The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-19

Mrs. John j. Yost, of West
Hazleton, is in danger of losing
her life from a pin scratch. She
pricked her finger with a pin sew
eral days ago and the member be-
came so inflamed that it had to be
amputated. The poison from the
pin has extended to other parts
of her body and she is seriously
i'll.
"In season and out of season"
as applied to advertising,is mere
ly a figure of speech indicating
persistency. 1t is proper to ad-
vertise all the time. The mer-
chant who knows no special sea-
son for promoting his business
by advertising, but who keeps at
it every day, is the one who an
nually counts up the largest per-
centage of profit.
In experiments for testing the
memory powers of an equal num-
Der of boys and girls at different
ages in school and university
classes, they were all read sim
pie story containing 324 words
and 125 distinct ideas. The read
ing required three minutes, after
which they Immediately proceed
ed to write what they could re
member. The conclusions were
that the growth of memory is
more rapid in girls than in boys.
Jimmy was little rogue whom
his mother had a hard time to
manage. Their house in the
country was raised few feet
from the ground, and Jimmy, to
escape well deserved whipping,
ran from his mother and crept
under the house Presently the
father came home, and hearing
where the boy had taken refuge,
crept under to bring him out. AS
he approached, on his hands and
knees, Jimmy asked, els she af-
ter you too?'
The prolific west is again. prov
ing attractive to farmers from
central and Pennsylvania.
Idaho, Oregon and Washington
are the destinations of many en-
igrants. A special train carry
ing 1870 husbandmen passed
through Pittsburg last week,
and it ls,said that at least 1000
others are ready to follow. Glow
ing letters from friends, who
settled in the northwest two
years ago, are said to have fur
nished the incentive to the eXo-
dus.
A woman residing at Moordale,
Cumberland county, is suffering
from strange ailment. For
some time she has experienced a
gnawing sensation in her stom-
ach. She consulted several ply
sicians recently, one of whom
firmly believes there is a snake
about six inches long in her
stomach. AT one time she ex-
perienced a feeling that led her
to believe the reptile came up her
throat. How it got into her
stomach IS mystery, although
it might have been in water that
she drank. She first felt the
gnawing about year ago.
Chief Willis l.. Moore, of the
Government Weather Bureau, at
Washington, has issued an order
prohibiting the use of cigarettes
during Office hours. He gives
this as his reason for his action;
"Some of our men who were re-
garded as the most thorough,
competent and reliable, doing
every detail of their work with
the utmost promptness and ac-
curacy, gradually became care
less and lax. In almost every in
stance it was found that the men
were cigarette fiends. Men who
use cigarettes appear to become
deadened to the fact that the ne
glect of duty means reproyal,
suspension or expulsion" " The
order is good one. Another OBJ
lection to the cigarette is its Of
fensive odor, a nuisance in pubic
and in close quarters making
them uninhabitable. This vile