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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15
ON THE SAFE SIDE.

"Papa," said the beautiful girl
as she sat down beside the old
gentleman and pulled his paper
away, "Harold wants to have a
talk with you tomorrow.
ooh, he does, does he?" return
ed the old gentleman in Il tone
that was not calculated to inspire
confidence in Il young man.
"Well, what's the matter to-
night?"
''He prefers, papa, replied the
beautiful girl, "to wait until you
are at your Office"
"And what is the particular
advantage of my being at my Of
fice?"
'IHe can call you by the tele-
phone there, and we have none in
the house, you know" answered
the beautiful girl.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15
SIZE WANTED GOLD.
One Voman's Idcn OF the Money 10
Deposit In Il DnnIs.

One WOnt.a'S Idea of the Money 10
Deposit In bank.
Most comlcal stories are sold at the
expense Of the fair sex regarding their
llck Of familiarity with banks aud
their methods one came to the ears
of the Sauntcrer that apparently has
the merit Of ncwness.
"AIy wife had saved up her pin
money. or what she hadn't had occa-
sion to use of it," said the relator of
the story. "untl she had $40 in bills
of various denominations S'his she
was extremely desirous of securing
gold for. and every day when | came
home to dinner she would haul me over
the Goals because had forgotten to
procure the shining metal. Finally she
said she would attend to the matter
herself. That evening she greeted me
with triumphant smile.
"1 got my gold. she exclaimed as
soon as entered the house, but | had
a time in doing it, though
"Then she told me how she had gone
TO the mint with her bills and been re-
fused the coveted coin because the
notes weren't good notes Next she
hustled around to bank and secured
four so gold pieces These didn't
suit her because they weren't new and
shiny. so she trotted back to the mint
with them and exchanged them for
two double eagles. fresh from the dies
listened to her recital and asked her
to let me see the coins.
"'Let you see them! she exclaimed
in surprise Why. | haven't them
any more. you goose!
"'Haven't them any morcY | re-
peated What did you do with themY
"She looked at me with mingled
scorn and contempt
"I deposited them in the --- Saw
ings bank. of course. That's what |
wanted the gold for What did you
think | was going to do with them ?
Keep them around the house to look
atP
"But | was too busy laughing Just
then and for half an hour afterward
to make any reply" IN
Quirer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15
THE FORCE OF HABIT.
How II once Played a Mean Trick on
Frederick NiiIiers.

Il. w. Sabcl. in The Saturday Even
ing Post. tells an anecdotc of Frcder-
ick Villicrs. the famous war colrr-
spondent. Nilllers had been uudvr ire
for some days. the enemy bOmuardmg
the force to which the artist was at
tached, so that the arrival of II shell
was a commonplace circumstance tn he
treated in the usual way. Out Of This
ordeal he came unscathed to London
and was strolling down the crowded
Strand.
On n sudden the pedestrians were
appalled, to see him ding himself at
full length upon the greasy. muddy
pavement ana there lie on his facv.
rigid rs a dead man. From all direc-
tlOns men rushed to render him as
sistance. They turned him over to
rub his hands and Unbottou his collar.
expecting to find him in it, But no
On his face they found not the pain
and pallor of epilepsy, but astonSh-
ment and mud. Villiers. whom they
laid hold of him, quickly jumped to
his feet. shook the mud from his hands
and clothes and then looked around
for an explanation of his own appui'-
emily idiotic act. The explanation was
forthcoming.
A few yards behind him stood
horse and cart. The carter had mo-
ment after VillierS passed pilled the
pin and allowed the cant hos to dump
upon the ground load Of gravel. The
heavy beams OF the cart. Of course.
struck the wood paving With a re-
sounding duh thud," AMI the clean
gravel Kissed out with an evil rear.
This combination of sounds. the war
artist declared, was Identical with the
striking of live shell, ana Nilllers.
forgetting that he then stood some
thousands of miles from the seat OF
war, automatically flung himself down
to await the dreadful explosion.
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PAID FOR IT In LAND.

Texas new State capital did
not cost the commonwealth one
cent in money 1t was built by
virtue Of u contract with a com
pany which received land in pay
ment Texas has more land than
money, and rather than borrow
the funds by issuing bonds the
legislature decided to use some
of the surplus land in this way.
The company is composed of Chi
cago men, and it agreed to build
a capital costing %3,000,000 for
about 100000 acres of States
land This it has done. The cap
ital has been completed to the
States satisfaction, and the com
pany has secured full title to the
land. The land thus secured
has been converted by them
into one vast ranch, the largest
in the world. 1t stretches
through nine counties, one of
which it covers entirely. The
area of this ranch is 5000 square
miles, or greater than that of the
State of Connecticut, and nearly
1 400 square miles greater than
the combined areas of Rhode Is
land and Delaware. The grant
lies in the northwestern corner
of Texas, is about 300 miles long,
and averages about 20 miles in
width. It's elevation varies from
$500 feet at the southern to 4, 700
at the northern end. Over l,500
miles of barbed wire fencing have
been used in enclosing the tract
and running cross fences. The
greater part of the land is fertile,
and there is plenty of water on it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15
CHOCOLATE FlENOS.
There Are Those who Become Slaves
TO This Nerve Soothing Food.

There Are Those who Become Slaves
TO This Nerve Soothing Food.
"Thc manufacture of chocolate" said
j. Il. Anso of Brazil. 'is II great indus
try. OF all the chocolate beans import
ed into the United States two-thirds go
TO one firm in Boston, and the other
third Is distributed among the other
manufacturers. The chocolates sold
are of various grades The Caracas
chocolate is supposed to be the best.
IF you take the various grades tech
nically known as the Caracas. the
French. the German and so on. and
take a piece Of each and place them in
Il pan Of water and allow them 10 dis
solve, any expert will tell you which is
the best chocolate. The better grades
will leave no sediment The others
will, This is explained by the fact
that in the cheaper grades the shell is
ground up and used as a filler The
lighter the chocolate the better the
grade. The cheaper grades are dark
owing TO the ground up shell.
at is n queer thing about chocolate
consumption. There are chocolate
ilends, just ns there are opium hends,
tobacco slaves and liquor slaves l
cannot tell you why it is. but if people
begin TO eat chocolate the habit grows
upon them. don't think any amount
of chocolate hurts any person. or
course the cheaper grades Of chocolate
have n large percentage of sugar in
them ana sugar is to n certain eX-
tent injurious, but for the chocolate
itself don't think any one eats
enough to hurt him materially. In
contradistnction to the exhilaration Of
alcoholic drinks chocolate seems to be
n soother Persons who are nervous
and irritable find it a food that in n
way calms and soothes and satisfies
them. 1t is queer, but 1t is the truth
The consumption Of chocolate is in
creasing enormously in the United
States. New York Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15
The Drift From Farm TO City.

New York city has an asso-
citation of a number of prominent
men and women who are endeav-
oring to solve the question "Why
do so many persons leave the
country and come to the city,"
The New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser reports conference held
lately at which George II. Powell
read paper advocating the idea
that "an imperfect knowledge of
agriculture" furnishes at least
one reason for this drift city
ward, About % people of note
were appointed a committee on
"the promotion of agriculture. :"
Among the names We're such IA
miliar ones as Professor Walter
A. Wyckoff of Princeton, Mrs.
Ballington Booth, Professor |. p.
Roberts, Mrs. Josephine Shaw
Loyelli Abram S. Hewitt, William
e. Dodge and II. Fulton Cutting.
Among other measures consid-
cred with the object of spreading
agricultural knowledge was the
establishment of a school of hor
ticulture near New York city.
Mr.. Powell, who has been seek
ing information for four years
past in regard to agricultural
conditions in New York state
from farmers, merchants, bank
kes and manufacturers, says re-
ports show general inquiry
about and more frequent sales Of
farms and indicate revival Of
interest in land.
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fAcrs ARour sAEalMEe.

1hc Crcntcs fart az TYiH Country's
Coura.rpt.ta S1v facEea ucte.
Formerly ilc s1rducs consumed in
this county were all iWDrted from
France. Now about tmc-uuaticrs Of
the surdlucs oawn u the Uujej Satcs
are put up here thr chief center Of
the sardlnc Industry iu tap United
States being the castoiu caaN Of
Maine. though some sArllurs alr now
put up on the coast Of California The
packing OF sardinos In this country
was besun about 1856.
Thousands Of people now Gud en-
ployment IN one pnrt ana another Of
the work IN cntchlng Gsh in making
cans and In canning and packing and
marketing and SO on
Sardines are pvt up In greater va
riety than formcly. there being now.
adays Sardines packed In tongto
sauce, sardues in mustard, spiccd sai-
dimes and so ON. but the great bulk Of
sardincs. both imported ana domestic
are stll put up In oil. Sardincs arc
put up also la a greater variety Of
packages than formerly. there being.
for example. various sizes and shapes
of oval tins. and some Franch sar-
dimes are imported IN class. but as the
great bulk Of all surdincs are still put
up ia oil 80 the great bulk Of them are
siill put mp in the familiar flat boxes.
the great majority Of these being of
the sizes Known as halves and quar-
ters and far the greater number of
these being in quarters Sardines are
packed 100 tins in case. and the con.
sumption Of sardines in this country
is roughly estimated at from l,5OO.00O
to 100000 cases annually.
Like canned goods of every descrip.
tion, sardines are cheaper now than
they formerly were, and American sar
dimes are sold for less than the import
ed. American sardincs are now ex-
ported from this country to the West
Indies and to South America. New
York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15

1t is well known that in the manufac-
ture of carbon steel microscopic dla-
monds are formed. and the curious
fact is stated by The Scientific Press
that from the examination of n num-
Der of steels from n variety of process
es Identical results were given. A
piece weighing 800 grams was cut from
a lump Of steel and treated with nitric
acid the insoluble residue collected
being mainly graphic carbon. After
being washed with water II was boil
ed three times with fuming nitric acid.
which partially dissolved the residue.
hydroauorlc acid and then fuming sui
phurlc being used. there then remain
ing nothing hut graphite, which after
being washed, was melted with chic
rate of potash. The insoluble residue
obtained fell to the bottom of vessel
filled with iodde of methylene, the lit
tie transparent octahedrons visible
through microscope. which burned
on sheet of platinum without any
ash, being the diamonds.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15
Ap1sGusrING nABIr.

BOYS should early be taught
the Nervousness of the offence Of
shifting, both from the basis of
decency and danger to public
health. 1t is much easier to pre-
vent the formation of u habit Of
this kind in boy than to correct
if i'm a man, and herein lies the
mothers part in the warfare
against splitting.
No extension of woman 5 rights
is necessary TO make mothers q
power in this neglected realm.
All that is required is a return to
q duty once faithfully discharged
but in the rush Of modern life
neglected the vigilant maternal
supervision of boys during the
years in which their habits are
formed.
The boy who is taught that to
spit on the hearth-the steps
anywhere about the house-is an
infringement upon the rights of
the family that will not be toler-
ated, is not likely to infringe
upon the sidewalks. the floors or
steps of public buildings, or in
the cars.
In the meantime, however,
there is Il generation of full-grown
active spitters to be reckoned
with in the interest of the public
health, and it is the opinion of
those who have given careful at
tention to the matter that these
can be reached more effectively
by the dissemination Of knowl-
edge upon the snbject than by
city ordinances or State law
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15

A Missouri paper says that Senator
Cocllrell keeps IN closer touch with the
people of his state than any other man
in the senate. one of his habits. ac-
cordlng to capitol gossip, Is TO read in
the senate the name of every con
stituent who sends him a petition,
Other senator's content themselves
with presenting petitions in an nden-
mite bunch, and in this impersonal
fashion they are noted IN The Congress
slonal Record. Cockrclrs way Is dif.
ferent, and when The Record appears
there are the names OF his constltu.
ents, looking very large. Forthwith to
each person thus distinguished goes
a copy Of The Record which Is shown
with much pride at the country store
or postoilce. and the voter is u friend
OF Cockrell Tor ,lfc
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15

An English paper tells this story Of
the late Joseph Whitaker, the publish
er of Whltaker's Almanack: For the
first issue he wanted, along with sim-
lar information. the amount of the sal.
aries received by number of certain
high functionarics in the civil service.
Application to these personagcs them
selves was uniformly met with only
fiat refusals. Accordingly the Alma.
mack appeared with n list of the otli-
cials. each credited with purely imag.
mary sum.
"The result was instantaneous. HarC-
ly had the first edition come out be
fore those whose salaries had been
underrated were impelled by amour
propre' to write indignant corrections.
while the polite statements of the in
land revenue authorities were similar
ly efiicacious where the alleged amount
was at all in excess of the actual in
come"
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A middle aged gentleman who has
been looking over iis old school exam
lnaton papers Wl'ltus to The Academy
expressing his chagrn at the discov-
cry of the fact that he knows less than
he did years ago. II knew some things
then arithmetic. for example. Today
/ am at the mercy of any waiter who
brings me change At booking offices
| keep vast crowds waiting and miss
ing their trains while | dos laborious
subtraction sums in my head, but at
school what hand was at figures.
Look at this:
"'Thrcc gia2icrs, A, B ana G. rent a
piece Of pasture land for month. A
puts ON - cattle for 2l days, B 10 for
y days and c % for 25 days. II at the
end of the month the rent and other
charges amount to f23 5s. iOd.. how
much Of this ought to he paid by
eachY
Il coulG do that in 1891. couldn't
do 1t now have 10 idea where to be-
gin. It may he easy. but the point H.
that have not the key. There used
to be lugglcry with " and ! could
manage IT, Now that pay income tax
and have statements of account from
my publisher every half year ! can
manage 1t no longer. And | seem to
have known zoology too. Zoology. !
seem to have been able to describe and
draw diagrams Of the heart and prlnci.
pal blood vessels Of the cruydsh. Once
I
informed boy Today don't see how
should pass the third class college of
preccptors." London Academy.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15

"Laymcn call our life exciting aud
think that we see n lot of the world"
said the navy man. but it's big mis-.
take. What do we know Of any of the
ports we visit? The pier. other boats
that may happen to he there at the
same time. and the English club of the
town that's all we see. And it's all
we know about. After you've touched
at II few ports and gone through the
same performance over and over again,
you get mighty tired Of It,
"As for our life. what Is 1t but n
perpetual club life? There are few
professional club demands. but the rest
of our time Is spent in much the same
way that n man spends his at his club
in smoking. reading. in swapping
lies. in making oneself agreeable to
ones friends who may do him the hon
or Of Il visit and in making oneself
agreeable to some other fellows
friends who may do him the honor
of a visit-thats the sum of our ex-
istencc, and when you think that's it
for day in ana day out, you can but
agree thar whole lifetime of it might
begin to pail.
ITS like wearing evening clothes all
the time or spending ones life at the
opera, or always having dessert ana
nothing else for dinner. All play and
no work makes duh boy Of almost
any Jack. sometimes wonder how
any of us nav! men manage to rise
superior to our opportunities for sink
ing into stupidity's lowest Depths
New York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15
The ThIstIe of scotInnd.

Once upon Il time many hundred
years ago the Danes made war upon
the Scots and invaded their country.
one dark night, as they were march
Ing upon an encampment of sleeping
Scots one Of their number trod upon
n thistle. The pain was so sudden
and intense that the man gave loud
cry This awakened the slumberng
Scots, who sprang to arms and defeat
cd the assailants. In gratitude for the
dellverance the Scots made the thistle
their national emblem journal of Ed
ucation.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15
Construction in 1899.

tilway Gazette in it's cur
e gives an interesting re-
railway construction in
ed States, Canada and
'in 1893. According to
,,4569 miles of road were
he United States by 2S4
ss, 650 miles in Canada
sen Companies, and 267
Mexico by ten compa-
/ 1893 there were added
Is in the United States,
s in Canada, and 495
Mexico. For the four
g years the average in
ed States was only about
Is a wear, and the esti-
1899 exceeds the ascer-
gules of construction in
since 1890, when 1929
track were laid. The
a ID american history
~ miles in 1887.
Gazette's estimate for
wa holds the lead with
!. Next follows Mime
b 374 miles; Arkansas,
nnsylvania. $40; Califor-
Michigan, 1863; Idaho,
,ama, 16O;O Oklahoma, 157;
ppi, 142; Florida, 139;
d and Georgia, each 1877;
gico, 125; South Carolina,
th Carolina, 103; Nilsson
Among individual rail
70 Chicago & Northwes-
Ks in construction, with
). Then follow the Hi
tral, with 1856; the Atchi-
peka & Sante Fe, 1866
l le Choctaw, Oklahoma &
/; the Minneapolis & st.
l02; the Chicago, Mil
y ST. Paul, 90, and the
d Pacific, 81.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15

In Russia miniature Bibles are often
worn as watch charms. One of these
Bibles is owned by n Bostonian who
received it from n friend living in Rus
sia. 1t Is about one inch long. three
fourths Of an inch wide and three
eighths of an inch thick and contains
the first five books of the Old Testa-
ment. The text of the book Is in He
brew and the titles in Latin. 1t can
only be read with the help of power
ful magnfying glass.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15
Hailed From n Royld Town.

"One of the funniest experiences in
my hotel llfe," said an old clerk, was
that in which man registered his
name without writing his town after
it, as is the custom. When | called
his attention to IL, he said: 4 hadn't
forgot IL. but | feel little bit tlmid
about it, The last time | was away
from home | registered the name of
my town and the clerk asked me
what state it was in. | got mad in
Il minute and wouldn't stay in the
house. went TO another house and
registered from Brooklyn, and the next
day appeared in the paper credited
to New York | showed it to the clerk,
and he said he changed my place of
residence on the book because nobody
ever registered from Brooklyn
81 told the man he need have no
fear of having the incident repeated
In our place provided he wanted to
write the name. He said he would
think about 1t and asked TO be shown
his room. so | saw no more of him un-
til late in the night. He then asked
me II | had m atlas, He studied 1t
mlnulely for few minutes, measured
distances with his two ha%ds, like
farmer, and then he called me and
polluted out the name Of town. !
asked him II that was his
"It Is the name all right he replied,
but | don't know whether the town
IS still there. 1t Is the boomlnest
town you ever see, and when left
It was CROWN SO fast that farmers in
the adjoinin state were burnln their
fences to keep the town from GROWN
right over 'em.'" - Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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Nc0UNTY NEWS.
NEED IN A BARN.

, her children at the
bic last Wednesday Mrs.
Faber a middle-aged
IF East Pikeland town
Ister county, went to the
d hanged herself. No
the suicide can be as
Sheleft a note ON her
bureau which read;
usbapd L leave every
Eou 10 raise our children
the children were at
Ms. Faber prepared their
'ith her usual care, SeU
and when they came
/ them TO go ahead with
Then she left them
WAS time for them to re-
chool they began Won
here She was, and her
rhter, Ida Faber, went
rn to Investigate. There,
nigh from a beam of the
she saw the body dang
was quickly cut down,
'yas tnen extinct.
sr TO carry out her pur-
/. Faber had to climb a
lIder 10 the loft. She
one end of the rope four
.ound the beam and
le other end in the same
.roupd her neck. Then
ped off the ladder and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15

Additional local trains win leave Harrisburg
daily, except sunday for Carlisle and lntermcd-
ate stations 40 81. 20 %. M, 200 p. M, 5.t5 p. m
30 p. an. ana 1888 p. M, also for Mechanics
burg, bill,butg and intermediate stations at
e 90 a. M. All 0f the above trains viii stop at
-nG street Harrisburg, 20 take ON passengefs
and huWewtOwn.
q Daily.
Daily except sunday.
ON Sundays win leave Philadelphia at 49O
p m
Pullman palace sleeping cars between New
York and Knoxville, Tenn, on trains west
and 10 east.
Through coaches to and from Philadelphia
ON trains and enst and and west.
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A Ne,x Arnhic Nntntion.

There is city magistrate living up
town who is possibly raising mathe-
matlcal prodigy in the person of his
or year old daughter. She has on
ly recently begun to attend the kinder
garten and yet meditates changes In
the system of enumeration now in
vogue which. while startling are GER
talnly suggestive.
When asked the other day to count,
she hesltated some and then llsped;
"None, some, one, two, free, fore."--
New York Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15

One of the interesting articles that
each governor of Massachusetts trans
mits to his successor is the Butler BIZ
Bile, the history of which General But
Ter wrote on the fly leaf as follows;
jan l. 1854.
When | came into the executive chamber year
ago, ! could not lind copy OF the Holy Scrip
lures. ] suppose each governor took his away
with him A friend gave me this leave It as a
needed transmittendum to my successor in office,
to be read by him and his successor each In
turn. BEsJAMN v. BUTLER. Governor.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-02-15

From one end Of Japan TO the other
child Is treated as a sacred thing, be
It ones own or strangers Each
one carries Its name and address on
ticket round its neck. but should it in
deed stray from home food and shelter
md kindness would meet It anywhere.