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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04
Better FaelIItlas.

Papa" said the beautiful girl as
she sat down beside the old gentle
man and pulled his paper away,
Harold wants to have a talk with
you tomorrow.
"Oh, he does, does he?" returned
the old gentleman in tone that was
not calculated to inspire confidence
in young man. "Well, what's the
matter with tonight"
"IIe prefers, papa,' replied the
beautiful girl, "to wait until you are
at your Office"
"And what is the particular advan-
tage of my being at my Officer"
"He can call you up by telephone
there, and we have none in the house,
you know" answered the beautiful
girl. Chicago Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04
ECCENTRIC MUTE.
Has Invented and Carries His Own
Telephone with Him.

Has Invented and Carries His Own
Telephone with Him.
Chicago Chronicle: A walking tele-
phone caused considerable merriment
in the business houses of Evanston the
other afternoon. J. c. Chester, OF
Glendive. Mont, was the curiosity and
he carried speaking tubes and 400
yards OF insulated wire wound about
his person and threaded in and out
through his clothing A sign up on
his breast which read. yell hello and
place the receiver at your ear" made
him additionally conspicuous as he
walked from store to store Chester
Is an inventor and is deaf and dumb.
He says he is on his way to Wash
ington to secure a patent on his con-
trivances, which assist deaf persons
to hear and dumb persons to talk" He
needs money to get there and asks for
assistance by means of little tin
whistle which is connected by wire to
the receiver and through which he
lisps and breathes at the same time
The sound thus produced is very faint,
but the electric current, which is sup
piled by battery carried In the hip
pocket, adds to its volume, and through
the receiver resembles Punch and
Judy dialect. Chester is a graduate of
the Columbus (Ohio) Deaf Mute Insti-
tute, he says, and carries credentials
purporting to be signed by Prof. G. NJ.
Fulton of that institution.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04
HOW RAIsINs ARE SEEDED.
ingepious Machines That Turn Out rep
or Twelve Toms Daily.

or Twelve TOMS Daily.
Unlike tho eastern imitation, the
Californih seeded raisin is subjected to
a dry temperature OF 140 degrees Fab
renheit from three to nve hours. I'M
mediately after which the fruit is sub
mitted to a chilling process and while
in this reduced condition OF tempera-
ture is passed through cleaning or
brushing" machines, which remove
stems, thus making II a pure and
wholesome article 1t is then taken
automatically, by elevators, to a room
where, spread upon wire trays. 1t is
exposed to a temperature OF 130 de-
grees Fahrenheit, which brings the
fruit back TO its normal condition,
and In this processing" the berry 10
converted into pectin. that delicious
jelly which gives TO fruits their best
flavor. The raisins having been pre-
pared through this alternate heating
and chilling to keep indefinitely and
resist climatic influences, are passed
through seeding machines, each OF
which has a capacity OF from ten To
twelve tons daily. The raisins are
pressed between rubber OF similar sur
faced rollers. which at FIRST flatten the
berry and press the seeds to the sur
face, when an impaling roller catches
the seeds between It's needles or teeth
afiixed to its periphery. deftly remov-
ing every particle OF the flesh. The
seeds are removed from the roller by
"aicking," or whisping device, and are
sent along to the seed receptacle, final
ly ending their journey in the engine
room, where they are burned as fuel.
Four hundred and fifty carloads OF ten
tons each. or 100000 pounds Of seed
ed raisins. were shipped from the Fres-
no district last year, and a very much
larger tonnage will be turned out this
year. Some estimate can be formed
OF the possibilities OF the Fresno seed
ed raisin plants when II is stated that
their aggregate capacity for this sea-
son will approximate from LOO to D.
600 carloads, while II is probable that
1,400 carloads will be the output. Each
seeding plant has from FIVE to twelve
machines OF ten tons daily capacity per
machine. Some OF the packing houses
cover ground space Of $50 by 225
feet and are three stories high.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04

He had been coming every night
for over 700 nights, and fortune
teller had told her to stop him off for
one night and break up the monotony.
She loved him dearly, but when next
he came, she said;
''Thornwald, suppose you skip to-
morrow night just for changer"
with all my heart" he replied.
When night had passed Majoria
looked for him, but he came not. An
other night passed, and another and
another, but his old familiar yank on
the bell was unheard. Then the fair
girl sent out general alarm and got
track OF him. That one night had
done the business. He had met and
fallen in love with another girl, and
had no more use for the old one. In
breaking up the monotony the guile
less Maioria had broken her own
heart. She fingered around for
twenty years, but as no one seemed
to want her. she folded her hands and
died.--Ne York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04
Nlghtcap. For british soidlsr.,

When the Canadian contingent
sailed for South Africa each soldier
got a "housewife"-just MS our boys
got them when they went to war in
Cuba. Lady White is appealing to the
country TO send out Tam o. Shalter
caps and socks to the men, whilo an
old campaigner on tho veldt strongly
urges that silk nightcaps be sent to
the officers. He says that in sleeping
on the veldt some head covering is alb.
solutely necessary, aud that the diIl'er.
ence between a wooden and silk
nightcap is marvellous.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04
Melhusn Descended From tho Dutch.


1t is interesting to know that Lord
Methuen is a descendant of the Dutch
founder OF the West of England woolen
industry, and that the name of the
eldest son for generations has been
Paul. He is very popular among the
Guardsmen of the three regiments
and, what is quite the same thing,
with the Household Cavalry, He is
somewhat delicate looking, but has a
well.knit frame and good head on
his shoulders. He is young for
lieutenant general, aud is understood
to have theories OF his own about tao
tics, which do not always run on nil
fours with those OF the commander iu-
chief, the Adjutant'G General aud Sin
Redvers Butler.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04
How Soldiers Pare In the Philippines

hoW Soiuters Fare IN the Phtiipplnesp
Zone is reluctant to destroy an i'm.
preston, even false one, when that
impression brings to us lot OF SYM
pathy," writes an officer OF tho army
in the Philippines. 'It is very nice
to get letters from home saying: you
poor scldiers We often think OF you
sleeping in houses infested by all
kinds OF poisonous reptiles and having
nothing to eat, nothing to drink and
nothing but hard work in country
infested by n dangerous foe, where
earthquakes arc Of hourly occurrence
and where typhoons blow down all the
houses which the earthquakes leave
standing! We gain morbid pleas-
uro, perhaps, in hearing you talk that
way, and perhaps we also dream of
the reception we will get when we re-
turn home after so much Suffering
and hardship.
'You don't know! We live well,
the climate is not bad, and even at the
front it is not half as black as it is
painted. We have very few earth.
quakes (only one since [ came bere),
and they are slight. AS for pests, ]
have never seen country so free from
them. Mosquitoes alone are trouble
some.
"If you hunt for centipel les in
banana grove, You may find one or
two, and if you hunt in the noun
tains you may find snake, but all
this rot about finding snakes in bed
and centipedes in your shoes in Man
lila is the fabrication of a disordered
imagination. .--Baltimore Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04
GREATEST AND LEAST RAIN.
One Region Where NJ Rains Cats and Dog
and Another Where Almost None Faiis.

One Region Where It Rains Cats and Dogs
and Another Where Almost None Falls.
An English professor named Fair
child has recently been visiting place
on the coast OF Peru about three hun
dred and fifty miles south Of the equa.
tor, known as Payta. He says this is
supposed to be the dryest spot on the
face of the earth. Another peculiarity
of this coast is that it has risen about
forty feet within historic times.
The average interval between
showers at Payta is seven years.
When Professor Fairchiid visited the
place in February there had been,
some time before, n lrizzle lasting
from 10 o'clock one evening till noon
the next day. Tnis was the first rain
that had fallen in eight years. Ho
found nine species Of plants growing
in the ereinvigorated soil of which seven
were ANIMALS whose seeds must havo
remained dormant in tho ground for
eight years. There is one plant, how
ever, that manages to live for seven or
eight years in tho dried-up river bed
and yields q living to the few natives
of the region.
This is the colored cotton of Peru
whose long roots, apparently, enable
it to suck up little moisture from the
subsoil and keep the plant in bearing
during the long drought. Some OF
this cotton is imported here. and mixed
with woolen fibre and is also used in
other manufactures.
The opposite side OF the world fur
nishes the counterpart to this almost
rainless region. 1t is among the hills
of Assam, where the elevations con.
dense The moisture brought by the
south monsoon and pour deluge
upon the Cheraponji station Of the In-
dian Government. The annual mean
rainfall there is about go inches and
i'll the exceptional year of 1861 it
amounted to 700 inches. Nowhere
else does the tropical downpour equal
that which descends upon this district
among the Khasia Hills. The rains
begin IN March and continue almost
steadily till the middle of November.
That part of the plains adjoining the
rivers is under water for eight months
every year. During this period there
is no communication, even between
neighboring villages, aud to this en-
forced isolation is attributed the fact
that there are considerable differences
of language among the people of neigh
boring hamlets who undoubtedly, at
one time, spoke the same language.
Their swamps and quagmires keep
them apart. - New York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04
A Curlous Austrniian Inau.,ry.

Tarantulas arc being raised in
Australia for the sake OF their webs,
the iilameuts OF which arc mado into
thread for balloons, They are lighter
than silk and, when wover, lighter
than canvas. Each tarantula yields
from twenty to forty yards OF fila.
ment, of which eight twisted together
form single thread.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04

My one OF us
knew when Ger
onimo alta C h e Il
himself to the
ranch. and that
one was himself;
neither could we
understand why n
big, good -natured
Indian, with a
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04
LASSOING OF A GRIZZLY.
HOW THE VAoUERo5 % IT IN
THE SOUTHWEST.

TIL" Heroic Sport InduIged Tn by Geron-
iino, n Big, Good-Natured Apache. and
His Fellow l,ancheros-- Eather Rough
un the Dear--A Dramatic wlndup.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04

q: ! +: !. q. q. /: !.
10 IHI& WAAta
liMA was an artillery
al W captain II u d o r
'GtX General Jackson
fNJl in ID Q C o m b er,
y W 1874. That was
~ VI the time W h 9 IL
h h. General Jackson
r. came to New Or
/. citywhich was scarcely
III, than Washington had
I. 3 British burned it; for
cit st ships OF war of his
nesty we're standing to-
They were bringing
IRIS, who were mostly
w. y. wars fought in Europe
n. son; men who had de-
,stho were Differed by
irl legy and experience.
tai. had seen us run at
na aud had burned the
osyton, as you know, and
r7is.
,e' neral J Jackson will save
Il " moisclle, who was the
. i, or any other man,
.op ademoiselle Marie de
,a a,hter Of n titled emigre,
.re r, had but a sighting
"a simple New England
.. captain of the poor
! lhery, as l have said,
'hS fight now, Captain
0nt on.
y. W you care?" said I, no
," ~ her too much OF my
NJ because you are a
h,ruse a little girl down
egot. T" She spoke very
sy you know. And she
foot, aud her eyes
Vas jealous of II hun
we'd { Louisiauians.
Tysy shortly after this I
q visjting my friend,
al at his plantation; aud
'nar no other reason in
N that the Comte de
RI. ~ ion was near by. L
singed enough by the
a. were talking, after
b, two Valleres and |,
lis ---of how weak our de-
yl with nothing at the
wnly the poor little fort
lilies.
Ter gloomy, 1 can as.
" \ the little, thin mulatto
~, trembling like an
.5 Englishl" lie said,
-, IDLY risen before we
ley had stolen n march
negro fishermen had
upI Icennused bayou, aud
), I, q few miles below the
Nag OF that, / remember
Mtate, and / know Major
'd about like a hunted
i''the scene. if you can,
lal er day, 1914!
~ " officer who entered
"a sous, and a fine young
mi He was sorry. but he
arp, for we wouldn't give
li We were thinking of
It Ickson had said that he
uhese Britishers a good
W this surprise might
en- ,hsnce.
obliged. !" said the elder
sniy, as only a gentleman
"for your offer of
q
lieutenant bowed back
Upstairs they took
FRY; and the major and
Il Q room together, for the
N, hey. We should be
az they had time, which
Atty. The door closed;
,er the sentinel outside;
be- VALERIE.
sus III
ed king ofthe city," said
gu act while there's con .
y " Q leaned forward, and
Scrd from q table where
= ir the hurry of our
II,l going to Jump from
,t ore they think of it,"
,ep u by half" said I.
to neck2''
A ne?" said I, catching
am enthnsiasm in my
,ef
ing ont pf the window.
said he.
o. dremark in the light of
, which 7 will tell you
~ y. ,g was a fine animal of
NJ, love dogs as we'll as
nsion2 Will you dare ?"
ne 10 me. "But we must
\ general. "
ros first, = said I, but not
at have said 1 have no
raIi l was peering out,
iiers-st a bare legged
~ said my French
hsl the window was wide.
a ihrongh Il, brandishing
i% q was down ON them
1'olt Of love. 1 thought
ak a log. or his neck.
VI of the hind, but landed
ID as running and brushing
,or sword aud there was
,as ketrgrhnd 1 saw them
Ile Is line A. his heels.
ho pall time to reflect. The
D, = window was clear.
TumeI' said l, mutter-
vi I.X Iao.l
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04

The linen was pulled away, for
which was glad enough, you may be-
lieve. Ny eyes we're open on a sunny
place on the fat, compliment negress
and her heavy-featured companion.
The shrubs were thick where we stood;
and in the shadow Of the bank was
skiff, the oars across the seat.
My two carriers went down to the
waters edge, almost nonchalantly, us
il didn't exist: and then they began
to shout high. dolorous melody,
with the intention OF drowning the
splashing sound from &he oars of tho
skiff. As took my Place ] saw the
smallness Of the chance. But agaiu
vallere's quick action fred my spirit,
as it had in the leap from the window.
Yes, was in the skiH. 1 was pad.
ding very carefully under the bank.
The water in the bayous was high
then; there were little unused chan.
nels could take, and rs it chauced |
knew those waters from my visits to
the De Maurs. 1 had rowed there
with mademoiselle many time, and
her talk now rang in my ears-heI
promise. And then | thought of the
good VALERIE. Had lie been shot OF
taken?
But / must not tell you Of all |
thought and fancied; OF how I saw
some redeoats and avoided them. II
would make story altogether toe
long. You know that reached the
city, and the cathedral bell was toll
ing, and the air was filed with shouts
aud songs. You could hear Yankee
Doodle" "La Marseillaise, "Lo
Chant du Depart" altogether, n mod
ley OF airs, OF tongues. And then |
knew my friend, Major VALERIE, was
safe.
Into the streets, out OF all sorts ol
lodgings, were running that motley
army, some in dandified clothes, some
in buckskins, some our regulars, some
Lafitte's staggering pirate gentry.
All, there never was such scene
save that when the city went mad
after the battlel And bright eyes
watched and tender voices cheered,
which made me think of mademoisele.
Presently I found VALERIE. Tears
"CiC ~ bhC ty6s lbS
he told me how he had hid in n cypress,
covered by the moss, and how his dog
had followed him, and had whined
there at the foot OF the tree.
He hated to do it, but New Orleans
must be saved. He descended from
his perch, and killed the dog-not the
least sacrifice made for the country in
those days. Then, reascending his
cypress, he stayed hidden there until
it was safe to take his way, and he
had succeeded in reaching the city
sooner than l.
And what followed? All, my
friends, the great battle, when those
splendid Englishmen--a brave men
as ever lived--were moved down like
scarlet-topped meadow by the
scythel
And the pity and the uselessness of
it, when, if we had known, the treaty
had been signed, peace already had
been madel
Did mademoiselle keep her promise?
Well, you may believe L made her
keep it. OF the events following my
strange adventure, the chiefest for
me indeed was not the battle, but
just my meeting with mademoisele. -
Youths Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04

I New Orleans Was Saved
Episode of General Jackson's
Famous Victory.
BY CLINTON ROSS.

s.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-04

He proper state
ment to begin my
talo is that /,
John Fairbank,
was an artillery
captain II u d o r
General Jackson
in ID &c o m b er,
1914. That was
the time W h Q IL
General Jackson
came to New Or
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-02-23
Tax Sale Notice.

Notice of application to County Treasurer for
tax deed.
J. Cox, trustee, owner of So of neA of seq Of
seA sectiOn17, Township %, Range 4.
You are hereby notified that John w. Maple,
treasurer for and within King County, State of
Washington, pursuant to an order of sale to him
directed and delivered, issued out of the
Superior Court of the State of Washington,
holding terms at Seattle, in and for said County,
on the 18th day of May 1884, upon real estate
tax judgement rendered in said court on the
Washington and against the So of neI of se14
Of seA of section II, Township %, Range4, for
the sum of two and 65-100 Dollars, being the
amount adjudged due and owing for taxes for
the year A. D. 1891, with interest, penalty and
costs added thereto since becoming delinquent
did on the 9th day of June, 1894, offer for sale
at public auction, to the highest bidder, the
said So of neH of sel4 of seq of section II,
Township D, Range A, and there being no
erty was forfeited to King county, and that T.
l. l. Walker of Seattle County OF King, State of
Washington, did on the 9th day of March,
1896 purchase the said property from King
county receiving its certificate of tax sale pur-
chase, NO. $780, which certificate provides that
will be entitled to deed of conveyance OF the
above described property after the expiration
OF three years from the date of purchase unless
the same be redeemed within said time, as
provided by law; That the time Of redemption
will expire the 9th day of March, 1900, after
which date l will apply to the Treasurer of
King county for deed to said property above
described as provided Dy law
IL WALKER.
| Date of first publication November 10th.
Date of second publication December 22nd.
Date Of third publication February 10th 1900
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-02-23
Tax Sale Notice.
Notice of Application to County Treasurer for

Notice of Application to County Treasurer for
tax deed
To the Unknown Owner of eli of nwL of sell
of sw14 of sec. II, township %, range A.
You are hereby notified that John w Maple
Treasurer for and within King County, State OF
W Washington, pursuant to an order of sale to
him directed and delivered, issued out of the
superior Court OF the State of Washington,
holding terms at Seattle in and for said County,
on the l4th day OF May, 1894, upon real
estate judgement rendered in said court on
the 14th day of May, 1894, in favor of the State
OF Washington and against the e15 OF nwI4 of
sea OF sW14 OF section H. township 3D. range A.
for the sum of two and 20-t00 dollars being the
amount adjudged due and owing for taxes for
the year A. D. 1891, with interest, penalty and
costs added thereto since becoming delinquent,
did on the 9th day of June, 1894 offer for sale at
public auction, to the highest bidder, the said
e113 of nwH Of sell of sw714 of section II, town
ship %, range 4, and there being no bidders
therefor, the said above described property
was forfeited to King County, and that I, 1. 1.
Walker, of Seattle, County of King, State of
Washington, did on the 9th day OF March, 1896,
purchase the sal property from King County,
receiving its certificate of tax sale purchase No.
1873. Which certificate provides that will be
entitled to a deed OF conveyance of the above
described property after the expiration of three
years from the date of purchase, unless the
same be redeemed within said time, as pro
vided by law, That the time of redemption
will expire on the 9th day of March, 1900 after
which date will apply to the Treasurer of
King Comfy for deed to said property above
described as provided by law.
/. I. WALKER.
Date of first publication November 10th.
Date of second publication December 22nd
Date of third publication February 10th 1900
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-02-23
SUMMONS.

In the Superior Court of the State of Washing
ton for King County
George De1ghtOn, Plaintiff, VS.. Mary E. A.
leighton. Defendant. No. q, 297. Summons for
Publication
The State OF Washington to the said Mary E.
A. leighton, defendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
sixty COO days after the date of the first publi-
cation OF this summons, to-wit: within sixty
900 days after the I'd day of February, 1900, and
defend the above entitled action in the above
entitled Court and answer the complaint of the
plaintiff and serve copy Of Your answer upon
the undersigned attorney for plaintiff at his
office below stated, and in case of your failure
so to do Judgment will be rendered against you
according to the demands of the complaint
which has been filed with the Clerk Of said
Court.
This action is brought by plaintiff to obtain
divorce from defendant upon the ground of
cruel treatment of plaintiff by defendant and
upon the further ground that defendant has
heaped personal indignities upon plaintiff.
thereby rendering bis life burdensOme.
BOYD J. TALLMAN
Plaintiffs Attorney
POstotfice address: Rooms Y and 49, Safe
Deposit Building, Seattle, County of King,
Washington.
Date of first publication, February 2nd, 1900
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1900-02-23

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State of Washington, in and for the
County of King.-Barbara Welsh, Plain
tiff, VS.. John R. Welsh, Defendant. No
-. Summons by Publication.
The State of Washington to the said John
r. Welsh, Defendant:
You are herby summoned to appear
within sixty (6O days after the date Of
the first publication of this summons, to-
wit, within sixty ~ lays after the 18th
day of January, 1900, and defend the above
entitled action in the above entitled court,
and answer the complaint of the plaintiff,
and serve copy of your answer upon the
undersigned attorney for plaintiff, at his
office below stated; and in case of your
failure so to do, judgment will be rem
dered against you according to the demand
of the complaint, which has been filed
with the clerk of said court.
This action is brought for the purpose of
obtaining an absolute decree of divorce
from the bonds of matrimony now exist
ing between the plaintiff and defendant
herein.
P. c. ELLSWORTH
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Postofice address: Rooms 419 to 421 Pho
neer Building, Seattle, King County, State
of Washington.