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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-24

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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
A Ncwsboy's Sermon.

He was working his way through a
crowded car, offering his papers in
every direction in way that showed
him we'll used to the business and of
n temperament not easily daunted.
The train started while he was max.
ing change, and the conductor, pass
ing him, laughed.
Caught this time, Joel" he said.
"You'll have to run to Fourteenth
street"
Don't care, laughed Joe, in re.
turn. 81 can sell all the way back
again.
Awhile haired old gentleman seemed
interested in the boy, and questioned
him conserving his way OF living and
his earnings. There was younger
brother to be supported, it seemed.
Jimmy" was lame, and Couldn't
earn much hisself."
'Ah, / seel That makes it hard
you could do better alone"
The shabby little figure was erect in
a moment, and the denial was prompt
and somewhat indignant.
''No, 1 couldn'tl Jim's somebody
to 60 homo to--hes lots of help.
What would be the good IN havin'
luck if nobody was glad, or of gittin'
things if there was nobody to divide
with?"
Fourteenth streetp called the con-
ductor, and as tho newsboy plunged
out into the gathering dusk the old
gentleman remarked, to nobody in
particular: "I've heard many worse
sermon than that. Forward.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
Long Distanoe Riding.

New York Tribune: "As is natural.
many stories are aAoat at this time"
said George Lamborn, of London, who
has lived at Pretoria for several years.
Ito account for the extraordinary man
ner in which the British have been
outfianked and overcome by the Beers.
/ have repeatedly seen statements that
this was partly on account of the SUI
perior stamina and endurance of the
horses which the Beers rode, which
could cover so to 100 miles a day ana
keep 1t up for several days. That is
all tommy rot; the Boer horse is a
good animal. but he is of flesh and
bone, and not OF steel and iron, as such
endurance as that would imply. The
greatest record ride in the Transvaal
was the one made by Schmidt at the
time Of the Jameson raid, who, in
single night, rode from Pretoria to a
point near Krugerdorp. on the Mafe-
king border, and return. The distance
was about 80 miles, and he covered it
on the same horse, although do
ing he killed the animal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15

''rhe day of big books has gone by,
remarked New Orleans dealer the
other evening, speaking of some re-
cent fine publications. ''Up to few
years ago all the art-prints and hand.
some limited editions of standard
works were either folios or something
almost as large. There's beautiful
set of Dickens, for instance, printed
in 'S6. The illustrations alone cost
fully $50, 900, aud it represented high
water mark in the mechanical excel
lence at that period. But look at the
size of the volumes. They are almost
as big aud heavy as standard cyclic
pmdias! At present the tendency is
just the other way, aud the majority
of the really fine books that are being
published arc small and light. The
usual cover measurement is from five
by seven to six by eight inches, and
most of the standard novels are com
ing out in that size. One reason why
big books have gone out of favor may
strike you at first blush as rather fool
ish, but I'm assured of its importance
by publishers who have made the trade
lifetime study. The big book cant.
be read in bed. It's too heavy to be
held when one is in reclining posi-.
tion, while tho small, compact vol
ume can be handled rs easily as
magazine. The great, massive folioI
of the old times made nice ornaments
for the centre-table and came in handy
for the younger children to sit on az
table, but to really read them was a
job for an athlete. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15

though / thought il certain death TO
stand mp. OF us all, only four got oct
of range without being wounded OF
killed.
"All the horrible sights 1 had seen
up to this we're nothing compared TO
what 1 observed as / retired. Every
two or three PAGES would have to
step over some poor fellow, either
killed or frightfully manglcd. About
four hundred yards from the river !
found one man Of my own section,
named Bowling, and gave him drink
out of his own bottle. Seeing the
terrible wound he had tried to carry
him off the field. / called sergeant
of the second battalion, who was near,
to give me hand. He has since been
mentioned in papers for it, but have
not, though I sat half an hour under
heavy fire with the wounded man till
I got help to carry him off.
Shortly after left Dowling in safe
hands a forty-6ve-pound shell hit
right under my feet As good luck
would' have it, the thing didn't burst
until it was we'll under ground. Tho
shock flung me ten yards away, NOT
hurting me in the least. Had it burst
a second sooner, it would have blown
me to atoms. Some officers were sc
astonished to see me come out alive,
they gave cheer when they saw me
unhurt. After that experience, 1 got
safely back, and almost drowned my.
self when / came to water, L was sc
thirsty. l had at once to act as color
sergeant for 9 company. All their
sergeants were killed but one, and he
was wounded"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15

"rhe case certainly looks suspi.
cious, / remarked. IT think ] will be
able to make fight in your behalf.
Now, will you kindly furnish me With
the names of these parties?"
MY uncle, sir, was Andrew Thur
ber. His friend calls himself Martin
Brown"
Involuntarily my pen dropped from
my surprised fingers. 1t was the very
will had drawn up myself.
She turned pale as Irelated the cir
cumstances and arose to leave.
'I see 1 have made an awkward
mistake in calling upon you," she
said, sadly.
"Wait one moment" I replied,
quickly. "This Martin Brown is o
total stranger to me. II he has been
engaged in an act of viIlainy I shall
not shield him."
We entered into close converse.
tion, nc the end of which I said, con
fidontly:
Leave the case to me. If fail il
shalt he through no fault of mine"
She accepted my offer with thanks
and left me, thinking deeply.
During the interview had learned
that the deceased had no scar upon
his right hand. Now, certain of vii.
lainy in the affair, 1 set to work dill.
gently to find it out.
Working cautiously. 1 found the
man who had lain the body out for
burial. From him learned that he
had performed his task on the morn.
ing of June 23, just ten hours before
was called upon to draw up the will.
The will had been already offered for
probate, so there was no time to be
lost.
Andrew Thurber's body was disin.
tered and the contents of the stom.
ach analyzed. 1t was found to con
tain poison.
By some means the sly wretch got
wind of my movements and attempted
to fly. At that moment the detectives
seized him. Confronted by the terri.
BILE proofs, he made full confession.
Before his trial came off he ended
his life by swallowing quantity OF
the same deadly poison with which he
had killed his victim.
Miss Thurber met with no further
obstacles in regaining her rights.
Something still more important hap
pened to me from my connection with
the case. ] wooed and won the beau.
tiful girl for my wife. As Stanley
Ferris remarked afterward, L "gained
fame and fortune with rush"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
LIKE MOLTEN SILVER.
QUEER SIGHTS OFTEN WIT
MESSED ON OCEANS.
Bsrins See Rbo.phorssoence surpassss
All Other Like rhsnomens In Bril-
isncy-seen From the Deck of the
Revenue Cutter M. Cuiioch. v

81 have very often heard OF the won
derful phosphorescence Of southern
seas" remarked traveller from the
north, "and l have seen some pretty
fair samples Of 1t in the Atlantic be-
tween New York and English ports.
but did not know that 1t prevailed To
any extent in northern waters until
during the past summer. In Angus
last was on board the revenue cutter
McCulloch. in the Bering sea- about So
degrees north latitude. bound north.
when one night about 10 o'clock hap
pened to go on deck, and was almost
frightened by the sight of the sea.
The wind was blowing sharp enough
to raise the whitecaps. and the whole
sea looked as II Il were lighted from its
depths by million arc lights throw
ing the whitest rays upward and under
the flying foam. The hollows OF the
waves were dark, but every crest that
broke showered and sparkled as IL II
were filled with light. From the sides
OF the ship great rolls Of broken white
light fell away, and she left a broad
pathway of silvery foam as far back as
the eye could reach. But about this
hour there was most striking display.
Here II was as II the ship we're plow-
ing through a sea OF white light, ana
as the water was thrown back from
her PROV 1t fell in glittering piles OF
light upon the dark surface beyond.
and was driven far down below, light
ing the depths as IL all the electricity
OF the ocean were shooting its sparkles
through the waves and turning itself
into innumerable incandescents that
flashed second and then shut out for
ever. l stood on the forecastle deck
looking down into the brilliant white
turmoil of the waters until began to
feel as If we were afloat upon some sill
yer sea, and a really uncanny feeling
took possession of me. The white ship
was lighted by the phosphorescence OF
the waters, so that as high up as the
Seck there was a pale weird white
that made one feel as IL the Flying
Dutchman were abroad upon the seas
ard had just passed us. The masts
lowered in ashy gray above the decks.
and every rope and line stood out
distinctly in the light, but cast no
shadows. 1t was all as ghostly as il
we had gone up against the real thing,
and 1t was a positive relief to get back
into the wardroom, where there was
something more human. / don't know
how long IL lasted, but when 1 went
to bed at II o'clock could still see the
silver shining through the air portfolio
in my stateroom. Washington Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
Automobiiists Interested.

The first good roads meeting of the
Automobile Club at the Waldorf-As-
toria in New York City was a success.
The late speakers were Assemblyman
J. A. Aids, Charles Il. Simms, Jr.,
aud /. B. Potter. Old.time workers
for good roads declared the meeting
one of the most notable they ever had
attended, not only because of the
union of the cyclists and motorists,
but on account of the speakers being
the most prominent authorities on tho
subject and their addresses being filed
with valuable statistics. As an exam.
pie of how the tax would be felt by
the counties, State Engineer Bond
said that il the State appropriated
$500, 900, with the counties to make
mp the other $500, 900, as the law pro-
vides, this would mean for Westches-
ter County ten cents on every $1,000
worth OF property, according to the
valuation of 1899. Albany County
would have to pay $0065 on this basis,
which is less than Westchester. A
mile of macadam road costs about
$4,000, aud with 81, ,000,0 900 one hun.
dred and twenty-five miles could be
built. This would be a little more
than two miles for each county il it
was distributed that way. Thus, for
instance, Albany County for its $9065
would get somewhat more than SIC, 900
worth of good roads. More than thirty
new State roads have been laid out by
engineers aud are now waiting for the
funds to be appropriated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
Campaign For Good Ro ads.

In its efforts to obtain good roads
the Automobile Club of America has
made a good start. 1t is going about
the work in a systematic way. To
acquaint itself with the needs of the
State and the nation by having lee.
lures from men who have made tho
building of roads lifelong study is
an excellent idea.
Massachusetts, and New Jersey have
expended moro than 100000 on
their highways during the Inst few
years, while the roads of the Empire
State have been to large extent neg.
lected; but this fact should only stir
us to more vigorous action. The club
members are going to Albany fortified
with tn hese facts to urge the Legisla'
ture to do justice to the State by max
ing liberal appropriations for road
making. In this they should receive
the hearty support of the farmers oi
New York, who, after all, will receive
the greatest benefit from good high,
ways.
Let the enterprising agriculturists
combine with the wideawake, pleasure
loving automobilists and bicyclists,
and we shall soon have system oi
roads of which the Empire State may
we'll be proud of.-New York Herald
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
SCIENTIFIC LniI nronkInr.

Three prisoners effected their escape
from the county Jail at Huntsville by
making a hole through a sandstone
wall. The men are all white. Their
names are Lee Chandler, charged with
grand larceny; John McMunn, burg
larry; Jake b. Levins, grand larceny.
The prisoners were in the same cell
on the ground floor OF the old Jail.
They evidently had an accomplice on
the outside who furnished them with
cord or more of stove wood. The
three men burned a. fire against the
sandstone wall, and while it was very
hot dashed cold water against it. This
crumbled the sandstone to sand and
soon made hole big enough for q
yearling calf to walk through. New
Orleans Times. Democrat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
Contraband OF War.

Many old stories are told with re-.
gard to the difficulties in detecting
contrsbaud OF war, but there is an
other side to the question. During
the Franco -Prussian War lady in a
carriage was stopped en- hor way
through tho Prussian lines. A search
was instituted to see whether she had
been playing the spy or had suspicious
papers. Nothing was found until the
Prussians came to n certain black
box, which the lady positively re-
fused to give up or allow to be
opened. She was told that she must.
She refused, abused the soldiers as
towards aud screamed loudly. Eventu-
ally the box was opened by force in
spite of her resistance, and then it
was found to be full of toilet acces.
sories-contraband of the tournament
of Irritation. She was passed on with
apologies and smiles.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
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GOOD ROADS NOTES 1


Co.Operation In Road Improvement.
NE OF the disadvantages un-
der which our farmers arc
i laboring is poor roads, says
George @. Borck. of Michi-
gan. This being n sandy country,
there is scarcely time during any
part of the year that our roads are
good. Something like five years ago,
about twenty-five farmers camo to-
gether and offered to haul mari one
day free ii the township would allow
them to take the mari from its bed.
The township was willing, aud about
twenty men volunteered to shovel
and level the mari, aud so the first
half mile was laid. That road proved
such a success that the next year an
other half mile was put down. This
mari packed so hard and made such
excellent bed for gravel that the farm
ors donated 1925 and labor for about
one-quarter mile Of gravel. This be.
ing put on in what was always wet
place it was spread about eight inches
thick. Next year $3.50 was collected
and about one.half mile was put down,
spreading this only about four inches.
This year only 500 was collected, but
q quarter -mile-strip was put down,
finishing tho mile started five years
before. Besides this about half
n mile of mari was put down ready
for gravel next fall.
This method of making a road is n
good one, for il the mari is once
80 a
added the resulting roadbod is as hard
as macadam. Next year the town
ship will try to raise 5000 for gravel
il the farmers will pledge their labor
toward getting it down, and now about
year before it is needed three
fourths of the labor is promised. This
shows what farmers can do il their
town is too poer TO make good roads.
This is the sort of cooperation that
pays.
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che was a good fellow" said he,
"but young and without much capital.
The girl was beauty and loved the
boy, but the father objected, and de.
mauded that the boy show that he was
capable OF supporting wife. This
was in st. Louis about ten years ago,
and the boy came to me with his
troubles.
"'Never mind, said l. 'I'll fix it
up all right. BY the way, how much
will you take for your right Lego
He looked at me as though / were
crazy, but made no answer
"'I'll give you $40, 900 for it, said
l. will you take it?'
"'No, won't, said he. What do
you take me for?'
"Well, I knew the girls father; he
was merchant, and / called to SEQ
him. We finally drifted around to
talking about this young fellow, and
the old man hared little, stating that
he wanted some ono who could sup
port wife to have his daughter
Support wife, said L, in sur
prise; why, he certainly can do all
that. Only few days ago he refused
$40, 600 for a piece OF property
50 His own property asked the
father. Certainly, said /,
"'Who offered him the money?
asked he.
" i did, and he refused it,, / an
swered. He claimed it was worth
more.
"Well, this made n hit, and no
more questions were asked. The boy
is doing well now, and has good
family. / haven't spoken to the father
since. Washington Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
A Cure For Leprosy.

Two dozen specimens of the plant
known in Venezuela as the tau tau
have been sent from Washington to
Hawaii for the purpose of making a
test of its alleged power as a cure for
leprosy. The plant will be tested at
the leprosy hospitals there, where
1913 lepers will afford every facility
for thorough trial. Surgeon Car
michel, Of the Marine Hospital, has
also sent half dozen bottles of the
liquid preparation to Molakai, and
this will be used for immediate tests
while plants will be set out aud cult.
waited, with the purpose OF providing
unlimited fresh matter for further use.
Wonderful stories are current in Ven.
ezuela about tho marvellous curative
properties of tua tua whom applied to
leprosy, anl the Government ply
siciaus attach considerable importance
to the evidence given them. 1t lie
proposed also TO test it iu tho island
OF Guam, that tiny speck of Pacific
land that came TO us with our other
Spanish war acquisitions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
ro MY OWN.


nv EDrdN y. sABIN.
re-! lies hid IN his hollow tree,
,oed 10 bis long, soft tail;
( "a snuepled as snug can be
orso meath tho old fence rail;
idoo "a only a bunch OF down
Icto est fhn nrching brush
M forest and we In the town,
N honey-boy, hush.
mo1ac c:.s IN n velvet ball
ler tfc dead swamp grass;
4 bv tho frozen waterfall
A. drcnms Of Of the bass;
\ chick Of the ground and mir
Iad In haven deep
4 tho glow Of the firelight fair,
" honoy-boy, sleep.
n Wind romps with the whirling
rroat nDses about.
and Geld Ace abod for no,
q tho owl is out.
whore tho motherkln's breast is
tm.
thettir's arms arc tight,
1.-The anou and the frost and storm,
.Irht honey boy, goodnight.
81tnrday Evening Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
Good Roads and End.

Some valuable and suggestive facts
and figures are furnished by the Chi
cago Tribune on the subject of the
cost of bad roads. 1t says that Maur-
ice Il. Eldridge, of the Department of
Agriculture, who has special charge of
the Office of Public Road Inquiries,
has been collecting data as to the cost
of hauling farm and other products
over American roads. The conclusion
which he draws from the replies to
10000 letters of inquiry sent to reli-
able farmers and teamsters in tho
United States is that the average cost
of hauling one ton distance of one
mile is twenty-five cents. For the
same amount of money q ton can be
carried 200 miles by steamer aud fifty
miles by rail. Evidently horse power
or mulo power is expensive. But
while it costs the farmer of this coun-
try a quarter of dollar to team a ton
o. produce one mile, it costs European
farmers only 5.8 cents. The latter
have bard, smooth and comparatively
level roads, which can be travelled in
all kinds of weather. II is impossible
to figure out the cost of the bad roads
bills which the farmers pay yearly
needlessly and without complaint.
Ono road reformer says those bills
foot up $3.50, 100000 annually.
That is mere guess, but it may be
near the truth. Whatever tho sum
may be, it falls on the farmers exclu.
sively, and thus cuts down their net
receipts from their crops.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
The Space Horses Use.

BY abolishing horses travel in cities
will not DO as congested owing to the
saving in room now occupied by the
horse. There are approximately 200,.
600 horses used in New York City
alone, and horse increases the length
OF wagon by nine feet. Taking the
average width occupied by horse
and shafts as two feet, it is seen that
100000 horses occupy about $500
square feet.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
use the AlternatIye system.

The county commissioners of Jack.
son County, Georgia, have put into
operation the alternative road system,
aud this body will begin in short
while the work of putting the roads
of tho county in excellent condition.
The tax rate to secure this improved
system of roads will be small. only 81
per thousand, and the citizens Of the
county are willing to pay this small
ad valorem tax.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15

''Never bo critical upon the ladies, 4"
was the maxim of an old Irish peer,
remarkable, for his homage to the sex.
'"fhe only way that true gentleman
ever will attempt TO look at the faults
OF a pretty woman is to shut his eyes. "
---Collier's Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
,AW YER'S STORY.
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Is lDlpa-
tient and the
twelve W cary
months that had
crept by since !
had passed my
trying examine
ton and been
admitted to the
bar seemed an