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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-10-14
INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS
Of Local! and General Interest, Gathered
at Home or Clipped from our
Exchanges.
CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS.

CONDENSED FOR HURRIED READERS.
Free, a knife worth at least SOC
for only 25 tags from Honest John
Plug and &C., postage.
Walter G. Peck of Bedford, has
been spending the past week IN
the home of his uncle the editor
of the NEWS.
Honest John Plug has been
made much larger, you get more
of it for thu same money and the
tags are good for presents,
Rev. P. S. Sailer, pastor of the
Melroy church, has accepted a
call to the First Christian church
in Norfolk, Va, at a salary of
$1,000.
The size of a plug of Honest
John Tobacco has been made
much larger, and the tags are
still valuable, see premium list.
MIR. and Mrs. D. H. Fore and
daughter Mabel, accompanied by
Mrs. Lewis Cook and son Jack
spent a few days very pleasantly
in Philadelphia last week.
No danger of consumption if
you use Foley's Honey and Tar
to cure that stubborn cough
Sold at Trout's drug store.
Rev. B. F. Black, has received
and accepted call to the First
Christian church in Newport
e News, Va, at a salary of $1,000.
Rev. Black is well known in this
county.
Foley's Honey and Tar cures
coughs and colds and prevents
pneumonia. Take no substitutes.
Sold at Trout's drug store.
D. G. Duvall, formerly of Wells
Valley, but now of Bellwood,
Blair county, was among those
in attendance at court. Davy ser
we'd as constable of Wells town.
ship for many years, and was fill.
ing that Office, when this county
was formed and had charge of
the jury in Judge Blacks court
when it was held in the old white
church III 1851.
FARM for Sale. Situated in
the Meadow Grounds about six
miles west of McConnellsburg.-
Contains 100 acres, good bank
barn weatherboarded, a good log
house weather boarded, and other
outbuildings, also a good young
orchard. The farm is admirably
adapted for stock purposes, and
can be bought on terms to suit
the purchaser. Address the own
er, JOHN II. TRUAX,
McConnellsburg, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-10-14
A DOZEN TIMES A NIGHT.

Mr.. Owen Dunn, of Brenton
Ferry, W. Va, writes: II have
had kidney and bladder trouble
for years, and it became so bad
that | was obliged to get up at
least a dozen times a night. 1
never received any permanen
benefit from any medicine until l
tried Foley's Kidney Cure. Aft
er using two bottles, am cured. "
Sold at Trout's drug store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-10-14
"WATCH THE KIDNEYS"

"When they are affected, life is
in danger, says DR.. Abernethy,
the great English physician. Fo.
ley's Kidney Cure makes sound
kidneys. Sold at Trout's drug
store.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-10-14
LOCAL INSTITUTES.

Topics for discussion ut New
Grenada, Friday evening, Octo.
Der 16, 1903.
l How do you teach Reading 2
2. Influence of Books on Char.
acter.
B. Importance of Regular at.
tendance.
4. Query Box.
All teachers and friends of edu.
cation invited.
Letitia Peck, teacher.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-10-14

Topics for discussion at Smith's s
school, in Dublin township, Fri.
day evening, October 16.
l. How better our Schools
Mentally and Morally.
2. SYSTEM: how obtained, it's
value in school, and through life.
3. How do you hold and secur g
Interest and Attention.
4. Question Box.
Teachers, patrons and direc.
tors, and all other friends of edu.
cation are cordially invited to at.
tend and take part in the discus.
sions.
Emma T,yle. teacber
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

with care from boyhood up and who
has learned that there are certain
things that may not be done by a
sneak thief of decent instincts, 1t
should work great reforms in one of
the most difficult of the arts eh?"
yep" said I, as he picked my check
book up from the table and drew a
check for $25 to his own order and
passed it back for me to sign. yes.
it should have an uplifting result, pro-
vided it's statements are authoritative.
What are your credentials as the lead
ing burglar of the day? All my hand
books are by recognized authorities"
His answer was bundle of news
paper clippings, which he threw non
chalantly upon my table.
These items" he said as he did so,
''are from the leading daily papers of
the country, and they refer to the do
ings of one Gentleman Pete, the Second
Story Man. 1 am Gentleman Pete.
You will see that in Chicago, while ac-
quiring the small silver paraphernalia
of a lady's dressing table, at a. M,
I inadvertently walked the baby. Now.
most men would have seized a pillow
sham or a bath towel or anything else
that came handy and gagged the child
the minute he began to cry. Did l
do that? Not so. I took the child ten
derby from his cradle, tiptoed softly
out of the room so as not to disturb
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

the slumbers of the weary mother.
found a rocking chair and sat down
and rocked the infant to sleep with a
pretty little lullaby that 1 keep in my
head for just such consequences"
THAT was mighty fine of you," 1
ventured.
Not at ALL" said he. 1T was art
and not only art, but common decency.
I had no business to rob the child Of
his sleep. l never steal anything need
lessly. Needless theft is actual crime
and nothing else. What good could it
do me to destroy that childs rest when
1 had no use for it myself? And the
little ones mother-why should l, who
have the highest respect and admira-
ton for womankind, subject a weary
woman to the fright of discovering my
presence, or, to the shock of waking in
the morning to- find, her little one
gagged? But that, is the merely senti-
mental side of it. Now let us take the
business end of it. If the mother had
walked while I was at work she would
have cried out, should have been seri-
ously annoyed in the pursuit of my
profession, and have stood, as we'll, a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

These may appear to be small
things. but trifles make perfection.
Learning to spell correctly, to write a
plain, straightforward letter, without
superf1uous words, correctly punctu-
ated, and in good, terse English, will
form very important stepping stone
in the career of youth. -..
What Henry CIews Says.
81 am always ready" says Henry
Clews, "to consider applications for
positions in my office from bright in
telligent boys from sixteen to eigh-
teen years of age. Such boys should
have had a complete course in the
common schools and have some asso-
ciates that will vouch for their good
conduct and integrity. In my employ
there are about $50 young men, and
they were all able to answer the re-
quirements I have stated. I invariably
ask young men to make their appli-
cations in their own handwriting, and
/ make my preliminary selections on
the score of their chirography. l re-
greet to say that the value Of legible
penmanship in this connection is often
moderated in America. In England it
is otherwise. There writing of the
copper-plate style is insisted upon. I
would advise young men seeking posi-
S0OONA
is valuable thing, almost a necessity.
The first position that I held in New
York was with Wilson G. Hunt & Co.,
who had advertised for an assistant
bookkeeper. I was told that I was en-
gagged because of my penmanship.
That was the beginning Of my Wall
street career"
The question of What career?" is
the oft-recurring one. Mr.. Marden
hot 70, ir1ctn oh
think of entering journalism without
recognizing the fact that it is one of
the hardest of the professions, and
often most poorly paid.
Nor can one look fer success in the
insurance business who is easily dis
couraged or who lacks in energy, and
ability for patient, hard work, persist
ence, fluency of speech, knowledge Of
men and the art of approaching them.
Young men not unfrequently take up
law studies without carefully consider
ing their own fitness or the obstacles
to their success. There seems to be
almost mania among young Amer
leans to study law. Formerly, in fact,
about so per cent of the college gradu-
ates in the United States took up this
profession. One reason for this is that
in America, it is so often a stepping
stone to political preferment Thou
SdHuS VI young IleH STUDY law VINO
have not the slightest idea of practic-
ing it, but simply to use it as a means
of promotion-a preliminary to some
thing else. This is peculiar to Amer
lea. According to the latest census re-
port, there are in the United States
10000 lawyers-one to about every 500
people.
The fact is the profession of the
law is very much overcrowded, much
more so than any other. There are
thousands of young men in the Unit
ed States who are working hard and
getting a meager living, with prac-
tically no standing or influence in the
law, who in other directions might
have made their mark and won none
tary success. Many of them are in
duced to take up this profession by
few brilliant examples of lawyers who
get enormous fees. or who are elected
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

good chance of landing in Jail. Ny po-
likeness and consideration saved all
these complications. I quoted the
child, left the mother undisturbed, and,
as the morning sun dawned upon the
horizon, walked calmly out of that
house with two diamond rings and
thirty-six dollars worth of silver
backed brushes in my possession"
Extremely interesting" said I.
Here's my watch if you want it. 1
wish to save you the trouble of reach
ing over and taking it out Of my
pocket"
THANK you," he replied, gratefully,
taking the timepiece from my hand.
Now read this Boston item" he add
ed, treating the watch episode as if it
were wholly insignificant. I'm that bit
of the daily news you find me reported
as having climbed into the front win
dow of a house in Beacon street and
gathered together two thousand dol
lars worth of family plate. which on
my departure I overlooked and left be-
hind me. The report is erroneous. In
the first place 1 never climb into front
or back windows. People l rob are at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01
Snake Ate Nitro-GIyCerin

these parts. 1t won't be much of an
expense, for very little nitro glycerin
will go a long ways.
Maybe ST planned harm to old Peters
pet hog, and maybe he never thought Of
his snake discriminating plan bringing
that valued animal to grief. However that
may be, ST set out about dozen open
cans with a little nitro glycerin in each
in different parts of his field. A few hours
later all the slycerin was. gone, and OF
course the Inference was that the snakes
had eaten it up. Then 81 lit cigar,
contented like, and waited for accidental
jars to get in their work on the nitro
glycerin snake combinations
THAT evening before it was dark, old
Peters much-prized hog came over INTO
petitions. 81 certainly ought to have
warned the hog away from that danger
Gus hunting ground, but instead he just
sat on his back steps, placid ike, smoking
and watching operations. By and by the
pet hog spied big rattlesnake. He
piked after the snake; the snake craWled
away as fast as 1t could; the hog ran
almost caught UP with the snake. Then
that cherished animal of old Peters gave
jump and landed with it's forefeet square
on the middle of the snakes back.
steady rain of bits of pet hog and snake
on that part of the field. When 1T
stopped it was plain not only that the
pet hogs hunting days We're over, ou Ut
T, IIldt IL WOoio nc nc. - ~ - -
him big enough to drop sorrowing tear
over Seems to me that l never saw
hog so well scattered as old Peters pet
was.
-. .'OId Peter just danced with rage when
he heard of his beloved pets sad fate;
He allowed that ST had pU1posely planned
the death of the hog because he, ST. was
Jealous of the hogs superior mental and
moral achievements. 81 was rather rlled
at this statement; one word led to an
other, and before he could stop them
those two pillars of the church and sun
day school were fighting each other all
over the lot. Old Peter was at d1sad-
vantage as far as age went, but he is
pretty sturdy old fellow at that, and
when we separated them it was hard to
say which was most banged up. Then
Peter began an action against 81 for dam
ages on account of the hogs death, and
ST swore out warrant for Peter, charg-
ing him with ASA ult. Looks now as II
the feud would never be patched up.
-. but of the two old Peter was deal
the most grieved and angered.
- HtWouldn't have minded 1T so much,
he kept saying for week after the death
of his valued pet, If there had been
enough left so that I could give that
cherished animal decent burial. But
with corpse scattered the way his was.
I'd have to give a sort of continuous per-
Torrance funeral New York Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

going into business Or a profession. Mr..
Marden declares, is not so much going
ahead when a decision has been made
as to know what the candidate is fitted
for. The common difficulty appears to
be that the average youth does not
know just what he can or cannot do.
Usually he feels simply that he must
choose some. calling. Only. opportuni-
ty and repeated trials will demonstrate
what he is fitted for. This is the most
trying period of any young mans life.
On the subject of fitness Charles F.
Wingate is quoted as follows:
You May Examine Yourself.
ST wish there were some form of
public examination, similar to the tests
imposed by the life insurance compa-
MES and for, admission to the army
and navy, to gauge a young mans
mentals and physical capacity. Such
an examination would take the conceit
out%of many and would help the timid,
distrustful boy, by inspiring confidence
and teaching him now to cure his de-
fects, Let any, aspiring young man
take Sheet OF paper and set down
honestlyghis real qualifications and de-
fects by answering the following ques-
tionS2ssftf see Mhat kind of showing
it will make:
are you IN good health?"
Can you work hard and continuous
ly? ''s 49,
Haze you any physical weakness ."
Are you lazy, vain or extravagant?"
de 8eus malseS friends readily?"
Can you obey orders promptly and
exactly a''
Can you write and speak English
correctfy?
"Haxesyo you expenienced hard training
in any form %
':.Didsyou eyers saNe24S How much?"
DO you associate with your super
ioFs,s your equals your Interiors"
"Have you been petted by your pa
rents and friends ?'
Have you eyer. earned any money!
Have yoH any Ideals ?"
"WhoaaEes your. sheroes?"
Have you any mechanical faster"
"peSgau caresfor books or pictures ?"
"Are you fond of money!"
DO YOU honestly think your services
would be worth anything to anybody"
friend and ask him, to make study Of
YOU and give you his decision"
influencing an Employer.
ItsssSnIay seem a. trivial thing, de-
clares Mr.. Marden. but it is not, to
remind promising youths of certain
things that influence an employer.
Managers or large institutions anu
business houses tel}sussthat they reject
a great many applications from boys
and Ssyoung men Because of badly
spelled and earelessly written letters.
The haifdWTfting and style Of letter
are reliable Indications of the char
acter Of the writer. "A negligent letter,
withxcarelesss sentence and inaccurate
expressions Indicates an Indifferent
mind. The structure of the sentences
shows the texture Of the mind which
uses, @tllenfs| "N" ->-7
AS a rule, a neatly written letter,
with welT Constructed sentences, con-
tanning concise and pointed express
sions, indicates a careful and sys-
tematic mind. A loose jointed letter
shows carelessness in the choice of
words to express a thought, and Sig
nifies a loosely constructed mind.
which would be careless In everything.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01


Yes" said Uncle Hiram, pensiyely, and
apropos of nothing, in particular, to the
belated city boarder. Yes, there amt
any two men in these parts more respect
ed or better citizens than ST Evans and
old Peter Atwood. Both are pillars in the
church and Sunday school, and for years
never had a nard word. Yet today 81
says that Peter has a disposition that
would make a rattlesnake blush for
shame, while old Peter allows that any re-
spectacle penitentiary would be diSgraced
the rest of us tried to bring them together,
but it was no use. And the feud arose
over the sudden and rather peculiar death
of old Peters pet hog. -
You see, the snakes about these parts
are quite a nuisance, especially. in the fall
Of the year. Old Peters hog was an ami
NAL to be respected and admired in lots
of ways, but it was his feasts in the
nake-kiling line which won him his place
in Peters heart. There's no denying that
that hog was wonder at the snake kill
ing game; worked at it morning, noon and
night, not hurrying himself or getting eX-
shipefike way that made records as far as
creating a mortality among snakes was
concerned. Az >t;.@ p ,'!sf%aie ". {
"Look at that noble ANIMAL old Peter
used to say, tears of honest pride in his
eyes. Don't tell me that all he, possesses
is instinct That hog has intelligence,
fafthfulneSS, good-heaftedneSS, reverence
for the right, clear conscience, and a
proper regard for the worthy man who
owns him. When it comes to hog intellect
and character my pet is No. 1, class A
- and while old Peter may have put 1t
rather strong. thera's no denying that his
pet was hog in a thousand.
well, one day. while ST Evans was
blasting out tree sfumps with nitro glyc-
erin he happened to leave some of the
stuff in an open can in the field quite,
distance away from where he was work
ing. BY and by as hig snake came trail
ing along, saw the open can with the
nitro grycerin in it and glided up. 1t
poked its head into the can and took a
little sip, Sort Of testing the stuff. Nitro
glycerin has rather sweet taste, and
the snake egtilped down quite a bit of it,
81 looking on With amazement,, but not
daring to throw anything at the snake
for fear of hitting the nitro glycerin,
which would probably have resulted in his
seeking his long resting place in mighty
all it wanted ofsthe glycerin, it glided off
off. 81 fstE""%HoL u b7R
Nav says ST. medtative like, Soon
er or later that snake will meet with a
lar of some sort. When it does another
Snake will join the great snake majority
in little bits. Blamed if I don't think
I have hit Oh d mighty good scheme for
reducing the number of those pests In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

least not my social Interiors, and when
1 enter a gentleman's house l do it like
a gentleman. a front door is good
enough for me, and 1t was through this
that l entered this Beacon street house.
In the dining room there was a two
thousand dollar solid silver service that
I had called to get but Just after
had packed it up in a jute bag to carry
it away, my eye fell upon an open letter
lying upon the dining room floor. 1
picked it up and put it away in the
escritoire in the library, when by sheer
inadvertance-for l should never think
OF reading a letter not designed for my
eyes-I saw that it was an acceptance
from very prominent man and his
wife of an invitation to dine with the
wife of the owner of that house the
following evening, and to meet a dis
tinguiShed visitor from London. There
was a complication. Here was the
family on the verge of an important
sc cial function in which the silver
service was bound to play an important
part. What was my duty as a gentle
man on the premises2 Surely not to
embarrass the hostess, as l surely
would have done had taken the silver
away at that moment"
"By JoVeiH / cried In admiration.
"And you left it?'
Can you ask thata" he said, re-
proachfulIy. "Of course, l left it-that
is, temporarily When the dinner was
over the next night 1 returned and got
it, and tell you, sir, it gave me thrill
like that which always follows the do
ing of good deed to thing that in TAX
ing it from that house I did not in
volve the owners In the serious social
embarrassment that would have been
theirs had l taken it the night before"
There was pause, during which he
tested the gold of my ash-receiver with a
phial of acid he carried In his vest pocket.
Now, one more case" he resumed, re
pacing the ash-receiver, since its quality
was not UP to. the REQUIRED standard.
Here's this item from New York, 'Gente-
man Pete as a Tutor That was a very
interesting experience. l got into the
house of a Millionaire upon Fifth avenue
one night last autumn. rather pined for
a few peachblow vases to decorate my
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-01

of society. I might even go so far as
to say that some of your profession
are just. plain brutes-vandals, who
leave wherever they go highly I'M
pleasaRtzimpresSion of their manners,
and even morals, behind them. Off
hand, if I@sf4ad daughter and she
should want to marry a burglar, l
should Be inclined to object, no mat
ter how. successful in his business the
man had become"
ct isyalIn too true" he sighed, "and
I shouldn't blame you in the least. At
the same time, as an open minded gen.
tleman who at least endeaVOrS to view
all matters from an unprecedented point
of VIEW, you must admit that there are
burglars and burglars, just as there
are brokers' and brokers, lawyers and
lawyers, noVeliSts and noVeliSts, and so
on and sosuon.. Because some lawyer
of the shyster sort, into whose hands
you have placeda matter of considera-
BILE delicacy, chooses to betray your
trust and b1ackmail you into the bar
gain the minute he comes into possess
sion of your secret, you do not at once
condemn the whole profession and say
that because Brief has uswindled you
therefore the firm Of Brown, Jones &
Robinson is a body ofssthieves."
NO don't" I agreed.
Then why condemn all burglars be-
cause they are not all gentlemen" he
demanded
confessed that according to modern
ideas of the rights of property, I was
compelled to admit that a man might
be "a great THETA still pass for a
You are fair minded man, sir"
said he.s reaching over and tapping my
arm gently with his right hand, while
With his left he appropriated my pearl
scarfpin. Il seldom make mistakes in
men and you are precisely the sort of
individual / had sized you up to be.
All of which makes it easier for me to
approach the suggestion I have in
mind, which is, in short, that you in
clude in this list of handbooks you are
printing what l may. call The Polite
Burglar; or, Etiquette for Housebreak-
ers.' '''.,.Nt %. ,-,s.,.s1s-
''It should be an interesting volume"
said 1.
"And written con amore by one who
loves his profession, who has studied it