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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-09
rra,s. For tho American woman.


This Is the complimentary opinion
of the American woman by no less
authority than Felix. the well-known
Partisan dressmaker.
From every point of view the
American is the most satisfactory of
any of the many nationalities with
whom | have had to deal. She has
natural beauty and grace, TO which
she adds chic and judgment. What
more ideal combination could a dress
maker require? The tendency of the
American women is, perhaps, trihe
toward the effective. not to say slight
ly snowy, in dress. but she never over
steps the bounds of good taste. She
studies herself WELL and knows what
suits her, and wears it. This perfect
sense of the fitness of things places
the well dressed woman of the United
States head and shoulders above her
sisters of Mexico or the South Ameri-
can countries Nothing could be worse
than the average gurb of the Spanish
American woman. She has no taste
whatever, and will wear anything her
dressmaker may choose to put ON her
back. AS a rule the color is vivid and
the fashion outre. Not so with the
woman of the States. She does not
propose to be dictated to in matters of
dress. She is very glad to take sug-
gestlons from her dressmaker. but she
has ideas of her own"
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! FARM and GARDEN.



There is nothing more provoking
and more Improbable that flock OF
hens which have acquired the habit
OF eating their eggs. This is habit
more easily prevented than cured
Give the hens plenty of exercise. with
a variety of food. Gather the eggs
frequently, provide sufficient resting
places and keep one or more porce-
lain eggs upon the floor of the house
Dark nests are advisable, and meat
diet Is excellent.
To cure the habit provide dark
nests and add meat to the food Re.
move the end from several eggs and
pour out the contents. Make q mix
ture Of flour. ground mustard and red
pepper, adding a little water to hold
the materials together. Fill the shells
and place upon the floor of the hen
house. The hens will make wild
scramble for these prepared eggs, will
gobble down some of the contents, and
will soon be gasping with open bealks.
Follow up this treatment until the
hens refuse TO touch an egg. 1t seems,
and perhaps Is somewhat severe, but
no permanent i'll effects will follow.
The hens will soon learn that eggs are
not SO palatable as they regarded
them, and will desist from the bad
habit Positive cures have followed
this method.-American Agricultural
ist
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Sumo Pet ExtraYac acances.

Women are excellent financiers, but
they have certain little ways of their
own which are standing wonder to
their masculine critics. For instance,
many women will deny themselves a
sufticiency of the necessaries of life
for weeks in order to be able to pur-
chase something which seems of very
TRIVIAL Importance to their husbands
or brothers.
'Will my means cover the eXpense?'
she echoes, when you mildly suggest
the doubt. Then she sets to with pen
ell and paper, and, after making elabo-
rate calculations, comes to the humili-
ating conclusion that month at the
place which she has set her heart on
going to would involve the eXpendi-
ture of the family income for the next
three months. 1t is decided blow,
but she has recovered from similar
blows on previous summers, so she
bears 1t philosophically, and finally,
by dlnt of more calculations, she de-
cides ON a place which is financially
within her reach.
4 hc Olle tAlluNdbuuNt VI uu Oluti-
wise exceedingly sensible young lady
OF very limited means Is weakness
for the finest of stockings and hand
kerchiefs. Her attire generally is re-
markable for nothing except plain
ness and sometimes shabbiness, but
very few of her extensively dressed
friends can rival her in the matter of
dainty handkerchiefs and stockings.
Other women spend large portion
of their income in paste jewelry. A
brooch of imitation pearls and dia-
monds and bracelet Of moonstones
look very much like the real thing to
the casual observer and are to be had
for n mere song; but the setting of
this jewelry Is seldom strong, and the
stones soon drop out, leaving the
brooch, bracelet or chain anything
rather than an ornament ana their
owner mourning her folly.
Many women confess that their pet
vanity is in dainty stationery. while
others spend 'every penny they can
scrape together" in amateur photog-
raphy or perhaps even in having their
own photographs taken.--Home Notes.
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Although n rigid stickler for por-
priety, according to her own notions
of the same, the late Queen Victoria
was acknowledged to have "the most
decollete court in Europe This is be-
lleyed to have been due to the fact
that when young woman she pos
sessed arms and shoulders of singu-
lar beauty and that out of her natural
vanity regarding her best points grew
the regulation court dress. Many a
protest was made against the iron
clad rule, but no exception was ever
made; health and age and scrawny
neck had TO give way before the de-
cree. Queen Alexandra has other
ideas and no one at her court is to be
made uncomfortable II she can help
it.
Much satisfaction has been expressed
in England over her Majesty's an
nouncement that ''dispensations" will
be granted to women who attend court
functions and for any good reason do
not wish to appear in the almost
bodiceless dress insisted upon by
Queen Victoria.-Chicago Chronicle.
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COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Conditions.

Bradstreets says Reports of record
breaking holiday trade, OF seasonabId
luiet in leading wholesale lines, of exs
tcpticnal activity at top prices in iron
and steel, of sustained activity in othet
industries, continued complaint of caf
and motive power shortages, and gen
eral hardening of speculative makets fo1
food products, are the features of tradt
advices this week The year closes
with a cheerfulness of feeling never ex<
ceeded even of late years, and with ex-
pectations of the new year as bright a.
any that have gone before.
Wheat, including -four, exports for
the week aggregate 4,2oI,543 bushels
as against 4,332,832 last week, and g.
868,I65 in this week last year. Wheat
exports, July to date (twenty-six
weeks), aggregate I44,o28, 900 bushels,
as against o2,o52,244 last season. Corn
exports aggregate 424,336 bushels, as
against 33o,o4I last week, and 4.oIr.-'
los last year July to date, corn ex-'
ports are 2o,5so,sI5 Bushels, against
o3,I78,344 last season.
Failures for the week numbered 2sol
in the United States, against z35 last
year, and 20 in Canada, against i8 last
year
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with good wills two feet thick, well
laid In mortar, as shown In the illus
tratlon. To make It so l could hold
fruit through the winter, l lined 1t in.
side with matched lumber, making an
air space Of about ten inches between
the wall and lining. II is a two-spory
house. protect from cold by putting
straw on upper floor about four feet
thick when settled. 1t kept the fruit
well. make a fire In 1t only three
or four times through the winter, on
account of extreme cold.
1 could, with but little expense,
make 1t good for cold storage by put
ting eight or ten twelve-inch galvan-
lied iron pipes through the upper
floor. letting them down three of four
feet, and filling from above with
crushed ice and cheap fertilizer salt
l have used 1t as 1t is, opening the
doors nights 10 cool Off and keeping
1t closed during the day, except when
putting in more fruit pick and put
In barrels In the orchard and store
them open. In rainy weather 1 can
sort and pick for market. l usually
sell to buyers, so they are off my
hands and in market or cold storage,
near market. by November 10. l have
seldom kept a crop over.-H. II. Hill,
in New England Homestead.
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plaid Of re.

Long, mapped beaver ribbon makes
n, stylish touch on some smart frocks.
One cloth gown has crush belt Of
this ribbon and Il touch of it ut The
front OF the stock and u bit on the
sleeves.
A handsome large bag of black
beads has baroque pearl set in the
top of each of the balls which twist
to form the clasp. These, like the
frame of the bag. are in gun metal,
as so many things for mourning use
are.
There are delightful buttons of sill
yer, either Mexican or Indian, ham
mered out of silver coins frequently,
though there is nothing to show this
in the finished button, which may be
crude, but has certain style as well
as historical value.
Here Is necklace n little different
from those ordinarily TO be found, It
is OF coral beads, the beads are not
round, but long, oval, slender and
pretty. This is an old-time treasure,
and may cost more than something
new, but then ii is pretty in color and
style.
The boa pln-the handsomer the bet
ter--is an essential possession Of the
woman who would keep in touch with
fashions whims. Some OF the designs
In these fasteners are particularly
handsome. one In silver set with rhine
stones and black pearls being an ex-
ample.
There are new things in the long,
gauzy scarfs, pretty material In the
latest ones a raised pattern upon
gauze, woven into the material, and
having the effect, to some extent, of
the old-fashioned darned face. The
color is on the ends. in most OF the
scarfs. in Oriental shades. They are
called Persian scarfs.
White flannel skirts which are SER
yiceable and pretty have broad in
sertion OF torchon cdging and a rudie
of the lace little deeper below. The
insertion has two rows of narrow
Hamburg. something Ike beading, on
either side, which gives a firm edge
where It is sewed to the skirt above.
and where the runld Is attached to It
below.
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AN ECCENTRIC MAN.

Tournadre, about the most eccentric
man th0t ever lived, died in Paris re-
Gently. One day he would preach the
widest anarchy Nnd the next he would
be busy with huge practical jokes.
Bertrand. the procureur-general of
Paris, was at Vichy on one occasion
and Tournadre, who was without a
sou, asked him for louis. The sheer
audacity of beggar he had never seen
before took away Bertrands breath.
and he gave Tournadre a handsome
sum. Tournadre rushed back to his
hotel and demanded his bill, declar-
ing that he would never stop in a
house where anarchists were har-
bored. The hotel keeper was bewil-
dered. "Yes," said the farceur, that
dangerous anarchist, Tournadre. Is
here. stopping under the name of Ber-
trand." The scene when the estimable
procureur-general arrived and was
thrown out OF the hotel can we'll be
imagined. On another occasion Tour
nadre hired a diligence about 100
years old and was driven to the acad-
envy by the famous Maxine Lisbonne.
Both Of them persisted in entering the
academy and congratulating the inn
mortal forty on having elected them as
members. When he had nothing else
10 do he would ring up senator's. dep
uties and officers and order them to
Immediately repair TO the Elysee. as
the President Of France wished TO see
them. Then from local wine shop
he would chan one after another as
they left. cicstfallen.
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Hash.

or all culinary terms the word hash
has come to have about as much op-
probrium attached to it as any. New.
crtheless, hash itself remains popular,
with reason, for when properly made
It is one Of the best of dishes. As gen
orally used the word indicates mix
ture of cold corned beef and cold
boiled potatoes cooked together, and
the opprobrium comes iu because CT
the fact that the sinewy bits Of meat
are those that fall to the hash. But
hash can be varied. 1t can be made
Of various kinds of meat and OF va
rious sorts Of vegetables; 1t can be
stewed or fried. It can be served with
eggs or without. 1t can be improved
with tomato sauce.
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Some mourning costumes this sea-
son are made Of Grape with the skirts
finished with circular flounces. with
folds for heading, belt and yoke.
Others less elaborate are made entire
ly of crepe cloth, Eudora, dull taffeta,
fine camel's hair, etc, with only the
folds, belt and collar of the Grape, the
Grape being cut straight to make the
intentions run bias, and bias If they
are preferred straight as trimming.
Glossy broadcloth is not worn in deep
mourning; dull-tinished cloths are
Ladies' Home Journal.
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TYPES OF ENGLISH WOMEN.
Fragile Creatures who Defy the Inciem-
ency of the Elements.


ency of the Elements.
A thing one notices In England about
the women is that they seem iu,oeryi-
Gus to changes of temperature, says
Geraldine Bonner In London letter
to the San Francisco Argonaut. 1t
was exceedingly cold when we arrived
damp, raw and chill. We Americans
put on our wooden dresses and con-
suited as to the wisdom of taking
jackets when we went abroad. The
sun was hidden. there were occasional
sprinkles of rain, cold airs caught you
spitefully at street corners. 1t was
wretcbed weather. Yet the English
women-thin, fragile and delicate
wore their muslin dresses with calm
and unmoved fortitude. A favorite
fashion of theirs is a transparent yoke
of lace with the bare neck visible
through 1t. In this semi-clad state
they walk or drive about. apparently
perfectly comfortable, while the per-
ishing American is seriously consider
ing the wisdom of going to the bottom
of her trunk for her fur jacket.
to the inclemency of damp and try
ing climate which makes the English
woman so delicate in appearance. One
seldom sees those buxom, rosy beau
ties in London that we have always
supposed We're the British type. Au
contraire, the type is tall, small-boned
and exceedingly thin. The English
% o.,
London Of to-day has that kind Of fig
ure that the novellsts call "willowy'--
long in all the lines, very slightly
rounded, with the smallest Of waists,
no hips at all and an inclination to
stoop in the shoulders. With this they
wear very clinging dresses, long trains,
and. in the evening, very decollete
bodices. The general effect is OF some
thing incredibly slim, serpentine and
delicate. The latter suggestion comes
not only from the peculiarly slender
and nndeveloped figures, but from the
universal tendency TO the droop in the
shoulders that / have just mentioned
One sees very few women who stand
upright. All have an air of fragility
ennui and languor that suggests GER
tain paintings of Burne-Jones and Ros-
settl.
If, however, one sees few fine fig
ures. one sees many handsome faces
among these ethereal ladies. Beauty,
like any other good thing in England
seems to belong to the dominating, ar
istocratic class. One seldom secs n
good-loolking woman in the middle or
lower class world. But the flowers of
the arlstocracy are often lowered with
fine and patrician beauty all their
own. The type is Enthusiastically and
peculiarly English. The face is oval
small and sometimes thin, the features
are cut with the cold precise regular
ity of a cameo, the nose and chin gem
orally prominent. There are calm
clear eyes under arched brows, which
in turn are nearly hidden by the cur,ed
and crimpled fringe" that is still worn
in this country. 1t is n type that
speaks of high breeding, absence of vi
vacity and physical delicacy. Com
pared TO it our American woman are
Amazonian in their robustness, weight
and general suggestion of vitality.
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and goIdtIirended galloons and silk
ruchIng are used effectively on cloth
gowns.
Laces Of every sort are universally
popular. including real lace which is
used in large quantities on handsome
toilettes. Woolen laccs In the new
coloring are employed with the winter
fabrics. Lace medallions. tambour
hand-cmbroidered tulle, point d'csprit,
insets of yellow Russian lace are all
used with elaborate effect. Black lace
entre-deux, studded with coral, tur-
quois and pearl, embellish gowns of
black net overlinings, matching in
color the jewels combined Enamel
and gold buttons form a fitting accom-
-panlment to the Louis coats of silk or
velvet.-Amcrlcan Queen.
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The season,s rrlmm,nps.

The predominating note in garniture
will be the continuance of velvet rib
bon, which Is so effectively used on
bodice and skirt, combined with other
harmonizing decorations. Another
attractive item will be the extensive
use Of black chenille, often combined
with white lace. Cords of chenille,
also, are introduced into guipure. Gre
tonne flower applique remains In
vogue. as well as velvet design
leaf or flower appliqued and pleated
on silk. Chiffon and mousseline are
treated in the same manner, with the
addition Of an outline of fine chenille.
Taffetas and satin ribbons are orna'
mented or fastened with small buck
les or slides OF gold. pearl, steel OF
gun metal. Flowered ribbons, metal
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which are nailed to these arms, and
to the upright board Q), as shown in
the illustration. The arms shown at
3 are each ten inches long, two inches
wide and an inch thick, and the ends
are screwed TO the side Of the spout
as shown. The spout is made nine
inches square, and both this and the
hopper should be made of boards
eight inches wide. At row of wire
nails is shown, by which the bag is
held in place at the bottom of the hop
per. BY boring ii number of holes in
the back board D at intervals of an
inch apart, and hanging the device to
a heavy wire nail or a heavy screw
put in the wall, the bag holder may
be raised or lowered to a convenient
height.
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LABOR AND INDUSTRY

iowa has young woman bill poster.
Michigan supplies half the ccuntrys
celery.
Leadville has twenty-five labot
unions. Two years ago one organiza'
tion existed.
The New York Aquarium possesses
the only fish hospital in the world.
In the United States 100000 feet OF
pine lumber is used every year fos
matches.
Idaho has mountain--a big nouu-
tain---which is IS per cent. pure sui
pher.
Honolulu plumbers get IS 50 day.
A cooperative wagon factory, with
capital stock of $I5o.ooo. is being or
ganized at Cincinnati.
Two big hills in the single State oi
Missouri contain soooooooo tons Of the
highest grade Of iron ore
Texas has mountains Of solid marbis
through which a great river has sIoer
" cut its way durmg tic centuries
About 61oe 10000 cross tics are nen
Daid on American railroads. and Qosoo <
COO new ties are required Annually ~
renewals
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The greenhouse, pure and simple
Is possible only in exceptionally ia
yored localities, where the soil is 50
well drained that water does not
rise in excavations and the winters
are so mild that sun heat under pro-
tecting glass is all that tenderest
plants demand. Whoever in such Il
location has a stretch of sunny outer
wall, with few feet OF spare space
along it, may have loads OF flowers
the winter through at very slight
and all the more IL drum with heat
ed air from furnace tlue is set up
lst outside the wall.
For such q greenhouse dig down be-
{ e tla house wall to Il depth of three
{ 4 md q breadth of six, all along
I'll available stretch. Put down n
concrete floor. six inches thick. and
wall up to a foot above ground with
either stone, brick or concrete Upon
top of this wall, set a wooden frame
TIVE .0ur scantling are stout enough
for it. Board up the frame within and
without to a height OF eight inches
Above that have glass, running on
to Il glass roof. The roof is lean
TO stayed against the house wall. Have
a door in the end with steps down to
1t. II possible also have a door from
the house-thus In sharp weather one
can go in and out without letting In
the cold air.
Fifty dollars should build and equip
such greenhouse. Seventy-five is a
liberal estimate Fit 1t inside with
6lat walk ways, laid upon the con.
crete floor, bench of earth all along
! the side, its top level with the glass
and racks rising like steps against
the house-wall space. Also have
strong hooks overhead to hold wing.
ing baskets and pots.
Plant IN each outer corner strong
root of some climbing rose. Dig
through the concrete floor and make
rich bed for the rose roots. Let
them stay there constantly. Have
the roof movable so 1t can be raised
in summer, or taken wholly away
Train the roses upon wires Just un.
derneath the roof.
Passion flowers may well be set IL
deep box Of the richest earth against
some part OF the house wall and
trained to cover it with purple bloom
If the greenhouse stands outside d
parlor, by making the walls higl
enough TO let the roof reach the tops
OF the windows, the glass OF them may
have traceries of living bloom.
Plrnt seed and root cuttings in the
bench, pricking them out, as they
grow, into little pots, and shifting
from the little to big ones. Plant
bulbs also in the bench; hyacinths
and tulips for Christmas blossom
about the first of August, and later
ones in succession. Plant also few
bulbs In pots. Set them In the shade
under the bench for six weeks. unit
they have struck strong roots, ther
set In the light and water freely whls
they are growing. After the bulbs
are well set, take the pots into the
house seventy degrees win not hurt
them, though the greenhouse tempera
ture WIN run between fifty and sixty
Crocuses win bloom in 1t, and many
Inany other things. Almost any
rowef VIII bud, in fact. though fol
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-01-09

A house place In a modern dwelling
Is upholstered In moss green and
lender gray, the color of llchens and Of
granite rock. The walls are covered
with moss green burlap, which ascends
rs high as the plate rail-" Above this
the wall is covered by n frieze of
gray burlap. The green willow easy
chairs are fitted with moss-green vel
vet coverel cushions. The window
seat is fitted with lichen. gray and
a noss-covered cushions. The rug on
The floor is of mixed rock-gray and
moss green. These colors blend to-
sether very WELL
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/. A Handy Bag Holder.

A great deal of time is lost in fill
ing grain bags, unless some device is
used by which the bag can be kept
open and the one filling 1t have the
use of both hands. The upright board
~ is made OF inch stuff, two feet
long and eleven inches wide. The
arms (9 which support the hopper are
held by two triangular boards (2),
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A Fruit sto, age House.

My house for storing fruit is one
that was on the premises and not
built for the purpose. But find II
quite convenient. 1t is a stone build
ing twenty-six by thrty-four feet,