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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-07-10
A MOTHER FRIGHTENED.
Her Baby-boy Climbs to the
Comb of the Roof.


ty-months-old baby.boy of Mr..
and Mrs. William Mellott, of Sky,
formerly of Fulton county, Pa.
put up an unexpected acrobatic
performance onhis fathers house
top the other day which equtls
the feats of the most daring cir
Gus performers and shows that
the child has a nerve that would
soon put him easily in the front
ranks of mid-air performers had
not his thrilling performance so
startled his parents that he is not
apt again to have an opportunity
for cultivating his exceptional tai
ents so long as his parents can
possibly keep him safely under
their own roof.
While Mr.. Mellott was away at
his work and his wife was busy
indoors attending to household
cares, little Sieber amused him
self by playing about in the yard
and watching his grandfather, Ja-
cob Hinegardner, who was enga-
ged in repairing the shingle roof
on top of the two-story house. AT
ter some time, quitting his work
and descending to the ground by
means of a ladder which ran up
to the spouting in the corner form
ed by the l., and which he allow
ed to remain standing against the
house, Mr.. Hinegardner left the
place.
He had not been gone long when
Mrs. Mellott inquired of the other
children about the child, and was
informed he was busy at play. A
few minutes later she went out
herself to look after him and to
her surprise discovered he was
not to be seen about the yard.
Her amazement and alarm can be
better imagined than described
when, on glancing toward the lad
der and from there to the house
top, she beheld her baby stand,
ing erect on the comb of the roof
looking down toward and laugh
ing at her.
Although frightened until al
most speechless and really fear
ing to move lest her child should
stir, and losing his balance fall to
the ground, nevertheless the moth
er dashed to the ladder and start
ed to ascend in an effort to rescue
the babe.
The little fellow was first made
aware of his mothers approach
when she had gained the top
rounds and was preparing to
climb up onto the roof. When he
first saw her his hearty greeting
thrilled her with horror, for, Civ
ing a little scream of delight he
clapped his hands and springing
from his position started toward
her.
"Would he fall and if so could
she catch him ?" These were the
thoughts which flashed through
her brain as she steadied herself
for the effort she would make to
save him. To them he made hap
py answer as, with merry laugh
and lively patter of bare little feet
over the shingles, he rapidly ran
down over the roof into his moth
er's outstretched arms.
In order to reach the roof, the
child had been forced to climb
from the ladder out onto a scant-
ling and from there to the house
top, for the ladder rested ON a
scantling which had been nailed
across the corner in order to pre-
vent the ladders damaging the
water spouts.. The child made
the ascent unnoticed by his older
brothers, who were playing in all
other part of the yard.
When called upon to do so, the
refusal to assist an officer of the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-07-10

Oliver f. Lightner was among
those from Mercersburg who
came over to witness the ball
game on Saturday.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-07-10

DR.. J.L. Bradley and d. F. Met
calf Of Mercersburg spent Fri
day at McConnellsburg.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-07-10

Preaching at Sloan next Sun
day morning at 1890, and at AS
bury at 8 p. m.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
PARIS WOMAN LAWYER.

An unusual privilege obtained by
Nine. Dieulafoye as a reward for her
discovery of the ruins of the Temple
Of Darius, part of which were re-
moved to the Louvre in Paris, was
that she should ever more have the
right to wear male attire. The
eminent archaeologist has not been
slow to avail herself of the privilege.
There are no compromises between
the habiliments of men and women
il the attire of Nine Dieulafoye.
Her appearance is masculine. save
for the slight bang which falls over
her forehead and her rosy cheeks
and feminine cast of countenance.
Or. her walks abroad she wears a silk
hat
Besides the dispensation regard
ing her attire, Nine. Dieulafoye was
rewarded for her valuable service to
the cause Of science with the medal
of the Legion of Honor. She has
done some literary work, and re
Gently wrote the Iibretto for an
Egyptian opera by a French com
poser, the publication of which is
awaited with interest in Paris.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
A Mixed Recipe.

A fashionable young lady, accord
ing to the Michigan Badger. visited a.
cooking school the other afternoon.
where her attention was equally d.
V1ded between a new dress worn by an
acquaintance and the directions for
making a cake. Upon returning home
she undertook to write down the re-
c1pe for making the cake for her
mother, and the old lady was pa.a
lyZed when she read the following:
Take two pounds of flour. three
rows Of plating down the front. the
whites Of two eggs, cut bias, pint OF
milk ruffled round the neck, half
pound currants, with seven yards of
bead trimming, grated lemon peel
with Spanish lace ffchu; stir well and
add semi-itting paletot with visite
sleeves; butter the pan with Brazilian
topaz necklace and garnish with icing
and passementerie Bake in a mod
erately hot oven until the skirt IS
tucked from the waist down on either
side and finish with large satin ro-
settes"
Her mother said she wouldn't ca,
such a cake, and she thought these
new-fangled ideas in cooking ought to
be frowned down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
FROM THE PIPES OF PAN

Once, ali, once Eye know the storyD
When the heart was in her glory
Ere man gave his earth to breed
Iron hate and heartless greed,
Near a meadow by a stream
Quiet as a dateIess dream.
AS l watched from the green rim
OF beech grove, cool and dim.
Musing in the pleasant shade
The soft Ieafy sunlight made
What should CLEAN and move and
culver
Down by the clear pebbly river
Where the tallest reeds were growing
And the bluest iris blowing
Clean moment and then pass.
(Ah, the dare-to-love she was.
II her summer-fervid dress
Of sheer love and IovelinessD
Maynard, melting, shy, and fond
LlssOme as a bulrush wand.
Fresh as meadowsweet new-bIown.
Sandal lost, and loosened zone.
Our own white Arcadian
Touched with rose and creamy tan,
Eyes the color that might fieck
The red meadow lily's neck.
Hair with the soft silky curl
;Of some strayed patrician girl.
Beech-brown on the sunlit throat.
Cheek Of tawny apricot,
Parted lips and breast agIow.-
Who but Syrinx, as We know
Gone, swift as darting swallow.
What could young Pan do but follow g?
(Have ye felt the warm blood beat.
At an ankle in the street?
known the pulses hurried throb
And the breathing's catch and sob.
When, upon his race with death.
Like the runner halts for Lreath,
Taking with a happy cry
His brief draught Of ecstasy?)
Call did, with only laughter
Blown back, as l hurried after;
Till reached the riverside.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
raNsIs of an Iceheru.

from the regions around the north
and south poles there are perDetuaIly
starting on Journeys, which may be
long or short, according to the cur
rents OF the ocean, a great number of
lcebergs. Many of these ice hills
are Of large size, and wander far be-
fore they are at last melted by the
beat OF the tropical seas, into which
they have been carried. Bergs set
ting out from Bafin's Bay, up Green
land way, have Travelled as far as the
Azores before vanishing forever
that is to say, some $500 miles. Or
even more. Sometimes they are a
source OF serious danger to the grey
hounds of the Atlantic and other vps-
sells, because they cross the track of
many of these steamers. 1t is no Joke
to run into a berg at dead of night,
and close watch has constantly to be
kept at certain seasons. Bergs set
ting out from near the south pole have
occasionally reached close to the Cape
OF Good Hope ere disappearing, a
journey almost as long as that under
taken by some of their northern rela-
tiVes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24

center Of it. The elevation of the base
of the dam is 400 feet. 1t is proposed
to fill this reservoir by a diversion
canal $500 feet in length, with head
works above the mouth of Mill creek
and at the Pine Flat dam site. Two
additional dams would be needed to
block the valley completely up The
total cost, including supply canal, etc,
would be 81 ,331 OPS; the total storage
capacity would be 120-499 acre-feet of
water. and the cost per acre-foot
would be $1105. Mr.. Lippincott thinks
that the Clark's valley dam should
eventually be raised to los feet. with
a storage capacity Of 217, 1876 acre-feet.
and shows by a table that, with this
larger dam, there would have been
only one year out of II when both res
ervoirs could not have been filled
The report then shows that the
cheapest water supply in the valley
can be obtained by pumping with cleo
trio power generated by the river it
self before it reaches points Of diver
sion or storage provided the pumping
plants are operated at least half the
time. A good location for the power
house between the middle and south
forks, at an elevation of 1890 feet,
with an available head of $50 feet
was found by Mr. Green, who estimat-
ed the total cost of construction at
S27l, 975, and the mean minimum
horsepower produced at 1886 The
supply Of water in the valley for
pumping, based upon reports from over
800 existing wells, indicated that 300-
600 acre-feet could be obtained with
certainty by pumping from the water
plane OF the Kings river delta. The
transmission of power and the opera
ton Of the pumping plants were in
yestigatad. and showed that the an
nua! a.. ltput would be 328,500
acra-s@ ,a. 81 basis of use for 32S1a
day., 10. :, IF $1,000 per acre-foot
prcducs inse means 100000 ad-
ditioHa &. irrigated land could
he added - Il immunity.
+. IL hSe> photographer in
charge, says in letter of trans
initial: "The sitaat on on Kings river
is to a certain extent typical of that
along a lumber Of important streams
of the west, and as a result of this in
yestigation it is believed that the re-
claimable area can be greatly extend
ed by the construction of storage
works, and also of power plants. by
means CT which, through electrical
transmission, pumps can be operated
at small expense out on broad valleys
The demonstration Of these condi-
lions will prove one of the most i'm
portant steps toward the transforma-
ton and utilization of the fertile but
arid lands. Washington Dispatch in
New York Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
How to Grow Lice.

Wallace's Farmer complies the
latest informatio. on how to grow
chicken lice
Leave the straw in which an egg
was broken in the nest.
Don't clean out your hen-house.
Don't fail to leave food and milk
on the ground.
Don't give your hens dust bath
Make your examination for lice os
olrds for table use after thew have
been scaIded.
Don't quarantine a bird that came
from distance until sure he is frea
from lice.
Don't treat for lice or mites ugtN
your hen house is alive with them.
ana you see them on your clothes.
II You do use lice powder. be sure
thaf II is stale, then use the kind that
VIII Kill every time you catch the
louise and give it dose internally
encourage lousy hen to visit the
orooder Of young chicks. Chicks like
company.
A few Waldo county farmers dis
pose of their milk by a somewhat m
usual method, says the Portland
(Me) Transcript. A calf is kent on
the COW until sold, whether it be-
Tour weeks or three months old. and
young calf is bought to take its
pace. The calves grow rapidly and
are always in good condition. When
Ihey are Kept until quite large the
milk is supplemented by a grain ~.
tlon' The calves thus do the werk
OF milking and caring for the milk
reducing the farm labor materially.
only enough cows are MIXED in tho
regular way to supply the family
with milk and butter. Those vbs
practice this plan report that it pays
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
HINTS ON CHOOSING coLoRs.

The color of the eyes should de-
termine the choice of the dress and
millinery.
A blonde may wear pure white
with advantage, but the brunette
nearly always looks better in cream
colored fabrics. This ought TO be
more generally recognized.
Brown eyes and a brown dress go
well together
Blue-eyed girls should wear blue
as often AS possible.
The tan shades are not suitable for
slim figures.
Black satin intensifes round
shoulders, says Home Chat.
A small toque is excessively I'M
becoming above a large. round face.
Dull black is the best choice for a
fair-haired woman. while a brunette
must order something brilliantly
black if she really wishes to look her
best
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
Jimmy Britt and His Pa.

Ex-Supervisor James Britt has al
ways been much opposed to his sons
athletic tendencies, and has deplores
his boxing repeatedly. When recently
young Jimmy Britt stepped from the
amateur into the professional class,
and met Toby Irwin in Oakland, the
ex-supervisor threatened to cut him off
without cent. However. as the day
for the encounter approached, Mr
Britt thought he would like to see the
match, and he could not help hoping
that Jimmy would win. Finally he de-
cided to go to the fight, and he con-
cluded to honor his son by betting $500
at four to one on him. After he had
bought the tickets, he said: Nov, my
boy, if you don't thrash him, I'll lick
YOU
Young Jimmy Britt did as he was
told, and Mr.. Britt, senior, was one of
the most enthusiastic spectators and
won $4,000 on the fight. Now he is
quite recOnciled to the new occupation
of his son.-San Francisco News Lot
ter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
Fake Farmers Sell Oieo.

A new and original species of im-
posters has infested Cleveland for
some time in the form of fake"
farmers, peddling oleomargarine from
house to house under the disguise Of
fine, fresh butter, just off the faixa.
These imp0sters have been carrying
on rushing business, for the profits
are very large, The oleomargarine
pEl chased at II cents, is sold at Is
cents per pound, and the peddlers
have had more customers than they
could supply. So cleverly has the
game been worked that in scarcely
one instance has a purchaser sus-
rCcted that he was being duped
The make-believe farmers are. as a
rule, young men of intelligence and
ability who have without any great
thought of violating any law or rem
Ct ring themselves liable to prosecu-
tion, and in dress and speech, of the
western reserve Reuben" and muddy
wagons and old farm harnesses have
served as able accessories to the
fraud.-Cleyeland Plain-Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
ENJOYED HIS DRINK,
An Estray Bears Visit 20 a Shop
Where Milk was sold.

The proverbial bull in a china shop
has found an imitator in a bear which
has been paying an unlimited visit to
an establishment where milk is dis
pensed, but in order to relieve i'm
mediately any anxiety which might be
felt on this subject, l hasten to add
that bruin behaved extremely well, and
that no bones or crockery were broken.
The bear was being exhibited on one
OF the outlying boulevards when it's
owner in an absentminded fit relaxed
his hold on the chain. The animal took
advantage Of this situation to start on
promenade, and when the people
who had gathered round to witness the
show bolted panic-striken in every
direction, it pursued the even tenor of
its way until it had reached the shop.
at the door of which pail of milk was
standing. 1t seized the can in it's
paws, walked into the establishment.
and, squatting comfortably in a corner,
drank off the contents at one gulp.
When the owner of the bear arrived
on the spot he found the worthy
woman who keeps the milkshop lying
prone on the floor behind her counter
in state of abject terror, but other
wise not bit the worse for the adyen-
ture. He patted bruin, who was in an
even more amiable mood than usual
after the little feast to which he had
treated himself, duly paid the bill
which he had run up, adding a trifing
sum to compensate the tradeswoman
for her fright, and then he sailed forth
in triumph with his grizzly companion,
who during the remainder of the day
went through his evolutions with even
more zeal and energy than he was
wont to display, so that when his
owner finally wendell his way home
ward he discovered that he had far ex-
ceeded his usual average of profits.
and had more than recuperated him.
self for the money spent on the milk.
Paris Correspondence London Tel
egraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
Origin of Rice Throwing.

New York Evening World-The
Chinese have curious legend as to
how the custom of throwing rice at
weddings originated. A famous
sorcerer named Chao became jealous
of the power of another sorcerer, a
woman, and, conceiving a plan to de-
stroy her, he persuaded her parents to
bestow her upon his supposed son.
The crafty Chao chose the most un-
lucky day for the wedding, the day
when the golden pheasant" was in
the ascendant, so that when the bride
entered the red chair the spirit bird
would destroy her with his powerful
beak. But Peachblossom gave di-
rections to have rice thrown out at
the door, and she passed out unframed
while the spirit bird was devouring it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
Filipinos Unfit for seIf-eovernua,.

| have studied the Filipino peopIe
IL every part of the archipelago.
nave seen them at work, and I have
traded with them. My conclusions as
TO their capacity may be summed Nv
IN the statement that / consider then,
u be absolutely unfit for self-goyern-
nent. Of the 100000 people SUD
posed to inhabit the islands | do not
believe there are 10000 capable Of
forming and placing in operation a
government for the archipelago. Ely
cept such men as Judge Arreiano. Pc
dro Palermo, and AguinaIdo. there are
lew who would be capable of formu-
lat1ng an acceptable declaration of
principles. The great problem of
church and state which exists in the
philippines would be enough to ruin
any native government which would
be established, and there would be
revolution and bloodshed within six
neutrality-suspicious. Edgar Weeks
in Success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
MOHAMMEDAN WOMEN

Among the pOlygamous Mohamme-
dan people the new women" -four
ished fully 1000 years ago. Altamira
writes about them in his Historic de
Espana." This was the time of the
Arab dominion in Spain. AS for the
Arab women. they shone, not only in
poetry, but in all the sciences. The
Spanish Moslems never opposed the
instruction of women, but approved
and fostered it. The teaching of re-
ligious law was not seldom intrusted
to women professors. Girls enjoyed
the same primary instruction as boys,
and then devoted themselves to pro-
fesSiOnal studies, some of which they
practIced; for example, medicine and
literature, serving in the latter domain
as secretaries and writer's in the
caliph's civil service. So widespread
was education among the women of
COrdova that in a single ward there
were ITO of them busted in copying the
Koran. Often, not satisfied with the
facilities afforded by Spanish schools,
they went into the Orient to study in
thO Se'o I0Ah 9EAooIo, where they dI-
tended the courses side by side with
male students. So highly was the
education of women rated that a
prince of royal Spanish blood welded
a negro slave woman, merely on &C
count Of her intelligence and knowl-
edge. Another prince was captivated
by the woman who became his wife
through hearing her improvise verses.
Some of the celebrated Spanish poet
esses showed their great love of let
ters by collecting and copying good
books.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24

operations at the Johns Hopkins hos
infinitely detailed care which is taken
to have everything sterilized and kept
antiseptic. Anything which may come
in contact with the most remote Dor
ton of the operating surgeon and his
assistants and the person operated
upon is kept sterilized. The operating
room is kept carefully clean. Every
body who enters the operating room
must wear a sterilized gown. All the
towels, spOnges, gauZe, linen. shoes,
suits and caps worn by the etherfZer
the surgeons, assistants, students and
nurses are boiled, dried, ironed and
resterilized in a dry-oven before they
are put on. The shoes. suits and caps
are then put on.
The surgeon, assistants and nurses
then wash their hands with sand and
soft soap for ten minutes, while one
OF them does the same to the patient
at the place to be operated upon.
Everybody then soaks their hands and
arms for ten minutes more in an anti
septic fluid, while the patient is again
washed for ten minutes with an anti
septic fluid. All concerned, including
the nurses, then put on antiseptic
gowns. They then don the rubber
gloves, which have been boiled and
made ready.
In the meanwhile all of the steril-
lied linen, towels and instruments
are brought from the sterilizer by a
sterilized assistant. The patient is
then completely covered with steril-
lied cloths except a few inches of the
body where the cut is to be made.
Thus the patient never comes in con-
tact with any one or anything which
has not all germs killed. Therefore.
blood poisoning cannot occur. because
blood poisoning means the entrance
OF disease germs into the system.
Since all the germs have been boiled
to death in a thoroughly antiseptic
operation, as it is done at the Johns
sLno0o J7A7 q4B0p GU 'IBlIdsoU suIYd0H
'SuIuos!od pooIq moJJ uonBIedo J9lIg
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
eaSantrieS

An old bachelor says that marriage
is merely hitch and a kick.-Chica-
go Daily News
We read that The Man With the
Hoe is soon to be put to music It
is nearly time that he was put to
work.-Buffalo Express.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court
has decided that people who lose
their money in bucket shops may get
It back. Anyone who succeeds in
doing so ought to be able to make a
fortune by exhibiting himself through
the country. Chicago Record-Heral1.
The New Jersey man to whom Cect1
Rhodes left $4,000 was serving as a
Janitor when he got the news. This
will make him more autocratic than
eyer.-WashingtOn Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24
BUST OF EMPRESS FREDERICK

The kaiser and kaiserin recently
visited the studio of the sculptor
who is executing the marble bust OF
the. late Empress Frederick, which is
destined for the avenue of the park
at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1t is
double life-size, and is now com
pletely modelled in clay, says the
London Telegraph. The empress is
represented as she was ar the age
OF 40. when she was in the prime Of
life and at the height of her energetic
activity. A diadem surmounts her
head, and her right hand grasps
lace mantle, while in her left hand
she is holding a rose.
The sculptor has succeeded in OBJ
tanning an exact reproduction of the
decedant's well-knOwn features, and
their majesties were entirely satisfied
with his work. The bust will be
completed in time for the unwilling
at Homburg Aug. 5, the anniversary
OF the empress's death. 1t will stand
on pedestal of red granite, which
will bear the inscription Victoria,
ka1serin Friedrich"