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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
A Fortune for Single Flower.

The purchasing power of mon
ey in the seventeenth century is
shown by an article in the May
Ladies' Home Journal, on the tu-
lip craze in Holland, which reach
ed it's height about 1884. At a
sale of bulbs, about that date, a
single one of the Viceroy variety
was purchased by delivering to
the seller two hundred bushels
of wheat, four hundred bushels
of rye, four fat pigs, eight fat OK
en-, twelve fat sheep, two hogs
heads Of wine, two barrels of
beer, five hundred pounds of but
ter, one bedstead with pillows,
mattresses, blankets, etc, one
thousand pounds of cheese, one
suit of clothes and one silver COB
let. The money value of the bulb
was one thousand dollars, but as
the purchaser did not have the
cash the seller was willing to ac-
cept it's equivalent in the form
just recited, Notwithstanding
that it was somewhat bulky and
diversified.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
Sounds Heard In a R,

j. M. Bacon, the End
who with his daughterI
lofty balloon ascent tO|
the meteor shower lasj
bers, tells some very hl
things about the soud
reached their ears. All
of 5000 feet the ru|
horses feet ON a hard I'd
be heard. AT 1900 |
splashing sound made j
in a pond was audible. 4
ing of dogs and the crI
cocks could be heard at
5000 feet. These sound
trated through a white
cloud which hid the cad
sight. In the perfect i
the air around the bald
were startled by what
stealthy footsteps close
Investigation showed |
sound was caused by The
ing of the ropes and the
of the silk as the balloon
ued to expand YOuti
panion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
Last Wish a Cigarette.

John Dorsey, aged 27 years, of
Hagerstown, whose proud boast
it was that he could smoke more
cigarettes than any other man in
that section of Western Mary
land, was stricken with paralysis
of the heart recently, while
standing on the street talking to
a friend. He expired before a
physician could be summoned.
Before lapsing into uncon-
sciousness, Dorsey requested
persons standing about him to
"give me my cigarette" the one
he had been smoking having drop
ped from his mouth when he fell
in a helpless heap to the pave
ment.
Dorsey had been an habitual
smoker of cigarettes all his life,
and of recent years averaged
from eight to ten packs daily.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
A Woman's Awful 7

"There is only one ca
save your life and thatis|
an operation" were thief
words heard by Mrs, /, |
of Lime Ridge, Wis, 4
doctor after he had vam|
to cure her of a frightful|
stomach trouble aud Yell
dice. Gall stones had
and she constantly grew
Then she began to use
Bitters which wholly cul
It's u wonderful StOmacl
and Kidney remedy
Dyspepsia, Loss Of a
Try it. Only 80 cents
teed. For sale by VS.
Druggist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
A Sensible ci,I

A New York paperb,I
sensible girl. A co,'
describes her thus. N
was a beautiful girl
clever, Thoroughbred
handsome fellow was n
the most devoted atto1,|
ever he was sober ona'
so, and all of us felt tvo,l
lest his attractive m,,I
lavish display of ve,l|
win the girl. One or.I
she came into my room
Ting herself among N
of the couch, said. d
prosed tonight, wentdoI
knees, said l was tbo \
on earth that could s,vo'
if | didn't consent tob.
wife he would hn a N
grave. :" "What did yot
asked breathlessly. I'd
replied, 81 told him n
not running a Keeley cI
he really wanted tobo @.
a drunkard's grave | n
him the address of sevDI
heard highly recommeDl
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
THURSDAY. May 8, 1900.
SINCE NAV JOINED THE CLUB.

My NAV has Joined some woman's
clubs, and l amt doin' thing
But havin' just the bulliest time I've
ever had, by jing.
go out every day and play all around
the neighborhood,
An no one tells me when | start, Gre
member, now be good"
If feel like it, behave, an if don't
I'm tough,
An when the other kids get gay,
give their ears a cuff.
For I'm'the whole thing around here
now, and amt no cheap dub
Since my nav went downtown one day
an joined woman's club.
| can't spend time to go to school;
have to stay at home
An mind the bell an take the cards
of visitors that come
It's heaps of fun to meet lot of ladies
at the door
An tell 'em that my NAV is not a liv-
in here no more.
| CAB about my paw and me, an some
times almost die
To see 'em wiggle round an try to
find the reason why;
| s'pose they think she's been divorc-
ed, and all that fub-a-dub-
| tell you, life's a picnic since NAV
joined a woman's club.
My paw an l get dinner now down to
a restraint,
And he's as good as he can be an
gives me what | want;
| have ice-cream-all | can eat-an'
oranges an such,
An every night l eat enough, paw
says, to kill the Dutch;
/ get plum puddin', pie an cake, an
coffee strong and black,
Just like the kind they bring to paw
an he don't send it back.
/ like to live like this, you bet; we
have such bully grub,
An, shan't kick if my NAV goes an
Joins another club.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
Ten Thousand hors'

An English army capla|
special commissions eau
a firm of horse dealerSai|
cago stock yards SatuFd1
certain what they WouluI
for 10000 horses for 'ne|
government for ShIp1
South Africa. The llrm
ted estimates to the cOI
and they were sent 70
by cable. The comml'
the dealers that II lllo
government believed 'u'
African war would con'i
any length of time the
would have to be purclIA'
is believed that even i
does not keep up the bfI'
buy a number Of horses
in England. 1t is decI''
if the sale of 10000 h0E''
through they would COW y
the neighborhood ofSl"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
The Trouble OF a Janitor.

The janitor in a neighboring
school threw up his job the other
day. When asked what was the
trouble, honest, land | won't stand
being slurred. If find a pencil
or handkerchief about the school
when I'm sweeping, | hang or
put it up. Every little while the
teacher or some one that is too
cowardly to face me, will give me
a slur. Why, a little while ago l
seen wrote on the board: Find
the least common multiple. Well,
1 looked from cellar to garrett for
that multiple, and | wouldn't
know the thing if | would meet
it ON the street, Last night, in
big writin on the blackboard, it
said; Find the greatest common
divisor.' Well, | says to myself,
both of them things are lost, now,
and I'll be accused of swiping
'em, so I'll quit"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
Arithmetic Glass, Attention.!

Here is a sum for the boys and
girls who are good at arithmetic;
A boy bought thirty apples at
the rate of six for two cents and
thirty more at four for two cents.
Then he sold the whole lot at the
rate of five for two cents, and ex-
pected to come out even; but he
found that he had lost a cent.
How did that happen?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03


The Falling Spring Presbyter-
ian congregation, of Chambers
burg during the past year con-
tributed 81, ,305. 45 for church pur-
poses.
The X-ray was tried on a little
girl of Paulsboro, N. j., who has
been treated two years for nasal
catarrh, and a guttapercha but
ton was discovered in her nose
A young printer in a Hancock
newspaper Office fell in love with
a clergyman's S daughter who did
not seem to reciprocate his atfec-
tions. The next time he went to
church he was rather taken aback
when the minister announced his
text: "My daughter is grevous-
ly tormented with the devil. "
A man and woman got married
in a New Jersey parsonage At
the gate from the wedding
he asked her to wait until he got
cigar. He has not returned yet
though almost year has elapsed.
The query is why did he not leave
her before marriage, and thus
save trouble and expense. The
cranks still live.
Six ships of the United States
navy are to go out of commission
because there is not a sufficient
number of officers to furnish
compliments for the vessels act
ually required. There are fully
100 vacancies in the line of the
navy, and the total number of of.
ficers is less than it was fifteen
years ago, Notwithstanding the
great increase in the number of
ships.
An exchange says that among
the many who need more religion
are: That man who allows his
horse to stand at free hitching
rack during a stormy day to save
ten cents; that counterfeiter who
lies six days out of the week and
then sits in the front seat in
church on Sunday; that man who
growls like a wild beast when his
wife asks him for money; that
woman who whispers about that
some other woman is not what
she ought to be; that preacher
who is always looking for an
easier place and higher salary
that man who walks the streets
with his hands in his pockets
while his wife takes in washing,
and the man who is able and will
not take his home newspaper and
borrows it from his Industrious
neighbor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
LAUREL RIDGE

Preaching at this pa
Sabbath by Rev, Ahllll'''
was largely attended =,
Edward Keyser and l''
the Big Cove, and ChlcA !.
of Thompson township up 4
dinner Saturday WIN
Mrs. Jacob Gordon i.
Erwin Fisher anu saI Il
sawed a large pile oi '!i' ~
Jacob Gordon and paw :,
Now they expect to say
for Tom Litton. .,
Miss Maude Goruou o,j, b,
ing her sister MIS-
lott.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

1t costs a little more than $780,
900 a year to care for the capitol
building at Washington.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
LOVE TOKEN TO DEWEY.
Fifty Thousand Children Gave a
Penny Each.

Admiral Dewey at his country
home at Beauvoir to-day and pre-
sented to him a beautiful gold
watch and fob.
Each of the $4,000 children had
given one cent, and in hand
somely- bound book which accom-
panied the watch were recorded
their names, the history of the
fund, and the history of the watch
itself
The originator of the idea was
Archie Cadzow, of Rosemount,
Mimi, who made the suggestion
to the Minneapolis Journal. The
fund was started, and so great
was the work of receipting for
the money and publishing con-
tributors' names that finally 175
Northwestern papers were en-
gagged in the work. Each of the
donors holds a certificate of an
equal share in the gift, issued by
the Minneapolis Journal.
The watch is a % carat gold,
bearing the monogram &C. D" F"
on the front and the Admiral s
flag in blue and white enamel
on the back. Inside are the
names of the Spanish ships des-
troyed at Manila and the inscrip-
tion: "Presented to Admiral
Dewey by the children of Mimi
eapolis and the Northwest, May
1st, 1900, each donor contributing
one cent"
The watch and the fob are made
from gold, black gun metal and
copper obtained from the Philip
pines, the gun metal and copper
being from ships destroyed in
Manila harbor.
The hours are marked by the
letters of the Admiral's name, the
twelfth space being taken up by
the second hand.
The watch was presented by
Congressman JamesT. McCleary.
Miss Mae Harris Anson, editor
of the Minneapolis Journal Juni-
or, who conducted the raising of
the fund, was present, and also
Archie Cadzow, the originator of
the idea.
Mr.. McCreary said: "This
gift of children is the tribute of
those who are looking forward
with bright anticipations of the
future, from those whose records
are yet to be wrought out, to him
whose record is a matter of pride
to his countrymen, and whose
fame is secure. 1t is the tribute
Of possibilities to achievement.
You may well regard it, sir, as a
matter of special satisfaction and
wholesome pride to be known
and honored by children. Their
plauditsare sincere and unseltish.
And the fact of being known and
honored by the children of the
land is in itself the highest evi-
dence of honorable fame.
Admiral Dewey, in reply, said:
81 value the praise of the children
and the atfectionate enthusiasm
they show me, and | have never
been more touched than now. So
long as the children love me, [
am unassailable, for they are un-
erring in their intentions, and
know when they are loved.
That fifty Thousand little ones
should make me fifty thousand
good wishes as they bestowed
their pennies for this watch, is
the proudest triumph of my life.
When | hear it tick or see it's
hands move,I shall say to myself:
Chow rich you are; fifty thou
sand innocent, kindly friends are
with you" and my heart will
swell with joy and gratitude.
"And you, my dear young
friend, will tell them for me that
/ shall wear the watch and feel it
shall be a talisman against sorrow
and a guarantee Of happiness and
success.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03

A new sign has been ecu,
the German railway 'l'Ir n
a picture of a bicyclo a.,
which express "'
wheels.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-03
High School Commencement.

The senior class of the McCon-
nellsburg High School will be
held in the Court House in this
place, on Tuesday evening, May
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-18
A FAMILY OF DESTINY.

Visitors to Corsica always &C to see the
house where Napoleon was born. A So
journ in thisN apoleonic mansion sets the
imagination working when one remem-
bers the children that were born therein.
There was Joseph, the eldest son.; Napo-
leon, the second; Lucien, Louis, Jerome,
Caroline, Elise, Pauline-all the children
of an obscure notary, and in the course Of
time (and not so long, either) they wore
crowns torn from the heads of kings,
wore them defiantly, too, in the sight of
the whole world, and caused themselves
to be embraced as brothers by emperors
and kings, and great nations fell at their
feet and delivered the land n people to
a band of Corsican adventures.
N~apoleon,as emperor of France; Joseph
king of Spain; Louis, king of Holland:
Jerome, king of Westphalia; Pauline and
Elise, princesses of Italy; Caroline, queen
of Naples-all of these remarkable people
were born and educated in this modest
house up . back street by a woman un-
known to fame, Letitia Ramolino, who,
at the g of IA, married a man equally
obscure. There is scarcely a tale in the
famed Arabian Nights" that sounds
more fabulous. There is plenty of food
for reflection in a visit to the Casa Buon-
aparte.-Lloyd's Weekly.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-18
BUTTE LOCAL.
sUTToN,s THEATRE NOTES.

Manager Sutton says that nothing of un-
usual note in the show line will be launched
to the public before September 2-that is
the opening date of the theater, on which
date many new novelties and exciting sem
sations will be presented for the first time
to a Butte audience.
Sutton's theater has positively more first
class attractions booked for this season
that have ever visited the west before.
Most Of them are A No. l New York at
fractions and new to the public.
The public Is requested to keep cases on
Sutton's theater. That Is all we ask yet.
would-be first-class prices only and note
the difference. The Butte public will be
more than convinced that good, big, first
class shows will visit our city and play
at the house managers prices. No show
manager will raise the prices at Suttons
theater. They have never been raised and
never will be under the present manag-
ment-25, IS and SO cents, box or lodge Il
cents. Should the Macoy company return
to Butte for one or more weeks, the prices
will run from 10 to so cents, and there you
are.
We will not publish our long list of first.
CLASS attractions for many good reasons
Just one reason is sufficient for the public
some company announced may disappoint
the manager, and as the manager does
not wish to disappoint his patrons it is
Tar better to announce them as they come
Week commencing with Sunday matinee
September 2. the positive big New York
sensation, "A Mysterious Lady" A posi-
tive trip to Wonderland; a thrilling. be.
Wlldering, sensational, exciting, marvellous
performance of gigantic magnitude. Every.
thlng new and up to date.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-18

OF sight. He is here mentioned as a con-
;trast to Russell, who behaved himself
''c~ircurnspectly, married a daughter of
l"Oiver Optic Adams, author of boys
story books, and was highly regarded
among Boston people of literary bent.
After the disbandment of the Berger
family he gave his performances for a
while in vaudeville theatres. He lacked
1.-The dissatisfaction commonly bred on
the stage and was slow to venture as the
actor of a part in a legitimate play, but
at length Fred G.. Berger induced him to
do 1t, and was his manager continuously
until his breakdown in Chicago last sea-
son. His professional experience was
singular through his great popularity in
many cities and his lack of it in few. In
Chicago he played profitable engage
ments always and in New York never.
His last term at the Garden Theatre with
"A Bachelors Romance was the first in
the metropolis that had drawn remuner-
atlve audiences, and he was much
pleased thereby. In the meantime he had
accumulated a fortune, and so it was the
tards professional success in New York,
rather than the p%ecuniary that delighted
him. 1T would requires several such en-
gagements," he said, 'to balance my
cash account in this city. My heaviest
losses We're at Daly's. We hired the thea
tire and brought out "a Tale of a Coat
Dion Boucicault wrote it for me. The
skilled old dramatist had waned in for
tunes, and this was his final effort to re-
,trieve them"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-18
SKEPTIC AND BELIEVER.

A young man who looked as if he might
be about 25 years old was sitting in the
waiting room of the depot. On his knee
was a year-old baby. Presently the bapy
began to cry, and the aWkWardness ana
helplessness of the young man were SO
marked as to attract general attention.
Ae this point one of the waiting passen-
gers, a fat and amiable looking man.
crossed the room and said to the distress
ed baby tender:
"A young woman gave you that baby
to hold while she went to see about her
baggage, didn't She"
"Yes.'
"Well, now, I knew it as soon as saw
you. You expect her back, l suppose!'
"Of course"
"Ha, ha! You are looking for her every
minute, amt you?"
IT think she'll come back"
"Ha, ha! Excuse me, but l can't help
laughing. A woman once played the
same trick on me. 1t was in Chicago.
You're caught, young man. she LOOK you
for a hayseed."
"Oh, she'll come back, answered the
i young man as he looked anxlouSiy
around.
"she will, Ell? Ha, ha, ha! What makes
you think 500"
why because she's my wife, and this
is our first baby"
"Oh-um-I see! muttered the fat mar
I and he was in such haste to get PACK 10
the other side of the room that he nearly
| fell over a passing pug dog.-Buffalo En-
| Quirer.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-18
OLD GLACIERS IN CALIFORNIA.

Bulletin of the American Geographical
Society: Little by little we are gaining
information concerning the form of gla-
citation in the mountains of the west. A
recent paper by Hershey ("Journal of
Geology" VIII, 1900 PIP. 1850 describes
the evidences of individual glaciers
among the Sierra Costa mountains of
Northwestern California. Aside from his
description of the evidences of glacia-
ton, there are one or two points worthy
of note. He finds that the valleys which
were occupied by the ice show distinct
signs of their occupation in several
ways. The talus material has been re-
moved from the valley sides. The val
leys have been smoothed and given
rounded slopes, with gently rounded
floors, thus becoming U-shaped. In the
course of this glacial erosion many Of
the vim nave been destroyed, partly
by grinding back, partly by deposit in
the valleys.
At first Hershey thought he had found
signs of two glacial epochs, one much
older than the other; but further study
has led him to the conclusion that this
evidence is not valid. The deposits near
the end of the glaciated valleys are
slightly older in appearance than those
near the head of the valleys. 1t is a
question that has often arisen in my
OWL mine whether a considerable
amount of the so-called ancient drift of
1.-THE first glacial epoch is not III reality
material of residual decay pushed to the
edge of the ice during it's earliest ad-
vance.
In Hershey's opinion an elevation Of
three thousand feet would be sufficient
at present to cause reduplication of the
l%ancient glaciers. and he seems inclined
toward the belief that this is the only
explanation of the glaciation of this re-
gion.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-18
SMOKING THE QUEENS PIPE.

London Chronicle: 1t is to be hoped
that the government will no longer al
low red tape to prevent it from grant,
ing to the veterans of Chelsea Hospital
q slight boon which would make the
evening of their days pleasanter. They
would like to have a pull at the queens
pipe, and it would be difficult to find a
stronger claim to the concession than
theirs. The Queens pipe" is filled by
the confiscated tobacco impounded by
her majesty's customs. Over two thou.
sand pounds is devoted to the solace of
the criminal lunatics of Broadmoor and
Dundrum. The rest is distributed
among the regiments ordered for service
abroad. The old soldier seems to have
as strong a claim on the bounty of his
country as the average criminal lunatic.
His daily pay is the muniicent sum Of
I'd, which does not allow a wide margin
for tobacconist bills. Last March Cap
tain Norton asked the financial secre-
tary Of the treasury why criminal lu-
natics are favored above the pensioners
iof Chelsea Hospital. The objection was
thai the pensioners were not confined to
the asylums m that "there was no Sc
Icurity that they would not sell it out
side" 1t is unlikely that the Chelsea
pensioners would traffic largely in to-
bacco. Moreover, it should not be be-
yond the wit of our legislators to devise
some scheme by which the dole of to-
bacco would be CONSUMED On the
premises" Some such security" should
be stringent enough to prevent the
Treasury officials lying awake O nights
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-18

thing.'-"A little learning is a danger
Gus thing" (Pope, Essay on Criticism
Misquoters are hereby given notice that
not write nonsense.)
hold he same opinion still."-"He that
complies against his will is of his oWn
opinion still" (Butler, "Hudibras." Part
III. Butler was also "a man Of intelli-
gence.)
Make assurance doubly sure.'-"Make
assurance double sure ("Macbeth,"
Act ", Scene - Fl
Benedict the married should be
"Benedick the married man" cMucf
Ado About Nothing.'D
"Falleth as the gentle dew.'-'Drop-
peth as the gentle rain" C"Merchant OF
Venice" Act w., Scene 1.
1.-THE man that hath no music in Inns
soul.'-"The man that hath no music in
himself" Gbid., Act ", Scene ID ).
Fails like Lucifer, never to rise again
Fails like Lucifer, never to hope
again." Henry VIII, Act III, Scene 20
"Thick as autumn leaves in Vallombro-
so."-"Thick as autumnal leaves That
strew the brooks in Vallombrosa." (Mll-
ton, Paradise LOST Book -
Fresh fields and pastures new."-
Fresh woods and pastures new" (Mil-
ton, "Lycidas.")
"Just cause and impeachment ."-"Cause
or just impeachment" (Book of Common
Prayer.)
1.-THE even tenor of their way.'-"The
noiseless tenor of their way" (Grays
Elegy.")