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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
Pluckx Mrs Seton.

Ernest Seton, whose studies of
animal life have delighted so many
readers, for twenty years has been
noting by word or sketch every
small fact he discovered. Among
them are .innumerable footprints. of
wild animals, most of which he gives
Mrs. Seton credit for obtaining.
She has often gone into an animals
cage in the New York ZOO and, with
the keepers assistance, cajoled the
creature into walking to and fro on
light brown paper. which would
show its tracks.
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Insurance Fiuures,

Few people have any idea of the
enormity of the insurance business
of the United States. 1t not only
exceeds that of any other country,
but is twice as great as that of all
the rest of the world combined. At
the present time there is in the
United States about $12, 100000
900 of life insurance in force, in
cluding assessment business, SAYS
Leslie's Weekly. This means over
$lG0 for every man, woman and
child in the country, or $500 for ev-
cry family. The annual risks writ
ten by the fire insurance companies
are estimated at $4,000, 900, which
is $3.50 per capita, or $3.50 per
family. Thus it will be seen that
every family in the country on an
average has insurance assets OF over
$4,000.
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SOCIETIES.,

Odd Fellows-M Connellsburg Lodge
No. 744 meets every Friday evening IN
the Comerer Building in McConnells-
burg.
Fort Littleton Lodge No. 484 meets
every Saturday evening in the Cro.ner
building at Fort Littleton.
Wells Valley Lodge No. COZ meets
every Saturday evening in Odd Eel
lows Hall at Wells Tannery.
Harrisonville Lodge No, 7O1 meets
every Saturday evening in Odd Fel-
lows Hall at Harrisonville.
Waterfall Lodge No. 773 meets ey-
cry Saturday evening in Odd Fellows
Hall at Waterfall Mills.
Warfordsburg Lodge No. B01 meets
in Warfordsburg every Saturday
evening. 1
King Post G. A. II, No. 1865 meets Ia
McConnellsburg la Odd Fellows Hall
the first Saturday in every month at !
pm. 7if, III .'s. yss 'o an
Royal Arcapum, Tuscarora Copnril,
No. III, meets on aIternate aIuriay
evenings IMP. ,O.SS, al A. Hall, IN
McConnellsburg. n ,sl- n, /,
Washington Camp No. 4g5, p. O.; S. }
A., OF New Grenada, meets every Sat
urday evening In +. o. S. Of A. Hall.
Washington Camp, No. 554, J.. O. S.
of A., Hustontown, meets every satur
urday evening in p. o. s.. OF A. Hall.
John Q. Taylor Post G. A. r., No.
58y, meets every Saturday, on or just
preceding full moon in Lashley hall.
at 2 p. M, at Buck Valley.
Woman's Relief Corps, No. 50.
meets at same date and place at 4 pm.
Gen. ID. ID. McKibbin Post No. lC2,
G. A. s., meets the second and fourth
Saturdays In cach month at Pleasant
Ridge.
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Pettus as a Speech Writer.

When Senator Spooner was fin
ishing his Philippine speech, Sena-
tor Pettus, who is eighty-one, sat
steadily writing at his desk for more
than an hour, but at the same time
apparently listening to what Sena-
tor Spooner was saying.
"What's he writing?" asked SEN
ator Millard of Senator Scott.
"Don't know" replied Scott, "but
it seems too long for letter"
The curiosity of all hands was
satisfied soon after, for Mr., Pettus
arose, took up the manuscript and
read from it. He had been writing
an answer to Senator Spooner while
listening to him. New York
World.
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Your Column.

To snow our appreciation of the way In
which the Fulton County News is being adopt
ed into the homes OF the people OF this county,
we have set apart this column for the FREE
use OF our subscribers, for advertising purposes
ubject to the following conditions:
/. 1t Is free only to those who are paid-up sub
scribers.
2. Only personal property can be advertised
3. Notices must not exceed 30 W rds.
4. All illegal" motto S excluded
8. Not free to merchants, or any one to adver-
tise goods sold under a mercantile license.
The primary object of this column is to AZ
ford farmers, aud 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
.lorse, II you want hired help, II You want to
borrow money, II you want to sell pig, q bug
gy, some hay, goose, or II you want to adver-
tise for a wife-this column is yours.
The New is read weekly by eight thousand
people, and is the best advertising medium in
the county.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
viii Shorten His SIGNATURE,

Stress of business and the dearth
of time will lead to a change in
President Roosevelt's signature. He
has always been accustomed to write
out his first name in full, but he
finds that it will save him about so
per cent of time and trouble to make
it simply Il. Roosevelt. Where a man
has to sign his name about 1000
times "A day, it makes big differ
ence. There is a man in the Office
of the auditor for the postolfice de-
partment who, it is said, owes his
appointment largely to the fact that
his signature contains but five let
ters. He is Second Deputy Auditor
p. Chew. He does little but sign
his name, and he does that for about
eight hours day steadily.
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Slower Than Philade Iphla.

A Philadelphia member of the
state legislature was recently show
ing some Harrisburg friends around
the city hall and took them into
Mayor Ashbridge's room. His
honor made himself very agreeable
to the visitors, as is his wont, and
had hearty "Glad to have met
you" for them as they were de-
parting. One of the strangers,
much impressed by the mayors cor
diality, fingered long enough to say:
"lf you're ever up in our town,
come to see me. I'll treat you right.
You've never been to Harrisburg,
have you?"
"Oh, yes" replied the mayor. 81
spent two weeks there one after
noon."- ."-Philadelphia Times.
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A cENTENARIAN's SIMPLE LIFE.

Every human being who passes
the century line of life, says the
New York World, is naturally in
teresting. Miss Rachel Mar
tense, Of New York, who cele-
brated on Tuesday her lO2d birth
day, serene, smiling and in good
health and spirits, is therefore a
'human document" evidently
worth reading.
Where her own analysis of her
life may not be altogether correct
1t is at least interesting to know
to what Miss Martense attributes
her longevity. The chief facts OF
her life from this viewpoint seem
TO be these:
!. She lived for the first fifty
years Of her life in a farm house
and spent much of her time out
of doors.
=. When tired of working in
her garden she went to her EN-.
broidery, and with characteristic
Holland-Dutch industry was al
ways busy, though never com.
PEELED to drudgery.
3. She had been free from care
as to the means of subsistence.
4. Longevity is a family char,
acteristic.
5. Her mode of life has beer
regular. She has always KEEP
early hours for retiring and ris
ing, end has always retained hel
enthuiasm and interest in life b,
keeping posted through newspa
pers as to what is going on in tn,
world. -
The fact that in almost all re
spects Miss Martense has lived
life in strong contrast to the'usua
life of to-day is one that nigh
proftably set most people
thinking.
Life, of course is not TO b
measured by the standard q
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Fast Travel.

A railroad train has run 149
miles, between Buffalo and SYRIA
cuse, in 145 minutes, including a
two minute stop at Rochester. Isn't
that just about as fast as any rea-
sonable person should care to
travel? Will the world be much
better of if it gets electric cars
running at the rate of hundred
miles an hour? AS to airships--
well, nobody knows what they may
do at some time in the future. They
sail and soar, are not tied to metal
trackways, and the widest imagina-
ton can sail and soar and roam at
will with them up among the clouds.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
GENERAL DIRECTORY.

President Judge-Hon. S. Nc. Swope.
Associate Judges Kirk, Da-
vid Nelson.
Prothonotary, &c.-Frank p. Lynch.
District Attorney-George b. Dan
iels. 81.
Treasurer-George B. Mellott,
Sheriff-Daniel G. Fleck.
Deputy Sheriff
Jury Commissioners-C. II. e. Plum
mer, Anthony Lynch.
Auditors-John S. Harris, w. c..
Davis, S l.. Garland.
COmmissioners-H. X. Malot, A. v
Kelly, John Fisher. y
Clerk-Frank Mason.
County Surveyor-Jonas Lake.
County Superintendent Charles T..
Barton.
Attorneys-W. Scott Alexander. j..
Nelson Sipes, Thomas +. Sloan, f..
Men: Johnston, M. II. Shaffner, Geo.
b: Daniels, John p. Sipes, S. w.
Kirk.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26

years alone, but that nature has
preference for "the simple life"
has rarely been shown more con-
than in the case of the
pleasant old lady who enters up
on her second century cheerful
and smiling and is still so femin-
inc as to be glad to know that her
hair and combs are "all straight"
when she receives her callers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
A witty Convict.

George j. Charlton, general pas
senger agent of the Alton road, is
in receipt of novel recommends
ton dated at Joliet, Ill.,: Give
years ago used your road to Joliet
and have not used any other since" ["
The writer does not sign his name,
but gives his number. His term il
evidently not yet expired.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26

at March term of court at Nc
Connellsburg, beginning Monday
March 16, 1908 at > o'clock p. M.
GRAND JURY.
AYR.--Frank Duffy, Charles
Nesbit, Abner McLucas.
BELFAsT.-M. Truax, Frank
Layton.
BRUSH CREEK.-T. II. Akers,
DUBLIN.-G. w. Comerer, Ir-
win Cook, James Stevens.
MCCoNNELLSBURG-V alentine
Houpt, G. G.. Bender.
LICKING CREEK.-Geo. w. Mel
lott, Johnson Wilson, w. Scott
Brant.
1AYLoR.-John W. Bergstres.
ser, Samuel Speck, Simon Fix.
THoMPSoN.-JamesC. Snyder,
Grant Brakeall, Scott Gordon.
ToD.-David Hershey, John
Forney.
UNIoN.-William Schetrompf.
WELLS. Warren Anderson.
PETIT JURY.
AYR.-U. G.. Humbert, VIM.
Keefer, Samuel Mellott.
BELFAST. Joseph B. Mellott,
Carl Mellott.
BETHEL.-H. K. Markley, AL
bert Hixson, James f. Mellott,
George NJ. Gardner.
BRUSH CREEK. Elijah Hoopen.
gardner, Samuel Hart, Carey
Layton, G. W. Spade, Lemuel
Smith.
:. DUBLIN.-G Locke, Irwin
Wilson, George Doran.
Nc CoNNELLSBURG. saac
Hull.
LICKING CREEK. B. f. Desh-
ong, G.. S. Hoop, John w. Hoop.
TAYLoR.-A. L. Shaw, Andrew
Bolinger.
THoMPsoN.-Eli Covalt, Doyle
Morgret, Dennis Everts.
ToD.-T. B. Stevens, Benjamin
Cline, Bert Henry.
UNIoN.-Nelson Beatty, G. H..
Feoff, George Scriever, Vernon
Northcraft, Frank Lee, Jackson
A. Hendershott.
WELLS.-J. Cal Kirk, James A..
Woodcock, f. G.. Foster.
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TERMS OF COURT.

The first term of the Courts of Full
ton county in the year shall commence
on the Tuesday following the second
Monday of January, at 10 o'clock u. IN.
The second term commences on the
third Monday of March, at 2 O'Clock
p. IN.
The third term on the Tuesday next
following the second Monday of June,
at 10 o'clock a. m.
The fourth term on the first Monday
OF October, at 2 O'Clock p. m.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
His Cause For Happiness.

"Now that he's gone an eddicat-
ed al his boys to suit him, the old
man orter be happy"
"Think SOP"
eyes. You see, Bills lawyer
an kin keep the sheriff from fore
closin' the mortgage, Jim's a doc
tor an kin pull the family through
the measles an Dicks undertaken
an kin lay 'em away decent when
Jim gifts through with 'em." AT
lanta Constitution.
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BOROUGH OFFICERS.

Justice of the Peace-Thomas f.
Sloan, l.. H. While.
Constable-John Fl. Doyle.
Burgess-H. w. Scott.
Councilmen-D. L. Fields, Leonard
Holman, Samuel Bender, NJ. w. Mace.
Clerk-Wiliam Hull.
High Consta ble-Wm. Baumgardner.
School Directors-A. u. Mace. John
a. Irwin, Thomas f. Sloan, f. M.
Taylor, John Comerer, G. B. Stevens.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
BLIND TOMS" OLD MOTHER

CNcl hbONu u' iDllC was cOAh III
slavery and belonged to the fam.
lily of General James n. Bethune,
wealthy Georgians, who lived
near Columbus. She was the moth
er of twenty children, of whom
the noted pianist was originally
regarded as the least worthy.
When Tom was born his moth
er belonged to Colonel Wiley
Jones, of Georgia, and not long
after his birth she and her chill.
dren were sold to General Beth
une. Tom being blind and con-
sidered worthless, was "thrown
in," that is to say, in the transac-
ton no valuation was set upon
him.
When the child was 8 years old,
according to the story of his
mother, told just before she died,
he developed great fondness for
music. General Bethune's daugh-
ters were accomplished musi-
clans, and the chief delight of the
blind boy, who was allowed to
crawl about the yard wearing
single garment--a shirt-was to
get under the window and listen
to the young women playing the
piano.
Toms birth raises an interest
ing question in psychology, and
has been the subject of comment
in the lectures of some of the
most eminent men of science in
the country. Just before his
birth there were several young
women at the home of his moth
er's owner, all musicians. They
played on the piano in the even
ings, and frequently had Toms
mother to dance for them, a duty
which fell lightly on the shoulders
of the negress, who violently low
ed not only the dancing, but the
music. She took advantage of
every opportunity to hear the
piano, and seemed enchanted with
it's melodies. She had good
memory, and learned many of the
selection, though not able to play
herself. Thisis believed by many
scientific men to account, largely
if not wholly, for the wonderful
talent of her son. In her declin-
ing years the old woman delight
ed to tell stories illustrating the
peculiar and remarkable accom-
plishments of her blind offspring.
She always denied that he had
only intelligence in music, and
she resented the idea that his gift
of music was purely mechanical.
When "Blind Tom" was at the
height of his fame some years
ago, having won renown in this
country 'and Europe, he invited
his mother to go to New York
and be his companion. She went
and for five years had every COM
fort oflife, but she was supreme
ly unhappy because she was re-
moved from her old surroundings
and associates.
Accordingly she returned to
the little two.room cabin. which
General Bethune before his death
had built for her on his old Georgia
plantation. There she and two
of her daughters remained until
last April, when her daughters
removed to Birmingham. The
old woman came with them, and
the trio, on account of illness and
natural intirmities, became power
ty stricken. The mother of the
musician took to her bed in July
and never rose, dying last Tues.
day, the oldest of her twenty chill
dren Is more than 65 years.
Her body was taken back to the
scenes of her childhood, near Col
umbus, Ga, for burial, benevo-
lent white people paying the
funeral expenses. Birmingham
Age Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26

Additional local trains viii leave Harrisburg
as follows: For Carlisle and intermediate sta
tions a. 937 "a. m, 200 p. IN. and 626 p. m, also
for Mechanicsburg Dillsburg and intermediate
stations at 90 o. m.and 3. IS p. IN.
Trains Nos. !, 8 and l09 run daily betv cen
Hyrrisbur, and Hagerstown
Pullman palace sleeping cars between New
and 10 east and between PhIladeiphia and
Welsh on N. a w. Railway on trains 100 west
and " east, except that on Sunday the Phia-
delphla sleeper will run east on No. 2
Through coaches to and from Philadelphia
on trains and east and Z and west
Daily. -sff .''''''-" "
: Daily except Sunday
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Men Wanted,

Choice country laborers,
farm hands, and woodsmen,
under 80 years of age to work
several years in Wisconsin
for $25.00 a month and board
or $1.85 a-day without board,
Address
Ed RElcHENBAcH,
York, Pa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
CUMBERLAND VALLEY
TINE TABLE. May 2G, 1902.
Leave mo emo ino. mo. slnol0I 40

Train No IL esst runs daily except Sunday
between Hagerstown and Harrisburg. leaving
Hagerstown i20 and arriving at Harrisburg at
$40
Train No. II west runs daily except Sunday
between Harrisburg and Greencastle, leaving
Harrisburg 5.l5 and arriving Greencastle 1885,
Additional east-bound local trains will run
daily, except Sunday as follows: Leave
Carlisle 5.ih a m. 705 u. m, l2.40 p. m, 3.l5 p
M, leave Mechanlcsburg sos u. m., 7.29 a., M,
p m. gy ,'-s
Trains Nos Sand 40 run daily between Ha.
gerstown and Harrisburg and No. fifteen
minutes late on Sundays
Daily.
: Daily except Sunday.
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Store and Property For Sale.

Store and Property For Sale.
Property alone, or property
and goods together. Reason for
selling is that 1 have a position on
the road. Can give possession
April /. All necessary out-build-
ings, and a never failing spring
Of water. at door. Building prac-
tically new,
d. EDWARD FORE,
Knobsville, Pa.
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Very Like a Bull.
In a Bloemfontein journal ap-

In BIoemfontein journal APP
pears the following notice:
SECOND EDITION
APOLOGY.
A series OF accidents has unfortunately
neccssitated an apology for the nonap-
pearance OF the first edition.
Which, to say the least Of it, is
very Irish. Express.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-02-26
Jurors

List of jurors drawn to serve
at March term of court at Nc.
Connellsburg, beginning Monday
March 16, 1903 at . o'clock p. NJ.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05

4 word as to the causes OF the dis
favor with which pie has come to be
regarded Like other things, it kept a
place by force of tradition after its
special work was done and, being al
ways hearty" dish, when the savory
piece of pie was added TO the plenty of
the prosperous table in the nature Of
things it proved the one straw too
much and broke down the digestion
already weakened By indoor life and
alright stoves.
The pie is not as black as it has been
painted. having had TO bear the load of
many circumstances not its own fault
The Wand which has usurped its place
at dinner is not as blameless as it is
commonly held to be. For children
eating no meat pudding may well be
dinner, but for groWnups helping of
pudding gives as much unnecessary
food value as did pie. 1t must be re-
membered In discussing pastry also
that it was in good hands not the
heavy, greasy kind so often found to-
day. The early cooks attained great
skill in preparing light, flaky ''crusts."
The passing of the pie is not TO be re-
GREETED in view of the greater abun-
dance of fresh food, especially as the
making of the pie requires not only
skill, but time, and the baking of the
pie in modern stoves is a matter of
large experience.-GaodH Housekeeping.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05
GIANT PASCAL CELERY.

Three feet high as the two foot rule in
dicates
have sold the Golden Self Blanching.
The stalks are shorter, thicker, and
when rightly grown. with plenty of
manure and water, it is very crisp,
tender and has the flavor which makes
such winter varieties as the Giant Pas
cal so good There is no better celery
than the Giant Pascal when well
grown and blanched, and any celery is
to be desired that approaches it in fla
vor | have been able to blanch the
Golden Self Blanching with boards to
beautiful golden yellow and have
grown plants with my system of
mulching and irrigation so large that
my customers have been very willing
TO pay 10 cents each for them. In
spite of these desirable qualities the
Golden Self Blanching is a weak grow
er and so liable to blight that | would
not advise any one to try to grow it for
market II he can give it only ordinary
culture. 1t must be planted in very
rich soil, supplied with water when it
is needed and thoroughly sprayed with
bordeaux mixture.
The best celery to follow the Golden
Self Blanching and for use about
Christmas is the Giant Pascal. | am
through trying to blanch this variety
out of doors with boards or soil. Sever
al times | have banked it early in the
fall, hoping to get 1t ready for the
Thanksgiving trade, and have never
succeeded in doing SO. The latter part
of October, before it has become in
jured by the frost, / store it in the cell
lar. 1t is taken up with the roots on
and planted in soil on the cellar bot
tom, with boards set up between the
rows across the cellar about two feet
apart. This is to keep the plants apart
more and admit of circulation of air.
The water is let down around the roots
with the hose, care being taken not to
wet the foliage. BY making the cellar
dark and giving the plants plenty of
water they will blanch in four or five
weeks, or in light cellar with less
water the celery can be kept nearly all
winter. There are better keepers than
the Giant Pascal, and it cannot be left
out so late in the fall as some other
varieties, as 1t will not stand as much
frost For late winter and spring use
Evans Triumph is good, also the Win
ter Queen.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05
The Title of @Mr..-

The title Mrs. was in olden time ap-
piled TO unmarried as well as to mar
ried women and to young as well as
old. Sir Walter Scott spoke of Joan
na (unmarriedD as Mrs. Joanna Baillie.
Although it was not perhaps so univer-
sal TO address quite young children as
it was those over twenty-one by the
title of Mrs, yet it was frequently
done. The most ludicrous example of
this occurs in the register of burials
for the parish of st. Margaret, West
minister. The burial of Millions second
wife and that of his infant daughter,
named after her, who died at the age
of five months, are both recorded In
that register. the name In each case
being entered as Mrs. Katherin Mil
ton," without any mark of distinction
save the letter &c" for child" after
the second name. Even in the reign of
George H., as we read In 'Pope's Let
ters," unmarried ladies used to be
styled Mrs.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05
The Forcing of Pole Beans.

The forcing of dwarf or bush beans
under glass has been q favorite prac-
tice at certain seasons of the year with
most gardeners, but the use of the pole
or running varieties is just beginning
to receive attention. The pole bean,
like cucumbers, tomatoes trained TO one
stem, sweet corn, etc, must have plen-
ty of head room or space above the
bench or bed in which to develop and
doubtless this accounts for its not hay.
ing been considered heretofore. The
modern lettuce and cucumber houses
with the beds directly on the ground
are well adapted for this crop. The
soil should be well enriched, contain
ing an abundance OF available plant
food preferably sandy loan COM
posted by mixing equal parts of rich
dark loan, sand and manure. The
beds may be made directly upon the
ground with the prepared soil averag-
ing about seven inches in depth.-Den-
yer Field and Farm.