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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
Lakes Are Fast Drying Up.

Lieutenant o. Olufsen of the Dutch
army has recently completed his sec
ond series of explorations in central
Asia and particularly in the lofty Pa
mir plateau, where he first began his
studies in 1896. He says that in the
past few years the quantity of water in
Turkestan and Bokhara has notably
diminished. a number of oases that
were cultivated with much success sew
eral years ago have now been aban-
doned because the streams that rem
dered their irrigation possible have
dried up. This phenomenon is partic-
ularly prominent along the little rivers
that feed the Syr Daria and the ANU
Daria, whose sources are among the
highlands of the Pamirs. The quantity
Of snow on the Pamirs Is decreasing
on account of the rapid erosion Of the
soft schistose rocks which form the
ridges, the filling up of the valleys and
the increased average velocity of the
wind. With high winds blowing over
a surface that is now more level than
formerly, the SHOWS which fed the
helped to give fertility to Turkestan
and Bokhara, blow away in large part
and the result is that the lakes are
much smaller than formerly. He men,
tions in particular the Yechil Kul, or
lake. which was formerly at least 200
ilometers-about 100 miles, in circum-
ference. The lake is now only about
prtu IL, .tr D0r ne
1t, however, still exist as little lakes
cut off from the main lake in the lower
parts of the former bed occupied by
Yechil Kul, when it was one unbroken
sheet of water. This lake, however, is
not one of the feeders of the river for
it is a salt lake. somewhat similar
story comes from South Africa with
regard to the famous Lake Ngami. dis
covered by Livingstone more than so
years ago. The dessication OF Lake
Ngami has made extremely rapid prog
ress in the past ten or twelve years.
When Livingstone reached the lake In
iS49 he found a sheet Of water with
an area of about 800 square. kilome-
ters. The lake has now entirely disap-
pedTeu. us Oiu DSu 10 lOW-lylnB pam
covered with jungle, with small areas
of boggy land here and there, but not
vestige of water surface to be seen.
The Okawango river, once the outlet
Of the lake, is entirely dry for some
twenty miles from Ngami, where 1t
begins to gather water again. Former
ly many natives lived around the
edges of the lake and raised a great
deal of grain there. But culture now
is impossible, as there is no water TO
irrigate the crops. and the result is
that the mum erous villages around the
lake have been abandoned. Only a
comparatively few herders of cattle
still live where iii the fiourishing days
of Lake Ngami there was large popu-
lation.-New York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
Folklore of the First Century.

In 1895 the trustees of the British
Museum purchased fine papyrus roll.
written on both fides, the diverse hear
ing series of revenue returns, dated
in the ''7'' year of the Emperor Clau'
dius, b. G. 46-47. and the reverse Il
Neries of magic tales written in De.
motto An English translation of the
letter has just appeared in England.
The stories are part of series which
centre in hero named Khamuas.
High Priest OF Memphis, the historical
original being the Prince Regent Kha-
m-uas, the son of Itameses H. The
writer of these stories has collected
n great quantity of folk legends, which
We're current in Egypt at the time
when this manuscript was written.
about A. ID. 1880; and the papyrus
may certainly be described as one OF
the richest collections OF first century
tales ever discovered.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
Disappointing Waters.

Father Daull, French missionary
in the heart of the Dark Continent.
writes from Karer1a that, since 1879,
the surface of Lake Tanganylka has
fallen twenty-five feet; with the re-
suit that along the shore of the lake
there is a belt of cultivated ground,
over half a mile In width, between the
present waters edge and that of twer-
ty years ago. The level now seems
to be permanently fixed. Father Daull
does not think that there has been a
shrinkage of the lake, but that the
present is its normal level. and that
the previous higher level was owing to
one Of the outlets being clogged up.
His opinion is, however. not shared
by many travellers. Scott Elliot, who
made n careful investigation of the
lake, found evidences that at form
er period the level was much higher
than even in 1879, and thinks that
there has been a great shrinkage. Be.
sides, this latter idea is only in keep
ing with the general tendency of Afrl.
can lakes. The Ritwa Lake, which is
still fifty miles long and from twelve
TO twenty miles broad. Is known to
be drying up. DR.. Kandt, celebrated
German African traveller, has recently
reported that during his travels h.
discovered the dry bed of what was
formerly a large lake between Lakes
Albert Edward and Kiwu.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

miles of wires have been strung. The
first twenty-five miles of ocean cable
were laid across the English Channel
in 1851. and since then 100000 miles
more have been laid. Concurrently
there has been steady advance In the
time-saving and distance-d destroying
speed alike of the railroad train on
land and the steamship on sea. Tie
-mile-an-hour railroad train is
demonstrated possibility, and, O;
course. will come. Five days from
New York TO Liverpool Is almost n
nineteenth achievement. When
we recall that in 1900 the fastest time
to Europe was over a month. that It
took thirty days in 1918 to bring TO
New York the news of the great Wesr
Indian hurricane of that year, and
that the first voyage Of 9n American
vessel from New York to- China oc.
cupied fifteen months on it's round
trip. we can understand why the
steam-driven ship of steel. with elcc
trio courlers to announce its arrivals
and departures. has added SIS, 800
100000 to the annual value of intc.'-
national exchanges within the cycle.
New York World.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
The Passing of Cowboys.

The day OF the cowboy is drawing to
Il close. Civilization with its rail.
roads, its steam and electrically pro.
PEELED vehicles and, worst of ALL its
barb-wire fences, is slowly and sure.
ly eating up the great cattle ranges
of the West and crowding the COW
punchers out of business. In some
parts of Arizona and in New Mexico
the ''round up of the cattle is still
the principal event of the year On
the plains of those Territories the cow
punchers and broncho busters, with
their gally comparlsoned sombreros
and huge spurs. still live the. will,
free life of the prairie, but even for
them the end is coming, and soon. like
the buffalo, they will be things of the
past. The cowboys realize this, AMI
are drifting gradually into other bust
ness. Some have enlisted in the cav.
airy regiments of the army and others
have given up their horses and gone
into some humdrum business of city
life. Some of the more famous cf
them have placed market value Oh
their skill and hired themselves TO
Buffalo Bill or some circus company
and pass their lives in giving imita-
tions of life in the wild and woolly
West" within the confines of an arena
on a campus of tan bark. 1t is only
question Of very few years now
till the cowboy will be heard of only
In histories of the Western Territories.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
germany rejects pury Reerult,.

The German Government is very
careful indeed in It's selection of men
for service for China, says Berlin
correspondent. OF those who pre-
sented themselves MS volunteers only
ten to fifteen per cent. We're passed
as medically fit All desirous of be-
ing selected for service there must bu
able to prove that there Is no trace of
hereditary tuberculosis or madness in
their system. They must not be of
cholerlc or melancholy disposition.
Their skin must be elastic, and not
in the least puffy or bloated, and they
themselves neither excessively thin
nor excessively fat. Their hearts must
not be affected by hill climbing or run
ming, the beat having to remain under
1870 during such exercise, and no one
liable to colds in the head or i'll the
lungs, or anyone suffering from Indi.
gestion or rheumatism would nave II
chance of being accepted by the medi-
cal board.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
Scientific French arbers.

The crusade against microbes and
bacilli has now extended to the bar
bers' shop in Paris. In front of each
chair there is gas burner. Bone or
celluloid combs are used instead. The
barper turns on the gas, and before he
commences operations he slowly
passes his metallic comb several times
through the flames. His scissors and
razor are likewise thus purified by fire
and his customer Is reassured by wit
Messing this burning up Of all the mi
crobes before his hair is touched with
the instruments. The risk from the
brush is mitigated by the constant use
of antiseptic hairwash, In which thy
mol, on account of its pleasant odor,
10 the favorite ingredient. = London
Lancet.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
The Ladies' Cabin.

An obvious MISSIONER. the above sign
is conspicuously posted on the cabiu
which In most of our ferries Is sup
posed to be set apart for women. Ia
the rush hours of morning and even.
ing, women, being the weaker, are e.
bowed aside and pushed back by men
of all ages and degrees of prosperity
who make determined onset WORTHY
OF the football field. that they may
seize and keep the seats. They have II
cabin of their own, into which no
woman steps. Neither the lady clad
In furs and silks, nor the lnundress
carrying home her laden basket, no.
the girl going to or from her days
work ever so much as wishes TO use
the mems cabin 1t being as privileged
TO the masculine element as the
smoking car. 1t would seem that while
any women stood, men should refrain
from seating themselves In the ladies'
cabin. The contrary Is the rule. Col
Hers Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
FIGHT WITH LION.
three Cowboys In wrestling Match
with n Hugo Beast.

Win huEo beusts
Three Tonto basin cowboys had a
wrestling contest with the largest
mountain lion ever killed in Arizona
a few days ago. The men, George
Hubbard Hardy Schell, and A. G.
Harer. were riding the range near Sa-
lone creek. Schell had the only fire.
arm In the party, rife, and had only
one cartridge for II. The cowboys
routed the lion out OF some rocks and
rode after 1t to rope 1t II possible.
schell tried a 20O-yard shot and
knocked the lion over, apparently kill
ing it, with bullet through its neck.
The three then rode up and dismount-
ed, to find that the lion had only been
stunned by the shot. AS they ape
preached 1t jumped to its feet and
leaped at Schell, who knocked 1t aside
with a blow from the-bGtt of the rife
The enormous cat then jumped upon
Hubbard, crunching the mans left arm
and badly lacerating his body with it's
claws. But Hubbard, who is possess
ed of exceptional strength. caught the
beast by the throat and a front foot
Sohell, at the same time seized the hind
feet, while Harer ran in and cut the
lions throat with a small knife. The
lion undoubtedly had been weakened
by the bullet wound, and the men con-
slider themselves fortunate to have es-
capped with their lives. The skin meas
ures 8 feet 10 inches from tip to tip.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
mia in ten weeks to-day you may go
in palace car in four and a half days.

mia in ten weeks to-day you may go
in palace car in four and q half days.
SOCIAL PROGRESS.
A hundred years ago the pillory was
still in use.
No labor organizations were formed
until 1905.
Labor has advanced from two shil-
lings a day to two shillings an hour.
This century began with 100000
slaves; 1t closes without any.
The first lectures ever given by q
woman were delivered by Fanny
Wright in 1928.
When this country began withcraft
was very prevalent belief.
In 1900 there were neither trusts nor
millionaires.
Fiftytwo years ago was held the
first woman's rights convention in his
tory.
First Woman Suffrage law in Wyo-
ming in 1870.
One hundred years ago the archives
and general offices OF the Federal Gov
ernment were removed to Washington,
ID. G.
Estimated national wealth at begin
ming of twentieth century, $100,000,-
600 900.
Amount paid for pensions since 1861.
81, ,423, ,592,4SS.
In 1900 the public debt was $50, ,0TG,.
294; in 1899, the public debt was 3d.
002, ,6S6,024.
The New York police force in 1900
consisted on four officers and seventy
| two men.
In 1900 there were thirty American
colleges; to-day there are 40 Ameri-
can colleges.
The first woman's club, Soross. was
organized in 1865.
The first womans hospital in the
world was built in New York in 1851.
There were no store clothes" i'm
1900; the men wore "butternut' suits
and the women wore "linsey .woolsey"
| dresses.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
Ne KICK THE CHAP THAT'S DOWN

This is queer old world of ours, just as
it's always been,
II is made up Of hills and dales, Of women
and of men;
And while host is ever near the one that
wins the crown.
A goodly number are ebout to kick the
chap that's down.
Whoever strives IN any line and meets
with great success
The world will sit up half the night to
hatter TO excess;
But woe to him who tries and fails-he
gets n chilling frown.
Because 70 many still delight to kick the
49, chap that's down.
And so fancy twill remain down to the
end of time
Since human natures bout the same in
every age and cline;
A man has always been man, clown
has been clown.
So there will always he crowd to kick
the chap that's down:
boston Globe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

All Sins propensity for walking In
ways that are dark has been demon
strated in New YorlS's Chinatown,
where nine Mongolian merchants and
restaurant keepers have been arrested
tor stealing several thousand dollars
worth of electric light from the Edison
company. The theft was accomplished
through the use of an ingenious device
arranged by an expert electrician. who
farmed it out to the Chinese at $40
per month.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
MARKET QUOTATIONS.

BALTIMORE. - Flour, Baltimore
Best Patent, 4.75; High Grade Extra,
4.25. WHEAT, No. 2 Red, 7597G. CoRx,
No. 2 White, 43244h. OATS, Southern
and Pennsylvania, 26326. RYE, M.
2, 50051. HAY, Choice Timothy. 1900
@l6.50; Good TO Prime, 1900 1b.5lr.
STRAW, Rye in carloads, l0.500l1.50;
Wheat Blocks, 6,500700; Oat Blocks,
7.5O@S.00. ToMAroEs, Stud. No. 3, 80;
No.2 .62. PEAS, Standards, / 1001 40;
Seconds, 80. CoRN, Dry Pack, 80;
Moist, 20. HIDES, City Steors, ,109
,10k; City Cows, .090 .09lS. porAroEs,
Burbanks, Boa 80. OSIoSs, .45l0 so.
Hoo PRopucrs, Shoulders, OLA OK;
Clear ritsides, .0SJSas 90; Hams. .l11<
0.l1&; Mess Pork, per barrel, 1900.
LARD, Crude, .0i; Best refined, .O8J5
BUrrER, Fine Creamery, .2i0 %; Under
Fine, .230. "a; Creamery Rolls, 25a
20 CHEEsE, n. Y. Fancy, .1i@. IL;
N. Y. Flats, .129 .12h; Skim Cheese.
.051sGD .06ls. EGGS, State, .2l023; North
Carolina, .200.2l. LIVE PouLrRy.
Chickens. per h., .060 90; Ducks, 03
oil; Turkeys, .O90.l ToBAcco.
Md. Interiors, 1.5002 30; Sound com
mon, 3.50Q4.50; Middling, 6.0097 90;
Fancy, 10 00G 1900. BTgy. Best Beeves,
5,4065.S5 SnEsr. 3.00a4.00. Hoes,
3.50@6.O 20.
NEW YORK.--FLoun, Southern. 3.85
10. WmEAr. No. Red, .SU0.S2.
Rye. Western. .55N56 CouS, No. =.
.460.47. OARS, No. D, .30@.32. Bcr
TER, State, liza. go. Ecos, State. .2s2
.23 CnEEsE, State, .l0A0.li.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

Cats are subject to madness as well
as dogs. as a French woman found to
her cost the other day, when her feline
pet attacked her and her child, biting
them severely. The cat was killed by
q gendarme and mother and daughter
sent TO the Pasteur Institute.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
LITERATURE.

First religious newspaper. 1911.
Congress had no library when the
century began; to-day it has the best
in the world
From 200 newspapers in 1900 to 21,-
100 newspapers in 1900.
In 1920 Sydney Smith asked. "Who
reads an American book?" To-day
America publishes 5000 books a year,
hundreds of which have an interna-
ti0nal circulation.
Seventy years ago there were no pub
lie libraries in America.
CITY GROWTH.
OF the 124 cities of 1890 only "a ex-
listed as villages in 1900 Five began
in 1910, thirteen in 1920, seven in 1880.
fifteen in 1910. twenty-four in 1850,
seventeen in 1860 and six in 1870.
The most remarkable growth per-
haps is that of Chicago, from 447O in
1910 to 1,69S.575. Seattle, from 3533
in 1880 to S0,670 is not so rapid. 1t
would have to be 100000 to equal the
former. Tacoma, from IS in 1870 to
3G,006 in 1890. gave brilliant promise,
but in 1900 it had only added 17OS.
OF the large cities st. Louis first ap-
pears in the census of 1920 San Fran
cisco in 1850, Cleveland (6O6) in 1920,
Buffalo (2095) in 1920. Detroit n422)
in 1920, Milwaukee Q712) in 1910, New
ark (6507) in 1920. Minneapolis (25G4)
in 1861 Omaha QS33) in 1880, Kansas
City (441S) In 1860, Denver (4749) in
1860, Jersey City (3072) in 1910, Roch-
ester 1112) in 1850. and indianapolis
(2692) in 1910.
OF the cities having over 100000
population only thirteen had a post
office in 1900.
Now postotfice free delivery is being
extended to the farm.
Many of the most promising towns
of 1900 failed to make performance.
Taunton, Mass, seventeenth in the list
of 1900, with $500, is now 131 on the
list, with 31,036. while Salem, with
0457 in 1900. has now but 1886. Nor.
folk has done little better, rising in
100 years from 6926 TO 46,625.
OF the 159 cities of 1900, 80 are in
the United States OF 1900 and 20 are in
the territory acquired after that date.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31
Emperor.. Feeling when peI.in Fol-.

According to the North China Her
aid, after the fall oil Pekin the EN-
peror of China issued the following
proclamation; "rhc pictures of my an
cestors have been burned. l shall re-
fuse to hear any music for a month,
schools shall shut down and affairs of
state may go to thunder the question
with me is my ancestors. New pie
lures must be made, many sacrifices
offered aud grca attention glyen.p
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

Ono of the most frequent uses to
which the telephone is put by French
country subscribers is that of an
alarm to wake them in the morning.
Those who wish TO be aroused at II
given hour have only TO advise the
telephone administration the night be-
fore OF the hour at which they wish
to be rung up.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

IT is a well known fact that the en-
tire Atlantic seaboard is sinking at
the rate of two feet century from
Cape Cod TO Cape Hatteras If it eau
sink thnt fast, it certainly has no very
solid underplnning, and come day the
props may let go all at once, and
where will New York City be? Vast
tracts of Holland are already far be-
low the surface of the sea, and the
waves are kept out with the great
dikes. and science says that Holland
Belgium. Denmark and all the south
crn coast of the Baltic Sea are sinking
steadily. The entire continent of At
lanta has gone down under the waves.
Why should not other continents fol-
low
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

The Land That Swings Like Ham.
mock is the name given by Indians
10 the territory about San Salvador
Central America. That city was ut
terly destroyed by an earthquake on
March 10, 1873, but the people had
grown alarmed and had deserted it. so
only five hundred were killed. 1t
hOurshes to-day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

There is no doubt the first idea OF
a suspension bridge was suggested 10
primitive man by the interlacing OF
tree branches ana parasitical plants
across rivers. Probably monkeys use,l
them before men did In very noun.
famous countries. such as Thibet AMI
Peru, they have apparently been used
since the dawn of history, possibly
earlier.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

The towers of silence" are two tail
towers in Persia so called by the Par
sees. They never bury the dead, but
leave the body exposed on the top of
one of these towers until the sun and
the rain and the fowls of the air have
cleaned the bones of all flesh Then
the bones are collected and placed in
the other towers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-01-31

The common assumption that II
has been mainly century of material
growth and commercial extension may
be doubted, in view of the enormous
strides that have been made since 1860
; in popular education, the Improvement
or labor conditions and the elevation
OF the masses to plane of comfort.
able living unknown even to the we'll
to-do classes Of the eighteenth century.
And yet no estimate of II would be
just that left out of account the huge
expansion 1t has witnessed In the
population, wealth and commerce of
all civilized nations. When the CEN
tury began, the annual value OF the
commerce Of the world, covering the
interchanges of commodities between
all its people, is expertly estimated TO
have been $1,000, 100000. In 1900 n
is fully $20,000,OOO,0 During tho
same period the earth's population in.
creased from 100000, 900 to about L.
5OO,OOO,00O. Thanks to steam power
on land and sea. overland telegraphs
and submarine cables. while the nine
teentll century has seen IN increas. in
the worlds population Of 1876 per cent.
1t has witnessed at the same time an
increase of 1888 per cent. in its com
mercc
Until 1925 In England and until 1880
III the United States there were no
steam railways. In the last-named
year there We're about 200 miles OF
railway In the whole world. To-day
there are about 100000 miles. In 1910
the first steamship crossed the ocean.
and In 1920 the total steam tonnage
nfoat was about 10000 tons and of sal
tonnage about 5,S14,O00 tons. To-day
the steam tonnage of the world con
slderably exceeds 13,000.0OO and the
sail tonnage Is over 11,00O.0OO. Re
duccd to common standard of meas
urement, the carrying power Of vessels
on the ocean has increased from 4.
100000 tons In 1900 to 03.0OO,000 tons
in 1900.
Since 1874, when the first telegraph,
line was constructed about 1,0Oo. 900
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CURIOUS FACTS.

Women VINO live in flats in London
are finding it almost impossible to en-.
ploy servants, because they are so
completely isolated from the outside
world.