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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07
USES OF DUST.
without 1t There Would lie M Sunsets OF
Sunrises, Shades or Lights.

Without 1t There Would lie No Sunsets or
sunrlses, Shades or Lights.
While dust contains many Of our
mortal enemies, it is one of our very
best friends, and the finer it is the
more we owe TO it. If there We're no
dust the sky would not be blue, there
would be no raindrops, no snowhakes,
no hailstones, no clouds, no gorgeous
sunsets no beautiful sunrlses.
The instant the sun passed out of
sight we should be in darkness The
instant it rose it would be a sharp cir
Gle of light in a black sky. There
would be no evening glow to chat or
think in, no lovely dawn, with bird
song and cattle low at natures wax
cning. The dome of the sky would be
as dark as it is on bright moonlight
night. The moon and stars would
shine by day in all their brightness.
The whole earth would be a deep, dark
shadow excepting where the suns
rays fall directly upon it in one great
binding circle. The moon and stars
would make even our shadows.
Rays of sunlight or any other kind
of light go straight through all kinds
of gases, no matter of what they are
made. In passing through them, If
they contain 10 dust, the rays cannot
be seen. They are invisible You
have often seen sunlight enter a dark
ened room through partly opened shut.
ters or a crack of knothole. You
have noticed that the rays are full of
dust moving about in every direction.
The air is made of gases mixed. You
did not see the rays of light. you saw
the light in the sun reflected by the
particles of dust. Millions of these
particles were too small for you to see,
but not too small for such searching
thing as light to miss.
The light we call daylight is the
| light of the suns rays reflected from
the particles of dust in the air about
our earth. Moonlight is the light of
the sun reflected from the moon. which
is great mass of particles compressed
into huge ball. The earth is nothing
more. If both of them were ground
fine and scattered they would be but
dust
Each cubic inch of air contains an
enormous number of dust particles.
The number is beyond our conception.
John AitlSin, of Falkirk, Scotland, was
the first to count these dust particles.
He counted them by a little machine
lie carried in his pocket, and in a very
simple way.
He has been able to count 100000
dust particles in cubic inch of the or
dinary air of Glasgow. The air of
Plttsburg probably contains ten times
as many. After a meeting of the mem
bers of the Royal Society of Edin-
burgh in their hall he counted 6,500,00
to a cubic inch near the floor and 81
100000 to cubic inch near the cell
ing.-Sunday- School Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07
A German Sausage N.blb,,,on,

A statement has been recently pub
llshed that in Berne a sausage exhi-
bltion will be held at which 1888 va
rleties of sausages will be shown. AS
Dominic Sampson would say, this is
prodigious. 1t seems almost incred-
ible that so many different sorts of
sausages could be gathered together
from the four corners Of Europe. And
yet there Is nothing Inherently impos-
sible in the statement, for the kinds
of sausage are Of as infinite variety as
the ingredients OF which they are
made. The trade in Berlin knows over
400 different species, and Berlin is by
no means centre of the sausage in-
dustry. London Telegraph.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

Caracas is charming place to spend
vacation in. One never tires of
watching the pack trains arriving with
loads of coffee, cocoa or marketing
produce. or setting out with all man
ner of queer merchandise for the coun-
try estates. Then there is the market,
where one is sure TO find some new va
riety of fruit or vegetable. no matter
how often he visits it. Even more in
teresting to me are the quaint houses,
which seem so many centuries behind
the times. and yet present such de-
lightful vistas as one glances through
their forbldding doorways. And, of
course, there are excursions to be made
on every side. tramps across the valley
among the banana and sugar cane
plantations or Up the hillside to see
coffee estate.-St. Nicholas.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

Many simulated virtue has lived
TO plague the simulator
No secret has more cocksure solvers
than the mocking secret of success.
If genius could be emulated, then.
indeed, 'twere folly to be merely wise.
Well-deserved praise always pleases
the receiver and never hurts the giver.
All great reforms are the culmina-
tions of world-old longings and aspira-
tlons.
Many n man who sings the praises
of another does so just to call attention
to himself.
No man is fitted to command who
lacks the power to put himself in an
other mans place.
The most seryiceable knowledge to
any man Is that which makes him dis
satisfied with himself
The nature evidenced by mans first
breath remains unchanged in bent and
kind till death,
'Tls their relation to the point of
view that makes the minds impress
sions false or true.
That which degrades the coward and
the slave degrades stlll more the manly
and the brave
The fool sayeth in his heart, "Riches
have wings but the wise man adj
yiseth thus, "Cllp the wings"
1t Is the way Of most philosophers
that they would rather speculate on
the unknowable and immaterlal than
set their faculties to work on some.
thing useful and within the limits OF
the attainable.-Coast Seamen's Jour
nal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

far was the docking of the centre sec
ton of the structure by utilizing the
pontoons at either end. The main
pontoon is no less than 316 feet over
all, each end pontoon being 10 feet
over all. The ends of the main pom
toon overhang the smaller ones, each
of the latter having an outside indie
pendent side wall high enough to al
low it to be sunk and hauled under the
centre structure. literally fitting around
the centre on the same principal MS the
familiar collapse or telescopic box.
In docking the cruiser the entire
structure was sunk to the maximum
depth in one hour and thirty-six min
utes, but pumped out in less than this
period, the exact time being one hour
and two minutes. Considering the size
of the Colorado and the magnitude of
the work involved, the time required
was remarkably short, as only two
hours and sixteen minutes elapsed
from the time the ship was landed on
the blocks until the keel was raised
completely out of water.
The decision of the board of super
vlslng engineers was that the dock
is of sufficient strength and capacity
to dock ship of 10000 tons displace-
ment.
The arrangements for towing this
great structure are of no little interest,
ON account of the length of the voyage
and the weight and dimensions OF the
dock. While the framework, plating
and machinery contained represent a
weight OF nearly 1l,0oO tons, its height
above the water, Its unwieldy proper
tons, as well as draft. make 1t far
more difficult to tow in seaway than
an ordinary craft The towing feet
| selected to take the dr,,lock to Manila
| Is composed OF three United States
colliers. The largest of these Is the
Glacier. ship of 1000 tons tisplace'
ment and having engines OF 5000 horse
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

suddenly the snake sprahg forward.
the end of its bloody neck striking me
with great force on the bare arm, just
below my upturned sleeve, knocking
the knife from my hand and causing
me-more from fright than force of
the blow--to pitch over backward
II have had narrow escapes before
and since that time. but never before
nor since have I suffered anything like
the awful horror felt on that occa-
sion when bitten by a dead snake. l
fairly writhed in agony for few min
utes. trying all the time to gain my
self-control and realize that / was
frightened and not hurt.
IL do not know that I was noisy
but may have been. for my companion
was fairly splitting the air with
shrieks of terror that would have
drowned the braying of n fog horn.
He had been close TO me. and the sud
den and wholly unexpected attack of
the dead and headless snake. acting
upon his emotional and superstltious
temperament. frightened him nearly
to death. The first use he made of his
recovered breath was to pronounce my
DOOM
"'You is n goner subj You might
live few houahs. an maybe two or
three days but you is dis as good as
dead. Ain nobody goin git well when
bit by live snake, let alone a dead
one.
II didn't skin that snake. nor have
I ever tried to skin one since"
But the doubter will git you If you
| don't watch out.-Forest and Stream.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07
Chinese Humility.

A Chinaman, wearing his finest
gown Of silk, called at a house where
he happened to disturb a rat, which
was regallng itself out of n jar of
oil standing on Deam over the door
In its sudden fight the rat upset the
oil over the luckless visitor, ruiniug
his fine raiment. While the man was
still pale with rage his host appeared,
and after the customary greetings the
visitor accounted for his appearance
in this wise: "As | was entering your
honorable dwelling | frightened your
honorable rat; while it was trying to
escape it upset your honorable jar of
oil over my poor and insignificant
clothing. This explains the contempt
ible condition in which l find myself
in your honorable presence. Chinese
at Home.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

"Poitics is extremely uncertain" re-
marked the man who makes trite re-
marks.
Yes" answered the discouraged
looking citizen; you read the papers
in the hopes of deciding on the best
candidate, aAd then start out for the
polls. And maybe you'll be allowed
to get to the polls. Then, perhaps,
you'll be allowed to deposit q ballot,
which in your excitement you may or
may not have marked correctly. And
If you did mark 1t correctly there is
chance of its not being counted, any
how. AS you say, it's extremely un-
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

power. The Glacier will be assisted
by the Caesar, of 5016 tons displace-
ment, having engines of 1900 horse
power. and the Brutus, of 5000 tons
and 1850 horsepower. Consequently,
the entire towing power will aggregate
nearly 5000 horsepower. The smaller
craft, however, will be used not only
for direct towing, but Tor steadying
the dock in rough weather.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07
ceun,ry,s n,.,orr rorrnir.n.

1t is said that two Boston younp
women recently Went TO Concord on
sightseeing expedition. When they
We're shown Emerson's home 1t did
not impress them much. as neither
had heard Of him. The Alcott house
created more interest, however, as they
decided It was the home Of Chauncey
Olcott, the ac!er.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

sFos< pines have proved so sue
cessful that the craft is now on its
way to Cavite.
Since its completion it has been
lying at Chesapeake Bay off Solomon's
Island. Here an opportunity has been
given 20 thoroughly demonstrate its
capacity for docking not only vessels.
but to dock itself. In each trial the
drydock has performed service up TO
the requirements of the specifications.
The vessel selected for the test was
the new cruiser Colorado. 1t may be
needless to say that the Colorado is
considerably longer than any of the
battleship class, being more than SOC
feet.
Consequently, the weight of the Col.
orado, though much more, was distrib-
uted over such a greater length of the
dock that the strain upon it as indi-
Gated by the detection was consider
ably less than when the battleship
was lifted from the water; but as al
ready stated. the detection was no
more than the calculations of the engi-
neers-in fact, was not as great us that
for which allowance had been made.
The most interesting of the tests by
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

A steel chimney 2G0 feet high was re-
Gently successfully completed in South
Wales.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

One OF Lord Roseberry's hobbies Is
the collection of books. He is ssme
thing OF a poet when In the mood.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

Nv pain shall not be hers to share,
Ny passion sway her not,
And high and calm and fair she still
Shall count her happy lot.
But does she count it SO, nor yearn
To hear a lovers call?
] cannot longer bear the doubt,
go-to tell her all!
Walter Prichard Eaton.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07

Argentina's exports OF wheat Tor The
calendar year 1905 exceeded ll3.00o.-
600 bushels.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07
DOUBT.

She shall not know 1 love her,
/ will not let her see
The rosy riot in my neart
When she is kind to me.
How could vex so fair a maid,
So fair and calm and high,
When / am shackled to the earth,
Bond-brother to a sigh!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-07
the CAVITE DRYD0CK.
BY DAY ALLEN WILEY.

toE HE tests of the floating
u - Y drydock designed by the
D o United States Government
Y - for service in the Philip
~sFoy1 pines have proved so sue
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-06-01
En- ID PQLNdl de SglE[0lGIal
SOLEMNES CULTOs

FL dfa : del corriente al toque de
oraciones, dara principle en- la Tgle-
sia Parroquial de San Francisco de
Asis, el solemne novenario que to-
dos los amos dedican sus devotos al
Glorioso San Antonio de Padua.
Todos los dias, 4 dicha hora, rosa
rio y novena, letanfa, salve y gozos
con orqucsta.
El dia once, response para los So
clos difuntos.
FL dia doce Salve con toda solem-
nidad.
Dia trece festividad del Santo, Mi
sa con Panegfrico cargo de elo-
.cuente orador sagrado.
Alternando en- las noches del no
venario tambien dirigiran la palabra
al auditorio reputados Y muy conoci-
dos oradores de la Dioccsis.
Sc invita- y ruega los devotos Y
demas feles Ia asistencia tan pia
dOs0s actoS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-06-01
llnfOrme del Cuartel general
DE Ia PoLrcIA INsULAR
TELEGRAMAs REcIBIDos

Bsysm6n Mayo GA don RogeIio
Rivera de Comcrio Ie sustraieron un
caballo, sefias siguientes; color zaino
oscuro, nueve aTlos edad con sobre
huess quijsda izquierda.
En- Comerfo barriO 4El Verde" fue
destruida per incendio casa Manuel
Meiendez. Hecho casual.-Cabo Llo-
rens.
Guaysma.-Recibida noticis incen-
dio barrio "Palmas," me persone con
cabo, guardias, Iugar suceso hallando
destruida totalmente por fuego bohfo
Modesto Ramos. pereciendo hiio este
de dos amos edad Investigate hecho
resulto casual.-C apitan Hurtado.
Fajardo.-Ayer capture en- union
Guardia Pav6n a Alejando Rodriguez
Genaro Lopez, hurto mayor cuantfa.
complicados robo prendas sefior Bar
cello. Fiscal lie sehalo 5000 dollars
hanza.-Ssrgento de Jusds
Caguas, JUNO r-Csbo Isern de
ABuas buenaS comunicame que en- l.
tarde de aver fue reducida a cenizas
en- barrio Jaguayes,casa Bernabe Santa.
perdiendo nina como de IN afio, hiia
de du- nos de Il casa, resultando hecho
casual.-Teniente Mongil
Isabela.-Anoche una a. m presen-
tose Jose Cencel colegio de Inscripcio-
nes Provscando electores y arrojando
sobre ellos varias piedras, por 10 que
Sc altero la paz, policia inteCvino al
detener a Cancel, este quiso atacarle
y hubo necesidad de hacer uso de Ia
macana para reducirlo 4 obediencia-
luego qued6 todo tranquilo-Cabo Mu-
fIoz.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-06-01
Una Carta del pintOr Medina
ScffOr Director del
BOLETIN MERcANTIL


Muy sefior traio y amigo: Reclamo
IN sitio entire las columnas de su apre
ciable peri6dico para responder al Sc
fior B. z. que frma un suelto, en- e.
"Heraldo", titulado ."Lo del Teatro"
Dice B. y 2. que. so su regreso dc
Arecibo fue muy felicitado por ell des
enlace que ha tenjdo La desdichada
pintura del Teatro."
~ para quo.vea usted que no esta
solo en- ESQ de las felicitaciones, { la
caballerosidad de los senorcs Todd
Rivero, Sanchez Morales, Cabrera I'm.
geniero) apelo para que digan 81 no
fui telicitado por cllos la noche que
fueron 4 examinar el pIaf6n quedando
todos conformes con la obra, habien-
dome hecho ST, algunas ligeras indica-
clones, cosa que nada tiene de perti
cular en- una obra 4 puuto de ser ter.
minada.
Lo de las pinturas es verdad; pero
yo, como PRACTICE en- esas obras tengo
mi mancra de cojer pinturas, Y solo
puedo hacerme solidario de response
bilidades por imperfecciones cuando
Sc siguen mis- indicaciones Y estas re.
sultan fallidas.
I'm este case no Sc siguieron y 81 al
pie de la lctra las del contrastista Sc
nor Axtmayer.
Unas tachelas mas 8 menos NAL
cIavadas no hacen la bondad 6 infe.
rioridad de I'm trabajo artistico.
OhciaImentc de mi trabajo como
arte no ha tenido ningdn reproche,
que publique el contratista Axtmayer
Ia carta del Alcalde de la comisi6n
y ateng gamonos 4 ella
Agradczco d mi gratuito enemigo B.
y Z. la pena que. le halla podido causar
10 que el estima un fracaso; que has
ia ahora. no hay de que. pues de
los textos ohsiales 10 Sc desprende Ell
tai fracaso.
No es usted quicn corresponds
perdonarme 6 galardonarme Ell este
caso. Sino 4 alguien que vale mas
que yo, mas que todos los artistas jun
tos, habidos Y por haber, mas que
usted; Ell pdblico.
Cuando este me excomulgue lo
creere!-F MEDINA
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-06-01
Acuerd0s 0ltimOs


Sc acuerda aprobar cl informes del
Vocal .Ingeniero acerca de los pianos
del Hospital de Vega Baja, aconse-
jando al Superintendent que CONT
|nlque 4 los interesados las reformas
que propone Ell Vocal Ingeniero.
Sc acuerda cnviar 4 lnforme del
Vocal Iugeniero el proyecto del Hos
pital Municipal de Salinas
Sc da cuenta con el expediente pa
ia Ia construction de I'm Gem enteri0
en- el barrio &c Can6yanas, en- Lola Y
Sc acordo enviar toda Ia documenta
cion informe del Medico Inspector
del Dlstrito Nortc.
Sc lego el informe de Ia Iunta
de MGdicos Examinadores en- cl
asunto de la "enfermedad de v6mi-
to EN- Jamaica. fu6 acuerdo endo-
sarle al Honorable Gobcrnador todos
los documentos para los fines conve-
nientes.
Sc lego IN informe del Inspector
Veterinario sobre su vista 4 Guaya.
ma. La Junta quedo enterada.
Sc lego el informe del Msdico
Inspector del Distrito Norte referen.
te la inspection hecha por q de las
casas de don Francisco Ramos, en-
Rio Piedras.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-06-01
HOrrOrOSO incendiO
EN- IA PLAYA DE PONCE
del Puerto Rico Eagle

Anoche, como a las doce menos
cuarto de la misma, ocurri0 un vio-
lento incendio en- el edihcio donde
tlene establecido su dep6sito de pas
IA " West India Oil Company"
a esa hora los vecinos inmediatos
Inotaron que Salfan grandes llamara-
das por las clara boyas del dep6site
g immediate mento dieron Ia aIarna
de tuegO, Acudier0n en- Ell acto los
oomberos &c Ia Playa. los cuales a.
lnotar Ia magnitud del siniestro. die
ron avls0 q esta ciudad. Este avise
reclbi0se cerca de Ia una de Ia ma
drugada- Acudieron al lugar del fue~
go todoS lOs-jefeS oficiales del cuer-
| po y gran n1mero dc bomberos. Nc
Icirculando a dicha hora los troll
leys, sc pldio un caro- dc Ia com
pahia, trasladand0se en- Gl las auto
ridades y ohciales del cuerpo do
bomberos.
Coiro Slempre, nueStros abnega-
dos bomberos, trabaiaron con el ma
yor tes6n y Ia mas asfdua constancia.
| pero dada Ia magnitud 6 incremento
del lncendlo y Ia misma facili9ad
que prcstaban para alentarle las ma
terias que encerra ba e1 dep6sito
/ fuerOn 1mpOtentcs los eSfuerzOs he
ehos para veneer el poderos0 ele-
mento.
4 ESQ De las cuatro de Ia madru-
gada cedlo Ia fuerza del fueqo y ann
"a Ia hora que trazamos estas lineas
cl incendio ha sdo localizado. Dero
| contlnuan t0davfa ardlend0 Ia vigue-
ria y demas parties del cdI1cio.
| II cd1fcio era propiedad de don
! fCarlos Armstrong. habiendo costado.
dieciocho mil pesos provinciales
y estaba asegurado en- seis mil de
liars.
No sabemos 81 las existencias deI
dep6sito estaban 8 no aseguradas.
A las tres de Ia madrupada. eI
| Juez orden0 Ia detencicn del senior
don Francisco Sirven. represenfanfe
de la West India Oil Company.
Para comprender cuan grande htl-
biera podido ser eI incendio & no ha-
berse localizado, bastenos decir. Que
en- las lnmediaciones habfa un dep0-
sito de algodon y otro de ron
DeSde Ell primer momentO aeuaie-
ron ell Jefe de Po1icfa, Ell Alcalde. e
Juez y demas autoridades, las cualeS
estuvieron todas Ia aItura de -
| deber.
Todo los almacenistas Y dem6S
personas que poseen iutereses en- -
Playa acudieron desde el primer mo
mento, fin de tomar las medidar
lpropias del case.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-06-01
Los REPRESENTATIVES DE- Argentina

Buenos Aires. IS de Mayo.-El
doctor don Luis Drago no ha acepta :
do todavfa Ell cargo de delegado en-
Ell CongresoA APanamericano de Rio
Janeiro. Existen algunas diferen-
cias sobre el asunto Y el sefIor Drago
no resolvera hasta conocer ell progra-
ma dcfnitivo de la Conferencia.
Ell gobicrno ha ordenado 4 la Lee
gacion Argentina en- Londres que
|entTegue al Banco de la Union Pari-
siense siete millones y medic de pc
SOS. importe del cancelado empresti-
Ito Morgan.