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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-19
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he can only wear one movable eye ut
a time.
Early in July Andy's wife and
daughter Sallie came to Chicago TO
visit. OF course every member of the
family in the little home down in Gus
ter township must have a souvenir
from the big city. 1t was easy to pro-
vide for the others. but what to get for
Andy-that was a hard one. Then
bright thought struck Sallie.
Say, ma, let's get pa a new eye for
Sunday" was the way she put it, her
own brown ones glowing with bril-
llaney borrowed from the idea.
That's just the thing. Sallie," said
good Mrs. Showers, and away they
went in search of an eye store and Il
brand-new socket filler. 1t was easy
enough at distance TO pick out an eye
that would match Andy's good one. but
when Sallie and her ma looked into
q case full of optics that were green,
gray, brown, and all the tlnts between
well, there was trouble.
Il tell you, pas eye is green, ma"
declared Sallie with an emphasis
showing that she considered the incl
dent closed. ITS just like this one"
holding up to the light a Nile-tinted
specimen.
cts no such thing, Sallie," returned
the elder Showers. PAS eyes a light
blue. Long before we's married the
girls used to call him Blue Eyes and
don't reckon the one that's left has
washed out"
The end Of it all was that pa got n
compromise between blue and a
green eye, and it didn't mate the other
one little bit 1t was not less than
four shades off color, and moreover,
IL was so small that one could almost
hear 1t rattle when Andy shook his
bead. And hereon hangs one Of his
stock jokes.
Andy wore his new eye to church
the first Sunday after it came. When
Elder Jones rose to pray Andy bowed
bis head as usual. That Chicago store
eye saw its chance to show of before
the rural worshipers. 1t dropped out
OF its nest, clattered on the pew seat
nhead and then rolled to the floor and
down the aisle. Bay Showers, four
years old, chased after the fugitive.
but before he emerged into the aisle
a newly married couple came along.
Look out. mithter." be lisped, "don't
you thtep on path eye"
The groom sidled to one side like
a man making an end run around a
snake and the bride blushed In a
frightened sort of way. Ed Banes
crew Of irreyerent young men on the
back seat Uttered audibIy, and a wave
of nudging swept every pew as the
summer breeze did the wheat field out
side.
Elder Jones tried to preserve the
gravity Of the service by cutting shorl
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saw A eLoopAoUNp IN ACTION
Unerring work by Dog Valued at n
Thousand Dollars.

81 had an opportunity to observe the
efficiency of the bloodhound as an in
strumcnt for tracking criminals while
I was at Wichita" said Macon attor-
ney the other day on returning from
n trip over into Kansas.
"An atrocious crime had been com.
mitted out in the suburbs. The Sheriff
was promptly notified and he respond
ed Immediately with his large. SOM
bre assistant. The dog was taken
into the house and to the room where
the crime occurred. 1t Immediately
started out with bound. cleared the
fence and dashed into the timber with
the Sheriff and others following close
behind. The hound ran to a stream,
where it appeared TO be mystifed for
few minutes. 1t ran up and down
the banks, painting and wagging its
tail nervously. Suddenly it caught the
trail again and dashed onward up the
bank of the stream, ran around a tree,
shot over brush pile and then took a
bee line for town.
"From this time on it never faltered
nor seemed to he in doubt for a mo.
ment The trail led to a mammoth
grain elevator. The dog burst into
side door without hesitation, and
darted for tho steps, dashing the sur
prised worimen right and left. 1t
went clear up TO the topmost floor OF
the elevator circled around a few
times and then dagted down another
way. When It reached the bottom
floor It ran out on the sidewalk,
through the business part Of town and
then to the boarding district. It was
blocked by 4 closed door at Il small
boarding house but when the officers
caught IN with the dog they had the
door opened. The hound ascended the
steps at bound and went directly TO
4 room occupied by one of the board
ers, pushed the door open with his
fore feet and attacked the clothes of q
man who was in bed asleep.
THE savage growls woke the man
up and he yelled loudly for protection
The Sheriff entered the room just IN
time TO seize the dog and pull him from
tie mans throat BY This time large
crowd had congregated at the entrance
of the boarding house and was impa.
tiently awaiting the appearance of the
quarry. The Sheriff telephoned for
guards before attempting TO remove
his man 10 jail. \ patrol wagon came
and the prisoner and dog were seated
in, surrounded by policemen with
drawn revolvers. When the start was
made for the jail the crowd must have
numbered fully 1900 They were vo.
ciferously demanding that the prison.
er be Immediately hung. But there was
no leader and lynching was ayerted
During the drive the dog never for an
instant took his eyes from the trem-
bling victim. SO perfect was the
hounds work and so thoroughly had
1t terrorlzed the prisoner that he con.
fessed to the crime soon after he was
placed in Jail.
81 was informed that the blood
hound was worth $1,000, and was one
of the best in the State. 1t was not
very prepossessing animal, but when
1t was in action. like a courageous sol
dier, IT looked much better than it did
when on dress parade kansas Citv
Journal.
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AeR eoY.


Where Is the child that used TO play
Around her while she sewed away
Whose baby rhymes she used to hear,
Forgetting that the world was drearg
Where is the child that used to place
His cheek against her pallid face,
Who used to sing, all unaware q
Of troubles she was forced to bear!
Where is the child who made her glad,
Who was the only hope she had,
For whom she toiled, for whom she
prayed,
For whom her fondest plans were laid?
The child is gone She sits alone
He's claimed another as his own
They've flown, but they'll return anon
The mothers lips are white and drawn.
Her poor, old toil.worn fingers bleed;
She sits alone in dire need,
And thinks--ah solemn thought and grim!
'The girls not good enough for him"
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
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Faster Than Ever She Was.

There are a number of regular Wis
itors at the Brooklyn Navy Yard who
give n great deal of unsolicited advice
to officials there as to how to run
their end of the Navy Department.
The pet subject for criticism with
these self-constltuted advisers. Is the
use of the cruiser Columbia as re-
ceiving ship in place of the old frigate
Vermont.
"It's a shame TO use one of the fast
est boats in the navy for such pur-
pose," they declare.
When this criticism is voiced to Rear
Admiral Barker. the Commandant OF
the yard, he says quietly and a trlhe
wearily:
''Oh, don't let that worry you; the
Columbia is now raster than ever she
was"
The critic takes look at the stout
hawsers holding the ship il her berth
and sinks away toward the yard
gate.-New York Times.
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at the centre, but are perforated, to be
made without fulness in habit style,
fact which renders the pettlcoat pc
culiarly desirable for wear beneath
the fashionable skirt, and the top can
be cut in dip style and finished with
or without the belt.
To cut this petticoat for woman Of
medium size twelve and n half yards
of material twenty-one inches wide.
eight and three-eighth yards twenty
seven inches wide, five and five-eighth
yards forty-four inches wide, with
ten and half yards seven and a
half inches wide for plisse frill,
eleven yards of lace two inches wide,
and five and a half yards of insertion
to trim as illustrated.
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New York City.-Carefully shaped,

New York City.--Carefully shaped,
well fitted pettlcoats are as important
as the gowns worn over them If the
latter are to appear at their best. The
very satisfactory model illustrated
was designed by May Manton with
all the requirements in view and is
suited 20 silk, moreen, brilliantine,
gloria and all similar slSirting mate
rials, but in the original is of taffeta
in old rose with bands and frill of
twine colored lace.
The skirt is cut in seven cores that
are shaped to be snug about the hips
and to flare at the feet. At the lower
edge is a straight frill Of pllsse silk
edged with a ruche. and above it the
graduated circular fiounce that is
shaped in points at the lower edge.
The back cores are laid in fiat pleats
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just because he says, God bless 'em,
They were made to make noiscl"
People say that dads peculiar
In his bringing up of boys.
"They don't understand boy nature.
That's the trouble!"-dad. says he
Reckon that they've quite forgotten
All about the used-to-be.
"When my boys break loose and holler.
| break loose and holler, too,
just to show they do no different
From the way we used to do.
When they want to go a-swimming,
find time to go along;
Show 'em how to dive and side-stroke
What is right and what is wrong.
"Take 'em fishing and out hunting,
Join 'em in q game OF ball,
Teach 'em how to find the muskrat
And to know the plover's call
Laugh at all their trifiing mishaps,
Let them laugh in turn at me;
Take their 'dares'-from jumping fences
Round to shining up tree.
$50 we're jolly boon companions,
Best of chums-my hovs and me.
Bond between us can't be broken;
dad, SAYS he
"Better lead boy than drive him;
Us by far the better plan.
Then you need not fear the future
When he grows to be man
II. w. Burgess.
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The clock at the Greenwich Observ-
atory is the most important one in Eu-
rope. for 1t furnishes correct time all
over that part Of the globe. 1t is,
t-erefore, looked after and regulated
with the greatest care. and is never
allowed to get more than one-tenth OF
second fast or slow. OF course, 1t
is impossible to correct so small an err
ror by moving the hands, but an cleo
tro. o.magnet serves the purpose admir-
ably. The magnet Is near the pendu-
lum, which 1t attracts the least bit
when the electrical current Is turned
on. The current is so timed that 1t
delays the pendulum IL the clock is
fast, or quickens it If the clock Is slow.
In this way few thousand swings Of
the pendulum win correct the error of
a tenth of a second.-Jewelers' Review.
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Increase In Marriages.

There has been a notable increase in
the number OF marriages recorded in
Chicago for this year over a similar
period OF last year. This has set spec
ulatlve persons at work figuring out
why this should be, and some of the
conclusions are interesting. 1t is noted
tnat the Increase has been accompan-
led by corresponding decrease in the
number of young women seeking en-
ployment as stenographers and clerks,
and certain club women infer from
this that there Is a growing tendency
ON the part OF young women to give
up business life for that of the home.
Others hold that prosperity In the
business world has enabled more
young men to marry. and that this
win account for the increase.-C Chicago
Post.
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his prayer ard announcing n hymn,
but by some irony of circumstances he
chose one that sounds like
THE consecrated cross-eyed bear"
Not long after that unfortunate
church incident Andy went to have
his picture taken, aud Of course he
wore his Sunday eye. 1t matched the
natural optic about as well as the rib
bon he took home for Mrs. Showers
when she was getting ready for the
jenkins girls wedding, but when u
man has his picture taken nothing but
Sunday fixings will do.
"For goodness sake, pa" said Sal
lie. as she tried to make a seventeen
collar fit iifteen shirt, "try 10 look a
little decent this time. That other pic
turc is just horrid." e- -
Lift your chin little and don't
stare quite so much" admonished the
man at the camera, who had not no.
tced the Showers assortment of look
ers. Then, while the longhaired art
ist with the soiled linen was fumbling
about for n plate, Andy pushed that
off eye of his around so that 1t peered
into an upper corner of the room.
Now look about here at this card on
the door and hold still for n second -
and rs the picture maker thrust his
shaggy head underneath the dark cover
Andy leaned forward FOR an instant
and siyly dropped the small-callbre
glass bail into his lap
There's Il leetle too much shade on
the left eye came from the cavernous
depths under the cover. Turn your
face a triae TO the right, and then
wen get you"
Andy turned it, and the empty socket
loomed into the artists view like the
opening OF n cyclone cellar.
Horse on me-" chuckled the man
ut the machine. ITS no time for the
drinks. but III make you q dozen for
half price"
Guess that's about right for man
with only half as many eyes as he
ought to have" said Andy.
one week day pas Sunday eye was
missing. He searched the clock again
anu d.-sttal hA+l IT. as 4Ab tl7t tA-t IA 4fse
was gone. Mrs. Showers hadn't seen
II, and Sallie couldn't imagine where
ird got to-" At the dinner table the
subject WAS taken up anew. Baby
Showers lisped his innocence, but for
some reason ten-year-old Willie did
not Join in the discussion. He made
himself n mighty busy boy and kept
his eyes glued to the country ham on
his plate.
willie, ycu haln't seen pas eye,
have ycQT' asked his mother,
There was Il moment Of silence and
Whites lips quiyered violently. He
knew his time had come.
johnnie Silvcrs got it," he whimp-
cred.
why, how in the world did Johnnie
Silver get it," pressed Mrs. showers
"He-he beat"
Beat what?"
playing marbles"
The next day Johnnie Silver traded
back the store eye for the biggest mar
bic in town, and Andy Showers gave
him the marble.-John Howard Todd,
in The Chicago Record Herald.
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Boys shirt Waist.

Plain shirt waists, with comfortable
turnover collars are necessary to
every boys wardrobe. This satisfac
tory model is shown in percale, white
with stripes of blue, but is suited TO
all washable shirtings and to both
flannel and flannelette.
The waist Ats smoothly across the
shoulders, and is arranged in gathers
at the waist line, where there is an
applied belt to which buttons are
sewcd by means Of which the trousers
are held in place. The sleeves ale in
regulation shirt style with straight
cuffs and openings finished with over
laps. At the neck is turnover col
lar which can, however, be omitted
and the neck flushed with the neck.
band. to which separate collars can be
attached, when preferred.
To cut this waist for boy of eight
years of age one and seven-elghth
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In the small hours of the morning
says Tars telegram in thc London
Express, the Paris police found a little
Italian statIette vendor, about twelve
years old, fast asleep against the wall
of the Cirque d'Hiver.
whats your name" asked the
commissary ut the police station.
Joachim Caserio." was the quiet re-
ply. At the name the officer started
what" he said, .''are you a relative
of the man who killed President Car
not"
II am his brother" was the reply
Then he told how some weeks ago his
parents rented him to a stranger,
who brought him to Paris, and i'm
mediately ''rented" him to another
stranger, by whom he had been bru
tally treated ever since.
His request to be sent back 10 Italy
VIII probably be granted.
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\ AJudse's Daughter opens a Barbe.

Because she was turned down by
the BARRIERS UniGn Mary Clagett
daughter Of the late Judge W. II.
ClGgett, Of Spokane, Wash, has
opened n barbe. shop of her own, the
first one Of its kind in the State. Judge
Clagett was one of the best known
men in the Northwest. He was once
elected a Senator from Idaho, but was
lot seated, owing to a technicality
He represented Montana in Congress
in his earlier years. After his death
his daughter sought employment in
barber shops as a livelihood. She had
learned the trade in Chicago. The
local union would not admit her so
she started alone. keeping up union
prices and making no complaint She
is bright, intelligent woman, anl
while her family objects to her present
employment She is cheerful and deter
mined to continue. Many Of her
fathers oldtlme friends patronize her.
San Francisco Chronicle.
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X NDY SHOWERS does not ask
N for anybodys sympathy be-
~ cause one of his eyes is gone
and he wears a glass counter
felt in It's place. Indeed, the chief ful
of his life is focused upon that glass
eye. Every week or two he has new
joke about it, and in telling it he
laughs louder and longer than anybody
else.
Long about thrashing time" he
says, i've got the best of the men
with two good eyes. II one eye ketches
a thimbleful of dust two ketches two
thimblefuls. That's plain enough for
man with no eyes TO see And if
a whole pair Of specs cost 50 half n
pair oughtn't to fetch more'n $3.50. If
1 want to go to sleep when Elder
Jones is preach'l' I just keep this bad
lamp of mine on picket duty and doze
off with the other"
From the mere standpoint Of num-
bers Andy is better off with eyes than
any Of his neighbors. He has the big
gest collection in Shelby County-eyes
for week days and eyes for Sundays,
eyes for weddings and eyes Tor funcr-
ais. eyes with stony staros and eyes
with romantic dreams in them. He
always speaks of his ophthalmic prop
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

Rich women. even though they revel
in diamonds, have no monopoly of
slides, for, happily, stones of no great
value are very modish. These are
pretty on ribbon necklets as well as
rows OF pearls. A lovely one is in
Steel set with corals. Turquoises are
very great favorltes, too, either in gold
or platinum.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-19

1t goes without saying that the hand
some dress has no skirt binding. 1t
simply hangs over the elaborately
edged drop skirt. For ordinary cloth
dresses a binding Is found to be more
durable. In the case of broadcloth 1t is
the best scheme to make this little
facing of the same. and being sure
to have enough left over to replace 1t.
This Is the best thing to do with vel
veteen. also. Velveteen bindings on
other materials are frequently not
pleasing. however. There's brush
edge, too; on very shaggy dress
goods 1t is all right, but there's no
easier way to ruin tie effect of fine
dress. 1t looks brushy and cheap.
and some handsome dresses would ac-
tually look about as well with a taggy,
worn edge.
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in but It ls not believed that they will
stay. because there is perfect craze
still for having indoor bodices collar
less. The prettiest fashion consists
of a collar of fur with an inner one
of lace. The question of catching
cold is not considered by the woman Of
fashion, but 1t must be admitted that
when woman gets past her first
youth her neck does not look its best
entirely uncovered in the daytime.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-19
A Millinery Novelty.

A millinery novelty is a wreath Of
magnolia blossoms in alternate black
and white, with slightly decayed
leaves. Realism could hardly be ex-
pected to go further than the decayed
leaves. but rose spray, with unmis-
taxable thorns. shacp enough to bring
the blood, is just a step beyond.
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Womnn,s Fancy Blouse.

Youthful styles are much in vogue,
not alone for young girls, but also for
their elder sisters and mammas, and
makes feature of the seasons styles.
The attractive May Manton model
shown in the large engraving is made
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Immigrant. Felt themselves Honorsd,

A carload of Hungarian immigrants
arrived in Freeland on the same train
as 1.-The Girl From Vermont com.
pany, which included brass band
When the musicians struck up lively
air previous TO marching down the
main street, the immigrants thought
they were on the scene to accord them
a welcome to the country, and prompt
ly fell into line. The band proceeded
down the main street OF the town with
fifty Hungarian men and women fol
lowing. and 1t was not until the band
stopped that the innocent foreigners
realized their mistake. Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
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The discovery in the sands Of Jerti'
anyage, at Woking England, OF we'll
preserved examples Of the teeth Of pre-
historic sharks and the remains OF
other fish. Is announeed In Nature.
The find is regarded us an unusually
interesting one, aud the material h0s
been turned over 70 the experts of the
British Museum tor examination.
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One of the prettiess separate collars
is yoke deep, has a stock and is made
of white broadcloth. In addition to a
liberal sprinkling OF French knots done
in black there's an applique design in
black velvet. These pieces, that may
be had ready made, are great help
to the amateur dressmaker.
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The Value of a Rich Mind.

A rich mind win cast over the hum
blest home a radiance OF beauty and
wholesomeness which an upholsterer
or a decorator can never equal. Emer-
son says. There Is no beautifer OF
complexion, form, or behavior, like
the wish to scatter JOY, and not pain,
around us."--Success-
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Women follow the men in the tie of
their neckwear. The men are wear
ing now for string ties those with the
broad straight ends tied in rather a
large bow. That is what the smart
haberdasher shows, and in the shops
where necllwear is made for women
the bows to the stocks are also rathe"
large.
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A pretty fal-lal of the moment is
the neat turnover, hand-stltched white
muslin collar, with black. plain or
spotted stock-this Is a charming fin
ish to a shirt worn with tailor made
morning coat and skirt.
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but in colors rs well. Pink and white
camelias, with a knot of black velvet
decorate one hat, and again you see
bunch of bright red ones with glossy
green leaves ON a sable hat.
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jet and spnngles.

Jet and spangles once more have re-
turned to favor, but the quality used
is only of the very best, that is to 50"
the jet is all put on by hand.
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A Favorite Flower For Hats

The camelia is the favorite flower
for hats in Paris, not only in white
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A German trolley car has attained a
speed Of nlnety-nlne and half miles
an hour