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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-05-14

does not contain opiates to deaden
pain. It does not ruin the diges.
tive organs. It cures when thorough
trial is given. 1t is a SUPERIOR
remedy, hence it is becoming known
as "TBE STANDARD"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

with is made from panne satin in dove
gray with polka dots of white, com
bined with cream point de Nenise and
lunches of darker gray panne, but all
the seasons silks and soft wool mate
rials are appropriate, while the con-
trasting material can be varied again
and again. Lace Of all sorts is in
vogue. panne velvet with silk is eff
fective, panne crepe is still lighter in
weight and any silk contrasts well
with wooden fabrics.
The fitted lining is snug and well
shaped and closes at the centre front.
The plastron. or vest, is attached to
the right front and hooked over onto
the left, while the back and fronts are
arranged over the lining before the
shoulder and under arm seams are
closed. The deep collar finishes the
neck and fronts while the stock COM
pletes the plastron and closes at the
centre back. The sleeves are charm
ing. The upper portions are scalloped
and fall over the full lace cuffs, which
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

The plain shirt waist is preferred by
many women to any other sort, and
has an extended vogue. The May
Manton model given herewith includes
all the latest features, and is adapted
to all wasting materials, silk, wool,
cotton and linen, but in the original is
of embroidered linen, batiste trimmed,
with insertion and lace to match, and
is made over a fitted lining of blue silk.
When made from washable materials
the lining should be omitted, but 9th
erwise there is no change.
The foundation consists of the usual
pieces, and closes at the centre front
bu- separately from the outside The
waist proper is plain across the shout
ders, and drawn down in gathers ~
the waist line. AT the front are hems
through wnich the closing is effected
tie band of insertion edged witt mar
row frlllS OF lace taking the place OF a
box pleat on the right front and con
cealirg ;he closing underneath. The
sleeves are in bishop shape opened at
the back and finished with narrow
cufs.
To cut this waist for woman Of me-
dium size three ard rhree-quarrer
yards of material twenty inches
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Crepe de chine will he as ever one OF
the leading materials.
With gowns of colOred muslin and
silk, skirts of muslin of corresponding
tint will he worn.
Hand-run tuclss are the height of
elegance.
A novelty is the black muslin petit
coat 1t is much trimmed with lace,
either black or white Chantilly
Dainty muslin and dlmitles are used
for the white pettlcoats, which are TO
be universally worn this summer
Eolienne fabrics are very much worn.
They show a sort OF corded stripe this
season both in straight and corded
lines, and also china flowered designs.
A revival is promised of the oid-time
silk mltts for summer wear and espe-
c!ally with the elbow sleeves one
style of mite has applique flowers of
lace in the finest net.
Black velvet dotted over with gold
beads, with a star decoration at inter
walls, is one variation of dress trim
ming which in the twoinch width
makes a very pretty belt.
Among the new tucked materials for
b0dices ana yokes are the white silks
tucked in groups. with howered stripe
in colored silk and gold thread be
tween. The colors are Oriental In ef.
feet.
Pretty trimmings for collar bands.
wrist bands and decorations for bod
ice are made of joining runs of braid
with lace stitch, or alternating mar
row ribbon with braid ana joining
them in the same manner.
Flchus will adorn the shoulders of
summer gowns and they will be made
of the same material as the frock as
well as of chiffon and lace. There are
fichus made entirely of lace, and for
this purpose the old lace scarfs are
pretty, while those Of sprlgged muslin
or tambour lace are very effective.
Fancy waistcoats of all kinds arc
very popular. They are worn with the
short Elton jacket, and often the most
expensive adjunct of a costume. Vel
vet waistcoats are deemed elegant
ana they are double-breasted and lined
with white satin. and are so construct
ed that they can be worn turned back
] In ming double reyer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
Poser For the Teacher.

A teacher in downtown school has
been endeavorlng to teach proper pro-
nunciatlon TO her pupils. Among the
words considered was mamma"
which she told them should always
be accentuated ON the last syllable.
The next day, in her language lesson,
she put the following sentence on the
board, asking how II should be pune
tuated: "Oh mamma see my pretty
fiowers!" Immediately the bad boy
In the back of the room raised his
hand. swell, Samuel" said the teach.
er encouragingly. "Yer wants ter put
a comah after mammah." said the
youngster, giving the broad az with
an emphasis which conynlged the
whole class with laughter T. Philadel.
phia Record.
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Light as a Curative Agent.

An important paper dealing with
the curative action of light has been
recently presented to the Academic
des Sciences by Dr. p. Garnault. A
number of definite cases are cited in
which 1t seems difficult TO ascrlbe the
allevlation or cure to any agency other
than light, or, at least, radiant energy.
For example, lamp of fifty candle
power, provided with q silyered para
bolic reflector, was applied to eight
cases of muscular or articular rheu-
matism of average gravity, and of sew
eral years standing, and in all these
cases a marked and apparently per.
manent improvement was obtained at
the end of three to twelve operations.
Chronic catarrh of the nose was also
treated with success by the applica-
tion of light accompanied by vibratory
massage, and in twelve cases of deaf
ness the application of light alone
brought about good results. DR.. Gar
naults attention was first drawn to
this subject by NJ. Trouve. who OBJ
served workman afflicted by rheu-
matism was completely cured by re.
maining in the vicinity of au intense
arc-light for an electric fountain, and,
subsequently, that in works employ
ing electric soldering, in which there
is a great effulgence of light, work
men had ceased II be afflicted by
such diseases as rheumatism and gout.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

Professor Harris. National Commits
s;oner Of Education. reports that in
1870 the public high schools Of the Uni.
ted States graduated 20,344 boys and
3G,124 girls. The girls seem to be get
ting rather more than their proportion
Of the public secondary education. The
boys are taken from school earlier
than the girls and put to wori. Prob,
ably, too. many Of the girls find Il spe-
clal profit in the high school course be
cause they expect to be school teach
crS.
At Delmonico's, in New YORK, he
other day, womau's debating club
discussed whether the college girl is
fitted for matrmOny, and 1, was hotly
argued that she wasn't, and that the
old-fashioned education made better
wives than the new, SO the japanese
think. They have tried the Western
education for their girls and put 1t
softly down as unsuitable.
But surely to us the idea that ii is
inadYsable TO train a womans mind
beyond certain moderate limit must
seem absurd. If the objection to girls
colleges Is based on the mental train
ing they give, II cannot have much
force. If the objection TO college
taught manners and an oDstreperous
individuality, there may be more to be
said One strong argument for giving
girls as good an educational start as
possible is that after they grow up
they stay at home more than men do,
and find in domestic life and the com
panlOnship of children conditions less
stimulating to their minds than the
outside interests which engage the at
tentlon Of men. A mans business Of
ten develops his mind In spite of the
lack OF early training. When a wom-
ans mind doesn't get its due start be-
times, 1t nny not get It at all. still
there are plenty OF women whose
minds and character get very full de
velopment without very much book
learning of any sort There are very
shle nsgsnas men and women who
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

are unlined and transparent and are
scanned to the lower edge of the lining.
At each edge of the fronts are hands
Of trimmings comprised of lace out
lined by the dark panne,
To cut this waist for woman of me,
dunn size three and half yards of
material twenty-one inches wide three
yards twenty-seyen inches wide, two
and a half yards thirty-two inches
wide or one and three quarter yards
forty-four inches wide. with two yards
Of all-oyer lace eighteen inches wide
to make as illustrated
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
a Custom on the yyane.

One OF the English customs started
in the later years of the nineteenth
century made itself so great tax
upon society that it will find it's proper
level with the dawn Of the new CEN
tury. allude to at-home days, says
the London Daily Mail The popular
ity and usefulness of these reception
occasions is not TO be gainsad. but in
most houses now the weekly day has
given place in great measure to Il
fortnightly or monthly at home and
visitors who call on other occasions
are not cold-shouldered as they were
three or four years ago. when the ven
ture to pay ones devoirs on a not-at-
home day was treated as if it We're Il
breach of social etiquette.
Matters are being compromised Just
as they should be, for while it is very
convenient 10 q friend who lives at 4
distance to feel sure she will find her
hostess at home upon a given day. It is
annoying to the nearer neighbor not to
be able to fit in her visits when she
likes, and this she may do now, says
up-to-date etiquette.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
sundie rooled on the phnns.

Sandie Macpherson was a soldier in
an English regiment, which landed in
India on Christmas Day. Sande was
longing to hear a braid Scots"
tongue. Suddenly his face lighted up
as he heard the bagpipes approaching.
Guide be praised" quoth he to his
comrade; there's Scots regiment
here. Maybe the Gordons or the Black
Watch"
Round the corner swept the pipers.
and Sandle's eyes bulged and his jaw
dropped as he saw, not Draw killed
laddias, but active little black faced
Goordhas.
'The Black Watch with venge-
ance" laughed his comrade. gleefully.
Sandie didn't know that all Goorkha
regiments had their plpers. = London
Spare Moments.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

Sophia Wright, of New Orleans, is
woman and lame. and yet were 1t
not for her efforts there would be no
free evening school for men and boys
in New Orleans. At sixteen she saw
the need of the night school and tried
to get the public schools to open their
doors. Failing in this, and although
making her living by teaching a day
school. Sophia Wright threw open her
own doors every evening at O'Clock
and called for volunteer help, which
met with prompt response. Her
school has grown until there are now
over 1000 men and boys in attendance.
The one requirement for admission is
the positive fact that the applicant
is too poor to pay anything and wants
to learn and improve himself. The
city is not taxed Il penny's worth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

Women believe a whole heap they
don't know, and they know whole
heap they don't believe.
If woman takes the trouble to hate
you, you've always got fighting
chance.
Men really need very tender hand
ling. Scratch them and you may find
the brute.
The wise man regrets nothing in
life but the pleasures he has missed
There will be time enough after death
to reeret the pleasures he enjoyed.
There is one real good thing In life.
and that Is work; but there is another
so like 1t that you seldom know the
difference, and that is when a woman
works you.-New York Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
HISTORY OE HOSPITALS
Those of Ancient Times. If There Were
Any, Not Like To-Day'e


The institution of the hospital as we
know II at the present day, with its
regulations and rules, did not exist in
the earliest times, nevertheless houses
or establishments for the reception of
the sick can be traced back to the
early Jewish period. The earliest of
these were known as Beth Holem. or
houses of the sick: such Beth Ho-
lem was Beth aakla, famous In the
New Testament Scriptures This in
stitution was supported by voluntary
contributions, as the word "Salda''-
charity - naturally expresses These
hospitals were mostly situated round n
pool. the waters of which were consid-
cred to be efiicacious for various dis
eases, especially gout aud rheumatism.
According to the writer, the attendants
In charge of these establishments were,
as we know from the Scriptures (John
V. 20, expected to help the patients
into the water This kind of institu-
tion may he looked upon as the foun.
dation of hospitals. They were. how
ever, usually Of very primitive con-
struction. mostly consisting OF a few
wooden huts.
In ancient Egypt hospitals were un-
known. the sick being mostly attended
to in their own homes. or, in the case
of the very poor, at the various tenn
pies in the city to which they belonged.
The Greeks. however. appear to have
been better supplied with institutions
Of ,fe A. hat
listed In various parts of the country
shelter houses for the sick These in
stltutions were. as Thucyddes has OBJ
served, supplied with attendants. who
waited upon the sick. 1t has been as.
serted that the ancients had no such
attendants, because no pagan would
wait upon stranger in cases of sick
ness: this, however. seems to be con-
tradicted by the well-known case Of
the Samaritan duke V. 30-35). Here
was a man who had been attacked by
thieves. left by his own countrymen.
and, moreover. priests, to die by the
wayside. who was seen by a man of a
country with whom his own kindred
were at enmity. The foreigner seeing
lhe man lIolu Juued III lCODuIt, not
only attended him, but even helped
him to mount his own ass. Many in
stances of a similar kind could be
cited from ancient authorities. 1t is
probable that the best hospitals of an
tlquity were those established in Rome.
For some years was doubted whether
the Romans had such institutions, but
a large tablet which was discovered
near Placenza, dated in the reign of
Trajan. has shown that not only did
they possess such institutions, but that
they were actually endowed. One OF
the earliest hospitals on record was
probably that founded by Valens in
Caesarea between the years $40 and
$50. A. D.-London Physician and Sur
geon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
PITH AND POINT.


He-"Are you interested in poetryT'
She-"Oh, yes, indeed I never miss
reading the street car advertise
ments. philadelphia Record.
Miss Beansby-"Perhaps you have
not read all Of Omar Khayyam?" Mrs.
Porkchopp-"Perhaps not. Has he
written anything recently y?"-Puck.
The Justice-"I don't remember ever
seeing you before" The Accused
mo, your Honor; you see. you don't
belong to our set" Boston Transcript.
The blindest man is one in church
Who tindeth out too late
He hasn't got cent. when they
Begin to pass the plate.
Philadelphia Record.
Customer-"Waiter, 1t is nearly half
an hour since l ordered that turtle
soup" Waiter-"Sorry. sir: but you
know how slow turtles are, SIR
Tit-Bits.
Impecunions Loyer-"be mine.
Amanda, and you will he treated like
an angel" Maiden-'Yes, | suppose
so. Nothing to eat and less to wear.
No, l thank you.'-What-To- Eat.
She weighed him in the balance,
Then answered him quite frank:
You're weighed and found wanting
A balance in the bank"
Chicago Daily News.
Miss Quizzer (who wants to know
everything)-"Now, what DO you con-
slider to be the most curious thing you
ever saw, professor" Professor Trot-
ter-"A woman, madam Harlem
Life.
"Tbe boy" concluded the oculist,
sis color blind" "Then what do you
think we should put him at:''r well.
what's the matter with making an
impressionistic painter OF him? ~
Philadelphia Times.
"Oh, where are you going. my pret-
ty maid?" II am going to church,
kind SIR" she said. what do you
there. l would ask, pretty maid?" II
pray, and 1 think up new hats" she
said.-Detroit Free Press.
"Oh, Miss Stonew the undesirable
suitor pleaded, ''if you would only give
me the least encouragement" That's
what | am doing, Mr.. De Trow," re-
piled the naughty beauty. Good
day. ay."-Philadelphla Press.
Drug Clerk--"I've been docked
weeks salary for making a mistake
and killing man. Lend me So won't
you" Friendly Policeman-"Couldnt
possibly. I've Just been suspended for
a week for killing another one
New York Weekly.
Assistant-"I think we have all the
portraits hung except this one of An.
drew Carnegie. Where shall we put
him!" Chief (of hanging commlttee)
Just above the Duke of Wellington.
A steel king outranks an iron duke"
Baltimore American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
vletoria,s Many codehilaren

Even more numerous than Nlctoria's
grandchildren and great-grandchildren
are her godchildren. who belong 10
every rank in life and almost to every
nation. Many hundreds OF times did
the Queen stand as sponsor, often per
sonally, but of late years by proxy, 10
the children of those Of her subjects
in whom she took an especial interest.
one of the most recent occasions was
on the birth of Major Dennc-Denne's
posthumous child. born within a few
days after his fathers death at the
battle of Elandslaagte. In the pages
OF Debrett will be found many Albert
Victors and Nictorlas, but before the
Queen came 10 the throne you might
have searched the country through to
find n man or boy called either Victor
or Albert.-London Chronicle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

One of the newest things IN Paris is
the use Of cretonne flowers appliqued
Delicate garlands or detached flower.
cts are utilized with excellent effect.
The edges are outlined with cordlngs
in brllliantly-tintcd floss silk or IN mar
row gold braid o. cord. This style of
ornamentation is pretty for the ends
of scarfs. for vests or parasol borders.
Sometimes motifs of guipure are used,
in connection with those of cretOnne.
This fashion will most likely be ephe-
neral
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
Women and Highway Robbers.

The prompt and courageous resist
ance of lady in New York City to q
thief who lately attacked her in the
tunnel on Fourth avenue. resulting in
the arrest of the mlscreant and the re
covery of the lady's pockctbook, was
an incident of the hour which had
much suggestiveness A great city has
its desperate characters, and they are
of two sorts. One set belong to the
professedly criminal class, the 'powers
that prey" They are always prowling
about. ready to pounce on those whom
they may rob. and they particularly
affect crowds and haunt the avenues
where throngs abound. Another set Is
composed of men out of work and de.
spairing. driven to desperate deeds by
the hunger of wives and children. They
are not less perilous foes to meet than
the other. and the contrasts of city life
often incite them to theft. Women
are wise TO wear no iewelry In the
streets. and to keep their purses out OF
sight. Temptation should not be of
fered either to the amateur or the pro
fessional thief.
When formerly n woman would faint
and scream. or let herself he robbed
with impunlty. she now defends hel
property with vigor, and has no notion
of letting highwayman get scathless
away. Our women of the higher
classes are athletic enough to take
care of themselves in an emergency
and are not easily frightened, which,
considering the world beneath the sur
face and its menaces, is n thing for
gratltude.-Collier's Weekly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

Explorers Of some of the head wat
ers and tributaries of the Nile say that
many of these streams are completely
covered by growth Of papyrus and
other plants, two or three feet VA
thickness above the surface of tho
water. The growth does not inter,
fere with the flow of water underneath
it, but II effectually stops navigation
by small boats. Sometimes heavy
fiood win break the vegetation away.
but II speedily grows again.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
Buttons Are All the Vogue.

This promises to be button year"
and buttons win be used as fasteners,
jewelry and dress trimming. In many
of the new designs the dominant note
is gold in all tints, and the size is
rather smaller than last season. Sec
ond to gold are the enamel effects,
which are more beautiful than ever,
and after them come, in the order
named, cut steel. silver crystal and
pearl. One of the novelties is the
oval fourteenth century shape, while
the Louis XIV. Dresden buttons show
an irregular rocco outline. The En-
p!re buttons are somewhat martial in
design. showing eagles and lions ~"
sarIands OF vict3ry. -s~Esssss.ssssssaisc'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
WHEN FATHER snAvgs HIS FACE.


When father shaves his stubbly face
At nine on Sunday morn.
There always steals upon the place
A feeling Of forlorn
An awful stiffness settles down
On all the human race;
It's like funeral in town
When father shayes his face.
He gets the razor from the shelf
And strops it up and down:
And mutters wildly to himself,
And throws us all frown
We dare not look to left or right,
Or breathe in any case
Fen mother has to tiptoe quite
When father shaves his face.
He plasters lather everywhere,
And spots the window pane;
But mother says she doesn't care.
She j clean it off again.
She tries to please him all she can.
To save us from disgrace;
For he's an awful nervous man
When father shaves his face.
We try to sit like mummies there,
And live the ordeal through
And hear that razor rip and tear,
And likewise father, too.
And il it slips and cuts his chin,
We jump and quit the place;
No power on earth can keep us in
IL father cuts his face.
Joe Cone, in the New York Herald
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
rnhnnced Win Velvet ribbon.

Black velvet ribbon is applied in
rows to decorate the top of a spring
parasol. Five rows is the proper mum.
ber used The ribbon should not eX.
coed one inch in width. nor should the
graduated rows come half way down
from the central tip from which they
make the START. The upper circle is ex
ceedingly small. 1t simply appears
az a border or finish to the little gath.
cred puff of silk, which is put like ro-
sette at the top of every parasol di-
rectly below the point Of the stick,
which protrudes through the cover for
q few inches.