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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06
stralahtenIna stlcks.

In some parts of Europe roots are
specially cultivated for the growth
of straight sticks, to be used as
walking and umbrella sticks, and
great care is exercised to keep them
straight. But, as a general thing,
the sticks have to be Strengthened
artificially.
A quantity of sand is placed on
the top of a hot stove, and in this
heated sand the sticks are buried
until they become pliable. The
workman takes the crooked stick.
inserts it in notch cut in a stout
board which lies at an angle inclin-
ed from him and bends it until it
becomes straight. 1t is then allow
ed to cool and become rigid. The
degree of heat must be regulated
according to the wood, for a tenn
perature which will do nicely for
one stick will quite spoil another.
A similar process is adopted in
bending bamboo canes and all the
various kinds of sticks that are re-
quired to be curled or twisted.
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Arabic EIcurea.

Our figures are called Arabic not
because they originated in Arabia
they came to Arabia from Hindu
stan-but because they were intro
duced into Spain by the Nloors, Ar
abs or their conquerors and thence
found their way into the rest Of Eu-
rope, Nothing absolutely certain is
known as to their origin, and there
has been a good deal of controversy
resulting over it, one of the two fol-
lowing theories probably being the
correct one:
AS excellent geometricians, they
composed the written number out Of
geometrical figures. One has only
one angle, ? has two, three, etc. (;
0, circle, has none.
Again, it is argued that the fig
ures were composed of right angles
and squares, the np-Aber Of lines
used indicating the number to be
noted, There is one line in !, and
there are three in 3, seven in Z, etc.
The Greeks and Romans had sys-
TENS totally different from ours and
which made long calculations almost
impossible; therefore it seems likely
that the mathematicians Of old had
knowledge of what are now called
Arabic figures.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06

How Tnoy Are Made, and Why They
% Not Burn,

Probably no one who has seen the
fllniy white mantle that hangs about
the flame Of The up to date gaslight
has failed to wonder of what mate
rial this noncombustible affair is
made. 1t looks SO like tissue paper
that, despite reason, one almost cx-
poets it to flash up in flame at any
moment.
II is made of an ash consisting
mainly of the oxides Of certain rare
metals. These metals are lantha-
mum, yttrium, chromium and 9th
ers, which are rendered incandes-
cent by heating to high tempera-
ture.
A six cord cotton thread is wo-
ven OH a knitting machine into a
tube Of knitted fabric Of rather
open mesh. This web has the
grease and dirt thoroughly washed
out of it, is dried and is cut into
lengths double that required for a
single mantle 1t is then saturated
in solution containing the req
uisite oxides, wrung out, stretched
over spools and dried. Next the
double length pieces are cut into
two, the top of each piece is doubled
back and sewed with a platinum
wire, which draws the top in and
and provides a means of supporting
the mantle when finished from the
wire holder.
After stretching the mantle over
a form, smoothing it down and fas-
tening the platinum wire to the
wire mantle holder the mantle is
burned out by touching a Bunsen
burner to the top. The cotton
burns off slowly, leaving a skeleton
mantle of metallic oxides, which
preserves the exact shape and detail
of every cotton fiber. The soft OK
ides are then hardened in Bunsen
flame.
a stronger mantle is made upon
lacemaking MISUNDERSTANDING
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06
Al Sins wavs.

To a Chinaman the idea that
judge should take brides seems as
natural thing as that a duck
should take TO the water. And yet
the Chinaman will not, unless he
knows he is on the right track, bru-
tally push his bribe under the
judges nose. Either he or one Of
his countrymon will from the
judges arrival have rendered him
good service.
Does the judge want a gardener
or a cook? All Sin soon provides
an excellent one who never asks for
his wages. Have some visitors ar
rived at the alcaldia? All Sin sends
in a dozen chickens, a turkey aa4
the be fruits. Is it the Judges
name day; The willy Celestial pre-
sents a few cases of wine ana boxes
Of fine cigars Is the roof Of the
alcaldia leaking? A couple Of Chi
nese carpenters will set it right
without sending in a bill for it.
Then, having prepared the way,
should All Sin be summoned before
the alcalde he may confidently hope
that his patron will not hurriedly
give judgment against him and that
he will probably get full opportu-
nifty to present substantial reasons
why the suit should be decided in
his favor.-F. II. Sawyer's 'Inhab-
itants of the Philippines"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06

Hardin1 OF Danger from Beasts,
ia1ps and storms.

The Maiay il a firm believer in the
ciAeacy " charms. IIo wears anu
lets, places written words OF magic
in houses and sports a tigers claw
as preventive Of disease. If he is
specially primitive and backwoodsy,
when he enters a forest he says:
"Go to the right, all my enemies
and assailants! May you not look
up on me! Let me walk alonel"
To allay a storm he says: "The
elephants collect; they wallow across
the sea. Go to the right, go to the
left. break the tempest"
When about to begin an elephant
hunt, according to Thompson, he
uses this charm: "The elephant
trumpets; he wallows across the
lake. Go to the left, 20 to the right,
spirit Of grandfather (tho elephanO.
| loose the fingers upon the bow
string"
The Malay believes in witches and
witchcraft. There is the bottle imp.
the polong, which feeds on its own
er's blood till tho time comes for it
to take possession Of an enemy.
Then there is the horrid thing, the
panangalan, which possesses women.
Frequently it leaves its rightful
abode to fly away at night to feed on
blood, taking the form Of the head
and intestines of the person it in
habited, in which shape it wanders
around.
Such beliefs may perhaps have
their origin in metempsychosis,
which in other ways has some foot
hold among the common people.
For instance, elephants and tigers
are believed sometimes to be human
souls in disguise, and so the Malay
addresses them as grandfather" to
allay their wrath and avoid direct
reference to them. Crocodiles also
are often regarded as sacred, and
special charms are used in fishing
for them. One such, given by Max
well. is as follows: 80 Dangsari, To-
tus flower, receive what [ send thee.
If thou receivest it not, may thine
eyes be torn out!"-Popular Sci
ente.
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stranne RecinrocitY.

What do you think of an alliance
between a plant and an ant, verita
Bile reciprocal treaty whereby the
plant furnishes food for the ant and
the ant furnishes protection for the
plant? This is an actual existing
relation in Australia, where a
small, pugnacious ant and the bulls
horn thorn live together under real
ly remarkable conditions.
But for the plant the ant would
be without food, and but for the
ant the plant would be destroyed by
several varieties of insects that at
tack its leaves.
The reciprocal plan and agree
ment are this: The thorn at the end
of each leaf has a pair of hollow
horns, around which is secreted a
substance fitted for food for the ant
and which is renewed by the plant
as rapidly as it is consumed. In
these horns the ant lives and finds
his natural nourishment within easy
reach.
He objects emphatically to the
presence Of other insects, and as
soon as any of the little enemies OF
the plant alight on the leaf which
he has pre-empted he darts from
his home in the thorn and makes
such fierce attack on the intruder
that he is glad to make a hurried es-
cape or else loses his life in the at
tempt to hold his position.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06
IDENTIFYING PHOTOGRAPHS.
"A Habit Of Tourists That Makes Buli.
meas For an All A.s-1I Artist.

"i,ach seasons exodus TO Europe
means an increase in my business in
the fall" said the all around artist.
"Scores OF tourists come back with
trunkful of photographs that are
not marked Of whose originals they
have no more idea than a cat.
"It seems queer that a person
could visit the most famous spots in
Europe and not be able to identify
one of .he photographs, but l find
that this is frequently the case.
There are several causes for this ig-
norancc. For one thing, they rush
through so hurriedly that they
haven't the time to do more than
look sideways at things as they pass
by, and they buy the pictures just to
remind them that they were in that
cathedral and climbed this staircase
and drank from such fountain.
"Then, again, many people return
with photographs Of places that
they didn't pretend to visit while
abroad. The pretense begins when
they get home, and they have
brought the photographs along to
back them up in their assertion.
"rhese pictures have all been
bought by the wholesale and are
jumbled together without the slight
est regard for the unities, and the
first thing necessary is to turn the
chaos into some kind of order. l
have one girl in my employ who
does nothing but sort, arrange and
catalogue pictures. Her task is not
always a light one. OF course,
there are regulation pictures of reg
ulation sights that are recognizable
at a glance, but tourists have a habit
Of falling into out of the way pic
lures, and we are often led to quite
a chase before we can place all of
them.
"Our most difficult task is to
straighten out the work of amateur
photographers, many of whom can
not name their own pictures. A
large percentage of these photo
graphs are very crude, and the point
of observation is so unusual that the
most experienced globe trotter
would not recognize the scene. By
tireless investigation we have al
ways been able to set these luckless
tourists right, however, and have
thus added to their happiness and
our own income" New York Sun.
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Shoes For One Legged People.

"The one legged man or woman
who does not patronize the custom
shoemaker buys his or her shoes
precisely like the two legged person
at the ready made store, the pro-
prietor of which, with an eve to
business, is usually willing to break
a pair to sell the single right or left
shoe that the one legged customer
requires" said a shoe dealer. "The
single shoe remaining is sent back
to the factory to be matched up, and
this is done with perfect accuracy.
Every pair of shoes is numbered,
and it could easily, if it were desired,
be traced back to the stock from
which it is made. There is no guess
work about it. The shoe required
to mate the shoe remaining is made
upon last of mathematically the
same proportions, and the pair thus
restored is as perfectly mated as the
original pair.
"The one legged man or woman
who buys in this way single shoe
pays slightly more than half the
price of pair. For instance, if he
or she selects the right or left of a
pair of shoes that sell for So a pair
the cost Of a single shoe will be
$1.65, the extra 10 cents being
charged to defray the expense of
sending the old shoe back to the
manufacturer to be mated" Wash
ington Star.
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Returnlnu a Favor.

The mayors chair of a certain
town in England was occupied by a
gentleman of great generosity.
Among the applicants who sought
relief from him during his tenure Of
office was a well known local charac-
ter know as "Talking Tim" who
asked the loan of a few pounds to
buy a donkey and cart and set him
up in the rag and bone business.
"Well, Tim," said the mayor, 'if
! give you this money how are you
going to repay me%
This was a poser for Tim, but a
thought struck him, and he blurted
out:
"Well, yer worship, if ye are kind
enough to give me the money I'll
tell ye what I'll do, I'll name the
donkey after yer worshipw-Lon-
don Answers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06
ETHICS OF THE KITCHEN.
In the Big Restaurants the Chef Ex.
ercises Military Discipline.

ercises Military Discipline.
"The cooks employed by the four
or five big New York restaurants
form an interesting coterie," said
the old restaurateur. "They are
clannish set and guard the secrets
of their profession most jealously.
Like the best walters, they are Of
Swiss or French birth and have
learned all they know about cooking
on the other side. Their esprit de
corps is remarkable, but perhaps no
more remarkable than the almost
military discipline which the chef
exercises in his relations to his as
sistants.
"As you probably know, the
cooks, as a rule, receive so much a
month and 'found'-that is, they
are given their meals. With their
meals they have what they want to
drink, and, strange to say, it is gen.
orally beer. When the meal is ready,
no one sits down until the chef has
taken his place at the head of the ta-
BILE and given the signal, like the in
terlocutor in a minstrel show. On
the chefs right is seated the assist
ant chef, and on his left is the son
of the house, provided that the pro-
prietor has a son, who is learning
the business of restaurant keeping
from its practical side, and this is
not so unusual as it may appear.
''But to return to the chef. In
addition to being the absolute ruler
of the kitchen, he has the unique
distinction of wearing a starched
cap, jacket and apron. The other
cooks wear garments which are not
starched. The only other person
who is permitted to don starched
clothing is the son of the house. If
one of the cooks, the sauce cook, for
example, should dare to appear in
the kitchen with his cap stiff and
glossy instead of limp and dull.
somebody would be discharged, and
it wouldn't be the chef. SO you see
that there are tricks in all trades
and traditions in all callings. -
New York Mail and Express.
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Too Much klIIInq In Africa.

have one thing more to say, and
1 say it in proof of my opinion that
there has been great deal too much
killing in Africa. During the last
ten years my routes, added to those
Of my colleagues, exceed 10000
miles beyond the reach of railroads
and mainly in the most remote parts
of Africa Of today, yet no one of us
has found it necessary to take sim
gle human life, and for my own part
| would have no compunction in
sraveling again unarmed over any
part of these 10000 miles.-A. st.
Hill Gibbons in Geographical Jour
nal
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Their Family Silver.

''Fer the lands sakeP' said the
woman in the blue Mother Hubbard
as she fastened the clothesline to the
division fence. "What do you think
of them Joneses tellin around thar
the burglars got in their house an
stole the family silver? Family sill
yer! Huh"
'It's so, though" said the woman
in the next lot. "They had a dollar
nm a quarter piled on the mantel-
piece fer the grocery bill, an it was
I'LL in silver" indianapolis Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06
The Derivation of Calico.

The word calico has queer ori-
gin. Many centuries ago the first
monarch of the province of Malabar
gave to one Of his chiefs as a reward
for distinguished services his sword
and all the land within the limits
Of which a cock growing at certain
temple could be heard. From this
circumstance the town which grew
mp in the center of this territory
was called Calicoda, or the cock Of
Growing. Afterward it was called
Calicut, and from this place the first
cotton goods were imported into
England, bearing the name of cal
leo.
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FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
LET US SMILE.

The thing that goes the furthest toward making
life worth while,
That costs the least and does the most is Just
pleasant smile.
The smile that bubbles from a heart that loves
its fellow men
viii drive away the clouds Of gloom and COAX tho
sun again.
It's full Of worth and goodness too, with manly
kindness blcnt;
It's worth a million dollars, and 1t doesn't cost
cent.
There is no room for sadness when we see a CHEEKY
smile;
1t always has the same good look; It's never out
of style.
1t nerves Is on to try again when failure makes
NJ blue;
The dimplos of encouragement are good for me
and you.
II pays a higher interest, for It is merely lent;
Us worth million dollars, and It doesn't cost a
cent.
A euis zones very easy; you can wrinkle up
with cheer
hundred times before you can squeeze out a
soggy tear.
II rlppes out, moreover, to the heartstrings that
will tug
And always leaves an echo that is very like 4
hug.
s. smile away. Folks understand what by a
smile is meant.
It's worth million dollars, and it doesn't cost a
cent
baltimore American
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Ends of Counterfeit Bills.

At a down town bank the other
day saw teller counting pile of
bills, each one Of which was upside
down.
"Why do you hold them that
way?" l asked.
$50 as to view their left ends
rather than their right ends" he
answered. ''It is natural to hold a
pile Of bills with your left hand and
to turn them back with the right
hand as you count. Counterfeiters
know this, and so they are more
careful with the work at the right
hand end Of the face. First impress
sions go a great way in Judging of
money, so they try to make it as ia
vorable as possible. OF course, the
safe way is to carefully examine all
portions of bill, but when counting
rapidly use this method. New
York Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06

Dyspeptics cannot be long lived
because to live requires nourish-
ment Food is not nourishing until
it is digested. A disordered
stomach cannot digest food, it
must have assistance. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure digests all kinds
of food without aid from the
stomach, allowing it to rest and
regain its natural functions. It's
elements are exactly the same as
the naturally digestive fluids and
it simply can't help but do you
good. Trout's drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06
A caustlc Critic.

An Indifferent actor who bitterly
resented the German journalist Sa-
phir's criticisms revenged himself
by chalking on his door the word
ASS Saphir, who recognized the
hand, dressed himself very carefully
the next day and returned the call.
"1ou were kind enough to pay
me a visit yesterday" he said, "as I
saw by the name, SO permit me to
return the civility."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06
Where 10 AWAY Daown East?'

EAST" does not mean to the
Washingtonian what it means to the
New Englander, says W. ID. Lyman
in The Atlantic. Anything the 9TH
or side of the Missouri is "east' to
us. A new arrival from Massachu-
setts was once greeted very cordially
in my hearing by lady who had
been here some time and who said,
81 came from the east myself"
"Ahw said the New Englander
"From what place?' "From Iowa."
was the unexpected answer.
The Kansas State Employment
Bureau has begun a systematic
canvass for farm hands to help
save the great wheat crop. La,
borers in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
and as far east as New York win
find plenty Of work there. Al
least 10000 additional men are
needed to save the 100, ,OOC
bushels Of wheat now maturing
in that state, The railroads will
give special rate to the whea,
belt.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06
Kate ChassS Great Ambition.

The story of "The Dashng
Kate Chase and Her Great Am
bition, is told by William Perripe
in The Ladies Home Journal for
June. Born ia 1S40, she early
began TO exhibit a masterful
spirit, TO study politics, and to
dream of the possibilities in store
for her when her father, Salmon
+. Chase, was proposed as can
didate for the Presidency in 1856
and again in 1860. When he was
called to a Cabinet position he
had been married three times,
and it was whispered that he was
about to make a certain lady his
fourth wife, But Kate had
made up her mind that no one
should step in between her aud
her father, and one day when the
lady called shewas made so keenly
to feel that she was an intruder
that the budding romance was
blighted, and Chase remained a
widower.
Even afterKate $ briliantmarr!-
age to Senator William Sprague, of
Rhode Island, she still cherished
the ambition TO see her father in
stalled in the White House, and
was most gracious to those who
were likely to be influential in
helping her to advance his inter
ests. When he was appointed
Chief Justice she saw in it only
scheme to head off his Presiden-
tial aspirations forever, and said,
half loosely, half reproachfully,
to Senator Summer, who had
voted for the appointment; "And
you, too, Mr.. Charles Sumner, in
this business of shelving papa!
But never mind, l will defeat you
all"
In 1868 she nearly succeeded
in getting the Democratic Nation
al Convention to carry out her
wishes. 1t was in session in
Tammany Hall, New York City,
and she kept in communication
with it by messengers, waiting
anXiously for the moment when it
was believed her father would
carry all by storm. On the fourth
day the moment seemed to have
arrived, and her heart leaped
with joy. But the expected
stampede did not come, and the
impatient daughter was almost
moved to go herself to Tammany
Hall. Indeed, there were after
ward some politicians who OBJ
served that if she could have gone
among the delegates on the floor,
she might have been able at the
crucial point to have swung the
convention to the Chief Justice.
Instead, Horatio Seymour was
nominated; and Kate Sprague
that night was the most unhappy
woman in the land.
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rnn rnoxuNcIArIoN or crnA. N.y.

Senator Teller always pronounces
Scuba" as if it were written "Cu-
by" and thereby hangs a tale. Mr.,
Teller was born in Allcgany coun-
ty, N. Y. The chief town in that
county is Cuba, but from time inn
memorial its people have called it
"Cuby." Mr.. Teller grew up with
these people, and Cuba has always
been ''Cuby'' to him, Washington
Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06

Additional local trains win leave Harrisburg
as follows For Chambersburg and intermedi-
ate stations ut bl5 p m, for Carlisle and inter-
mediate stations al e.31 n. m, 2OO p m, B. 10 y.
M, 6as p m lilo p m also for Me echanicsburg,
Dilsburg and intermediate stations at 200 a. m.
and 327 p. m.
Nos. l, 3 and run daily between Harrisburg
and 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.
Or sundays will leave Philadelphia at 4.se
p m
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His Excuse,

At a village in Staffordshire a
boy was detained from school to as-
Eist in sorting potatoes. The school
master, as usual on such occasions,
desired the boys father to write and
state the cause Of his absence The
next morning the boy appeared with
Il note from his father which con
tained but ono word "Keptatoma-
tatering," The schoolmaster, as
tonished at such a word, puzzled
over it some minutes, but at last
discovered it to be "Kept at home
a-tatering."-ESchange
Although the ostrich has pow
erful legs and can kick like a mule
his limbs are yerv brittle aud are
easily broken. He has two toes
on each foot, one being armed
with a horny nail which he usesas
his principal weapon of warfare.
When an unarmed man is attack
ed by one of these birds, the
chances are very much against
the man unless he can climb a
three or jump over five foot
wall.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-06

A man is naturally at his worst
when his own temper gets the
best of him.