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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12

blue fox-skin scraps and tackled upon
a cape of cub bear fur.
The importers are showing among
their latest comers from Paris extern
sive trains of the richest velours NOUS
seline, moire and antique velvet ad-
orned by hand with the most delicate
painted patterns. The designs are
very small and so cleverly executed
that no appreciative beholder can Won
der at the price asked for q sweep of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
Laboratory For Road Materials.

Under q recent act of the Maryland
General Assembly, the Highway Di-
vision of the Maryland Geological
Survey is collecting information CON
cerning the present condition and
methods of maintenances of the State
highways, and are testing in their lab
oratory the rocks from all portions OF
the State in order to learn their rela.
tive values for road purposes.
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Unique Field for Scientific Exploration

Vniquo Field Tor scIehtIHc EhpI"rHtIon.
Lake Tanganyika, in Africa. offers a
uniaue field for scientific exploration.
'rhis region, like Australia, is one of
the few localities where animals still
live that have become extinct else
where, certain wheellike mollusks OF
this lake appearing to have been de-
rived from the ocean and to be identi-
fed with fossil forms of old Jurassie
seas, in Europe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
An Ingenious Excuse For Honesty.

The man of one family is a very
careless sort of person and not long
ago he lost five dollars from his
pocket. II was gone, and of course
there was no use in getting excited
over q matter of that sort, and the
"gone thing was to go" was a COM
forting thought. Two or three days
later the maid-of-all-work found the
bill when she was sweeping, and
promptly handed it over to its right
full owner, and received a reward of
fifty cents. ''Td so much rather have
this money that you give me and
know it than the other money you
didn't give without knowing it, and
then maybe you'd know sometime
about the money you didn't give me,
was her rather involved excuse for
honesty. New York Sun.
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sashes on the New Gowns.

Sashes are seen on many of the new
gowns, the bows and loops falling far
down over the skirt, many times of
ribbon or piece silk, but most often of
black velvet ribbon, four or five inches
wide, and they are really quite chic.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12
! NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Designs For Costumes That Have Be-
come Popular in the Metropolis. \

NEW YoRK CRY (Special). The
dressmakers, the tailors, furriers and
milliners are enjoying daily confer
ences with their clients, and the wom-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12

before has it been imported in such
attractive color combinations.
Homespun will be much used for
tailor made gowns which, il fashion
ably correct, will display the human
form divine more plainly than ever.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-12

L was q thrilling
afternoon for us
two little fellows,
Ed and me, but
it won't seem ex-
citing at all to
read il and not
be just littl @
nDt1ntrxy utllona
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tt tEt ttEtsEtEst
HUGE RESPONSIBILITY.
BY Charles Newton Hood.

xxx x *
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-07-13

torn from vessel which must have
foundered close at hand. went on,
and then stood still.
What was it made me pause? scarce
~ knew at first, but had sort of in.
stinctive feeling that was near some
unseen danger. Imoved on very eau
tiously, and halted second time With
a strange sense of awe stealing over
me, l became aware of singular cir
cumstance for which I could not &C
count. There was slight but peculiar
tremor in the water around me, much
like the vibration in the air after a dis
tant peal of thunder. Once or twice.
too, fancied I felt faint heaving in
the ground under my feet.
1t was some little time before could,
bring myself to proceed. walked first
ahead, then to the left, then to the:
right, and back again towards the point
from which had started 1 made no
further discovery. Sometimes the
tremulous motion in the water seemed
to grow more distinct, frequently it
died away until it was hardly percepti,
BILE. was puzzled. thought it better
to go up, and see whether Capt. George
could give any explanation of this sin
gular occurrence.
"You were within reach of the rock"
he said, when he had heard what had
to tell. 1.-THE next time you go down
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deck Of the yacht he led the way into
the saloon, turned up the lamps, and
pointed to chair near the table. T
sat down. He folded his arms, and
walked backwards and forwards with
gloomy look.
"A snug cabin this, Capt. George" l
said, glancing around IN, /.
Rather too large for my taste" he
replied, "but one requires a. roomv
boat when their home is on the sea.
It's strange, Lawrenceson, what dis
appointment will do for man; it drives
some to drink, some to monastery, and
some to an asylum. It has driven me
to the sea-"
/ didn't exactly know what to say,
Tor had never seen him in one of
these dark moods before, and thought it
best to remain silent.
well, he said presently, frightening
up bit, II didn't bring you off here to
listen to my growing. About this
rock, you heard what Linklater had to
say, though, perhaps, you may think he
was mistaken. He was not. I can
give you pretty fair evidence of its ex-
istence."
He went to sort of writing table at
the head of the saloon, unlocked one of
the drawers and took out piece Of
torn, discolored paper.
"Read this" he said, laying it on the
table before me. "You can take it on
shore if you like and show it to your
surveyor. I think it will convince him. "
The writing was blotched and blurred,
as if the paper had been under water a
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next morning and looked out over the
the bay Wanderer was gone.
On the 9th Of September we COM
menced our remarkable voyage. felt
somewhat depressed, ! don't know
why, at leaving home on that occa-
sion. There was something attractive
in the idea of solving this great At
lantic mystery, which, if it really ex-
listed, must have caused untold dis
asters. Still, I was not altogether car
ried away by Capt. Georges views, and
entertained considerable doubt as to
our success.
We steered west-sou'- for several
days. We sighted some of the big At
lantic liners in the distance. One even
ing huge Cunarder passed within
mile or so of us, lights all aglow, her
tunnels belching out columns of smoke
that trailed away far behind.
Making a rush with the mails"
Capt. George remarked as we watched
her.
Next day it was blowing rather
fresh, and we had choppy sea. It
struck me as strange that, up to the
present, Capt. George had made no d.
rect reference to the object of our voy-
age. That morning, however, after
breakfast, he said to me:
"We must take our bearings at noon,
Lawrenceson, or we may overshoot the
mark
We did SO, and when we had picked
out our position on the chart, the
course was altered to sou'-sou'-west.
This brought us more out of the track
OF Atlantic steamers, though we still
sighted number of sailing ships. I
noticed that Capt. George kept close
eye on the chart during the next few
days.
One morning, when he had made the
usual daily reckoning, he came down
into the saloon with a paper in his
hand, upon which was marked the
latitude and longitude.
~"Get your diving gear ready, Law
renceson," he said. you'll want it
before long"
els the rock in sight?"
mo, nor likely to be. Probably it is
submerged, as believe is generally
the case, though at what depth is an
other question. All the same, we are
not far off it,"
That evening the engines were slowed
down. Capt. George stood on the
bridge, and for upwards of an hour he
took entire charge of the vessel, alter
| ing the course from time to time. Then
he gave the signal to stop.
The men in the bows were ready with
the anchor, and presently heard it
splash into the water. We were provided
with special deep-sea cable, but I was
rather surprised to find the depth was
not so great as had fancied. Capt.
George descended from the bridge, and
joined me.
'To-morrow morning we will get the
| long-boat out, if the weather holds
fne," he said. "You will have to pro-
coed more to the south, before you
make your first descent"
1 confess did not sleep much that
night Ny mind was too full of the
mystery of this ocean rock. Was the
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lCoPYR1oHTEDl

( I'm inclined to agree with you
there" said Capt. Lorton. "When I
had command Of north Atlantic boat,
I'd rather have faced three-day
gale than be walled up for ten hours in
a fog. A gale of wind is straightfor-
ward, honest kind of thing; you can
see at glance how matters stand, and
know where the danger lies. But
Heaven defend me from fog! always
felt like child out in a strange place
on dark night, cropping my way along
and never knowing at what moment 1
might bump up against some obstruc-
TONI
"There're worse dangers than fogs,"
returned the old captain, blinking his
eyes at the fire, and smoking very hard.
"Icebergs?"
"Worse still"
"Derelicts?"
"Worse."
what then?"
"Rocks."
"Rocks!" exclaimed the surveyor.
"Why, you have them plainly marked
on your chart, and know exactly where
to expect them"
'Ay, but when they are not marked
on your chart, and you come across
them where you don't expect them," the
other replied in rather mysterious
manner.
I noticed that Capt. George had
turned from the window, and was lis
tening attentively to the conversation.
II should like to know where such a
rock exists?" said Capt. Lorton, in q
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rent of rain against the window. There
were just six of us present; myself, the
two other divers, Moxly and Williams,
Capt Lorton, Capt. George and Capt.
Linklater, a retired master mariner
who lived in St. Nevin.
We had a coy fire in the room, for
the weather was unusually cold, and
sat round it spinning yarns. The heat
inside, and the cold without, had dulled
the glass of the window, so that it al
most looked as if it had been muffed.
We could hear the crash of the pillows
on the beach below, followed by deep
rumble, like distant thunder, as the
backward rush of the water tore the
loose single from the beach.
Its well you won't be at sea to-
night, Capt. George" remarked, in a
pause of the conversation.
I'm half sorry to miss it," he re-
turned, getting up and approaching
the window. He cleared space on the
glass. and stood looking out over the
bay. There's nothing I like better
than driving full speed through a
gale" he went on, provided have a
good sea boat under me, and no fear
OF dangerous coast lying under my
lee.~ ~ 49,.
'Ay, there's worse danger at sea than
storms, " put In Capt. Linklater.
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HELD UP MY LAMP AND READ.
try and ascertain from what point that
tremor proceeds. Follow in this direc-
ton; it will lead to your goal"
The next morning set out again. I
was now thoroughly bent upon pushing
on with the search, no matter what
risks might lie in the way. l had
placed buoy over the spot where I had
descended the previous day, and told
the men to keep rowing slowly to the
south while I was under water, for.
that was the direction was determined
to take.
still noticed that strange tremor I
have described, but soon grew accus-
toned to it, and walked boldly ahead.
AS I proceeded the disturbance in
creased; the ground seemed to sway
under me: it was as if waves of motion
were passing beneath my feet. Once or
twice felt half inclined to turn back;
was just little bit-welI, I remem-
bered had wife and family depend
ing upon me, and it looked like tempt
ing Providence to proceed further. But
1 set my teeth hard and pressed on.
Presently, the ground began to shelve
downwards. The commotion around
me was now so great that at times I
had some difficulty in keeping my feet.
was nearing'the awful spot, then! I
grew reckless. cast aside every fear.
If succeeded in locating this rock,
what an inestimable service I would
render to mankind.
AS descended into kind of hollow,
I became aware of something like
dark wall rising before me. At first I
thought it was the rock; but no; it was
long, low, and regular in outline. I
approached it; then gave a sort of
gasp inside my helmet. Good heavensl
It was ship!
A big steamer, too! What sight she
presented as she lay there on her side,
rising and falling with the undulating
motion of the ground! Her masts and
tunnels were gone, her decks torn up,
and her bows battered in, almost down
to the foremost. Around her, the
place was Uttered with wreckage, car
60 of every description, and the bones
of her gallant crew. What aoas her namaee
1 CROPPED my way to the stern, held up
my lamp, and read: Ontario. Liver
pool"
Scarcely had left her, and moved
further along the hollow, than another
hull appeared in sight. A sailing ship
this time! After that, almost every
step took brought me in view of
sunken vessel. They lay scattered
around in all directions, and .jn,anpd9-
tions; some mere shells, othsS ju$R
ginning to break up, and few Wh3fh
showed they had been afoat within the
last year or two. The battered bows of
each told the same terrible story. Ships
of every size-and of almost every ma
ton, suppose-were huddled together
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story true? Did the terrible spot really
lie within reach of US? If so, what an
appalling sight would meet my view
when I stood beneath it, and gazed
around at the havoc it had wrought!
felt might be on the verge of some
startling discovery.
lay awake until long after mid
night Then determined to get up
and 60 on deck. AS 1 passed Capt.
Georges cabin could tell by his heavy
breathing that he was sleeping sound
~. 1 moved on, and stepped out into
the cool night air.
How well can recall the scene from
the Wanderers deck at that silent hour!
The moon was on the wane; she was wad-
ing slowly through a mass of dark clouds
emerging occasionally to flood the
ocean with her silver light. Not a sound
was to be heard. save the melancholy
moan of the sea or the splash of the
water against the yachts side.
In the morning I felt more like N.Y.
self; perhaps I was too busy with my
preparations to think much of anything
else. Following Capt. Georges direc-
tions, we rowed away to the south, and
when we got about half mile from
the yacht went down.
On reaching the bottom stood for a
minute or two looking around me.
Which direction should take? struck
out to the right and made wide cir
Gle, but there was nothing unusual to
be seen. The bed was hard, rising and
dipping here and there, with loose rock
lying about, and hardly any weeds. 1
paused again. tried to remember in
what direction the yacht lay, and
moved, as thought, away from her. I
walked on and on, until it was time to
ascend, and on getting to the surface I
found ! had wandered east of the
vessel. r
TRY further south this afternoon"
said Capt. George, when made my re-
port. by the way, what did those
loose rocks look like?"
Most of them were rough and
ragged" replied. I'm some places
they were thrown together in heaps,
and in others only two or three were to
be seen"
.st "Ah, I thought sol Don't despair,
Lawrenceson, you're not far from the
mark"
At three o'clock I made second de-
scent, q good deal further to the south.
Soon after touched the bottom, / found
something that aroused my interest.
Il was an iron stanchion, evidently
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way that showed plainly he had very
little faith in anything of the kind.
"Well, I'll tell you," returned the old
skipper, knocking the ashes out of his
pipe, and laying it on the mantel-shelf.
1T exists in the broad Atlantic-out in
mid-ocean - somewhere between the
Azores and the coast of Nova Scotia
"A pretty wide range, that" re-
marked Capt. Lorton.
Eyes, but a dangerous one"
Linklater stood up, turned his back to
the fire, and seemed striving to recall
some half-forgotten facts. Every eye
was fixed upon his weather-beaten
face; we saw he had strange story to
tell.
1T is a weu-known fact" h. began,
that every year three or four vessels
sometimes more - disappear in the
Atlantic, and their fate has always re-
NAMED mystery. AS far back as 1884,
the President sailed from Liverpool, in
charge of the most skillful navigators
of the day, Capt. Roberts, the man who
commanded the Sirius, the first steam
er that crossed the Atlantic. She
foundered in mid-ocean with all hands.
In 1916 the Savannah, an American.
sailing ship, left New Orleans for Bris-
toll. She was sighted off the Bahamas,
but from that day to this nothing more
was heard of her. In 1850 the South
ern Cross disappeared in the same man
ner. A few years later an emigrant
steamer - the Nomad, l think went
n ,rl<
the cause of the disaster was never
known. Between 1860 and 1870, no less
than eighteen vessels disappeared in
the same mysterious way. Coming down
to later date we have the Crusader
the old Crusader, mean-the Cleptic,
the White Slave, the Ontario, an Amer
lean liner, and host of Others In 1890
we have the Erin, of the National line,
the Italian bark Silvio, which sailed
from Holyhead in January of that year
and was subsequently spoken in the
North Atlantic, the Thanemore, a Brit
ish steamer, and the Roman Empire, a
splendid iron ship which was passed on
the 18th of June by homeward-bound
vessel. and reported all WE'LL But.
perhaps the strangest case of all was
that OF the German ship, the Maria
Rickmers, about which there has been
so much talk lately in the shipping
world"
IT remember hearing of her." said
Capt. Lorton. "She was fve-masted
bark, think, and said to be the largest
sailing ship afoat'
"Well. this magnificent vessel, fully
manned, and in charge of experienced
officers, sailed from Saigon for Bremen
on the 18th of July, 1892. It was only
her second voyage, mind you. She was
sighted in the Atlantic, about three
hundred miles west of the Azores, and
the total disappearance of such ship,
in comparatively fine weather, is one OF
the most remarkable of these ocean
mysteries. From all those vessels, not
one soul escaped to tell of the disaster,
and save in one or two instances, not
even boat or life buoy belonging to
them was picked up. How did they
disappear? You will say they foun.
dered in gale; possibly some of them
might have done SO, but not all. How
i do you account for the fact that dozens
! OF other vessels crossed the Atlantic IL
safety at the very same time, often
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I TURNED AWAY. l HAD SEEN ENOUGH.
in this awful valley of death. Here
stood the remains of an old three-deck-
er, and by her side lay the skeleton of
q small vessel, not much bigger than q
schooner. turned away; had seen
enough =
At the opposite side from which had
approached, noticed there was an up
ward tendency in the ground. de-
termined to proceed in that direction.
After walking for few minutes the:
ascent grew sleeper. l made slow
progress, and was nearly hurled back
into the hollow more than once went
down, and tore an iron bar from one of
the vessels Armed with this renewed
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-10

WANTS BOND REDUcED.-Lewis ].
Yeager, the Washington attorney,
charged with serious offense against a
child, was arraigned in that city yes
terdav before Justice Clabaugh in Grim
inal Court No. l, and entered plea OF
not guilty. Attorney Samuel D. Truitt
who appeared for Yeager, gave notice
Of the filing of motion for a reduc
ton OF the amount of bond asked in
order to release The defendant from Jail.
Owing to the fact that Yeager escaped
from the police station where he was
confined Immediately after hi, arrest,
the sum of So 900 had been set as the
amount of his bond. Yeager has been
unable to obtain surety in this sum.
and in consequence has for several
months past been confined in the Dis
trict JAIL Yeager, it will be remember
ed, at one time resided in this city.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-10

WOMAN MURDERED Alice Quee-
nan, colored, was fatally stabbed by
Sadie Howard also colored, in Cullinap 8
alley, between 81 and I and Four and
a-half and Sixth streets, Washington,
last night. The trouble resulted from
Jealousy over negro named Thomas
Smoot. The murderess was arrested.
1t was stated by those familiar with the
case that the affections of both women
were centred on Smoot, and that Alice
Queenan had gained the ascendancy.
Last night about ten o'clock Sadie How
ard and Smoot were walking together
In the alley. When q dark spot was
reached toe Qreenan woman, who was
with srvarsl COMP Mons called Sadie
SIDE. Shortly aftefward Alice stagger.
ed from passageway between two
houses into the alley. She was bleed
ing profusely from a wound beneath
the heart. She died before medical as
sistance arrived. The knife used by
the murderess had a blade four inches
long. Smoot, over whom the women
had quarreled, is dwarf, aud lived
with Alice Queenan nine years, during
which time she had given birth to two
children, both of whom died. The
Howard woman at one time lived in
Alexandria where she was known as
Sadie Beale.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-10-10
ISAAC EICHBERG & SON.
asrwE GIVE DISCOUNT COUPONS
.uCAI BkEYi'riES

A heavy fog prevailed this morning which
caused some Inconvenience to navigation on
tho river.
The Westminster League Of the Second
Presbyterian Church will give musical and
social evening in tho lecture room this even
ing at 8 o'clock.
The regular monthly meeting of the 18th
Virginia Regiment Chapter. U. D. c., will be
held on Wednesday. the 18th inst, at lO:3O
a. m , at Lee Camp Hall.
A marriage license WAS issued in Baltimore
Yesterday 10 CORTLAND a. Smith, of Alexan'
dria, and Carlyle F. Herbert upon the appli
cation of DR.. Warren Buckler, OF Johns Hop.
kins Hospital.
Some of the most artistic and tasteful deco
rations in this city are being executed by MI.
Z. C. M. Burton, of Oil E street n. w., Wash
ington. He has received large number OF
orders from our citizens.
The Leonids, q vast comet made up OF
millions of bodies will Cross the orbit Of the
earth in continuous trail of light November
18th to 18th. The phenomenon will attract
scient fc interest tho world over.
The steamer Lilly and Howard has been
shea, he'd with iron and otherwise improved.
The steamer will ply all the winter between
Coal Landing, this city and Washington, IN
less tho ice proves too thick to navigate.
a supposed mad dog was killed in the
southwestern section of the city yesterday
evening. 1t is thought that this dog was
bitten by tho dog which was killed by the
police about ten days ago.