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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10
cHoRe BOY TO MILLIONAIRE.

To advance from the humble posi-
tion of "chore boy" on a farm, receiy-
ing fifty cents week. to be one OF
the leading business men OF state is
indeed a long step, but this is what
has been accomplished by James Oil
yer, of South Bend, Ind. He has fought
his way alone and unaided from power
ty to riches, and now holds proml-
nent place in social and Industrial
circles. Mr.. Oliver was born in Scot
land in 1928, and came to America
when thirteen years of age. He locat-
ed in Geneva, N. Y, and secured a
place on a farm at fifty cents a week.
His father and brother had preceded
him to America and were located on
another farm near by. In 1885 the
three removed to Indiana, and James
secured employment on a farm at Sc
a month. Saving a little money, ne
made an investment in real estate,
which gave him a start. Then he
learned the molders trade and in 1856
became a manufacturer on small
scale. His business grew and, by de-
vising a plan whereby an improvement
he had long sought was accomplished.
he was started on the road to riches.
Success, having once smiled upon him,
became lavish in the bestowal of her
bounty and his wealth is now estimat-
ed at from $l0,000,0O0 to S15,000,00
Although one of Indiana's wealthest
men, Mr.. Oliver remembers his early
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10
Migratory Birds.

The sole business OF migratory
birds sojourn in the land Of its
choice seems to be the rearing of
family. This accomplished, the
thoughts of the birds seem to turn
Immediately to the South-to the
warm, fruitful, indolent latitudes,
where harsh windG and chilling rains
and fading leaves never benumb
bright spirits. The conjugal ties
break, fathers forsake mothers and
offspring, and the latter follow as fast
as strength permits. Thus again, as
wave after wave sweeps down to us
from Canada, as if on the wings OF
autumnal breezes, it is noticeable that
old males are leading the hosts of
each species, and that only later come
females and young. | am careful to
make this matter of the succession OF
ages clear, because of noble signiti-
canoe in the problem: How do birds
find their way? The old answer was
short and easy: Instinct tells them.
This means, if it means anything,
that bird is born with an intuitive
knowledge of road he has never
seen, perhaps crossing an ocean.
Moreover, migration routes are rarely
straight lines north and south, to
which the little creatures might be
kept by some mysterious "sense OF
polar direction" but are usually some
what roundabout, often crooked and
sometimes squarely east and west for
large part of the course. ERNEST
Ingersoll, in New Lippincott's.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10

long neck? It could not be possible.
No; it must not bel
He closed his eyes, leaned far ont
of the window, opened them wide and
looked again. His image was still
there unchanged. Still he would not
believe it, In horror he kept on star.
ing at the glass until it became
clouded. Then veil seemed drawn
slowly over his eyes. 1t grew more
and more indistinct; darkness gath.
cred all about him, and suddenly
everything was black. He saw no
more.
Despair seized him. He thought
he had become insane. He threw
the mirror away, stamped with his
feet and struck himself in the face.
Anna would see him, and she would
be Mortified. She would forsake him
ugly and blind-and she would 90
away into the sunny world and forget
him. He must remain behind, help.
less and alone. All the happiness
was gone forever.
He sank into chair and sobbed
like little child.
Suddenly he started up. A well.
known hand caressed his head.
rs it you, Paul?" he heard her
ask in whisper.
eyes. said he, breathing heavily.
paul, L looked for you everywhere
in the garden and could not find you.
Then took of the bandage."
"And do you see me?" cried Paul
in deadly alarm.
81 must say that do not. No, no
1t is just as dark as it was before.
The operation was a failure. see
nothing whatever"
"And L nothing" said Paul exult.
ingly. ''I also took off the bandage,
at once, everything became quite
dark"
"Now," said Anna with a sigh,
"we must remain forever blind"
"It is better so," answered Paul
with happy heart; and he tenderly
embraced his poor blind friend.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10
iSsoN1ooeetseeocS@s9eo
B GOOD ROADS NOTES
elaeAaaeeNe.elenlenaNe
Country Highways.


Country Highways.
y Owe actually want good roads?
Or are bad roads preferable?
i Is the cry that has been raised
& throughout the length and
breadth of this continent: "We want
good roads," the demand of men in
their sober senses? Or has labor and
money been placed on our roads for II
century past merely to fill in time,
and keep our surplus capital in circu.
iation. If we do not want good roads,
If bad roads are preferable, why should
we want roads at all?
We must have roads That neces-
sity having been placed upon us, the ex-
perience which has taught us the wis
dom of building other structures sub
stantially, teaches us the economy of
having roads that are good. We want
roads which will withstand wear. We
want the labor and money spent on
them to be a paying investment. We
want roads which will be good no mnt-
ter what the state of the weather. We
want roads which will not become
rutted Immediately the fall rains come
on or when the frost leaves the ground
in the spring, remaining in rough
ridges for considerable part of the
summer. A road which does this is a
bad road. The money and labor
spent on it is largely forced down into
the mud, is plowed under within a
year and wasted. A good road is an
economical road
In building an economical road, inn
provements must be made in such n
way that they will last. Roads have
been built on the same principle as is
wagon which breaks down under the
first load, and Is used for frewood af-
ter year of service Most of the
leading roads have been made and re.
made score of times and are still bad
roads. They are of the kind that
'break up" A road that "breaks
up" like anything else that breaks
up, is a poor investment. When road
building is rightly understood in this
country, township councillors will no
more think of building roads that will
break up in the spring than they will
think of constructing houses that
break up in the spring, barns that
break up in the spring or fences that
break up in the spring.
The road builders of this country
have not given sufficient consideration
to the effect Of building bad roads.
Year after year work of a himsy, shift
less character is placed on the roads.
The results are only temporary and are
destroyed by a very little wear and
traffic. In very short time the work
has to be done over again. But the
evil da'B not end with this. This an
nual demand for repairs is so great
that no township can respond to it.
The roads instead of being repaired
when they need it are neglected, grow
worse and worse, and all the evils of
bad roads follow.
What bad roads are doing for this
country is only one side of the evil.
The other side is what they are not
doing. The loss does not arise so
much from the money and labor wasted
every year as it does from the absence
Of benefits which good roads would
bring. Our loss must be measured
not so much by the money and labor
we are throwing away on bad roads,
as by the opportunities which would
come to us if the roads were good.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10

We once helped man fit bit of
road through a low and miry piece of
land on his farm. There was bad
road often used at certain seasons and
he wanted it made good. The surface
soil was thrown out as deep as it was
thought to be valuable material, and,
by the way, that we'll paid for the la
Dor. Then bit of old stone wall was
put into the roadway, the larger
stones being rather carefully packed
at the outside. On these larger stones
were dumped piles of small stones
that had accumulated from clearing
the meadows and cultivated fields. 1t
was two good jobs in getting the walls
and stone-heaps out of the way. This
foundation was covered with gravel,
and when it was done the owner said;
"There, that job is done, and / think
it will stay done while l live, and we
think it would and through one or two
more generations. We have thought
since the ragitation of the good roads
question that we should not reach q
solution of it until road makers learned
to do their work so that it would "stay
DONE" Many farms have places used
as roadways which need just such
treatment, and SO do certain pieces OF
town roads.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10
.m1s oE HOPE.

4 !, child, on the hills Of hope
[5lou, ,'av V 90 thut be wlse),
rone nS'f ~, fades llngerlngly
n .lp8S 8ssps sVs Of your eyesY'
.eore roses and snow
d PIp 9oPIp of It's own self sings,
4 a.al,,Id ~" hid in the mists below
W w.Ogotten dream of things.
9Ssart was light and gay
n nyoo the hills OF nope to-day?'
ohild on the rainbow hills
flou,, 90 hat be over-wlse)
y. y, %pS soi,r cold little hand in mine,
g.ssGow Of fear in your eyesY'
eide of the rainbow hills
bhuy,'l 'lood trees black aud bare
y DlS . as the river OF death.
i..,,s sOis Of dead Joys wnnder there.
ilOs'6 s heart was terrified
aai cold, dark river side'
,,,old. little child, for see
p Il gone, and the warm sun
ns maths Of everyday,
hond 'p is clasped in mine"
'h lowry Marsh, in East and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10
Why Ona Man Wondara.

Considering the many old men who
are struggling along in poverty, it is
wonderful that young men do not take
better care of their money, and save
it for the inevitable rainy day. --Atchi-
son Globe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10

"Fresh" eggs from Australia are a
prominent feature in the London mar
ket. They come in crates, and are
packed in oat hulls, sometimes acquir-
ing an oaten taste thereby. They are
good competitors in London with Rus,
sian, Austrian, Italian and other con-
tinental eggs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10

struggles, and the rough hand OF The
honest laborer is today as warmly
grasped by him as is the gloved hand
of the deserving and many young men
owe their success in life to timely helr
and words of advice from him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10

lrenthey had played together,
con.ented aud happy. The
Of the world were as strong
!, lis daily miseries. They
4 ouiet, comfortable house,
raden-and nothing more.
6y belonged. They could
bbing Of what was going on
One thing only was clear to
4 that was-that they loved
her
summer day. = -
|To sat on bench in the gar
|ting.
| am so glad"
What account, Anna?'
Don't you know? To-mor-
Tomorrow the famous ocu-
be here.
be will make us both see.
is really able to accomplish
are joking. OF course, he
able to do it. That is his busI-
b, at last, / shall be able to
! lovely face. OF that L am
oinothing else?"
hiug."
said she, laughing quietly,
you know that | have a lively
alse l have seen you twice
in dream. You had golden
wings as white as snow"
il that were only true!"
quite certain"
| so beautiful" she asked,
him by the hand: $50 beauti-
ltwhen | reflect, Paul, / think
be even better for us to be
each other than to be able to
lat would be lovely. Don't
nk sO?"
bow not, " ne answered thought
pdthen both were silent. y
Ventful day had passed. The
Pn on the eyes had heen per-
II not all a delusion, it must
success.
Fler OF you must take the band
Tue eyes for fourteen daysr"
As the Doctors order before he
Y next evening, after the sun
= down, the Gwo were again
+ the garden, clinging close
other.
when will we first see each
uurteen days!"
loV, but that is much too long.
ay' would certainly be long
i'@e than that, perhaps; but
tue Doctors order"
mot endure to wait so long.
the operation has been a
and we have rejoiced in vain!
as silent.
all that, we could"
lor a moment, dear Paul. 1t
NY not be wrong"
SiIl' Notwithstanding"
loF a moment. We will put
laages on again Immediately.
not be at all afraid. Please,
wv let us wait. We have suf-
any years, Let us endure it
ays longer"
| cannot wait. If you love
y or | will myself alone"
',''aied awhile, but at length
H. y ga calmly; "We will do it,"
1srsS orrSW = morning early-here
a5', You will come at the
ed time?"
h night"
night. I hope you will have
s sIeep,"
ing twilight.
!snS nas been long out of bed. He
H. ~ Of the next hour. Anna,
. LO, % beautiful, but he? Who
InS wv ugly he may be? Perhaps
E S'oAe bo,Ae also, but he can never
L. U''Ore her in this dreadful un-
s with the bandage" 'i"@
N 1t loose and threw it on the
lIs tha eyes were still closed. He
&D,T ie cupboard and searched
W. ne found a small mirror
I'M vent s to the window, where
Isa, a uimself and waited. His
heat. ~ Ae"u was III u
In '''sn an anxiety he sat there, his
In 'ses Z liked on the little glass,
. hngers held in a firm clasp.
O0t ~" decide his fate. In q
5ss SssS he would have certain
daylight came.
Ill., ny the u light, opened his eyes
tbs bS'ared ar, at the mirror, trem
bp while with torturing ex-
th..Nso NO. no, mol But see
I ooa,. oasF Gould that bo himselff
bsls bslSsOa.''mlarked, .'l ugly facet Hei
hal. Sanken u cheeks, that red,
'hose decayed teeth, thai
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10
THOSE Dear oId Shoes.

A mans heart is generally where
his old shoes are. New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-10
o3o3oo2oS'"1'''''N''''''''"sS
|IrE THE BLIND LOVER SAW {

WO blind p peopl e
who 10 We each
other.
He, an ungainly,
stunted figure, with
a very homely face
she, tail, thin, OF
yellowish complex.
ion and of sick ly
appearance.
Benevolent peo.
pie had place d
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
ConfeGcrate stree, Eni.

An immense Confederate Street Fair. y
will be held in the spring at the First
Regimental Armory by the Ladies Aux
iliary of George E. Pickett Camp, G. V.
for the purpose of adding to the home
fund for needy Confederate women 1t
will be on the order of Street Fair
and will be novel and unique in many Of
its features. There will be twelve
booths: No. l. General Geo. r. Pickett;
No g General Robert r. Lee; NO. 3.
General lStoneWall jackson; No. 4. Gene
raj ]. E. B. Stuart; No. 3, General Jos.
e. Johnston; No G. General A. P. Hill;
No. I, General Longstreet: No. 5. General
Titzhugh Lee; No. 9, General Joseph
Wheeler; NO. 10, General Bradley I.
Johnson; No II, General Turner AsAby;
No r. General Battle.
These booths will be In charge Of .
contnittee Of ladies, whose nnmes viii be
given later A. L. Hill booth will be
presided over by Petersburg ladies and
Joseph e; Johnston by Manchester ladies'
There will he free entertainments each
evening by some of the most popular
business men of the city. The ladies are
receiving offers of assistance from all over
the State and are delighted at the inter
est manifested, as it will b home not
only for Richmond, but for the entire
State.
Any donations will be gratefully re-
ceived or information given by the pres
ident of the Auxiliary, Mrs. Nelson A.
Powell, No. 1927 west cary street.
or to the secretary. Mrs. D. NJ. Burgess,
NO. CPL north Ninth street, Richmond.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
PAINTING THE
CHURCH SPlRE G
lit is an Easy Thing When You are.
Used TO it.
CAUSES MUCH UNEAsINEss.
An Uncomfortable Position for Nov
ice. But a Mere Basatclse to an
Old Painter With Plenty
OF Nerve

a man suspended 2os feet above the
earth's surface by rope from the tip
of the steepIe of Broad street Methodist
cnurch, at the corner of Tenth and
Broad streats has caused much un-
easiness in the heart of the city and
In the minds of the people for the past
week.
The first appearance Of the figure, be-
tween the earth and the sky, was last
tuesday morning, when 1t was d .scover-5
cred from Murphy's Hotel. and soon q
crowd was gathered together. Many
wise citizens looking with suspicion upon
this first group OF sky-sazers. passed by
with their eyes on the ground. and not
daring to look up. as they had been
caught that way before. but on reaching
the next corner the same opsned mouth.
ed wonder they found again, and here
TIE TEMPTATION IS roo p-cal;+taey are lost
IN the crowd reach their offices half
hour late. find their office bay miss ng.
and fortunately that the gentleman
with whom they had important business
engagements ra@ ais, i,sea Gefa n
ed, and so through the week BUSINESS
his been maternity interfecej with.
It has been difficult to hold a quorum
of the Legislature while the man was on
the steeple. Now the man on the s.eeple
IS not playing a weeks engagement. nor
is he performing, as a money-making
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
.d,otated BY unredeendd esutiym ana

4
dictated by unredeemdd esutism and
sell fish motives os the basest kind
when We Are Twenty . which
was produced in New York last week by
Nat Goodwin and Maxine Elliott. gath
ers It's interest from the comradesh.p
which exists between four men In middle
life, growing out of the conpa nionshfp
of their youth. There We're five in the
little circle Of close friends. but one is
dead, and the others devote themselves
to the care and training of their dead
friends son. a young scrapegracc known
as the Gimp who has barely reached the
age of twenty-one and is industriously
Sowing his wild oats. The Imp has
secretely contracted a marriage with an
adventures, and his guardians, dick"
and the Others seek to save him from
the consequences Of his indiscreet act.
De Wolf Hopper is trying hard to
make a, go in THE A1ystarical Miss" It
the Shaftbury. He carols and cavorts
in as lively a manner as ever and makes
strong bids for Linguistic favor by Civ.
ing them topical songs g!or:fying their
army and their navy and the entente
ccrdiale supposed to exist between tie
two nations. Here's verse:
fingers forever
In far Colu1nbia.s land
The niern'ry of the pressure
OF Britann;a's friendly hand.
Her best endeavor
In the sacred debt to gay.
And as you felt to her in need
She feels to you to-day.
London letter in Washington Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
TROUBLE AT A FAIR.
A Negro Shot in the Leg. EcsuItinG i'll
Ills DeaL!l.

II IS DSsfIiI
HAGUE, VA, Feb. 9.-Special.-Satur-
dny night William Newman, a negro
living On the farm of Mr. John Hodson.
two miles from the Hague, gave fair.
AS usual there was 4 large crowd pres
ent among tho MURDER being some
eight or ten from Northumberland caun-
ty Finally, as the hour was growing
late. William informed his guests that
it was time to be going. The hint was
taken by all present except these eight
or ten men from Mort cumberland, all
strangers to William and two other
nelgNbors A quarrel arose between the
two parties, and it was with much diff
Guilty that William and his two neishbors
succeeded in putting the strangers out
and barrlng the door. After this was
done they were given to understand that
II they attempted to enter again they
would be shot. This threat was disre-
carried, and the outsiders had about sue
ceeued in breaking in the door when VII.
liam fired shotgun at one just entering.
The whole load entered his leg. TIE 9th
ers beat a hasty retreat without a
Thought of their companion. The doctor
being sum moned found amplbta ton of the
leg necessary. and SUNDAY morning the
operation was performed by Drs. Fair
fax. Middleton and SeEar. Too much
blood had been lost, and the man died
Sunday night His compa Mons, however,
returned that night to lynch William,
but The had been warned, and left the
house before they arrived.
Rev. DR.. Starr left Kinsoe via Ba'ti-
more for his home in Ashland, Monday
morning, after a two weeks canvass of
the Northern Neck, in the interest of the
twentieth century fund, now being raised
by the Methodist church for educationa;
purposes. Though the weather made his
audiences smaller than they otherw Sc
would have been, the collections We're I
pleasant surprise to the Doctor.
An effort is being made to have estab-
lished a more direct mail route from this
section Of the county ito the railroad. -
present this is the most cut off place in
the State, possibly in the United States,
in regard to mail connections.
The plan proposed is to have mail come
direct from Tappahannock to the Hague.
This would pass through Warsaw the
same day it arrives there. instead of
spending the right there, and save about
twenty-four hours in its arrival at the
Hague. The only change necessary would
be to establish \, route from Hague to
Warsaw u distance of not ten miles. and
let the mail come through from Tarpa-
hammock to Hague the same day.
Now by the most direct route, It takes
&. Richmond paper two days to reach US.
and py the usual route, through Bow
ling Green. three days. BY the proposed
route we would get the Richmond papers
here on the day of their publication.
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CURES QUICKLY.
A New Pile Cure Which Cures tho
Most Aggravated Cases Safely
and Quickly.

The Pyramid Pile Cure. a new prepara-
ton put up in suppository form. cures
the most aggravated cases of piles in a
surprisingly short time.
Mr.. w. n. Dunn, No. 5719 Shields ave-
nue., Chicago, ILL.,, writes: II am indebt-
ed a thousand times to the pyramid Pile
Cure for the speedy relief and permanent
cure of most severe case OF piles.
was troubled for months and yet was
completely cured with one 50-cent box OF
the Pyramid, and more than that, l still
have three of the Pyramid suppositories
left of that one box that did not need
to use. think it is the grandest thing
of the age and shall certainly recommend
it to all sufferers. and you are at per-
feet liberty to refer any persons to me
and will gladly answer any correspond
ence.''
Thousands have sreSorted to expensive
and dangerous surgical operations for
cure OF. piles who could have been cured
safely and painlcssly by the Pyramid; in
u number Of instances, persons who had
spent months in n hospital under treat
ment of pile specialties' without perrna-
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they least expected it, in the Pyramid
Pile Cure, which is applied at night re-
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tumors gradually and naturally, removes
the intoerable itching and leaves no bad
after-cffects, as it contains no cocaine.
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1t Is a remedy no one need fear to APP
ply: to the most aggravated case,
Druggists sell the Pyramid Pile Cure a
SO cents for full-sized reatment.
The Pyramid Co., of Marshall, Mich,
will be pleased to mail free to any ad-
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
DOOM Seems Scaled.

ALBANY, n. Y, Feb. 1o.-Howard c.
Benham, whose execution was respited
from January ID until the week begin
ming today. will probably be executed
no-day or Monday as it is not believed
that there will he n further stay or new
trial ordered. Benham was convicted OF
having poisoned his wife with prussic
acid at their home in Batavia. The case
has been bitterly fought out in the courts
and dragged over a long period
RenhaIn's last appeal was for a new
trial TO permit OF the introduction of evl-
dcnce 10 show the cause of the presence
of the prussic acid in the victims stom-
sol, which. il is alleged, she took be-
cause she WAS suffering from an ail1nent
for which il was administered.
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Matthews County.

FITCHETTS. VA, Feb. G.-Quite a
large crowd were invited to an oyster
supper Friday night at the home OF
Judge G. r. Garnet. Although the
weather was extremely cold it did not
deter the young folks who were fond of
fun and frolic.
Mr. r. A. White has recently opened
a first-class fancy grocery at Mathe"s
Courthouse.
Mr.. Leroy, an old and popular citi-
zen of this county, died Sunday night
after long illness from pneumonia.
Funeral services to-day.
Misses Sallie Burke and Ellen Duglns
Garrett left for Richmond yesterday to
visit friends.