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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
THE FADING YEAR.

To his thrcadbare clothes they cling,
Pleading with him TO return
Back across the days, and bring
Half the joys that made them sing,
Half the hopes that made them burn.
Love stands in the path and pleads
For an hour of old delight;
Mocked Ambition cries his needs,
But the Old Year never heeds,
Passing onward toward the night.
Speak one word, departing year,
From thy silent lips and cold
Tell me, may the heart not hea-
Voices grown supremely dear
Calling as in days of old?
From the Past may we not gain
One sweet token of your youth,
One fair blossom from the plain
Where joy bloomed. in shine or rain.
And hope wore the guise of TRUTH
r.. G. r., in Chicago Record.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
PlTH AND POINT.

Reuben-"Can you tell me som
to buy that is sure to 90 up?'
anbonds - yep. Thermomet
Baltimore American.
Mr.. Buggins-"What's the \
keeping that old umbrella around
no good" Mrs. Bugglns-"AllI
I'll lend it to somebody"
"Thls engine won't work" !
fireman to the chief of the TlI
partment. mo wonder" was 4
ply. "It was made to play."-Td
Financial reciprocity
Is built upon this plan:
y man first makes the money.
The money makes the man. /
Philadelphia RI
Scribbles-"Why so melanchd|
thirteenth rejected by one
Scribbles-"Pshaw! That's nj
l had one poem rejected by d
editors"
"Please, boss" whined the
cant, "can yer help Il poor fellet
work." "No, sir" returned 4
destrian. 81 only believe in
people into work"
my husband always eats e
CANT lunches down town. u
you know" "Thc minute b
home in the evening he begins
to diet the family."-ChlcasO n
The telephone damsCl
Remarks, in low tone
That a ring on the ngeI
Worth two on the 'phd
London Az
NIugglns-"Do you really ha
as much as you pretend to'
glns-"Hate him! Why, man
him with the hatred that a
feels for a man who lets bis
grow"
"At last my lines are cast
ant places" remarked the po
was an observing man, ana
ticed that the editor had suppl
self with Il new waste basRe
and span, with pink rlDOOl
twined through it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
The PnY of Ministers.

AT meeting of the Unlversalist
ministers in Boston one of the breth-
rem opened his heart on the subject of
ministers salaries. lie felt deeply
that they were too low, and thought
ministers We're paid only about half as
much rs lawyers and doctors Of equal
ability. He thought, for one thing,
that minister should be paid for Off.
ciating at funerals, where the family
Is in Il position to give fees and are
not attendants at his church. That
point, mt least, seems to be we'll taken
No reason suggests itself why, under
circumstances as stated, a funreal fee
should not be willingly paid and ac-
cepted with resignation. The ques-
tlon of funeral fees often comes up,
because cases in which they seem due
are not uncommon, but they are rarely
paid and are omitted in most instances
because the bereaved family does not
feel at liberty to offer one.-E. s. Mar
tin. In Harper's Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06

Toward the sunset-girded Past
See the Old Year plod along;
Fall the twilight shadows fast,
And the restless winter blast
Shrills its ecrie evensong.
From the ragged harvest lands
And the pccvish woodland ways
Nature waves her wasted hands
In last adieu, and stands
Moaning for her golden days.
Over frosted plain and hill
Broods the white repose Of death;
And the rivers heart is chill,
And the rivers voice is still,
As in .ear it holds its breath.
Down the dwindling path that leads
Into ages dark and dim
Slow the gray Old Year recedcs
And a phantom host of deeds
And desires follow him.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
cARpE DIEM.

The swine arc squealino in a.
l wonder WHY? " 'he pen1
U can they read the mind, ot
And do they know VI men,
A fatal day is nigb
When they must COP
All, do they saueal
Because they feel
SICK and sore at heart and sod9
Or is 1t something they bavc H.,
10 cat, or is IL greed of mosa "@u
That makes them me-
an VA" And sron fne,r fI grlefs will soon be !,
o, Iheyn swing from hook,
Unmindful of the passer's loo,.
And what he thinks AS
The turkey gobbles in the v,rd
As blithely as he can, .''u
He scrapes his wings upon H.,
And tries as hard s'ou1
As possible to show 10
What time he struts arounJ "'an'
That happiness is in his bo,.,
,, And that he doesn't fro, r'u
With what we call a vague unro.,
Or nope around or let
Forebodings creep into his b...
And so
He proudly plays his part.
Next week he may hang in the m,
May grace some butcher's s,aii|
Sans gobbie and sans feotLe.s' s'al
fact, sans all y
III.
An, foolish swinel to squcal and :.
The closing hours away
While appetite and brlstlcs W.,
Remain,
And while all day
The farmer who presides as f,to
Leans on the gate
Far down the lanel
Ah wiser turkey, gobble on
Thy gizzard still is thine.
And at the dawn
lis still for thee
To see
The red sun shine
Thou hast wing on either side
And still thy wattles waffle wbero
They give thee greatest prJo !
So why
Become a prey to care
Since, after all,
Not thou
Nor
Shall know one day before or when
Or where
Or why
The axe may fall!
S. Il. Kisef, in Chicago TimesIIl4
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06

No sane man would INV
life over again. 1t is as'Tu@ ,'s.
the ordinary affairs Oh ' .SiI
adapt themselves TO your a'I
Ones pleasures are qu'e'',, e. IA
as enjoyable. TO i've - ,s.I,
your children, to watcl 'D a,,a
the development of 'hel
great source Of pleaSul.,. l'.,.ded
has music, reading,
May l also add that ! ''oors 'uS
of an old friend some ',,Ee|
said the two things nlO'' l,s' ~er|
pleasure in declining wv iI,,,oud
whist and to play the o'oototI ,,O
Man of Sixty" in the op'-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
1noandescent Lisp'

The plea which PrOls'''Il ,'s. lad
land makes for a tlpl''s ,.al
missible. There is 10 ' ,he
for a tip or nipple upoD an ID
is not An ornament; !. n1 IN IA
to light, and is usually :, Ia,sl
the most important an' ',NI
of the lamp. The pap, n
of consideration, If op,' 'n,e
tenuon to the impoI''~~It ~Itb \
rid of tips. MoreoVeh, :, also
the lamps there woulu ~ rn,sas|
ings based solely on " y. DtIppl
whether the lamps AZ !, and 4
less. Electrical WORN
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06

Believers in presentiments are agi-
tated by the extraordinary example af-
forded by one of the fatal accidents OH
the occasion of the return of the City
Imperial Volunteers, of London. Mail
cart Driver Wilkinson on the morning
of the procession was awakened by
his wife, rs he was screaming He
said he had just dreamed that he had
run his cart over woman and killed
her. That forenoon he drove the cart
through the crowd at Ludgate Circus.
Several people clambered upon it, the
springs broke and the cart toppled
over on the crowd, crushing woman
named Eleanor Ball. to death. He
related his dream at the inquest.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06

Carl Nlessen, the British consul at
Cologne, discovered an old Roman
graveyard in his own garden, and has
been having it eXcayated. AS Cologne
was one of the most important Of the
Roman military frontier posts, n val
liable collection of classical antiquities
worth many thousands of dollars has
been found. He is now said to have
one of the finest private collections
in Europe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06

In each beehive are number of
nursing bees, who do not go out to
gather honey, but look after the eggs
and young, and a certain number are
always told off to ventilate the hive.
These stand close TO the entrance and
fan strongly with their wings.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06

The Grand Duke of Hessc has n
curious taste for a man. His royal
highness is most sllllful with his nee"
die, and his embroidery is exceedingly
beautiful. He takes the greatest in
terest in his work and is particularly
clever in the arrangement of colors.
He has very artistic nature, as he is
devoted to music, dancing and act
ing; but he does not care much about
more active pursuits, though he both
shoots and rides.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
CURIOUS FACTS.

st. Joseph, Mo-, raises n municipal
banana crop each year. In the park
conservatory grows banana tree
that faithfully produces an annual
bunch of bananas.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
PLAYGROUND coRREcTs EVIL.

The public playground has been
found to serve as the best means to
correct these evils and to turn the
"hoodlum" into self-respecting and
respected citizen, because it furnishes
u healthy and legitimate outlet for
the normal energies. Even in city
with so many gardens as San Francis
co there is little or no place to play,
especially for the thousands coming
from working homes. Though there
may be no tenements, man occupies
no more rooms than will house his
family, and there is. no place for quiet
play for the boys and girls. and GER
tainly no space for those games which
require energetic motion. The open
spaces are small and not adapted to
sports of any kind. Golden Gate Park
Is too far away for the majority.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
CRIME AND ATHLETICS.

The youngsters, therefore, have no
recourse but the street. Older com
munities have discovered that the lack
of proper Fairgrounds is a source of
great expense and waste to the COM
munity, expense which runs the cost
of the police system, including all pen
al and reformatory institutions, into
millions, and waste of the energy and
power which should go to making
staunch citizens instead of strong
criminals. Hon. Abram s. Hewitt
said about the small park question in
its relation to New York: Improve
ments of property have left children
no other opportunity for play than
those that can be found in the streets
1t is impossible to use these for games
without incurrlng the Interference of
the police. A sense of hostility be-
tween the children and the guardians
of the public order is thus engendered
leading to the education of citizens
who becomes enemies of law and or
der. With a common accord the pre-
clnct captains attribute juvenile row
dyism and turbulence to the lack of
better playground than the streets"
1t would seem, therefore, that crime
in our large cities has largely resolved
itself into n question of athletics.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
SPACE FOR THE YOUNGSTERS.

Boston has one model-the Charles
bank Gymnaslum-and has purchased
ten tracts of land which it is fitting
up as rapidly as possible. Philadel-
phia has an association whose special
business 1t Is to further the establish
ment of such grounds. Chicago has a
recently appointed commission of al
dermen and citizens which Is select
ing and purchasing sites for small
parks and Fairgrounds. Thirty or for
ty cities are actively at work ON the
problem and making provision for
small children and large boys and
girls alike. Nor is 1t sufficient to mere
ly create open spaces. They must be
adequately fitted with apparatus and
should have a supervisor who can
teach its use, encourage skill and make
the turbulent element feel its owner
ship in the property. Thus 1t viii soon
come to use 1t properly and to desist
from turbulence since 1t will find the
use Of the apparatus and the playing
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
NEW YoRK's SMALL PARKS.

For this reason New York City has
been creating small parks for more
than a decade. Millions of dollars
have already been expended and many
more will be spent in the next decade
to undo what lack of foresight and
commercial greed has made necessary.
Wherever small parks are created the
verdict of the police is unanimous that
they have changed the character of
the neighborhood The hoodlum in
stead of taking his necessary exercise
In annoying passers-by or destroying
property, takes it by games Of varl-
Gus kinds or in using the gymnasium
apparatus put up for him. The results
which have followed in the wake of
the creation Of Mulberry Bend Park. in
New York City, and the Hudson Bank
Gymnasium furnish sufficient evidence
TO prove the wisdom of the plan. There
the outdoor Recreation League has put
up o complete open air gymnasium,
and girls and boys, men and women,
after hard days work come here to
;ake the exercise and recreation they
have no means nor knowledge even
to furnish themselves, but which the
rich take good care to provide for their
own, as witness the bicycle, ball
games, golf clubs and gymnasia, ten,
mis- and other tournaments.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-12-06
PUBLIC PLAY GROUNDS
TURNING CITY HooDLUMs INTO
sELF.RESPEcTlNc CITIZENS.

Their Success in Boston-Wherever Es-
tablished They Have Been of Great
Service in the Moral and Physical Gull
ture For the Youngsters.
Some years ago there was imported
into the Eastern States from Cali
formal think from San Francisco
an expression which in its way
marked an epoch--the expression
"hoodlum," writes the New York cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Record.
1t awakened curiosity, and when 1t
was found to describe a certain type
Of youth better known for his power
of annoying his neighbors than for his
good citizenship, it awakened the in
terest of thoughtful men and women.
The genus was found to exist and
thrive In other places. Investigation
brought out the astounding fact that
juvenile crime seemed to be increas-
ing, but analysis proved that what was
called crime on the part of the boy
was often in reality the crime of ig-
norance, neglect, or worse on the part
of the men and city which stigmatized
him as a criminal, arrested him and
placed him in the hands of the police
instead Of putting him under surveil.
lance of one who could show him how
to entertain himself In ways less de-
structlve to the neighbor's comfort or
property and to his own moral de-
struction.
CHANCE FOR MUSCULAR ACTION.
1t has been conclusively proven that
these so-called criminal acts are al
most entirely the result of undirected
energy. TO say misdirected would put
too much responsibility on the boy. 1t
becomes destructive, and only needs
guidance to become source of good
instead of evil. Nature endows every
normal youth with fund of energy
and spirits which must express itself,
often demands expression in muscu-
lar action, and If 1t finds no outlet
something is sure to happen. Nature
also endows the youth with vivid i'm
agination which must be fed or it
seeks its own feeding ground, and hay
ing little discrimination chooses poison
often instead of food
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-11
CLUTTER PLACES.
such Closets Are Apt 10 Become when
They Are Not Properly
Attended To.

There is popular notion that the
woman who builds house first remem
bers the closets and pantries, and
groups the necessary rooms around
them. This, says the New York Trib-
une, is because the average masculine
builder is apt to be sadly remiss in ar
ranging sufficient number of closets.
1t is quite possible to have too many
closets, especially when these little
rooms are built without ventilation or
sufficient light. 1t is better to have
few large closets lighted and ventil-
ated, so that there is no danger of their
being storage places for impure air,
than it is to have large number of
small shut-in places which are so dark
that they are certain to become clutter
places. 1t is not desirable to have
places where the worn household or the
personal belongings of the family can
be showed out of sight and remain for
gotten to everything but moth and
mold. This is what dark closet only
ventilated from the room into which
ii opens is apt to become
y clothes closet cannot be properly
built without a small window to light
and ventilate it. Even when this is
provided clothes that are dank with
pcrspiration or full of the dust and
germs of outdoor streets should not
be hung in them. When a street wrap
or dress is taken off it should be dustet
well at first, and if necessary, hung in
the fresh air in front of an open win
dow 10 free it from all dampness of
pcrspiration before il is hung in the
closet. A fine dress. or one of very
delicate color. which is likely to fade
from long exposure to the light. may
be hung in bag of coarse unbleached
muslin. Make such bag of ample size,
and drop the skirt into it. hanging it up
at the two upper corners. The waists
OF such dresses should be folded and
laid in bureau or closet drawers.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-11
MAKING BOYS CLOTHES.
Good Judgment of Mothers Adds to
the Happiness of the
YOungsters.

Boys are not generally supposed to
know or care a great deal about fash
ion. but they would be saved from
much modification if their mothers
would exercise greater judgment in the
selection or making of their apparel
The small girl is usually a dainty
enough object in her fluffy skirts to
satisfy the soul of the most exigeante.
It's not so with the lads, however, most
of them being atrociously dressed, not
to put too fine point on it. The aver
age mother seems to regard her long.
lanky. thin-legged. freckled and tanned
son as thing of beauty that needs
only adornment to call down upon his
head the braves of an admiring world.
Therefore she puts on him white duck
blouse. very short trousers and white
socks. that display to much advantage
his scrawniness, and adorns his cropped
hair with broad brmmed hat with
ribbons that would suit chubby Cupid
like child of four, but is absolutely I'M
fitted to the boy who has attained the
magnificent age of eight or ten, says a
domestic exchange.
The average small boy regards his
fauntleroy costume with absolute
loathing when he begins to think about
clothes at all. He longs with intense
yearning for collar that stands up
stiifiy and proudly and for pair of
stockings that do not leave so much to
be desired.
They do these things better in Eng
land. There the lad of ten has his stiff
shirt and collar and hat. his long trou-
sers and Eton jacket. He's done with
ribbons by eight and he's not expected
unblushingly to face the world and dis
play his mosquito-bitten legs, to his
endless embarrassment. after he's ac-
CURED the dignity of having his hair
cut close.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-11
with Malicious Intent.

Mrs. Gibb-I have just been reading
an item to the effect tbat'a member OF
the German parliament once talked AZ
hours without stopping. Do you be-
lieve that to be true?
Mr.. Gibb-To be sure do.
"Then it must be the longest contin-
nous performance of that kind on rec
ord. isn't it,
"PosSibly the longest on record. but
there have been private performances
that throw that completely in the
shade. Why, l know woman who has
talked-let me see, dear. How long
have we been married." -Richmond
Dispatch. =
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-11
The New Xeila.

The new wells are very clear and,have
quite small spots, not too closely set.
Fire white and flesh pink tulle is
strewed with small black spots. and
the all-white veilings are exceedingly
thin and the spots small. Theyare still
of wearing them only to the lips not
having found many admirers. On
toques the veil is cut only to the re-
quired length and not turned in at all,
so as to be barely noticeable over the
shingtOn Star.
Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1900-10-11

Notice is Hereby Given that at the Genersi
Election to be Held on tho Sixth Day Of
November, A. ID. 1900, there viii ba SUBJ
mitted to the upa.,fiea Electors OF the
State of Colorado the Question of Amend.
ing the Constitution If said State.
The Authority for Submitting such Cues
ton is Found In senate Bll, No IL which
is, In W ords and Figures, following, VIZ :
AN ACT
To SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE
STATE OF CoLoRADo AN AMENDMENT TO Bee
TON Two (2) OF ARTICLE NINETEEN (AlA.) OF
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF COLO
RADIO.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of Colorado:
the ouslifed electors OF the State OF Colorado ut
the next general election for mem bers OF the
General Assembly, for their approval or rejec'
tiOn, the following amendments 10 tne consul
tuition of the State OF Colorado, which, when
ratified bNa majority of those voting thereon,
shall be valid as a part OF the constitutions
namely: Section of article XIX. OF the consul
tuition of the State of Colorado shall be so
amended as to read as follows:
SEQ g Any amendment or amendments TO
this constitution may be proposed IN either
house of the General Assembly, and II the same
beers elected to each house, such proposed
amendment amendments, together with the
ayes and noes of each house thereon, snail ne
entered in full on their respective Journals the
proposed amendment or amendments shan De
published with the laws OF that session OF tne
General Assembly, and the Secretary OF state
shall also cause the said amendment or amend
ments to BIZ published in full in not more than
one newspaper of general circulation IN each
county, for four consecutive weeks previous 10
the next general election for members to the
General Assembly; and at said election the .aid i
to the qualified electors of the State TOR thelr
approval or rejection, and such as are approved
by a majority of those voting thereon shall b.
come part of this constitution.
Provided That if more than one amendment
be submitted at any general election, each OF
said amendments shall be voted upon seq arate.
ly, and votes thereon cast shall be separately
counted the same as though but one amendment
was submitted. But the General Assembly shall
have no power to propose amendments TO more
than six articles of this constitution at the same
session.
SEC 2. Each elector voting at SAID election
and DESTROYS of voting for or against said
amendment, S. all deposit in the ballot box his
ticket whereon shall be printed the words For
the Amendmeut' and Against the Amendment
and shall indicate his choice by placing cross
opposite one or the other of said groups OF words
SEC. 5. The votes for the adoption or reJec
ton of said amendment shall be cauvaSsed and
the result determined by the laws OF the state
for the canvass for representatives in Congress-
Approved February 10th, A. ID 1879
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the great seal of the state OF
Colorado, at the City of Denver, this 3Oth day OF
ELMER +. BECKWITH,
(sEAL) Secretary of State.
First pub. Aug. last Nov. 5, 1900