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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26

Gowns cut in princess style are cS-
cecdngly becoming To many figures
and make most satisfactory home
gowns. The admirable May Manton
model shown in the large drawing fits
snugly and smoothly and becomes sim
pie or elaborate as material and trim
ming are one or the other. AS illus
trated It Is designed for morning wear
ana is made of cashmere in a pretty
shade of beige, is simply stitched with
corticelli silk and finished with gold
buttons
The gown consists of fronts. backs.
side backs and under-arm cores. The
fronts are tittet by means of single
darts and all the portions flare freely
at the lower portion. so giving the
fashionable effect. At the neck Is n
simple turnover collar. The sleeves
are in bishop style with straight cuffs
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is eight yards
twenty-seven inches wide. six and one
half yards thlrty-two inches wide, oI
i've ana one-fourth yards forty-foul
inches wide.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
A Problem Story.

The man approached the wire cage
of the adjuster of the life insurance
company. His face resembled cata.
clysm of nature. He was on crutches.
N Nm insured here for 5000" he said
gently. I'D ike 500 of it now,
please"
"How's that?" inquired the adjuster,
rudely lnterruptng
Il got into little argument last
night with Mike Finnesy. Mike half
killed me. He says so himself"
"Well?" queried the adjuster.
Sure" said the man. "if | was dead
I'd get $500. I'm half dead, as Mike
says, and | want 500 OF course"
He molstened his thumb and put him.
self in position for counting the money,
"Oh. that don't do" said the adjustar.
Then that makes Mike ont to be n
liar" said the man. turning round.
'Mike"' he shouted. this here gent
says you're liar"
\ gigantic and mammoth man with n
face of iron and fists OF carborundum
came suddenly into view. swearing hor.
rlbly. He carried with him short
scaling ladder. which he threw up
over the adiuSter's wire cage.
Up-up he climbed. Moments seemed
Ike days. Days seemed like years.
Would he never reach the top?
Time alone could tell!
This, 1t will be perceived, is prob.
lem story. but the moral is undeniable,
however it be construed.-Ne York
Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26

both for odd bodlces and the entire
costume. The stylish May Manton
model shown Is made of crepe de Chine
in pastel blue, with stitchings Of cortl.
celll silk in self color and trimmings
of cream lace and narrow black velvet
ribbon. At the front are drop orna-
ments of silk. All wasting materials
are, however, appropriate and the lin
ing can be used or omitted as the oc-
casion demands.
The waist consists of the lining, made
with fronts and back, and the fronts
and back proper The back is tucked
for its entire length on lines that give
the V shape and produce the tapering
effect. but the tucks in front extend
to yoke depth only and provide becom-
ing fulness over the bust. At the front
edge are box pleats that meet and be-
meath which the closing is made. The
sleeves are in the new bishop style.
tucked at their upper portions and
left free to form full puffs over the
pointed cuffs. At the neck is stock
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
Massachusetts State Flower.

Women from all over the State at
tended the meeting of the Boston
Branch Of the Massachusetts Floral
Emblem Society Saturday afternoon
The hall was decorated with garland.
and wreaths of laurel, and the elec
trio lamps and candles were shaded
with pink.
Mrs. Clara p. Bigelow introduced
Mrs. Ellen A. Richardson, State Presi
dent, who said that for ten years O
society has existed In the State to feel
the heart of the people in regard to 8
flower that shall express the character
OK the State. At one time it seemed
as If the mayflower or abutus woulC
be the choice of the people, she said
but when we learned it had been adopt
ed by Nova Scotia as an emblem, wa
turned our attention to the mountain
laurel. We have now 124 branches OF
the society all over the State, and thei
representatives began work to secure
votes for the floral candidates. TIL,
votes now stand 25,O00 for the noun
tain laurel, 5000 for the mayfower ant
pond lily, and less than 1000 for thu
blue flag. So the laurel is the success
full candidate. and bill Will be takcr
TO the Legislature to legalize the laure
rs the State horaf emblem. We ma,
yet find before our emblem Is decided
upon that it may be a combination o,
leaf and flower and the tendril of the
trailing arbutus all in one.-BostoI
Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26

Ninc-tenths of the defendants IN the
New York criminal courts have no
money to pay n lawyers fee. The re.
suit Is that these nine-tenths are tried
by counsel who are assigned by the
court when the prisoner is called for
trial. Hence these lawyers number.
ing about POO in all the courts of the
county,, who frequent these courts for
the express purpose of getting these
assignment cases. try ninety per cent
OF the criminal cases of the county.
The remainder of the defendants-the
paying ten per cent.-is largely made
up OF gamblers. poolroom owners, keep
ers OF all sorts of dives. or, In short,
prisoners arrested for vice-as distln.
guished from crime. The defense of
such clients has little TO attract the av.
erage lawyer who possesses good
civil practice. The necessity. also. OF
rushing cases through the courts has
done much to change the popular idea
OF what Is necessary TO constitute 4
criminal trial.-The Worlds Work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
Woman's Blouse jacket.

Blouse coats are in the height Of
fashion and are shown with tunics of
all lengths and none at all The styl.
lsh May MantOn model illustrated Is
adapted to both the entire costume and
the general wrap. but. as shown. Is ot
tan colored cloth, with bands of white
overlaid by fancy braid and stitched
with corticelli silk, and makes part of
suit. All suitlngs and jacket mate
rials are, however, appropriate and if
preferred the tunic can be omitted and
the blouse finished at the belt.
The jacket is made with fronts, back
ana undcr-arm cores and is arranged
to blouse slightly over the belt at the
front. The neck Is slightly open, re-
veallng the stock of the gown, and the
front edges meet TO form an invisible
closing. The tunc is smoothly fitted
ana is scanned TO the lower edge. The
sleeves are In the new bishop style,
snug mt the shoulders ana full above
the wrists, which are finished with
Follower flare cuffs.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is five and one-forrth
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
Origin of the Bunyjp.

In the fifties, when the gold fevc
was still high, walrrs came ashor
near an Australian town, the creatur
was captured and sold to an enterprls
ins digger, who constructed booth
put the walrus In 1t. and wrote owe
the concern In tiaring letters, 9Th
Bunylp has arrived" The show wa
a great financial success, but tn
change OF environment did not suit tn
spurious bunylp. In two or thre'
days, in spite Of compulsory diet O
fresh fish. he died, and the body wa
sold to the curator of the local mu
scum. Mr.. Stock suggests that thi
unfortunate walrus may have beei
stuffed and labelled THE Bunyip.'
Certainly the popular Idea of the bun
zip has much In common with the wal
rus. and many legends have grown VI
from less likely beginnings. The Aca
deny. .---------. .....--... -~-.---. ...---.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26

"tell your Kitty that you forgive her"
ITS very funny thing, Kitty" he
replied in slow, inane voice, pointing
to q dim corner in the drawing room.
"but the Viceroy is standing there bow.
ing to me. But l don't quite remem
Der what / want to say to him. and
know you are in a hurry to catch the
train to England. so shall we run away,
dear? Ha, ha!'
To the SOUND of his loud laughter
Kitty tainted dead away.
q
"I lould have told you from the
first what would happen" a man re
marked few months later to Mrs.
Chevenix. mo man alive could work
his brains rs poor George Gascoigne
did without breakdown. Talk Of
high pressure and overwork--why, the
Government ground the poor devil In
its mill, ground him to chaff-and such
a man Of men, too! Where is the poor
chap now. by the way?"
kitty has taken him home" replied
Mrs. Chevenix nervously--she was al.
ways nervous on this subject "TheJ
have got pretty little house at Ascot,
and she nurses and watches him with
most rare devotion, and the doctors
hope in time"
THAT he'll recover to find his career
ended and his life work spoiled" an.
swered the man bitterly. Better to
| live on merry fool"
The woman shuddered, for none
knew better than Olive Chevenix
whose hand was responsible for this
little Simla tragcdy.-New York Times
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
The Strnnned ISrlm

The modified turban shape relgns
among the models. One of these Is a
confectlon of ecru straw In coarse
and heavy braid. The brlm is deep
and made important by monopoly of
all the trimming used. At intervals
OF scarcely an inch and n half II Is
strapped with bands OF lnch-wide rich
black velvet ribbon. These come from
under the hat and are fastened down
firmly on top Of the crown, thus hold,
Ing the brlm as supporters. At the
left side Is n double cockade which
looks as II II were made OF spun glass.
but 1t Is really made OF glistenlng
borse-halr. This springs up from un-
der Hat medallion Of black velvet and
pinches the brim back TO the crown on
the left side toward the front.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
The Unknown Swamp.

Within twenty miles of one of the
largest and most energetic of the
Southern citles OF the coast. and on
the border lands Of two of the oldest
Southern States, there lies n district
some two or three hundred square
miles in extent, but little better knOwI
at this day than it was 100 years ago
when George Washington himself laid
out route through its wilderness,
The name alone, "The Dismal Swamp
is a by-word everywhere. When the
spring Is far enough along for the
wild honeysuckle and jasmine and thu
arbutus vines to be hanging in deli,
cious masses over the sides of the
bitches and reaching down to the red.
brown water. of q color so clear and
warm and sunny, then there Is festi.
val time in the Swamp. Companies Of
young people come from the villages
lying around the borders of the
swamp, twenty or thirty at n time
with some slight camping outfit, EN-.
bark on large, flat-bottomed dugouts
that draw but little water. and then
are poled up the bitches for ten OF
twelve miles from the fertile farm
lands Of the outer world to the savage,
ly luxurlant beauty of lake hidden
in the midst Of the wilderness. Then
at a camp on the lake shore they
spend n night or two. fishing in the
lake. polling along. its shores, doing a
little shooting perhaps, much dancing
in the evenings and merry-making,
until they are poled out again, often by
different route. A real spring festt
val that has been a habit in that coun.
try for many years.-Leslie's Monthl'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
Crescents of BLACK Velvet.

Large and small crescents of rich
black velvet are in demand to trim
spring millinery. They are occasional
ly used to decorate the edge of broad
brimmed hat, and are then placed end
to end with the convex line below, or
upside down." with the concave curve
above.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
A New Pique waist.

A white pique waist has been made
In rather an unusual way. Fancy
bands of heavy cream lace are in the
front. and it has trimming Of embrold-
cry in deep cream shade. The sleeves
show no lace but there is a small poine
of 1t on the front of the stock. The
tops of the sleeves have the cream
embroidery.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26

may be said that the hat brim does
not exist in the rear. 1t ends not on
straight across line, but in down
ward bending curves, and this droop-
ing tendency is emphasized by ends Of
ribbons, drapery of yelling, chiffon or
the long ends of flower stems, some.
times placed there.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26

Linen gingham is novelty shown
among the wash goods. 1t is highly
mercerlzed. and can be classed with
the silken fabrics that are said to
launder. no matter how high their
sheen.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
PRINCESS GOWN.

cut in q deep point which matches
those of"the cuffs.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size Is five yards TWEEN
ty-one inches wide, four and one-half
yards twenty-seven inches wide, three
and three-fourth yards thirty-two
inches wide, or three and one-fourth
Yards forty-four inches wide.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
Lovely New Gowns.

Lovely new gowns OF gray, purple
and black are seen everywhere, mod
eled mostly oil the skirt and short
jacket or the shirt waist style, with
skirts just clearing the ground.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
For the GirIIah FIrurc.

For the girlish figure the full.
pouched bodice will probably continue
long in favor. Variations from 1t are
the lace berthas reaching as far as the
wide folded belt or girdle.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26

Skirts are cut little, longer and
fuller this spring, and the thicker laces
are in great request, as are the fancy
chenille and silk ornaments for trim.
ming purpOsCs.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
SHOW HIGH CIVILIZATION.

There are also peculiar laws as tc
the practice of surgery. which go tc
show how great the scientific attain.
ments of the age must have been, and
commercial laws which show that
business even in those early days was
greatly diversified. There are also
some old laws as to the responsibility
of builders: IF a builder build house
and finish it, but does not make il
solid. and If then the house fall and
kill the owner, that builder shall be
put to death. If it strikes the owners
son dead, then the son of the builder
shall be put to death
There are many other interesting laws.
but these must suffice to give an idea
of the extent of the legislation of tina:
ancient day. Besides the stella of Ham.
murabi and of Naram Sin. NJ. de Nor.
gan has made many other discoveries
of early remains of Persian civiliza
ton and of the inscriptions which the
conQuering Elamites brought back
with them from Babylonia.
At no time, however, in all the his.
tory of the last century has so inter.
esting a discovery been made as this
of the laws which underlay the Mosaic
code. Old Hammurabi must have been
mighty monarch indeed, but, more
than that, he must have striven for
justice, even though he did live 1000
years ago.-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
No Brim Mt the Hack.

The brm of the hat may be large and
important In front. but 1t is always
sharply cut of at the back. Indeed, It
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26

New York City.-Blouses that close
lnvisibly and are arranged in tucks
that extend from the shoulders are
greatly In vogue and are much liked
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
A DISCOVERY AND A MYSTERY.

The discovery Of this stella in Persia
instead of in Babylonia is explicable in
the light of the recent discovery OF the
dominance of the ancient Elamite
kings over Babylonia. When these
early monarchs of ancient Persia, or
Elan, as it must have been called them
took possession of the fertile land to
the southeast, they carried away to
their capital the finest monuments
that they could find in Bnbylonia, and
among these was this remarkable stella
Of Hammrrabi, as well as one still
older, dating from 5000 E. c., erected
by Naram Sin.
The older stella has also been found
by the French expedition to Susa, and
is a striking presentation of the mighty
conQueror in the act of dispatching his
foes, while his retainers bring up til,
"ear.
The laws of Hammurabi are intro
1uced by these words: by the COM
mand of Shamash. the great judge of
heaven and earth, let righteousness 90
forth in the land: by the bidding of
Merodach. my lord. let no destruction
befall this thy monument. In the tenn
pie E-Saggil, which / love, let my
name be ever repeated; and let any OPP
pressed man. who has a case at law,
come and stand before this my ina ge,
as King of Righteousness. and let him
read the inscription and understand
my precious words, and this inscrlp.
tion will explain TO him his case. and
he shall find what is justice, and his
heart shall be glad so that he shall
say:
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
A RIGHTEOUS RULER.


Hammura is a ruler who is as 4
father to his subjects, who holds the
words OF Merodach in fear and honor;
who has achieved conquest by the help
Of Merodach over the North and the
South: who rejOlcedms etaoinetaoin
South; who rejoices the heart OF Nero
dach. his lord; who has bestowed ben
etits forever and ever on his subjects
and has established order in the land.
when he reads the record let him
pray with full heart before MerOdach.
my lord, and Zarpanit, my lady; and
then shall the protecting deities and
the gods who frequent E-Saggil gra-
,iously grant the desires daily pre-.
sented before Merodach, NY lord, and
Zarpanlt. my lady.
"HammuraDi. the King of Righteous
ness. on whom Shamash has bestowed
right, am l. Ny words are we'll con-
sidered; my deeds have not their equal,
to bring low those that are high. to
humble those that are naughty. TO e1-
pei insolence. II succeeding ruler
consider my words. which | have writ
ten in this, my inscriptions; II he annul
not my law and corrupt not my law
and corrupt not my words, nor change
my monument. then may Shamash
lengthen that kings reign, like that of
me, the King Of Righteousness, that he
may reign In righteousness over his
subjects. If this ruler hath
wisdom, and he is able to hold his land
in order then will he consider the
words which / have written In this
inscription; the rule. the institutions
and laws OF the land which | have
given the decisions which have made,
will this inscription show him; his sub
iects let him rule accordingly. to speak
justice to them, 70 make right de-
clslons. to drive miscreants and Grim
lnals out OF his land. and to benefit his
subjects"
LAW OF INHALATION.
Such Is the Introduction to this great
body of law promulgated by the found.
er of the first Babylonlan dynasty in
the twenty-fourth pre-Chrlstian cen.
tury. When we come to the law H.
self we are startled by its resemblance
10 the Mosaic code. The yerbiage Is
almost identical in many instances.
Here is the law OF "an eye for an eye"
as given in the Babylon!an code;
"If man put out the eye of any one
his eye shall be put out.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26
WORLDS OLDEST LAWS
INSCRIPTIONS ON THE GREAT STONE STELLA OF
HAMMURABI THE AssYRIAN. :.. s., .-, s.:
.d---p.@.u=--p.

| 'If man break the limb of any one
his limb shall be broken.
"If man knock out the tooth of any
one his tooth shall be knocked out.
While in the Bible we read: Eye
for eye. tooth for tooth, hand for
hand, foot for foot, burning for burn.
ing, wound for wound stripe for
stripe" Exodus xxi. 24-25.
So the famous LEX talionis," as this
law of retaliation is called, for whom
Moses has been blamed by many
critics. Is at least thousand years
older than he.
The laws of this ancient mighty mon,
arch, engraved upon his monument
and set up in the temple of the sun
god at Sippar. dealt with the particu.
lar relations of the men and women of
that time as carefully as did those OF
Moses with the relations OF the He
brews at a later period. If we apply
the deadly parallel" we see how
close this resemblance is, and are
forced to the conclusion that Moses
must have had many Of these laws be.
fore him as he wrote. for while he has
at times advanced beyond the ancient
Babylonian statutes, yet he seems to
recognize many of the same principles
of justice. different though they may
be from our views to-day.
SOME UP.To.DATE LAWS.
The old Babylonian monarch went
into some details which are, however
lacking in the Mosaic legislation. and
approach more nearly some of the
legal enactments of our day. Witness
this remarkable law: IF mans wife
who lives in his house. wishes to leave
1t, plunges into debt, tries to ruin her
house. neglects her husband, and Is
judicially convicted; If her husband
offers her release she may go her way,
and he gives her nothing as a gift of
release. If her husband does not wish
to release her, and If he takes another
wife. she shall remain as servant IL
her husbands house"
Here is Il humane provision. perhaps
higher than the enacted law by which
man may secure divorce If his wife
be insane: "If man take a wife, and
she be attacked with disease. If he
then desire to take second wife. he
shall not put away his wife who has
been attacked by disease, but he shall
keep her in the house which he has
built and support her so long as she
live"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26

I'D Moses write the laws as
cribed to him in the Bible =?
J This question has been asked
with considerable insistence,
especially during the last century.
While the orthodox of all creeds ac-
,epting the Bible have not faltered in
heir belief In the Mosaic authorship,
large body of scholars, upon various
grounds, have held that Moses could
not have written these laws, and that
hey We're composed not earlier than
.he time of the Babylonian exile of
Israel.
The latest discovery in Persia will
upset many of the theories of the high
critics, for it proves that laws closely
resembling those ascribed to Moses
were the law of the land in the time
of Abraham, a thousand years before
the great Jewish legislator was born
1t is generally agreed by scholars that
Abraham lived $3.50 b. c., while Moses
did not live earlier than the thirteenth
century u. C.
In the book of Genesis, chapter xiv,
there Is an account of a conflict be-
:ween Abraham and some of the neigh
boring kings. Amraphel and Chedor-
laomer by name. A few years ago
the King Amraphel was identified with
Hammurabi. of certain cuneiform In
scriptlons, but instead of being a
minor king. such as might have been
expected from the mention in Genesis,
he proves to have been the mighty
monarch of Babylonia.
Now. frim distant Persia comes the
discovery at the hands of NJ. J. de Nor
gan of great stone stella bearing on
,nc side n picture of Hammurabi re-
,eiving the laws from Shamash, the
sun god, and on the other side $50 laws
put in force by this monarch of almost
prehistoric ages. These laws consti-
tute the earliest code of human laws
known, and cannot fail to awaken
widespread interest. not only among
Bible students. but among all who are
interested in tracing the beginnings OF
civilization.
1t is more than surprising that 1890
years ago society was so far advanced
as to be possessed of laws implying
social relations of a compleXity ap-
preaching those of our own day. The
fact of the existence of these laws
must broaden our conception of the
history of mankind and extend the
horizon of our understanding of human
progress.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-03-26

I'D Moses write the laws as
cribed to him in the Bible?
This question has been asked
Deming graphic., 1903-04-15

Paints Manufactured In America.
About S75,OO0,000 worth of painta
are made each year in che United
States.