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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21
Rhinoceros womau's Pet.

Not many women have owned more
strenuous pets than the baby rhinoc-
eros which amuses Mrs. Cook, wife OF
the Governor Of North Borneo Brit
ish possession. The Governors house
is near jungle which is filed with
wild animals. Out of this tanglc OF
undergrowth baby rhinoceros strayed
one morning to frolic in q cumbersome
fashion on the well kept lawn which
surrounds the house, Native servants
captured him without much difficulty
and when they had tanned him pre-
sented him to Mrs. Cook. AT first II
was problem on what ana how to
feed the youngster Cows milk and
m improyised milking bottle were the
solution. Sixteen quarts day was
he amount the hungry baby usually
Famanded. and ON 1t he has thriyed
snd grown fat. This child Of the jun
gle looks very little like the full grown
rhinoceros which can be seen IN the
Geological Gardens. II II were not for
his single horn. one might take him
for a peculiar species Of hog. He Is
about the same size ana covered with
a shaggy coat of black hair. Mrs.
Cook completed the tanning process
begun by her servants and the baby
rhnoceros now follows her about like
faithful dog Ii will not be long If
he keeps ON growing, before he be-
comes too cumbersome even for a
North Borneo pet--St James Gazette
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21

Linen collars are once more in vogue
They are returning to favor with the
new shirt waists. In Paris they are
seen more frequently than the stock
which was once the favorite. Next
year the style viii he as popular as it
was several seasons ago.
The collar has regular little turn
over effects finished with openworS
or embroidery peculiarly its own. The
turnover may be pointed in front; it
may be curved and scalloped and in all
other ways initiate its soft linen or
lawn prototype.
For stout women comes q collar espe-
cially built for them They are very
low and the essence of comfort. They
have the little turnoyers also, hem
stitched or embroidered, and very fas-
cinating bits of neckwear are they.
Those who like the little cuffs to
match are buying two collars of the
same pattern, using one for the neck,
and cutting the other in two in the
centre and thus making a pair of
dainty cuffs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21

arate blouses. They retain their nigh
lustre after they have been laundered,
and are often elaborately trimmed with
ribbons or laces.
The illustration shows Gibson waist
of Du Barry pink gingham, with a
vest of white linen embroidered ia
pink. 1t is made over fitted body
lining that closes in the centre front.
In the pack three p!eats extend from
shoulder to belt in V-shaped outline.
There is also one deep pleat that eX-
tends over the shoulders to belt in
V-shaped outline. These pleats are
stitched and fatty pressed.
The skirt is made with seven we'll
proportioned cores fitted smoothly
around the waist ana over the hips
without darts. The fullness at the
centre back is arranged in an under
lying pleat at each side of the closing.
These pleats are fatty pressed.
The fiounce is circular, shallow in
front and graduating to considerable
depth at the back. 1t flares widely at
the lower edge, providing that graceful
sweep which stamps all fashionable
skirts this season. Narrow bands of
white finish the seams and a broader
one covers the joining Of the founce
and skirt
Stylish waists in this mode may be
made of pique, linen. cotton chevlot
and madras, with braided or embroided
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21
Severely Plain. But Stylish.

Severely plain. but stylish, is this
shirt waist of blue and white striped
brilllantine 1t is mounted on a glove.
fitted feather-boned lining that closes
in the centre front,
The back is plain across the shoul'
ders and drawn down close to the belt
where the fullness is adjusted in tiny
pleats. Three deep tucks are arranged
in the full back and fronts, extending
around the body and providing a smart
tailored finish.
The fronts are fastened inyisibly I'm.
der box pleat of white satin that is
decorated with small turquoise buttons
applied in clusters of three. There is
no fullness at the neck. but the fronts
blouse over the black satin belt. A
stock and tie Of the same material
provide stylish finish.
The bishop sleeves are shaped with
inside seams only, fit the upper arm
closely and are gathered at the lower
edge where the fullness is adjusted on
narrow wristbands. These are com.
pleted with fiaring cuffs of satin to
match the box pleat.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21

The heads OF the Pygmies were Of
the brachycephalic order. says Samuel
=. Werner in the Atlantic. The mean
cranial index of the skulls Of eight
adult males was elghty-one degrees.
The nose was small, bur more aQui-
line than that of the real Negro. The
mouth was large and the chin usually
receding. The hair was of a lighter
color-almost 4 shade Of brown-and
was kinky and woolly. The hands and
feet of the Pygmies were small and
well shaped. the hands in particular
being delicately formed In proportion
TO their size. the strength of the Pyg-
mics far exceeded that OF all the other
Africans. Their powers of endurance
on the march or in the chase We're
phenomenal Fifty miles a day was
nm ordinary march for them. and they
were almost as much at home in the
trees as the monkeys themselves. The
senses Of the Pygmies were unusually
acute. At quite a distance they could
distinguish the chameleon from the
foliage in which It was hidden. al
though the color OF the little animal CO.
inci1ed with that Of its hiding place.
Much of their quarry was discovered
through the powers Of the nose. ana it
is no exaggeration to say that the
Pygmy's sense OF smell was as keen
as that of his dog. They were such
shots with the bow thar / have seen
one send an arrow through a rat at
twenty yards. while it was running
across the village.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21
STRANGE STORIES cARNsReD FROM
DIVERSE SOURCES.

Unusual Requirements For Matrimony.
The marriageable girl in Tunis mas
4 trying ordeal to go through after her
oetrothal to the man not of her choice.
out whose choice she is. She has to be
faitened TO the required size before
the ceremony can take place.
AS soon as the betrothal takes place
she is taken to room aud there
coopcd up til the fattening process is
concluded. Silver shaclSles are fas-
tened round her wrists and ankles. and
the task OF her parents and future
husband is 10 increase her bulk till her
wrists and ankles ill up the shackles.
If the husband is 4 widower. or has
"discharged' his first wife the girl has
the shackles Of the first spouse placed
on her and must MI them out.
1t takes a long time to do this as a
rule, and sometimes it cannot be ac-
compished in spite of all efforts. 1t
is then open to the future husband to
cry off the bargain or waive the condi.
ton In the case OF a bachelor he
takes care to sec that the bracelets
and ankles are not too larSe-that Is
If ne is fond Of the girl-but if he Is
being forced into the marriage by his
parents, he is a great sticlller for Gus
tom. Stout girls are The more quickly
snapped up in Tunis. Pictorial Maga-
zine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21
LABOR AND INDUSTRY

There is a strike OF bricklayers al
Kiel for an increase in wages and re-
duction IN working hours.
Differences between the Carriage
Workers Union and the employers at
Albany, N Y, have been seettlcd.
At Oakland Cal. the Southern Pa.
cihc Company has acceded to some OF
the demands made by the machinists.
Bricklayers at Glasgow, Scotland
have secured an advance OF I-2d. an
hour, which they had 10 give up about
year ago.
Returns OF trade unions or rne engl
neering and allied trades in Lancashire,
England, show decrease in the nurs-
Der of unemployed
The Cleveland (England) mine own
ers recently conceded an advance in
wages oil 2 IL per cent. for the re-
uainder OF the current year,
At Mt. Pleasant, Tenn, the demand
for labor has not nearly been filed and
several hundred laborers could get
work there in the mines at good wages.
A Utica (N Y) baker has been in
dicted and fined under a New York
State law for permitting one OF his EN-
ployees 10 work more than Go hours in
one week
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
General Trade Conditions.

Bradstrect's says: Midsummer quici
has gone from dstributive trade, and
stimulated by really brilliant crop pros
poets and good prices for farm pro.
ducts, fall business has begun 60 cx.
pand. Buyers are arriving in large
numbers at all markets. and this weeb
promises to see demand further in.
creased Manufacturing industry, which
has been more than usually active this
summer, continues we'll employed
Failures are few and liabilities small
prices are steady July railway earn
ings returns show 7 per cent gain over
last year. Bank clearings continue to
show gains over last year
Advices from the boot and shoe trade
are irregular Business at the West is
active and at Philadelphia the jobbing
trade is brisk and manufacturers are
busy on orders. At Boston shipments.
though larger than last week, are still
far below those OF last year, the de-
crease being fully IL per cent Leather
and hides are very active, however, and
skins OF all kinds are taken as fast as
received.
The weight OF imported iron is press
ing on domestic sentiment, though no
perceptble effect is yet seen on prices
tor pig iron, which is still in active re-
quest for next years delivery.
Steel rails, plates, bars and sheets are
active at the West, but the edge OF the
demand for plates and sheets appears to
have been taken off at Pittsburg West.
srn rail mills are all sold up for the first
hall OF 1908 Structural material IS
sciive at Chicago and at Pittsburg,
where sales have been very large this
week. Shipbuiding interests have taken
10000 tons OF plates at Pittsburg.
Hardware as predicted, has had no dull
season this year and business is as
active as ever.
Business failures for the week ending
August 7 number 100. as against 1863
last week and IS5 in this week last year.
Wheat, including flour, exports for
.hc week ending August 7 aggregate
i,244.363 bushels, against 3.SSS,534 last
week and SS3I,Ioo in this week last
year Wheat exports since July l ag-
gregatc 22,3o8, ,2o3 bushels against S5,-
o32237 last season. Corn exports ag
gregate 5o,6II bushels, against 2S.4o5
last week and ooo7I4 last year. For the
fiscal year corn exports are s5S,42I
bushels, against S,7IS,36I last season.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21
Exerclae WAN thc nnth.

The best effects Of n bath can be
obtained only when it is accompanied
.by fatiguing but not exhausting
amount of muscular exertion IN this
respect the least.favored inland woman
has superior advantages. She spends
the morning in the warm season in
baking bread or scrubblEg floors or
canning fruit. BY 10 o'clock or earlier
her work is finished, and her garments.
drenched with perspration. are flung
over the top of the roOhess. out-of-door
bath-house, which country people
know and enjoy. Then. from tub
OF water Of the same temperature as
the atmosphere, she sponges herself
from head to foot, and after donnug
wrapper and slippers, she wanders
lonely rs cloud" baci; to half.
hour rest on the coolest bed in the
house. Next to an approving con
science, what could be more soothing
and refreshing than bath of that ma
ture? The exercise preceding it need
not necessarily be that of n domestic
character 1t might consist of golf
or tennis. bicycle or horseback riding.
or ordinary brisk walking. The essen
tial point. so far as health is concerned.
is that perspiration shall be induced
every day in the year by Interested
muscular exertion, not by languid sub
mission to outward slimulus.-Good
Housekeeping.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21

The favorlte material ior mournlns
wells is net.
Novelty dress fabrics include shot
etamines and grenadines.
An Alexandra clasp Of oxidized sill.
yer is set with large purple amethyst
in the centre.
The vogue of the collarless bodice
is making its way slowly into the
realms of fashion
A striking combination is Il White
mohair blouse jacket worn with a skirt
OF black and white plaid cloth
White embroidery and lace are much
used as trimming on pink and blue
linen gowns, while lace of a deep coffee
color is used on white organdies.
Green and black are distlnctlvely
the colors which are combined with
White gowns. and these appear in the
girdle. The white hat which is worn
is also allowed a slight touch Of color.
A portion Of the newest goods are
woven TO initiate tucking and hem.
stitching, others have French knots
or silk or satin dots, but, above all
else, they are given tone and variety
by narrow but solid colored strips.
The boa has in great degree given
place 10 the frilly shoulder cape I'm.
ished with very long scarf ends of
handsome lace, or Of aceordion-pleated
net or chiffon tied with velvet bows
or frightened here and there with
cluster' Of roses or soft fluffy silk
| nonniaa
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21
WOWAN'S %
@ REALM.
WOMEN RANcAERs IN NrBRAskA.
success of Two orphan Girls in Managing
Their own Section.


success of Two orphan Girls in Managing
Their own Section.
Two Pennsylvania girls who went to
Nebraska as children lost their parents
oy death. and then. after Il precarious
existence spent in trying TO teach
school, determined TO turn farmers.
Miss Libbie Scott and Miss Allie
Fish now own the best ranch IN Blaine
County. Nebraska. Ia an interview
hey are reported as saying:
After carefully thinking the matter
)ver, we determined that school teach
ne did not bring in as much money
Is we needed. and we decided to buy n
,arm. From our fathers we inherited
lalf n section Of land. We each took up
I homestead Of 1850 acres. In the spring
Of 1900 we bought lister and twenty
four bushels of corn, and began work
by planting eighty acres. With four
horses on our lister we made tae
ground fly
"When our corn was ready TO culti-
cate. all our plans were under way.
We took our teams out at ! in the
morning. and kept hard at work until
he sun began TO get torrid, when we
went in for dinner. About we took
fresh teams and started in again. We
eaised 1900 bushels OF corn on those
eighty acres.
"Then we harvested 100 tons Of hay,
ana now, owning but thirty head OF
cattle. we decided to take cattle from
the stockmen and winter them.
Securing sixty head in this way,
our herd numbered ninety, but in No
vember twenty-seven of them died of
cornstalk disease. OF these fourteen
were our own cattle. Then we took
200 head from another stockman. fed.
and took care OF them ourselves. We
kept them during the following sum-
mer and increased our herd to 400
Fearing drouth. we bought a
gasoline engine TO run our windmill
"The second summer we listed eigh-
ty-live acres of corn, but. on account
Of drouth. got nothing. Were we blue?
Well. / think we were. But we We're
not discouraged. This second summer
we put up 200 tons Of hay without any
help. and the only trouble we had was
IN grinding our sickles. After haying,
we began to put in improvements on
our ranch; fenced eight sections;
changed our minds about winterlng
cattle. ana took only 13J head
our plans for the future are to plant
100 acres of corn, and run fence
through our pasture. having one for
summer and one for winter grazing.
I'VE have found ranch life the hap
pest, most free ana easy that woman
| could wish."-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
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woman's Bump of Locality.

Why is it that a woman's bump Of
locality is so much more feehZly ic-
yeloped than mans: asks the Bali
more News. Put a man down on q
country road, and the probabilities are
that he viii find his way wherever
he wishes to 20 without having to ask
at nearby farm houses for directions.
Instinct seems to guide him. Put &
woman in the same position and she
will irretrievably lose herself in ten
minutes, and have TO be sought for
by resolute men for hours before she
is finally brought back to civilization.
Perhaps it is that the weaker sex
is unobservant. Even in cities many
Of its members do not notice buildings
closely enough to permit them to find
their way about and certainly they
would not notice in the country the
big bum tree that they pass here nor
The hGw bush that marks he iptersec-
ton of the two roads there With the
sun low in the west there are many
women who can't tell the points Of
the compass, and If they could world
not know in which direction their
homes lay. When it comes 10 noting
,he details Of q costume few femi-
mines fail TO observe even the tiniost
bit Of braid or the smallest bow, but
.rees and houses are different, and less
interesting things, and so in a strange
town or the woods the fair travellers
Ia, Il,
TO be rescued and set again upon the
path by some one with a better sense
: location than they can boast,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21

The coats OF all the costumes de-
signed for early autumn are inade
long enough to come more than nale
way down the skirt and the short
jacket Of last year and the year be-
fore is quite out of date And yet,
to show how capricious is fashion. an
immensely smart little coat Is on the
old-fNshioned REFER style, double
breasted and curved in at the sides.
After all, the fashion which remains
rs many styles come and 60 is to
pay more and more attention to which
style is becoming TO the especial indl-
vldual who is to wear it; and from all
present indications the winter and au-
tumn will not show any more definite
ly marked lines than did last year.
Halper's Bazaar.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21

with precious stones, and each OF the
stiff points ends in great pearl. There
are no sleeves. their place being taken
by long wings of moussellne edged
with n design in gold FILLING softly
from the shoulders to the feet. The
same design in larger pattern. edges
the bottom of the petticoat The train
is thirteen feet in length. six and q
half feet shorter than the court robe
or mantle OF red velvet lined with cr-
mine. which is held to the shoulders
by clasps ornamented with enormous
diamonds. This robe. q present from
Parliament. was made in England. and
the marvellous embroidery of the tulle
was executed by the native artisans
of India. but the historic gown was
made in Paris. New York Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21
LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Flour-Spring clear, So 10a3. so; lost
Patent, s4.5o; choice Family, So 70.
Wheot--New York No. =. 741Sc;
Philadelphia No ?, 72a72H .; Baltimore
No 2, G9lGc.
Corn New York No. 9, Soc; Phila-
delphia No. 2. 6Sa6Sh; Baltimore No. 2,
GGc.
Oats-New York No. 2. G3%c; Phila-
delphia No. 2, 75c; Baltimore No 2,
55c.
Hay-No. / timothy, S19o0a19. 80;
No. 3 timothy. Sls.00a1S.50; No. 3 tim.
othy Sl700a17 80
Green traits and Vegetables. .--Beets.
Native, per bunch 1c. Backberries,
Eastern Shore, per quart. dn5c. Cab
bage - Native per 700 sl.0Onl. 30;
Wake field, per 100, $3 00a5 90.
Cantaloupes - Florida, per crate 50cN
@i.00. Observation-Disclosures, per bas
ket 12a20c; do North Carolina, 12a20c
Eggplants, Native, per basket 55a6Oc
Huckelberries, per quart 6a7c Let.
tute, Native, per bushel box 30u50c.
Onions, New, per basket S0a90c.
Peaches, Florida, per carrier S1.00al .25
Pineapples, Florida, per crate, $i.75a
2.50. String beans, per bushel, green,
3Oa35c; wax, 30a40c Tomatoes, Poto.
mac, per six.basket carrier, funcy, 80
a3jc do, fair t., good 20a25c.
Potatoes, Norfolk, per brl, No /,
81 0oa1 %; do, seconds, 75ca$1 90; do,
culls, 50aG0c; do, North Carolina, per
brl. No l, 81 GOAL 20.
Butter, Separator, 22a23c; Gathered
cream, 21a22o; prints Lib 25a26c; Rolls,
2.lb, 25a26; Dairy pts. Md, Pa, Va,
23a24c.
Eggs, Fresh-laid eggs, per dozen,
l7halSo
Cheese, Large, 6O.lb, lOKalO5o; mo
dium, 36-lb, 1OAal0N; picnics, 22-lb
l0l6a10Nc.
Live Poultry, Hens, l1ha12c; old
ROSTERS, each 25a30e; spring chickens,
l2al2Hc, young stays, l2al21c. Ducks
llal2e.
Hides, Heavy steers, association and
saltcrs, late kill, 60-lbs and up, close Sc
lection, 12Nal294c; COWS and light steers
9%a10c.
Provisions and Hog Products. Bulls
clear rib sides, 12}sc; bulk shoulders,
1O4e; bulk bellies, l3c; bulk ham butts,
l0s(c; bacon clear rib sides. 13c; bacon
shoulders, ll1Gc; ugar-cured breasts,
Ike; sugar cured shoulders, 1i4c;
sugar'eured California hams, Ike;
hams canvnsed or uncanvased, II lbs.
aud over, 14}Sc; refined lard tierces, brls
and 90 lb cans, gross, 1lTc; refined lard,
second hand tubs, 1l9lc; refined lard.
half-barrels and new tubs, 119lc.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-08-21
To wed the urlIe.t Mon.

Extremes meet in the tickle feminine
fancy. The atractveness of The
Adonis for women is not TO be com
pared with that of the man who is sc
fearfully and wonderfully ugly as te
serve as a living confirmation OF the
truth Of the Darwinian theory regard
ing the descent Of man,
A bevy of lovely American girls
have formed a society. The object OF
which is to search the land for the ug
lest men to In found outside Il mu
scum. and, when found, to marry them
as soon as possible.
Ever since the time when Mirabeau
he uSliest Of all Frcnchmeu. had his
host Of female admirers really hideous
men have been worship by women
This extraordinary fondness of
women for extremely ugly men is seer
when some especially villainous look.
ing criminal, accused of a particularly
Gtrocious crime. is exhibited in the
dock and Immediately becomes tine
idol Of all the women who attend the
trial. The more hideous his appearance
and the fouler his misdeeds the more
enthusiastic is the worship OF the
women.
HE is so delightfully."- ugly" said 9
pretty girl, when asked what partic
ular fascination brutal criminal pos
sessed for her.
1t is fact that in all ages and coun
tries this strange feminine tendency
has been strikingly demonstrated
No explanation that seems plausible
has ever been given.
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The plain collar is finished with lace
protector and black cravat
The sleeves are regulation bishop
models. shaped with inside seams.
They fit the upper arm closely and fare
ut the lower edge where they are ar
ranged on narrow cuffs. These are
trimmed with lace turnovers to match
tie protector.
The mode may be developed in eta.
mine. nuns yelling. canvas, wool gren-
adine or barege. with tatfeta or moire
bands for trimming.
TO make the Eton in the medium
size win require two yards of forty
four-inch material
10 make the skirt in the medium size
will require two yards and one-half Of
forty-four-inch material.
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flexible willow iwigs. These are bound
together by wild grapeyines twined
about them and securing the baskets
to The uprights. The side of the basket
is lined with fir boughs, and the tor
matched with yellow pine and some.
times bit of burlap. Occasionally
they are further protected from the
rain and snow by square board. TC
the amateur photographer or the paint
er they offer a charwing subject. as the
color effect of their Wild setting OF
rocks. shrubbery and mountains forms
a "bit" that every tourist likes TO carry
away with him as Il souvenir.