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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01
oIssuApeo FRoM .suIclDE.
rhe Convincing Argunent T. PnrHon
Used with Tcliinp GRcci.

The Convincing Argument a. pnrHon
Used With Toliing HRcci.
IAN Arkansas country store keeper of
my acquaintance had q bad attack of
melancholy about a year ago, said a
New Orleans drummer, "and attempted
to commit suicide. lie put pistol to
his head and pulled the trigger, but
the cartridge failed to explode, and be-
fore he could try It again the weapon
was taken away. However, he sWore
he would do the deed the first chance
he got. and he was no doubt really Of
that intention when he was talked out
of 1t 10y little itincrant preacher who
was a reformed gambler The urgu-
ment used by the parson was so pecul-
lar and ingenious that it made deep
impression on my mind. You know
you would be n dead man. he said as
nearly ms | can remember, If II wasn't
for the fact that there was n defective
cartridge under the hammer Of your re.
volver. Now, a defective cartridge is
very unusual thing, he went ON.
They calculate at the manufactory
that there Is possibly one to the quar-
ter million turned out. The chance Of
that bad cartridge being in the boXful
that you bought for your gun was not
over one TO another quarter million,
the chance Of your getting hold of it
when you loaded was exactly | TO 80,
and the chance of It being under the
hammer was 1 to 5. That makes the
total odds ! to 500,0J5.'
AT that point the little preacher sud
denly Strengthened up, his eyes flashed
fire, his chest expanded, and he shook
his forefnger under the storekeeper's
nose. You miserable sinner he roar
ed do you imagine for a minute that
the Lord would have given you that
kind of odds ana let you win out on
the play If he hadn't got some good
and special use for your life2 Don't
let me ever hear of you trying TO block
him againv
"The would be suicide thought the
thing over and concluded that the par
son was right. His melancholy prompt
ly disappeared, and the last time | saw
him he was bubbllng over with cheer
fulness. He believes firmly he is a
man of destiny" New orleans Times
Democrat
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01
PRATT, MD,

Oct. 22.-Times are prosper
Gus here.
The sawmills have started
again. Rev. A. r. Garland is
saving a lot of nice shingles for
Mr.. Robinett.
George l. Boor, who lately pur
chased a tract of land and moved
here from Buck Valley, while
bringing load of his goods here
last Saturday, was thrown from
the wagon, and the hind wheel of
the wagon passed over his left
leg above his ankle causing a very
sore leg. While not serious II
causes him to use a cane.
Mr.. Earnest Carpenter OF
Hyndman, is a visitor at Geo. l.
Boor's. He was down inspecting
the Fry lands.
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BLACKJACK.

Oct ~. Miss Berthe Fost has
returned home from a summer $
visit with friends in McKeesport.
Mr.. Paul Lynch spent Satur-
Gay and Sunday with friends ON
Blackjack.
Mr.. Adolphus Dicken is trying
his new horse. He has one that
has a record of "two- thirty" "
Mr.. Alfred j. MeIlott and fam
lily spent Sunday with Mr.. Mel
LOFTS parents near Cedar Grove.
Mrs Dorcas Slayman, daugh-
ter Ettie, and son Penie, spent
Sunday afternoon with her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Dicken.
Miss Audie Dicken spent Sun
day with her cousins, Miss Grace
aud Blanche Slayman,
Mrs. Sina Miller is visiting
friends in Black Valley.
Mrs Sadie Bootman, daugh-
ter Bessie and sister LYDIA, went
over to Silver Mills last Tuesday.
Preaching at the M. E. church
first Sunday ia November at half
past ten in the forenoon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01
Six Frightful Failures.

Six terrible failures of six diff
ferent doctors nearly sent VIM.
H. Mullen, of Lockland, o., to an
early grave. All said he had a
fatal lung trouble and that he
must soon die. But he was urged
to try DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. After taking
five bottles he was entirely cured.
1t is positively guaranteed to cure
all diseases of Throat, Chest and
Lungs, including Coughs, Colds,
LaGrippe, Pneumonia, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Hay Fever, Group, and
Whooping Cough. SOC and $1.00.
Trial bottles free at w. S. Dick
sons drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01
She Was Happy.

She is sweet sixteen, and she
says the first time she kissed her
sweetheart it made her feel like a
tub of bntter swimming in hon
ey, cologne, nutmeg and cranber-
ries, as though something ran
down her nerves on feet of dia-
monds, escorted by several Gu
pids in chariots drawn by angels
shaded with honeysuckles and
the whole spread with melted
rainbow.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01
ALL HONOR TO PARSLEY.
Curious Folklore and History Com
cerntng This Common Herb.

Curious Folklore and History Com
cerntng This Common Herb.
Some quaint ideas have hovered
around that familiar garden herb and
dish adorner, parsley. In England,
Devonshire folk declaee that parsley
must never be transplanted or great
evil will follow Suffolk people say IL
will not come up double unless sown
on Good Friday--a notion that expert
ments might surely soon have disprov-
ed-while ancient dwellers in Hamp-
shire steadfastly refuse to give any
parsley away. Ask them for roses, lilies
fruit or rare vegetables, and basket
fuls will be gladly bestowed on YOU,
but request few sprigs of parsley and
you will be told. with n solemn shaking
of heads, "No, we never pick parsley
for any one, unless It's paid for!'
The great historian Plutarch relates
an interesting anecdote on the subject
of this herb. Timoleon was leading an
army against the Carthaginians. But
as he was ascending Il hill from the
top of which the enemy's camp and all
their vast forces would be in sight, he
met some mules laden with parsley,
and his men took It into their heads
that 1t was a bad omen because we
usually crown the sepulcher with pars-
ley, and thence comes the provprb with
regard to one that Is dangerously Ill,
Such one has need of nothing but
parsley To deliver them from this
superstition and to remove the panic
Timoleon ordered the troops to halt,
and making n speech suitable to the
occasion, observed among other things
that crowns were brought them before
the victory and offered themselves Of
their own accord. For the Corinthians
from all antiquity have looked upon n
wreath of parsley as sacred. crowning
the victors with it at the isthmiau
games" The general then crowned
himself and all his officers with pars
ley wreaths. and led his men TO bat
tie, their fears conquered, the result
being a decisive victory. - Chicago
| Times Herald.
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NrensnrInr Medicines.

A teaspoonful is just one dram; n
dessertspoonful, two drains; n table
spoonful, four drains.
In mixing or administering drugs Of
any sort quantities should be carefully
measured in medicine glass, for then
one may be quite sure OF the amount
given, which is quite impossible TO be
If one uses spoons, for these vary In
size according to fashion.
When measuring medicine, il IL best
TO stand the glass on the table, for II
one holds 1t in the hand one may easily
hold 1t crookedly, and thus inadyert-
emily pour out n larger or smaller
amount than Is prescribed by the doc
tor. In some cases errors of this kind
might be mischieyous in effect
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01

Nearly every mile of the main
tracks of the Pennsylvania lines
west of Pittsburg is now protect
ed by wire fences. The woven
wire is so arranged that nothing
larger than a rabbit can get
through it, Itgives the engineer
the assurance of clear road bed
and they are no longer afraid of
running into a herd of cattle at
night. The wire is galvanized
and will last for many years.
Practical tests have demonstrat-
ed the fact that it will stand for
twenty years or more if good
posts are provided. Over 1000
miles of wire fence have been
erected by this company. The
wire, in one continuous strand,
would be long enough to reach
around the world. The posts
cost as much as the wire as they
are made of locust wood, which
is most durable that can be found.
1t is said that if all the locust
posts purchased by this company
in the past two years were con
nected they would reach from
New York to Liverpool
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Brave Explorers

Like Stanley and Livingstone,
found it harder to overcome Ma
laria, Fever and Ague, and Ty-
phoid disease germs than savage
cannibals; but thousands have
found that Electric Bitters is a
wonderful cure for all malarial
diseases. If you have chills with
fever, aches in back of neck and
head, and tired, worn-out feeling,
a trial will convince you of their
merit. w. A. Null, of Webb, ILL.,,
writes: "My children suffered
for more than year with chills
and fever; then two bottles OF
Electric Bitters cured them.
Only so cents. Try them. Guar
anteed. Sold by w. S. Dickson,
Druggist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01

one of the most remarkable railroads
in the United States is that which runs
from Fabyan, at the foot of Mount
Washington, to the summit-a distance
Of 3.3S miles The time required In
making the ascent is one and one-half
hours, which is at the rate Of mile
In p minutes, The descent is made ip
the same time, The fare is $4 for the
round trip, or at the rate of GO cents
a mile. No other road IN the world
charges quite SO much and few rum
trains at speed quite so slow. About
5000 passengers are carried annually
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01
woMANS TROUBLES AND fH1
DISEASES CURED BY
JOhnStOn'SI
Sarsaparll
OtIApT ROTTLEs.
QUART BoTTLEs'

Painful and Suppressed h'n' a',i
regularity, Leucorrh@a, "illsU
ity, liberation of the UteruS' Al
of life, in matron or maid uH nal
lief, help, benefit and cure ~
TONS SAESAPARILLA ~
panacea for all pain or heauS'S Ssl
the top or back Of the heao,, ,i,tl
ing pain in the left side q a.gc,atil
condition of digestion, palP,%,
the heart, cold hands ana i. ,,esJ
BUSINESS and irritation, sleepm
muscular weakness, peai~ pe,sll
pains, backache, legache' nl'Sbd
tion of the heart, shortness - y,rd
abnormal discharges, wltn s ,of
painful menstruation, scalolus md
swelling of feet, soreness OF r,out 'n
neuralgia, uterine displaceiu.'om
catafrh, and all those sym p,orarl
troubles which make the a''
MANS life so miserable. -. 4
AEICnIGAN DRUG GO" Ds s,ore.
For Sale at Trouts D''s
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01

One evening little Lucy knelt to lisp
her evening prayer. Her llttle heart
was bursting with self satisfaction
she had been so exemplary all through
the day. 20 Lord" She said, make
me very good, even better than ! am
Many an older person thinks this
prayer If he does not dare TO put It
into words.-Oswego Times
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01

Franklin Mills school-zoe
Mason, Teacher Number of
pupils Is; number enrolled first
day, u. Average. attendance 90
per cent. Attendance every day,
Emory Booth, Erly Booth, Viii
liam Litton, Roy Litton, Earl
Golden, Vernon Mann and Maud
Mellott.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01

An observing editor in one of
our exchanges remarks eff de
linquent subscribers would only
pay their bills, as they do almost
any of their other expenses, there
would be better papers and more
prosperous and happy editors.
But most people seem to think
that the editor gives his services
and it does not matter to him
whether the subscribers, pay or
not. This is a great mistake. An
editor cannot live ON soup made
of grass or of stone favored with
imagination: he cannot wear old
shoes no collar and patches on
his trousers. We have not the
least doubt that there is a special
felicity in store for people in the
next world who always respond
cheerfully and promptly when
their subscriptions are due. "
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"You know the fat policeman

"You know the lat policeman
on your beat?"
81 have seen him.
"Well, the other night he chas-
ed two thieves around the block,
and they ran so fast and he ran
so slow that on the second round
they caught up with him-and
he promptly collared them"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01
A Spanking Machine.

For the use of parents who have
large families of unruly boys, and
who have not lost faith in the eff
cacy'of corporal punishment. Ed
ward and Ulysses De Moulin have
just secured patents ON an auto
matte electric spanking machine.
With the new invention in use it
is only necessary to place the cul-
prit on the stand, and compel him
to grasp two handles. Then, by
simply pressing the electric but
ton, the machine is set to work.
The severity of the punishment
may be varied by changing the
power of the electric current en-
ployed. The inventors also be-
lieve that they will find a large
sale for their device among col
lege fraternities and other soci-
cites who wish to make memor-
able the initiation of candidates
into their organization. In order
to make the victim believe that he
is punished more severely than
he really is, a. "hip-happer" is at
tached, to the machine, which
makes a tremendous racket
when the spanker is in opera
ton.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-11-01

While returning from asquirrel
hunt Friday evening, e. G. Am
brose's dog treed a large wildcat
at Cacapon Creek. Mr.. Ambrose
raised his gun, fired and the cat
dropped to the ground apparently
dead. When the hunter bent
over his game the dog rushed up,
and at that instant the cat jump
ed on Mr.. Ambrose's shoulder
and fiercely bit him in the back
and about the face and arms be-
fore he shook the beast of, when
it attacked and killed the dog
Mr.. Ambrose succeeded in re-
loading his gun and dispatching
the cat at short range. 1t weigh
ed 68 pounds, and was the larg-
est ever seen in that section. -
Hancock Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
ROSTER d BIALS MUSIC HALL.
REoPENED FOR THE SEASON WITH AN OLD
FASHIONED VARIETY SHOW.

Another experiment was begun yesterday after
noon at Roster Balls Music Hall. The number
OF experiments that have been tried there in the
last year suggests a laboratory rather than
music hall. 1t would be inconvenient and tedious
TO try TO rehearse the names of the different
managers who have tried bring as much money
OUT OF the place they put in. Some seasons
ago Roster & Balls and other local music halls
were conducted in manner that was sure to
end in disaster to somebody It did end In dis
aster to almost everybody concerned. The huge
prices which were paid for imported artists could
not De Kept up, even II the supply Of foreign
artists had held out, and the pampered public was
not interested in such exhibitions as it had focked
to see only a little while before
1t was plain that it would be a bad time for
music halls till the memory of Yvette GuiIbert and
Chevalier and Loie Fuller had somewhat faded
IN the mean time experiments were conducted at
Roster & Balls Ballots were put on the stage
"hlch would have been accepted in London and
would have driven Paris insane but New-York
old not care for them Burlesques produced
which sounded the very depths to which the hu-
man intellect could sink but not even professors
OF psychology were interested in them. Foreigners
were brought and were declared to be celebrated
They went back no more celebrated than they
came. Vulgarity and immortality were tried but
they wasted their sweetness on desert airs
There seemed to be nothing left to do but to
MAKE some marvellous new invention or else go
fashioned variety show. The present managers
had had no new invention at hand. and so they Went
and evening was Of exactly the sort that might
nave been seen in almost any good variety theatre
and no great principal act. Many of the perform
ers had long been familiar. But it was a good
likely that a paying public win be found for it.
Inc present bill will be continued through this
week, and the programme will then be varied as
occasion may suggest. The performers Of yester-
Fac Fann PaF Fdids -Four Lowell and Lowell Happy
Jarbeau Keno Welh and Melrose; Alice Pierce
Edna Leigh and Sylvia Thorne, Monroe and Mack
Genaro ana Bailey, joe WEIGH. the Russell
brothers: Marie DressIer. Hodges and Iaunchmere
and the Four Emperors of Music.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
OuIMRY-TINGuF.

Miss Grace T1ngue, the only daughter OF W. J.
Tingue formerly president Of the American Felt
Company, married yesterday at to Will
lam Everett Quimby, Of Orange, NJ ]. The cere-
mony took place at Glen Airlie, the home of Miss
Tngues parents, overlooking Long Island Sound
at Port Chester. The house decorated with
pink gladoh and pink asters in green settings.
and the large verandas were decorated with white
hydrangeas and golden rod. The wedding ceremony
took place under canopy of green in the music
ROOM and performed by the Rev. Charles H.
Eaton, of the Church Of the Divine Paternity. The
bridesmaids were Miss Sargent, Miss Laying, Miss
Gibson and Miss Mills An orchestra played the
Lohengrin march the bride, leaning the
Of her father, entered the room, and the Men
delssohn march they went out. The bride.
who is a stately brunette, is well known in West
chester County She was active in the Spanish War
in the work of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Red
Cross She gowned in white satin with point
lace yoke and sleeves, and small veil caught
up with orange blossoms. The bridesmaids
white Cluny silk trimmed with Liberty lace. and
large white hats trimmed with roses. They car
ried bouquets of pink roses The best man was AL
bert A Jackson, of Philadelphia and the ushers
Tingue and William j. Tingue, jr., the latter being
brothers of the bride. After the ceremony a we'd
ding brea kfast was served the Verandas and
lawn Three hundred and fifty covers were laid.
The guests from this city returned on a special
train Mr. and Mrs. Quimby left Port Chester in
numerous and costly, and filed one of the large
rooms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02

William Spencer Ward, NJ. D., who died in Newark
yesterday, was born in Bloomfield. N. j.,
July ID, 1921. He the son of Eleazar Dodd
Ward also physician. and Elizabeth W. Dodd.
and was one of large family of children, three OF
whom still survive The father practised medicine
in Bloomfield for a period of fifty years. and his
son had been in active practice nearly the
length of time His early education received
in the village school Franklin HILL N. j.. and
later on in the old Bloomfield Academy. He entered
Princeton College in 1888, and graduated in the
class of A. Among his classmates were the Rev DR..
Theodore L. Cuyler. the Rev. DR.. John T. Duffield,
AMI Dodd and Thomas T. Kinney. Following his
graduation DR.. Ward filled the place of classical
and mathematical preceptor in the Bloomfield
Academy, and afterward when the school was
moved to Montclair covering period OF five years
During the latter portion Of this time he COM
menced the study OF medicine. with his father
preceptor and entered the College OF Physicians
and Surgeons, in New-York. in 1S47. being gradu-
ated from 1t in the class of 49, In August, 1S49
he began his career a physician in Newark.
During the Civil War DR.. Ward was in the Gov
eminent service acting surgeon, and was
stationed at the Ward General Hospital, in New
ark from 1888 to 1866. He also served on the med
cal staff OF st. Michaels Hospital during the years
of 1877 and 1875 and from July. 1881. to October
1885, on the staff of st. Barnabas' Hospital As a
citizen DR.: Ward always public spirited and
active In all reforms. Joining the Republican party
cipies and cast his vote regularly for its nominees
for President from the time of Abraham Lincoln:
School represe1{ing the First Ward
of Newark from 1850 to 1863. He was also attend
ing physician at the Protestant Foster Home for
over thirty years. For sixty-four years DR.. Ward
church member. uniting first with the old
First Church of Bloomfield and in 1850 with the
Second Presbyterian Church of Newark, in which
he Elder for the last thirty-six years. He
often in the councils of the Church, and served
a member of the Board of Directors of the Ger
man Theological Seminary, in Bloomfield On May
TO- 1850 DR.. Ward married to Elizabeth H.
Stitt Of Philadelphia who still survives him OF
the seven children born them only tfS02surVfVe.
the eldest. Frederick stitt Ward. treasurer ef the
e Wrinkle Company,
Spencer Ward teller in the Howard Savings In
stitutiGn Of Newark n a0Ir7k
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
Fox HUNTING AT NEWPORT.

Newport, r. L. Sept. (SpeciaD.-To-day's meet
of the Monmouth County hounds the second
in the series and stiff run over dozen or
more miles of farming lands up and down steep
hills. The meet at Indian-ave. and the kill
near Green End, not more than half the field Of
riders being in at the finish. Miss POmeroy re-
ceived the brush. while Mrs. Ladenburg, who
cured it the first run; was well behind, her
horse repeatedly refusing jumps. Robert L. Gerry
was among those who rode straight TO the finish
P F. Collier the master Of TIE hounds, was at the
meet but was too Ill to ride, and Count Tarnow-
ski dropped out OF the run through tndisposition.
Mrs E. H. Slater gave entertainment to-day
at CYooseberry Island in honor of eX-Speak er
Thomas B. Reed. who Is her guest. and Senator
dinners tonight were Mrs Lloyd 5. Bryce Mrs
Rurke-Roche Nathaniel Thayer, Mrs. ]. ]. Mason
Mrs s. s. Haven and W. r. Morgan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
AMERICAN THEATRE.

new season was begun at the American The
atre last night, with a new manager and new
method stock company has been engaged for
This year and it gave its first performance before
large audience which insisted on having a good
time in spite of discomfort The play was The
Great Ruby" which gave opportunity for the
large scenic effects which it is announced are to
he a specially of the house. A good beginning
was certainly made in that respect. and the stage
pictures pleased the West Side people as much as
they did the Broadway theatregoers two years ago
The acting was of fair and even quality, the
principal parts being taken by Misses Mary Hamp-
ton Isabelle Evesson. Charlotte Lambert, Georgia
Weues and Anna Buckley Ralph Stuart, Thomas
J. Keough. Frank Linden, Herman A sheldon
Frank f. Camp and Emil Collins AT the END or
fhe second act many flowers passed up to the
stage, and the new manager, Mr.. Greenwali made a
short speech setting forth his plans. The Great
RUBY will be continued through the coming week