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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
sPiCELETs.

The ideals of men are high, but
the cabman's stunts come hire.
When the baritone strikes the
treble he is usually off his bass.
Wet weather increases the rub.
Der business in more ways than
one.
The tricks of the politicians
are low, but the scholars game
is lore.
The things we don't have to do
are the things we do with great.
est joy.
When the iron has entered into
n mans soul Death becomes a
magnet.
If men could only swap lives
what bunch of reformers there
would be.
The worlds small stock of
jokes bears a striking resem.
blance to the widows oil.
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Your Column.

To snow our appreciation OF the way in
which the Fulton County News is bel adopt
ed into the homes of the people of this county,
we have set apart TINS column for the FREE
use of our subscribers, for advertising purposes,
ubiect to the following conditions:
/. IL is free only to those who are paid-up SUBJ
scribers.
:. Only personal property can be advertised.
3. Notices must not exceed 30 W rds
I. All illegal" notices excluded
.. Not free to merchants or any one to adver-
tise goods sold under mercantile license
The primary object of this column is to af-
ford farmers, and folks who are not in public
business, an opportunity to bring to public at
tention products or stocks they may have to
sell, or may want to buy.
Now, this space Is ours II you want to buy a
1orse, II you want hired help, IL you want to
borrow money, II you want to sell pig, bug
gy, some hay. goose, or II you want to adver-
tise for wlfe-this column Is yours
The New is read weekly by eight thousand
people, and is the best advertising medium in
the county.
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PRESBYTERIAN.-R w. A. Wec,
ID. D., Pastor. Preaching servico,
each alternate Sabbath at 1880 n m
and every Sunday evening at 7.@
Services at Green Hill on alterno,,,
Sabbaths at 10:30 o. m. Sabbo,t
school at 9:l5. Junior Christian Fr'
deavor at ZOO. Christian Endeayo,
evening at 700.
METHODIST EPISCoPAL-Rev. T. Y
Adams, Pastor, Sunday Schooi
Mt $50 a. m. Preaching every otbar
sunday morning at 1890 and every
Sunday evening at 700. Epwor,b
league at 500 p. IN. Prayer meeting
Thursday evening at 700.
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN-Re T
Grove, Pastor. Sunday school at 9.3c
a. m. Preaching every Sunday morn.
ing at 1880, and every other SUNDAY
evening at7:00. The alternate Sabbatb
evenings are used by the Young Peo.
pies Christian Union at ZOO n. m
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 700.
EVANGELlLAL LUTHERAN-Rey. A
q. Wolf, Pastor. Sunday school QIi
a. m. Preaching every other SUNDAY
morning at lO3O and every other Sun
day evening at 700. Christian En-.
deavor at $500 p. m. Prayer meeting
on Wednesday evening at 700.
REFoRMED-Rev. c.. M. Smith. Pas
tor. Sunday school at 9:3O a. m.
Preaching On alternate Sabbaths al
io:0o a. m. and 700 p. m, Christian
EndeaVor at 500 p. m. Prayer meet.
ing on Wednesday evening at 1908.
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SOCIETIES,

Odd Fellows-M' M'ConnellsburpL lodge
NO. l44 meets every Friday evening in
tne Comerer Building in McConnells-
burg.
Fort Littleton Lodge No. 4S4 meets
every Saturday evening In the Cromer
building at Fort Littleton.
Wells Valley Lodge No. 6O7 meets
every Saturday evening in odd Eel
lows Hall at Wells Tannery.
Harrisonville Lodge No. 7Ol meets
every Saturday evening in odd Eel
lows Hall at Harrisonville.
Waterfall Lodge No. 773 meets ev.
cry Saturday evening in odd Fellows
Hall at Waterfall Mills.
Warfordsburg Lodge No. 6Ol meets
In .Warfordsburg every Saturday
evening.
King Post G. A. r. No. 365 meets in
McConnellsburg in Odd Fellows Hall
the first Saturday in every month at
p. m.
Royal Arcanum, Tuscarora Council,
NO. III, meets on alternate Monday
evenings In +. o. S. of A. Hall, in
McConnellsburg.
Washington Camp No. 497, P. 0. S.
a., OF New Grenada, meets every Sat
urday evening in +. O. S. of A. Hall.
Washington Camp, No. 554, p. O.S.
OF A., Hustontown, meets every Satur'
urday evening in p. O. S. OF A. Hall.
John Q. Taylor Post G. A. r., M.
oS9, meets every Saturday, on or Just
preceding full moon in Lashley ball.
at p. M, at Buck Valley.
Woman's Relief Corps, No. 50.
meets at same date and place at pm.
Gen. ID. b. McKibbin Post. No. lGg,
q. A. S., meets the second and fourth
Saturdays In each month at Pleasant
Ridge
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INDIANS KNOW A COWARD,

An Oklahoma man once told an
Indian that a desperate white
man was after his scalp, says the
Kansas City Journal. He smiled
and shook his head. ga few days
later" continues the narrator.
1--WE were talking to the white
man, when the Indian came up
TO join the group. He had spot.
ted the stranger and knew him
by sight. Without saying word
to him he walked up within arm s
reach and struck the white man
in the face with a rough, heavy
glove. He paused for few Sec
onds and hit him again. ugh =
he exclaimed as he wheeled
around and walked away. The
white man looked at the Indian
in amazement, but made no show
of resentment. Later in the day,
when we asked the Indian why
he didn't follow up the insult
with blows, he told us the white
man was a coward. Ia explain
ing how he knew it, he said the
mans jaw dropped when he
struck him in the face the Sec
ond time with the glove, and that
this with the Indian was an un.
falling sign of cowardice.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.

President Judge-Hon. S. Nc. Swope.
Associate Judges-Lemuel Kirk, Da.
vid Nelson.
Prothonotary, &c.-Geo. A. Harris.
iels.
Treasurer-George B. Mellott
Sheriff-Daniel G. Fleck.
Deputy Sheriff-D. T. Fields.
Jury Commissioners-C. HI. E. Plum.
mer, Anthony Lynch.
Audltors-John A S. Harris, w. C.
Davis, S L. Garland.
.Commissioners-S. d. Mellott, Geo.
Sigel, and H. p. Palmer.
Clerk-Frank Henry.
County Surveyor-Jonas Lake.
County Observation-Disclosures Z.
Barton.
Attorneys-W. Scott Alexander, ].
Nelson Sipes, Thomas +. Sloan, +.
Men. Johnston, M. r. Shaffner, Geo.
b: Daniels, John p. Sipes, S. ".
Kirk.
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TERMS OF COURT,

The first term of the Courts of Ful.
ton county in the year shall commence
on the Tuesday following the second
Monday of January, at 10 o'clock a. m,
Inc second term commences on the
third Monday of March, at 2 O'Clock
p. m.
The third term on the Tuesday ney,
following the second Monday of June
at 10 O'Clock q. IN.
The fourth term on the first MONDAY
OF October, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
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CUMBERLAND VALLEY
TIME TABLE.-May 26, 1902.
Leave mo. 2no 4lno O no plno iOl I'm

Train No II east runs daily except Sunday
between Hagerstown and Harrisburg Leaving
$40. "
Train No IL west runs daily except Sunday
between HARRISBURG and Greencastle, Leaving
Harrisburg sis and arriving Greencastle 7S5
Additional east-bound local trains will run
daily, except Sunday, as follows: Leave
Carlisle 5.45 u. m, 705 a. M, l..40 d. m 3l5 d.
SIP a. m, Lon p. m, 2.30 p m, 1886 p. :, $50
p. m.
Trains Nos. 8 and lio run daily between Ha.
gerstown and Harrisburg and No. 2 fteer
minutes late on Sundays
Daily.
! Daily except Sunday.
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that we are likely to obtain has
not the least bearing upon the
present duty of progressive clti-
zens to go to work and build roads
without waiting any longer for
outside help"
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"Curiosities OF tho Bible. speaks
OF the occurrence as being of
Spanish origin, and that the
Prince of Granada, fearing usur.
patton. caused the arrest of the
supposed would be usurper. and
by order of the Spanish crown he
was thrown into an old prison
called the place of skulls, situat.
ed in Madrid, where he was con.
fined for thirty three years, with
no other companion than the rats
mice and other vermin that fre.
quented his dismal cell.
r. During his confinement he
counted the letters, etc, contain
ed in the Bible, and scratched
the several numbers on the stone
walls with a nail. When his work
was discovered he was furnished
with writing utensils and order
ed to make a copy of the results
of his long and tedious task, and,
on it's being complete, he finally
received his liberty. The follow
ing is a correct copy of his great
work:
The Bible contains 1866, $50
letters, 1915 words, 31,173
verses, 1895 chapters and &C
books.
The word and occurs 1864
times, the word Jehovah $3.50
times and the word reverend but
once, which is in the ninth verse
of the 111th Psalm.
The middle verse is the eighth
verse of the 11Sth Psalm. The
twenty first verse of the seventh
chapter of Ezra contains all the
letters of the alphabet except the
letter j.
The finest chapter to read is
the twenty.sixth chapter of the
Acts of the Apostles. The most
beautiful chapter Is the twenty.
third Psalm. The nineteenth
chapter of II Kings and thirty
seventh chapter of Isaiah are
alike.
The four most inspiring prom
ises are to be found in the sixth
chapter of st. John, thirty.sev-
enth verse, and fourteenth chap.
ter, second verse: also eleventh |
chapter OF st. Matthew, twenty.
eighth verse, and the thirty-sev.
enth Psalm, fourth verse.
The longest verse is the ninth
verse, eighth chapter of Esther.
The shortest verse is the thirty
fifth verse, eleventh chapter of st.
John.
There are ten chapters in the
book of Esther in which the words
Lord and God do not occur. The
eighth, fifteenth, twenty first and
thirty-tirst verses 8Of the 107th
Psalm are alike. Each verse of
the both Psalm end alike. The
l17th Psalm contains but two
verses. There are no words or
names of more than six syllables.
1t has been discovered by some
person unknown that In Joel,
third chapter, third verse, the
word girl occurs, and in the
eighth chapter of Zachariah, fifth
verse, the word girls is mention.
ed for the only time in the whole
book.
The eighth chapter of Esther,
ninth verse, contains fifty two t's.
The word snow appears twenty
four times in the Old Testament
and three times in the New.-Bos
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.

Justice of the Peace-Thomas +.
Sloan, l.. H. While.
Burgess-H. w. Scott.
Councllmen-D. L. Fields, Leonard
Holman, Samuel Bender, M. w. Mace.
Clerk-William Hull.
Hlgh Constable-Wm. Baumgardner.
school Directors-A. U. Mace. John
"a. irwin, Thomas f. Sloan, +. NJ.
Taylor, John Comerer, G. b. Stevens.
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CAREER OF c. DRYDEN,
BASEBALL HUMORIST,
North Americans Star Sport
ing Writer Has Been DeScrib-
ing Game Since 1880.
STARTED IN THE WEST.
Has Been by Turns Sailor,
Angler, Iron Moulder and
War Correspondent.

Among the special writer's who
give The North American sport
ing department its distinction
none is better known than Chas.
Dryden.
Mr.. Dryden has been called
the George AIDE Of base ball. HIS
humor is as fresh and as sponta-
neous as that Of the famous au.
thor Of Fables IN Slang. His in
lmitable reports of baseball
games are entirely characteris
tic. Nobody writes like HIM. no.
body gets the same infectious
twists and turns Of merriment.
and none Of his imitators has sue.
ceeded in reproducing the entire
Iy unforced effect For the last
thirteen years Dryden has class.
cd by himself in this particular
branch of newspaper writing.
In 1889 he made his first ESSAY
as a base ball wit. This was in
Chicago. He wrote up game iu
imitation Of the stilted, archaic
phrase Of Bible language.
.SCopTrn TNrL,rr , N-,t, rr,,,
1t scored an instant Int, and in
short time all the prominent
papers of the West we're bidding
for his services. For seven years
he stayed West, changing be.
tween San Francisco and Taco.
ma, In 1896, when ". Il. Hearst
bought the New York Joruual.
he secured the services of Dry.
den. When he had been less than
year in the metropolis he had
his memorable quarrel with An.
drew Freedman. He was shut
out OF the New York grounds.
but Kept up a long. distance fire
OF raillery on the eccentric owner
Of the Giants and kept not only
New York but the entire country
conyulsed by his clever quips.
In 1900 The North American
took a notion that it wanted Dry.
den to round out the strong staff.
Hearst was averse to parting
with his crack sporting writer
and made HIM exceptional offers
to stay.
But the proprietor of the Jour.
nal was outbid and Dryden came
to Philadelphia. He came back
IN 1901, and is now under con.
tract for the present season of
1908.
HAD WIDE EXPERIENCE.
Mr.. Dryden is a newspaper
writer of wide experience. He
has had a varied career, having
from time to time been a sailor.
an iron moulder, fisherman and
war correspondent. He repre-.
sented San Francisco paper in
Samoa when the rival kings were
fighting for the throne.
The other branches of sport
are looked after by an able corps
Of specialists. A particular effort
is made to get the fullest reports
of amateur base. ball games.
On opening days and impor.
tant events staff writers and pho.
tographers are sent from the of
fee, and the contests are covered
with the same care that is given
to reports of major league games.
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Additional local trains viii leave Harrisburg
as follows: For Carlisle and intermediate sta
lions NJ 9T a. M, 200 p. m. and 625 d. m, also
FOR orMechanlcsburg Dillsburg and intermediate
stationsat z 90 q. IN. and 3. 10 p. m.
Trains Nos. |, and 100 run daily between
Harrisburg and Hagerstown.
Pullman palace sleeping cars between New
and 10 east and between Philadelphia and
Welsh on N. & w. Railway on trains 100 west
ana Y east, except that on Sunday the Phiia-
delphia sleeper viii run east on No. 2.
Through coaches to and from Philadelpbl'
on trains and 4 east and and west.
Daily.
Daily except Sunday.
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NOTICE.

Notice IL hereby given that letters tesfanlfit
ary have been granted 20 the nndersigned upon
the estate OF James Mipnirh late of LichnR
Creek township, Fulton county, Pa, deceased.
2 Amy persons having claims against said 'stris
viii present them properly authenticated ~
settlement, and those owing The same viii rl."s
call and settle.
w.E. sPEER Esesrtor;
April 10, 1903. Saluyls, IA
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WORDS OF BIBLE COUNT.
ED.
How, Where and When a Pris.
oner Found Their Number.

1t is well known that the mum.
ber of letters, words, verses, etc.
contained IN the Bible have been
counted, but by whom, when or
where, is not generally known
Treats publication, entitled
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-27
MOOl CarGir1g
and
Carpet Weaving

H. H. HERTZLER still continues Carding and Weaving at the
WILLOW GROVE MILLS at Burnt Cabins
carpet Chain always on hand Wool put into bats for Haps
Will take in Wool and work at the following Places namely Frank
Bares Fort Lhleton: Michael IIaidigs Dublin r.
Speer Sauvia; c. w. Iynchs, Crystal Spngs J. Jack
sons, Akersvile Caleb I}artons, Husonown A
Waterfall; Harry Clear Ridge;
Orchard
Will Visit these places monthly during the Thankful for
past favor hope for a continuance of the sam
II. II. Hertzler,
Burnt Cabins
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M. r. SHAFFNER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office on Square,
MCCOnneIlShurr p.
CHURCHES.

All legal business and collections entrusted
VIII eceive careful and prompt attentioru
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-19
PICklNGS FROM FICTION,

The future is lutte without strings
Mary MacLane in "My Friend Anna
bel Lee"
You either laugh at frauds and fools
or else your souls imbittered by their
poison, I've noticed.-Philip Payne in
"The Mills Of Man."
The greater number of men marry
for the very good reason that some one
marrics them.-Mrs. Fred Reynolds in
"The Man With the Wooden Face"
Time moves at strangely different
rate for the person gone away and the
one staying home.-Jane Welsh Car
lyle in New Letters and Memorials"
1t seems 10 me that the life of peace
loving husband is one of human in
taglio. made so by the aggressive an
gularity of an assertive wife.-Mc-
Vickar- in "A Parish of Two"
The squirming capacity of a boy who
Is waiting while persons converse of
things in which he has no interest has
never been expressed in figures. but it
would count up large.-Max Adeier in
I'm Happy Hollow"
We lie In business. and we lie in re-
ugion. and we lie to women. Perhaps
If man stopped lying to a woman by
and by he might begin to stop lying
for money and at last stop lying with
his Maker.-James Lane Allen in 1.-The
Mettle of Your Pastures"
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-19
ITEMS OF A WEEK FROM VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE STATE.
w. n. MartelI Found Guilty Of Murder
tn the Second Degree and Sen.
fenced to Thirty Years In
the Penitentiary.

At 10 o'clock Saturday morning the
jury in the trial at Grand Forks Of w.
n: Martell, colored man from Buff
talo, ~ T.. returned verdict of mur-
der IN the second degree and fixed the
penalty at theirty years in the state
penltentiary at Bismarck The Jury
retired at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon
and reached an agreement at 3 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Martel! was convicted of killing AL.
fred Nally in Grand Forks on the
morning of Sept 13 last by fractur-
ing his skull with dray stake. He
was caught at Buffalo, N. Y, where he
mas a wife and family, and his trial
lasted all the week. The plea was
self-defensc. All Martell had to say
was, "They might as we'll have made
it for life"
AT 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon the
jury IN the case against Major ], S,
Murphy of Minot returned a verdict
or not guilty. The jury received the
case at noon. Major Murphy was ac-
cused OF perjury in connection with
an attempt to obtain a pension for a
soldiers widow who had remarked
at the time the pension was applied
for. The case was tried In the federal
court at Grand Forks.
Just before the adjournment of the
federal court at noon Saturday Sheriff
Scofeld of Ward county was called
before Judge .Amidon for sentence for
contempt Of court for having ap-
preached a member of the federal
petit Jury. Ben Jones of Minot, and
telling him that Major Murphy was q
fne fellow and that the charge upon
which ne was to be tried was trumped
up by his political enemies to kill him
off.
before passing sentence the court
administered a most scathing rebuke
to the sheriff for his conduct, which
was termed extremely reprehensible
and designated such practices as one
OF the most serious menaces to civil.
zation and good government.
he then sentenced Scof1eld to serve
ninety days in Cass county jail.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-19
OPENS PRISON GATES.

Convicted RoodIers Freed by Decision
Of Missouri Supreme Court.
st. Louis, Dec. 15.-Notification Of
decision of the Missouri supreme
court which brings into question the
legality of hundreds of arrests and
convictions recently made on informa-
tions in st. Louis and which, accord
ing to Circuit Attorney Folk, opens the
doors Of the penitentiary through
writs of habeas corpus to many others,
was received here Monday by that Of
fetal.
The decision is that reversing the
case Of the State VS.. William Bonner,
which holds that an information is
sued by the circuit attorneys Office
must be sworn to by prosecuting wit
nesses in the case and that circuit at
torneys or prosecuting attorneys could
only swear to information from per-
sonal knowledge of the facts.
For two years under a former de-
cision of the supreme court and under
the constitutional amendment of 1900
and the act OF 1901, prosecuting attor
neys and circuit attorneys have been
giving information under their Off
ci;ll oaths.
In St. Louis alone, it is stated.
fully 1000 cases have been tried on
such information and convictions re-
suited.
In the list of cases which, under the
ruling of the court. could be affected
II the plea of illegal arrest we're raised,
are the majority of the Suburban
franchise Doodle convictions.
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-19
ANIMALS IN CHINA.
They Are Treated With Great Kind.
ness by the Natives,

They Are Treated With Great Kind
ness by the Natives.
A noticeable trait of Chinese charac-
ter and one fostered, if not generated,
BY Buddhistc teaching is an undemon-
strative fondness for animals, or,
might rather say, passive admission
Of their right to considerate treatment
Strangely enough, animals. both wild
and domesticated. appear to compre-
bend this sentiment. for. while greatly
scared at the approach of a European,
they usually take but little heed of the
presence Of the Chinese.
1t Is common thing to see q we'll
dressed Chinaman sauntering along
holding up bent stick. to which a
bird is attached by a string some four
feet or 80 In length, SO that the little
prisoner can make short fights to the
limits Of its tether and return again to
its perch. gayly chirping and singing
the while. Another stroller will be car
rying wicker birdYge on the hand,
bent back and raised to the shoulder,
much us waiter carries dishes. The
cage contains Tientsin lark or other
celebrated songster. On arriving at the
spot he will place the cage on the
ground and, retiring to a short dis
tance, whistle to the bird. which will
shortly burst into song, to the evident
delight Of both owner and bystanders.
Outside Of one Of the gateways was
kind Of bazaar where birds Of many
different kinds were exposed for sale,
not In cages. but quite tame. and quiet
ly sitting on perches-parrots. larks,
Java sparrows. etc.-some Of them tied
by the leg. but not all. Here. too. were
to be seen wicker baskets much resem-
bling orange crates full Of common
sparrows. representing regular sup.
ply for regular demand. Benevolent
old Cinnamon, aaneurs and literati,
would visit this bazaar in the after
noon with the sole object of buying
these little birds for few cash each
and then letting them fly away, be-
attic smile betraying the salve to their
inward feelings generated by the
knowledge of merit acquired, any mis-.
cries inflicted on the sparrows by cap.
ture and confinement counting for
nothing In the balance against the
good work accomplished by their pur.
chase and release.-"Life and Sport In
China"
The Dickinson press., 1903-12-19
His Standard.

There is good story told of an old
darky in one of our southern cities.
he was standing on street corner
with white man from Massachusetts,
who had invested some money in the
neighborhood. While the white man
was questioning the negro about the
country the son Of the negro's former
master passed by. and as he passed the
old darky snatched off his hat and
said, Good evenin', Marse Charles"
"Why," said the man from the north,
do you take off your hat and call that
man Marse Charles? Don't you know
that you have as many privileges as he
has; that you can vote as we'll as he
can? You are every bit as good as he
is"
"Oh. no, sir" said the old darky;
"'deed you is mistaken. I knows rs as
good as you is, but deed I amt nothin'
like as good as Marse Charles" ."-Balh-
more Sum-