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New-York tribune., 1905-01-16
COAST DEFENCE PLANS.

The administration has taken highly CON-
mendable step IN creating a military board
charged with examining and bringing I'D 70
date the nations harbor defence system. Sec
retary Taft is TO be the president OF this ad-
viscry body, and associated with him will be
Lieutenant General Adna r. Chaffee, Major
General George L. Gillespie and five other men,
bers Of the Army General Staff. 1t is proposed
70 have the new board review the report of
the harbor defence board appointed by Sec
retary Endicott IN 1885 and 10 modify or amend
the recommendations then made to fit later con-
diuons. II viii be the new bodys especial duty
70 suggest plans for the defence Of the insular
dependencies and TO coordinate those plans. as
lar as possible with our own scheme of coast
protection.
The work outlined is Of urgent national i'm
portance. The creation Of the Endicott fortifi-
cation board twenty years ago marked a turn
ing point in our military policy. We had since
the close Of the War OF the Rebellion been
drifting into q state Of military impotency and
unreadiness. The navy was dwindling and rot
tng ana al every point our sea board lay open
aDd oefenceless. Our fortifcations were an
uQuated, and their armament was obsolete
Any second class foreign power could have
raided our coasts and laid tribute on our
chief cities. But Indifference to these condi-
lions ruled In Congress, and it was only with
great effort that popular consciousness was
reused 10 the need Of an adequate coast de-
fence system.
The Endicott board reported a plan of har-
Dor fertilization based on sound military prin-
ciples, yet reasonable and moderate in scope
and entailing no vast lump expenditure
Congress approved the boards report and
since 1886 has given a generous support to the
work prosecuted under It Nearly tvo-thirds
of the land armament recommended has now
been installed or is in process OF installation
and most Of our harbors are free from the
perils Of q sudden naval attack We have built
Up a navy which, with the present coast forti-
hcatiOns. makes our seaboard reasonably Sc
cure. The disgracefui conditions of twenty
years ago have been outgrown ana we have
now at least the foundation on which d thor
oughly nodernlzed fertilization system can be
laid.
Much remains 20 be done, however. The con-
dit1ons Of warfare change quickly. AS the
President says n his memorandum convok.
Ing tie new board. 'the engines or implements
'of warfare have been greatly improved, and
sofhers, untTied or unknown. OF undoubted
"value, developed, giving q greater advantage
80 he defence" II is advisable, therefore,
10 cor.Ufefa cur coast defence scheme on
sonewnat newer lines and In the light OF the
most recen- military experience. The President
thinks tLat tie later inventions IN warfare
vii s7cTk Tor economy Ia fortihcstion and
that to Epdicott plan can be carried out at
n smaller cost thsn originally estimated The
new board Is 30 study this question Moreover
II is 10 Include ia the general scheme OF de-
fence the harbors of Porto Rico Hawaii and
the Philippines. IN perfecting and eniarging
The EndicOtt plan the new board win accom-
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16
TIE ELREKoRKs Nuisance.

Fire Chief Croker's desire to prohibit the dis
charge of fireworks In this city is what might
be expected Of man with an expert knowledge
Of the great amount of harm done by our fool
ish custom of burning powder as means OF
merrymaking. Whatever may be said on be-
half of this outlet for high spirits in an earlier
day it has become an unmitigated nuisance In
our crowded cities. The explosives themselves
are more powerful and dangerous than in for
mer times. The giant frecracker and the sky
rocket are q direct menace to life, and the in
direct damage caused by fireworks Is fairly
measured by the fact that in the week OF July
last year ninety-three fires in Manhattan and
The Bronx and thirty-four in Brooklyn and
Queens were traced to them.
Chief Croker makes a generous concession to
tho trade when he recommends that the use of
ordinary frecrackers be allowed for one year
more, because large quantities OF them are al
ready in stock After that he would prohibit
everything Of the kind We hope he may sue
ceed There is no rational defence of the bar
barous noise and the dangers from fire which
have been so long endured. Yet we fear that
his plan is a counsel OF perfection. Ihere IS
too much radical common sense in 1t TO be
adopted out Of hand in Il community where all
reforms come by slow and hating steps The
instant regeneration of the deVotees or noise
is perhaps too much to be hoped for. II Mr..
CrOkerS recommendation VIII StArI SeAAOuo
movement for the discoura cement of fireworks
and their gradual elimination from our list OF
sorrows, we may well be satisfied. If it would
even stir up the police to the enforcement Of
the existing laws regulating fireworks, much
would be accomplished.
The law prohibits the setting off of hrecrack-
ers and other pyrotechnics except at particu-
lar and strictly limited times. But in this re-
spect the law is habitually violated, particu-
larly In the residence sections of the town At
Christmas and New Years time, in spite OF
the law, fireworks are frequently the toys OF
the boys playing in the streets. Last year not
the slightest attempt was made to confne the
nuisance to the Fourth of July. For weeks be-
fore and after streets were given over to the
noise horses were frightened and tnvalids dis
turbed. AS was pointed out in these columns
at the time, the police utterly failed to do their
duty. They did not even try to do 1t, and
until Chief Croker can secure their co-opera-
ton to prevent sales out Of season contrary
to the present law. and stop the extension OF
the present Fourth Of July license to excuse
disturbance through a long period, there Is
little likelihood Of accomplishing much by new
laws for absolute prohibition, desirable as they
would be
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16
arspIlorI: z1saillp Gaibm.tr
MONDAY, JANUARY 1e, 1905.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

TOREIGN-M. Combes and his Ministry de-
ci6ed 10 resign, in order TO allow the uniting
under q new Cabinet of those elements whloh
are hostile 10 the Premier personally; 1t Is ex-
uected that ". RouVier viii form the new CAP
met -= An attempt was made to assassinate
General TreEosI eX-Ch.ef OF Police OF Moscow, as
he was bIodl:ig scodby 10 the Grand Duke Se.-
giUs at railway sIEli9a. - Tie Japanese
accuse the RtssIaa5 OF violating Chinas neu-
t5~o,,g,, 1e,Irrsl te-rSto-y. The peasant
mother Of P-eeiaent I.oa5at dsed at Marssnne.
France. =-= Ghc American Chamber OF Com
TneTce in Hsr;.a sent petition TO PRESIDENT
Roosevelt urging q reciprocity treaty with Ger
many -- The Pops refused a request OF re-
ligious orders TO preps for immediate payment
for the frlars lands IN the Philippines. -
Representative FsnsIlals asked Minister Bar
rett 70 withdraw his recommendation that the
functions OF Governor OF the Canal Zone and
Minister TO Panama be combined.
nOAESTIC.-Ths report OF the Philippine
Commission, showing the iInprcved conditions
on The Islands. vas transmitted 20 the President
by Sec-eIsVv TAFT =-- Ex-GoYeTlcT Thomas
O. Jones OF Alabama declared President Roose-
velt ITiesfl Cf TIE South 49, 1t was sstd at
Albany that tnevs was no immediate water rs
lief for New Ao5k City. as the upstate .egis-
latnrs were likely 20 combine against the c!tys
taking water 3rC1a tie various counties; reist
was expected TO be found in Governor Htggins'S
views on The question. Prisons Superiu-
tendent Collins. sn his annual report. made pub
lie at Albany. favored the abaedonment Of Sing
Sing snd Auburn prisons and the building OF a
Dig celtra4 lasiit2tloa - Inc report OF tns
State Superintendent Of Forests, made public
At Albany, sao|ed G remarkable falling on IN
forest Ices iGEt year. - William Williams,
Commissioner OF Irau7.gre don. resigned. -
Five hrez-en were hurt by falling ceiling at
e church fire at Lynn, Mass. - Gessiar Ros-
seau. the dynamiteT, was known iu Chicago.
CITY.-Rosssau, the dynEsniter, confessed that
he had tried 70 destroy the statue OF Frederick
The Great and had sent the Internal machine to
TIE Cunard Line pier. - Acting Battalion
Chief Naughton. while on his wey to fire, was
probably fatally injured in collision between
his wagon and car. - Wall Street lawyer
children q
asheo in a fire in his home. = A giant wave
hit the steamer New OK, smashing part OF
her rail- and the dome over the main saloon.
- The steamer Indus ashore near Fire
Island, was hoated. =- Mrs. Pepper, pastor of
8 Spiritualist church in Brooklyn. denied soma
accusations in q story printed yesterday.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day:
Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest %
degrees; lowest. 13
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

The plan proposed in the name of the Postal
Progress League for obtaining from the Su-
prene Court of the United States an order 70
prevent Senator Platt OF New-York from occu-
pying his seat in the upper house Of Congress
is much less formidable than was the recent
announcement OF 1t by it's inventor. For various
reasons. including that provision OF the Con-
stitution which makes each house the judge OF
the elections, returns and qualifications OF its
own members. Mr.. Platt seems to have taken
about the right view Of the proceeding when
he said 70 the Washington correspondent or
THE New-York Herald'; please do not make
.1t annear that I think this matter a serious
"one It is only funny"
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

more commendable in combating them III the
club persists. In time hotels may dare to nave
a room numbered thirteen. and owners OF houses
bearing the ill-omened numerals VIII owe the
club a debt of gratitude Such a stout-heerted
collection of iconoclasts needs no encourage
ment It's members rather welcome examples
that make against them giving them merely
another opportunity TO display their contempt
Of popular superstitions. We venture 10 reeah
to it. therefore, merely by way of contributing
a pleasant anecdote when next the clup as
semL.es on Friday. the 18th. to dine ana
make merry the story of the English snip
whose keel was laid Friday. which was
christened and launched on Friday. and started
merrily on It's voyage on Friday ano-"Was
never heard OF after"
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16
Il nHSenlentS.


ACADEMY OF NUsIC-s l5-sberia.
AMERlCAN-s:15--Me Him snd J.
LAASCO' S-S-Adrea
BILIOUS l5-The Music Master
EEOADWAY-S. .20-g's tnitza.
CASlNO-s.15-l-soy Teazle.
CIRCLE-2-S-KaudeV1lie
CRlTERION-s .2o-Coasn Billy.
DAILY S-S-The Duchess of Dsutzig
EDEN MUSEE-World in Wax
EAGPIRE-S :20-The Little Minister
GARDEN-S-The College Widow.
SARRICK-S .l0-Byother Jacques
EANAERSTEIN'S N1CTORIA-2-S:1o-Neuoe
EARlEM--s: :l5-The Two Orphans
HERALD SQUARES :iS--N ooolano
HCDSON-S ;2o-Sunoey.
IRVING PLACES .1o-Trsurnulus-
KNICK ERBCChEB-S ,1b--The winters Ieie
LEW FIEI.Io'S S-S-It Happened in Noruleno
ITRERTY-S. .20-The Money Makers
r.yCFIAf-s .30-The Case q Rehelhons Susan
LYRICS :15-Fartsna
Automobile show.
NAJESTIC.-s.l5 .l5-Bsbes IN Toyland.
MANI ATTAN-s lS-Leah kleschna-
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE-S-Iosee
nFrW-ANST :I5-Humpty DuinptY
W-YORK-S.1S-Fome folks
Lavender
SAEOY-S -s0-Nrs. LefnENells Boots
TAETACK'S-S.a .ao-The Sho-Gun.
WFRFR=S MUSIC HALJ--S-NauoeF1le
WEST FND-S .lS-The BurgofneSter.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

tate united efforts for making the best Of 1t.
The whole world regarded with too much re-
gret the awful cost OF the late Boer war to
be able to view with indifference the fate of
the country in which and for which that war
was fought, and it will therefore sincerely hope
that under Lord Miners successor in the
High Commissionership whoever he may be,
the United States of South Africa will continue
prosperously and steadfastly on in the policy
which has led through war to peace and from
antagonism TO reconciliation.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

New-York is now reaping some of the fruits
Of the three platoon system imposed upon IT
by sentimentalists who played into the hands OF
Tammany politicians. Soon or late cities like
men. must pay the price of their rollies.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

The Hon. Alonzo Tubbs, OF Gasconnade
County, Mo-. who is seeking to make tip
ping nnisdemeanor, speaks OF it as "a custom
imported from the life-sapped East" MI
Tubbs is vigorous. full Of the sap OF life and
the milk Of unkindness-to walters. His word
coinage processes also seem 10 be In first class
working order. 'Life-sapped" Is not altogether
complimentary 10 the East, but as a change
from the stereotyped Western phrase "the efrete
East II is pleasing novelty The East
whether eftete life-sapped. will be glad to
hear moro OF Mr.. Tubhs
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

The statistician who recently figured out that
New-York will be the greatest city OF the world
by 1925 seems to have overlooked the retarding
influence Of the interests and people who are
lighting the great barge canal and who ap-
parently want to keep this city In bondage to
their special interests
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

site Of the Palace Of Peace" Placing Temple
Of Concord upon the field Of Mars adds new sis-
MITIGATION to building which will be perma'
nent memorial TO the trlumphs OF peace.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

VIII the Automobile Show supplant the Horse
Show in the sffections Of the politely curious?
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

The best way to enlarge the Brooklyn Bridge
is TO leave it alone and build tunnel near H.
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

plish a work second only in Importance to that
of its honorably remembered predecessor
New-York tribune., 1905-01-16

The Netherlands government has chosen the
military parade ground near the Bosch for the
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-19

Artistic Job printing done al
The Sentinel ofice. a
The daily sentinel., 1905-10-19
MUSCULAR.

Alejo Hudson. the Mexican. who
gave a free show on the street the
other afternoon is hemoaning the loss
Of grip containing about all of his
earthly or spiritual possessions He
dropped the grip from his hand while
standing on the platform of an out
going passenger train and although
he got OF at Palisade and walked
over the track to the city and made
a double trip over the track again this
morning he failed TO find Il. He lost
the grip while about three or three
and half miles from town. If any
person found grip he will make the
heart of the strolling Mexican glad
by returning II to this office or notify
ing this office by telephoning as to its
whereabouts. A red sombrero was
the most conspicuous article in the
grip.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore. - FLOUR - Dull and un-
changed; receipts, 1905 barrels; exports,
1,IoI barrels.
WHEAT-Firm; spot, contract, I.I2
0I.I2N; December, I.I20I.I2H; Janu-
ary, L12HML12M February, LI4H@
t.14H; May, LI7H; steamer No. red,
l.ooMgLo6H; receipts, o,4SI bushels;
Southern by sample, o8C0II2; South
ern on grade, I.o20II2.
CORN-Quiet; spot, new, soBG5oN /;
year, 5o38@5oM; January, February and
March, 5oM0so7s; May, sIHM5IH;
steamer mixed, 4o04oH; receipts, o3,-
$50 bushels; exports, o0,722 bushels I;
new Southern white corn, 45MCG5oM; /;
new Southern yellow corn, 4534nsoM.
OATS-Firm No white, 80 bid;
No. mixed, 3s15 sales; receipts, Io,3SI
bushels; exports, so bushels.
RYE-Dull; No. ? Western, uptown,
S6GS7; receipts, $500 bushels.
BUTTER-Steady and unchanged; ;
fancy imitation, eod2I; fancy creamery,
2SCd2S1z; fancy ladle, I7@Io; store
packed, I4MI6.
EGGS-Easy and unchanged, 2S.
CHEESE - Firm and unchanged;
large, II34@Ie; medium, I2@I2N;
small, I2HMI2H.
SUGAR - Strong and unchanged !
coarse granulated and fine, s.75
New York. BUTTER Firm; receipts
$3.50. Street prices: Extra creamery,
e6Hd27. Official prices: Creamery,
common to extra, I7Q26H.
POULTRY-Alive, easy; Western
chickens, 9; fowls, IoIA; turkeys, 1908
Dressed, steady; Western chickens, IoH
ais; fowls, Io6IoH; turkeys, I5@I8.
FLOUR--Receipts, 262Is barrels; ex-
ports, I2,s4o barrels; steady, but quiet.
LEATHER-Firm. Acid, 24dl26.
TALLOW-Stcady. City (S2 per
,ackagc), ~ country packages free),
E5@s.
KOSIN-Ouict. Strained, common to
good, a.8o62,S2H.
POTATOES Steady. Long Island,
L75@2.oo; State and Western, 1850
tso; Jersey sweets, 2oo@325
PEANUTS - Steady. Fancy hand
picked, sH@51l; other domestic, $40
.;H.
CABBAGES-Firm; Flat Dutch, per
90, 2.oo03,oo.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
Victim of Superstition.


One of the superstitions of the Ha
waiians was shown in a striking way
by some natives living on the north.
ern side of this island. Two Japanese
had fought and one of them was
killed. The body was inferred with.
out post mortem to determine the
cause of death. A policeman and
physician were dispatched to the Koo
lau district, where the murdered man
had been buried, to ascertain the
cause of death The body had been
buried for several, days. Efforts were
made to induce some of the natives
to help disinter the remains. but all
refused.
The superstition attending the
touching of BODY that had once been
buried was too strong. Finally one
of the men, Ku, was given copious
drinks of liquor and induced to help
disinter and handle the body during
the post mortem.
The natives gazed in horror on their
former companion and neighbor. Al
ter the officials had left and the body
had been reinterred, Ku discovered
that he had done an awful thing. He
was from that time an outcast His
family refused to receive him in his
home, his friends turned from him
and none of the people who had before
known him would speak to him.
AT last accounts the man was wan
dering half starving along the sea
shore trying to subsist on raw fish.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-04

In every country OF the civilized world
Sisters of Charity are known Not only 10
they minister to the spiritual and intel
lectual needs of the charges committed to
their care, but they also minister to their
bodily needs.
With so many children to take care of
and to protect from climate and disease
these wise and pruder Sisters have found
Peruna a never failing safeguard.
DIR. Hartman receives many letters
from Catholic Sisters from all over the
United States. A recommend recently re
ceived from a Catholic institution in De.
troit, Mich. reads as follows:
Or. s. B. Hartman, Columbus. ohio;
Dear Str: "IHe yOI1lgDtrL phO used
the Perund irdS suD ertiLg from TAR
Ditgitfs and loss Of COice. The result
Of the treatment tUds most sdtisfdc-
tOrB She found gredt reIief, aud
utter further use OF the medicine ace
hope to he able to SAP she Is entirely
cured. Sisters Of Cha rity.
The young girl was under the care OF
the Sisters OF Charity and used Peruna
for cataarh Of the throat with good re-
suits az the above letter testfies.
Send to, The Peruna Medicine Co., Co
lumbus, Ohio. for free book written by
DIR. Hartman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
GFz&ZSNI@NS,
~ OF =
!3 fEAE 1lRgS2 81
- %za-7r=r-<ss 'zs.sli..!:.s;.:.l.zs.zs s:s.l.szs

There is a great fancy for trimming
the necks and shoulders of gowns with
bands of velvet These velvet strip,
pings so over the shoulder and over
the arm. A band OF velvet also ex-
tends around, The yoke
Perfectly plain black patent leather
shopping bags are taking the place Of
the bright colored and more showy
fashion for a season. These are not
so large as those previously used, and
have plain gun metal or gold clasps.
One of the latest novelties in dress
materials is radlum-colored silk. 1t
is pearly white, but it is so woven that
it seems TO give out rays family tinged
with color. Silver bullion lace makes a
fascinating trimming for gown of
this silk.
Bargain counter lengths of silk are
daughters. Young girls dress simply
nowadays, but their gowns are as often
made of silk as OF cotton. Indeed, the
vogue OF silk is universal at present,
and all ages appear in it.
In Paris, at all the smart gatherings,
it is quickly TO be noted that the new
empire green, medium turquoise blue,
a leather brown, on else the new parrot
red--a scarlet having not a trace of
pink in it--are the very newest shades
with white; and most effective are
they in such conjunction.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
rhe Uplifting woman.

The cheering up woman Is Il real en-
tity nowadays. Registered on the
books of certain woman's exchange,
she dispenses her cheerfulness at so
much an hour, and is in great demand.
She reads to invalids, talks to them,
sings or plays to them, as the case re-
quires. She is bright, hustling little
body, with CHEEKY ways and optlms-
tic temperament.
She will come 10 you for five minutes
or thirty. She will darn your stockings
or mend your clothes, She will fix
flowers in vases and make your room
homelike, or talk TO you about every
thing or nothing.
Personally she Is Just what you
would expect such woman TO be. She
has a family of her own who rejoices
in her optimistic view of life, but she
uses her talent also to keep the wolf
from the door.
There was a time when there was
plenty in the home, hut financial re-
verses came, and with them the need
of retrenchment. The husband fell III
and some one must turn breadwinner.
1t fell upon the wife and mother.
To-day she is supporting her family
comfortably by acting as a cheering up
woman, and her engagement book tes-
tifies to the success of the experiment
and the demand which exists for her
services. indianapolis News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
Live Stock
100, 100000

New York.-BEEVES-Dressed beef
steady at 70Ioc. per pound; Christmas
beef, IoHMIIc. Gables steady. Elk
ports, go cattle.
CALVES-Veals, 100000; barnyard
.alves nominal; dressed calves steady;
:ity dressed veals, o@I315c. per pound; ;
country dressed, 7@IIc.; dressed barn
yard and fed calves, 40oc.
HOGS-Few choice Stnte hogs sold
At s.25, an extreme quotation.
Chcago-Good to prime steers, 6.2o@
SIS; poor to medium, 3.S5@5.So; stock.
srs and feeders, 2.I5@4Is; cows, 1850
40; heiicrs, 2.oo@5oo; Gamers, 1850
2.4o; bulls, 2.oo04.oo; calves, 3.5o06.75
HOGS-Market Sc lower. Mixed
and butchers, 4.3o@4.6o; good to choice
heavy, 4.5oo,465; rough heavy, 4.3o9
40 light, 4,4o@445; bulk OF sales, $50
d46s.
SHEEP-Shecp strong lambs 100
I5c. higher Good to choice wethers
4.6o05.I5; fair TO choice mixed, $3.50
40; native lambs, 4.75@o85.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-04
rhlngs TO reaeh Your Daughter.

Things 10 Teach Your Daughter.
Teach her that one hundred cents
make a dollar.
Teach her to say mo" and mean it;
and to say Eyes" and stick to it.
Teach her to have nothing to do with
intemperate and dissolute young men.
Teach her how to wear simple mus
lin dress and to wear it like queen.
Teach hei to have place for every
thing and to put everything in its
place,
Teach her to pay regard to the char
acter OF those she would associate
with and not how much money they
have.
Teach her that the more she lives
within her income the more she will
save and the farther away she will
keep from privation when reyersee
come.
Teach her that music is an elevating
and delightful accomplishment ana
should not be neglected II there be
money enough 10 give her instruction
in ii.
Teach her a high sense Of personal
dignity so that she may regard famil-
iarity OF touch or speech as an unpar-
donabe affront TO her womanhood-
The Dixie Home.