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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
HE SANG HIMSELF.
How Ignatius Donnclly Once
Melted a Cold Crowd.

Prior to moving his family to
Minnesota in the iifties Ignatius
Donnelly made the trip alone in the
winter to the state, being obliged
at that time to make part of the
journey by stage, on the ice, from
Dubuque. The first morning out.
with the prospect of several days
companionship before them, the
whole party rode along in glum 81
lence. TO man of Mr.. Donnelly's
cheerful and convivial temper this
was very distressing. At last he
could stand it no longer and ad-
dressed the crowd generally.
"Ladies and gentlemen" said he,
"this will never do. If we are TO
ride this way for week, we shall
all be lunatics. Can't some one tell
a story"
There was dead silence. No one
even smiled. When addressed indi-
vidually, they all shook their heads.
Then he asked if any of them could
sing song. No one of them could.
"Then," said he, 'I'll sing a song
myself"
Now, if there was any one thing
among his various accomplishments
that he could not do it was to sing a
song to any recognized tune. lie of
ten said that ''any fool could sing
song to one tune, but it takes a
man of genius to sing song to half
a dozen tunes at the same time"
Consequently when on that win
try morning he broke into melody
the passengers forgot the cold, the
long journey and other material
things and laughed until they were
sore. But he accomplished his OBJ
ject. In a few minutes some one
was found who could sing, and then
the story telling began. in which
Donnelly, of course, shone supreme,
and for the rest of the trip they
were the jolliest people that ever
bumped over the snowdrifts of the
Mississippi.-Minneapolis Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
New Swindle.

A new fakir is abroad in the
rural regions. He drives through
the country and sells soap at five
dollars a box, which sum includes
the price of forty yards of carpet
selected from samples which he
has on the wagon. He takes the
five dollars, leaves the box Of
soap, promises to deliver the car
pet within a week and drives
away. The soap worth probably
fifty cents. 1t stays with the
purchaser. The carpet is worth
probably fifteen dollars, but it
stays with the fakir and has not
been delivered to a single victim.
Farm families should be on guard
against this new fakir as against
all other fakirs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

'Tf any one should call this aft
ernoon, Mary, say that am not
WELL" said a mistress to her newly
engaged servant. 'I'm afraid | ate
little too much of that rich pud-
ding for lunch, and it or something
else has brought on a severe head
ache. I'm going to lie down"
A few minutes later the mistress,
from her room near the head of the
stairs, heard Mary say to two aristo-
cratic ladies who had called for the
first time, "Yes'm, Mrs. Browne is
at home. but she ate so much pud-
ding for lunch she had to go to
bed."-Tit-Bits.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
SHE WAS SARCASTIC.
Her Thanks Upon Getting - Seat
In a Street Car.

Members of the smart set, going
home from the theater, filled the
Madison avenue car, and every one
took the squeezing i'll the best posi-
BILE humor. At one corner fat
young woman got on. She was dress
ed in fine style and evidently felt
her own Importance greatly She
managed to catch hold Of a strap
and hung almost suspended, as she
was rather short. She swung right
and left with every motion of the
flying car and tried to bring herself
into the genial company of people,
who were nearly all friends, but all
her advances toward an understand
ing with them bore no fruit, and
she was left frigidly alone, and yet
she did not seem to notice that her
words were all addressed to the air.
At last, after she had stepped on
everybody's feet and bumped up
against everybody two or three
times, a gentleman stood up from
the seat where he had been reading
with diligence all this time and
said:
Madam, you can have my seat"
Saying that, he lifted bis hat and
started out. She bowed and replied
in a loud voice, so that every one
heard her, and said:
ooh, thank you, kind sir | can
not sufficiently express my graft
tude-no one could-and all l can
say is that l beg you to accept my
most earnest thanks. | shall re-
member you in my prayers, for you
are so generous"
By this time the man was red as
a beet and could not escape until
the car stopped. Nearly all the pas
sengers were amused by the affair,
but when he got to the door the
woman had reached the seat and
said loudly to everybody, "He might
have taken it along, and it was so
kind Of him to leave it." = New
York Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
A BREAD oMELET.

If the egg supply happens to be
low and the family Unexpectedly
large, bread omelet may be made.
Beat separately the whites and
yolks of three eggs. Mix the yolks
with a half cupful of milk and "A
half cupful of bread crumbs; salt
and paprika to taste. Fold in the
stifiiy beaten whites. Heat the om-
elet pan and put into it teaspoon
full of butter and brush with it the
bottom and sides. Turn the batter
in and cook like a plain omeet and
when done fold and serve. The ad-
dition Of a tablespoonful of Span
ish onion chopped fine and the same
amount of parsley to the plain or
Dreaded omelet before it is put in
the pan will make Bengal omelet
For cheese omelet three tablespoon
fuls of grated cheese may be sprin-
kled over it when it begins to set.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
ALL OVER TIE HOUSE.
Economics In Housekeeping
That DO Not Pay.

"Gracious! What is that?" ex.
claimed a careful house mistress.
hearing a sudden crash in the draw
ing room. Hurrying to the spot,
she found the maid had smashed
the chimney of one of the tall stand
ard lamps. ooh, Maryl How did
that happen?" she cried reproach-
fully. "Shure, and yez tould me to
be more savin with the matches,
ma'am," replied Mary, "and | was
thryin to make wan do to loight the
two of them and didn't see where
had putthe chimney, was that hur-
ried." That's just like you wom-
en-" commented her husband, who
had followed her to the scene of ac-
ton. "You save a match and break
a chimney and then think that you
are economists" There is a good
deal of truth in this criticism. To
be oversaving in very small things
does not always pay. While pure
waste should, of course, be strictly
guarded against, generous policy
in the household has much better
results and is in the end saving.
"Do not worry your servants um-
necessarily about trifes that are
really unimportant. Reserve your
censure for vital issues" was the
advice of an experienced housekeep-
er to young beginner. 'Let them
eat and drink all they want, and
keep the brown teapot simmering
all day if they like. Give the cook
all the utensils she asks for, and see
that the housemaid has a plentiful
supply of everything that she needs.
a generous policy in small things
makes real reforms possible"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

The secret service announces
the appearance of new counter
felt s. national bank note on the
National Iron Bank, of Norris
town, New Jersey. 1t is a de-
ceptive counterfeit printed on two
pieces Of paper between silk fibre.
The face of the note, apparently
from an engraved plate, is defec-
tive in detail. The word "cash-
ier" in the genuine appears in
the counterfeit abbreviated to
"cash."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
WHEN BABy SWALLOWS A BUTTON.

Giving an emetic to child who
has swallowed button or any such
choice and indigestible article is Il
fruitless waste of time and energy.
1t will do no good; it may do a deal
of harm. If the bit he has elected
to take into his system has sharp or
rough edges, give him potatoes and
cheese to eat and see that he eats
them. If bean or pea has lodged
in child's ear, do not use water to
remove it, for the water will cause
the foreign substance" to swell.
Cinders or any of the particles that
seek lodgment in the eye are best
removed by first closing the eye un-
til it is filled with tears. Next turn
the lid back and use the edge of a
handkerchief OF looped hair to re-
move the cinder.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
WHAT "A1" MEANS.

The expression GAL" popularity
used to designate articles of the first
quality, is copied from the symbols
Of the British and foreign shipping
lists of the Lloyds. GA" is used to
designate the character of the con-
dition of the hull of a vessel, the
figure 81" to denote the efficient
state of her anchors, cables and
stores. If those are insufficient in
quantity OF quality, the figure ''2'
is used to indicate the same. When
it is said of ship or anything else
that she or it SIS AL" it means that
such is first class in every respect.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
FOR THE BEDROOM.

Some of the Z cent fowered mus
Inns are most charming when ruff
fled for curtains and covers or when
trimmed with a white cotton ball
fringe, says Harper's Bazaar.
With ordinary denim and dotted
muslin, or even with cheesecloth,
any bedroom may be made charm
ing. There are many chintzes that
cost only IS or 16 cents a yard. The
printed india cottons are interest
ing, and the cretonnes, armures,
scrims, cotton, damasks and taifetas
all lend themselves with delightful
results to the decoration OF bed
rooms. There is an infinite variety
from which to make Il selection. but
it is never to be forgotten that,
however pretty the paper, a large
flower has no place in q small room
Figured and howered curtains
also have no place in one hung with
lowered or figured paper. Heavy
curtains ought not to be lighter in
tone than the walls. With an occa-
sional portiere the case alters. and
again with certain venetian silks
taking up some one tone in the
room.
Burlaps make an excellent wall
covering for small rooms, especially
when wall is likely to be rubbed by
any one making the bed. 1t can be
wiped off with ammonia and water,
and picture nails can be driven into
it and pulled out without leaving a
mark.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN.

"Good evening, Miss Filters.
How do? expected to be called
out of town today, but wasn't, and
as ! have seats for the theater |
thought you might like to go. 1t
is dreadfully late for an invitation,
/ know, butt
"What time is it, Mr.. Drawler?"
at is 20 minutes past T."
81 will be ready in five minutes"
And she was.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
THE LTEUTENANT,s TALE.

On the sands along the beach at
Manila we spied a double almond
the beautiful native girl and |,
"Shall we eat a philopena?" ]
asked gayly,
At this | thought she would fall
to the ground from sheer fright, so
colorless grew her cheeks. Proba-
bly, she thought was a madman,
probably Il cannibal-who knows?
indianapolis Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
HIS IDEA OF MANKIND.

This is how Henry Labouchere
once expressed his idea of human
5ty:
81 regard the entire human race
as little animals fussing about on
the rind eof one Of the millions on
millions of globes that feat in inf
mite space for a second or two Of
eternity and then disappear. Artif-
cial distinctions between these little
animals have no more significance to
me than those between ants in the
nest which the foot of some passer-
by sweeps out of existence"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
A Girl cannot too sedulousl,

A girl cannot too sedulously
guard her moter, nor too gently
bear with her, if the mother have
reached a period where she is
more easily wearied than former
" and where little things vex her.
To some of us there come days
when our hearts are heavy be-
cause we were not so sweet and
loving as we might have been,
and God alone can help us when
this realization comes TO late. -
Margaret r. Sangster, in the
April Ladies' Home journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
nLlGHrrn HOPES.

"Can you not trust me, Regi-
nald?" she sighed, gazing into his
eyes with pleading that Was hard
to resist.
"No. RoXana; the boss SAYS ev-
erything must be sold on IL cash ba-
sis hereafter"
And he gently but firmly put the
ribbons back in the showcago.-
Baltimore American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
TIE OLD. OLD STORY.

Smith - Time is wonderful
change artist.
Jones-What is it now2
Smith-You read of that bank
clerk who recently got away with a
lot of money?
Jones-Yes.
Smith-Well, / remember when
he played on an amateur baseball
team few years ago and was so
conscientious he wouldn't even steal
a base.-Chicago News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
CLEANING CHANDELIERS.

Smoke and dust may be easily re-
moved from chandelier globes by
letting them stand for little while
In hot water in which a piece of
washing soda has been dissolved.
Afterward they should be washed in
hot water containing a little am
monia, a small, moderately stiff
brush being used to scour the dis
colorations.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

Trout season will open on the
18th OF tie present month, aud
the local anglers are looking for
ward TO a season of their favorite
sport with great interest, and in
the meantime are examining the
stock of tackle, to see that tits all
right or made SO. OF course the
usual yarning win go on when the
fellows come home with big
strings of speckled beauties.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

A change is to be made in the
head of the pension department.
The Grand Army of the Republic
md the old soldiers generally de-
sire some other person in the
place of Commissioner Evans.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
FULTON COUNTY NEWS.
THE GOODLY COMPANY.

loyal heart for loyal friend,
And love for those that love you;
fearless soul to the journeys end
Whatever skies above you;
A laugh for luck in the dawn's glad light,
And a song where the night shall find you,
And the road you travel Is brave and bright,
Though Fate ride iast behind you
For loyal friends make bold array,
And love is charm to shield you. 4
And fearless soul drives thoughts away &,
That to defeat would yield you, Ei
And a laugh is a spell for gladness cast. a
And a song so strong shall md you
That the coward Fate, from first to last.
Rides shivering far behind you'll
st. Louis Republic
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

The man who writes the pret-
tiest love letters seldom makes
the best husband.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

Shopman-Let me see, madam,
what size dc. you take?
LADY, think it's fours-or it
may be threes- But, there, | am
not quite sure, it may be twos or
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

Cheek isn't such a bad quality
in girl. Ii it wasn't for her
cheek she couldn't blush.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11

Additional local trains will leave Harrisburg
daily, except Sunday for Carlisle and intermcdi-
3le stations nt g. % a. M, 200 D. IN, 5l5 p. m.,
u'-' p' nl. ana lilo p m also for Mechanics
ontB, llIisburg ana intermediate stations at
Z. 90 %. IA. and 3.27 p. m.
Nos; !, aud run daily between Harrisburg
ana HagCrstOWu.
fuuman palace sleeping cars between New
oft ana Knoxville, Tenn, on trains l west
ana no east.
Through coaches to and from Philadelphia
on trains and east and and west
Daily.
Daily except Sunday.
On sundays viii leave Philadelphia at 4sC
p. NJ.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-11
, SOUTHERN PENN'A Il. r. TRAINS.

Connection for all stations on Cumberland
valley Railroad and PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
system,
II. A, RIDDLE j. Il, BOYD,
Genl Pass. Agent. Snpf
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-04-13
THEY ALL EAT ICE CREAM.
Pages I'm the United States Senate
Have q Weakness for FrOsen
Sweets.

Among the best patrons of the ice
cream booths in the vicinity of the cap
itol at Washington Ire the pages I'm
ployed in the senate chamber. No SEN
ator ever eats ice cream in the daytime
and the few ladies who take lunch in
the restaurant rarely call for it. The
chief patrons of the frozen food are
the page boys.
The love of the youngsters for Ice
cream surpasses all understanding. 1t
Is a purely juvenile taste and they in
dulge in 1t to their hearts content.
The substantial sandwich. the tooth
some pie, the ninety and nine other
things that a sensible man would Sc
lect for his lunch have no attractions
for the bright little fellows. They
want ice cream and plenty of it. At
lunch time half a dozen pages can be
seen burying their noses into heaped-
up plates of ice cream, while their
faces are the very mirrors Of content
ment.
If it wasn't for the pages the ice
cream freezer would have to 20 out Of
business.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-04-13
PALACE.
Great improvements Have Been
Noted Since the AccessAoo Of
King Edward. 4

A complete transformation has
come over Buckingham palace since
the accession of Edward VII. At
night it nc longer presents a dreary
prospect unrelieved by a single CLEAN
OF light. The windows are illumi-
mated, the courtyards are bright
with incandescent lamps and the
whole palace looks cheerful and in
habitable, says a London exchange.
Buckingham palace stands on the
site of pleasure grounds known in
the days of Evelyn and Pepys and
frequently mentioned in their dairies
as the Mulberry gardens. The prop
erty was eventually bought by the
dukes of Buckingham, who erected
the first house, which. however, was
not very large or handsome, notwith-
standing that it was even then called
Buckingham palace. George III. pur-
chased it from the dowager duchess
of Buckingham as a residence for
Queen Charlotte, whose palace, Som
erset house, in the Strand, was re-
quired for public purposes. After
much haggling with his majesty's
agents, the duchess parted with it
for 100000. 1t was not greatly al
tered till 1924, when it was enlarged
and almost rebuilt after designs by
Joseph Nash for the London resi-
dence Of the royal family.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-04-13
WHO GAVE THE TITLE3
Confroxer.y In England rs to Vie
toria's Recognition ~ Enpress
Of Indta. ,

An animated discussion is nov going
on in England as to who first suggest
ed that Queen Victoria be invested
with the title of Empress of India.
Thomas Power O'Connor. usually re-
liable as to his facts. declared that Sir
Andrew Clarke, long prominent In In
dian affairs, was the originator OF the
idea; others insist that Disraei (Lord
Beaconsfeld) is entitled to the honor.
The latter, however, made no such
claim, but frankly gave credit else
where. In the debate on the third
reading of the royal titles ball IN
March, 1876, Mr.. Disraei quoted a let
ter from a correspondence young
lady who is only IL years OF age-so
there is nothing compromising to her
conduct or m own. Her father was
in the house of commons a lew days
ago listening to our debates and the
young lady asked her father what the
debate was about, and he told her the
house of commons was discussing
whether the queen of England should
be called empress of India. What
silly men they must bel said she; Il
have known that for three years.
And how do you known she was
asked. Whereupon the young lady
produced a geography book and point
ed to a passage stating that British
India is under the dominion of Great
Britain. Her majesty the queen bears
there the title of empress Of India"
The geography was, rs a matter of
fact, a well-known work and, as Dis
raei observed, vas mot to be despised,
for it is in its eighty-ninth edition."
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-04-13
SATISFIED WITH HIS JOB.
A New Hired Man Who nd NoA Cars
About the PrOhAb4flo0
OG Smoking.

One of Cleveland's leading business
concerns hired a new man the other
day, and a little later, when the super
intendent passed by, he noticed that
the new man was smoking a pipe. The
rule against smoking on the premises
S a rigid one, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"See here, my man." cried the Off
cial, you can't smoke here"
The new man looked up and nodded
and the superintendent passed along.
A half hour later he was back again,
and loi the new man was still enjoying
his pipe.
Say" the official cried, "didn't I tell
you that smoking was not permitted
here?" aso.
you did," replied the new man.
Didn't you understand me?"
II did"
"see here. perhaps you don't know
tho | amp"
That's a true word"
"ll, I'm the superintendent"
'ew man looked up at the official
WIN an IMPRESSION of deep interest.
ye,sure?" he cried. "Superin-
care of it,"
n he calmly returned to his work.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1901-04-13
WHERE A PRESIDENT LIVED.
MoaspsAker, ths P~icturssSse Rso~
yaDes Madison, L. Bseng
Kwproved.

Four miles from Orange, Va. is
Montpelier. once the home of Presi-
dent James Madison. The home still
retains much of it's original beauty
and picturesqueness, although b
old mansion in which the president
and his charming wife, "Dolhe" Mad
ison, resided is sadly in need of re-
pairs. Lovers of the antique will be
glad to know that the mansion, to-
gether with the broad acres attached.
has recently been sold by it's owner,
Louis +. DERRICK, of Baltimore. to
William Dupont, of Wilmington. Del,
who is making extensive improve
ments in the property, reports an
eastern exchange. The estate con-
sists of about 1900 acres, of which
about 500 are in timber. The stately
| colonial mansion has q frontage OF
152 feet and IL three stories high,
having % rooms besides the serv.
ants quarters.
The original designer of this build
ing was William Thornton. who drew
the first accepted plans for the cap
itol. The final additions that were
made at Montpelier in 1909 were un-
der the supervision of the famous
Latrobe. The front porch is sup
ported by tour lofty plastered col
umns, and commands a grand view
of the towering range of the Blue
Ridge mountains, which he about ID
miles distant.
Madison inherited the estate from
his father, who had received it from
his father, Ambrose Madison. The
presidents father, between the years
1856 and 1850, built of bricks made
on the place a modest rectangular
brick house, which was the begin
ming from which grew by subsequent
additions the present house, and in
the house that nov stands Madison
lived for upward of 76 years, and on
the Montpelier tract he and his ia
Their and grandfather lived for ia
years. In 1894 Madison took his love-
many notable social gatherings were
held with the charming Dolly Mad
ison as hostess, and many distin-
guished people were guests at Mont
peler. La Fayette visited President
Madison there, and in the latter '70's
President Hayes and several mem
bers of his cabinet passed a few
hours there.
The property had a number of
owners after the death of President
Madison, and in 1857 it wen into the
hands of Rev. Mr.. Carson, of Balti-
more. He was a well-known south
ern sympathizer during the civil war.
and fearing c~onfiscation by the fed
eral government decided the property
80 his brother Frank, an eccentric
old bachelor, who died there about
1881. when it was purchased by Louis
F. DERRICK, Of Baltimore.
In a field not far from the house
is the burying ground. There a SIM
pie granite shaft inscribed with just
the name Madison" and the oates
of his birth and death. marks the
grave of the great statesman. Be-
hind this monument, in a sunken
spot, overrun with p~eriwinkle, is bur-
led Dolly Payne, the great beauty of
the white house, and near by Is the
modest grave of poor Frank Carson.