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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05

In the tropics it is recognized
fact that the duration of life among
women is much longer than among
men, and the causes which con-
tribute to this end seem to hold
good for all climates. A well known
medical expert on the subject of
colonial life maintains that expo
sure to fatigue, chills. irregular
meals and the frequent taking of
alcohol account for men dying
quicker in the tropics than women,
who avoid all these causes. And UNI
questionably the same reasons have
contributed to female longevity in
this country, but the balance Of life
will be more evenly adjusted in an
other generation or two, since wom-
en- are more and more entering into
competition with men everv dar
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
A Stranue Custom.

According to Yorkshire eng
land) notion a newborn infant
should always be placed in the arms
of a maiden before it is touched by
any one else, and in some instances
its right hand is bound in a cloth
during the first day of its existence
IN order that it may gather riches
when grown to manhood or woman
hood estate. In many parts of the
United States, Germany, France
and Holland, as well as throughout
the British isles, it is considered
very important that an infant
should ego up" before it goes down
in the world. Thus, if a child is
born in the lower story of a house,
it is instantly bundled up by one of
the old women and carried up
stairs; if the event occurs in the
upper story, the same old woman is
expected to take the child in her
arms and Chamber upon the top of
a table, bureau or even a chair
anything to get the little one up in
the world.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05

One method of cleaning carpets
which has been pronounced in every
way satisfactory is to make a suds
with good white soap and hot water,
adding enough fuller's earth to Sc
cure the consistency of thin cream.
Then, after providing a number of
clean cloths, scrubbing brush, a
large sponge and bucket of fresh
water, pour some of the cleaning
mixture into a bowl, dip the brush
into it and brush a small piece Of
the carpet at time, washing it with
the sponge and cold water and dry
ing with the CLOTHS. When it has
all been gone over in this way, let it
dry.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
A JOACHIM CONCERT.
How 1t Was Enjoyes by Sympathetic
EnnIich ard

Joachim, the vi6linist, told with
keenest relish the following joke, of
which, he said, he was the victim.
Whether he or Lord II. was the vic
tim the reader will decide for him
self, according to his possession or
lack of fondness for classical
music:
During his soiourn in London
Joachim formed a close friendship
with Lord r., a gentleman much
sought after by society, but well
known for his antipathy to all
music. Having learned that Joa-
chin was to give a series of concerts
at ST. james hall, Lord r. announc-
ed to him that he would go to hear
him play.
The musician thanked him for
this mark of sympathy and added
that he would be charmed to know
the impressions Of the noble lord
afterward.
Two days afterward chance
brought together the two friends at
an evening entertainment. The
virtuoso did not fail to ask Lord r.
what he thought of the works of
Beethoven and if the concert had
not been a little long for him.
"By no means," replied Lord Il,
81 have been much amused. l did
not recognize you at first under your
negro mask, but later | laughed the
more on account of it,"
A chilly silence prevailed among
the guests until Lord r. explained
his meaning.
1t seems that Lord r. had made
a mistake in the floor. Instead of
mounting to the first floor, where
Joachim was giving his concert, he
had entered at the ground floor,
where some negro minstrels were
giving performance.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
Defeated by Nature.

Nutmegs grow on little trees
which look like small pear trees and
which are generally not over twenty
feet high. The flowers are very
much like the lily of the valley.
They are pale and very fragrant.
The nutmeg is the seed of the fruit,
and mace is the thin covering over
the seed. The fruit is about the
size of a peach. When ripe, it
breaks open and shows a little nut
inside. The trees grow on the
islands Of Asia and tropical Amer
lea. They bear fruit seventy or
eighty years, having ripe fruit on
them all the season. A fine tree in
Jamaica has more than 1000 nut
megs on it every year.
The Dutch used to have all this
nutmeg trade, as they owned the
Banda island and conquered all the
other traders and destroyed all the
trees. To keep the price up they
once burned three piles of nutmegs,
each of which was said to be "as big
as a church."
Nature did not sympathize with
such meanness. The nutmeg pi-
geon. found in all the Indian islands,
did for the world what the Dutch
had determined should not be done
carried the seeds, which are their
food, into all the surrounding coun-
tries.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
HE FORGOT 1T.
Condition Upon Which Field Agreed
to Acquire a Bad Memory.

"The late Eugene Field was noto-
riously improvident, his chronic
'hardupness' being sort Of byword
among his intimates," said an old
friend Of the poet recently. But
he managed to get a good deal of
fun himself out of the paucity of his
own resources.
"Once at one of those semipublic
functions held in a saloon, where
every man is a host who has the
price and every man guest who has
thirst, Field, as usual, went broke.
There happened to be a hanger on
in the crowd, one Of those whose
considerable ambition is to say they
have shaken hands and touched
glasses with celebrity. Calling
the poet to one side he said: Now
! hope you'll take no offense, but 1
understood you to say you had run
short of money. If that is true, 1
would be glad to oblige you with a
ten
"How dare you,' snapped Field,
affecting great indignation. Il don't
even know your name
" Beg your pardon a thousand
times responded the other, Il
meant no offense, I assure you. 1
thought maybe you might be able to
use the money. Please forget it,
"Field was silent for a moment
as if in deep thought and then slow
Iy drawled:
Forget It'll All right, 1 will,
on one condition.
"'On what condition.?
"'On condition that you make it
fifteen New York Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
How to Arrange Cut Flowers to Sc
cure Pleasing Effects.

In order to secure the best and
most pleasing effects in the arrange
ment of cut flowers it is necessary
that their manner of growth be con-
sidered. Flowers that grow on tall
stalks should be put in high vases,
which permit the long green stems
to rise in natural fashion, with
some of the pretty leaves appearing
gracefully among them. Tiny flow
ers should be placed in small re-
ceptacles corresponding to their
size. The aim should be to give,
as far as possible, natural appear
ance to each kind of flower.
When gathering field daisies, also
gather some of the seed grasses that
grow among them, then place all
loosely in suitable vase, remember
ing that they do not grow with their
heads close together. This arrange
ment, with the help of stretch of
the imagination, will remind one of
small field of daisies with the
grasses waving and nodding in the
wind.
Roses should not be crowded into
a vase, but tumbled loosely into a
bowl, and a little study will enable
one to add the necessary touches
that help to give to these beautiful
cut flowers their natural grace and
beauty.
Pansies should be cut with stems
and leaves and massed in a low,
faring vase, where they have a
chance to appear as if still growing.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
The Earliest Yacht Race.

What is said to be the earliest of
recorded yacht races took place on
Oct. 1, 1861. John Evelyn in his
diary of that date mentions that he
sailed with his majesty Charles IL.
in one of his pleasure boats or
yachts, "vessels not known among
us until the Dutch East India COM
pany presented that curious piece
to the king, being very excellent
sailing vessels. 1t was on a match
between this and his other new
boat" continued Evelyn, "built
frigatelike, and one of the Duke Of
York's, the wager of 9100, and the
race from Greenwich to Gravesend
and back, the king lost it going
down, the wind being contrary, but
saved stakes in returning"
The word "yacht" is itself Dutch,
but the vessels which the merry
monarch sailed were little similar to
the racers of the present day. Men
ton is made of other yachts and
races, but the details are very mea-
ger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
WATER IN THE AIR.
Even at Great Haichto There is Con.
siderable Moisture.

1t is seldom realized, save by
aeronauts and mountaineers, how
much watery haze the lower air con-
tains. Blue sky itself is but the
ultimate fading out Of haze, and
when whole lower layers of the at
mosphere are surmounted the blue
above is bluer than before only by
reason of the haze there being more
attenuated. The result of investi-
cations carried out chiefly by high
flying kites goes to show that,
though at great heights the air may
be spoken of as dry, this is but a
relative term. Commonly about
one-half Of the water vapor in the
air is left below by the time the
first mile and half is climbed, but
the actual moisture present varies
with circumstances. Thus up to a
few thousand feet the air is drier
during winter and at night and
damper during summer and by day
than it is near the ground.
In the light of these facts it be-
comes easy to conceive how in GER
tain conditions of moist weather
and on a dark night the light of a
large town reflected in the heaven
may be seen even at long distance.
Under the clear skies of other lands
reflection may be seen on the under
surface of a cloud over great ranges.
Thus the cloud heaps over thunder
storms on the American prairies
may sometimes be seen at night on
the horizon at a distance amounting
to some 200 miles.
Again, it will be easy to grasp
the further fact that haze in the air
is more clearly manifested to the
observer who, whether in a balloon
or on mountain side, has climbed
above its lower moister levels. Here
the explanation is simply that from
his new point of view the haze is
seen against the dark earth while
being itself Illuminated by the light
from the sky above.-Gentleman's
Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
An Invisible Alter Eco.

1t is curious and interesting to
note that the British Columbian
tribe of the Shanakons have a soul
belief which is an almost exact
counterpart of that cherished by the
old Israelites. They believe that
every being has its double or
shadow, thin, pale figure, seldom or
never seen by mortal eyes, which
after death descends to an abode
beneath the earth and there leads
sad and gloomy existence. The
Israelites called this place sheol
the Shanakons know it as eotea.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
hfQhan Ferries,

The Afghan ferryman at some
ferries on the river Oxus makes use
of ponies to get his clumsy boat
across the stream. "One or some
times two of these rather INSULT
cient looking animals are attached
to the boat by bellybands or sur
cingles, which allow them to swim
alongside, with the strain of the
haul on their middles. They are to
certain extent supported in the
water by the ropes which attach
them to the boat, but only their
heads are usually visible as they
strike out with measured pace,
snorting with each stroke, being di-
rected from the boat as to which
way they should go. So powerful
is their stroke that two small thir-
teen hand ponies will easily pull a
boat which might carry ten tons
Of dead weight. One almost looked
to see if their feet were webbed as
they struggled into the shadows of
the river banks. 1t was a revelation
as to the strength of a horses
stroke in the water"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
Lightning and Willows.

'1n all my forty years. expert
ence with trees and plants" said a
well known gardener, 81 have yet to
hear of a willow tree being struck
by lightning. Spruce trees, white
wood and pine trees almost seem to
attract the electricity. Oak and 9th
er large trees and even many small
trees are often MANNED and killed,
But willow trees seem, for some rea-
son, to be immune to death or in.
jury in this shape, and | have never
seen or even heard of tree of this
family which lightning has ever
struck" "-Cleveland Leader.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
TRAVELLING IN SIBERIA.
rhc Kind Of People One Meets In
Third Class Railway Cars.

Third Class Railway Cars.
All the third class cars on he ST.
berian railway are grimy; thsre sre
sections reserved for wom@ns and
children. The woodwork H.bfint-
cd drab inside, but there is not a
vestige of cushion. ! spent hours
among these emigrants. / find
them interesting. They are horri-
bly, dirty, and as they like to have
the window closed, despite the tenn
perature, the cars reek with odor.
They carry all their worldly pos
sessions with them, some foul sleep
ing rugs and some bundles Of more
foul clothing. These are spresd out
on the hard seats to make them Il
little less hard.
Bread, tea and melons seem their
chief fare. There are great chunks
of sour bread, and at every halt
kettles are seized and a scramble is
made to the platform, where the
local peasant women have steaming
samovars and sell kettle of boiling
water for a halfpenny and water
melon as big as your head for a
penny.
Besides bread eating and scatter
ing half of it on the floor and
munching melons and making a
mess with the rind and splashing
the water about when teamaking
there is the constant smoking Of
cigarettes. They are tiny, unsatis-
flying things, half cardboard tube,
provide three modest puffs and are
then to be thrown away. You
could smoke a hundred a day and
deserve no lecture on being slave
to tobacco.-Cor. London News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
Rsspsct Of Elders.

Respect of elders is the paralysis
of the young. The young have a
chance of clear vision, but in this
blessed country they only see what
their elders expect them to see, only
think what their elders expect them
to think. So they grow into elders
who learn nothing with years but
to save themselves the trouble of
thinking. Listen to the grave talk
of your elders, and you will hear
hashed newspaper.-Julian Sturgis
in "Stephen Calinari."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
THE PARASITE.

With long arms reaching round the stalwart tree
The insdous vino in outward verdure grew,
Yet sapped his healthier lifeblood till we knew
BY variant subtle signs that shortly he
Hopelessly doomed to lingering death would be.
We're it not better, crafty vine. that you
Should perish utterly than thus renew
Your paltry life from his vitaltys
pray you, weakling friend, this fable read.
Let lofticr impulse in your heart have birth;
Wrong not nobler soul for your base need,
But strike your rootlets downward while you
cling.
Then thou and he together both may bring
New mutual strength from bounteous Mother
Earth.
Mary Hall Leonard in New England Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
When Horses Sleep.

Horses always point one ear for
ward when they sleep. Exactly why
this is done no human being can
tell, but the probability is that the
practice is a relic of the time when
they were wild and obliged to be on
their guard even when asleep. Cat
tie, on the other hand, are apparent
ly indifferent as to the position Of
their ears while sleeping. but, no
matter what position they are ins
both are always pointed alike.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
First Idea of Perpetual Motion.

Honecourt, Flemish architect of
the thirteenth century, left draw
ing of a wheel that was to solve the
problem Of perpetual motion with
this memorandum: "Many time
have skillful workmen tried to con-
trive wheel that shall turn of it.
self. Here is way to make such
one by an uneven number of NAL
lets or by quicksilver" But un-
fortunately he did not leave the
wheel From his time on seekers
after perpetual motion have been
numerous. Lfs
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
For stair Landlnus.

In most houses now being built
the staircase is likely to be broken
by landing after few steps. An
effective way to make use of the
lower rail is to make it the back
support of high settee. The seat
to this should be rounded out in
front and be provided with cush-
ion covered with some velvety fab
ric like velours or corduroy. The
support for the seat should match
the wood and design of the stair
case. One seen fitted against dark
rail had dull red cushion that was
extremely effective.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05

You can trust the man fully
who will work as hard for others
as he will for himself, but you
don't have to trust very many.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05

A new battleship Of the kind
built these days costs IS, 100000
Thissum would builds, 700 houses
costing $1,000 each. How much
better it would be if, by universal
peace, the warships could be
made unnecessary and the mon
ry thus saved put into homes for
the people.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05

All active love idealizes-that
is, sees and loves the ideal of the
loved one. Often, indeed, the
absorption in the ideal is so com
plete that the outer life is mis-
takenly supposed to be identical
with it, thus opening the way to
shocks and bitter disappolnt-
ments. Decem Der Ladies' Home
journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
COUNTY OFFICERS.

President Judge-Hon. s. Moo. Swope
Associate Judges--Lemuel Kirk, David Nell
son.
Prothonotary, &c.~-Frank y. Lynch.
District Attorney-George d, Daniels,
Treasurer-TheoS Slpes
Sherlf-Daniel Sheets. iA
Deputy Sherif--Max Sheets
Jury Commissioners David Rotz, Samuel n,
HOckensmith,
Aadltors-John s. Harris, W. O. Davis s. L,
commisslcpers- *. Malot A. v. Kelly
John Fisher.
Clerk--Frank Mason.
Coroner
County Surveyor-Jonas Lake,
County Superntendent--Cle Glen Chestnut.
Attorneys--W Scott Alexander u. Nelson
Sipes, Thomas =. Sloan, Y. MON, Johnston,
M, X Shafners Geo. b. Daniels, Johr p :.
Sipes. ~
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
The Street Market. coIoane.

This street market is a peculiarly
democratic institution and one rap
idly becomes friendly with the sales
women or even chance passerby,
entrapped unawares and becomes
a purchaser like oneself. Thrift
and sturdiness are the distinguish
ing characteristics of these Rhine
land peasants. They know well how
to drive bargain, but they are hon
est to pfennig and good humored
to fault. Very interesting is their
babble about the hocks and the
crops, very quaint they look clad
in their national costumes, and most
delicious are the mountain straw
berries, fresh cheese and thick
cream which these clever house
wives bring in from the country,
especially to tempt hotel weary
travellers. One eats the little lunch
con with leckerly-sweet cakes-in
the shade of the green trees which
line the Cologne market, gazing on
the tiled houses which girt it about
and catching glimpse of the cathe-
dra's slender spire, pointing ever
aloft, rising above all, patiently re-
mote" and in its superb proportion
Of matchless architecture, making
one, as Lowell says, Gown himself
a happy Goth."-Catholic World.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
Shark skins and Shark Fins.

In all the equatorial islands of
the north and south Pacific shark
fishing is very profitable industry
to the natives, and every trading
steamer and sailing vessel coming
into the port of Sydney or Auckland
from the islands of the mid-Pacific
brings some tons of fins, tails and
skins Of sharks. The principal mar
kets for the former are Hongkong
and Singapore, but the Chinese
merchants of the Australasian colo
nies will always buy sharks fins
and tails at from six to eleven
pence per pound, the fins bringing
the best price on account of the
larger amount of glutinous matter
they contain, for which they are
highly relished by the richer class of
Chinese as delicacy. The tails are
also appreciated as an article of
food in China, and, apart from their
edible qualities, they have further
value as a base for clear varnishes,
atn
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05

Additional local trains will leave Harrisburg
as follows: For Chambersburg and intermedi-
ate stations at 55 p. m, for Carlisle and inter-
mediate stations at 99 a. m. 200 p. m, b.15 D.
M, 630 p. m, On p. m. also for rMechanicsburg
Dilsburg and intermediate stations at 200 u. M
and 3i5 p. m.
Nos. L. 8 and o run daily between Harrisburg
and Hngerstown.
Pullman palace sleeping cars between New
York and Knoxville, Tenn, on trains | west
and 10 east.
Through coaches to and from. Philadelphia
on trains and east and and west.
Daily
| Daily except Sunday.
| On Sundays viii leave Philadelphia at 4sQ
p. m.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
THREE TALL STORIES.
Incidents With Bindings Contrary e
All Human Experience.

81 have got just $4,000 to spend
in building a house." said the con-
flding man who had dropped into
the Office of the architect, "and /
want you to draw me the plans for
a good two story frame dwelling
that can be built for that sum,
counting materials, work and ALL"
So the architect drew the plans
and specifications for $4,000
house, and the man subsequently
built it for that sum, with $6.37 to
spare, which he spent in giving the
architect a dinner at a down town
restaurant.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05
Too Valuable to Lose,


An important cricket match was
scheduled in an English village,
and, to the disappointment of
everybody, the best player was un-
able to play owing to a sprained
wrist. The new curate was hur-
riedly substituted and by his bril-
liant play secured victory for the
local team. The next morning as
the squire, himself an enthusiastic
cricketer, was leaving the church,
where the curate had just preached
his first sermon, he was asked by the
vicar what he thought of the new
curate.
"Oh," responded the squire, ''his
voice is weak, his doctrines shaky,
he isn't as learned as he should be,
but his cricket is a fair eye opener.
We must keep him, even if we have
to pay him double the salary"
A Half Million Dollar Poem. 1t
is stated that ''Hhe Absent. Mind
ed Beggar, by Rudyard Kipling
has realized in various ways about
S4s5, 900 for the families of the
British soldiers who have fought
in South Africa, or somewhat
more than $40, 900 for each line. -
Decem Der Ladies' Home Journal.
The odds are against the wo-
man who marries to get even
with somebody.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05

! Connection for all stations on Cumberland
Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad
system.
H. A. RIDDLE, j. f. BOYD
Genl Pass Agent. Supt
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-12-05

"CuBses %. my follyw suddenly
exclaimed Mr.. Jrobinson when
about half way down town.
1t was a beautiful day, and there
was not cloud in the sky.
He had donned his high silk hat
and forgotten his umbrella.
Still-mark the statement-it did
not rain.
In fact, it didn't rain for nearly
two weeks after that.-Chicago
Tribune.