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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20

technically. what was the cube root Of
that array of figures, he replied with
equal facility and promptness that 1t
was 64J. The mathematical experts
who were examining the boy found
that II was impossible to find the cube
root OF these nine figures, in the short
est and most convenient way, In less
than three or four minutes. But what
most surprised the mathematicians
was that he could almost as readily
answer questions fer which they had
not been able TO provide any syste-
matte procedure themselves. For In
stance. he was asked to name two
numbers which, multiplied together.
would give the number 24T, ,4S3; and
he Immediately named 94l and 203,
which are said to be the only two num-
bers which viii do so. IL any of our
mathematically minded readers will
address themselves to this problem
they will find that II will give them at
least a quarter of an hours stiff calcu-
lation before they can assure them
selves that 36,0S3 is what is called a
prime number, or a number only divIs.
ibie by itself and unity. a solution
which this child was, In some myste.
rious way, able to see Immediately
the question was proposed to him.
Colburn, like Buxton, seems to have
had a method of his own. but he con-
staBtiy declared that he did not know
how the answers came into his mind.
God put these things into my head"
he said on being pressed for an expla
nation, "and cannot put them into
yours Jedediah lived to the age of
sixty-five with no more general knowl
edge or stock of ideas than a child Of
ten, and he kept his extraordinary
calculating faculty to the end but Ze.
rah. as the general culture Of his mind
improved, found his special power to
fade away. Francis Baily was of
opinion that Zerah Colburn's feats in.
dicated the existence OF certain prop.
critics of numbers which mathemati.
clans had not yet discovered. But it
Is perhaps equally possible that they
indicate capacities of the human mind
which have hitherto been undreamed
of.-London Globe.
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To interested but ineSpert observers
of the races for the Americas cup II
has been a wonder that American de
signers have been able to turn out six
successive defenders in sixteen years,
each one of which has been faster than
it's predecessor. Here is the list 1889
Puritan; 1886. Maytlower: 1887, volun-
teer; 1893, vigllant; 1895, Defender;
1899, Columbia. When Burgess died
1t was feared that progress Would
cease. but Herreshoif outdid himself
as steadily as burgess had done befors >
him. In some years several new boats
were built and the best of them was
chosen to meet the challenger In
deec, In that particular our yachismcn
have shown more xeal to keep the Guy
thar their British brethren hayc 70
win Il back Harpelfs Weekly.
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THE HOSPITAL CATE.

We sit here listlessly and watch the sun
Creeping along the boards beneath our
feet.
We are the convalescents- have done
An that they may for us. There, from
the street,
People gaze upward at our balcony.
Idlers against the ratings lounge and
wait
Till some grim sight reward expectancy.
Oh, that we, too, were there beyond the
gatel
Barred like fortress. Qf ono could shut
Suffering, as from the world one shuts
Behind closed doors) Here we arc walled
about
And set apart for pain. Our nearest kin
Have of us, piteous, only sight and sound
Twice in weeks time as the rules die
tate.
Some of us die before the day comes round.
Deaths rules are rigid, too, behind the
gatei
Eaey TO enter Hear the changing gong
The fouifo.d beat of flying hoofs and
see
The gates swing open Room there in the
throng!
Make way for human life in jeopardy
Easy the entrance. Step together, men,
Slow the return, yet do we all pass
through
Some by this gateway to old homes again.
Some by narrower gateway to the
new.
Caroline Duer, in Golfers Weekly.
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Londen,s Greatest DANCER

IN London there are present 10000
young men," writes W. S. Harwood in
the Century. 1T is demonstrated by
the most careful and systematic cen.
sus that fully 100000 of this number
do not associate themselves In relig.
ious work. 1t Is among these GOO 900
young men that the work of the Lon.
don association Is most pressed !
asked Mr.. Putterill what was the
greatest obstacle he had to overcome
10 reaching these young men. He told
"a that 1t was not the liquor drinking
habit, terrible as is its hold upon the
young men of this vast mass, but the
appalling prevalence of vice. If half
Is true that was told me in London
about the prevalence of the most de.
grading habits among the young men
Of that city, there Is little wonder that
those in positions to know look with
the keenest apprehensions to the fu-
ture-a future which promises to make
the young manhood of London within
three generations physical wreck. If
not reinforced by fresher blood from
the provinces. Indeed. there will not
long be waiting such another wave of
apprehension as that which has re-
Gently swept over France concerning
the social situation in Paris, II some
check is not found against the advance
Of immortality in London"
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Erect of Hypnotlsm on the Hypnotist.

DR.. ]. ID. Quackenbos, the author of
"Hypnotism in Mental and Moral Cul-
ture." has some interesting things to
say of the reciprocal influence of hyp-
notism in Harper's. Here are some Of
the instances of this reciprocal effect
which he cites:
"a successful attempt to hypnotize n
thief at the beginning of my investiga-
tions induced an attack of nervous de-
preston so severe in character that I
discussed the advisability of discontln-
uing my experiments as a measure of
safety. In weeks time l had en-
tirely regained my equilibrium and re-
sumed my work with renewed zest. A
lady who was the victim of harass-
ing delusion automatically effected an
exchange of mental conditions with
me, whereby her unwarranted dejec-
ton became so realistically mine that
/ was obliged to seek change Of en-
ployment. At the second treatment,
after improvement had begun, no such
effect was perceptible. Coarse natures
are especially trying, while refined
minds ennoble and exalt from fhe ear
liest moment of contact. The more
spiritual the work, the more conspicu-
Gus the ascent, and the greater the con-
seeuent Indifference of the operator to
all worldly or purely material consld'
erations. One seems sustained upon
higher plane of undisturbed sere-
nifty"
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A Word and Its Origin.

Boycott" says writer on words
and Their History" in the 81. Nicho.
las, came into common use about 1873
TO signify n method OF injuring the
business or social prospects Of per
sou. The word and the custom OF
stunning boycotted victim arose in
Ireland. Mit boyeotting soon became
so general that 1t was recognized in all
so-called enlightened countries. The
agent OF q large landed estate ia Come
mara was Captain boycott, who was
so unpopular with the tcnanIs that
they begged fer his removal AS Lord
Earhc, the landowner. refused 10 re-
move him. the tenants sought redress
by refusing 10 work for the agent or
20 allow others TO do so. Tradesmen
would not deal with him. his own SER
wants deserted him. and many of his
friends gave him the cold shoulder.
Finding that hc was in danger or star
walton a number Of Ulster men came
to his relief, harvested his crops while
under the protection of armed troops.
and enabled him. for a time at least.
to escape absolute ruin. Many men
have been soycotted since Captain
Boyeott's unhappy experience intro
duced the new word and boycott. the
world over, is recognized as a term
for which there Is no exact synonym.
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"Swim:' said the old fisherman, in
answer to a question about rats.
'Well. should say they could swim;
and dive, too, like good fellows. Wharf
rats swim from wharf TO wharf, and
| have seen them dive in four or five
feet of water.
II have in mind wharf that was
Quilt upon cribs, to which fishing boats
used to make fast to land their fish.
Sometimes boats would threw over
here small, waste fish, that were Of nc
use, fish weighing maybe three or four
ounces apiece. There were rats living
in the cribwork of this wharf. and
when there were any of these waste
fish around they would come out ia
get them. You would see rat poke
his head out from between two loga
of a crib and look down in the water.
II he saw a fish there he would mako
a dive for it, straight to the bottom,
and set his teeth In 1t and rise with
II 10 the top OF the water, then scraIn
bic back with it into the crlbwork
again to cat It.
can rats swim? Wen, should say
they could. Los Angeles Times.
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An Enrl,.h railways Parcel Service.

In England the Great Eastern Rail-
way has perfected system OF subur-
ban parcel delivery that works admir-
ably. From the outlying districts for
a radius of 120 miles-an agricultural
country in the main-the passenger
trains bring into London and to the
neighboring sea resorts all kinds or
produce packed in boxes of definite
size and shape which are furnished by
the company at from four to eleven
cents. The service fee is moderate.
eight cents for less than twenty
pounds, two cents additional for each
five pounds mp to sixty pounds, above
which the fee Is twenty-five cents.
Stamps affixed to each package show
prepayment. The company publish
two pamphlets, one giving the names
of producers who use the service; the
other, the names OF season-ticket own
ers who are in constant need OF such
produce. The success OF the plan was
Immediate. The Worlds Work.
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MOTHER sAleroN DIDN'T SAY so
Information For a Correspondent VIII
Asks About Her Prophecy.

Information For Correspondent who
Asks About Her Prophecy.
A correspondent writes to the New
cerning the so-called prophecy of
Mother Shipton. What Is commonly
spoken of as Mother Shipton's pro-
phecy is Il piece of rhyme which was
first printed about 1862. 1t is as fol-
lows:
Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents fill the world with woe.
Around the earth thoughts shall fly
In the twinkhng Of an eye.
The world upside down shall be,
And gold be found at the root of tree.
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse be at his side.
Under water men shall walk,
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
In the air men shall be Seen,
In black, in white, in green
Iron in the water shall iioa.,
AS easy as a wooden boat.
Gold shall be found and shown
In a land that's not now known.
Fire and water shall wonders do
England shall at last admit a foe.
The world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and cighty-one.
This rhyme was published in an al
legged reprint of chap book version
and was included with about ten 9TH
ers, according to Notes and Queries.
in book issued by Charles Hindley,
of Brighton, England. For a num-
Der of years it was supposed by many
that it was what 1t purported to be,
namely prophecy uttered by Mother
Shipton in the first half of the six
teenth century. Several persons, how
ever, east doubts on its authenticity.
and in April. 1873, Hindley wrote to
Notes and Queries and, to use the
words of that periodical made a
clean breast of having fabricated the
prophecy
There Is some doubt as 20 whether
there ever was Mother Shipton. The
Century Encyclopaedia says she was
bonn near Knaresborough in York
shire, in July, 14SS. and died about
1859 1t also says in regard to her
that she was "a half mythical English
prophecies, baptized Ursula Southiel.!
who married Tony Shipton, builder.
Other authorities says she was proba-
bly, wholly mythical. Various other
prophecies of less interest than the
one quoted are attributed to her.
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some moments. Then suddenly turn
ing, she went into the second of the
two little rooms.
When she returned she carried the
old can in which they had planted the
carnation. 1t now held sturdy plant.
and bearing itself proudly aloft on its
slender stem was beautiful blossom
"See. Bobby" she said. laying her
hand on the bowed stem. ''I've been
keeping 1t for n surprise for you, but
you shall have 1t for the lady. Per-
haps the young man can take it to
her"
Bobby looked up Motionless he
looked at the flower, then sprang
quickly to his feet. "He said he'd go
back in an hour. l shall just have
timer he exclaimed.
Carefully and tenderly the carnation
was cut from its stalk and wrapped in
whic paper. Then. only stopping to
kiss Maggie in way that told the
gratitude he could not speak. Bobby
bounded down the stairs and raced
away toward the station. He was only
just in time, for as he sped around the
last corner he saw the brown coated
figure crossing the street. Breathless-
ly he rushed after him and accostcd
him at the gates.
ITS for her, SIR" he gasped. hold.
ing out the precious white parcel. 1T
grew from the one she gave me that
day It's all could get. but I'd like
II to 90 to her"
The young man took the flower si-
lcntly. For the first time that day
tears filled his eyes. and he stood
fighting back the emotion that threat.
ened to overpower him.
Then, looking down into the wistful.
childish face upturned to his, he said
gently, at shall be put into her hand"
And Bobby was satisfied Buffalo
Times.
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A NOV Thu, Stunned.

"dsve you ever had a dumb, nanc-
less feeling OF some approaching dIsas-
tery' she asked
''Well, no." the celebrated lawyer
replied; "the only time ever had that
Kind Of feeling WAS once after the
disaster had arrived"
"Oh. dearl What was It that hap
pened to you"
why. yon see. = girl chat had been
engaged 10 several years before my
marriage came into my Office one dag
to have ms give her some adyicc cam
cernlng the disposition OF about &{|tD0.f
600 worth Of property she had josl Inc
herIted from an uncle in Australia iI>ae
she had never told me nbout. -<]i,r
eago Record Herald ,o
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No yankee Blood in Him.

''No, really" she said, 81 believe my
husband is different from other men"
"Oh. yes, ! suppose So" her expe-
rienced friend replied, "but yoa'n out
grow it. Every woman thinks. during
the first few years, that her husband
is not like sther men"
But WiIlinm," she insisted. has
never, 50 far as know. expected to
get fortune out of an invention OF
some kind"
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OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR
LAUcHTER.eRovoklNc STORIES FoR
LOVERS OF FUN.

coif-No Rcbber Of Hie Race Lingual--
quick and Enective--Most Import an
Thinr - Technical Defense - Social
rra'ning-Reconciied to the Outlay. Etc
Maxwelton's braes are bonny,
And everyone extols
The hazards and the bunkers, there.
And the course of eighteen holes.
'Tis there with Annie Laurie,
And csddie, every day,
/ go, and OH how blissfully
= .Ne hoot the hours away (awa)i \
Detroit Journal.
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A Placid Statesman.

81 suppose man in your position Is
beset with people who are trying to
impose on his good nature"
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum.
"But l don't complain. If you haven't
something that somebody is trying to
get away from you. it is sign you
haven't amounted to much in life."-
Washington Star.
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Talking about college spirit" said
the FIRST fair coed. sophie Moore car
rles it to the extreme"
"You don't say?" remarked the other.
'Yes, she won't ever cat anything
but strawberry and vanilla when she's
bHing treated to ice cream. because
red and white are the college colors"--
Philadelphia Press.
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Teacher, teacher said little Rich
ard.
We'll. what is it?"
didn't you say yesterday that the
world was kept In it's place by the
force Of gravityY
Yes, the attraction Of the sun keeps
the world moving In a regular orbit
Then somebody's been strlngsn' my
pa again. He said last night 1t WINS J.
Pierpopt Morgan. n."-Chicago Herald
Record.
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the woman on his shoulder Even so
1t is likely he would have failed in this
last effort had not Edward Ford came
pat way along the ledges TO meet and
help him.
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A Technical De fense

Sue-"You said you were going to
marry an artist, and now you are en-.
gagged to a dentist"
Flo-"Weli. isn't he an artist? He
draws from real lfev'-Pbiladelphia
Bulletin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20

81 don't know what to do with all
this money" said the practical pelit-
cal worker.
what money is that? inquired the
friend
THE boss gave me $4,000 to put
where it would do most good. have
over $4,000 left"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20

King Leopold OF Belgium is perhaps
the most slSilful OF royal gardeners
and is said to be prouder OF the Lowell,
gardens and greenhouses Of Laeken
which are the products OF his skin ant
care. than OF any other OF his man,
nozAessions.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20

One morning recently the residents
of Montpelier, Ohio, reported that they
saw a mirage which was easily recog-
med as the village of Edon. eight
miles east. Such a sight had never
been beheld in that vicinity.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
The Trsmps' View

Resting Robert-"See here, Tom, this
paper says we have no leisure class in
this country-that even our million
aires are hard-working men,"
Tired Thomas - "That man don't
know what he is writing about. We
are the leisure class. New York HeE-
aid.
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Willie-"How did you break your
wife of the advanced woman crazer'
Wise-'TOld her everybody thought
1t meant advanced in years. kansas
City (Mo) Independent.
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Miss Gotriehkwick-"Ple sir. is
this training school?'
Prlncipal-"It is
Miss Gotrichkwick-"Pie sir,
wish to learn how to eat olives. Ohio
State Journal.
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Mrs. Dearborn Did Jerry balk
when the minister charged him So for
marrying your
Mrs. Wabash-"He did a little. at
first, but finally the parson said he'd
do 1t cheaper the next time" ."-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20

Indiana has genuine snake farm,
developed without the aid of stimu-
lants. 1t is commercial enterprise.
the garter snake being propagated and
fattened for the sake of its oil, which
is extracted by running the reptile
through a press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-06-20
CURIOUS FACTS.

Butterflies can stand great cold and
still live. Butterflies lying frozen on
the snow and so brittle that they break
unless they are carefully handled will
recover and fly away when warmed.
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Stutterton-"Have 1 gug-gug-got tut
time to cuc-cuc-catch the n-n-next
t-train for N-N-New--'
r. II. Porter-"Noo York? Yis; We
have, providin' We walk fasther than
ye talk. 1t don't lave fur an hour
Philadelphia Record.
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Most Important Thing.

Professor-"Can you tellme anything
of national Importance about the Ha.
waiian group of islands?'
Bright Boy-"Yes. sir. The Pacific
Ocean. n.'--Chicago Daily News.
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LinguaI.
"Oh, ma"

ION, ma.
"What Is It, Jimmier'
"Do we eat Off n plate--or do we eat
on plate T-Chicago Record Herald.
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Banks-"You think look glum. Well.
why shouldn't 1! have lost rich
aunt"
Beach-"Did she die suddemy?'
Banks-"Die suddenly? She isn't dead
at all. Her niece has Tilted me."--Bos-
ton Transcript.
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No Robber of Hi. Race.

"Jones. you borrow an awful lot of
trouble
"Weil. I'm always willing to lend it
amt II"
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Manageable women in Servia have
a queer way of announcing that they
are in the matrimonial market. A
dressed doll hanging in the principal
window of house indicates that there
is living there woman who is anx-
ious to become a bride
In the picturesque village of Allesley.
Warwickshire, England, an ancient
custom, which is found to linger here
and there, is still observed. The church
bell is rung at o'clock every morning
in the summer and at 6 o'clock in the
winter, in order to arouse sleeping viii
layers and enable them to start work
in good time. The curfew bell is also
tolled at 3 o'clock each evening.
A noiseless alarm clock would prove
a boon to host of sufferers from un-
seasonable din. The suggestion is
made that n silent alarm can be given
by focusing an electric lamp upon the
head of the person to be awakened,
and arranging switch so that the cur
rent to light the lamp would be turned
on by the clock at the desired time. 1t
is claimed that the fash of light would
invariably arouse the sleeper.
In the face of the clock of the parish
church of st. Matthews. Bethnal
Green, London, are two small holes,
which from the pavement do not ap-
pear large enough to admit even tiny
bird. Yet these apertures have oeen
chosen by sparrows as nesting places,
and the birds can be frequently seen
flying to and from their strange
abodes. The operations of the spar
rows do not appear to have. affected
the time-keeping accuracy of the clock.
Massachusetts was one of the orig
inal thirteen States, and the first set
tlement was made in 1902, which was
abandoned the same year. The first
permanent settlement was made by
English Puritans at Plymouth in 1920.
The State was explored in 1914 by
Captain John Smith. and Boston was
settled in 1880. The first American
newspaper was started in Boston in
1890 At Lexington was shed the first
blood of the Revolution. The Boston
massacre occurred March 5, 1770 and
the destruction of tea December 16,
1873
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A White CaraatiOn.
by Misc Kitty Cox

r r II was sniy a newsboy, and a
NJ dirty and ragged one at that,
but under his torn jacket
there glowed n spark OF