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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

r. G. Dun & Company's Weekly
Review of Trade" says:
Iardy Spring weather following an
unusually severe Winter makes it diff
ficult to restore satisfactory trade con-
ditions, but it is encouraging to find at
many points this unreasonable wealth
or the only cause of complaint, and
there is always hope that the early
losses may be made Up. at least in
large measure. when thermal condi.
tons become normal. In the mean.
time sales OF dry goods are restricted
and stocks i'll all positions from pro.
Queer to consumer are larger than is
desirable. Aside from the cotton
States, where business is brisk the
weeks dispatches indicate that carly
grains were maintained, but little fur.
ther progress occurred Labor con.
troversies arc still all adverse factor.
Railway earnings in the first week
OF April were 10 per cent, smaller
than last year.
No definite check to progress in
the iron and steel industry is discern.
cd although it lacks uniformity and in
some departments it is difficult &c
md encouraging signs. Insofar az
pressure for immediate delivery is
concerned, bar iron and steel are most
prominent. makers OF agricultural i'm
plements being notably importunate
Not only is it difficult to secure early
delivery of bars. but shipments foui
weeks hence arc considered promp'
and some orders run TIP to the end
Of the year.
"Bradstrect's" says
Wheat, including -four, exports fol
the week ending April IL aggregate
I,2T3,S55 bushels. against G.8s4.37c
last week, 2.o77.777 this week last
year, 4,trS,roS in 1902, and s..5o62Gz il
1907. from July |. 1908, to date they
aggregate IIQo5o,S5o bushels. agains'
!7o'7S2,553 last season. 2o2, ,z3o6s2 ir
1902, and 163,36o,377 in 1901 Corr
exports for the week aggregate $50.
$50 bushels. against I.o2Soo7 las
week. I,677,62r year ago, 4oo,733 ir
July I, 1908, to date they aggregate
4S,T35,sS5 bushels. against 5r.6o4SoC
last season, 23,52o,7S7 in 1902 an
l4O,3oS,so5 in 1901.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

ginning OF the city numbering both
north and south and eighteen blocks
from the river.
Standing on Market street with his
back to the station the downtown or
main business section of the city
is to his right about one mile. The
Worlds Fair is TO his left. westward
about five miles. All the street cars
are so labeled that he may easily know
which cars to take.
Practically all st. Louis will be Il
lodging house during the Exposition.
The hotels have greatly multiplied in
number and thousands of private
homes are open for the accOmmOda.
tion of guests. The rates at the hotels
are generally on the European plan
as ii Will he more convenient for
guests to get their meals wherever
mcal-timc may find them. Prices for
rooms in priwte houses range from
30 cents to $50 per day per person.
The prevailing rate is Sl.OO per person
and in nearly every ease good accom-
modations with all convcnirnccs and
in good localities may be had for this
price. The higher rate prcsupposcs
larger rooms and more luxurious quar-.
ters. But 10 one need pay more than
S1.OO.
The hotel prices have wide range.
Competition will be brisk.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

With all the luxuries and pleasures Of
This life, its big enjoyments and its smaller
comforts, there is an offset OF antithesis
which we have to contend with in the
form Of aches and pains. In some way and
by some means every one has touch of
them in some form at some time. Trihng
as some of them may be. the risk is that
they will grow to something greater and
rack the system with constant torture.
There is nothing. therefore, OF this kind
that we have right to tri1e with. Taken
in time, the worst forms of pains and
aches are easily subdued and cured
by the free use OF st. Jacobs Oil.
No well regulated household ought to be
without bottle OF this great remedy for
pain II is the specific virtue of penetra.
tiou in st. Jacobs Oil that carries it
right to the pain spot and effects prompt
cure even in the most painful cases OF
Rheumatism. Neuralgia, Lumbago. Sciatica.
You want it also in the house at all times
for hurts, cuts and wounds, and the house
that always has it keeps up a sort of in.
surance against pain.
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n twclvc-acrc outdoor display in addl'
ton to the nine acres under roof
The Palace of Art at the Worlds
Fair contains 100 galleries. Each gal
lcry is Il large room, lighted from
above and flied with the choicest
works of all countries of the world in
which art has made noteworthy pro
gress. The group of buildings to house
this magnificent display represents an
expenditure of more than S1000,O00.
Even to the timid traveller. st. Louis
presents no complications. 1t Is all as
plain as II h e when once you get your
bearings. The streets all run east and
west or north and south, with rarely
II confusing diagonal.
All trains into st. Louis arrive at
Union Station, one of the finest rail
road terminals in the world. The sta
tion is on the south side of Market
street, between 18th and Goth streets.
so that when the visitor cmergcs from
the station he finds himself at the be-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
By MARK BENNITT

tains. The historical exhibit of loco
motives Is one of the features. 1t
shows the development of seventy.fve
years in locomotive construction.
Strange indeed is the person who is
not yet impressed with these evidences
of mans long struggle with the prob
lem OF rail transportation. the most civ
ilizing of modern influences. next to the
newspaper, which must always stand
first. To describe in detail this exhibit
would he long story in itself.
Now let us cross the flower gardens
to the Palace of Machinery. just south
of transportation. Tho huge power
generators are the first things TO ar
rest the eye. The Allis Chalmers en-
gime Of 5000 horsepower. the Curtis
steam turbine of 5000 horsepower the
Parsons steam turbine of 5000 kilo-
watts, the four Westinghouse genera
tors of 1000 horsepower each. and
each as high as II house. And then
other generators great and small of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
WORLD OF LABOR.

Employees of the Erie Railroad are
'ecking another advance in wages.
There arc $500 unions in New York
stnte. with = membership of 'oo.ooo
Nincty-eight per cent, OF the 10000
blind OF Japan support themselves by
oracticing massage.
A strike of union carpenters is
threatened at New Orleans. La, due
20 demand for * cents az hour.
City hremcn of Houston, Texas.
have formed union and secured q
charter from the American Federation
OF Labor.
In February four per cent, of union
members in the printing aud book.
binding trades in Great Britain were
not employed.
Ann Arbor ,,.Iich) painters have
gone on strike because OF a refusal
Of the employers to sign the closed.
shop agreement.
Eighteen -four mills in Minneapolis.
Mimi, have shut down because OF The
poor condition OF the trade, and 600
men are out OF work.
Winnipeg (Man.) master printers
and workmen have been unable TO
agree upon the new scale. and set
Element OF the strike has again been
ppstoonsd
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
A ChANCt VI AR.
Why 1t Proves Beneficial when n Per-
sOn Is Ailing.


son Is Ailing.
To maintain the balance of perfect
health in body so complex as mans,
where the clrculatory. respiratory.
muscular and nervous systems inter
act so much upon Que another, there
is need of very frequent adjustment,
especially in such busy age us
this.
One great benefit of change of air
is that the great law of contrast en-
forced upon us by all natural phenom-
ena is allowed fuller scope for its
beneiicent work. The various organs
of the body are very really rested by
slight changes In diet. cooking, water.
new surroundings, people and amuse-
ments! The same monotonous daily
round of duties tries them as it tries
us. and change of work Is actual re-
freshment.
If specific ailments have manifested
themselves. then the seashorc for n
tonic and general stimulant, mountain
air for its aseptic property. n sandy
district for its dryness or sea voyage
TO invigorate the whole system will be
calculated TO ward off what would
otherwise spell serious Illness.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore. - FLOUR 90 Quiet az.
unchanged; receipts, 2,o55 barrels; c>
ports, 1873 barrels.
WHEAT-Dull: spot contract. to.
MIo2H; spot No. rcd Western
I.o36I.o3H; April, G.o2MIo24; MAY
1907; July, OF asked; steamer NJ.
red, o7Mo7I4; receipts, 2,o57 bushc'.
Southern, by sample, o5MIo5; South
ern, on grade, o5GIo3.
CORN-Steady; spot, so4c1 sos
April, 5o4m 5oB; May. 5oM1a5r
steamer mixed, 474n47H; rcccip',
o,oo4 bushels; exports. I45,7l4 bus
els Southern white corn. 42Ii52L
Southern yellow corn. 42Ht 52'l
OATS-Easicr; No. ; white, I:
sales; No. ? mixed, ~ sales: receipts
200 bushels.
RYE-Dull; No. ?, uptown. SodSr
No. Western, 81; receipts 750 bush
els.
HAY-l'irm and unchanged.
BUTTER Steady; fancy imita
ton, Iolr 20; fancy creamery, 24d2s
fancy ladle, 1910; store packed
12GG4.
EGGS-Steady and unchanged, at
Y.
New York. FLOUR - Receipts
lo,45S barrels; exports, 2o,oI4 barrels
Quiet, but steady at last night.
prices.
RYE FLOUR-Wcal fair to COOL
4 2oM4.4o: choice to fancy, 4.5oH4.75
CORNMEAI-Quict.
RYE-Firm; No. : Western, 81 to
arrive prompt.
BARLEl-Quiet.
HAl--Stcady.
BUTTER - Firm; extra fresh
creamery, %; creamery. common Ia
choice, I4H2 2Il; State dairy, I5@ 20;
held creamery, I3Mro; renovated, 10
cI7; factory, I2MI4; imitation
creamery, 14MI7
CilEESE-Quict; State, full cream,
small colored. fancy, September, ia
NJ: good to prime, OHMIo; small
white fancy, September. IGMGIH;
good to prime, oHMIo; large
colored fancy. September. ITMtIH;
good to prime, oHMIo; large white
fancy. September, 1IMGIH; good 10
prime. OIIdTo
EGGS-Stcady: State and Penn
sylvania, nearby average finest. 1917
State and Pennsylvania irsts, rs:
Western storage selections, 1879
WISIl; Western frsts, IS; Southern
frsts, w.
POTATOES Steady; Long Is.
land, 375@+.25; new Floridas, 4.ooG
so: State and Western, sacks, 81;
m35o; Jersey sweets, ,. 2.5oM4oo.
PEANUTS-Stcady; fancy hand
picked, 5M; other domestic, 31l@
6H.
CABBAGES-Stcady; Florida, per
barr cl crate, 3,25d $50.
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WHEN YOU CO TO THE WORLDS FAIR
Suggestions That Should Be Helpful Stranger
in ST. Louis No Your 500
Of the Expost

1t will be worth all the self denial
that one may practice for several
years to see the Worlds Fair of 1904
at st. Louis. Money saved, earned or
borrowed, cannot be better spent than
In getting acquainted with the worlds
progress as revealed at this latest and
greatest of expositions. All of us can
not travel around the world to take
note of what the nations are doing,
but the nations from all around the
world desire us to know and have sent
their best works to st. Louis to be
placed on display.
Therefore. by all means or any
means, see the Worlds Fair. 1t means
everything to your future growth of
mind, to your present pleasure and
lifelong satisfaction. who that saw
the Centennial Exposition or the
Columbian Exposition that does not re-
vert to it with recollections of kccncst
pleasure?
Within the two square miles Of the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
Ancient Prercr,r.Ions.

Sir Walter Besant's study OF old
English customs shows that the doe
tors of several centuries ago pre-
scrlbed for fevers ~ cold water anu.
sion" with drinking OF asses milk.
When the queen was III In 1868 they
shaved her head and applied pigeons
to her feet. Powdered mummy for a
long time was considered to be a
specific against diseases. II Is said
that the reason II went out OF use
was that dealers took to cmbalmlng
bodies and then sold them for genu.
Inc ancient mummles
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

With reference to the origin OF the
familiar expression, 80 long" cor
respondent of the London Academy
suggests that 1t Is derived from the
Norwegian "saa laenge." common
form OF farewell, equivalent in mean
ing TO 'au revoir," and pronounced like
80 long" with the &c" softened. There
was fair number OF Norwegians
among the settlers In America. to
Judge by the names. and 1t Is quite
likely the phrase was picked up from
them. II is In general use among the
Dutch in South Africa.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
Live Stock.

Chicago. C \ 7 + l. f -- Receipts
1000; market strong to Ioc higher
Good to prime steers, 5.Iom sos; poor
to medium, ASA 500; stockcrs and
feeders, 2.75Gl425; cows, I.5o6425
ncitcrs, 2.oo0 AS; Gamers, T.5om 40
bulls, 2ooM 40; calves. a.oNn 4. so,
IcXas-tcd steers, 4.oon.l o.
HOGS-Rcceipts today, 10000: 70.
morrow, 10000; left over, $3.50; mar.
;ct SC. lower; hogs firm. Mixed am
bHtchcrs, 5Iod5.3S; good to choice
heavy, 525@5.55; rough heavy, 3Tc
d525; light, AS5@5I5; bulk of sales
5.ToGGS.2s
SfIEEP-Rcccipts, 5000; market
steady. Good To choice wethers. Az
d5o5: fair 10 choice miXcl, 35oG
100; Western sheep, 400 $50; ma,
ave lambs, 1000 S.7S.
New York BEEVES - Receipts
1907; market firm to Ioc, higher; all
sold. Steers, 425ms.4o; fat stays
500; bulls, 3,S5@4.so; cows, r6o6
100. Shipments today, $500 quarters
IF beef; tomorrow, 7oS cattle and
1850 quarters OF beef.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
where Lord Nelson Really Died.

Visitors to the Victory, at Ports
mouth, England, who have gazed upon
a spot In the cockpit and elieved It to
be the place where Nelson breathed
his last. were quite mistaken. accord
ing to discoveries just made during
the overhaullng OF the ship. The au-
thentic place where the hero died was
close against one of the huge ribs Of
the ship little further forward. This
place IL now to be rallied around. and 1t
will be lighted with electric lights, for
which a storage battery is to be placed
on board.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

The speed of nerve impulses In man
is stated by DR.. Alcock. in a recent
paper before the London Royal So
ciety, TO be sixty meters C2lg feeD a
second. The experiments OF Sir Mich
ael Foster fifteen years ago showed 1t
to be thirty-threc meters. DIR. Covers.
the eminent neurologist, remarks that
either DIR. Michael Foster or DR.. Al
cock is widely wrong, or the rate of
transmission has become greatly ac-
celebrated during the last fifteen years.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

"Many prisoner as soon as he steps
in the outer Office said Charles
street Jail officer, according to the Bos-
ton Record. throws himself into a
chair with Il sigh of relief, muttcring:
This is the first happy hour in many
months This is especially true OF
men charged with large embczzle-
ments. Their consciences seem TO be
on the verge of collapse until they ar
riveunder the shadow of the jail. when
they then see their future clearly"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleasedtc
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
treatment. Halls CatarrhCure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
its curative powers that they offer One Hun
dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list OF testimonials. Address
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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AN ORGAN WITHOUT sTuPs.
Chat Was the opinion ot the Man with
Mus.clr-s Soul.


There is Il man living in an Elev.
enth street fiat who has no music in
his soul, and there is Il man on the
lower floor whose soul is :ull of It,
The lower floor man not long ago add.
ed four lung parlor organ to his larcs
ana penates. and two healthy dauch.
tcrs of his began to practice Oh it.
Several nights later friend paid II
visit to the first man, and rs soon as
lie got inside the apartment he heard
the parlor organ on the lower
floor.
Fine toned instrument that" he
said, because he, too. had some music
In his soul.
The musicless man gruntcd.
"Whose make is IT," the visitor
asked.
Don't know" was the ungracious
answer.
How many stops has it,
The host pulled himself up for Il
powerful effort. well" he replied
ITS been in the house for about a
week now, and In that time it hasn't
had any that have been able to dis.
cover."-New York Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

The question whether Russia has the
right to send her Black Sea feet
through the Dardanelles is based upon
a treaty executed in 1S41 between the
1--we great Powers, whereby 1t was
agreed that no ship belonging TO any
nation save Turkey should pass
through the channel without the con
sent of Turkey. This agreement was
reafiirmed by the treaty OF Berlin,
executed after the Russo-Turkish war
In the T0s.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
Whales Swim Lonq Distances.

Whales that swim about the islands
which lie off the coasts of Norway and
Finland in March and April, travel i'm.
mense distances. In May they turn up
at the Azores, or even at the Bermu
das, and sometimes pay visit to the
Antilles. They swim fast, for in June
they are back again off Norway. Some
of these whales have been known to
bring back evidences of where they
have been, for harpoons of the pecu.
liar kind used off the coast of South
America have been found stuck in
them.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

An Ithaca grocer, who is in the
habit of feeding the sparrows in front
of his place of business, threw cut
whole loaf of bread the other morn.
ing, but man who was driving by saw
the loaf and took it away from the
birds with the remark ITS good
enough to take home to my mother in.
law"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
"Perund seems to restore Uttdtity.
Increase bodily ctJor and reneU
heGtH and strength, IN q wonderfully
short time. - MRS. KATE AILOR.
Queer PhraseoIouy.

An example of the ravages which
the British tariff discussion is making
in London is given by w. l.. Alden.
He says: Are you little pigger or
a little hogcer" | asked of Bradley
the other morning as met him on the
top of Picadilly bus. | pride myself
on being able to make courteous and
pleasant remarks early in the day.
Neither he replied, 1 am a universal
swine"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

1t Is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet Corns and
Bunions Ask for Allen IS Foot Ease, apowder
to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you
walk At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, MY.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

On the Island of Trinidad oil is
found amid huge tropical vegetation,
and is said to be of first-class illumi-
mating power.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

Labor disputes were fewer in 1908
than in any of the previous 10 years.
The total number was 800 disputes,
affecting 1883 work people.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

With the exception of the girls father
and the dog all the world tolerates lover.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

IamsurePiso s Cure forConsumptions saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS Rob-
I,Ns, Maple st., Norwich, MY, Feb. H. 1900.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup forchildren
tectbing soften the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton allays pain, ,cureswind collie. 25c. abottle
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

FITS permanently cured. No flts or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. .$2trial bottleand treatisefree
DIR. r. H. KLINE. Ltd. 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa
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The Italian State railways, accord
ing to a report from Rome, will soon
place orders for 200 locomotives and
several thousand freight cars.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

ii the good die young what's the matter
with the parson who lives to ripe old
age?
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Some girls had rather hirt than eat and
some do both simultaneously.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

If druggist has no conscience h,
usually has something he consider
equally good
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES color more
goods. brighter colors. with less work
than others.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

One way for young man to make a hit
with the girls father is to strike him for
loan.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27

The Brighton (England) Aquarium has
forty-one tarl's and is 7l5 feet long by 100
Get wide. II is the largest in the world
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-04-27
To Improve italian Railways.

Other peoples troubles bore a man more
than his own.
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llIE PAY SIS 4 WEEK and expENses "a

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DlndeSsss s's,sf oss:s OH sls
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