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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-18
DEVICE TO AID THE SWIMMER

A recent lnvention of :, Canadian
viii be of interest to those who delight
in swimming. 1t is an attachment
which, being worn by swimmer, will
facilitate his progress in the water by
affordlng him an enlarged area with
which TO push himself forward, In
the illustration 1t is snown attached
to the leg OF swimmer although
1t can be modified TO I'll the arms also.
The operation will be obvious.
The device consists of an open rec
tangilar framework, within which are
suspended series Of light vanes
hinged along one edge of the open
framework In such manner as to be
susceptible of setting themselves with
the current. of water going through
them as the legs are drawn forward
or bent for the stroke.
During the back stroke or thrust tho
vanes will close and form plane
normal to the movement of the limb
A framework of vanes of this kind
Is supported from each limb OF the
swimmer. to which 1t is secured by
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thought leaf ought to grow oui
there, but that was too far gone to
search elsewhere
Upon attaining its growth the para
site larva cuts open the aphis skin un
derneath and squlrms part way out
so as to have full swing with its head
end. Then 1t begins the construction
of its cocoon, made, as with most in.
sects, of its saliva, and eventually be.
coming. after a few hours work,
silken, parchment-like, bulging, tent.
shaped affair upon which the now
shrunken and distorted skin of the
aphis rests as on pedestal. The par
asite enters the completed cocoon and
becomes an inactive pupa or chrysalis,
and in few days thereafter If 1t is
warm, the perfect insect, the tiny
fly, emerges and takes wing to work
more mischief among the rose pests.
The illustrations fully elucidate the
facts set forth in the text. They pre-
sent a wonderful insight into a small
natural force, not the less masterful
because of its mimic scale.-Scientific
American.
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In expectation OF his coming. They
filled the road with bullets, and al.
though we saw that all along our line
the fire had increased to terrible rap.
idity to check the Chinese until the
ammunition came. we knew the men
were doomed. They got the first one
almost at the beginning. His legs
doubled under him and he went down
with his arms crossed In front of his
face. and lay quite still in the road.
The Englishmans was running swift.
ly. and Dulloo trotted easily along, un.
disturbed by spit of bullet or scream
of chell. All the Chinese In TientsiD
were shooting at them.
The Englishman turned off the road
to go across to his own men at the
right. By the first ditch the second
man went down, and the Englishmap
was hit himself. 1t must have been
| In the shoulder, for 1t spun him quite
round. But he gathered himself to-
gether and went on at smart trot.
Dulloo followed. He seemed to know
all about 1t and understood just why
there was need to hurry.
Perhaps he knew, too, that even az.
ter the ammunition had been delivered
up TO the men there in the ditch, there
would be no cover that he could take.
But ne just kept his head down and
his ears forward, and trotted along as
| fast as he could.
Can 3ou realize how it felt to lie
behind the Tlud wall and watch that?
| Can you Understand how we prayed
for man and beast? They were al.
most at the goal. Surely the man would
win. He could not be knocked down
now.
But lie was. 1t took him apparent
| ly straight in tie head, through the
brim of his helmet, for the big sun
guard flew off in front of him as his
hands were thrust forward, and he
went down on his face.
| Orly Dulloo was left. The men
stood up in their ditch fifty yards ahead
of him and waved Their arms, and we
knew they were calling 10 him. Not a
step did he falter, even when the
guiding hand left his lead-strap dan
CLING between his feet. At the same
steady trot he went ahead. He could
hear the men telling him he was 9
good mule and should have d. 6. o.
Distinguished Service Order-all hi;
own; and then the Chinese got him
One step he took, and was all right
the next he was down on his knees
and rolling over.
But his work was done, the ammu
milton was delivered. 1t was only {
few steps to the line from where hi
fell, and almost before he was dowr
the men had run out to him, unlashet
the boxes, and were rushing back t.
the cover of their little ditch. Surely
Dulloo had earned the d. s. o.
Youths Companion.
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and touches 1t with its antennae as
means of certain Identification, scent
far outranking sight in such matters
among insects. If this were an ant
the aphis would respond with a liberal
supply of the coveted honeydew, but
knowing friends from foes 1t now
IS its body from side to side quite
violently indeed for such a lethargic
creature, and the little fly Is pushed
aside. Not liking this it moves on
to another or smaller apk'd with less
vigorous movement, or pausing n mo-
ment attacks the same aphs again,
with perhaps better results. Choosing
its position deliberately and carefully,
with its slender, stlltllke legs lifting it
high, II widely straddles its victim, its
fore legs often resting on the aphids
back, its slender body and long anten-
nae much jostled by the agitated plant
louise. But now the fly is not to be
dislodged. Its keen, swordlike owl
positor protrudes from is sheath, and
in moment is thrust deep into the
back of the plant louise, and is held
for just another moment, until an egg
so tiny as to pass through the slender
organ, is deposited into the very inte-
rior anatomy of the rose pest. Then
Withdrawing, the fly 5traCdles off and
proceeds at once to convert another
aphis into an incubator, and so on
until OH doubt the egg supply perhaps
fifty or more, becomes exhausted.
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Salad Dressing-rarucula nice on
vegetable salad. One pine of whipped
cream Juice OF one-half lemon, one
taDiespooniui OF chopped parsley. pep
per ana salt TO taste. Gelatine viii
ueip set the cream II Tor any reason II
"l'i not Whi2 properly.
Cream of Corn Soup-Put one pint Of
grated corn or one can OF corn into n
double boiler; add pint of milk and
one tablespoonful of butter and one of
flour rubbed together; add level tea.
spoonful of salt, dash OF pepper and
a teaspoonfuI OF onion juice. When
boiling hot serve.
Apple Cake-place thin layer Of
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omelet Pan and Its Possibilities.

If omelets are frequently desired for
breakfast a special omelet pan should
by all means be provided. A French
cook always keeps pan exclusively
for this purpose, and, however it may
sound to lovers of soap and water, the
pan is never washed. After the omelet
Is cooked the pan is wiped as clean as
possible with crushed tissue paper and
put in a dustless cupboard. Choose
perfectly fla pan, for if it has a bump
in the middle the ome!et will never
come out well. There are almost as
many varieties of omelet as there are
weeks in the year, and once one learns
how delicious n stuffed omelet is there
will be new Use for leftover oysters,
chicken. fish, and vegetables. Fried
bacon cut in tiny cubes, minced ham
Dr. chicken, minced herbs. grated cheese,
all are good. If n few spoonfuls of to.
mato or oyster sauce happen TO be left
over from dinner they may also be
used. Cold curry, asparagus. shrimp,
Obster. Minced and stirred in thick
sauce, are very good. If no letter
sauce is at hand, make this one: A
tablespoonful of butter stirred into
the same quantity of -four, the yolk
of an egg, full tablespoonful of Par,
mesan cheese, little sweet milk, and
sea9oning of salt and led pepper, Stir
this together ever the fire ana add
minced meat, fish, or whatever is to go
into the omelet. J lst as the omcet ia
ready 20 be folded. drop the MKT
in.-New York Post.
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mean to begin with the career and
personality of the late Charles T.
Yerkes. For about fifteen years he
was the largest and most conspicuous
figure in Chicago traction matters, and
when he went away with his heavy
sack of loot he left tradition that re-
mains, to this day, an important factor
in the situation.
He came to Chicago in the early
eighties, from Philadelphia, where he
had a brief though romantic career.
He had flourlshed there during the
regime of the gas ring, had been the
friend and associate of Elkins and
Widener. had finally made disastrous
failure in speculation, felt the bite OF
the law and gone to prison. This last
act, to my belief, was more to his
credit than otherwise. He owed the
city money and refused to make 1t q
preferred creditor, and under statute,
this refusal became a technical embez-
element. 1t was for the protection of
his other creditors that he refused, and
he was almost Immediately pardoned.
He afterwards cleared the slate by
paying all his creditors in full.
He was by instinct and by training
an .adventurer, but much shrewder,
more patient, more intelligent than
most of these gentry. He spent his
first two years in Chicago in the bro.
kerage business, looking around, sizing
up with wonderful skill and precision
the men with whom he must DEAL
II. X. Webster, in American Maya
1ipa
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ny $. ynsyx AARON.

ny >. ynfgx AARON.
-AtCG. HE flower loving insects
X ~ \ are all friends in need: but
. d the unhoneyed flowers al
49,. SO s,,oiu have e. their. their !. insect sec.
tllization only, but protectors and
champions that fight the battles of
those that must depend on the flower
stems and leaves and buds to survive.
says American Homes and Gardens
But though the flowers are voiceess.
they tell us with none the less elo-
quente what their enemies are and
how they suffer by them. Ask the
rose. The wlthered, skeletoned leaves
proclaim the enmi.y of the saw-ny
slug; eaten leaves and others folded
ovec tell of the larva- of the golden
winged tortricid moth: while canker-
Gus. eaten buds and flowers denounce
the rose bug, the aphides that crowds
the green stems and leaves of the new
or growth and swarm all over the ten
der buds.
Annihilate the aphides upon dozen
stems of thrifty bush and keep others
off; then let a dozen others go full of
the lice. and watch resul ). The num-
Der and the beauty of the blossoms
will be the answer. Now. Nature gen.
orally makes wise effort to strike
n proper balance. and though we hare
heard this denied concerning the po-
tato beetle, yet it Is true more or less
Thus she has furnished several anti
dotes for the aphides; II she did not
the little pests would become a nuis-
ance irGeed, past all calculation. This
salutary purpose is effected by the sew
| eral larvae of the syrp.us fly, the lace
/ winged fly, the ladybug and a number
of very small Hymenopterous para
| sites. OF these latter the most inter-
estiny end the most common is the pret-
| ty little fly known to the scientists as
! Praon. which may be called the CO.
coon-maklng parasite of the aphis. Any
one with sharp eyes may discover this
! little friend OF the rose at work, and
may follow, with a little care, is
complete life history.
At the time when the plant lice are
| thickest n small insect resembling a
miniature wasp, or an ichneumon fly,
which it really is may be seen max
ing its way among the fat aphides,
moving leisurely and with a dignity
quite beyond its size, for /, usually is
not longer than an eighth of an inch.
1t approaches one of the larger aphides
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The late Lord Acton for many years
kept a record of condolences. A very
strange one occurred in his own ex'
perience.
A rumor spread that his wife had
drowned herself. She had done moth
ing of the kind, but 1t was quite true
that Baroness Acton had drowned
herself at Tegernsee, where Lord and
Lady Acton We're staying, and had
drowned herself under their window.
The strangest of all condolences
noted by Lord Acton concerned Sir Ed
mund Berry Godfrey. who was mur
dered at the bottom OF what is now
Primrose HILL but was then known al
Greenberry Hill, In London.
Three men were hanged for the mur
der; their names, respectively. were
Green, Berry and Hill,
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of the device in the water. This con-
stitutes the primary element of the
attachment, the form and manner of
attachment being modified to the re-
quirements of arm and leg
To supplement the leg movement
with the instep action Of the foot, the
vane frame is pivoted to the leg at
tachment by system of parallel links,
which link motion is connected by
light rod to the toe of a sandal or shoe
on the foot. The feet, instead of act
ing merely as paddles, are utilized to
impart considerable muscular power to
propel the body forward, the legs
being kept merely far enough apart to
avoid striking the frames together
Philadelphia Record
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SELF-PLAYING EITHER.

Inventors are quick to attempt any
thing that affords chance of reward.
Why they do not tackle musical In
struments is query hard to answer,
but the fact still remains that prac-
tically no new musical instruments are
patented. Improvements on those al
ready in use are occasionally recorded,
one of the most recent being the self
playing either, illustrated here. This
is an attachment for zithers or similar
stringed instruments TO produce con-
tinuons vibration of the strings. Jour
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Quaint Old waii Papers In use.

Mural decorations of a bygone day,
when folk didn't dabble much in So
called decorative art, are forming a
quaint background for polished mahog
any and rare china. The scenic wall
papers found in the few old mansions
that have not been done over" to suit
modern notion always have been of in.
terest TO lovers of old furniture. Now.
certain seekers after odd effects are
having the old wall papers reproduced
The hunting scene. the impossible cas-
ties on cliffs and other subjects are
being turned out. but the reproduc'
tions, say persons with critical eyes
''lacK the venerable atmosphere of the
really truly antiques, no matter how
closely it follows them In design
New York Press.
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Where has thou been in the wind and
rain? t.
gathering wool on far plain
"Four shepherds keep those focks afar
In pastures where no hedgerows are.
"They give no 1.-THE, they take no hire,
They warm their hands at no mans fire.
"When one has driven the focks all day,
AT no far fold they make their stay.
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THE wOOL-CATHERER.

"For one comes hot-foot Ger the plain
And drives them hurrying back again.
Though the yield should fill the worlds
wains full,
Never to market comes the wool.
"They cast IL all, those wastrel herds,
To naked stars and screaming birds.
"It makes no rug nor coat of frieze;
1t makes men shrouds in stormy seas"
C. Fox Smith, in the Academy.
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DR.. E. w. Scripture, who has been
making researches in phonetics under
a Smithsonian Institution grant. has
secured gramophone record of the
voice OF Emperor William OF Germany.
II viii be preserved by the National
Museum at Washington and. OF course,
will not be used In any public way In
the Kaisers lifetime.
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NsA Talks
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Ah II Berthelomsw
49,

Housekeepers frequently find dif'
ficulty in using coal dust so as to avoid
waste. An excellent way is to place
pieces of paper about ten inches long
and about six inches wide, pile coal
dust on 1t, lift carefully and place
gently on the fire. The corner Of the
paper will, of course. catch fire, but
the part under the coal dust will re-
main. says Home Chat. II left undis-
turbed this will gradually. burn through
and improve the fire. instead Of caus'
ing the usual deadness that results
from burning coal dust.
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lead. But the little thing, as unintelli-
gent as 1t looks, maggot-like, has per-
haps a mind of Its own, as we have
seen. The habit is almost invarlable;
the victims crawl from their usual
places and position themselves on the
leaves. Out of seventy-one parasItlzed
plant lice I found two on the stem
and one on the tip of thorn, as If 1t
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-18

OF course the aphis so treated does
not die at cnce, else Natures plan
would miscarry. 1t lives and goes on
feeding and maintaining the same stlff
and seemingly contented attitud. for
a little while. Meantime the egg
matches minute. white, maggot-llke
larva. and this at once begins feeding
on the soft muscular tissues of Its
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-18

host. Some little time is required for
the larva to complete its growth-five
or six days during very warm weather,
longer when it Is cool. With an in
stinct that has ever been a marvel to
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-18

nailed in the centre and at one end
of the either are rolls to receive long
strip Of perforated music. Between
the rolls are a number of holes which
connect with wind bag beneath the
instrument. The passage of the roll
of music over the holes operates a Sc
rles of plckers, the latter vibrating the
strings. The action throughout is SINH
lar to that used in planoas and eolians.
philadelphia Record.
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San Francisco is said to contain the
largest families In the world. 1t boasts
Of having thlrty-nine families each
having more than fourteen children,
and sixty-five families with more than
eight children each.
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chat is but an imperfect science
which studies world of effects and
neglects their cause.
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THE PARASITE or THE ROSE APHIs MUCH MAGNIF1ED


Yellow have almost metallic uer and the delicate TRANSPARENT wings reflect
and shell which
while growth which makes
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MINIATURE STICKING THROUGH MAGNIFYING

GLASS.

The fly
them to readily attacked and their only defense their
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DULL66 D. S. Q.

. OsoAeS'MG DAVIS.

ECAUsE he came from In
dia and because our knowl-
edg- of that far-away land
was very little, and we
peopled it with the mea
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-16
Business Locals.

PEANUTS-roasted every day, Gates.
Try Gates's hot beef tea.
Hot coffee, chocolate and lunch served
at Gates Place. Try it.
Duthie pays cash for hides.
Get posts at the -four mill.
Fatten your hogs on corn for sale by
w. M Duthie.
All the leading brands of -four on hand
and for sale by w. NJ. Duthie.
Miller the barber has a new porce-
lean bath tub. 25c for hot bath.
Nothing on earth is smoother than
one of Miller's shaves. Try one.
The Troy Flour mill has lot of good
posts on hand. Get your posts at the
flour mill.
1. w. HARPER Whiskey strengthens
you and helps resist cold and disease
better than the dOctor-try it. Sold
by G. w. Thompson.
B. S. Nelson has just received another
shipment of Friedman Bros, the famous
Pacific and Atlantic shoes, and is selling
them at Eastern prices
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-16
Randall Flat.

The wood rats are all busy and the
ring of the saw and ak can be heard
from early morn till late at night.
John Rowans lost sos somewhere
and offers twenty dollars reward to the
finder.
w. H. Bond will make many i'm
provements on his farm next spring.
He will break about twenty acres and
will need extra help.
Mrs. Edwin Byers, of Moscow, Wis
tied several days with relatives here.
She returned to her home Sunday
morning.
Sunday school at 2 p. m. every
Sunday at Randall school house
Prayer meeting every "Wednesday
evening. All invited.
Chas. Sage and Otto Olson will in
stall a saw mill on the latter's ranch Oh
! Moscow Mountain.
Miss Mandy Bue is very i'll with lung
trouble.
M. V. Byers, Of Thorn Creek, Wn.
spent Saturday with N. K. Stephenson
returning home Sunday.
E. E. Randall has contracted to Gu
800 cords of wood with hts power say
for C. w. Woodruff on his place mort
of Howell. This is one of the lageS
single contracts so far secured by MI
Randall this season.
, Monday the members and friends
the Methodist congregation OF tn
section met at the home of W. Z
Tucker to decide the location OF the
new church.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-16
Knight Are Prosperous.

The local lodge of Knights Of
Pythias is one of which the Troy
members are justly proud. The order
here has a membership of ffty-fve,
and in excellent condition financially.
Founded upon the historical fact that
two men, Damon and Pythias, offered
their lives for one another, freely
and in a spirit of genuine brotherly
affection, the Knights of Pythias will,
as long as men live, appeal with singu-
lar force to all mankind. The News
editor is not member of the order
but we know the history Of it, and be-
lieve it to be such an order as should
commend it to all good men.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-16
Will Have Fan.

The young men in the Randall dis
trict northwest of Troy are arranging to
hold basket social Saturday evening,
March 81, the proceeds of which is to
be spent in equipping a base ball team.
A literary program will be rendered and
then the baskets will be sold, every
third bidder getting the basket on
sale. The purchaser will, in addition
to the sum bid, paw one cent pound
according to the weight of the lady
whose basket he has bought. AS this
neighborhood has few ladies of no
mean proportions the base ball team
ought to realize quite a nice sum on
their social. 1t is proposed to organ
ize good team in this neighborhood
this season and as several new players
have located there they expect to
make neighboring mines hustle fol
honors.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-16
Attended Dedication.

A large delegation of Troy Luther
ans attended the dedication services at
the new church in Moscow Sunday.
The new structure is a beautiful one
and credit to the Moscow congrega-
ton. Rev. N. ]. w. Nelson deserves
great credit for his faithful services in
behalf of his church, for he has given
to Moscow lasting monument to his
labors as one of the conscientious,
hard-working pastors of Latah county
And while he has built a fine church
he has not burdened the general pub
lie nor imposed on his congregation ;
burden beyond their means sustain.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-03-16
Lost His Dollar.

There was a man in our town and
he was wondrous wise; he marked a
silver dollar and gave it all to
Lie; she went to see the butcher
and she blew the dollar init wasn't
long before the coin came back again
to him. He took it to the merchant
and bought a dress for Jane-before
the week had finished back came the
PUNK again; he spent the coin in Troy
full fifty times or more but always got
it back again and spent it O. er and O er,
but when he sent the dollar to some big
mail order store twas gone for good,
forever, and he never saw it more.