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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
55th CONGRESS-.
House Passes the Senate Army
Bill, 203 to 80.
The Senate Bill Making Dewey a Full
Admiral Also Passed.


Washington, March 1.-The last lin
gering possibility of an extra session
of Congress disappeared, today. when
the House passed the Senate army re-
organization bill. Very considerable
and vigorous opposition to the accept
ance of the Senate bill was voiced on
both sides of the hall and for time 1t
appeared possible that the bill would not
secure the necessary two-thirds to pass
it under suspension of the rules. But
the Republican leaders, Messrs. Hen
derson, Grosvenor and Cannon, came
to its support on the Republican side
and Mr.. Bailey. the Democratic leader.
threw the weight of his influence in
favor of it on the Democratic side. ar
guing that it provided for only tenn
porary increase Of the army which
would be made permanent If Congress
were convened in extra session.
Another big element in the vote was
Mr.. Hull's recital of statement made
by the President to him that he would
conscript the minority in volunteer or
CARNATIONS which should elect to re-
main in the service. The bill passed
2O3 to 30. 1t now goes to the President
The decks We're also cleared of many
important matters. The general defici
ency appropriation bill. carrying $2l,-
0S9. 900 was passed under suspension Of
the rules without a word of criticism
This is the last of the appropriation
bills. The Senate amendments to the
river and harbor bill were non-concur-
red in and were sent to conference
the friends of the Nicaraguan canal
amendment having decided to postpone
their fight until the conference report
The conference report on the omni-
bus claims bills, the naval personnel
and many other less important meas
ures were agreed to. The Senate bill
making Dewey full admiral was
passed. The bill now goes to the Pres
ident for his signature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
CONDITIONS NO! IMPROVED.
Trains Stuck in Wyoming Drifts Must Remain
Tor Several Days.

Cheyenne, Wyo., March 1.-Conditions
on the Cheyenne Il Northern Road do not
improve. The train which left Grin juno
ton. Sunday, is stuck in the drifts 100
miles out and cannot be dug out for sew
eral days. A high wind continues to drift
the snow into the GUS.
Delayed trains on the Union Pacific
were extricated from the drifts. last
evening. after being showed in for IS
hours. The storm center was between
Laramie and Rock Creek stations. where
seven snow plowS were stalled for hours
The winds are clearing the ground on the
ranges so that stock will have no trouble
TO get feed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
the SLIDING SCALE.
Fall River Operatives Will Appoint COMMITTEES
TO Confer With Manufacturers.

Fall River, March 1.-The local labor
organizations will hold special general
meetings. this week. to take formal ac-
ton upon the report of the respective
delegations of the Textile Council. Sew
eral of these meetings are called for
Thursday evening. 1t is expected that
in the matter of the proposed sliding
scale that each organization will
promptly appoint committee to joint
ly confer with the executive board of
the manufacturers to that end.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
THEIR WAGES ADVANCED.
Iron and Steel Goes Up and Workmen's Wages
Are Increased.

Pittsburg Pa, March IAN advance of
50 cents a ton was made. today, in steel
bilets and bessemer pig iron Billets are
quoted at $L3 per ton and bessemer pig
at $3.50 Under the scale agreement of
the Amalgamated Association the adj
vance in Steel billets will be followed by
an increase of per cent. in the wages of
the skilled workmen. The advance will
affect about 1900 men.
Notices were posted at all the blast fur
naces at Sharon and Sharpsville, today.
increasing the wages of the employees
from 10 to Is cents a day. Fifteen hum
bred men will be benefited.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
LABOR NOTES.
1900 Granite Cutters at Quincy,
Mass, Stop Work.
Strikes at Other P|aces--0ne Easily
= Settled on Brooklyn Bridge.
Lowell Operatives Want Old Wages--Increase
Granted in Some Places.

Quincy, Mass, March 1.-All the
union granite cutters in this city.
struck, this morning. owing to the fail
ure of the Granite Manufacturers AS
sociation and the Cutters Union to agree
on new schedule of prices which was
to have gone into effect, this morning,
the old bill of prices having expired at
midnight. 1t is estimated that nearly
1900 men employed by 81 firms are out.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
Will Resist Unauthorized Cut.

New Bedford, Mass, March L.
Twenty four of the 80 employees of the
Hill Electric Co. struck, today. to re-
sist cut in wages of 10 per cent. The
reduction was made by Manager Men
dali without the knowledge of the di-
rectors and the help have appealed to
the board for a hearing, which will be
granted.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
MAINE POSTAL CHANGES.

Washington. March 1.-The following
postal change has been announced in
Maine:
Route lH9. West Sullivan to Mill
bridge. Leave West Sullivan daily ex-
eept Sunday at S.55 A. NJ. Arrive at Mill
bridge by 2.25 +. NJ Leave Mllbridge
daily except Sunday at $50 A. NJ. Arrive
at West Sullivan by 3 p Nj. Take effect;
March l. 1899
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
A MONSTER STRIKE.
Miners in Western Arkansas Lesving Work
and Big Strike Is On.

Little Rock. Ark. March 1.-Reports
from the coal mining district in western
Arkansas Indicate that the wholesale
walk-out of the miners has begun and
that the biggest strike of recent years in
the Southwest is on.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02

AT the meeting of the Executive
council at Boston. Wednesday. it was
announced that Gov. Wolcott had par
doned DIR. Ella II. Bates of Boston, who
is serving seven-years term in the
House of correction for performing a
criminal operation. The pardon was
granted on the ground of i'll health.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.

Washington. March 1.-The President
today. sent the following nominations to
the Senate: Charles IL. Marchant col
lector of customs for the district of Ed
gartown, Mass: Henry l.. Hines, sur
Neyor of customs. port of Springfield
Mass. Postmaster: Frank L. Briggs at
Turner's Falls Mass
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
oanislsoa. c.. Mill. jo;u ,,ov.ms.,.

Danieison, Conn.,. March 1.-The agents
OF the Quinnebaug and Lockwood cotton
mills have been informed that the wage
schedule of 1897 will be restored next
month. The restoration also will affect
the Wanregan cotton mill in the village
of Wauregan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
Wages Restored at earnumsviIIe. Mass.

Millbury, Mass. March 1.-The employees
OF the Farnumsville cotton mill at Far
huntsville. were notified, today, that on
Monday, March 8. the 10 per cent cut
down made more than year ago will be
restored. The min employs $50 hands.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
Shoe laster. Have waos, Raised.

Mahchester. N. FL. March IMAGES In
'"e lasune department of Hoyt's shoe
shop were raised between \ and 10 ne,
cent. today.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-02
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washington. March 1.-The following
pension changes in Maine are announced.
Original, Thomas II. Coombs, Bruins
wick. $G. Increase. Granville ii. Burnell
Bridgton, Sc to IS.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
LIST OF JURORS.

List Of jurors drawn for October term
OF Court, first Monday, second day, at
o'clock, p. M.
GRAND.
Ayr-John Seiders, William Car
baugh
Belfast-James B. Mellott, Irwin ID.
Fisher, Joseph Funk.
Bethel-Andrew Mellott, j. Frank
Lewis.
Brush Creek-Lewis Duvall, John
M. Truax, Frank Hixson.
Dublin Mercer ID. Haiston, Elmer
Fraker, John Locke, Emanuel Sipes.
Licking Crcck-David Martz, Nathan
Deshong, Matthew w. Mellott, Uriah
w. Cline.
McConnellsburg George w. Smith.
Taylor-Lewis Shaw.
Thompson William Shives.
Tod-William Grissinger, William
Greer, Sr.
Union-James Lee.
Ayr-Wm. Cooper, Andrew Washa-
baugh
Belfast Charles Bard, j. Frank
Hess.
Bethel-John Carnell, Grant Barn
hart, George Grey, Stilwell Kirk.
Brush Creek Henry Barton, John
M. Lodge, Frank Spade, Vincent Hart.
Dublin. G. MCGOWAN.
Licking Creek-Lewis Mellott, John
A. Hauman, Leonard Hockensmith, G.
b. Hockensmith, Daniel Fix.
McConnellsburg--F. B. Sipes, Rev.
d. p. Drawbaugh, Charles f. Scott.
Taylor--Joseph Melius, Martin ID,
Matthias, Orlando Wagner, Harry
Lamberson, u. b. Barnett.
Thompson-El Covalt, Robt. Everts,
Emanuel Keefer, Andrew Souders.
Tod-John f.. Hamil, Frank While
George Miller.
Union-William ID. Hebner, Isaiah
Lehman, McClelland Smith, And. ]
Schetrompf.
Wells-O. b. Dunlap.
Il
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
THE TELEPHONE.

The Tuscarora telephone company,
of Miiflintown, was chartered at the
state department, with a capital stock
of $40, 900 common and $4,000 prefer
red. The company will erect lines
through Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cen
tire, Clinton, Cumberland, Dauphin,
Franklin, Fulton, Juniata, Lycoming,
Mifilin, Northumberland, Perry,
Schuylkill, Snyder, Union and York
counties. The directors are: A. G.
Schall, Carl f. Espenshade, Mifllin-
town; |. N. Grubb, Thomsontown, N.
j.; | G. Moorehead, Port Royal; f. A.
Garman, Richfeld.
The Fulton Telephone Company has
about completed its lines. The switch
board, which will be in the central Of
fice-the City Drug Store-has been
unavoidably delayed, but will be
placed in position in a few days. A
number of private phones will be put
in. j. Fl. Covalt, President and Gen
eral Manager, Covalt, Pa, has been
experimenting the work. The com
pletion of this system will greatly
benefit the business, professional and
laymen OF this section. Hancock Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
BOILED RICE.

Thomas Murry, the noted chef
says that many cooks do not know
how to do so simple thing as to
boil rice properly. Each grain
of rice, he says, should be dis
tinct, whole, but at the same time
tender. TO accomplish this, a
small quantity of rice should be
boiled in a large pot nearly filed
with water. Put it into cold
water and a little salt and boil
rapidly for 20 or 30 minutes.
Test the grains occasionally, and
when slight pressure between
the thumb and forefinger will
crush them they are done. If
allowed to boil till the grains
burst or boiled in a small quantity
of water, the grains will stick to-
gether. When done, drain off
the water and set the rice on the
range, where it will keep warm
Exchange.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
DEW AS A FERTILIZER.

Any one who gets out at work
on the fields early in summer will
find the leaves of plants and even
the surface soil wet with dew
which has been deposited during
the night, as the soil in spring is
much colder than the air. The
dew is condensed moisture in the
form of steam, which has taken
from the air some ammonia and
some carbonic acid gas. 1t is
therefore softer than rain water,
and also richer in manurial ele-
ments. If this dew is left uncul-
tivated it evaporates when the
sun gets up high and vanishes in
to thin air. We know farmers
who get their teams out to cult
vate corn and potatoes while both
the soil and plants are wet with
dew. They do a forenoon's work
by 10 or IL o'clock, and then take
for the teams ana themselves
three or four hours nooning dur.
ing the heat of the day. This is
better than beginning work late,
and then eating hurriediy and
eating the principal meal of the
day without rest in which to di
gest it. One of the main advant
ages of this plan is that it turns
some dry soil over the dew, thus
saving it's fertilizing properties.
American Cultiyator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House of Commons, with
all it's faults, as a club, is the
coolest place in London during
hot weather. pains are
taken with the ventilation, so that
regular temperature of 60 de-
grees shall be maintained day
and night. Ventilation alone,
however, would not achieve this
gratifying result. Iced air is
pumped into the chamber and its
precincts in generous quantities,
and in order to cool the division
lobbies, which are not at all de-
sirable places when big division
takes place, miniature fountains
play ON the roofs all day long.
On the whole, man who finds
the heat too much for him cannot
do better than get a ticket for the
strangers gallery, which is not
overcrowded just now, and par
ticipate in the comforts which as
taxpayer he helps to supply to
the faithful commons.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
SUGAR MAKING IN MEXICO
Anhgue Methods Make tie BnSineS.
Unbrefta6Le.

1t has often been wondered at
that Mexico, with climate ad-
mirably adapted to sugar raising
has never entered into competi-
tion with the United States. Of
fetal figures show that the repub-
lie of Mexico is now producing
annually about $4,000 tons of su-
gar, all made from cane and with
the most primitive machinery.
1t is all consumed at home. Fig
ures which are also official show
that Cuba produces annually a
million tons of sugar, or twelve
times more than is produced in
Mexico, and on one-tifth the num-
Der of plantations. The reason
advanced for this difference is
that Cuba employs modern meth
ods of machinery, while Mexico
does not. There is no likelihood
that Mexico will come into the
sugar market as an exporter for
a great many years. Cuba, how
ever, will develop with great rap
idity in the manufacture of sugar
and under American direction
her factories are expected to al
most double their output within
decade.
Mexico cannot hope to be a for
midable rival in the sugar-pro-
ducingindustry until she discards
her old custom of manufacture
and adopts at least some of the
modern labor saving appliances.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
OvER.EDUCATIoN.

The San Francisco magnate,
Mr.. Coils p. Huntingdon, made
an address not long ago complain
ing that the youth of the nation
were being over-educated, and in
a recent letter he has explained
that speech. What he was pro-
testing against, he declares, is
that degree Of education which
sets a young man above the work
for which he is fitted by nature
or into which he is pressed by
circumstances. The early years
of life, which are most valuable
in the struggle for existence, are
spent entirely in the schoolroom;
he would break the pedagogue's
sway far more promptly. This
plain.spoken man of affairs has
great scorn for that Greek which
makes a man chiefly anxious for
a "genteel" employment, and
that philosophy which teaches
him to keep his hands soft and
white. "Do not think yourself
above manual labor" is his plea.
"Get what education you can use
and do not get more than you can
use in the station for which God
intended you"
There is much sense in this,
and also much that a worldly am
bilious and short-sighted young
man might turn into the mistake
of his life: Any education is too
much if it makes a man conceit-
ed, or afraid to soil his hands with
any honest toll On the other
hand, every mans education
should be above his calling, if ii
is possible; above it, and beyond
it, Alas for the bookkeeper that
knows only arithmetic and moth
ing of astronomy; for the farmer
that can appreciate his farm
journal, but not his Ruskin; for
the civil engineer that under
stands physics, but binds his in
terests by railroad ties!
Education is more than a lever
to pry a living up out of the
ground. 1t is a wing to lift us
from earth and make us, in spite
ofshovel and trowel, familiar with
the skies.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
FOREST METHUSELAHS.

The greatestlongevity assigned
to any tree is perhaps credited to
the celebrated taxodium of Cha
pultepec, in Mexico, III feet in
circumference, which is thought
to exceed in age the baobab of
Senegal inferred to be 5, $50 years
old. In Lombardy, there is cy-
press tree which is said to have
been planted before our Savior's S
birth. There is even an ancient
record that it was growing in the
time of julius Caesar. Near the
ruins of Palenque are trees whose
age is estimated to be from 1900
to 5000 years. The mammoth
tree has been estimated to live
1900 years in California.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
EVE OF A FARMERS LIFE.

There comes a time in the
farmers life when he is strongly
tempted to leave the farm. Grow
ing infirmities remind him that
he is not the man physically that
he used to be. He feels that he
has worked hard enough, long
enough, and has abundant means
to make his old days comfortable,
and determines to move to town.
He pictures before him a green
old age with all the comforts of
life, and rest from unceasing toll
and grinding care. These ex-
pectations are seldom realized in
full, and, as a matter of fact, we
believe that most farmers who
remove to the city shorten their
days, and after the first year or
two, or perhaps after the first six
months, are more discontented
than they would have been had
they remained on the farm.
The reason is not hard to find.
To q man who has been active
either in mind or body for thirty
or forty years idleness is misery.
No man of this kind feels satisfied
with himself unless he has some
responsibility to occupy both
head and hands. When he has
nothing TO do, life ceases to have
much interest He misses the
healthful occupation of mind OF
interest in events of the farm.
He ceases to read agricultural
literature because he regards
himself as no longer engaged IN
agriculture, and the result is
with him, as a rule, a loss of hap
piness, and visible shortening
of life. There comes a time in q
farmers life when it is exceed
ingly difficult TO know how tc
manage the farm. That time is
when he can no longer manage il
without more exertion of body
than he is capable of performing
and when he does not feel thai
it will pay him to procure eff
cient help even if it could be had
Happy is he who has son OF
son-in -lawon whose broad should
ers he can roll the burden, still
retaining enough of his land ant
stock to occupy his mind and give
him the exercise he needs. I'm
der these circumstances he may
spend a ripe old age and give t.
his children and grand children
the fruits of his ripened exper
fence. We always feel that oul
friends are making serious mis-
take when they leave the farm
for town or run off after mining
booms. There are unpleasant
things in connection with farm
life in old age, and especially the
difficulty of attending church, bu'
these are less than the evils con
nected with breaking up all the
old associations, and attempting
to form new ones. No one knows
how intimately his life is connect
ed with his friendships until he
breaks up those of quarter of
century standing and under
takes to form new ones with peo
pie whose experience is in lines
different from his own.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
|OMMERCIAL REVULSIONS.

l There is a curious concurrence
between the periodical advances
ln the price of pig iron and peri
odical advances in the price of pig
ron and periodical panics. The
Commercial revulsions in 1857,
lB66, 1873, 1882 and 1893 were all
preceded by extraordinary spec
Qlative activity in the iron trade,
With extreme increase of prices,
&s follows:
sSi from dollars to 80 dollars per ton
eOi, from IL l1llars to 7b dollars per ton
sa2 from 80 dollars to 90 dollars per ton
f sSu from ~ dollars to 45 dollars per ton
sss from dollars to II dollars per ton.
There may be nothing more
NAN a remarkable coincidence in
this showing. 1t does not seem
Reasonable that prosperity should
0eget calamity; but there is pos
ability that overdear iron may
Wta check upon industrial en-
terprise as to bring ON stagnation
and a possible crisis. At any
rate, it is well to be somewhat
pided by pastexperience even if
e be unable to find a bridge
fross the apparent gap between
use and effect
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21
iULTON COUNTY NEWS.
THE DUNKARDs.
lHeir PecAiidr Habits and ChSf0mS-
n Society That Has Fer lis Aim
the Betteying Of MankinG

W The religious sect known as
|t1unkards" Ito dip or immerse),
& 81 large number of whom are en-
|Bhged in agricultural pursuits in
lancaster, Lebanon, Franklin,
|NCumberland, Dauphin, York and
other counties of the State, and
who, like the Quakers, are known
10 be the most conscientious,
peaceably inclined and order low
ing people of the counties in
Which they reside, are quite nu-
fnerous in Lancaster county. The
<ollowing account of their habits,
religious customs, manners and
daily habits will be read with in
terest:
Dunkards do not swear, they
affirm. They do not go to law
witt each other, for after Matt.
\ xviiith) the case comes before the
\ church and a decision is given by
the members in council that is
!. based on ecclesiastical law no
Court will set it aside. Being
combatants, they are not
.ss2ound in fights or wrangles and
kthey do not go to war.
IVThey do not believe in divorce
for very grave reasons,
even then there may be no
H ,nd marriages. There are no
|Y kards with two sAving. part
I in the w .drimonial line.
g are nc\nembers of secret
sjSSne brotherhood, and
Who were membe, 5 on their
Il sion to the chur Fh adjure
all connection with Ht5rldly or
CARNATIONS, as withoutdF Fejudice,
Il the church affords all t , advan-
tageaAof the most benz plent OF
secret or other orders. There
are no poor in the church; that is,
eIere are no paupers and no one
is allowed to suffer. Congrega-
lions have supported their poor
members, the lunatic and the in
firm and the sick for years at a
large expense without trouble, as
It is part of the practice and or
{Eder of the church. The brother
\ who is burned out in West Vir.
ginia can readily collect money in
pennsylvania or California to re.
3place his loss. Sometimes i'm
epostors CHEAT tine church, but the
<cpmposition of the fraternity is
snch that it is next to impossible
to impose on many or in different
Iplaces. A rascal when caught is
advertised as such in the church
papers and then his occupation
is gone. The principle of uni
formity of dress prevails in
theory and largely in practice.
fphe men wear, when in order, a
gcoat without a rolling collar,
nsomething like a military gar.
lnent, any color or material, and
You can tell them from the Amish
By the Dunkard's coat having
VbnttOns in front and none on the
coattails.
M The Amish use hooks and eyes
and no'buttons ordinarily. The
reason why there are no buttons
is on the principle that there shall
be no button where there is nc
buttonhole. And the principle
Exists all the way through Dunk
ard theology. The sisters wear
bonnet like a hood, and must
1lWear it. The annual meeting
lsias said so, though men may, and
p, wear any kind of head gear.
nv The order of worship is similar
adt9 that of other churches, sing
lg, prayer, sermon, singing,
A prayer, andno benediction-"The
\ congregation is dismissed now in
E the fear of the Lord. "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

SPANISH is to be taught in Chi
cago's public schools, and in 9th
er cities too. In time that nation
may be enabled to understand us
better.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

THAT a politician won't get on
the fence if he can secure a post
simply means in the former case
he is sharp set.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-21

HUcKsTER- Want ter buy any
nice eggplants, LADY," Mrs.
Newed--"Are they fresh laid?"