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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-05
Condition Of the Building.

Now that that the roof timbers are laid
bare and IL is possible 10 get a view OF
cross section OF the floor Of the
Ancients' armory. the dangerous condition,
OF the old building becomes more pro-
nounced than ever. Some of the hig girders
are badly cracked. and have sacged ia some
cases as much as eight inches. The ef-
forts made to repair the sasg!ng of the
Ancients' floor are almost ludicrous 10 be-
hold. For a few feet from either side wall
of the. building. the floor had retained its
normal level. but as the center of the
bufidin. was nearea the sageinG of the fnof
became more and more pronounced. Some
years ago an effort was made to overcome
this BY laying a new floor over such parts
OF the old floor as had saggcd.
A curious revelation of the RECONSTRUCTED,
y the fact that many of the ,imbers seen
TO have been used at some previous tim,
On some other building. This
% based on the fact that many. of them ar,
mortified at points not intended in the con
etruction Of Faneuil hall. These timber,
are all OF hewn pine and they are in fairly
eood condition. considering their age an,
oervtce: They are what is known Il.
decay other than that.
The remora of the old bell caused til.
contractors some unnecessarily anxiou.
0eVen tons. so that il was deemed n,.aes.
AIRY TO use extreme care in taking 1t down
~ the entire upper portion, of the build
were Obliged to shore on nothing" as III;
architect expressed 1t. in order 10 take ~,
bell down safely; The bell was fnali,
snded on the sidewalk. hut what was tht
chagrin OF the worlimen, after takin. All
their precautions for the lowering of an
eleven-ton bell. TO lind that II weighed bu,
three tons.
This bell is OF comparatively recent ia;e
according to the supervising architect. Il
bears date of lS66.
The new tower. or turret. will he o
steel framework. and cement. with conner
~ 1t will be an exact r~eproduc;io,
OF the OLD tower in every particular. TIL,
0ld walls will be undisturbed. They are a.
oound as ever. They will he pointed Wit
mortar. as some of the old mortar ha,
away. particularly on the south
eriy wall. which shows signs of the iir,
Enich destroyed the original building. ii
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-05

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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-05

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b. For this sh. does
rs. old clothes and
of the wealthy res
are given her In re-
In sctubbinS and
with whatever
excellent trait that
herself and in
Of her children.
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
Perfect Confidence.

Perfect confidence is desirable be-
tween couples engaged to be married,
but it is not always that the young
woman has as fine an opportunity to
establish it as did Norristown belle,
to whom wealthy bachelor had been
paying assiduous attention. After
worrying her good deal about how
many young men had been in love
with her, and how many she had been
attached to, he asked her to marry
him, adding:
"Now let there 10 perfect conf
dence between us. Keep nothing
concealed from mo.
Certainly" replied the giddy girl
''let MS have no conceslments;" and,
jumping up, she snatched the wig he
wore from his head and danced around
the room with it.
In spite Of this levity, the couple
married, and, from all accounts, are
living very happily. more particularly
as, by means of using crude petro-
leum, nice little crop of soft brown
hair is growing all over the husbands
head. The man had never heard of
crude petroleum as hair tonic until
his wife told him about it, SO if she
had not enforced his confidence he
would still be bald. Philadelphia
Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
WORDS or WISDOM.

Ability without energy is the engine
without steam.
The sword and sJear have slain
their thousands, but debt hath slain
its ten thousands.
If you light your lamp by another's
torch do not forget that the light Yon
borrowed is the light you owe.
Count your troubles, and you viii
fall down in the dust. Count your
mercies, and You will get up and shout.
Each one has it in his power to
make many rejoice in his birth, or
to make them rue the day on which
he was born.
Failure is merely the leaving nm
done, or badly done, those things
which should have been done, and
done thoroughly.
If you would find & good many
faults, be on the lookout; but il you
want to find them in unlimited ousn.
titles, be on the look-in.
There is distinct dih'erspos--ajl
the difference, in fact, between sense
and between ability TO con-
verse we'll and ability to chatter ia
cessantly.
As you enter upon life choose yonr
friends as you would choose guides on
the borders of q wilderness. Friends
more than anything else determine
the paths which most of us follow.
There is politeness Of the heart;
this is closely allied to love. Those
who possess this p1rest fountain ot
natural politeness find il easy to ex-
press the same in forms Of outward
propriety.
The youth who weayes for himself
garland in which are entwined the
cardinal business virtues--integrity
sobriety, cheerfulness and industry
will find himself wearing Il crown OF
| gold in mature manhood.
Our characters are formed and sus-
tanned by ourselves and by our own
actions and purposes and not by
others. Calumniators may usually be
trusted to time and the slow but steady
justice of public opinion.
There are two ways of attaining the
important end.-force and persever-
anco. Force falls to the lot of only u
privileged few, but austere and sus
tanned perseverance can be practiced
by the most insignificant. Its silent
power grows irresistible with time.
Sympathy is that fine faculty
through which we enter into the con-
Germs of others and are interested in
what they do or suffer. 1t is indeed,
as Burke has said, sort of substitu.
ton, by which we are put in the place
of others and affected as they are a.
fected.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
Resources OF tho FIJI ipinos.

Asked as to the resources at COM
mand of the revolutionists, Captain
Frost, late Colonel of South Dakota
Volunteers, said: Measured by the
needs of an army like ours or the
armies OF any of the civilized coun-
tries. they have no great resources.
But measured by the needs of any of
the Filipinos aud their methods OF
campaigning, their resources are prac.
tically unlimited. The Filipino SOL
dier does not need anything to speak
of. Take his equipment; for can
teen he cuts section of bamboo, in.
serts q plug in one end, and attaches
a bit of rope which he slings over his
shoulder; his cartridges he carries in
q little bag, and with his rifle he is
ready for business. His food, which
is rice, he finds in abundance almost
anywhere he goes. In every shack
he enters there is sort of bowl made
from a stump followed out at the top,
and near it little club which is usel
as pestle. He takes the unhulled
rico from the fields, puts it into this
mortar, pokes it around bit, tosses
it into the air to get out the chaif, and
he has handful of rice for his meal.
He does not have to carry his pro-
visions. There are no Filipino meat
or vegetable rations, such as our army
has. 1t is unnecessary to establish a
base of supplies or keep up a supply
train. The Filipino feeds as he goes,
like an animal. New York Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
CURIOUS FACTS.

A Kansas barber advertises: Whis-
kers extracted without pain.
In certain parts of Africa crocodiles,
toads and spiders are eaten.
Three out of every 135 English
speaking persons have red hair.
Gheel, q market town in Belgium,
has 10000 inhabitants, 1000 of whom
are lunatics.
A cave which is supposed to be
larger than the Mammoth Cave of
Kentucky has recently been discovered
in New Zealand.
In Southern Russia camels are
much used by farmers for field work.
They even stand the climate fairly
well further north.
There is q rosary in the British
Museum made of the vertebr@ of q
snakes backbone. Another is com
posed of rats teeth.
for insomnia for dog to sleep in the
room, and preferably in the same
bed, with the sufferer.
In Chinese cities streets are never
built straight, from superstiticus fear
that professions of evil spirits might
otherwise enter and remain.
The most curious paper weight in
the world is said to belong to the
Prince of Wales. 1t is the mummied
hand of one of the daughters of
Pharaoh.
A Persian, six Porto Ricans and n
full-blooded native of the Sandwich
Islands are among the students that
attract especial attention at the Uni
versity of Michigan.
The biggest idol in the world is Dia
Buten, the Japanese god, which is
over sixty feet high. The image is
made of copper, tin, mercury and
gold, and has been worshiped for
more than twelve centuries.
Snowden is q remarkable township
in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
With farm property valued at more
than half million dollars, the town
ship can boast of neither church,
minister, physician, attorney nor
saloon.
Seattle's public square is to be
the abiding place of veritable
Alaskan "totem pole"-one of those
strangely carved symbols of barbarism
and superstition which generally
grace the front OF Indian habitations
in Southern Alaska.
A pet monkey, untimely deceased,
had very formal burial in satin
lined white casket in Baltimore one
day recently. There were six pail
bearers, a eulogistic address, four
carriages for the mourners, and
several flower designs, including an
"empty chair" and 'gates ajar."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
A Horae Palace.

II Is evident that the emperor OF
Germany does not expect the horse
less age" to arrive very soon. He has
under construction, in the outskirts OF
Berlin, what is to be, probably. the
most splendid stable in the world. Out
wardly 1t looks like palace, and in
wardly 1t has many OF the appoint
nents and characteristics OF one. Ger
tainly horses were never more pala-
TALLY lodged than they will be here.
The stable is being erected by the I'M
perlal architect, Herr lime. OF occu-
pies superficial area of more than
two acres. There will be roomy and
comfortable box-stalls for more than
270 horses. and carriage-house space
for more than 300 carriages. In the
center of the whole will be two-story
building. where the imperial coach
men. grooms, stable-boys, and so forth,
with their families. will be lodged.
Eighty families will have quarters in
the building; the drivers or coachmen
will be at least fifty in number. The
stable will be provided with horse ele-
vators, telephones and electric lights,
and the walls OF the carriage
and other portions of the building will
be beautifully decorated with paint and
gliding by the best decorative artists
in Berlin. The cost OF the stable is
estimated at seven millions of marks.
or more than million dollars. Three
years will be employed in its construc-
ton.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
SOME LlrrLs.KNowN FACTS.
which show How Little We Know o
Enoh other and OF Our Country.

Eaoh other and Of Our Country.
Only eighteen per cent. of all the
families in America employ domestic
help, leaving eighty-two per cent.
without even one servant.
If ell the dressmakers known to ex-
list in America worked twenty-four
hours of each day for q whole year,
without stopping for sleep or meals,
they would still be able to make only
one dress apiece for less than seven.
eighths of the women of America.
Not six per cent. Of all the women
in America spend as much money as
fifty dollars per year on their clothes.
Ont of twelve million American
families the income of four million of
these families is less than S400 each
per year, and the inco mes OF nearly
eighty per cent. of the entire number
are less than $1,000 each per year.
There are scores of places in this
country where only one mail comes
every fourteen days.
Ask the average person where tho
central point of area is in the United
States and he will fx it somewhere in
Illinois. Tell him it is nearer San
Francisco and he will be incredulous
until he remembers that Alaska is
within the boundaries of Uncle Sam.
Edward Box, in the Ladies' Homo
Journal,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
The Invention of Lamps.

The invention of lamps is ascribed
to the Egyptians. In the British Mu-
scum are two colored glazed tiles which
were fixed in the centre Of the ceiling;
each has a large knob pierced through
the base to receive cord for suspend
ing lamp; around the base of each
is an inscription stating that it formed
part of the decoration of the Temple
of Kammuri at Calah Nimrod in the
time of Assurn-Abla S65 b. O.
What the lamps were made of can
not now be ascertained, but there is
plenty of contemporaneous glass which
has been discovered in tho neighbor-
hood The sacred lamps in Greek
temples, whose undying flames are
perpetually watched by vestals, were
probably of metal and the wick formed
of asbestos. In the public baths at
Pompeii two lamps were used, each to
light two rooms. These lamps were
protected by circular convex glasses,
fragments of which were found on the
spot
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
of great benefit for those wAo. employ

Rubbing is OF great service to per.
sons suffering from ruptures of mus
cular fibres, due to exercise and strain.
1t is also of vast importance and great
benefit to injured joints, such as
water in the knee, sprained ankles,
shoulders, elbows or wrist joints.
Muscles when rubbed for an injury
should always be rubbed from their
should in general sense begin from
the extremities and extend toward the
trunk. This is in order to assist the
returning currents Of the circulation.
Persons who take exercise for pleas
ure and pastime may rub their own
bodies, but it is not advisable for per-
sons who go in for strict training for Il
contest of any importance to rub them
selves, because in so doing they are
expanding q great deal OF energy. A
rotary movement may be combined
with an upward and downward, and
this often relieves one Of the severest
kinds of stiffness.
Ordinary rubbing will do very we'll
for those who exercise and others who
haven't enough time to make a thor
ough treatment of massage. Variety
of manipulation may be combined
when rubbing any part of the body.
Rubbing may be alternated with
pinchings, beatings and kneadings,
and frequently from one or more of
these combinations more good results
than if rubbing alone had been en-
ployed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
LaI,a ErIe,. sudden RIse.

On July 10, between and 9o'clock
p. M, in the vicinity OF Erie, Penn,
according to the American Naturalist,
the waters of Lake Erie suddenly rose
in n single wave about six feet high
which advanced upon the shore, aud
after few moments quietly subsidized
to its normal level. Five miles west
of Erie the rise was between three
and four feet. Three distinct rises
were observed. The first and second
rises were about fifteen minutes apart,
the second aud third about half an
hour apart. Fifteen miles east OF Erie
the riSo was about six feet, and but
one wave was observed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
Horses Must Quilt War.

Any king who would send his horses
against self.propelled batteries OF
quick-firing machine guns might Al
well quit the game, as did Napoleon
after he had sent the flower of his
cavalry into the sunken road at Water
loo.
Considered as military machine
the horse is done for. Automobile
Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23

1t is said by those who know Cecil
Rhodes, the South African magnate,
that he has great aversion to the OPP
posite sex. They sly that while on a
recent visit to London he dined at the
house Of the BaroneBs Burdett- Coutts,
and later, when he was discussing the
affair with his seer stary, the latter
asked: "And whom did you take into
dinner?"
"Oh, 1 don't know. Some Lady
Somebody" was the reply.
"But what did you call herr"
"Didn't call her anything. Never
spoke TO her."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
Mime. homer. Feline Portrait Painter.

AS a painter OF cats, big and little,
fat and thin. aristocrat aud plebeian,
Nine. Henriette Ronner is said to be
without peer. Her first portrait of
pussy was painted when she was
only sixteen years of age, and it was
so perfectly done that though she has
now been painting feline portraits for
over sixty years she thinks that her
first attempt is almost as clever as her
last one.
Cats are said to be the most diff
cult of animals to portray, but the
pussies that gaze out of Nine. Ron
ner's pictures are natural enough to
pet. They are in many pictures, in
groups ard singly, but her favorite
attitudes seem to be recumbent ones.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23

A curious barren mound in to be
noen in Montgomery churchyard.
Whatever the cause, there is plainly
to be seen n strip of sterility in the
form of CROSS amidst mass of YER.
duro. With the mound melancholy
legend il connected. 1t is called
Roberts Grave anG the story is
That beneath this barren hillock lie
the remains of an innocent man who
was hanged on mistaken evidence. 1t
10 said that while the man stood on
the gallows. with the rope round his
neck, he solemnly declared, as proof
of his innocence, that grass should
never grow on his grave. And even
30 it was, and is. Any one who at.
tempts to Illustrate the fulfil!m ent of
this prophecy by sowing grass on this
spot pays the penalty WITH his life.
Instances are given oil individuals who
have been rash enough TO do so. aud
have met their doom soon afterward.
-Cardir (Wales) Western Mail.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23

Not the burden, but the over-burden.
kills the horse.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
CompnIsory vaeeinntlom In .Inpan

The Japanese Government has de-
oided to make vaccination compulsory
in Japan, and that all children are to
be vaccinated before they reach the
age OF ten months. They must be re-
yaccinated when they ara siS aud
again when tdey are tweIvs yeaes Of
age.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23

The chest should be rubbed from
the insertion of the large muscles up
on it to their origin, while the alb
dominal muscles should be rubbed
from the right groin, as it is common
ly called, in the direction of that part
of the intestines known as the ascend.
ing, transverse and descending colons.
When rubbing the abdomen tho fin
gers of the manipulation should be
kept close together. More pressure
and less care are necessary in rubbing
the back, because the skin and muscle
are thicker and more numerous in
this region, and the muscles are much
larger and stronger. Here, as in the
abdomen, the rubbing should be from
the origin to the insertion OF the mus
cles. In the upper part of the back
the anatomy of the muscles is 80 very
complicated that it is difficult to un-
derstand how to do this unless one
has studied the anatomical relation of
the origin and insertion of these mus
cles very thoroughly. AS general
method of rubbing the back, 1t would
be best, in order to have all the mus
cles in this region we'll cared for, first
to rub upward and downward, then
crosswise, and lastly obliquely up
ward and downward. This will suf-
Gee for ordinary purposes and will be
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
N OLD MAIDS SECRET.

A r Y J o N + s
was an oil d
IN al d. w h q t
causes had led to
that suit it
boots not here to
say, but the fact
remains that she
was a spinster OF
the mature age o.
sixty years. But
I'm a t e. was
never the right
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
LEssoN THOUGHTS.

A gratitude that lasts only so long az
there remains some hope of personal
benefit, and is forgotten as soon as the
benefit is received. is base ingratitude.
How long do we remember Gods daily
providences with gratitude?
The very reason why we forget many
OF Gods blessings is really the very
reason why we should remember them
with grateful hearts, namely. because
they come so regular y and unfail.ngiy-
SELECTIONS.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
christian ENDEAVOR TOPICS.
NovEM MBER 26.
Our Return Tor The Lords Benrfi.s. Ps. cWl
1919. Thanksgiving MeeIirg.
"a thanksgiving meeting. }

Scripture Verses.-Ps. vi. 5; XVIII. -:
xxi. 20, 25 xxx. 4. 10; xxxv. is; xlvi l.
/ xiii. 3; lxv. 1; lxxv. 1; C. 1; eli. l-5.
Matt. XII. 25; Mark viii. 6; Rom. I. s; 1
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23
All, Lord, how carelessly we goi

All. Lord, how carelessly we gol
Unmindful OF thee quite,
Using each gracious gift as though
IL were our own BY right
Yea, and with thankless murmuring
For other boons denied,
Despislng many a precious thing
In blind and reckless pride.
Give us. O thou whose gifts are free.
The grace to heed thy call,
That in thy gifts we may find thee.
The sweetest Gift of all.
A thankful spirit makes n happy life.
Great blessings will not awaken gre" {
gratitude unless there is the habit or
being thankful for small blessings :.
When the recognition Of God In all ma
ture about us becomes habit or the
mind, we are greatly blessed. God Is
immanent in all his works. 20 Lord.
how manifold are thy works. In VS.
Com hast thou made them all; the
earth is full OF thy riches" and yet
we often forget that this is true when
we think about nature.
The eternal ground of Thanksgiving
Is to be found in the Righteousness OF
God. in the consciousness that under all
human life there is a foundation which
no man can disturb. and that life is so
organized that no man can be happy.
restful. or prosperous in DING evil.
that at every turn he is smitten with
penalties. and that real happiness AMI
satisfaction are bound eternally to
right thinking and right acting.