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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
:. csll OF THE DRUM.

and far away l hear
l.l,' ~. csIling OF the drum.
Ihe es .ic Trimming, drawing near,
Efhy aisadlng: "Comel
tH .oIors y'o are waving
y, he,oort ,U' throbs with craving
As nearer
And clearer,
And louder,
And prouder =,
:. s,ovs, apT as the sound comes and
IIssl Gomez" 49,. s.,,,,
,soa md grand, and near at hand
,sSor nS the calling drum.
lv'ib by gallant breezes famed,
nas, ,soning: NJ ooh, comel
j wi rush TO tho clamor
ofstrlfe, with it's glamour" .
And swelling,
And telling
The story
Ofglory
.tocs in eloe as 1t passes by me.
aromel Come"
V'. Is tho song OF the drum
,1ot and far away hear
~. ls aver calling drum. =,
l.Joclne low, now ringing clenr,
u IN its inslstent Come"
- TIth tones sweet and hollow
II lures me to follow.
Far away
Through the day
Il calls me
Enthralls me-
. .,p, heating my heart is repeating.
4 ocomel Comel"
V' Is The call Of the drum.
josh Wink.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
Much Work For Good Ronds.

Now that the League of American
Wheelmen has abolished its racing
department. every attention will be
given the other branches of work.
The most important of these is the
highway improvement department, in
which is entrusted the work in behalf
Of the good roads moveme ent, which
was started by the L. A. W, and
which has been constantly agitated by
it for almost twenty years. The
League has made rapid strides in this
movement, particularly during the
past year, but the racing question has
reflected upon this as upon all other
departments, the belief being des.
seminated that none of the branches
of League work could be made effec-
tive until the racing question was
settled.
The most important work accom-.
plished last year was the holding OF
many good roads conventions in var,
ious States, the introduction of high.
way improvement measures in many
of the State Legislatures and the
evolution of the movement to national
proportions, as was evidenced by the
bill introduced in Congress calling
for an appropriation of $4,000, 900.
Constitutional amendments were car.
ried in Michigan and Minnesota, and
large amount of education ON the
subject was circulated by the League
All of this work will be continued
during the present year, but upon q
much larger scale than heretofore.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

GAY; think it will be snow afore
mornin'," he said.
Then Piper Farquharson played
marches and strathspeys, and in the
cold and darkness death came to many
of his audience. But as they fell
asleep, and their thirst was stated, and
their pain eased, their lullaby was to
them the sweetest they had heard
since childhood.
Duncan could play no more. 1t was
indeed only itfully he had played at
all.
And the laird was passing.
"Good-by, old man, and thanksri
sighed the laird. eff you go home
tell them I sent my love. L wrote
them all yesterday. Good"
There was slight tinkle and the
laird fell sideways. He had gone with
his comrades.
The dawn would come soon. AL.
ready the SUBMITS of the Eastern hills
were beginning to appear through the
grayness. Day was coming and tht
night, and those who had gone undei
its blackness were now to be mum,
bered with that which had been.
Duncan, however, was only CON
cerned about one thing.
The laird was gone. He had asked
him for march; he should have one.
Duncan rose, propped himself against
the bowlder, and stood over the body
Of his lieutenant.
Then over the veldt the low, wall
ing strains of "Lochaber No More
rose and swelled IN the dawn, like the
voice of mother mourning with O
sore, articulate grief the loss of her
children.
The Boer sentinel in the advanced
trench saw, as the dawn came, roof,
mex standing facing him. He was a
petticoat aud might have thousands
behind him. The sentry brought his
rifle to the Present." 1t was an easy
shot-a tall man, with no khaki tuniS
to deceive the marksmen. Then the
Mauser barked.
In this wise Piper Duncan Far,
quharson, 'of the Highland Brigade,
rejoined his laird. Answers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
rhs Accident He Mennt.

"I understand, remarked the re-
porter to the manager of railway
noted for the unpunctuality of its
trains, "that there was an accident
on your railway last night"
"Oh, do you?" was the sarcastic re-
ply.
Eyes, sir"
"Do you know anything about it2"
"Only that it happened to the train
which was due here at 8,15."
"That train came in to the minute,
sir" said the manager, firmly.
"Are you sure of thatP"
"Of course, | am"
"Thanks. That must have been
the accident referred to-" and the re-
porter lodged out. --Tid-Bits,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
FRENCHMEN'S GUEST.
INDIANA GIRL WEARS CROSS
OF LEGION OF HONOR.
During tho Worlds FAIR of 1893 she
Saved a Train Load OF People from
Observation-Disclosures to Paris as Guest
of Worlds Fair Directors.

Jennie Creek, of Milgrove a little
village in Indiana, is an American girl
who is certainly to be enyied She has
been invited by the National Humane
Society of France to be the guest OF
honor of the French government dur
ing the Paris Exposition. Jennie will
wear upon her breast when she starts
for the other side of the water one
of the proudest decorations in the gift
Of the French nation, the Cross Of the
Legion of Honor. She received this
high mark of distinction for deed OF
eXceutional bravery performed six
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
Don't Answer Impnnnsnt Questions.

Impertinent questions Hro to be
met with firm and Gignilcd polite
ness. Any question abouS onother's
personal affairs, abon. tho peice of
ones clothing, tho amount OF ones
earnings, the reason one has for en-
tirely private conduct, is impertinent.
Would | answer such questions? Not
at all. Usually, by little tact, one
can settle such questioners. II there
is no other way ! counsel u plain but
courteous sinccrity--a simple yefnsa!
to answer. One laay Just say "Par-
don me, prefer not to give any in
formation whatever on this matter. I"
Margaret e. Sangster, in Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

"I don't believe" said the young
man, THAT any man ever courted a
woman without telling her lies"
''There was such courtship once"
said the middle-aged man.
"When you were young?"
"Huhi I'm young yet. meant
back in the early days of the race. In
those days, you know, when a man
loved a woman, he sneaked up and
knocked her out with club and took
her to his lonely home, and they lived
happy ever after" - Indianapolis
Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
The Onre of NIncndnm.

A macadam road, properly built and
with proper slope to each side, will
readily drain off water aud snow. The
object of all road experts is to so con.
struct macadam road that water can.
pot permeate it. If water is allowed
to find its way through the macadam
road into the foundation below, it is
sure to work mischief; and if the road
is then subjected to any considerable
pressure from the wheels of heavily
loaded wagons, it is certain to give
way, Hence, the proper maintenance
and care of macadam road are as i'm
portant as its proper construction
If once the road be damaged in this
way, the work of destruction is bound
to continue. 1t is, therefore, as i'm
portant to prevent this first damage
as it is to prevent the first small hole
N dam.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
The Level-Headed Never Lose Their Nerve

Worry is the twin sister of nervous
ness. Neither should ever enter into
the daily life of any one. God, in
His all-wise providence, put the head
of human being en- top, that all be-
meath it might be subserviort 10 it.
There is something wrong above tho
eyes, in tho region OF the will power,
when one becomes nervous in the
sense of excitability. "Know thyself'
is good; control thysclf is better.
Worry aud excitement never aided
any one. Any fool can get along when
everything is all right, bat it takes a
wise man, Il level-headeI man, to get
along and not worry nor become
nervous whom everything is ell wrong.
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

The most cheerful author-Samuel
Smiles.
The noisest author-Howells.
The tallest author-Longfellow.
The most howery author-Haw-
thorne.
The holiest author-Pope.
The most amusing author-Thomas
Tickell,
The happiest author--Gay.
The most fiery author-Burns.
The most talkative Chatter
ton.
The most distressed author-Aken-
side.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
see rhnt worI. Is weII pone.

Taxpayers, who are obliged to con
tribute to the cost of macadam roads,
will do we'll to see to it that the work
is properly done. The old adage thai
what is worth doing at all is worth
doing well, applies with irresistibl,
force. Many of us still believe thai
we cannot afford, in the United States,
to build first-class highways. 1t il
even more emphatically true that we
cannot afford to waste money in un.
successful attempts at macadamizing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
Holder For nnhhsr stn,nn.

Handy is holder for rubber hand
stamps with series of spring motal
plates attached to fixed back, with
the sides OF the plates formed into T.
shaped slots, the stamps being pro-
vided with Il heads at one end, whloh
arc slipped in at the tops OF the slots
aud pulled out at the bottonl for Use.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
ScIence in tho Nnrserr.

Davy-Cousin Kit, what is a mi
crobe? Cousin Kit (reading book
and not wanting to be bothered) Oh.
It's thing that gets into things. Dayy
Well, then, babys microbe. for
every time | go down stairs she gets
into my things. gs.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
I,ssass43|5s - S39YSSSB1

TORIES are be.
ginning to come
from South Africa
about that field
of dread memory
M a 6 er s { on
tein. From dawn
W h e II I Ii e
belching h i | l.
fro mt of fire
had moved in
s W q t h 9 s the
ran k 8 of the
i'll H. Al
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
CURIOUS FACTS.

The practice OF eating arsenic is
very prevalent among the pessantry
of the mountainous districts OF Aus.
tria, Hungary and France. They de-
clare that this poison enables them to
ascend with ease heights which they
could only otherwise climb with great
distr ess to the chest.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

INA ~ st~sSIN DelCulhB IL l.
&NsW WNW,K} front of fire
<lfakaTXL5l had moved in
3A,XR' J. wa t h 9 s the
ranks of the
Watch-till dusk-when the
N had sent its whistling shrap-
10 air had seemed to live and
and scream, and to main,
Nd wither the men of the High
Brigade.
dark African night had flung
tkness over Magersfontein, and
Nanty scrub and stony hollows
bed those who could not well
vhen the bugles, with reluctant
.ounded the retreat.
b Duncan Farquharson sat up
Iaucd. His last experience of
d been rather mixed. He re-
Gsd retiring behind a wire
end after he had scrambled
he yeldt a few dozen yards
Aing happened. What this was
avaS uncertain, but as he felt
ldhe knew he had been hit.
ni up and considered. Where
company? Where was the
and his lieutenant-the young
ThO bore the same name as he
Hewould go to them. SO he
p were groans and sobs from
Einess, and sometimes q wild
b the night asunder. There
Als for water in all the dialects
north of the Tweed and in
a'ns Of southern Anglo-Saxon.
an crawled through them. At
came to the barbed wire en-
nsnts. AS he crawled through
ls barbs tore his kilt and hose,
hIt them enter his flesh; but
sthrew himself clear.
he rolled down q short way,
builder brought him up. He
bis hand to protect his face,
agAt another hand. cold and
IN his own.
gher groaned aloud.
that you, laird?" said Piper
FrquhArson.
Esyou, Duncan" said Lieu e
Duncan Farquharson.
Tvs me, laird! Are ye sair
| don't know, Duncan! For
'saGe, II you have any water
sOme"
nae water, laird, but I'll get
70 are awfu' caul', though, "
PIPER.
Ok on his tunic and wrapped
IN it, as we'll as could be
lasr the circumstances.
and suddenly stirred.
'aA' lad, if you can move,
"a drink of water"
y sat still and felt his head.
with his ears, but his brain
yet comprehended.
SOlSCiousness returned to him.
obey the laird.
IN these circumstances that
Nquharson robbed the dead
eisIOntein.
~ pillaged from an officer n
+s'A which its owner would
T0ie require.
'aer melancholy loot Duncan
''OWly back to the laird, and,
" us face, he poured water
nai the liquid, and, as il
'ack life into his trembling
lard, l houp that officer
good'levin' man. He de-
gang to a place there's nae
Vpsat as there's here"
M %'tS n always plucky, Dun
" ~ tne lieutenant, "but I'm
MS voice was now at a
-%yell ai!s tax anither drappic!'
anI %per' And again he poured
SlS w. between the laird's lips.
p, ro,o could you play a marcel
" pipes?"
aopt them in my left hand. ;
tSquG9rson tSS ,l9 tuned his pipes
Ts p 'Haughs o. Cromdale,
u solng!" whispered the
~ ,.ln yer : nae gaun, lairdl II
o,,0S oS'' !, And over the desc,
Ps,Su, PEW 'ne lr springing crispnesf
bis W uaTkness the sentries oil
Ta'l anu in the trenches free
bod y !, and their sleepy com
,OiHo, " their arms. These pet
SnSs ns were to make q nigh
" ,sSu'enly the music stopped
comi, N %lad that? 1t was dance,
Talns o. age"
n,'9 ,''e9%ember, Duncan. Blu
h, pCn' and sit down here be
uOa. u cold. II will soon b
\ .Sl TaoSe head was throbbin
lslsS ldO1I 3 made in playing til
'Own beside his laird.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

AT recent meeting orthe Geological
Society in London a photograph was
exhibited, showing pair Of remark
ably large tusKs which had belonged
to an African elephant Measured
along the outer curve, each tusk was
ten feet and four inches long, but they
differed little in weight, one weigh
ing 225 and the other 235 pounds, or
n total of AGO pounds, which the
elephant had carried about without
the least inconvenience.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

The secret OF feminine diplomacy Il
to know how and when to tell secret.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

The smallest coin now current in
Europe, aud the one having the least
value, is the Greek lepton. The lep-
ton is, according to the decimal
monetary system, current in all coun-
tries belonging to the Latin union.
This little copper piece is worth one
fifth of cent in our money. It is
the one-hundredth part of drachma;
the Greek drachma usually passes for
the same value that franc piece
does, that is, it is about equal to
twenty cents of our money.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

In the Yellowstone National Parl, is
curious freak CT nature. Along a
little frequented trail leading to the
fossil forest stands great glacial
boulder, twice as large as an ordinary
street car, which has been split apart
from top to bottom by pine tree:
The tcee is thirty or forty years old,
and it grows entirely through this
block Of granite. spreading the pieces
wide apart on one side, while on the
other the crevico remains compare
lively small. Everything goes to show
that the tree has split the rock by it's
own force, perhaps assisted each
winter by the ice. 1t seems to have
thrived on the task. Though it has
moved apart these massive fragments,
each weighing hundreds of tons, it is
the healthiest tree in that locality.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

The attention of hundreds of people
who were on the streets of Los
Angeles, Cal, was attracted by a large
flock of wild geese which flew over the
city few days ago. The big birds
were flying eastward, and when about
over the centre of the town formed an
almost perfect triangle of enormous
proportions. When passing Boyle
Heights the geese lined up north and
south like soldiers on parade, forming
II column estimated to be half mile
in length and presenting striking
spectacle. The well-drilled army was
about 1000 feet above the earth and
out OF range of ordinary guns.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

At Bicknoller ST. George, near
Taunton, England, there is vigorous
yew tree growing on the top of the
square church tower, and though it
has been cemented around, it still
hourishes. There is an old yew treo
in the churchyard, and it is probable
that the birds have, after eating the
fruit. left the seeds on the tower,
while the mortar was soft, and one of
these germinated. The yew tree is
two feet eight inches high with girth
of twelve inches. 1t is thought to be
at least hundred years old.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
GREAT POULTRY CONTEST
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE TRYING TO
FIND WHETHER HENS PAY.

Contest From which Much Valuable In
formation Is Expccted-City Men in Ct
as Weltas Farmers--Value of che Poul-
try of the United states,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-08-24
ihcy Request That No Indignities BE
Shown Emperor and Emprcss

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2l.-The state de.
partment today received an appeal from
the vlceroys of Nanking and Hu Nan.
asking that no personal indignities bs
SHOWN tho emperor and empress dow.
aScr ana renewing assurances of friend.
sup ana or maintaining quiet in the
south OF China if this was observed.
1t Is understood that the powers al
ready nave considered this question.
unu tnefe appears to be no disposition to
atrrOnt No""s'i
The application of the Chinese vice.
IoyS Is Ill effect request that the Chi.
hcSG sovercigns shall not be made pris.
oilefS or war. 1t is an established prin.
cipiG OF international law that members
ol INC enomy's royal family, his chief
Ihlhl"ters OF state and his diplomatic
agents OF state are liable to capture. even
.nough they may not be actively en-.
gagged IN hostile operations. Their no.
st'loh makes them SO important to tho
tLcihy IN the conduct OF his war that
they cannot be treated as ordinary non.
combatants. 'A'
III the present case thcre is we'll
grounded belief that tho soyere,pns 90.
peciiiily the empress dowager, have been
instrumental in directing hostile move.
mentS. and Minister Conger's adyices
scared mat the imperial forces were he.
sleGng the legations
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-08-24
gate near the legations and met with
ONLY slight resistance. The japanese

gate near the legations and met with
only slight resistance. The japanese
met more serious opposition at the upper
east cate all day. At midnight Aug. ii
they blow up the cato and entered tho
city. Many Chinese were killed.
iiaGc Il Desperate assault.
Tho people III tGc legations We're well,
but $oncWhat starred. Minister CoA-
ger said:
prince Ching, president CT tho tSnnG
Ii yamCr, SCN5 word that his officers lad
received orders to cease firing OH rs uu-
der pain os GnIth. At I o'clock i'll tho
evening OF tho same day the Chinese
opened fi"o az this continued all day.
II the relieving column had not arrived
when il did we sh0uld probably have
succumbcd. The Americans lost seven
marines killed and II wounded and one
child died. The whole movement Is n
purely governmental ono. The Boxers
arc only Il preyansc, having no guns
The confidential advisor of tho emperor
| was the leader of the imperial troops
In the II days over 1900 shells fel
among us.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1900-08-24
CABINET DECIDES
TO Reject CHlNA'S
APPEAL FOR PEACE
Proposition Coming Through
Earl Ii Hung Chang Will
49, .------.---------.
Be Denied. -
WAR WILL BE CONTINUED

Reply Refusing to susps4d Hostilities
Will BE Communicated to the Chi.
ncsc Government at Oncc-Fni!ure
OF China to Comply With Our DE
mands Given as the Reason.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Thc cabinet
today decided to reject the latest appeal
from Ii Hung Chang for cessation Of
hostilitics The reply will be commu-
Gated at once to tho Chinese govern
mcnt with a statement Of the reasons
for the action of this government. The
rejection is based on tho non-comph-
ance OF the Chinese government with the
specific provisions Of the declaration Of
tho United States under date Of Aug. IL.
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CAN SEND NO MORE TROOPS
war department Has Sent All Avail.
able to China,

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21-The war dc.
Partmcnt has 10 information concernina
inc report from london that additional
troops for the allied armies are urgently
needed. If this was the case nothing
more could Eo done by this governments
at present. The troops now under OF.
GerS Tor the far east will continue To uo
iiorWar! and when they reach Napasaki
III VIII bo determined whether they will
80 I" Cnina or to Mania, the PhiIip-
pines being the original destination Of
somo of them. "
Ihero are now III China the Ninth in.
!nntry' eight companies of the Four.
Scehth infantry, Battery E, Fifth artil.
Iery, eight troops of the Sixth cavalry
alla lonr companies of tho Fifteenth i'm.
lan1ry' the latter having recentlv ar.
[ived. There are. at sea destined fo,
emma four batteries of the Third artii,
!ery, Company e of the engineers. fony
troops Of tho Third cavalry, eight troon,
OF OF the First cavalry and eight troops pf
tne Ninth cavaly. Besides there sailed
on the sherman today four companies
each OF the Second. Fifth and Ephth
infantry.
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HELD OUT AGAINST 10000.
Father DcHcts' Thrilling Expericnce
With the Boxers.

TlEN TsiN. Via SHANGHAI, Aug. 81
Father DcIIcts, q IaXarist minister, has
arrived here. At q village 40 miles to
northwest, he, with 5000 converts, held
out foc six weeks against the Boxers
armed with rifles and swords. They
ing or killIn:y t,Iu wrorv- -ir,t,rr,tss.,,l!i ind.
The villaS2 officials sent Father Do.
Ho5s word shat he must leave China.
but with few rifles and a small cannon
he held on Til General Suu- sent wnrI
that the Christians would be spared but
mat they l4",t d;Sarm and Father De.
HgtS must leave for the coast.
lie was escorted to General Naa at
PcltsanS and had been there for three
days when Pcitsang was taken.
The remaining converts wcro rivcn
one weeks food By General Sung. ntf.
ing undCr orders from Pcllinp' Tho
BoXers obeyCd his orders.
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ROOSEVELT is CONFIDENT,
lie Assures til" President That New
York Is safe.


WAsHIHdTON, Aug. 81. Govcrno,
Roosevelt left for New York this morn.
ing on the 10 o'clock train. When asked
Tor information rs to bis visit tho gov-
erhor stated that ho came especially to
sec the president, desiring to fall, ovoy
aIi',ttcra coicrEAnS the campaign and
nlSo re22rHln% his itinerary. The prcsi.
ueliC ana Governor Roosevelt discusse6
various campaign policies and the feat.
ureS Oh !Gt'"rn OF acceptance which oro
soon to bc made public.
IL Is the desire of Governor Roosevelt
as vice presidential candidate. TO bovn
ms utteranceS during the coming yvcst-
ern tour thoroughly in accord with thc
views or the presidential candidate. and
ne also desires to give expression TO and
MAKE features OF tac issues which tho
president deems most important. Gov
efhoF hJOaoyclC expects 20 make n ,-raot
many speeches during the campaigu
&c 80 la@H@ cTranGcmnnts to be in Chi
caGo week trJmnaXt Monday.
IhCSe who canTcrsod with the gov.
ernGr say that he is iull of coafidcucs ~
10 me result OF the coming election. In.
at mo same timo he thinks there sbonid
De Il very vigorous cImpaign in order to
Ecep the people informed rCourdipr thn
important issues The governor = s.;rnd
inc pre- .cnr tl:ut tlcr. is no ruastion
about tho sta.a ot New York. n,fwith.
s"hdinS somo complications inst now
over thc state ticker and state campai2n