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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-05-30
SPECIAL SESSION OF COUNTY BOARD.
County Clerks Official Minutes OF Proceed
ings Held May 7. 8, and 9.

(COUNTINED FROM LAST WEEK.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, May 1901.
Court House, 2 o'clock.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
and was called to order by Chairman
John Juno.
Roll was called and quorum was
found to be present.
On motion the reading of the
minutes of the previous meeting was
dispensed with.
The special committees report on
public property was read by supervisor
Christensen, as follows
To The Honorable Board of Super
visors Of Wood County, Wisconsin,
Gentlemen:-We, the undersigned
committee appointed by your honor
able body to check up the bills of the
committee on public property, paid
since the meeting of the county board
in February Is, 1901, beg leave to
report as follows:-We have checked
over the items on the report of said
committee of public property with
the bills on file in the county clerks
Office covering the period named above
for expenses incurred by said commit
tee, and find that they agree in every
item We have added up said items
and find that they amount to a total
of S4,O69.79 besides the amount of
1918. 95 which was reported February
ID, 1901 by said committee as being
due to the contractors making the
new addition to the court house, and
which has been paid since that date.
We find that the bills on file are
nearly all itemized and all O. X. by
the committee, or the chairman
thereof except one for telephone
service to the amount of 1918 paid
to the Wood County Telephone Co.
Dec. II, 1900. We find that the
following wood has been paid for
since date of their last renOrt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-05-30

Mr.. Conway, chairman of the COM
mittee on general claims read the
report of that committee and their
recommendation on the following
claims. 1t was moved the same be
allowed as recommended unless
Objected to-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-05-30

We have also measured the wood
now on hand and piled up in the court
house and Jail yards and find the
following amounts:
3431A cords of 2 foot wood, pine and oak.
1914 A . 4" maple and mixed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-05-30

JOHII Z. DHIY lHtIICIut IUT pTIsUIItIs.- 10
James Hewlett, claim Of S3S So recommended
| same be returned for correction.
Mr.. Rausch, chairman of the COM
mittee on county poor farm aud
county poor accounts, reported that
committees recommendations to be
the same as the uperintendents of
the poor.
On motion the same were allowed as
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
A Fortunate Dismissal.

Thirty years ago a young man
named Samuel M. Bryan, clerk
in the postoffice department at
Washington, received notice that
his services were no longer need
ed. Incompetency was the rea-
son given for his dismissal.
When he looked over his stock in
trade he found that it consisted
of something less than a hundred
dollars in cash and-a great idea.
A week later he was on his way
to San Francisco, one good-natur-
ed postal clerk after another al
lowing him to ride in his car. On
reaching San Francisco he secur-
ed place as purser on a steam
ship bound for Japan, and, in due
time, found himself in Toxic.
Once in Japans chief city, he
proceeded without delay to put
his great idea into execution.
What he proposed was to perfect
and put in operation, in Japan, a
postal system modelled after that
of the United States. Bryan
found willing listeners among the
high Japanese officials, and, in
due time was requested to pre-
pare prospectus of his system
to be submitted to the Mikado.
Its value was at once recognized,
and it's adoption ordered. Bryan
was placed at the head of eleven
thousand dollars a year, and en-
trusted with the negotiation of a
postal treaty between Japan and
the United States. A few months
later he was back in Washington
as the envoy of the Japanese gov
ernment, treating on equal terms
with the man who had dismissed
him for incompetence. The
treaty which he negotiated with
skill and diplomacy, proved sat
isfactory to all concerned. Bryan
remained some fifteen years in
the service of the Japanese gov
ernment. He then returned to
the United States a rich man.
1t is interesting to conjecture
what his career might have been
had he not lost his place in the
postoffice department.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
Pan-AmeriCan Exposition Now Open.

The Cumberland Valley Rail
road Company has now on sale
regular Summer Excursion tick
cts to Buffalo on account of Pan
American Exposition and to Nj
agara Falls. The rate from Mer-
cersburg is $500. In addition
special excursion tickets to Buff
falo, good to return within ten
days from date Of issue, will be
sold every day until October 31st,
at rate of $14.85 from MERGERS
burg.
For the accommodation of Wis
itors to the Exposition the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has
put on two new trains in each di-
rection, between Harrisburg and
Buffalo, with which Cumberland
Valley trains make close connec-
tion at Harrisburg. Nos. 4 and 10
reaching Buffalo at 500 p. M.
and 7.35 A. M. respectively. Re.
turning leave Buffalo at 800 p,
M. and $50 A. M. connecting
with trains 1 and 9 respectively.
The foods used for stock vary
greatly in value, and the most
costly kinds are not always the
best. 1t is the amount of diges-
table matter in food that fixes
its.truevalue, Indigestible matter
it's voided, and the manure heap is
thus enriched at the expense of
loss or gain in the animal. Some
foods are expensive even when
purchased at very low sum.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
A Snare Experiment.

Professor Dixon of Yale, who
has been camping on Indian
Creek, in Colorado, has demon
strated the possibility of welding
two snakes together so that their
bodies will unite and continue to
grow as one.
While it was admitted that hu-
man parts could be made to grow
together, it has been contended
that the sluggish circulation of
reptiles would initiate against
such a process in their case.
The rattler was extended with
an iron hook encircling his head.
An adder was obtained and cut
in two. The rattler was treated
in the same way. The tail of the
adder was then sewed to the rat
tier with strong thread, and af-
ter twenty-four hours the iron
collar was removed and the com
posite reptile was put into cage,
where he squirmed around with
every evidence Of vitality.
Although the customary warn
ing rattle was absent on it's new
tail, the supply of 9irus was not
diminished by his curtailment,
for when he struck a rabbit, the
latter began to swell, and in an
hour was dead. The metamor-
phosed rattler will be kept under
scientific scrutiny for the next
few months.-New York Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
A Word as 10 Learning the Metric System

The advantage of this system
of weights and measures is so
great as to make it's adoption in
allcountries exceedinglgdesirable
In learning it is much better to
get the system without any com
parison with the eknown measures.
The quick road to an understand
ing of the value of these measures
avoids any coming in sight of the
legends.
1 meter-39.37 inches.
1 liter. .9O6 dry qt. or 1.O56
liz. at.
gram-15.432 gr. troy or .035
on. av.
The principles are very few,
being as follows:
/. The distance from the pole
to the equator is ten thousand
kilometers, or ten million meters.
2. Milli-one thousandth; cent?
-one.hundreth; deci-one-tenth;
deka-ten times; hekto-a hun.
dred times; kilo-a thousand
times, and myria-ten thousand
times.
3. The liter is a cubic decline
ter. The kiloliter is a cubic me-
ter. The hektoliter is a tenth
of a kiloliter or one hundred Ii,
ters. The liter is used for Ii,
quids. the hektoliter for grain,
and the kiloliter for wood, stone,
etc.
4. The gram is the weight of a
cubic centimeter of water. The
kilogram is a liter of water in
weight.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
A PiendiSh Attack.

An attack was lately made on
G. F. Collier of Cherokee, Iowa,
that nearly proved fatal. 1t came
through his kidneys. HIS back
got so lame he could not stoop
without great pain, nor sit in a
chair except propped by cush-
ions. No remedy helped him un-
til he tried Electric Bitters which
effected such wonderful change
that he writes he feels like a new
man. This marvellous medicine
cures backache and kidney troub-
lie, purifies the blood and builds
up your health. Only soc at w.
S. Dickson's Drug Store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
Your Column.

To show our appreciation OF the way In
which the Fulton County News Is being adopt
ed into the homes of the people OF this county.
we have set apart this column for the FREE
use of our subscribers, for advertising purposes,
subject TO the following conditions;
l. 1t is free only to those who are pad-up sub
scribers.
2. Only personal property can be advertised.
g. Notices must not exceed 30 words.
4. All illegal" notices excluded
s. Not free to merchants or any one to adver-
tse goods sold under mercantile license.
The primary. object of this column is to af-
ford farmers, and folks who are not In public
business. an opportunity to bring to public at.
tention products or stocks they may have to
SELL or may want to buy.
Now, this space is yours II you want to buy a
horse, II you want hired help, II you want 10
borrow money, II you want to sell q pig, bug
~, some hay a goose, or II you want to adver'
tse for a wlfe--this column is yours
The News Is read weekly by eight thousand
people, and is the best advertising medium IN
the county.
Here's some space who wants to use III
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
Church Directory.

PREsBYTERIAN-Rev. w. A. West D..
D., Pastor.
Sabbath school, 9:15.
Preaching service-each alternate
Sunday morning counting from Aug.
18th, at 10:30, and every Sunday
evening at 1880.
Junior Christian Endeavor at 200.
Christian Endeavor at $3.50.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 1870.
METHODIST EPISCoPAL-Rev. A. d.
McCloskey, Pastor.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Preaching every other Sunday morn
ing, counting from June 10th, at
1880 and every Sunday evening al
7:30.
Epworth League at $3.50 p. IN.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 1870.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN-Re j. L.
Grove, PASTOR
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Preaching every Sunday morning al
1890 and every other Sunday even
ing counting from August 10, at 1880.
The alternate Sabbath evenings are
used by the Young Peoples Chris
tian Union at 1880 p. M.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 1870.
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN--Rev. A. G.
Wolf, Pastor.
Sunday school 9:15 a. IN.
Christian Endeavor at $3.50 p. m.
Wednesday evening prayer meeting
at 1880.
Preaching morning and evening ev-
cry other Sunday, dating from De-
cember 9, 1900.
REFoRNIED-Rev. C. M. Smith, Pas
tor.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Christian Endeavor at $3.50 p. IN.
Wednesday evening prayer meeting
at 7:30.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
We Drink Oceans Of Coffee.

One-half the world s production
of coffee berries is brought to the
Uuited States. Americans are
the greatest coffee drinkers on
the face of the globe now, and
every year the consumption of
coffee is increasing here.
Last year it was more than 800,
100000 pounds for the whole
country, or more than 104 pounds
a head of the population. Ger
many and France together only
consumed half as much coffee,
Germany less than Ct pounds a
head, and France only Al pounds
per capita.
The United Kingdom used lit
tie more than half a pound of the
berries per head of the popula-
ton, but over there they made
up for it by drinking more tea
than any other nation.
More than million dollars is
spent out of the United States
every week in payment for coffee.
South and Central American
countries, which supply us with
more than 6O0,000,0O0 pounds of
coffee year, get most of the
money. Porto Rico, Java and
the Philippines get almost all the
rest, but a little goes to Hawaii,
where they produce very superb
or brand of coffee berry.
Last year the total value of the
coffee imported into the United
States was about $50, ,000,0 900, and
that was less than for several
years, because the import price
of coffee has fallen about one-half.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
One Too Many.

A good story is going the
rounds of the Office of the Met
ropolitan Street Railway company
concerning the wonderful pres
ence of mind displayed recently
by a new conductor on one of the
company's trolley cars. This
particular car was bowling up
Fifth avenue recently when it
was hailed and boarded by a
company inspector.
The official hurriedly counted
the passengers in the car and
found that there were nine.
Then he cast his eye up. to the
register, which in these cars is
fastened to the woodwork above
the door, and found that there had
been only eight fares rung up.
He disclosed his identity to the
new conductor and called atten-
ton to the discrepancy.
Slowly and painfully the new
hand counted over his passengers
and then scanned his register.
"Begorra, an you're roight
sir" F" he said, and promptly stop
ped the car.
Say" he demanded, address.
ing the passengers in an author
ity manner, "Won o. youse fel.
lows'll have to git off the carr. y
Kansas City journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
The Building of Character.

To the geologist the east coast
Of Florida is one of the most in
teresting portions of the earth's
surface. In the eyes of science
it was'but yesterday when the
surf beat on what is now the wes-
tern shore of the st. Johns river.
To the eastward of this line the
corals built a long bar; gradually
this caught the earth washed
from the shore, and on this plants
grew and then trees. This made
or the st. Johns a long saltwater
lagoon. AS the coast widened,
and the coral worked, the lagoon
filed in and drainage from both
sides made it fresh. So charac-
ter is built up. For good or ill,
our thoughts and meditations are
leaving their sediment in our
hearts, and as we mediate and
muse in certain lines, a reef is
thrown out that catches the wash
of our thinking and doing, until
after a while it becomes the bed
rock principle on which we think
and act. So make sure of a good
character one must be certain to
keep guard over the thoughts
DR.. A. r. Banks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
Your Reputation.

This depends alone upon your
conduct. Perhaps some do not
understand the meaning. And
some may think character and
reputation are of the same mean
ing. Reputation is what others
think of you. Character is what
you really are.
One must be careful of his ac-
tions for it depends upon your
actions what your reputation is.
Most people have good reputa-
tions-why? Because their char
acter is of quality. Do not all boys
and girls, who respect their ell.
ders have the best reputation.
You must have a good heart in
order to earn other peoples re-
spect. In order to have a good
heart one must be kind and un-
selfish, truthful, humble, gener-
Gus, modest, gentle and sincere.
Any person yearning for fame
must first earn good reputation.
Any one with bad reputation is
sure to have a bad character, un-
less a mistake is made and a per.
son is misjudged, which some
times happens. Your character
is shown in your actions, whether
good or bad. We must now SOW
good seed if we wish to gather
good fruit, "For whatsoever a
man soweth that shall he also
reap"
A person with a bad character
can never associate with good and
respectable people. A person
with a good character has a good
reputation, and will always find
loving friends wherever he goes.
Any one with a bad disposition,
who is boisterOus and unruly will
never earn a good reputation.
Let us build up our character Of
good material and earn a good
reputation. Riverside.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
Tot Causes Night Alarm.

Zone night my brothers. baby
was taken with Group" writes
Mrs. j. G. Snider, of Crittenden,
Ky, sit seemed it would strangle
before we could get doctor, so
we gave it DR.. Kings New Dis
covery, which gave quick relief
and permanently cured it. We
always keep it in the house to
protect our children from Group
and Whooping Cough. 1t cured
me of chronic bronchial trouble
that no other remedy would re-
lieve." Infallible for Coughs,
Colds, Throat and Lung lroub-
les. SOC and S1.00. Trial bottles
free at w. S. Dickson's.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

The editor of the COLON Chron-
icle philosophers in the following
vein; you're not so many if
you'll pause a moment to remem-
Der that from the sunrise of
youth to the sunset of old age,
life's journey is ever dotted by
vanities and follies. In youth
they are impulsive and thought
less, in middle age they are ting
ed with naughty cynicism, in old
age they take expression from
embarrassed memories and senile
doubts. All in all, men has not
much of which to boast. In
youth he is a fool and does not
know it. In middle age he knows
he was a fool but imagines that
he is then possessed of a wisdom
the world does not give him cred
it for possessing, and in old age
he wavers doubtfully between the
first and second opinions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17
The Southern Way of Catching Hawks.

A traveller in the Southern
States tells of novel way of
catching hawks, common in that
section of the country. He says
it consists of an ordinary steel
trap, not too large, mounted on
the top of Il common fence rail or
long pole set firmly in the
ground. 1t is best located on
some moderately high point in
the middle of a wide field, where
there are no trees or other OBJ
jects upon which bird may
light. No bait is needed. The
trap is simply opened on top of
the pole, where the bird sets it
off and is caught in the act of
alighting. Of course the trap
must be firmly secured to the
pole. The device is based on the
principle that birds of habitually
light on prominent objects in
large open spaces, where they
will have a good outlook for game.
A trap well placed will, during
one season, catch all the hawks
within a radius of several miles.
Owls and other large birds are
also frequently found in the trap.
The longer and more substantial
the pole the better it is.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

G. M. Phelps, Forestdale, VT,
says his child was completely
cured of bad case of eczema by
the use of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. Beware of all counterfeits.
Itinsts ntly relieves piles. Trout's
drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

Mothers everywhere praiseOne
Minute Cough Cure for the suf-
ferings it has relieved and the
lives of their little ones it has saw
ed. Strikes at the root of the
trouble and draws out the inflam-
nation. The children's favorite
Cough Cure. Trout's drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

81 had long suffered from in
digestion" writes G. A. LeDels,
Cedar City, Mo. "Like others |
tried many preparations but new
er found anything that did me
good until | took Kodol Dyspep.
sia Cure. One bottle cured me.
A friend who had suffered simi-
larly put on the use of Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. He is gaining
fast and will soon be able to work.
Before he used Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure Indigestion had made him a
total wreck. Trout's drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

Officials of the postoffice de-
partment are planning to keep
anarchist publications, including
newspapers, circulars and lltera-
ture of all kinds out of the mail.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

DeWitt's Little Early Risers
never disappoint. They are safe,
prompt, gentle, effective in re-
moving all impurities from the
liver and bowels. Small and easy
to take. Never gripe or distress.
Trout's drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-10-17

Additional local trains win leave Harrisburg
as follows; For Chambersburg and ntermed-
ate stations at b.l5 p. m, for Carlisle and inter-
mediate stations al 9.37 a. m, 200 D. m., B. 10 D.
M, 6,ss p. m, 10 p. m. ;also for rMechancsburg
Dillsburg and intermediate stationsat 200 a. m
and 3.27 p. m.
Nos: l, and run daily between HARRISBURG
ana Hagerstown.
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 east and and west
Daily.
Daily except Sunday.
On Sundays win leave Philadelphia at Az
p. m
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-11
TERRELL
May Have to Die In the
Chair.
Board Not Favorable to His Plea Fer
CIemency.
lSneclal Correspondence.,


Columbus. IAN. 1.-THE chances of
Rosslyn Fcirell murderer of Charles
Lane, for his life are slim The State
Board Of iardons now has the appli-
cation for the communication of the
death sentence to life imprisonment
under consideration and will doubtless
make it's report next Thursday. 1t is
not probable that clemcncy will be rec
ommended. II is felt, that, oven in
ease the board report the ease favor
ably, the governor may not grant the
cOmmutdtion. He strongly favors the
| policy of allowing the verdict of the
courts TO stand.
| The application WAS argued before
the board yesterday. Colonel X. r.
Woodbrlrn and Hon. j. l.. Cameron,
/ Ferrclrs attorneys, represented the
| prisoner and James II. Robinson,
prosecuting attorney of Union county
and James McCampbell appeared for
the State. a very large number of
protests against showing the murderer
clemoncy was received by the board
| They came for the most part from
ofliciDls, agents and other employees of
express companies. There were five
petitions ON the other side.
Ferrells attorneys based their argu-
ments chiefly upon the ground that
the murderer the child of consan-
guincous marriages, was metally un-
balanced, on account of his attach
lnent for Lillian Costlow at the time
the crime was committed. All Of the
other grounds set forth in the printed
applications filed early in the week
were also brought forward.
The attorneys for the prosecution
presented very strong arguments
against the recommending of elem
ency. Dr. II. &. Carpenter. slpcrin-
tcndent Of The Columbus hospital for
the insane. testified before the board
that in is opinion, Fcrrcll, while of
errniic tendencies. was of sound
mind within the meaning of the law
ROBERT q. RYDER.