The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-06-07

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ocean is the Caspian Sea, it be-
ing 10000 square miles in ex-
tent.
Hubert Hoffman, arrested for
counterfeiting near Franklin
Mills, eight miles north of Han
cock, has been convicted of the
charge. He put up at the house
of John Mann, a farmer, who
testified that Hoffman made 81 20
in counterfeit nickels in his pres
ence and rendered the spurious
coin in payment of board. Mann
made information against him.
Hoffman claimed to have been
prospecting for coal and iron and
to have found the kit of tools and
the coin in the mountains. He
had intended to turn them over
to the authorities and made the
coin just for fun at Mann S house.
The jury promptly convicted him
Sentence has not yet been inn
posed.
In old English times, when
each family was obliged to sift
it's own flour, it sometimes hap
pened that an energetic man
would turn his sieve so rapidly as
to cause it to catch fire. The
style of sieve used in those days
was called "temse," and it be-
came a customary saying that a
lazy man would never set the
tense on fire. Now it happens
that the name Of the Thames is
pronounced like the name of this
flour sieve, and after many years,
when the old-fashioned tense was
forgotten, it was thought that
setting the tense on fire meant
setting the river on fire, and that
is why to-day we say that a stu
pid person will never set the river
on fire.
After the battle of Antietam
Quartermaster l.. p. Ashmead
was stationed in Chambersburg
for the purpose of procuring sup
plies for the Union army. Under
his orders Thomas p. Blair, of
Shippensburg, purchased large
quantity of oats and corn which
was captured in Stuart's raid in
1862. 1t was never paid for but
both houses of Congress, have
just passed bill that appropri-
ates $32, 900, being for 25, 900 bush
els of oats at so cents bushel,
and $4,000 bushels of corn at 81.
a bushel sold by Blair to the Gov
ernment. The original claimant
is dead. Congressman Mahon,
who introduced the bill, says that
the Blair claim is the only one of
the kind ever presented to Cong
ress from Pennsylvania.
Queen Victoria was 81 years
old on May "a. She has reigned
over the British empire for al
most sixty-three years. 1t has
received large additions during
her prolonged reign and is still
growing. No sovereign in the
world holds the unique position
in the affection of mankind that
is held by this aged queen. And
she is loved not so much because
of her power to govern wisely as
because of the nobility of her
character and the splendid record
of her life. For many years af-
ter the death of the prince con
sort, the husband whom she ten
derly loved, she kept herself
withdrawn as much as possible
from the public gaze, conducting
the affairs of government through
her ministers. Indeed it was on
ly a few weeks ago that the aged
queen suddenly came to the front
and by her trip to Ireland and
the accompanying incidents, dis
played statesmanlike qualities of
o high order. Her own people
love and reverence her while
Americans respect her for the
domestic virtues which shine
conspicuously in her life and
which she has always honored in
others. 1t is pleasant to hear
that she is still in the enjoyment
of excellent health and that the
prospects for the continuance OF