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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
LIGHT BULBS ron BURGLARS.


"oi all the outlandish weapons eve,
employed in fight" said business
man of the South Side, "I think J
brought the most fantastic on record
into play one night last week.
my family are away on visit AZ
present, and ] am keeping bachelor
hall out at the house. On the night
TO which Irefer was aroused at about
Q q. m. by noise somewhere in the
region of the dining room, and think.
ing I had shut up the dog there
jumped mp very foolishly and came
downstairs in my nigbtclothes, with
out SO much as pocketknifo. When
/ opened the dining room door 1 was
startled to see q big, rough-lookine
man bending over the sideboard at the
far end Of the room, and after we had
stood there en- tableau for a moment
tho fellow made q rush at me. ]
leapod back into the hall and glanced
around for weapon. On table near
by were n dozen incandescent light
bulbs, which had brought home to
replace some that had burned out, and
purely by instinct grabbed one OF
thom and threw IL at the burglar. II
hit the door casing close to his head
and, to my amazement, exploded With
noise like a young lyddite shell. /
suppose it was still greater surprise to
the other fellow, for he let out yell
and broke for the rear, followed by
rapid-fire bombardment Of sixteen.
candle power incandescents, which
continued to chuck at him as long as
he remained in range. They smashed
against the furniture with a series Of
crashes that alarmed the whole neigh
borhood, and 1 have been gathering
up fragments OF broken glass ever
since.
'The burglar must have thought 1
was chasing him with hand grenades.
II was the first time / ever knew in
candescents made such row when
they broke. An electrician tells me
it is caused by the air rushing into
the vacuum. New Orleans Times.
Democrat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
Women supplanted by Mon.

With carefully cleaned statistics,
Edward Box, in the Ladies' Home
Journal, shows that the number Of
women in business is decreasing, and
will continue rapidly to grow less.
1.-The tide of women rushing pell-mell
into all kinds of business has been
stemmed-in fact, it is already reccd.
ing, and perceptibly so, he contends.
"It has already been asserted by fe.
male agitators that the growing ten
dency to dismiss women from various
business positions is because of the
opposition of men to the employment
OF women. On the contrary, men
were willing to have women go into
business pursuits, and it was men who
opened positions to them. Undoubt.
edly this was largely due to the self
ish business reason that women would
work for lower wages than men. But
with the influx there necessarily came
into the business world great denl
of incompetent female help. For a
time incompetency was overlooked
because of the lower wages. Gradual
ly, however, there came the inevitable
wedding process, temporarily stayed
by the business depression of the past
few years. When prosperous times
came it was different, and it is very
significant story which accurate sta
tistics tell that more women have been
discharged from business positions
during the past year of prosperity,
even taking into consideration tho
larger number employed, than in any
previous year"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
tion Of rplendId failure The Musco.


tion OF splendid failure. The Musco
vites rallied to their guns.
Heavy masses of men we're movet
mp by Todleben, and as the devoted
Turks struggled to keep their align
ment shells crashed into their disor
dered ranks at close range. Osmar
was struck in the leg by q fragment
OF one of these grim messengers and
Immediately disabled.
Ono who saw Osmau Pncha as he
lay wounded in q sorry hut says: "The
terrible expression on his tortured
features haunted me long nfterward." "
To add to his misery, aids came pour.
ing in from every quarter of tho field
asking for help. AS a matter of fact,
the Russians were alrendy in Plevna,
having discovered overnight that the
eastern Notifications had been aban.
doned.
About eight thousand of both sides
men, women and children--had
fallen ere the wounded Ghszi would
consent to the white flag being dis.
played. Message after mi essage reached
him, imploriug him TO give in, but for
many n wavering minute ho refused
to pass the word. At last the white
symbol was hoisted on the roof Of tho
hut, around which the shells were
screaming and bullets whistling thick
as hail.
1t was hoped that General Gnuetzky,
who was there in nominal command,
would consent TO n conditional sur
render; but tho Russian, knowing
that he held the enemy in the hollow
of his hand, was implacabIe, and tho
end of the brief negotiations was that
the word for Unconditional surren-
der" had TO be passed.
And so fell the unassailable, uu-
scalable fortress OF Plevna, latter q
defence which had lasted 143 days,
which embraced four great battles,
twenty-five minor actions aud numer-
GUS skirmishes: which involved n cost
in life and limb OF close on one hun
dred thousand human beings, and
which, to quote the Czar Alexander
H., is one OF the finest things dons
in military history" Well might
the Russo -Roumanian allies gaze in
undisguised wonderment upon tho
worn face OF the man who had defed
their united efforts for so long, and
we'll might Ganetzky salute profoundly
as he met the fallen hero being driven
toward tho Russian headquarters,
and be constrained to remark, with
the air and voice OF man who feels
what he says, that "the defence OF
Plevna will live long in history"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
Japan's lightning Burglar.

An extraordinary criminal, known
as Sakamoto Keijiro, and famed in
japan as the lightning burglar" is
now awaiting the decree Of
the Court of Cessation to which
his case was carried upon his
condemnation by the lower courts.
He was convicted some time ago and
sentenced to death. the indictment
comprising thirty-one different counts,
all Of which had been proved against
him. Some had involved murder as
we'll as robbery. aud all had involved
violence. After the Court OF Appeals
had confirmed the Judgment against
him, and while his case was still be-
fore the Court OF Cessation Saka-
motto appears to have decided that
death was inevitable and he confessed.
In addition to the thirty-one crimes
charged up against him he confessed
to forty others, including two mur.
ders. eighteen robberies accomplished
by means OF cutting and wonnding,
and twenty others achieved by intimi-
dation with deadly weapons. The
"lightning burglar" who gained his
name from the rapidity with which he
conducted his operations in Saitama
and Chiba prefectures, thus goes TO
his doom with total OF seventy-one
crimes. Chicago Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
How Leg. WIN Lsngthen. /.

And now some ono has discovered
that cycling makes the legs grow
longer. OF course it does. 1t would
be strange il 1t did not. Any member
that is much used will undergo the
same experience. The left hand of o
violinist is usually longer than the
right, because of the increased exer.
oise of the fingers. The fingers OF O
pianist will become longer if enough
practising is indulged in. But as re.
CARDS cyclists, the stretching process
is not carried as far as 1t was in the
days OF the high wheel. Then every
rider bestrode the largest wheel he
possibly could, and cases have beer
known where an increase of two and
even four inches in size was made pos.
sible by the elongation OF the legs
consequent upon reaching for q far.
away pedal. Baltimore American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
A CRIME OF THoucHrLsssNEss
which Causes the Death or Many Sick.
Room viotiIn,.

which Causes the Death or Many Sick.
Room Victims.
"Thoughtlessnas and mistaken
kindness in the sick-room slay their
thousands, and the family and nurses
are oft.times the unknown accessories
to the deed" is the emphatic opinion
Of Bland Bruuner Huddleston writing
of "Visitors to the Sick Room" in the
Woman's Home Companion. "They
fear criticism too much. Their moth
ers and grandmothers never dreamed
of refusing admittance TO tho sick.
room: 1t would cause talk to begin
it. SO the nurse casts responsibility
off on custom, and puts blini trust
in Providence, and the deed is donel
No matter how visibly it harrows the
soul OF nervous woman to have
outsiders about her, there are those
who will persist in invading every
sick-room they can reach, regardless
Of the condition OF the patient or the
probability Tor lack of probability that
they may be of any service. 1t often
happens that it is the least useful and
most tactless women OF a community
who are most active in their atten.
tions to the afflicted. Such visitors
seriously handicap the efforts of the
physician and nurses and undoubted-
ly cause many death. It is aston.
ishing to witness the recklessness OF
most families in regard to this phase
of the care OF their sick. Unless q
patient is actually in articulo mortis the
doctor does not like to cpdanger his
popularity by ordering the arbitrary
exclusion of visitors. without his
commands to back them mp tho family
that attempts the innovation invites
and gets the ostracism Of the neigh
borhood for no short time. 1 would
not be thought to decry tho good,
sensible, self-denying neighbor nurse
who in almost all communities and in
homes Of slender means everywhere
must supply the place of tho trained
nurse when the home force is not suf-
ficient to properly care for a patient.
God alone knows the extent of her
usefulness or can adequately reward
her. Only cheerfully sympathetic
society is benefit to convalescents,
and that kind, like medicine, only at
proper intervals and in right amount.
In fact, so much depends upon the
mood and manner of the visitor that
one might almost advise the patient tc
observe the caution that is affixed to
some prescriptions, Shake well be-
fore taxing"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
A Vain Old Beau.

He was an antiquated, well.brod,
but excessively vain old bean, who
cherished the illusion that in spite of
rheumatic knees and stiff back his
figure was still quito irresistible. She
was smart, girlish, fresh as a rose,
and regarded any man over forty years
of age in the light of grandfather.
1t was first class street car comedy.
Sweet seventeen squeezed h erself in
q corner to give the dear old gentle
man a seat. He bowed his bald head,
thanked her with Chesterheldian cour-
tesy, and, like the addle pated old
bachelor he was. rode twenty blocks
swinging on strap, suffering torture
from a pair OF rickety legs, but smil-
ing sweetly all the while under tho
delusion that seventeen would surely
recognize Apollo when she saw him. -
Atlanta Constitution.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22

skiff may its way across. No sound
above the gentle ripple at the boats
bow disturbed the silence OF the even
ing. Suddenly the faint sound Of a
bell stirred the air. 1t Increased in
volumo-then the note OF another bell
intcrmingled, then another aud an
other, until the melody of full set Of
chimes lose and fell in the evening
stiffness. The boatman, who had
rested his oar TO listen, turned tc tae
old man in tho rear OF the boat and
saw him standing erect, hia arms out
stretched and his face wreathed in
smiles OF great gladness. His eyes
were raised 10 the sky with an ex-
preston of thanksgiving. He con.
tinued in that attitude until the last
note OF the chimes died away and then
ho fell in heap in the back of the
boat. Tho boatman went to him and
laying his hand on the face of the old
man felt it was cold.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
A TEXAS CATTLE kINo.

Among the richest Of the cattle kings
OF Texas is Sam Lazarus, whose for
tune 10 variously estimated at from
$2,O00.0o0 to s5.000,000. Years ago when
a lad of fourteen he went to Sherman,
Texas, from New Orleans, and entered
mercantile life as a clerk. Gradually,
after ten years Of clerking, he began
to branch out into the cattle business
and ten years later he was pretty well
up In the financial world. In 1892 he
began to invest In cattle extensively.
Prices began to fall, but the lower they
went the more did Mr.. Lazarus invest.
Wiseacres shook their heads and pre-
dicted disasters for the rising cattle
king, but Mr.. Lazarus had supreme
faith in himself and continued his pur
chases. Then better times came and
when prices were well advanced Mr..
Lazarus began shipping. In oneyear he
shipped over one railroad alone 5000
car loads.or approximately 10000 hea6
OF cattle. His estimated profit on all
his shipments after the advance tn
prices is placed at s1.000.000. Mr.. Lar
arus owns three ranches in Texas, ons
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
6eoppINc PEeeLEs IN A-sTReAM.

tcbhe IN fh' wator--jes n splash an u s gone,
~. hajf nrndred rlpples circin on an on an on,
the hown on out to the sea,
~ ni1't no~ny teln' tn end ls goln to be-
= Mobile fn the water--n minute ye forget
n howln' an the's nipples circlln' yet
Z, <fnnln@ nnsn' hawin' to mighty wave has grown
!. ~ distnfbsd mighty rlverjes' by droppn' In stone
!, ,nGlnd word or careless-n minute It Is gone.
~ half Kindred rippes clrclln' on an on an on
.... .orrnttn'. sprcadn' tho centre tn
h> rn1 no stop ye've started em to now.
~ nntind word or careess-in minute ye forget,
~ iItt)s waves fown nn' thes rppies cIrciu vet.
mighty OF enrs stirred,
eturbod nie cts happy when dropped an unknd word
b. ~ord o. oheer kindness fash and II is gone,
~ hnif q rpples circn on an ON an
comfort each spashn' dashin wave,
II ~onint biieve n kind word
= ,orf o kindness--n minute So forget.
~ uiodaoss still n swen thos Joy n circlln' yet
comfort whose sweet music BIO heard
"-''7 - - Bismarck Trlbur
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
The Income of a Naval omcer.


On about the salary OF n young
clerk an ensign of our navy kmust
dress we'll, his wife and children
must; they must live in presentable
part Of any city; the children must
be educated, and well, somehow. The
very nomadism of their lives is great
source OF expense, and thore is no es-
cape from unpaid bills, no living on
from year to year in debt, as do G
recognizable number of people in civil
life; for a tradesman has but to send
his authenticated bill to the Navy De. 9.
partment and the delinquent will be
curtly reminded of ii through official
channels, resulting in a court-martial
il his shortcoming is so often repeated
as to be ''unbecoming to an officer
and gentleman" But even all this
sordid counting OF dollars and debts
seldom succeeds in subduing, certain
ly not in breaking, the spirit OF peo.
pie naval. Everybody knows what
everybody has, and this fact at once
lifts off q social burden which is re-.
sponsible for halt the misery OF pow
erty of the "gentoel" degree. Then,
too, to have even little, il that little
comes regularly and with absolute
certainty, is rest i'll country where
leisure is still looked ut askanoe. In
return, however, an officer gives up
his whole life, very often smothers
his talents and ambitions, and is "on
guard every hour of his existence.
Politically he is practically disfran-
chised, must always be for the Gov.
ernment and remain discreetly silent
in land given over to ''oratory" and
in q time of extreme Individuaism of
opinion. n.-Anna A. Rogers, in the
Woman's Home Companiou.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
rh. WI. MIR. n.sehor Kep. In.

In the early days of Mr.. Beochor's
career, when wit was unknown in tue
pulpit, some OF the deacons of his
church asked him il he didn't think
such frequent outbursts OF humor
were calculated TO diminish his use.
fulness. He listened patiently. and
when they finished he said: 'iBreth.
rem, II you only knew how many funny
things 1 keep in, you wouldn't com.
plain about the few / let out. -
Ladies Home journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
selfProelaimsd Poets.

"a little over three hundred years
ago." writes Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
in the Century, in paper on Robert
Herrick, England had given to her
a poet OF the very rarest lyrical quail
ity, but she did not discover the fact
for more than hundred and fifty
years afterward. The poet himself
was aware of the tact at once, and
stated it, perhaps not too modestly.
in countless quatrains and couplets,
which were not read, or, ii read, were
not much regarded at the moment.
1t has always been an incredulous
world in this matter. SO many poets
have announced their arrival, and not
arriyedr"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22

A fox aud hound belonging to a
gentleman IN Kennebec, Me-, are af-
fectionate companions, and constantly
sport and sleep with each other. Whom
both were young they were placed to.
gether, and have ever since continued
frolicsomeA comrades.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22

A Capuchin monkey was given some
walnuts, which he tried to crack with
his teeth, but found he was not strong
enough. He then seized stone which
was nearby, held the nuts on the
ground with one hand and used his
stone hammer with the other, with ex-
cellent results. Other monkeys have
been seen to utilize nutpicks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
SAM LAZARIIS

at Abilene, one at Lazarus and ons
near Wichita Falls. All of them are o
extensive area and are well stocked
Mr.. Lazarus legal residence is at Sher
man, Texas. but he. also maintains 9
palatlal home in St. Louis.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
CURIOUS FACTS.

Signals have been sent by wireless
teleg lph through suite of seven
rooms, the doors of which were closed,
They were transmitted through tele-
graph switchboard containing both
dead and live wires.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22

It is an extraordinary fact that up
to the present time dead animals wero
left on the Paris streets, as there were
no facilities for removing them. Tho
Prefect of Police has nt last taken
steps TO have such nuisances removed
on application. The cost 10 not to OK.
coed 81. This is to be paid by the
applicant. This seems rather ex-
traordinary sanitary regulation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22
THE BALKAN LADYoMITH
SIEGE OF PLEVNA MOST FAMOUS OF
MODERN TIMES.

osman Pneha and HIS Ipdomitabie Turks
Bepulsed the Bravcst Battaiions of the
Russian Car. TImo and Timo Agsin-
Ono of tho Finest of Military Fests.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22

The continent OF Australia might
we'll be called topsy-turvy land,
when judged from the standpoint OF
of an American, for all sorts Of things
happen there that arc exactly opposite
to our ideas OF what is to be expected.
1t has fish that leave the water, climb
trees and seek their food among the
branches; the trees shed their bark
instead of their leaves; fruit has the
hard part, or kernel, outside, and
there are flies that lie in wait for and
kill aud eat spiders. Australian vans
are black. it's birds do not sing and
its flowers are odorless. These are a
few Of the differences that make Aus.
tralia seem q very odd country to the
visitor from the United States.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22

Consul Pulmacher. of Maracnibo,
recently reported to the State Depart
ment that large silk-spinning spiders
are found in the palm trees OF Ven
ezuela, some producing white, some
yellow silk. The Consul understands
that the silk has been made into
hsndkerchiefs. A copy OF the report,
together with specimen OF silk which
accompanied it, was referred to the
Department of Agriculture, the en-
tomologist of which says that silk pro-
duced in this way cannot be madc
valuable commercially, because of the
necessity of keeping the spiders froui
devouring each other.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-22

A Michigan farmer has proved to
his sorrow that money is about as
safe in savings banks as in home
made repositories. Ono Richard Cole,
year ago, hid nearly $4,000 in bills
behind the tiles in his cellar walls.
Some Of the bills bocamo moldy and
stuck together so badly that he took
$4,000 or $4,000 worth out to the orchard
and laid them out to dry. A COW
came along and ate most of the
amount and also masticated a deed OF
the farm which was in the pile.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-10
WILD MAN IN WOLF TRAP.

A wild man was captured in the
hills near Plum fork, in this county, a
few days ago. He had been seen a
number of times by different persons.
but all efforts to capture him had
proved f1uitless until Louis Brown, a
farmer, set two Of his strongest wolf
traps at a cave where the man had
been sleeping. He was caught in both
traps by the nose and right hand.
When Brown found him he was trying
to loose the trap from his nose, but
when he saw Brown he set up a most
dismal howl and attempted to run. He
was released and confined in a stable
belonging to William Rice. For sew
eral days he would not speak, but he
was finally induced to talk. He said
his name was Levi Brewer and that he
was raised near Warfield, on the Big
Sandy. He appears frightened when
strangers approach, but Quiets down
when he finds they do not intend to
hurt aim? His nails on his hands
and feet are like the talons of an eagle,
and he is completely covered with
hair. He told the correspondent that
he had supported himself by fishing
and catching game with his hands,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-10
CITY KITCHEN GARDENS.

City cooks need not be without a
garden, and the small trouble it takes
to make one is amply repaid. The
box bed for this purpose should have
a pipe for drainage. The bottom Of
the bed should consist of layer of
oyster shells about two inches deep.
On top of tits goes good wood earth
into which has been mixed some sand
ia make it light.
Among the most necessary of the
kitchen plants are parsley and mint
The bed, if filled with these two only,
would be useful. Tarragon can also
be grown in this way. Borage, for
salad-dressing purposes, will thrive all
right in a small bed. Chives, small,
odOrless onions, not always obtainable
when needed, can be readily cultivat-
ed in the little garden. Sweet marjor-
am, thyme and sage for soups can be
had in good supply and with little at
tention beyond watering. Kitchen
garden enthusiasts have even been
kown to grow tomatoes and gherkins
successfully.
Seeds for most OF these plants can
be obtained at times at the depart
ment stores for I cent a package.
Successful growers say that in the
hottest weather it benefits the plants
to be protected from the sun by COW
ering them with muslin occasionally;
also with a dash of ammonia in the
water for sprinkling helps the growth