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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-28
Her1nits of the sl,yscrnncrs.

Hotel hermits are more widely
known than the hermits Of the big
office buildings. but the latter come in
for a good deal of comment in desuI-
tory way, and are apparently proud
Of their secusion.
There are men in big hotels who
boast of not having wandered more
,han two or three blocks from the
building in which they live for years.
Other hotel hermits go to their offices
every morning, return at a certain
hour in the afternoon. and then remain
steadfasty indoors until the following
day They are intimately acquainted
with all the goings on in the big hos
telry which serves them as home,
ana have an active interest in its vari-
Gus departments.
The hermits of the office buildings
sometimes sleep in them, but as a rule
they have lodgings somewhere in the
lower part of town, where they put in
eight or ten hours of the twenty-four
But at all other hours they are to be
found in the big building which serves
them as an office and. practically, as
home.
\ great number of men go to the
Equitable Building, for instance, at
half past o'clock in the morning. at
tend to their Office duties. eat break
fast, luncheon and dinner at the res
taurant get shaved and have their
boots polished in the building. and re-
main there until 10 or II o'clock every
night.
After a time the place gets to be a
sort Of home to them, and what would
seem to be a hardship to other men
really becomes through habit a second
nature to these iumates-New York
Herald.
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A PopnIar Mode.

Embroidered barege in the palcst
shade of gray is tastefully combined
in the costume shown in the large
drawing with silver trimmings and
white moussellne de sole.
The waist has for It's foundation Il
glove-tittcd, featherboned lining that
closes IN the centre front The back
is faced with contrasting material 10 Il
round yoke depth. The full backs are
box pleated from shoulder 70 belt,
and a smooth adjustment maintained
under the arms
The plastron is permanently attached
to the right lining and closes inyisibly
on the left. Two box pleats are ar
ranged at each side of the plastron,
and the fronts blouse styllshly over
the narrow belt.
The quaintlooklng sleeve is spc-
clal feature In this waist, and gives a
picturesque effect 10 the garment The
full under sleeve is gathered and ar
ranged at the lower edge Of tight
fitting cap, 1t droops gracefully over
narrow lace wristband from which
depends friIl Of lace that partially
covers the hand.
Bands of green velvet ribbon fasten
under rosettes At the back of the caps
and finish the yoke, giving a decided
touch of color to the gown.
The skirt is made In one piece, with
plain space in front that Stimulates
a panel. The box pleats extend from
each side of the front all around the
belt. They are narrow at the top. and
grow wider toward the lower edge.
The stitching terminates about half
way down, and a band OF lace is APP
piled TO fasten the pleats tightly at
the knees
! From this point the skirt flares wide
ly, and has a graceful sweep at the
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GOOD @
@ II o X ID S.


Good roads stimulate country travel
fos pleasure and recreation by facili.
tating the ease and comfort of the
same.
Colonel Rope: \ good road Is always
TO he desired. and Is n source of com.
fort ard convenience to every tray
eler.
Julian Hawthorne on IA National
Highway" in Cosmopolitan: They go
to sleep In one place and awake in
another. The educating and cultivat.
ing influence of travel are mainly
missed. The train pauses for
moment Mt station. and we look out
ard see line Of figures staring idly
Tp at us from n platform. and then
they vanish and we forget them. We
have seen them but they are as much
strangers to us as they were before,
How do they live? What are their
occupations. their thoughts. their
ideals. their griefs and pleasures? Has
our tleeting glance in any respect deep.
ened or broadened our comprehension
of the American people. or strength
ercd the bonds of sympathy between
one part of the country and another?
And yot such comprehension and sym
pathy are urgently desirable and ex.
pedient. IL this Union is to grow into
homogeneous and vital organism.
Interstate commerce. freight trains
and drummers are well enough in their
way, but they alone will not suffice to
make the American people a unit. The
press, with all its thousands of local
correspondents. will not do It, No;
what is needed is sort of quiet, un-
commercial. social circulation of the
inhabitants of the land among one an.
others homes and birthplaces.
We should travel. not for financial
gain, not to traffic with our neighbor.
thus coming in contact with him on
his hardest and least congenial side;
not TO take snap shots at him. either
philosophically or figuratively, but TO
know him, to be friends with him. to
chat with him. to tell him and ask him
homely, domestic, kindly things How
are we to bring about this agreeable
condition? 1t is, in n word. having
marked out what ever route would be
most agreeable and eXpedient. to build
n magnificent boulevard clear across
the continent.
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rather sad farewell supper that even
ing when Hank Lee, who was sort
of town welgher, came in with the
startling announcement:
"They's a mover gone and camped in
Triggton's orchard! Pulled down a
panel O. the fence and TUX his team
an wagon right in an squatted on the
clover kerplunk. He's put up a tent
ana his hosses is eatin' away at their
best lick! Geewhillikcns, won't the ole
grizzly holler."'
Lets go see what happens, Hank, 81
said Denny.
III go We. We kin hide behind the
manure pile" And off they went in
spite of Mrs Denny's cautious warn
ing to keep out o. Triggton's road"
From their lurking place they could
see the mover sitting beside his camp
fire, shutting a sizzling skillet over the
blaze. He was whistling merrily. OBJ
livious of the burly man standing bolt
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neck and is drawn together by black
and white satin cravat. The sleeves
are pleated to correspond with the
fronts. They fit'the upper arm closely.
and dare widely at the lower edge in
bell effect Small pearl buttons are
applied on each pleat where the stitch
ing ends.
Some of these jackets are lined
throughout with white satin; others
are made up without any lining, and
are ideal garments for summer wear.
The collars often show beautiful speci.
mems of the wearer's own needlework,
and are charming addition.
White lace is preferable to the ecru
or saffron shades, as it makes more
decided contrast.
To make the jacket for a miss four
teen years viii require three and seven
eighth yards of twenty-twolnch ma
teri0l, with onc-half yard of all-oyer
lace.
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Enga god in II Grent Work.

The movement in this country in the
interest of good roads has made some
progress within few years. but it has
been largely sentimental. 1t cannot
fairly be called more than start. The
Federal Government and the States
have not yet taken lively interest in
the subject, although q few States
have got as far as giving the cause a
little financial aid. 1t is not to be
doubted that highway reform is taking
hold of the public. and it may reason.
ably be predicted that the time will
come when the bad road will be the
exception. Unless, however there is a
greater awakening Of interest. those
now living will not see that day.
Some one who has studied the subject
of good roads in relation to transporta
iion has done little figuring, with 4
view Of affordlng an idea of the value
of improved highways-the value il
dollars and cents. "The price of
wheat" he says, sis Increased tor 10
calitles having properly improved
transportation facilities. II it costs u
farmer 81 to haul 100 bushels of wheat
mile over Il dirt road, and by macad
amizing the road this cost can be re.
duced to 20 cents n mile. the price of
wheat is raised accordingly One mile
saves so cents. Zen miles saves SIS for
100 bushels, or eight cents bushel-
the increase in price OF each bushel-
not considering the larger load that
can be carried OH macadam roads"
Considering the reduction IN the cost
of transporting all products of the .arm
rs well as those which the farmer hauls
home, 1t is entirely safe to say that
good roads are splendid investment.
Those who are preaching the gospel
of improved highways are engaged In
great work, and their efforts deserve
TO he as successful as they could wish
Nothing but proper and genuine un
derstanding of the value of good roads
is necessary to insure The triumph OF
the movement, ana there ought. there
fore, to be no cessation of the cam
paign of education, the benefcaries
whereof should, wherever possible, be
induced to pay for an object lesson
stretch of improved road It's great
pity that so good thing should come
slowly.-Binghamton IN. " Leader
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six months before the asylum garden,
worked by the inmates. began to yield
extraordinary quantities of kitchen
truck, flowers and fruit, which Superin-
tendent Tiggton. with pompous conde-
cension permitted the public to buy at
prices that added heavily to his already
large income Then it became known
among certain struggling tradesmen
that Triggton had 4 certain sum of
ready money which he was willing
TO loan to reputable citizens on terms
which could be privately arranged"
Within Il year he owned" enough
mortgages 20 make him master Of the
destinios of dozen less fortunate Kill
Oceans. He bought lots in town and
acres adjoining the village and guarded
his holdings with a jealous tyranny
that was quite new to the easy going,
friendly people.
Boys caught playing II spy in his
orchard We're cuHed of the premises.
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COMMERCIAL REVIEW.


r. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly Review
Of Trade" says: Prospects have greatly
improved through the adjustment oI
numerous labor controversies, yet the
anthracite coal strike situation is un
changed and supplies are nearing de-
oletion. Distribution of merchandise
has met with some interruption owing
to freight blockades, the volume OF bus
mess being very heavy. Statistics Of
pig iron production according to the
Iron Age" are more satisfactory than
might have been expected in view OF
The great scarcity OF fuel. A weekly
capacity OF 336,465 tons is 1880 tons
less than the high record OF May I, it
is true, but compares favorably with all
earlier dates and shows an increase Of
32,oiS tons over the output year ago
Southern furnaces have contracted so
tar in advance that they have practically
withdrawn from the market and all
dates for deliveries are remote except
where foreign arrivals are offered
Pressure for steel is undiminished. and
the urgency OF domestic consumers is
shown by additional imports OF large
size. Structural material is sought by
car shops and bridge builders, while
many office buildings and other steel
structures are planned Coke produc-
zion in the Connellsvile region exceeds
100000 tons weekly, and outside ovens
are also surprising all records of &C.
!ivity. Yet shipments are unsatisfac-
:ory, causing frequent delays. Shoe
manufacturers at the East have feceiv-
ed practically all of the orders that will
be placed and new business is now re-
stricted to sample orders in Spring
lines. Despite the very favorable re-
ports from dry goods jobbers regarding
:he volume OF business transacted. and
:he bright outlook for Fall trade. con.
ditions in the primary market and at
:he mills are now devoid OF incident
Buyers are still governed by the i'm
preston that large cotton crop is as
;ured, and the resulting lower prices
:or raw material will bring better terms
Tor goods Holders thus far have made
few concessions and consequently trad
ing is dull, except in specialties. Con
sidering the official report of cereal
crop conditions the firmness OF quota
tions during the past week has been
somewhat surprising. Failures for the
week numbered 100 in the United
States, against IoS last year.
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LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Flour-Spring clear, So 10a3 80; best
Patent, $3.50; choice Family, 1915,
Wheat-New York No. 3. 75Hc;
Philadelphia No ?, 73a73H c; Baltimore
No 2, 71hc.
Corn New York No. 2, G4c; Phila-
delphia No. 2, 65a6G1a; Baltimore No. 2,
Tic.
Oats-New York No. 3. 65j6c; Phila.
delphia No. 2, 50c; Baltimore No 3,
44c.
Hay-No. 1 timothy, $19.00a19 so;
No. 2 timothy. $18.00a19.5 so; No. 3 tim
othy $17.00a17.50
Green Fruits and Vegetables. -Beets,
Native, per bunch 1c. Blackberres,
Eastern Shore, per quart, 4a5c. Cab
bage Native per 100 $l.00o1 80;
Wakefield, per 100, S3.00a5.00
Cantaloupes- Florida, per crate 50ca
Sl.00. Cucumbers-Ch Charleston, PER bas-
kot l2a20c; do North Carolina, 12a20c
Eggplants, Native, per basket 55l60c
Huckelberries, per quart 6a7c. Let
tuce, Native, per bushel box 30I50c.
Onions, New, per basket S0a90c.
Peaches, Florida, per carrier $1.o0a12o
Pineapples, Florida, per crate, Si,75s
2.50. String beans, per bushel, green,
30a35c; wax, 30a40c Tomatoes, Poto-
mac, per ix-basket carrier, fancy, 80
a35c do, fair to good 20a25c.
Potatoes, Potomac, per brl, No |,
81 0Ca1 25; do, seconds, 75ca$1 90; DO,
culls, 50a60c; do, North Carolina, per
brl, No 1, 81 GOAL 20.
Butter, Separator, 22a23c; Gathered
cream, 21a22c; prints, lib 25a26c; Rolls,
2.lb. 25a26; Dairy pts. Md, Pa, Va,
23a24c.
Eggs, Fresh laid eggs, per dozen,
19a20c
Cheese, Large, Cobb l0Hal0J5o; me-
dium, 3G-lb, 10Aal01S; picnios, 22-lb
l01la10Ac.
Live Poultry, Hens. 1116al2c; old
roosters, each 25a30c; spring chickens,
12al3dc, young stays, llal2he. Ducks
1la12c.
Hides, Heavy steers, association and
salters, late kill, 60-lbs and up, close se-
lection, l2]9a12s4c; cows and light steers
9}Sa10c.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulk
clear rib sides, 121sc; bulk shoulders,
lO14c; bulk bellies, l3c; bulk ham butts,
l094c; bacon clear rib sides. l3c; bacon
shoulders, Ike; sugar cured breasts,
ll4c; sugar. cured shoulders, Ike;
sugar cured California hams, Ike
hams canvased or .uncanvased, ~ lbs.
and over, 141Sc; refined lard tierces, brls
and 90 ID cans, gross, 115Sc; refined lard,
second. hand tubs, 1870; refined lard
half-barrels and new tubs, 119lc.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-28
Bring Wealth and Prosperity.

Half million dollars We're spent on
good roads in the State of New Jersey
last year and nearly double that sum
will be expended this year, according
10 Henry j. Budd, the State Commits.
sioner of Public Roads. Last wear
more than one hundred miles of new
highways were constructed ON the
most improved principles and this wear
it is expected to build nearly two hun
dred miles more.
SO great is the number of new roads
applied for in the different counties
that the State is finding itself unable
to supply the necessary funds. The
state Government has been the leader
in the good roads movement I'm this
country and the increase of S27 900, 900
IN the value of taxable property wlthiu
New Jerseys borders is attributed IN
large part TO this tendency.
Commissioner Budd is authority for
the statement that there are several
localities in New Jersey where the
Improvement in the roads has been
Instrumental in attracting from one to
-FOUR millions of wealth in the last few
years. He also asserts that In no
othel State In the Union can road i'm
provement add so largely to the popula.
tion because the largest part of New
Jerseys territory Is within a short dis
tance OF the greatest cities in the
Union and 1t is frequently said by
wealthy men having summer homes
IN the State that If their neighbor.
hoods had roads such as could be
pleasantly Travelled in winter the city
would have little attraction for them.
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pig He swore that his SOW had lit
tered eleven pigs and the widow swore
that the beast in evidence was her
property. She mentioned the split ear.
the marks, even the kinks in its tail,
recountng these signs of Identification
before the debated beast appeared
and pointing out the accuracy Of her
statements when the squealer was in
troduced In this quandary, Judge
Tufts. who was mortally afraid of the
superintendent, fell back on the old
sophism possession is nine-tenths of
the law" and awarded the pig to the
triumphant rascal.
The Kidceans were sorely d!sap-
pointed, though they dared not show it..
and Superintendent Trggton swag-
gered out Of the courtroom with a
sneer at Lawyer Denny that .stung
him all the deeper when he saw the
tears in his old mothers eyes. The
widow and her sop were having a
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upright At the fence staring at the
intruder in llvid astonishment Denny
and Lee nudged each other and
chucllled as they saw Triggton dart
under the top rail, rush up to the non
chalant trespasser ana below: Get
off this lot, dye hear" The mover
calmly laid down his frying pan,
stopped whistling and smiled into the
purple face of the enraged TrlggtOn
why, good eyenn'," he laughed.
Glad to know you. Triggy l heerd
about you. Always been wantin to
meet up with the feller what owns the
whole wold"
"Get out Of my orchard, you blamed
fool"' roared the superintendent.
clinching his fist ana trembling with
the rage that seized him.
"Whoa. Triggy," quoth the mover,
stepping back as the smile faded from
his brown face; don't get sassy. or
III have TO use force. Come now.
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struck him full In the eye with biz
| clluched fist Guess that'l hold "
| fur awhile" said the stranger going
into his tent They watched him com,
out with n rope and tie the fallcI
tyrant hand and foot. Then. by
great effort, he loaded his victim into
the wagon, and Denny and Lee. TN
willing to remain longer. made OF
through the twilight. laughing witt
delight. They stopped at the widow,
| house long enough to see the mover
come galloping up the road. his wagor
rattliug behind and Triggton sitting
helplessiy in the rear, his yells and i'm
precautions drowned by tie clatter OF
the jolting vehicle.
Denny ran into the house. much tc
the wonderment Of Hank. but th,
mover drew rSils al the gate and
cried:
HI, there come SHOW me the way &c
ledge Turisses' house. got the
'scaped lunaic here Captured bin
single handed down FOUNDER in the
orchard. Don't be skeard o him.
got him tied as tight as a yearlin'
bull"
Hank. not trusting himself to Look
at the prisoner. jumped up Oh the seat
and away they dashed for Judge Tufts
house. That grave If not learned per.
sonage happened at that moment to be
presiding over a political mass meet.
ing in the square of Kildee, surrounded
by a glare of oil torches. and in the
act of Introducing the speaker of tne
evening" The laundering arrival of
the wagon with Hank and the mover
on the seat and the raving. dieheveled.
dirty captive il the rear, created an
uproar that put an end to the judges
/ speech. He jumped off the stake.
wagon. cldowel his way through the
crowd. and catching sight OF the woe.
/ begone superintendent. asked: what
/ does this mean?"
That's your escaped lunatic. Jedge,"
( explained the mover. while the crowd
roared in irrepressihle delight. that's
/ him. Triggt1n. ketched him single
/ handed down in the orchard, he jumped
me"
Whose orchard?" asked the excited
/ Tufts. fumbling to release the crest
fallen superintendent.
"Why, Denny's. Mr. Denny told me
| could camp in that orchard"
But this gentleman, what il Gods
name did you do TO him."
'Why, he's the 'scaped lunatic.
Triggton. Mr.. Denny told me about
| him. said he was bug-house about own.
in the whole world, 'scaped from the
'sylum and that il l ketched him an
turned him over to Jedge Tufts I'd git
| the Reward. He fetched me Il wallop
an jest fetched him a couple aside
o the head. and yonder he Isl"
The disgruntled captor Of the Kildee
| tyrant looked around for Hank Lee
for corroboraton. but that worthy was
then running as fast as his legs could
take him to the Widow Dcnny's cot
tage.
"Where's your son, Mrs. Denny?'
he painted, as be bolted into the
| kitchen.
Hes gone on that s O'clock train
for Chicago she said. quietly.
'Do you know what he's done?"
Yes. Hank, l know. 1t was the
least he could do don't you think?"-
John II. Raftery, in the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald
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Live Stock.

Chicago, Cattle, Mostly 10al5c lower
good to prime steers 50 0Oa9 90; medium
81 50a7 30; stockers and feeders SO 80
as 20; COWS, 81 50a5 75; heifers 50 5Oa
6 80; TexOs-fed steers $3 25a5 90. Hogs,
Mixed and butchers S6 75a7 65; good to
choice, heavy 81 40a7 20; Sheep, sheep
and lambs slow to lower; good to choice
whethers So 50a4 90; Western sheep
81 50a3 10.
East Liberty, Cattle steady choice
81 50a7 so; prime 81 00a7 25. Hogs,
prime heavy 81 20a7 20, mediums s. 90;
heavy Workers 81 30a7 80. Sheep steady,
Best wethers $4 40a4 60 culls aud com
mon 81 50a2 90; choice lambs s. bOa5 10.
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LABOR AND INDUSTRY

Toledo (Ohio) telephone girls may
organize.
Elevator conductors at Omaha, Neb.,
contemplate forming a union.
Chicago janitors to the number OF
900 have formed Union.
The Santa Fe Railroad has granted
an injunction in wages OF the car men.
Decreases in miners wages in Eng
lish federated districts affected 32I 900
men.
Telegraphers throughout the country
are organizing and will demand higher
wages.
Milwaukee (Wis,) capnakers demand
shorter hours and an increase in wages.
At Everett, Wash, the street car COM
pany has voluntarily raised the wages
of its conductors and motormen.
The strike OF boilermakers at San
3ernardino and The Needles, Cal, has
been settled The men will receive %
ents an hour.
East Bluehill (Maine) quarrymen
AVE agreed to return TO work at the
Gale offered by the operators. The
trike began May /.
San Francisco gas workers have gain
d a signal victory in their struggle for
higher wages, the increase ranging
rom 10 to rs per cent.
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floor. skirts in this style are apt to
increase the size of the figure around
the hips but this fault may be RENE
died if the pleats are stitched ON the
edges.
TO make the waist in the medium
alze will require one and quarter
yards of twenty material.
with one yard of all-over lace and
three-uuarter yards OF contrasting ma
terial for pun.
TO make the skirt in the medium size
will require three and half yards of
fifty -four-inch material.
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family Of ten yearlings was augmented
by the presence OF plump boar,
which, from distance, looked suspic-
iouely like the Denny derelict The
widow demanded her beast. and Trigg.
ton laughed at her. Then she filed suit
and gave the community Z shock Of
delight by bringing her sou, young
Chicago lawyer. to help her Gght the
superintendent. Everybody hoped ana
even expected that the smart young
attorney from the city would bring
the hateful Trlggton TO account. but
when the case calnc to trial and the
evidence was all II. even The tacit ties
timony OF the squealing PIX, The ques.
tlon remained one Of veracity between
the woman and the oossessor OF the