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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-08
THE BOERS' ADVANTAGE.

The ability Of Il race of brave
marksmen behind entrench-
ments, to make formidable re-
sistence to assault by the very
best veteran soldiery is a fact IA
miliar to all persons of historical
intelligence. The repulse of the
British regulars twice by our
EN- battled farmers line at Bunk
er Hill; the dreadful repulse of
Wellington's seasoned 'Peninsu-
lar war" veterans, 1900 strong,
under Pakenham, by 5000 Ken
lucky and Tennessee hunters
and Indian fighters at New Or
leans; the destruction wrought
by Hofer and his ritlemen in the
ranks Of Marshall Lefebre's
corps of Napoleon's army in the
detiles of the Tyrolese mountains;
the success full resistance to the
Russian army offered by the
Turks under English officers at
Plevna, are cases in point, Port
land Oregonian.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-08
THESE RULES WILL ADMIT
YOU.

Parties wishing to enter a
printing Office at this season
should be governed by the follow
ing rules. Advance to the inner
door give three distinct raps or
kick the door down. The "devil"
will attend to the alarm. You
will give him your name, post
Office address and the length of
time you are owing for the paper.
He will admit you. You will ad-
vance to the centre of the room
and address the editor with the
following countersign. Extend
the right hand about two feet
from the body, with the thumb
and fingers extended, the thumb
and index finger clasping a $40
bill, which drop into the hand of
the editor, at the same time say
ing: ''Were you looking for me?"
The editor will grasp your hand
and the bill, and pressing it will
say: "You bet" After giving
him the news concerning your
locality you will be permitted TO
retire with a receipt for an obi
cation properly discharged. -
Marcus Qowa) News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-08
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

Great Britain may we'll be
amazedat the extraordinary force
required to fight the Beers in
South Africa. No less than 213,-
600 men and 452 guns have been
gathered for the war, although
the Beers are not supposed to
number more than 10000. OF
these 213,000 men 10000 have al
ready been lost in battle and 10,-
600 more are locked up in Lady
smith. There are besides 10000
ahoat, leaving 100000 available
for action. But large force
must be kept at Cape Town and
other parts of Cape Colony to
prevent an uprising of the Dutch,
who greatly outnumber the Brit
ish even in the British colony, so
that from the present force not
more than 100000 can be put on
the firing line, Winston Church
i'll, who had some experience with
the Beers while he was their
prisoner, verifies the Boer esti-
mate that one Boer is equal to
from three to five British sol
diers when he is fighting on the
defensive in his own country. If
the Beers have 10000 men all
told they can probably put rs, 900
on the firing line, and a force of
100000 British is not strong
enough to overcome them.
1t is now reported that General
Roberts has called for 10000
more men, and that the Cabinet
is about to send him $4,000 mill
tia and volunteers, and 10000
militia reserves. This would
raise the army in South Africa
to nearly 100000 men. The mag
nitude of the war which Cham
berlain SO highly precipitated
may be judged by comparisons.
England sent $4,000 men to the
Crimea; Wellington had only 25,-
600 at Waterloo
President Kruger said at the
outset that the civilized world
would be astonished at the cost
of a war for the conquest of the
Beers, and Great Britain has al
ready been astonished. More
over, there are some competent
military critics who are becom-
ing alarmed because of the uu-
preparedness Of England for self
defence Not only have our sol
diers been sent to South Africa,
but many of her guns have been
taken from the home defences to
supply the demands for artillery
in Natal What would happen
then if England should become
involved in war with France?
Her navy, if not too much scat
tered, might prevent an invasion,
but it would be the policy of her
enemy to force an entrance TO
British soil at almost any cost,
knowing that once landed he
would find her almost defence
less. The danger of such inva-
sion is very remote, but it is nev-
ertheless a danger that has here
tofore been recognized by the
Government itself, and that has
been increased tenfold by the
stripping of her forts and garri-
sons in order to sustain the war
in South Africa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-08

The homliest man IN Congress
is said to be MIR. Eddy, of Min
nesota, and he rather prides HIM
self on this fact. Some Of his po-
etical adyersaries once accused
him of deceitfulness and hypoc-
risy, but he rose to the occasion.
"rhey say / am two faced, said
Mr.. Eddy. "Now, gentlemen, "
looking mournful and homlier
than usual, "do you believe that
if / had two faces | would be
wearing this one?" This did up
all his critics.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-08
Published Weekly. 500 per
Annum in Advance.

Prompt attention will be
given to applications for ad-
VertiSing rates.
job Printing of every deS-
cription executed with prompt
ness, in a Workmanlike manner
and at consistent prices.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-08
CONUNDRUMS.

/ Iltln ana DuuJef! Inc OiueT II
man gets the weaker he gets, but
the older the butter IS the strong
er it is.
My first denotes company, my
second shuns company, my third
calls u company, my whole amuses
a company A co.nun-drum.
Why is a kiss like u sermon
because it requires two heads
and an application.
What part of a fish is like the
end of a book Fin-is.
What part Of fish weighs the
most? The scales.
What tables may be easily
swallowed? Vegetables.
Why do hens always lay in the
daytime? Because at night they
become ROSTERS.
'rhe Lay of the Last Hen," a
new poem by the egotistic author
Of the foul dead.
Why is an egg like a colt? Be
cause it is not fit for use until it
is broken.
What is the difference between
a young baby and a night-cap?
One is born to wed, and the other
is worn to bed.
What is that which has neither
flesh nor bone, and has four fin
gers and thumb: A glove.
Why is dog longer in the
morning than at night? Because
you take him in at night, and let
him out in the morning.
What is that which Adam never
saw, never possessed, yet left two
to each of his children? Parents.
What is the difference between
the trunk of tree and an ele-
plants trunk? One leaves in the
spring and the other leaves when
ever the menagerie does.
What fort is that which is most
stormed nowadays? Piano-forte.
How long did Cain hate his
brother? AS long as he was
Abel.
Why was job always coldin bed?
Because he had such miserable
comforters.
What is that which lives in the
winter, dies in the summer, and
grows with its root upwards? An
icicle.
What is the difference between
a matchmaker and jailor? The
one sells watches and the other
watches cells.
Whenisaplantlik likeahog? When
it begins to root. When is it like
a soldier! When it begins to
shoot. When is it like an editor:
When it begins to blow.
What is the largest room in the
world? The room for improve
ment
Take two letters from money
and there will be but one left.
We know q fellow who took money
from two letters, and there wasn't
anything left.
What is the difference between
truth and eggs? Truth crushed
to earth will rise again, " but eggs
won't.
Which is the smallest bridge in
the world? The bridge over the
nose.
If a lady who hesitates is lost,
must it then be for a lady who
stammers on shutters?
Why is son who objects to his
mothers second marriage like an
exhausted pedestrian? Because
he can't go a step-father,
Why is a loafer like a weather
cock? Because he is continually
going around doing nothing.
Why is a well-trained horse
like a benevolent man? Because
he stops at the sound of wo.
Why is Il domestic and pretty
young girl like corn in time of
scarcity? Because she ought to
be husbanded.
Why is II mad bull like a man of
convivial disposition: Because
he offers a horn to every one he
meets
Why are the complaints Of mar
] ,,iod ,,oo,la 1ilyr, 4ha ,,oipa of +bo
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-08

The best training for a busi-
ness man is the ability to think.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-08
SENATOR

Senator-eleG
lionaire Of Mon
siderable in tn.
through the col "a (
is one of the md veel
from the ranks ott.'
spent his boyas 7
Haven, in Fayeir tf
sylvania, and ar
knew him saysi q
farmer, and a ano
not owning The ,nc'
lived, and Clars lal
farmers boy ob'
Added TO tins gign
an overgrown, q
youth. and, th'pen
ladies, his lack ~e,
against him, and 4
ular us a beau We
mind that was ot
and beneath the
ness" he was 81
He determined '
world and he d ~
ing to Montan u,
success of his
came back to bis
a millionaire and
Contact with
wrought a wono n
the farmers boz
married to a ladi I
a sistes OF Mrs
Greensburg aly
the West. His
creased, until M
come estimated
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-08

Willie Deitch /
had toothache Oh
and complained7 4
to the people an
Cumberland coTl|
VIM. Ahl and WI
not practicing d''
it is alleged, az
him, and pulled \
)illf OF pillCel %
Legal action ~ ,
been begun, thel
ing $1,000, charsI.
result of the OF
jaw was broken =
was for some uD'
whereby his falII'
loss and eXpeA'
ton, brought by
through his mex
900 damages tor
formity, one jaw
er than the otheI
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
PUsHCARr WOES IN LONDON, TOO

London Express: Monday being the
costers' holiday, the fraternity in Ber-
wick street and Little Pulteney street. in
Soho. held last night a mass meeting to
air their grievances against the shop
keepers and the vestry of st. James.
The reasons why they should not be
prosecuted are very simple. In the words
of the first resolution, "a ready money
cash market like that in Berwick street
is absolutely necessary for the thrifty,
economical, sensible purchaser"
Mr.. Toope, ex-vestryman of Maryle-
bone and ex-president of the costers'
union; Mr.. Regain, the secretary, and Mr..
Blake, the president of the costers' fed
Grafton, pointed out that the police reg
ulattion which empowers a constable to
move on a. man with a barrow on the
complaint of a shopkeeper, on the ground
of annoyance or obstruction, was open
to abuse.
He argued that costers' barrows at
tracted purchasers to the shops.
After throwing out a few noisy Trunk
ards, the meeting pledged itself to sup
port the ~costers.
No one who is at all familiar with the
teeming life of certain parts of London,
especially on Saturday nights, can fail
to. appreciate b Importance of the Co.'S
ter. In the neighborhood Of Chaplain
Junction, for instance, the man IS simply
a power. To move on the nan wit the
barrow and the people around that bar
row would often mean to owe on a
whole streetful. Chaplain, however, is
not st. James.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
TESTING
POWER Of.
THE MIND

After years of indefatigable work ana
study an instrument has at last been IN
vented by which the minds power may
be tested. By it's aid scientists are also
able to discriminate differences in the
feeling of the muscular energy which ac-
company slight differences in the dyna-
mic energy required to move the lever
or string.
WORKING THE INSTRUMENT.
The instrument is known as the myer-
gesthesiometer-truly an u~p-to-date
scientific title. The pupil takes hold OF
the handle and rapidly pulls the cord,
which unWinds from the pulley. BY an
ingenious mechanical device the pull re-
quires a uniform amount OF energy
throughout the whole length OF the mo-
tion.
The myergesthesiometer Is the 1nVen-
ton of an ingenious Washingtonlan who
describes the wonderful machine as fol-
lows: -
While moving the lever or string to
and fro, the pupil becomes accustomed 70
the effort-feling required to mak mat
particular motion. Suddenly, and un-
known to the pupil, the instrument Is
made to move, for example, one-tiftleth
harder. If the pupil cannot direct the an
craesed energy required to move the ma
chine. then he is again allowed to try
the original standard for a few minutes
and then again, suddenly and unknown
to him it is made to move one-fortletf
harder, and so on, until the energy dlffer'
more practice one has with such an IN
difficult motion is ~perceptlble to TN
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29

the rail above by two boyle wheels,
nearly thirty feet apart. Between these
wheels is the electric motor which drives
the train.
In the principal streets through which
the overhead railway runs, the Orders
which support the. track fulfill a three
fold purpose for they NOT. only support
the track on which THE trains run. but
also act as lamp posts for lighting the
streets, while in some cases the conduc-
tors of the electric tramways have been
attached to the girders. In the country
roads, where the walks are lined with
trees. the effect on the landscape is not
altogether al unpleasant one.
1t has been generally conceded that
one of the difficulties attending the erec-
ton of overhead railways Is the want OF
sheds. sidings. shunting stations, ETC., but
the railway under notice can boast of
being fully equipped in his direction. 1t
is estimated that the cost of building
this unique line VIA be bou $500, 900 per
nile.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
FROM MANY

Five tons a day Of snails are eaten ID
Paris.
Land in England is 800 times as valua~
BILE now as it was 200 years ago.
All the flowers of the Arctic region are
either white or yellow, and there are
762 varieties.
The only two great European capitals
that never have been occupied by a for
eign foe are London and St. Petersburg.
The constant labor for four persons for
an entire year Is required to produce q,
cashmere shawl of the best quality.
eyed cats are always deaf, and tht pure
An authority on cats says that blues
white ones are afflicted in the same mans
ner.
The number of rooms in a house, OF
windows, or doors in a room, even Of
rungs on a ladder, in Siam. must al
ways be odd. Ever number are con.
sidered unlucky.
Flowers bloom in the Sandwich ISL
ands all the year round; therefore, 1t is
believed that the country is more de-
serving than Japan of the title OF
''Flowery Kingdom"
TaWkiaO is the name of a native king
in New ealan who edits a small eight
page paper, printed in English and the
native tongue. n called the Pleiadea
Of Seven Stars.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
PROGRESS Of
MAN IN
THIS ACE

I suppose that at this moment, II we
We're allowed a vision of the embryonic
forces which are predestined most po-
tently to affect the future of mankind,
we should have to look for them not in
the legislature, nor in the press, nor IN
the PLATFORM, nor in the schemes OF prac
ttcal statesmen, nor the dreams OF pOltt1
cal theorists, but in the laboratories ot
scientific students whose names are but
little in the mouths of men, who cannot
themselves forecast the results of their
own labors. and whose theories would
scarce be understood by those whom they
will chiefly benefit.
l do not propose to attempt any sketch
of our gains from this most fruitful un-
may. however, permit myself one paren-
thetic remark on an aspect of which IT
is likely more and more to thrust itself
u~npaeasantly upon our attention.
Marvellous as is the variety and I'M
genuity Of modern industrial methods,
they almost all depend in the last resort
upon our supply of useful power; and
our supply OF. useful power Is princi-
paly provided for us by methods which,,
SO far as 1 can see, have altered not at
all the principle. and strangely little In
detail. since the days of Watt.
Coal. as we all know, is the chief res-
ervoir of energy from which the world
at present draws, and from which we
in our country must always draw; but
our main contrivance for utilizing it Is
taIt SttsiIIl cuSlue, dlu, ny us SSSeulldh
nature, the steam engine is e~Xtravagantly
wasteful. So that, when we are told, as
if it was something to be proud of. that
this is the age of steam, we may admit
the fact. but can hardly share the satis-
faction.
Our coal fields, as we know too we'll,
are limited. We certainly cannot increase
them. The boldest legislator would hesi-
tate to limit their employment for pur-
poses of domestic industry. So the only
possible alternative is to economize our
method of consuming them. And for this
| there would indeed, seem to be a suffl-
cheney of room.
Let a second Watt arise. Let him bring
into general use some mode OF extract
! ing energy from fuel which will only
waste so per cent of 1t, n 10! your coal
fields as source of profit, are doubled at
once. The hope seems a modest one but
| it is not yet fulfilled: and therefore it Is
that we must qualify the satisfaction
with which at the end of the century
| we contemplate the unbroken course OF
its Industrial triumphs.
not now concerned. 1t is enough for us
to take note how rapidly the prodigious
progress of recent discovery has increas-
ed the drain upon the natural wealth
Of old manufacturing countries. and es-
peciaNy of Great Britain. and at the same
| time, frankly to cogn that 1t Is only
by new inventions that the collateral
| evils Of old Inventions can be mitigated;t
| that to go back is impossible: that our
only hope hes in a further advance. /.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
pupil. This will be the least noticeable
difference Of that pupils discriminative
between muscular energy efforts.

Va SiituI pupil .
power between muscular energy efforts.
VALUE OF THE TESTS.
Now, I have found that if I cause the
pupil to practice detecting, p~erceiving
and discriminating this least noticeable
difference forty or fifty times an TOUT for
one hour daily for one or two days, an
increased discriminating power results,
enabling the pupil on a subsequent
measurement. to detect a smaller least
noticeable difference.
If the pupil is then made to detect
that smaller least noticeable difference
forty Or fifty times an hour daily for
several days, and then again measured,
l have found that the discriminajtive
capacity has again become more sensi-
tive. SO that it can detect a still smaller
least noticeable difference, and so on"
Now, what is the valu of such tests,
and what do they prove? First of all. it
is not difficult to see that by means OF
such instruments as the myergesthesio-
meter is it possible to increase the power
to will muscular volitions and motions
with slighter energy differences. The
more practice one has with such an in
strument the greater his powers of dis
elimination between energy differences.
Now, it is obvious that one of the ele-
ments of skill in the use Of muscles In
any freehand or manual movements Is
the minds power to discriminate slight
energy differences.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
HELPFUL

In some parts of Berlin there are spe-
cial public houses for women.
A human body, When cremated, leaves
a residuum of o eight ounce
Seven out of every ten newspapers in
the world are now printed in English.
In certain Partisan restaurants a quar-
ter is charged for the use of the table,
cloth.
Among stevedores cotton Is regarded
as the hardest to stow, and railway iron
the easiest.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
A POOR MONTH TOR POETRY.

Washington Star: DO you not love
the month of September" she asked,
%soulfully.
Well" answered the man who writes
rhymes, II like it pretty we'll; but I'd
like ii better if there were some words
that thyme with it besides 'ember and
remember"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
THE GROWTH OF HUMAN HAIR.

Authorities differ as to the rate of
growth Of the human hair, and it is said
to be very dissimilar in different indi-
viduals. The most usually accepted CAL
culaton gives six and one-half inches per
annum. A mans hair. allowed to grow
to it's extreme length, rarely exceeds
twelve or fourteen inches, while that of
a woman will grow in rare. Instance
seventy or seventy-f1ve inches, though
the average does not exceed twenty-five
to thirty inches.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
TEMPTING

President Kruger, whose headquarters
are now in a railway train, to which he
takes kindly, in his early life was a
strenuous advocate of the Boer notion
that railways were introduced by the
evil one. When first Dom Paul was per-
suaded to travel by rail, while on a visit
to Cape Town, he sat, bible in hand, and
prayed throughout the journey that he
having recklessly tempted Providence
Kansas City Journal.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
ART.

Annette-What is an arti site tailor,
anyway?
~Reginald-An artistic tailor. my dear
child. is a tailor that makes correct
clothes that no artist would paint.TIn-
dianapolis Press. rt
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29

The names suggested to replace that of
America for this country hav been CO.
lumbia, A~lleghania. Apalachia. Vespe-
ria, Freeiand, Fredonia, Cabotio, Vine
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
NEW CODE FOR DUELs.

The new French lei code, which is the
work of Prince Bibesco, provides that in
the future no duel can end without the
shedding of blood, n no account of the
proceedings shall be published If the in-
suit causing the duel was mot made. pubs
lie, !.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-29
FROM THEM.

!. "Ferdi nand sold his great grand
fathers family bible for $15."
"HOw odd"
mot at all; he said he wa bound his
ancestors should help him out that
much, anyway."-Indianapolis Journal.
The Forrest City times., 1900-04-13

Mir. w. Judson Couch, of Fulton Ky, brother of Ed. A. N. Couch. is in tnwn. He came to engage with the St. Francis Electric Light and Ice Com. pany.
 Nunnally's Easter Candy at Duna- wants is happy suggestion. Just what your best girl will appreciate. A delicate novelty in one and two pound boxes.
 R. M Conway, of Little Rock, the real estate boomer, was in town Non- day in the interest of town lot sales in the towns along the west end of the Choctaw.
 Russell, Graham X O., have a beau Percales, piQnes, Dotted Swiss. and all popular fabrics for Spring and Sum- mer wear.
 You cannot buy good goods in a cheap store, nor !" Vollmer" whisky in a cheap hotel or cafe. When you drink " VolImer" you drink the best your money can buy.
 FOR SALE-House and large lot, with stable, buggy house, cribs, etc, on South Rosser street, now occupied hy John N. Cotton. Apply 10 John N. Cotton, Forrest Ciry, Ark.
 Miss Pearl David, of the Dark Cor ner settlement. was a lovely and pleas ant visitor to friends in The city the first of the week. a guest at the home of Miss Emma Humpheys.
 When you have blacksmithing or woodwork, in fact repair work of any kind, take it to Joe E, Beck, successor to J. B. Beck & Co.,, on Rosser street just north of the He'd Gin.
 Russell, Graham & Co, have just received hobby line of Spring White Goods in Lawns, Percales, Dimties. etc. These fabrics are the latest spring styles, and good quality.
 The most complete and teautiful line of Lace and Embroidery ever shown Tn Forrest City, just received direct from importer, may be inspected at Russell, Graham S Co.'S Mammoth store.
 We have secured the services ot our old friend, Mir. Fred Brown, of Little Rock, who is an all-round workman, and we will push the Art Souvenir Supplement 10 an early complexion.
 GA s ToETA. Bear. tho 1m. Kind You Has hlwsrs Dassh ''s's'''' ss &xN2zIZ<