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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

ALL OVER THE EARTH IN A DAY.
Visitors to Paris Expo sItiOn Can Be
come Globe TrOttcrs

Visitors to Paris Expo .ItiOn Can Re
come Globe TrOttcrs.
One of the greatest novelties of all the
ingenious devices to be shown at the Paris
Exposition next year will he the gigantic
globe prepared under the direction of the
famous traveller and geographer, NJ. Elise
RecIus. The originator Of this original
scheme has Travelled over all parts Of the
world explored and unexplored in order
to write his gigantic geography of the
world, in some twenty thick Quarto vol
umes. No more efficient person could have
been found TO construct this most Instruct
i've feature of the great exposition
1t is a huge globe, ninety-one feet in
diameter. On 1t the whole earth is repro
duced in miniature. not lat as on the or
binary globes used in the schoolroom but
in relief, and all calculated exactly 10
scale, showing the mountains and valleys
the lakes and oceans. the rivers and des-
erts so that any child can understand
them. A circular stairway leads all round
The earth, or this gigantic model Of IL.
The boys and girls who are lucky enough
TO go to Paris next year will be able 10
90 TO the North Pole with far less danger
than Nansen did, and in the next few
minutes they can wander through the Des-
ort of Sahara without suffering the least
from thirst. No one who sees this won
derful globe can fail to understand more
about the world in which he lives than
he ever could learn from all his study OF
geography at school.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
4 GARDEN ON 4 WINE BOTTLE.
Way 10 Keep n Pretty Green Orna-
ment All Winter.

Don't throw away thar Old win bottle
make it a thing of beauty and a joy. if
not forever, at least for many weeks 10
come. Take some cheap cotton wadding,
soak it in oil and then wrap a thin layer
of it evenly around an old wine bottle,
beginning at the top and working towards
the bottom of the bottle. Tie It firmly in
place with a string at top and bottom.
FIJI the bottle with water, and then pour
plenty of water over and through the we'd
ding. Buy some water cress seed from the
florist and scatter It literally over the
wadding. Put some twisted strands Of
wool, three or four strands In each wick
and four wicks for each bottle into the
bottle, so that they reach to the bottom
and hang over the top about three or four
inches. These wicks will draw the water
up and distribute Il drop by drop over the
wadding. In three or four days you will
find that your bottle is covered with the
green sprouts of water cress and that
these sprouts grow very rapidly AS they
grow coarse or long, trim with pair of
Old scissors. and you can keep this pretty
green ornament as long as you please If
you will only refill the bottle with water
whenever you find that the wicks cease 10
distribute the required moisture over the
growing plants. Do not keep The bottle
too near the register or stove and IL Will
last all winter with very little care Civ
ing you a nice green, fresh looking orna-
meut for the sitting room table. If set on
a plate 10 keep the damDness from spoil
ing the cloth or table
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
SOME KANSAS CORN.
And How the Photographers Has
Made "a Unique Picture

Made Unique Picture.
Ears of corn as big as saw logs! Three
Of them, chained TO a wagon, make a lead
for two heavy horses; each kernel as large
as an ink bottle, and five of them would
make a meal of mush for a family. This
is the story of the picture, and the picture
is from a real photograph taken out in
Kansas, where the corn crop IS an annual
wonder. Corn of such a size would mean
cornstalks $50 feet high-higher than the
talest windmills-and a fed of Them
would rival forest of pine trees In har-
vesling a crop the farmer would need 10
use ladders to get up to the ears. and il
wouldn't take many of the husks to fill a
barn and furnish winters feeding for
whole drove of cattle.
IT may be as well 10 admit first as last
however, that the photograph may be ex-
aggerated bit as to these particular ears
of corn. but II is not exaggerated as to
the mighty corn crop of Kansas. which
will feed this winter thousands of cattle.
sheep horses and swine, 10 say nothing OF
supplying goodnight mush for hundreds OF
small boys. And just in this connection II
may be interesting to tel how the c,ever
photographer-lt was Miss Margaret
O'Donnell of Beloit, Kansas-produced the
illusion of three such mighty ears. She
first took picture of the horses the wa
gon ard the building back of Them then
she took closeup view of three ears OF
corn and pasted IL on the first picture so
that the ears would appear 10 rest on the
wagon. Then she painted in the binding
chain and the tops Of the wheels and pho
tographed this composite picture, produce
ing the result which you see.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

Noted Confidence Man Who Has
Played Many Tricks.
PROM the Waghlngton post.


Tick" Lowndes, the ex-king Of fakirs,
was in Washington for a couple Of days
last week, on his way to his Philadelphia
home. after a pleasure tour OF the West.
Lowndes having become rich, quit travel
ing six years ago, on his 5Oth birthday.
married young wife, and settled down in
Philadelphia, where he was born. For
nearly thirty years Tick" eircumnavi-
eating the globe eleven times, beamed
upon the world through his luxurious
whlskers and. in his own words, "joshed
'em all, white, black, red, brown and
yellow" into providing for his eventual
wealth He got his nickname Of Tick"
from the solid 1S-karat gold watches he
used 10 sell to countrymen for the ncmi-
nal sum OF two bits, otherwise q quarter
Maybe you think they won't CO." he
would bawl, holding up one of his watches.
when purchasers were backward That's
where you're away off; listen to this one
tick" And he would initiate the ticking
OF a watch with his mouth so that the
sound could easily be heard by the Jays
on the outer limits of the crowd around
his torch-illuminated carriage Success
and seniority gave him the title "King OF
the Fakirs," by which he was known I'M
I'll his retirement
1.-THE worst Jays l ever struck in the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

world" said "Tick" to a Post man, were
the Russians. | think | sold them about
FIVE tons Of axle grease corn salVe TOT
a ruble an ounce box on one trip through
Southern Russia. All the men in Russia
have got.corns. They all wear heavy cow
hide boots-the ordinary people, | mean
which probably accounts for II. feIt al
most ashamed of the way those Russian
folks fell over each other to buy my or
binary axle grease of commerce for their
corns, and the worst of 1t was that IN the
larger towns, where ] stayed for three or
four days, the yaDs that had bought the
stuff on the first day Of my arrival came
TO me before / Left and gratefully told me
thatathe grease had entirely cured their
coruN Why, | was looked upon as pub
lie benefactor throughout the whole Rus
sian empirel
Il found the French pretty easy ones,
too, especially in the smaller towns. The
first time / hit France l was selling West
Indian perfumed beans. They were the
ordinary American beans of the Boston
beloved variety. | dyed the beans blue
and soaked 'em overnight in bum cologne.
/ used a Mexican vaquero's makeup on
this trip and sold the beans a dozen for
a franc, with a spellbind about the per-
fumo lasting 900 years and so on. 1t was
Ike getting money in a. letter, this bean
fake in France,
anna to Patagonia, are pretty easy TO gold
Brick. All over South America / sold
thousands Of gallons Of whitening tonic
to make the haf-breeds white. / made ID
o. nights as / went along out of any Old
thing that wasn't Standardization
roots wild cherry bark and such stuff
The government got after me finally for
it, though, and that's the reason the half
breeds of South America are still reddish
in color. Their governments wouldn't let
'em buy enough of my whitening tonic,
you see.
1.-THE Mexlcans'll buy any old thing You
may not believe It, but / sold thousands
OF dollars worth Of common bar soap for
removing grease spots on one trip down
there, Notwithstanding the fact that the
buds worn by the people who bought the
soap were as much on the G-striug order
as the law of the land would permit
sold 'em safety razors that cost me 25
cents each wholesale for ST. which was as
low-down as ever ! played It, as any man
who has ever used a safety razor will adj
nit
Il would have made 81 100000 out OF the
natives Of the Fiji Islands If the Jealous
white residents down there hadn't choxed
me Off. AS II was. / cleaned up a good bit
of money on the scheme. l traded off blue
spectacles with the Fills for cochineai.
Cochineal at that time was worth its
weight IN SILVER The Fills went crazy
over my stock Of goggles and had slews
of the islanders gathering cochineal for
me until the consuls hunted me out I
gent the cochineal up to the states In the
Australian steamers and 1t was pretty
good rake-off.
II was cooking up a scheme 10 sell the
Kaffirs some stuff to straighten out their
kinky wool and make it look like the
white mans hair but the white people
down there wouldn't stand for 1t, although
there was millions in IT,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
THE RUssO-CHINEsE FLAG.
First Seen In This Country During
Dewey Celebration.

New York, Oct 22-of the many thou
sand flags flung to the breeze in New
York city during the recent celebration
in honor of Admiral Dewey's home-com-
ing. there was one. In 'many respects the
most unique banner ever used. II was
from the Far East. a strange flag in a
strange land. Barbaric and heathenish in
appearance, 1t helped decorate on this oc-
casion one of the big Fifth avenue restau-
rants.
Few who saw the queer banner knew
il for what 1t was. A huge painted dragon
of Chinese type on a background Of vel
low, formed one triangular half Of the
flag. while the two smaller triangles Of
white were filed one with Chinese char
acters, the other with three bars Of red
and blue. Evidently Russian imperialism
had a hand In It's making, and the ON
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

PIP p, a wonderruf medicines II gIyes
an appetite; 1t invigorates and strength
ems. p p. p cures rheumatism and an
pains in the side, back and shoulders,
knees, hips, wrists and joints. p. p. p.
cures syphilis In all It's various stages.
old ulcer, sores and kidney complaint.
r. p. p. cures catarrh, eczema, erysepi-
las. all skin diseases and mercurial poisin-
ing. p. p. p cures dyspepsia, Chronic
female complaints and broken down con-
etitution and loss of manhood. p. r.
the best blood purifier of the age, hes
made more permanent cures than all other
blood remedies. Lippman Bros. sole pro
prietors, Savannah. Ga.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
SOME FISHES THAT CAN SPEAK.
Their Language " Not Understood
by MOrtaIs, However.

From INC Baltimore Herald.
Fish that utter sounds are by no means
rare. but they are not often seen or heard
by those not in the fishing business. Some
years ago in the Gulf of Mexico a small,
highly colored fish known as the haemu-
lon was hauled in. The moment 1t appear
cd above the surface it opened its mouth
and began to grunt and groan so loudly
that the attention Of the entire party was
attracted to It. The sounds could be heard
from one end to the other Of the sixty-ton
schooner. one Of the fishermen held the
fish in Amusement a few moments, and
then was so convinced that 1t was talking
and begging for liberty that It was tossed
overheard. The gizzard shad utters a note
that can be heard some distance and the
eel Is said to make o noise that comes
nearer to being musical than any other
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
USE OF POCKET WHISTLES.
Invaluable TO ThOne Who Live Part
of the Yenr i'm the Countrv

Invaluable TO ThOne Who Live Part
of the Year in the Country.
Those who are looking around for some
little gift for a friend who lives a part
or the whole of the year in the country,
cannot please him better than by select
ing one Of the new whistles; II is well,
therefore to bear in mind how acceptable
as souvenirs are these trifes. Indeed,
whistles are for the moment the smartest
little dcodadles that are to be seen. 1t
is astonishing how many times a day
men, and women, too, for that matter
ana, the occasion to use them. They call
Their dogs by one: sometimes their chill
dren,
That is Marys, or Henrys. whistle -
is an expression heard all over the place
When returning from a drive In rum
about or single trap, the whistle Is a SPLEEN
did means of communication with the
stable, and so soon as its thrilling note
is heard, a groom comes running up TO
the house to be on the spot when he
is needed. In fact, one never knows how
Indispensable this little signal is until aft
er having once possessed one. IL has been
lost or mislaid. To prevent such a griev-
ance as this, the new ones have attached
to them "A fine safety chain, similar to the
ones worn on eye glasses, with pin at
one end which fastens It to the coat That
Is, men wear their whistles fastened to
them in this way and drop them in their
upper vest pockets Women usually wear
them suspended from the belt.
The newest whistles are extremely dainty
and pretty. They are made of gold or
gun metal. The gold ones are most at
tractiye when perfectly plain in design
Some of them are quite unique in shape
and suggestive of tiny toboggans Again
others are most elaborate. One that was
recently seen and which had Just come
from London was Of gun metal in the OLD
fashioned orthodox shape. A large spider
was wrought upon 1t, and the cylinder
part was enclrcled by its claws In the
back of the spider was sunlken a very
large emerald. Many OF them are seen
with topazes and amethysts IN the top
and they are quite enchanting. AT a gay
dinner party given at Lenox, hardly a
fortnight ago, three of the men present
took out their whistles to test the quality
of their tone The incident was very anus
ing, and especially 50, as they gave out
three distinct and different notes. One
was horribly shr!ll and unpleasant. Their
musical character should, therefore, not
be lost sight Of when selecting them
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

Abbotts East india Corn Paint cures
every time; ~ takes of the corn: no palm:
cures warts and bunlons and il conceded
10 be wonderful corn cure. Sold by all
druggists.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22

"A statue Of the late Judge W. A. Field
is to be erected near the Harvard Law
School, from which Judge Field graduated
in 50.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-22
RONALDFLETCHER; CASTAWAY
an BOYS DESPERATE FIGHT
WITH FATE.

NIL. story of Lad wrecked on Sa-
bIe island, who Found the Treas
of n spanish GaIIeOn Buried in
the snnd-BuccaDeers Stole His
coId and IA .CuphOId' Came to the
Rescue.
By Pierce w. Hart.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
BACK RUN.

Butternut parties are the fad of the
day. Chestnuts come next.
Miss Lizzie DIETRICH, of Waynesboro,
Penna., was visiting the family of r..
N. Fryman.
Master Russell Nelson, of Tod town
ship, spent last Saturday as the guest
of Clarence Conrad, of Ayr township.
Mr.. Samuel Bender. Thomastown's S
most enterprising citizen, is now build
ing quite an ornamental fence along
Main street. During the few years of
Mr.. Bender's residence in our vicinity
he has built one house, repaired and
remodeled one, dug two wells and
planted fruit trees, galore, A few
men of his spirit soon build up COM
munity.
Mrs. James TruaX and two children,
of Lower Tod, spent Saturday night
with Mrs. Truax's father-in-law, Mr..
John Truax of the Meadow Grounds.
Prof. VIM. N. Stewart, of Green
Hill, was traversing our thoroughfares
September 24th, on his way to Webster
Mills.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
WELL NAMED.

If it were not for the fact that
the hair on top of the Editors
pate is growing very thin, there
might be danger in his becoming
vain over the many letters of con-
graduation received from friends
abroad, and kind words spoken
by those at home in reference to
the FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
The following is from the pen
of one of Fulton county's repre-
sentative men.
Amaranth, Pa, Sept. 25, 1899
B. W. Peck, Esq. After an abb
sence from home of eight weeks
visiting my sons DR., j. Neeper
Richards, of Fallsington, Bucks
county, Pa, and DR.. G. Howard
Richards, of Dunkirk, N. Y, and
other points East and North, and
the great Niagara Falls, the
FULTON COUNTY News was
thrown upon my table last Satur-
day evening. The NEWS sup
plies long needed want-a clean
cut, Independent, paper, not con
trolled by cliques, nor machine
politics, but in the interest of the
people. Your paper is well nam
ed. for it is chock-full of news,
and cheap at that.
Enclosed please find one dollar,
and place my name on the list of
your subscribers.
Yours truly,
JOHN II. RICHARDS.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28

and q group OF Neptune" a mariner,
a naiad and a dolphin around boats
prov symbollzing Navigation" and
on the left are figures representing
Abundance" Fortune" Labor" and
a group typifying Industry" A quad
raga. 16 feet high, to the top of the
figure of Victory" stands above the
pediment, and on either side is a group
10 feet high, one representing Trans
portation" and the other Navigation. ="
Other prominent features of the orna
mentation at the main entrance will be
large circular placques modelled in re-
lief, with the seals of the United
States, the state of Pennsylvania. the
Franklin Institute, the Philadelphia
Commercial Museum and the city of
Philadelphia In addition to the orna-
ments enumerated others of a strictly
architectural character, such as mould
ings, columns, capitals and bases, bal
ustrades and cornices contribute to the
general effectiveness and beauty of the
building
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
AKERSVILLE.

Our farmers are now busy harvcs-
ting their corn and buckwheat. Some
grain has been sown but none of any
consequence.
DR.. E. d. Akers has recently paint
ed his barn. This adds greatly to the
appearance as well as to the value OF
his property.
Amos Duvall's new barn is about
completed.
Nelson Simpson, of this place,
moved to Emberry Barton's house
last week.
Postmaster James Akers took his
wife to the Methodist hospital OF
Philadelphia last week. We hope she
may soon be we'll again.
Jesse Akers, while picking at some
small object which he found, had the
misfortune to have his thumb and one
finger blown off. The object, he after
wards found, was a dynamite cap.
Preaching next Sunday at Azers-
vile by Rev. w. w. Reese.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
COVALT.

Acorns are falling and the hogs are
growing fat; cheap pork this fall.
Howard Martin and Elwood Lane.
hart are cutting timber for Tol. Bridg-
es this week.
Mr.. Harvey Sharp was in our midst
Friday evening, after his first week OF
school.
w. w. Peck, who has been at
Waynesboro, Pa, came home last
Sunday.
Treasurer John II. Brewer, of Plum
Run, was around last week in his offic.
ial capacity to see his friends.
Rev. Yost is conducting a protract.
ed meeting at Oakley, at present.
Rev. Joseph Barney preached al
Antioch Saturday evening, and at Oak.
ley, Sunday forenoon.
Miss Laura Strait, who is yet critic.
ally i'll, we are pleased to say, is i'm.
proving. We hope for her early re.
covery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
Goldsmith the Taylor.

GOluSnlJD Jne ldNlOf.
Mr.. Christian Aller, near Huston.
town has been quite poorly for several
days.
All kinds of stoves at w. II. Nes-
bits Special prices for court week.
Call and examine.
p. Fred Black with his corps of able
assistants last week, added very con-
venient porch to Albert Stoner's new
store.
MillerW ashingMachines at Malloy s..
Rudyard Kipling says that the hard
est work he ever did and the hardest
he ever saw done is that of newspa-
per Office.
The most Industrious man in Ayr
township is Joe. Mellott. He cuts corn
all day and hunts coons all night.
And he gets coons, all right!
The work on Mr.. Adam Lauver's
new roller mill below Webster Mills,
is progressing finely. He will be ready
for the buckwheat crop.
A distinguished representative of
Fulton county in Uncle Sans service
is Harold Hays McKibbin, son of DR..
and Mrs. w. l.. McKibbin, of Union
township. He served in the 7th U. S.
cavalry through the South Dakota In
dian campaign, and is now first SER
geant of Co. X, 32d U. S. infantry.
Mrs. Catherine Eitemiller presented
her son, George M. Eitemiller, while
on his recent visit here, with the old
family Dutch clock and other ancient
relics. Time has dealt so kindly with
this good and venerable lady, that she
can afford to give it away.
The many friends of Mrs. Bishop,
of this place, will be glad to know that
the condition of her health is such
that she is able to be up and to mingle
with the family most of the time. When
the weather is favorable she may be
seen taking occasional short outdoor
walks with her husband.
BRUBAKER & Co., have just com
pleted a commodious photograph gal
lery in town, and are now prepared to
do first class work in every branch of
the art at reasonable prices. They
guarantee perfect satisfaction.
Mr.. Bruce Stoner, of the Furni-
ture and Undertaking establishment
of William Stoner, of this. place, will
go to Harrisburg to attend special
sessions of the Boston Embalming
College. This community has long
felt the need of a professional embalm-
er. He will go next week.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
NEEDMORE.
News is scarce, and work plenty.

News is scarce, and work plenty
The preaching services at the Bap.
tist church Monday and Tuesday last
were not well attended owing to the
stormy weather. The meetings were
conducted by Elders Alderton, Palmer
and Funk.
Quite number of our people start
ed to Trough Creek last week to at
tend the annual Baptist Association
Some of our young folks attended
the big meeting at Oakley last week.
Mr.. and Mr.. ID. II. Myers, of Knobs
vile, spent last Saturday in our viii
lage.
Dennis Hart, wife and daughter
Glenna, of Hartford City, Indiana,
spent part of last week visiting
friends in this community.
Mrs. Mollie Hege, of Franklin coun-
ty and Mrs. Duffy, of Webster Mills,
were visiting here.
Mr.. w. F. Hart and family of this
place spent Sunday with Mrs. Hart S
sister, Mrs. ]. G. Mellott.
Aaron Garland will soon have his
new house completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Hart are both
on the sick list.
Those without "The Fulton County
News" are without half their lives.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-09-28
Farm Machinery Ex,,ip,tion

Philadelphia, Sept 19--There seems
to be an especial effort made at the
National Export Exposition to show
the perfection of the manufacture in
the United States of agricultural i'm
plements. There is large building,
second in size to the main building,
which is devoted to such exhibits, and
a more important collection than that
which has been arranged for in this
department could not well be imagin-
ed. 1t comprises not only the big
things which the farmer uses, but the
very small things as we'll, and shows
not merely implements for use on the
small farms, but upon the vast wheat
fields of the far west and the great
corn belts of the country. The dis
play goes even farther than this. 1t
has as companion exhibit display
of furniture generally which includes
a special selection of articles suitable
to farm uses and such as is in use
among farmers. This relates not to
household and domestic furniture only,
but to such as is used about the other
farm buildings.