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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
Experiment With an Orange.

Peel an orange by cutting the
rind through the center and re-
moving it in the shape Of hollow
half spheres. In the bottom of
one of these, pierce two holes
side by side, and then place one
half in a goblet, the concave side
down.
The diameter the glass should
be a little smaller than that of
the orange peel, so as TO hold
the latter in position half way
down the sides of the glass.
Pour some red wine into the
orange peel; it will run through
the holes. Let it just reach the
level where it touches the bottom
of the orange peel.
Now pour water into the glass
until it is almost full, and watch
the result. You will see a thin
red film rising through one of
the holes to the level to the wat
er, while the water whichis heavier
than the wine decends through
the other hole to the bottom of
the glass.
In a short time instead of hav-
ing the wine below and the water
above the orange skin, the con
ditions are reversed, both liquids
having completely changed places.
Two goose quills may be placed
in the holes, one going downward
and one upward, but they are not
indispensable to the success OF
the experiment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
Father Times Own Clock.

"The transmitting clock at the
Naval Observatory, Washington,
is the absolute monarch of Amer
lean time-keepers, "writes Evan
der McIver Sweet in the Febru-
airy Ladies Home Journal. "Ev-
cry day in the year except Sun
day, by one pendulum-st stroke it
speaks directly and instanta-
neously to every city and consid-
cradle town between the peaks
of the Rockies and the pines of
Maine, saying to them that on the
seventy-tifth meridian it is now
high noon to the fraction of a sec
ond. A duplicate mechanism,
stationed at the Branch Naval
Observatory in Mare Island, per
forms a similar service for the
people of the Pacific slope. And
by this one clock at the National
capital together with it's dupli-
cate on the Pacific, is set nearly
every time piece in the United
States and Cuba, most of those in
Mexico and many on the border
Of Canada. A number of clocks
from three to three thousand
in nearly every city and large
town are wired together into a
local family, and bv means of a
switch-key at the telegraph of
flee, are put into direct contact
with the parent clock at the Ma
tional capital. So that the in
slant the electric touch is given
from Washington every clock in
the circuit-whether it be at Bos-
ton, Minneapolis or New Orleans
begins a new day in perfect ac-
cord with it's mechanical deity.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
Rules for Shooting in Kentucky

hulSS TOT SnOOtlnB III hSntuSky.
The following on a card is
largely circulated in kentucky:
Plain citizens may be shot from
January to December 81.
Senators, Governors and mem
bers of Congress- may be shot
during any political campaign or
within 60 days thereafter.
Niggers may be shot at any
time. Hunters in search of this
game are also allowed to use a
stuffed club or a butchers knife.
If any man is caught drinking
water it is a sign he is no gentle
man, sab! and may be executed
with whatever weapon is nearest
at hand. Colonels may be shot
with impunity at any time, while
a squirrel gun is recommended
for majors and captains.
No man shall be allowed to kill
in excess of six persons a day.
In case of honor this number
may be increased to 102.
Every citizen who does not tote
theremains of his victims from
public sight within As hours from
the time the first volley was fired
will be fined one (D) gallon of
moOnshine.
Any citizen who steps on an
others toes may be shot, with the
privilege Of apologizing there
after.
If a citizen leaves home half
shot and is found on the street
short time thereafter full of buck
shot, that is his fault, and his rel
atives are not allowed to shoot
more than II suspects in their
efforts to find the guilty person.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PREsBYTERIAN-Rev. w. A. West, d.
D., Pastor.
Sabbath school, 0:15.
Preaching service-each alternate
Sunday morning counting from Aug.
18th, at 1870, and every Sunday
evening at 1880.
Junior Christian Endeavor at 200.
Christian Endeavor at 600.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 100.
METHODIST EPIsCoPAL-Rev. Fl. M.
Ash, Pastor.
Sunday school at $3.50 q. m.
Preaching every other Sunday morn
ing, counting from August 18th, at
1870 and every Sunday evening at
700.
Epworth League at 600 p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 700.
UNITED PREsBYTERIAN-Rev. j. l..
Grove, PASTOR
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Preaching every Sunday morning at
1870, and every other Sunday even
ing counting from August 10, at 1900.
The alternate Sabbath evenings are
used by the Young Peoples Chris
tian Union at 100 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 100.
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN-Rev. A.G.
Wolf, Pastor.
Sunday school 9:l5 a. m.
Christian Endeavor at 6:15 p. IN.
Wednesday evening prayer meeting
at 700.
Preaching morning and evening ev-
cry other Sunday, dating from De-
cember 8, 1900.
REFoRMED-Rev G. M. Smith, Pas
tor.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
christian Endeavor at 600 p. m.
Wednesday evening prayer meeting
at 100.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
Did it TO Scare Them.

Bessie Baker, daughter of Oil
yer Baker, Hagerstown, told her
girl friends she was going to
commit suicide and then painted
her lips with carbolic acid to
make her mother believe she
drank the stuff. AS result of
her coke" her lips and tongue
were badly blistered and burned
by the acid and she has now
changed her mind about ending
her life. 1t was first reported
that she drank some of the car
bolic acid, but this is denied.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
Arithmetic.
TO MULTIPLY NUMBERS OF TWO
DIGITS BY IL.

TO MULTIPLY NUMBERS OF TWO
DIGGTS BY IL.
Separate the digits and place
the sum of the twodigits between.
Thus, IL x22 -= 242, the 4 being
the sum of 2 and 2.
Tx A = 4S4.
This will interest the little ones
very much and prove quite a help
in waking them up on dull day.
More than three figures may
be multiplied by II in the same
way. Multiply 235324 by II.
Process Write the 4 for the
first figure of the product; add
the 4 and &c for the second;
add the 2 and 3 10 for the third;
the 3 and 5, for the 4th; the 5 and
3, for the 5th; the 3 and ,, for the
9th; and write the last figure or .
for the 9TH, and you have 20oo064.
If in adding, the sum is more
than 9, write the units digit and
carry the tens to the next sum.
Example: 384x11. Write the 4,
then 4 plus 6=12. Write the ,
and carry the 1, 8 plus 3=11 and
the to carry is -. Write the .
and carry the 1 to the 3 which
makes 4; hence you have 1924.
The class can thus readily write
the products of II by any num-
ber to 100 and when little older
can use this knowledge to good
advantage in moreadvanced work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
Maddensville.

Feb. 14.-One of the most nota-
BILE events is the resurrecting of
Bert Reihart's planning mill.
j. S. Reihart has his new store
room nearly completed. 1t is
quite an improvement to our
town.
Roswell Stanes was a pleasant
caller to our town Thursday.
Come again. Roswell.
Erven Brown, who has been
employed at Robertsdale in the
mines, is at home.
Geo. Charlton took sled load
of young folks out driving Satur-
day evening.
Miss Lucy Utley, Of Saltillo,
visited in our town Thursday.
Mrs. Nettie Henry, of Clear
Ridge, visited in our vicinity sew
eral days last week.
James Linn wears an unusually
broad smile of late all on the ac-
count of son which came to
brighten his home.
David Mcdonald, who is en-
ployed at Wells Tannery, was
home Saturday visiting his moth
er.
Ambrose Brown, who is en-
ployed by Fraker Bros, spent
Saturday and Sunday with his
father, Reuben Brown.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
SALT RHEUM CURED BY
JOhnStOn's Sarsaparilla
QUART BOTTLES.
JUST SEEN IN TIME.


Hhe only saie Way 20 Heed the Wrning
Nature
other npefeetons a
you neglect TO heed the warning
lingering painful
SIMPLY because
pure by right of JOHNSTONS SARSAPARILLA
Miss Abbe j. Rande writes:
then whole body perfectly
during those five telling
aa 1ed ed every medicine that was adsed to i
praised tried bottle of began improve right
bottle
since got thing
skin disease
trouble and miserable, JOHNsTONS
The blood
disease
AaxCz<rcAN COMPANY,
a TroitsD sDrugsos
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

The red-headed girl continues
TO come to the front. 1t was "a
red-headed American stenogra-
pher who received III proposals
Of marriage at the Paris exposi-
ton, and now a New York bust
ness man who advertised for a
stenographer and some girl
clerks, all with red hair, says he
prefers that kind because they
are brighter than other girls.
And there doesn t seem to be any
intention of joke in his remark,
either.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
Stood Death on.

e. b. Munday, lawyer Of Hen
rietta, Tex, once fooled a grave
digger. He says: "My brother
was very low with malarial fever
and jaundice. l persuaded him
to try Electric Bitters, and he was
soon much better, but continued
their use until he was wholly cur
ed. l am sure Electric Bitters
saved his life. This remedy eX-
pels malaria, kills disease germs
and purifies the blood; aids diges.
ton, regulates liver, kidneys and
bowels, cures constipation, dys-
pepsia, nervous diseases, kidney
troubles, female complaints; gives
perfect health. Only soc at w.
$. Dickson's drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

The legislature has before it a
bill which will become a law, pro
viding for the punishment of kid
nappers. 1t fixes the penalty at
Imprisonment for life, for the
person directly guilty of the
crime, and also imposes a fine of
$4,000 and twenty five years i'm
prisonment for any one assisting
to kidnap. The practice of kid
mapping in Pennsylvania and ad.
joining states has become so com.
mon recently that the public will
be glad to learn the legislature is
taking drastic measures TO break
it up. The penalty is not any too
severe for the oflense.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
Climb On !

Eff We cannot drive the team,
Don't stand back a-braggin'--
Throw away conceit's wild dream
Climb onto the wagon.
Ef ye cannot win the race,
What the use o. laggin'?
Hustle up and git your place
Climb onto the wagon.
Ef We cannot crack the whip,
Fiery steeds a-naggin',
Put paddock on yer lip
Climb onto the wagon.
Fur yen never stop the earth
Holdin' back m draggin'-
Come along fur all yer worth,
Climb onto the wagon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
A Night Of Terror

lawful anxiety was felt for the
widow of the brave General Burn
ham Of Machias, Me, when the
doctors said she would die from
Pneumonia before morning" "
writes Mrs. S. II. Lincoln, who at
tended her that fearful night, but
she begged for DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which had more than
once saved her life,and cured her
of Consumption. After taking,
she slept all night Further use
entirely cured her" This mar
vellous medicine is guaranteed to
cure all Throat, Chest and Lung
Diseases. Only SOC and S1.OO
Trial bottles free at w. S. Dick
sons drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

The bill introduced in the leg
islature providing for the pay
ment of bounties on scalps seems
to meet with popular favor. The
skin of any of the animals alone
would not compensate for hunt
ing them but when the bounty is
added to it it does. Thus de-
structive animals are not permit
ted to multiply and the farmer is
saved much annoyance as well as
expense.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

If ever there were a time when
we needed to think of what we
can have without money, it is
now. We think so much about
money. We say we can do moth
ing without money; That is
not so. We can be saints without
money; we can have peace of con
science, peace with God, joy in
God, we can have Heaven without
money! Margaret Bottome in
the February Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
The error of a moment may be

The error of a moment may be-
come the sorrow of a lifetime.
Some wives, like watches, have
pretty faces, delicate hands, and
are good to look upon-but some
what difficult to regulate.
Triplets have been born to Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Carroll, near
Carlisle. They now have a fami-
ly of four, the Oldest being but 16
months.
Insurance amounting to $780,
092 has been paid to the heirs of
j. Allison Eyster, who died in
Chambersburg several weeks
ago.
"What are you doing now"
"I'm writing for a living"
"F'or the papers or magazines?"
"No; writing to the old man
for money"
Like bad dollars, all counter
feits of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve are worthless. The origi-
nal quickly cures piles, sores and
all skin diseases. Trout's drug
store.
"Smartness" is a talent which
no wise man or woman need Gov
ct. For it frequently ruins its
unfortunate possessor rather
than the folks against whom it is
employed.
'One of de gret hindrances in
de way of de cullud race" said
Uncle Eben, sis dat dar amt no
way of habbin chicken stealth po-
litely spoke of in de papers as
defahcation."
There is always danger in using
counterfeits of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. The original is a
safe and certain cure for piles.
1t is a soothing and healing salve
for sores and all skin diseases.
Trout's drug store.
Andrew Carnegie in a recent
speech to young men in New
York said he would advise any
young man not to fall in love ex.
cept with a woman from twenty
to thirty years older than him
self.
Do not train boys to learning
by force or harshness; but direct
them to it by what amuses their
minds, so that you may be better
able to discover with accuracy
the peculiar bent of the genius of
each.
Water transportation would APP
pear TO be the least dangerous
among all means employed for
that purpose. During the last
year 100000, 900 passengers were
carried on steam vessels within
the jurisdiction of the United
States, out of which number 206
lost their lives, and in this con-
nection it is gratifying to know
that only A were passengers;the
other 1862 being members of the
crews. This would indicate that
crews realize that the safety of
the passenger is their firstcharge.
Recent experiments show that
all classes of foods may be com
pletely digested by a preparation
called Kodol Dyspepsia Cure,
which absolutely digests what
you eat. AS it is the only combi-
nation of all the natural digest
ants ever devised the demand for
it has become enormous. 1t has
never failed to cure the very
worst cases Of Indigestion and it
always gives instant relief.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

A powerful engine cannot be
run with weak boiler, and we
can't keep up the strain of an ac-
tive life with a weak stomach;
neither can we stop the human
machine to make repairs. If the
stomach cannot digest enough
food to keep the body strong, such
a preparation as Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure should be used. 1t digests
what you eat and it simply can't
help but do you good. Trout's
drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
For MeritOriOuS Service.

Joseph l.. Richards, OF Ayr
township prizes very highly Il
certificate which he received ut
the direction of President Lincoln
for meritorious service in the Civ
il War The following is copy:
THE UNITED STATES VOLUNTEER
SERVICE.
Tho Presidents Thanks and
Certificate Of Honorable Service.
To Private Joseph L. Richards,
1j2 Ohio Nat. Guard.
WHEREAS the President of the
United States has made the fol
lowing Executive Order, return
ing Thanks to the OHIO VOLUN-
TEERS FOR ONE HUNDRED
DAYS, to wit:
GREENTIDE MANSION,
Washington City, Sep. 10, 1864.
The term of One Hundred Days,
for which the National Guard of
Ohio volunteered, having expired,
the President directs an Official
Acknowledgment to be made of
their patriotic and valuable SER
vice during the recent campaigns.
The term of service of their en-
listment was short, but distin-
guished by memorable events.
In the Valley of the Shenandoah,
on the Peninsula, in the Opera
tions ON the James River, around
Petersburg and Richmond, in the
Battle of Monocacy, and in the
Intrenchments of Washington,
and in other important service,
the National Guard of Ohio per
formed with alacrity the duty of
Patriotic Volunteers, for which
they are entitled to,and are here
by rendered, through the Cover,
norof their State, the NATIONAL
THANKS.
The Secretary of War is di-
rected to transmit a copy of this
Order to the Governor of Ohio,
and to cause certificate of this
honorable service to be delivered
to the Officers and Soldiers Of the
Ohio National Guard who recent
ly served in the Military Force of
the United States as Volunteers
for One Hundred Days.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Now, therefore, this Certificate
of Thanks and of Honorable Ser
vice is conferred on Private Jo-
seph L. Richards in token of his
having honorably served as vol
unteer for one hundred days in
Co. G, 1921 Regiment Of Ohio
National Guard.
Given under my hand at the
City of Washington, this Is day
Of December, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and siXty-four.
BY the President:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
President Of the United States,
EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

The last census makes the pop
ulation of the county 1924 by
townships as follows; Ayr town
ship, 1910; Belfast township, 946i
Bethel township, 884; Brush
Creek township, Gil; Dublin
township, ss9; Licking Greek
township, 996; McConnellsburg
borough, 576; Taylor township,
995; Thompson township, s12;Tod
township, 635; Union township,
706; Wells township, 594.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21
"reminiscences Of Hancock.


National Turnpike, one hundred
miles from Baltimore and thirty
nine miles from Cumberland.
The Baltimore q Ohio Railroad
traverses the opposite or West
Virginia bank of the Potomac,
and a bridge afford means of
communication between railway
station and the town. Hancock
is one of the Oldest towns in the
State and was named after the
first settler whom history does
not show was especially distin-
guished in any other direction.
Hancock was incorporated at
an early date, but after anumber
of years the charter was per-
mitted to expire. John Donovan
was among the earliest settlers
and kept public house in addi-
ton to conducting a farm. He
owned an island in the Potomac
Immediately south of the town
and lived in frame house now
owned and occupied by John HiX-
on at the intersection of Wason
and Main streets. His tavern
was Immediately adjoining his
house. The Barton Central
Hotel is probably the Oldest house
in Hancock. Among the earlier
residents Of the town Jacob
Houck, Druggist; John Johnston
an old farmer and merchant who
was an old settler; Rev. Joseph
Powell, who died there Aug. %,
1904, aged 20; Leonard Shafer,
merchant; James Saunders, tav-
ern keeper, "Sign of the Cross
Keys" in 1905; John Watts,
formerly of Hagerstown, was
there in 1906; John Protzman,
tavern keeper, was there in 1900
Benjamin Bean, tavern keeper.
house "Sign of the Green Tree"
prior to 1908 he kept tavern at
Parkhead Forge and other places;
Charles Worland, saddler; John
Matthews, inn keeper, house,
"Sign of the Seven Stars. stand
formerly occupied by J. Protz-
man; William Yates, a prominent
citizen lived near there; DR.. Sam
uel j. Gregory; D. and G, Cart
wright, merchants; Jno. Davis,
merchant, also the contractor in
1917 for making a turnpike from
the Big Conococheague to Cum
berland; John Brady merchant,
Robert Donovan, tanner; Capt
Jacob Stephens, inn keeper;
Andrew Goulding kept the Gun
ion Inn" in 1920 the house occupi
ed formerly by Jacob Brosius; j.
Richard, postmaster in 1920, Col
David Stephens, inn keeper
Henry Mckinley, postmaster in
1922.
In 1890 Samuel McFarran kept
store at Hancock. Col. Haynes,
of Kentucky, formerly lived (be-
fore 1899 nearly adjoining Han
cock, where he had a splendid
mansion and several hundred
acres of land. He removed
thence to Kentucky with large
number of the other settlers from
this section of the State.
Mr.. Donovan, in September
1893, advertised his property and
business for sale in the following
terms
To BE Sold.
That we-Snown house and two lots OF ground,
with all the Improvements thereon, in Hancock
town where John Donovan formerly lived and
where Capt Casper Shaffner now lives: the
stand is so well known by the public that little
need to be said In itsfavor, and more especially
as " is presumed the purchaser will view the
premises before he deals
JOHN DONOVAN.
Hancocktown, Sept2O, 1893
April IA, 1897 Casper Shaffner
opened public house at the
stand formerly occupied by John
Donovan at Hancocktown. Pre-
vious to this he kept at the "Sign
of the Ship"
Prior to the nineteenth century
the citizens of Hancocktownwere
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

The anchor may have a good grip,
but it gets it by huke.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

Even the worst poets do something
to a muse.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

Prior to the nineteenth century
the citizens of Hancocktown were
to a certain measure devoted to
turf sports. A public advertise
ment of September Z, 1907, gave
notice that "At Hancocktown, on
the 18th day Of October, next,
there will be race for a purse
of 20 pounds, free to any horse:
on the 18th on the some course.
another race for 10 pounds; and
on Friday the Goth a handsome
sweepstake. The horses will be
entered with John Johnston and
Casper Shaffner the day preced
ing each race. Horses to start
each day at one O'Clock.
Vhe census 1920 showed pop
ulation Of 266, Of whom 219 were
white, 3 free colored and "A
slaves.
Among gtheolder andmoreprom-
inent families are those of Hughes
Brent, Bowles, Delaplane, Resley,
Philips, Stigers, Creager, Myers,
Miller, Houck, Rinehart, Bridges,
Henderson, etc.
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shgnt SKIN ruptons warning Something
cd PuriGe known '-'"f
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

April IA, 1897 Casper Shaffner
opened a public house at the
stand formerly occupied by John
Donovan at Hancocktown. Pre-
vious to this he kept at the "Sign
of the Ship"