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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

the locomotive, that has heightened
the stride of his foot; and the tools,
that have hastened the movement of
his fingers.
For the 2pectroscope. that has
made us at home In foreign planets.
For the telephone, that has halved
mans labor and brought distant ac-
cuai- tances near.
For the increasing interest in fine
arts.
For the X-ray, that has made the
body transparent to surgeons and
physicians.
For anaesthetics. that have less
ened pain. robbed surgery of its ter
rors and relieved sufferers OF their
agon-.
For photography, that preserves
for us the faces of our departed dead.
For the lessening OF class hatred
and the return of the spirit OF good
will.
For the announcement that never
have there peen so few children
working in store and shop, or so
large a proportion in the school
room.
For the fact that all the paths that
lead to Office and honor and wealth
are now open to all poor boys.
That to the four desirable voca-
tions called the professions have now
been added forty more that offer
splendid prizes to young men who
are fitted for the task.
For the lessening OF drunkenness
in our country.
For the new enthusiasm in mu'
niclpal reform.
For the enormous gifts this yeal
poured out for college, library ant
church and social reform.
For the strengthening OF the home
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
The Home Festival.

Thanksgiving Day is one of those
home festivals whose popularity will
never wane while American women
love their homes. 1t is the great
family festival of the year. 1t bears
no resemblance to the Harvest Home
festivals of England, which were cell
ebrated with rout and riot and in
public places. While Thanksgiving
Day is recognized and appointed by
public proclamation. 1t is in no sense
a public day. 1t is never celebrated
by public professions like the Fourth
of July. There is nothing to break
the Sabbath-like peace of the day
except the occasional parties of juve-
nile mummers in some cities.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

anc OF rne family ties, and the in
creasing movement against easy dl-
vorcc.
Tor the increasing honor and dig.
nifty that attaches to the Republic.
For the press. sowing the whole
land with the good seed OF wisdom
and knowledge; for books and mag.
azines, that have exalted the imagin-
alton while they have inspired the
intellect.
For the return of the tides Of
faith in the church and the decline
of infldelity.
For the fact that the whole trend
is up grade instead of down grade;
that the gains are universal and i'm
measurable.
Never we're the reasons for
Thanksgiving so many or so weighty.
Our people are justified in looking
forward to q golden era, when all
young hearts shall be turned toward
school and church, when all feet will
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Departmental style.

In one of the lesser Indian citieo
the clerk in charge OF the official doc
uments is a Hindu with peculiar
knowledge of English.
AS rats did much damage to his
papers he obtained permission to
keep two cats, the larger of them
receiving rather better rations. A
few weeks later the head office at
Calcutta received this dispatch;
II have the honor to inform you
that the senior cat is absent without
leave. What shall do?'
To this telegram there was vouch-
safed no answer. After waiting a
few days the Hindu sent off a propo-
sal:
"In re absentee cat. | propose to
promote the junior cat, and in the
meantime to take into Government
service probatloner cat on full ra-
tions. lid Bits
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
FIRE Axp THE WINDOW ror- e.


Seventy-three per cent. of all the
damage done by fire to buildings
other than that in which 1t originates
Is attributable to the window route.
writes Commissioner Fitzpatrick in
Insurance Engineering. More than
that, forty-eight per cent. of the en-
tire fire loss of the country in nor
NAL years is traceaDle to lack of
window protection.
In extraordinary conhagrations the
percentage increases at a frightful
ratio. 1t is fairly established, for
instance, that at San Francisco fire
actually originated at eleven different
points in comparatively Insignificant
buildings.
Had the windows in adjacent build
ings been protected those eleven fires
would have been confined to those
eleven buildings; and the value of
those eleven buildings was certainly
not more than 100000.
The folly of unprotected windows
has therefore cost San Francisco
more than 1000 buildings instead
of the original eleven, and something
like s1.5O0, 100000 of property and
business loss! Had the windows of
the big so-called fireproof buildings
been protected. at cost of possibly
100000, the contents of those build
ings would be intact to-day, and just
that one item means nearly $4,000
900 lost.
Many projections have been de-
vised and tested; many of them work
well, but in most of them. particu-
larly where anything automatic is
depended upon, there is liable to be
a slipup at the wrong moment. OF
course almost anything is better than
nothing. Iron or other metallic shut
ters are, at least, fire retardants,
though they ultimately bulge and
warp and twist and frequently yield
to the persistency of fire.
The one thing that stand pre-emi-
nently above everything else, con-
sidered from every point of view,
appearance, certainty of protection,
availability and everything else, is
wireglass. Where even the glass
melts it is still held in place by the
wire and bars the passage of flame.
| know of but one case where it
failed. The victim made a great hull
labaloo about it and | was rather
surprised to hear his story. Upon in
vestigation | did find the wireglass
| neatly rolled up lying on the window
| sill. The intelligent fellow had used
wireglass, but had fastened it in wood
sash.
To sum up, put me down as 9
stanch believer in wireglass in metal
lie or asbestos sash for ordinary win
dow protection, and where the dan
ger is great double glazed sash ant
wireglass.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

Kansan's Scheme to Attract the
EIocks That Pass Over His Place.

Kansan's Scheme to Attract the
EIocks That Pass Over His Place.
Dick and william Frakes, living at
Rushville, have thirty-five tame wild
geese which they use as decoys in
hunting Twenty OF these geese they
bought up North when the birds were
young, paying 81 pair. They Grip
pied thirteen of the others and
raised two; one old wild goose set"
and Matched out five goslings, but
three of them died. All the geese
are clipped-that is, their wings are
cut of at the first joint.
Wild geese frequently hear the
Frakes geese and light in the Frakes'
yard. One night Dick Frakes heard
wild geese flying around his house,
in answer to the calls OF his trained
decoys. He went to the door in his
night clothes and killed nve. On an
other occasion a lot of wild geese lit
in the yard with his decoys. He
hastily rigged up fish net. drove
them all into 1t and captured three
wild ones.
uS II Iuhtb DOyS Hidht bpStldlLy
of hunting wild geese and like the
sport They take ten OF their decoys
to the river, tie them on a sandbar,
and then wait in a blind until the
wild geese appear. AS soon as wild
geese appear the decoys set up a
great cry, and the wild geese always
sail around.
In April, three years ago, Dick and
Mace Frakes killed seventeen geese
in one day, eighteen the next and thir
teen the next. That was the best
record they ever made. In addition
to the thirty-five decoys owned by
Dick and William Frakes. Mrs. Mace
Frakes owns twenty-eight, and one
of her old ones set and hatched out
six goslings, all of which lived
Atchison Globe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Only Too We'll Satisfied.

The husband who Is always growl-
ing over everything from his meals
to his laundry looked up from his
paper and remarked sulkily;
Madam, l see where a Chicago
man went from home. remained
thirty years and then returned and
gave his wife $4,000. II you don't
do better you may find me doing the
same trick some day"
The patient little wife looked up
from her sewing and replied sweet
ly:
''All right, James, but II you will
only remain away thirty years you
needn't trouble yourself about the
$4,000" And after that he stopped
growing. Chicago Daily News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

brought us fruits from the sunny
South. furs from the frozen North.
with rice and sugar and coal, and
made the people of the snow and the
winter to enjoy the fruits of the
tropics.
For the reaper, instead of the Sic
kle. furnishing bread to the word.
For the looms, that enable one
man In one year to ciothe thousand
men against the rains of summer and
the SHOWS of winter.
For the trip hammer, that has null
tiplied the stroke of mans arm; and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
The Air Route.

But we overlook the air. AS a
means of communication between
men we have socn some beginnings
made. But as an avenue by which
they may pass from one part OF the
world to another and come into ac-
tuaI, tangible contact with their fell
low men have hardly begun to ex-
plore 1t. And II from one part Of
this world to another, why not from
this world itself to other worlds?---
New York American.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

be sr1dalled for long upward march
along the paths of happiness and
peace. Thankful to-day for barns
overfowin3 with grain, for stores
overflowing with goods, for stuffed
shocks and shelves, for homes over
flowing with happiness, on which
God'r holiest sunlight falls; thankful
for laws that are just, for liberty that
is universal, for new ana lustrous
forms of beauty and of truth, let us
be chieny thankful for Gods un'
speakable gift IN tho Christ, who
brought immortality to light and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

the fire of Prometneus down from
heaven and given warmth for cold
and comfort for distress.
For stoves and coal, instead of the
house blackened with SCOT, and a
meal cooked with freshly cut chips
from the tree.
For the cable, that has brought
foreign capitals near, anchoring Lon
don Just outside Sandy Hook. and
making Bombay the second turn on
the left, just around the corner.
For these steel tracks, that have
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
The Commandmcnt lie Knew.

The rich hostess, on tho lawn OF
her beautiful farm. was cathechising
the little country weekers from the
alums.
And now she said, who knows
the shortest commandments"
Il do. piped lad In wocdcn-soled
shoes.
Repeat Il, ploase
Keep on the fras>l shouted thu.
urchin confidently. Nov York Prese-
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Two Qualities.

Gelsomini was searching for
wife and said to his friend Barbetta
that he wanted one rich and stupid.
And Why?"
Because If she is not rich. | will
not marry her, and If she 10 not stu
pid she will not marry neil Mot
10 per Ridere.
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Effect ON the Appetite.

George" asked Mrs. Ferguson.
did you read what the morning pa
per said this morning about"
"No," interrupted Mr.. Ferguson,
"and l don't want to read 1t till after
I've had my breakfast. Chicago
Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Already Invented.

II see they've Invented another au-
tomato machine that takes the place
OF a man." remarked Miss P,ppery.
"But they'll never invont a machine
that could take the place OF a wo-
man.
"Oh, l don't know" replied Knox,
there's the phonograph. "--Philadel-
phia Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

Your friend Lamb doesn't look
we'll at all. What's the matter with
him? Dyspepsia?"
We'll, you might call it financial
dyspepsia. | believe he went in for
pork on Wall street and took too
much. philadelphia Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

"Yes," admitted the returned va
cationist, "the days we're hoS, but the
nights
Were cool, eh? Same old gag"
81 was about to remark that the
nights were even hotter than the
days. ."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Brought to Book.

Green-"what's become of that
fine library you used to have?"
Brown--"Disposed of It. Circum-
stances alter bookcases, you know"
Boston Transcript.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Letter of Stress.

Knicker-"Is the Il in golf ST.
lent?"
Bocker-"No, on the contrary.
there are a great many of them
sounded. New York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
SMelIs.

She (sentimentally) How like
life are the waves of the sea-"
He-"You bet. Come to the shore
in great style and go away broke. -
Detroit News.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Sad to Contemplate.

She-"He married her for her
money. Wasn't that awful?"
He-"Did he get it?''
She-"No."
He-"It as."-Judge.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
The Divisions.

Knicker-"The world is divided
into two classes"
Bocker-"Yes; those who trace
their descent to William the Con-
dueror or drink. New York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Not Scientinc.

George, dear, what is the scicn-
lihc name for tho mosQuito?"
II don't know
why. what did | hear you calling
1t the other EVENING""
"Eh! That was something that
won't bear repeating. ."-clevelani
Plain Dealer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Danger No Name For It.

80 you think yachting a danger
GUS gamer"
"Dreadfully so. Why, no less than
five of our commodores have died OF
delirium tremens. Life.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Accounting For 1t.

ITS bad enough for you to come
home intoxicated" said Mrs. Lusch-
man, but why so late?"
well, you shee, m dear, my
frien's foolishly shent me home by
meshenger boy" - Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
The once Boys Excuse.

How is it you get back so late
from your grandmother's funeralf"
at was a ten-inning New
York Press"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

herd and flock. and above all, food
for man.
For one bin stretching three thou
sand miles long 1lled with barrels of
apples, Jonathan and Spitzenberg
and golden pippin; with pear and
plum and peach, with grapes and
nuts, with all the preserved richness
of raspberry and strawberry, and the
ruddy vegetc cbles-potato and beet,
carrot, celery and turnip; the pump
kin and the squash.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

For abundant ~ains. that lave
filed the rivers. fed the water springs
and reservoirs. and rejoiced the cat
tie upon thousand hills.
For the comforts and conveniences
for the home and fireside that have
brought universal happiness to cot
tage and hamlet and mansion.
For the match, that has brought
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Not i'm His Line,

Lawyer-"You should learn short
hand and typewriting, Billy"
The Office Boy-"Aw g'wanl
never cared fer flowers an candyl"
Puck
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
A Difference.

she's awfully skinny, isn't she?~
Il should say not! She's willowy;
that girls dad has got money. -
Houston Post.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Provocation.

Mrs. Knicker-"Does your hus-
band say things behind your back?"
Mrs Bocker-"Only when he but
tons my waist. New York Sun.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
Asylum Inmates start a Ne,r.n,, ,,.,,-

The inmates of the new insanp
asylum at Maueroeling, Austria. tt,s
largest madhouse In the world. ha,a
started newspaper. The first num-
Der proudly declares that 1t is pub
iished by the mad for the mad
Nevertheless the contents are aston
tshingly sane.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

who, having redeemed the world from
sin and vice, goes on to plant a great,
sweet hope within the heart and
points all those who on Thanksgiving
Day front an empty chair-points
them, / say, upward, whore there are
other mansions and the Fathers
House, and where, on new Thanks
giving Day, the family circle shall be
reunited amidst scenes of unwonted
loy.-New York World.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29

"Why don't you try the faith cure
for the discomforts of warm wealth
err"
81 have tried it. The thermometer
doesn't pay the slightest attention to
il. Washington Star.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-29
How He Proposed.

They dined all alone at s.s.
On oysters they dined and 3 8
And he asked his dear KS
TO tell him his fs
When they 8 tS-a-tS at 6.8.
Houston Post.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-23

go per cent Of the entire output Of the
country. Now suppose that Mr.. Bryan s
plan were IN operation. Would the gov
ernment force the corporation to cut
down it's output at time when the
country cannot get steel fast enough
to8build its new structures and it's new
railroads, or what would it do about itf
Moreover no such arbitrary point could
be fixed, for a production that might
mean oppressive measures and inflated
prices in one branch Of industry, might
not in another. It is dangerous for a
politician to make statements in gen
eral way covering manufacture or any
thing else that he knows little about.
for some one is sure to come along and
pin him down to something definite.
and just as soon as the soft, messy
ground of generality is left and the
hard, stony field of experience and
practical application is entered upon.
the politician Is wide views and all regu-
lating plans usually make a poor ex-
hibition. The fact is that while every
one recognizes the existence Of the trust
evil and most people believe in the
sincerity and general good intent Of
Mr.. Bryan, his views and methods if
put into operation would probably
throw the country into panic.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-23
The Voting Machine a Success.

Voting machines appear more desir-
able than ever in this city. They
were used in twelve of the thirteen
precincts where they were authorized.
In the early hours of the day much
time was consumed in voting by the
machine, but this was not in every case
due either to the complications of the
machine or the stupidity Of the voter.
He was eager to note as much as pos
sible Of it's construction, to examine
the location of the other tickets as we'll
as his own and generally to make him
self acquainted with the new method.
In several precincts later in the day
rapid work was done on the machines.
One republican vote was cast in thirty
six seconds and another in forty five
seconds. The average time used would
after the machines had been used once
or twice, be considerably under min
ute. AS there are 900 working min.
utes in the primary day, it is quite
evident that with a fairly even dis
tribution of the voting thru the day
a single machine will take care Of the
maximum vote in any precinct handily.
The excellence of the machine is in the
sorts of mistakes it 'averts. The voter
cannot vote wrong and the officials
| cannot count wrong:, When the vot
ing is done everything is done. Tired
and sleepy men are not depended upon
to declare the result. It declares it.
self as soon as the machine is unlocked
Nor is the public torn to tatters wait
ing for the returns. They are made
public on the instant.
The double advantage of the new
method and the practical demonstra
ton of it's adaptability to both the
primary and regular election ought tt
encourage the council to persevere III
it's determination to adopt it. for the
entire city.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-23
To +he Editor Of The journal.

This being the open season" for criti-
cism of the primary law, will you permit
a suggestion as to its improvement? The
weak point in the law as it stands Is the
ability of a voter Of the opposite party
to vote in the primary merely by saying
on oath, if challenged-that he voted for
such a party at the last general election,
and of course whether he did or not is
known absolutely to no one but himself.
Now, supposing that were changed to
provide that he must swear that he voted
that ticket at the last primary election,
and then have a. memorandum kept IN
the poll book just as fast as the voters
register, which ticket Is given them. In
connection with suitable provisions that
the entries in that book should constitute
evidence, etc.. would not that have ten
dency to make voters a little careful
about perjuring themselves? Also would
not the fact that a mans meddling in the
nominations of the adverse party this
wear would bar him from having voice
next time in the choice of his own cand1-
dates, when for all he knows there might
be the most interesting kind of a fight
cause him to hesitate somewhat? In
other words why not substitute written
contract for the 'gentlemen's agreement
which hes proved so conspicuously made
quate? -Cnarles W. 1ui pAe'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-23
I'M EARNIN' WHAT 7 GIT

Nearly every day the papers knock some other
idol down; s,..5.: IL VA ST.
Rich old, pious- lookin' Abner! Seems as tho
..'. It can't be true =, - e." ~"
Why, the things they charge agin him common
thieves would hardly do
Took the money of poor orphans left in trust
So, to him, they say, ..ra =. sr
And got rich by cheatin' people In slick and
solemn way! ~
Yes, he used to look down on me. ana perhaps
he does SO VT, ..Es T.. .r.rE 5l
For haven't got much money, but I'm earnin'
what git! sr.
or mean or vie; 80.
'Cordin' to some peoples doctrine, If: you only
git your pile. III.
Any way to grab the prohts; put ASIDE the
If you turn from tainted money they'll regard
you as fool. 80
"Let your house become brothel If It pays
to do the same
So they'll tell you who've gone crazy in the
money grabbin' game
Well, I s'pose that I'm old fashioned; amt
got no fortune 3yit;
I'm poor man, 1 acknowl edge-but I'm earnin'
all I git!
They're a-hu tin Henry Waddumsr-lived in
II that fine house up there
Got his fingers soiled while tryin' to become a
millionaire.
Eben Hotchkiss has ben stealth; papers they've
exposed the case,
So the church has gone and bounced him, and
his fam'ly's in disgrace. tY
Course there must be wealthy people who have
made their money right
But the tainted rogue and rascals loom up
everywhere in sight
Money, money money. money! What won't
some folks do fer It?
Well, amt got no big income--but I'm earnin'
what git!
Chicago Record Herald