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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
Some Remarkable Ipysntions

Among remarkable recent inyen-
tons are the pneumoslito, the topodict
the teiemeter, the telephone-ears and
the thermophile, which are described
in the Strand Magazine. The pneu-
mosiitO is sn automobile especially
designed for use on ice, but which can
Just as easily he used on land. 1t is
moved by propeller wheel run by a
two and three-Quarter horse power
electric motor, the propeller turning
in the air and moving the carriage at
q speed of twenty miles an hour. The
topodict Is the combination of a pan
tograph and telescope. by means OF
which any person can make a draw
ing Ia correct perspective OF any scene
befope him, even If he knows nothing
whatever OF drawing. BY means OF
the teieMeter the exact distance or far
away objects can be measured and re-
corded. The telephone-ears is an ap-
paratus by which ship Is automat.
ically warned of submarine dangers.
BY the aid OF the thermophile 1t is
possible to furnish heat by means OF
a fine electric wire which can be WOW
en- into rugs. blankets or cushions, and
all that Is required is very small
electric battery. The inventor claims
for it that II will do away with the
necessity of ever having fires In even
the coldest weather.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
WORDS OF WISDOM.

A man Of pleasure is mGu Of pains.
Young.
Like our shadows, our wishes
leugthen rs oar sIn declines. 49, Young.
1t can not be too often repeated that
it is not helps. but obstacles. not facll.
tiles, but difficulties. that make men,
w. Mathews.
There is no life so humble that, if
it be tue and genuinely human aud
obedient TO God. it may not hope TO
shed some Of His light.
Happiness depends much less upon
external things than upon the dispose
tion Of the mind and the affections OF
the heart.-Madame Roland.
Obedience, we may remember. is a
part of religion, and therefore an ele.
ment of peace; but love, which Includes
obedience, is the whole. Elizabeth NJ
Sewell.
There is dew in one flower and not
in another. because one opens its cup
TO take it in. while the other closes
itself and the drop runs Off So God
rains goodness and mercy as wide as
the dew, and II we lack them. IL il be.
cause we will not open our hearts TO
receive them.
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LlsssiA's RESOURCES.
wealth OF the African Republic Of the
Coiored People.

Liberia is considering the expedency
OF a new foreign loan In order to make
needed public improvements and to re-
organize the public debt II 10 now
eighty-three years since the negro re-
public IN Africa was founded by Amer
lean philanthropsts and more than
half century since IL was recognized
as au independent State.
Sir Harry Johnston. tue African ex-
plorer. recently spoke very fsvorably
OF Liberals natural resources. Its
great wealth. he said, lies in It's for.
csts. which contain most OF the West
African timber trees. In india rubber
producing trees, bushes and vines It IL
richer than any other part of Africa
except one or two small areas of the
Congo basin.
The interior of the country is in
clined to be hlly, and from forty to 100
miles inland the ranges Of hills reach
attitudes which justify calling them
mountains. The marsby character of
the country, Sir Harry Johnston says,
has been exaggerated Beyond the
forest region there is Il park-like coun.
Try. Elephants are abundant In all
parts of Liberian territory. Through
the forest many OF the paths are little
more than elephant tracks.
Very little is known about the Iniu-
cral wealth of the country. Hematite
iron appears TO exist everywhere. and
traces OF gold are found In nearly all
the rivers. In the Mandlngo uplands
beyond the forest regios Gllnvial gold
is said by the natives to exist over
considerable area Lead and zinc have
also been discovered In the eastern dis.
trlcts
On the whole Liberia is said to be
less unhealthful for white men than
Sierra Leone, the Ivory Coast, the Gold
Coast and Lagos. But the high plateau
regions are naturally thought to be
most free from fevers to which white
men are especially subject
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04

A0& II u sOOu ro8u5 question
II ~ continues to attract wide
q 3 spread public interest,
- j Judging FROM the exteu-
Iou siye discussion Of the sub
iect In the public press. The PROPOSE.
lion OF Federal support in this respect
seems 10 be gaining strength in the
country at large. and the good roads
propositions as presented to recent
Congresses are being earnestly exam
lned by many interested citizens, as
the demand upon the Capitol document
rooms at Washington attests. These
bills seek 10 enlist the financial sup
port OF the Federal Government in the
improvement of the wagon roads OF
the country. the plan being FOR Uncle
Sam TO supply sum equal 10 the sum
any state will supply up to the maxi.
mum provided for.
COngressm Br0wnlow, in explain
ing the provisions OF his bill said that
Federal cooperation in the premises
was but just ia order to fairly distrib.
ute the burden OF taxation necessary
TO improve the public highways. He
makes tulS ttlInk pOluI.
80 long as we pursue the origlnai
method OF taxation the entire burden
of cost for highway improvement falls
upon The owners of agricultural lands
and the persons living in The rural dis
tricts When the great mass OF the
people lived in the rural districts this
was just and equitable distribution
Of taxes for such purposes. but with
the changed conditions of the present
day. when one-half of the people live
in cities. and much more than one-holf
OF the wealth is concentrated In these
cities and ia the corporations that are
80 powerful at the present time, II is
absolutely necessary that some means
should be devised whereby the reYen-
ues requisite for the great improve
ment that is called for should be de.
rived from ell OF the people and re.
sources OF the country as nearly as pos
sible. and not rest, as heretofore. upon
the farming classes, who are the iInme-
dlate losers by every failure of crops
and suffer by every decline in price OF
agricultural products
Another important consideration is
that. in the last analysis, the cities and
towns benefit from good roads Just as
much as do the people living along
them. 1t is to the interest OF the mer-
chant as well as Of the farmer to have
an improved system of roads in every
part OF the country.
The development OF the rural free
delivery system has served TO bring
the people Of the country into closer
touch with not only the towns, but
with the Federal Government. thar
ever before. The Government, speak
ing aud acting for the country at large,
has. therefore. direct interest in the
welfare OF the people living ip the rural
sections. and the benefits to he derived
from good roads would be shared not
merely by those living upon them. but
by all the people.-Atlanta Constitu.
tion.
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London Preachers.

Few London preachers will be found
in their pulpits tomorrow. The ma
iority will be discovered. let US char
itably hope listening to their country
brethren. 1t may be interesting to
glance at the recreation OF some of
'our departed friends" The Blshop
OF London is addicted to golf. cycling.
and fiyeS, though the wear and tear of
the Inter game Is so great that after
short period he is all SKIES and sew
eng. Dr. Clifford. who is at Aix-les-
Balns. finds pleasure In long walks.
though some will have it that the Nv"
in walks Is mlsprint for st" The
Rev. X. j. Campbell, VINO only will
be absent from the City Temple for
four Sundays, delights in horse riding
and Is noted for his high jumps, his
record being leap from the King
road, Brighton to the Holborn Via
duct, London. Canon Hcnsley Henson
believes In cycling and walking, but
We suppose never disobeys warnings
such az Keep on the Grass" Tres
passers VIII Be Prosecuted" or "Pri.
vate Road; No Thoroughfare." Canon
Scott Holland. On the other hand, who
is equally fond OF cycling. rarely sees
such notices, aud in consequence often
gets into trouble. Doubtless his fx
cuse is that his eyes are too wide open
TO observe them; this, Of course, is ut.
terly foolish, worthy indeed of his
beainisb friend Mr. Cbesteron. Lon.
don News.
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wh, sinale raddl-. Rslup.

NO" sald the Ogrmaker, for fast
padding the single paddle cannot com
pare with the double paddle; but you
see 100 single paddles where you do
one double paddle or course, some
canoe enthusiasts think that the sim
gle blade is more picturesque. but 1t
Is the men who sell canoes that have
brought the single blade into vogue.
1T became the custom for the dealer
10 give away double paddle with
every canoe purchased. One dealer
began it. and. OF course, all the rest
had 10 follow But the double pad
dies are rather expensive. SO some
bright dealer conceived the scheme OF
putting in a big stock OF single pad
dies and giving Que with each pur-
chase. This continued the courtesy
or throwing In something with every
canoe sold. but it cut down greatly
The expense Of the gift."--New York
Press
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
BREAKING TRAIL.
wezrisoms and PsrIions Labor In r,s
Cold Regions.

Cold Regions.
To break trail is to pack with your
snowshoes the soft and uncrusted
snow into more solid path. so that
the dogs and the toboggans may be
brought forward to where you make
camp. Even the snow shoes. two feet
in width. sink foot or eighteen inches
at every step. The snow crumbles and
piles In on the top OF the web. 80 that
you have 10 tear each step with a
wrench aud kick and a cloud of fro
zen white. You go forward. you rest,
you go forward again. forcing your
way laboriously through no one can
say how many feet Of snow. The wea-
rlness enters into the very marrow of
your bones. The snowshoe strap
moves back and forth just enough
across the moose hide mOccaslns to
gall the foot to the flesh of the toes.
the muscles across the instep ache
with knife-like cuts with every step as
you lift the heavy weight Of snow that
covers the shoe out of sight.
| remember this tirst day out we
stopped midway across the lake TO
rest The guides dropped the lump
line from the forehead to their shoul-
ders. cut some tobacco from q plug.
rubbed 1t between their hands and
filled short black pipes. The dogs lay
hat on the snow and bit and chewed
at the solid Jumps OF Ice that had gath
cred on the paws. With the handle of
my axe | scraped from my snowshoe
the frozen masses of ice that had gath
cred under my moccasins and were
wearing blisters on my feet. We
rested here only few minutes. and
then the bitter cold drove us on again.
for no man dares TO stop long in such
temperature.
This breaking trail is very pictur-
esque to an outside observer. Often
times afterward. when. unencumbered.
/ had gone on ahead, 1 would stop and
turn and watch the guides--black pyg-
mics struggling through the boundless
stretch OF white, with their heavily
loaded toboggans in great clouds of
snow. With their shoulders thrust
forward and their heads bent to the
trail, they would swing along at an
even stride across the level expanse OF
frozen snow, broken only by the thin
line of trail stretching behind them off
into the distance, and by the many
still narrower tracks of the fox criss-
crossing here and there on the smooth
surface.-From Breaking TRAIL by
Frank Il. Schoonover, in Scribner's.
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OF ApRnlAl Xalua.

ia Southern Louisiana the good roads
movement is or special valne from the
fact that our great crops Of cane ana
rice weigh more in proportion TO the
area of land on which they are grown
, than do the crops Of any others of The
States Of the Onion. Thousands Of
acres OF sugar cane have been lost in
Louisiana during rainy harvesting sea
sons from the practical imps disability
Of our roads, and while no good roads
movement can change our climate, we
can unquestlonaby change some of the
effects OF our climate by reiterating the
importance Of road drainage and other
physical amelioratlons, as well as sug.
gest the financial aud politico-economic
methods for road improvement, lou
isian0 Planter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
Child Rs.oas. Baby Brother.

The eighteen months-old sou OF Mr.
and Mfs. G. f. Kyser, of Fail River
township, while playing IN the yard
fell into the Well which wss twenty.
two feet deep His sister. eleven
years Of age, bearing his cries, ran to
the wei. and By cllnging TO The well
rope, started TO descend and rescue
her brother
The rope burned her bands aud she
realized that she must let loose.
Throwing her body 10 the opposite side
OF the well. for she was right over
the baby, she let 20, and dropped safe
ly to the bottom. The water was be-
tween two aud three feet deep. aud
the infant was submerged and strpg.
CLING feebly.
The little heroine grabbed up The
drowning baby, and. holding him In her
arms above the surface OF the water.
called for help. The mother heard
her cries and came TO her assistance. -
Kansas City Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04

the year there are others who find the
warmth of light weight wool accept
able in cooler weather. and for these
last chaillle, albatross and the like will
be found In every way desirable for
the coming season. Trimming Is al
ways matter of tlste, banding. lace.
embroidery and almost everything that
may be preferred being equally correct
The slightly open neck and elbow
sleeves are always pretty as well as
hySienic, for we long ago learned that
beautiful throat and beautiful arms
are TO be obtained only by perfect free
dom, apd whatever Contributes to that
eud Is much TO be desired.
The Jacket Is made with fronts and
back that are tucked at their upper
edges and joined TO the square yoke.
The sleeves are generously wide. the
fulness being arranged in tucks at
their upper edges.
The quantity Of material required for
the medium size is four yards twenty
seven. three nd ope-holf yards thirty
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
Unreasonable Boardsrs.

The ease ia which Mr.. Boggs had
passed his days was sadly disturbed
when his wife began to take summer
boarders. The experiment was made
for one season only, and Mr.. Boggs
gave one OF the reasons to his friend
and neighbOr. Mr.. Nash.
mo use talking, city folks are too
fussy for me-" he said. as they sat
popping corn one September evening
during Mrs. Boggs' absence at a
neighboring house; their ideas are set
up altogether too high for me to suit
'em."
Want TO know" mumbled Mr.. Nash.
who had been away from home for
fortnight. Didn't your food pleas
'em?"
Yes. seemed to-" admitted Mr..
Boggs. "That wasn't the trouble. I
put screens in the windows OF their
rooms and in the dining room-good
sliding screens, the best TO be had
round here. And they hadn't been
here more'n a week before they both
came to me-those women did-and
required OF me TO put a screen on the
windows out in the entry where 40.
body ever sits but me. and where 1
like to feel the air blowing without
being filtered through a mess of wire.
But even that wasn't ALL Not long
after one OF 'em asked me If eve
couldn't screen the front door or else
keep it shut
"lhat was the cap-sheaf. and told
'eu so. No more boarders for our
family. at any rate not in fiy time"--
Youths Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
II Made q Difference,

A story is being told OF si5ley
young lady who found package OF
love letters that had been written TO
her mother by her father before they
were married. The daughter saw that
she could have little sport and read
one OF them TO her mother, substltut-
ing her own name for that OF her
mother aud that OF a Six Mile young
man for that OF her father. The mother
seemed utterly dIsgusted and forbade
her daughter to have anything 10 do
with the young man who would write
such nonsensical stun TO q girl When
the young lady handed the letter 10
her mother TO read the house became
80 stIll that one could almost hear the
grass growing in the yard. Grove
(Me.) Banner.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04

The fashion in London Of going out
bareheaded, which is becoming so com
mon, is not new one, but return Of
a very old custom. Time was when
only kings wore hats, other people be-
ing content with having hoods attached
to their outer garments, which they
wore or discarded at pleasure. Stow,
the historian. mentions thar no one
wore anything except the Lord Mayor
OF London, who sometimes donned u
hat on state occasions. In the reign
OF Henry VIII, he says: "The citizens
began TO wear fiat caps OF wooieil
yarn, so light that they were obliged
to tie them under their chin, else the
wind would be master over them
London Taller.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
A Meersohauin Mine.

"Nleerschaum Is mined like coal"
said pipe dealer. 1T II a soft, soap.
like stone, and In Asia Minor It's min
Ing Is an important industry
The crude meerschaum IL called
bamtash. II Is yellowlsh white In
color, and red clay coat or skin EN-
velops 1t. The blocks cost from S25
to $500 CARLOAD They are soft
enough to cut with knife.
These blocks In sumner are dried
by exposure to the sun. In winter a
heated room r. necessary.
FINALLY, the meerschaum blocks are
sorted Into twelve grades. wrapped In
cotton, and packed in cases with the
greatest care
''TEe bulk OF all this rhearschaum
goes to Vienna. There the best pipe
makers 10 the world live. ~ Philadel-
rhia Bulletin.
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Ssglixes Jacket.

Negligees are among the desirable
possessions OF which no woman ever
yet had7too many. This one Is excep-
tionally graceful and becoming at the
same time that it is essentially com
Portable and satisfactory to the wearer
while 1t can be made from a generous
variety OF materials. In this instance
batiste is combined with Valenclennes
lace and fancy stitching. but while
many women prefer washable negli-
gees to all others for all seasons OF
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
The Movements Progress.

That the good roads movement is
popular and has come to stay is evi.
denced by the attention now given to
good roads engineering in our educs-
tional Institutions. The Rhode Island
College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts has recently issued a circular CON
Cerning its course of Highway Engi-
neering. which circular can be had
from the president by addressing him
at Kingston. X. I. This medium is to
call the attention OF any young men
who are thinking of doing engineering
work TO the advantages OF including
education along good roads lines. This
last addition is badly needed and will
be of immense value in the Southern
States of the Union where less atten-
ton. perhaps has been given to this
than In those further north. That It
seriously concerns us all is evident
without any argument. and the action
OF President Butterheld, OF the Rhode
island College of Agriculture, is to be
highly commended.
In addition TO this we learn that in
the Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa,
the Iowa highway commission has es.
tablished road school in which every
piece OF the work, including class work.
work. field work. modern road machln.
cry. cement in highway Improvements,
etc, is taught. Plans are being made
TO build model sections of earth, gro.
vel and maeadam roads. and practical
men have been engaged fer the schools,
and it is thought that the results will
be very 1attering.
Certainly the Iowa people deserve
great credit For their enterprise ia this
direction
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
fabric Covered shape, ia high Favor.


Except now and again when felts are
unquestionably to be the hats OF the
season, have always noted that the
balance is at the opening more or less
in favor OF fabrlc-coyered shapes, al
least among models Of the most elegant
and costly description. 1t is so this
year. AID The fabric chosen is. need
hardly say. velvet. sufficient having
becr done already with this material
to convince US that it was bound to
take the lead.
II will also be very much used MS
trimming. together with ribbon
Most of the new hats have seen are
very literally trimmed. But trimming
with velvet ribbon is not as rule
adopted with a view to the complca
iion of colors; such trimmings are moro
often than not of the same color as the
shape, particularly when this is Gov
cred with velvet. The rule does moi
apply quite so much to fcits, Millinery
Trade Review.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04

rhe evening school pupils were dis
cusslng HannIbaPs crossing OF the
Alps. A brawny young fellow was In.
clned TO belittle the deed. Il don't
see Us Il was anything So great hs
said, scornfully.
See here" said a little fellow at his
sld2. "Dld you ever try TO get an ele-
plant over a p0unfain? Well. until
you have tried. you don't want 70
knock Hannibal"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
An Elaborate Gown.

Ono fashionable gown was n mauve
satin cloth, and was meant for cere.
monlous day wear. IL had shirred
skirt with two wide folds Stimulating
tucks. and was untrlmmed save for
these folds. There was delightful
little Dirccto.re jaclet, sharply pointed
In front, and fastened with double
row OF enameled buttons with gilt
edges The Jacket had yoke or un-
derbody OF heavy IRISH crochet and
pointed collar nad lapcis OF deeper
shade OF mauye yclvci, The sleeves
ware shnst puns Of the cloth sLirrtd d
At ,he bottom. The sowcr iwothIrds
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
High PrIcss For Rubbish,

The habit Of attending art sales has
become society craze. and the wealth
lest people in England are to be found
In the rooms for the two or three days
upon which the things are on view.
Wealth and artistic perception do not
necessarily 10 hand in hand. and these
people are seldom found to possess
either judgment or idea OF value. The
result Is that grotesauely oxtrsya CANT
prices have frequently been obtained
for rubbish. .--Burlingto Magazine.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04

csat style. with aIl-over cuffs at the
wrists. When liked the coat can be
made shorter to half length.
The quantity OF material required for
the medium size is. six yards twenty
seven. three and three.eighth yards
forty -four or two and three-quarter
yards ffty-two inches wide Tor three
quarter length; Ave and three-auartcr
yards twenty-seyen, two aud seven
eighth yards fortytour or two and i've
eighth yards fifty-two inches for half
length.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04

A pretty coat in dark blue rajah silk
was made with the waist line high
under the arms and dipping slightly in
front. The, waist had little vest Of
velvet, and was outlined on either side
Of the vest and around the waist with
Il fat bias band of the silk sewed on
by hand.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-10-04
A Crepn de Chinn Gown.

A lovely white crepe de chine gown
had deep flounce Of lace cut In points
at the top, the points outlined with
bands Of palest pink roses. The draped
bodice had deep-pointed bertha OF
lace. There were no roses on the waist
except to outline the short, draped
sleeve