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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Sir John Brunner has arranged for
the town of Wilmington, Norwich,
England, what is called "a bonus
scheme for healthy babies" Every
birth will be reported upon, and at the
end of twelve months Sir John Brun"
ner will make a grant Of twenty shili-
ings to the mother or the guardian of
each child that has made satisfactory
progress. The object Of the scheme is
to reduce the infant mortality.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

? 'INDL ES and
looms We're hush
ed. stores and Of
fees closed. and
the busy working
world Mt rest and
freedom. for II
was Decoration
Day ir Il great
Eas tern city.
This was Gods
day-the day of
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Pending settlement of those diff
ferences of opinion as to whether or
not poverty is crime, the usual pen
atty viii continue to be imposed.
Puck.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Some people lost sight of the fact
that Of two evils 1t isn't always neces-
bary to choose either.-Puck.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

The German Empress. in addition to
jewels worth 100000 that are her own
private property has the right to use
the splendid collection of gems that
belongs to the Prussan Treasury. The
Empress is thus able to sometimes ap-
pear at court wearing jewelry roughly
valued at Sl,2o0.00o.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Some years ago the addition of mois-
ture to furnace-heated air was found
by DR.. II. j. Barnes, Of Boston, to
make room comfortable at a tempera-
ture several degrees lower. In his re-
cent investigation in Southeastern Ma
braska, G. A. Loveland has shown that
the air of a house of $4,000 cubic feet
should receive from twenty to forty
quarts of water daily, and that this
evaporation does not increase the rela-
tive humidity by more than ten per
cent The humidity indoors should
not exceed about forty per cent. 9th
erwlse there will be troublesome con.
densation on the windows.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

The tallest people are the Polyne-
slams, that island race which includes
the natives of Samoa. New Zealand.
the Marquesas and Hawaii. The aver
age man stands five feet ten inches,
whereas the average American mans
stature is five feet seven inches. The
shortest people are the bushmen of
Africa, whose height is but four feet
four inches.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

The making of luclfer matches is a
State monopoly in France. Spain, Por-
tugal, Italy, Greece, Roumania and
Servia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Tantalite, the metal recently en-
ployed in Germany for making an i'm
proved filament for electric lamps, has
found another use. Messrs. Siemens
and Halske have produced pens of tan
talite which are said to be at the same
time harder than steel and more elas-
tic than gold. Tantalite is very resist
ant to chemicals. 1t is che intention to
employ this metal for the manufacture
of various kinds of tools.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

The outside walls Of many of the
houses in Mexico are from three to six
feet thick. to withstand earthquake
shocks.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Patagonian llamas live for years
without tasting water, and n breed of
cows near Losere, France, and noted
for the richness Of the milk, takes it
very rarely.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Indignant Romans hanged the bogus
soothsayers who did not predict the
destruction Of Pompeii and Hereu;S
eum.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

The worlds most remarkable book,
at least so far as appearance is con-
cerned, is in the National Library of
paper with q pair of scissors. Each
sheet Of blue tissue. out of which the
letters are cut, is placed between two
pages of white. and so the matter is
easily read.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Thread made from the SPIDERS web
Is lighter and stronger than that which
comes from the sllkworm. In France
there Is a factory used only for the
manufacture of spider thread.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Mrs. Effie Place. of North Manches-
ter, owns an Easter egg fifty-two years
old, says the Indianapolis News. 1t
was colored a dark red on Easter Sun
day, 1854, but the color has faded to a
pink. The shell is still well preserved
and bears the name of her mother,
Mrs. Eliza Miller.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Aluminium and lead will not alloy.
They mix when melted, but separate
when cooling.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

George Ross, postmaster at Han
cock, Texas. who was appointed by
Republican administration, is a county
commissioner elected as a Democrat, a
justice of the peace elected as an inde-
pendent, and school trustee for the
precinct.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

SSH2Se g=A sSfs&ss
Indignant Romans hanged the bogus
soothsayers who did not predict the
destruction of Pompeii and Hereu;S
sum.
The making of lucifer matches is q
State monopoly in France. Spain, Por-
tugal, Italy, Greece, Roumania and
Servia.
The outside walls of many of the
houses in Mexico are from three to six
feet thick. to withstand earthquake
shocks.
Patagonian lIamas live for years
without tasting water, and a breed of
cows near Losere, Francs, and noted
for the richness Of the milk, takes it
very rarely.
Thread made from the SPIDERS web
Is lighter and stronger than that which
comes from the sllkworm. In France
there is a factory used only for the
manufacture of spider thread.
George Ross, postmaster at Han
cock, Texas. who was appointed by a
Republican administration, is a county
commissioner elected as a Democrat,
justice of the peace elected as an inde-
pendent. and school trustee for the
precinct.
"Kamala" is the vernacular name Of
the red dye produced from the glands
of the mature fruit of a tree named
Mallotus Phillipinensis. The tree is
also called the "monkeyface tree" be-
cause monkeys paint their faces red by
rubbing them with the fruit.
Henry Heatherfield, of Cardiff,
Wales, was accused of stealing lead
from roof. and broke Jail and fed.
After he had travelled 10000 miles he
surrendered and was tried on the
charge of theft and acquitted. But he
was held for trial for escaping from
prison.
Mrs. Efie Place. of North Manches-
ter, owns an Easter egg fifty-two years
old, says the Indianapolis News. 1t
was colored a dark red on Easter Sun
day, 1854, but the color has faded to a
pink. The shell is still well preserved
and bears the name of her mother,
Mrs Eliza Miller.
The worlds most remarkable book,
Mt least so far as appearance Is con-
cerned, is in the National Library of
Paris. The letters are cut out of tissue
paper with a pair of scissors. Each
sheet of blue tissue. out of which the
letters are cut, is placed between two
pages of white. and so the matter is
easily read.
The tallest people are the Polyne-
slams, that island race which includes
the natives of Samoa. New Zealand
the Marquesas and Hawaii. The aver
age man stands five feet ten inches
whereas the average American mans
stature is five feet seven inches. The
shortest people are the bushmen OF
Africa, whose height is but four feet
four inches.
Sir John Drummer has arranged for
the town Of Wilmington, Norwich,
England, what is called "a bonus
scheme for healthy babies" Every
birth will be reported upon, and at the
end of twelve months Sir John Brun'
ner will make a grant of twenty shili-
ings to the mother or the guardian of
each child that has made satisfactory
progress. The object of the scheme is
to reduce the infant mortality.
Cat and Rat Ships Pets.
A sailor approached the officer Of the
deck after retreat on board of the
Chicago and said, saluting: "Sir, may
have the permission to go to the
Saturn?"
what for?" said that officer.
ITO get the cat" was the reply.
The cat is the pet of the ship. When
the flagship went to Hilo the cruiser s
cat stayed behind to get acquainted
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

More than sixty years ago Moser no.
ticed that certain bright metals emit
rays capable of affecting Photographic
plates and Of passing through thin
screens of paper, etc. Continuing the
investigation, Professor II. Piltchikoff,
of the University of Charkow, has now
found that some metals give off rays
that decompose the silver bromide of
the Photographic film, and others that
restore the decomposed bromide. He
names these radiations positive" and
negative" Most metals, including
cadmium and zinc, are positive; os-
MUM and tantalum are negative; cop
per and brass have a neutral radia-
ton, with no action, and gold and
mercury give off no radiation at all.
The radiation is detected by air cur
rents, but is not affected by electric or
magnetic fields. One suggestion is that
it may be kind of heavy metallic ions
penetrating thin metal and human
skin.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23
P6pdlar So1sqce

An efficient tool room is a requisite
Of good shop. The machines In this
department should be high-cass, 9th
erwise their imperfections will be re-
produced In the tools. In the larger
shops 1t is the duty of the tool room
not only to see that certain tools are
on hand for doing the work, but to see
what jlgs or other fixtures could be
made to cheaper production. and to
consider in general the best way to
handle any special Job.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

"Kamala" is the vernacular name Of
the red dye produced from the glands
of the mature fruit of tree named
Mallotus Phillipinensis. The tree is
also called the 'monkey-face tree" be-
cause monkeys paint their faces red by
rubbing them with the fruit.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Canadian mica has been increasing
steadily in value from 1895 TO the pres
ent time, and that of India has been
almost as steadily decreasing in value;
so that, where in 1895 the imported
value of Indian mica was nearly three
times that of Canadian mica, in 1904
Canadian mica stood higher than In
dian.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Henry Heatherfield. of Cardiff,
Wales, was accused of stealing lead
from roof, and broke Jail and fled.
After he had travelled 10000 miles he
surrendered and was tried on the
charge of theft and acquitted. But he
was held for trial for escaping from
prison.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-05-23

Very important improvements Of the
North Sea Canal from Amsterdam to
the North Sea are in progress and are
expected to be completed in the course
Of 1907. When finished, the canal will
be considerably wider and deeper, and
altogether better navigable for the
largest class of steamers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
For Pleasant Dreams.

"It's not everybody I'd put to sleep
IN this ROOM" said Mrs ]. to the fas.
tidious and extremely nervous young
minister who was spending the night
with the family. This room is full of
sacred associations to me-" she went
on. my first husband died in that
bed, with his head right on those very
pillows, and Mr.. ]. died sitting right
In that corner. Sometimes when !
come into he room in the dark think
/ can see him sitting there still. My
own father died lying right on that
sofa under the window. Poor pa! He
was a spiritualist, and he always said
he'd appear in this room again after he
died, and sometimes Pm foolish enough
to look for him. If you should see
anything Of him tonight you'd better
not tell me, for it would be a sign to
me that there is something in spiritual,
ism, and I'd hate to think that My
son by my first husband fell dead with
heart disease right where you stand.
He was doctor, and there's two whole
skeletons in that closet that belonged
to him and half dozen skulls in that
lower drawer. Well, good night and
pleasant dreams. Tit Bits.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05

A generation AFRO the education of
college man confined itself almost en-
tirely to a study of Latin, Greek, phi
losophy and metaphysics, while now
the study Of history. economics and
other subjects of practical bearing
predominates. Interest in the classical
languages has now largely abated,
even with persons who make q study
of them. The student was formerly
supposed to set his training from Greek
and Latin; English he studied incl
dentally Now the study of English is
predominant in the American colleges.
This should not be considered. how
ever, as a disparagement of the prog
ress of American culture. 1t should be
remembered that the Greeks them
selves wrought out their wonderful cul-
ture literature and art entirely with
out the aid of a foreign language The
schoolboys of Greece We're required to
commit to memory the best poems of
the language, notably the poems Of
Homer, which shaped their THOUGHTS,
conversation ana acts and finally their
character.-fresident Schurman as Re-
ported in Cornell Sun.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
BACHELOR Mnh ,yhitcher-

In the earlier days Of the fame of the
poet Whituet when already his name
was widely kaoWn and honored. but
did Eot YET command the almost uni-
versal recoanition it hail won in his old
age, visitor TO AmesJury occasionally
had difficulty in finding where he lived.
His house was in an out of the way
part OF the town, and his name-pro-
nounced by the country folk in two
Syliibles instead of three-was not UNI
common in the nei2hborhood 1t is re-
lated that one admirer, after much
search and many failures, made inqui-
ries of rural gentleman of venerable
appearance. who seemed to take q
kindly interest in satisfying the que
rist, but suggested successfully the
dwellings of several Whittiers. who
proved on further description not to be
the one. At length the old fellow re-
memSered with sudden enlightenment
that there was one Whittier more, and,
slapping his thigh, he drawled with de-
liberate triumph:
Nov I've got him sure. You mean
that old bachelor man that lives with
an old maid sister daown by the mills.
He's Whitcher too"
And this "Whitcher," a despised bach.
elor and an afterthouSht, was indeed
the right one.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
American Geographical Names.

America can show many geograph.
lcal names taken from novels. Califor.
MIA comes from the name of a fairy
Kingdom in Spanish romance of the
early sixteenth century. The Antilles
take their name from Antiglla, an i'm
aginary island figuring in Italian leg
ends connected with the wanderings
of st. BrenGan, and marked in the lati-
tude of the Sargasso sea on Catalan
and Genoese Portulani of the thir-
teenth and fourteenth centuries. Mont.
real is by some said to take it's name
from legendary castle mentioned in
French romauces of a very early date.
The island of Barataria, lineally de-
scended from Sancho Panza's mag
mary goveruorship, also figures on the
maps of Louisiana, while 1t is moot
question whether the strait of Juan de
Fuca does not take its name from q
historical geographical romance, a
Rider Haggard. devised by a Greer
sailor of Queen EliZabeth's day for
the benefit Of her maiesty's resident az
Venice and his own pocket Il Brazil
is found in early Irish legend as an
island in the Atlantic, and it is a moo,
question whether the empire of Brazil
derives its name from this creation o.
the Celtic fancy or from wood from
which a dye resembling in color burn,
ing cinders was made.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
Blood Showers In olden Times.

In the annals of Remarkable Hap
penings In Rome" mention is made Of
fourteen different showers of blood or
blood and other substances mixed,
which occurred between the years 81"
A. d. and ITO. In 1922 we find rec
ord of shower of blood and dust
which covered the larger part of Italy
In 1926 SNOW" fell in Syria which
presently turned into large brooks and
pools of blood" A monk who wrote in
the year 1851 and whose manuscript Is
now preserved in the British museum,
tells of a three days shower of blood
"all over southern Europe" Burgundy
had a blood shower in 1861, and Ded-
fordshire, England witnessed a sim
liar phenomenon in the year 1880. In
1856 hailstones fell in Wurttemberg
which contained cavities filled with
blood or blood red liquid The last
''blood shower" on record occurred in
Siam In the year 1902
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
Safety In Thunderstorms.

According to Professor Rowland, the
safest of all places in thunderstorm
is an iron bedstead. Lying on this,
one is in kind of metal cage which
acts as a lightning screen. This is
contrary to Il very generally accepted
theory, as metal of all kinds and forms
is generally avoided under the belief
that it attracts the electric fluid. Trees,
experience shows, are very dangerous
places to shelter beneath in thunder
storms, and isolated trees more so than
a clump especially if near water. An
oak tree by the side of pond is con-
sidered by electricians as peculiarly
unsafe, but water and damp ground
are to be avoided quite as much as
trees. If the storm is directly over
head it would be safer to lie on the
earth fiat than to stand up. Indoors
the safest place-neXt to the iron bed
is in the middle of the room, and a
room in the middle of the house is
safer than one at the bottom or top.
All drafts and air currents should be
avoided, and all metal objects, such as
mirrors picture frames and wire bel
pulls, should be kept as clear as posi-
hIa
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
"Chomois" Skins.

Charles c. Druedling has written an
article in the Journal of Pharmacy on
chamois skins. The commercial article
of that name, he says, is really oil
tanned sheep or lamb skin lining. The
supply of skins from the chamois ami
nal is very limited. Enough could not
be obtained in a year to supply the
United States for more than a single
day. He made special inquiry on a
visit to Switzerland about the annual
crop of the chamois skins and ascer-
tanned that from 5000 to 5000 skins
would be fair average yearly crop.
This skin is heavier than the skin OF
the sheep or lamb, also much coarser.
For strength and durability the cham
dis skin is preferable, but for ordi-
nary use and appearance the oil tanned
sheepskin lining would in most In
stances be preferred.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
The barometer.

That the barometer should be SO i'm
portant a factor in indicating meteoro-
logical conditions is to many an I'M
solvable mystery. There should, how
ever. be no difficulty in understanding
that the simple principle underlying
the construction is that the free and
unfettered air balances a column of
mercury varying in height, according
to the circumstances of the moment,
whose average elevation at the level Of
the sea is thirty inches. 1t is known,
because directly ascertainable, that
thirty cubic inches of mercury weigh
close upon fifteen pounds avoirdupols,
and therefore. as commonly expressed.
the pressure of the atmosphere is, I'M
der normal conditions, fifteen pounds
on every square inch - equivalent to
nearly a ton on a square foot, more
than eight and half tons on a square
ward and of 100 tons on a square of
ten and a quarter feet side. Scientific
calculation also places the aggregate
weight Of the atmospheric envelope
surrounding the world at about 5,0O0,-
00O,000.000 Of tons. and this may be
represented as the weight Of solid
leaden ball having diameter Of sixty
miles. Such figures are really beyond
human comprehension.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
TIE ONION CROP,
unions D"ins Fairly Well In Com.
InercinI Districts,


lie new onion crop in the CONNER
cial growing districts of the United
Slatas for lie most part is progressing
satisfactorily. 1t is evident that condl-
lions eastward, including New York
and New England, are averaging rela.
lively better than in the central west
ern states Of Michigan, Wisconsin. In.
diana and Illinois. In the latter sec.
IONS rainfall has proved too abundant
THIS season, and many correspondents
Oh American Agriculturist say that Sc
rlous damage has been occaSioned on
account of Il portion of the crop being
washed out This has neceSsitated con.
siderable reseeGing in some sections.
Ihls is noted particularly in onion
growing districts of Indiana.
While giving full weight to damage
sustained through excessive moisture
allowance should be made for the sub
stantial increase in acreage in many
parts of the west as compared with
last years paintings. In parts of
Michigan the season has proved so wet
that a full acreage could not be put
out, and in those sections we find an
exception to the general expansion.
The Ohio Onion Fields.
The Ohio onion fields have also suf-
fered somewhat from the wet season,
yet Hardin county growers say with
good weather the outlook is fairly
good. Reports from other parts of the
Buckeye State are somewhat irregular.
yet many claim the crop as a whole is
promising. In Wayne county low tracts
are said to be in worse shape than a
year ago, but our correspondents say
better weather might change the situa-
ton entirely. In Clark county the
plants are healthy and very promis-
ing. Weeds are abundant in Erie and
Trumbull counties, but recently the
crop has done we'll
In New York and New England.
The outlook in New York is better
than last year. This feature is pro
nounced in tie famous Orange county,
where a decided increase in the acre
age is the rule. The Canastota fields
of Madison county are somewhat
weedy, but nevertheless show up bet
ter than this time last year. Many
reports tell OF the presence of both
maggots and smut and complain of
weeds to some extent but in spite of
this the outlook in the state gives more
promise than it did this time last sum-
mer.
The plant has secured a good start
In the commercial onion raising states
Of New England, where the crop Is
largely grown. The acreage there is
perceptibly larger than last year. and
conditions are ahead of 1904-Ameri-
can Agriculturlst.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-10-05
THE COUNTRY HOME.

Did you ever stop to think that the
prospect of visit to the country home
is usually hailed with delight by both
young and old alike? The spirit of hos
pitality, comfort and plenty which per-
vades the whole atmosphere of the
farm home is delightful in the ex-
IRENE, especially to those who come
from city homes where economy is
practiced on every corner and the
good things so appetizing in the farm
home mean a good substantial tug at
the pocketbook when purchased in the
city. The hostess in the country home
cultivates and enjoys her friends. She
can afford to be hospitable with re-
sources at her command which meet
the demand of every occasion. She
makes her guests feel at home and
happy, while they in turn respond to
the freedom and lack of formality with
great eagerness.