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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12

Pirates and petticoats on first
blush do not seem to blend, but his
tory, nevertheless. records the fact
that less than 200 years ago there
were real women pirates.
Only the other day an old book
detailing the daredevil adventures
of Mary Read and Anne Bonny was
knocked down for $50 in an auction
room at the sale of the library of
the venerable comedian, William J.
lie Moyne.
Just "Robbers' Whims."
Captain Johnson, the author, was
an old English sea rover. The facts
recorded he personally gathered
from the participants and their as
sociates. His recital has all the di-
rect simplicity, the indelicate truth
fulness of scrlptual narrative OF
early Elizabethan drama. No pirate
knew our waters better than this
blunt old sea dog.
The account of his own capture,
detention and ransom by the In
dians on the Ohio River in 1900 is
now scarcely less valuable American
than his masterpiece, for which he
apologies in the preface for calling
1t a history, since he tells us cts
nothing but the actions of parcel
or robbers"
This parcel of robbers is the quar-
ry from which Marryatt, j. Clarke
Russell, Pyle and hots of lesser
writer's are said to have builded their
sea romances, while Robert Louis
Stevenson had more than passing
acquaintance with the record. How
Mary Read and Anne Bonny escaped
their nets seemed strange. In bold
ness and daring, no less than self
sacrificing courage, these women pi-
rates were not surpassed by any of
the picturesque freebooters with
whom their fortune was cast and
whose deeds are enshrined in song
and story.
Externally these first and only re-
corded women pirates had little in
common with the gaily caparisoned
feminine pirates of polite romance
or comic opera. Despite the donning
of real breeches, braving every hard
ship and peril known to the twenty
heroes of Johnson's history and with
not few of whom they fought hand
to hand with sword or pistol, Mary
Read and Anne Bonny were genuine
women is not perfect ladies'" They
would have gone to their graves
their sex unsuspected by their fierce
and bloodthirsty companions had not
Cupid found them out.
AS with not a few of their tinsel
counterparts, the little blind god was
| their undoing. Both were tried for
their lives in Jamaica in 1920 and
condemned to death, but escaped ex-
ecution. Both died in prison.
GAS to the lives of our female pi
rates, we must confess" says The
author, that they may appear lit
tie extravagant, yet they are never
theless true. AS they were publicly
tried for their piracies, there are liv
ing witnesses (1724) enough to testi
fly to what we have laid down con
cerning them.
"If there are some incidents and
turns in their stories which may give
them a little air OF novel, they are
not invented for that purpose; it is
kind of reading with which this
author is little acquainted, but as
he himself was exceedingly diverted
with them when they were related to
him, he thought they might have the
same effect upon the reader"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12
CATS AND MIRRORS.
10 It True That the Animals See Re.
Elections.


"I've half a mind to write to a pa
per in the New Hampshire village
where l was born and reared said
a lover of animals the other day,
"and ask the editor if story read
in his last weeks edition is a true
story.
TITS about a wonderful cat that
sits on the edge of the sidewalk with
his back to the gutter and looks into
a store window as If he didn't care
for anything or anybody. When he
sees by means of that window that
the English sparrows are pecking
close beh.. him, he turns as cats
can turn, lK1 the whiff of a flash
light, and nails a bird or two.
'"Now, I've gesscd with cats and
dogs. and all k:sds of living critters
ever since | could walk; studied their
ways and hahis, and | never could
make any of them pay the slightest
attention TO themselves in a mirror.
I've held them up to the glass, think
ing they might spit or growl or fight,
and they weren't so much as interest
ed. The joke was always on me.
"And you can't fool them on dunn
mics, toys made in their own image
and made perfectly-rmabout rats
and mice and limitations of that kind,
They won't even paw over them and
examine them. Accordingly, am
rather doubtful about that very clover
New Hampshire cat, at,"-ProvideH's ?
Journal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12
A Cool Room.

A man recently walked into a
hotel at Checotah and asked for
room. In describing the kind of
room he wanted he said: II want a
cool room. The weather Is beastly
hot, and would die in close room"
''Waal," drawled the proprietor,
without moving from his chair. 1--WE
got a room where q man froze to
death last winter. Is th-a-at
co-o-o-l enough fer ye?"-Kansas
City Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12
Truth Triumphant.

There was a sort of cow on exhibi-
ton at the circus Monday, who also
took part In the parade. whose horns
were loose and she could "wlggle"
them. Last winter this paper said
Ain Shadden had a COW that could
wiggle her horns, and there were
some people who scoffed at the idea.
The cow at the circus proves that a
COW can enjoy that rare accomplish
mcnt.--M""'~nville Reporter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12
ron SALE or RENi
BY MAMIE BYRD TURNER.


And old, SO old! 1t almost seems
AS though there fitted, shadow
wise,
Across the windows shuttered eyes
Sweet faces fashioned out of dreams;
As though, did one but know the
call,
A sudden lifted word would bring
Glad children round the corner
wall,
AnsTering, rolllcking.
What If it be not tenantless?
What II the gentle people stay
In some immortal guise alway
Among the rooms they used to bless?
Then, for the remnant of its age,
Not they who take nor they who lease
May touch the perfect heritage
OF it's abiding peace.
Youths Companion.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12

A decentfy dressed woman was last
night brought out into Smithfeld for
sale, but the brutal conduct of the
bidders induced the man who was. or
pretended to be. her husband, to re-
fuse to sell her, on which scene of
riot and confusion highly disgraceful
90 our police took place.---Lopdon
Times of MAY. 1906.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12
Enelish in Japan.

Baron Takaki says four-fifths of
the Japanese boys are now studying
English, and that It will soon become
the Language of Japan and later of
the world.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12

Tigers are greatly on the increase
in Burmah. owing to recent legal re-
strictions on the carrying Of arms.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12

The Vatican was thoroughly
cleaned lately and a quantity of re-
painting done. The work employed
500 people for six months. Merely
in cleaning wall papers, one thou
sand loaves OF bread we're used daily.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12
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Tobacco was legal tender in the
American States when they were still
colonies of Great Britain.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12

A firm of London motor manu-
facturers supplies its customers with
specially colored confetti. which the
motorists sprinkle when running
through police trap. Drivers who
follow at once read the sign and act
accordingly.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12

colonies of Great Britain.
The Vatican was thoroughly
cleaned lately and quantity of re-
painting done. The work employed
500 people for six months. Merely
in cleaning wall papers, one thou
sand loaves of bread we're used daily.
A firm of London motor manu-
facturers supplies its customers with
specially colored confetti. which the
motorists sprinkle when running
through police trap. Drivers who
follow at once read the sign and act
accordingly.
Motor-boats of all sorts are becoms
ing more and more numerous on the
Venetian canals, threatening TO dis
place the old-time gondola. The gon-
doliers are much disturbed. In dis
pute between two of them and two
electric launch men the latter were
stabbed, one fatally.
The raftesia of Sumatra is said to
be the largest and most magnificent
flower in the world. 1t is composed of
five roundish petals, each foot
across, and of red color, covered
with numerous irregular yellowish
white swellings. The petals surround
a cup nearly a foot wide, the margin
of which bears the stamens.
This story is told of Dan Leno, the
late idol of the London music hall
stage. His mind failed, and he was
confined in a private asylum. Soon
after this he got up an argument
with one of the attendants about the
correctness of the clock. THAT
clocks wrong" he said. mo, sir,
the clock is quite right" 81 tell you
it's wrong" mo, sir, it's quite
right" Then if it's right, what's it
doing here?"
A miner who lost his life two thou
sand years ago has been taken from
q copper mine in Chile recently. Cop
per oxide had mummified his whole
body. The mummy is in q fine state
OF preservation. Coarse sacling, evil
IDENTIFY the clothing of the ancient
Inca workman, was found with the
body, as were two mallets, one fash
ioned out of granite and the other
out of ironstone. These implements
were tied with thongs into bent
sticks made as double handles. Both
the hide and the sticks were as fresh
looking when found as If they had
been in use only the day before.
The Vienna Fancy Dog Club has
established a novel dog market. Per-
sons with dogs for sale are invited to
] send the animals to the clubrooms
| every Wednesday, where they will be
exhibited. Each animal will be ex-
amined by veterinary surgeon and
also appraised by experts Purchas-
ers can therefore be assured that the
dogs are quite free from disease and
also worth the price demanded And
all this service will be performed en-
tirely free of charge; neither buyer
nor seller will be asked to contribute
a penny. The club will bear all the
| expenses. as its only object in insti-
| tuting the market is to promote the
breeding and traffic in dogs of good
race.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12

Motor-boats of all sorts are becoms
ing more and more numerous on the
Venetian canals, threatening TO dis
place the old-time gondola. The gon-
doliers are much disturbed. In a dis
pute between two of them and two
electric launch men the latter were
stabbed, one fatally.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
Used b. Carpenters.


The large steel squares used by car
pentQrs are such common tools that
perhaps few know when and where
they were first made and how they
came TO be used or even give the mat
ter a thought Tie making Of them is n
great industry now. but when the last
century came IN there was not one in
use
The inventor was a poor Vermont
blacksmith. Silas Howes, who lived in
South Salisbury
One dull rainy day a poddler Of tin
ware called at his shop TO have the
blacksmith fasten a shoe on his horse.
Such peddlers travelled up and down
the country, calling at every farmhouse,
buying everything in The way Of bar
ter. This one had a number OF worn
out steel saws that he had picked up in
various places Howes bargained for
them. shoemg the pcddler's horse and
receiving the saws in payment and
each thought he had an excellent trade.
His idea was 10 polish ana weld two
saws together a right angles and thus
make a rule OF measure superior 10
anything then IN use. After a few at
! tempts he succeeded in making a
square, marked it Off into inches and
fractions Of inches and found that it
answered every purpose that he in
tended It for.
In the course Of few weeks he made
quite number during his spare hours.
These he sent out By the peddlers, who
found every carpenter eager to buy
one. Soon he found orders coming In
faster than he could supply the de
mand. One OF his steel squares" would
sell for So or Sc. which was FIVE tiD--'
as much as It cost Am. ~~
He applied for and,obt9i-'ed patent
on his invention so psdt no one else
could deprive him, II the profit It gave
him. II was iuee'after the war Of 1872,
and money .,tas scarce and difficult TO
get but ne worked early and late. and
as he learned money he bought iron and
bired men TO help him. In few years
lHe was able TO erect large factory and
put in machinery for the making Of
squares, which by this time had found
their way all over the country and had
made their inventor famous.
Such was the small beginning Of a
large and important industry. People
came miles TO see the wonderful forges,
the showers OF sparks flying from be
meath the heavy hammers. and listen
90 the din Of the thousand workmen.
Silas Howes lived to be millionaire,
and he did n great deal of good with
his money.-Congrega
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
lr.- " LIRE.
According TO TtIition, Pan Taught
MOrtaIs HOvO Make Dread.

According 10 TtIitioD. Pan Taught
STortaIs Howo Make Dread.
Man has not avays eaten the fine
wheaton bread wich is so frequently
served today. andyet It would be nee
essary 10 go far lck into prehistoric
times to find the friod in which some
kind of bread wasnot baked. Sarah
who cooked for Araham. the father
Of nations" madebread Just as her
ancestors had mac - VI i'iiureus
of vaor.s rDetOre nerme. She prepared
=. paste Of -four andvater and, having
shaped it into roundhat pieces, buried
It in the ashes Of T. hearth. 1t was
many years before he Jewish people
knew any other kindf bread. although
there were times win these fat cakes
were baked upon ie gridiron until
they were dry and bftle enough to be
broken by the hand
According 10. traditn, II was Pan
the god with the face nd legs Of a goat
who first taught moals how to make
bread. According tole same authori-
ty. 1t was the goddess eres who taught
the Greeks how to crlvate corn and
Megalarte and Megamaze who in
structed them in theIrt Of kneadlng
flour and baking loav' in ovens. So
successful were their ipils. however,
that at one time no lei than seventy
two kinds of bread w'e evolved out
Of various combination OF milk, oil,
honey, cheese and winevith the flour
Of that period.
For a very long tim the Romans
were eaters Of Cruel. th art of parch-
ing corn and Of convertig it into -four
having been taught TO lem by King
Numa 0715 B. c., whilehe baking OF
the compound was on introduced
with the worship Of FOrlx. Perma
nent public bakehouses Nre in use in
Rome as early as G3O b. IA Strangely
enough. however. in theN Nidst Of the
bewlldering progress Of re centuries
bread Is one thing that 10 shown bui
little Improvement.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
saIIowed Her Dead Hu.b.na.

Iionly case on record OF a discon
sola widow swallowing the remains
of : dead husband is that Of Arte
mes drinking a glass Of wine in
whhthe ashes Of MausoIus had beer
stir for that purpose. The parties
to I remarkable transaction were
brot and sister and also husband
and fe. Mausolus was king Of Caria
and figned about 300 years before
Chri After HIS death his remains
werurned and the ashes disposed of
as ned.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
Consolation.

Thloneymoon was over. and The
hushl, returning from business, was
grle to find his little wife cryine
bite "Oh. George" she sobbed,
sue dreadful thing has happened,
I hnade you a beautiful pie all my.
self,l Fido went and ate itF 'eWelI,
neveind, my dear" he said cheer
fullyve can easily buy another dog
Bingham Post.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
d Universities.
gersity OF Oxfor
aAlfred the Gres

80 -. -rHe university Of Cambridge
or, rather, the first Of the colleges a
present comprise9 in it. was founde,
by Hugo. bishop on Ely, in 1857. Tn
DIVERSITY Of Paris was founded b,
kig Philip H. about the year 1900
IN first German university was estab
lishd at Prague in 134S. Trinity col
leg Dublin, was Incorporated by ROY
al narter in 1891. The University o.
Edlburgh was first chartered In 15sa
by ling James VI. OF Scotland. Har
var college was founded at Cam
briee, OF. as it was then known. New.
tow Mass. in 1876. Yale unlversit,
was first established at Saybrook.
Con, in 100. 1t removed to its pres
ent cation, New Haven, In I7I6.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
POiN,-J PARAGRAPHS.

When good nature is noisy it is al
most as disagreeable as I'll nature.
You are interesting TO your friends
as long as you are keeping something
from them.
Never watch others unless you are
prompted hy the desire to find some
thing to applaud.
Somehow your right always seems
full grown and the other mans right is
a dwarf in comparison.
If You l.now of any patience that il
not the patience Of a mother. compared
With that kind it is an adulterated
brand.
"a good many times when you thina
you are accepting a complimentary
from a friend you are getting a sea-
in the gallery at box prices.
Il we could see our backs. we would
nrafailiv ena th0s' flushing at thingl
spare the feelingI
fl Globe.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
injured bx caun -

While at work in a trench in Nm pu-
ren street This morning Ernest BernM,io.
Polish laborcr was Injured about M
arm and wrist by the earth cayine in
upon him he was removed to the Del
aware Hospital by the Phoenix ambul-
ancc.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
Success In business.

Thth Of success in business is IN
varia the path. Of common sense.
Notvtanding all that is said about
"luclits." the best Kind Of success
in e1 mans life is not that which
come accidents. Smiles.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

Hotel ana restaurant prices are steadlv
rising In German cities because of tho
RAPID r.se Of prices Of meat ana vese-
'"oies cooks and walters also demand
much more than formerly.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
an AM Rctort.

"Fools sometimes ask questions that
wise men cannot answerl remarked
the professor IN the course Of his lee
ture.
"Then that explains why so many OF
us get plucked IN our examinations"
said the nippant student Home Notes.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
Deaths.
o--->0-f--~----~--~---e-F-------~
y X. Fdel.
liget Haley.
r Innne


ty X Fdel.
iget Halfy
~ Jones.
FRIE4 this citf. on June 20. 1906.
Marx widow pf the late Manus
Frlel
Relai and friinds Of the family
are relfully in1ted to attend the
funeralm her lite residence. No.
SO4 sof'ranklin Street on Tuesday
mornin 10 O'Clock. Requiem mass
at st. irs ChuFh. Interment at
thedcemetery
Jones July l., 1906, Mary Jones.
aged lears.
Funelarvices a her date residence. I
No. 514 Fourth street, on .TNIesdayE
afternot 2 o'clobx. Intenment pri-I
vate.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

Meet me at the Old Fashined Picnic
saturday July Z. Tickets at Belts
drug store.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
Dred to II.

"Hems to see the worst side OF
everyv."
"Ht't help IT, He's an amateur
photolher. Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

John d. Long, ex-Seoretary Of the
Navy. is much opposed to the pro-
posed new system Of spelling. He says:
ITO spell well is the distinguishing
mark Of a scholar. as much as good
manners are Of a gentleman"
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

Warren Bclch
tnastcr at y
signed to he
David Belcher
was the oldest
ted States.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

Dancers in India wear nose rings set
with precious stones.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

OF all European cities Rome has most
frequently been in the hands of enemies
II has been entered and sacked more
than forty times since 800 b. c.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
Shifting a Burden.

Aren't you the man ! gave "A pie to
the other dayT
"Yes. lady"
what did you do with it?"
~ gave It TO my brother; he's strong
VI than t. New York Press
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
Too Late Tor ClassincatIon

NOTICE. DIVIDENDS.
The National Bank of Wilmington
Brandywine. an.
Wilmington, Delaware, June ~ w
TheBoar of Directors nave thi7 y.
decisred "a semi-nnnual dividend of D.
cent pavable on demand; and added 81
900 to surplus fund.
CALEB NJ. STEWARD, Cashier
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

From his lat
OF Front and l.
the funeral OF
on June o. too
mss was said
ChoNch. Intern
dral cSinctcry
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
Wilmington SECURITIES.
RsportedlA IN. D. Laeksy Co.
Bankers ahd d'Brokers sis Market street
Name

M onal Bank Of Delaw are ...... o..
Celiral National Bank ....... .... l..
fliulers Lank ...................... o..
i ~ National Bank o., .t.4. .-...l b..
Nlfl Bank uf Willningo0n q lnanF
luiln Natl Bank ......-........
EoAable Guarantee x Trust Com "a
Seclty Trust a Safe Deposit Coip
WILMINGTON Trust Company ..-...-
Amarcln Nulcanized Fibre, Conlml
AmeiNan Vulcanized Fibre preferrA
DslmNre Railroad Stock ....-.....-'
W!.nin-ton Gas * electric, COM.
wilmington Gas & Electric, pid. ...'
Wilmington, New Castle 4 So. Ky.
Wilmington, New Castle & SO Ry-
VIII iington Light, Power and Zee
Name BONDS
American Vulcunized Fibre Bonds q
Wilmington City Railway BONDS ...
Wilmington N Chester Traction boi
Wilmington Gas a Elect. Bones -.
Wilmington, New Castle * So. Is 'h'
pe'marvia Telephone Bonds .'''-''
Delmarvia Telephone bonds 80, =,
Win Light Power & Telephone =
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

MIS- Jones--ou must get the landlor
10 come and 81 Tor himself the damag
the furnace hasone 20 the ceiling
Mr.. Jones-f es, ana II do hen see IA
damage telchildron have done "a the res
tho huSa
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

lree years
b. has re-
his son,
frvice he
the Uni
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

That leading man doesn't look like an
i.or."
. No: and he doesn't act like one. either"
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

I.OST-Friday evening pair nose glasses
going from 1909 Washington street to go
Krkwood street. Reward if returned to
Journal Office
WANTED-A furnished room, central
location with dog. ADDRESS j. II. Cashion,
Evening Journal Office.
WANTED First-e class ship ioners. APP
ply Harlan and Hollingsworth Corpora
tion.
I.OST-A lady's hunting case gold watch
going from 9TH and King street to 2l21
Pine on Peoples K. r. line. Return TO
222l Pine street
FURNISHED second story front room
for rent, private family. 6l5 Poplar st.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

!. !: !. !: !: e: :: !: :: !:
D. h your Am 10 have
So You IN have to
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

75c Women's Peter Pan
Waists in white, pink dQc
and blue .... TOC
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

COUNTY TAX PAYERS TAKE NOTICE
For the accommodation of the county
Taxpayers, the county tax office will be
open during the month of July from s a,
m. until p. M continuously From July
23rd to July 3ist the county tax office will
remain open from s a. M. until p. m.
ROBERT NJ. BURNS,
Receiver Of Taxes.
Evening journal., 1906-07-02
Funert all.

vest corner
iis morning
who died
ln requiem
rs r. c.
in Cathe-
Evening journal., 1906-07-02

$500 Children's dresses.
made OF fine quality percales
and linens. Cut low neck.
short sleeves, also in Peter
+ an and Sailor QQo
styles .... OOC