for the past two v = 81 NJ. Z
have been receiving a special 3 10,
lesson on the power of wealth pimn
world hands, in the effort =, - /. ,'s'
daughter, the Countess de c, naf,sfa
to reproduce in Paris the pal, k
Grand Trianon, ns built by Ii no',, h'''' z
Kings at Versailles more than n for !
turies ago. Three-quarters
Of land was bought at the int II Il IN =, 4,
of the Avenue du Dois de R,til The
and the Avenue Malakoff, dunc.a
pense Of close to million Of vmedI
this being the most costly reir~' ~ Sc S,,
site in Paris. Public inte tutIon
been made keen by the annoui imcta si, 7,
that while the exterior would Is tne
to the fourteenth century. ps 70 .
terror was to be blending n1~I ~ =
fourteenth and fifteenth pc, : 70 90
the Gould millions and the le'>',' ~ Y.
of the French architects covrs ran
pass this unique desire. Thls n a \.
of two historic periods in Frer hr the
tectural history was so rer r'''e
an undertaking that from ID 'rct,
ming the progress of this ho ou nay
been followed with such ,om psus ~
terest as has been given to fer cue
private building projects. IN Isuss 4 ss-''
family was occupying the CEN Pa. "
tion, but the interior decor : y
the two wings probably ca the la
completed in less than two yeas I, % y, !. :
When it became known such
was to be attempted manyI't Toss
French said it would take Qult I
years to build and furnish v.iun Q
treasures; but Western enterp o. o. AZ AZ
local ingenuity promise its con BOO
in a fifth of the time. The Ing ~
will then have cost thirty mil suit
francs, or six millions of dolahng r.
the Count and Countess are IA,
of rare art works and bric-a.h eyes
in single year, it is said, ,qr Il
pended million of dollars texas.
chases for their new residence, 49,
the matter of ceilings was b.idyar
ranged for the Castellanes i. q,
Italy and sought the splendid cough
of Verona, They did not " bu
palace, but coveted the eleys Dur
ings it contained from the pr Gig
Tiepolo, and these could be ~
only by the purchase of the o arnns,
ture. Edward Page CASTOR strong
Woman's Home Companion. Kin,
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queer conpanions.

The Kennebec (Me.) Journ'
of n man who has a fox and q
that are boon companions.
both animals were in the puE
they were placed together, an
now enjoyed a year OF each 9th
ciety in peace and harmony.
sleep together and play witt
other much after the manner
frolicsome pups.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
swes, Glover For bees.

Sclover is one that yields a
hount of honey. 1t begins to
in this latitude in the early
July, usually; some seasons a
rlicr, others little later. By
white and alsike clover and
6d are going ont of bloom,
Sclover is well out in bloom, and
e abundant a continuous bloom
{be had for securing surplus
y Of two months or more. When
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

A farmers wife near Welll
Mo-, while feeding. chickens re
dropped an earring, which was
ly gobbled up by one of the
She could not pick out the par
chicken, 30 killed them one BY
twenty seven in all-but failed
the earring. Then she began
around and found it in the
whore the old hen had droppes
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
An Unnsesssary Aet.

At recent duel the parties dis
charged their pistols without effect,
whereupon one OF the seconds inter
posed. and proposed that the com
batapts should shake hands. To this
the other second objected as unneces-
sary. ''Their hands, said he. ''hrye
been shaking for half An hour"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
A soldlar,. La,nn.

A German officer has invented a
lamp for use in war times, which can
be carried in soldiers knapsack
without adding much to the weight.
II 10 supplied with acetyiene gas and
destined for use on the battlefield TO
assist the search for wounded.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
He waited rwenty-ave Years.

De Witt G. Cregier, ex-Mayor OF
Chicago, went to the Windy City in
1853, and was urged TO accept the
nomination forsMayor "Of a city OF
60, 00O?' he asked. "Wait twenty
five years and ask me then" He was
elected just a quarter OF century
later
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

The British Government i. now
manufacturing a new bullet which is
even more deadly than the dumdum.
The new proiectile has soft metal
point, which expands with the friction
OF flight. "a.
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| FARM And GARDEN. |


Dressed fowls should always look
nice and plump and should be packed
IN nice clean linen. Plumpness ap-
peels to the appetite and neatness in
spires confidence, both being points
worth looking after to build up a first
class dressed poultry trade.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

There are 1904 pianos in Chicago,
OF only oue for esery 300 inhabitants.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

The suffering was terrible. Pro-
visions ran low. From the start the
garrison was put on short rations,
which were reduced as time went on
until the soldiers aud officers were
compelled to live on rats and mice,
OF which there seemed to be plenty i'll
the church, and on an occasional dog
which would come within range OF the
guns and close enough to the walls to
be retrieved. This may seem dis
gusting, but it was life or death to the
besieged. They tell OF day when q
snake made them meal. And as
they stood about their officers at the
train last night their sunken cheeks
and sallow skins attested to the suffer,
ing they had endured.
But all did not endure. Worse than
that-all would not endure, aud il
must be recorded that four men de
serted when they saw the helplessness
| OF the situation. These are theii
names as given in the official report
together with the dates on which they
abandoned their fellows:. Felipp,
Herrero Lopez, deserted June 81
1898; Felix Garcia Torres. deserted
June %, 1898; Jaime Caldento ,
Nadal, desertqd...,July 8, 1898. an'
JSss ! Sss Aloaide BAyona' lsserted May 7
I Sickness came, and Refore the door
We're opened to them an honorabl
release eighteen OF thf ha'
died. They ws,~rrr Aelled to bur,
their dead inx from tims I
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
A.w1lurk DAILY G.ibn,,e
MONDAY. DECEMBER II. 1899.
THE NEWS THIS NORNING.

EOREIGN-In South Africa the British force
under General Gatacre was led into Boer
amhuscade near Stormberg Junction; eieh'
British officers are reported Woundeu anu III,'
missing: two men were killed seventeen wound
ed and 500 missing (captured). this being only
partial list Of casualties; General Gatacre re-
ports that he was misled by his guides; IL Is re-
ported that the Beers al Colenso nave bloWn up
the highway bridge over the Tugela al thAt
point. - An expedition headed by the battle,
ship oregon left Manila for Subig; IL is reporttu
that the rebel General Alejandrlno, with nis
staff. has surrendered or Is about to surrender;
=- The French Government has DEMANDED
the degradation of the Niceroy OF canton the
demand will probably be refused by the Isuhs
li.Yamen. A section of the Place De
rEtone, Paris. fell into the Metropolitan Ran
way Tunnel. - Berlin flnancers do not an
ticipate permanent trouble from the money
stringencv in Germany officials OF the Reichs-
bank say that the industrial boom in the empire
has not yet reached it's elimination
DOMESTIC-Debate on the currency bill Will
begin in the House to-day. the Republicans
standing solid for the measure and some Demo,
Gratis apparenty faVOTing il. --- The annuaI
report of the Director OF the Mint shows an in
crease in coinage for the last fiscal year: dit1cul-
" is experienced in meeting the demands Oh tne
country. Much interest was taken at Al
bany in the action by Corporation Counsel
Whelan. which will determine whether the State
O. the city has control of the land under water
in the annexed portion Of New York City.
- loss OF 100000 was caused by fire In
Augusta. Ga. in the heart Of the business por-
tion Of the city -= The loss of the steamer
Niagara in Lake Erie with sixteen persons on
board was confirmed by the discovery OF wreck
age from her
CITY-There was large number OF horse
men on the Speedway. == Governor Roose-
Welt returned to Albany and ii was said that
he had decided on the names Of five OF the seven
members Of the proposed charter revision com
mission .= 1t was announced that the ques-
tion Of DR. Purves becoming the successor of
the late Di. John Hall rested entirely with Dr
Purves himself. == A woman was rescued
from death at East Side fire under thrlillng
circumstances === 1t announced that the
Society Of the Cincinnati and the Sons OF the
Revolution would hold services In commemora-
tion OF the one hundredth anniversary OF the
death OF George Washington at Old St. Pauls
Chapel on December a.
THE WEATHER.-Forecas for to-day:
Cloudy with showers. The temperature yester-
day: Highest, 43 degrees; lowest, 2S average.
S61k
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSIC.

The second of the Sunday concerts at the Metro.
politan Opera House under the management =
Mr. Wolfsohn and the musical direction OF MI
Walter Damrosch took place last night Like J"
predecessor IT was dignifed and delightful ansif'
and. also like its predecessor. At was heard py q"
audience larger, more discriminating and more az
preciative of good music than the gatherings al 'h'
earlier meetings OF the season. All the promises
OF the progra mme were not kept Mr.. Campana''
who was announced, being kept away by hheS"
An excellent substitute for him was found no"
ever In Mr.. Julian Walker. barytone VINO, "
virtue OF a fine voice and good taste, showed M M
self entitled a warm place i'm the hearts oi -.
admirers of good singing In New-lork Inc V''
solo performers Nine. Schumann-HeihH' ""
poured out her voice as generously as ever j. - -
aria from Mozarts LA Clemenza da ITO "
would have nonplussed the Sunday audience VI
month ago not a lttlel and group OF sonsS .
Mr. De Pachmann. who played two eNl"s
dainty little things the first Of which was an 49,
nate perversion OF the Andante and spiaha,o' - -
Chopin, and the second parody or "a''- ,,
the same composer Mr.. DamroSchs of'"
accompanlments and other numbers were eN0'
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
PERSONAL.

lanes p. Reed. who was at one time champion
obocer n,ayer Of the world, died the other day In
Pittsburg OF which city he was native lie pe-
pan LAYING checkers" says The Prttsbur9 Dis
ma atch =" "when he was fourteen years old But IL
was not until Robert Martin. of Scotland formerly
champion of the world. passed through PlttSpurg
that Reed became any way well known. That was
in 1876 They played several friendly games, ana
Martin had rather the better Of them, but Reed was
the only man west of the Allegheny MOUNTAINS VINO
had been able to win game from nm re pidytsu ~
in Great Britain in 1887. He defeated BARKER, the
champion of the United States in 1852 and the next
year a match was arranged between MN ana James IT,
Wville OF Scotland the champion Of the world FOR
so;pe W ,' reason the Scotchman failed play and
Reeds friends therefore claimed the worio chdrh-
pionship for him.
Another name" says THE Hartford Courant.
''is added TO the long roll OF Yale men who nave
counted their lives as naught in comparison win
the duty and Joy OF serving their country; ana IL
10 a name every way worthy of that high comPan-
ionship Ledyard Of 49, dropped his books wheh
the call for soldiers came last year, ana was OH
TO camp-a private I'm the Yale Battery. Win me
other gallant boys he drilled and STUDIED al Nd'I
hearing with outward cheerfuness those months OF
heart breaking inacton and disappointment. % Nh tb
fortunate than his fellows, he did az IaSt get ,Ie
chance TO go with Miles to Porto Rico After ms
gradua tion he sought and obtained an appoiiIJinnc ~
TO the Regular Army and an order 10 aSliNe
MeeTos 1s We Would not advise an nti-imperalist
TO express his peculiar sentiments Just now IN .d d
Of Augustus & Ledyard, of '9S."
A humorous touch in connection with Lafcadio
Hearn's naturalization as a Japanese was the re-
duction Of his professional salary from $50 to %
ven a month. AS a foreigner he drew larger sal
arv than the native instructors but at the dinner
ident Of the university and observed that now
that Professor Hearn had become one or Iheln tne
last last nv his saary And the American born pro-
fessor tried to look as though he enjoyed It.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11

After showing that Professor Guyot, Sir j. W.
Dawson Professor j. ID. Dana and MI "'''u'
stone failed utterly to reconcile the "ehesiS
story of The Creation with the testimony oil ge-
ology. he proceeds TO indicate how the moran
and spiritual truths of the Bible are IN no way
invadated by recognizing the Bibles disagree
monts with the facts Of natural science. Even
II we accept as true everything that the hlgner
critics alege the Creation story of Genesis VIII
still teach first pure and sublime mono
thesm: second. the Fatherhood of God ana inc
Sonship Of Man; third, the Divine origin OF
the Sabbath. or day Of rest, and, fourth the
Divine oris.u of ceremonial observances ana
seasons. And exactly the same constructive
process Is employed by Biblical scholars IN the'r
study of every portion of the Sacred BOOK.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11

deemed, and to abolish forever the notion Una,
there can be In circulation any two things caiieu
dollars having different values. will be OF ser
vice only because II will help to fortify puplic
confidence and prevent injury of credit Inc
rotention in the Treasury of notes once re-
deemed until they are drawn out again by de-
uos,,s 80 Gold has value chiefly because II Is a
rIs,b,a and practical proof of the confidence
which renders larger supplies OF money "''ne
essary The President does not heeo 10 -
n more elaborate regulative force ''ah 'H'''
he could not have suggested one more powerful
because the supply of credit currency VIII NOT
fall short when the people know that they eau
Get on demand gold dollar for every doiiar oi
any other sort they may hold
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
LAWYER VEPSTS CLIENT.

Law suits for the benefit of lawyers regard
less Of the interests Of clients are frequently
nloced ON our court calendars. \ certain class
of attorneys make living by encouraging hti-
cation. and watch the newspapers for accounts
of accidents or items of any kind which give
a clew 10 some claim which can possibly be
trumped up against somebody. 1t makes
little difference how fmsy the grievance
NAV he. if 1t is plausible enough to fur-
nish material for n summons and complaint
the lawyer can probably use IT to make
nuisance Of himself long enough TO get some
small fee out of n settlement. Rather than go
70 the trouble of trial defendant is often will
ing TO nav what virtually amounts to blackmal'
The existence Of this system of trumping up
suits is perfectly recognized by the lega proies-
sion and the courts. and some attempts are
made to discourage it. Unfortunately OWING ~
orr rules of procedure. or the unreadiness OF our
Judges 10 cut through technlcalties. those ef-
forts have not been so successful here as they
have been in England. 1t is interesting. there
fore. to note how Justice Gaynor has Just dis-
poscd of a rather curious manifestation OF the
idea that litigation exists 10 furnish the legal
profession business.
A LAWYER asked permission 10 compel his
client TO continue suit against man for aliena-
ton Of his wifeS affections II seemed that inc
family had had trouble, the wife had sued for
separation. and the husband had begun this
counter suit But before either case had been
brought to trial the couple became reconciled'
and Of course the husband ceased to nave any
grievance against the man he had sued But
here the lawyer stepped in. If his client should
recover damages he would share the proceeds.
and he had n vested right In the prosecution OF
the case A trial would have compelled the rak-
ing up Of the buried disagreements and have put
the rcconciled husband and wife in apparent
if not actual enmlty. In fact. in order TO collect
ANYTHING the lawyer must have succeeded III
practically forcing the separation Of this family.
So that his client might have claim TO money
he was willing to break up his home. or dig our
IFS scandals. and compel the husband TO he an
unwilling complainant against the conduct Of
his wife This was so manifestly against public
nolcy and all ideas Of right that II Is not sur
prisinc that Justice Gaynor fatty refused TO
permit any such perverson Of the machinery or
the law. II is surprising that anybody should
for an Instant have thought that the laws would
thus make themselves the instruments of wrong
merely TO furnish professional emoluments To
an officer Of the court
There are circumstances when lawyer mas
a right to protest against the settlement OF n
case over his head. particularly when IT Is done
merely 10 avoid paying him for his work. but
certainly that right does not carry with II n
compulsion on men to make family scandals ana
nurse enmItles just to let lawyers earn fees
n our statutes or rulings have by any chance
come to give reputable lawyers any notion thaf
II does II is time for simple common sense 70
force correction.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
HmnSemsnt6.


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